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After wiping his sweat, Tang raised his head and said, "Well, I still need to continue with this matter..."
Wang: "You need to provide our entire team with advanced invisibility potions. I think the most likely group in Langdon City to have a large amount of this potion is the Wanderer Guild. If you can't even do this, we can't trust you.
"There is also a teleportation scroll with no teleportation location set. I think the Wanderer Guild should have this thing, right? This is to prevent you from plotting against us again."
Wayne Landon stepped forward and said, "It's not a good idea to negotiate terms like this when we are facing a powerful enemy. If the mastermind behind this colludes with the Emperor, we will be in big trouble."
The king looked directly at the holy warrior and said, "Sir, have you ever thought about what would happen if this Tang had a deal with the emperor?"
The second prince, the Duke, immediately understood: "That makes sense. Then, respected Tang, could you please hand over all the life-saving items on you to my sister's team? You must stay here as a hostage until they complete their mission.
"After all, your original plan was to wipe out my sister's team when she entered the underground house and rescue only her. But after you knew it was an ambush, you terminated the operation."
Tang's expression became even uglier.
Wang: "This is brand new information. It seems that you have to spend more money, Tang. Don't worry, we can sign a contract and just borrow these things. After we eliminate Erwin, we will return the unused items to you in their original state."
The leader of the wanderers smiled awkwardly, "That's not necessary, it's just a little prop. I don't have the teleportation scroll you want, but this ring of mine can take people around me to the Gallows Square. It can be used once a week, but it hasn't been used this week.
"I'll give it to you who will be shouldering the heavy responsibility!"
As he spoke, Tang took off the ring on his right ring finger and threw it lightly towards Wang.
However, the flight trajectory of the ring had clearly deviated.
Marika caught the ring steadily and handed it to the wizard.
The wizard carefully observed the ring and nodded, "It is indeed a teleportation ring, and the location is indeed set in Gallows Square. I have completely mastered how to use this ring, leave it to me."
Wayne: "I will send a team to meet you at Gallows Square immediately."
Tang continued, "As for each person getting a bottle of Gaoyin, it may require the guild's pharmacist to prepare it on the spot. If the Chamber of Commerce controlled by the Great Prince can provide material support..."
"No problem." Wayne Langdon nodded. "It will be done in no time."
Bruce Langdon looked at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on his sister. "Then, the underground is left to you. I hope you will win the first battle. I really don't have that many people to divide the troops."
Elizabeth: "Just leave it to me."
"By the way," Bruce called to his sister who was about to turn around, "Go see dad. I know your feelings for this old fox are not even one tenth of what you feel for Madam Mary, but he is our blood relative after all."
"I will." Her Royal Highness the Princess replied calmly.
**
As soon as they left the command room, the king asked Elizabeth, "I just noticed that you haven't shown any sadness since we fled back to the Three Wild Boars Tavern last night. Could it be that what the Second Duke said just now is true?"
Elizabeth just smiled and didn't answer.
The cat man next to him said, "Let me put it this way. If Madam Meili unfortunately passes away, you will be able to see how truly sad His Highness is."
The king scratched his head and said, "But last night when the Duke was still alive, I saw Elizabeth crying very sadly."
Marika: "You will see this sad and touching look again later."
As they were talking, the group arrived at the door of the audience hall, and the two knights guarding the door immediately ordered their attendants to open the door.
Elizabeth burst into tears and stumbled towards the Duke's body, which was already made up. She lay down beside it and began to cry.
The wizard was totally unprepared and was startled. He stood there looking at the princess in shock.
The cat-man whispered in his ear: "Your mastery of enchantment spells has improved a lot."
The dwarf curled his lips and said, "Hehe, this is the human nobility."
After that, the group of people observed a moment of silence in the audience hall, waited for the princess to finish crying, and then went straight to the small meeting room next to it. Bruce's team was already waiting there.
Wang frowned as he came in: "Only four people?"
Kasander, who had already met him, shook his head: "Actually the warriors won't go. He uses a giant sword, which can't be used underground. So you should ask: 'Only three people?'"
The burly warrior nodded: "There is a lot of work on the wall now. The more people like me who can contribute, the better."
"On the city wall?" Wang raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, we need to set up oil pans, install log troughs and arrow-shooting hole guards, and even move rubble to the city walls. This city hasn't been besieged for sixty years, so there are a lot of preparations to be made." Cassander spread his hands, "Let's introduce ourselves. I'm a druid, just call me Cassander."
The king held Cassandra's outstretched hand and said, "My name is..."
"We all know him. He is the beloved disciple of the legendary wizard. In fact, we also know most of the others, except for this dwarf."
"Flint Steelforge." The dwarf nodded. "He is a priest of Cailin."
"Your tap dance in front of the Rat Daddy Tavern has spread throughout the city." The leather-armored man leaning in the shadows said, "Kellerman, the team's wanderer."
"Fernie." The last team member lifted his hood, revealing his weathered face. "As you can see, I'm a wizard who can cast fourth-level spells. I'm also a dream interpreter. If any of you have weird dreams, please tell me about them."
Cassander clapped his hands and said, "Okay, now that we have met, let's set off for the Wanderer Guild's base to join their team. I suggest you go through Father Rat's secret passage."
Chapter 40 "I Have a Plan"
after a while.
Cassandra took the lead and pushed open the door of Rat Dad's Tavern, and the noise in the tavern disappeared all at once.
Everyone turned to look at the door.
Wang followed him into the tavern, stepped aside, and then observed everyone in the tavern.
There was basically no one in the tavern who was not carrying a weapon. There were not only all kinds of people who usually hung out in Swan Dam Lane, but also many people who looked like good citizens but were also carrying weapons.
It was probably because Rat Daddy's Tavern had strong liquor provided by Tang's brewery, and at a time when war clouds were looming, everyone wanted something strong.
Wang was observing when someone suddenly shouted, "Isn't this the disciple of the legendary wizard? Last night he used the Nine Rings Magic to blow down a tower in the inner city and killed hundreds of people!"
Wang raised his eyebrows. The rumor about him in the tavern the day before yesterday was that he used the Phantom Killer to kill Tang's entire team. But today he evolved to a nine-ring magic to kill hundreds of people?
Another voice said, "Aren't they the princess's team? Why are they here? Isn't there going to be a war soon?"
At this time Elizabeth came in.
The whispers that had just arisen disappeared again, and everyone looked at Elizabeth quietly.
Suddenly a drunk yelled, "Bitch!"
The drunkard was immediately held down by several people around him: "Don't worry about your life! That's the Duke's daughter! No, it's the Duke's sister! With just one word, she can turn all of us into pendants in the square!"
Elizabeth cleared her throat and questioned, "There are places in the city that need people everywhere, and you are drinking here!"
Everyone was silent, and then the halfling bartender standing behind the bar - yes, the one who mistook the noise of the dwarves tap dancing for the knight's siege that night - replied: "Your Highness, these are all robbers, thieves, or at best armed guards of caravans. They are not going to do the work of moving large stones onto the city wall."
The burly man next to the bartender - who was also a "spectator" who watched the dwarf tap dance that night - said, "When the siege begins, we will have work to do. Whether it is sneaking out of the city to attack the besieging army, or sweeping underground to kill the enemies who want to sneak in."
The princess wanted to say something else, but Casander said, "We are going to Tang's place. He should have said hello."
"Yes, this way." The half-orc tapped the mechanism on the table, and a secret door appeared next to the bar.
The moment the secret door opened, the pungent smell of liquor rushed out. The dwarf was amazed: "Oh, this liquor smells good. Although it is not as good as Shire liquor, it is much better than that sissy thing like bee beer!"
The cat-man pushed the dwarf and said, "Stop talking nonsense and go."
Wang followed the group until they entered the passage, still observing the people in the tavern.
Elizabeth asked curiously, "What are you looking for?"
"I'll see if there's any druids."
Cassande, who was walking in the front, turned around and said, "I am a druid, right?"
"But you are the Duke's druid. If we want to continue investigating the crisis, we must have our own druids."
"Isn't the crisis going to end today?" Casander asked doubtfully, "We all know who the mastermind is. He should be brought to justice before nightfall today."
"Just in case," the king replied, but then he changed the subject, "But I don't see any druids here."
Misha Sara: "Druids also go to taverns, but not taverns like this. The smell of industry and human civilization here is too strong, which druids don't like."
The dwarf added, "Druids only appear in the elves' tree house taverns, drinking those deadly elven liqueurs. Oh, I mean normal elves, not drow."
The drow didn't like being in the sun, so she didn't come with the king and the others. Apparently she had her own way to get into the Wanderer's Guild.
The group chatted as they all entered the secret door.
**
The hall of the Wanderer's Guild looks like an exchange, but there are no pot-bellied businessmen. Instead, there are ruthless people who look like outlaws.
Seeing Casander, the waiter in the lobby immediately pointed to the stairs leading to the second floor, and Casander led everyone to the second floor.
The second floor was Tang’s lair. As soon as Wang entered the room, he saw a test tube rack on the middle table with a row of purple potions on it.
Wang: "Advanced invisibility potion, very effective."
"Because we found that there are exactly five potions in the inventory." The brown-haired man sitting on the table where the potions were placed stood up. "You must be the wizard who has been talked about so much."
The king looked at the man and replied, "And you, I guess, are a wanderer."
The man laughed and said, "I am a thief. The name "Rogue" was given by the intellectuals of the Shadow Thief to change the negative impression of our profession. But we all know that we are actually thieves."
Just as he finished speaking, a man carrying a wooden box full of equipment walked past Wang, shouting "Excuse me, excuse me".
The wizard grabbed his shoulder and said, "Don't steal from a wizard of prophecy."
The man moving the goods looked puzzled: "What are you talking about? I am using both hands to move this box..."
Wang took out his dimensional bag and said, "You just touched this, didn't you? I guess there is a mechanism on your box."
"You are framing me!" The guy who was moving the goods started shouting immediately after the initial shock, "I didn't touch your things at all, you are accusing me, and this box..."
Elizabeth: "My wallet was touched!"
The people moving the goods looked at the sky helplessly.
WANG: "Gottrick!"
The barbarian swung his fist and hit the guy in the nose, sending him flying, and the things in his hands scattered forward like a fairy.
Wang Yi stretched out his hand and used a simple magic trick "Mage's Hand" to grab Elizabeth's wallet flying in the air. He stuffed it back into Elizabeth's hand, then squatted down and began to study the box that fell to the ground:
"Sure enough, there is a mechanism. It looks like you are lifting the box with both hands, but in fact the box is fixed to your belt, so you only need one hand to lift it. The other hand only has a sleeve connected to your shoulder."
Elizabeth stared at the brown-haired man angrily: "Is this how you treat guests?"
"Your Highness, this is a den of thieves..."
Before he could finish his words, a drow elf came out of nowhere and put a knife to his throat: "You'd better use your brain. The new Duke may order your annihilation at any time. You don't want to become crow fodder in the gallows square, do you?"