Following the direction of Feiqi's finger, everyone looked at the arrow tower of the city wall facing the waterfall bridge in the distance. At the top of the tower, a black figure with bat's wings was crouching on it, looking condescendingly at the inside of the castle.

"Is it a stone statue? How can it be facing inward?"

The use of hideous stone statues to show threats and deter enemies was a common choice for many nobles when building castles. For this purpose, of course, the stone statues are all facing outward, which is why Feige finds it strange when he sees it.

"I've never seen that statue – if it was a stone statue at all. "Tron has already begun to remove the heavy crossbow from his mount's saddlebag for the final checks before the battle. When he looked up again, the dark shadow at the top of the tower was gone.

Tron rubbed his eyes, "Did you notice how it disappeared?"

"No, it's gone in an instant. I couldn't see it fly or jump. How are you doing?" Feige turned to ask Qiao Duo beside him, who shook his head. "Whatever it is, it's so fast!"

"Be careful, everybody. Tron stopped the convoy: "Get ready for battle, acting is not our top priority!"

Feige nodded. Tron was right, there was a great possibility that the black shadow that appeared at the head of Gujian Fort was some kind of monster, and it was better to go in full armor. Whether as a monster hunter or as an ally of Fort Valley, Tron and Feige have no reason not to face monsters. However, this did not suit Jordaux.

"Are you going?" Feige noticed that the four people in the carriage were all smiling, so he nodded, "Understood, then you should be careful and stay safe." That thing looks dangerous. ”

"The most dangerous thing is actually people – I mean, we'll take care of ourselves. Chordor held out his hand, and Charney handed him a scimitar at the same time. "Elven Island's weapon: the enemy of dragon scales, it works wonders when dealing with hard objects. ”

The scimitar looked very light in Giordo's hand, and it was vigorous when it danced. Rather than the sharp blade, Feige pays more attention to the looming runes on the blade. Sensitive to spell runes, he noticed that those runes used a system of divine magic, and only those who were devout to the goddess could exert their power.

Anne pulled away the soft blanket from the carriage, lifted the floor, and pulled out a huge bow from underneath. Approaching a height of nearly two meters, it is a large bow that can only be used while standing. The bow has a number of intricate and elaborate auxiliary structures that allow people of average height to fill it up while maintaining aim.

Bennie finally stopped using her bare hands this time, but what did it mean to have all eight swords on the weapon rack on her body? Is this some kind of throwing genre? In Feige's mind, only Sisina Iceblade carries more weapons than her. In the end, Xia Ni didn't get any weapons, only a small wooden shield, and then shrunk her head and carefully hid it behind it.

You're only protecting your head, and your body is still exposed!

"What's the name of your crossbow?" said Chaudor fiddled with his scimitar for a moment and began to pay attention to the others. "What kind of record has it had?"

Feige replied as he wound it up, "I've only used this crossbow a few times in training, and I haven't used it in actual combat yet, so my current record is just a target, and it doesn't have a name yet." Why, you name your weapons?"

"Yes, when you have a name, the weapon has a purpose in life, and you can exert more power. Elves give their weapons names, which is the secret of how good their weapons are. This enemy of mine has seriously injured a green dragon in the lake. It's a pity that the dragon slipped away so fast that he couldn't kill it. If it succeeds, it is called the Dragon Slayer Scimitar, or the Enemy of the Dragon. ”

"Ha, these names are quite imposing. But if it were me, I'd take a different style of name. Feige pointed to the heavy crossbow in his hand: "I'll call it Dog's Tail Grass." ”

"Why?"

"It may be an honor to die under the sword of the dragon's enemy, but to be shot by a dog's tail grass is a legend. You can imagine the gravestone of the sworn enemy leaving such a passage: Here is buried a great warrior who fought valiantly all his life and was killed by a dog's tail grass. ”

"Hahaha!" Chaudor laughed as he rolled around in the carriage for a while to recover. This time, the eyes he looked at the scimitar in his hand changed: "In the future, you will not be called the enemy of dragon scales, but renamed nail clippers! Hahaha, your exact nails!"

Tron rolled his eyes and shifted his sword and crossbow away from Feige, the Banner Spear and the Eagle Sharp-Eyed Crossbow could not be tainted with strange names. How can you become a knight with a weapon like nail clippers or dog's tail grass?

However, there are still fans of this naming method, and the goblin friend raises his dagger high, "Chief, help me come up with a name!"

"You still have to pick your own name. You think about how you use your weapons, and then play with them. ”

"Oh, I thought of it, it's called Broken Chrysanthemum Cone Hiss!"

Hearing this name, everyone felt that their hip muscles tightened, and they skipped the topic of weapon naming very tacitly.

Gujian Fort is getting bigger and bigger in everyone's field of vision, and you can see that its gate is open, and the suspension bridge is lowered, and the road is unblocked. There were no patrols on the walls, and a gray wolf-headed flag on a white background hung over the tower, gently shaking in the breeze.

"So quiet. I didn't hear a sound at all. What about the people, what about the horses?" Tron had dismounted, led the way, and walked onto the heavy drawbridge. The crunching sound of the thick planks under the feet became the only sound of the castle itself.

"It's quite wrong. Feiqi held a crossbow in his right hand, and the "Law Armament" seal in his left hand was already quietly running. He reached out and patted Tron on the shoulder, secretly strengthening the armor's protection. "Put the horse on the perimeter as a barrier, and leave the cart on the suspension bridge, holding it down, so that the back road is clear. ”

"No problem. Do you want the three of them to stay here at the city gate and make sure the gate is clear?" Qiao Duo and the others jumped out of the carriage and locked the wheels, which added a lot of weight to the device that controlled the drawbridge, and it would be much more difficult to lift it.

"Let's go to the gate agency first. It stands to reason that there should always be guards there. Feige calmly stated his plan: "If that winged shadow monster is an enemy, it is not suitable for entering the cramped interior of the castle. Therefore, it is best to check from the inside to the outside at the moment. Tron, pay attention to the change in voice and remind in time. ”

"Yes, rest assured. "Tron is heavy on the crossbow and walks first. He was most familiar with the terrain and led the group against the wall, then stopped under a group of creepers. He reached out, fumbled between the branches and leaves, and then twisted. I could only hear the sound of the wall clicking, and then some of the wall tiles were a little recessed. Tron thrust his shoulder, then pushed sideways, and a secret door opened.

"From here, closer. "Tron was the first to go in. The black hole inside, Feige snapped his fingers, and a ball of light flew in front of him, illuminating the spiraling staircase. Goblin Peng looked at the ball of light with envy, snapped his fingers himself, and was slapped on the head by Midnight.

At the end of the walk was Giordor, who, after flashing in, squinted at the secret door, and then closed it quietly with a few clicks. As a result, only one of Feige's balls of light was left in the staircase to illuminate it, and the swirling staircase slab cast a large shadow that was constantly moving, making it appear more and more eerie. Fitch then released another ball of light, which was fixed at the bend of the staircase, like an oil lamp.

The staircase climbs up about two and a half floors and ends in front of a wooden door. "Behind is a cupboard for tools, and after you go out, you can see the control room of the suspension bridge and the gate. Tron pressed the wall a few times, then frowned and said, "It's weird, why is it locked from the inside? Only your own people know the mechanism, do you have to guard against your own people?"

"What should I do, go in the other way?"

"No, let me see. Chordow came to the front from the back of the line: "Tell me how to drive normally, and I'll try." ”

"Can it work?" said Tron, telling the troubadour the mechanism hidden in the bricks and how to open it. He put his ear to the wall, banged and tinkered, and soon removed a piece of the wall tile. He closed one eye, bit his tongue slightly, remained pressed against the wall, and reached into the newly emerged hole with his hands. After a short while, with the sound of clicking and clicking from inside the wall, Qiao Duo withdrew his hand and said in a suppressed voice, "It's done!"

Pushing the planks into the wall, Tron raised his hand and fumbled with the doorframe. "Don't worry, I've removed the pressure mechanism, so the iron gate knife won't fall off my head. ”

Tron turned around and asked, "You've done it all?" Are you really a troubadour?"

"Do you suspect me that I think my singing is hard to hear?" said Chaudow as he inhaled through his nose and said suddenly, "Do you smell it? I think there is a smell of dead bodies, right behind the door." ”

"I didn't smell it, everyone be careful, I'll be the first to go in. Tron grabbed the dagger with his right arm across his chest, allowing the blade to move forward, and he held the crossbow in his left hand, rested it on his right arm, and slowly pushed open the cabinet with his knee. Fitch extinguishes the ball of light from the stairwell lighting.

As the gap grew larger, the smell of dead bodies became clearer. The room was pitch black, and while it wouldn't affect Tron and Feiqi, who had already completed the enhancement ritual, it was still not a favorable environment for combat. So Feige tugged on Tron and gestured for him to wait.

The magic matrix works, and this time it doesn't glow, but pure black that blends with its surroundings. Feige had already memorized the location of all the runes, and he couldn't go wrong with blind typing. As he cast the spell, he held up four fingers in the corners of Tron's eyes and shook them.

Tron nodded, knowing that this meant "count to four action". When Feige counted to two, he suddenly released a spell into the room, and in an instant, ten balls of light rushed in. They release all their luminous energy in a second, and a violent flash of light illuminates the room as if it were day! In an instant, the image and color of the object disappears, and any sighted creature subconsciously closes its eyes and enters a brief blindness. Only those who are hiding in the dark tunnels are exempt from this effect.

When the count reached three, the light began to dim, and by four, Tron had already rushed in, and Feige was the second, and they first looked at the left and right corners of the wall, because in the bright light, they retracted the narrow corners, and at the same time they used their tactile sense to locate themselves, it was an instinctive reaction. Monster Hunter's training is to play more instinctual reactions.

"Safe. "Safety. Tron and Feige quickly checked the room and immediately took control of the door. The door is locked and closed, exactly like the secret door.

The man who had completed the lock-up was dead, and his body lay on the ground, not decomposing but unusually dry - no wonder it didn't smell very much. He was still wearing the leather armor of the guards of Fort Valley, and the shackles were tossed aside and pressed against an equally dry and dehydrated piece of parchment.

The ink on it seems to have been blotted dry, but the indentation of the writing is still there.