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Marika and Elizabeth looked at each other.

Elizabeth: "Uh... this is the Trogg Underground Kingdom, which is a metaphor for the Trogg's lair. It's used to describe how huge this lair is."

Wang: “Oh, I see.”

The dwarf snorted, "Cavemen! These damn evil creatures were driven here by the Mountain Kingdom! It's a pity that the Mountain Kingdom has been shrinking its sphere of influence and can't even protect the Shield Road. Otherwise, as long as we send a letter to summon them, the dwarf army will flatten this small caveman nest."

Wang: “We all believe this.”

At this time, the lookout on the mast shouted: "I see the water gate!"

Everyone immediately rushed to the bow and looked forward. As expected, they saw a large number of masts of ships waiting to pass through the gate. Above the masts, they could see a majestic bridge spanning the entire valley.

Wang frowned and said, "This looks more like a bridge than a door."

Elizabeth: "Yes, the main body of the water gate is a bridge. By the way, this bridge has a special design, which allows the long stone in the middle to be easily removed, and then it becomes the first line of defense for Lakeside City, the capital of the Dukedom."

Xiao Bai muttered, "Why is it called Lakeside City? Shouldn't that city be by the river?"

Elizabeth smiled and said, "Because there is a lake."

Wang took out the letter Bruce had given him and said, "Okay, now we are going to carry out the task assigned by the Duke. First we need to get in touch with the deputy sent by the Duke to manage the River Valley Territory. The Duke's letter said his name is Sadik Harvey."

Dwarf: "Sadiq Harvey. (Calm)"

Wang: "Okay, you guys played it once yesterday. It's fine. And this isn't an enemy, it's our friend we want to save. Also, the Duke's letter says that the Duke of River Valley has no son, but he has a second brother named Stocker who is still alive. He may be the mastermind of this incident."

At this time, the lookout on the top of the mast shouted again: "A group of cavalry with the Duke of Valley's flag is approaching along the river bank."

Wang: "Well, if nothing unexpected happens, they are coming for us. Prepare to dock and we will meet them. Elizabeth, prepare the scorching ray."

Then he shouted to the captain at the helm, "Prepare to dock!"

The captain steered the ship while ordering the sailors: "Prepare to dock, lower the sail to half sail!"

As the boat approached the shore, Elizabeth asked worriedly, "Can we just get there like this? Will we get stranded?"

The captain smiled and turned around and replied, "Don't worry, do you see that row of wooden stakes in front? There are water depth marks on the stakes, and you can tell the water depth at the stakes by looking at the marks. These stakes are also temporary fixing points for the boat on the river bank. After tying the rope to them, just shout from the other side and a ferry will come to pick you up."

Wang: "I guess this boat costs money."

"You guessed right." The captain looked helpless, "But because the customs clearance takes a day or two, sailors often go off the ship to have some fun. In addition, the captain and the cargo owner have to go ashore to pay for the customs clearance, and they also have to pay for hiring a small boat to go ashore first."

Wang frowned and looked at the row of wooden stakes: "These wooden stakes are used to prevent the boat from docking on its own."

Captain: "You're right. There is a consensus among the boat operators that the people of the Valley Territory deliberately did not build a dock here at the Watergate because of this idea. Their ferry boats can be parked directly on the beach and towed to the beach when not in use."

Elizabeth commented disdainfully: "This is too stingy. It's so cheap to make so little money."

As they were talking, the sailors tied the boat to the wooden stakes, and at that moment the cavalry team with the flag of the Valley Leader arrived.

The cavalry captain with a feather decoration on his helmet shouted, "Miss Envoy Langdon, Lord Harvey asked us to take you to Lakeside City."

Elizabeth turned to look at the Magistrate.

The king lowered his voice and said, "If it was your brother's deputy, Sadik Harvey, who sent these knights, they should not have let us go to the Duke's residence, Lakeside City, but should have let us pass directly with a green light. After all, we have a world-destroying crisis to solve.

"No, this is not the knight sent by the deputy."

Flint clenched his hammer and said, "Then let's do it? Kill all the knights and leave one alive to ask about the situation?"

Wang: "No, don't be impatient. Elizabeth, try to see if you can get anything out of him first."

Elizabeth nodded, stepped forward and stood at the edge of the ship. She asked the knight, "I have the responsibility to solve the crisis of world destruction and I don't have time to waste here. Please ask the deputy officer to smooth things over immediately and let us pass."

The knight responded, "The deputy wants you all to come over because cats and dogs have started to go missing in Riverside City. Please go and discuss matters as soon as possible!"

Elizabeth thought about it for a moment and felt that this was not something she could handle, so she turned to look at the mage.

Wang was shocked and asked Xiaobai: "Can you call the animals now and ask them if there are any cats or dogs missing in Lakeside City?"

Xiaobai: "I don't know, because I don't know how far the city is. I'll give it a try."

After saying that, Xiaobai whistled, and immediately a sparrow flew over from the town next to the water gate and landed on her finger.

Xiaobai: "Chirp, chirp, chirp."

The sparrow immediately responded with joy, as if it were a nightingale singing at the beginning of the evening.

Flint muttered, "Why ask the sparrow? Can that be true?"

Wang: "It may be because cats like to kill sparrows, and they kill them purely for fun, not to eat them. So if you ask the sparrows, they must know whether the number of cats has decreased. After all, they are natural enemies."

At this time, Xiaobai listened to the sparrow's words, waved his hand and let it go, then turned to look at the wizard: "The sparrow said that the number of cats in the nearby big city has not decreased, so we still have to be careful. But I don't know if this big city is the Lakeside City. After all, the sparrow can't read."

Wang: "That should be it. The River Valley Territory is very underdeveloped. The mining industry has been in decline for decades, and now only Lakeside City can be called a big city."

After saying this he glanced at Elizabeth.

Elizabeth immediately shouted to the cavalry: "We are now sure that the cats have not decreased! What does the deputy mean?"

Several knights looked at each other, it was obvious that this situation was beyond their expectations.

While the knights were at a loss, the king asked the captain: "Is there no way to break through the water gate directly? If we want to force the checkpoint, where should we attack?"

The captain pointed to the tower on the left side of the stone bridge across the valley: "The machinery for operating the water gate is there, but this tower is equivalent to a small fortress and is difficult to break through. In addition, what about the Duke's order?"

The king shrugged. "It seems that the Duke will have to find another way to solve the problem of the Valley Territory."

Just as he finished speaking, the knights also came up with the result. The leading knight captain shouted: "Mr. Harvey has found other suspicious signs. Your Highness, please go to Lakeside City as soon as possible to discuss!"

At this time the king stepped forward.

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Elizabeth saw him coming forward and immediately complained in a low voice: "Didn't we agree that I would be the one to handle this kind of scene before the bard joined the team?"

Wang whispered in her ear, "It's okay, I just had a great idea."

After saying this he patted Elizabeth on the shoulder and turned his gaze towards the knight.

"We also have a message for Mr. Harvey. The Duke has decided to dismiss him and let Miss Elizabeth take over the entire River Valley Territory." The king took out the letter from the Duke. Because the letter was opened very carefully with a letter opener, as long as you are careful when taking it, it will not be seen on the shore that the letter has been opened. "This is a letter of order for him!"

The knights looked at each other again.

Wang: "What are you still standing there for? Return to Lakeside City immediately and capture Harvey and bring him here. Miss Elizabeth doesn't plan to get off the ship, so she will be working on the ship from now on."

The knight was silent again.

The king didn't waste any time and started casting a spell. The Mirror Image Technique was activated and his real body was mixed in with a group of phantoms and could not be distinguished at all.

Then he did the second thing: he took out the glow stick.

The mirror image technique replicated his actions 100%, even projecting the illusion of the dimensional bag and the glow stick.

This dragon head glowing stick is already very bright, and the seven sticks including the main body and the mirror image are really bright, even the early summer sun is eclipsed by it.

The knights on the river bank might have seen this scene, but their horses had never seen it! Immediately, seven out of ten horses were startled, and the knights on their horses were thrown to the ground without exception.

Then the blinded horse continued to kick wildly, injuring the three calmer horses.

A horse with a broken leg fell to the ground, and the knight on its back was thrown out and fell into the river with a crash.

"Help! Help!" The fully armored knight only had time to shout this before he sank to the bottom.

Someone on the shore shouted, "Sir, this is shallow water, stand up!"

However, the knight was busy flapping his feet and drinking water and did not hear anything.

The only rider left was the captain with hair on his helmet. He shouted to the civilians on the shore: "Hurry up and help him up!"

The civilian responded fearfully: "Sir, he is swinging his sword around, we dare not approach!"

The captain drew his sword: "Then consider whether my sword will hit you."

Upon seeing this, the king immediately ordered: "Scorching ray."

Elizabeth seemed to have been waiting for this. She didn't ask who to hit. She just pointed at the knight captain who was threatening her subjects with a sword, and the blazing ray hit his armor.

The knight captain fell off his horse and the people along the river scattered like birds and beasts.

The king held up the glow stick and shouted, "The Duchess of the Valley's uncle, Sir Stoke! Come out! Otherwise I will turn into a dragon and destroy your family's only source of wealth!"

There was silence all around.

The civilians who were watching the show had all hidden themselves, and the soldiers who were watching the show on the battlements of the checkpoint had also disappeared. The faces of the soldiers leading the valley could not be seen at all, whether on the battlements or in the shooting windows.

King: "It seems that he is not here. Send a messenger immediately and ask Sir Stock to go to Watergate to see him... uh..."

The wizard turned his head and whispered to Elizabeth, "What should I call my niece's husband's sister?"

Elizabeth spread her hands and said, "Why don't you just say Duke Langdon's sister?"

Wang: "I want to emphasize the relationship between you two. Forget it, let's settle for the next best thing."

He raised his voice again and said, "Just say that the deputy sent by Duke Langdon is waiting for him at the port!"

His shouts echoed through the narrow river valley, forming a series of echoes.

Elizabeth: What's next?

"Wait, he will come."

"Shouldn't you explain what happened to the naive sorceress?" The princess smiled.

Xiaobai: "Silly wolf doesn't understand either."

King: "It's like this. There shouldn't be any high-level arcane spellcasters in the Valley Territory. So they can't deal with dragons. Although it's possible to use siege crossbows and the like to deal with dragons, it's not that easy to hit, and they will be destroyed by the dragon's breath. Dragons have good vision and will immediately find the hidden siege crossbows.

"So if they want to catch us, they can only do it by surprise, so they sent this group of knights to falsely claim to have found signs of missing cats and dogs. When we rush to Riverside City, we will probably be ambushed.

"I used Mirror Image just now to prevent them from having a second plan: that is, to kill me with a crossbow or siege crossbow before I use the artifact to transform into a dragon."

Elizabeth: "I understand. Isn't it a bad idea for you to ask me to attack their knight captain? That guy has a coat of arms, so he should be a baron."

Wang: "Your brother has killed the old Duke of the Valley, why are you still fussing about this? But I see that the captain is still alive. Xiaobai, are you sure you can get him and his armor onto the ship?"

Xiaobai: "I'll give it a try."

A moment later, the white-headed sea eagle struggled to carry the armored knight captain onto the boat.

His breastplate was completely burned red by the scorching rays and now cooled to a dark red. The emblem that was originally painted on it had been burned away.

The air was filled with the smell of burnt flesh clinging to the inside of the armor.

Wang: "Give him treatment and stabilize his injuries."