The fire that had been burning all night was finally extinguished, and the smell of freshly baked charcoal and burnt flesh filled the air.
After Wang memorized today's spells, he walked out of the tent and saw Li Guang kneeling in front of the newly built stone pyramid, praying devoutly.
Wang: "Do warrior monks also believe in gods?"
"Of course, it's just that we don't believe in those personal gods. We believe in the common sense of the world and the rules of all things. We pray not to obtain God's favor, but to feel peace from all things."
Wang: "You looked very restless yesterday."
Li Guang: "Yes. My master once said that calmness does not mean rejecting anger and hatred, but accepting them. I didn't understand it before."
Wang: "What now?"
Liguang: "I dare not say that I understand.
"But this past night, before I buried the bodies, I tried to identify whose bodies they were, and I ended up identifying one hundred and eighty of them.
"I recall what they were like when they were alive. We lizard people have short lives, and we are cold-blooded animals, so we cannot live in a hurry like cat people. We can only work hard to make sure that every inch of our lives is not wasted.
"Whenever I finish recalling, I take a stone from their door and place it on the pyramid. There are 180 stones in total, and I have already completed it.
"I thought I was going to get furious in the process."
King: "But you didn't, right?"
Li Guang: "Yes. I am unexpectedly calm. I don't understand this kind of calm myself, but I know that now I can do many things that I never dared to think about before."
Wang: "For example?"
Li Guang stood up and faced the not-high pyramid. Next to him were weeds that had grown to the height of his ankles after a night.
The next moment, the dewdrops on the weeds naturally rolled down——
Li Guang caught the dewdrop with his hand, his movements were gentle enough not to break the surface tension of the dewdrop. He let the dewdrop roll gently along his scales, and then when the dewdrop was about to fall, he caught it with his other hand.
He just let the dew roll back and forth between his hands.
Wang: "You...is this the monk's boxing technique?"
Li Guang did not answer, but after finishing a whole set of punches, he gently placed the dewdrops on the grass blades on the other side of his body.
Then he looked at the king.
Wang: "Well, how much more powerful is this punch than before? Let's do a quantitative analysis. Taking the combat effectiveness of the barbarians in our team as a unit, how much combat effectiveness did you have before and how much is it now?"
Li Guang looked at Wang: "We obviously have completely opposite ways of understanding the world, but I always feel that I can get along very happily with you."
Wang: "Ah...well, well, my teacher taught me that we should seek common ground while shelving differences and coexist peacefully. So don't worry, you see, the main thing in our team is diversity. In fact, our front row is a bit thin, and there is only one barbarian.
A dwarf, Malika is engaged in guerrilla assassination. How about you join us?"
Liguang nodded: "I also think I should join you and bring trouble to the religious order to the end."
Wang: "I thought you wanted to forgive the cult."
Li Guang replied: "I have forgiven them. But I cannot let them continue to cause misery. This has nothing to do with personal hatred, but for the greater good."
Wang: "Are you sure you didn't find a high-sounding reason for your hatred?"
"It's not important," Li Guang replied. "Whether you decide to carry out good deeds after you feel relieved, or whether you find excuses because you can't feel relieved, there is not that big a difference between the two."
Wang stared at the lizard man for a few seconds. He was extremely certain that Li Guang's current expression must be the calmest expression among the lizard men.
It turns out that the lizard man has always been in a calm state. It seems that he has indeed accepted his anger and transcended it as his master said.
Wang: "Wait a minute, my teacher said that the power of a monk comes from sitting in meditation. A true master monk has an unrippled heart. Have you entered that state?"
Liguang: "I don't know. And I don't care."
Wang was speechless: "Okay, we will find out when we enter the ruins."
As soon as he finished speaking, Marika's voice came from beside him: "If we are going to the ruins, it's best to leave now. An airship appeared above the ruins. It seems that the cult in the ruins is preparing to retreat."
King: "Airship? A creation of a dwarf?"
"Yes, it looks quite big. It can hold hundreds of people without any problem. When I left, they were guiding the airship to moor, and they will probably start lifting cargo onto the airship soon.
"I think they will run away soon. By the way, although I tried my best to rush back, it still took a lot of time."
Wang was speechless: "This is really difficult to handle."
Marika: "It's possible that yesterday we directly lost a core mage and a team of nine advanced rogues, frightening the Order. What should we do?"
Wang did not answer immediately. After thinking for ten seconds, he said, "I have a plan."
Marika: "You have a plan. You always have a plan."
Wang: "During your investigation, did you see that they had prepared ballistas or other anti-aircraft weapons?"
Marika shook her head: "No. But there are many archers on the ground. I see that both warriors and rogues have brought bows and arrows, not to mention rangers."
Wang: "Okay, I understand. Just don't have the ballista. Xiaobai!"
Xiao Baishu pulled open the tent roller blind: "What?"
Wang: "Let's get ready to go and wake up everyone else."
Marika: "Wait a minute! Are you going to go with Xiaobai?"
Wang: "What are you talking about? We specially asked the dwarves to build a dragon saddle. The whole team can ride on it, and there is also Xiaobai's extra transportation capacity. We are going to launch an air assault against the cult.
"Judging from the fact that they haven't even obtained information about the Lich, either the sect's intelligence collection capabilities are lacking, or this branch lacks information shared by the headquarters.
"I bet they never imagined we would conduct an air assault."
Marika: "...I'll wake up Your Highness right away."
Xiaobai: "Air assault!"
At this time, Flint also opened the tent curtain and came out: "What the hell? Fortunately, my magic is ready. What kind of air assault?"
The king took out the scepter: "I will transform into a dragon, and then wear the dragon saddle. You guys sit on it, and then we will go together to surprise the cult."
Flint was shocked: "Caris Newman, do you really plan to use that dragon saddle? What if it falls midway?"
Wang: "Indeed, the enemy may defend against the dragon, but they certainly didn't expect that we would not only attack the dragon and the druid."
Flint sighed: "I feel my holy symbol starting to heat up. Caelin likes your idea."
At this time, Elizabeth rubbed her eyes and left the tent: "What's wrong?"
Wang: "We are going to surprise the enemy from the air. You can fire scorching rays as much as you like."