Verse 142.The Floating City is just a lie
"I'm so angry!"
In the castle hall, the mad dog archduke's face contorted with rage, like an enraged beast, banging on the armrest of his throne, shaking the murals in the hall as if they were trembling.
"Why didn't the elementals destroy the territory he stole and why didn't the druid avengers take revenge on him!"
The gray-robed mage standing on the side said quietly, "We may have thought wrong, that champion warlock is not simple. Grand Duke, we should try to get in touch with him. β
"A stray dog that was driven out of the north by rats is also worthy of being my man?" The Mad Dog Grand Duke gradually quieted down, his eyes flashing dangerously like red-hot coals, "A warlock boy...... It's not impossible. β
"Then I'll go and get ready to send out the invitation."
When the gray-robed mage was about to leave the hall, the Mad Dog Grand Duke said thoughtfully, "You say...... Is his city-state really a floating city? β
The Taturn Empire has awarded him a Champion Warlock, and he should be eligible for an Arcane Core.
"I don't believe it."
The eyes of the mad dog archduke became brighter and brighter: "Warlocks are all guys who like to show off, if he really has a floating city, why don't you let it float?" So there's only one possibility...... He has nothing! β
"So, Grand Duke Gilles, what are you going to do?"
The Mad Dog Grand Duke regained his former composure and leaned back in the king's chair. The beautiful maid came over to serve.
"How about we give some minor trouble to the future slaves?"
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"What's the trouble?"
Annan looked at Francois who rushed in and wondered.
"We're running out of water."
There was no shortage of water in Liberty City, and the fresh water produced by thirty large water elementals was enough for more than 6,000 people. But now, the only small water element is found in public toilets.
"Can we dig a well?"
"I'm afraid not, Liberty City is too close to the coast."
Digging out the well will also be bitter and astringent.
Annan thought for a moment and said, "I remember that there is a river in the forest mountain range? β
"It's just a creek, and it's seven or eight miles away from us."
"Let's see if you can get it...... Don't forget to ask Dade for advice first. β
Ingrid is capable of doing more than the deputy minister of agriculture - mainly the minister of education Dade should do.
Dade is a seed who represents the friendship between Annan and the druids. When the strange druid approaches Liberty City in the future, it will easily blend in with Dade's presence.
Treebeard should have seen this, so it left Dade behind.
Ingrid had a special confidence in Annan, saying that it is much easier for you to please the water element than it is for us to dig into the river.
But Annan really couldn't think of what to send to the water elemental, so he had to urge Copperbeard to smelt the copper flower quickly, and then let the sailors on the Initial go to the port to ask what the sea clan liked.
"Three merchant ships just arrived this morning, you can try your luck at the tavern."
Annan was about to set off when he suddenly remembered something: "Shouldn't this kind of thing be done by his subordinates, and then send the results to my desk?" β
"Do you want to stay, then?"
"I'll go."
Picking up Lily, Annan ran out of the City Lord's Mansion and put Lily down on the street.
"Did you see the silly cat?" Annan asked it.
"Nope."
It seems that the silly cat has been gone since last night...... You won't run away with the druid Avengers, will you?
As he walked along, Annan asked the residents along the way if they saw any stupid cats, and asked them for some advice about the church.
The inhabitants without exception supported the placement of all the gods in a church.
Annan didn't bother to take a detour, so he asked a resident to bring the news to Erie Gravel, and he and Lily went to the tavern.
The taverns in Liberty City are full at all times for a number of reasons, such as the fact that there are only two taverns in Liberty City, and for example, most of the residents have deposits, and for example, the guests who come off the ship have nowhere else to go but the tavern.
Therefore, the messy tavern did not attract attention until Annan took Lily to sit down.
ββ¦β¦ The witch with the white cat in her arms invited me to her room, and I thought it was going to be an affair, but you know what she did? β
In the tavern next to it, the two guests didn't know if they were telling the truth or bragging.
"Isn't that nice? The city is full of men......" the other man with envy.
"What a fart! She's going to cook for me! Mushrooms, octopus tentacles, things I don't recognize, a pot of purple paste boiled out, and fucking frogs! β
"And fucking frogs!" Lily followed suit.
Annan picked up Lily at her feet: "That's a dirty word, the little cat can't say it." β
"Fuck good."
"Dirty words are not frogs."
"The cat knows."
Annan left his seat and came to the table of the two guests: "Are you talking about witches?" β
"Ann, Lord Annanβ"
They were about to stumble and shout, but Annan motioned for them to silence and sat down.
"She's a witch, she must be to your liking!" That guest misunderstood something.
"You say she's holding a white cat?"
"Hmmm! A white flower cat...... Oh no, white cat, that witch is upstairs in the guest room! β
"Please, take me there."
Annan waved her hand to Evelyn, who looked up in surprise from behind the counter, and followed the excited guests to the second floor of the tavern.
Bang Bang Bang β
The guest knocked on the door, and in a moment the wooden door opened, and a delicate-looking and quiet girl appeared behind the door.
Her black cloak was stained with a lot of white cat hair, "Meow~" An initiator came to crouch down next to her, but not a stupid cat.
"My people said there was a witch and a white cat in the tavern, and I thought it was my cat." Annan apologized, "Sorry to bother you." β
"You are the heir of the lord of the city?" Her dark gray eyes stared at Annan quietly.
"I'm the lord of the city." Annan said to the young witch who was amazed: "There is a theater on the street behind the tavern, and you can see a magical video. β
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"I don't think it's clear yet...... My lord, shall we test it? β
"How do you want to tempt?" The watchman lord on the back of a war horse looked at the wheat field in the distance in a complicated manner.
The captain of the knights replied, "We rushed straight over, and even if they reacted, we would have time to retreat." β
The lord's face was expressionless: "Good idea, then you go." β
"Uh...... What about you? β
"I shouldn't have robbed crazy...... The limelight of the most 'loyal' knight of the Grand Duke of Gilles. His tone was sarcastic.
The knight captain paused, then suddenly drew his sword and slashed at the weeds on the side of the road.
Three days later, the captain of the knights returned to the castle in the dust.
"Grand Duke, my sword has beheaded countless peasants and burned vast wheat fields, while he and his militia can only hide behind low walls and tremble!"
The Mad Dog Duke is in a good mood today. So much so that he just cut out the tongue of the maid who him off.
He finally didn't have to worry about sleeping because there was a bad guest in the house. Most crucially, he saw through the warlock's truth: the Floating City was just a lie.
(End of chapter)