Chapter 52: Reminder
Dragon Spear Castle has been abandoned for many years, and it is in ruins.
When Dugu Feng went deep into the basement of the castle, laid a miniature lock, and added a layer of insurance to the seal of the gate of hell. Others were not idle.
As the sun set, the last adventurer was invited out of the Dragon Spear Castle, and only the knights and retinue brought by Dugu Feng were left in this castle.
The Dragon Spear Castle is built with fortress specifications, which is more than enough to accommodate more than 1,000 people and horses of Dugu Feng and his party. It's just that the castle is dilapidated, and it needs to be cleaned up and rebuilt before it can really be restored to its former glory.
Piles of bonfires were lit, burning torches were inserted into the walls, and unquenchable flames were released, and the long-lost light shone through the dark Dragon Spear Castle, expelling the cold wind and darkness together.
The knights and their retinue were prepared in advance, and each had their own division of labor, either to keep vigil and stand guard, or to clear the streets, to clean the rooms, or to build barracks, to lay defenses, or to boil water and cook food, and to prepare food...... Everything is hectic and orderly, adding a rare breath of life to the Dragonspear Castle, which has been filled with intrigue and carnage for many years.
"Lord Aelita, I found a dark river under the Dragonspear Castle."
When Dugu Feng set up the defense measures of the gate of hell and walked out of the basement, Viconia came up and reported: "Although the underground river is not wide, it can also allow ships to pass through. I've just explored the river for about three or four miles, and found that there are many whirlpools and craters along the way, and there are some monsters that inhabit the river, but although the river is dangerous, there is still a possibility of people sneaking in. And, in my experience, it's likely that this river will be able to lead to the Dark Regions. ”
Dragonspear Castle was built by the dwarves, and the dwarves are known to dig holes in the ground, in addition to being accustomed to building buildings as strong as the rock walls.
So, in general, dwarf castles and cities have huge basements and complicated underground tunnels. And the underground of the Dragon Spear Castle was dug by the dwarves to a passage to the underground dark river.
The source of this dark river is unknown, except that it is headed roughly in the direction of the Misty Forest, and those who are lucky enough to pass through the whirlpool will eventually be swept away by the current to a waterfall in the Supreme Wasteland. Originally, the dwarves used this river to dispose of their garbage, but although it was convenient, it was very dangerous, because it had a huge whirlpool that led to the dark lands, and the garbage that flowed down the river would point the intruders to the direction and direction of the Dragonspear Castle, which was much more dangerous.
"Viconia, the defense of the underground will be handed over to you!"
Fighting in the dim underground, there is no better than the dark elves from the dark region, so Dugu Feng simply handed over all the arrangements of the underground part of the castle to Viconia.
"You can pick two teams of knights and set up sentry posts, traps, fortresses, dark rooms, and everything else you think is necessary. By the way, if you want, you can also train them to adapt and fight in complex underground environments! ”
"Thank you for your trust, Lord Elita, and I will give you an impregnable line of defense."
Viconia solemnly promised, and departed. Lacking the experience of betrayal and defeat by trusted surface humans in the original books, Viconia retains the Viper language of the Dark Elves as always, but in fact she is more trustworthy than most surface creatures.
"Vandis, there aren't many mages in my territory, so I need to work hard for you regarding the magic vigilance in the castle!" After arranging the Drow Elf Sister, Dugu Feng said this to the Vandis of Viconia.
Although Vandis has received the entire inheritance of the powerful warrior monk Golden Ring Master from another world, in fact, his root is still the professional inheritance of the mage, the dragon elephant warrior monk, and he only trains as a part-time job. Of course, with the lifespan of his drow elf and the characteristics of the dragon elephant warrior monk profession, it is foreseeable that his melee ability in the future will not be weak.
"Dear Charafi, if possible, I would like to be able to use the castle's towers and transform them into a mage tower!"
Vandis thought about it seriously, and then suggested to Dugu Feng: "This is not just for my personal consideration, a powerful mage tower is also very helpful for the control of the territory!" ”
"This can be considered!"
Without Van Disduo to say, Dugufeng nodded in agreement. Although it is considered a combat job in itself, Dugu Feng will not reject magic. Even in Dugu Feng's planning, Dragon Spear Castle will become a martial arts cultivation holy place similar to the martial arts world sect mountain gate in the future, and it is also very useful to have a powerful mage tower. After all, the martial arts cultivation that Dugu Feng experienced was not so much a warrior as a hybrid variant of a psyker and a druid.
"It's just that the construction of the Mage Tower costs a lot of money, and the support of funds, materials, technology, etc. is indispensable. After a while, I'll go back to Baldur's Gate and talk to Master Tyrantil of the High Fence and Master Yonggen* of the Candle Castle! When the time comes, a mage tower will be built here! ”
In the Baldur's Gate area, which is not as famous as Silvermoon City and Deep Water City in the Northlands, mages are relatively rare, and there is no mage academy for apprentices to study systematically. Although in addition to the High Fence Fort and the Candle Castle, there are also many thousand-year-old monsters that cannot be reclused near Baldur's Gate, but these legendary mages have their own personalities, and it is difficult to invite them at all.
"Maybe I should turn Ammon ahead of time!"
Considering that the strength of the mages under his command was somewhat weak, Dugu Feng couldn't help but have other thoughts.
As one of the sons of Bal, the key point of fate, although Ammon wasted a lot of time by learning the wanderer profession in the early days, after only reading the original plot, after she gave up the wanderer profession to specialize in magic, she even became a powerful* mage with the same status as Ilminster, you can know her strong talent as a spellcaster.
"Lord Aelita!"
Just when Dugu Feng was thoughtful, after communicating with the demon dragon Olebo, and making a series of agreements and contracts, the silver dragon Lady Eliasara also came over, she took a look at the dragon spear castle under the lamplight, and said, "When I came from Deep Water City, I got a not very accurate news. ”
"The red-robed mage from Cell, who has been active in the area of Dagger Beach and Dragon Spear Castle recently! They seem to be looking for something. In addition, the Lizard Swamp south of Dagger Beach also appeared in the Priest of the Storm Lord Talos, and some people claimed to have seen the trail of a black dragon in the distance at the edge of the Lizard Swamp! ”
"Black Dragon, could it be the black dragon in the Supreme Wasteland before?"
Among the so much information that Ms. Yinlong said, only the news of the black dragon slightly attracted Dugufeng's attention. Once upon a time, there was a black dragon entrenched in the Supreme Wasteland. However, the life cycle of the giant dragon is not quite the same as that of humans, when Dugu Feng strangled the monsters on the Supreme Wasteland, this black dragon did not know where the cat slept and went to sleep, so it was lucky to escape Dugu Feng's massacre of wild monsters, and was not like the green dragon in the viper forest, which was tragically cramped and skinned by Dugu Feng to make equipment.
"It's not clear!"
Lady Silver Dragon shook her head slightly, and at the same time looked at Dugu Feng with a smile and said, "Ever since Your Excellency Alita started your 'war' against evil creatures in the Supreme Wasteland and the Troll Forest, many intelligent creatures have rushed to flee these two places first. However, due to this, the number of attacks by monsters in Dagger Beach and Waterdeep has increased a lot! ”
There are pros and cons to everything, Dugu Feng's actions to fight against wild monsters and robbers certainly benefit the Baldur's Gate area, but the monsters and robbers who escaped from the monofilament are more violently harming the nearby forces. Dagger Beach, Xikangbu, Deep Water City and other places have a lot of trouble because of this.
"If the Excellencies of Waterdeep City are willing to launch a continuous attack and sweep of the wilderness monsters like me, I think their territory will be as stable as I am here!" Dugu Feng said.
"Hey!"
Hearing Dugu Feng's answer, Ms. Yinlong couldn't help but sigh, theoretically, when a legendary powerhouse joins the encirclement and suppression battle in the wilderness, it will be very easy to sweep away those monsters and robbers entrenched in the wilderness, but in fact, there are very few legendary powerhouses who really do this.
Of course, there is the reason for the self-contained identity of the legendary powerhouse, but it is more because of the balance of the world, and the monsters and robbers in the wilderness are not without a back-stage, the Sattarin Society, the Dragon Lich Church, the Shadow Thief, the Iron Throne and many other evil forces and even lords have all kinds of inextricable relationships with those robbers in the wilderness.
Even monsters like goblins, kobolds, trolls, and lizardmen are often driven by powerful creatures such as evil mages, dragons, and mind flayers. For example, those trolls in the Troll Mountains are the test products and cannon fodder of the powerful lich Lavoc in the Sorcerer's Tomb, and Baldur's Gate has a lot to do with that lich after several previous crusades.
In addition, some races and forces are even backed by powerful beings of gods and other alien planes, and under all these constraints, even the legendary powerhouses of the good camp cannot recklessly devote themselves to the slaughter of weak monsters.
After all, this is a perverted world where even a young dragon devours a few swans, which can attract swan spirit warriors to hunt down. Dugu Feng's stranglehold of wilderness monsters for ten years has actually faintly stepped on a certain red line. If it continues, I am afraid that it will be greatly repulsed.
Therefore, in addition to winning over Dugu Feng to deal with the Red Dragon Tyrant, Ms. Yinlong also had to remind the killing princess kindly.
"Lord Aelita, Dragonspear Castle was once an important location for the Zatarim Society to conduct secret transactions in the Baldur's Gate region. If you take possession of the entire castle now, I'm afraid you will have to watch out for Zatalim attacks in the future! ”
The Silver Dragon Lady reminded vaguely, "Because of the sealed primeval bronze dragon near the castle, the lichs of the Dragon Worship Sect are also watching this place. It's just that because of the strength of the primeval dragon, they are not sure that they can control it, so they have not taken action. However, it is said that recently, Samast, the founder of the Worship of the Dragon, has reappeared. If they're looking to create a more powerful dragon lich, they'll be looking for it! ”