4. Dive in
"Are you all right? I'm the leader of the Wolf Tooth Mercenary Regiment, Xia Zo Yarian, are you okay with your feet?" Xia Zuo said as he reached out and pulled Tao up his hand.
"Thank you, Mr. Arion, if it weren't for you and your companions, I would have died. Taud let go of his heart, and in the castle he had learned how to speak, and though he hated Nickles Andrew, he was very remarkable.
"No thanks, I'm interested in how you got here?" Xia Zuo said.
Taud quickly figured out the names of the men, the mage named Bunifa Wiley, the woman named Joanna Sunu, the long-range support firepower of the mercenary group, the man who wielded the double hatchet was called Colin Porouj, who was fierce in melee combat, and in addition to that, there were two others, one was a thief named Dana Kate, and the other was a military advisor, not very powerful, a troubadour Devin Gale, who did not come, and was in the camp miles away.
Joanna had already bandaged Tao De, his foot was bitten by the wolf, fortunately, the wolf just wanted to drag him away, the injury was not serious, Tao De also told his experience, he thought that Wang Qinian wanted to kill people, poor Wang Qinian was kind and had no good retribution, several people glanced at each other, Colin said: "There is such a thing, I actually want to kill people and kill people, that Nickles Andrew is too vicious, no, I have to give him something powerful." ”
Bonifa frowned: "Is it the same Nickles Andrew who picked a few churches for the bishop? If it were him, it would not be easy to do." ”
"He's wounded, and he's been transformed into a lich. Taud said.
"The Lich, forbidden by the Creator Bishop, a Lich, interesting, how many levels of mage is he?" asked Bunifah.
"Rank 9 Necromancer. Tao De said uncertainly.
"The ninth-level necromancer has been transformed into a lich, the success rate is very low, it seems that he was seriously injured, or even a serious injury that could not be recovered, so he was helplessly transformed into a lich, this kind of lich is not terrible, Nickles Andrew has a castle, head, should we go and see, if possible, we will kill him, we don't know where his life box is?"
As soon as he said, a few people were obviously tempted, a castle, in which there is a lot of wealth, as for the lich can be resurrected, what does it matter to them, they go to rob, as long as the lich is destroyed once, if you are lucky, you can find the life box, if you are unlucky, it doesn't matter, they have already left this place afterwards, the chance of the lich finding them is very small, besides, the creator bishop also offered a heavy reward, killing two birds with one stone, and the castle was purified afterwards, maybe the life box will be solved like this.
Xia Zuo thought for a while, Tao De looked at him eagerly on the side, and the eyes of the three subordinates also revealed a warm light, Xia Zuo said: "This matter, let's go back to the camp first, let's plan it well." ”
When they arrived at the camp, the six of them planned well, and Taude provided a lot of information about Nickles Andrew, they didn't expect that Nickles Andrew's soul had already returned to the underworld, and one of their plans was made for Nickles Andrew.
Seeing that there were no loopholes in the plan he had made, Devin Gale said: "Captain, this time we are killing a lich and getting the wealth in the castle, this plan is based on the information provided by the Taude brothers, and it is formulated for the weaknesses of Nikkles Andrew, but Todd is a subordinate and does not know magic, there must be loopholes in it, and in the following days, we will quietly lurk near the castle to observe Nikkles Andrew's actions and refine the plan." ”
Xia Zuo nodded: "That's right, no matter what, Nickles Andrew is a master after all, be careful, there's nothing wrong with it, Dana, you go and find out his movements." ”
"Okay, head, make sure to complete the task, he's just a ninth-level mage, and our Bunifa is a tenth-level mage, don't be so careful?" said Dana lightly.
"He's a lich! he's not a ninth-level mage, and if he transforms into a lich, he's not strong, but he's stronger than the original. "Bunifa didn't underestimate it.
"If it weren't for a few of us following the wrong people, it wouldn't be like this. Xia Zuo sighed.
A few people were silent, and after a while, Bunifa spoke: "The road ahead is dark, Count Edward failed, he didn't have anything to do with himself, we were miserable, offended Count Lane, so we had to temporarily hide in this forest, fortunately, the magic beasts of the Leah Demon Forest were rampant, and few people came, so it didn't attract attention, but that thing is not known where to hide?." ”
"This is our chance, as long as we kill Nickles Andrew, and do a great job to the Holy Eton, then the blood feud between the counts has nothing to do with us, we will be favored by the Holy Eton! Xia Zuo spoke.
The eyes of the others immediately lit up, and there was a hatred in Tao's eyes, hatred for the lich.
In the vast land, a figure shuttles between the trees, the trees in front of him have been sparse, and look strange, affected by the breath of the castle, Nickles Andrew, for a long time, has been constantly summoning the undead and skeletons, making this land very heavy yin, the trees have been mutated, Dyna's figure is very light, he can't do stealth, but the figure is already very light, and the figure is erratic, it seems to be extremely consistent with the local area.
Wang Qinian is inexperienced in the end, he didn't expect that in just one day, someone would come to peep, he has a spell to prevent this, such as the eye of the dead, this kind of spell is enough to warn, but it needs to consume his own magic power, and needs constant attention, Wang Qinian did not use this kind of magic.
However, Wang Qinian's castle gate was closed, and his concentrated practice objectively made Dana unable to enter the castle for a while, so he could only hide behind a tree outside the castle and observe the castle carefully.
In the castle, there was not a trace of movement, as if people had left, the huge castle seemed lifeless, within ten miles of the castle, only the wind was blowing, and the strange and twisted trees, even in the daytime, gave people a gloomy and desolate feeling, as if they were a living life.
Dyna did not let his guard down, but was more careful, the surroundings were obviously under the influence of Nickles Andrew, a faint residual undead aura floated in the forest, Dina was a little strange, why there were no patrols such as skeleton warriors, and there were no traces of other spells, could it be that people had left this castle?
Dyna's fears were justified, for Nickles Andrew had offended the Founding Bishop and dismissed his servants, perhaps he had already fled. But Dana didn't dare to take any chances, he remained behind the tree, watching motionless.
The sun had sunk in the west, and in the twilight, the castle looked even more eerie, and he saw a wisp of smoke rise, and he was refreshed, and there were people!
Wang Qinian didn't think about eating until the evening, he was a lich, strange things, he actually felt hungry, was it a kind of memory of the living? To eat or not to eat, for him, it was actually the same thing, he still went to the kitchen, and there were bread, bacon, eggs, and some dried vegetables in the kitchen.
Wang Qinian raised the fire and baked bread and bacon, he was a rich child in his previous life, and he was not good at cooking in this life, the bread and meat were baked, Wang Qinian smiled bitterly, he knew that he would not dismiss those servants.
Wang Qinian didn't notice that as he ate, his internal organs were different from those of the lich, and they were running efficiently again, and his body was dry and plump, and every qiē was carried out inadvertently.
Dyna quietly retreated, returned to the camp, and told them about today's observations, and several people had a trace of doubt, and decided to observe them in detail the next day, they were very careful, and spent a full eight days to figure out all the grass and trees around the castle, only the internal situation of the castle, and they also knew the structure of the castle with the help of Taode.
Tonight, Dina decided to take a risk and sneak into the castle alone to see what was going on with the lich, who, under normal circumstances, liked to stay still, and he didn't know that Wang Qinian was an outlier.
The castle is very high, it is impossible to enter from the main gate, unless the main gate is forcibly broken, the inside must have been bolted, this is not a door lock, and it is possible to use the thief's skill to open the lock, he directly climbed the wall to enter.
Under the gray and black coat, on the stone wall several feet high, a figure is close to the wall, between the hands and feet, there is a faint water vapor seeping into the stone wall, slowly swimming on the wall in a strange posture, Dyna will have a skill, similar to magic, relying on the absorption of water and swimming the wall, this is one of the basic skills of thieves, can climb very high buildings, fortunately there is only one person in the castle, otherwise, he would not dare to be so bold.
He swam slowly up to the castle, very carefully, with the help of the cover of night, the angle chosen was very good, above the castle, there were several gargoyles, like stone statues, squatting on the roof, he was just in the dead end, he had to be careful, those gargoyles he knew were not statues, but a kind of magical structure, as long as the slightest movement, the gargoyles would rush up, spread their wings, and tear him to pieces.
He carefully avoided the gargoyle, and suddenly leaped away, and his body had taken refuge in the arrow tower and the overlook tower, and did not stop, as soon as he entered the tower, he rolled and quickly rolled down the stairs, and his body shrank into the shadow of the stairs, and the figure quickly faded, leaving only a faint shadow.
He carefully held his breath, and outside the tower, there was a sound of flapping wings, and a gargoyle flew over, and flew on the tower for two weeks, and when he saw that there was nothing on the top of the tower, he returned to the place he had just been.
Dana breathed a sigh of relief, he had passed the pass, he crept down, and when he reached the bottom of the tower, a door was in front of him, and he took out a dagger, a dagger nearly a foot long, with a thin blade, and gently pushed the door open.
A shadow stood in the doorway, and he was startled, and before he could think about it, he handed it out.