The biting cold wind brought with it filthy black smoke, emitting a choking stench and surrounding the fortress.
The gloomy sky was gradually darkening, as if it was trying to take away all the sunlight.
In the distance, beyond the barrier of blazing fire, darkness covered the forest.
The first thing people notice is the howl of the wolf.
The high-pitched sound penetrates the human heart and triggers the deepest fear in the human heart.
A strong wind suddenly swept across.
From the watchtower, you can see that the dense canopy of the black forest is swaying and undulating like ocean waves. Accompanied by the howling of wolves, the waves of the sea of trees surge towards the direction of the Black Castle.
Suddenly, the darkness expanded.
The sound of breaking trees could be heard from a long distance away.
The trees covered in black shadows fell apart in an instant, and the debris swirled and blew in the sky with the cold winter wind, as if people could see the entity of the strong wind.
This is indeed the case.
As the sky gradually darkened, the strong wind seemed to take form.
It was a magnificent cloud curtain that Lu Jian had never seen before in his life. It stretched across the black forest like a wall, and the clouds and mist that could be seen with the naked eye were rotating. If placed on the earth, it would definitely be a super typhoon that exceeded the super typhoon.
It's such a huge storm that it's impossible to see the whole thing as far as the eye can see.
The sky became completely dark.
A crimson moon rises unknown when.
Coquettish and bright red, like condensed blood, the light of the red moon spilled, making the entire Black Castle appear a strange crimson color.
The air is getting colder and colder, and white frost immediately condenses on the leaves, accompanied by strong winds, like knives cutting.
"The demon tide is coming."
Jonah said half with emotion and half with shock.
"Back to Black Castle, after the frost arrives, the air here will drop to such a low temperature that water drips into ice in a short period of time."
Lu Jian saw a group of scattered birds in the distance. As the strong wind blew through the birds, the birds actually froze into ice sculptures in mid-air, and were swept away by the wind and flew high into the sky.
As the wind passed over the top of the forest, you could see that the tree crowns that were still swaying in the wind suddenly solidified and became skewed.
Even the forest fire that was originally burning was frozen in an instant. The high-speed freezing caused the disappearance of sound, and death spread silently and quickly.
The people who were still outside the fortress immediately dropped what they were holding and ran towards the fortress.
Lu Tan and Jonah also ran towards the fortress.
Glancing back, Lu Kan saw that the wind was already within easy reach.
Buzz——
The cold wind hit the magic barrier of the fortress, and a layer of white frost immediately condensed on the outside of the invisible barrier. However, it could not completely block the strong wind. Many rangers running behind were still lifted up and swept high into the sky.
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But the only thing that may be considered lucky is that they died of the severe cold shortly after leaving the ground, so they did not have to feel the pain later.
Lu Tan and Jonah ran into the fortress gate that was slowly closing.
As the door closed, the cold and terrifying scene seemed to disappear briefly.
But then, a loud noise broke out.
Bang——
As if something was hitting the fortress, the whole fortress shook.
Lu Tan and Jonah came to the lookout, and they could see that despite the obstruction of the magic barrier, the wind carrying stones, sawdust, and soil was still hitting the fortress. From time to time, huge stones would hit the fortress accompanied by the cold wind.
Some were blocked by the magic barrier, while some penetrated the barrier and hit the dome of the fortress, shaking the entire building.
Suddenly, all sounds disappeared.
Lu Jian could only see the "slowly" rotating huge storm gradually expanding, and the clouds almost covered the blood moon.
Immediately, darkness fell.
Quietly, the darkness spread over.
Frozen trees, fallen stones, and animals that turned into ice sculptures were all swallowed up by darkness.
The world suddenly turned into black and white.
What Lu Jian could see with his naked eyes was that there was nothing left, only endless darkness, covering the entire forest.
The crystallized stone above the Black Castle fortress burst out with light, trying to dispel the darkness, but the light seemed to be swallowed by a monster and could not penetrate any further distance.
The storm moved towards the fortress, suffocating it.
"The magic barrier can't hold up for long. Soon we will face a head-on battle with monsters. Of course, that is the best situation."
Jonah laughed to himself.
"What's worse?"
Lu Tan asked subconsciously, but he soon realized it himself.
"If the defense is destroyed, it will not take an hour for Yongye's family to devour the people in this fortress, not to mention that with the cold wind, the plague may have sneaked in. Even if the frost does not appear, just these two demons will
If we reach the outpost of the tide, we will lose more than one-third of our men."
Jonah gave a cruel number.
"I need to go to garrison. The mage is still useful at this time."
At this moment, Lu Jian saw a ray of light light up in the endless darkness.
It was almost level with the Black Castle Fortress. Far away from here, a ray of light soared into the sky like a sharp sword, cutting through the darkness.
"That's another fortress. There are more than a thousand fortresses of this size, and the number of small fortresses is five times this. These fortresses form the final line of defense of the Black Tower."
Along with Jonah's words, more lights lit up the sky.
Some light beams are so small that they are almost engulfed in darkness, while some light beams are thick and can even illuminate some surrounding areas.
If you look down at the Black Forest from a high altitude at this moment, you can see that in the forest that surrounds the area of human civilization that is lit with lights, countless light spots are twinkling and swaying like stars.
These are the stars of human civilization.
"The final defensive spell of the Gray Tower, once the light goes out, the darkness will completely engulf us. In other words, if the light goes out, it means that the fortress has fallen."
Jonah was already walking on the stairs.
Lu Tan followed.
The howl of the wolf came again.
"Yongye cannot break through this spell, but frost can. Tangible objects can directly destroy the fortress. This is why we have to guard here."
Jonah came to the hall above the fortress.
In addition to the mages, there were also fortress commanders here. Lu Jian saw that the commander of the previous sentry force was also among them.
In the center of the hall, there are three high-backed stone chairs standing back to each other.
On the high-backed chairs, three mages were already sitting.
It's just that they don't look like leaders, more like...
Lu Jian saw that the young mage's face was full of pain and distortion, his eyes turned white, his whole body was twitching, and he almost used his last will to make himself sit on the bench.
His body was burning.
The silver-white flame was made from the mage's body. It had no temperature, but lit up the hall.
The three flames rose up staggered and went straight to the dome, where the flames and light were released, breaking through the fortress and rushing upward.
Lu Jian now knew how these light pillars that protected the fortress were generated.