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Because Elizabeth was awake at this time, the one-eyed man moved - she had been wearing this necklace for a long time, and it seemed that some kind of connection had been established, so she could directly operate the Eye of the Beholder on the necklace.
The Central said cheerfully, "Authentication completed. Please instruct the moving target."
The wizard returned the one-eye in his hand to Elizabeth.
When he returned it, his one eye blinked playfully.
Then Wang made a "take action" gesture to Nini.
Nini immediately grabbed the robotic arm hanging from the ceiling and moved the position of the pointer at the tail end.
The next moment the floor shook slightly.
Marika and Nini said at the same time, "The movement has begun."
Wang nodded and was about to speak when Nini said, "I just observed the pointer and it was moving slightly."
Wang: “Are you sure?”
Nini nodded: "Yeah. I guess it might be the wind that's making the floating island move."
"Wind?" Wang slapped his thigh. "Yes! We have sailors, and we have masts and sails that are about to be recovered. We can find a way to use the wind power!"
Chapter 183: Purchasing Matters of the Lord of the Floating City
Just as the floating city was flying towards the new Star Chaser anchored on the Mayunya River at a "high speed" of 7.1 kilometers per hour, several ships had already parked next to the Star Chaser.
These ships were basically certain that the Star Chaser was related to the floating city that had just taken off, so they came to check out the situation.
The boatswain who led the remaining sailors was in a dilemma. He had repeated for countless times: "I am just a housekeeper. I don't even know what the rescue team is going to do. I am not sure whether the floating city was floated by them."
“Do you think we will believe you if you say that?” the captain of another ship said, and the others immediately echoed: “Yes, yes!”
The boatswain smiled bitterly and said, "If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do. Otherwise, you can arrest me and torture me."
Several captains looked at each other. In fact, they all had some "private jobs" in private, such as helping a certain organization or a certain noble to collect intelligence along the way, and they also did the kind of work of torturing people, but now - now who dares to touch the people of the salvation team!
Maybe the enemies the rescue team is going to face dare to move, but everyone present is here with the mentality of "making friends", so they can only smile.
The boatswain said, "It's no use laughing. I really don't know. I know what you're doing. Giving money won't help. I just don't know."
At this time, a merchant ship captain said: "I have heard for a long time that the captain of the rescue team is a man who can win the support of others. Today I see that it is indeed true. Seeing this big brother's loyalty, I am very sure that the captain is good at commanding his subordinates."
The boatswain was so angry that he laughed: "What do you mean by good command of subordinates? I really don't know. Ask the brothers who stayed behind, but they don't know either! You should wait until the members of the rescue team come back and ask them. They should be back soon. It won't delay anything if you wait a little longer."
Several merchant ship captains looked at each other.
"Then we can only wait," said one of them, and the others nodded.
Moments later they released carrier pigeons to explain the situation to their respective ship owners, informing them that their arrival might be delayed.
Then, no one expected that they would have to wait for a whole day.
Throughout the entire day, they watched the floating city slowly grow larger, from a small dot on the horizon to an extremely oppressive behemoth.
The only problem is that this huge thing has a lot of sail-like things hanging on it.
Wind-powered floating city?
Facing the captains' new questions, the boatswain said the same thing as yesterday: "I don't know, don't ask me! The floating city is already floating over here, why don't you just fly up and ask the rescue team."
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Wang looked down at the river below and found that the river was mostly blocked by anchored ships. He couldn't help wondering, "What's going on? Is the Star Chaser under siege? Nini, come and see, is there a battle going on down there?"
Nini shook her head: "There are no signs of fighting. Our remaining team on the deck of the Star Chaser is standing well and they don't look like they are being restrained."
Wang: "Could it be that those ships saw the floating city and came to the Star Chaser to ask about the situation?"
Rosalie: "That should be it. So, have you figured out how to show up in front of the eagerly awaited merchant ship captains?"
Wang: "Xiaobai!"
Xiaobai responded with an "Oh" and then turned into a griffin.
The king rode on the griffin and said to the others, "Wait up there, use the sound stone to communicate!"
Then he pinched the griffin's belly, and Xiaobai flew into the air and circled down.
When he arrived on the deck of the Star Chaser, there was indeed a group of people Wang had never seen before waiting there.
One of them stepped forward and asked directly: "Excuse me, this floating city..."
Wang: "This is the Cyclops Floating City. It was just built when the Cyclops Empire was destroyed. It fell asleep before it was even started. I started it, and now I am the lord of this floating city!"
The captains looked at each other in bewilderment. Finally, the captain who had just stepped forward said, "This is an unprecedented event, a major change that has not happened in a hundred years..."
Wang: "Wait a moment, I have something more important to do. You can blow it later. Do you know where I can buy sails? And masts, rigging and other things. I need them urgently now."
The captains were all stunned. The Cyclops floating city was something that only existed in legends. Some people even regarded it as a myth and didn't believe it really existed. Now the guy who started the floating city asked where he could buy sails and masts.
So this floating city really relies on wind power?
"Well," said the captain who spoke first. He seemed to be the representative of all the captains. "We don't have canvas and masts to sell. Maybe you should go to the dock in Shallow Water City? It's just downstream. You can get there in no time."
Shallow Water City is the de facto "capital" of the River Countries. Although the River Countries do not recognize this de facto capital, the close economic ties make this city influence everything in the entire River Countries.
The Principality of Frank, which has made Shallow Water City its capital, also sees itself as the leader of the river countries.
Of course they did not say so publicly. After all, the last country that publicly declared itself the leader of the River Countries ended up being beaten to a pulp by Monrovia.
Wang: "Shallow Water City, the capital of the Principality of Frank? Yes, we can definitely buy everything we need there. Then it's settled. Boatswain, after we move the Star Chaser up, you will be promoted to... uh, can you operate an airship?"
It was only then that the other captains realized that there was a dwarf airship in the sky. Although this thing was not as rare as the floating city, it was still a rare thing and many people might not see it once in their lifetime.
The boatswain looked embarrassed. "If you want me to be a captain, I may be able to do it, but if you want me to be the captain of a dwarf airship, I can't do it. Apart from anything else, I can't handle those dwarf machines. We only know how to operate the sails. Is your...your dwarf airship also wind-powered?"
Wang: "That's not the case. All right, then we will float to Shallow Water City. Now we need to land the floating city. The captains are here too, so we need to rent the sailors on your ships to work."
"Rent? What?" A captain slapped his thigh, "We are willing to serve the first floating city lord in history."
Wang: "No, you should just take the money. After all, we don't plan to let you visit the interior of the floating city. You take the money, do the work, and do what you need to do."
The captains looked at each other.
Chapter 184 "This is a show of power!"
Wang: "Why, you don't want to do it?"
Several captains nodded repeatedly: "Go! Go!"
After all, this is the first floating city to fly after the fall of the Cyclops Empire. Even if you don’t get any information by taking a look around, you can still pretend to say “I have information”.
Not to mention that it is impossible not to get any information when going up there. If you can't understand the things of the Cyclops Empire, you can take a look at the situation of the Savior Team.
The captain of the team just said that they need labor. Just finding out why they need labor, how much labor they need, and how much labor they already have is very important information. Many people will pay a high price to buy it.
No one would refuse such a thing.
Seeing all the captains nodding their heads, the king was very satisfied and said, "Okay, I will go up and lower the floating city now."
He said this carelessly, not caring at all that the captains had silently memorized a piece of information at this time: "The floating city cannot be controlled remotely, and the city lord must return to the floating city to control it."
If this information is used at the right time, it might be able to be exchanged for a large sum of gold or promissory notes.
The king patted Xiaobai's neck, and the griffin immediately took off into the air, circling towards the floating city.
When they got to the floating city, Rosalie, accompanied by a group of lizardmen and humans, asked with concern, "What's going on? Are those ships here to gather intelligence?"
Wang: “You know everything.”
"There's nothing you don't know about this. You can guess it without even using logic."
Elizabeth said quickly: "I guessed it too!"
The king glanced at Elizabeth, then said directly to Rosalie, "We will descend later and you can talk to them. When I talked to them just now, the way they looked at me made me feel that I was being taken advantage of."
Xiao Bai suddenly changed back and said teasingly, "You have made progress. You can actually realize that you are being taken advantage of. Let me tell you, the smart guy has no control over his mouth. He says whatever he wants. The captains below must have guessed a lot of things."
Wang scratched his head: "Can you blame me for this? We mages shouldn't be responsible for foreign affairs in the team. This should be the job of poets. When my teacher shared his experience, he said that all the cheating and deception are the responsibility of poets.
"If nothing else, you see, whenever a poet arrives in a place, he should seduce the barmaid to get information. I can't do that."
Flint took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Not every poet is like this. Well, the poet I'm familiar with didn't have the subjective intention of selling his body to get information, but he is a half-elf and has half the handsomeness of an elf man. You know what I mean.
"So basically he was forcibly dragged into the pub kitchen by the waitress."
Wang: "And then it was made into human meat pies?"
"Why did it become like this!"
Wang: "Isn't this what the kitchen staff can do? Oh, I see. He has no money to pay the bill, so he went to wash the dishes!"
Flint shouted helplessly, "Fire! Send the cook out to smoke in the back kitchen, close the door and you can do it!"
Wang looked as if he had seen a new world: "I see, I have learned something new."
Flint: "If it were anyone else, I'd think he was faking it. Really!"
Rosalie interrupted, "Okay, enough of that digression! After we land, I'll go negotiate with the captains, right?"
Wang: "Yes. You and Elizabeth go together, and take the captain with you. The three of you have the ability to negotiate. Master Li Guang should not go. This is not discrimination against the lizardmen, but Master Li Guang may..."
Li Guang: "I am not good at socializing, especially with humans. Considering the deep-rooted prejudice of humans against lizardmen, it is better for me not to show up. However, village chief, I hope that when others misunderstand me and my people, you can..."
Rosalie: "I will tell them openly that you are the real residents of the floating city, and you also participated in the formulation of the temporary laws of the floating city."
Li Guang clasped his hands together and said, "Thank you, village chief."
Wang: "Okay, it's settled. I'll go to the control room. Nini, you hold the sound transmission stone and keep an eye on it. Once we move to the right landing position, call a halt."
Nini nodded: "Leave it to me."
Wang turned around and ran towards the underground entrance, but then he realized that it was a bit far to run there because everyone was standing at the edge of the island.
The floating city had a large ground area, with dozens of acres of land. There was even enough space to build both an equestrian field and a polo field on the ground, allowing for horse riding practice and polo competitions to be held simultaneously.
With such a large island, Wang actually suspected that the sails he erected would not be as effective as the Windblown Island itself.
As Wang thought this, he reached out and grabbed Xiaobai who was following him.
Xiaobai also began to change immediately, and turned into a big wolf a second later. Wang performed a running one-handed wolf.
Seeing this, Rosalie turned to look at Nini and said, "You taught me well. I remember you always got on the horse like this before."