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At this moment, Kro, who cheated adventurers for a living, suddenly looked at the king and said, "Remember, the undead army did not kill us. We died because we were exiled into the dangerous rain forest by our own kind.
"If any of us survive and return to civilized areas, we will definitely let the world know what happened."
King: "I think those adventurers you killed will appreciate our actions."
Kro muttered something, turned around and followed the group into the depths of the rainforest.
After everyone disappeared into the rain forest, Wang turned to Granny Hasher and said, "Let's get to work. First, go to the ship and recycle the supplies we need. We were going to recycle them before, but Catalonia attacked us. Prioritize food and water. Then recycle the sails on the ship to set up tents, and finally the wood that is difficult to recycle."
Hashir: “Leave it to us.”
Chapter 218 Just tell me whether this authority is authentic or not!
Then the huge project like ants moving house began.
Just a few minutes after the start, Flint, the only parish priest of Karin's temple in the floating city - no, the cardinal of the floating city diocese, received his first job: several members of the dock gang came to him carrying several wooden barrels.
Flint was sitting on a small bench. On the pile of earth next to him was the "statue" of Karen that he had worked hard to carve all night. He was a little surprised to see these people coming over carrying buckets.
"What's wrong?" he asked as he filled his pipe. "Ah, now I remember, you guys were carrying barrels to make an altar for me, right? I did say I wanted to use a barrel as the altar, but you see, I built a mud altar, and Karin didn't mind, so there's no need to go through all that trouble."
The leading gang member put down the barrel and said, "This is wine. So let's take it and see if the Lord Commander can make it tasty."
When Flint heard it was wine, he stood up and walked to the barrel, patting it hard: "Hmm, that sound, there is liquid inside. Half of the wine will have a mark, let me see... Here, at the bottom of the barrel, you idiot, you put the barrel upside down!"
Flint turned the barrel over so the logo was facing up.
"Karen's Horn! This is Firebrand wine, the best-selling and most popular wine in the country on the other side of the world's mountains! You really don't have good taste. These barrels of wine are rare on this side of the mountains.
"Even if I really have divine power, this wine can't get any better. Can my divine power turn this into Shire liquor?"
Shirewdrink, the greatest creation of the Halflings, comes from the Halflings' main city, the Shire Hills. It is one of the best liquors. In the songs of bards, this wine is even regarded as a panacea for worries, because all troubles will disappear after drinking a glass of wine - in fact, it means drinking it down.
Flint: "Damn it, why am I mentioning Shire liquor? The last time we drank it, we hadn't even set off yet, and it was Her Royal Highness the Princess who treated us to it."
Gotrek: "The princess who can emit scorching rays."
The dwarf was startled and looked at the barbarian: "There you are!"
Gotrek: "Follow the wine."
"You want to drink? You should have said so earlier. I want some too... No, has this wine king told you what to do with it?" the dwarf asked the gang members who were carrying the wine.
"The old lady told us to carry it here. She told us that if it can't be turned into better wine, we should carry it back and count it in the reserve."
Flint: "How can I know if I can turn it into good wine if I can't open it? Gotrek, come and pry open this lid!"
Generally, wine barrels are sealed, and to open them, you have to drill a hole, connect a tap, and then drink the wine. But there is also a more rough way to open the can: just lift the lid of the wine barrel.
The gang member asked in confusion, "We need to open the lid directly? This is impossible without the strength of a barbarian, right?"
Flint: "Ha/ha! Gotrek happens to be a barbarian, what a coincidence! Gotrek, come, let's divide this barrel of wine! If anyone asks, just say we're offering sacrifices to Cailin!"
Gao Trik gave a thumbs up: "Makes sense!"
As the barbarian said this, he grabbed the lid of the wine barrel and forcibly opened it with a loud shout. Because of the strong force, the lid flew up and landed on the head of the "Heavy Defense Unit" left by the Cyclops Empire not far away.
Flint paid no attention to the flying lid and ran straight to the barrel.
Then he turned around in annoyance, went back to Karin's "altar", picked up the small stool he had just sat on and came back.
Using the support of a small stool, Flint finally reached the wine in the barrel and scooped a handful to drink.
"Oh, it's good, the last time I drank Firebrand was I don't remember how many years ago, when Tanis and I were traveling on the other side of the World Mountains.
"Barbarian, bring me a spoon!"
Suddenly, Flint stopped and sniffed the edge of the barrel. "Strange, why has the smell changed? It's not the soft aroma of wine anymore."
He scooped up another handful of wine and drank it, exclaiming, "The wine has turned into Shire wine!"
Gotrek: "What?"
Flint: "Shire liquor! This strength, this aroma, it's definitely Shire liquor! Kaelin actually gave me some of his authority. I turned Fire Brand Wine into Shire liquor! Kaelin's Horn, can't he give us some authority that can help us in the battle? He obviously has a lot of authority that is very beneficial to the war!"
Gao Trick also reached out and took some to taste: "Hmm, it is indeed Shire liquor."
At this time, the gang members watching nearby finally couldn't hold back and asked, "Master Lingshi, can we drink some too?"
"Drink it! Just come over here and scoop it up with your hands, or help me find a spoon."
Gotrek pulled a cup out of his dimensional bag: "I have this."
Flint: "Why do you carry a cup in your dimensional bag?"
Gotrek: "It comes with a sleeping bag."
After that, he scooped a glass of wine from the bucket with a cup and drank it all in one gulp: "Great."
Flint slapped the barbarian's knee hard and said, "Give me the cup after you finish drinking it, and I'll take a sip too. You guys wait until I finish drinking it, and you guys will get your share!"
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While Flint was enjoying his wine, Wang was calculating supplies with Rosalie.
Rosalie: "At present, our food is only enough for these thousand people to eat for three days. Can your beans grow well in three days?"
Wang shook his head: "No, it will take two weeks. We have to find a way to get everyone through these two weeks."
Xiaobai: "Is this really something the Saviors should be worried about? I thought our job was only to fight against the cult."
Wang: "Don't you think about why we are facing food problems now! It's because some druids don't know how to communicate with plants. Most druids can feed thousands of people with mushrooms, but some druids only eat meat!"
Xiao Bai: "You are prejudiced. There are druids who can't manipulate plants! I am one of them! Besides, it's not like I can't feed people. Give me a herd of goats, or a herd of beef cattle, or even a herd of ducks, and I can do it... huh?"
Xiaobai suddenly stopped.
Wang: "What's wrong with you?"
Xiao Bai: "I can ask the wild ducks nearby to come over as poultry. Why didn't I think of that?"
Wang: “Is it really possible?”
Xiaobai: "Animals don't have intelligence, and you don't kill them all at once. They only know that humans give them food and they are friendly creatures. They don't realize that the decline in their population is also related to humans.
"Of course you have to be careful when you kill the ducks so they don't see you. It doesn't matter when you roast them, because ducks can't recognize their plucked counterparts, and the smell is masked by the spices."
Wang: "Are ducks... such stupid creatures?"
"Yes. Geese are smarter, so you can't fool them like that." Xiaobai stood up and said, "I'll go around and get all the ducks nearby. You can feed them whatever you want. There's enough food for such a large flock!"
Wang: "Ducks for food... That's one way, but aren't wild ducks migratory birds? It's still a warm season for them now, and they're in the north. How come there are wild ducks around here?"
Xiao Bai had almost stood up, but froze when he heard this: "Huh? Is that so?"
Wang: “You don’t know?”
Xiaobai: "I don't know. I'm mainly familiar with quadrupeds, not birds. Don't they live in the same place all the time like the bald eagle?"
Wang: "No. Have you never studied taxonomy?"
Xiaobai: "Do I look like I've studied taxonomy?"
Wang raised his eyebrows and changed the subject: "But your answer does open up a new idea. There should be resident birds nearby. I saw many birds take off from the forest during the earthquake. You can lure those birds here as food."
Xiaobai nodded: "Okay, although I don't know what a migratory bird is, but if you say there is one, there should be one..."
Wang: "Migrant birds are a taxonomic concept, which means..."
"Ah, I don't want to listen to that turtle chanting!" Xiaobai covered her ears and ran away. After taking a few steps, she realized that she could change into something and fly away. So she turned into her favorite white-headed eagle and flew away.
Rosalie: "So we're relying on Xiaobai for food?"
Wang shook his head: "It would be great if we could count on it, but... we should make some plans. Li Guang, the lizardmen should all know how to fish, right?"
Li Guang: "Of course. We are very good at fishing and hunting."
Wang: "Organize the remaining lizardmen to cast nets and catch fish in the nearby river."
Li Guang: "Actually, there is another way, which is to attack other lizardmen's villages and seize their stored food."
Wang: "Is it appropriate for a monk like you to say such things?"
Li Guang put his hands together and said: "The monastery I belong to advocates harmony with nature."
Wang: "I see. You have flexible moral standards. But I don't want to attack other lizardmen settlements right now. Not at all."
After experiencing the two incidents of "mistake causing earthquake" and "thinking that the lich was a friendly army but launched an evil massacre", Wang has made up his mind not to do anything that goes against his conscience.
Li Guang seemed very satisfied with Wang's answer. He nodded and said, "Then I will arrange for the lizardmen to fish. But there are not many lizardmen left on the island now. It is definitely not enough to feed the people on the island with just these few people catching fish."
Wang: "I know. We just have to wait until our beans start to bear fruit. Oh, and remember to collect all the manure every day and apply it to the fields where the beans are planted."
"We have arranged for someone to use the barrels on the ship to build a toilet," Rosalie said. "We are also setting up the tent. Thanks to the tools we got from the ship, otherwise we wouldn't know how to start."
Wang: "Be careful with the tent. We are going to take off. If it is not fixed well, the tent will fly away as soon as we take off."
Rosalie frowned. "Wait a minute. I thought tents were just for temporary use before setting up houses on the surface. They would be removed when taking off, and the fabric used to make the tents could be turned into sails again."
Wang: "Didn't you notice that from yesterday till now, there have only been boats coming down from upstream, but no boats coming up from downstream? The Undead Army has no intention of hiding their existence. They will definitely attack everywhere and cause more deaths. We can't stay here for too long.
"We can't gamble our lives on trusting Elzam. When we left Shallow Water City, Elzam already had the ability to fly. Gargoyles are very difficult opponents. No matter how you think about it, we should leave as soon as possible—"
Suddenly, a member of the gang nearby exclaimed, "Black Dragon! The Black Dragon is coming!"
The king and Rosalie looked up together and saw a white-headed sea eagle leading an angry black dragon flying towards the floating island.
The sea eagle swooped down and turned into a human form in front of everyone, and bounced on the ground before stopping.
Xiaobai jumped up and said, "Look, I brought back a feast!"
Wang shook his head: "I'll settle the score with you later!"
As he spoke, he took out the dragon head scepter, and as usual, the scepter blinded everyone's eyes.
The next moment, another black dragon appeared in front of the angry adult black dragon.
Chapter 219 I told you not to waste questions
When the real black dragon saw that the king had transformed into a flying dragon, it changed its route of rushing directly towards the floating island and circled around the floating island.
Seeing it act like this, Wang was not in a hurry to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
He chose to say hello.