118. Chapter 118 After a nap, I woke up and the city was surrounded.
118. Chapter 118 After a nap, I woke up and the city was surrounded.
Author: Gushan fishing snow
Chapter 118 After a nap, I woke up and the city was surrounded.
Wang fell asleep and slept for three days.
The barbarians and dwarves have been taking care of him for the past three days. The ladies wanted to take care of him, but Gotrek drove him away.
When the king woke up, the only thing that greeted him was the loud snoring of Manzi lying in the bed next to him.
Wang rubbed his head and sat up, seeing Flint sitting by the window in the corner.
Wang: "Why are you two? Where is the knee pillow I'm looking forward to?"
Flint: "If you want to sleep with a knee pillow for three days, the person you sleep on will either amputate a leg, or your neck will just tilt and never come back."
Wang touched his head: "What happened? How many days did I sleep?"
Flint: "Don't you remember? You solved the mystery that has troubled everyone for a long time. Some people even burned down their houses because of this and prepared to bury everyone with them."
Wang: "Is there such a thing? That's too bad."
Flint continued as if making a report: "In the past three days while you were asleep, a lot of conspiracy theorists or agitators have appeared, saying that the disappearance of the tower symbolizes Monrovia's tragic future.
"Bernar arrested a lot of people on the grounds that the military situation was current and there was no room for compromise. Now the execution ground is basically operating at full capacity."
Wang: "Well, the emperor knows that the enemy is using heavy codes."
"The orc troops have definitely crossed the border, but they have not looted the territory of Border Bo."
The king frowned: "No looting? Are the real orcs attacking?"
The dwarf lit the fire, and then replied slowly: "Everyone is thinking about this question. The current mainstream theory is that maybe the orcs have a stronger overlord than before, and all the troops can enforce orders and prohibitions."
Wang: "Wait a minute, I remembered that when the wolf cavalry attacked, all the wolf cavalry also turned around when the horn sounded. It was indeed... very forbidden."
"Speaking of the Wolf Riders," Flint paused, "Emperor Bernal was injured. He was injured by an arrow when he was commanding the troops to encircle the Wolf Riders camp."
Wang: "What?"
"After being shot, he immediately returned to Minos and asked his military supervisor, the Clover Knight, to continue raiding the Wolf Cavalry camp."
Wang: "Wait a minute, if you're shot and injured, don't you need to be treated for a while? Where's the priest?"
"That's the problem. Even the archbishop of Lancelot Temple in the city came to see it, and the emperor's arrow wound was not healed. The archbishop believed that the arrow that hit the emperor might have been some kind of arrow that had been imbued with magic, so the wound never healed.
heal."
King: "Orcs use arrows imbued with some kind of magic? Wait a minute, there are indeed several special arrows in my memory that can achieve this effect, such as arrows made from the life crystals of high-level demons in a certain plane.
"
At this time, the ladies of the team entered the room collectively.
When Elizabeth saw Wang, she was surprised and said: "You're awake!"
Without saying a word, he looked like he wanted to pounce on him. As a result, Xiaobai moved faster, and the werewolf swooped into the mage's arms and rubbed his face hard against him.
Xiaobai: "I'm still thinking about what to do on this trip if you can't get up, then no one will tell us what's delicious."
Wang: “Is that what I’m worth?”
Xiaobai didn't reply and rubbed hard on Wang's mage robe.
Elizabeth also came to his bedside: "We have always wanted to take care of you, but Gotrick refused, always saying: 'Male, female, no!'"
Rosalie: "Barbarian seems to have decided that we all have other plans for you who are unconscious."
Wang looked at Rosalie in confusion: "Why did you come in with her so naturally?"
Flint: "Ah, well, you shocked Bernal, so he forced the princess to join our team. After all, we are not as extraordinary as you, and it is not easy to refuse an emperor's order without malice, and Luo
Princess Sally did give us a lot of convenience, so..."
The dwarf said and shrugged.
Wang: "What convenience did she perform?"
Flint: "At her request, the Royal Institute of Architects convened all the famous architects to study the architectural style in the frame we found. Now we know that the architectural style came from a man named Yi Songzo.
The place is a country full of swamps and fine river networks among the river kingdoms."
Wang said in surprise: "Found it? Then let's set off quickly!"
Rosalie: "That's the problem. Last night, the orcs surrounded the city of Minos. If you had woken up last morning, we would have left."
The mage was shocked: "The orcs moved so fast? Flint just told me that the orcs didn't plunder. I thought..."
Flint: "I didn't know the orcs laid siege to the city last night."
Elizabeth: "Only a small force appeared at the city wall last night. The orc force has arrived this morning. The latest news Rosalie received from the palace is that the orc force has established ballista positions up and down the Maxunya River.
, obviously having studied the terrain around Minos in advance.”
Wang: "Didn't the orcs attack Monrovia just thirty years ago? Then they should know the terrain around this city."
Rosalie: "No, there has never been a record of orcs setting up ballistas to block the river. Therefore, Minos City was besieged several times and could be supported by water transportation."
The king touched his chin: "This is so interesting. The overlord of the orcs is still an orc. He should have the temperament of an ordinary orc. Forbidding plunder and setting up crossbows on the river bank are not the style of the orcs.
"Orcs like 'bigger' and 'stronger' things. Among siege weapons, they only like trebuchets, and trebuchets are definitely not effective when used to hit moving ships."
Nini: "Indeed, it is completely different from the orcs I know."
Flint: "It's different from what I know!"
At this time, the drow suddenly spoke to express his presence: "Me too."
Xiaobai: "I'm different, I don't know. Are orcs delicious?"
Wang ignored them and fell into his own thoughts as usual: "And then there is the arrow that cannot heal the wound. This is so interesting."
Elizabeth: "In short, we can't leave now. The Star Chaser can't break through those ballistae. We can only wait until the siege of Minos City is over."
Wang: “Where are the other to-do items?”
Rosalie looked confused: "What to-do list?"
Elizabeth said proudly: "He gave us a to-do list, and contacting the Royal Institute of Architects was just the first item on it."
Rosalie: "And a list?"
Nini: "My teacher likes to be organized."
Wang: “So where is the list?”
Marika: "I visited the Shadow Thieves headquarters, and their information was the same, Yi Songzuo."
Wang: "Then let's go to Yi Songzuo. There's other things to do!"
Marika still reported: "The purchase of scrolls and magic equipment was completely fruitless, because the war was imminent, and all the scrolls and magic equipment were sold. Various local vendors, both overt and underground, were of no use.
equipment and scrolls.”
Elizabeth: "At the Bard College, I took the lead in organizing a meeting. However, when those guys saw me appearing with Rosalie and Nini, they rushed to sing hymns to the three of us."
After finishing speaking, she paused and added: "And the writing is sloppy."
Nini also nodded: "Indeed, it sucks."
Elves usually don't directly say it sucks. If they say that, it means it really sucks.
Rosalie: "So this was done according to the list. Why do you suddenly want to go to the Bard Academy?"
Wang: "Have you met any interesting bards?"
"No." All members of the team said in unison.
Elizabeth: "Besides, if you're not awake, even if we meet a bard who seems to be good, we won't dare to recruit him."
Nini: "Teacher, you are the darling of fate. We all agree that you need to judge this kind of thing."
Wang nodded: "Reasonable judgment."
Rosalie: "Don't you know how to write the word modest?"
Wang stood up directly: "Now that the old to-do items have been completed, we need new goals. I'm going to go to the city wall to see if we can break through the orcs' siege."
Rosalie was shocked: "Aren't you going to help Minos defend the orcs' attack?"
The king asked back: "Why should I help? This is your problem, not ours. There are no Minoans in our team."
Rosalie: "What about me? The laundress's hometown doesn't count, does it?"
Wang was silent for a few seconds and said: "But the problem is, Minos City is a city that never falls, and nothing will happen without our help. And we are just a small team with a spell caster of the highest fourth level. Both sides have senior
A large-scale war among spellcasters is none of our business."
Rosalie: "But you can also cast powerful magic!"
"I can only fall asleep after I cast that magic! If I stay, I can help by transforming into a dragon. But do you really need the help of an adult dragon?"
Rosalie said firmly: "Que! My hometown is currently in crisis, please help the people of Minos!"
Wang stared at Rosalie for a few seconds: "No help. If we can't find a way to leave, then in order to avoid us being implicated if the city is destroyed, we will help defend the city. If we find a way to leave, we will
Leave immediately."
Flint: "You just don't understand our captain. He doesn't accept the idea of 'moving with emotion' at all."
Elizabeth said: "Yes, you have to tell him what the benefits are."
Nini: "Or make him curious about something. For example, you can tell him that there is an ancient puzzle over the orcs, or an ancient underground palace, and he will explore it with interest."
The team members talked for a while and then returned to Flint: "And by the way, I will help you solve the problem of the orc siege."
Rosalie thought for a moment and suddenly snapped her fingers: "By the way! You must not have heard yet. There is a new staff officer beside the orc overlord, who may be a lich."
Wang: "I see, then there is a reasonable explanation for the changes in the behavior of the orcs. It is probably because the lich used some magic to subtly influence the new overlord. After all, this overlord was not just created, but was created last year and passed.
In one winter, even the most inexperienced lich can influence an orc - the orc overlord is a taller, stronger and greener orc."
Rosalie asked in confusion: "What do you mean that even the most inexperienced lich can do it?"
Without waiting for the king to answer, Nini said: "Because the lich needs to master the technology of fixing his life essence in the phylactery."
Wang added: "The lich transformation ceremony is essentially an upgrade ceremony, so lichs are generally ninth-level spellcasters, or even casters beyond the ninth level who can cast legendary spells."
He paused and said again: "However, those who choose to become lichs must not have very good magic talents. People with talents have long broken through the boundaries of planes, transcended time and space, and become planeswalkers.
"Only those who are unable to do this will become lichs, because their life span is approaching, but their exploration of magic is endless. In the end, they have no choice but to become lichs.
"The Cyclops Empire has another way, which is to use legendary spells to extract the lives of ordinary creatures in an area to replenish its own lifespan. In the era of the Cyclops Empire, humans are a type of creature that reproduces quickly and is intelligent enough.
, is a very popular Yangshou supplement material. The Cyclops also built human ranches to mass-produce humans.
"They fix the women in special magic devices and are only responsible for production. The men extract life from the women in batches after fertilizing them, and become the yangshou of the great arcanists."
The women all frowned.
But the king didn't realize it: "Don't mention these anymore, let's go up to the city wall and take a look."