Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 178 Explosion
After the night fell, Rhodes put on the night clothes suit, locked the door, and turned out the window of the room.

Hiding in the darkness, he walked slowly towards the largest tower on the northernmost side of the fortress.

Like the tower that Rhodes visited last time, this tower also has three floors.

The lights on the first and second floors have been extinguished, and only the third floor is still on.

Compared with the tower a few days ago, there are more guards at the gate of this tower, which may also be caused by Rhodes' assassination the night before.

Looking at a group of guards standing at the door, Rhodes was thinking about how to enter.

In addition to the guards at the gate, there are several groups of guards patrolling.

Rhodes thought he couldn't kill them all without making a sound.

He suddenly thought of another question, even if he thought of a way to lure these guards away and sneak into the tower, he might not be able to defeat Marquis Dempsey.

Except for a few exceptions, the general noble lords are stronger because they have better inheritance and resources.

Most civilians may have collected many kinds of combat skills and body training methods that they can't get in exchange for.

Rhodes suddenly thought of a way, a way that didn't even require taking risks himself.

He was going to throw the gunpowder box in the north warehouse into the window on the third floor of the tower with a mage ball. The explosion of a large box of gunpowder in a closed room would still be terrifying.

Even if gunpowder explodes like fireworks, it can at least seriously injure people in a closed room.

Under the cover of night, Rhodes walked towards the warehouse in the north of the city. He still knew the location of the warehouse. The warehouse was the largest building in the north, and many important military supplies were stored in it.

The gates of the warehouses are also guarded by guards, but they are more lax than those of the towers.

The main reason is that the iron weapons and equipment that are relatively difficult to damage are stored in the warehouse. The people in charge of the fortress guards feel that even if someone sneaks into the northern warehouse, it will be difficult to destroy these weapons. Even if there is a space ring, it will not be able to hold much.

The guards at the gate of the warehouse did not stand still like those at the gate of the tower, but walked around like patrolling.

Rhodes walked into the warehouse under the cover of night. He was wearing night clothes, and he stepped on the snow without a trace to hide the sound of his footsteps. As long as he didn't bump into the guards, he could walk in ostentatiously.

After searching in the warehouse for a long time, Rhodes finally found his wooden box containing gunpowder in a small corner. The wooden box was damaged, and the black gunpowder was scattered on the ground.

Rhodes conveniently picked up the oilcloth that wrapped the weapon to prevent the weapon from rusting, filled a large bag of black powder with the oilcloth, put the bag in his arms and quietly left the warehouse...

The Marquis of Dempsey was sitting in the study on the third floor of the tower, studying the blueprints of the fortress's city wall. He was thinking about the ways the Nords might attack the city and how to respond. He knew all the defensive equipment on the city wall. Even where there are scratches on the city wall, he is clear.

He felt that it was impossible for the Nords to break through the walls of the fortress under his command, and he prepared different means to deal with the various arms of the Nords.

To deal with Nord's archers, they prepared countless solid shields.To deal with those Nord Berserkers who are not afraid of death and whose muscles are as hard as steel, he is going to entertain them with hot oil.

Nord berserkers are not equipped with any armor, and they don't even wear shirts when fighting, which makes them both powerful and agile, and it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to cause serious damage to them. In close combat they are even stronger than knights in full armor.

Marquis Demps was a little thankful that the Nords didn't have many berserkers, just like they didn't have many heavily armored sergeants.

The heavy armored soldiers of the Roman Empire wore several layers of armor, and all the armor weighed hundreds of catties. Every heavy armored soldier was as invulnerable as a human tank. Facing the impact of large-scale knights, they could also stand like a rock Does not fall.

Should the blacksmith make more bed crossbow arrows? Although there are still more than 1000 arrows stored in the fortress, it will be troublesome if it is found that there are not enough arrows in the end.

While Marquis Dempsey was staring at the map in a daze, he noticed a package slowly flying in through the window and flying towards the flame of his oil lamp.

He subconsciously wanted to reach out to stop him, but it was too late.

After the package hit the flames, it exploded suddenly. Marquis Dempsey was blown up by the blast and hit the stone wall, and then he was engulfed by the violent flames.

He has the habit of reading at night. For convenience, he stored a lot of lamp oil in the room, and ignited the lamp oil after the gunpowder burned and exploded.

Rhodes heard a loud noise on the third floor of the tower, and some flames danced by the window like fire snakes.

The power of the gunpowder explosion was a little smaller than Rhodes had imagined. He originally thought that the entire tower could be blown down, but the entire tower shook slightly.

Rhodes felt that the gunpowder he had developed should be kept for setting off fireworks. It would be impossible to blow down the city walls unless he made a lot more.

But it seems that you can go to the city wall to blow up those siege equipment.

The sound of the explosion was harsh in the silent fortress, half of the people in the fortress woke up, and countless guards approached the tower.

Rhodes decided that there should be no chance to continue to act tonight, so he turned and walked towards the tavern.

Many people in the tavern were awakened by the explosion, and many people walked out of their rooms to discuss with others what the loud noise was.

Rhodes returned to his room cautiously.

Not long after lying down, there were even more noisy voices outside.

He opened the door to see what happened, only to see a group of soldiers pouring into the tavern, they were checking to see if anyone was staying in the tavern.

Not only the taverns, but even the houses of those residents were not spared. Countless soldiers checked each house one by one to see if anyone was absent or suspicious.

Rhodes was a little thankful that he was back, otherwise he would have been in trouble. A group of soldiers pushed open the door of his room, took the tavern owner to confirm his identity, and then turned and left.

Rhodes looked at the countless soldiers running on the street holding torches outside the window, and felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

But to be honest, the reaction speed of the fortress was really fast this time. If I hadn't returned to the tavern at that time, but continued to do things around, maybe they would have caught me.

Rhodes was lying on the bed and had no intention of going to sleep. He crossed his legs and began to practice the Divine Lighting Technique. He was looking forward to how people would discuss this matter tomorrow morning...

(End of this chapter)