221. Chapter 218 You just say that this authority is not guaranteed!
105. Chapter 105 The wild goose plucking its feathers
Author: Gushan fishing snow
Chapter 105: The wild goose plucking its feathers
After Stoke's son, Little York, murdered his father, he surrendered to the Qinwang coalition led by the Earl of Ximu.
Then Wang and the team members met the acting officer Sadiq Harvey mentioned in Duke Bruce Langdon's letter.
"He is indeed a strategist that Sir Bruce values especially!" Sadiq gave Wang a loud flattery as soon as they met, and also gave Wang an exaggeratedly warm hug.
Wang: "Indeed."
Even Nini, the team members, are used to Wang's way of doing things, but Sadiq is obviously not used to it.
He was awkward in the same place, but still adjusted immediately with his excellent professionalism and smiled: "Haha, you are quite straightforward."
After speaking, he turned to the princess and saluted respectfully: "Your Highness, you are still as beautiful as ever."
Elizabeth was wearing a formal dress and did not take off her gloves, so Sadiq only shook hands without kissing her hands.
Wang: "We need to immediately organize manpower to clear out the bombed water gate. It is best if we can set off today. We have wasted too much time in the river valley."
Sadiq: "Are you in such a hurry?"
"It's just so urgent."
The agent sighed: "All my followers were hacked to death by that madman Stoker. I am still alive only because of the efforts of Mr. York. Now I really want to organize manpower..."
Wang: "This is simple. We can let Earl Ximu and his son do it for us. Without them, it would not be so easy for us to overthrow Stoker. They can all be trusted."
Sadiq was speechless: "Since he is the person recommended by the wise man, he will definitely be of great use. I will definitely entrust him with the important task. You just said that you want to clear the water gate as soon as possible, right? I will let someone do it."
"No need," Count Ximu led Ralph into the room where Sadiq was under house arrest. "Long before the siege started, I sent people to clear the rubble blocking the water gate. In order to speed up the cleaning, we gave up temporarily.
The water gate has been restored, so now you have to take the ferry to get to Enlan River."
Sadiq questioned: "The ferry has not been used for so many years, can it still be used?"
Earl Ximu shrugged: "Why can't it be used? Tow the boat that was originally used to carry sailors ashore in Watergate Town, and the boat problem will be solved. The flow of the Lahnland River is not fast, so there is no need for experienced boatmen.
A young man can do it."
Sadiq raised his eyebrows: "Okay, so His Highness is going to leave immediately after the water gate is repaired? Won't cutting in line like this cause criticism? Those merchant ships have been stuck by the collapsed water gate for a long time, right? They must be in a hurry to cross the border.
"
"There are no more checkpoints," said Ralph. "In fact, we are going to completely dismantle the water gate and restore as much shipping as possible."
Sadiq was shocked: "What about the finances of the River Valley Council? The River Valley Council will go bankrupt!"
King: "We have eliminated the cavemen, and now the Valley Territory can mine."
Sadiq looked the king up and down in surprise: "Really? Those are cavemen. Even the Valley Territory in its heyday couldn't do anything to them! Can you do it with just one team?"
Wang: "No, to be precise, we didn't do it. We brought more than a hundred mercenaries who volunteered to join. Most of them are teams that have been adventuring together for many years. They have certain cooperation and are fully equipped."
Sadiq shook his head: "I read the information about the River Valley Territory before I came here. The equipment of the River Valley Territory was definitely better than yours back then. In addition to all kinds of mercenaries and adventurers, there were also well-trained regular troops.
"But all their attacks on the underground failed. Although the Valley Territory at that time was not as rich as the Landon Territory, it was pretty good. It can be said to be the second richest duchy in the entire empire!"
Wang: "Actually, our success this time was partly due to luck. The adventurers just played a role in attacking in the east and west, and we went straight to the Yellow Dragon through a shaft. In the end, we killed the caveman's temple guards and rushed into Lamashtu's temple.
Temple, destroying an ancient evil machine inside."
The king paused and gestured to Sadiq: "For details, please look forward to the poem that the bard is writing. As for how long it will take to finish it, that is another matter."
Now several bards are writing about their team. Last time Wang went to pay attention to the writing process, he found that every bard was scratching his head over the rhyme, as if it didn't matter whether it reflected the facts, and the rhyme must be extremely accurate.
Sadiq looked at the team members one by one, with an "I understand" expression on his face as he looked more and more.
"I overstepped my bounds," he said, taking the initiative to hold Wang's hand. "It's normal for a team like yours to do something earth-shattering. So have the cavemen completely disappeared?"
"Yes, even if there is a little bit left, it is sealed deep underground." Wang replied.
Sadiq: "How?"
Wang briefly told what happened underground.
Sadik: "So... the cavemen discovered the ancient ruins, and then they completely relied on the ruins to reproduce, and they also changed the social structure. As a result, you destroyed the ruins, so the cavemen produced by the ruins exploded?"
Wang: “That’s pretty much it.”
Sadiq gasped repeatedly: "It's amazing, it's amazing."
Ralph: "We are already preparing to erect monuments for you in Ximu Town. It is said that the earls and barons in other territories also want to do this. It is estimated that wherever there are mines in the Valley Territory, there will be statues of you in the future.
"
Wang: "That's too much. Why not plant a big one in the lakeside city? Anyway, after a while, when the mining industry starts to operate, you will also have money."
Ralph smiled and said: "It's a deal."
Sadiq watched in embarrassment as they decided on territorial affairs like this, without even asking his acting official a single word during the whole process.
After Wang and Ralph had said enough, Sadiq redirected the conversation to the main topic: "So you decided to leave as soon as the water gate is repaired? Why don't you get something here?"
"The current Duchess is His Highness's sister-in-law, so it is reasonable to ask for a little reward. Besides, it is such a great achievement to restore the ancestral industry of the River Valley Territory."
Elizabeth: "We don't have any needs."
King: "I think the secret treasures in the treasury of the Valley Palace can meet our needs."
Elizabeth immediately stepped on Wang's toes, leaned closer and muttered: "Don't be like this, we are not short of supplies at all. What's the use of having so much besides taking up the capacity of your dimensional bag? Although your dimensional bag has no upper limit, it can't be like this.
Greedy!"
Wang: "I mean to see if there is any magic equipment."
Sadiq shook his head: "Don't even think about it now. The leader of the river valley has already sold off all the equipment. All the equipment saved in the heyday has probably been pawned."
Elizabeth: "I think so. Is there any direct heir to the River Valley Territory who can prove this statement?"
Everyone looked at her in surprise.
Wang made a scratching gesture on his neck.
Elizabeth immediately remembered: "Oh, I'm sorry!"
It was her brother who cut down the direct line of the River Valley to only the Duchess Ruth.
For her to ask this question at this time, she is somewhat ill.
Wang: "Although the River Valley Territory is very poor, we are facing a crisis of annihilation. Of course, the equipment must be picked up and put to good use as much as possible.
"So even if it is a poor place, we must go beyond plucking and do our best to increase our strength."
Sadiq frowned: "This is the first time I've heard someone describe robbery in such a fresh and refined way. Okay, you go to the treasure house and take whatever you see that suits you."
**
Although the king said so, the treasure house of the River Valley Territory - no, it can't be called a treasure house. Stoker, who had been the "Duke" for 31 days, spent all the last gold in it, leaving only a few pieces.
It looks like worthless junk.
When the door of the treasure house was opened, Elizabeth exclaimed: "It seems that we are destined to have nothing to gain this time."
The dwarf agreed: "The 'treasure house' with no hint of golden color really opened my eyes."
Wang: "Nini, have you seen anything emitting magic aura? I won't cast the spell to find magic items."
The elf looked around the empty "treasure house" and shook his head: "No. None of the things in here are magic items."
"I guess so." Wang paced in the huge room, "Duke Langdon also has a pair of Pathfinders at the bottom of the box. Duke of the River Valley is not suitable for anything, right? They have been rich before!"
Dwarf: "It's a pawn!"
Wang turned to look at Elizabeth: "I remember that your second brother checked the things that the Duke of the Old River Valley and his family brought to Langdon to collect?"
Elizabeth nodded: "Well, after checking, there are only a few items on the same level as the counter-attack ring you are wearing."
Dwarf: "They are nobles, not adventurers who take risks everywhere. Adventurers will 'enrich' a bunch of powerful magic equipment because they run in dungeons all year round.
"Nobles generally can only buy things that professional corpse collectors plucked from dead adventurers."
The king continued to pace in the treasure house: "The Emperor of the Empire has a Banshee's Wail scroll at the bottom of the box. Considering the scarcity of knowledge related to nine-ring magic in this world, this is quite remarkable. Langdon has a pathfinder...
"Marika, check if there are any secret doors or traps."
Dwarf: "What, you still want to play rolling stone trap in Lakeside City?"
The king just shrugged, focusing on the drow who were carrying out the order to inspect the wall.
About fifteen minutes later, Marika shook her head: "I checked every inch of the wall. There are no secret doors or traps in this place."
If an experienced wanderer like Marika says there is no secret door, then there is none.
Wang was speechless: "Let's go and see the study and bedrooms in the castle. Anyway, it will take time to unblock the water gate."
Elizabeth: "Is this okay? Wandering around in someone else's castle?"
King: "What are you afraid of? This is your sister-in-law's castle, and you are the sister-in-law of all the servants in this castle!"
After speaking, the mage took the princess's hand and started to walk around the castle.
Marika followed the two of them and asked, "You won't let me search the entire castle, right?"
"That's not necessary. You just need to follow us and check the places you think are suspicious." Wang paused, "We trust your instinct as a professional wanderer."
At this time, the two entered a hall. The interior architectural style of this castle was that there were no connected corridors. Instead, there were halls connected to each other. The doorways of all halls were misaligned to ensure that crossbowmen and spellcasters could not obtain
A view through the entire building.
This is a structure that facilitates the defense of armored heavy infantry.
This castle should have been built earlier than Langdon City. Langdon City has a long corridor that runs through. Standing in the corridor and looking along the corridor, the carefully designed columns and giant windows will give people a sense of grandeur.
feeling.
This is a typical example of sacrificing defensiveness for luxury.
The room where the mage led the warlock in had many specimens made of animal heads hung on the walls - basically all of them were local wild animals.
There is also a complete specimen of an adult sika deer placed in the room, which looks lifelike.
Wang circled around the sika deer and then looked up at the things on the wall. He suddenly stopped and stared at the deer head on the wall.
Elizabeth asked curiously: "What's wrong?"
Wang: "The deer in the valley are mainly sika deer. Sika deer also have antlers, but not so exaggerated. This is a northern big-antlered deer."
Elizabeth: "Is it rare?"
Nini said: "This is the mount of the Elf King. The Elf King's Court in Severin has a dedicated deer herder. The entire forest kingdom currently only raises 20 pairs of such deer. The deer herders make birth plans in units of hundreds of years.
Make sure there is no near-source crossover of blood vessels.
"There are almost no wild giant horned deer in nature. Even if there are, they may have been raised by other elven royal courts. The Duke of the Valley must have spent a lot of money to get this specimen."
Wang: "He didn't make this specimen just to look good. As a legendary creature, the giant horned deer has magic power like the unicorn. Its specimen can block magic aura to a certain extent. If the Duke of the River Valley has any heirlooms,
, it must be hidden in here.”
The mage paused and added a step for himself: "Or put it in something else that can block the magic aura. Take it off!"
Nini jumped up lightly and took down the deer head specimen with huge antlers and its base.
Xiaobai: "Wow, I can sleep on these antlers!"
The Master didn't take the time to admire the antlers. He said to Nini, "Hold on," and began to study the deer head.
Marika: "Let me do it! I'm also better at finding hidden cells!"
As she spoke, she pushed the mage away and carefully inspected the deer's head.
Two elves, one black and one white, were actually standing so close and working together to complete one thing. Seeing this scene, Flint rubbed his eyes: "Caris Newman, I must be drunk."
Malika suddenly said: "Found it. Here."
She pulled out the dagger, inserted it between the base and the deer's head, and opened a gash with a little force.
Strangely, the stuffing of the deer's head did not leak out from the cut made by the knife.
Marika put her hand in and after a few seconds she shouted, "I feel it!"
Dwarf: "It's not too late to scream so loudly when it bites you."
Marika: "Damn, it feels like a ball of jelly on a round plate."
As he spoke, the drow pulled out the thing.
The mage and the elf both looked away and squinted their eyes. The elf raised his hand to block it, as if his eyes were hit by some kind of strong light. But no one else reacted. It was obvious that the thing Marika just took out had a strong
of magical aura.
Xiaobai roared threateningly, his ears and hair standing up.
Wang held Xiaobai down and said, "Don't be nervous. This is just a necklace that looks like the main eye of a beholder. It's not a real beholder. If it were a real beholder, the ugly ones among us would have been affected by the splitting spell or the finger of death."
, and Nini and Elizabeth may be hit by the petrifying light and become collectibles in the beholder's lair."
Elizabeth crossed her hands in front of her and hugged her shoulders: "This thing makes me shudder."
Nini looked much calmer: "Why were Elizabeth and I petrified?"
"The beholder has a very good aesthetic sense and will take beautiful petrified creatures back to decorate his lair."
Nini: "What a disgusting creature."
Marika: "Don't just say eyeballs, look at this necklace. Putting such big eyeballs on the 'secondary sexual characteristics' is definitely not for good looks."
The king took the necklace and looked at it carefully. As he looked at it, he muttered: "The magic aura of this thing is the same as my dragon-headed scepter. It must be a powerful magic equipment."
Marika placed the giant horned deer specimen on the ground casually, turned around and walked towards the door: "I'm going to guard the outside to make sure no one comes near."
Nini glanced at Drow, then at the door on the other side, and finally at the necklace, and finally decided to continue paying attention to the mage's identification process.
The barbarian strode toward the unguarded door and took the initiative to guard the door.
Wang studied for a long time and said firmly: "This is an artifact. I am sure that part of its abilities have been sealed. So now it is just an ordinary scorching ray necklace that needs to be worn by a spontaneous caster. It can cast three instantaneously every day."
The scorching ray should be emitted from this eyeball."
Nini said in surprise: "Such a strong magical aura, but it's just a scorching ray necklace?"
Wang: "In its complete form, it should be able to exert the power of an adult beholder. The middle eye should be able to emit ten types of eyeball rays like the beholder's eyes, and it can also emit scorching rays that beholders cannot emit."
Marika: "Why use the scorching ray when there is a beholder ray? So how can we restore the power of this artifact?"
Wang: "It may be necessary to hold a ceremony. After preparing for the ceremony, the wearer of the necklace needs to kill an adult beholder single-handedly."
Everyone fell silent for a moment.
Elizabeth: "Just relying on scorching rays? A beholder? That kind of evil creature with a huge main eye and countless secondary eyes on the head of its tentacles?"
Wang: "Yes, and its body structure can also aim at you with up to three eyes at the same time, all of which cast beholder rays that have a petrifying effect. By the way, its main eye can also use an anti-magic field to block your scorching rays."
Elizabeth: "I can't do it!"
King: "Don't worry. In fact, the dwarves have already found a way to deal with the beholder."
The dwarf nodded: "Yes, the Beholder Buster Shield, this thing can reflect all the Beholder's rays back. We made this crazy thing to deal with the Beholder. The ancient mountain kingdom once mass-produced this thing and distributed it.
It’s for the dwarf army that is encircling and suppressing the beholder, so you can still find it if you search hard.”
Wang explained beside him: "Although beholders are lawful evil creatures, their society is extremely chaotic. This is because every beholder regards itself as a perfect life and thinks that all other lives are inferior, including other lives."
One-eyed demon."
Elizabeth: "Give this necklace to someone else!"
King: "Only you are a spontaneous caster. I guess this restriction may be because the beholder is also a spontaneous caster."
The hallmark of a spontaneous spell caster is that there is no need to prepare spells every day. Another characteristic is that there is no need to consider spell slots. There is only a limit on the number of spells cast. If the number of spells in this level is not used up today, you can continue to choose spells in this level to cast.
Elizabeth shook her head like a rattle: "No, no, no, no!"
Wang forcefully approached her and put the necklace around her neck.
"Hey!" Elizabeth exclaimed, "What's going on? Why do I see the king from this perspective? Why have I become shorter?"
Wang: "I understand. After putting on the necklace, the eyes on the necklace become your eyes. Now that your eyes are closed, naturally you can only look at me through the eyes on your chest."
"Eh? Are my eyes closed? Oh, they are really closed." Elizabeth opened her eyes and was about to faint on the ground.
Wang hugged her directly to prevent her from falling.
"This is so dizzy! I... this perspective is so strange! Can you close the eyes of the necklace?"
Wang stared at the necklace for a few seconds, then snapped his fingers: "I have it!"
He slipped the necklace between Elizabeth's secondary sexual characteristics.
Wang: "Is this good? But you still have to adapt as soon as possible to seeing the world with three eyes and three instantaneous scorching rays a day!"
Elizabeth's face was red and she stared at the king.
Wang: "What's wrong with you? Does this thing make you too nervous?"
Elizabeth: "No! I will get used to three eyes as soon as possible!"
"Oh, you can stuff it inside if you get used to it," Wang added. "This is suitable for launching a sneak attack."
Elizabeth: "Got it! We've found the treasure of the River Valley Territory. Are you satisfied now?"
The girl's words contained some resentment, but unfortunately the mage couldn't hear it.
"Satisfied," he smiled broadly, "very satisfied! Remember to remind me in the future to find the beholder nemesis shield made by the dwarves and capture a wild beholder."