Chapter 158: Fortress Journey (I)
"Of course I'd love it here! Your Excellency Count Shippening! Chen Kai lowered his head and made a noble salute to the other party respectfully, if it weren't for Xu Fei having found some photos of famous people in this fortress before, maybe Chen Kai really couldn't help this earl who likes to dress up as an ordinary cavalry captain and run crazy outside the fortress.
The biggest difference between the steel wall of the Hansting Empire and the redstone fortress of the Rohan Empire is that the stronghold of the Redstone Fortress is garrisoned by a legendary powerhouse, then the status of the redstone fortress will be even higher. However, for this Count Shippening, it is estimated that the emperor of the Hansting Empire is quite a headache, because he likes to dress up as a cavalry captain and hang out outside the fortress with a good reputation. If it weren't for his terrifying strength, it is estimated that this earl would have been killed by the powerhouses of other empires because of his fetish.
In fact, this Count Shippening was not without attacks, and there were eleven Sanctuary-level Sword Saints who attacked him, plus two archmages and a Legendary-level Sword Master, that is, the Sword King. But as a result, except for the two archmages who escaped with their lives because of the distance, the other eleven Sacred Domain Sword Saints and the Sword King all fell. This Count Shippening has forged his terrible reputation with his incomparable fighting power.
Therefore, for such an earl with terrible combat power and real power, Chen Kai did not have any disrespectful thoughts except for bowing his head to show goodwill. If you want to win the respect of the other party, then you must show strong enough strength, unfortunately, even if Chen Kai's combat power is strong, it is only for the player. For the entire game world, Chen Kai is still an unpopular save. If he still has a territory, then maybe he can make Shipnin look up to him, but unfortunately he doesn't have a territory now.
"Humph! Good in the eyes! Baron Berkner, but I want you to have the same eye for business! "I didn't say much surprise that I was recognized, because this kind of thing had happened more than once. Although he tried hard to modify himself, it was a pity that he still couldn't avoid the end of being recognized. But the count was used to this. So he just let out a cold snort at Chen Kai instead of being annoyed.
For Chen Kai and the others, it was definitely an unexpected surprise to see Xi Puning, the biggest boss of the fortress, because following him to the fortress was definitely the safest thing. One can overturn a legendary sword king plus eleven sword masters, and scare away the super thick legs of two archmages, it is estimated that there is no safer place in the fortress than under this thick leg.
When the huge metal door of the fortress was slowly opened, Chen Kai could see the name of the almost destroyed fortress on the side of the gate, Iron Blood. In fact, the fortress has three names, Iron Conquest and Glory, which are inscribed on the three gates of the fortress. For the inner side of the Hansting Empire, it is the gate of glory, for the other countries it is conquest, and for the western wilderness side it is iron-blooded.
The name of the Iron Gate was forged from the blood of tens of thousands of wasteland creatures, and of course there were actually many more dead creatures outside the Gate of Conquest. In the past, when there was no demonic threat. In order to break through the gate of conquest, more than a million troops appeared outside the gate, but they were all blocked out and became the object of conquest, and the result of the conquest was that more than half a million legions were buried under the gate forever. Therefore, the Gate of Conquest was called the Gate of Bones by the people of other empires, and the real name of this fortress was not mentioned by them, but was replaced by that fortress.
For Chen Kai and them, this fortress is an extremely important supply point for them, and it is also a very important resting place. Most importantly, Nero Aru can send a request to the high casters in the stronghold. For a price, have these spellcasters at the pinnacle of power assist them in examining the items left behind by the demigods. Of course, Nero Elu would never be looking for a normal spellcaster. She would only seek the help of a spellcaster who was also an elven mage. There aren't many elven casters in this fortress. But definitely no less. In fact, it would be an incredible thing if there were not dozens of High Elf archmages in an empire, and the elves used their powerful control of magic to become the most prominent members of the mage guild. Although the elves may not be able to produce the most gifted spellcasters, nor the most famous archmages, their powerful magical talents make them the largest caster group.
It's just that the Elven Empire obviously can't support so many mages, so some Elven spellcasters have to wander outside and join other empires as magic advisors. In this fortress there is one such High Elf spellcaster. And after Chen Kai and the others settled down, Nero Ailu immediately brought several other elven mages to visit him. Of course, they also brought the blood-colored fruits and the fountain of life that Chen Kai handed over to them, hoping to rely on the relationship of several elven mages to make these blood-colored fruits into a mixture that can increase the total amount of health.
Although this may make Chen Kai owe a favor again, it is better to strengthen his own side sooner than to strengthen his strength later and then be killed before then. As soon as he thought of the terrifying and hideous evil dragon, Chen Kai was stern about his insecurity. Although even if you increase your health by a few thousand points, you may not be able to withstand the evil dragon's attack at one or even two times. But when it's fatal, even a second longer is good. At the same time, several broken carriages that could almost be thrown into the garbage dump were sent to the carriage shop by Chen Kai and them. After racking their brains and bargaining with the shopkeeper, Chen Kai and the others finally got a batch of new carriages.
As an important fortress connecting the Hansting Empire with other countries, the commerce in this fortress is also extremely developed, because there are merchants from other countries who come to trade with the Hansting Empire, mercenaries, adventurers, and spies. There is never a shortage of fresh corpses on the ropes that sway outside the walls, including the thugs who committed murder in the city, the profiteers who were shoddy and eventually discovered, and of course the spies sent by other countries who were discovered. The shaking corpse crunched in the wind, not from the body itself, but from the rope around its neck.
Obviously, the inhabitants of the fortress were not surprised by such a situation, and not many people would pay attention to even a beautiful girl among the few corpses. For Chen Kai, they were in a hurry at the city gate, and everyone had no time to pay attention to these, they had to clean up some of the food accumulated in their backpacks, and at the same time buy some fresher ones. There is no doubt that such an entry and exit is definitely a loss-making thing. After careful discussion, Chen Kai and the others finally decided to simply take out these foods and give alms when they had already lost money. This will increase your Kindness and ask about the situation in the Stronghold.
While Chen Kai was running around the fortress, the Count Shippening, whom they met outside the fortress, changed his armor and stood on top of the highest tower of the fortress. As the tallest building in the entire fortress, it would have been impossible to build a tower more than a hundred meters high without the spell that had reached the sky in the game. But under the power of magic, let alone a hundred-meter-high tower, even the Tower of Babel that towers above the earth and reaches into the clouds, mages can build it as long as they want to build it, and have the resources and ability to build it.
"What do you think?" Count Shippening slowly closed the curtains, and the faint sunlight entered the room through the crack in the window, and the old mage who was lying on the chair muttered a little, and then slowly pulled the blanket on his body and opened his eyes. The old mage's eyes were not the difference between the kernel and the whites of the eyes, they were only pitch black, like the starry sky of the eternal night.
"Shippenin! You should know that I can't see anything, what can I see as a blind man? The old mage muttered. Then he shook his hand and tried to grab the teacup next to him. On his raised arm, the sleeves of his robes hung bare appearances decorated with star motifs.
"Nope! You can see it! Fursler! Don't forget you're an astrologer, and take your hands off my tea set! That's the precious porcelain I got with great difficulty, don't you want to use your despicable means to steal it! "As a legendary-level powerhouse, Shipnin doesn't have a good impression of this old mage at all. Because in the face of a person you can always guess what you ate today and where you went. Even an astrologer in any color of underwear would probably be like Count Shippening.
"Alright! But I want a tea set! "As an astrologer, it would be too cheap to help people with divination for free, so the old mage named Fessler quickly stuffed all the tea sets on the coffee table into his pocket.
"You TMD!" Count Shippening was furious at the tea set that had disappeared into the old mage's sleeve. It's a pity that he knows that what was swallowed by this old guy is absolutely impossible to dig up again. He could only grit his teeth angrily at the other party.
"You're so rich, but that's not enough? Don't be so stingy! The old mage shook his arm at Count Shippening, and slowly pulled a crystal ball out of his sleeve. When the crystal ball was taken out, the whole room instantly entered a very dim state, or should it be said that the field, the tables, chairs, and tea sets that were originally placed in the room all disappeared into a starry sky shining with starlight, and there were only two people in this field. One is the old mage Fessler with a crystal ball, and the other is Count Shippening, the supreme leader of the fortress.
"That's it! What do you want to see? The bust of that minotaur chick. Or the panties of those elf girls? Wiping the crystal ball in his hand, the old mage said to Count Shippening in an extremely obscene voice, of course, the blue tendons on the latter's head had begun to increase from the original one tic-tac-toe to three in an instant.
"You know what I want!!" As Count Shippening's words fell, Nero Aru and the others appeared in the crystal ball, and they were in a mage tower not far from this tower. The owner of the Mage Tower is a legendary spellcaster of the Elves. An old elf who looked a little old, at least more than a thousand years old.
"Looks like they've gotten a lot of good stuff? I love those two eyeballs, but if I had been younger I might have tried to press them into my eye sockets, but now they are more comfortable for these eyes! "The old mage's eyes can't see directly, but in this realm he can rely on them to see anything he wants. As long as the distance does not exceed a certain range, then it is an instrument comparable to a satellite monitor.
"Where's the demigod's divine fire?" For Count Shippening, the one thing he wanted to know most was definitely not the remains of a demigod, but the most important demigod fire. When that glowing flame appeared on the crystal ball, he almost reached out his hands to pick it up.
"That's it! Shippening: I think it's time for us to go! That old man from Zell won't be unaware that I'm peeking at his mage tower, he must have a deal he wants to do with us, otherwise you won't see that ray of divine fire! The old mage slowly put away the crystal ball, and his movements directly woke up Count Shippening, whose face changed a little, for this strong man, the state just now was definitely a very fatal thing. Fortunately, now that they are in the realm space of the old mage, someone has helped him come to his senses, otherwise this legendary powerhouse may have a bad situation because of this.
"Thank you! Fursler! After a few heavy breaths and an effort to regain the strength of the rampant force in his body, Count Shippening found himself drenched in sweat in just a few seconds. For a legendary powerhouse, this is simply an incredible thing. But it just happened.
"You need to control your strength, Shipnin! Otherwise, you may not survive tomorrow! Fussler sighed and slowly opened a portal, feeling sorry for Shippening, who was definitely a powerful and legendary warrior, a well-deserved king of swords. If Charles is still here, then even if he sees Shippening, he has to bow and salute and call out to the teacher, because Shippening looks very young but in fact he is more than a hundred years old.
As a human being, his lifespan has naturally been extended after becoming a legendary powerhouse, but if the fight between eleven sword saints and a legendary sword king left a hidden danger in Xi Puning's body, it is that he cannot control his power. As a legendary powerhouse, he can't control his own power, which sounds ridiculous, but it is a fact that Shippening has to face, because his strength grows so fast that it can't be contained by his own body. Shippening didn't dare to practice Dou Qi at all now, because he was afraid that if he practiced Dou Qi, he would directly turn himself into a bomb. But even so, the strength in his body continued to grow, and it was beyond the limit of what he could bear. At the same time, because he didn't dare to practice the power of Dou Qi Comprehension, Xi Puning had no way to condense his own realm to give birth to divine fire, which meant that his strength would become very strong, but he would eventually blow himself up. That's why the moment he saw the divine fire, he was so excited that the power in his body almost went berserk. If not for the old mage. Perhaps Count Shippening had turned into a human bomb and took it away with a bang, and the entire tower disappeared completely.
After completely calming the power in his body, Shippenn stepped into the portal the moment it disappeared. It's just that the moment he stepped into the portal, he almost went berserk again because of the old mage's words. Because the astrologer was explaining his purpose to several elven mages. The excuse used was that Shipnin wanted to get him to spy on a few elf girls.
"Mage Zell! Don't you think it's a bit noisy here? I think we should let one out, right? Count Shippening slowly placed his hand on the old mage's shoulder, a smile on his lips, but the protruding tic-tac-toe on his head undoubtedly betrayed his anger. Of course, under the training of this astrologer for more than ten years, Shippening's temper has become very good, but this kind of goodness is aimed at other people, and when facing this old mage, he always has to work hard to control himself, otherwise he will definitely be angry to death.
"Welcome to my Mage's Tower! Lord Shippening, as much as I would love to throw Fessler out of the mage tower, you know that he is in charge of the distribution of resources throughout my stronghold mage tower. If I wish I could get a gold coin from him next year. Then we can only let Mage Fussler stay here! The old elf lifted the lenses in his eye sockets, and then slowly waved the wand in his hand, and the originally bright mage tower gradually dimmed. The curtains around were slowly drawn, and the candles were slowly lit.
"Thank you! Zell. I know you're not going to let me, a blind old man, be stimulated by the sun, where is your deck chair? Aha! Found it, my lovely velvet blanket!" As the elven mage closed the curtains, the old mage Fussler, who had been keeping his eyes closed, slowly opened his starry eyes, and then groped his way to find a chaise longe. After lying down, he quickly pulled out a red velvet blanket from the side and covered his body, no one could not respect this old mage, because he was the most powerful spellcaster stationed in this fortress, known as the Great Magister of the Star Eye and the Astrologer Saint? Fursler? Queldegang.
"Keep talking, I'll lie here for a while!" When this sentence sounded, the entire room of the mage tower resounded with the old mage's soft snoring. With the command of the elven mage's hand, a thin veil slowly shrouded him, blocking the old mage's surroundings to give him a quiet resting environment, and Shippening picked up the secret magic crystal loaded with divine fire on the table. (To be continued......)