On the east side of the square, a twenty-meter-high tower was erected, and a giant crossbow was placed on the firing platform at the top of the tower, and two knights were standing next to the giant crossbow, observing the surroundings vigilantly. The tower covers both the teleportation array and the flight field within range, allowing it to deal with invading enemies in a large area of airspace at once.

The base and ladder of the tower are very new, and they should have been built not long ago, but there are many traces of battle on the tower, and there are several repairs to the tower made of metal. Apparently not so long ago, the tower was put to the test by the flames of war.

The size of the floating island was not particularly large, and Richard visually measured it to be an irregular circle about 500 meters in diameter. Most of the floating islands are undulating, and at the highest point on the north side, the highest point of the terrain is about fifty meters higher than the small square where Richard stands. But it wasn't until he set foot on the floating island that Richard realized that the scene inside the floating island was not the same as what he saw from the outside or even on the model. [Search for the latest update.]

Whether it is a model, or standing on the eternal plateau and looking into the distance, the floating island scenery that comes into view is full of mountains, rivers and trees. The topography and climate of all floating islands are almost the same, but the size of the island is different. But what Richard saw now was that the highest peak of the floating island was actually a volcano, an active volcano, and the pass, covered with pale gray ash, was still spewing out wisps of smoke!

Beneath the volcano, a majestic castle was built against the mountain, with dark walls and towering minarets like jungles, similar to the style of the Black Rose Castle in Richard's memory, but less majestic and more fierce. Outside the castle, dense buildings are built according to the topography at the same time. Most of the buildings have sturdy walls and narrow windows that can be used as strong bunkers in street fighting. On several vantage points, striking arrow towers stand and cover the entire floating islands within their range.

Seeing the volcano, Richard's heart suddenly beat a little faster for some reason. The faint smell of sulfur in the air also made him feel a little kind.

At this moment, two heavily armed knights approached and took the lava and ironclad horses. Mordred led Richard all the way to the castle.

The road to the castle was wide, but it was winding, and at every turn, Richard saw a very strong fortress. A handful of steel hand crossbows were aimed at the road from the flat, long shooting holes. At a distance of less than ten meters, these powerful crossbow arrows could shoot lightly through the breastplates of heavily armored knights.

The flow of people on the road is not as large as in the city below, and there are women, even the elderly and children, but the proportion of brave warriors among them is unusually high.

Just a few hundred meters from the square to the castle, Richard saw at least six warriors loaded with two structures. Although they are not yet up to the standard of a knight, they are still elite-level foot knights. The important thing is that these warriors are still very young, and there is still room for improvement in the future, as long as the physique is enhanced enough to carry one more build position, the minimum standard of a build knight has been reached. Based on the standard of five Demonic Fabrics per Constructed Knight unit, these warriors also need to be equipped with mounts that can carry two Demonic Fabrics, and undergo up to a year of special training before they can become Reserve Constructed Knights. However, the price of a mount that can carry two builds is extremely expensive, and this cost can train a dozen infantry knights. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the mount and the combat effectiveness of the knight itself are obviously not in the same order of magnitude, so the ideal composition of the constructed knight unit is generally a combination of four constructed knights and a single constructed mount.

The exception to this is Lava, which is on the same level as Gordon's Darkmoon Volcano and Darkmoon Flame.

Just by seeing along the way, Richard felt that this No. 3 floating island was armed to the teeth, and it was completely a floating fortress in the air.

However, Akmund had a tradition of relentless warfare, and Gordon had just entered Faust, so it would be strange if the floating islands were built into palaces and gardens. Thinking of this, Richard was a little curious, not knowing what the No. 7 floating island in the bottom of this layer looked like.

Without waiting for Mordred to call the door, the castle gate slowly opened on its own. Behind the gate is a small open-air plaza, but the walls are 10 meters high, and there are shooting holes and arrow towers that can attack the interior of the square. So even if the castle gates are breached, the enemy will be dealt a fatal blow in the small square.

The interior of the main castle is very dark and needs to be lit with magic lamps or fuel torches. The passages in the castle are not wide, they are very complicated and tortuous, the passages are full of dark rooms and weapon racks, and there are many heavy square iron shields against the walls, and several three-edged spikes are made on the shields. The sharp edges of the weapons, the polished surface of the shields, and the glittering spikes of the weapons, these fierce creatures were obviously not ornaments, and if necessary, the iron shield was inserted into the ground, and then used a special bracket to hold it up, and it immediately became a solid and effective cover. Obviously, the castle was ready for a battle to the death with the enemy in the castle from the very beginning of its construction.

The entire ground floor is composed of a military station, a warehouse, an armory, and a secret passage, and there are guest rooms and living rooms from the second floor onwards. As he entered the command hall on the fourth floor, Richard saw his father, Gordon Akmund.

In the center of the command hall was a huge stone platform, which shone with a misty magical light, and the yellowish light floated evenly for nearly ten centimeters, presenting a three-dimensional magic map. The terrain of the continent is a compulsory course for Richard, and this kind of map covers thousands of kilometers, and if it depicts any corner of Norland, Richard can recognize it at a glance. However, the figure in front of him is a completely unfamiliar area, and most of the various markings are unmeaningful, and it seems that they do not belong to the Norland continent at all.

In addition to Gordon, there were four people of different shapes standing around the magic map.

The most peculiar was a man in his forties, with a pious face, wearing a somewhat worn-out missionary robe, with some torn patterns on the corners and sleeves of the robe. Around his waist hung a thick canon with a copper chain, and a black cover with copper roses, but he could not see what the doctrine of God was.

To the right of the priest stood a strong man as tall as two and a half meters, whose knotted muscles fully illustrated the terrifying strength of his strength. He wore only a cross-body leather armor, bare/bare/exposed most of his left chest and entire arm. Under the thick hair on his chest and arms, he can clearly see a large area of dense tattoos, which makes the appearance of the strong man even more hideous and terrifying. However, Richard could tell at a glance that those were not tattoos at all, but third-order magic pattern constructions! Just by looking at the tattoo area exposed, he knew that there were at least two patterns, and maybe even three magic pattern constructions. And with the strong physique of a strong man, it can carry at least five structures, and it is very likely that there are more.