The cold moonlight fell on the head of the Storm Fortress, reflecting on the busy figures.
After stacking the last dark stone, Mark raised his head, touched the sweat, and spread his hands to see that it was as black as ink.
Turning to look at the companions around him, they all had dark faces and bodies, which looked a little funny.
When the assembly whistle sounded, Mark quickly gathered his thoughts and went to line up.
After assembly, a group of people was led to dinner.
When he arrived at the dining place, Mark looked around and felt that this place was too remote and quiet, but the aroma of broth made him carelessly think about it. He stood in the queue and counted the number of people in front of him, thinking about his turn. Time to get some meat...
There is really a piece of meat!
Mark held the rice plate in surprise, found a random place and sat down on the ground, and began to eat and drink.
"Can I sit here?"
Mark raised his head, and saw a tall figure appearing in front of him.
Although the man's face was also dark, Mark was sure he didn't know him.
In fact, Mark didn't know anyone on the team.
In the original team, only Mark was recruited to strengthen the fortress walls, and after so many days, Mark also discovered that the other people here did not know each other, and they seemed to be drawn from various armies.
"Okay." Mark nodded, and went to drink soup again.
"Hey, do you know what we use to strengthen the city walls?"
The voice next to him made Mark stunned for a moment. He scratched his head in doubt and said casually:
"I don't know, I don't understand these things, I will do whatever the master asks me to do."
The man lowered his voice and said again:
"I'll tell you what it is, it's carbon stone!"
"Charcoal stone?" Mark was a little confused, "Isn't that a stone for burning fire?"
"That's right! Have you ever seen a city wall reinforced with charcoal?"
Mark shook his head foolishly, but obviously hadn't gotten over it yet.
Seeing this, the man lowered his voice again, and said again: "Do you know where the last city whose city walls were reinforced with charcoal stones was?"
Mark shook his head again.
"It's Eagle Falling City!"
Mark is from the southern border, and he was taken aback for a moment before he remembered that this was a northern city, and then remembered a news that had been circulated before, and his expression changed drastically:
"Could it be... the city that was sacrificed?"
"That's right!"
Only then did Mark panic, and the broth in his hand suddenly became stale.
He looked around nervously, seeing that no one noticed his side, he quickly asked again:
"Could it be that Mister Ji is also in Storm Fortress? He wants to sacrifice us?"
The man nodded grimly.
Mark didn't think about how this person got such confidential news for a while, but said tremblingly:
"What about Your Majesty? Doesn't Your Majesty know about Mr. Xi's conspiracy?"
"Your Majesty has been placed under house arrest." The man said seriously, "It is said that the queen colluded with Mr. Ji to do it!"
"Then...then what should I do..."
Mark was completely panicked, trembling so much that he spilled broth all over his body.
The man was about to continue talking when he heard the whistle for assembly sound again.
Mark had to suppress the fear in his heart and ran to line up.
But when he lined up and looked for the person who had just spoken to him in the crowd, he found nothing, instead he was whipped by the supervisor for looking around.
Mark followed the team obediently and went back to the city to move bricks, not daring to look around.
Just waiting for the break, Mark quietly approached a soldier and asked in a low voice:
"Hey, do you know what we used to strengthen the city wall just now?"
The soldier gave Mark a surprised look, and then said:
"Looks like charcoal."
Mark immediately interjected, "Have you ever seen charcoal stones used to reinforce city walls?"
The soldier scratched his head and hesitated, "Maybe the masters have some special plans..."
Mark shook his head solemnly and said, "Have you heard of Falling Eagle City?"
…
In the early morning, Colin walked into the restaurant and found that only Prince Lexi was eating.
"His Royal Highness." Colin saluted respectfully.
Prince Leahy just nodded his head, as if he had greeted him.
The two didn't continue talking, they just ate in silence.
Ke Lin wanted to speak, but he closed his mouth when he looked at the maids serving beside him.
When Prince Lexi finished his meal and got up to leave, Colin quickly wiped his mouth with a napkin and followed.
"His Royal Highness."
Hearing Colin's shout, Prince Lexi stopped in his tracks.
"Your Highness, I haven't thanked you in person for your kindness in rescuing my friend before." Colin stepped forward quickly and said with a smile.
Prince Lexi frowned, wondering: "When did I save your friend?"
"Have you forgotten? Bailu City in the east!" Ke Lin explained with a smile, "If you hadn't stopped Mr. Ji that time, my friend would have died."
Prince Lexi suddenly realized: "You are talking about... the Winged Knight, right?"
"Yes." Colin nodded and said again, "However, Your Royal Highness, I'm afraid you don't know that my friend also saved your life by chance."
Prince Laixi frowned, and said hesitantly: "Could it be that you want to say that it was the Winged Knight who prevented Mr. Ji from sacrificing Bailu City's spell?"
In fact, Prince Laixi always thought that the person who planned to sacrifice Bailu City was Mr. Xie, and he himself was the one who stopped Mr. Xie.
Colin obviously saw Prince Lexi's confusion, and explained:
"Your Highness, you may not know that the person who presided over the sacrificial ceremony was not Mr. Ji."
"Who is that?"
"It's a sixth-level mage named Horus." Colin said pointedly, "That man is an accomplice of Mr. Yu, and he tried to kill you with the [Eye of Judgment]!"
Prince Lexi's heart moved, he turned to look at Colin, and asked in a deep voice:
"Count Angelet, what exactly do you want to say?"
Colin showed a harmless smile and said:
"His Royal Highness, I just want to say that the effect of the curse [Eye of Judgment] is more than just killing a sanctuary. And...does Mister Ji really need to sacrifice so many people to cast this curse?"
Prince Lexi's expression turned serious, as if he understood what Colin was implying. After pondering for a moment, he tentatively said:
"Count Angelet, do you know something?"
Ke Lin shook his head, and said: "I don't know the specific plan of Mr. Ji, and only Mr. Ji knows how many people need to be sacrificed for this forbidden curse. I just want to remind you, don't become someone else in a daze. The goal."
Prince Lexi's eyes flickered, obviously moved:
"Thank you for the reminder, I will pay attention."
Seeing that Prince Lexi was already suspicious, Ke Lin didn't say much, and left immediately.
(end of this chapter)