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 s.h.i.+fts. 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 cla.s.s. 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 s.h.i.+ny fragments beside it. These s.h.i.+ny 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 pa.s.sed to Roy’s eyes.
Seeing that his plan went smoothly, Roy was relieved. Next was to wait for the virus in his demon blood to break out…
Just when the gremlins sent hot bread and pancakes to various parts of the fortress, a gremlin felt that its stomach was a little uncomfortable. More than half an hour ago, it drank the water in the water tank because it was thirsty. Because the water was very cold at that time, it suspected it might have an upset stomach, so it thought about avoiding the supervisor’s gaze and finding a place to solve it.
But before it could find a toilet, it realized that its entire body was beginning to heat up. The burning sensation all over made its consciousness gradually become blurry. It had already forgotten where it was going, and its legs were merely moving unconsciously.
Not long later, a mage apprentice supervisor found this strange gremlin. When he saw that it was not working, the mage apprentice was furious. He walked forward with a whip and lashed at it without a word.
But in contrast to being whipped in the past, the screams of the gremlin did not come this time. Although the gremlin’s face had a b.l.o.o.d.y whip mark, it only shook its body and did not fall. Instead, it turned around and walked unsteadily toward the mage apprentice.
The mage apprentice felt that he had been insulted. The lash not being useful in executing his supervision work was an insult. So he walked forward while cursing and raised his whip, intending to continue las.h.i.+ng.
But when he stood in front of this gremlin, the gremlin suddenly raised its head. Its white eyes no longer had any pupils. Saliva dripped from its mouth, and its face revealed a ferocious expression that he had never seen before. It suddenly lunged at the mage apprentice, opened its mouth, and bit the mage apprentice’s neck!
The mage apprentice screamed in panic. The pain coming from his neck and the gus.h.i.+ng blood made him terrified. As he screamed, he desperately tried to push the gremlin on him off. He thought that this gremlin might have gone crazy.
Unfortunately, he failed to do so. The gremlin’s strength was much greater than his. These gremlins, who usually undertook heavy and hard work, had immense strength that did not match their short bodies at all. They could even throw metal chain b.a.l.l.s that were a few kilograms hundreds of meters away. How could the weak mage apprentice resist this?
Thus, the mage apprentice soon fell silent. And this gremlin just lay on the mage apprentice’s corpse and began eating big mouthfuls…
This kind of scene did not only happen in this corner. As time pa.s.sed, similar scenes appeared everywhere in the fortress. In some places, gremlins were biting mage apprentices, and in others, gremlins were biting each other.
When the people in the fortress heard more and more screams, they realized that something was wrong, so the alarm bells of the entire fortress were ringing urgently.
The heroes who were still chatting in the city hall and studying how the demon would attack the fortress immediately rushed out when they heard the alarm. Astral, Solmyr, Gelu, and the heroes of Bracada were all present. Only Arantir was still in the camp of the undead army because of his ident.i.ty as a necromancer.
“What happened? Did the demon attack?!” As soon as Astral walked out of the city hall, he immediately summoned someone to inquire about the situation.
A mage hurriedly ran over and reported in panic, “Your Excellency, it’s… it’s the gremlins. They seem… like…” “Like what?” Astral became furious when he heard him stammer. He stomped his feet and shouted, “Hurry up and say it!’
The mage secretly glanced at Gelu and gritted his teeth. “The gremlins seem to be rioting!!”
Hearing this answer, Astral was stunned. This answer clearly exceeded his psychological expectations. He did not expect that the alarm bells were ringing not because of the demon’s attack but because something had happened to the gremlins under his command.
“What’s going on?” Astral frowned. “Explain clearly!”
Because the first ones to come into contact with the water were the gremlins, when the virus in Roy’s demon blood broke out, the gremlins were the ones who were affected, and then it spread to the mage apprentices who worked as supervisors. Therefore, the first impression the people of Bracada had was that the gremlins were rioting… The same was true for this mage who came to report, so it was difficult for him to speak about it when he answered earlier.
As expected, when Gelu heard about this situation, even though he was an ally, he was a little annoyed and could not help but mock, “Your Bracada kingdom always seems to have such problems…”
The mages of Bracada have long been famous for exploiting slaves in the world of Ashan. This situation truly caused people to be speechless for it to happen at such a critical moment.
Astral was also embarra.s.sed. After hearing about the riot of the gremlins, he roughly understood what was going on, so he gnashed his teeth and said, “d.a.m.n it. I’ve already reminded you a long time to treat those inferior races better, but you just won’t listen!”
The mage blinked. Although he was aggrieved, he did not dare to refute. “Your Excellency Astral, what should we do now?”
“What should we do? Is there a need to ask?!” Astral said angrily. “Immediately send troops to suppress those rioting fellows!”