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Elizabeth: "Wait a minute! He still has to solve a puzzle, he doesn't have time to go to some salon and brag to some ignorant noble lady!"

Wang: "Actually, I've taken a rough look at the hundreds of years of recorded attempts. I've almost given up. There are so many smart people who have tried to solve this puzzle over the years, and I don't have a significant advantage over them."

Elizabeth was shocked: "I thought you were going to say, 'I have a plan'."

Wang: “Indeed, there was. But!”

He patted the huge cowhide-covered ancient book on the table and said, "Looking through the book, I found that our predecessors had already tried it. So I am ready to report my failure to the Emperor of Monrovia. If Your Majesty has time now, I can report it now."

Elizabeth: "Then they will doubt the reality of the world-destroying crisis and will not provide help."

"First, the orc army may arrive at any time. Even if they want to help, they probably can't do it. Second, it's not a big deal. Can't we just find another way to prove that my teacher is the one?"

Chapter 111 The Master decides to request off-field assistance

As soon as Wang finished speaking, Rosalie said, "No, at least go and see the scene yourself, right?"

Wang: "I originally wanted to see what the predecessors had done first, and then look at it with a purpose after understanding it. At least I wanted to remove those things in my conception that they had already practiced through the efforts of the predecessors. In this way, I can go to the field investigation with ideas that the predecessors have not tried.

“That’s called aiming at the right target.”

He paused and patted the book on the table. "In the end, all my ideas were rejected by my predecessors. They tried everything. They even tried methods that I hadn't thought of. But you are right. I should go to the scene to take a look. Your Highness, are you willing to be a guide?"

The fourth princess turned to Elizabeth and asked, "Has he always been so tactless? He actually asked a princess like me, 'Would you like to be my guide?'"

Wang: "Why, being a guide in Monrovia is something shameful? This is the first time I've heard of it."

Rosalie raised an eyebrow. "What? No, how did you get here?"

Elizabeth: "I'm used to his unusual way of thinking."

Elizabeth was a little proud when she said this.

Wang: "I just made a logical deduction. If the result I deduced is incorrect, it is because the conditions you gave were wrong."

Elizabeth: "I understand, I understand. Anyway, it's not your fault. So now should we go to see His Majesty the Emperor, or go to the bottom of the tower to take a look?"

Rosalie stood up and said, "Let's go to the tower. I was going to go out and have fun today, and my car was ready, but my brave and fearless fiancé ran back to his own country.

"Really? If we hadn't stopped the orcs' tide, Ordas would have been in trouble. He didn't stay here to learn about the orcs' fighting methods, but just ran away!"

Elizabeth: "Okay, shall we take His Highness' carriage?"

Wang: "No, I plan to go there on horseback. This way I can see the situation on the street. The enemy came too quickly during Langdon's time, and there was basically no pre-war atmosphere. Today I want to see with my own eyes what the ecology of ordinary people is like when the war clouds are gathering."

Rosalie stared at the wizard: "You... are really cold."

Wang: “That’s called rationality.”

"No, no, I've met many rational people," Rosalie shook her head, "You are just indifferent, like a spectator who is watching from the sidelines."

Elizabeth: "Not bad. He's improved since he first walked into the Three Boars. At that time, he was just a little boy who was looking forward to the outing for a long time. "

The king looked at Elizabeth and said, "I didn't expect you to hold a grudge so tightly, little girl."

Apparently, both remembered their first meeting at the Three Wild Boars.

Rosalie interrupted the two-person world that was about to be formed: "Okay, stop! I know you have accumulated a lot of ties. I'll have someone arrange horses. Does the dwarf want to ride one too?"

The dwarf who had been drinking silently in the corner: "No, no! I'm not going!"

Wang: "You must go. After all, you are a dwarf and have your own unique insights into stonework. Maybe you can crack this secret!"

Flint sighed, "How is that possible? Minos has a dwarf district. The craftsmen who came here to make a living were basically first-rate experts. So there's no need for me to go. I'll just read a book here..."

Flint looked at the bottle on the table.

"Uh, wine tasting!" he amended.

Wang: "Wine tasting in the Royal Library?"

"Yes! This is the right atmosphere! We dwarves all like to taste wine in the sea of ​​books!" Flint said firmly, "Kaelin's priests never lie!"

The king raised an eyebrow and said, "All right, Your Highness. No need to prepare the basket. Besides, I don't ride a horse."

He patted Xiaobai's head and said, "Get up, it's time to go."

Xiaobai: "Is dinner ready?"

"No, but I can give you a ham on the way."

"Ham!"

**

at the same time.

Emperor Bernard Myhrvold of Monrovia was studying the situation on a sand table with his generals.

"Our contact with the northeastern border baron was cut off three days ago," said the white-haired Clover Knight Connaught worriedly, "Maybe the orc army has crossed the border. After all, the wolf cavalry has penetrated deep into here and has been plundering the plains around Minos for a long time."

The title of the Knight of the Shamrock mainly comes from the coat of arms of the Duke of Connaught's family. If you look down on the old man because the title of "Knight of the Shamrock" looks weak, you will definitely suffer.

In fact, the Duke of Connaught is the military commander of Monrovia, commanding the standing army and the Knights of Monrovia. Even the Knights of Lancelot, who nominally belong to the Church of Lancelot, cannot ignore his orders.

"There are many refugees from the surrounding countryside in the city now," the Duke of Connaught continued. "I suggest that a rationing system be implemented immediately and all the food in the city be confiscated. The orcs are coming in full force, but we didn't gather our troops in the spring because of the spring plowing!"

Bernard glanced at the Duke and said, "It is my idea to give priority to spring ploughing. Accordingly, I have hired a trustworthy mercenary group."

"Your Majesty, you are still young and don't understand. Mercenaries are fine in war games between human lords, but when facing the brutal orc army, they are the most untrustworthy people. When the orcs invaded last time thirty years ago..."

Bernal: "I was twenty years old at that time, and I personally fought in the battlefield. I think you are getting old and confused, and you can't remember clearly? I know that mercenaries are unreliable!"

Duke of Connaught: "And you?"

"But at least they are more reliable than peasants with spears. Most of the mercenaries I hired this time are archers. In addition, I also hired a mercenary group that specializes in hunting orcs. They will hang orc teeth on their bodies as decorations.

"I also hired the Shasalis Cavalry Regiment. They are all archers. They arrived three days ago and started to clear out the wolf cavalry around Minos. The effect is remarkable. They can send back about a hundred pairs of orc ears every day!"

At this time, an attendant came in, without notifying anyone, and ran directly to the emperor and whispered a few words.

These are the emperor's trusted attendants and his eyes and ears.

After listening to the report, the emperor frowned and asked, "Did they really go to the giant tower? Did they find a way to crack it?"

The attendant shook his head. “The drow from the salvation team is an experienced rogue. We have no way of sneaking into the Royal Library to eavesdrop. The rogue has already killed three of us.”

Emperor: "She just killed him like that? Without giving him any face at all?"

"Yes. But I think the other party will say that they don't know where these spies come from."

"What is the truth? Does she know?"

Servant: "You should know that the bodies we found all showed signs of torture, but she could say that these dead men were all good men without revealing a word."

The emperor cursed, then stood up and said, "Gentlemen, I want to go to the tower to take a look."

The Duke of Connaught was shocked: "At such a critical moment?"

Bernal: "Send out the Griffin Knights to scout the border. Based on our experience 30 years ago, the orcs will plunder the border lord's territory and will march every month. We have made the border lord so rich just for this day."

Although Bernard's words seemed ruthless, they were the consensus of the human army. The orc army was strong in combat, but had no discipline. When they conquered new territory, they would plunder until there was nothing left to plunder.

Orc armies usually do not have baggage trains when they first set out. The larger the baggage train, the more it has, and the worse its mobility, and in the end they will be defeated by humans because of their slow movement.

The orc warriors who have scattered will try every means to return to their hometown with the spoils they have looted.

Therefore, we should not defend ourselves against the orc army, as that would allow them to advance quickly.

As a veteran, Connaught had experienced the last orc invasion in its entirety, so he certainly knew this.

So he did not stop the emperor from leaving, but turned around and began to issue various orders in the name of the emperor. Since Bernard ascended the throne, Connaught has been his military chief, which can be regarded as a tacit understanding between him and the emperor.

**

The king turned over and climbed onto the wolf that Xiaobai had transformed into, and heard the knights on guard beside him gossiping: "My team encountered orc wolf cavalry before, and the horses were terrified when they smelled the wolf, and the wizard's wolf horse even went over to smell it!"

Wang: "This is a wolf transformed by a druid, of course it's different. Animals will naturally be close to druids."

Several knights uttered "oh" sounds.

The king continued to ask: "Did you encounter wolf cavalry outside the city?"

"It would be strange if we didn't meet each other."

King: "I should have submitted the location of the Orc Wolf Riders' camp to the Emperor's military chief, the Duke of Connaught. Didn't he send people to encircle and suppress them?"

Several knights looked at each other, and finally the leader spread his hands and said, "I haven't heard of any encirclement and suppression. Maybe the Duke of Connaught doesn't believe your intelligence?"

Wang cursed, but it had nothing to do with him what happened to Monrovia. He was just passing by and wanted to inquire about something.

He patted Xiaobai's head, and the giant wolf strode forward with its head held high.

Rosalie hurried to catch up with him: "Do you know how to get there?"

The king pointed to the giant tower and said, "Wouldn't it be better if we just walk towards the tower?"

Rosalie smiled and said, "Really? Then you lead the way and I'll follow."

Wang ignored the meaning of Rosalie's smile and directly drove Xiaobai to walk.

**

Twenty minutes later, Wang looked down at the map he had drawn by hand. "That's strange. We should be able to get out. Is this city planned?"

"The answer is no." Rosalie smiled, "Before Myhrvold I eliminated the monsters entrenched here, this place was a ruin. For who knows how many epochs, different species have occupied this ruin and rebuilt it according to their own needs."

She pointed to a door-like thing on the gutter next to her: "See that dog hole? The Royal Institute of Architects believe that it was actually the corridor of the owner of this place at a certain time."

Wang squinted at the dog hole and said, "It's so short? Flint has to lower his head when he walks here!"

Rosalie: "Right? Once humans take over, it will become a drainage ditch. This is how I think of this city. I don't know which race left behind a huge wall, and other races saw it and thought it was good, so they moved in.

"After so many years of repairs, it became like this. It's almost impossible for outsiders not to get lost."

The king was shocked, and then sincerely apologized to Rosalie: "I'm sorry, I was too arrogant. Please, Miss Rosalie - please, Your Highness, show me the way."

Rosalie: "I like your honest and sincere way of apologizing when you make a mistake."

When she said the words "I like it very much", Rosalie looked at Elizabeth with a playful smile.

Elizabeth held her head high, looking like "You can jump around as much as you want, but if I take it to heart, I lose."

"This way, please!" Rosalie snapped her fingers, kicked the horse's belly lightly, and then pulled the reins to make the horse turn.

Over the next ten minutes, Rosalie brought everyone to the foot of the giant tower like a magician.