The king slept directly for three days.

For the past three days, the barbarians and the dwarves were taking care of him, and the ladies tried to take care of him, but they were chased away by Gautrek.

When the king woke up, he was greeted only by the loud snoring of the brute lying on the bed next door.

The king sat up with his head and saw Flint sitting by the corner window.

Wang: "Why are you two?" What about the knee pillow I was looking forward to? ”

Flint: "You want to sleep on your knee pillow for three days, either your pillow has a saw a leg, or your neck is crooked and you don't come back." ”

Wang touched his head: "What happened?" How many days did I sleep? ”

Flint: "Don't you remember? You've solved a puzzle that has plagued everyone for a long time, and some people have set their houses on fire because of this, and they're going to bring everyone to the funeral. ”

Wang: "Is there anything else?" That's too bad. ”

As if giving a report, Flint continued: "You have been asleep for three days and a whole bunch of conspiracy theorists or demagogues have popped up saying that the disappearance of the Tower symbolizes the tragic future of Monrovia.

"Bernal arrested a large number of people on the grounds that the current military situation and intolerance of half-heartedness. Now the execution ground is basically operating at full capacity. ”

Wang: "Well, the enemy is currently using heavy canons, and the emperor understands it." ”

"The orc forces have definitely crossed the border, but they have not raided the territory of the border birt."

The king frowned: "No looting? Are the real orcs attacking? ”

The dwarf lit the fire and replied slowly, "Everyone is thinking about it. The prevailing narrative now is that the orcs may have a stronger overlord than ever before, and that all the troops can do what they order. ”

Wang: "Wait a minute, I remember, when the wolf cavalry attacked, it was also the horn that sounded, and all the wolf cavalry turned around, indeed...... It's very forbidden. ”

"Speaking of wolf riders," Flint paused, "Emperor Bernal was wounded while he was commanding his troops to encircle the wolf rider camp. He was wounded by an arrow. ”

Wang: "What? ”

"Immediately after being shot and wounded, he returned to Minos, and asked his military director, the Clover Knight, to continue sweeping the wolf cavalry camp."

Wang: "Wait a minute, won't it be over after being shot and treated?" What about pastors? ”

"That's the problem, even the archbishop of the Lanslow Temple in the city has come to see it, and the emperor's arrow wound has not healed. The archbishop believed that the Emperor might have been shot with some kind of arrow that had a constant magic, so the wound never healed. ”

King: "Orcs use arrows that are constant with some kind of magic?" Wait a minute, there are several special arrows that I can remember that can achieve this effect, such as arrows made from the life crystals of high-level demons in a certain plane. ”

At this time, the ladies of the squad entered the house en masse.

When Elizabeth saw the king, she was surprised and said, "You are awake!" ”

Without saying a word, he looked like he wanted to pounce, but Xiaobai moved faster, and the werewolf swooped into the mage's arms and rubbed him hard with his face.

Xiaobai: "I'm still thinking, what if you can't get up for this trip, then no one will tell us anything delicious." ”

Wang: "That's what I'm worth, right?" ”

Xiaobai didn't reply, and rubbed the king's mage robe.

Elizabeth also went to his bedside: "We have always wanted to take care of you, but Gotrek refused, always saying: 'Male, female, no!' ’”

Rosalie: "The barbarians seem to have decided that we have other plans for you who are unconscious. ”

Wang looked at Rosalie suspiciously: "Why did you come in with you so naturally?" ”

Flint: "Ah, well, you surprised Bernal, so he forced the princess to join our team. After all, we are not as otherworldly as you, and it is not easy to refuse an emperor's orders without malicious intent, and Princess Rosalie has indeed made it a lot easier for us, so ......"

The dwarf shrugged as he spoke.

Wang: "What's the convenience of her?" ”

Flint: "At her request, the RIBA gathered all the famous architects and took a closer look at the architectural style in the frame that we found. We now know that this style of architecture comes from a place called Yi Songzo, a country full of swamps and a dense network of rivers among the river countries. ”

Wang said in surprise: "Found it? Let's go! ”

Rosalie: "That's the problem, last night, the orcs surrounded Minos City. If you woke up yesterday morning, we'll be gone. ”

The mage was shocked: "The orcs move so fast? Flint just told me that the orcs weren't raiding, and I thought ......"

Flint: "I didn't know the orcs were besieging the city last night. ”

Elizabeth: "It was just a small force at the wall last night. The orc army had arrived this morning, and Rosalie had received the latest news from the palace that the orc army had set up ballista positions in the upper and lower reaches of the Masunya River, apparently studying the terrain around Minos in advance. ”

King: "Didn't the orcs attack Monrovia only thirty years ago?" Then they should know the terrain around the city. ”

Rosalie: "No, there has never been a record of orcs setting up ballistas to blockade the river, so Minoan City has been besieged several times, and it can be supported by surface transport. ”

Wang touched his chin: "This is too interesting, the overlord of orcs is still an orc, he should have the temperament of an ordinary orc." What forbiddens looting, or setting up ballistas on the riverbank, is not the style of orcs.

"Orcs like 'bigger' and 'stronger' things, and in siege weapons they only like trebuchets, and trebuchets are definitely not good at smashing moving ships."

Nini: "Indeed, it's not the same as the orcs I know. ”

Flint: "It's not what I know!" ”

The Drow Elf suddenly opened his mouth to indicate his presence: "Me too. ”

Xiaobai: "I'm different, I don't know." Are orcs delicious? ”

The king ignored them, and fell into his own thoughts, as always: "And then there is the arrow that does not heal the wound. It's so much fun. ”

Elizabeth: "Anyway, now we can't go, and Starstar can't break through those ballistas." We can only wait for the siege of Minoan City to end. ”

Wang: "What about the other to-dos?" ”

Rosalie looked puzzled: "What to-do?" ”

Elizabeth said proudly: "He gave us a to-do list, and the Royal Institute of Architects was just the first of them. ”

Rosalie: "And the list?" ”

Nini: "My teacher likes to be organized. ”

Wang: "So what about the list?" ”

Marika: "I went to visit the Shadow Thieves' headquarters, and so is their intelligence, Yi Songzuo. ”

Wang: "Then we'll go to Yi Songzuo." Other to-dos! ”

Or Marika reported: "The purchase of scrolls and magical equipment has not been rewarded at all, because the war is imminent, all the scrolls and magical equipment have been sold, and all kinds of local vendors, including those on the surface and underground, have no good equipment and scrolls." ”

Elizabeth: "At the Bards' Academy, I took the lead in organizing a meet-and-greet, but when the guys saw me with Rosalie and Nini, they scrambled to make us hymns. ”

After speaking, she paused, and added: "And the writing is sparse." ”

Nini also nodded: "Indeed, it's rotten." ”

Elves don't usually just say it's rotten, they say that, it means it's really bad.

Rosalie: "So I made it according to a list." I said why do you suddenly want to go to the Bard's Academy. ”

Wang: "Have you met any interesting bards?" ”

"Nope." All members of the team said in unison.

Elizabeth: "And you're not awake, and we wouldn't dare recruit a good bard, even if we met him who seemed good." ”

Nini: "Teacher, you are the darling of fate, and we agree that this kind of thing needs you to judge. ”

Wang nodded: "Reasonable judgment." ”

Rosalie: "Don't you know how to write modesty?" ”

Wang stood up directly: "Now that the old to-do list is done, we need new goals. I'm going to go to the walls to see if we can break through the orc encirclement. ”

Rosalie was shocked: "Aren't you going to help Minos defend against the orc attack?" ”

The king asked rhetorically, "Why should I help?" It's your problem, it's not ours, and we don't have Minoans in our ranks. ”

Rosalie: "What about me?" The laundry lady's hometown doesn't count, does it? ”

The king was silent for a few seconds and said, "But the problem is that Minos City is a city that does not fall, and it will be fine without our help. And we're just a squad of the highest four rings of spellcasters, and this kind of large-scale war with high-level spellcasters on both sides is none of our business. ”

Rosalie: "But you can also cast powerful magic!" ”

"I'm going to fall asleep after that magic is cast! If I stay, I'll be able to help. But do you really lack the help of an adult dragon? ”

Rosalie said resolutely: "Missing! My hometown is currently in crisis, please help the people of Minos! ”

Wang stared at Rosalie for a few seconds: "No." If we can't find a way out, we'll help defend the city in order to avoid implicating us in the breach. If we find a way to leave, we will leave immediately. ”

Flint: "You don't know anything about our captain, he doesn't like to be emotional." ”

Elizabeth said, "Yes, you have to tell him what is in interest." ”

Nini: "Or make him curious about something." For example, you can tell him that there is an old puzzle or an old dungeon on the orc's side, and he will be excited to explore it. ”

The team members talked around and returned to Flint: "Then by the way, I will help you solve the problem of the orc siege." ”

Rosalie thought for a moment and suddenly snapped her fingers: "That's right! Surely you haven't heard of it. Next to the orc overlord, there is a new staff officer, possibly a lich. ”

Wang: "I see, so there is a reasonable explanation for the change in the orc's behavior, and eighty percent of the magic that the lich used to subtly influence the new overlord. After all, this overlord didn't just come out, it was fought last year and then passed a winter, a winter's time, even the most vegetable lich can affect an orc - the orc overlord is a taller, stronger and greener orc. ”

Rosalie asked suspiciously, "What do you mean that even the most rookie lich can do it?" ”

Without waiting for the king to reply, Nini said, "Because the lich needs to master the art of fixing the essence of his life in a life box. ”

Wang added: "The Lich Transformation Ritual is essentially an ascension ritual, so the Lich is generally a caster of the Nine Rings, and even a caster who can cast legendary spells beyond the Nine Rings. ”

He paused, and then said, "However, the person who will be chosen to be a lich must not be very talented in magic." Gifted people have long since broken through the boundaries of the plane, transcended time and space, and become traveling mages.

"Only those who can't do this will become lichs, because their life is nearing, but the exploration of magic has no end, and in the end there is no way but to become lichs.

"There is another way for the Cyclops Empire, which is to use legendary spells to extract the life of ordinary creatures in an area and use it to replenish their own yang life. During the era of the One-Eyed Empire, humans, as creatures that reproduce quickly and are intelligent enough, were very popular yang shou supplements. The Cyclops also built human pastures and mass-produced humans.

"They put women in special magical devices and were only responsible for production. Men squeeze life in batches after fertilizing women, and become the yang shou of the great arcanists. ”

The women all frowned.

But the king did not realize it: "Don't mention these things, go up to the city wall and see." ”

(End of chapter)