Chapter 294 Hill’s experience of the French Fortress
Geralt rushed down the slope with Hill. Geralt pretended not to hear Clint's friendly blessing behind him.
Carrot led the two of them through the shallow swamps of the Zhenxun Forest. The crabs the size of car tires in the forest reminded Hill of the giant crabs that Greed had brought out to cook before.
Hill asked: "Geralt, have you ever seen a crab with claws longer than two meters?"
Geralt on the horse didn't look back, he just patted the side of Carrot's neck and made it move in the other direction.
In the shallow swamp of the forest, Geralt found a direction and said loudly: "Look, the big crab you want!"
Geralt shook the reins, and Carrot began to run quickly. During the run, Hill clearly felt Carrot's horse's hoof stepping on something hard.
The horse's hooves obviously made a different impact sound than the soft ground of the shallow swamp, as if they were stepping on steel plates.
Geralt did not stop, directing Carrot to move forward quickly, and finally hid behind a big tree.
Hill looked back and saw a giant crab, more than five meters tall and holding huge claws, moving out of the shallow swamp. It was looking around to find the person who had woken it from sleeping.
However, after looking around, no one found Geralt and the others hiding behind the tree. They could only use crab claws to hit the ground to vent their anger.
"Those are the specialty crabs from the Zhenxun Forest. They taste pretty good. If you want to eat them, I'll ask Clint to hunt one for you. Clint is pretty good at hunting crabs..."
Hill was behind Geralt, pulling on the leather strap that held the weapon on his armor and said, "I've seen that thing roasted and eaten by greedy people..."
Instantly, Geralt's aura became heavier, and Hill was afraid that Geralt would turn his head 180 degrees to stare at her.
Fortunately, Geralt just said in a low voice: "I know, it seems that Fran has been touched..."
This time, Geralt was not as brisk as before. Instead, he jumped off the horse and found a few metallic leaves in his bag.
The blade is like a thin blade, and combined with the dark gray color of the metal, it really looks like a knife at a glance.
[Wolf Blood Sword Grass: Proof that the Farlan guards who guard the sleep of the warriors together with the old wolf have completed their mission. Sword grass leaves stained with dried blood. It is said that this was a mark used by the undead team for communication in the past, but now it is in the Corrupt Forest
The souls of the sleeping warriors give it to the guards, which represents proof of recognition and gratitude. At least the guards think so.】
I saw Geralt drawing these pieces of wolf-blood sword grass on the back of his hand, and the blood soaked the edge of the wolf-blood sword grass.
Stuff a piece of sword grass into the pocket hanging under the radish's neck. This is usually where the radish carries snacks, but it can also be used as a carrier for other items.
Geralt patted Carrot on the head and said: "Remember the Exile brothers? Bring this to them, quickly! Then you go to Ella..."
Carrot bumped his head against Geralt to show that he understood, and then he galloped towards a direction in the Depu Forest.
Looking at Hill who was standing aside, Geralt said: "We have to go on our own. You have to follow me closely. The French Fortress will be under martial law. Once it is discovered that you do not belong to France, no one will listen."
Your explanation..."
Geralt's solemnity made Hill understand that Greedy was the big crab found here, but Geralt found no trace of it.
As for the name of Fortress Fran, one can immediately understand that something dangerous must be being defended here.
Hill nodded, indicating that she understood. Putting her left hand on Goetheshilt's sword would ensure her immediate reaction.
On the next road, Geralt advanced at Hill's maximum speed. After they walked into a stone arch along the edge of a shallow swamp, Hill was intimidated by the momentum coming from the left side and did not dare to move at all.
Geralt waved his hand in the direction that Hill didn't dare to look at. The shock gradually dissipated, and Hill saw a figure wearing black armor out of the corner of his eye.
'This is the Black Knight that Clint was talking about!'
Hill didn't dare to look carefully at all. She was shocked by the momentum and saw the marquee. If she continued to look at it, Hill was sure that she would have a wonderful debate with Mephisto.
Geralt knocked on the iron door, signaling Hill to come over quickly.
Forcibly controlling his neck, not daring to let his eyes wander even a little bit, Hill felt a little better after passing through the iron gate.
Before Hill could ask, he saw Geralt put his hand on the lock of the iron door, and a piece of blue crystal covered the iron door.
Hill was a little surprised and asked: "You can also do magic?"
"What's the matter? The Crystal Old Man is a pair of twin brothers. One of them is in the Big Library and the other is in the Fortress of Flan. The relationship between Flan and the Big Library has been around for a long time. The Undead Team has its own exclusive spells and mage positions.
It’s just that now only the undead team is left, and the mages still need to be trained by the Dragon Academy. Maybe you will see the fighting method of the undead team in its heyday in the future..."
Geralt said this, shook his head with a wry smile and continued: "Forget it, why are you talking about this now? We have more important things..."
Following Geralt's pace, Hill saw the scene outside on the left side of the corridor. It turned out that they were walking on the wall of the fortress. There was only a dark and deep forest below the entire fortress, and no other scenes could be seen.
The entire city wall has traces of repairs, and old and new stones overlap each other, giving people a feeling of ancient and modern collisions.
Standing in front of a newly repaired wall, Geralt was a little stunned.
"I forgot that this hole has been repaired. I used to walk down here often. Forget it, let's go through the normal passage..."
Hill touched the newly repaired stones on the wall and determined that these were the building materials that Geralt extorted from SHIELD.
Comparing the building materials with the size of the fortress, Hill felt that the building materials were just a drop in the bucket, and even Geralt had shown mercy.
While walking through the corridors of the fortress, Hill saw a strange creature. They had strong and slender limbs, and their reverse joints made their bodies taller than they appeared.
The horns on their heads and the tail behind them both indicate that they are fundamentally different from ordinary humans.
Geralt handed a piece of Wolf Blood Sword Grass to one of them and continued walking forward.
After turning the corner, out of sight of them, Geralt quietly explained the identities of these strange creatures.
"They are the descendants of the acolytes of Fran Fortress. They are half-human and half-animal creatures. They live in the swamps of the fortress as a tribe. Although their limited intelligence makes their fighting methods look very barbaric, they are all brave and good at fighting.
warrior."
After passing through the corridor on the city wall, Geralt finally led Hill up a hillside. On the top of the hillside was a tall building like a Greek temple.
The door of this building was closed tightly at this moment, and there were fierce sounds of fighting inside the door.
Hill thought something bad had happened, but he didn't expect Geralt to open the door as if nothing was wrong.
This is an empty hall, with stone slabs stacked in the center like a huge martial arts training platform.
And now, the undead team that Hill had seen was undergoing... training here?
Hill watched as an undead soldier pierced the claw-shaped dagger into his opponent's body, but his opponent didn't care about the damage at all and pierced the big sword into his body with his backhand.
Hill clearly saw blood and internal organs shooting out from the grooves of the sword, but no one around him stopped the fight.
Geralt waited for the battle to end before entering and found the captain of the undead team discussing something.
Hill was always paying attention to the felled undead team. He was dragged down by his feet by his teammates and thrown into the corner like a dead dog.
While they were still breathing, the others took out a dark green glass bottle from their arms, which contained a liquid that looked like hot golden lava.
After drinking this liquid, the dying undead team quickly regained their previous vigor and fierceness, and picked up weapons to challenge their previous opponents to fight again.
Hill looked at the combat training in front of her and realized how her own training was beyond Geralt's eyes. Even the training to break through many puppets left her covered in injuries.
But look at the Immortal Team. They are attacking them with real swords and guns. Isn’t my training just like a child’s play house?
Geralt had a very quick conversation with the captain, and during the conversation the captain reassembled the undead team.
Seeing these warriors standing up from the ground indiscriminately, holding Fran's sword with red eyes in their eyes, Hill couldn't help but take a few steps towards the door.
Geralt was about to finish speaking. He walked towards the door and spoke to the captain of the undead team.
"Give Warnier the things as soon as possible while he's still awake, and I'll take care of the rest..."
The captain nodded and went to command the undead team.
Geralt led Hill outside. Hill looked back and saw only the undead team filing into a secret passage directly opposite the gate.
All the way down the slope, there are only a few torches to provide lighting, so that the forest does not need to long for the hard-to-see sunlight.
Passing through a huge stone door in the opposite direction, Geralt waited until the stone door was completely closed before extinguishing the three braziers at the door. Then he looked up and looked for something in the forest.
The tall forest trees obscure everything. If it weren't for the bonfires lit everywhere, nothing would be visible here.
But Geralt always found something different, and he led Hill up the stairs on the right.
Climbing to the top of the stairs, Hill saw that it was a collapsed building. Apart from its empty shell, Hill could not discern its purpose.
Passing through the ruins of the building, there is a stone bridge behind it. The stone bridge is old and in disrepair, and weeds have long covered it.
However, at this moment, there are some creatures squatting nearby and slowly processing them. If they look like king oyster mushrooms and can move, they can be considered creatures.
These mushroom men with red umbrellas squatted on the ground and slowly dealt with weeds and threw them off the bridge. There were also mushroom men under the bridge picking up garbage from the swamp and sending it to other places.
These mushroom people look very cute, so cute that you want to bully them.
At this time, there were little mushroom people chasing and fighting. They collided with each other and caused slight damage to their little friends with their round hands.
Hill looked at this harmonious scene and wanted to touch these cute little guys.
However, a little guy didn't hit his little friend, but directly smashed his round hand on the ruined wall just now.
Hill almost screamed to remind this unfortunate little guy.
However, the cute-looking round hand directly smashed through the stone wall, causing the little guy to get stuck in the wall.
The little guy took his hand out of the wall, patted the dust on his body, and continued playing happy games with his friends.
Hill looked at the big hole that looked like it was made by an RPG, and reached out to touch the stone at the entrance of the hole. The sharp fracture after the stone was broken told her that it was not tofu.
Taking a deep breath, Hill carefully avoided the mushroom man weeding on the bridge, and followed Geralt closely for fear of something going wrong.
As if to reassure Hill, Geralt picked up a little mushroom man, lifted him up and circled it twice before handing it to his parents next to him.
"These are the ancient residents of Fran Fortress. They are responsible for maintaining and cleaning up the current fortress. As long as they do not show hostility to them, they will not be harmed in any way."
As Geralt said that, he discovered that a giant tree in front of him was exploded from the bottom, and the whole tree fell towards here.
Geralt hurriedly grabbed Hill and jumped away from here, while the other mushroom men who had no time to dodge directly waved their fists upward.
A violent shock wave was sent out along the mushroom man's fist, blasting the entire giant tree into powder.
The sky was full of sawdust flying in the wind, covering this place. The mushroom man slapped the sawdust on his body and made a warning sound in the direction of the giant tree.
In the place where the giant tree used to be, a mushroom man waved his hand sheepishly as if to apologize.
Although it was a communication with only tones, everyone who heard it could feel the meaning.
Geralt pulled Hill out from behind the wall. Geralt stretched out his hand and waved to say hello to the mushroom man in the distance.
"Look, they are really cute!"
Looking at the tree stump with a diameter of more than two meters at the feet of the mushroom man and looking at the sawdust blowing in the wind, Hillyan echoed insincerely: "Yeah, it's very cute, haha..."
"Don't worry, their threat is only to those who are hostile. They are natural barriers and environmental architects. If you ask Clint, you will know that when he came, this place was full of poisonous swamps. With these mushroom people
Only through the reconstruction of the environment can we have the clear water now."
Listening to Geralt's introduction, Hill got to know more about these cute big guys, but seeing how hard it was for their fists to leave a whole body behind, Hill still felt it was safer to stay away.
Just when Geralt was about to move forward, a mushroom man stopped him.
"Acridine! Yeah? Ya!"
Hearing what the mushroom man said, Geralt patted his strong arm and said, "It's okay, I just went to find those things. Thank you for keeping them."
The mushroom man stopped what Geralt was saying and got out of the way with some worry, but he still kept advising him.
Leaving the mushroom man, Geralt came to a place with jagged rocks. The environment here was completely different from what he had just seen.
The rocks isolate everything here, and inside is a swamp that is still bubbling with evil bubbles. And inside, there are groups of frogs with big eyes jumping around randomly.
After bypassing the rocks, Geralt took Hill and climbed up a rocky mountain. Here, with the wall of Fortress Français as his back, he could clearly see everything in the rocks below.
Hill looked up and saw the uneven colors on the city wall. It was obvious that there was the hole that Geralt had just forgotten to repair.
Counting the number of creatures below, Geralt drew a long whip from his waist and prepared to pick one he liked below like a cowboy.
However, after the whip was thrown out, Geralt turned to Hill and asked, "By the way, do you have a long-range weapon?"