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Wang raised his eyebrows: "Special skills? What special skills?"

Marika: "For example, to correct someone's face and achieve permanent makeup changes."

Elizabeth exclaimed, "Really?"

"Really. So some people who don't know their place rashly enter the shantytown. Not only will they get stuck there, but their identities may also be taken over by someone who shows up out of nowhere."

Wang said jokingly, "Now that we have entered the shack area, we will have to interrogate each other about the past to avoid being impersonated. Why don't we agree on a code first?"

**

While the rescue team was chatting with each other without tension, the eyes on the ground were also watching them. Especially in the shanty town, there were quite a lot of people watching the airship in the sky.

For example, the Black Dragon Gang, the gang that currently controls the slum area, is named this way because the Black Dragon is the most ferocious beast in all the River Kingdoms.

There are at least three adult black dragons living in the River Kingdoms, after all, there are many swamps. Some black dragons have also conquered the nearby lizardmen tribes, after all, most of the lizardmen believe in the ancestor dragon.

The black dragon, like all other dragons, is the offspring of the ancestor dragon, so it is naturally easy for the black dragon to control the lizardman tribe.

Howard, the "godfather" of the Black Dragon Gang, could just see the airship in the sky from the window of his study.

Howard: "How ostentatious! They just came here in a huge airship. It seems that the Saviors don't understand the meaning of keeping wealth within reach."

The Black Dragon Gang's staff officer looked at the airship and said, "When the intelligence originally mentioned an airship, I thought it was a relatively small one. Small airships are easy to hide, have small targets, and will not alert people nearby when deployed. They also require a small maintenance factory.

"The result is this big airship! In Catalonia, leaving the alluvial plain of the Mason River, it is basically a desert, the kind of 'Gobi' with not much hard ground, but only a sea of ​​sand.

"It's impossible to build a maintenance factory for a large airship in that place. This factory must be on the alluvial plain of the Mason River, which is also the main population concentration area of ​​Catalonia. It's impossible to build a base in such a place to maintain such a large airship...

"Perhaps the royal family from Catalonia has been completely controlled by the cult. It is possible that the leaders of the major organizations are also supporters of the cult or even believers."

Howard: "Don't talk about things that we all know."

"Feel sorry."

Howard looked at the airship again: "They have a floating city, but they don't come here in the floating city... Could it be that the floating city actually flies very slowly?"

"It's possible." The staff officer said, "It's very likely that the floating city..."

At this time, someone came in: "The carrier pigeon reported that the floating city landed in the southwest of Shallow Water City, upstream of the Ma Xunya River."

Howard raised his eyebrows: "Confirm this information immediately and send the most capable team to take a look."

At this time, someone else came to report: "Sir! There is someone outside who claims to be the Shadow Thief's special envoy and wants to see you."

Howard frowned. "What are these Monrovia people doing here? I just wiped out their base in Shallow Water City last month."

The gang member who reported the news: "I don't know. If I ask him, he will be angry with me. He asked me to report it quickly."

Howard was shocked. After a brief thought, he said, "Let them in."

**

Still at the same time.

Odolf, the consul general of the Order in the Principality of Frank, snorted at the airship, "They are so ostentatious, we have to give them a taste of our power. Have you determined the location of the floating island?"

"Confirmed." A man wearing the uniform of a priest from the outer circle of the cult reported back, "Except for the five outer circles that are on missions, the remaining twenty circles are ready."

Odolf said, "Don't worry. First determine the enemy's strength. It's impossible that they have no troops left behind. Send out a reconnaissance team and tell the captain of the reconnaissance team to be careful. The Salvation Team has a very powerful wanderer. Once you confirm that she is staying behind, withdraw and don't make contact.

"That wanderer is a drow elf, and we will kill if we fight. If the wanderer is on the floating island, we will raid the salvation team that enters the city. On the other hand, if the wanderer is not on the floating island, we will go and take back the floating island that originally belonged to the cult—and then thank the salvation team for helping us activate it."

Chapter 188 Pelican Gang

Under Flint's operation, the rescue team's airship slowly landed in the port area.

The foreman at the port was obviously well-informed and he directly instructed the workers to grab the rope thrown down from the airship and secure it on the ground - it was obviously not the first time they had received merchants coming by airship.

As soon as the rope ladder was set up, Wang floated down using the Feather Fall Technique.

The foreman started with the first sentence: "The boat you drive?"

Wang: "No, it was opened by a dwarf in our team."

Foreman: "Your skills are a bit poor. You didn't even use the auxiliary engine to fight the crosswind. Fortunately, the wind is not strong today, otherwise you would have crashed into the warehouse next to you."

As he spoke, the foreman pointed to the huge transit warehouse next to him.

Most merchant ships do not deliver all their cargo to the two ends of the Ma Xunya River route. Some cargo is transported to large transit ports such as Shallow Water City, and then stored in warehouses waiting for the bill delivery date to arrive.

Therefore, there are a large number of sturdy warehouses in the shallow water city port area, and some warehouses are also equipped with magic to keep warm and moist. As for the goods that are not afraid of moisture, they are piled up in the yard.

One look at the packed yards and dock workers constantly coming in and out of the warehouses tells you that this port has an astonishing cargo throughput.

The king looked around and said, "The book says..."

"It's in the book!" The foreman interrupted Wang loudly, "The leader of the rescue team is really a nerd? I thought it was just a rumor!"

Wang was not affected at all, and continued what he had just been interrupted: "The book says that this kind of port usually has a powerful dock gang. The prototype is probably a mutual aid organization established by dock workers based on family ties, which gradually developed into a gang that controls the dock.

"The River Gang, the Canal Gang, and the Salt Gang were probably formed gradually in this way."

The foreman looked at a thinner worker next to him and said, "Wolf, you've been educated. What is he talking about?"

Wolfe replied: "He deduced the existence of our Pelican Gang."

The foreman looked at Wang again.

Wang was muttering, "There's a pelican on the emblem of Shallow Water City, and you guys are actually called the Pelican Gang. It seems like you're very confident and think you're the gang that has the final say in Shallow Water City."

Xiao Bai interrupted, "What is a pelican? Is it delicious?"

Wang pointed to the flag hanging on the most imposing building at the dock. On the flag was the emblem of Shallow Water City.

Xiao Bai stared at the pelican for a few seconds and asked suspiciously, "A duck with a tumor on its chin?"

Wang was about to reply when the foreman coughed. It was clear that he was not used to the Saviours' frequent digressions.

Wang: “Please go ahead.”

Foreman: "The intelligence says that none of you are particularly familiar with Shallow Water City. It seems that this information is wrong."

Wang: "We have! The dwarf who just sailed the boat is one of them!"

The foreman turned his head and looked at Flint. After a few seconds, he turned his head and asked the workers: "Does anyone know him?"

The crowd shook their heads.

Flint said nonchalantly, "Of course no one knows me. I don't know how many years ago I came to Shallow Water City. Your life span is too short. Maybe your grandfather was still a child when I lived in Shallow Water City.

"By the way, I don't know anything about the Pelican Gang. I think your gang wasn't even established when I lived here."

At this moment, the worker who was moving goods nearby suddenly fell down, and the cargo box he was carrying fell to the ground and broke into pieces, and the mechanical parts inside scattered all over the ground.

The supervisor immediately rushed over with a whip, waving it and yelling, "Asshole! The value of this box of goods is so high that you can't even afford to pay for several days' wages!"

Wang frowned because he found that the supervisor seemed to be whipping the worker who made a mistake, but in fact only the first whip hit the worker's back, and the rest of the whips fell to the ground.

Marika said softly, "This technique is something that an old hand uses."

Wang asked the foreman: "Is this also normal?"

Foreman: "Of course, the first whip hit him, it hurts, enough to teach the offender a lesson. The rest are all for the cargo owners and merchants to see. If all the whips hit him, the worker will probably not be able to work for more than a month, which is not good for the dock.

"Of course, compensation must be paid. The rules cannot be broken. The Pelican Gang will advance the compensation. From now on, the person who made the mistake will be a loyal brother of our Pelican Gang."

Wang said "Oh" and asked, "How far have you progressed?"

The foreman looked puzzled: "Which step?"

Wang: "Well... let me ask, foreman, do you think you are the same brother as the person who made the mistake?"

The foreman was even more confused: "Brother is indeed a brother, but I am a person of status."

Wang: "I see. It hasn't started yet. It's the previous stage. I saw that the cargo box was full of industrial products, so I thought it had reached the next stage."

Foreman: "What the hell are you talking about?"

Wang: "I really want to explain it to you, but our Mage Tower will not accelerate the development of the native plane in principle. Besides, I am not deeply involved in this area, and I only know the principles of the legendary spells in this field."

The foreman gave up thinking and turned to the skinny worker Walker and asked, "Do you understand?"

Walker spread his hands and said, "I really don't understand this time. But, foreman, didn't Grandma Hasher say that if the captain of the rescue team is really as smart as the legend says, take them to see her."

Elizabeth was alert: "Hashil, this is a woman's name!"

The foreman sighed, "It's a woman's name, but young lady, you don't have to think of her as a rival, because she is seventy years old and has twenty children."

Elizabeth breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang: "We are also happy to establish good relations with the local gangs. Please lead the way. Let's go meet this Grandma Halsey."

Foreman: "It's Hashir, don't call her the wrong name, the old lady has a bad temper."

**

The Pelican Gang's headquarters is located in the largest warehouse at the dock.

There is an office on the second floor of the warehouse, which may have been the office of the official who managed the dock. Now the words "Harbor Master" have been crossed out, and the flag of the Principality of Frank has been covered by a huge crocodile skin, with only a little of the original flag showing at the corner.

A pelican with a piranha hanging in its mouth was painted in rough strokes on the crocodile skin. This should be the logo of the Pelican Gang.

The foreman knocked on the door of the former harbormaster's office, and a steady mezzo-soprano voice came from inside: "Come in."

Nini whispered, "Just from the sound of the voice, the person inside is not seventy years old."

"That means you haven't listened to human speech enough, elf," the mezzo-soprano responded. "There are many humans who are mature at a young age, or who are like me, an old woman, but can still make a voice like a brothel madam."

At this time, the foreman pushed the door open, and Wang saw the owner of the voice.

An old lady sat behind the harbormaster's desk, on which a sign with the title had been crossed out but no new title had been engraved.

The most obvious feature of the old lady is her prominent hooked nose, which is enough to overshadow all other impressions. The first thing that people who have seen her think of - and the only thing they think of - is her nose.

Xiaobai: "Has your nose become a spirit?"

Wang Gang was about to give her a slap on the head to remind her to pay attention to her words and actions, but the old lady burst into laughter, as if she was very happy.

"Where did you come from, little cutie!" the old lady said, "Come here and tell grandma, are you going on an adventure with the Saviors?"

The foreman explained: "Grandma Hashir especially likes little girls who can be her granddaughters, because she has no granddaughters, only grandsons."

Xiaobai frowned and said, "But I'm not a little girl. I have already experienced twenty-four complete season cycles. No, it's twenty-four and a half. A normal werewolf should be the mother of two children by now."

Old Mrs. Hashir was stunned. She took out some fruit from somewhere and seemed to be preparing to give it to Xiaobai: "Eh? Werewolves...are they so different from us humans?"