mage's dating rules

Chapter 105
After Stoke's son York Jr. killed his father, he surrendered to the King Qin's coalition led by Earl Ximu.

Then Wang, together with the team members, met the Deputy Officer Sadik Harvey mentioned in Duke Bruce Langdon's letter.

"As expected of a strategist whom Mr. Bruce valued very much!" Sadiq gave Wang a resounding flattery as soon as they met, with a warm and exaggerated hug.

Wang: "Indeed."

The team members, even Nini, are used to Wang's way of acting, but Sadiq is obviously not used to it.

He was awkward in place, but still adjusted immediately 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 was wearing formal attire and did not take off her gloves, so Sadiq only shook hands without kissing them.

Wang: "We need to organize people to empty the bombed water gate immediately. It is best if we can start today. We have wasted too much time in the valley."

Sadik: "In such a hurry?"

"It's that urgent."

The acting officer sighed: "My entourage was hacked to death by that lunatic Stoke, and I am still alive thanks to Your Excellency Little York. Now I really want to organize people..."

Wang: "This is simple. Earl Ximu and his son can do it for us. Without them, we would not overthrow Stoke so easily. They can all be trusted."

Sadiq was speechless: "Since it is the person recommended by the wise man, it will definitely be of great use. I will definitely entrust it with a heavy responsibility. You just said that you want to clear the water gate as soon as possible? I will let someone do it."

"No need," Earl Ximu led Ralph into the room where Sadiq was under house arrest. "Before the siege began, I sent people to clean up the gravel that blocked the water gate. For the sake of cleaning speed, we temporarily gave up The repair of the water gate, so now to come to the Enlan River, you 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 by Shuimen Town to carry sailors ashore, and the problem of the boat will be solved. The current of the Lanlan River is not urgent, and there is no need for experienced boatmen. Young people can do it.”

Sadiq raised his eyebrows: "Okay, so after the water gate is repaired, is His Highness going to set off immediately? Wouldn't this jumping in line cause criticism? Those merchant ships have been stuck by the collapsed water gate for a long time, right? They must be in a hurry to pass. "

"There's no more checkpoints," said Ralph, "and we're actually going to take down the water gates entirely and restore shipping as much as possible."

Sadiq was shocked: "What about the finances of the Hegu leader? The Hegu leader will go bankrupt!"

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

Sadiq looked the king up and down in surprise: "Really? Those are cavemen. Even the valley leaders in their heyday couldn't do anything with them! You can handle it with one team?"

Wang: "No, to be precise, we didn't handle it. We brought more than 100 mercenaries who volunteered to join. Most of them are teams that have been adventuring together for many years. They have a certain degree of cooperation and are fully equipped."

Sadiq shook his head: "I read the information of the River Valley Leader before I came here. Back then, the River Valley Leader's configuration was definitely better than yours. In addition to all kinds of mercenaries and adventurers, there were also well-trained regular troops.

"But all their attacks on the underground failed. Although the River Valley Territory at that time was not as rich as Langdon's, it was not bad. It can be said to be the second richest duchy in the entire empire!"

Wang: "In fact, our success this time was due to luck. The adventurers just played the role of smacking east and west, and we went straight to the yellow dragon through a vertical shaft. Finally, we killed the temple guards of the troglodytes and rushed into the Lamashtu. Temple, destroying an ancient evil machine within."

Wang paused, and gestured to Sadiq: "For details, please look forward to the poem the bard is writing. As for how long it takes to finish it, that's another matter."

Now several bards are writing about the affairs of their team. Last time Wang went to pay attention to the writing process and found that every bard was scratching his head for the rhyme, as if it didn't matter whether it reflected the truth or not, the rhyme must be extremely accurate.

Sadiq looked at the team members one by one, and the more he looked, the more he showed an expression of "I understand".

"I overstepped," he said, taking the king's hand. "It's normal for a team like yours to do something earth-shattering. So did the caveman disappear completely?"

"Yes, even if there is a little left, it will be sealed deep underground." Wang replied.

Sadik: "How?"

Wang briefly talked about what happened underground.

Sadiq: "So...the cavemen discovered the ancient ruins, and then they completely relied on the ruins to reproduce, and changed the social structure. As a result, they destroyed the ruins, so all the cavemen produced by the ruins exploded?"

Wang: "That's about it."

Sadiq was speechless: "It's amazing, it's amazing."

Ralph: "We are already planning to erect a monument for you in Ximu Town. It is said that the earls and barons of other territories also want to do this. It is estimated that as long as there is a mine in the River Valley Territory, there will be your statue. "

Wang: "That's too much. Why don't you build a big one in the city by the lake. Anyway, after a period of time, after the mining industry starts to operate, you will also have money."

Ralph smiled and said, "It's a deal."

Sadiq watched in embarrassment as they decided on the territorial affairs in this way, without even asking him a single word from the acting official.

After Wang and Ralph had said enough, Sadiq brought the topic back to the main topic: "So you decided to leave as soon as the water gate is repaired? Aren't you going to get something here?

"The current Duchess is His Highness's sister-in-law, so it is reasonable to ask for a little remuneration. What's more, it is such a great achievement to restore the ancestral property of Hegu Ling."

Elizabeth: "We don't need anything."

Wang: "I think the secret treasures in the palace treasury of Hegu Ling can meet our needs."

Elizabeth immediately stepped on Wang's toes, leaned closer and murmured: "Don't be like this, we don't lack supplies at all. What's the use of having so many other than occupying the capacity of your dimensional bag? Although your dimensional bag has no upper limit, it can't be so Greed!"

Wang: "I mean to see if there is any magic equipment."

Sadiq shook his head: "Don't even think about it, the leader of the river valley has long since sold out the iron, and the equipment saved in the previous heyday is probably all pawned."

Elizabeth: "I think so too. Is there any direct heir of the Valley Land to prove this statement?"

Everyone looked at her with surprised eyes.

Wang made a neck-scratching gesture.

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

It was her brother who cut down the lineage of the Hegu collar until only Duchess Ruth remained.

She asked this question at a time like this, somewhat ill.

Wang: "Although the Hegu leader is very poor, we are facing a crisis of annihilation, so of course we must use the best equipment possible.

"So even if it is a poor place, we have to pluck the feathers and do our best to increase our strength."

Sadiq frowned: "It's the first time I've heard someone who can describe robbery in such a fresh and refined way. All right, you go to the treasure house and take whatever suits you."

**
Although the king said so, the treasure house of Hegu Ling—no, it cannot be called a treasure house. Stoke, who has been a "Duke" for 31 days, spent all the last gold in it, leaving only a few It looks like worthless scrap metal.

When the door of the treasure house was opened, Elizabeth said in shock: "It seems that we are destined to fail this time."

The dwarf agreed: "The 'treasure house' that can't be seen in any golden color really opened my eyes."

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

The elf looked around the empty "treasure house" and shook his head: "No. Nothing in it is a magic item."

"I guess so." Wang paced around the huge room, "Duke Langdon still has a pair of Pathfinders at the bottom of the suitcase. The Duke of Dale is all right, right? They've had it before!"

Dwarf: "It's pawned!"

Wang turned to look at Elizabeth: "I remember that your second brother checked the things that the old Duke of Riverdale's family brought to Langdon?"

Elizabeth nodded: "Well, after checking, there are only a few things that are of the same grade as the anti-counter ring on your body."

Dwarves: "They are nobles, not adventurers who take risks everywhere. Adventurers will 'enrich' a bunch of powerful magic equipment because they have been running dungeons all year round.

"Aristocrats generally can only buy things that professional corpse collectors pick up from dead adventurers."

Wang continued to pace the treasury: "The Emperor of the Empire has a scroll of Howl of the Banshee at the bottom of the chest, which is quite remarkable considering the scarcity of knowledge about nine-ring magic in this world. Langdon has the Pathfinder...

"Marika, check to see if there are secret doors or traps."

Dwarf: "Why, you still want to play rolling stone trap in Lakeside City?"

Wang just shrugged, focusing on the drow who were carrying out orders to check the walls.

About 15 minutes later, Malika shook her head: "I checked every inch of the wall. There are no secret doors or traps in this place."

If a seasoned rogue like Marika said there were no secret doors, there were none.

Wang was speechless: "Let's go, and then go to see the study and bedrooms in the castle. Anyway, it will take time to clear the water gate."

Elizabeth: "How about that? 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 speaking, the mage took the princess's hand and dragged her to walk around the castle.

Malika followed the two and asked, "You won't let me search the entire castle, will you?"

"That's not necessary, you just need to follow us and check out what you think is suspicious." Wang paused, "We trust your professional wanderer's intuition."

At this time, the two entered a hall. The interior architectural style of this castle is that there are no through corridors. Instead, there are halls connecting each other. Views across the entire building.

This is a construction that is convenient for armored hoplites to defend.

This castle should have been built earlier than Langdon City. Langdon City already had that kind of long corridor. Standing on the corridor and looking along the corridor, the well-designed columns and giant windows will give people a sense of grandeur. a feeling of.

This is the typical sacrifice of defense for luxury.

In the room where the mage led the warlock in, there were many specimens made of animal heads hanging on the walls—basically all local wild animals.

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

Wang circled around the sika deer, and then looked up at the things on the wall. He suddenly stopped and stared at the deer head on the wall.

Elizabeth asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Wang: "The deer in the river valley are mainly sika deer. The sika deer also has antlers, but it will not be so exaggerated. This is a northern big horned deer."

Elizabeth: "Is it rare?"

Nini interjected: "This is the elf king's mount. The elf king's court in Sewulin has a special deer breeder. The entire forest kingdom currently only raises 20 pairs of such deer. The deer breeder makes a birth plan in units of a hundred years. Make sure blood vessels do not cross close to each other.

"There are almost no wild big-horned deer in nature. Even if there are, they may be raised by other elf royal courts. The Duke of River Valley must have spent a lot of money to get this specimen."

Wang: "He didn't make this specimen for the sake of looking good. As a legendary creature, the big-horned deer has magical powers just like unicorns. Its specimens can shield magical auras to a certain extent. If the Duke of River Valley has any heirloom treasures , it must be hidden in it.”

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

Nini jumped up nimbly, and took down the stag head specimen with huge antlers including the base.

Xiaobai: "Wow, this antler, I can sleep on it!"

The mage didn't spend time admiring the antlers, he said "Hold on" to Nini, and began to study the deer's head.

Malika: "Let me do it! I'm better at finding hidden spaces!"

As she spoke, she pushed the mage away and carefully examined the deer's head.

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

Malika said suddenly: "Found it. Here it is."

She pulled out the dagger, inserted it between the base and the deer's head, and made a cut with light force.

Oddly enough, the stuffing for the deer's head didn't leak out of the slit made by the knife.

Malika put her hand in and a few seconds later she yelled: "I touched it!"

Dwarf: "It's not too late to shout so loud when it bites you."

Marika: "Damn it, it feels like a spherical jelly on a round plate."

Said the drow pulled out this thing.

Both the mage and the elf looked away, narrowed their eyes, and the elf raised his hand to block it, as if some kind of strong light had hit his eyes.But no one else responded. Obviously, the thing Malika just took out had a strong magical aura.

Xiao Bai let out a threatening roar, his ears and hair stood on end.

Wang pressed Xiaobai: "Don't be nervous, this is just a necklace that looks like the main eye of a beholder, not a real beholder. If it is a real beholder, we ugly ones have already been hit by the disintegration technique or the finger of death , and Nini and Elizabeth may be hit by the petrified light and become collectibles in the beholder's lair."

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

Nini seemed much calmer: "Why were Elizabeth and I petrified?"

"Beholders have a good aesthetic, and they will bring beautiful petrified creatures back to decorate their lairs."

Nini: "What a disgusting creature."

Malika: "Don't just talk about beholders, look at this necklace. Such a big eyeball placed on the 'secondary sex characteristic' is definitely not for looks."

Wang took the necklace, looked at it carefully, and muttered while looking at it: "The magical aura of this thing is the same as my dragon head scepter. It must be a powerful magical equipment."

Malika put the big horned deer specimen with huge horns on the ground casually, turned around and walked towards the door: "I'll go and guard the outside to make sure no one approaches."

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

The barbarian strode toward the unguarded gate and took it upon himself to guard it.

Wang studied it for a long time, and said firmly: "This is an artifact. I am sure that part of its ability has been sealed. So now it is just an ordinary scorching ray necklace, which needs to be worn by spontaneous spellcasters. It can be cast three times a day. The scorching rays should shoot out from this eyeball."

Nini said in surprise: "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 equivalent to that of an adult beholder. The middle eye should be able to emit ten types of eye rays like the eyes of a beholder, and it can also emit scorching rays that beholders cannot."

Marika: "Why use Searing Ray when you have Beholder Ray? So how can I recover the power of this artifact?"

Wang: "A ceremony may be required. After preparing for the ceremony, the wearer of the necklace needs to single-handedly kill an adult beholder."

Everyone suddenly fell silent.

Elizabeth: "Just relying on the scorching ray? A beholder? Is it the kind of evil creature with a huge main eye and countless secondary eyes growing on the head of the tentacles?"

Wang: "Yes, and its body structure can target you with up to three eyes at the same time, all of which can cast petrifying beholder rays. By the way, its main eye can also use anti-magic fields to block your scorching rays."

Elizabeth: "I can't do it!"

Wang: "Don't worry, the dwarves have already found a way to deal with the beholders."

The dwarf nodded: "Yes, the Beholder Buster Shield, this thing can fully reflect back the rays of the beholder. We made it to deal with such crazy things as the beholder. The ancient mountain kingdom once mass-produced this thing. For the dwarf army that is besieging the beholders, so if you look hard, you can still find it."

Wang explained next to it: "Although beholders are lawful and evil creatures, their society is extremely chaotic. Because every beholder regards itself as a perfect life and thinks that all other lives are inferior, including another. A beholder."

Elizabeth: "Give this necklace to someone else!"

Wang: "Only you are a spontaneous spellcaster. I guess this limitation may be because, beholders are also spontaneous spellcasters."

The sign of a spontaneous spellcaster is that there is no need to prepare spells every day. Another feature is that there is no need to consider spell slots. There is only a limit on the number of spells cast. If the number of spells in this ring is not used up today, you can continue to choose spells in this ring to cast.

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

Wang forcibly approached her and put the necklace around her neck.

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

Wang: "Understood. After wearing the necklace, the eyes on the necklace become your eyes. Now that you have both eyes closed, you can only look at me from the eyes on your chest."

"Eh? Are my eyes closed? Oh, they are really closed." Elizabeth opened her eyes and was about to faint on the ground immediately.

Wang directly hugged her to prevent her from falling.

"This is so dizzy! I... this perspective is too strange! Can you close the eyes of the necklace?"

Wang stared at the necklace for a few seconds and snapped his fingers: "Yes!"

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

Wang: "Is this enough? But you still have to get used to seeing the world with three eyes as soon as possible, and three instant scorching rays a day!"

Elizabeth's face was flushed red, staring at the king.

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

Elizabeth: "No! I'll get used to three eyes soon!"

"Oh, you can stuff it in if you get used to it," Wang said again, "It's suitable for sneak attacks."

Elizabeth: "Understood! You found the treasure from Heguling, are you satisfied now?"

There was some resentment in the girl's words, but unfortunately the mage couldn't hear it.

"Satisfied," he said with a smile on his face, "very satisfied! Remember to remind me in the future to find the beholder buster shield made by the dwarves and capture a wild beholder."

(End of this chapter)