Feder touched the cut gravel with his hands, and even if he was a different person, it might take some time to cut all the stones of the secret passage with a sharp weapon to block the passage. In the process, we also have to beware of the collapse of the secret passage, but Malvin, who has disappeared in front of him, has completed all these things in such a short time, as if a dancer who has become one with the stone, it is really terrifying arm strength and speed. Fylde thought as he turned and walked out of the kitchen, where Ayana and Patrick had already arrived and were standing in the hallway.

"Did you catch up?" Patrick looked behind Fed, with a sword in each hand.

"Malvern has sealed off the passage where we came, and it may take some tools and time to dig up the stones in the passage. ”

Ayana didn't look at the kitchen, she just looked at Fidel's body and looked away after making sure Fidel wasn't hurt.

"The mercenary knights at the top have all been eliminated, leaving only the bottom of the tower. Patrick glanced back at the stairs below, and the sound of fighting below began to wane. Judging from the current situation, those Imperial soldiers stationed in the Riverland Castle should not have broken through to the tower.

"Let's go back first. ”

When the three of them returned to the top floor of the tower, they found that there were more people lying in the room than there were standing. The messy, blood-soaked room made Fide frown.

Selena, the chief female knight, was standing next to Viscount Hollis's mutilated body, but what she didn't expect was that Viscount Hollis, whose whole body was cut to no good meat, still had a breath! Selena had already squatted down and put her ear close to Hollis's mouth to listen to the last words that the other party said before she died.

Avi gasped for air, the young man who used the shield for the first time in actual combat was really a little overwhelmed. In the past, when practicing equestrianism, he liked to use relatively light weapons, and with his thin arms like firewood, it was difficult to swing his shield to block the knight's powerful attacks. However, apart from some muscle soreness, Avi was not injured.

Fed saw Selena, the chief knight, standing up, and walked over slowly, "Is this Viscount Hollis?"

Selena looked down at the man who had just died and said, "That's right, from what he said before he died, it was indeed Viscount Hollis of Riverland Castle," Selena was injured in the arm and thigh, and two of her subordinates hurried over to help her with a simple bandage," he mentioned his apologies to the Papal States. Selena said Viscount Hollis apologized to Archbishop Arthur Auerbach before he died. Because the night before the agreement was signed, a letter was sent from Glynco, the prime minister Hollow, asking all the lords of the riverside region to meet the reinforcements led by Juan. Because the originally planned agreement was delayed by one day, Hollis finally chose to be loyal to the East Oguna Empire under the persuasion of his nephew Lord Martin.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that Juan, the commander-in-chief of the reinforcements, had actually planned a long time ago, not only to defeat the Papal States, but also to remove Viscount Hollis's dominance in the Riverland region and take over it himself. That's why the conversations Feld had before they broke into the room.

After hearing Selena's words and sighing, Feder informed the other party that Marven had escaped and that the secret passage had been closed.

"I really didn't expect that the deputy head of the mercenary union had a premeditated plan, he was just to snatch that life weapon!" "Selena is also the first time to see the legendary weapon so closely, but that thing did not surprise Selena, after all, the crossbow machine that is not exaggerated in appearance but is a little strange turned out to be a legendary life weapon, and it doesn't look like a "legendary level", right?

"Now is not the time to think about this, why don't you go under the tower and see what is going on. Fider suggested.

Selena nodded, and she sent some knights to follow Fed down the floor, while she herself rested in the room. The three of Fid and Avi began to move towards the lower part of the tower, where the Church Knights were obviously outnumbered by the Mercenary Knights, but because the planned betrayal from above had to happen a little earlier, there were still Mercenary Knights and Church Knights fighting on the lower floors. The men brought by Fidel quickly eliminated the remaining hired knights, and also caught two live players.

The captured knight mercenary was reluctant to speak, and seemed to want to die.

When they reached the underground entrance to the tower, it was already under the control of the Church Knights. And judging from the closing mechanism of the gate, the gate here is a drawbridge that can be pulled up from the inside. I didn't expect that this kind of tall tower built inside the castle would also have a drawbridge, and it was only necessary to close the switch of the drawbridge from the inside, and it would be difficult for people outside to break through this kind of defensive gate unless they used heavy siege weapons.

And just now, Fei De also noticed that except for the windows on the upper floors of the tower, there are no windows on the lower floors, so it is impossible to climb in from other floors.

This internal structure shows that the castle was taken and retreated to the tower when the tower was built. It seems that the secret passage was used for escape, but now it is being used for surprise attacks.

"Report to the Chief Commander! The Imperial troops outside are constantly shouting, but we seem to hear the soldiers of the Rivercastle and the Imperial reinforcements who have come here are also insulting each other!"

Could it be that the soldiers outside suspected that Hollis and Juan had closed the door of the tower because of a conflict? That would be the luckiest thing, and if a large number of soldiers could have a conflict and fight, they would have more time to dig a secret passage.

By the time Fidel returned to the top of the tower, most of the bodies had been separated, and Juan, who had been shot in the neck and heart, was covered with a white cloth.

"What's going on?"

"They can't attack it yet," Feder said, standing by the window, looking into the castle and seeing that it was now brightly lit, "we're going to start digging the passage that was sealed by Malvern right away." ”

"I've just sent out the knights, and they're going with some tools to dig, but it will take a while. Selena also looked out the window, she could barely see the soldiers under the tower, but the tower on the opposite side was already full of soldiers, all of them aiming at this side with bows and crossbows.

"Does Rashad have a backup plan?" Fielder suddenly asked Selena, who had a sad face.

"He seems to have taken Lord Martin out of prison, and he said that he would send some armed men of the Church to wait for us outside the secret passage, and the rest is not clear. ”

Fede thought about it, since Marven was brave enough to leave all his subordinates here, it meant that he had already figured out how to get out after seizing the life weapon. And judging from the current situation, in addition to continuing to dig secret passages, we can only wait for Rassad's backup plan.

Over the next two hours, the passage began to be partially excavated. However, due to Malvern's extremely sharp and precise swordsmanship, every time he dug up some gravel blocking the secret passage, some of the rubble would slide down from the top or sides, so the task of digging the passage progressed very slowly.

Avi and the others were also with Fed, discussing the life weapon.

"What's the difference between that Life Weapon, the Crossbow of Mockery, and that of Elder Field?" Avi had already inquired about the Life Weapon from Selena.

Patrick shook his head: "In my opinion, this weapon is no different from Field's, isn't it just a stronger enchantment than an enchanted weapon." This crossbow seems to be able to make people go crazy and lose their minds to attack the person who is being 'mocked'. "That's what a champion fighter means by taunting – being caught in someone's attention and then attacking them recklessly.

Such a picture had already appeared, and both Fidel and Avi vividly remembered the magic of the mocking crossbow.

"It's still different, the shield of Feide's predecessor can't be used. ”

"That's because he hasn't found a way yet," Patrick touched the broken shield with his hand, "Didn't that Russell teach you how to activate the magic contained in this shield? ”

Fidel shook his head, he didn't know exactly when the Moon Shield would be used. Russell told himself from his own experience that if he wanted to release the magic it contained, he needed to use at least the lives of the people closest to him, but he had no such people around him, and he did not intend to do so.

Just as the four of them were discussing without saying a word, a church knight ran back from the lower level of the tower.

"Big deal! That Lord Martin was let back and is now outside the tower!"