458 Sika’s agenda Part 2 (2/2)

From afar, the princess' castle could be spotted. It was totally unlike what Saleen had expected. The princess' castle was void of any romantic vibes, it was a purely militarized castle. There were grey towers dozens of meters tall with tipped roofs, like a longsword piercing through the skies.

Even though there were no extravagant metal battlements like those found in Goodrid City, there was a pitch black magic structure at the front of the princess' castle. This structure could not be considered as a magical tower, it was a magic platform. Standing upright on the platform was a gigantic puppet with its eyes closed.

Such a large puppet was the specialty of Titan. It was rumored to be constructed based on the form of the giants. Even the name of the duchy emulated that of this puppet – Titan.

This castle gave people a feeling of oppression. On the lower portion of the grey city walls, the color was even darker, as though it had been soaked in fresh blood.

Unlike the castles in Qin, the doors to the Titan's castle was very narrow and very tall. There were two protruding horse tracks located on both sides of the city gate. The ends of the horse tracks were elevated dozens of meters off the ground, they were very steep, almost perpendicular to the ground. During wartime, metal bridge planks could be slid down these horse tracks, allowing the cavalrymen to charge forward. At such an angle, the cavalrymen would need to be as proficient as a swordmaster to achieve that. Their warhorses would require at least five years of training.

The castle made Saleen feel cold, a kind of frostiness which penetrated his bones.

”Damn it, mental magic is fused into this thing. Powdered obsidian is even fortified into the front tower!” Saleen quickly regained his senses, and stopped observing the structure of the castle. Since the crux had been discovered and Saleen was a grand mage, the obscure tricks of this castle would hardly be able to harm him anymore.

A strange design like this was absent in Qin. If the enemy tried assaulting this castle, the normal soldiers would definitely be affected mentally, undoubtedly reducing their morale. The best method to deal with such a defense was to bombard it with several ancient magic cannons, in order to destroy the magical structure of the castle, before deploying the main army.

The other magic war chariot emanated several rays of magic light, descending upon the accompanying swordmasters. Lex's subordinates were slightly affected before reverting to their normal selves.

”Master, there is something amiss with this castle. I am afraid there might be a monster living inside,” Nailisi muttered bitterly. Even though she was not affected, she could detect the gruesomeness of the castle. It was similar to that of black magic. In order to create such a mental effect, it was likely that many people had to die.

Hurried trots were heard as a team of cavalrymen rushed out from the city gate. The leader of the team was clad in extravagant hollow armor, trailed by a vibrant and colorful cape. With the gray castle as a backdrop, it looked very conspicuous.

A youthful voice spread from afar, ”Your Highness Lex, you are finally here.”

The warhorses in that team were robust, they had reached the front of the convoy in the blink of an eye. Saleen noticed the face of a Cloudflow noble. Behind the astonishingly weak helmet, a bundle of onyx hair danced along with the wind. Even the helmet was hollow, any simple arrow could easily kill the wearer.

The riders following this youth were also clad in identical hollow armor, extravagant but impractical. If Saleen's subordinates dared don such items, they would have been beaten into pulp.

Jola, who was at the front, had his eyebrows locked in thought. ”This youth is not a weakling, if I don't have the Tears, it might be a little difficult to deal with him.” Such an outstanding pugilist did not dress flippantly because he was an idiot, but because he was confident. Jola did not wear much armor. His armor made by Saleen contained leather. Its defensive ability was not outstanding. An advantage was that it was lightweight, which would not affect his movements. At the same time, it possessed magic resistance.

This person's metal armor had the same characteristics. ”It will be best not to let such a person get close to Saleen.” Instinctively, Jola stood in the way of the youth.

The youth did not show a change in expression. He simply smiled breezily, he did not give a hoot about Jola. The riders behind him wielded onto blades, pointing the tip of their blades downwards as they stared at Jola.

”I am not Lex's subordinate, there is no use glaring at me.” Jola observed the team of swordmasters. With a simply calculation, there were about twenty cavalrymen who were at the standard of a swordmaster. He could not possibly deal with all of them. At the very least, he could not guarantee Saleen's safety.

”Since you are not Lex's subordinate, then Lex will not blame me if I kill you right?” The serene youth suddenly flashed his teeth at Jola. His snow-white teeth also emanated an insidious vibe.

”Yes. Even though you are a small duke from Titan, I will not show mercy when I take action either.” Jola would not budge. At this point in time, Saleen's voice came from the chariot.

”Jola, this is the small duke's territory, don't be rude.”

”Okay.” Upon listening to Saleen, Jola then rode to one side.

”Lex, you have brought outsiders here?” When the youth saw that Jola had made way, he did not continue advancing. Instead, he froze in his tracks, a grim spreading across his face.