Lord of War

The Northern Continent and the Western Continent, these two continental territories were originally in the game, and they were the favorite places of the sophisticated party players. Because many historical blank stages that have been lost and faulted today, in fact, some clues can be found in the borders of these two continents that can be inferred by the research party.

For example, the inference that the Northern Solitary Tower was actually separated from the Overlook Spire is that after some players found clues in the Northern Continent, it took several months to finally connect the relevant complete history. However, even if the northern solitary tower was separated from the overlooking tower, the relationship between the two mage towers has never deteriorated, and most of the time they maintain a spirit of mutual discussion with each other.

However, the location of the Overlook Spire is indeed very hidden, and those who want to go to the Overlook Spire must start from the Northern Solitary Tower.

In addition, the Amelia Empire in the western continent still retains the five oldest families on the continent today.

These are the beauties of history.

It's a pity that there are too few people who can understand these beautiful histories.

Like Earl Hecarom's Black Iron City, most people will only think that the name of this city is vulgar, and even think that the name Black Iron Castle is just as bad. Earl Hecarom's taste is really bad. But in fact, only a very small number of people know that before the bronze realm, there is a black iron realm, which refers to the separate class of second-level strength.

In the words of the players, it is a trial period from an apprentice to a full-time job.

The first order is an apprentice. The second level is black iron, and the third level is bronze.

It's just that the statement about the black iron came after the end of the era of chaos. It was never used again. What is said in the mainland now is to directly merge the second rank into the ranks of apprentices, but the first rank is a low-level apprentice, while the second rank is a high-level apprentice, that's all.

Since Earl Hecarom's Black Iron City, Black Iron Castle, has used such a "vulgar" name. Then the only thing that can be proved is that these two places must be relics from before the chaotic era. It's just that Earl Hecarom did not change the names of these two places out of consideration. Instead, the old-time title of "black iron" is still used.

When Sean, Emily, and Shawshank arrived in Black Iron City, it was already the afternoon of the third day after leaving the small town of Dunma—in fact, they only spent a little more than two days in the whole journey. . However, the three of Xiao En did not stay in the city, and after arriving, they hired three horses again. Then he ran all the way towards the Black Iron Fort, and finally arrived at the gate of the Black Iron Fort in the middle of the night.

This ancient fortress was built on the top of a mountain.

This mountain is called Broken Peak Mountain,

The reason is that there are no peaks on the entire mountain—at an altitude of about 300 meters, the peaks of the entire mountain are cut off in the middle, revealing an extremely flat mountain platform. The black iron castle was directly built here, occupying the entire platform on the top of the mountain without leaving any gaps, so if you want to go up the mountain, you can only climb the cliff on the other side of the mountain besides taking the front mountain path.

But this steep cliff is not easy to climb. Moreover, Earl Hecarom has arranged a 24-hour sentry here for a long time. It is completely impossible to deceive the sentry and successfully sneak into the castle.

Stand at the gate of the castle. Sean looked up at the castle.

Not only are there hidden arrow holes and arrow butts, but the erection of the archery towers is also very rigorous: there are a total of eight arrow towers facing the main entrance on the front, and these eight arrow towers can just cover the entire front of the mountain top. Xiao En estimated that if he wanted to attack the castle, the front could only accommodate about 300 people at most, but this size only needed a volley attack from the arrow holes, arrow stacks, and arrow towers. Basically, two-thirds of the people will die.

As for the siege ladder, it is obviously unlikely to be able to build on the city wall - if it must be built on the city wall. I'm afraid I really have to use my life to fill this gap. As for the cloud building and the siege vehicle, Xiao En looked back at the situation on the mountain road. It was obviously impossible to transport them up the mountain, so these two siege vehicles naturally couldn't work.

This is a truly fortified fortification that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

To take down this castle, even the most famous generals who are good at attacking the city can only honestly adopt two methods: either take their lives, or besiege.

But based on Xiao En's understanding of the meaning of the word "black iron", it is obvious that it is not an easy task to besiege. He could even guess that most of the interior of the mountain must have been hollowed out, and there must be a large amount of food, arrows, and other military supplies stored in it. Besides, there must be other secret escape routes for The owner of the castle runs away when he is in utter desperation.

And when going up the mountain, Sean also keenly noticed that the situation on the mountain road was a bit different, and there were very obvious artificial traces in many places. Xiao En guessed that these traces must be buried with alchemy explosives or something that can cause the mountain to collapse, and when necessary, it can also give the enemy a counterattack similar to the same death.

This is not only a castle that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also a very dangerous mountain.

The owner of the castle, Count Hecarom, Anton Symmes, quickly opened the middle door of the castle and walked out with a happy face.

The corner of Sean's mouth slightly raised: Open the middle door wide, this is a very advanced greeting etiquette.

However, he knew very well that this earl named Anton Symmes did not come to greet them, and the only one he could really catch his eyes was Shawshank, the God of War knight whom he had failed to recruit for a long time.

There is also a Church of God of War in Black Iron City, but out of respect for the powerful Earl Anton, the Knights of God of War are not stationed in Black Iron City. The security of the entire city, including the security of the Church of God of War, is in charge of Anton . There is also the Church of the God of War in Luofu City, as well as the Knights of the God of War, but the Knights of the God of War over there are stronger than Shawshank. Earl Anton has contacted him a few times, but he looks a little over the top. He reckoned that even if he bought him, it would be troublesome, so he gave up his plan to buy him off, and instead tried to win over Shawshank.

have to say. Lord Hecarom is a character with very consistent ambition, strength, and mind.

Unlike most nobles, they have ambitions but no strength, or they have ambitions and strength but their brains are not very good.

"Welcome! Welcome!" Anton's hearty laughter came from afar before the Anton arrived, and he still ran quickly in three steps at a time, showing a complete desire for talent. Look wise.

Anton Symes, although Sean had already heard some brief introductions from Shawshank on the way. But when I saw this person at this time, I realized that Shawshank's introduction was not enough to truly describe this person's situation.

This is an earl with high-ranking gold power!

Sean's pupils shrank slightly.

He already knew. None of the nobles who could get the prefix of "strength" in the Northern Principality Federation was easy to deal with, but when he actually saw the Earl of Hecarom, he was still a little surprised. It's no wonder that the other party dared to come out to greet him alone, without any guards by his side. Obviously, the earl is still very confident in his own strength.

"Your Excellency Shawshank, I have long been looking forward to the day when you will come to my castle, but today my dream finally comes true!" Anton quickly walked up to Shawshank, and then he couldn't hide his joy, "Just now I When I received the report, I thought I had heard it wrong! Haha!"

Sean glanced at the earl with some amusement.

At this time, Shawshank's position was half a stature behind Emily and Sean's. It was impossible for Earl Anton not to see such an obvious distinction of superiority and inferiority. But he greeted him as if he really didn't see anything, so he stood side by side with Sean and Emily. This could have been interpreted as the fact that the other party was really thirsty for talents, and they didn't notice this subtle difference at all. But Sean found out that when the other party was talking to Shawshank, he had quickly glanced at himself and Emily with the corner of his eye.

This is an old fox.

He is still an old fox with good ambition and mind.

What Sean likes most is dealing with old foxes, especially the very cunning old foxes. Because they know how to judge the situation better than anyone else, the communication is very simple and rude - at least for Sean. It's very simple and rude. Before forming absolute control, an old fox like this would not turn his face at will. Because they are very worried about revealing some telltale feet and causing unnecessary trouble.

"Master Earl, I am not here today because I want to come here." Shawshank said indifferently, not giving any face to this powerful Earl.

But An Dun's face was as usual, showing no sign of anger at all—it wasn't because he was pretending so well, but because he really didn't have any anger and embarrassment in his eyes. Obviously, he was very aware of Shawshank's temper.

This is rare.

But what's more, Sean also has a little admiration for the Church of the God of War.

A high-ranking silver church directly subordinated to knights dared to be so rude to a powerful earl who also had the prefix of strength.

"Then... His Excellency Shawshank is..." the old fox asked knowingly.

"I came here with Lord Sean and Lord Emily." Shawshank said sternly, "These two adults want to see you."

Hearing what Shawshank said, An Dun turned around with a dazed expression, looked at Sean and Emily, and said hastily, "I'm so sorry, I'm so careless as an earl, I... "

Sean stretched out a hand to prevent Anton from continuing to perform, and then said indifferently: "My lord, please save this kind of disguise and acting, let's not waste each other's time... you take Let's go to your study, remember, it's the most private one, and I hope that no fifth person will hear our next conversation."

Hearing Xiao En's merciless exposure of his acting, Anton Symes frowned slightly, and his aura suddenly changed.

But regarding this, whether it was Sean, Emily, or Shawshank, they were content and unafraid. They just looked at the powerful Earl calmly, waiting for his next answer. (to be continued)

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