Chapter 1410 North Fortress

I quietly approached Bingtis, and then suddenly remembered that it was unnecessary to do so when there was a spiritual connection, so I directly opened the public channel in my mind and started discussing with her: "Banned books? What is it?"

"It looks like it should be an ancient book left behind before the First Dark Moon War," Bingtis replied while pretending to watch the scenery on the roadside while mentally connecting, "I asked the first batch of louse spirits to arrive in the imperial capital to pay attention. Searching places like churches and palaces, one of them accidentally discovered a library underground in the city. It seems that the people in the church did not completely destroy the ancient books before the first war. I don’t know what their mentality was. Anyway, It’s a great help to us. Literature bar wxba”

"Maybe it's to protect the intangible cultural heritage." I smiled dryly at the sky. Fortunately, this action was not seen by the three iron knights. Otherwise, this kind of silly smile at the sky without saying anything would definitely be regarded as crazy, "In the Forbidden Book Did you find any clues?"

"We are sifting through it. The valuable ones should be books on customs, customs, history and culture before the first war. The remaining things about agriculture, product geography and so on can be put aside first," said Bingtis, a blood-red man. There are dots of golden light in her eyes that are moving slowly. It is obvious that she is keeping pace with those louse spirits. I am very curious about what it is like to see the world from the perspective of a flying louse, but Bingtis himself will definitely not answer this question. "Oh, I found some useful things. I asked Lice to copy those things and send them here. When we have time, we can study them together: the pre-war history is more exciting than we imagined. It was really not that harmonious back then. "

I said "oh" and looked at the sky: the sun had basically set one-third of the way down the mountain. The teleportation station mentioned by the Iron Knight Trio had not been seen yet, and I was too lazy to use up my mental energy to scan the surroundings for any signs. The space is a bit collapsed, so just follow along. In the end, I focused my interest on the louse demons released by Bingtis: "What about the other two groups? There are secrets in the Earth-Moon Bridge and the North Fortress?"

"Yes. The Earth-Moon Bridge is definitely a large-scale portal. It is very clever, but it is not a divine technology. In all likelihood, it is an interstellar exploration facility left by the civilization of the previous season in this world, but its core is temporarily closed. "Look, the lice can't get in. We can go and see for ourselves when the time comes," Bingtis nodded, "There's not much worth noting about the North Fortress itself. It's just a military stronghold, but there are already endless areas around the North Fortress. More than a dozen new bases have been established. It seems that the Gondor Empire is really willing to go all out, and their knights and generals are not cowards. The most interesting thing is... I saw the Pope of the Goddess Cult in the North Fortress. "

Me: "...Pope?"

Bingtis showed a playful expression: "Well, I didn't expect this character to come to the front line in person. I initially guessed this human being from a conspiracy perspective, so I felt that he should stay in a safe place in this case and watch. The whole world is fighting desperately, and then waiting for the goddess to come to consolidate his church rule, but he came directly to the North Fortress, and now lives in the fortress as the frontline commander of the church army. If this is not a joke. Then it can only Said...perhaps there are still some aspects that have been overlooked in our speculations about the Goddess Cult."

I didn't continue, but an even more bizarre guess came to my mind: There is another possibility, that is, the Dark Moon War might really be a show controlled by the church. In this case, the Pope would naturally know that he would not be in danger. It makes sense that he personally led the church army to garrison the Northern Fortress. Of course, this speculation is also based on the church conspiracy theory. I think Bingtis can also think of this.

It’s no wonder that we take church conspiracy theories to heart. The main reason is that there are too many doubts about the Dark Moon War and the Goddess Cult. Now I feel more and more that Dark Moon and the Goddess have some kind of ambiguous "in sync" in rhythm. Under such circumstances, no one can help themselves from associating church members with conspiracy and conspiracy. What does that sentence mean? When you meet a pope who exercises human rights rule over the world in the name of theocracy, you have to guard against him just like you guard against Amway...

It would be great if I brought Lilina here. I have full confidence in that girl. She can break into the church within a few days...

"Oh, here we are, the teleportation station is ahead!"

Joseph's loud voice interrupted my thoughts. I looked up and found that there was indeed a stone building that looked like a sentry tower beside the official road in the distance. At this time, the sky had darkened, but a huge ball of light was suspended in the sky above the "sentinel tower". Like a small sun, it made the surroundings of the sentry tower as bright as day, and made the tower look as eye-catching as a lighthouse on land. .

The silly guy was silent all the way. After leaving the village, he felt a little depressed. Now when he saw the tall tower with a mysterious atmosphere, he finally smiled broadly: "Hey, I saw that when I was wandering outside before. Plant something and send people to a very far place in no time! I know that the ball of light above is used to drive away wild beasts!"

"Not only can it drive away wild beasts," Joseph waved his hand to signal us to speed up, because when he saw the teleportation station, his mood seemed to be rising. "It can also drive away the Dark Moon people. The light ball on the tower is made of the church's holy relics. What comes out contains the power of the goddess. This power controls the teleportation array on the base of the tower, so that the Dark Moon people cannot use the teleportation stations of the people on the ground. Otherwise, wouldn't it be bad if they use these small stations to directly attack the fortress? "

While we were talking, we quickly arrived in front of the high tower. Only then did I realize that this stone building was quite big. It was made of gray-white rocks and looked like a round arrow tower. It was about twenty meters high. There is a metal structure like a crown on the top. I guess it is the so-called "church relic" because it is emitting a soft halo, providing energy for the light ball at the top of the tower. The base under the tower has been carefully leveled, and there are a series of deep circular notches on the ground, which should be the teleportation array mentioned by Joseph: it turns out that these things are arranged outside the tower. However, I know nothing about magic, so I just wanted to see what was fresh. I observed the carvings for a while and then nodded like an expert: "Yes, it's quite round."

At this time, a small door under the tower opened, and two Knights soldiers dressed similarly to Joseph and the others, but wearing grass-green shirts and armors, walked out of it. One of them waved to the visitor: "Go to the fortress." Huh? Horses can't teleport. It's a restricted period at noon."

After hearing this, Anna took off the silly big bag from her horse and handed it to its original owner. Pandora and Viska also jumped to the ground deftly, and then the trio of Iron Knights carried their bags and weapons to the ground. On his own body, Qiao hung the dagger on his belt and asked, "Why did you suddenly enter the control zone? Didn't you say you have to wait a few days?"

"A group of monks have been temporarily deployed to the front line from the rear. The flow of people has been too heavy in the past two days, so we have temporarily restricted it. Only people are allowed to pass through the teleportation stations in various places. Livestock and horses are allowed to move by themselves," the soldiers at the teleportation station inspected Joseph handed over the roster and something like a pass, looking at it and nodding. "Oh, these are free mercenaries. Are you a guarantee? Okay, there just happens to be a shortage of people in front."

Joseph retrieved the pass that was marked with some kind of mark, patted the neck of his horse and bid a temporary farewell to his old friend. Before the soldiers at the teleportation station activated the magic circle, he suddenly remembered something and said to the two soldiers: "By the way, the horses have been running for a long time and haven't been fed yet. Could you please help me give them the zero feed plus thirty bronze eagle coins?" , give those red horses a brush, they have monthly cards on their necks. Just check them, two brothers."

The two teleportation station soldiers waved their hands and led the horse away from the teleportation array: "I know, I know, by the way, the price of No. 0 fodder has increased recently. It just went up at 1:30 in the afternoon. Brushing horses is still free for the time being."

Joseph just opened his mouth to say something. The circular magic circle under our feet quickly brightened, and half of his words were lost in the light.

The transmission was completed a second later, and the half-sentence that Joseph yelled out of inertia rang in my ears: "...Why did it just go up last month and then go up again this month...Oh, we're here."

I recovered from that momentary feeling of weightlessness. After a little positioning, I confirmed that the teleportation distance was actually not that far. The distance between the North Fortress and Pine Forest Village seems to be only forty or fifty miles. However, the surrounding scenery has changed drastically: we have completely left the forest area and are now on a gravel beach. Ahead is the majestic Changqiao Mountains, with sparse vegetation and rugged rocks cutting the sky like a barrier. The North Fortress spreads out majestically along the mountains in front of us. It is a dusty military fortress, not Built on flat ground, they are distributed vertically along the entire mountain. Almost all rock buildings are half-buried in the rocks. It looks as if this stone fortress was carved out of the mountain on the spot. Although it cannot be compared with the imperial facilities that often block out the sky and the sun, it still makes me sigh when I think about the fact that this is a fortress built by an indigenous civilization in a feudal state relying on manpower and wisdom to transform nature. In the direction directly facing the North Fortress, there is a vast plain. There are not many undulating terrains in sight, and even the mountains and forests stop abruptly in the distance.

Judging from the terrain alone, the North Fortress is in a position that is easy to defend and difficult to attack—at least for the indigenous armies of this world. But I don’t know how this convenience of terrain will affect the legendary Dark Moon Demons who can fly into the sky and into the earth. It doesn’t matter whether it works or not.

The landing point of our teleportation is also a "teleportation station" similar to the one just now: the main body is a high stone tower. On the high tower is an "artificial small sun" used to drive away the Dark Moon people, and under the high tower is a carving with magic patterns. With a rock base, it seems that this sentry tower-like teleportation station is a "standard facility." Bingtis looked up at the tower and suddenly thought: "The energy operation of these transmission stations does not seem to be very smooth. How long has it been since they were maintained?"

Joseph was teaching the stupid guy how to take deep breaths to relieve teleportation dizziness. Hearing this, he looked up and looked here: "You are indeed a magician. Are you also interested in the teleportation station? It is said that this site has not been repaired for twenty-five years. , originally, the teleportation stations everywhere were relics left before the Third Dark Moon War, and the construction technology was also from before that. After the three wars, no one knew how to build new teleportation stations. After the fifth war, they simply Even the magic stone core has become a rare thing. I heard that the teleportation stations everywhere on the earth can only be maintained by the cores left before the five wars. If they can be used day by day, if they cannot be used...then maybe future generations can only use them. Running on the ground fighting the seventh war."

I silently recorded another new situation: the technology of people on earth is gradually becoming obsolete!

When I saw the teleportation station just now, I was still curious. Why do people on the earth even have this kind of hyperspace military station, but they can't figure out the nature of the heaven and earth bridge? The result is this: the teleportation gate does exist, but it is three times. It's an old antique left behind before the war, and with the Dark Moon War again and again. These technologies are gradually being lost. The teleportation towers that are still operating on the earth today are all operating beyond their age. For example, the one in front of us - Bingtis can see at a glance that the state of its energy circuit is worrying. The locals said Even ordinary soldiers know this, but they just don't have the new parts to repair the tower.

Neither Qian Qian nor Lin Xue expressed any opinions. This kind of thing is already commonplace for us. Long wars may not always bring about technological progress. Many times, they will destroy the foundation of a civilization, especially Dark Moon. War is a cyclical world war. No civilization can be strong enough to withstand five cuts and still survive generations. Now people on the earth can still use weapons, armor and magic to fight against the Dark Moon people, and can also use ancient facilities such as teleportation stations. This is actually pretty good: if we don't come, sooner or later they will rush towards the Dark Moon demons with sticks. them.

"Those camps over there don't look like regular troops, do they?" Qian Qian looked at the foot of the Changqiao Mountains in the distance, in the night. You can see far-reaching lights on both sides of the North Fortress. If you look closely, you can see that they are temporary camps. I remembered the information I had learned before and couldn't help but blurt out: "Is that a free mercenary?"

"They are not all free mercenaries," Joseph waved for us to follow, while explaining from the front, "because only the National Knights and the Imperial Order are stationed in the fortress. So in addition to the second-level corps, there are also various church armed forces They also camp outside the fortress, and those planned regular camps generally fall into these two categories. The camps of free mercenaries are around these regular camps, because they are not under the control of anyone, and apart from the fact that they can issue free tasks to them, they are almost a mess. . So you can camp freely, as long as it does not affect the operations of the regular army. You can follow us to register inside the fortress and find a place to camp outside. By the way, do you have a superior mercenary group? Or you can have a team name yourself. , I can register you according to the team size. You can receive more supplies at that time."

"We have..." I leaked a few words casually, and then looked at Bingtis hesitantly. "Still not?"

There is no way, the lice spirits are all controlled by Bingtis. This female gangster is the one who knows the local situation best among us. With the ability of those lice to penetrate every hole, I suspect that Bingtis is already half a local...

"Okay, okay," Bingtis waved to Joseph, "I know how free mercenaries register. Just report your name to show that you have been here. You don't need to worry about the rest. We can't Having traveled around the world and being able to take care of yourself - just report as a team."

Joseph nodded and handed over a small oval metal sign: "Oh, then we will register you as a team-type free mercenary. You camp outside by yourself. Remember to put this sign in your main tent. I know your location so I can find you tomorrow morning. Also, does your team have a name? I need to report it."

Bingtis took the magic GPS tracker and rolled her eyes and thought about it. She saw the Pandora sisters who were competing to see who could make a rounder fireball. She also made a big fireball and seemed to suddenly make up her mind. : "These two and I are both fireball makers. The three of us are collectively called the Doomsday Great Red Lotus Flame Judgment Spell Group. What we believe in is that you can call me fff chief judge..."

I:"……"

Joseph was dizzy as he listened to Bingtis popping up a bunch of weird terms, but he finally noticed some details, so he pointed at me, Qian Qian and Lin Xue: "Then are the three of them the same as the three of you? Not together?"

"We are together, but they betrayed my Doomsday Great Red Lotus Flame Judgment Spell Group, so they are the heretics responsible for being judged. If you keep complaining, I will hit your face with a big fireball."

Joseph, Anna and Joe shrank their necks at the same time, finally completely convinced that Bingtis was a middle-aged girl, and then Joe pulled the silent big man: "Big man, come with us, you are considered a recruit recruited by the Knights, so you have to Report to the fortress.”

The stupid guy subconsciously followed for a few steps, and then he noticed that none of us had followed him. He pointed at us and asked the Iron Knight trio in a slow response: "Are my friends spending the night outside like this? "

Joseph patiently explained to the stupid man again: "They are free mercenaries. They camp directly outside. Just register with the person in charge of the mercenary station tomorrow."

Qian Qian and I waved our hands to the silly big guy to let him leave peacefully. Qian Qian also made a very serious promise: "You silly big guy, don't worry, we will go to the fortress to find you tomorrow."

That idiot finally left without turning back.

Watching the group of four people and a cat disappear into the huge city gate of the North Fortress, Bingtis breathed a long sigh of relief: "Okay, now we are the only ones left. Chen, you choose a Feng Shui treasure place." Let’s set up camp.”

I looked around this huge gravel plain, looking for the tents of the free mercenaries far away from the regular army camp in the large open space outside the fortress, and then easily discovered a larger group of them.

According to Joseph's tips, although the location of the free mercenaries is arbitrary, there are also requirements, that is, they cannot intersect with the regular army activity areas (this is to prevent affecting order). The place where the free mercenaries gather must meet the requirements.

It looks like we are going to spend the night there tonight, and Qianqian is quite excited: This girl seems to be quite interested in camping in the wild!

(I’m going to Guangzhou on the 13th... Do you think I’m taking a few days off or something...)