Chapter 261 - Rampage! Opening of the Big Show in the Fortress (1/2)

Chapter 261 Rampage! Opening of the Big Show in the Fortress

At night, Dendera Fortress was brightly lit and heavily guarded.

Ever since Gelu confirmed that the three patrol teams were missing, everyone realized that the demon they were waiting to intercept had arrived. Considering that night was the best time for creatures like demons to move around, the entire fortress had implemented rotating shifts. Half of the fortress’s troops entered a defensive state and were ready to patrol throughout the night. The other half was resting, but they had not removed their equipment. Once the battle occurred, they could wake up and join it at any time.

Under the sweeps of magic searchlights, the entire canyon entrance was under full surveillance. Stone gargoyles were circling above the canyon, monitoring for any movements.

This was a fortress in the midst of war mobilization. The powerful troops of the alliance made everyone believe that once the demon appeared, they would beat this demon back to his hometown, Sheogh…

Unfortunately, Arantir had mentioned that the demon had a group of undead troops under him, so under the preconceived notion, all the surveillance of the fortress was aimed at visual targets. But no one had thought of releasing a spell such as Detect Invisibility.

In fact, even if they had thought of it, they might not be able to detect such a small Demon Eye…

Due to the overnight vigilance, the people in the fortress had to move around. And since they had to move, energy consumption would occur.

When it was almost midnight, the stomachs of the mages stationed in the mage towers on the city wall began to growl. This kind of night-guarding life was simply tormenting for the mages. But because the leader of the Wizards’ Guild, Astral, was in the fortress, the mages did not dare to disobey orders. But this did not prevent them from displaying their bossy dispositions.

Thus, they called the mage apprentices who served them to get supper immediately. Although the mage apprentices obediently agreed, they turned around and handed this task to the gremlins!

In the kingdom of Bracada, mages were the largest aristocratic class. Although mage apprentices were still not considered true mages, their status was much higher than that of these gremlins. In fact, in Bracada, gremlins were not only troops, but they were also a type of slave. Not only were they responsible for being workers in the factories and workshops, but they could also turn into chefs, waiters, cleaners, laborers, etc. at any time…

Regarding this kind of thing where the masters wanted supper in the middle of the night, the gremlins had encountered it more than once or twice, so they did not panic after receiving the task. They yelled with their sharp voices and quickly moved into action.

If the masters wanted to eat supper, they would definitely have to provide some for the elven allies, of which there were at least ten thousand. This was a very arduous task. Numerous gremlins began to busy themselves in the kitchen. They took out some flour and began to make bread and pancakes.

Since they wanted to knead the flour, they needed water. Therefore, nearly a hundred gremlins split up and went to fetch water from various water sources.

A gremlin with a bucket in hand ran toward the well in the west of the city. It was unlucky because the other nearby wells had lines, so it could only run farther to fetch water.

However, when it was about to reach the well, it suddenly heard a soft sound, as though a jar had broken.

When it came to the well, it discovered some shiny fragments beside it. These shiny things looked a bit like crystals. Out of curiosity, it picked up a piece and looked at it. But the light at night was not too good, and it could not see clearly. It only roughly found that it really was a crystal, so it looked around furtively and immediately put this broken crystal into its pocket.

After all, in this world, crystals were relatively valuable, and the gremlins of Bracada also needed money…

The other crystals were shattered so badly that the gremlin did not take any more. It was curious about what broke beside the well, so it looked into it.

It did not know if it was an illusion, but it felt something emitting fluorescence had flowed into the well water. The fluorescence flashed, but it quickly disappeared.

The gremlin found it strange, but it did not think much about it because a fish raised in the well made a splash and swam down again.

Raising fish in wells was generally for checking whether the water source was contaminated. After finding nothing wrong with the fish in the well, the gremlin was no longer concerned. It quickly took out a bucket of water from the well and carried it back crookedly. It might be whipped if it was too late…

The water that the gremlins brought was poured into the big water tank beside the kitchen. The water that this gremlin brought was no exception. After pouring the water in, the gremlin panted to catch its breath before continuing to fetch water.

The water in the big water tank was quickly used in the kitchen. Some of the sweating goblins also scooped some water from the big water tank to drink…

The invisible Demon Eye hovering in the night sky saw everything, and this scene also passed to Roy’s eyes.