Viewed from below, the protruding rocks, the crowns of big trees like big umbrellas and the spray mist of the waterfall combine to form a natural screen, completely blocking the view.
If they hadn't happened to find the walking traces of a violent bear by the waterhole, no one would have thought that walking up the steep and slippery hillside, there would be an old castle!
When he saw the waterline still clearly visible on a piece of exposed rock, Roy was surprised to find that this place used to be a mountaintop lake.
Only later, a hole was opened on the side where the waterfall was located, and the lake disappeared. The river that passed through the lake also changed its course from here, forming a waterfall along the mountain.
The old castle was being built on the edge of the original lake, which is now in the mountain valley. From the artificial stone pillars lying horizontally and vertically at the foot of the castle hillside, it can be determined that there must have been a fairly small pier there. And the castle's tall city walls
, the wide and strong moat stone bridge and the towering guard towers all highlight the majesty of the castle back then.
At this moment, Roy had completely forgotten about the Furious Bear and Jin Lulang.
If you can find something to cure your physical defects, a happy knight life is beckoning to you!
He couldn't wait to run towards the castle.
The fat dog Oliver, who had always been shy, discovered the new world and immediately jumped up like an arrow. His four short legs turned quickly, running and jumping, and his pair of big ears flew back, looking like a running wild dog.
Black and white pig.
"Woof!" Oliver crossed the stone bridge and reached the castle gate first. He didn't dare to go in. He just grinned at the rotten doorway. He yelled twice, and a vicious whine came out of his throat, and then he yelled twice more.
.It seems that there is some ferocious beast inside, which has been frightened by the brave and fearless fat dog Lord Oliver.
It wasn't until Roy caught up, and Oliver, who was leading the way with a heroic performance and wouldn't go in anyway, stopped shouting, and followed Roy's steps arrogantly, following suit.
Roy walked up the steps, passed through the rotten heavy wooden door, and walked into the castle square surrounded by the city wall.
The square is trapezoidal, wide in front and narrow in back.
It is surrounded by the city wall in front and on the left and right, and the long horse path extends along the wall to the city wall. The surrounding brick and wooden houses such as servant houses, blacksmith houses, stables, etc. have collapsed, leaving only a row of ruins.
In the innermost part of the square is the main building of the castle.
The main building is built in the valley of a mountain, rising up from the mountain. It is tall and majestic. The entire building is made of huge rectangular stones. Even after being eroded by wind and rain, it is still strong and solid.
Only seeing the statue in the fountain pool in front of the main building and the heraldic pattern on the statue's base, Roy understood why the castle was abandoned.
This is obviously the castle of Lord Polabel. However, the owner here is not a noble named by the royal family of the Saint Solan Empire, but a prince of the Roman Empire from more than a hundred years ago!
The statue of Julius Caesar and the coat of arms of the imperial family clearly prove this!
While Roy quickly crossed the square, he searched in his mind for information about the princes of the Roman Empire who once ruled the south. After thinking for a long time, he never thought that any prince would build a castle in such a place.
It wasn't until he pushed open the heavy door, walked into the empty and gloomy hall, and saw two skeletons standing silently in front of him with long swords in their hands, that he suddenly heard the voice of a figure that he had completely ignored.
That is, two hundred years ago, during the period of Caesar V of the Roman Empire, the most famous lunatic prince and necromancer—Austin!
Roy is no stranger to Austin.
During his ten years of wandering, he had heard legends about Austin more than once.
Roman Prince Austin was the illegitimate son left behind by Caesar V after a night of indulgence with a prostitute found by his subordinates while on his way to conquer the rebellious nobles in the south.
At that time, after the army passed through that small city, it only stayed for two days before heading south. Therefore, from birth, Austin grew up in a brothel with his mother, a prostitute.
It was an extremely turbulent era. The rebellion of the southern nobles lasted for more than thirty years.
As the son of a lowly prostitute, Austin has been bullied and humiliated since he was a child, and has witnessed the most tragic scenes and the most cruel crimes in the world.
After his mother was raped and murdered by a gang of rebels, young Austin followed his mother's guidance and embarked on a journey to the capital of the Roman Empire with extreme hatred.
During the journey, Austin's magic awakens.
The idea of trying to resurrect his mother and inflict the cruelest revenge on his enemies made him choose to become a necromancer without hesitation.
It was a paradise-like era for necromancers. Dead bodies and wandering souls everywhere made Austin grow into a real [Long Star Mage] before arriving in the capital.
However, no one knew that his magic was actually necromancy.
Austin, who looks exactly like Caesar V, has the characteristic red hair of the royal family and skin as pale as lime, recognized him with almost no twists and turns.
Then, the young man who was canonized as a prince the following year locked himself in the most secluded magic tower of the Royal Academy of Magic and stayed there for ten full years.
Finally, one morning, Austin came out.
From that day on, the entire continent fell into terror.
Austin, who took the initiative to go to the south to join the war, led the army roaring south.
When he arrived at the battlefield where he was fighting the southern nobles, what appeared in front of the southern nobles was not the hundreds of thousands of skeleton cavalry that people imagined in later generations, but more than a thousand zombies spreading the plague!
After that, the entire southern part of the empire was littered with corpses and all life was in ruins. It was like a hell on earth. As a result, Austin left a reputation as the King of Terror in human history.
After the war, Caesar V did not let Austin, who had caused panic among the entire royal family and aristocracy, return to the capital. He gave Austin the land in the south as a fief, allowing him to stay in the south forever.
From then on, father and son never saw each other again.
Thinking of Austin, the mystery of why this castle was built here was suddenly solved.
Roy turned around in the hall, looked at the rows of skeletons holding rusty or broken swords, then turned and walked towards the upper floors of the castle.
Roy visited the first floor, the second floor, and the third floor. He visited every room and every corridor. He rummaged through boxes and cabinets along the way, barely digging three feet into the ground.
Over a long period of time, most of the furniture and decorations have been destroyed.
The entire building was complete without a single candlestick or chandelier. The carpet was in tatters and covered with a thick layer of dust. The metal pattern and wooden handrails of the stairs were broken with just the slightest touch. The wooden door to the room was rotten and left open.
The door, the bedding on the bed inside and the curtains by the window were all in tatters.
Damn it, not a single gold coin was found!
Walking angrily to the deepest part of the main building, Roy stopped.
Although he knew from the outside that the entire main building was built against the cliff, he never expected that there were no walls in the deepest part of the building. The large rocks covered with moss and vines were so naked.
After hundreds of years, you can still see the luxurious and gorgeous building from the past.
What made him even more unbelievable was that in the middle of the rock wall that looked like an inverted "V", there was a black magic tower standing silently.
It must be Austin!
Only Austin would build a castle and a magic tower in such a place. Only this castle of a madman who spread the plague would be abandoned by people.
Standing in front of the magic tower covered with vines, Roy's pounding heartbeat could almost be heard throughout the valley.
In this world, the royal family of the Roman Empire once had the most various god-given treasures.
And the entire city of Borabel may be a place where the [Judgment] is hidden.
Look no further than here!
Roy, stretched out his hand and pushed towards the door of the magic tower.
He didn't know what was inside. But he found that several flame moths chasing the light were flying into the magic tower that had been silent for two hundred years, but they scattered and regrouped outside the magic tower again and again.