Necromancer chopping down trees

Chapter 148 Waking up in the middle of the night
"My head hurts. I drank so much without realizing it."

Wang Yue's consciousness began to gradually return, and she could hear snoring sounds in her ears.

The adventurers who were enjoying the dinner slept directly on the ground, leaning against each other as pillows.

The lights in the hall had gone out, and the guards and waiters in the mayor's castle had disappeared.

"That's strange. Normally I should sleep until dawn."

Wang Yue shook her head vigorously twice. Although her mind became clearer, the fatigue in her body was not gone.

The snoring around him was too loud and he could no longer sleep.

"Let's go out and enjoy the evening breeze. If we can't do that, let's go back to the hotel and sleep."

Walking up the stairs, Wang Yue arrived at the entrance of the castle.

At this time, the entrance door was closed. Wang Yue went forward to check, and a prompt box "Cannot be opened" popped up on the game interface.

"Are we locked up? That's not fun."

Now that Wang Yue thought about it, it was very strange that the hall was located in the basement. There was half of the castle, but it was not used to entertain guests. It was such a waste.

The castle was still pitch black. Wang Yue took out the bone fragments of the Lesser Demon, summoned a [Skeleton Lesser Demon] as a light source, and visited the castle alone at night.

"I may be overthinking it. Maybe the mayor just closes the door when he goes to bed at night to prevent thieves from outside from sneaking into the castle."

The sound of Wang Yue's footsteps echoed in the wide corridor. There was not even a carpet on the floor, only the most primitive stone slabs.

There are [Illumination Runes] engraved on both sides of the corridor, but the runes have been deliberately destroyed and cannot be used normally.

"The floor isn't dirty either, it looks like it's cleaned regularly."

Wang Yue felt like she was circling around the center of the castle. The corridor was a closed circle, starting from the location leading to the underground hall and finally returning here.

Therefore, there must be a secret passage in the castle, otherwise there would be no way to enter the room seen from the outside.

"Time to get out my map and give myself a little heads up."

Although the evil spirit map will not tell Wang Yue how to enter the hidden passage, the outline shown on the map can roughly tell the structure of the castle.

"Oh, I understand completely."

The castle corridor is a large ring, and the center of the castle is a complete circle. There are several passages leading from the center to the corridor, which means that there is more than one entrance.

Wang Yue walked to the nearest connecting passage. He still used the old method to feel the wall.

"After all, this is a game I made. There are only a few tricks. Just give me some time and I can do it."

When Wang Yue found the [Illumination Rune], he deliberately touched the damaged position of the rune twice.

Little starlight emerged from his body and finally lit up the illuminated words.

"There's movement."

The wall in front suddenly rose up, and Wang Yue rushed in quickly with the light source.

After he entered the passage, the illuminated runes on the wall dimmed again, and the wall blocking the passage fell down, creating a perfect disguise once again.

After entering the passage, the world inside is still dark, and only with the help of the firelight of the [Skeleton Demon] can you see the surrounding road.

"I thought the mayor would live here, but it seems I was worrying too much."

The center of the castle was quiet, and there was still no sign of anyone.

[Free Town Teleport Node]

As Wang Yue stepped out of the connecting passage, a prompt of her new location appeared in front of her.

"It turns out that the teleportation node of Freetown is here, hidden in the mayor's castle."

No wonder Wang Yue didn’t see it in the small town. The teleportation node was actually hidden by the mayor.

Logically speaking, the human kingdom relies heavily on teleportation nodes for rapid communication. Whether it is merchants or the military, using magic is always better than relying on horse-drawn carriages.

The mayor did this deliberately, he must have some shady purpose.

"Whatever your purpose is, now that I see it, it can be used for my own benefit."

Once the transmission node is successfully connected, Wang Yue will be able to move his troops and important people over. He just needs a foothold in the human kingdom, and such a hidden castle is very suitable as a stronghold.

"No matter what, this castle belongs to someone else, so we still have to say hello to the castle owner."

The first meeting with Ross was very unpleasant. Wang Yue estimated that reasoning would not work, and she would have to rely on physical means when necessary.

"Don't sleep, Sis. I haven't slept either. As an old man, you should work harder."

The [Free Town Teleportation Node] is more complete than the node found in the [Old Castle Ruins], and does not require a dragon's heart to replenish its energy.

The only thing to do is to add some text to the teleportation rune so that the two teleportation nodes can be connected together.

"You are mistaken, kid. Only the elderly have the right to sleep."

The ring became hot after being rubbed by Wang Yue, and Sith finally appeared to guide Wang Yue to modify it.

The stone slabs of the castle are very strong, and simply using thorns is not feasible. The only way is to rely on the [corrosion] effect of the bone spurs to slowly leave marks on the surface.

【Transfer node connected】

It was unknown how long it took before the system prompt appeared. Wang Yue stepped into the teleportation node and returned to his own castle.

In the early morning, the sound of the castle gate opening startled the sleeping adventurers.

They woke up in terror, beating up those around them with their hands and feet.

"What are you doing? Are you looking for death?"

"Pah, ruin my dream."

Having not slept well, the adventurers were ready to fight with the people around them as soon as they woke up.

There were bursts of horse hoof sounds coming from outside the door. It didn't sound like the mayor's carriage, but rather the sound of a group of cavalry horses stepping on the stone slabs at the same time.

"what happens?"

"Don't squeeze me, go outside and take a look."

Mayor Ross was already standing at the door, greeting a knight in full white armor.

[Viscount Xibu: The viscount who led hundreds of cavalrymen was ordered to go to the north to participate in the crusade]

【grade:??】

Every knight behind Xibu is of level three strength. Hundreds of cavalrymen occupied the flat ground in front of the castle. Their armor was neatly arranged and their formation was orderly. Their group strength was unmatched by adventurers of the same level.

The adventurers who emerged from the underground hall all lay down behind the gate. They were frightened by the knight's momentum and did not dare to show their bodies.

"Respected Viscount, on behalf of Freetown, I thank the knights for coming."

Hib waved his hand to tell Ross to stop talking. He raised his hand high and made regular shapes with his fingers.

The knights who received the order dismounted in unison, lined up in a row, held the reins, and led the horses to the corridor inside the castle.

Then Hib walked up to Ross, as if he had been to the castle before, and headed straight down to the hall below.

"Oh no, I almost forgot about the important matter the mayor called us here for."

Seeing the important man walking towards them, the adventurers crawled and rolled back to the hall first.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the commander is here."

They woke up the sleeping adventurers and helped clean up the messy hall.

When they saw white combat boots appear on the stairs, the silver-level adventurers had already lined up in several rows, waiting neatly for Viscount Shib's inspection.

(End of this chapter)