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Flint answered for him, "Because beholders, like mind flayers, raise slaves. There are a bunch of beholder slaves in every beholder's lair. We have to kill them to clear the way for you."

Wang added: "And we need to set up the ceremony site. Or can you set it up yourself?"

Elizabeth bit her lip: "No."

Marika asked, "So where is this beholder colony?"

Wang: "It's in Yisongzuo downstream, where we are going. The Union of Arcane has deployed a large number of anti-death barrier headbands and anti-petrification rings in Yisongzuo's base, which means that Yisongzuo may have a place where these two items can be used. I speculate that it is the Eye Demon."

Marika: "That's just speculation. It could also be the Mind Flayer!"

King: "You don't need to prepare anything to prevent instant death for the Mind Flayer. Instead, you should be especially careful of its mind control."

Marika was still unconvinced: "If there is such a large-scale beholder settlement, there won't be no information at all. After all, beholders are not masters of covering up their traces like mind flayers."

Flint shook his head. "No, no, don't underestimate the Beholders. Their psychic abilities are just as strong. But I'm also surprised that I haven't heard of a large Beholder settlement for a long time. The last time I saw a Beholder, it was a wandering Beholder."

Elizabeth: "A wandering beholder?"

Wang: "Eye Demons have a very high mutation rate. There is a high probability that a little Eye Demon will become an ugly mutant. Eye Demons are... a perfectionist race.

"So when the mother beholder finds out that her child is a 'defective product', she will crush it to death. If the child is lucky enough to resist the mother's petrification ray and mind control and escape, it will become a stray beholder.

"This is the kind of beholder you'll encounter when you're adventuring in ruins."

Elizabeth: "Can we find one of these beholders to complete the necklace ritual? Since there are so many allied beholders, there will always be one or two stray beholders, right?"

Wang: "I think so. In addition, the Eye Demons have another characteristic. They... they love beauty and have good taste. Although their appearance is very ugly by human standards.

"The strange thing is that the eye demon seems to think that pretty girls among humans are pretty, so it likes to petrify pretty girls among humans and keep them in its lair."

Elizabeth gasped and subconsciously put her hands over her chest.

Seeing this, Rosalie also quickly pretended to be scared.

The king didn't notice Rosalie's small act of defiance at all. He continued to say to Elizabeth, "In order for you to fight the beholder successfully, we will continue to collect equipment for you. If you can find the dwarf beholder killer shield, you can even reflect the beholder's own petrifying ray or death ray back, and easily complete a single kill.

"Also, you can wear this robe when you go on adventures or fights in the future."

Elizabeth: "Okay. But why, what is this robe?"

Wang: "The standard robe of the Union of Arcane Laws can protect against slashing and piercing damage. Although it is not as good as Nini's maid outfit made from the lich's robe, it is not bad either."

Elizabeth looked at the robe, then looked at Nini and said, "I also want to change into a maid outfit..."

Wang: "Well... since we are not far from Monrovia now, we can ask Xiao Bai to fly back and make some changes."

Then he pulled out another robe from his dimensional bag: "Rosalie, do you want to alter this one too?"

"Huh? I have one too?" Rosalie was shocked. "Well, I won't change it. I think this protection has a larger range, and I'm more afraid of death. Miss Nini is very flexible and can dodge attacks, but I can't."

The king nodded and was about to continue speaking when Elizabeth said, "I won't change it either. I can't get out of the way!"

Wang looked at her and said, "Give me a definite answer whether you will change it or not."

Elizabeth glanced at Rosalie and shouted firmly, "No change!"

Wang: “Okay.”

Rosalie smiled and said, "Now he knows how to add clothes to the girls he cares about. Our captain has finally made progress in this area. It's mainly thanks to me~"

Just then the king took out the third robe and said to Grandma Hashir, who had been standing by, “This one is for you, Grandma.”

Hasher was shocked: "Give it to me? Just give it to the ladies."

Wang: "No, this is not a gift, it's the distribution of equipment. If anything happens to you, mother-in-law, it will be a big trouble. Now there is no one but you who can lead the Pelican Gang. And we need the Pelican Gang to maintain order and work ability."

Hasher: "Oh, that's what you mean. You scared me, I thought you were attracted to an old woman like me. Well, my mail armor was broken in the last battle, so it's a good time to replace it."

This time it was Wang's turn to be shocked: "The chain mail is rotten? You didn't tell me!"

"Oh, it's just a small problem. I won't tell the city lord about it."

Wang: "Wait a minute, we got a lot of chain mail and leather armor in Monrovia. Let me give you one!"

As he said that, he took out a shiny chain mail from his dimensional bag and handed it to Grandma Hasher.

The mother-in-law was so happy that her mouth opened: "Oh, this is a good thing."

Rosalie said, "Of course. How can something taken from my family's treasure house be bad?"

The king took out a few more pieces of armor, then hesitated and put them back.

Xiaobai asked strangely: "What are you doing?"

Wang: "I originally wanted to give the remaining armor to the Pelican Gang, but after thinking about it, I decided to wait until we recruit a warrior with strong fighting ability before giving him the armor."

Flint: "You mean recruiting soldiers into the team? Hey, don't worry, the armor worn by the soldiers who often go into the dungeon must be some kind of magic armor, which is much better than ordinary armor. So, you can take out the non-magical armor and distribute it to the cadres of the Pelican Gang. After all, they are also Granny Hashir's right-hand men."

Before the dwarf finished speaking, the king took out several other standard robes of the Arcane Federation.

Flint: "Kaelin's belly button, how much did you take!"

Wang: "I said I wiped out a team from the Austrian Federation."

As he spoke, he poured out a bunch of magic rings from his dimensional bag and said, "These are the confiscated magic rings. There are various first- and second-ring spells, as well as some passive effects that are better than nothing. You can pick some, and the rest will be distributed to the vigilante group."

There are small notes on the rings with the effects written on them. This is what Wang prepared to send to the vigilante group.

Oscar was stunned when he saw so many magic rings: "Are you really going to give them to our vigilante group?"

Wang: "Of course, and the vigilante group here also includes people from the Pelican Gang."

Oscar pouted immediately: "The people of the Pelican Gang don't obey me. When I teach them swordplay, they just say it's just boxing and kicking, and they don't want to learn it well."

Wang: "Then you can challenge the most aggressive one among them and beat him severely with your training sword. Anyway, no one will die with Flint watching."

Oscar: "Is this...is this too much?"

Old Lady Hashir: "That's the only way they'll obey you. It's more effective than me commanding them, don't you understand? My little princess!"

Elizabeth had already chosen her ring: "I'll choose this one with scorching rays..."

The king took the ring right back from her.

Elizabeth exclaimed, "What?"

Wang: "Don't choose the Scorching Ray! You are already very good at firing rays. You can fire so many rays a day, and the necklace on your chest can fire them again. That's more than enough. Give this Scorching Ray to the Vigilante Corps. It can effectively strengthen their power."

Elizabeth pouted, "Oh."

The king sighed and picked up another ring: "Take this mirror image technique, it can enhance your ability to save your life."

Elizabeth: "Give it to the vigilantes. It can enhance their power. I am just an insignificant ray emitter."

The king looked at Rosalie for help.

Rosalie smiled and said, "It's kind of cute to be upset like this, isn't it?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Elizabeth took the mirror ring from the king's hand: "I want it!"

Wang: "I didn't say I wouldn't give it to you. What's going on?"

Rosalie: "You really don't know how to please girls. If there are no girls who are willing to pay for you, you will definitely end up alone for the rest of your life."

Wang: "Then I'll just make do with you."

Rosalie looked like she had suffered a ton of hurt.

Flint: "Kaelin's horns. I love seeing that. In a comedic sense, our captain is a genius."

Rosalie: "Okay, okay, by the way, can I take one of these rings? After all... as the housekeeper of the floating island, I'll be in big trouble if I die, right? I'll just take this mirror image, it can save my life. I'm not doing this to fight against someone."

Wang: "Okay. What about the others? Have you finished picking?"

Nini: "I don't have anything I want to take."

Xiaobai: "Ditto."

Marika: "I have a few items that have been with me since my adventuring days. I really don't like these low-quality rings."

Li Guang: "A monk does not use such material possessions."

Wang looked at the last team member: "Barbarian, what about you?"

Barbarian: "Giant transformation technique."

As he said this, he showed the ring he had obtained.

Wang: "Okay! Then give the remaining rings to the vigilante group. Granny Hasher, you and Rosalie should hold a meeting and publicly award these things to those who have made outstanding contributions in the previous battles."

Hasher shook his head: "Don't mention it. It was fine when it just happened, but now they have blown their performance in the last battle into a legendary adventure in the tavern. Now everyone thinks they are the backbone.

"It's too late to reward them now! Just give the equipment to a few loyal backbones this time, and reward them next time."

Oscar retorted loudly: "How can this be? This seems to be favoring his own lineage."

Hashir: "You are right. But I guarantee that none of my cadres are cowards. Once the things are in their hands, they will play their due role."

Oscar was about to argue when Rosalie gently pressed her shoulders and turned to look at the king.

Wang: "We can do this this time, but we need to add a clause to the regulations. These equipments are all property of the floating city, and are only distributed to individuals for use. If it is found that these equipments are used for evil and damage the interests of the floating city, they will be killed without mercy."

Although Oscar still frowned, he nodded and said, "Okay, this is a little better. Oh, and one more thing, in the future, this kind of standard equipment must be rewarded according to merit!"

Wang gave a thumbs up and said, "No problem, just add this one."

Hasher sighed, "The members of the Pelican Gang have all lived in Shallow Water City since they were young. They have never experienced living in a society ruled by law. Now they still have awe for the new city lord, but in the future there will definitely be many people who will try to cross the bottom line of the law."

She looked at Rosalie and said, "Managing thousands of people is much more complicated than you think, little girl."

Rosalie: "I'm not a little girl anymore."

She glanced at the king as she said this.

Then she continued, "Don't worry, mother-in-law, I will manage everything. After all, this is what I learned in the palace."

Hashir: "If the teachers in the palace were really so versatile, the word dandy would not exist. Let me see what you can do."

Just then, the sound of a gong came from the direction of the watchtower.

Everyone looked towards the watchtower.

This was just completed this morning. The craftsmen of the Pelican Gang used cut masts to build a watchtower. It kept swaying from side to side in the wind at high altitudes, but it just didn't fall over.

The men in the watchtower were shouting something, but the king could not hear it.

Nini's pointed ears turned completely towards the sentry tower, and she reported: "There is a flying boat approaching to the south."