I Am Louis XIV

  Chapter 285 The War of the World (3)

If anyone could look down on Gayola from the highest point, he would have felt like he was watching a herd of sheepdogs driving a starry flock of sheep, as the Duke of Colonna's army swooped menacingly from the sky, slamming the hardened Ice picks, scorching flames, and huge meteorite torrential rain poured down on their sides, forcing them to concentrate in one place. Although the rebellious wizards did not understand the tactics of mortals, they also knew that once they were forced to be exposed and stay in one place, It is no different from entering a prison, especially when the enemy is at a high place. Even if they raise their wands back to back, the unison like a hedgehog is useless to the outside world - magic can shoot to high places, but like arrows, the more The lower the power is.

Colonna's mount is a black nightmare, it is almost twice the size of a normal horse, and its mouth is full of fangs. Although Gayola also has nightmares, it is definitely not so dangerous and unpredictable, but it is only a Just a gift. As the Duke of Colonna stroked Nightmare's dark red mane, he remembered Prince Amon of Zmich, who wanted to be his godfather wholeheartedly. This neurotic vampire had intentionally "invited" Louis twenty years ago. Fourteen enters the inner world, which is of course impossible, so Prince Amon pinned his hopes on the king's descendants. Of course, the so-called "laws" of the outer world and the inner world are not allowed to be broken, but in At the time when the king had almost taken Gayola Island as his possession—it was also a fiction.

The intersection of the outer world and the inner world may have started earlier, but it only accelerated here at Louis XIV. The Duke of Colonna remembered the unwilling mumble of Cardinal La Riviere, except for the necessary worship, the king, He never repented, never held private masses, and the priests around him were more like another form of **** and servants, and the king never allowed them to intervene in government affairs.

Many people know it well, but what they are afraid to say is that this king may have never believed in such things, raising werewolves, sheltering wizards, forging holy miracles, and even besieging Rome. Yes, but only this king... so calm, as calm as another ordinary business.

Duke Colonna sometimes feels that his father is teasing Prince Amon, just like he is teasing a ferocious viper. Among the thirteen clans of vampires, the only demons are Zmich and Le Senji, and the others are all They are neutral or moderate members of the Secret Party. Even so, Zmich and Lessen can still make the Secret Party and the neutrals shy away, not because of their madness - but such a terrible person... Can only say, There is only one mortal who dares and can play games with Amon and keep him entertained until now, only Louis XIV.

The Duke of Colonna has little contact with Amon. In the impression of the Duke of Colonna, Amon is a very charming... blood clan, and at the same time has an indescribable deterrence, Louis told him that this is the innate ability of the blood clan , to put it simply, the human being is terrified when he sees a vampire - even before he realizes what danger he is in, in fact, it is no different from a frog when he encounters a poisonous snake. This is instinct, although natural evolution has given this instinct to the weak It's to prevent it from running around in a panic and attract the attention of hunters... Of course, it's hard to say whether there is a natural presupposition for the appearance of such a strange existence as a vampire...

For the king's use of science to explain the invisible suppression of vampires on humans, even Amon felt helpless. Duke Colonna only remembered that when his father was still thinking about how to explain whether the appearance of vampires could be explained by natural evolution, he felt unable to The shackles of breathing suddenly loosened, and then disappeared, and never appeared again.

The sound of Amon's laughter still seemed to be in his ears, Duke Colonna guessed that maybe from then on, Amon gave up coveting him, because he deeply remembered that the vampire showed a trace of regret before leaving. Father not to him - Duke of Colonna closed his eyes slightly. Since Marie Mancini no longer appeared in Versailles, many people thought that he and his mother had lost the king's favor, only he knew - The king could solve many problems by pushing him to Amon, and half of him originally belonged to the inner world.

   King, father…

   "Your Highness!" A voice interrupted Duke Colonna's memory, "How is the situation?" Duke Colonna asked.

"We are victorious," said the wizard who came to report, with stars representing military rank flashing on his shoulders: "But, Your Highness, when we entered the wall of the cornerstone, Agnelli, Gagne, and Delon's The parents and some wizards entered Mancini Castle with the magic of water and fire."

   "Are they still fighting?" asked the Duke of Colonna. He looked at the Castle of Mancini. It was daytime, and the window of the castle was dark, like the mouth of a life-devouring monster, daunting.

"If it's Bufandi," Vesalius said, leaning over, "they must have set up traps in the castle." The wizards who came to Gayola had special talents, such as Delon who could drive magical creatures. , Mancini can charm everything, Bu Fandi is good at setting magic traps - "Can we contact the wizard in the castle?"

   "It could have been," Vesalius said, "but now I doubt they'll be able to stick to the crystal ball."

  ———

Agnelli turned into flames and landed in a room. Luckily, he was not disturbed when he congealed from the flames, but he immediately heard a scream not far away. It was his nephew. It was sent by the child, Agnelli rushed there without hesitation, and a Bufandi wizard was half-kneeling there, holding a sharp sword covered with frost, his back was to Agnelli's nephew, and his face was Agnès. Li, with a vigilant face, it took only a few seconds to condense his body from the flames or the water, and his reaction was not unpleasant.

Agnelli's nephew fell to the ground and lost most of his body. From his shoulders to his crotch, the peritoneum that wrapped his internal organs disappeared, and his intestines and liver flowed all over the place. Agnelli knew at a glance that there was no hope— Even if there was a potion, magic, he didn't hesitate to shoot a magic arrow, and the magic arrow pierced Agnelli's nephew's chest after piercing through the Bufandi wizard.

The face of the wizard Bufandi was full of surprise. He must have wondered that Agnelli did not come forward. He fell down, the preset trap was activated, and a burst of acid melted him and Agnelli's nephew. 's clean.

Agnelli didn't even see this scene - after confirming that the other party was sure to die, he grabbed the little three-tailed mice that Delon gave them. The three-tailed mice are not very useful, but they are very sensitive to the breath of life. They are in the corridors and rooms. Running around and screaming shrilly when he spotted a wizard or other living creature, Agnelli, as a powerful wizard, was not without reason for his arrogance, sometimes even at intervals. One, two rooms, his magic can also lift floors, destroy walls, and hit another wizard directly.

The pain of losing his nephew made his spirit more concentrated and his will more determined. One after another sharp magic came out of his hands, scavenging for Bufandi, Mancini, or other people who were willing to crawl. The life of the wizard at the feet of the mortal, accompanied by a groan, screaming and wailing, his blood burned like a greased fire, but he had not forgotten Madame Gagne's arrangement. In the room that remained the same, he put one foot on the back of a Bu Fandi, while drawing out his blood, he cast a magic in the air, the blood first solidified into a ball, and then he drew a simple map. : "It's not far." Agnelli said, the meeting point between him and Gagne and others, but at this moment, a loud noise came from the outside to the inside, and the sudden burst of airflow brought him and the dying wizard. Bumping into the back wall - the light outside had not yet been cast, the room was already dusty, and the visibility had plummeted. Agnelli only had time to grab his wand when he felt a sharp pain in his ankle. It was discovered that the wizard Bufandi had turned into a weasel, not only slid away from his feet quickly, but also bit him in time.

Agnelli just pointed at himself and turned into a large owl with a wingspan of more than five feet. The dust was filled with dust. It might be difficult for a wizard to find a weasel with the same gray, white and black, but owls rely on hearing The hunter who hunted the prey, he had already caught the trace of the weasel - it only took a few seconds, and in a piercing scream, the claws of the big owl had deeply pressed into the fur of the weasel, The sorcerer Bufandi wanted to roll over or restore his human form, but Agnelli could break his spine with just one effort.

But at this moment, another loud noise burst under their feet, Agnelli realized that he had made a mistake, he ignored the prey under his feet, and returned to his original form as soon as he turned over. The impact of the loud noise on the wizard It was just a burst of tinnitus, but it was a huge damage to the big owl. He stood up against the wall, and blood flowed from his ears and nose. At this time, the dust had slowly fallen to the ground, although the sunlight projected outside was still floating. Countless dust, but it is enough for people to see the situation inside.

   Agnelli snorted.

The wizards of the Duke of Colonna, riding on Pegasus or Nightmare, with wands in their hands, were facing him tightly, and the lucky Bufandi, who had already tumbled into the gap, got two wizards Rescue—although scarred, wizards are much stronger than mortals, if Agnelli...he is willing to rescue his nephew, he can also be saved from death, but...he raised his head, hundreds of miles away from them In the sky, sitting on a Nightmare, stronger and stronger than the other mounts, sat a richly dressed young wizard, who seemed to be only a young adult, probably not much younger than his nephew.

The loud noise and vibration continued, and Agnelli could see clearly that it turned out that it was a mortal artillery that broke the outer wall of the castle. They dragged it with Pegasus, and the other wizards were as skilled and fast as mortals. The weapon is not simple, and the shells it uses are not simple - mortal shells can't do so much damage to the wizard's fortress.

   "If..." Vauban couldn't help saying.

"No." Vesalius said, "Don't you think about your Majesty? This is Gayola, this is the inner world," he paused: "In short, it is the condensed and concentrated magic power. A place, a world, or a place where magic power is lacking, cannonballs have no such power.",

  Vauban's regret is beyond words.

   "But..." Vesalius endured for a long time, and finally felt that he had to say it: "The Duke of Colonna and his father really have many similarities."

   "Isn't it bad?" said Vauban.

not good at all! Vesalius roared in his heart, although this fortress was called the Castle of Mancini, it was still the sanctuary of wizards twenty or thirty years ago, the crown of the whole of Gayola—he thought that the Duke of Colonna would not He would allow his soldiers to rush into the castle rashly and fall into the trap of Agnelli and others, but he did not expect the Duke of Colonna to use this... It is simply the way of a child turning over an ant's nest to turn this The castle built on the hill is full of holes. Yes, this way of using great firepower to destroy enemy fortresses minimizes the loss of personnel, but…

No matter how Vesalius slanders, Duke Colonna's method of "turning over the ant's nest" is very effective. Because the castle is built on a hill, many places are less than fifty feet in diameter. After divination and prediction of the possible positioning and route of the rebels - After all, there are only a few places where fires are burning and water is accumulating.

   All the labyrinths are worthless after opening, and so are the castles.

The wizards belonging to Mancini and Bufandi can be rescued even if they fall from the gap, but the rebels are like ants exposed to the light of the sky, and their speed is no faster than Pegasus and Nightmare, Even if the artillery fires slowly, the range and accuracy of the muskets are far better than most spells. They are like small animals being hunted, and they can only flee in the corridors and rooms in a hurry.

  Although it will take a while.

When Madame Gagne was brought to Colonna, her hair was disheveled and blood stained, but she was still very calm: "I want to talk to the parents of the Mancini family!" Madame Gagne shouted: "Right now!"

  The Duke's wizard glanced at her and just shook his head.

Madame    pursed her lips, "What a pity." She said, "Even if it's about Mary, it doesn't matter about Mancini."

  This made the wizard turn around and glance behind him subconsciously.

At this moment, a three-tailed rat jumped down from Madame Gagne's body, fell to the ground and turned into a wizard, with two poisonous snakes coiled around his neck, rushing towards both sides like lightning. , bit the throat of the wizard who was watching over them, and they immediately turned black and died without a word.

  The wizard turned around when they fell.

   (end of this chapter)