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Xiaobai was speechless: "It's over, he's going to add a strange race to the rescue team again!"
Chapter 255 Temporary Barracks
Wang ignored Xiao Bai and asked seriously, "Well, although it may be a bit rude, but... are you a man or a woman?"
The dwarf's eyes widened. "What? Can't you see?"
Wang: "Well, my guess is that you... you are a man, but I have misjudged the gender of creatures of similar size to you before, so just to be on the safe side..."
Oscar: "I'm much older than him, okay?"
Dwarf Bard: "Is it a big deal? If you are big, you may get stuck in the gears when repairing the machine. If no one finds you, you may die. And the death is very tragic!
"Small size is better!"
Xiaobai: "You're right! Small size is better!"
The dwarf plucked his miniature lute and sang: "You don't understand the beauty of miniature~"
Wang: "Actually, after riding Xiaobai for so long, I also found that she is very cute."
Xiaobai: “Eh?”
Elizabeth: “Huh?”
Wang: "It feels like a pet, like raising a big cat."
Xiaobai kicked Wang's shin bone, causing him to squat down in pain.
The dwarf looked at this scene and silently took out his notebook: "'The captain of the salvation team, the lord of the floating city, and the druid on the team have an unclear relationship', ah ha, readers will like it, and then add the two princesses Monrovia and Kuosaniya, the love-hate entanglement of the four corners!
"I've seen the beginnings of a best-selling book!"
Wang: “Bestseller?”
Dwarf: "Of course. You don't think that bards still make money mainly by singing in taverns, do you? Both the Republic of Sissel and the Thorn Islands have developed publishing industries. We now write down the stories that should have been written into ballads on paper and sell them to make money."
Wang: "So are you still a bard? I mean, in terms of professional skills."
"Of course," the dwarf plucked his lud, "I can do everything a bard can do."
Just as Wang opened his mouth to say something else, someone coughed loudly.
Wang turned his head and found that it was Cardinal Pietro.
Wang: “Are you still here?”
Pietro: "Of course I'm still here! Lord Mayor, even you shouldn't be so rude!"
“Hahahahahaha!” Flint let out a loud laugh. It was unclear whether it was him laughing or Karen laughing, or maybe they were both laughing.
This time, it was Teresa who came out to persuade Pietro: "Your Excellency, you should hurry up and get down to business."
Pietro sighed. "Just before I was interrupted by the dwarf, I was just about to discuss the station with the city lord. After unloading the advance team, this airship will also return to Isonzo. After all, airships of this specification are important transportation capacity, and even the Thorn Islands only have a few."
Dwarf Bard: "Ten. I'm sure there are ten. That's more than a few."
Pietro: "Okay, ten. We need a base anyway, Theresa, how many people do we have?"
Theresa replied, "Except for the bard who came along, we have four combat teams in total, with a total of sixteen paladins and sixteen priests, thirty-two squire knights, and the same number of trainee priests."
Wang looked up at the airship and asked, "So many people are crammed into this ship?"
He was still sighing when Rosalie spoke up: "Normally, I would not agree to let so many high-end combat forces land at once. But yours is the Lancelot Cult. The Lancelot Cult should not do something like seizing the floating island right after landing, right?"
Theresa: “Of course.”
Rosalie: "But there is still one thing I want to confirm. Are you really the cult of Lancelot? Are you a disguised cult of some evil god? They are 100% capable of doing such a thing."
Theresa was furious: "Nonsense!"
Rosalie: "Let me think about it, Ms. Theresa. With your impulsive personality, you are more like a champion knight of some evil god than a paladin of Lancelot."
As soon as Rosalie raised the question, the holy emblem on Cardinal Pietro's chest emitted a soft light.
Flint said, "It's that guy Lancelot. It's rare that he actually pays attention to the ground."
Wang: "That's what Kailin said just now?"
The dwarf nodded: "Yes."
Rosalie: "He didn't even say that the holy emblem was fake and that it was the work of the evil god?"
Flint looked at Rosalie and said seriously, "Although Kailin is unreliable, He is a good god after all and would not do such a thing. He said this is Lancelot, so that is Lancelot."
Rosalie took a deep breath and bent over the Cardinal, but the King grabbed her shoulders and straightened her up again.
Then the king himself saluted the cardinal: "Rosalie - my subordinates are just doing their duty. I am very sorry for being rude. I believe that Rosalie will do her best to arrange accommodation for everyone in the advance team of the Crusaders."
Rosalie looked touched and quickly said, "I will."
Pietro waved his hand gently. "It's okay. I admit that Theresa doesn't look like a paladin of Lancelot. But since she was inspired and turned over a new leaf, I have been watching her. She is a genuine paladin of the God of Light."
Theresa puffed out her chest with pride.
Wang Ye straightened up: "Then, I'll leave the details to Rosalie. We just finished an exploration of a dungeon - well, it can't really be called an 'underground' city."
Theresa: "Didn't you just wipe out a group of scum from the Union of Austrian Magic? I saw some of you wearing the robes of the Union of Austrian Magic. If it's convenient, I hope you can tell us the details."
Minsk was overjoyed: "You also have a grudge against the Austrian and French Union?"
Theresa looked at the old wizard with hostility: "You have no place to speak here. You still have a bounty on your head in our cult!"
Pietro interrupted Theresa and said, "Theresa, we have promised the Lord of the City that we will not pursue this Minsk for the time being. So please treat him as an ordinary person. This is in line with the principle of humility and friendliness in Lancelot's transactions."
As he spoke, Pietro touched the holy emblem whose light had faded. Lancelot's miracle had disappeared, as if it had never appeared.
Pietro continued, "As for us and the Offa Union, our relationship is not good yet. But I have to admit that the reason it is okay is because we are the Church of Lancelot."
Wang was shocked: "I see, that means they are not human, but you are very tolerant."
"That's it." Pietro nodded.
Theresa: "So if you could share some information about the Austrian Federation, we would be very grateful."
Wang: "We'll have a chance next time. We were just about to share the findings of the expedition internally, but were interrupted by your arrival. Now we plan to continue this. Rosalie and Hasher will help the advance team settle down on the island. We have to take our leave now."
Pietro: "Please do as you please."
The king saluted and was about to turn around when the dwarf bard said, "I guess I'm already a member of the salvation team? Can I tag along then?"
Wang: “No.”
Xiaobai widened her eyes and looked surprised.
Wang: "I have learned a lot from Minsk. We cannot add new members so easily. We need to screen them carefully."
Nini, who had remained silent the whole time, said: "It was not like this when I joined. You did not even screen me and you just rushed to invite me to join."
Flint: "You are a beauty. I didn't say that just now. It was a lie. Go away, Karin!"
The members of the rescue team left while talking like this, leaving only Rosalie and Hasel.
Pietro looked down at his holy emblem that once carried my miracle of Lancelot: "It's unbelievable."
Rosalie: "You mean God himself intervenes in the world?"
Pietro: "Yes. According to the records of the Order, the sudden glow of the holy emblem has happened three times in the past hundred years, and the sudden appearance of holy water has happened twice.
"And now, a god of the same level as Lancelot is constantly expressing his opinions through the mouth of the messenger. Some of the conclusions of the seminary may have to be rewritten."
Rosalie: "The conclusion of the seminary?"
"We have been studying what divine power is. My Lord has always acquiesced to these studies. Of course, our research is different from that of the mages. Our research is more inclined to philosophical speculation. Over the past hundred years, these research results have greatly accelerated the training of low-level priests."
Rosalie: "You should tell this to the king... to the city lord. He will surely be very interested. He might even reveal some of the secrets of their Mage Tower to you."
Pietro: "I see. Thank you for your suggestion. Next, let's discuss the barracks."
Chapter 256 Tips
On the salvation team's side, after saying goodbye to the archbishop and high-level paladins, all members of the salvation team went down to the central control room.
As soon as they came down, Elizabeth asked the king: "Can you control the movement between the floors of the underground structure? Can you close the stairs between the first and second floors of the underground and open the first floor for everyone to live in?"
Wang: "Even if we open up one floor, it's impossible to accommodate nearly 2,000 islanders. The area underground is much smaller than that on the ground."
Flint: "Actually, the biggest problem on the ground is rain, but now at this altitude there is basically no rain, otherwise we wouldn't have to go to so much trouble to collect water vapor. Now there is no difference between living on the ground and underground."
Wang: "There is still a difference. At our current altitude, there are basically no clouds blocking the sunlight. At this latitude, it is very uncomfortable to be exposed to direct sunlight all the time. It may cause many people to die. Rosalie should be made aware of this."
Flint: "Rosalie is not omnipotent. She needs to have supplies to deal with it. We can't even guarantee drinking water now. Xiaobai and I may have to use rainmaking magic every day to replenish the pond on the island."
Minsk: "Perhaps we could ask the monastery to provide sunscreen and water storage tanks that are not afraid of evaporation."
Everyone looked at Minsk.
The moment Wang saw Minsk, he remembered that he still had to complete the timeline, otherwise Minsk in the future... Huh? Wang suddenly realized that Minsk in the future did not play any role. He just came to give some irrelevant information. Later, when the people from the Austrian Federation came to attack, he did not cast a single spell.
——It seems like it doesn’t matter if you don’t do what Future Minsk says?
It's a good opportunity to see with your own eyes how the world line correction is carried out.
Just as I made up my mind, Elizabeth asked with concern: "Tell me the details of your expedition! I only know that you defeated the people from the Austrian Federation, but I don't know what happened."
Wang scratched his head, looked at Elizabeth's sparkling eyes, nodded and said, "Well, okay, I'll tell you in detail."
Damn world line, this is what you’re going to do!
Then, under Elizabeth's constant questioning, the king gradually recounted the entire process of the expedition, except for the part about the other Minsk.
Because he wanted to see what would happen if he didn't reveal any information about his future to Minsk in this time and space.
After the whole adventure was told, Wang took out the most significant gain of this adventure: the gravity core.
The moment Flint saw the ball of light, he complained: "You brought back another thing that can emit strong light! Do you specialize in things like this?"
Nini: "Come to think of it, it is true. The best loot you got, teacher, all emits strong light. You...didn't collect these things on purpose?"
Wang: "I don't. The strong light is because these things have great power and contain extraordinary energy. More energy will emit light, because excited electrons will emit photons when they jump to lower energy levels. Things with high energy will emit strong light. Look at the sun."
The others looked at each other.
Elizabeth: “Oh, so that’s how it is.”