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Wang: "I see. This makes sense for the orcs' behavior changes. It's probably because the lich used some magic to subtly influence the new Overlord. After all, this Overlord wasn't just defeated. It was defeated last year and a winter has passed. In a winter, even the weakest lich can influence an orc - the Orc Overlord is a taller, stronger, and greener orc."
Rosalie asked in confusion, "What do you mean even the weakest lich can do it?"
Without waiting for the king to answer, Nini said, "Because the lich needs to master the technique of fixing his life essence in the phylactery."
Wang added: "The lich transformation ritual is essentially an upgrade ritual, so liches are generally ninth-ring spellcasters, or even spellcasters that have surpassed the ninth ring and can cast legendary spells."
He paused, and then said, "However, those who choose to become a lich must not have a good talent for magic. People with talent would have already broken through the boundaries of the planes, transcended time and space, and become planeswalkers.
"Only those who are unable to do this will become liches, because their lifespan is coming to an end, but their exploration of magic has no end, and in the end they have no choice but to become liches.
"The Cyclops Empire has another method, which is to use legendary spells to extract the life of ordinary creatures in an area to replenish their own lifespan. In the era of the Cyclops Empire, humans, as a fast-breeding and intelligent creature, are very popular materials for replenishing lifespan. The Cyclops also built human ranches to mass-produce humans.
"They lock women in special magical devices, responsible only for childbirth. After fertilizing women, men extract their lives in batches, becoming the life span of the great arcanists."
The women all frowned.
The king was oblivious: "Let's not talk about this anymore, let's go up to the city wall and take a look."
Chapter 119 A familiar name appears again
After the team members stood on the city wall, everyone except the dwarf exclaimed in a low voice.
Flint clenched his hammer and shouted, "What's wrong? What happened? Did the orcs attack the city? What are you shocked about?"
Only Rosalie looked at the dwarf. Perhaps she had never seen the dwarf's reaction when facing the battlements.
The little white one, who was also invisible from below, used his hands and feet to climb onto the wizard's neck and rode on him, then made a "whoa" sound.
The elf whispered, "There are probably more than 100,000 people. Maybe all the orc tribes in the wasteland have come."
Wang: "Not only that, the orc tribes are not only capable of fighting, the female orcs are also very strong, and although the old orcs are not as strong as the middle-aged, they are still stronger than the average human male. It can be said that the entire orc race is made up of warriors.
"Moreover, with so many able-bodied men going to war, the women and children in the tribe may face the dilemma of a shortage of prey, so when the orc tribes go out to plunder, they usually bring their families with them.
"If there are 100,000 orc men on this plain, that means there are three times as many female orcs, old orcs, and children behind them. If they are pushed to the limit, they will all come up and fight to the death."
Rosalie looked at the king: "Are you... so familiar with orcs?"
Wang: "I have read a book called "A Study of Common Races in Graria", written by my teacher. It contains records of all races except their views on marriage and love."
Rosalie: "Why is the view on love and marriage missing? Wait, is it just the view on love and marriage? So the way of reproduction is still recorded?"
Wang: "Yes. So I also have complete knowledge. Once I have a love interest in this plane, I can ensure that everything goes smoothly afterwards."
Elizabeth blushed and asked, "Please tell me what is going well!"
At this time, Rosalie's eldest brother, the eldest prince Eowyn, appeared on the wall. As soon as he appeared, he saluted the king and said, "My father heard that you were leaving to visit the wall, so he specially asked me to explain the situation to you."
Marika suddenly appeared, standing between the eldest prince and the crowd: "It's amazing that you showed up at this time. The palace is far away from the Royal Library where we live, and considering the time it took to get here, you actually arrived after us.
"You'll know this as soon as we leave the house. But I've already killed all the spies who were watching us in the dark alley."
Éowyn smiled, "You did clear our eyes, but you don't know that we just gave a voice stone to the keeper of the Royal Library."
Marika frowned, and it seemed that he had no way to deal with this kind of "spy" who was in the open.
Wang: "The sound transmission stone? In the current war, why would you give this thing that can be used for instant command and communication to a librarian? Just to keep track of our movements?"
Eowyn laughed. "We are Monrovia. Each of our generals has a sound transmission stone. We have a huge command tower with countless compartments. Each compartment corresponds to five generals. There are sound transmission stones for the generals and they are guarded by special personnel."
Sound stones come in pairs and can only transmit sound to each other.
Elizabeth suddenly thought of something and turned to ask Wang, "Does your Mage Tower also use sound transmission stones to communicate?"
"No, we use communication badges. Everyone can name their own badge. When using it, just press the badge with your thumb and shout out the name of the badge you want to connect to. The other party's badge will vibrate. At this time, the other party just needs to press the badge with their thumb to talk."
Wang said as he took out a badge from his dimensional bag: "This is my badge, called Communication Unit 01."
Rosalie: "Does that mean there is still Communications Unit 02?"
"No, not really. But just calling it the Communications Unit isn't cool enough. Adding 01 to it is much cooler."
The mage pressed his thumb against the badge and yelled, "Damn it!"
Then the badge became unresponsive.
Wang: "You see, badges cannot communicate across planes. The badge called Goudan is not in this plane, so we can't call him."
Nini asked curiously, "Why did you specifically contact him? Is he someone who means a lot to you?"
"No, he is an orc. He became a wizard with the intelligence of an orc. Together with the man who said he wanted to become a wizard no matter how crappy it was, he is a legend in our tower. This legend does not refer to his spellcasting ability, but his experience."
Eowyn watched the king's team discuss these things with a smile on her face, and interrupted at the appropriate time: "I really wish we could have such advanced magic props here."
Wang: “In some planes, this can be achieved without magic. In fact, there is a view in our tower that magic actually restricts the development of other skills in the plane.
“Some planes clearly don’t have magic, but they can create ships that appear in another space coordinate in an instant and span billions of kilometers. However, on their ships, craftsmen wearing red clothes often die suddenly, which looks like some kind of sacrificial magic.
"There are also planes where the only magic is telepathy, but they can create golems that can freely enter and exit the crystal wall system. The magic ships in that plane are always damaged on the port side, as if the fate of the ship has been artificially modified."
Wang suddenly stopped and looked at the silent crowd: "What's wrong?"
Nini: "Nothing, the things you said about other dimensions are very interesting. I really want to go and see them one day."
Elizabeth was shocked and immediately said, "I want to go too! I want to go!"
Wang: "If you haven't left the flow of time, going to too many planes will have side effects. Most people can't stand frequent switching of time streams. You have to upgrade. There are also people in our Mage Tower who can't upgrade. They can only come out to study occasionally."
He paused and added, "I am afraid that I will become such a person, so I want to master the ability to cast spells at the ninth level and gain the qualification to pursue advancement."
Éowyn had been listening to the king's words, and at this time he said, "So, you will eventually leave this plane?"
Wang: "The destination of powerful wizards is the stars. Ah, the 'stars' here refer to different planes."
Elizabeth suddenly felt sad: "So you... don't actually want to find someone to drive a carriage with you to do business?"
"Yes." The wizard replied immediately.
Elizabeth: "What if she can't be promoted?"
Wang: "Ah, our Mage Tower has the technology to force an upgrade."
"Eh?" Elizabeth looked at him in surprise, "You just said there are people who can't be promoted!"
"Because these technologies have side effects, basically everything except the soul will change. The body of a normal planeswalker who embraces the stars remains the same. Forced upgrading is actually just a higher form of lichification. So some people are unwilling to choose it."
Elizabeth sighed, "I...can a warlock look up at the stars?"
Wang: "I don't know. Maybe a warlock can rely on his own inspiration and charm to understand the ultimate secrets of the universe through instinct? After all, if the warlock's bloodline is strong, it is possible that he can cast the Nine Rings Arcana after waking up. If the Nine Rings Arcana can be cast, then the secrets of the universe can also be cast."
Flint: "If that doesn't work, try eating some wild mushrooms."
At this time, Rosalie said to her eldest brother: "You are listening very attentively, Your Highness."
Monrovia was not an elective monarchy; the eldest son of the Myhrvold family could inherit the empire, just like other dukes and earls.
Éowyn: "I like these questions, too. It's a pity that I don't have a talent for magic, otherwise I might give up the throne and pursue the secrets of magic."
Rosalie: "You came here just to talk about this?"
Eowyn: "Of course not. But it seems that the orcs are only building siege camps and siege weapons today, so the military situation is not too urgent."
The sergeant next to him looked like he wanted to speak, but in Monrovia, people of lower status cannot speak first without permission from those of higher status.
Rosalie noticed the sergeant's expression and said, "What do you want to say, sergeant?"
After the sergeant was allowed to speak, he immediately said, "The walls of Minos are so high. When the orcs came here before, they simply couldn't build such high siege towers. They didn't have enough architectural and design skills. The siege towers looked like they were made of garbage and were very fragile. They could be shot down by a ballista."
The sergeant finished speaking and Eowyn nodded, "Thank you for your insight, sergeant."
He turned his head and looked down at the city wall.
The wizard also came to the prince, took out a telescope and looked down together.
The orcs were using their shields to set up cover in the open space in front of the city wall to protect their archers during the attack.
Further away, the orcs built a camp and erected fences to block people from entering and leaving, and a watchtower was also under construction.
However, the turret of the siege tower has not yet been seen. That thing may really be too difficult for the orcs to build as the sergeant said.
Farther away, beyond the king's sight, the orcs had set up a logging camp and were cutting down the brush around Minos.
At this time, the emperor's military chief, the Clover Knight Connaught, came out of the tower on the wall of the White City and walked towards this side with a group of generals.
When he arrived before the prince, the old general saluted first to the prince, then turned to the king, and finally saluted Rosalie.
King: "Strange, shouldn't you bow to the two royal heirs first? I'm just a passing wizard."
Connaught said, "His Majesty's order is that you are the most distinguished guest, higher in status than himself. But I heard that you are a reasonable person, so you should know that if I really ignore the prince and pay my respects to you first, in the future..."
Éowyn: "Don't worry, Master."
Connaught: "I am not your teacher. I don't deserve this title."
"But I want to learn military command techniques from you, sir. You are the hero of the last orc war. The 'military expert' my father found for me is basically just a talker. He only talks about famous battles that have been thoroughly analyzed and studied by others, without any opinions or feelings of his own."
Connaught: "My biggest feeling since I joined the army is that I would rather not be so familiar with war. The only good thing is that war is so terrible that no one likes it."
The two were talking when Wang interrupted directly: "General Connaught, right? I have a question."
Elizabeth sighed and teased, "You either have a problem or a plan. Choose one of the two. As for things like looking at the situation and the atmosphere, you don't care at all."
Wang: "Is there something wrong with the air here? I don't notice it."
Nini: "She said atmosphere, not air. The two words in the common language are based on the same etymology, so they are somewhat similar."
Wang: “Oh, I misheard.”
Connaught: "What's your question?"
The king pointed to the orc blockade outside and said, "From what I've seen, the orcs haven't completed their blockade of the city yet. This fence and sentry tower won't be completed today, right?"
Connaught: "Yes, the orcs are very poor at construction."
Wang: "Does that mean a team of seven can sneak out relatively easily?"
Connaught was shocked: "Are you trying to sneak out?"
Wang: "Yes, there is no reason for us to stay in the city and fight with you. And we have already got the clues we need from the Royal Architects Association. The target is Isonzo, one of the city-states of the River Kingdoms. We need to reach Isonzo as soon as possible and start searching for this church."
Connaught: "Your spellcasting ability is only at the third level, right? How are you going to deal with a sect that randomly sends a seventh-level mage to snipe you?"
Wang: "We'll know if we can fight back. Besides, didn't I kill the Seventh Ring Mage? Hmm?"
Wang suddenly slapped his thigh, as if he had remembered something important: "I am no longer a fourth-ring mage, I am a third-ring... No, it's a fourth-ring! One more ring than the third-ring! Oh my god, I forgot! This morning, I prepared spells for the third ring as usual, but I didn't prepare any spells for the fourth ring!" (*)