Chapter 170: The Baron and the Turtle
A few hours ago, a redstone fortress.
The crimson ominous moon hung like a huge ball of blood in the night sky, dyeing the white snowfield a blood-red color.
On the ground, a tidal wave of monsters flocked to the red castle on the cliff. Hideous timberwolves, mad goblins, ruthless kobolds, rampaging grizzly bears, and even the ice on the Tara River are crumbling because they can't bear the weight of the monster sea.
Outside the gate of the Red Stone Castle, Baron Heinrich, the lord of the Red Stone Castle, dressed in a cloth suit and holding a long sword, stood on the mountain road like a reef, cutting everything that came close to him into pieces! After the dead monster was reduced to pure magic, it did not disappear, but poured into Baron Heinrich's body.
A large amount of magic was poured into Baron Heinrich's body, causing the baron's eyes to shine with magical light, and even his hair glowed faintly blue. It was clear that he had been fighting for almost the whole night, but the baron did not feel tired at all, he was still as strong as ever, and his sword looked even sharper than before!
No monster could make a move in the hands of Baron Heinrich, and the castle door was like a whirlwind that would never be extinguished.
On the walls of the castle, the guards are armed with weapons in high spirits and take out the goblins who try to climb the walls!
"Every time I see an adult fighting, there is a kind of charm that touches the heart." A veteran standing on the city wall couldn't help but sigh.
The harsh climate blocked most of the flying monsters, coupled with Baron Heinrich's initiative, the castle was not much threatened, only occasionally one or two goblins jumped on the city wall, but for veterans who are used to monsters attacking the city, this level is not even a warm-up, so many veterans even have the leisure to chat with others, and by the way, guide the newcomers in the team.
Just when everyone was very relaxed, suddenly!
"Boom! ~”
With a loud and silent bang, a powerful force exploded from the depths of the castle!
There was no sound, but everyone's souls trembled in the explosion, and the weak guards fell directly to the ground.
Baron Heinrich, who was "exercising" in the group of monsters, changed his expression: "This is...... Not good! It's a mana blast! ”
Baron Heinrich did not hesitate to turn around and charge in the direction of the castle!
I saw that Baron Heinrich was like a heavy truck, rampage, and all the monsters that stood in front of the baron were cut in half by him!
Baron Heinrich rushed to the city walls, stepped on the walls a few times, jumped up and jumped onto the walls.
However, before Baron Heinrich could storm the castle, he found that the castle had begun to shake like an earthquake. The castle began to crumble and shatter, and then the castle was reduced to ruins in the panic of the crowd.
In the ruins of the castle, rock turtles that are as large as heavy tanks crawl out of the ruins, raising their heads and roaring!
"Seal...... Destroyed!? Baron Heinrich was armed with a long sword and his face was pale.
Beneath the rubble, Grimm wore a mask and hid in a pit beneath the belly of a giant rock tortoise, his face full of excitement.
"Sure enough, this is a normal garrison, and Izeta's defensive style is really abnormal."
For Green, of the three northern forts, the Redstone Fort was the least valuable.
Eagle's Nest City is sealed with a fifth-order demonic beast Storm Giant Eagle, and Izeta is sealed with a sixth-order demonic beast Earth Walking Dragon, but what is sealed in the Redstone Fort is a rock giant turtle - just by listening to the name, you know that this thing is a weak chicken, except that it is hard enough, it is useless, and its movement speed is slow.
However, no matter how garbage the rock giant turtle is, it is at least a dangerous magical beast with magical powers. So when Green found out that he couldn't gnaw on Izeta Fortress, he began to fight the idea of the Redstone Fort.
As a fortress that has been around for quite a few years, it is naturally impossible to keep information secret, so there is no shortage of information about Redstone Fort in Green's hands. According to information obtained by Green, Redstone Fort is the weakest of the several strongholds, but it is garrisoned by a gold-level swordsman: Heinrich Wilim.
"Krypton makes people stronger", sophisticated weapons and equipment can enable a person to exert far more combat effectiveness than himself, and even leapfrog the challenge. For master-level powerhouses, although general equipment can improve their own combat effectiveness, it is difficult to reach the level of leapfrogging challenges, and there is only one kind of equipment that can allow master-level powerhouses to obtain qualitative changes - Treasure!
"Noble Phantasm" is a general term for things that have "laws", and there is no specific form. It could be a weapon, it could be a prop or a consumable, or it could even be a skill. The weak "Noble Phantasm" may not even be as good as ordinary magic items, but the powerful "Noble Phantasm" has all kinds of anti-heaven powers.
The treasure in Baron Heinrich's hand is obviously the kind that is more powerful and practical.
The Noble Phantasm "Immortal Blade" is immune to fatal damage, even if the head is cut off and the heart is destroyed, it will not die, and when killing a living creature, it can restore its own health, physical strength, and energy.
According to Green's understanding of this treasure, the person who holds the "Immortal Blade" will become like the player in the RPG game, directly replacing all damage with the "blood bar", even if the "vital attack" is just double the "blood volume" deducted, and will not die directly because of this, if you want to kill him, you can only kill him by cutting off his blood - the tentative assassination of the Thousand Shadows before just proves this.
The "Immortal Blade" is undoubtedly a very powerful and practical Noble Phantasm, and what is even more terrifying is that this Noble Phantasm also has its own "Vampire Attack" effect, which can regenerate health and blue after completing the kill, which makes the Noble Phantasm holder invincible in the face of enemies weaker than himself!
For Baron Heinrich, who holds the "Immortal Blade", ordinary monsters are completely blood packs, and only those high-level monsters can barely pose a threat to them, but that's all. If he wanted to kill him, unless Green or Thousand Shadows personally attacked him, no matter how much the sea of monsters alone was, he would not be his opponent.
However, as a cautious (bold) and cautious (small) demon king, of course Green would not act so profligately. Therefore, Green chose a more secure method - dig tunnels, infiltrate the castle, and directly blow up the monster lair seal!
The sound of the monster attacking the city well drowned out the sound of Green digging a tunnel.
When Green smashed the castle floor with a punch and infiltrated the castle, he found that the castle's defenses were unexpectedly weak, so much so that Green easily found the sealed monster's lair and destroyed the seal.
Grimm hid beneath the ruins of the castle, using a giant rock turtle as a hidden barrier, and waited for the battle outside to end.
Green didn't dare go out now. Because those monsters outside are not the "soldiers" produced in the "barracks", but the "cannon fodder" produced in the "wild monster lair", once those monsters see themselves, they don't dare to move at all - the demon king's deterrent power against ordinary cannon fodder monsters is too strong.
Green planned to wait until the battle outside was over before going out to clean up the rest of the group.
The collapse of the castle was devastating to the guards, but the monsters were unaffected and rushed up in a swarm.
"Damn!" Baron Heinrich swung his sword in anger!
A sword slashed, and a large number of the monsters besieging it died in an instant! However, for the demon tide as a whole, it is only a ripple.
The monsters swarmed up and stormed the creatures that had lost the protection of the city walls.
Baron Heinrich is strong, very strong! For these cannon fodder monsters, Baron Heinrich is a moat that can never be defeated! But for ordinary guards, these cannon fodder in front of them are enough to kill!
Ordinary people don't have the never-ending physical strength and magic of Baron Heinrich, and they will die if they are injured, not to mention the terrifying rock giant turtle behind them!
The Rock Tortoise is so slow that even a normal person can easily escape from them, while in the presence of a mage, the Rock Tortoise is a bunch of stones to bully casually - lightning magic can easily penetrate their seemingly solid rock shells; Ground spikes can easily toss them to the ground and be slaughtered.
Although the rock tortoise is so vulnerable to the caster, it doesn't mean that these guys are easy to deal with. If nothing else, that terrifying rock crust on their bodies alone is enough to make any physics profession desperate! At least Baron Heinrich didn't intend to chop these hard stones with a sharp blade in his hand.
"All those who can still walk, follow me, let's break through!" Baron Heinrich shouted angrily and rushed forward with the tide of demons used in front of him.
Baron Heinrich was well aware of his strengths and weaknesses. As a great swordsman, Baron Heinrich believed that he was completely capable of killing these rock giant tortoises, but the physical strength and energy consumed were likely to exceed the physical strength and energy recovered after killing them, and once he fell into a war of attrition, it would be very disadvantageous to himself, not to mention that the person who broke the seal was likely to be hiding in the dark.
Baron Heinrich retreated very decisively. Although the retreat speed is not fast because of the demon tide, it only needs to be faster than the turtles behind him.
Next to the monster's lair, a giant rock tortoise curled up in its shell, shivering. In a crypt beneath the belly of the rock tortoise, Green pressed his ear to the wall and listened.
"No, why do you feel like the battle is getting farther and farther away?" Green blinked, "Chikage, do you know what's going on outside?" ”
Thousand Shadows turned into shadows, went outside to scout for a while, and then returned to Green's shadows: "Master, those people have escaped. ”
"Escaped!?" Green blinked, "Can't let them escape!" If that gold-rank great sword master escaped back to the royal city, it would be very troublesome! ”
Green now wished that Angsali had as few troops as possible, how could he possibly let a great swordsman with a treasure escape back?
Green raised his hand and tried to push the turtle overhead......
The turtle above Green's head shrank in its shell, shivering, but it didn't move!
Greene: "......"
Chikage: "......"
"Get out of here!" Green shouted angrily at the turtle overhead.
The turtle was trembling.
Green believes that the other party will definitely understand his words! But this stupidity is not moving!
I'm telling you, these cannon fodder thieves are fucking cheaters!
"Chikage, can you help?" Green asks for help from an older girl of unknown age.
Chikage was silent for a while: "Master, I can kill it." ”
"Can you move it away?"
"Master, my strength is not very strong, this may be a little difficult."
Greene: "......"
it! It doesn't feel good! If I can't get this thing out of the way, I'm going to stay here for the rest of my life!?
Grimm stretched out his hand expressionlessly and pressed it against the belly of the rock giant tortoise. Chaos magic poured into the body of the rock tortoise along Green's arm, and Green recruited it as his own soldier.
"Get out of here!"
This time, the rock giant tortoise obediently moved away.
With a black face, Green crawled out of the hole.
Around Grimm, a group of frightened rock giant tortoises curled up like large rocks.
Green ignored the stray fish around him, instead staring in the direction where the sound of battle was coming from.
In the distance, the battle continued, and Baron Heinrich was covered in an azure glow, the effect of too much magic overflowing from his body, and a group of soldiers followed closely behind Baron Heinrich, rushing out through the gap he had cut. However, they were not as strong as Baron Heinrich, so in the course of the battle, their numbers became smaller and smaller......
Green squinted his eyes and observed for a moment, looking greedily at the Noble Phantasm in Baron Heinrich's hand: "It seems...... There seems to be a chance. ”
Contrary to Baron Heinrich, who is not afraid of cannon fodder, Green is not afraid of 1v1, but he feels a little tricky about cannon fodder tactics. But if you can get your hands on that treasure, you may be able to solve the problem that you have been bothering for years.
Green pulled out a magic mirror from his bosom and infused it with magical power.
Soon, an image appeared in the magic mirror, and a large Mona face appeared in the mirror.
Mona seemed to be pressing her face against the mirror, looking at Green innocently.
Greene: "...... Your face is too close! ”
"Mona!" Mona seemed startled.
Green ignored Mona's cuteness: "Come pick me up." ”
"Mona~" Mona said that she had received the order.
A few minutes later, a Storm Eagle appeared in front of Green.
Just standing on the ground, the Storm Giant Eagle, which is almost three meters tall, gives people a strong sense of oppression.
Green rolled over and climbed onto the back of the Storm Eagle, and the Thousand Shadows turned into a shadow without volume or weight, and entered Grimm's shadow.
The Storm Eagle flapped its wings and flew in the direction Baron Heinrich and the others had left.
In the night, the light on Baron Heinrich's head was very conspicuous. The Storm Eagle soared high in the sky, far behind Baron Heinrich, waiting for his chance to strike.