When he walked to the foot of the mountain, Cheng Mo saw clearly how tall and steep this mountain cliff was, at the end of the thousand-year-old forest, which was almost a flat river, it stood like a thick stalagmite under the gloomy sky. A meandering stream flows through the foot of the mountain, wonderfully drawing a line between the reckless coniferous forests on one side and the barren plains on the other.

Walking out of the thousand-year-old forest, the wind suddenly became stronger, a bridge composed of wooden planks and iron railings was not far away, a stream mixed with ice was flowing under the bridge, the stream was extremely clear, you could see clearly the pebbles sinking underneath, the wooden bridge connected the stone road up the mountain, and the narrow mountain road spiraled up, like a giant python wrapped around the mountain.

Cheng Mo crossed the bridge with the cavalry team formed by NPCs and arrived at the starting point of the mountain road. He looked up and saw that the black mountain was at least five or six hundred meters above sea level, there was not a single tree on the whole mountain, even the vegetation was rare, it was full of steep basalt walls, which looked very similar to the "Tower of Babel", the huge mountain was the natural conical base, and the Gisfield Abbey was the sharp spire.

After crossing the trestle, the team stopped, the sound of horses' hooves stepping on gravel sounded, and Aachen, who was riding a brown Gasconi horse, ran in front of Cheng Mo, turned over and dismounted, and asked in a respectful tone: "Lord Angel, will we go up now?"

Cheng Mo thought for a while, although Aachen had the Pope's edict given by Leohard, but Cheng Mo has always pursued foolproof certainty, so he planned to go up first to see what the situation was at the Gisfield Monastery, so Cheng Mo pondered for a while and said: "No, it seems suspicious to rush to the monastery at this point in time, you are waiting at the bottom of the mountain, I will go up and take a look first." ”

"Yes, my lord!" Aachen remounted his horse and returned to the front of the group, leaving the knight NPCs to camp by the stream.

Cheng Mo said in Japanese to the man wearing the Taiji Dragon uniform next to him: "Mr. Aso, I'll go up first to check the situation and come back soon." ”

The man who was called Mr. Aso by Cheng Mo looks average, to be precise, it should be his carrier, not handsome, not ugly, so mediocre that there is no memory point. The appearance of the carrier is not static, it will change slightly with the change of the ontology, but the magnitude of this change is very small, and it can even be corrected by spending contribution points, but ordinary people will not waste precious contribution points on boring appearance.

Judging from the appearance of the other party's carrier, Mr. Aso is not too young, judging from his slightly frivolous expression, he is a little undisguised and true, unlike ordinary Japanese people who will have a real or false hypocritical smile, at this moment he was looking up at the top of the mountain, and when he heard Cheng Mo's voice, he glanced at Cheng Mo with his back hand, and said noncommittally: "Mr. Lin, go ahead, I am here." ”

Aso's tone was a little old-fashioned, but Cheng Mo knew that Aso Daiji was self-righteous, because Aso Daikichi was not too old, only 26 years old, and the current level was thirty-two, although it could not be compared with Cheng Mo, but it was considered a relatively fast leveling speed among ordinary gladiators, and the reason why it looked a little old-fashioned was because of his arrogant personality.

Aso's attitude did not make Cheng Mo angry, and Saionji Red Pill had told Cheng Mo beforehand that Aso Daikichi was the eldest son of the famous head of the Aso family. Just said that Aso's father Ichiro Aso was a great figure in the political arena of Japan, and Aso's mother, Chikako Suzuki, was the third daughter of Koichi Suzuki, the head of the previous day, and his aunt was married to Prince Kanhito Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Renna.

So Aso Daikichi is an authentic imperial relative.

And that's not all, but the Aso family, through marriage with the wealthy Ishibashi family, is also related to the Hatoyama family and the Ikeda family, which are famous political families in Japan.

In general, the relationship between the Japanese aristocracy was very complex and intertwined, and occupied the entire ruling class of the Japanese nobles.

As for Aso, Daikichi was born with a golden spoon in his mouth since he was a child, and not only was he pampered, but he also studied at Aso Juku within the family, and it was not until university that he entered the cradle of the Japanese Chosen One-Gakushuin University, so he formed a proud and willful character.

It stands to reason that these personalities should have been shortcomings, but in this case, only Aso Daikichi dared to lead the team to participate in the plan to raid the stargate without informing the kamikaze higher-ups.

Aso Daikichi and Saionji Red Pill have a good relationship because the two of them were also selected for the Japanese skeet shooting team, originally Saionji Red Pill had a high call to win the gold medal, but he was locked up in a neurological hospital in Malaysia by Cheng Mo and missed the Summer Olympics held in Tokyo. Aso, on the other hand, finished fourth at the Olympics and was just a bit away from winning a medal.

Of course, this is not the reason why Aso Daikichi obeys Saionji Red Pill's words, the most critical reason is that Aso Daikichi is a fanatical suitor of Saionji Red Pill's sister Saionji Aoi.

Cheng Mo also didn't know why Saionji Red Pill introduced Aso Daikichi in such detail, but it didn't hurt to know more about the partners. Cheng Mo nodded slightly and said, "It's hard work, Mr. Aso." Then Cheng Mo didn't use teleportation, letting the other party know that he was not a gladiator but the chosen one, and jumped straight towards the winding stone road, and in the admiration and exclamation of a group of NPCs, he flew into the air like a big bird, jumped more than ten meters high, and climbed the fourth layer of the winding stone road.

The air in the mountains was humid and cold, and in the silence of all the voices, Cheng Mo was like a martial arts master who could do light skills, and he quickly stepped on the gravel road to climb up. The straight-line distance of 500 meters is really not high, and Cheng Mo reached the halfway point of the mountain in less than ten minutes.

The cold wind blew over the cliff and let out a sharp whistling, Cheng Mo stopped and looked down, the world in his eyes was divided in half by the winding stream, the huge taiga rose and fell in the field of vision, like the sea, and the stream became a long coastline, covered with snow and the barren principle was sand.

Cheng Mo stared, and could see a faint fire far away from the Millennium Forest, it was obvious that it was the place where the team escorting the witch was camped, Cheng Mo roughly estimated that it would take more than ten hours to reach Gisfield Abbey at the speed of the other party, that is, after entering Christmas Eve today, the team escorting the witch would arrive at Gisfield Monastery.

Cheng Mo went through the online time of all the members of the Taiji Dragon Asgard Combat Group in his mind, these things were counted by him every day, so it was effortless to recall, Cheng Mo arranged a forced offline time for them in private messages one by one, according to Cheng Mo's practice, he didn't tell them the reason, just told them to wait for the notice to go online.

Unlike the previous orders, which were always questioned, this time everyone answered quickly, and no one refuted or objected. Cheng Mo probably understood the minds of the students, and no one in the Taiji Dragon members at this moment believed that they had the opportunity to get the "Singer's Horn", they were just doing their best, and they didn't even count on the Mandate of Heaven. Anyway, it is themselves who bear the responsibility of command in the end, and if they ignore or even disobey the order at this time, they may be dragged into the water. It is better to try your best to cooperate with Cheng Mo, so that when the time comes to hold a summary meeting, Cheng Mo will have no reason to find.

This happens to be the result that Cheng Mo wants. As for the issue of morale, Cheng Mo also carefully considered it, after all, the battle between gladiators is not the same as the battle between armies, it has nothing to do with life, so even if morale has an impact, it will not have much impact, and secrecy is more important in comparison.

Cheng Mo continued to ascend after the notices were in place, and soon reached the top of the mountain, at this time, as long as he was on the upper floor, he could see the tall walls of Gisfield Abbey. Cheng Mo leaned on the uneven mountain and listened carefully, those subtle sounds were fluctuating by the cold wind on the top of the mountain, but Cheng Mo was able to capture the friction of the chain mail, the whirring of torches blown by the wind, the sound of flags waving in the wind, and the shivering dialogue.

"Captain, it's Christmas tomorrow, and I heard that the monastery will hold a grand festival.....

"Yes, more than 600 witches have been caught, and the dean himself will send down divine punishment to bring these filthy things back to hell. ”

"More than six hundred? This is really the grace and mercy of the Creator, it seems that tomorrow is busy enough, and I want to take a leave of absence to see if I can go down the mountain to see my wife and children.....!

"Maybe today, maybe tomorrow they should be there. So you're definitely out of the picture. By the way, your house on St. Peter's Street in the Arch is beautiful! I love the bellflowers in your yard....."

"Captain, how do you know about the bellflowers planted in our yard?"

"Ahem~ahem~ Didn't you say it yourself last time?"

"Did I say that?"

Cheng Mo did not continue to eavesdrop on the boring conversation, he took out a small periscope from his pocket, leaned on the mountain and observed for a while, the gray rock city wall is at least twenty meters high, even if it is a carrier, it can't jump up, the crusader soldiers wearing helmets and chain mail and white linen vests on the city wall are ten steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and the guards are very tight. Cheng Mo hesitated for a moment, but he was still determined to use teleportation to find out, and after estimating the distance a little, Cheng Mo used teleportation.

However, unexpectedly, he did not appear within the expected city wall, but under the city wall, Cheng Mo turned his head, and saw a shallow golden light appearing on the city wall, and this golden light formed a huge eight-pointed star sign.

"How do you feel like it's dawning?"

"It's dawn, it's still early for the sun to come out, just look at the stars..... Larson. ”

"No, I really feel like it's dawning. Didn't you say that there was a holy spell buried in the city wall, and it would light up when you encountered a demon?"

"Demon, I've lived for forty years and still don't know what a demon looks like, so I wish it had jumped out for me to see. Captain Wang said loudly just now, his voice especially loud in the silent midnight.

"Haha, Larson, I guess you haven't seen the girl for too long, so you're dizzy!"

"Maybe it's too much!By the way, who still has wine, give me a sip, this damn weather is really cold..."

There was a happy laugh on the city wall, and Cheng Mo's teleportation CD had not yet turned at this time, but he knew that he must not startle the snake at this time, so he cautiously moved quickly along the curved city wall towards the rear of the castle.

"Captain, I'm not the kind of guy who likes to joke about Dulang. I swear I've seen the light before!"

"Alright, Larson, let's see if the Sacred Wall alerts us to the coming demons. ”

The firelight illuminated the city wall behind Cheng Mo, Cheng Mo cut the "Lord of the Plague" in seconds, and then fell to the ground, blending with the dark gray basalt, there was no searchlight in this era, and the light range of the torch was limited, Cheng Mo was sure that the other party would not be able to find himself.

Sure enough, a moment later there was laughter again on the city walls: "Larson! Look, nothing? I have guarded Gisfield Abbey for more than ten years, and I have never seen the walls shine..... I've never seen any demons, you're so nervous!"

"It's Christmas Eve, and even demons should celebrate the Creator's birthday in Hell! If a demon dares to come, I, Legeater Collison, will break his leg. ”

Cheng Mo, who was lying on the ground, used teleportation to return to the mountain road, and then turned around and jumped down the mountain, like a stone falling from the mountain, and soon disappeared into the dark night. Cheng Mo returned to the camp, and a group of people with a Japanese kamikaze were grilling fish by the stream, saying that the roast was not accurate, probably the iron pot they got from the NPC knight, and they were frying fish in the pot at this time.

Aso Daikichi, who was sitting on a rock, saw Cheng Mo and immediately shouted, "Mr. Lin, come and see what good things we caught?"

Camping at the foot of the enemy's mountain made Cheng Mo a little big, but Saionji Red Pill told him again that Aso Daikichi could only be smooth, not tough, Cheng Mo could only forcibly bend the corners of his mouth, make a smile and approach, and looked down at the iron pot on the fire.

"This is burbot, this alpine cold-water fish is known for its fatty liver, and its taste is far better than that of artificially cultivated foie gras, which used to be an important ingredient for the preparation of cod liver oil! Aso said triumphantly.

Cheng Mo glanced at the stones by the stream, Aachen was breaking open a salmon with that knife, the orange-red fish meat was very tender under the light of the jumping fire, in addition to the salmon, there were a variety of cold-water fish such as fine-scaled salmon, arctic grayling and alpine spades next to it, it seemed that Aso was directing Achen to make yusheng. There are also a few NPC knights rummaging under the fir and red pine in the forest, probably looking for porcini mushrooms and matsutake mushrooms, Cheng Mo didn't expect Aso Daikichi to be so "useful", using NPC knights as servants, he tried his best to suppress his dissatisfaction, and said in a soft tone: "It seems that Mr. Aso is very interested in eating." ”

Aso Dakichi realized Cheng Mo's unhappiness, and said disapprerovitously: "Although the desire to eat is the lowest desire, there are only so many desires in the world, as long as you can experience pleasure from it, it doesn't matter if you are high or low." ”

"I want to talk to Mr. Aso about the day's plans, you have to estimate the time, and don't go online when the time comes when you need to go online. ”

"You give me an approximate time, and I promise that it won't be delayed. ”

Cheng Mo thought for a moment and said, "It's probably around six o'clock tonight that the team from the Star Gate will arrive, but more than a thousand people will go up the mountain, and the process will be a little longer." You set the base time at six o'clock, and at six o'clock, I will enter Asgard first, and when it is time to attack, I will inform you, and you will go online immediately. ”

Aso didn't raise his head, and turned over the fish liver in the pot with chopsticks made of pine branches before replying, "No problem!"

"Mr. Aso, this is not a joke, please be cautious!" Cheng Mo lowered his posture and whispered tirelessly.

"Mr. Lin, don't worry! We have always been rigorous in our work. Aso swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked up and asked Cheng Mo, "Do you want a piece?"

Cheng Mo was speechless, not knowing that Aso Daikichi had the face to say that Ritai people were rigorous, he shook his head and said slightly coldly: "No need." ”

Cheng Mo's refusal made Aso Daiji a little unhappy, he smiled and said: "Mr. Lin, don't blame me directly, to be honest, I don't quite understand why Hongmaru-san agreed to help, in my opinion, even if we help each other, there is no chance! This time it is at most a test, to test how strong the star gate is, there is no need to tighten yourself so tightly, anyway, it is impossible to have a miracle." ”

"I never craved miracles..... I only believe in myself. Cheng Mo said lightly.

"Believe in yourself?" Aso laughed, startling the birds in the forest, a black cloud, taking off from the forest and taking off into the distance, Aso shook his head and said, "If I don't say anything else, just say that Daniel King, who is ranked 51st among the Chosen and captain 99th in the Chosen One, will deal with it?"

"Someone will deal with it. ”

"Could it be that any of your Taiji Dragon masters have entered Asgard?" Aso asked with some doubts, "If so, how could they be beaten so badly by Xingmen?" They have posted a lot on the forum to humiliate you Taiji Dragon people, and I haven't seen your Taiji Dragon people come out to reply!"

"Mr. Aso, I said that someone would deal with them, and someone would deal with them, and it didn't matter who it was. If you can help do your own thing, you can do it. Cheng Mo said expressionlessly.

"Okay, I'll see what amazing killing moves you Tai Chi Dragons have hidden. Aso said with a flirtatious smile.

Cheng Mo ignored Aso's provocation and said politely: "Mr. Aso, please hurry up and eat, we will have to change into chain mail and prepare to set off soon, and we will rush to the top of the mountain at dawn." ”

"Okay!" Aso Daikichi picked up a piece of fried brown cod liver with pine branch chopsticks, put it in his mouth, first gasped, shook his head and said, "It's really delicious!" and then looked at Cheng Mo, "Mr. Lin, don't you really try it? This is a good thing that can't be experienced in the watch world." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Aso, I don't really need to. Cheng Mo turned around and walked towards Aachen, took two steps and turned back and said, "Mr. Xiyuan Temple said that although you are cynical, you are a very reliable person, I hope this is the case." ”

"Of course!" Aso stood up, "By the way, what time did you say we're going online?"

"Six o'clock. ”

"I know! It's six o'clock! Just kidding you.....," Aso laughed and shouted to the kamikaze gladiators who were eating sashimi by the stream, "Let's calculate the time and make sure we can go online at six o'clock tomorrow." ”

Of course, Cheng Mo knew that Aso Daikichi was joking, but this kind of irresponsible joke, Cheng Mo really didn't like it at all, he slandered Xiyuan Temple Red Pill in his heart how could he have a good relationship with this kind of person, and he also tolerated Aso Daikichi chasing his sister, if he was Xiyuan Temple Red Pill, maybe he would have poisoned this poorly educated guy long ago.

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At 6:00 a.m. on December 24, 2020, the clouds were floating in the forest, and the sunlight had not yet penetrated the dense fog, but only a faint glimmer of imperceptible light on the edge of the Millennium Forest. Towering on the top of the hill, Gisfeld Abbey is still out of the darkness and still needs torches to dispel the night, but the black is no longer thick, and the dawn can already be seen when the morning star lights up the night sky.

The moment the sun finally appeared in the sky, a group of people appeared on the stone path leading to the main entrance of the monastery. Led by all Crusaders in silver chain mail.

Aachen ran to the black iron door, banging on it and shouting, "Open the door!"

Someone above the city wall looked down with sleepy eyes, and at the same time asked lazily, "Who?"

"I am the personal attendant of the city lord of Leohhard, and I have come to see Abbot Stefan with the Pope's edict and the letter from the city lord!"

"Is there a papal edict?"

"Of course!" Aachen, who was on horseback, pulled out a fire-painted letter from his bosom and waved it at the guards on the city walls.

Soon a basket was hung from the wall, and someone shouted, "Put it in the basket." ”

Aachen put the papal encyclical in the basket and waited nervously on his horse, perhaps his restless emotions were transmitted to the Gasconi horse under his crotch, and the brown horse snorted and stepped uneasily by the city gate, as if ready to rush out at any moment.

The accident did not happen, the gates were soon opened, and the Crusader guards, dressed in chain mail and white red cross linen vests, yawned and said, "Why did you come so early?

Aachen smiled reluctantly and said, "The city lord has something to tell Dean Stefan in advance, so I hurried over. After a pause, Aachen shook his heavy helmet head and continued: "The team is still behind, and they will arrive late. ”

"Come on in! man...... Don't delay our changing of the guard....."

"Yes, honorable knight. Aachen hurriedly turned over and dismounted, leading his horse towards the monastery, but he did not dare to look behind him, for fear that the angels disguised as crusaders would show their clues.

The guards who had been standing guard all night did not pay much attention to this group of soldiers, Gisfield Abbey had never had an accident since its establishment, and besides, this was just a monastery, and no one would fight the idea of a monastery.

The team of Chosen and NPCs quickly passed through the gate and entered the monastery, which was a huge hollow-shaped castle. The main building in the middle is the church, surrounded by libraries, conference halls, museums, storage rooms, dormitories, and canteens.

Standing in the middle of the procession, Cheng Mo had already seen monks shuttling through the corridors, and in the middle of the courtyard, which was like a playground, a star about 20 meters in diameter was painted with golden lacquer, and at the apex of each corner of the eight-pointed star stood a holy platform, with a circular groove on the front of the holy platform, and a book on top of the holy platform.....