Chapter 436: The Magic Barrier of Rock Fortress

Since the last team that left the city to harass the city fled back to the fortress in embarrassment after being severely damaged, the atmosphere in the Rock Fortress has dropped to the bottom.

The knights, who were wearing strong armor and strong and majestic, led batch after batch of soldiers to intercept the Cecil people, but they could only abandon their own bodies and flee back to the city again and again. However, the Cecil army is still approaching the fortress day by day. They were near the hills two days ago, and today their flags appeared on the plains, as if they were really unstoppable.

The southern nobles showed great wavering in this situation. They had been frightened once and began to feel restless after hearing that the Cecil people were approaching. This reaction was even more disturbing. It aggravated the psychological pressure on the fortress defenders - anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was the presence of these southern nobles that amplified the threat from Cecil's army and affected the morale of the fortress.

Sir Maryland even had to come forward in person to talk to the southern nobles to get them to calm down a little and stop shaking people's hearts. However, it was an unchangeable fact that the atmosphere in the fortress was deteriorating.

On this day, the Cecil people finally stopped on the plain south of the Rock Fortress and began to set up camp. The mages who used the eyes of mages to observe the situation in the plain soon sent an order. Even more disturbing news:

Those Cecil people occupied a highland in the southwest of the plain and began to install some kind of huge magic mechanism on the highland.

That is far beyond the range of the fortress's trebuchet, and even beyond the range of any mage tower.

In a brightly lit tavern in the inner city of Rock Fortress, a bearded man put his beer glass on the table with a "thump", and even though the wine spilled all over the table, he started yelling with a mouth full of alcohol. : "That's the 'Sky Fire'! Sky Fire! I know what the Cecil people are doing. I've seen it from a distance... They can use that thing to break into the fortress very quickly... No one can survive!"

Then the man picked up the glass, drank the remaining beer in one gulp, and shouted drunkenly: "Come again!"

This was a down-and-out knight from the south. , he fled into the fortress with the southern nobles, and has been hanging around here for dozens of days. The knight had some savings and some gold and silver with him, but after all, he was no match for the noble lord who could sing and dance in the castle - so he could only get drunk in this noisy and messy tavern, using alcohol to numb his severely injured nerves.

Since the appearance of the Cecils, such destitute knights have appeared more and more frequently in taverns and brothels. In the past, no one would bother them. However, today, some people finally can't stand it. - A local knight stationed in the Rock Fortress all year round suddenly stood up, grabbed the collar of the fallen knight, and forcibly pulled him up from his seat: "You coward! In addition to drinking and saying depressing words here, what else can you do? What’s the use?”

The drunken knight glanced at it.The hand on his collar, the muscles on his face twisted into a weird smile: "You are not a coward, you can rush up to the Cecil people's sky fire and try it when it falls..."

Local The knight's face was full of anger, and he subconsciously raised his fist high, trying to show off the southerners who were disrupting order and shaking people's hearts in the fortress. After the southern nobles and their followers hid in the fortress, the local soldiers Conflicts have been accumulating between them and these "outsiders", and in this moment of gloomy atmosphere, the conflicts seem to have finally reached the stage of erupting. However, before the fist of the local knight fell, a wave of... A vague sound of thunder suddenly came.

Immediately afterwards, there was another strange howling in the night sky, as if something heavy was approaching quickly.

While the local knight was stunned for a short time, the southern knight he caught let out a strange scream, and then made a move that stunned everyone: he broke free from the hand holding his collar, He immediately crawled under the table and shouted: "The fire from the sky is coming down! The magic of the Cecil people!"

It wasn't just him, there were several southern knights and libertines in other corners of the tavern. The soldier immediately dived under the nearest table, shouting loudly as he did so. The content of the shouting was basically about sky fire and the magic of the Cecil people——

The local knight was stunned for a moment. I wanted to scold the cowardly man in front of me, who had no chivalry at all, and how he could be so unworthy, but then, a deafening explosion came from the direction of the southern city wall. The loud noise even shook the wooden structure of the tavern. , causing large swaths of dust to fall from the rafters - the tavern was instantly in chaos.

The southern knight who was hiding under the table stuck his head out and shouted to the chaotic tavern: "Skyfire! Skyfire is coming down! Find a place to get up! Get down on the ground! Don't stand and run around!"

"Calm down! Order! Get your weapons and report to the city wall!" The local knight shouted at the top of his lungs, "Don't run around!"

However, the second sound sounded immediately, The third explosion brought his efforts to naught. Those explosions kept coming from the south of the fortress, and the last one seemed to explode above everyone's heads.

However, amidst the continuous and astonishing explosions, which were like high-level spells cast by great magicians, the Southern Knight who had been hiding under the table came out again at some point, and He came out together with several other southern knights and soldiers who were looking for bunkers or lying down on the spot.

"The movement is wrong..." the southern knight muttered to himself, "it didn't fall on the ground...it didn't fall in the city..."

The local knight couldn't hear it at all. With this low murmur, he yelled in the chaos: "What did you say!?"

"I said the movement was wrong! Skyfire didn't come in!"

The Southern Knight suddenly Yell out loud, and then while the people in the tavern were stunned, several southerners suddenly rushed out of the door.

They rushed to the open space outside the tavern, enduring the fear that came from their nerves, and looked up in the direction of the skyfire explosion - and then they saw the layer of rock that enveloped the entire fortress. huge barrier.

A hazy halo rises from the edge of the dark and solemn city wall of Rock Fortress. On the wall, countless magic runes are shining brightly, and the energy barrier covering the entire fortress is Supported by magic runes, it appeared to be radiant. Through the translucent halo, people in the south could clearly see several light cyan streaks in the night sky quickly crossing the darkness and hitting the barrier—— Or on the city wall in the distance.

A thunderous explosion sounded, and the Southern Knight and his companions subconsciously shuddered, but the explosion only rose outside the barrier - the huge flames were like large-scale flames cast by illusion mages. It was like fireworks, deafening, shaking the air, stirring up layers of brilliance on the surface of the energy barrier, but in the end it was not transmitted into the barrier.

More light blue streaks streaked across the night sky and fell on the barrier and the city wall. However, the Southern Knight and his companions stood firm. They stared at the terrifying sky fire on the barrier. There was an explosion outside, and the fear on his face was finally replaced by ecstasy.

The terrible "Sky Fire" was stopped.

The legendary ancient magical walls of Rock Fortress have proven themselves powerful.

It is safe inside the fortress!

"The Skyfire was blocked by the barrier!" "The barrier blocked them!" "The Cecil people can't get in!" "We are safe!!"

The cheers were the first. It came from the southerners, and soon after, the other soldiers and knights in the Rock Fortress who were already extremely nervous and uneasy also cheered.

The nobles and high-ranking knights in the castle area also cheered.

"Ladies! Gentlemen! We can feel at ease now," Sir Maryland stood on the high platform of the main hall of the castle, opening his hands and looking at everyone below with a smile. Looking at the southern nobles with joy on their faces and the fortress knights who felt at ease, "It seems that the Cecil people's 'fancy gadgets' are not indestructible. They can still be intercepted in the face of magic barriers!"

A southern nobleman stood up and bowed deeply to Sir Maryland in an exaggerated gesture. Then he turned around and said to everyone in an exaggerated aria: "Friends - we can Take the red wine out of the cellar!”

After trembling in the extremely tense and depressing atmosphere for so long, the nobles seemed to need a banquet to calm down their mood.

Before the banquet started, the "sky fire" falling from the sky gradually stopped. It seemed that even the Cecil people realized the power of the Rock Fortress, or that their magic devices needed to cool down and rest. The situation further relaxed the atmosphere in the fortress.

Sir Maryland and his knights could still control their emotions, but those southern nobles... they seemed to be too suppressed and too nervous. After finally relaxing, their The party can almost turn into an orgy of revenge.

But Sir Maryland allowed all this with a smile - in his opinion, these poor gentlemen really needed to relax, and the pressure they had endured in the past period was too much.

The lights in the castle area were brightly lit, and a banquet quickly started.

The celebration of the nobles seems to be too sudden and exaggerated. However, the nobles are such a group - holding banquets is not only their entertainment, but also their social life, work and even daily life. They know that other people in the fortress The local soldiers will still stay at their posts, so they can safely and boldly exchange cups and cups in the banquet hall. The nobles are good at hosting banquets and are used to hosting banquets for any reason and in any name, let alone now. This is a well-reasoned situation.

However, Viscount Carroll couldn't stand this too drastic change in atmosphere. After staying in the banquet hall for a while, he felt suffocated, so he found an excuse to leave the hall and came outside. Find a quiet spot on the terrace and breathe in the fresh night air.

This is the highest terrace in the castle area, where you can clearly see the magic barrier.

The magic barrier of Rock Fortress is still activated, and a translucent energy shield is covering the outside of the city wall, and is faintly connected to the magic metal embedded inside the city wall: with the help of the ancient and powerful magic inside the fortress, With the powerful magic focus, coupled with the magic energy accumulated by the city wall during the day, this barrier can last until the next day, until the sun rises again and recharges the barrier. Even if there is no sun the next day, Several large mage towers in the fortress can also extract energy from the magic focus underground to maintain the normal operation of the barrier at a lower power.

Looking at the magic barrier in the distance gave Viscount Carroll, who was feeling inexplicably agitated, a slight sense of peace of mind. He exhaled softly and looked further through the translucent light curtain. place.

The Cecil attack has ended. The process was so short and the end was so abrupt. This inevitably made Viscount Carroll, who had experienced the shelling of Gravel Ridge, feel a little unnatural. After thinking for a while, he sketched a few runes in the air and opened the "Mage Eyes" for himself.

His vision was instantly projected into the distance. In his slightly distorted and shaky vision, he saw Cecil's camp operating as usual under the night.

The details that the mage's eyes can see are limited, but he is certain of one thing: those Cecil soldiers who are leisurely adjusting the "Skyfire Device" and talking and laughing around the campfire are definitely not. Any atmosphere of frustration...

A burst of footsteps sounded behind him. Viscount Carroll immediately dissipated the magical effect of the Mage's Eye. At the same time, he heard Countess Ropenny Grant.A slightly cold voice came from behind: "Viscount Carroll, what are you doing?"

Carroll turned around and saw the awe-inspiring man who led everyone to escape from hell. Madam, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, but then he frowned: "Dame Glen, I think something is wrong!"

Luo Penni's thin eyebrows raised slightly: "Is something wrong? "

"The Cecil people's attack can't be just that small... They can bombard the gravel ridge for an hour continuously. There is no reason to be so relaxed when attacking the Rock Fortress," Ka Viscount Lore said anxiously about his findings, "I just saw it with the eyes of the mage. Their camp is in good order, and there is no sign of attack failure at all..."

"Really...this is really This is a disturbing situation." Dame Luo Penni's face turned serious, and she rubbed a ring on her finger as if subconsciously, "...it's so disturbing."

"I'm going. Remind Sir Maryland," Viscount Carroll said with a frown, but as soon as he finished speaking, he looked at Luo Penni curiously, "But having said that... Baroness, why did you also leave the banquet hall? Did you find anything? ?”

“I just came back from the city wall,” Luo Penni said lightly, “Did you forget that Sir Maryland gave us the task of guarding the second city wall and part of the mage tower—— It's a pity that almost everyone is drinking in the banquet hall, so I have to come out and do some business."

"Thank God, there are ladies like you who are keeping vigilant," Viscount Carroll praised and raised his head. He was about to walk towards the castle area, "We are going to Sir Maryland..."

His words stopped abruptly.

A soft and slightly cold hand held his arm, and a ring on that hand was emitting a faint blue light.

Viscount Carroll felt a cold numbness spread from his arms to his whole body. He turned his head slightly with difficulty and saw the expressionless face of Ropenny Grant. He tried to open his mouth. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

He heard the still beautiful lady in front of him speak to him - the latter leaned very close and whispered in his ear: "Mr. Viscount, do you know that in eleven years? "Previously, when the thugs attacked my husband's castle, there was only one loyal sentry standing on the sentry tower, trying to intercept the thugs with crossbows..."

Penni Granla pulled away a little. From a distance, in Carol's frightened eyes, she pushed his body little by little.

"The sentry was as big as you when he fell from the tower. Your knight probably didn't even mention this little detail when he went back to report to you..."

At the last moment, Luo Penni gave Viscount Carroll a slight push.

At the last moment, the viscount only heard a vague sentence coming from the wind: "...That's how the sentry fell."