The carriage came to a halt behind an earthen slope.
When Kieran jumped off the wagon with his belongings, it was already the last moment of dawn. The sky was about to turn bright.
Given the height of Thunder Fortress, even if one wasn't a sharpshooter, as long as one had sharp eyes, one could clearly see far away.
More so, most of the Prairies invaders were sharpshooters.
As long as the commander wasn't an idiot, he would know how to utilize his advantage.
Therefore, Kieran and Bosco were very careful.
"This is as far as I can send you!
I wish you a safe return! "
Bosco said with a rare serious tone.
"Em!
Say goodbye to Mary for me. I really wanted to say it myself, but … "
Kieran shrugged and didn't continue.
Before this, Kieran really wanted to say goodbye to Mary personally, but the little girl's expression made Kieran lost. When he came back to his senses, he was already in the wagon.
It was a pity that he didn't say it himself.
But if someone passed the message, it would be the same.
That was what Kieran thought.
However, he didn't expect Bosco's reaction.
"Please say goodbye to His Highness …"
"This kind of farewell is too heavy, please forgive me for not being able to convey it!"
Bosco then boarded the wagon and left.
Kieran raised a puzzled brow when he saw the wagon disappearing into the darkness.
He knew Bosco had misunderstood something, but he didn't have the chance to explain.
He couldn't call out to Bosco who was leaving.
It would expose him as well.
Shaking his head, Kieran discarded the trivial matters from his mind and started to size up Thunder Fortress further away.
The secret passage was located between the mountain walls on the left side of Thunder Fortress.
Although it wasn't that high, it would still require quite a bit of climbing.
More importantly, Kieran would have to avoid the sight of Thunder Fortress at all times.
At night, with the cover of the night, it was still manageable, but once the sun rose, even Kieran would not have enough confidence to survive.
Therefore, Kieran was ready to act immediately.
However, when he looked at the Thunder Fort, his body trembled involuntarily.
He saw two monasteries on both sides of the main road!
It was made up of the corpses of the defenders of the Thunder Stronghold. Although it wasn't as solid as the soil, it was enough to send chills down one's spine.
Kieran had come into contact with countless corpses.
However, this was the first time he had seen a corpse arranged in such a manner.
Two to three seconds later, he came back to his senses.
"Showing off your achievements to intimidate the enemy?"
Kieran muttered to himself.
No doubt, the Prairie invaders were very successful.
Kieran was confident that given the morale of the remnants of the army in Riverdale, if they were to come here, they would really lose all their morale and morale would fall apart.
Of course, this was an almost impossible assumption.
However, one part of Kieran's original plan had to be changed.
"Bloodthirsty? Something's wrong! "
It's not just bloodthirsty, it's … "
Kieran roughly glanced over the monasteries. The number of corpses far exceeded the number that he had broken through before.
Where did the rest of the corpses come from?
Part of it came from the battle when the Prairie invaders entered Thunder Fortress.
The other part …
Prisoners of war!
Even though the route they chose was a hidden path, Kieran could still see the defeated soldiers who returned from Thunder Fortress from time to time through the window.
The number reached a few hundred.
Compared to the number of defenders in Thunder Fortress, the number wasn't that much.
Kieran guessed the soldiers were captured back then.
So, he instinctively thought of creating chaos, releasing all the captives and causing trouble for the Prairie invaders.
However, now it seemed like he had underestimated the determination of the Prairie invaders.
Or …
He had overestimated the number of the invaders.
Despite the lack of time, King James VIII still explained the situation of the Prairie invaders in detail.
The tribes formed a collective body, where slavery was prevalent and slaves were used as currency. In some remote tribes, slaves were more valuable than gold.
And the biggest source of slaves was war.
In simple words, prisoners of war were used as slaves and killing the slaves that represented currency was the same as destroying one's own property.
When would one destroy one's own property?
When the Prairie invaders couldn't truly own the property and had no other choice.
There weren't many situations that could force the Prairie invaders into a last resort after they occupied Thunder Fortress.
The number of people was the biggest possibility.
"They didn't have enough men to watch over the prisoners of war, so they killed them all?"
Kieran quickly moved out with the speculations in his heart.
As for the Prairie invaders' actions?
He didn't have any further comments.
After all, the Prairie and Warren were enemies. It wouldn't be too much for them to resort to any means in a war.
The Prairie slaughtered the prisoners of war and made it into a monasteries to threaten Warren.
When Warren was still strong, it had slaughtered tens of thousands of cows and sheep.
The relationship between the two sides was always on opposite sides and would change constantly. Only when one of the two sides was completely annihilated would it stop.
Kieran didn't know when one of the two sides would be completely annihilated.
But he knew his current stance couldn't allow Warren to be annihilated.
At least not now.
Souuu!
Carrying a brand new Warren style backpack, Kieran jumped up and landed on the left mountain wall of Thunder Fortress with a light air-breaking sound.
Following the markings on the map, Kieran didn't spend too much time before he found the entrance.
It was under a withered tree.
After pushing away the dirt on top, a secret path made out of rocks appeared before Kieran's eyes.
Kieran stood quietly at the side, waiting for the filthy air to disperse before he slowly walked into the passage.
The darkness couldn't block Kieran's sight.
He could clearly see the path was moving straight ahead and when he reached the end, there was a flight of stairs leading upwards.
The flight of stairs wasn't the usual flight of stairs.
It was more like a flight of stairs carved out of stone, requiring one to use both hands and feet to climb up.
The height was around 20 meters.
Kieran carried his backpack and climbed up with both hands. He was as nimble as a monkey and swiftly reached the top.
However, Kieran didn't push open the secret door above him right away. Instead, he listened attentively.
According to King James VIII, there should be a storeroom at the end of the secret path, storing some military supplies.
But that was many years ago.
As time passed, it was hard to guarantee that the layout inside wouldn't change.
More so, after the Prairies invaders took over the place, who knew what they would do to the place?
He listened attentively for a few seconds.
Not a single sound could be heard.
Kieran took a deep breath and placed his palm on the secret door, wanting to push it open.
Suddenly, a series of footsteps came.
Dak Dak Dak!
The heavy and powerful footsteps appeared above Kieran's head.
PS: First chapter ~
This chapter was fixed because I couldn't sleep last night, so I woke up and started writing …
Although I tried my best to adjust my biological clock, it was messed up once again. I realized black and white are turning upside down!
So depressing … (To be continued)
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