Chapter 5: The Mottled Gate
"Borrow a knife to kill."
"Because of political disagreement? So borrow the madness of the Eternal Demon Cult and get rid of us? ”
Hodge thought of a reason.
Hodge put a √ on the paper, which was a reminder.
He intends to investigate and analyse this aspect as a focus as well.
"Secondly, the ability to break through the open and dark whistles, as well as the sealing enchantment of the outside world......"
Although Hodge is a salted fish and doesn't know much about the abilities of the extraordinary world, he still knows basic common sense.
The boundaries of the entire fiefdom have a special enchantment laid by a senior magician, even if ordinary people are close, they will be sensed by the enchantment, detected by the corresponding outpost, and will be reported to the castle at the first time, a team of twenty people, quietly broke through the blockade, crossed the fiefdom, and arrived at the marquis's mansion.
This is a problem in itself.
"Moreover, in the village twenty miles away from the mansion, there are five thousand cavalry teams stationed in the Azure Marquis, and there are also soldiers and horses stationed on the periphery of the entire mansion to protect them, at least a thousand people, when twenty people kill the soldiers and horses of the outer mansion, there should be a lot of movement, why until the end, the cavalry regiment ten miles away has been indifferent and has not come to the rescue?"
"They're dead too?"
"Or did someone deliberately not let the soldiers and horses go out?"
"Or is there a spy in the fief?"
It was because of this that Hodge did not rush to tell his father, the Marquis of Bach, everything, although he knew that his father would definitely believe him and be ready.
However, if the traitor is not found, rash action may make the traitor dog jump over the wall in a hurry, and let the cult invade in advance, and the gains outweigh the losses.
What's more, Hodge hasn't figured out who is directing it?
This is important.
The marquis is not a cabbage, he can be slaughtered at will, even in the entire empire, there are only nine marquises, all of whom have prominent positions and have fiefs.
"Also, the strength of the corresponding sequence 5, and even sequence 4......"
Hodge doesn't have a very clear understanding of the powerhouse of this sequence, and this judgment is also based on what his father once said.
The Marquis of Bach once told Hodge that in this world, in addition to the two official sequential pathways, there are many other pathways, which are unofficial professions.
These professions are all imitated by the promotion paths of other races, thus evolving, using the corresponding sequence of potions, with primitive instincts, special items, to resist infection and madness, so as to complete the promotion, the corresponding ways are elves, giants, werewolves, vampires, immortals, and so on.
This unofficial way of promotion is often accompanied by madness and mutation, and people often become crazy and bloodthirsty monsters because of taking magic potions, which is officially forbidden.
At that time, Hodge once asked his father: "Father, if you want to kill you, how much strength do you need?" ”
At that time, Marquis Bach was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Sequence 5, or Sequence 4!" ”
……
Hodge gathered his chaotic thoughts back and calmly wrote his next plan in Chinese.
"Next, the first step is to figure out what my father is doing in the past few days, and figure out which forces want to attack us."
"The second step is to figure out the reason why the cavalry regiment did not move and find the traitor...... Well, you can use hunting, or the ability to see the corresponding way, as a reason, after all, in the cavalry regiment, there are both knight and magician paths, and it just so happens that I haven't chosen that path yet, so it makes sense to take advantage of this reason to go to the village. ”
"The third step is to mobilize all the forces that can be used to completely defeat the incoming enemy ......"
Hodge's idea is very simple, if he wants to avoid this attack, it is actually very easy, just tell his father, the Marquis of Bach, and inform the church, after all, as long as the church sends a bishop-level existence, it can definitely solve this crisis.
However, there is only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves, this time, after the plan is disrupted by himself, the other party is likely to cancel this operation, then he will lose the advantage of foresight.
This is a precious opportunity to use a death in exchange.
It must not be wasted!
Otherwise, when the other party took advantage of the lax defense on his side, he would make another surprise attack, and the fiefdom where the internal problems had not been solved would not be a place for the enemy to come and leave when he wanted?
This time, Hodge not only has to stay behind the enemy and solve the problem of the traitor, but also find out the culprit behind the hidden operation and cut the roots.
Therefore, whether it is mobilizing forces, or looking for the weak points of traitors and fiefdoms, it must be done in secret, and the less people know about it, the better.
"When the matter is investigated, tell my father and let him arrange and coordinate the forces of all parties, and hand over the things that he is good at to the people who are good at it......
After thinking everything through, Hodge silently picked up the paper, placed it next to the candle, lit it, and threw it into the brazier, watching the flames on the paper burn violently until it burned out and turned into residue.
Hodge casually picked up the silver key on the table, and prepared to go to the village where the cavalry regiment was stationed in the name of going out hunting, meet a few people in charge, and investigate briefly.
Suddenly, a strange heartbeat sounded in Hodge's head.
"Poof!"
Hodge's face changed slightly, he stumbled, his legs went limp, and he collapsed on the table.
A strange cold current ran up his spine and reached the top of his head.
In an instant, his eyes blurred, and a bottomless black mist surged up, gradually enveloping him and escaping into an extremely dark space.
After an unknown amount of time, Hodge suddenly woke up to find himself in a strange overlapping space, pitch black and dark, boundless.
In front of him, an ancient gate floated in mid-air, with all kinds of strange patterns listed on it, white bone wine cups pouring red blood, strange and rotten giant axes, shriveled and thin mummified palms, and a guqin made of humanoid ribs......
Dark.
Endless darkness.
In the surrounding space, there is silence, even the sound of breathing and heartbeat is clearly visible.
Hodge stood in front of several specially patterned doors, and did not make any moves.
In an exotic and terrifying environment, maintaining the status quo may be the best option.
After a while, Hodge also gave up, knowing that he couldn't leave this mysterious space by simply waiting.
He began to look for other ways to leave.
After a simple count, Hodge determined the number of doors in front of him.
A baker's dozen.
There are thirteen gates, dark red in color, mottled and decayed, full of wind and frost left by time, as if they were left over from centuries ago.