After killing his father, Stoker's son, York, surrendered to the coalition led by the Earl of Brookwood.

Then, along with the members of the team, King met with the acting officer mentioned in Duke Bruce Langdon's letter, Sadiq Harvey.

"He deserves to be a strategist that Lord Bruce values very much!" As soon as Sadiq met, he gave Wang a resounding sycophant, accompanied by a warm and somewhat exaggerated hug.

Wang: "Indeed. ”

The team members and even Nini are used to Wang's way of doing things, but Sadiq is clearly not used to it.

He was embarrassed in place, but he still immediately adjusted with his excellent professionalism and smiled: "Haha, you are quite straightforward." ”

After speaking, he turned to the princess and saluted respectfully: "Your Highness, you are still as beautiful as ever. ”

Elizabeth wore a formal dress and did not take off her gloves, so Sadiq only shook hands in a very interesting way, and did not kiss the hand.

Wang: "We need to organize the personnel to clear the blown water gate immediately, and we can leave today." We've wasted too much time in the Vale Collar. ”

Sadiq: "Is it so urgent?" ”

"That's the urgency."

The acting officer sighed: "My entourage was hacked to death by that madman Stoke, and I am still alive because of His Excellency Little York." Now I'd love to organize manpower ......"

Wang: "This is simple, so that Count Ximu and his son can do it for him, without them we would not have overthrown Stoke so easily." They can all be trusted. ”

Sadiq was stunned: "Since it is recommended by the wise man, it will definitely be of great use." I would definitely entrust it with that. You just said you want to unblock the watergate as soon as possible, right? I'll let someone do it. ”

"No," Count Brookwood led Ralph into the room where Sadiq was under house arrest, "and I sent someone to clear the rubble that blocked the water gate long before the siege began. For the sake of the speed of cleanup, we have temporarily abandoned the repair of the water gate, so now to come to the Enlan River, we have to take the ferry. ”

Sadiq questioned: "The ferry has not been used for so many years, can it still be used?" ”

Earl Ximu shrugged his shoulders: "Why can't it be used, tow the small boat that was originally used to transport sailors ashore in Watergate Town, and the problem of the boat will be solved." The current of the Larnlan River is not urgent, and there is no need for an experienced captain, who can do it at a young age. ”

Sadiq raised his eyebrows: "Okay, so after repairing the water gate, His Highness is ready to set off immediately?" Wouldn't this kind of cutting the queue cause criticism? Those merchant ships have been stuck in the collapsed water gate for a long time, right? They must be in a hurry to get through the hurdles too. ”

"There are no more checkpoints," Ralph said, "and we're actually going to tear down the water gate completely and resume shipping as much as possible." ”

Sadiq was shocked: "What about the finances of the valley leader?" River Valley Leads Bankrupt! ”

Wang: "We've wiped out the cavemen, and now the Valley Territory can mine." ”

Sadiq looked Wang up and down in surprise: "Really? That's a caveman, and in his heyday, the valley collar couldn't do anything about it! Did you do it with one team? ”

Wang: "No, to be precise, we didn't do it, we brought more than 100 mercenaries who volunteered to join, most of them are squads that have been adventuring together for many years, with a certain degree of cooperation and complete configurations. ”

Sadiq shook his head: "I read the information of the River Valley Territory before I came, and the configuration of the River Valley Territory back then was definitely more complete than yours, in addition to all kinds of mercenaries and adventurers, there were also well-trained regular troops.

"But their assault on the underground has failed. At that time, although the River Valley Territory was not as rich as the Langdon Domain, it was not bad, and it could be said that it was the second richest duke in the entire empire! ”

Wang: "Actually, there was an element of luck in our success this time, the adventurers just played the role of attacking the east and west, and we smashed the yellow dragon through a shaft. In the end, we struck through the caveman temple guards and stormed the temple of Ramashtu, destroying an ancient evil machine inside. ”

The king paused, and gestured to Sadiq: "For details, look forward to the psalm that the bard is writing." As for how long it will take, that's another matter. ”

Now several bards were writing about their squad, and the last time Wang went to pay attention to the writing process, he found that every bard was scratching his ears and cheeks for rhyme, as if it didn't matter whether it reflected the facts or not, and the rhyme had to be extremely accurate.

Sadiq looked at the team members in turn, and the more he looked, the more he showed a "I understand" expression.

"It was I who trespassed," he said, taking the king's hand, "and it's normal for a team like yours to do something earth-shattering." So are cavemen completely gone? ”

"Yes, even if there is a little left, it is sealed deep underground." The king replied.

Sadiq: "How?" ”

Wang briefly recounted what happened underground.

Sadiq: "So...... The cavemen discovered the ruins of antiquity, and then they completely relied on the ruins to reproduce, and changed the social structure, but they destroyed the ruins, so the troglodytes produced by the ruins exploded? ”

Wang: "That's pretty much it. ”

Sadiq was stunned: "Amazing, amazing." ”

Ralph: "We're already preparing to erect a monument to you in Creekwood, and it's said that the Earls and Barons of the other realms want to do the same. It is estimated that in the future, as long as there is a mine in the valley territory, there will be your statue. ”

Wang: "That's too much, it's better to build a big one in the lakeside city, anyway, after a period of time when the mining industry is running, you will also have money." ”

Ralph laughed, "It's a word." ”

Sadiq watched awkwardly as they decided on the affairs of the territory in this way, without asking him a single word about the acting officer.

When the king and Ralph had said enough, Sadiq redirected the conversation to the point: "So you decided to leave as soon as the water gate was repaired?" Don't take a little stuff here?

"The current Duchess is the sister-in-law of Her Royal Highness, and it makes sense to ask for a little payment. What's more, it is a great achievement to restore the ancestral industry of the river valley leader. ”

Elizabeth: "We don't have any needs. ”

Wang: "I think the treasure in the treasury of the Valley Collar Palace can meet our needs. ”

Elizabeth immediately stepped on the king's toes, leaned in and muttered, "Don't be like this, we don't lack supplies at all, what's the use of asking for so much except to occupy the capacity of your dimensional bag?" Although there is no upper limit to the capacity of your dimensional bag, you can't be so greedy! ”

Wang: "I mean to see if there's any magic equipment. ”

Sadiq shook his head: "Don't think about it, the river valley leader has already smashed the pot and sold iron, and the equipment saved in the previous heyday is estimated to have all been lost." ”

Elizabeth: "I think so. Is there a direct heir to the river valley to prove this statement? ”

Everyone looked at her in amazement.

The king made a gesture to scratch his neck.

Elizabeth immediately remembered: "Oh, I'm sorry! ”

It was her brother who cut down the direct line of the valley collar to the Duchess Ruth.

She asked this question at such a time, which was somewhat of a serious illness.

Wang: "Although the valley is very poor, we are facing a crisis of annihilation, so of course we must use the equipment as well as possible.

"So even if it's a poor place, we have to pluck the goose and do our best to grow our strength."

Sadiq frowned: "It's the first time I've heard of a robbery so freshly spoken. Okay, go to the treasury and take whatever you see. ”

**

Although the king said so, the treasury of the valley - no, it could not be called a treasury, and Stoker, who had been the "duke" for 31 days, had spent the last of the gold in it, and only some broken copper and iron that had no value at first glance remained.

When the door to the treasury was opened, Elizabeth staggered, "It seems that we are destined to have nothing to gain this time." ”

The dwarf agreed: "The 'treasure house' that you can't see at all the golden color is really an eye-opener for me. ”

Wang: "Nini, did you see anything emitting magical aura?" I won't cast spells to find magical items. ”

The elf looked around at the empty "treasure house" and shook his head: "No." None of the things in this were magical items. ”

"I guess so." The king paced through the large room, "Duke Langdon still has a wayfinder at the bottom of the box, and the Duke of Riverdale has nothing inappropriate, right?" They used to be wide! ”

Dwarf: "Down!" ”

Wang turned his head to look at Elizabeth: "I remember that your second brother checked the things that the Duke of Old River Valley's family brought to Langdon Territory?" ”

Elizabeth nodded: "Well, I've checked, and there are only a few things that are on the same level as the counter ring on your body." ”

Dwarf: "They are nobles, not adventurers. Because adventurers run dungeons all year round, they will be 'enriched' with a bunch of powerful magical equipment.

"The nobles can only buy what professional corpse collectors have taken from dead adventurers."

The king continued to pace in the treasury: "The Emperor has a Banshee's Howl Scroll at the bottom of the box, which is quite remarkable considering the scarcity of knowledge related to the magic of the Nine Rings in this world. There are wayfinders in Langdon......

"Marika, check if there are any secret doors or mechanisms."

Dwarf: "What, you still want to play Rolling Stone Trap in Lakeside City?" ”

The king only shrugged his shoulders, his attention on the drow elves who were carrying out orders to inspect the walls.

After about fifteen minutes, Marika shook her head, "I checked every inch of the wall, and there are no secret doors or traps in this place. ”

If a seasoned wanderer like Marika says there is no secret door, then there is none.

Wang was speechless: "Let's go, let's go and see the study and bedroom in the castle." Anyway, it will take time for the water gate to be unblocked. ”

Elizabeth: "Is that good?" Hanging out in someone else's castle? ”

Wang: "What are you afraid of, this is your sister-in-law's castle, and you are the sister-in-law of all the servants in this castle!" ”

After saying that, the mage took the princess's hand and dragged her and began to wander around the castle.

Marika followed the two and asked, "Are you going to let me search the whole castle?" ”

"Then you don't have to, just follow us and check what you think is suspicious," Wang paused, "We trust your instincts as a professional wanderer. ”

At this time, the two entered a hall, and the interior of this castle was built in a style that did not have a corridor through it, instead there was a hall connected to one, and the doorways of all the halls were set up in a staggered manner, so that the crossbowman and the caster could not get a view of the entire building.

It was a structure that was convenient for armored hoplites to defend against.

The castle was built before the city of Langdon, which had the kind of long corridors that ran through it, and when you stand in the corridors and look along the corridors, the elaborate columns and giant windows will give people a sense of grandeur.

This is typical of sacrificing defensiveness for the sake of luxury.

The room where the mage led the warlock into the wall was covered with taxidermy of the heads of many animals—mostly native wildlife.

There is also a complete specimen of an adult sika deer in the room, which looks lifelike.

The king circled around the sika deer, and then looked up at the things on the wall, and he suddenly stopped and stared at the deer's head on the wall.

Elizabeth asked curiously, "What's wrong?" ”

Wang: "The deer in the valley are mainly sika deer. Sika deer also have antlers, but it is not so exaggerated, this is a bighorn deer in the Northern Regions. ”

Elizabeth: "Is it rare?" ”

Nini said: "This is the mount of the elf king, the elf king court of Sewulin has a special deer breeder, the entire forest kingdom currently only has 20 pairs of such deer, and the deer breeder formulates a birth plan in a hundred years to ensure that the bloodline does not cross the source."

"Bighorn deer in the wild are almost non-existent in nature. Even if there is, it may be raised by another elven royal court. The Duke of Riverdale must have spent a fortune to get this specimen. ”

Wang: "He didn't make this specimen for the sake of looking good. The bighorn deer, as a legendary creature, has magical powers in its own right, just like unicorns. Its specimen can be somewhat shielded from magical aura. If the Duke of Riverdale has any heirloom treasures, it must be hidden in them. ”

The mage paused, and made up a staircase for himself: "Or something else that can block the magic aura." Take it down! ”

Nini jumped to her feet and took the specimen with the huge antlers and the base of it.

Xiaobai: "Wow, this antler, I can sleep on the antlers!" ”

The mage didn't take the time to admire the antlers, he said to Nini, "Hold steady", and began to study the deer's head.

Marika: "Let me do it!" I'm also better at finding dark grids! ”

With that, she pushed the mage away and examined the deer's head carefully.

The two elves, one black and one white, were actually standing so close, and they were still working together to complete one thing, seeing this scene, Flint rubbed his eyes: "Caris Newman, I must be drunk." ”

Marika suddenly said, "Found it." Over here. ”

She drew her dagger and plunged it between the base and the deer's head, making a slight slash through it.

Strangely, what filled the deer's head did not leak out of the cut in the knife.

Marika put her hand inside, and after a few seconds she shouted, "I touched it!" ”

Dwarf: "It's never too late to shout so loudly when it bites you." ”

Marika: "Damn, it feels like a spherical jelly on a dish. ”

As he spoke, the Drow pulled the thing out.

Both the mage and the elf looked away and narrowed their eyes, and the elf raised his hand to block it, as if it had been hit by some kind of bright light. But no one else reacted, and it was clear that the thing Marika had just taken out had a strong magical aura.

Xiaobai let out a threatening roar, and his ears and hair stood up.

Wang pressed Xiaobai: "Don't be nervous, this is just a necklace that resembles the eye of the Lord of the Eye Demon, not a real eye demon." If it's a real Beholder, a few of us ugly ones have already been struck by Cleavage or Death, and Nini and Elizabeth could be hit by petrified rays and turned into collectibles in Beholder's lair. ”

Elizabeth crossed her hands in front of her and hugged her shoulders: "This thing makes me shudder. ”

Nini looked much calmer: "Why are Elizabeth and I petrified?" ”

"The Eye Demon has a great aesthetic and will bring back beautiful petrified creatures to decorate his lair."

Nini: "It's a disgusting creature. ”

Marika: "Don't just talk about the Eye Demon, look at this necklace." Such a large eyeball is placed on the 'secondary sex characteristics', and it is certainly not for the sake of good looks. ”

The king took the necklace, looked at it carefully, and muttered as he looked at it: "The magic aura of this thing is the same as my dragon's head scepter, and it must be a powerful magical equipment." ”

Marika casually placed the specimen of the bighorned deer on the ground and turned to the door: "I'll go and guard the outside to make sure no one is approaching." ”

Nini glanced at Drow, then at the door on the other side, and finally at the necklace, finally deciding to continue to focus on the mage's identification process.

The barbarian strode towards the unguarded door and took on the task of guarding the door.

The king studied for a long time, and said firmly: "This is an artifact, and I am sure that part of its ability has been sealed." So now it's just an ordinary Scorching Ray Necklace that needs to be worn by the Spontaneous Caster and can instantly fire three Scorching Rays per day, which should shoot out of this eyeball. ”

Nini was surprised and said, "Such a strong magical aura, but it's just a scorching ray necklace?" ”

Wang: "In its full form, it should be able to exert the power of an adult Eye Demon, and the middle eye should be able to shoot ten types of eye rays like the eye of the Eye Demon, and it should also be able to fire scorching rays that the eye demon can't. ”

Marika: "Why do you have eye rays and scorching rays?" So how can we restore the power of this artifact? ”

Wang: "A ritual may be required, and after the ritual is ready, the wearer of the necklace will need to single-handedly kill an adult Eye Fiend. ”

Everyone fell silent all of a sudden.

Elizabeth: "Just by the scorching rays?" One Eyedman? Is it the evil creature that has a giant main eye and countless secondary eyes on the head of the tentacles? ”

Wang: "Yes, and its body structure can aim at you with up to three eyes at once, all of which cast petrified eye rays. By the way, its main eye can also use an anti-magic field to block your scorching rays. ”

Elizabeth: "I can't do it!" ”

Wang: "Don't worry, deal with the Eye Demon, in fact, the dwarves have already found a way. ”

The dwarf nodded, "Yes, the Beholder Buster Shield, this thing can reflect all the rays of the Beholder, and we made it to deal with crazy things like the Beholder." The ancient kingdom of the mountains used to mass-produce this thing and distribute it to the dwarven legions that encircled and suppressed the Eye Demons, so you can still find it if you try to find it. ”

Wang explained beside him: "Although the Eye Demon is an orderly and evil creature, their society is extremely chaotic. Because every Beholder sees himself as a perfect being, and considers all other beings to be inferior, including the other Beholder. ”

Elizabeth: "Give this necklace to someone else!" ”

Wang: "You are the only one who casts spells spontaneously. I guess this restriction may be due to the fact that the Beholder is also a spontaneous caster. ”

The sign of a spontaneous caster is that you don't need to prepare spells every day, and another feature is that you don't need to consider spell slots, only the limit of the number of spells casted, and if the number of spells in this ring is not used up today, you can continue to choose the spells of this ring to cast.

Elizabeth shook her head like a rattle: "No, no, no, no! ”

The king forcibly approached her and put the necklace around her neck.

"Babble!" Elizabeth exclaimed, "What's going on? Why do I see the king from this perspective? How did I get shorter? ”

Wang: "I see, after wearing the necklace, the eyes on the necklace have become your eyes, and now that your eyes are closed, you can only look at me from the eyes on your chest." ”

"Huh? Do I have my eyes closed? Oh, it's really closed. Elizabeth opened her eyes and immediately fainted to the ground.

The king put his arms around her and kept her from falling.

"It's dizzy! I...... This is a strange perspective! Can you close the eyes of the necklace? ”

Wang stared at the necklace for a few seconds, then snapped his fingers: "There it is!" ”

He tucked the necklace between Elizabeth's secondary sex characteristics.

Wang: "That's all right, isn't it?" But you still have to get used to seeing the world with three eyes as soon as possible, and three instantaneous scorching rays a day! ”

Elizabeth's face was flushed, and she stared at the king.

Wang: "What's wrong with you?" Is this thing making you too nervous? ”

Elizabeth: "No! I'll get used to the three eyes as soon as possible! ”

"Oh, if you are used to it, you can stuff it inside," said the king, "and that is suitable for a sneak attack." ”

Elizabeth: "Got it! Looted the treasure of the valley collar, are you satisfied? ”

The girl's words were tinged with resentment, but unfortunately the mage couldn't hear them.

"Satisfied," he smiled, "very satisfied!" Remind me to find the Dwarve's Eye Buster Shield and capture a Wild Eye Demon. ”

(End of chapter)