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Wang also plans to expand the artillery group from four directions to eight directions when he has more manpower in the future.
Nini: "I understand. But please come to the ground as soon as possible. That ship is really a bit strange."
A moment later, Wang led a group of rescuers to the ground and headed straight for the South Fort where Nini was.
The makeshift artillery position had not had time to build stone fortifications. It only had wooden shields and a roof to prevent spacecraft from dropping objects from high altitudes. Five crossbows were installed in the middle of the simple shield.
Nini stood on the platform in the middle, holding the handle of the synchronized firing director in her hand.
As soon as the elf saw the king coming, he pointed to the distance and said, "Look! That ship! It's not slowing down at all. I think it's going to hit us!"
The king performed a trick that enhanced his vision and squinted at the ship.
Just as Nini said, the person driving the bow was a skeleton soldier, and there was no one looking out of the other portholes on the entire ship.
WANG: "Shoot it down!"
Nini immediately ordered to open fire, and five crossbows with lit fuses fired at the spaceship.
The king saw the four arrows hit the spaceship, and then the fire glue on the arrows exploded, igniting a fire on the side of the spaceship.
The spacecraft gradually fell to the ground and finally plunged into the shallows at the edge of the Mayunya River.
Wang: "Go check what happened to the spaceship right now. Take the priests with you to prevent the resurrection of the dead."
The king's order was immediately executed, and an airship carrying a priest, a team of paladins, and a team of adventurers familiar with reconnaissance and survey-related tasks landed directly on the ground.
Soon, Knight Theresa, who was leading the team, answered the voice stone: "You have no idea what is in the airship."
"Just tell me straight." Wang replied with a frown.
"They are dead, simply dead. Judging from their clothes, they are all merchants from Monrovia and Kusaniya."
Wang was silent for a second: "Are they all dead bodies that have not been pre-treated?"
"Yes. And the body is completely rotten, there is no way to revive it directly with the resurrection spell. I think the idea of the cult is that since we don't have the ability to pre-process the people in a short period of time and turn them into guideposts to Ragnora, we should just throw the dead into the fermentation tank."
Wang took a deep breath and said, "Even I think they are going too far. Are you sure these people cannot be resurrected?"
"I'm sure. Even a necromancer would frown at the sight of these bloated corpses. Of course, the priests are performing rituals to prevent the natural generation of undead creatures. In order to let them rest in peace, I suggest cremating them and burning all the bodies."
Wang: "You are professionals in dealing with undead creatures, so let's leave it at that."
So, that night, all the high-ranking officials of the floating island came down to the ground and attended a brief ceremony for the innocent people who had died.
At the ceremony, looking at the huge fire, Rosalie whispered to Wang, "Don't be so tense. Their goal is to stop us from attacking Yisongzuo. How can they intimidate us if they kill everyone? We can foresee that they will irritate us from time to time, but they will also be careful not to make any big moves so that we don't have to worry."
The king was silent for a few seconds before responding, "I didn't say that we have to wait until all these 'hostages' are rescued before we take action. We will set out tomorrow to destroy the monastery in Erwin's memory, and then destroy all the branches of the order here one by one.
"According to the intelligence provided by the Union of Arcane Law, there is not only a cult here, but also a colony of mind flayers. If we find it, we will destroy the colony together.
"As for the innocent people who died in the process, it was the enemy who did it. The vicious enemy killed innocent people. All we have to do is to pay them back double."
Rosalie smiled. "I knew you would say that. By the way, I have drawn up a list of people going to the monastery. I plan to leave Lily on the floating island as the general reserve. What do you think?"
Lily heard this and turned her head to object: "No! I'm here to take part in the adventure! Not to be a stationary turret!"
Wang: "How about this, you keep Elizabeth. She is very good as a fixed turret now. You have seen the spaceship that burned Yi Songzuo's envoy before."
"Understood." Rosalie nodded. "By the way, can we use the common language to issue orders on the Floating Island now? If I can command the fortune teller on the Floating Island after you leave, many things will be much easier to deal with."
Wang: "I don't know. You can give it a try. If it doesn't work, let Elizabeth wear the big eyeball necklace and give the order. There will always be a way."
Chapter 363 Erwin Abbey
The expedition to "Irwin Abbey" was immediately prepared.
During the time when Wang led the salvation team to adventure in the Underdark, the strength of the fleet stationed on the Floating Island doubled, reaching - two airships!
So for this expedition, they selected the ship that was in better condition, and the crew members were hired on the spot by Rosalie.
For some reason, the Floating Island is now gathering a large number of airship crew members looking for work, and an experienced fleet can be formed here at any time.
Of course, it is also possible that these "old skies" were fascinated by the free high-quality liquor in the Temple of Cailin.
Because there is no limit on the supply of strong liquor here, some people even started to consider buying liquor on the floating island and then smuggling it to certain alcoholic groups in exchange for a good price.
All in all, the formation of the expedition team was unusually smooth. The expedition team set off just one day after Yi Songzuo sent the corpse transport ship.
Two days later, Wang had seen the monastery on the ground through a telescope on the spaceship.
Nini served as the lookout and reported to the king: "It looks like it has moderate damage. There are no signs of human activity, but we did see two animal trails."
Animal trails generally do not pass through areas where humans are active. The presence of animal trails indicates that the area has been abandoned for a long time.
Lily asked in confusion, "How could this be? Shouldn't this be an important base of the cult? Before I came here, the people in the tower opened a betting line and everyone thought you would get important clues here."
"Don't open a bet on this kind of thing!"
"Then what should we take? Everyone's favorite is the one about who you sleep with first, but that bet was abandoned when you and Rosalie had sex."
Wang: "How much did you earn?"
"I bet you have always been innocent! You get angry every time you think about it!" Lily said and punched Wang.
Wang: “Can you blame me for this?”
"Of course it's your fault! Why can't you control yourself? But you managed to control yourself when facing Xiao Bai."
Wang asked doubtfully, "Xiao Bai still needs to control himself? Isn't it natural for him to have no reaction?"
Xiaobai was eating ham. When he heard Wang's words, he said to Lily, "Help me throw a punch, too."
Lily punched the king on the shoulder, and then, not feeling satisfied, she tried to snatch the king's ogre power gloves.
Wang: "Calm down. We are about to explore the ruins of the cult... and may encounter a battle."
Lily: "Don't worry, I'm ready."
Wang: "Are you sure? Let's check again to see if the little man who triggers the chain spell is on him."
"You look down on me too much. I am no longer the me who would store spells in the spell sequencer and forget about them in the car!"
As she spoke, she touched the inner pocket of her wizard robe, and then her expression froze.
Wang: "Is it on the table in your room?"
"I'll go take a look!" Lily turned around and ran away.
Nini: “Is it really okay?”
Wang: "Don't worry, apart from her forgetfulness, she is generally a very reliable mage."
Flint: "Rather than that, I'm more worried about whether the new wanderer can successfully remove all the traps."
Because Elizabeth was serving as a fixed artillery position on the floating island and the loyal Marika also stayed on the floating island, the advance reconnaissance of this expedition was carried out by hired adventurers.
Originally, the king planned to ask the Shadow Thieves to send a master, but there was only one Shadow Thief on the island who was responsible for liaison and was only good at clerical work.
Now the conflict with the blasphemers and the Catalan Anglican sect created by the blasphemers has become public and expanded. It is obviously not enough for the core part of the salvation team to have only these few people.
At least be prepared for members' temporary absence.
Fortunately, the floating island was full of adventurers who came to make money, allowing Wang to find a wanderer with decent skills.
The king glanced at the wandering passerby, who waved to him enthusiastically, not seeming to be worried about the journey ahead.
At this time, Lily ran out of the cabin clutching a small wooden figure. "I got it. Sure enough, it's on my desk. I think he threw it there after he prepared the spell and set up the sequencer."
Wang: "Don't be too happy yet, check if the spell is still there."
Lily lowered her head and checked it carefully. "It should be fine. The spell packaging is normal. Besides, this is a statue of the Nine Rings Chain Accident Spell. Even if ordinary people touch the wooden man, they can't even interpret the program on it."
Wang: "But if you soak the wooden man in any acid, the spell will most likely go wrong. Vinegar will work too."
Lily pursed her lips and said, "You bastard! I finally know why the accidental spell couldn't be triggered when we dueled that time! I even believed what you said and thought I had just learned the triggering spell and didn't handle it properly!"
"No, it was indeed you who didn't handle it well that time," Wang said.
"You're still lying to me now!"
"No, I'm not lying to you. If you don't believe me, look at my serious expression."
Lily stared at Wang's expression for a few seconds and sighed heavily: "Forget it, you guy, even I can't tell when you are playing tricks and when you are being a fool."
Xiao Bai: "Is it possible that he has always been a fool, but his IQ is too high, so he is always right?"
"That's possible." Lily nodded.
Flint: "Luckily, Elizabeth is now on the floating island as a turret. She vomited blood and died when she saw your old couple's interaction just now."
When Elizabeth was mentioned, Lily turned her head and asked in confusion, "By the way, do you really not know that Lily likes you?"
Wang: "What a joke, she gets hard when she sees me, she obviously wants to sleep with me, how can she possibly like me!"
Lily stared at his face, as if she could detect any signs of lying if she stared hard enough, but in the end she found that Wang's expression was impeccable.
Xiaobai pulled Lily's robe and said, "Give up. He is very stubborn about this."
Lily: "Yeah, everyone in the tower thinks that Nini might be the one to get the upper hand in the end."
Nini was shocked: "Me? I don't want to sleep with the teacher?"
"You see, that's why it's possible for you." Xiaobai said.
Lily looked at Xiaobai: "Everyone thinks you are very likely. Because you see, he didn't react even after you did that."
Xiaobai: "I am a mount. Let me pass."
At this time, the wanderer who temporarily joined the rescue team asked Flint in a low voice: "Are you... always like this before the adventure? I mean, there is no adventurous atmosphere?"
Flint took out a bottle of good wine—made of water and Karin’s authority, of course: “If you feel uneasy when you see us being so careless, take a sip of this and all your uneasiness will disappear.”
The wanderer lowered his head and the smell of alcohol made him frown.
Flint laughed.
At this moment, the captain shouted, "We are already over the target, we are going to release the basket. Who will be the vanguard?"
Chapter 364 Shadow Druid
After landing, the king looked up at the old church as the wanderers searched for traps.
The church is covered with things that look like ivy, and one can't help but wonder if it is these ivy-like things that prevent the church from falling apart.