By the time everyone had come to their senses from the misery of the blacksmith and his wife, the Silverwing Hunter Pozik had long since disappeared, and everyone couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Blacksmith Stanner invited the two to his house and prepared them a sumptuous dinner. After dinner, they rested another night at the blacksmith's house. The next day, as soon as the golden sun rose from the horizon, they said goodbye to the blacksmith and prepared to go to the robber's lair, the Harggs Tower.

The original owners of the Haggs Stone Tower were three junior black-robed magicians who broke away from the management of the Sphinx, the Sphinx of the Winterhold School of Magic, and became wandering magicians. The three of them brought the destruction magic books stolen from the academy, such as "Firestorm", "Destroying the World", "Ice Storm Abyss", "Demon Summoning" and other important classics, in an attempt to comprehend the highest level of magic skills through their own efforts and practice. However, they were unlucky, and they had only lived in the stone tower for three weeks, and before they could read the magic books carefully, they were invaded by bandits who came down from Mount Hrosga.

Satya, a powerful warrior, easily defeated the three of them with his crushing combat skills, and cut off the mage's head and hung it on the stone tower's walls for glory. From then on, a group of bandits led by Satya took over the stone tower and became its new owners.

Walking out of the village, the two rode along the road and crossed the stone bridge. Across the stone bridge, two paths appeared in front of them. To the right is a flat avenue with a wide road surface and a wide view that does not seem to be dangerous. Ahead is a hiking trail that is hidden among the rocks and trees. Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking up, this mountain road is rugged and narrow and full of dangers, and if you are not careful, you may fall off the cliff.

"Why stopped?" asked Caterina

"Which way should we go?" said Rex.

"Mountain Road!" she gestured forward.

"Sure enough," said Rex contemptuously, "a robber is a robber, and he likes to live in shabby, remote mountainous areas." ”

"Hmph, if they all live in a castle, can they still be called robbers? this is not an empire, they have the right to choose. Caterina rolled her eyes.

"I bet if there were Imperial patrols here, your sister wouldn't have been caught by them. ”

"I think so, even though those patrols aren't very good, but we need to get my sister out as soon as possible, and hopefully she's safe. A sad shadow cast over her forehead.

The Shadowmares walked cautiously along the mountain path, and they rode on horseback without urging, allowing the Shadowmares to walk freely. Caterina hugged Rex's waist tightly, but kept her back straight so that the two of them would not get too close. Rex gripped the reins and tightened his stirrups, intently observing the road ahead. To their left are abrupt, chaotic stone cliffs and abysses, and to their right are steep rock walls. The villages below the valley have long been submerged in a thick gray fog.

At noon, they walked through a low mountain valley and into a poplar forest, and the two wandered through the jungle. At this moment, several short-nosed foxes rushed out of the woods, stood not far in front of them, turned their heads to look at the two of them, and then turned and fled into the deep bushes. Out of the aspen forest, a wide road suddenly crossed them, and by Caterina's guidance, they walked on the road for another hour, and finally came to the low woods where she had last lurked.

"The stone tower up front is the robber's lair!" said Caterina excitedly.

"I'll see," Rex looked in the direction she was pointing, and saw the stone fortress built with the mountain. Three round stone towers were built next to the road. A stone wall is built between each tower, and the only way to connect the stone towers is the old steps. In the middle of the stone wall is a wooden turning staircase, which allows them to quickly climb the wall or escape the stone tower.

These fortified castles are the product of human ingenuity, but they are even more ruthless when dealing with their own kind. The stone towers and walls are indeed as Caterina described, the outer walls are covered with spikes and thorns, as if the stone walls are covered with a protective cloak and a good barrier against intruders from the outside. Rex also discovered that each tower was roofed with a scout and an archer, dressed in solid steel-scale armor with a face shield. Look out from the top of the tower or walk back and forth, patrolling the roads and woods around the tower. If a stranger or animal is approaching, they will immediately become alert and draw their bows and arrows ready to shoot at the target.

"The stone tower is really impregnable," Rex admired, "the natural defenses and the traps on the ground are perfect, and with bandits guarding it, it's one of the most dangerous areas in the Storm Nation." ”

"You see," she said, "you can see with your own eyes that there are reasons for my failures and those of my captain, and that it is unimaginable to rescue a man in such a treacherous environment." ”

"Where is your sister being held?"

"Whoa!" Caterina pointed to the third tower in the middle, "she's locked up in the dungeon at the bottom of that tower, and we must go inside the stone tower to rescue my sister." ”

"Well, I get that. "The first thing we need to do is clear the scout guards at the top of the tower, so we can avoid the traps under the tower and find a chance to break in without being detected, you know!"

"What do you have in mind?"

Rex paced back and forth in place, biting his nails and thinking. Then he said to himself, "You and I are both melee assassins, not good at long-range magic attacks, and can't do stealth and summoning, the only advantage is that the swordsmanship is good, assassination is not a problem." The only difficulty was how to get close to the archers without being detected. ”

"Is there a good way?" she asked anxiously.

"What did you say?" Rex was completely immersed in his own thoughts.

"Hey!" Caterina shouted angrily, "could you please consider my feelings?"

After saying that, she was like a deflated ball, completely low.

Rex noticed that she was starting to feel down, so he walked over to him, took his shoulders and said, "I'm sorry I didn't take your feelings into account just now. I know my sister is very important to you, but trust me, my promise to you will last a lifetime. No matter what happens, even if I lose my life, I'll save your sister, okay?"

Caterina broke free from her depressed mood, her eyes bloomed with bright colors, and she looked at Rex with clear eyes, "I believe in you, for my sister, I believe in your promise even more." ”

Rex smiled slightly, "That's right, all I want is your strength." Come, don't cry and smile, and your mood will improve immediately. ”

Caterina burst out laughing, and the gloom in her heart was completely dispelled. She said in a complaining and coquettish tone, "I hate you, what a boring bastard!"

Rex laughed happily.

She asked in a cute tone, "Now, what should we do?"

Rex threw off the reins of Shadowmare, walked up to a boulder in the woods, sat down cross-legged, and said, "Wait!"

"Wait?" Caterina looked at him with wide eyes and disbelief, "I don't understand?"

"Look at the sun in the sky, and believe that night will soon fall. What is the first rule of the Assassins, please tell me?"

She shook her head, "I don't know, you can tell me." ”

Rex smiled, "The royal full-time teacher may be a liar, and you should hate him for not teaching his own students such an important basic common sense." ”

"Why?"

"One day or a certain time, you will die because of it. ”

"Is it really that powerful?"

"Don't doubt this bit of common sense, it's important to you. This common sense is to 'hide yourself', it's easy!"

"It's incredible, I thought it was a mysterious theory," Caterina said with some contempt, "that's it, tell me what's next." ”

"Do you see the hills next to the stone tower?"

"Well, clearly, it's some strange stone mountain. And then what?"

"When it gets darker and darker, with the protection of the night, we can hide ourselves perfectly. Jumping from the back stone to the top of the tower will allow you to take out the guards without being detected. Rex stared intently at the top of the hill behind the stone tower.

"Yes," she exclaimed, "what a good idea." Strange, how I didn't think of such a solution. ”

"It's all nice to smell the air, isn't it?" Rex sat with his eyes closed, enjoying the calm time before the battle.

Caterina looked up at the sky, and saw that a golden disc was gradually turning red, slowly sinking towards the edge of the heavens and the earth, and the fiery sun had scorched half of the sky into a field of bright red beef.

She happily said, "That's it." ”

The earth finally swallowed up the last cloud, and the night completely enveloped the whole world. Forests, stone towers, and robbers are all frozen in this world. The archers at the top of the tower lit torches, and the objects within a foot of light were clearly and clearly. The two of them also lit an iron lantern and hung it at the entrance to the top of the tower, and the darkness of the night made it difficult for them to supervise their work.

"Get ready, it's time for us to go. Rex jumped off the boulder and took off his iron armor for a delicate black light armor. At the same time, Caterina also put on a set of dry and comfortable cloth armor, and tied her hair tightly behind her head to prevent it from floating in front of her eyes and disturbing her vision.

"By climbing up from the side stone wall, we can get around those annoying traps. What do you think?" said Katarina.

"No problem, everything is up to you!" Rex bent down and made a gentlemanly gesture, "Lady first!"

Caterina looked at him with disdain, "Don't cry if you can't climb up, little girl!"

Rex smiled bitterly, "I'd rather let you carry me up, if you have a choice." ”

"Well, then, as long as it's not today, I'm willing. Caterina said back to him.