Chapter 317 Mission of the Southern Alliance
There was an empty sound passing through the darkness, low and heavy, rumbled.
It seemed like we were experiencing the war in mythology since ancient times, between the dragon and the dragon, the giant and the gods. The bright comets on the vast plain dragged long green flames through layers of black clouds, and the flames lit up the sky and broke through the clouds.
In the center of the sky there, a huge and approaching satellite was hanging, emitting a chilling light.
It was like a deep pupil, staring at everything on the earth.
When Delan woke up from this dream again, he was still sweating.
It seems that this scene that only exists in imagination has not made him accustomed or numb for more than ten years. After a while, his mind was still immersed in the cold fear, and his ears were still surrounded by the rumbling sound - but it was not the echo of the ancient war, but the sound of the wind, and the sandstorm outside seemed to have become bigger - not far from his eyes, the square stones that formed a wall seemed to be trembling, and the quicksand slutters slid down between the cracks of the wall and piled up in the corners of the wall.
The dungeon was filled with dim lights, and the shadow of the iron base was long or short, swaying. To him, he seemed to be a devil's treacherous shadow, approaching him.
The barrel was overturned, and the bright red wine flowed out of the opening, like rose-colored blood, seeping into the floor tiles, a dark patch. The air was also filled with a sweet and intoxicating smell, but the stiff mind seemed to have hallucinations, telling him that there was a hint of blood in the fragrance of wine.
This may be why it got its name... The Beiners regarded it as a treasure that they were proud of, and although it was produced by the labor of the lowest-class farmers, it was not these people who could finally get the first place. Delan recalled a glorious day, when he was proud of being able to drink this wine, and he was deeply trusted by the royal family, and the wise and determined princess, all the colors of the past were spread out in his mind like old paper.
But in the end they all returned to silence.
The low wind sounds implicit in a low buzzing sound that is emitted with unique frequency.
The sound seemed to awaken some memory. Delan raised his head, his gray eyebrows gradually gathered, and his eyes were staring at the direction of the entrance to the dungeon.
A ball of light burst out from the swaying flames of the rosin torch, causing the long shadow on the ground to sway. There are stone steps leading to the ground one by one. It crosses seven levels upwards, then a turn, and then upwards ten steps upwards, there is a virtual door.
The buzzing sound gradually magnified, and a golden light shot out from the crack of the door and flew into the dungeon. It stopped in the air for a quick moment, turned around for a while and returned to Delan. It was a small golden ball, vibrating its two pairs of wings, turned its direction, and stared at him with the crystal in the diamond hole.
An old and gray face reflected in the dark crystal.
Next, the prison door was pushed open with a 'bang', and several adventurers dressed in a scattered manner, "He's here." The people who came in saw him at first glance and shouted. With a chaotic footstep, they rushed down the stone steps and walked towards this direction.
The sound from the sound made Delan look at these people, who were uniformly wearing the gray cloth cloak that was common to desert travelers. The hood was unveiled, revealing young faces. The shoulders, hoodies, hair and eyebrows were covered with dust. These people seemed to have just walked out of the sandstorm.
Their origin is also obvious.
The young adventurers had little experience, and they quickly walked to his cell and eagerly identified him: "We finally found you, Mr. Delan."
"We are from the Southern Union, the Elfindo Council, you should have heard of that place?"
"We'll save you."
Delan rarely spoke.
He pursed his lips and looked at the heavy gaze silently at the ups and downs in front of him.
The young adventurers looked at each other, took a step back with some sense, put a crystal on the ground, and the next moment, a fluorescent light came from the crystal, and the light formed a beam and projected an image in front of everyone. The one who appeared in the picture was a serious middle-aged man.
If you have to describe it, apart from the serious expression, it seems difficult for middle-aged people to find any characteristics. They are only wearing a very ordinary blue-gray coat. The only thing that can leave a little impression is probably because this person takes care of his body a little too meticulously.
The silver-gray hair was not messy at all, and every corner on the coat seemed to be carefully tidied, and there was no trace of extra wrinkles. Although the fabric of the coat looked old, it was clean and spotless. He also wore a pair of white gloves, which was a rare type of alchemist except for reinforcement gloves.
The middle-aged man spoke as soon as he appeared:
"Long time no see, Delan."
"We haven't seen each other for at least ten years since the princess passed away, right?"
"You have been in this place for a long time. Your promise to the princess has almost come true."
Delan was silent for a long time.
But in the end, he asked lightly: "Have you found 'him'?"
...
The dialogue in the dungeon is still ongoing.
But the young adventurers had retreated from the dungeon first. They came to complete the task, but they might not know about the task itself, but they were just ordered to do it. In this world, the caller and the aboriginal people sometimes maintain their relationship with each other.
They have their own purposes, but often they don’t care about each other. The former is more like a passerby in this world, and perhaps they themselves also recognize their own identities.
And in the eyes of the latter, the same is true.
Outside the gate of the dungeon, Ye Hua, who was wearing a long bow and in military uniform, was asking them: "What's wrong?"
"Since someone."
"Where are the others?"
"They are not in there, President, is the news reliable?"
"The person arrested should be Lu Fu Shield's people. They investigated smuggling cases in that area before this. This is the mission of the Tansneer Port Authority."
"It's the person from Lu Fu Shield."
The young people suddenly realized that Lu Fuzhidun was once a member of the Southern Alliance, which was a small adventure group, but they had more or less heard of such a name.
Another asked, "Is that... the combat craftsman who is also Lu Fuzhishi's Shield? Maybe we can absorb them in?"
Everyone couldn't help but look at Ye Hua.
That was the guy who had dismantled Mr. Gu's four clockwork fairies, which almost made them think they had been exposed at the time.
Ye Hua thought for a moment, and a feeling of turbulence arose in his heart. Genius alchemists appeared one after another in the Chinese competition area, and rookies appeared in major guilds, which was very different from the scene of a stagnant pool of water a few years ago. When it comes to genius alchemists, he couldn't help but think of someone who owed the other party an apology because of some wrong decisions.
He nodded in response to everyone's inquiries.
And then someone suddenly asked:
"It seems that the fortress's defense today is much worse than usual."
"Is there no guards in the outer area? Is it because of the sandstorm?"
...
The castle isolates the sound of wind outside.
Through the thick stone walls, you can only vaguely hear a deep whistling.
Not far away, a huge hanging painting was hung on the wall. The man in a robe was probably one of the ancestors of the Emer Iben family, but the darkness made everything lose its color. There were also some decorative paintings on the wall, with a round shield, two interlaced scimitars, and a pair of armor, holding a long halberd, and standing quietly at the entrance of the corridor there.
Two flower pots hanging on beams, curly fern leaves hanging from the ceiling, motionless. The walkway below is covered with a thick carpet, and walking on it feels soft and sinking into cotton. The carpet seems to have some patterns, but it is also dull in the darkness.
A ball of light came over from a distance, and the color of the carpet became brighter in the flames - brown, red and bright yellow, forming interlaced diamond patterns, followed by a deep sound of footsteps, neatly arranged. The knights walked away with lanterns, taking away the sound of armor colliding.
Wu Xiaopang watched the knights leave before turning around, lowered his voice and asked Fang Zhu: "Boss, have you found it?"
"Don't make a noise."
Luo Yu and Luo Hao both spoke out to remind him at the same time.
But Fang Yu lifted up his goggles at this time, got up and looked up, and a silver light passed through the window and flew into his hands.
Then more silver streamers gathered over and slung in front of everyone. Fang Zhu "picked" them one by one and put them into the information crystal. Then he looked at the others and answered: "I found a place."
He really spent a little time looking for the place where the daughter-in-law lived. After all, the interior space of the castle was really not small, and there were almost no servants walking in this weather, and there were almost no shortcuts, so he could only take the method of eliminating them one by one.
First of all, the hall on the first floor seemed to be the residence of servants, and relatives related to the owner here were obviously unlikely to live on this floor; on the second floor, he saw many secret sorcerers, and even outside a room in the study room, he saw the governor. Although he did not know the other party, he could probably infer this from the people around him.
He also saw a middle-aged secret warlock, who seemed to be the leader who besieged Wu Xiaopang and his group at that time, but he only flew around the second floor and dared to approach it without opening. Even so, it attracted the attention of the Knights of the Templar, which scared him so much that he flew directly into the third floor.
There are many empty rooms on the third floor, which seem to be guest rooms, but obviously under the current bad weather, no one will come to Beiyin as a guest except for the esoteric warlock. There were some women's rooms behind them, which really made Fang Yu accidentally bump into some embarrassing scenes, but he could only look at his nose and his heart, just treating it as if he didn't see it.
He didn't know exactly what these female relatives were here. As for the nobles of Istani, it was natural to have many wives and concubines. However, no one of them was described in terms of age, but what made Fang Rong a little headache was that, as the "fan" of the earl's daughter, this guy had never seen the other person really look like.
This discovery almost shocked Fang Yu.
This guy only knows some hobbies such as the other party’s age, unreliable hobbies, and some gossips.
But thinking about it, he probably knew that with Istaniya's strict hierarchy, how many adventurers outside can really meet such noble daughters? I heard that Earl Nurman regards his daughter as a treasure, so he naturally takes good care of him and makes him live in simplicity. How could the "lower" outside bewitch his daughter's eyes?
Fang Yu couldn't help but shake his head. This little fat man dreamed that he was even more outrageous than Parker, but the other party probably didn't care about this?
Is this the legendary death... fat man?
It's really terrible.
But he didn't mind, but ZXC almost dragged this unreliable guy out to kill. Although he knew that the other party was intentional, Fang Yu stopped him with a wry smile. If he didn't care about this guy suffering on weekdays, there were only eight people in total, so it would be better not to cause any trouble.
Fortunately, after the clockwork fairy flew into the fourth floor, he finally made some discoveries.
In the luxurious room, the numerous maids, and the exquisitely dressed little girl, Fang Rong felt that if he could admit his mistake, he would definitely be a mentally retarded.
He immediately took back the clockwork fairy and said to everyone: "Think of a way to go to the fourth floor."
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Fang Zhu nodded.
"That's right," Wu Xiaopang replied: "The patrol guards have just passed. We have just gone to investigate. The stairs leading upstairs are in that direction. Let's set off quickly."
He said that and prepared to go out.
But it was at this moment that Luo Hao grabbed the man's shoulder and pulled him back from outside. Fang Yu actually heard the footsteps coming from a distance. After only a moment, everyone saw a ball of light coming from the corner there, and the light of the lantern swept over. Behind the light, a group of knights were walking from far to near with the sound of metal collision.
Wu Xiaopang, who was pulled back by Luo Hao, stared at the scene wide.
He was not brainless. He had been estimating the time for these people to patrol before, but no matter what, the other party came back too quickly this time. Could it be that he was exposed? Wu Xiaopang suddenly turned pale, thinking of a terrible possibility, but when he saw the rest of his anger, he did not dare to show such emotions.
But the facts are not as he thought-
The knights walked forward in a hurry, but did not notice them hiding in the corner. The crowd held up lanterns and walked quickly through this direction without even looking back. The chaotic footsteps continued to pass through the end of the corridor, and finally the light disappeared in that direction.
After a while, Wu Xiaopang heard a sound of opening the door from afar, and came back from that direction, and then the chaotic footsteps gradually faded away.
He turned around and looked at everyone in a bit incredible way and said:
"What's going on? They never went in that direction before."
"What might they have discovered." ZXC then came back to the smell.
Among the few people, only Luo Hao looked over and looked over there, and then calmly said to everyone: "That's where we came."
"We--" Wu Xiaopang was stunned and suddenly remembered. In fact, they did not take the same path when they came, but they arrived at the courtyard under the wall in the inner city, but it seemed to be in that direction - he was shocked in his mind and couldn't help but look at ZXC and others.
The two members of Lu Fu Shield also looked at Fang Yu with lingering fear. Fang Yu said before that the secret warlocks might have discovered them, but they were not willing to believe this at first, thinking that they were unaware of it, but judging from the reactions of the knights, it was obvious that the boss was right this time.
Moreover, due to this bad weather, the news from the esoteric warriors should have a certain delay when they come again. Therefore, with this calculation, the esoteric warriors should have noticed it shortly after they arrived in the inner city.
Wu Xiaopang fell out in a cold sweat. The defense in the inner city was much tighter than outside. He knew how many patrol knights were there. If the other party took action, what place could they hide in just a castle? He wiped his sweat and asked quickly, "What should we do? Will we hit it now?"
I originally felt that I was sure to win, but now I feel that I have a slim hope.
But Fang Zhu had already passed their shock stage and shook his head and replied: "No need. Fortunately, under the current weather conditions, their news feedback will be delayed. However, the knights will sooner or later find someone invading, and they should mobilize at that time, and we are still safe before that."
He looked ahead: "So there is still not much time left for us. Now it's safe for the time being, so take us to the stairs."
Wu Xiaopang and others had completely put aside their underestimation for their opponents and nodded seriously.
As expected, as Fang Ling said, several people walked through the walkway on the first floor and entered the second floor through the stairs. The surrounding environment seemed to be the same as before, and there was no change. However, since they spent a little more time on the second floor to avoid the eyeliners of the esoteric warlocks, they arrived at the third floor, and after they arrived at the third floor, they heard a noisy sound coming from below.
It seemed that someone was giving orders, and then there were a burst of chaotic footsteps. It was obvious that the defense force in the castle was mobilized, and the other party had already discovered that someone had invaded.
There is one floor to the destination.
It seems that the other party has not found them yet. On the surface, it seems to be temporarily safe, but Fang Zhu already feels a sense of danger.
He suddenly stopped and looked up—
If the wise man and the governor were not stupid, they should have realized that the information they had was lagging behind - Jita was not in this inner city at the beginning, and there were only a few valuable goals for them. Especially for the governor, there would definitely be priority for his daughter.
It is definitely unrealistic to expect the other party to look up from the second floor layer to the next. Each floor in the castle has defense power, and maybe the guards on the fourth floor have been mobilized.
As long as they are a little lucky and hesitate, they will miss their last chance.
So Fang Yu took out a yellow clockwork fairy from under his coat without thinking.
Now the only way is to use strength to break the trick.
Chapter completed!