Nightmare made two hisses in the courtyard, then came to the city wall, raised its head and sprayed a stream of black smoke into the sky.
The black smoke was very conspicuous in the falling snow, like a suppurated wound on white skin. The snowflakes were fluttering like a dance and could not blew the black smoke. Therefore, the few people hiding at the ridge saw this signal without any effort, and hurried out from behind the hiding rock, and came quickly but very cautiously towards the fortress.
There are three men and one woman in total, conspirators, sneak attackers, and people who summon evil spirits to deal with. These names can be placed on them. Although these three people covered their faces with wooden masks, they were judging from the figure and agile movements exposed in the gaps in the leather armor that they were in their peak youth.
The man in front was the strongest among the three people and the fastest downhill. Generally, if he just took a look at the gap of two or three meters, he would jump down without hesitation, and then he could stand firmly and show a good balance. During the process of going downhill, he would turn back to meet the two behind from time to time, reach out to support one by one, and then connect one by one. Since these people were wearing masks and did not disclose their names or identities, he would first call the one running in front a mountain climber.
The second person was shorter and fatter than the climber. He carried a wooden box that was not heavy. The box was protected by metal edges to avoid collision damage, and reserved a hanging ring, which was firmly fixed after passing through with a rope.
A wooden box was not satisfied with it. The guy also had a soccer-sized cloth bag around his waist, which should be a hard and irregular-shaped object inside. The cloth bag would shake as he walked, hitting the outside of his thighs and buttocks one after another, which might hurt a little, because a few strokes would even cause him to frown. He stopped when he was down to the road leading to the fortress, opened the bag, and took out the things inside to check.
It was a nightmare statue of blood and flint, with black and red just showing the charm of the evil horse. "No problem, nightmare is still in control, and today there is another chance to summon and issue orders."
Therefore, this person is called the Summoner for the time being.
The last one was a woman, not only wearing a mask, but also wrapped her hair with a piece of gray cloth, then covered her head with a hood and covered her whole body with a cloak. She only had a pair of slender, white hands left outside the clothes, and a thick black ring on the middle finger of her right hand.
She didn't let others touch her ring, so she never stretched out her right hand, even when her body lost balance on the hillside. The climber could only pull her shoulders or hug her waist several times. The woman didn't care about these actions, but just habitually kept her right hand as far away from the climber as possible.
So call her left-handed for the time being.
The three of them stopped at the gate of the fortress. The suspension bridge had risen. In front of them was a deep and wide trench. The climber came to the edge of the trench, looked at it, and then followed the trench to observe the city wall. He shook his head and said in a rough voice: "I can go over, but I'm afraid I can't help you."
"Aren't you carrying a rope?" The summoner said a little displeased, "Can't you pull us up?"
"The rope I brought was slightly higher than the height of the city wall, but the information did not say that the trench was under the city wall." The climber shook his head slowly, while still talking: "The person who provided the information should measure the actual height, rather than separate the two. If you have about six meters of jumping ability to touch and jump, you should be able to reach the rope."
"We can't waste time, so... we have to let Nightmare open the city gate!" The summoner tightened the nightmare statue, preparing to use the last chance to issue an order today. At this moment, the left-handed stopped him.
"There are ropes on the box behind you, and you may be able to remove them." She pulled the box behind the summoner with her left hand: "Come and see, how long are these? Are they enough?"
"Maybe it's almost done." The climber shook his head: "Because you still have to tie knots, you're still about two meters away."
"Two meters? You don't forget to calculate our height? I can touch the height of two meters without moving."
"If you remove the rope, how can we hang the box up? If there is nothing in the box, we will be in vain!" The summoner glanced at the climber: "You take off the pants inside and take out the belt. Let's not waste time!"
So the two men put down the box, untied the rope, took off their pants, and then quickly tied the knot. Then, the climber took the strange rope, jumped down the trench and climbed upwards. The walls of the Ice Peak Fortress were disrepaired and the surface was mottled and damaged, thus creating many gaps for trampling and grasping. Therefore, this climb was not difficult for the climber.
When he climbed up the wall, Fitch had already seen him.
The Eagle School's Hawkeye meditation can greatly improve observation ability, while Feiqi chose the direction of purely spiritual enhancement of perception, thus gaining the ability to change the perspective and observe in all directions. He was hiding in the dark corner of the library in the tower, but he could see the situation outside through this kind of overall vision.
The climber lay on the city wall and leaned out, so he turned his back to the tower. He was busy tied up the ropes to help the other two people come up. He was not guarding the inside of the fortress, and he did not think that there was still resistance in the fortress. The spiritual impact of the nightmare is very powerful. With the help of the energy of the wandering soul, it can expand the range and power and cover the entire fortress, and no one can withstand it. Moreover, with the summoning contract in hand, Nightmare can only complete the task, which is the characteristic of the contract. Look at the black dangerous creature, now he is walking slowly not far from the climber, leaving two rows of smoked hoof prints on the stone wall tiles, and passing the time bored. Then the climber will feel at ease to reveal his unprepared back.
Nightmare squinted his eyes, his mind full of evil thoughts. It knew that Fitch was ambushing, but he didn't know where he was ambushing, so he walked back and forth to avoid accidentally blocking his view. At this time, if he shot with a crossbow and could hit the mountaineer's back, the invader's problem would be solved by one-third.
Feiqi thought so too, but at a distance of 40 meters, he was completely unsure of shooting, and he would be very likely to expose himself in vain. If Giles was here, using his accurate head to control the crossbow on the fortress, the climber should have been fried into meat sauce, right?
He could only continue to choose to hide and try to suppress his increasingly nervous mood. In the dark and quiet environment, his heart was pounding, as if the sound could be heard far away. He closed his eyes, retracted his gaze for a few seconds, and took a deep breath. Then he checked the weapons at hand again, remembered the position of the bear catcher, and then breathed as lightly as possible, shrinking into the shadow.
The climber had already pulled the summoner up, and then the two of them pulled the left-handed and the wooden box together. Nightmare watched the clumsy movements of the three people, feeling funny, but there was no expression on the long horse's face. It took two steps forward, stretched out its right front leg, and pointed it in the air.
The summoner Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Nightmare's movements and whispered in Purgatory: "Get away!" Nightmare sprayed two sips of smoke with his nose, slowly raised his legs, looking reluctant, and slowly moved backwards.
"What happened?" the climber asked while pulling the rope, "What's wrong with that horse?"
"I can't see it, but be careful." The summoner whispered: "After entering the castle, please pay attention to finding a small metal lantern. After discovering it, give it to me. That thing can help discover the wandering soul."
"I understand, I remember this." The climber winked outside the city, lowered his voice and said a word: "She?"
"Don't ask, don't worry, that's not what you need to know. After entering the castle, you follow me and let's act together."
The two of them whispered in a low voice, the volume was similar to whispering, but it was not difficult for Nightmare to hear clearly. It shook its tail and its body tilted to the right, as if it was moving its body to pass the boring time. But in fact, it gave way to the wandering soul to avoid being hit by the soul.
Feiqi actually saw that now there are still wandering souls coming down from the mountain and gathering slowly and firmly towards the fortress. The ghosts' speed is slower than people walking, but they do not need to slow down their movements, and they do not need to climb up and down, and they do not have to go up the city walls in turn like the three invaders, so they will always catch up slowly.
The three invaders were very lucky. The wandering soul chose another piece of city wall to climb upwards, and they did not touch each other. As an evil demon, Nightmare has the ability to locate the soul and can sense the position of the wandering soul. Its feeling is more like smell, which can know the position and direction of movement, but it cannot know its specific form and movement. At this point, Nightmare is not as clear as Fitch.
When the wandering soul climbed over the city wall and entered the courtyard, the nightmare couldn't help but feel excited and snorted. 'What the Demon of the Contract is right, the terms of the summoning contract are loopholes! The wandering soul and the summoner are in the fortress at the same time, but I was not affected. This means that the summoning contract has been completed and I can no longer bind me. In this way... The power that keeps me in the mortal world now is the agreement with the Demon of the Contract. Three dead people with low value, exchange for the soul contract of a Fallen Paladin, which is really good!'
‘If this mission goes well, then you will have to find an opportunity to come again in the future! It is obvious that this contract demon is hiding in such a dangerous place as the Thunder Goddess Fortress, just under the eyes of each priest, and he must have a great goal! Maybe he has more than one Fallen Paladin contract, and maybe he has even had a way to make the Paladin continue to fall and create a fallen soul! Yes, it must be like this, and there is no more reasonable explanation. If you can serve him, you will definitely make a lot of money!’
Thinking of these things, Nightmare shook his head a little, and the black smoke erupted from his nostrils. The three followers frowned when they saw this scene. Nightmare's black smoke floated over, not only with the pungent smell of sulfur, but also with uncomfortable evil energy. Even if it was surrounded by the cold wind in winter, the breath still gave people a biting cold feeling.
This is the evil breath of hell in the nightmare, which makes people uncomfortable, nervous, and easier to fall into fear. At the same time, this breath can also drive away the wandering souls and make them retreat for a distance. The wandering souls in the Sunset Mountains like the mortal environment and want to go to the reliance channel leading to the Kingdom of the Goddess of the Truth, Thunder God. They don’t like the smell of hell, and don’t even want to touch the weak breath.
Therefore, the trio can safely walk through the courtyard, enter the castle gate, and begin climbing up the tower steps.
Chapter completed!