Chapter 321 Disagreement

Creighton remembered Peleg, who had noticed the new work as he passed the front of the line as a cavalryman.

He had always thought that this was just an amateur riding enthusiast, but it turned out that Pileg might not be a good rider, but he was a qualified commander. After grasping an information gap, Pileg immediately Able to seize opportunities to create an environment conducive to oneself.

Clayton already knew what he was going to do.

"Kerry, I'm so dizzy." Donna said weakly. She didn't know why, but she felt like she was going to fall down at any time.

Clayton saw the crux of the problem at a glance. He grabbed the back of Donna's neck, lifted her up, shook her, and then put her down vertically.

Then Donna also understood what was going on.

She exclaimed: "The ground is not flat now!"

Her feet noticed this in advance, but her mind did not react. The conflict between her body's instinctive reaction and her consciousness was the culprit that made her feel dizzy.

The castle sank crookedly into the pit.

"Can you walk by yourself? Use your gnosis, and then find a place to hide until I call you." Clayton said, he speculated that the real war was about to break out, and Peleg would not let go of this opportunity.

Donna shook her head: "Julius and I have different talents. My gnosis can only sense living creatures, and the range is regrettable."

Her uncle sighed, turned and shouted for the others to settle down, before shouting the imp's name.

"Clara!"

Something like a crab crawled out of the shadows and crawled up Donna's legs.

Clayton took her over and held her in his hands. Since arriving in Gevaux, Clayton had had little chance to have a serious conversation with Clara, but now he had to take such action. Because the trust between Donna and Clara is still not up to par.

The little witch regards Clara as a convenient tool, while Clara regards the former as a vase that Clayton entrusts to protect.

This is not a good sign. As Clara's body grows and she further develops her demonic powers, she will become smarter and more perceptive than before, and her previous understanding will eventually lead to cracks in her relationship with Donna. , cannot be reconciled.

As their joint guardian, Clayton had the responsibility to resolve this matter. It was already too late to try to do so now, but he still wanted to try his best.

"Clara-" Clayton looked into the head's eyes, knowing that she could also see him.

"I may not be able to stay with you for the rest of the time. Donna is your sister. You have to take good care of her."

Even though she couldn't see anything, Donna still opened her mouth in shock.

She could vaguely sense Clayton's intentions, but... was she the one who needed to be accommodated?

Clara's voice sounded as surprised as she did: "Donna. Is Clara's sister?!"

Clayton's voice became deeper and deeper: "It wasn't before, but it will be in the future. She is younger than you, so she is not as smart as you. I hope you can tolerate her shortcomings and help her when she encounters difficulties. "Donna." He called his niece's name: "Come here and promise me to respect Clara as my sister."

Donna hesitated for a few seconds before agreeing, but her heart felt like waves.

She and Clara still maintain a mysterious connection, so she can detect that Clayton's decision is not entirely based on interests, but really intends to include Clara into the family, and also makes the little devil promise as an elder protect yourself. This made Donna feel weird and awkward from the bottom of her heart.

Until she agreed, Clayton nodded with satisfaction:

"Now that you are together, go up to the third floor to find Bassem and seek shelter from him. Louis is with him and he will help you."

"Why do you say such things?" Donna nervously stretched her fingers on the wall.

"Because the defenders on the third level need you more, and that will be the next main battlefield."

As if to match Clayton's words, a sound like a snake crawling began to sound through the wall in the darkness, and it became more and more frequent, coming from different directions. It was the sound of the "Inquirer" crawling.

Some of the Dinon could not stand the feeling and shouted.

The sloping ground makes it difficult for plains people like them, who have a higher center of gravity, to adapt, and the dark environment amplifies their unconfidence. Only the dwarves can be calm because of their years of experience in working and living underground. They can also rely on vibrations to sense their vision. In the surrounding environment, the combat effectiveness does not drop much.

Half of the defenders on the first floor where Clayton was located were invisible and unsteady, and he had to deal with the next impact with these people.

Escorted by two Basham soldiers, Donna reluctantly led Clara groping upwards, and Clayton breathed a sigh of relief.

In the previous negotiations, both Basham and Homemer concealed information about Edwards' abilities from him. This was undoubtedly to compete for the right to use Donna and Clara's abilities. In order to gain a preemptive advantage in the final betrayal, the two dwarves unanimously insisted on concealing information and refused to give in, even if it might damage Clayton's trust in them.

It is precisely because of this that Clayton has a limited understanding of Edwards' abilities, and may lose his chance during the decisive battle, unable to allow Donna to play a role at the critical moment.

He was still confident that he could make up for this shortcoming when he was on the surface, but now the combat effectiveness of the plainsmen has been reduced by half.

"Bassam, you'd better not let me down."

The werewolf muttered and raised his axe. The sound of scales rubbing against the rock was getting closer and closer.

The castle window sunk into the ground connected to the dwarf's mine tunnel, but at this moment even they themselves could not tell how many enemies were lurking in the haze.

Soon, several evil creatures came in from several openings. Their extra limbs and snake-like organs helped them balance their bodies. Unlike the situation on the surface, this time they easily dispersed the plainsmen who could not keep their balance. A large number of defenders fell back because of this impact, and people rolled together, and finally piled up in the corner of the wall, and even many dwarves were knocked over.

The spears were attacked on the flank and their effectiveness was greatly reduced. Clayton mobilized some dwarves to replace the short weapons lost by the Dinnons, replace their positions to cover the flanks, and prepare to rush up to fight.

Before really taking action, Clayton chopped the axe into the corpse prepared on the side, feeling the increasing weight, and his bloodthirsty desire began to rise.

After a wild howl, the werewolf jumped high and smashed heavily on the head of an explorer, breaking most of its bones. Then he cut off one of its claws as a shield and collided with another sturdy monster that had just entered the window. They were so close that they could smell the fishy smell of each other's mouth.

Most of the monster's body had already entered the window. The extra pair of hands held the window to stabilize its body and prevented the werewolf from pushing it out. The werewolf's anti-jointed hind legs kicked back with all their strength, and the sharp toenails of the beast also scratched shallow grooves on the stone floor.

The ruthless conflict between the two monsters crushed a layer of bricks and stones around the window.

The werewolf still had the upper hand in strength. He used his shield to push the monster in front of him back a distance, and then swung the axe from top to bottom to split the monster's head in the middle. When the soft brain tissue was exposed, the huge pale body instantly lost its strength and fell outward. Clayton used his shield to push it out of the window again and fell into the bottomless darkness.

After dealing with the two evil creatures, Clayton once again looked for the evil creatures that were fighting with his teammates, and several attacks from behind achieved good results. However, the local advantage could not affect the overall situation. Without the cover of the flank, the spear formation began to collapse. The evil creatures that rushed in from the end of the western corridor and the loss of some windows were gradually eroding the activity space of Clayton and others.

If no miracle happened, the loss of the first floor corridor would have become inevitable.

And similar things happened on the second floor of the castle.

There were some candle reserves on the second floor, which provided limited light sources.

But the Denon people, who lost their horses and could not adapt to the underground environment, were still defeated. Their formation was directly torn apart by the evil creatures, and the dwarves who were at odds with them watched them collapse. Only a few of the most powerful warriors retreated while fighting and fled to the scarecrow team for shelter, including Di Jetali himself.

However, after the Denon people were defeated, they took advantage of the geographical advantage of the second floor, and the dwarves were still able to control the situation for the time being.

There are protruding shooting platforms on the second and third floors of the castle. Most of the windows are narrow shooting holes that the evil creatures cannot pass through. However, the outer wall of this platform is made of wood, and only the lower half is made of stone. The evil creatures have realized this problem in the last confrontation. This time, they attacked and dismantled the outer wall of the shooting platform so that more soldiers can be put in the next attack.

The eyes of the scarecrow Hohoma moved rapidly between those holes.

The sinking of the castle is not unrelated to his previous arrangements.

Before, he left a group of people to create explosions underground, intending to penetrate several layers of tunnels and let Edwards sink to the deepest layer, where there are mineral crystals that can contain the power of demons.

However, that plan failed. Those people not only sacrificed themselves, but also left the remaining alchemical explosives to Edwards. These resources were borrowed by Pileg, which led to the current situation.

"A bunch of idiots!" He cursed.

Whether they are willing or not, reality is moving in an unfavorable direction. The dwarves are very sensitive to vibrations. They can feel that the resistance of the first layer is rapidly weakening. There were many plainsmen there. If they retreated and returned to the upper floor with low morale, it would only disrupt the formation and cause the second floor to fall.

Hohomer had anticipated this, so he had already ordered several men to watch the stairs and not let any plainsmen come up.

However, this also brought him an unexpected gain.

"I want to go to the upper floor." Donna said, and she was pushed in front of the scarecrow Hohomer by two dwarves. The current situation was reversed from when they first met, and she was the one to be watched.

The two soldiers escorting her and Clara were nailed to the wall by these dwarves with spears. The hostility contained in this action made Donna very uncomfortable.

Feeling her emotions, Clara also bared her teeth at the scarecrow.

"You should stay here," Hohom said impatiently, "Don't you see we need help? Let your little pet set some more fires, just like before."

"No, I can't do that." The little witch said, "Your situation here is not very critical, I'm going to the upper floor to help."

When the castle sank into the ground, the first line of danger was not just the first floor.

The first floor faced the evil creatures who had buried explosives and dealt with the dwarf troops under the castle before, and the top floor of the castle was close to the surface, and would face the most enemies, and Edwards might also intervene in the battlefield, which might be the place where the real victory or defeat was decided.

Although Clayton did not explain it to Donna, she could figure it out by herself.

However, Hohomer's face darkened: "How dare you say that we are not facing the most dangerous situation? You can't go anywhere. Don't forget the agreement between your father and us!"

He did not lower his voice. Di Jetali next to him also heard this and turned his head suddenly.

"What agreement?"

"It has nothing to do with you." Scarecrow said arrogantly.

Jetali exchanged glances with the remaining few defeated farmers, and suddenly swung his weapons at the same time, knocking down the dwarves around him. Scarecrow himself was beheaded by Jetali with a sword, and then he grabbed Donna and rushed to the stairs.

The exam is coming