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Wang: "Okay, wait until you die and we can ask you using the conversation between the dead."
Xiaobai: "Are you a devil?"
Before Xiaobai could finish his words, the poor prisoner's head tilted and he died.
The king took out the scroll of conversations with the dead, tore it open calmly, and pointed it at the captive.
The next moment the prisoner sat up with an evil green light coming out of his eyes, mouth and nose.
Wang: "Where did you come from to attack us?"
Prisoner: "From the association's branch base."
Wang: "Where is the base?"
"Downstream, the capital of Yisongzuo."
Wang: "What is the purpose of establishing this branch?"
"Investigate and infiltrate the cult's forces."
Wang: "How powerful is the Yisongzuo sect?"
"Isongzuo is basically equivalent to a Catalan enclave. The influence of the Catalan state religion is very huge. There are even public temples here, and they are selling something called Aurora, which is an upgraded version of the Moon and Skooma that are popular in Shallow Water City."
Xiao Bai grumbled in confusion: "This answer seems to be beyond the scope of your question?"
Prisoner: "Yes."
After saying this, he fell back to the ground with a clang and fell into a deep sleep again.
Wang: "It seems that they are all from the Yisongzuo branch. We can gather them one by one to ask about the situation in Yisongzuo. Although our next main target is the several ruins that have been marked, it may take until next spring to go to Yisongzuo, but it's always a good idea to ask."
As he said this, he took out a new scroll of conversation with the dead and selected another fresh dead person.
About twenty minutes later, Wang had a basic understanding of the distribution of power and various situations in the Yisongzuo capital.
King: "Great, next we'll strip them of their equipment. I'll cast a detect magic item."
Xiaobai: "How did you prepare this spell?"
"Because I thought there would be something like a golem inside the colossus guarding it. It would be much easier to use this magic to touch the corpse after defeating it."
Wang raised his hand to cast a spell, and when it was completed, he found that these people were all glowing collectively.
Xiaobai: "What's going on? Are they magical items themselves?"
Wang: "No, it's robes. The robes of these people are magical items."
Minsk nodded. "Yes, this is the standard equipment that the association distributes to the field teams. It can resist slashing and piercing damage. It's a relief that your druids were able to beat these guys to death when they were wearing this stuff."
Wang pulled up the sleeves of his robe and looked at the severely burned skin underneath. "It's a pity that the sleeves of this robe are too wide. All the steam just poured in. And it's even harder to dissipate heat inside the robe."
Xiao Bai also came over and put his head against Wang's: "Why is the burn so serious?"
Wang: "When the water vapor hits the skin, it quickly liquefies and releases heat, which is why it gets burned."
Xiaobai: "What do you mean?"
"That's what I mean. This is going to be too long if we start with the phase change. Anyway, let's pack up the robes and take them away."
Xiaobai: "There aren't that many people in the team wearing robes, right? Nini has the maid outfit she got from Minos, Elizabeth has the protection provided by the wrist guard, the others have their own armor, and Li Guang is a lizardman, he only has a scarf around his tail."
Wang: "And Rosalie. Grandma Hasher should also have one. If anything happens to her, the Pelican Gang will be disbanded. Elizabeth should also have one. The rest can be given to her when there are people on the island who need special protection in the future."
Minsk: "The way you hold your equipment really looks like a hamster storing food for the winter."
Wang: “Thank you.”
Xiaobai looked at Minsk with his eyes raised: "What are you doing here? You didn't contribute much, and you didn't bring any intelligence. You basically just played a supporting role!"
Minsk: "Huh? It seems so. I didn't know you guys took care of the attackers so quickly, two of them at that! Two people!"
He specifically raised the pitch a few degrees.
Wang: "You were originally planning to sit back and watch the fight, and then come to our rescue when our lives were hanging by a thread?"
Minsk: "Yeah! God knows you guys killed all these people!"
Wang: "Humph, this is exactly what my uncle said: If you learn math, physics and chemistry well, you will not be afraid to travel the world."
Chapter 250 Isabella's Prey
After hearing what the king said, the planeswalker version of Minsk and Xiaobai were stunned.
Since they didn't respond, Wang tried again: "Learn math, physics and chemistry well, and you won't be afraid to travel the world!"
Xiaobai: "What is mathematics, physics and chemistry?"
Minsk: "What do you mean by not afraid?"
Wang shook his head: "Forget it. Let's continue to loot things."
After a while, the inventory in Wang Ciyuan's bag was expanded to include several rings storing first- and second-level spells, and four anti-death barrier headbands. Generally speaking, the best magical equipment these people had was the standard robes issued by the Union of Arcane Magic.
Xiao Bai saw the pile of useless low-star magic rings and said sarcastically, "It looks like we can only wait for the next city to sell these rings for money. With our current fighting intensity, these first and second ring spells are of little use.
"But if we sell it for money, the last thing we lack is money. It feels so useless."
Wang shook his head and said, "No, that's not the case. We now have an army... er, half an army? Er, half a paramilitary? Maybe it shouldn't be called an army..."
Xiao Bai: "Why don't you just call them the vigilante group?"
Wang: "Anyway, we have this thing. These rings that we feel are uncomfortable occupying our fingers can be given to them to greatly improve their combat capabilities. For example, this scorching ray ring is useless to us because we don't lack scorching rays."
Xiaobai: "Yes, we have Elizabeth."
"But you see," Wang said excitedly, "if it is used by the vigilantes, their combat effectiveness will be multiplied! And this is different from a scroll. The person who tears the scroll must have learned how to use magic items and at least have a certain level of education. This ring can be used by any rough guy!"
Although the ring is also a magic prop, using the magic stored in it does not require relevant abilities, and it can be used with simple training. Therefore, some people suspect that the original magic ring was developed by an ancient civilization for their soldiers.
After the king finished speaking, he excitedly put all the rings into the dimensional bag, then picked up the anti-death barrier headband and put it on Xiaobai's head.
"I don't want it!" Xiao Bai said coquettishly, "This thing will restrict my ears and press on my hair. It's very uncomfortable."
Wang: "Then wear it on your hand."
As he said this, he put the ring on Xiaobai's slender arm.
Then he looked a little further away and shook his head, "No, it feels like it will fall off at any moment."
Xiaobai: "Right? Actually, I'm not particularly afraid of various instant death spells, because when they hit me, I will most likely be in animal form. If the animal dies, I shouldn't be affected too much."
Wang took off the bracelet, but did not give up on letting Xiaobai equip this item. He looked down at Xiaobai's thin legs.
Xiaobai: "That's impossible! My body shape means my legs are much thinner than my head and tail. If you force it on, it will definitely slide off."
Wang frowned and looked back and forth between Xiaobai's legs and the ring in his hand.
Finally, he shook his head and said, "You are right. You may not be able to wear this ring. You should give it to people who need a permanent anti-death barrier more."
As he was speaking, he suddenly stopped and began to stroke his chin, thinking about something.
Xiaobai: "What did you think of?"
Wang: "Do you think we've encountered too many anti-death barrier headbands recently?"
He picked up the ring in his hand and examined it carefully, then said confidently: "These headbands should be forged in the same way. They may have come from the same blacksmith shop or even the same craftsman."
Xiaobai: "So what?"
Wang: "Someone ordered a headband from the same place and then enchanted it. But why is it an anti-death barrier?"
Xiaobai: "To fight a monster that can cast an instant death spell?"
The king snapped his fingers and said, "There aren't many monsters that can cast magic. Besides the anti-death barrier headband, the number of anti-petrification rings we seized was unexpectedly high, almost everyone had one.
"So, let's assume this is all to deal with a special type of threat, a threat that can cause instant death and petrification..."
The king was shocked.
Xiao Bai asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Wang: "We are somewhat familiar with this monster."
Xiaobai: "How do you know it?"
Wang: "Because one of our members wants to fight it in single combat to unlock a more powerful piece of equipment on her. Yes, the Eye Demon is a monster that often uses instant death magic. In addition to instant death, it is also very good at turning people into stone."
Xiaobai: "That is to say..."
King: "We have found Isabella's prey. Now we are missing a Beholder Killer Shield."
I was a little sleepy when I woke up in the morning, and had a long sleep at 8pm. I went back to sleep for a nap.
Chapter 251 The Paladin Corps Arrives
Fast forward a little bit in time, floating island, ground.
Isabella looked at Wang suspiciously: "Have you found the Eye Demon?"
Wang: "No, it is speculated that there are large-scale beholder communities... It is not accurate to say community. The creature that beholders hate the most is another beholder, so beholders do not live in groups. The so-called beholder community refers to a large area of land controlled by a group of allied beholders. Each beholder has a territory ranging from dozens to hundreds of square kilometers."
Flint had obviously seen this thing called the Eye Demon. He cursed, "Kaelin's horns! What kind of hell is this?"
Elizabeth looked at the dwarf with fear: "Is the Eye Demon so scary?"
Marika: "Don't scare our princess. I've killed beholders before."
Elizabeth immediately felt hopeful: "You've also fought one-on-one?"
Marika hesitated for a moment, but chose to tell the truth: "No, we went in as a team, and I was the only one left, so the credit goes to me."
Elizabeth immediately looked back at Wang: "Do you really want me to kill something like that alone?"
Wang scratched his head and said, "Not really. Although it's great to be able to improve combat power, it doesn't matter if it doesn't. Look, we have been adventuring for several months and have made it through."
Elizabeth's expression became complicated, as if the two ideas of "reluctance" and "wanting to play a greater role" were thrown into a blender and stirred desperately.
Finally, Elizabeth decided: "Okay, after I find the Eye Demon's lair, I will go in and fight it alone!"
Wang: "No, you can't go in alone."
"Eh? Why?"