Maya, Feilaun and Xiao Fen were squeezed into a small space similar to a ventilation passage. This was actually a defense facility of the castle; four shooting holes could be seen on the black stone wall not far away.
Crouching half-crouched next to the observation hole, the weak light projected from the hole formed a strip of light at the position of his eyes.
Through the shooting hole, you can see the outer wall of the castle not far away. Every few feet on the wall, there are one or two well-equipped priests on guard. These drow women all have sharp and cold eyes like poisonous snakes, and more
for keen perception.
Fidel held his breath and looked a little pale. The corpses of two drow priests stood quietly at his feet.
Feilaun looked at Fidel for a while, then turned around and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Mage, do you think your plan is too bold? Leborina has always been famous.
Cunning, before I became the Silver Moon Knight, she was already known as the most beautiful vixen in the Netherworld. "
When Xiao Fen heard this question, he was sorting out the spell scrolls that might be needed. He was slightly startled, and stopped taking out the scroll in his hand, "Bold? Of course you are bold, I admit it. But when dealing with someone who is cunning and cautious,
It’s best for the enemy not to use too conventional methods, as taking an eccentric approach may have miraculous effects.”
Feilaun raised his eyelids and glanced at Xiao Fen. He could not see through the shadow cast by the edge of the mage's hood, but conversations between smart people were often concise and efficient. The drow warrior nodded silently to express understanding.
"Silence!" Fidelo suddenly turned around and gestured to them. The two immediately shut up, and the small space was quickly filled with silence. Then, there was a regular sound of footsteps outside the stone wall.
The crisp sound of the iron boots hitting the granite floor spread far through the ground.
"Patrol team, this is the third team." After the footsteps faded away, Fidelo muttered. At the same time, he stretched out his finger and pointed in the direction of the outer wall, "Three, six, seven... this side of the outer wall.
There are eight priests and seventeen temple warriors. These guys have at least more than seventy people deployed on the outer defense line, if you include the number of people and patrols on the other side. "
"That crazy woman didn't know how to get her people here. At least half of her power is gathered here." Brother Maya said in a curse-like tone.
Xiao Fen and Maya looked at each other in surprise, "When we came, no one was on guard on the outer wall, not even a human figure. Where did they get out from?" the drow girl asked.
"These priests showed up when your brother and I arrived. But we didn't expect there to be so many. Maybe they hid before. "
"It's also possible that the woman used magic to teleport these people from other places." The mage added, "But I'm curious, how did you sneak into this castle quietly in full view of everyone? If not
Because of the magic alarm, I’m afraid I don’t know anything about your arrival either.”
Feilaun smiled and pointed to the ground. "From below." He answered briefly.
"under?"
"Yes, the castle is floating, and the lower part becomes a blind spot for the vigilantes." The dark elf gestured with a smile and told the mage about the situation at that time. "How to get to the lower part? It's very simple, just use some spell scrolls.
It is not difficult to do this. ”
"Then what? You have to find a way to sneak into the city. As far as I know, this floating temple has no gate. The only way to enter is to cross the city wall. "
"No, no, it's not as troublesome as you think. No matter how hasty Falcon's actions are, they are always well prepared." Feilaun unfolded a drawing, and Xiao Fen could see at a glance that it was the architectural structure of the castle. "
This floating temple was not originally built as a temple, nor was it even built by my former compatriots. Instead, it belonged to a powerful blind mage. The old blind man was quite famous among the dark elves, of course.
This reputation is all negative. He always captures some underground creatures as experimental subjects for his magic, and most of them are drow. "
"This blind man was quite powerful and had no scruples, but he was finally annihilated by the army of Latres City. At that time, the mage's castle was built on today's underground plain. Now it is the territory of the gray dwarves. At that time,
The high priest moved the castle with the help of divine power, and it has been stored on the west bank of the Black Lake as a trophy and a witness to the power of Latris City. "
"In a certain era afterwards, Siskena's projection in this plane actually appeared in Latres, and she handed a powerful and divine item to the priest in Latres city. And
Her followers stored the item in the castle, and Siskena personally showed her magical power to sink the castle into the secret place and float it above the bottomless abyss..." Feilaun raised his head, "So
, there is today’s floating temple.”
"The old blind man who built this castle is not a master of architecture, so this castle is not much different from ordinary castles. Only minor changes have been made, so it is not laborious to get this internal structure diagram - in fact, it is laborious.
To confirm its accuracy, we lost two elites for this. "
Xiao Fen listened carefully and did not interrupt impatiently. He knew that the other party would not say nonsense that sounded like background introduction without any purpose.
"Okay, let's get down to business." Feilaun changed the topic as expected, "As I said before, like most castles, this castle designed for safety and protection has many secret passages - those are the castle's secret passages.
The 'back way' used by the master to escape. When the castle was uprooted by the high priest of that generation, these underground secret passages were exposed under the castle. Some of them were obviously blocked by drow, but the secret ones remained.
…”
The mage's eyes lit up. No need to say anything, he already understood everything.
"Can you point out those secret passages?"
"Of course, I will let my people take your friend to the secret passage. Leborina is our old enemy. We would be happy to help speed her up." At this point, Feilaun
Suddenly, there was a pause, and a strange little animal appeared in a flash of black light in his hand. Xiao Fen recognized that this was the gadget they used to communicate. The dark elf took off the paper bundle from the hind limb of the thing and glanced at it.
The corners of his mouth suddenly turned up slightly.
"Two news, good news and bad news, which one should you listen to first?" he said with a smile.
"Well. What's the bad news?" The mage snorted.
"The bad news is that Herla is losing her temper right now. I'm afraid you will have a difficult enemy in the future. Of course, it's not an enemy yet... You know, the taste of death is not pleasant. "
"Who is Herla?" Xiao Fen frowned, he didn't understand at all.
"Well, it's the female mage in the golem armor. She was resurrected by our priest."
The mage suddenly understood, but he only regarded Feilaun's words as a joke.
"So what's the good news?"
"The men led by your fiancée have arrived. They are in the southern passage, with a few of our people."
"Then we can start taking action?" The mage turned his head and said this to Fidlow.
"No, wait." Fidelo replied in a low voice, "We still need to wait for the two patrols to pass by, then we will have time."
Xiao Fen nodded, and the surroundings fell into dead silence again; at this time, Maya asked in a low voice: "Captain Feilaun?"
"What's the matter, Ma...Miss Cat."
"Are the trees on the ground really green?"
"Yes. There are also wild flowers and green grass, and you can see the light blue mountains and sky. It is beautiful there, much more beautiful than the dark underground. "
"Really? The master said that to me too!" Maya was so excited that her eyes lit up, as if she had seen those beautiful scenery in advance.
Xiao Fen looked at this drow girl who sometimes liked to pretend to be mature, and suddenly felt that she and all the drow elves were a little pitiful and even pathetic.
"Shh!" Feilaun motioned for Maya to keep her voice down. Then she smiled slightly, "I won't lie to you. When you see it one day, you will realize how lacking in adjectives I have."
Maya nodded and closed her eyes, seeming to be looking forward to that day...
At this time, Fidelo, who was next to the shooting hole, turned around again and whispered: "The patrol has passed, follow me, be careful, don't make a sound!" As he said, he took the lead and walked to the other side of the corridor with his body bent.
; Here I have to mention this low and dim shooting passage. Its ceiling is so low that normal people can almost only pass through it lying on their stomachs - Feilaun explained that this was once the place where the blind mage's goblin slaves shot out of the castle.
Its passage naturally does not need to be too high.
The four of them were sneaking silently in the darkness. Fortunately, they all had special eyesight, so the deep environment had no impact on them.
The other end of the passage is connected to the inner city wall, where two patrol teams are on guard. Fidelo and the other three cleverly took advantage of the gap between the two patrol teams to rush out. The moment the patrol team turned their backs to them, all four of them were on guard.
The man climbed over the inner wall and jumped silently into the thorn bushes in the inner courtyard.
Xiao Fen was panting rapidly. The feeling of physical exhaustion was no stranger to him. This had always been his biggest weakness. The mage's heavy breathing attracted the attention of the nearby temple warriors who were on guard, and he hurriedly stopped.
Holding your breath, when the other party's cold gaze swept over here, a bead of sweat representing nervousness hung on everyone's forehead.
The temple warrior glanced here for a while and found nothing unusual before turning his gaze elsewhere. Xiao Fen patted his chest and felt relieved, but what he did in return was a sharp blow from Maya.
Roll your eyes.
After the temple warriors walked a little further, Fidelo pointed to several corners of the inner courtyard and said: "Be careful, there are four secret sentries in these places; there is a patrol team every two minutes or so." He pointed to the nearby corners.
A gorgeous door, "There is a reason why this place is so heavily guarded. Do you see that door? It leads directly to the main hall, which is the core part of the temple... It is said that it has been remodeled, and there are
Siskena’s Altar. ”
Xiao Fen did not listen carefully. He turned his head absentmindedly and faintly felt a powerful force beginning to move in the lower part of the castle.
"...an entrance to the secret passage is in this inner courtyard. We must sneak past the wall. Mr. Palin, are you good at covert operations?" Fidel suddenly asked.
"Stealth operations?" Xiao Fen came back to his senses. "No, I'm not good at it. But I can use some spells to achieve the same effect."
As he spoke, he glanced at the entire inner courtyard. There were at least twenty enemies in the entire inner courtyard, either openly or secretly. The mage couldn't help but feel secretly alarmed - you must know that all priests who graduated from Drow Academy were at least
Strong men above level 7, and these priests responsible for guarding are all elites among the strong. Everyone has at least level 10 to 12 strength; and from some guys, Xiao Fen even feels the same as himself.
Almost a powerful breath.
A level 14 divine spell caster is definitely a terrifying existence.
"The strength of the dark elves is really terrifying. Fortunately, the curse of the sun has imprisoned most of them underground forever." The mage couldn't help but groaned in his heart.
Feilaun glanced at the mage, but he still didn't see anything from the other person's expression, "Fidelor, you demonstrate once. Miss Cat, follow your brother, then Mr. Mage, and I will take the rear. Everyone come one by one.
, be careful." He simply gave the order.
Stealth operations are nothing to those who are good at this. Fidello and Maya easily ran along the shadows in the corner into the grass at the other end. The priest in charge of the warning did not even look back.
"It's your turn, Mr. Master." Feilaun held Xiao Fen's shoulder and patted it, "Be careful."
Xiao Fen nodded and chanted a spell in a low voice. His body gradually faded in the air and finally became transparent.
"Is this invisible?" Feilaun asked in surprise.
"Yes, what? Haven't you seen it?" The mage's deep voice came from the air.
"Ah, yes. Mages don't like to perform their spells in front of people, they are mysterious and weird guys. In fact, now I somewhat believe that you are a player. "
Xiao Fen smiled and walked out cautiously. Although he was covered with an invisibility effect, there was no guarantee that the priest with super high perception would not sense something. The mage crossed the center of the inner courtyard as slowly as possible, trying his best to make his
She moved without making a single sound, but even so, a priest noticed the subtle noise here and turned her head.
Xiao Fen felt cold sweat begin to form on his forehead. He paused, held his breath, and stopped making any other movements. Pastor Zhuoer frowned, as if he was confused, and then turned his attention to other places.
The mage wiped a cold sweat and began to move forward. At this moment, he suddenly felt his toes touch something. Just as he was about to scream in his heart, a small stone rolled away from his feet - this subtle sound did not
Not too big, but in this silent inner courtyard, in Xiao Fen's heart, it was no less than thunder.
"Who is it?" The priest suddenly turned his gaze to this side, his sharp eyes seeming to penetrate something... At least, Xiao Fen felt that he was penetrated by this gaze.
"It's over..." All kinds of chaotic thoughts popped up in the mage's mind, but these two words were always very clear.