If Kitland is a "large military camp disguised as a city", then the "war bastions" are not disguised at all, this is a large military camp. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Roland stood on a shady hillside, holding up a monocular with a brass shell to look at the messy buildings below the mountain, and suddenly felt a sense of "from civilization to wilderness".

The orc race is generally low in intelligence and lacks architectural talent, even in the most glorious kingdom era in the past, its capital "Orc Royal Court" does not have any clear planning and design, except for the palace community in the center There is a little rough and magnificent atmosphere, the surrounding buildings and streets are completely chaotic, not to mention the perfect water supply pipes and sewage ditches, you can imagine how bad the living environment is.

After the collapse of the orc kingdom, the capital was first occupied by the troll dove, and then occupied by Grande and his followers.

If there is any difference from fifteen years ago, it is that the barracks where the orc corps were stationed in the past have changed a group of owners, and the species are more mixed than at the beginning, and all the humanoid creatures and even humanoid monsters in the northern region can be found in the continuous barracks surrounding the fortress of war.

Through the telescope, Roland finally sifted through the vast and chaotic city to find some buildings worth paying attention to.

The barracks on the outskirts of the city can be vaguely divided into several communities, with orcs and goblins next to each other, and ogres and trolls separated by a stone wall, presumably to prevent these aggressive creatures from engaging in infighting; A large honeycomb-like cavern has been excavated into the cliff behind the fortress, sometimes infested with dragons, and gargoyles settling in another nearby lair on a rock wall.

Looking further inward, there are obviously more buildings made of rock and wood, which should be the residence of races with higher intelligence and higher status among the cultists of war, such as the Demon Descendants and Drow. In the center of the castle is a circle of large houses made of rock, each with flagpoles erected on the roof, and flags painted with Hexstowe's emblem "Hands of the Arrow" fluttering in the wind, apparently the residence of clergy such as war-torn priests and blackguards, and their status is higher in the city.

The space enclosed by the circular building forms a natural square, and in the center of the square is the temple dedicated to the icon of Hextowe, which is the destination of Roland and others. At this moment, there were many heavily armed war-scourge believers gathered on both sides of the temple stairs, and at a glance the professional level was not low, including many spellcasters such as priests and warlocks, which made Roland secretly worried: if these spellcasters were all teleported to Kitland City, the favorable situation that Beowulf's side had won with great difficulty with the Heroic Spirit Army would probably be shaken.

The teleportation circle was directly in front of the temple, glowing with a scarlet luster under the blessing of Hexstowe's divine power, and a beam of light rose every six seconds, teleporting the people in the circle to Kitland, four hundred miles away, and then another war-plagued believer walked into the circle and waited for teleportation.

"The 'Teleportation Array' was originally a temporary device created by the 9-ring spell arcane, which lasted no more than twenty minutes, and the teleportation force was very limited, but unfortunately this teleportation array in front of me was unusual, blessed by Hexto's divine power, it could not be lifted or destroyed, unless it was destroyed the Hextowe Idol that delivered constant magic power to it, and cut off the divine power channel, so that it could stop functioning." Nikita was also observing the teleportation circle, and with her deep knowledge of spells, she came to a very unpromising conclusion.

"The question is how long Hexto's divine power will last, and it is impossible to support this teleportation circle endlessly, right?" Veronica still has a bit of a fluke.

Roland shook his head lightly and said in a deep voice: "Before destroying the Heroic Tower, Grande made a vow to hold a grand blood sacrifice to Hextoll in Kitland City, killing at least sixty-six thousand six hundred and sixty Kitlanders who believed in Kord, this cruel oath greatly pleased his master Hexto, who was far away in the Shura Field, and did not hesitate to give him a rich divine grace, at least until Grande completed the blood sacrifice and fulfilled his oath, this teleportation circle would never close by itself." ”

"This brute is simply inhuman!" Vigraf clenched his fists, his eyes full of resentment.

"How long are we going to wait, after dark?" Thinking that the so-called "blood sacrifice" was still being staged, Lyudmila was also anxious.

"That's not necessary, anyway, most of the believers in the war disaster have dark vision, and there are not a few who are used to going out by day and night, and it doesn't make much difference to them whether the sun sets or not." Roland knew that his companions were impatient to delay here, so he simply made a quick decision, "Nikita, prepare to cast the 'Invisible Magic Ball', Ronnie, you can run at full speed in stealth, you don't need to wait for us, go ahead to explore the way first, what is the situation 'Communication' contact." ”

"No problem!" Miss Ninja stimulated a breath of true qi, used ninjutsu to hide her figure, and quickly walked away with light skills.

Nikita chanted the incantation in a low voice, and made a series of spell casting gestures, and the blue light spread from the surface of her body, spreading outward to a radius of 10 feet, and then the blue luster representing the arcane energy of the illusion school gradually receded, becoming colorless and transparent, and she herself, along with Roland and the others, was surrounded by this invisible orb and disappeared from her body.

"Try not to stay away from me, if you step ten feet away, you will break away from the invisible orb and expose your tracks." After that, Nikita grabbed the "Frost Staff" and stepped forward, Roland, Lyudmila, Bloom, and Viglaf following in her footsteps, staying invisible.

Veronica leads the way, leaving signs along the way that only Roland and the others can perceive. Grande had already transferred nearly 10,000 troops to Kitland, so a small part of the barracks on the periphery of the fortress had become empty nests with no garrison, and Veronica would rather take a detour a little longer than choose to walk through the vacant barracks, this caution brought her more security, and Roland and the others had a thrilling journey through the barracks area to the inner complex surrounding the temple.

The defenses here were noticeably tighter than the perimeter, with eight towering towers overlooking the city below, and iron gates drawn up by the arches at the entrance to the inner city, where iron-masked devotees of war were constantly rushing in and out.

Veronica found a remote corner and stopped, turned back to Roland and said, "The walls here are made of hard and thick rock, with barbed wire and magic alarms, I can try to climb over them, and you will be upset." ”

"There's no need to go over the wall, let's go straight through the wall."

"Through a wall?" Veronica frowned and asked worriedly, "Going through the wall will inevitably leave marks on the wall, and it will be troublesome if the patrol finds out." ”

Roland smiled slightly, "This question can't help but bother our mage miss, Nikita, is that right?" ”

"Of course!" The Witch in Red smiled proudly, pulled out an orange scroll from the scroll case, and began to cast a spell.

The invisible orb obscured the brilliance of the spell, but Veronica still recognized it at a glance as the 7-ring arcane "phase gate", and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and make an exaggerated expression.

There are many ways to cross a stone wall, for example, Lyudmila can use the Digging Technique to dig tunnels, and Nikita can also use the "Stone Shaping Technique" or "Piercing the Wall" technique to create a passage directly on the stone wall, but that will leave obvious marks, and it is difficult to ensure that it will not arouse the suspicion of the believers of the war, so to be on the safe side, Nikita chose a higher level spell - the 7-ring phase gate.

Phase Gates have the advantage of being able to pass through walls in that they create passageways in the spirit realm that only the caster and their companions can pass through, and no one else can see or pass through, thus avoiding alerting the guards due to the presence of anomalies on the walls.

Everyone passed through the "phase gate" and successfully entered a large stone house, and suddenly felt that it was dark in front of them, and the smell of blood and rancid smell came to their faces.

Roland glanced down and saw a humanoid corpse lying at his feet, his hands still shackled, looking like a prisoner.

"This should be a prison cell." Lyudmila listened intently, and from the opposite side came the crackling sound of a leather whip beating flesh, mixed with vicious curses, and following the voice, across a corridor, opposite the cell wall with a torch, a shirtless orc wearing a black hood was whipping the prisoner in the dim light of the fire, and asked them where they had hidden their treasure.

Click! I don't know who inadvertently stepped on the dry bones under his feet, which immediately aroused the alarm of the jailer on the other side, turned back with a puzzled look, and groped his way to this side with a leather whip.

The space of the cell is small, and there is not much place for the six people to move their feet here, even if the half-orc jailer can't see through the invisibility, after entering the cell, he will inevitably collide with everyone, Roland thought for a while and said categorically: "Mira, shoot him at his feet!" ”

Lyudmila had already drawn her bow and arrow, and when she heard this, she immediately shot an arrow at the jailer's feet, and the silence barrier opened.

The moment the arrow was fired, the invisible magic ball dissipated, and the jailer was startled by the arrow shot at his feet, and he couldn't help but exclaim when he noticed a group of people coming out in front of him, but his mouth was so big that he couldn't pronounce a syllable.

Swish! Roland stabbed with a lightning swing of his sword, and Durandal turned into a bolt of cold lightning that pierced the jailer's stunned throat, revealing a bloody frost blade through the back of his neck.

As he drew his sword, Nikita swung her hand to release a colorful bubble that was not aimed at the jailer, but at the tortured and dying prisoner in the cell behind him. The colorful bubbles popped silently, and the hypnotic magic emanated from them, instantly putting the prisoners into a stupor.

"Are they alright?" Lyudmila knew very well that she didn't have the energy to care about those prisoners now, but she couldn't help but ask more.

"It's just a little hypnotism, let them sleep quietly for the night, and then we will have time to come back and save people." Nikita said indifferently. The purpose of her hypnotism was to prevent the prisoners from screaming when they noticed the abnormality, and whether they would come back to save people later...... It depends.

Roland withdrew his sword from the jailer and gestured to Veronica, and Miss Ninja nodded knowingly, her ears pressed to the wall in response, and she quickly turned back and raised two fingers.

"There are two guys next door, everyone is ready for battle and quick victory."

"We didn't make a single movement from the battle just now, so we shouldn't have alarmed the jailer next door, right?" Bloom suspected that Roland had been overly cautious.

"It's because there is not a single movement from beginning to end that it looks particularly abnormal." Roland pointed to his ears, "Think about it, what does it mean that the place that had been noisy suddenly became silent, and the sound of whips, cursing, and the moans of prisoners all disappeared at once?" ”

As if to test his concerns, the door to the next room suddenly opened, and a tall, stout figure appeared in the hallway. (To be continued.) )