Act 42 The Destroyed Night Raven Keep
After two more days of learning magic and marching, the atmosphere in the group suddenly became tense as they passed through a valley.
Sensing the near-frozen air in the group, Bai Gang walked up to Annu's side and asked, "What's wrong with everyone, are we approaching the portal?" ”
"No, we'll need to climb two more mountains and continue walking for a whole day to see the outer guards of the Undead Portal." Annu sighed and said, "The reason why everyone is like this is because I'm afraid something is going on here." ”
"Here?"
"In front of it is the Night Raven Castle of the Holy Duze Empire, the domain of Baron Eredale."
Bai Gang was taken aback: "The castle of the humans!?" In this kind of place!? ”
"That's right, right ahead. Although the northern realm is already full of undead, there are still many human fortresses, and Night Raven Castle is one of the stronger ones, as long as there are no high-level undead passing through these fortresses, it is still capable of resisting the attack of the undead.
We were going to take a final break here, but ...... I'm afraid something happened to Raven Castle. Normally, there should have been a sentry stationed at that pass just now, but now there is no one there! ”
Bai Gang was also vigilant, and habitually checked his firearms just in case.
Having found a suitable position, the expedition team tied all the horses to the trees, leaving three men to guard the way back, and the rest of the men formed a search formation and touched the Raven Castle little by little.
After three turns along the valley, which was only four lanes wide, the Raven finally appeared in front of the White Steel, but it was more accurate than the ruins of the former Raven Castle.
White Steel: All they saw was ruins.
The location of the Raven Castle is excellent, with steep and steep slopes that have been deliberately cut down and difficult to climb, the front of the castle is very small, and there are a large number of arrow towers of different heights behind the gate along the hillside like a cascade of stairs, and any enemy who tries to attack from the front will be subjected to intensive crossfire, and the large flat area in front of the main gate is simply a death zone!
The terrain of the valley made it impossible for heavy siege machinery to be brought in, so it can be said that the designers of Night Raven Castle were very shrewd.
But now, the castle, which has stood for centuries and never been breached in countless wars, is in ruins! Utter ruins! Broken walls and scattered masonry are everywhere, and patches of ghouls frantically gnawing at corpses.
Sawyer spat on.
[No wonder I didn't see a monster outside, it turned out to be all here!] 】
Dilitan sighed compassionately: "May the light bless the souls of the departed! 】
Immediately, his face changed, and he roared angrily: "Kill those monsters! 】
Everyone rushed out, including Bai Gang, and it was the first time he had fought after learning the [Divine Power Seal].
As an advanced magic of [Heavenly Force], the [Divine Power Seal] has increased Bai Gang's physical ability by nearly three times! And that's just the beginning!
Originally, ghouls couldn't pose much of a threat to White Steel, but now that they have blessed the [Divine Power Seal], they are no match for White Steel.
Bai Gang ran rapidly, and there was a bloody rain and bloody wind everywhere he passed, and no ghoul could cause even the slightest trouble to Bai Gang, and some of them had just lifted their heads buried in the internal organs of the corpse, and the next moment they were cut off by Bai Gang.
There was no suspense in the battle, and hundreds of ghouls were wiped out in less than three minutes.
Dilitan put the sword back into its sheath and said, "Let's go and see if there are any survivors. 】
[Survivors!? Sawyer, clasped his ears, and said impatiently, [Captain, what other survivors can there be in this situation? Don't you want to have a funeral for them? Rest assured, they won't turn into zombies for a while. 】
Bai Gang approached Annu and asked about the conversation between the two, and his brows furrowed when he heard Annu's translation.
Sawyer's words were very unpleasant, and the contemptuous tone made people feel a trace of respect for life, but what made Bai Gang feel even more chilled was the attitude of other people!
It's not as unpleasant as Sawyer, but it's numb enough, as if it's commonplace for this kind of thing.
"What kind of world do they live in!?"
Dilitian sighed at Sawyer's hatred.
[Sawyer, you can't become a paladin like this. 】
Sawyer snorted disdainfully.
[Hmph! It's as if we're going to be able to go back alive. 】
Dilitan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly, yes, their expedition mission can be said to be a mortal mission.
It's not impossible to destroy the undead portal, but it's almost impossible to come back alive after the destruction.
Among them are noble martyrs, outlaws who will not hesitate to fight for their future and position, and magicians who try to find a breakthrough between life and death, and what they all have in common is that they have put their lives on the table.
So everyone here has already done their own funeral when they set off.
Dilitian sighed, gave up asking the others to do anything, and was about to look for the survivor by himself, when he saw White Steel leaning a strange object against his eye.
What are you doing? 】
Dilitian asked, then remembering that he didn't have a pendant on him to communicate with White Steel.
The thing that the white steel picked up was a thermal imager used with a sniper rifle, and it was easier to use if you were looking for someone.
If it weren't for the fact that undead creatures such as ghouls also have thermal radiation, Bai Steel would have wanted to throw away such a burden, but he didn't expect it to come in handy here.
Although Bai Gang is not a virgin, he is also a soldier, and he also jumped over the river in flood relief, carried people back in disaster relief, and fell asleep after gnawing on steamed buns until half of them were gnawed, and he was far from being numb to human life like Sawa and them.
Although the Raven Castle is in a difficult terrain, it is not large, and the castle is too large to stand on the territory of the undead, and it is easy to provoke attacks, not to mention the surrounding land, it is difficult to feed enough people.
It didn't take long for White Steel to rummage through the Night Raven Castle, not to mention, it really made him find something.
Bai Gang blessed himself with the [Divine Power Seal], and then piled aside the collapsed rocks in front of him like a bulldozer, revealing a trapdoor on the ground.
With a sharp tug, the entire door was lifted by white steel, and below was a cellar. Bai Gang walked to the cellar, and quickly picked up a brown-haired young man with trembling eyes and threw him on the ground.
When the mage Anu saw the brown-haired youth, he shouted happily:
"It's great that you're alive, Calso! Hurry up and tell us what's going on!? ”