005 Forced to stay
When Elizabeth saw him coming forward, she immediately whispered, "Didn't you say that I should come to this scene before the bards joined the team?" β
Wang whispered in her ear, "It's all right, I just had a brilliant idea. β
With that, he patted Elizabeth on the shoulder and turned his gaze to the knight.
"We also have a message to Mr. Harvey, and the Duke has decided to remove him from his post and let Miss Elizabeth take over the entire River Valley Territory." As he spoke, the king took out the letter given by the duke, because the letter was opened very carefully with a letter opener, as long as you were careful when you took it, you could not see that the letter had been opened on the shore, "This is an order for him!" β
The knights looked at each other again.
Wang: "What are you still doing, go back to Lakeside City and get Harvey here." Miss Elizabeth did not plan to get off the ship, and she would work on the ship from now on. β
The knight was silent again
The king didn't talk nonsense, and directly began to cast the spell, and the mirror shadow technique was directly activated, and his true body was mixed into a phantom and couldn't tell the difference at all.
Then he did the second thing: he took out the glowing stick.
The Mirror Shadow Technique replicated his actions 100%, even projecting phantoms of the Dimensional Bag and the Glowing Stick.
This faucet glowing stick is already very bright, and even the seven sticks with mirror shadows on the body are really not ordinarily bright, and even the early summer sun is eclipsed.
The knights on the banks of the river may have seen this scene, but their horses have not! Immediately seven of the ten horses were startled, and the knights on horseback were all thrown to the ground without exception.
Then he was blinded and the horse was still kicking wildly, kicking and injuring all three relatively calm horses.
A horse with a broken leg fell to the ground, and the knight on his back was thrown out of the river with a clatter.
"Help! Save! The knight in full armor had time to shout such a sentence and sank to the bottom.
Someone on the shore shouted: "My lord, this is shallow water, stand up!" β
But the knight was patronizing and drinking, and did not hear.
The only rider left was the captain with the hair on his helmet, who shouted to the people on the shore: "Go and lift him up!" β
The man responded in fear: "My lord, he is swinging his sword indiscriminately, we dare not approach!" β
The captain drew his sword: "Then you think about whether my sword will be swung on you." β
Seeing this, the king immediately ordered: "Scorching rays." β
Elizabeth seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and without asking who to fight, she pointed directly at the knight captain who threatened her people with a sword, and the blazing ray hit his armor.
The captain of the knights fell from his horse, and the people by the river scattered as birds and beasts.
The king held aloft a glowing rod and shouted, "Uncle of the Duchess of the Vale, Sir Stoker!" Come out! Otherwise, I will become a dragon and destroy your family's only source of wealth!" β
There was silence all around.
Originally, the onlookers were all hiding, and the soldiers watching the play on the battlements of the checkpoint were all gone, whether it was the battlements or the shooting windows, the faces of the soldiers in the valley could not be seen at all.
King: "It seems that no one else is here, so go at once to a messenger and tell Sir Stoke to come to him at the Watergate at once...... Uh......"
The mage turned his head and whispered to Elizabeth, "What should my niece's husband's sister be called?" β
Elizabeth spread her hands: "You just said that Duke Langdon's sister is not over?" β
Wang: "I want to emphasize your kinship. Forget it, it's better to settle for the next best thing. β
After speaking, he raised his voice again: "Let's just say that the acting officer sent by Duke Langdon is now waiting for him in the port!" β
His shouts echoed between the narrow river valleys, forming a series of echoes.
Elizabeth: "What's next?" β
"Wait, he'll come."
"Shouldn't you explain what happened to the silly white sweet sorceress?" The princess smiled.
Xiaobai: "The stupid wolf doesn't understand. β
Wang: "That's right, there shouldn't be any high-ring arcane spellcasters in the Valley Territory. So they can't cope with the dragon. Although it is possible to deal with dragons with something like a siege crossbow, it is not so easy to hit, and it will be destroyed by the dragon's breath. Dragons have good vision and will immediately spot hidden siege crossbows.
"So they wanted to catch us by sneak attack, so they sent this group of knights to lie that they had found signs of the disappearance of the cats and dogs. When we hurry to Riverside City, we will probably be attacked.
"I used the Mirror Shadow Technique just now to prevent them from having a second plan: that is, to use a crossbow or siege crossbow to kill and injure me before I use the artifact to turn into a dragon."
Elizabeth: "I see. Isn't it good that you just asked me to attack their knight captain? The guy has a coat of arms and is supposed to be a baron. β
Wang: "Your brother has killed the old duke of River Valley, and you still care about this?" But I think the captain is still alive, Xiaobai, are you sure that he will be brought on board with his armor? β
Xiaobai: "I'll give it a try." β
Moments later, the bald eagle struggled to carry the armored knight captain onto the ship.
His breastplate, completely burned red by the scorching rays, had now cooled to a dark red, and the coat of arms that had been painted on it had been burned away.
The air was filled with the smell of burnt flesh sticking to the inside of the armor.
Wang: "Treat him to stabilize his injuries." β
The dwarf took out the emblem of Kailin and began to recite the prayer.
After a soft glow, the unconscious baron awoke.
"Don't kill me!" He shouted.
Wang: "We will not kill a baron. β
The baron shouted in disbelief: "I don't believe it! Your notoriety is known to everyone, from the Thorn Islands to the Kingdom of the Mountains! β
Elizabeth smiled: "It seems that I can't put it down." Now tell me everything you know! Otherwise, I'll let the werewolves over there peel you off layer by layer and eat you bit by bit! β
There were water stains spreading under the baron's crotch, and the smell of noise hit everyone's nostrils.
Baron: "I say, I'll say anything!" β
Next, the baron told the cause and effect of the antecedents and consequences.
Stoke, the uncle of the Duchess of the River Vale, had already had his own idea of becoming a duke, and had been preparing for it. There are even rumors in the valley that Stoke drugged the dead old duke so that he could not have a son.
In this way, he can take advantage of the loophole of the inheritance law of the valley to give priority to men, and connect with the nobles who don't like a female duke, and find a way to raise the anti-flag.
Now Stoker felt the time had come, and he made a big deal of the duchess and his fiancΓ© teaming up to kill his father. This argument is supported by many nobles who do not want a duchess to rule over them, and with the fact that the duchess herself is not in the dukedom, the entire River Valley Territory is now de facto controlled by Stoker.
Sadiq Harvey, the acting officer sent by the Duke of Langdon, also tried to contact those who opposed Stoke to form an offensive and defensive alliance, but he was placed under house arrest shortly after his arrival, and the formation of an offensive and defensive alliance was postponed indefinitely.
Hearing this, the king suddenly interrupted the baron's words: "Who is Sadiq Harvey going to find to form an offensive and defensive alliance?" β
Baron: "The family of the Earls of Brookwood, and the barons and counts around their fiefdoms, they used to live a prosperous life by mining, but the cavemen changed everything. So they have been trying to gather strength, destroy the cavemen, and reclaim everything they have. They don't like Stoke, who is ready to eat by the watergate for the rest of their lives. β
Elizabeth added: "The valley has always been unhappy with our tax rate increase, believing that it reduces shipping on the Lynland River and lowers their taxes. Obviously, they themselves are the biggest obstacle to shipping on the Enlan River. β
Wang: "Is there anything else?" I mean, against Sir Stoker. β
Baron: "He is now a self-proclaimed duke, and he wants to arrest you because he intends to exchange you and Duke Langdon for the Duke's family heraldic banner that is held there." β
Wang: "Okay, I'll fix it. Who else is against Duke Stoke but Earl of Brookwood? β
The baron shook his head: "Originally, the lords of the western plains were against him, but you, the Duke of Langdon, killed the old duke, and now the lords of the west also wear the same pants as Stoke, because Stoke claims to take revenge on the Landon lords." β
The king touched his chin and thought for a few seconds before asking, "If Count Ximu wants to encircle and suppress the cavemen, they should have a lot of power, right?" β
Baron: "Legend has it that they hired a team of dwarven miners, experts in dealing with cavemen. β
Flint patted his belly excitedly: "Dwarf miner! This count is knowledgeable! β
Elizabeth asked the mage, "What, are you really going to solve the problem here?" β
Wang: "No, I'm going to take the Water Gate and continue on to Monrovia." The question was just asked out of curiosity. β
The baron, who had peed his trousers, said, "Then you have to hurry, I have heard that Lord Stoke has a thief who is vicious, and he will definitely leave you behind." β
As soon as the voice fell into the watergate, a deafening explosion will be heard in the direction of the water gate!
Flint looked at the orange flames and exclaimed, "O Caris Newman! This is definitely alchemy dynamite! β
Before the words fell, the stone bridge of the Water Gate petition collapsed, and huge stones piled up in front of the falling Water Gate, sealing the narrow passage tightly. Of course, depending on the flow of the river, the water can still pass through.
The water passing through the gap formed several whirlpools of various sizes in front of the closed water gate.
Elizabeth: "How could they have this?" β
Wang: "They were originally a territory that relied on mining to make a living, so what's so strange about alchemy explosives in mining?" This Stoke is going to use the trap to talk to us about the conditions!
"Captain, is it possible for us to tow the ship over from the land next to us?"
The captain replied: "Possibly. But you need to conquer the entire Watergate town first, and then hire thousands of young and middle-aged laborers. Personally, I don't think it's as good as finding someone to clear the rocks blocking the water gate, but it also requires taking the town of Watergate and building defenses. β
Wang took a deep breath.
"Okay." He said, "We are now operating in two ways, the first is our team, and we will go to Ximu Town to connect in tandem. The second way is for the captain to take the elite sailors to guard the star, which is our base camp. β
The captain patted his chest: "Leave it to us." β
Elizabeth grabbed the king's hand and asked, "Why did the Immutable Dragon attack Lakeside City?" Wouldn't that force him to comply? β
Wang replied solemnly: "I only have one hour a day to transform into a dragon, and I have to wait for 23 hours for the staff to be charged after the transformation." The enemy just needs to hide in the depths of the fortress where the dragon can't kill directly, and dodge this hour.
"Once that hour is used up, there are 23 hours left to face an overwhelming offensive. The enemy knows that we only have the Three-Ring Mage and the Priest, and there are only so many spells in total.
"If the dragon can run immediately after capturing the water gate, then naturally there is no need to worry. Now we may have to overthrow this self-proclaimed duke in order to move on.
"In this case, I can't easily become a dragon, as long as I don't change, the enemy will always be jealous, and I can only come to Yin.
"Correspondingly, we don't have a way to force our way into Stoker's lair by changing dragons, and it is too difficult to deal with the remaining forces of the valley leader with the strength of our squad without changing the dragon.
"There shouldn't be any high-ring arcane spellcasters in the Valley Territory, but there should be quite a few second-ring and three-ring arcane spellcasters like me! The spellcasters were probably more, after all, not all the local priests had participated in the expedition to Langdon that night.
"We need to find allies."
Elizabeth: "I see, let's go to Count Brookwood." β
The king stood up: "Prepare your horses and prepare to go." β
(End of chapter)