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Originally, he wanted to say that the undead army surrounded the Catalan army but was unable to attack, and he was going to use the floating island to crush the portal that served as the army's logistics source. But in the current situation, if he really said that, it would basically be equivalent to officially announcing that "we are in cahoots with the lich."
So "crush the Catalan embassy and destroy the portal" became "crush the center of the undead army and destroy the lich."
Rosalie blinked and asked, "Do you want me to clear out the 'outsiders' currently on the floating island?"
Apparently, although Rosalie didn't know the details, she had a rough idea of what was going on.
King: "This battle is very dangerous. We may have to face the lich's undead army and the invading Catalan soldiers at the same time. We must get all the sailors hired to work on the island off the island."
Several merchant ship owners around heaved a sigh of relief. They had already lost a lot of men in the attack by the Sphinx Knights from Catalonia today, and it would be too tragic to be led to fight against the undead army again.
They had been looking for an opportunity to escape for a long time, but they didn't expect that the captain of the rescue team would be so reasonable!
Then a captain said: "This is a serious matter. We are willing to stand on the same front with the Savior Team to fight against the undead creatures!"
Wang didn't understand the captain's true thoughts, and quickly shook his head to refuse: "No, no, you have done a lot, you can go now, leave the rest to us."
Rosalie interrupted the king and said, "Leave the negotiations with you to me. Please go to the central control center of the floating city. I will ensure that everyone disembarks before takeoff."
Wang nodded and patted Xiaobai on the head: "Let's go, go underground."
Xiaobai: "Are you done talking? I'm running away, huh?"
"Run!"
**
Catalan Embassy, library. General Tullius's temporary command post has now become a joint command post for the two legions. General Beauman of the Second Legion folded his arms across his chest, looking out the window.
"This is very strange. The undead seem to be on the defensive, as if they want to trap us in the area around the embassy."
General Tullius walked over to General Bowman and said, "There are indeed signs of this. Perhaps the undead are waiting for their army to grow stronger. After all, they can slaughter civilians to increase their numbers. The thicker the aura of death around, the stronger the undead army will be."
General Bowman looked at Tullius. "Under this situation, the Imperial Master's Order can't actually provide any real help. Holy Smoke? I've never heard of any righteous church using this kind of nonsense to fight against the undead. Is Ragnora really a righteous god?"
General Tullius was shocked. "Hush! Don't risk your life! Although this room is full of soldiers, the walls have ears!"
The cult's high-ranking officials were guarding the portal not far away, literally "the walls have ears".
General Bowman: "What can they do to me, the commander of the legion? Besides, I am not the only one who is dissatisfied with the Grand Master and his cult. When the Third Legion arrives, I will still say the same thing. Or, General Tullius, have you become a loyal dog of the cult?"
Tullius: "How can you say that? I will always be loyal to the Catalan Empire, not to a certain state teacher. But you see, the state religion has indeed made the Catalans stronger. In the past, we had to cultivate land to barely maintain the survival of the legion, but now we can train every day, and we have changed from farm soldiers to real standing soldiers.
"Which country around us would not be afraid of three points when it comes to us, Catalonia?"
Boman: "Huh. If the purpose of the national teacher is really to destroy the world as the salvation team claims, would you still say so?"
Tullius was shocked: "General! Don't say that!"
The news of the salvation team had already spread to Catalonia, and some people who opposed the national master immediately took it as a guideline. If the crisis really entered the next stage as predicted by the salvation team, these people would probably launch an attack immediately.
Just as Boman was about to speak, a messenger rushed in: "A message from home, other legions need time to rush over from their bases, His Majesty has ordered us to hold on and wait for help."
Bowman frowned and naturally turned the topic to the order he had just received: "Hold on to the death? How can this be done? The Undead Army is defending and buying time for you to massacre civilians. If you delay, they will become stronger and stronger."
Tullius: "General, not only are you speaking rudely to the Imperial Master, you are also disobeying his orders?"
Boman shut up.
At this time, the regional governor of the order, former regional governor Odolf, entered the library.
All the soldiers present were facing a powerful enemy.
Odolf: "Don't be nervous, I didn't hear anything. I'm here to tell you the information the spy just passed back. The floating island has taken off again, and the two of you can't complete your mission to capture the floating island for the time being."
The two generals looked at each other.
Odolf: "The good news is that it may land again. It is said that the Savior Team is preparing to use a landing attack from the floating island to destroy the core of the current undead army."
Tullius was overjoyed: "Does that mean it will fall in front of us? Great, we should take it down as soon as it falls!"
**
The lich Elzam was muttering to himself at this time: "What's going on? Why didn't the legion attack? I just set up the formation!"
The skeleton that now acted as his body paced back and forth under his control.
"Oh, it's boring now that the enemy is not attacking. How about slaughtering some civilians to strengthen the army? This way, I will appear more righteous after the Savior Squad is destroyed. After all, if we find out that the Undead Army didn't kill any civilians after the battle, it will definitely arouse suspicion."
He said this without any joking.
After all, for a lich, death or massacre is just a trivial matter and not worth worrying about.
The long career as a lich had already changed Elzam's cognition.
He had long lost his reverence for life.
So he happily and without any burden made the decision: "Okay, start killing!"
Chapter 208 Unexpected Help
At the same time, the captains of merchant ships that came down from the floating island watched the floating city take off again from the shore.
One captain muttered, "Whenever this thing is in the sky, it will naturally emphasize its dominance. After all, it is floating above everyone's head. Damn it, if you are a ruler in the future, you will want this thing."
Another captain joked: "Then we can use a dwarf airship to achieve the same effect."
However, no one responded to his ridicule.
Someone was looking at the partially dismantled Star Chaser - Rosalie had originally planned to dismantle the entire Star Chaser to build a house on the floating island, but just after she started, she was attacked by Catalans riding on strange-looking stone statues, and the work was stopped.
"I say, why don't we search this Star Chaser first?"
This statement is very consistent with the style of these "businessmen".
However, this time the speech was met with unanimous opposition:
"You are crazy!"
"Do you want to dock in Monrovia again in the future?"
"I still owe a lot of money to the Monrovia Chamber of Commerce. If you want to do something, do it. I won't get involved."
"Humph, I'm different. I'm going to use the covetous person's head in exchange for some benefits."
**
Two and a half hours later, the rescue team's dwarf airship reunited with the floating island which had taken off again.
The rescue team and peripheral members met again at the control center on the third floor underground of the floating island.
After understanding the situation, Rosalie sighed and said, "So the situation is so dangerous. I apologize for my previous thoughts: I used to think that with the king around, saving the world would be just a picnic."
Elizabeth: "That's true when his right eyelid isn't twitching."
Xiao Bai: "If Flint were here, he would definitely come out and complain that all legendary adventures are actually dancing on the edge of a knife. Right, big guy."
Gao Trick glanced at Xiaobai and did not answer. He just silently sharpened his battle axe.
The king suddenly noticed that there was a chip on the axe, so he asked, "Do you need a blacksmith to help you fix the axe?"
Gotrek: "All right."
Xiaobai blinked and pulled up the corner of Wang's clothes: "Why don't you hit my head? I feel like I was wrong this time."
Wang gave Xiaobai a slap on the head, then turned to ask Rosalie: "Is your sister okay?"
"It's OK. After all, there are healing scrolls. But as you know, using healing spells to forcibly pull someone back from the brink of death is very taxing on the body. She fell into a deep sleep and she probably won't be able to wake up for a few days."
King: "We will have a long rest period later. But we have to get things done today. Destroy the portal, cut off the Catalans' reinforcements, and then work with the undead army to wipe out the remnants of the cult and the Catalan invaders. Finally, we have to send the lich to the west."
Rosalie: "Sounds pretty busy."
“It’s just very busy.”
Rosalie asked again: "Then can we contact the Grand Duchy of Frank? You see, we have common interests with them now, right?"
Wang thought about it and nodded: "Okay. Let Xiaobai take you to negotiate with them, and Nini will be your bodyguard."
Elizabeth: "I can also go to negotiate. I am also a princess!"
The king looked at her and changed his tone, "Okay, both of you ride Xiaobai together, and Marika will protect both of you at the same time."
Marika: "If you are in real danger, I can't guarantee that I can save Princess Rosalie."
Wang: "I believe that for you, saving two people is no different from saving one person."
Marika: "Flattery doesn't work for me."
She said this, but she didn't mention abandoning Rosalie again.
Xiaobai turned into a griffin and thrashed its hooves on the ground, urging the three people to hurry up.
A moment later, the three of them mounted the griffin and flew away.
Wang: "The remaining question is how long it will take for the floating island to reach Shallow Water City. Before that, who knows how many reinforcements the cult will send. I am not afraid of more reinforcements from the Catalan Legion, but I am afraid that the cult will send another nine-ring spellcaster."
Wang looked at Li Guang and said, "Elzam and I no longer have the strength to fight. If another Nine-ring spellcaster comes, I'm afraid it will be up to you, Master Li Guang, to deal with him."
Li Guang put his hands together and said, "My sea of energy has been exhausted. If the sect continues to send nine-ring spellcasters, I will have no choice but to risk my life to replace it."
Wang: “Please.”
Li Guang: "But if the cult doesn't send another nine-ring spellcaster today, I can have a good fight with him tomorrow."
Wang: "Tomorrow our tools and Elzam's magic will be restored, so we can find a way to deal with a Nine-Ring Mage again. Especially Elzam, he is also a Nine-Ring spellcaster."
Wang paused and continued, "In other words, the remaining time today is the most dangerous. If the cult is determined to go all out and the leader brings the remaining masters along, the situation will be very, very dangerous. My right eyelid twitched, probably because of this."
Li Guang: "The key is that you don't know whether the cult will seize this opportunity. You have no way to influence it. It's like drawing lots. You don't know what you will get."
"Yes." Wang nodded seriously. "My teacher would call this situation 'rolling the dice of fate.' The result depends on how many dice that bastard called fate throws out."
Li Guang: "There is nothing to rely on except good luck."
Wang: "The key is that my right eyelid twitched, and my good luck also abandoned me."
Li Guang was very calm: "Then face the gift of fate."
"Ah, to face the gift of fate."
After Wang Gang finished speaking, his left eyelid twitched.
At first he thought it was an illusion, but then his left eyelid twitched clearly and distinctly again.
He suddenly felt his scalp tingling, and a sense of ecstasy seized him: "My left eyelid twitched! It's over! The crisis is over!"