paranoianovel Chapter 84 The Chaotic Hyde Fortress
Chapter 84 The Chaotic Hyde Fortress
He was an elderly man with a full head of white hair, dressed in ordinary civilian clothes.
They look like servants or civilians from a fortress.
He was still breathing, muttering as if he wanted to say something.
Xia Tong leaned closer to listen.
"Those...the demi-humans whose mothers were kidnapped...have rioted..."
"That knight commander... he's gone mad too... he's obsessed with blood..."
"Lord Kenneth...where are you...?"
What is all this about?
Xia Tong glanced speechlessly at the old man who had fainted at her feet.
The old man's words were disjointed and illogical, leaving him speechless for a moment.
Xia Tong took a warm stone from behind Torret's backpack.
Infuse it with spiritual energy, activate it, and place it next to the old man.
We can only hope that the continuous heat emanating from this warm stone can slowly treat him and save his life.
Xia Tong didn't delay any longer.
Then he rang the soul-summoning bell.
"Ring ring—"
One after another, the "Ash Battle Group" emerged.
He then took another sip from the Blue Dew Holy Grail Bottle to bring himself to peak condition.
The fortress is in complete chaos right now.
Even from Xia Tong's current position, one can hear faint shouts and inhuman howls coming from inside the fortress.
There was also the dull thud of a heavy object hitting the ground.
The moon is not bright tonight; it is mostly obscured by dark clouds, and visibility is extremely low.
Three lone wolves walked ahead, their noses twitching as they listened to the sounds around them.
Soon, Xia Tong passed through the dilapidated barricades and arrived at the gate of Hyde Fortress.
By the light of a few dilapidated torches embedded in the surrounding buildings and standing on the ground.
Xia Tong could barely make out her surroundings.
tragic.
The ground was littered with the corpses of ordinary fortress soldiers and demi-humans, their blood staining the stone steps.
"It seems there's a lot of chaos inside the castle; the demi-humans and the fortress soldiers are fighting each other."
Just as Xia Tong was pondering a countermeasure, a roar pierced the night sky.
From the main gate on the first floor of the fortress, a dozen or so demi-humans with red eyes, wielding crude hammers and serrated knives, suddenly ran out.
Upon seeing Xia Tong and her ash-covered battle group standing in the courtyard, they immediately let out piercing screams, like sharks smelling blood.
It's already evening.
At night, the demi-humans are in their most dangerous berserk mode.
Xia Tong, who appeared in the fortress courtyard, immediately became their new target.
Xia Tong's eyes narrowed.
He gently waved the demi-human queen's staff in his hand.
A bright blue sphere of light appeared out of thin air, like a miniature star, quietly rotating about a meter above his head.
Soft yet bright light shone down, illuminating everything around it.
Magic—starlight.
This magic was a little gift from Teacher Seren; Xia Tong didn't pay for this kind of auxiliary magic.
The clear field of vision gave Xia Tong much more confidence in the night battle.
"Pyroxene Meteor!"
A beam of pyroxene meteor shot out.
Three blue magic missiles drew precise arcs in the air, instantly hitting the throats of the three demi-humans charging at the front.
They didn't even have time to scream before collapsing to the ground, lifeless.
Thanks to Teacher Serian's meticulous guidance over the past week, Xia Tong's spellcasting skills have made a qualitative leap.
Although the wide-area magic "Crystal Scattering" cannot be controlled as freely as Teacher Seren and can hit all the same point.
However, basic tracking spells like "Radiant Meteor" are almost always accurate and precise.
After all, he only needs to focus his attention on controlling three dynamic pyroxene energy bodies.
Of course, as intelligence and concentration improve, the number of things you can control will increase, and it will become easier and more effortless.
"Thump!"
The headless knight Ruthel raised the Eclipse Shield and charged forward with a brutal shield ramming motion.
The enormous impact knocked down five or six demi-humans.
Then, yellow-black flames of death rose from the spear and exploded on the demi-humans.
These vicious demi-humans were all engulfed by flames, screaming as they collapsed to the ground, unable to rise.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The magic pot of the fanged little devil was also exploding all around, causing the demi-humans to howl loudly.
Sudden.
"boom!"
Xia Tong suddenly looked up at the sky.
Something exploded overhead!
It's Kurala.
It used its tentacles to blast a falling fire pot in mid-air.
Xia Tong stared intently upwards.
Several fortress soldiers were seen standing on the second-floor city wall, indiscriminately throwing things down.
Meanwhile, groups of demi-humans kept pouring out of the lobby on the first floor.
The fire pots exploded one after another among these demi-humans and Xia Tong, igniting a sea of fire.
Clearly, upon seeing the demi-humans gathering below, the soldiers on the opposing side immediately hurled firebombs, intending to indiscriminately annihilate them.
"The password!"
Xia Tong cursed.
"Charge in!"
He gave a shout and led the legion of ashes straight into the building.
Otherwise, they would be sitting ducks, attacked from both sides.
Just then.
A huge figure blocked the entrance to the first floor of the fortress.
That was a crazed pumpkin-headed soldier.
It brandished its flail, attacking any creature that tried to approach it.
Xia Tong pouted.
The two fanged little devils immediately understood.
They used their agile bodies to leap up and land directly on the broad shoulders of the pumpkin-headed soldiers.
The forked hand axe in his hand began to violently chop at the joint of its neck.
While the pumpkin-headed soldier was distracted, he grabbed the little devil on his back.
Xia Tong glanced at the swarming demi-human pursuers behind her.
He picked up the brass shield on his back, took two running steps, and unleashed a full-force shield charge.
"Bang!"
The immense force sent the unsteady, berserk pumpkin-headed soldier crashing directly into the doorway.
The latter stumbled back two or three steps before coming to a stop.
"Huff...huff...huff!"
Xia Tong breathed softly.
The impact left his arm sore and numb, and it also took a lot of his strength.
His current endurance is only 11 points; he gets out of breath after even a little strenuous exercise.
"I can't keep riding the Toretto all the time; I need to find a way to improve my physical fitness."
Xia Tong suddenly thought to herself with a self-deprecating smile.
"Rutil, close the door!"
Xia Tong shouted towards the gate.
Ruthel understood immediately.
She used her massive Eclipse Shield to forcefully push forward the two demi-humans who were trying to squeeze in, and then pierced through them.
Then, working with Xia Tong, they slammed the heavy wooden door of the fortress shut and bolted it shut.
"Thump! Thump!"
The sound of demi-humans frantically banging on the door came from outside, but they couldn't get in for the time being.
The disturbance from outside the door was gone.
The crazed pumpkin-headed soldier before them was now trapped like a turtle in a jar.
Under the brutal onslaught of the ash legion, it quickly collapsed and could not get up.
Fortunately, the entire Hyde Fortress was not as large as imagined, and its structure was quite simple.
After clearing out a few demi-humans from the stairwell leading to the fortress, as well as several giant rats that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.
Xia Tong soon arrived at the entrance to the top-floor platform.
If the lower levels are the territory of the subhumans.
That means the area above is the territory of the mutineers from Hyde Fortress.
However, these soldiers now all obey the so-called "Blood Knight Commander," instead of Kenneth Hyde, the rightful lord.
They were fully armed and blocked the entrance to the stairs leading to the rooftop, watching us intently.