On the night of her decision, Marika and the soldiers of Brookwood went to Watergate in a wagon carrying a box of gold.

This is a deposit for the mercenaries who are interested in taking this job.

When Marika set off, Elizabeth was still worried: "Why don't we go together?" With so many gold coins, Marika may not be able to keep it alone. ”

Ralph: "Are you a soldier who doesn't trust me?" I've picked the most loyal. Since the mining industry failed, many people have left the valley territory. They are all men who really regard this place as their hometown and think that one day they can regain their glory. ”

Elizabeth: "That's a box of gold. ”

Ralph: "Even now, as a lord, you can scrape together a box of gold. My father is still an earl, not a baron viscount! ”

Elizabeth was silent for a few seconds, then solemnly apologized: "I'm sorry." ”

Wang clapped his hands vigorously: "Marika has gone away, let's sleep." It's getting late, and I'll be able to sleep for four hours if I hurry. ”

Elizabeth nodded.

And Xiaobai was already asleep standing up, drooling while sleeping.

**

Early the next morning, the casters met in the halls of the fortress after preparing their spells for the day.

Elizabeth looked visibly sleep-deprived, yawned a lot as soon as they met, and then smacked her lips and asked Wang, "Marika should be able to get to Watergate tonight, right?" So we will have to gather the army we need to attack the underground tomorrow? ”

Wang nodded: "That's pretty much it. So today we have time to do the experiments that I talked about earlier. ”

"Experiments?"

"That's right, it's an experiment to study the smell released by cavemen when they are in different moods. Xiaobai, you eat more, I will use you today! ”

Xiao Bai was holding a large piece of cured meat, and nodded when he heard the mage's words: "Okay!" If you don't say I'll eat more. In this way, you can carry it for a while longer when you are hungry. ”

The mage turned to look at the druid, "You've been hungry before?" ”

"I didn't. But the elders of the tribe said that there had been a great drought, and the animals died in patches, and the werewolves could not catch their prey, and they were so hungry that they could only eat starch. Phew, I don't want to eat starch. ”

Elizabeth looked at the king: "So ...... today Do that experiment? ”

"Yes, this is a pioneering study of troglodyte ecology, and when the experiment is finished, I will write the report on the paper that my teacher gave me."

Elizabeth: "Paper? ”

"Yes, synchronized with the other paper in the mage tower, what is written on the paper in the mage tower will appear, and then it will be printed on other papers. Our apprentices who go out to study in the Mage Tower will bring this prop and pass their findings back to the Mage Tower at any time. ”

Elizabeth's mouth opened wide: "This ...... Can it only be used to communicate with the Mage Tower? Can't you use it for something else? ”

"I can't."

Princess: "Your Mage Tower has so many good things, you can set off a revolution in any plane, right?" Why have you been in the Mage Tower all this time? ”

Wang looked at her suspiciously: "Why do you want to set off a change?" ”

"Huh?" Elizabeth was suddenly asked.

Wang: "We think we should try to ensure the original state of each plane, although the people in the tower will more or less affect each plane, but we don't want to raise the civilization of each plane to the same level. My teacher thought that would destroy the diversity of the planes. ”

Elizabeth: "Uh...... But that would make us ...... Let the people of the plane live better. ”

Wang: "Technological progress may solve old problems, but without exception it will bring new problems. You may indeed make progress materially, but you are also facing greater problems. At least in my teacher's opinion.

"Of course, there are also people who disagree with the teacher, and they have now left the Mage Tower. It is also possible that I will leave the Mage Tower in the future, but at the moment I do not have an opinion that contradicts the teacher's opinion. ”

Elizabeth subconsciously took a step back: "That's it, so in your eyes, we're just research materials, right?" ”

Wang: "You're still my friend." Specific problems are analyzed in detail, and each individual cannot be generalized. ”

Elizabeth looked at the mage with a complicated expression.

Then the dwarf said, "Your Highness, there are some questions that you don't need to think so clearly, you are now traveling together, and it is enough to know this." ”

Elizabeth: "Yes. Well, it's enough to know this. ”

Xiaobai: "One more bone!" ”

**

That evening, the king put down the quill and put away the magical piece of paper.

"Alright, that's it for the study of caveman emotions!" He stretched his waist and glanced at Xiao Bai next to him, whose stomach was bulging, "Do you remember the form I gave you?" Look up the table to tell what the caveman is doing! ”

Xiaobai: "I don't remember. I don't want to smell cavemen anymore, they're either stinky or spicy, and I'm choking to death! You bully! ”

Wang: "Didn't I compensate you, look at so much meat!" ”

Xiaobai: "This is given by Dabo!" ”

Wang: "I asked her to give it!" ”

While the two were arguing, "Dabo" spoke: "You are indeed bullying Xiaobai too much, and you actually sprinkled rice in front of her in order to prevent her from becoming a chicken and escaping." ”

The druid, who has become a chicken, will peck when he sees the rice conditioning, while Xiaobai hates rice, and when she eats rice, she will turn back into "Bah, Bah, Bah". So she had to smell the caveman for a day.

Wang: "That's a great discovery! I can't make it to this year's academic yearbook in Tari! ”

Elizabeth looked skeptical: "Just by smelling the cavemen?" ”

Wang: "Uh...... Hey, if you think about it, it doesn't seem to be that important academic research. ”

Xiaobai made a threatening purring sound: "I'll bite you!" ”

Wang: "It's still very important, but I don't think it will be in the academic yearbook." Well, it definitely can't be on, after all, it's just the discovery of a new habit of a common species. ”

That's when there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." The mage answered.

Ralph opened the door and came in, and before he could take his hand off the doorknob, he said, "Hey! Hurry up to the gatehouse of the fortress, there is a rare visitor! ”

Wang looked at the colorful members of his squad and asked, "Is it rarer than us?" ”

Ralph: "A notch of rarity. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and the dwarf slammed his pipe on the table, put it away, and stood up: "Then let's go." ”

**

By the time we reached the castle tower, the last rays of sunset had disappeared, and it was completely dark.

The torches on the tower of the castle could not be found at all, and the people below did not make torches at all.

The king looked down from the tower and could only see a man riding a horse below. The only person in the team with dark vision is too short and is now moving boxes, so he doesn't have time to look down for the time being.

The mage pulled out his old friend's scepter, and a flash of light dispelled the darkness.

The guards on the city wall had already gained experience, and they all looked away in advance. The people under the city walls were unsurprisingly shaken their eyes and could only raise their hands to cover them.

The man below rides a white horse, dressed in brown leather armor with straps that cross left and right, and a number of props hanging on it. Judging by this outfit, this is either a ranger or a wanderer.

The mage stared at the leather armor and muttered, "Is the leather armor also starting to have a bulletproof appearance like a whole plate armor?" ”

Elizabeth: "That's a secondary sex character!" ”

Wang: "Really? ”

At this time, the rider of the white horse, who had blocked his view with his hand, finally removed his hand, and everyone could see her face.

It was a delicate face that complemented her long, pale blonde hair.

At this time the dwarf finally got his chest, he climbed into it, looked down in the gap between the battlements, and then immediately cursed: "Caris Newman's navel eye! I absolutely disagree with her joining the team! It's hard enough to have a drow in the team! It would be terrible to have another elf! Moreover, Drow and ordinary forest elves will definitely knock out their brains! ”

The elves below frowned: "Drow? I only knew there were cavemen, but I didn't know there were Drow! So this is the drow elves tending to the cavemen to do evil, right? ”

Wang Fu's forehead: "This ...... No, it's not like that. Drow Elves are our teammates. ”

The elven girl immediately took the bow with super speed: "So you are doing evil?" You've already killed the lord's son, right? ”

Ralph: "Uh, no, I'm alive. And they're here to solve the cavemen's problems. ”

Wang: "We also came up with a solution. If it's convenient, can you put away your bow and arrows and come in and listen to us explain the situation? ”

The elf girl thought for a moment, put away her bow and arrows, and nodded: "Yes." ”

Ralph: "Open the door!" Is it okay to bring her into the room where you just ate? ”

"Yes." The mage nodded.

By this time, the elven girl had already entered the door on a horse and disappeared from view. As soon as the mage was about to leave the tower, Elizabeth grabbed him and asked solemnly, "Do you want to go on a trip with her?" ”

Wang: "Yes, you see that her first reaction just now was to use a bow and arrow, and the bow is so smooth, and I see that in addition to the quiver behind her back, she also has a quiver on her waist, she must be a forest ranger, and she is a very powerful forest ranger." ”

Elizabeth: "I'm not asking that...... I mean, do you want to go with her in a carriage to go on a merchant's journey? ”

"Ah, that's what you're talking about. Don't want to. By the way, I don't want to be a lamb and be whipped by her, and I don't blush when I see her. I don't want to be in a relationship with her just yet. ”

Elizabeth was immediately relieved, but immediately asked, "Then do you want to her?" ”

Wang actually thought for a second before answering: "I don't want to." I thought it was strange that the Duchess of the Valley was supposed to be a pretty woman, but I didn't want to get into her. The elf just now is so beautiful that it can rival you, and I don't have that kind of thought. Is it because your secondary sex characteristics are the most obvious? ”

Elizabeth was speechless for a long time.

Xiaobai said next to him: "Da Smart is really a stupid person." No, it should be said that great wisdom is indeed great wisdom. Mm-hmm, that's right. ”

Wang retorted very seriously: "I'm thinking about the problem. In the future, if I have the opportunity, I must do a quantitative analysis to see how big it is, so that my body will have the desire to mate. For now, though, I do have the potential to develop a relationship with Miss Elf. ”

Elizabeth: "......"

Flint laughed, "I thought I had seen all kinds of humans, but I didn't expect my vision to be narrow." It's a pity that the roaring cat man is not there, otherwise she would definitely be happy to die. ”

**

Moments later, the king's team met the elven maidens in the chamber provided by Sir Ralph.

The king's first words when he saw the elf were, "Why are your legs so long?" ”

Flint: "Who are you scolding for having short legs?" ”

Elizabeth: "Don't be so sensitive, it's hard for others to say, he definitely doesn't despise you." ”

The dwarf took out his pipe: "Yes." ”

The elf frowned, "What was that just now?" Some kind of provocation? ”

Wang: "No, I'm just asking you why your legs are so long and look so well developed." ”

"I'm a forest elf, I need to jump in the trees, and I can't run through the treetops of the Sevulin without such muscles."

Wang: "You're from Sewulin?" Isn't that on the other side of the world's mountains? ”

"I crossed the mountains of the world." The elf replied, as if he had stepped over a small dirt bag.

Wang: "Do you want to take the shield road?" ”

"No, there's a lot of the shield road underground, and I don't really like to pass through the dwarven mountain kingdoms." The elf replied.

Wang: "So you didn't go through Langdon Collar either?" ”

"Nope. I want to avoid the big human cities as much as possible. I ......," the elf hesitated, "I'm not very good at recognizing human lies. I'm afraid of being deceived. ”

Everyone looked at each other.

Flint filled his pipe with tobacco and said, "You've come to the right place, we have a captain here who won't lie." ”

(End of chapter)