The exterior is almost made of dark black stones. It is difficult for Lu Jian to tell exactly how many years ago these stones were excavated. Those mottled marks cannot be made by humans. Only monsters can leave such twisted wounds.
The entire fortress is like a huge hemisphere covering the ground. There is no sunlight inside, and there are only some small windows for weapons to fire.
Above the hemisphere, watchtowers, high walls, catapults, etc. are dotted around.
The remains of some buildings can still be vaguely seen outside the fortress. According to Jonah, this was originally the capital of a country. The spread of the black forest destroyed that country. It was not until later that the black tower removed this fortress from the monsters.
Take it back.
Surrounding the Black Castle are up to five layers of defenses, including wooden thorns, stone walls, ravines, and spikes. All the means that humans can think of to block the movement of monsters are applied here. Due to the different monsters in the magic tide, these defenses
At least it can block some physical monsters.
The spell detection covering the entire fortress can detect and restrict those incorporeal monsters at the first time. Lu Jian saw that there were obviously more mages inside the black fort. It seemed that as the main defense point, the defense here was even tighter.
"The demonic tide will spread from the west, and then the entire area will be shrouded in endless darkness. What we have to do is to attract the demonic tide monsters as much as possible. It is best to have them all gather near this fortress and have no time to go.
Beyond the Black Forest."
Before the meal, Jonah explained the details of the battle to Lu Jian and other rangers.
"We have to resist for at least three days until the demonic tide recedes. Survival is victory."
"Wait a minute, since eternal night will bring darkness, and it is only afraid of sunlight, then don't we have to wait for death here?"
Lu Tiao blurted out.
The other young rangers looked at each other, also a little panicked.
"That's what we're here for at Castle Black."
Jonah pointed to his feet.
"The building of Black Castle has been transformed. With the support of a certain number of mages, it can launch a powerful spell, Eternal Blazing Sun. This spell can simulate the sun to a certain extent and can affect the surrounding area of about ten miles. We attract Eternal Night
’s arrival, and then cast this spell, we can eliminate most of Yong Ye’s dependents to the greatest extent.”
"I see."
Lu Tan applauded.
The other rangers saw Lu Jian's actions and hesitantly clapped along.
"...Put down your hands, ahem, this is just the most ideal situation. If the fortress is breached early, then we have to use spells in advance, and those Eternal Night dependents will avoid this fortress and go to
Attacking areas outside the Black Forest, after those areas have fallen, it will only be a matter of time before our area is eroded."
Jonah cleared his throat awkwardly.
"Don't worry, with the support of the magic light source, it will be difficult for the Eternal Dark family members to capture the fortress. All we have to do is to delay the time carefully."
He finally comforted him.
At dinner time, Lu Kan wolfed down food at the dining table.
The food here consists of broth, meat sauce, mashed potatoes, bread, vegetables, etc. The taste can only be said to be edible, but the weather was too cold and Lu Tran's appetite was very good. After eating two big bowls, he still felt it was not enough.
"Think about it, if you were eaten by Yong Ye's family members tonight, would you regret not eating more at night?"
Lu Tan looked at the stunned Birmingham and explained.
"That seems to make sense... Then I'll have another bowl too!"
The young man also took an extra bowl.
Lu Tian felt satisfied that the food on the front line was enough.
After the meal, it was Lu Tan and Birmingham's turn to keep vigil, and the two came to the high wall of the fortress.
From here, you can see a large forest under the moonlight. Under the cold wind, the trees are undulating like ocean waves, and the snow falls to the ground, startling some animals and making the night watchers even more alert.
There are many night watchmen on the high wall. Through the light of the sentry tower, you can see them huddled next to the stove. The weather is really too cold. If it weren't for the report from the Observation Center, everyone might really think that the coming demonic wave is cold.
frost.
Lu Jian looked far into the distance. [True Sight] gave him good vision. Lu Jian could see that on the other side of the horizon, there seemed to be a forest completely covered by darkness. Even the moonlight shining on it could not illuminate it.
reflected.
That may be the eternal night that is gradually approaching.
"Tomorrow night at the latest, the demonic tide will arrive."
Jonah's voice came from behind the two of them.
"Are you nervous?"
He asked Birmingham, because Lu Jian was obviously not nervous at all.
"I will do my best to complete the task."
Birmingham stood up straight.
"Don't be so formal. We are comrades in arms now."
Jonah patted the boy on the shoulder.
"When I was experiencing the Demon Tide, I was also very scared. I was afraid that I would be killed by monsters, and that my teammates would die because of my hesitation. I still don't want to recall the memories of those days."
"But don't worry, this fortress has never fallen since it was recaptured. It has always been a bridgehead against the demonic tide. There will be no problem this time."
When Lu Tan heard Jonah's words, he originally wanted to complain about not setting up flags casually, but suddenly he saw that the people on the sentry tower next door seemed to be acting a little strange.
The man's companion stood in front of the watchtower, staring ahead, while he himself sat by the stove, and suddenly drew out the short knife from his waist.
The man did not attack his teammates, but trembled, trembled, and pointed the blade at his own throat.
Lu Tan immediately materialized his "last words", and just as he fired the disruptive words, the man's blade pierced his throat.
Lu Tian saw a peaceful smile on the other person's face and pulled his hand at the same time.
A large amount of blood spurted out and turned cold instantly. The man's companions hurriedly called for help, but everyone knew that there was no way to save him.
Lu Jian and others came to the sentry tower and looked at the bodies that had been carried down.
There was a happy, peaceful smile on the corpse's face, as if he was sleeping.
"He was resisting just now, as if his body was being controlled."
Lu Jian said, he looked at Jonah, this extraordinary and strange phenomenon was something that the mage could clearly understand.
"Is he really like this?"
Jonah's expression was slightly strange.
Before he could explain, he saw the man's companion suddenly pull out his knife.
"No, no, no..."
He moved the blade towards his throat, and he seemed to be resisting some force with all his strength.
Birmingham tried to help, but was immediately stopped by Jonah.
"Don't go there, you will be infected..."
He raised his hand and looked at the frightened ranger.
"It may hurt a little, but at least you can save your life."
Before the ranger could react, Jonah made a fist with his right hand.
Phew——
The ranger's hands fell as if cut by a sharp blade, and the dagger lost its support and fell to the ground.
"Don't touch him, it's a plague."
Jonah looked solemn and added another sentence.
"The master of the twelfth demonic tide, the plague."
