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Nini corrected: "I didn't get on the horse, I just let the horse carry me."
Flint: "Didn't you notice that elves don't hold whips or reins? They don't even put their feet in the stirrups!"
Nini: "Inserting the pedals will make it difficult to quickly switch mounts, which will be inconvenient during combat."
The dwarf shrugged. "Although I only know a little bit about riding a horse - why are you looking at me like that, barbarian! Well, I can't ride a horse at all, but I bet that the elf's opinion is definitely not a reflection of his high riding skills."
Nini: "Really? Our elf cavalry don't use stirrups when riding giant elk and horned eagles. I thought human cavalry did the same."
Oscar: "No, I'm pretty sure it's not."
At this time, the voice of the king came from the sound transmission stone in Nini's arms: "Nini! Get ready, I'm going to start moving the floating city! (Cyclops' words) Central, move northwest at half speed."
As the king finished speaking, everyone subconsciously made a move to steady themselves, and Elizabeth even reached out and held Marika's hand.
But nothing seemed to happen.
Flint: “Nothing?”
Nini: "I moved. I could feel the difference in the wind."
The dwarf looked at the sky and made a grabbing gesture, as if he wanted to catch the wind to ask questions.
Wang's voice came from Nini's sound transmission stone: "How is it?"
“The speed is normal.”
"very good."
**
At this time on the Star Chaser, the captains of several ships were on the deck of the Star Chaser looking at the floating city.
"Did you move?"
"No... Think about it carefully. We have been watching it floating over here since yesterday. Could it be that this thing is not actually very fast?"
"It's possible. Hello, boatswain, can you tell me where the floating city was found?"
The boatswain folded his arms across his chest: "No comment!"
The captains looked at each other again.
**
Nini shouted to the sound stone: "Okay, we're at the location! Now let's land so that there are navigable channels on both sides!"
King: "Understood! (Cyclops) Stop! (Common) Nini, please confirm the current wind speed and direction. In what direction and at what speed do we need to move to just counter the wind?"
Nini: "I can estimate the wind speed, but I don't know how much the floating island will be displaced by the wind at this speed. It's better to land as soon as possible."
"it is good!"
Following the king's command, the island began to descend at a speed of five meters per second.
Nini: "Too fast! It will create huge waves!"
**
In the underground control room, Wang shouted to the central control: "Too fast! It will create a huge wave!"
Central: "This is the standard ground attack speed of this fortress."
Wang: “Not an attack!”
Central: "This can give the two-eyed creatures below the necessary shock. All steps are carried out according to the Imperial standard plan."
Only then did Wang realize why the lower part of the floating island was made of a whole piece of granite. It turned out that it was used as a cheap suppression weapon!
King: "Cyclops - I mean, didn't the master's ancestors have useful area spells? They could even transform the lives of slaves into their own longevity."
Cephalon: "Because that spell lacks sufficient momentum, this is a special—"
The shaking caused by the impact interrupted the Central's words.
**
On the ground of the floating island, Nini yelled, "Get down quickly! You will definitely be shaken if you hit it at this speed, don't get thrown off!"
Marika tackled Elizabeth to the ground.
Oscar saw this and also threw her sister to the ground. However, it was a bit difficult for her to throw Rosalie to the ground with her small body, so she hit Rosalie's calf and pinned her to the ground in a standard fighting posture.
Rosalie was caught off guard and had a mouthful of mud in her mouth.
The others also fell to the ground, leaving only the dwarf standing.
"We dwarves will never waver while we are on the ground," said Flint proudly.
Then the impact began and he was thrown to the ground.
**
On the Star Chaser, several captains stared in amazement at the floating city that suddenly rushed down.
Because it was a bit difficult to determine the location of such a large floating city from the ground, they initially thought it was coming towards them. The timid captain was so frightened that he turned around and ran back.
The brave ones just subconsciously stretched out their feet and firmly planted their feet on the ground, just like they were sailing on the sea and preparing to fight the wind and waves.
Then they realized that the floating island was not aimed at them.
The sharp bottom pierced directly into the river surface not far away, and it looked like it had landed very fast.
Just as everyone was thinking this, giant wolves swarmed towards the anchor.
These merchant ships are all heavily loaded cargo ships, and their draft is so deep that it almost affects their navigation - of course, they are still not as heavy as seagoing ships, but their total weight is not light.
However, the merchant ship and the Star Chaser were lifted up like toys and pushed to the shore by the giant wolves that had never been seen in the inland river before.
Then the boat that had just been lifted entered a free fall again, and everyone's body was lifted up by inertia.
A merchant ship captain who didn't have time to grab the rope was thrown into the air and thrown overboard.
“Uh-huh!” His voice gradually faded away and was immediately covered by the loud noise of the boat “landing”.
Yes, all the boats were pushed ashore.
After surviving the disaster, the most courageous merchant captain loudly asked the boatswain: "Why is this happening?"
The boatswain showed a bewildered expression for a moment, but immediately changed it into a cold smile: "Huh, you don't know? This is a warning from our boss! Your attitude just now has made him angry!"
Chapter 185 The Lord of the City knows things like a god
On Wang's side, he saw the tragic scene below through the center.
The Central is yelling, "HAHAHAHA, people are like garbage!"
Wang: “Are you happy?”
Central: "I am a machine without divine calculation power. I just read out the set lines."
Wang: "Were you programmed to say this kind of line in this situation?"
"Yes. But most of the time there is a fortune teller, and what is said is decided by the fortune teller."
Wang shrugged.
At this time, he actually felt a little guilty.
Although it was the fault of the Cyclops' "legacy", I was standing by and watching it without being able to stop it. I wasn't to blame, but I couldn't live with it.
The losses caused by the grounding of the merchant ship need to be calculated carefully. The casualties caused by people being washed away alone are estimated to be considerable.
The king thought about it and decided that he had to compensate them. Anyway, he had collected so many gold coins from the previous two countries that he was too lazy to count them. It would be a waste if he didn't use them.
With this thought in mind, Wang walked towards the elevator.
The elevator goes directly to the ground - this elevator goes directly to the base of the statue, which is also the heavy defense unit. The reason why he didn't use it when he just came down was because this elevator could not be operated from the outside, so he could only run down with his legs and take the elevator when he went out.
Before Wang reached the elevator door, Nini's voice came from the sound transmission stone: "Raise the island a little bit!"
Wang: "What's wrong?"
"Mud!" Nini said. "The water washed the mud away! If it is left here overnight, the ground will become a shallow beach."
Wang was shocked: "There is still soil erosion here?"
"What?" Nini's puzzled voice came from the sound transmission stone.
Soil erosion is also a foreign word and does not exist in the common language of this plane.
Wang: "Nothing, I'll raise the floating island immediately. When you see the rocks appearing above the water, call a halt."
"give it to me!"
**
On the deck of the Star Chaser, the captains of the merchant ships saw the floating city rising again and asked the boatswain, "What does this mean?"
The boatswain sneered, "Humph, isn't this obvious? This is to tell you that you are not worthy of being on equal footing with our boss!"
The captains suddenly realized.
"I see! There is no need to be like this. How ignorant of ourselves must we be to think that we are equal to someone who owns a floating city."
"But I just took a peek at the surface of the floating city, and it seems that this floating city is a bit shabby."
"What do you mean by shabby? That's a lot of work to be done! Lord City Lord - the captain of the salvation team must have hired us to carry out the initial construction!"
As they were talking, someone walked up to the floating city and looked down at the captains on the Star Chaser.
A captain recognized the man: "It's Her Royal Highness Princess Melward of Monrovia and Her Royal Highness Princess Landon of Landon City in Kuosania!"
Naturally, the captains did not dare to address the two princesses by their names.
Rosalie was quite used to it, but Elizabeth looked bewildered for a moment, and after a few seconds she realized that His Highness Langdon was calling her, and she quickly put on a dignified posture.
Rosalie spoke up: "The Lord Mayor has already said through the sound transmission stone that he will compensate everyone for their losses. I thought about it and I think you will not dare to ask for compensation. After all, you have just seen the power of the floating city to destroy everything. Even if you have five guts, you will not dare to ask for compensation.
“The city lord is rather slow in this matter.
"So I made the decision. We will buy all your ships and cargoes, as well as the resulting liabilities."
Rosalie's words directly raised her status. After all, she was the person who could make decisions under the city lord.
Elizabeth noticed this and quickly said, "As a member of the rescue team, I approve of Rosalie's approach."