"I thought William was going to make the Shadow Fortress as invisible as a vampire's castle. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" Looking at the shadow fortress under the black jungle, Rogge raised his eyebrows to Antonio beside him.

Antonio looked up at the circular fortress made of black masonry, with towering arrow towers erected at intervals on the black façade, and towers surrounding the fortress on the outer walls of the inner fortress, the black iron drawbridge was hoisted high by thick black iron chains, and the black iron gates were carved with reliefs of evil spirits, as if to warn outsiders not to approach the place.

"Is this the Shadow Fortress?" Catherine looked uneasily at the dark castle in the shadows, feeling that it exuded darkness and horror everywhere, more like an eerie dungeon than an impregnable fortress.

"That's right, baby, this is William's lair, we're already standing at the door of his house, is anyone planning to go up and pat the doorbell?" Rogge looked back at the crowd on the left and right, and no one responded to each other.

"We'd better get our team in shape and get ready, it's not a good idea to attack. Antonio said to Rog as he stared at the shadow fortress in the silence.

"I don't have any opinion, after all, you are the commander of the three armed forces, the commander of the regiment. Rogge nodded in agreement, touched the bulging little cheeks of Little Lori, who was busy eating sandwiches, and said, "Come here, little villain, leave some time for the two regiment commanders to form the team, and the two of us had better go around and see if anyone is home." ”

He pulled Lilith, who had stuffed the sandwich into his mouth, around the side of the Shadow Fortress, hiding in the grass to observe the situation of the fortress, the walls were empty, and there were no guards in sight on the arrow towers, Rog saw this and let Lilith stay where she was, and he stepped over the bushes to get closer to the moat.

In the river channel more than ten meters deep under his feet, what flowed was not the water of an ordinary moat, but a large amount of green liquid with dry bones floating, and bubbles were churning in the viscous liquid, Rogge sniffed the smell wafting up, and smelled a pungent smell of highly toxic substances.

"It seems that this is the greeting gift that William has prepared for his guests. Rogge muttered to himself as he looked up at the towering wall overhead, frowned at the empty wall, and said, "But where are the greeters?"

He turned back to Lilith, squatted down in front of little Lori, wiped her greasy little mouth, and said, "Have you eaten enough, snacks? Let's go to the activity to reduce the flesh on your body, look at your little hands, they are all swollen." ”

Little Lori looked down at her hand, pouted and said unconvinced: "I don't have meat on my hands, I don't believe the bad wolf, you cut off the meat on your hands and compare the size of my hand!"

"You're a reasonable little scoundrel!" said Rogge, touching her little head, "Hurry up, take me to the top of the fortress and fly around, we'll see what's going on inside." ”

Little Lori licked the corners of her mouth, burped contentedly, and chanted a spell to turn into a little owl to shrink Rogge's back and fly into the air with him.

They flew over the fortress, and Rog looked down at the platform at the top of the fortress and the arrow towers around it, but he never found a single person, and he let the little furball fly around the fortress, hoping to find a trace of one or two people on the road between the inner and outer walls of the fortress.

The main road between the inner side of the outer wall of the fortress and the main fortress of the inner city was empty, and the shadows sprinkled on the gray stone road, making the stone road dark and gloomy, and the whole fortress was in a dead silence, looking like a ghost fortress that had been deserted for a long time.

"Bad wolf, is this really your old castle, why isn't there even a ghost?" As soon as the little furball wings landed on a tower next to the platform at the top of the Shadow Keep, she stood on the battlement at the edge of the tower and looked down and asked Rogge, "Are we in the wrong place?"

"It shouldn't be wrong," Rogge slowly shook his head as he stood on the back of the little furball and looked at the shadowy Black Forest in the distance, "The Dark Hills has only one castle in history, the Shadow Fortress, because there are too many evil and ferocious monsters inhabited here, and few lords will come here to build a castle. ”

He paused for a moment and added, "Of course, we can't rule out that William built a second Shadow Fortress to expand his control over the Dark Hills and the size of his army, but whether this is the case or not will not be known until we enter this castle." ”

"Shall we go in now?" said the little furball looking down at the dead fortress, "I don't want to go in, there is nothing good to eat inside, it looks so cold." ”

"Don't worry, baby, I didn't plan to go in like this now. Rogge looked around and said, "The two of us are just here to be scouts, and it is not easy to get into William's lair, if we are not careful, we will be crushed, we had better kill it openly." ”

"Why do I think it's stupid to go in openly?" asked the little furball, turning his little head behind his back and staring back at Rogge.

"Ah, you're right, but we must fully believe in the strength of the two regiments of the Empire, after all, they are the main force, we are only here to help, as a wanted criminal by the Empire, there is no need for me to be alone in order to be loyal to His Majesty the Holy Emperor and be dismantled by William's Minotaur. ”

Speaking of this, Rog shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands to Lilith and said, "Anyway, even if we die here, there is still no reward. ”

"I won't do anything without a reward!" Little Furball squeezed dissatisfiedly, and Roger nodded with a smile: "So, let's let the regular army solve the problem, let's go, little villain, let's go back and report the results of the reconnaissance, it's time to attack." ”

Little Furball flew back to the two regiments with Rogge, who told Antonio about the reconnaissance, and the Knight Commander became suspicious when he heard that no one was seen in the entire fortress.

"Could this be a trap set by William?" Antonio pondered for a moment and asked Rogge, "Will he deliberately leave us an empty fortress, and then set some trap in it, and then sweep us all away?"

"Your guess is not unfounded, Captain," Rogge nodded approvingly, but shrugged his shoulders again and said, "Still, we'll have to knock on the door first, and if no one really answers, then we'll send someone in to look for it, maybe we'll find someone, maybe we'll find something." ”

Antonio agreed to Rogge's suggestion, and after communicating with the high priest, the two regiments were ready, the knights and priests were ready to go, and Rogge, Antonio, and Goethe led the two regiments to the drawbridge of the Shadow Fortress, and Rogge gave Antonio a look and motioned for him to come forward and shout.

Antonio exchanged glances with Rogge and Goethe, closed the mask of the silver helmet, strode to the drawbridge, looked up at the silent black castle and shouted: "The people in the fortress come out, I am Antonio, the leader of the Knights of the Silver Dragon Wings, let William come out and answer!"

Antonio's loud voice echoed over the fortress, and as the echo gradually dissipated, the surroundings fell silent again, Rogge and the others looked at each other, only to see the high priest Goethe step forward and shouted: "William, the holy light of the empire has come, quickly roll out of your dark lair, hand over the holy weapon!"

The echo dissipated again, there was still no response in the fortress, not even a guard who came out to inspect the situation did not appear, everyone in front of the drawbridge looked at each other at a loss, the high priest Goethe turned around and gave a sharp order when he saw this, and the sacred magic book in the hands of the priests of the priesthood was opened at the same time, and the pages of the book bloomed brightly.

Countless arrows of holy light bombarded the walls of the Shadow Fortress, and the sound of explosions echoed through the dark jungle, and the debris scattered by the bombardment fell from the walls and fell into the venom of the rolling green foam, which quickly dissipated and dissolved.

There was still a dead silence on the city tower, and everyone under the city looked at each other suspiciously, and after a short silence, Rogge turned back to Catherine and said, "Destroy those two slings, lower the drawbridge, and then let the two groups destroy the gate, let's go in and have a look!"

Catherine immediately took off the super firebolt, loaded the silver bullet and aimed at the iron cable of the drawbridge on the city wall, after two shots, the heavy iron cable finally broke, the drawbridge tilted to one side, Catherine continued to shoot, with the fourth silver bullet shattering the iron cable, the drawbridge fell from mid-air with a bang, kicking up a burst of dust.

Rog turned back to Antonio and Goethe and nodded slightly, the high priest waved his hand and was about to order the priesthood to bombard the gate with holy light, when suddenly there was a rumbling sound, and the black iron gate opened with a bang, and a pair of dark red eyes flashed through the shadows in the crack of the door.

Everyone who saw this scene couldn't help but be vigilant, only to see the city gate completely open inward, and with the sound of heavy footsteps, a huge black shadow more than three meters high walked out of the city gate.

When the hard, huge hoof of the bull trampled a crack in the stone slab in front of the city gate, a vicious-looking minotaur came into view.

It was naked, its blue-purple chest muscular and muscular, its heavy gauntlets, shoulder armor, knee pads, and metal belt with a chain hem inscribed with purple ornamentation, inlaid with gems that shimmered with purple light, and the long-handled double-edged axe in its hand shimmered with a cold cold light like the sharp horns on its head.

The minotaur who stopped looked at the people on the other side of the drawbridge with gloomy red eyes, and the cold wind from the forest blew past it, blowing the white mane tied into braids at the back of its head, and the nostrils in the purple nose ring spewed out bursts of snort, like a gladiator stepping into the gladiatorial arena, exuding a cold murderous aura around it.

Seeing this, Rogge, Antonio and Goethe looked at each other silently, Rogge raised his eyebrows at the two of them, signaling them to step forward to answer, the high priest did not wait for Antonio to speak, stepped forward and pointed at the minotaur and shouted: "Monster, where is your master William? Let him come out and hand over the imperial artifact!"

The minotaur glanced at Goethe with contempt, and slammed the double-edged battle axe in his hand to the ground, and the ground seemed to tremble slightly under everyone's feet, only to hear it shout in a rough voice: "Stupid human, get out of the dark hills before you become the meat under my axe!"

Goethe was furious when he heard this, and waved his hand to release a holy light at the minotaur, only to hear a loud bang, and the holy light exploded where the minotaur stood, but when the light dissipated, everyone was surprised to see the minotaur's cold gaze emerge from behind the double-edged battle axe.

"It's a dead end of your own choosing, enjoy it, human!" the minotaur raised the long-handled double-edged axe in his hand and pointed at the two groups, letting out a deafening roar, and countless red-eyed minotaur warriors rushed out from behind him, slaying the earth and the mountains shaking.

[A certain director: Lao Luo and the two regiments of the empire finally arrived in front of the Shadow Fortress, but what greeted them was the tide of Minotaur Legion, a big battle was inevitable, and what kind of trap will William lay for them who still did not show up? What will happen to Britney, who was brought to the Shadow Fortress by William? Can Lao Luo and the others take back the holy weapon safely? All kinds of questions will be presented to you in the new year, thank you for your support and encouragement in this more than a year, the wolf detective is also about to usher in the second climax of the book at the end of the sixth volume in the new year, the plot will take a major turn, so stay tuned!Tomorrow is the last day of the year, suspend and rest for a day, January 1st New Year's Day to resume the update, we will see you next year!]