Countless lightning silver snakes clinged to and tore at the nightmare, and the divine defense runes continued to rain down thunder, smashing at the nightmare in succession. The skin of the black flame steed blossomed, and its flesh flew out like pieces of burning black coal. It roared and cursed, but it didn't know the name of the contract demon on the other side, and could only be referred to as "damned devil".

This curse of not knowing the other person's name is useless. Feige hid in the inner wall of the gate, in case the opponent suddenly erupted in flames, or charged in his dying struggles. To avoid long nightmares, Feige seized the opportunity to fire a heavy crossbow, and the Soul Reaper dagger avoided the nightmare's hard skin and stabbed directly through the wound.

It soon stopped struggling.

After waiting for a while, the Thunder Demonic Bullet and the Divine Defense Rune stopped, and Feige used the heavy crossbow to replenish two more arrows, making sure that the Nightmare was completely dead. He pulled the Soul Harvesting Dagger from the Nightmare corpse, and a warm sensation came from the dagger, entering his body with a refreshing sensation. If every time a devil is harvested can have such a good experience, Feige doesn't mind becoming a paladin himself.

Gresham Gary's contract scroll is intact and returned to Feige's possession. This time I was able to kill the Nightmare, and this scroll was a great achievement. If it hadn't caused Nightmare's greed and become the most important bait on the fishing rod, Feige wouldn't have had every chance to defeat the intruder, let alone tie Nightmare's leg with a second contract. Relying on the dual effect of the fortress's no-fly rune and the "can't move" order, the flightless nightmare becomes a horse, and the immobile horse becomes a target, and Feige finally solves this hidden danger.

The summoning statue of the Blood Flint was at Feige's feet, broken into three pieces. Because the soul is harvested, the nightmare is completely extinguished, and there will not even be a chance to resurrect, so this summoning statue will be automatically shattered. However, just because it's crushed doesn't mean it's worthless. Fitch finds a pocket to collect the pieces that can be used for later research, or to create other summoning statues out of Bloodfirestone.

With the end of the hand cleared, Feige hurried to find Old Man Kiplin. He used his soul dagger to harvest a geist in his way, and by the way, he picked up Callie, who was still unconscious, and used his strength to take him to the highest meditation room in the tower.

"Drop it, I'll help you. Old man Kiplin trembled when he saw this. How dare Feige ask him to help? He could only grieve Kyrie, fall from his shoulder to the ground in advance, and then be dragged to the protective diamond-shaped area of the meditation room.

With cushions, postures, and ropes, Kylie is fiddled with by two people like a doll, but in the end, he forms a fixed sitting position that does not fall out. At this time, Kiplin and Feiqi breathed a sigh of relief, and the two of them sat in the other two diamond-shaped areas.

"Thanks to you this time. Old man Kiplin said this, but he did not appear to be very happy. "The fortress has never happened before. It's unimaginable that thieves can be born in an area where the Holy Kages are armed!"

"Thief? Those people ......" Feige frowned tightly, and thought about his words: "I saw those people enter the courtyard and come straight to the tower, and seem to know what is in the tower. I mean, the three of them didn't split up to search the fortress castle, which is not in line with the habits of the thieves. ”

"Straight to the tower...... Is there anything on the tower that can make the bad guys worry about it?Wandering Soul Circle?This thing is tied to the magic runes of the entire fortress, and it can't be stolen unless the entire fortress is packed together. ”

"Books in the library, could this be their target?" Feige asked, "Aren't there a lot of evil silver-sealed spell books in there?"

"Yes, but ...... The pages of those books contain runes that can be traced, and only the High Sacred Heart Priest of the Church of the Goddess of Truth and Thunder can safely dispel them. If someone steals it, then it would be fine, and by following the clues, you can hunt down more evil spellcasters. Old man Kiplin shook his head: "Although this matter is not explicitly revealed to the world, it has long been an open secret. ”

The implication is that stealing books is also unlikely. Feige was about to suggest going downstairs to see the intruder's belongings, and what was in the wooden box, and he was curious. But just then, a geist stepped up to the tower and slowly walked towards the center of the transcendental circle.

"Why did you come so slowly?" Old man Kiplin didn't know that the spirit that had been walking in the front had been led by Feiqi, and now it was actually the second place runner in the race walking competition. "Feiqi, use meditation, then focus your attention on the center of the circle. ”

Feige found this easy to do, even simpler than when using the "SUA" spell to lock on to the object to be moved.

The circle glows from the center and spreads out in all directions. When all the runes lit up, a pale flame rose in the center of the circle, swaying slowly. The flame does not give a dazzling or hot feeling, and is not even as bright as a candle. However, its swaying posture has a special rhythm, like hypnosis, which makes people want to fall asleep unconsciously.

"Focus!" exclaimed Old Man Kiplin, causing Feige to suddenly come to his senses. He then said in a kind tone: "This is the light of heaven, you can only use the state of eagle eye meditation to concentrate on it, otherwise it is easy to fall asleep." Don't worry, it's just a normal sleep, it's not harmful to your body, but if you fall asleep when only one person is on duty, it can be delayed, so avoid it as much as possible – it's also a workout. Alright, let's wait for the geist to enter. ”

The light of heaven had a great attraction for the soul, like a whirlpool, which Feige had just felt and almost lost control. And for the geist, the attraction is completely irresistible. The geists in the room sped up and almost rushed into the flames, burning themselves and letting out a happy sigh.

As the flames devoured the geist, a small blue spark circled around the tip of the flame before rising and disappearing into thin air. "When the spark rises, it is a manifestation of excess. Well done Feige, and then it will run on its own, at least for a while, without being watched. Let's go downstairs and take a look at the intruders, and you can help me analyze and analyze what clues there are. ”

Feige nodded, and helped the old man Kiplin downstairs. The old man looked bloated with a hunched back, but in fact most of them were empty shelves supported by warm clothes, and his body was actually very light, with few muscles and wrinkled skin. The wind of time had eroded his strength and health, and the wind was blowing all the time, so that he staggered as he walked. The crumpled hands gripped at Feige's warm wrists, and the two bodies were at odds.

"Feiqi......" The old man stopped abruptly just calling his name.

"What's the matter?"

"Nothing, it's nice to have you this time. ”

Feiqi was a little furious in his heart, a little worried about whether the old man had guessed something. If Old Man Kiplin had asked him exactly when he had woken up, or why he had woken up earlier, Feige would have already made a draft, and he would have been more comfortable with the past. Now, the old man didn't ask anything, but he seemed to know something, and Fei Qi naturally didn't know the bottom of his heart.

"Do you believe in fate?" the old man clenched Feige's wrist with great force, like a snowy owl grabbing a fat mouse in hunger. "Do you believe that the force of fate sent you to the Ice Peak Fortress?"

"I don't know whether to believe it or not," Feige didn't understand what the old man meant, and didn't dare to break free from his grasp, but he wasn't afraid to tell the truth. "Fate is not a prediction of the future. Predictions are sometimes right and sometimes wrong, and what does it matter if you believe or don't believe? There is only one thing that is certain about the future, and that is that what we do now can affect the future. ”

The old man slowly relaxed his fingers and patted Feige's already red skin. "That's right, I thought the same thing when I was younger. If you have the leisure, read the thirty-seventh paragraph of the "Long Poem of Thunder", the meaning expressed in it is very close to yours, but it is more in-depth. ”

Fei Qi searched through his memory, only to know that this work should be an internal book of the Church of the Goddess, he had just heard that he had not read it before. Maybe there's something in the library at Icepeak Fortress? Feige wondered why Old Man Kiplin was just carrying out the book.

The footsteps of one old and one young echoed through the fortress, which seemed to be a long distance, but in fact it was no more than a two-story spiral staircase of the tower. The three bodies were still in the doorway of Kiplin's room, and the smell had begun to diffuse.

"Alas, it's cold and you can't open the window, and the smell makes people sleep. Looks like I'm going to have to go to Calle's place for a while. ”

The old man seemed to hate the smell of the dead, but that didn't stop him from rummaging for clues or explaining. The masks of the three people were taken off first, and what came into view was only the three ordinary appearances, which would not be conspicuous whether they were thrown into the commoners or the nobles. It looks like they are all in their thirties and under forty, both have a long history of weapons training, and the quality of their nutrition and diet is very good from the point of view of their teeth. Their coats are unremarkable, like ordinary mercenaries, but their thermal underwear is of good quality, well-made, thread-dense, snug and comfortable, and brand new. Only the aristocracy could afford to hire professional dressers to tailor such garments for themselves.

Feige felt that these clothes were not a big deal if they were placed on Earth, and they could be bought at any mall. However, in the Ice Peak Fortress, he only needs to nod his head and say yes, just be a qualified foil.

The clothes are all taken off, and the woman's ring will naturally not fall. The ring was abruptly conspicuous, black throughout, and when I got closer, I noticed that there was a relief of a group of snakes entwined on it, which looked not good. The old man Kiplin was very careful, wrapped his fingers in his clothes, and pulled them down very carefully. However, as long as the ring moves slightly on the finger, it will glow purple. This was a precursor to the activation of the corrosive rays, and Feige hurried to stop the old man.

"I think it's better to chop your hands. Even if Fei Qi took pity on the jade, he would not look at a corpse, and the corpse with his head caught in a bear trap: "She will not object." ”

"It's a good idea. Old man Kiplin threw away the cloth he had used to wrap his fingers, and a faint puff of green smoke rose from the cloth, and when he opened it, he saw that there were already signs of corrosion. "So powerful?" The old man looked at the remaining corrosion marks on Feiqi's chest and finally asked the first battle-related question, "How did you block it?"

"Luckily, I moved faster. I had already clasped her head with a bear trap before the ring rayed, and the light of the ring immediately dimmed a lot. So, I just had my clothes burned through, and the meat was fine. Only a throwing knife hurts. ”

"I saw just now, you used a little too much medicine, but if you use the medicine correctly, you will be fine. The old man looked left and right, and casually instructed, "Feiqi, go find an axe." ”