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The Duke turned around and gave an order: "Send out the hunter camp. They are more familiar with the mountain roads and look for a chance to attack the princess's team. Where did they go?"

The messenger hurriedly reported: "The wizard riding a wolf is looking for a guide to the western plains."

"This is a scam! They must be going to find Count Ximu." Stock said firmly, "Let the hunters go! Kill the whole team and leave only the princess!"

Little York: "If that wizard is killed, there will be a demon army..."

Stock stared at his son. "How could you believe such an outrageous rumor? This is obviously a story made up by a charlatan. He may have fooled that brat Langdon, but he can't fool me! I've eaten more pepper than he has eaten salt!"

Pepper, a precious spice, is not produced throughout Kosania, but salt is more common.

Little York wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, he felt that this was indeed outrageous, so he didn't say anything in the end.

Stock turned around and shouted to the messenger who was still standing there: "Go! Let the hunters go! I spend so much money to support these official hunters, is it just to hunt deer and rabbits?"

Little York muttered, "Isn't it?"

Stock looked at his son and said, "Then tell me, what good ideas do you have?"

Little York: "Admit your mistake and let them go. Be sincere."

"Never!" roared Stock.

**

At this time, the king was riding a giant wolf, rushing up the mountain next to Watergate Town - according to the dwarves, this could only be considered a hill.

Looking far ahead, he could see a city next to a small lake in the distance.

Wang: "It's more magnificent than I expected."

Elizabeth's horse came up to him, and the sorcerer said, "After all, this territory was quite wealthy before it was invaded by troglodytes. The lake next to Lakeside City was an artificial lake dug at that time because the channel of the Lai En Lan River in the valley was too narrow.

"At that time, there were a large number of ships anchored here to load ore, and with the ships from upstream carrying goods from Shield Road coming down from our home, the route to the Enlan River was often blocked.

"So we dug a lake so that ships can dock and make arrangements. Now the lake has become a paradise for various water birds and fish, and almost no ships will dock here."

The king took out a telescope and carefully observed the magnificent city wall: "I can see that this city does have a large port, but the buildings at the port are very dilapidated."

Elizabeth: “That’s it.”

The king continued to observe, and then asked: "There is no bridge over the Enlan River here. Is the bridge on top of the water gate the only bridge?"

Elizabeth: "In order to build the water gate, we had to invite a great architect from Monrovia to barely build the arch bridge that would not affect navigation. By the way, the arch bridge was so easy to blow up because the bridge itself was designed so that the arch could be easily removed.

"It is said that the architect considered the possibility of war and deliberately designed the vault to be easy to dismantle and assemble. If a war breaks out, the vault can be dismantled and the river bank can be defended. After all, there is a lake next to Lakeside City as a barrier, so it is easier to conquer from the land side."

Wang was shocked: "I see. So Stocker turned the long stone that was supposed to be removed and placed next to it into a reef that blocked the water gate. How will he repair the bridge in the future?"

Elizabeth: "Pick up the feldspar and use it again?"

The wizard was amazed, then put away the telescope and took out the map to study it.

"We are here." He pointed to a hill mark below Lakeside City on the map, "and the residence of Earl Creekwood is here. Very good, no need to worry about how to cross the river. Marika, can you lead the way?"

The drow raised his hands, holding a piece of cloth to block out the sun, and nodded when he heard the question, "Of course."

The dwarf, sitting in a basket behind the barbarian's saddle, asked, "Are you sure you can do this? You're almost cooked by the sun."

Marika said unhappily, "I'm a drow, not a vampire."

Wang continued to ask: "Can we reach Ximu Town tonight?"

"It might be a bit difficult, we'll have to sleep outdoors," said Marika.

"Sleeping outdoors!" Elizabeth looked excited. "I've wanted to try it for a long time!"

Chapter 80 Methods of Cooking Hare

After that, the group, led by Marika, continued to walk for several more hours, and finally the sun began to set.

The drow leading the way turned around and said to everyone, "Let's set up camp. It will be more difficult to make a fire after it gets completely dark."

Wang silently took out his glow stick.

Marika: "Oh...uh, we could walk a little longer and forget you have this otherworldly ever-burning torch."

After saying that, Marika kicked the horse in the belly and started moving forward again.

The king let go of the scepter, and it just floated next to the wizard.

Elizabeth looked at the scepter that moved with the king and suddenly asked, "Does this thing really not recognize you as its master?"

"This staff has no mind," Wang shrugged. "A treasure with a mind wouldn't only have one dragon breath and one dragon transformation every day. My junior master has a staff that can talk. He calls it the Four Seasons Treasure. That thing can fire magic missiles continuously, and all the missiles are aimed at the target's head."

Elizabeth: "How many other weird things are there in your magic tower?"

"It's okay. After all, we are just a magician tower, and our manufacturing capabilities are just that. My uncle has always wanted to make a magic staff that can be controlled by the mind to fly, and the staff can also emit hellfire rays. It is said that the inspiration comes from a war machine in a certain plane.

"In the end, the tower's production capacity was insufficient, so he had to go out and ask his old dwarf friend to do it. For this reason, he left the Mage Tower for more than a year."

The wizard's enthusiastic narration seemed to have touched Elizabeth's sore spot. She said faintly, "Hellfire Ray, I don't know when I can master it."

Wang comforted her, "You are so beautiful, it will definitely happen soon. Maybe it will happen when you wake up someday."

Before he finished speaking, the wolf under his crotch suddenly turned back into a little girl.

He was suddenly a head shorter than Elizabeth and was looking up at Elizabeth on horseback.

From Elizabeth's perspective, the king suddenly disappeared from her sight. She was startled and looked left and right before finally lowering her head.

Wang: “What are you doing?”

Xiaobai: "I want to talk! Dabai, can't you warlocks choose your own spells? Maybe what you give me is not Hellfire Ray, but a spell of the same level, such as Disintegrate or something like that."

Elizabeth: "That's great, I'll be happy if you can give me six rings... What are you going to call me later?"

"Dabai. Look, my name is Xiaobai. You're older and whiter than me, so it's okay for me to call you Dabai."

Wang laughed: "So are you going to call Zhuo Er Dahei?"

"Just call us Zhuo'er. Zhuo'er, Dwarf, Barbarian, Dabai, Xiaobai, Dajingming. What a great team we have."

Elizabeth seemed to be unable to accept being called Dabai and wanted to protest, but the king said, "They all seem to like this because their real names are too long. The Solace people are the same. The Solace people have a long name, like Vissarionovich, and their nicknames are all like Alyosha, Pavlusha, and Grisha."

Elizabeth looked down at the king: "I suddenly feel that it's quite nice to look down on you like this."

Wang: "What? Aren't we discussing the length of the name?"

"Well, sorry I was distracted." Elizabeth said and laughed to herself, "I even wanted to reach out and touch your head."

A dwarf's hearty laughter came from the basket behind the barbarian: "Hahaha, experience the feeling you have now. This way, when you use Charm Human on dwarves in the future, your success rate may be higher."

Elizabeth continued to laugh happily, and she suddenly asked, "Would you like to ride on the same horse with me so that Xiaobai can have a rest?"

Xiao Bai: "I'm not tired. How can I be tired after running such a short distance? Da Congming is not heavy."

Wang: "Well, but there is a problem now. I am actually quite tired of riding on your neck. The back of your neck is not comfortable as a chair."

Xiaobai: "But I want to talk."

Wang: "Then I'll just ride the horse. Elizabeth, you sit a little forward."

Elizabeth moved with great joy.

The wizard just jumped onto the horse while moving.

Gotrek: “Okay!”

Elizabeth: "You are a good rider. Is there any place to practice riding in the Mage Tower?"

"Yes. We also need to practice casting spells on horseback. I'm not very good at casting spells on horseback, so I may have to dismount and cast spells if we encounter a battle later."

Elizabeth: "Is there anything you are not good at?"

"Everyone has something they are not good at," Wang replied.

At this time, Xiaobai suddenly said: "Huh? There is a hare next to it!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she transformed into a wolf and rushed into the woods nearby.

Marika, who was leading the way, said, "The River Valley Territory tried to save itself by developing other industries. They once established an official hunting camp and raised a group of hunters to do fur business. But they don't have any precious wild animals here, not even minks, only a medium-sized deer.

"Both the deer hide and the antlers are of poor quality. There are a lot of rabbits, and you can never kill them all, but rabbits are not very valuable, and rabbit hides are very cheap."

As he was talking, Xiaobai came back with a hare in his mouth, and the hare's blood was still oozing out.

Marika looked at the hare, then at the sky, and said, "Let's camp. If we set out early tomorrow morning, we'll be able to reach Creekwood Town by nightfall. It's a good opportunity to cook the hare."

Elizabeth looked surprised. "Cooking? Don't druids eat raw food? Don't they want to be close to nature?"

Xiaobai suddenly changed back, and the hare fell out of his mouth, causing her to scramble to pick up the hare. After tucking the hare under her armpit, she said, "In fact, druids eat cooked food most of the time. We also ate cooked food when we were in the tribe, and we would add spices. I ate raw food all the way because I only know how to kill, not cook."

Marika had stopped her horse by then: "This is a good place for camping. Let's make a fire. Xiaobai, can you kill a rabbit?"

Xiaobai: “Yes!”

"Then you kill them, and I'll roast them. Mage, hold the ever-burning torch higher."

The king dismounted, grabbed the scepter floating beside him and held it high. Then the cold blue-white light completely covered the moonlight and illuminated the entire camp.

Elizabeth: "The sleeping bags are all in your dimensional bag."

The king had no choice but to let go of the scepter and take things out of the dimensional bag. In addition to the sleeping bag, there were also a fire starter for making fire, a tool box for setting traps, a knife for killing rabbits, a pot for cooking soup, and dry food.

At this time, the dwarf was taken out of the basket by Gotrick and placed on the ground.

Flint: "Oh, thanks. I'm finally off that beast. I suggest you get a bigger basket next time. I can't stretch my legs when I sit in this one."

The king, who was picking up something, stopped and looked at the dwarf's legs with everyone else.

Flint said angrily, "What? Even dwarves can't stretch their legs!"

Xiaobai, who was about to cut open the rabbit, dropped it, ran to the dwarf, and gestured to him with his legs.

Flint: "We dwarves have longer bodies! That's why our legs look short! Look, if you compare them like this, my legs are the same length as Xiaobai's!"

Xiaobai: "Really? From today on, your nickname will be Daddy-Long-Legs."

The dwarf took off his warhammer from his waist and said, "Carliss Newman! Today I will teach this rude fellow a lesson!"

Wang: "Why are you fussing over a werewolf tribesman? And I think Xiaobai has no ill intentions. Why don't we arrange the night watch schedule. I won't be on night watch, and our mages won't be on night watch!"

The dwarf looked at the wizard and said, "What are you talking about? We have drow. Even though she is darker than an elf, she is still an elf. They don't sleep."

Zhuo Er: "That's not true. We need to sleep, but we can sleep while sitting or walking. In fact, I already slept while riding a horse just now."