Chapter 478 Entering the Mountain Fortress

"But what? Do you want to despise Wang Qi and Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

Seeing the hesitant look of the scout captain, Burt's expression turned serious, and he said in a deep voice, "You guys are too courageous, right?"

"My lord, forgive me, the villain has no such intention!"

The scout captain hurriedly knelt down again and told the truth: "It's just that the old general Bai gave a death order three days ago, and no one is allowed to approach the area near the mountain fortress!"

After finishing speaking, the scout captain looked at Burt's stern eyes, and added in a low voice: "It doesn't matter whether it's the enemy or us, if we find out, we will shoot and kill immediately, and if we disobey, we will be severely punished."

"What? Why did General Bai issue such an order?"

The orange-white eyebrows were frowned, and she said puzzledly: "Even if the situation is critical right now, you can't discriminate between black and white, and deal with them as the enemy, right?"

"Doing this can indeed ensure the safety of the fortress to the maximum extent. Maybe it's the old general Bai who has some difficulties. After all, now is an extraordinary moment."

Ariel thought for a moment, and then said to the scout captain: "Take us there, I swear in the name of Leng Yan's fifth princess, that you will not be punished in any way."

"Obey! Her Royal Highness."

The scout captain gritted his teeth and nodded, then ordered the surrounding soldiers to start notifying other nearby sentry troops and the inside of the fortress.

Next, under the guidance of the scout captain, Lei Xiao and his party started to move forward again.

In the process of advancing, Lei Xiao recalled the conversation just now, and nodded thoughtfully.

This Bai Lao is still an extremely cautious person, or in other words, seems to be a little too cautious.

Afterwards, the long line walked for about an hour, and then the front suddenly became clear.

Lei Xiao looked around and found that his group had passed through the dense forest among the mountains.

And between the two mountain peaks hundreds of meters away, a majestic giant fortress stands solemnly, which is particularly eye-catching under the bright sunlight.

I saw this giant fortress standing at the pass, roughly in the shape of a square, with a cylindrical fortress on the left and right sides, and a very thick wall in the middle, connecting the left and right cylindrical fortresses together.

At first glance, it looks like a stone giant sitting and lying between two mountains. They are comparable to each other, which is extremely shocking.

"It really is a shocking giant peak."

In amazement, Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly and continued to observe.

On the towering city walls of the fortress, red flags symbolizing the cold flames were unfurled, and archery towers and watchtowers were evenly distributed. The lowest point was at least 15 meters high, and the highest point was more than 20 meters high.

Outside the gate of the fortress, a huge metal suspension bridge has already been hoisted high, and around the gate, there are even more sharp deer villages, which look extremely sharp.

All in all, the entire fortress is filled with an inviolable awe-inspiring aura, which makes people feel a sense of awe that can only be looked up to but is insurmountable.

"I have to say that such a giant beast is indeed difficult to capture."

Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows, his eyes moved slowly, and began to observe the peaks on the left and right sides.

Just like what Lin introduced, I saw a fortress that looked obviously smaller on the mountainside on both sides.

These two small fortresses are located on a relatively high ground, with a condescending posture, and the mountain fortress in the middle is like a corner of each other. The three fortresses complement each other, and they are indeed very easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"Especially the two small fortresses are located on the mountainside. No matter how large the Holy Night Army is, they will not be able to siege the city on a large scale. It is almost equivalent to losing the advantage in numbers."

"As for the mountain fortress in the middle, only the front can launch a full-scale attack, and to a large extent, it restricts the movement of the Holy Night Army."

Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully while following the team.

"According to Lin's information, the garrison in the mountain fortress is mainly the royal fortress army with the strongest combat effectiveness under Bai Lao's command, with a total of more than 12,000 people, while the other two small fortresses are each close to 10,000 people scale."

"Such an evenly distributed configuration of soldiers can indeed support each other. No matter which fortress the Holy Night Army attacks, when the men are exhausted, the other two fortresses will send troops at the same time. The answer is naturally self-evident. Metaphor."

"In addition, even if the 80,000 Holy Night Army puts all their eggs in one basket and forcibly eats up the 30,000 Lengyan Army, they will undoubtedly lose their vitality and lose the power to continue driving forward."

Lei Xiao took a deep breath slowly, his gaze was like a torch.

"This is probably the reason why the Holy Night Army, which has an obvious numerical advantage, has not launched a general offensive for a long time."

"After all, at this stage, the new Holy Night King is still in a state of hesitation, making it almost impossible to guarantee the follow-up reinforcements."

Just when Lei Xiao came here thinking secretly, the long line was already getting closer to the mountain fortress.

I saw that the area directly in front of the mountain fortress was a natural depression, which was not conducive to the formation of the formation, which undoubtedly further exacerbated the difficulty of attacking the city.

"This is simply a natural defensive holy place."

Lei Xiao's eyes were piercing, as he thought about it, he nodded his head in contemplation.

Not long after, when the long line finally stopped in front of the gate of the fortress, everyone couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Especially those Lengyan residents who had just escaped from the vortex of war, their faces could not restrain their joyful expressions.

With the help of Her Royal Highness and the young man, they have been struggling for so many days on the dark line of life and death, and they finally saw the dawn of hope!

All of a sudden, pairs of eyes of gratitude from the heart began to cast towards Ariel and Lei Xiao one after another.

Lei Xiao himself was still observing quietly.

Looking up at the giant fortress in front of him, Lei Xiao noticed.

On the towering and thick city wall, sometimes there are faintly visible colorful magic streamers flashing, which undoubtedly means that some kind of defensive magic barrier is obviously arranged.

"My lord, according to the information obtained by my subordinates, the mountain fortress has a buffer type of defensive magic barrier, which has significantly improved the fortress' strength."

Lin, who was hiding around the fortress, heard the sassy introduction just in Lei Xiao's ears.

"A buffer-type defensive enchantment?"

Lei Xiao nodded slightly, and nodded thoughtfully.

With a better understanding of the world, I have already learned it.

In this world, there are many types of magic barriers with different functions.

Just like detection enchantments, there are many types of defensive enchantments.

The buffering defensive barrier mentioned by Lin just now is one of them.

And the enchantment crystal "Fortress Wall" that I obtained when I was on the Eternal Ship before belongs to another type of absolute defensive defensive enchantment.

"Needless to say an absolute defensive barrier, it is naturally able to completely block all physical and magical attacks."

"Of course, the premise is that the magic power must be sufficient. Once the pressure caused by the enemy's attack is far greater than the magic power supplied, it will immediately collapse."

While observing the fortress, Lei Xiao continued to think in his heart.

"The buffer-type defensive enchantment is like an invisible magic buffer zone, which can greatly reduce the strength of the enemy's physical and magical attacks."

"Compared with the former, even though it cannot achieve complete defense, it can still cause casualties to the defenders, but the consumption of magic power is much smaller, and each has its own merits."

Just when Lei Xiao thought of this, there was a crisp "crash" sound of violent friction between the metal chains.

The giant metal bridge suspended high in front began to slowly descend.

Not long after, there was a "boom", and the metal bridge landed heavily.

The dust was everywhere, completely covering the deep ravines outside the city.

Then, the giant city gate of the fort slowly opened, and a commander of the Lengyan Army in black armor, surrounded by a group of elite soldiers, walked up to meet him quickly.

I saw that Commander Leng Yan, who was not wearing a helmet, was about forty years old, with a faint smile on his face.

Judging from the rather decent aura around him, his strength is almost comparable to the two generals of the Kingdom, Burt and Jubai, and they are also at the level of senior powerhouses around Tier 4 and 5 stars.

"Old General Bai, Deputy General Ao Gu, pays homage to Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Accompanied by the crisp sound of armor colliding, the lieutenant named Aogu immediately knelt down on one knee, bowing his head respectfully to Ariel.

"Vice General Ao Gu doesn't need to be polite."

Ariel nodded slightly, nodded lightly and said: "It's hard work guarding the mountain fortress."

"His Royal Highness, Princess Xie, is sympathetic. These are what my subordinates should do."

After standing up again, Lieutenant Ao Gu first saluted Ariel again.

Then, he nodded to Burt and Jubai who were standing beside Ariel and said, "Long time no see, two generals of the Kingdom."

After all, Aogu smiled enthusiastically, as if seeing a close friend he hadn't seen for a long time.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

But Bert and Ju Bai nodded politely. Judging from their indifferent expressions, they were obviously not familiar with each other.

"Ogu? I've heard of this name before."

Lei Xiao observed here calmly, and slowly withdrew his gaze.

According to the information provided by Lin, Bailao had two lieutenants beside him, one was Aogu in front of him, and the other was already beheaded by the knotweed on the initial frontier battlefield.

"According to Lin, the lieutenant general who was beheaded by the knotweed at that time did not have a good reputation in the Lengyan Army. He was known for being ruthless and bloodthirsty. In ancient times, it was exactly the opposite.”

Lei Xiao looked at the smiling Lieutenant General Leng Yan in front of him, and continued to think.

"It is said that this person is very popular in the army. He belongs to the type who knows everything from right to left and is slick in all directions. He knows the rules among nobles very well."

"But they are not liked by Bert and Jubai. After all, Bert and Jubai are new nobles who have climbed up from the bottom. They have a straightforward personality and hate the duplicitous and flattery among traditional nobles the most."

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao shook his head helplessly, and said inwardly, "This must be one of the reasons why Bert and Jubai were excluded by the traditional nobles."

"Vice General Aogu, where is Old General Bai? Why can't he be seen?"

After a brief greeting, Ariel frowned and directly expressed the question in her heart.

"this……"

A hint of embarrassment suddenly appeared on Aogu's smiling face.

After pondering for a moment, he shook his head and responded, "To tell you the truth, Your Highness, Old General Bai has already started to practice in seclusion three days ago."

"Cultivation in closed doors? Could it be that old general Bai is going to attack the fifth-order powerhouse?"

Burt's old face could not help but be full of doubts, and he said thoughtfully: "Twenty years ago, the strength of the old general Bai had indeed reached the peak of the fourth rank, which is well known."

"However, it is extremely difficult to hit a fifth-order powerhouse. Even with complete preparations and plenty of time, it is almost a narrow escape."

Speaking of this, the doubts on Burt's face became more and more obvious, and he said: "Why did the old general Bai choose to make a breakthrough at this critical juncture?"

"That's right, once the Holy Night Army gets the news and takes advantage of this moment to launch an attack, the situation will be irreversible."

Ju Bai followed suit and nodded, agreeing with frowning eyebrows: "After all, the promotion to the fifth-level powerhouse is completely different from other low-level powerhouses, and it takes a very long time to do it."

"And once this process is forcibly interrupted, the result will be the same as a failure in the promotion. At the least, the strength will drop sharply, the body will be severely injured, and at the worst, it will directly fall on the spot. It is not an impossible thing."

Hearing the incomprehensible words of the two generals of the kingdom, Lei Xiao nodded slightly in deep thought.

In this world, it is indeed extremely difficult to advance to the fifth-tier powerhouse.

You must know that among the ranks of Tier 4 powerhouses who are famous enough to be famous, there is no one in ten who can reach the peak of Tier 4 and have the most basic conditions to hit Tier 5 powerhouses.

As for the powerhouses whose strength was at the peak of the fourth level, none of them succeeded in advancing to the fifth level.

In this process, the person's own cultivation talent, hard training, willpower, and even understanding and state of mind are indispensable. It can be said to be extremely strict, so that many fourth-order peak powerhouses dare not take this step at will. step.

After all, the human race countries hardly have the fifth-level potions that can assist the fifth-level powerhouses to advance.

In addition to the extremely talented people who are rare in a hundred years, this is the reason why the fifth-level powerhouses are extremely rare in the human race countries.

It is not difficult to see from this that it is indeed puzzling for Bai Lao to choose to advance at this critical moment.

But if this is the case, it can also explain Bai Lao's previous order to shoot and kill everyone.

"Perhaps the old general wanted to kill the Holy Night Army in one fell swoop in order to break the boat."

Aogu sighed softly, shook his head and said, "The old man has been too busy during this period of time."

After finishing speaking, Aogu cheered up, bowed to Ariel again and said: "Your Highness, you must have been very tired all the way, right? It's dangerous here, why don't you follow the general into the fort first."

"Also."

Ariel hardly thought about it, she nodded slightly and said, "Just listen to you."

And at this moment, Aogu's vigilant gaze fell on Lei Xiao and Ye Cang again, and he said in a deep voice, "These people are..."

"These three are mercenaries I hired, don't worry, they are all trustworthy people."

According to Lei Xiao's instructions before, Ariel responded lightly.

"Understood, since Her Royal Highness has already spoken, there is no problem."

Ao Gu's scrutinizing gaze stayed on Lei Xiao and the others for a moment, and then he smiled and said: "Then please come with me next time."

"Your Excellency is here."

Lei Xiao responded lightly with a faint smile.

Currently, the three of Lei Xiao had taken off their illusion cloaks and put on dark green hoods, just like wandering mercenaries.

The wide hood can not only cover most of the face, but also conform to the current identity, which can be described as the best of both worlds.

The reason why Lei Xiao took off the illusion cloak was naturally because the fourth-order powerhouse already had the ability to see through the illusion cloak, so there was no need to draw the other party's attention on this point.

After that, under the guidance of Aogu's familiarity with the road, the long team moved forward again, and they all stepped into the gate of this fortified giant fortress.