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But... you don't have to edit it. Just leave it blank like this. I feel the effect will be better. If I really write in detail, people might question "That's it?"
Yes, I don't know what happened when Elzam was resurrected for the fourth time, I was just being mysterious.
Just tell me whether the Lich has a character arc!
Of course, I originally planned to finish talking about the river countries in this volume and move on to Catalonia in the next volume.
But you see, the story is beyond my control. So I can only tell Yi Songzuo's story in the fourth volume.
By the way, what is the story of Yi Songzuo? All I can say now is that it should be all dungeon exploration, with some farming in between.
After all, there are now two thousand people on the floating island, and they have to worry about food. The current solution is to plant "Magic Beans" on the floating island, but as mentioned before, Magic Beans have side effects, and eating them for a long time will cause malnutrition.
So the protagonist has to save the world and fight wits and courage with the cult while also making sure everyone on the floating island has enough food to eat.
Of course, we also need to find a way to solve the crisis that will arise when the enemy's high-level spellcasters launch a surprise attack.
Oh, yes, many people may have figured out that the cult is not the ultimate mastermind, and the leader is also controlled by someone. As for who the real mastermind is - do you think I would say I don't know?
Hahaha, didn't expect that this time I used the official campaign background directly! Now I can tell you that the masterminds behind this are a group of survivors of the world that Ragnora corrupted and destroyed. They became Ragnora's worshipers and guided Ragnora to invade planes and destroy new planes everywhere.
Plus, I’ve been obsessed with Baldur’s Gate 3 lately, so I’m planning on getting some Githyanki space pirates, mind flayer masterminds, and more!
It can be fixed!
Well, that’s it for this postscript of this volume. This volume probably doesn’t have any plot hooks left, except for the character of Elzam who is both good and evil. All the bosses that should be beaten have been beaten, and all the nobles that should be destroyed have been destroyed. The next volume will be an independent chapter.
But let's talk about the next volume - because my current drafts have been consumed by Bold 3 and Iron Alliance 3 and there is only one day left. In the 35 days of serialization of the next volume, "Armored Core 6" and "Starry Sky" will be released. I'm not sure if there will be a gap...
How about this, you guys start taking care of the books now and read them in October, that way I will have less pressure.
Chapter 212 Set sail
Takeoff is a gentle process.
But the "new residents" on the ground were frightened.
Grandma Hasher's legs went weak and she was about to kneel down, but Rosalie, who was talking to her nearby, quickly supported her.
Rosalie: "Come on, no one kneels outside of the audience room, even in Monrovia."
According to the tradition of the Monrovia nobles, outside of the audience room, the only place where a warrior would kneel on one knee was when he was crowned on the battlefield. Apart from this situation, only prisoners and criminals needed to kneel.
Hasher: "You misunderstood. My old bones just can't stand firmly...Will there be any problem with flying? Will it fall down suddenly?"
Rosalie: "This is the technology of the Cyclops. The great arcanists of the Cyclops ruled all living things in floating cities like this."
The Pelican Gang cadre nearby murmured, "What is a Cyclops?"
Another officer poked him with his fist. “Haven’t you ever heard the bard sing about this? The villains in mythology are basically all called this!”
"It's not the name, it's the race! Idiot!" said the third cadre.
Hashir glared at the cadres and was about to continue talking when he heard a child among the refugees shouting, "Mom, look, that cloud is getting so close!"
Everyone looked towards the child and found that his mother was also kneeling on the ground, holding the child tightly with one hand and holding Lancelot's holy emblem with the other hand. Her mouth kept opening and closing, and she was obviously reciting something at a very fast speed.
The child asked curiously, "Mom?"
"Kneel down too! Recite with your mother, my merciful Lord Lancelot, we did not mean to intrude into your holy land..."
Rosalie: "No need to pray. If Lancelot had any problem with us, he would have expressed his dissatisfaction a long time ago. But you see the clear blue sky now. Does he look angry?"
Nothing can better express the attitude of the Lord of the Morning and the Lord of Life than the clear blue sky now.
The refugees who were terrified by the launch looked at each other and did not stand up immediately.
Of course, the main reason for this is that many people are going to space for the first time and are relatively timid.
Rosalie looked helplessly at the refugees kneeling on the ground, and turned to Hasher: "Let them kneel as they please. We have things to do. Is the organizational structure of the Pelican Gang still intact? The Catalan Sphinx troops raided and destroyed our organizational structure."
Previously, a lean organizational framework had been established among the less than three hundred residents on the island.
But this framework is very fragile because there are too few people. Besides Oscar, the leader and chief instructor, the Self-Defense Force has only one captain and three squad leaders, a total of five people. Among these five people, only Oscar survived until the end of the attack.
The situation on the Lizardmen side was similar. A total of five Lizardmen were chosen to lead everyone, but only three died.
The main reason why these three are left is that the Lizardmen have their own scale armor, which provides much better protection than humans who can only wear leather armor. The human part of the Self-Defense Corps is mainly composed of former sailors, and sailors like to wear hard leather armor that has been waterproofed for one reason only: it has buoyancy when they fall into the water, which makes struggling to jump less laborious.
It was precisely because the original organizational structure of the Floating Village was completely destroyed that Rosalie asked whether the Pelican Gang had maintained its organizational structure.
After all, with two thousand survivors, if there is no one to manage them, things will soon become a mess.
Granny Hashir glanced around, then pointed at the three gossiping cadres and said, "They are basically the only three left at the top. Many small leaders at the grassroots level survived, but even more people have lost their leadership. Give us a day or so, and we should be able to resume management of the gang members. As for..."
The old lady glanced at the refugees and said to Rosalie in a low voice, "Your Highness, although these two thousand refugees look miserable, they are residents of Shallow Water City after all. There are habitual thieves, prostitutes, and murderers among them. My dock workers at least have decent jobs, but the people in the shantytown... it's better to be careful."
Rosalie glanced at the refugees and responded, "I know, don't worry."
Hashir grabbed Rosalie's sleeve and said, "Do you really understand? I can tell you that now they are thanking you for saving their lives, but in two days they will spit on you."
At this time, Wang and the rest of the rescue team came out from the underground entrance.
Hashir pointed at the entrance and asked, "Who will guard the entrance? Who is qualified to enter and exit the underground? Who will check the qualifications? Who will enforce it?"
Rosalie: "It seems that you are the only one who can come now."
Hasher shook his head. “Do you think I’m a kind-looking old lady? Don’t be blinded. I’m the boss of a gang at the docks. In a place like Shallow Water City, the boss is definitely not a kind person.”
Wang: "You are right, but at present there is no other option but to trust the Pelican Gang, right?"
Hasher: "As the leader of the Pelican Gang, I'm glad to hear you say that. But I want to remind you that there is a big gang in the shantytown called the Black Dragon Gang that nominally unifies the entire shantytown. Maybe their people are already hiding among the refugees!"
Wang: "Is that so? Then can we invite them to join the town council?"
Hasher: "Don't dream! Those are all unforgivable guys. Most of the moons flow into the hands of drug addicts through their network. So there shouldn't be anyone from the Black Dragon Gang on this island!"
Rosalie asked, "How do you identify the Black Dragon Gang? Do they have tattoos?"
"No." Hasher frowned. "They are just like the shadow thieves. When they want to hide, they can disappear quietly and then reappear in a different guise."
Wang: "Then we can only conduct a strict investigation. Hallucinogenic things like the moon must be banned in my floating city."
Rosalie: "We can ask the Shadow Thief to check on them. There happens to be a Shadow Thief on the island who is delivering information."
Wang: “Sure.”
Hashir scoffed: "Where do you think the operating funds of the Shadow Thieves Intelligence Network come from? Is it sent from Monrovia? The Moon-selling Shadow Thieves must have received some as well!"
Wang: “What should we do then?”
Hasher: "We need to put everyone except the families of our Pelican Gang down far enough away from Shallow Water City, which has become a dead city."
Wang was about to answer when Nini suddenly exclaimed, "Gargoyle! Over there!"
Wang immediately looked in the direction Nini pointed, and sure enough, he saw three dark shadows approaching the floating island.
King: "Elzam promised to let us go! Why would he send a flying unit?"
Hasher turned around and began to command the gang: "It's a gargoyle! Use blunt weapons! Archery is useless, prepare the slings!"
As soon as she gave the order, Nini said, "The gargoyle has turned around! It's not coming towards us anymore! Wait, there's another flying creature, an obsidian statue! It's also returning!"
Xiao Bai: "Is this a demonstration? Saying 'We have the power to fly, we're just being merciful and letting you go'?"
Wang: "It is also possible that these undead creatures have just been created and are instinctively heading to where the most intelligent creatures gather."
After all, looking down at the "ruins" of Shallow Water City below, it really doesn't look like there are any living people left.
Xiaobai's words just now made Hasher look at Xiaobai: "This...should be the druid of the salvation team?"
Xiaobai nodded: "That's me."
"That's great. I'm sorry to trouble you... to solve our food problem." Hasher said in a respectful tone.
Xiaobai: "You misunderstood. There are several different paths for druids. Some druids like to fiddle with grass and get close to nature by fiddling with grass. But I am not that kind of druid. I get close to nature by eating meat and fighting wild beasts."
Wang: "Then you can hunt more. The more capable you are, the more work you will do."
Xiaobai: "Huh? You want me to feed so many people? How much game do I have to hunt to eat enough?"
Wang: "Not many, only about two to three thousand people."
Xiaobai just lay on the ground: "Kill me and use my meat to feed everyone!"
Hasher: "Stop messing around, you two. This will make you hungry. Once they get hungry, these thousands of people will show their not-so-kind side."
Wang: “Don’t worry.”
He took out the beans that the Mage Tower used as compressed dry food from his dimensional bag.
"This thing is the food that our Mage Tower found in another plane. Just one piece will fill you up for the whole day, and you won't feel hungry while working."
Xiaobai got up quickly and hid far away.
It seems that the lesson she learned from eating this thing last time, which made her unable to eat meat for a whole day unless she was hungry, was too profound, so she dared not get close to this thing at all.
Hasher took the bean doubtfully, examined it carefully, and sniffed it, saying in disbelief: "Can one of these fill you up for a whole day?"
Wang: "You can try it."
Hasher looked at the king, then at the bean, and made up his mind to throw it into his mouth.
The old lady frowned.
Xiao Bai said beside him, "It tastes terrible, right? This thing tastes terrible, just as terrible as starch."
Hashir: "It tastes okay. As an emergency food, it's much better than bran. Oh... I do feel full. Is this an illusion or am I really full? Can I only eat this as my staple food?"
Wang: "Of course. In fact, this kind of bean is easy to grow and is not picky about the season. As long as the temperature and rainfall are sufficient, it can thrive at any time."
"Sounds like magic mushrooms from the Underdark," said one of the Pelican leaders.
Wang: "What magic mushrooms?"
Elizabeth: "That's it. His curiosity has been aroused."
Wang: "So the mushrooms underground can achieve a similar effect? This thing is actually not nutritionally complete. If it is paired with mushrooms, the nutrition will definitely be much richer."
The cadre who had just spoken looked embarrassed: "This... I just heard it from the bards. They traveled everywhere and have a lot of knowledge."
After saying that, he smiled awkwardly.
At this time, someone came running over breathlessly: "Oh no, Johnny's child fell off the edge of the island!"
Wang: "Xiaobai!"