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Chapter 107 "Little Trouble" in Monrovia

After setting sail down the river for a day and two nights—to be precise, after a day and two nights plus an extra afternoon, the scenery on the river bank changed suddenly.

Standing on the watchtower at the bow of the ship, Wang squinted his eyes and looked at the lush forests on both sides of the river under the scorching summer sun.

Wang said to Elizabeth beside him, "Let's take a last look at the trees on the river bank. If you go further down, you won't see these common trees in your hometown."

"Eh?" Elizabeth looked at the mage in surprise, "Why?"

Wang: "Because the climate is different, the Matrau Mountains block the warm and humid air from the south, so the climate in Monrovia is completely different from that in Kuussania.

"Now we are still at the junction of climates. Look at the shore, there are both coniferous forests common in Kuussania and broad-leaved forests. If you continue down the river, there will be broad-leaved forests."

Elizabeth looked towards the river bank and muttered, "It's true that there are some trees I don't recognize at all. Besides, there are basically no mountains to see by the river, and it's basically flat."

Wang: "The Hengduan Mountains have passed. We are now in Monrovia, and we should be able to see the first border castle in a while."

Monrovia will deliberately set the border nobles' fiefs larger, so that they can raise more soldiers, build better castles, and resist the enemy's attack for more time.

Of course, this kind of wishful thinking has never really been realized in the history of Monrovia, but the tradition of the frontier count has been preserved, and a large interest group has formed.

Elizabeth supported the guardrail with both hands, looked at the lush forest by the river, and suddenly sighed: "Langdon collar has never seen such a lush dense forest. How many products must there be?"

Wang: "This is the impact of the climate. Kuussania is too dry. It is also reflected in the diet. Kuussania always eats all kinds of radishes, cabbage, mushrooms and meat. It is only pesos The people of Rath are better, the people of Solace can only eat pickles in different ways."

Elizabeth: "Is there a lot of food in Monrovia?"

"Yes, there are more than a dozen kinds of fruits alone, which is a quantity that Kuusaniya can't imagine."

As soon as the words fell, Nini's voice floated from the top of the mast: "There are castles and ports ahead!"

Wang patted Elizabeth on the shoulder: "Come on, I will leave the red tape as an envoy to you."

Elizabeth: "Then why are you going?"

Wang shrugged: "Stand by your side to act as a wise advisor and loyal guard. After all, no one in the new place knows that I can't cast protective spells."

**
The border uncle of Bradford was a big fat man who seemed to be blown out of breath. He only glanced at the document handed over by Elizabeth, and handed it to his secretary.

"It's better to leave this kind of matter to the secretary. Langdon... Your Excellency the Duchess."

This is Bruce specially preparing a false title for Elizabeth, she does not have a dukedom in her name.With this false title, the nobles of Monrovia must treat Elizabeth with the etiquette of entertaining the duke, which can avoid a lot of trouble.

The border uncle of Bradford looked Elizabeth up and down, and said, "Is that the rumored saint is you? You don't have a holy emblem on you. What do you use to cast healing spells?"

It seems that there have been rumors of distortions in Monrovia, which are completely irrelevant to the facts.

Elizabeth: "I am a warlock, the saint is just a legend, not the real situation."

"Uh-huh, Warlock." The Border Earl of Bradford looked at Elizabeth again with the same gaze of appraising, "Is the Duchess engaged?"

Elizabeth interrupted the other party: "The purpose of our coming is to deal with the crisis of annihilation."

"I know, the Salvation Squad, everyone calls you that. But there are no cats and dogs missing in our territory, and the positive energy has not been distorted."

Wang: "It seems that your intelligence work is good."

Frontier Uncle: "The Shadow Thief has known the details for a long time, and shared them with the Military Intelligence Department, and the Military Intelligence Department is a big sieve, which basically means that all the nobles in Monrovia know."

Elizabeth: "Then it will be easy for us to start our work..."

"It's best not to have such expectations." Frontier Bo said coldly, "When the news came, the shadow thief had confirmed the status of the cats and dogs, and tested the positive energy. At present, their conclusion is that this is just An evil sect is doing evil in a local area."

Elizabeth: "Don't they know there's going to be a next phase?"

"I know, but since we know what will happen in the next stage, it's easy to prevent." Uncle Frontier spread his hands, "In other words, unless you see cheap healing scrolls and healing potions on the market, otherwise Whether it is the shadow thief or the military intelligence department, there will be no action. You will not get help from His Majesty."

Just as Elizabeth was about to speak, Wang patted her on the shoulder lightly, and then spoke instead of her: "Monrovia is in trouble now, isn't it?"

The border uncle glanced at Wang: "As the rumors say, the princess is just a vase, and you are the one who really decides, hehe. The shadow thief's information is as accurate as ever."

Elizabeth muttered: "You just said that I am a saint without a holy emblem, how can I be treated?"

"Of course you can't trust the Shadow Thief completely. Sometimes the rumors in the market unexpectedly contain some truth." The border uncle turned his gaze to the king again, "What you said is a little wrong. It's not that Monrovia is in trouble now, the country always Trouble, after all, it occupies such a large part of the map and extends in all directions."

Wang: "The troubles are particularly serious now?"

The frontier uncle nodded.

Wang: "It should be that the orcs on the grassland have formed a tribal alliance and are coming to plunder."

The frontier uncle smiled: "It is rumored that a strong contender for the future emperor of Kuusania values ​​you very much. Now it seems that this rumor is not wrong. Yes, the orcs have just ended their civil war and have created a new chief of the tribal alliance.

"But this has nothing to do with me. After all, my territory is next to Kuusania. You will get a customs clearance document and a letter of introduction.

"My daughter is married to a big businessman in the capital. She is now 'managing contacts'. You can go to her with a letter of introduction and let her lead you into the capital's social circle."

Speaking of this, the Bradford Border Count took out a sealed letter from the drawer and handed it to his secretary. Obviously, he had already made all the preparations: "Give this to the Duchess together with the customs clearance document. Your Mightiness."

The secretary bowed respectfully.

The border uncle looked at Elizabeth: "I can't help much with the rest. I will arrange a sumptuous dinner and provide you with a good room. If you have any special needs, please tell my housekeeper. By the way , Your Majesty Duchess, you haven’t answered my initial question, do you plan to get engaged?”

Elizabeth replied decisively: "No. Now there is a world waiting for me to save."

"That's it." The frontier uncle nodded, "That's it. Tomorrow, you will continue your journey. Monrovia is larger than Kuussania, and you will have to sail for a few days to reach the capital. My suggestion is Don’t stop at every county, it will greatly slow down your movement speed, many people just have sons of the right age, you know what I mean?”

Elizabeth nodded.

**
After the meeting with the border uncle, the butler brought Elizabeth and the mage to the small hall where the team members were waiting.

"This is your living room. I guarantee that no one will disturb you." The housekeeper said respectfully, "As for the allocation of rooms, there are four rooms and eight beds in total. I think you can handle it yourself. Then I will Farewell, and dinner will be delivered at some point."

Wang snapped his fingers: "Wait a minute, remember to bring a whole ham for dinner, no need to cut it. And the ham should not be so salty."

Although the butler looked strange, he still nodded: "Understood, a ham, not too salty. Do you need to cut it and send it?"

"No, just take the whole thing."

"Understood. Let me take my leave then." The butler closed the door.

As soon as he left, Malika ran to the door and put her ear on it, and waited for a few seconds before saying, "There is no movement, no one is eavesdropping outside."

Elizabeth let out a long breath, and then pulled out the beholder necklace: "This thing is very uncomfortable to wear, and it's full of sweat."

Wang: "But look, you are no longer dizzy."

"That's because I learned how to 'close my eyes', this thing can actually close my eyes!"

Speaking of Elizabeth showing the necklace to everyone, the base of the necklace unfolded the folded metal "eyelids" and closed the eyes.

Wang: "So there is this hand. I didn't find it when I appraised it. You see, you know more about this necklace than I do. Sure enough, you are the most suitable person to wear it!"

Elizabeth opened her chest muscles: "Look at this imprint. I'm still wearing a girdle today. I didn't dare to tighten the girdle so that I could put the necklace in it. If I attend Minos' banquet in the future, people will think I'm Disrespectful."

Wang: "Is it because the corset is not tight?"

"Correct!"

Wang: "So there is such a saying, I learned it. Then you don't need to bring this when you attend the banquet."

Flint intervened in the conversation between the two: "So what did the Frontier say?"

"I didn't say anything," the mage replied, "He cleared the customs for us very reasonably, and gave us a letter of introduction, allowing us to go to the capital to find his married daughter."

Marika, who was guarding the door, said, "It sounds like we've been forced to sell our favor."

Wang nodded: "By the way, Monrovia may know more about our mission than we thought. But because they have their own things to do, I guess we won't get much help."

Dwarf: "Just go to the Royal Institute of Architects to ask something, and you don't need special assistance. It's impossible for us to solve some terrible conspiracy everywhere we go."

Wang: "Exactly."

Nini, who was sitting on the windowsill, suddenly asked, "You just said that people in Monrovia have something to do. It sounds like they have something difficult to do. What is it?"

Wang: "We can't control this. Outside the eastern border of the Monrovia Empire, there are huge grasslands and hills, you know? The orcs are the rulers here, and the orcs have just created a new generation of grassland overlords.

"According to tradition, after the orcs have ended their civil war, they will soon start looting human cities in order to solve the problem of the expanding population and the fact that everyone has no war to fight."

Nini frowned: "What do you mean there is no war to fight?"

Flint: "It seems that the little elf girl has never encountered orcs, and she doesn't understand the racial characteristics of orcs. Orcs are basically a species born for war. If there is no war, they will soon start fighting among themselves.

"The grassland in the east of Monrovia—it's a bit reluctant to call it a grassland, but it's actually a large piece of wasteland. The orcs living in this place are almost the initiators of all wars in the history of Monrovia. Whenever the orcs fight a game that can make all the tribes Convinced tribal leaders, they will start looting.

"The Solace people in the north are also deeply troubled by wild orcs. In both countries, a large number of half-orcs are sold as slaves. That is the masterpiece left by the orcs when they plundered human villages."

The king took up the dwarf's words and added: "Fortunately, the various tribes of the orcs have been in endless civil wars. Only when there is a strong man who can conquer all the tribes will a unified tribal alliance be formed. .

"This kind of tribal alliance never lasted, because the children of powerful orcs were rarely strong enough to inherit the father's mantle, and they were often killed by challengers. In fact, powerful overlords were killed by challengers when they were old. "

Nini was stunned: "It's really a barbaric race. What's the point of them doing this?"

"It doesn't make sense, or in other words, showing one's own strength is meaning to orcs."

Elizabeth asked suspiciously: "Then why didn't you assassinate the orc overlord?"

Xiao Bai was surprised and said, "How can someone who can be easily assassinated become the overlord?"

Dwarf: "Yes, do you think orcs can't assassinate? The most powerful orcs are either strong and cunning, or cunning and powerful, so the new overlord must have killed hundreds of blind assassins on the way to domination."

Wang: "In short, we don't care about Monrovia's business. We have a few things to do when we arrive in Minos. Let me list them first. The first thing is to visit the Royal Institute of Architects and see if anyone knows the headquarters of the order. architectural style.

"If no one recognizes it, we will go to the Academy of Bards and ask the most knowledgeable teachers in the academy to see if anyone recognizes them.

"And then, I think we can add one more, let's visit the Shadow Thieves and see if they have any clues. I am very impressed with their intelligence work capabilities."

Elizabeth added: "Maybe you can also ask Monrovia's official intelligence agency, the Military Intelligence Department?"

Wang frowned: "Don't be like this, ask them, I guess the sect knows... huh? If the sect takes the initiative to attack us, it seems to be a way to catch their fox tail?"

Malika: "The premise is that we can resist the attack. The last minion of the sect who took the initiative to find us was a seven-ring mage."

Wang: "Don't be afraid, we now have Priest Sihuan!"

Dwarf: "What the hell are you doing for fun?"

Wang: "There are also elf rangers!"

Nini: "I'm not sure that I can kill a mage with seven rings in one blow."

Wang: "Okay, one more thing is to buy powerful scrolls, we need scrolls that can efficiently annihilate enemies in the high ring, just like howl of the banshee.

"There is also equipment that cannot be left behind. We have a lot of money. After replacing them with equipment, it can somewhat make up for the lack of combat power.

"Minos City is a more prosperous trading city than Langdon City. After all, it is known as the crossroads of the mainland. We should be able to have a satisfactory harvest."

Elizabeth: "Don't we still have a letter of introduction from the border uncle? Are we going to find this...uh, Mrs. Williams?"

The daughter of the Bradford Frontiersman married Williams, a great Monrovian businessman, so she is now the famous Mrs. Williams.

Wang: "You can pay a visit. After all, her husband's Williams Chamber of Commerce is so famous, it should be able to get a lot of items we need urgently. For example, the scroll of powerful spells."

Malika said suddenly: "Shh, someone is coming. Don't talk."

A few seconds after the voice fell, someone knocked on the door.

Elizabeth: "Who?"

"We've brought dinner."

Wang: "Okay, after dinner I will continue to give lectures to Nini, Elizabeth, do you still want to sit in?"

"Yes!" Elizabeth said firmly.

Wang: "Last time you fell asleep and drool all over the table."

"I'm just drooling, there's no table!" Elizabeth yelled.

The person who knocked on the door asked again: "Excuse me? Can I go in?"

Elizabeth: "Come in."

So Marika opened the door, and the maids filed in.

Xiaobai shouted excitedly: "Big ham! I want it!"

**
After a day's delay in the frontier's castle, the Star Chaser went down the river again.

The king adopted the suggestion of the border uncle, and went straight to the city of Minos without stopping at all.

On the fourth day after entering the border of Monrovia, Nini reported loudly: "There is a huge white city ahead!"

Elizabeth excitedly lay beside the railing of the bow, looking forward: "Where is where?"

Wang: "What she saw from the mast is now surrounded by plains. The view from the mast is very good, and basically the surrounding area can be seen. Because of the curvature of the planet's surface, we can't see it yet."

Elizabeth: "What is the curvature of the planet's surface?"

"It's just...it's a long story." Wang thought about it for a second, resisting his urge to be a teacher.

At this moment, Nini on the top of the mast shouted again: "Thick smoke! There are manors on the plain burning!"

Wang: "What the hell?"

He also lay down next to Elizabeth and leaned over to look out.

Elizabeth said in a teasing tone: "Because of the influence of the curvature of the planet, we can't see it now."

Wang corrected: "The curvature of the planet. There are basically no bandits in the core area of ​​Monrovia, and it is summer, the air humidity is so high, the possibility of natural fire is small..."

Nini's voice came from the top of the mast for the third time: "Wolf cavalry! Riders are a race I have never seen!!"

The king shouted to the top: "It's the orcs! They're starting to loot!"

Nini: "The ferry ahead is on fire! A group of wolf cavalry is setting fire and shooting rockets at passing ships!"

Wang: "Battle alert! Captain, get your sailors ready! And call Flint up from below deck!"

(End of this chapter)