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After Rosalie's powerful words fell, the officers in the room remained silent.
Finally, all eyes turned to an officer with a blue feather decoration on his helmet.
The king identified the officer's insignia and found that he should be a captain of ten thousand men. In the Catalan legion, he usually served as the deputy commander and was often responsible for the actual troop movements.
The king came to the general with blue feathers and asked: "Excuse me, what is your name?"
"Dorus." The Blue Feathered General shook the king's outstretched hand. "You are just a captain of ten thousand men."
Chapter 401 Floating Island Expansion Technique
King: "Hello, General Dorus. I hope that the surviving Catalan troops can join us. We will liberate Catalan and we need your help."
Dolus looked at the officers around him and said, "It's really interesting. The ones left at the end all have a problem with Casseplan. Did your army consciously hold back?"
Wang: "It was so chaotic just now, even if we wanted to hold back consciously, we couldn't do it under such circumstances.
“But I do have a suitable explanation. You should all have seen the holy light that I triggered. That holy light will not only burn monsters, but also burn people who have connections with Casseplan.
"Maybe they have already turned into ashes in the holy light, so they don't appear here."
Everyone looked at each other.
Dorus: "That makes sense. As for the one who refused the order to attack you, I don't know who it was, but there are many people lurking in the Catalan army, waiting for the opportunity.
"There have been rumors about the things the state religion has done in Catalonia for a long time. They rely on things like the moon to control the public's discussions."
Wang: "Are hallucinogens like Moon very common in Catalonia?"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the officers laughed.
Dorus: "Very common? No, no, except for the young men who joined the army, there are not many people in Catalonia who don't have this thing."
At this time, Lily asked in confusion: "That's very strange. I saw information saying that Catalonia's economy has made great progress after the reform, and the handicraft industry is flourishing. If all the young people are infected with the moon, where do you get the labor force?"
The officers were silent.
The king frowned: "Will they rely on slaves?"
Dorus answered for everyone: "Pre-processed slaves, aside from being a bit stupid, are very useful as workers. They don't need to be paid, and they don't need much rest. As long as we cooperate deeply with the cult, we can obtain these 'super workers'. The cost advantage is enough to defeat all competitors."
Dorus took a deep breath and said gloomily, "We are not sure whether Catalonia is worth saving now. Perhaps it would be better for it to be destroyed directly."
Others made noises of approval.
Elizabeth suddenly stood up and said, "You are wrong. Isn't it natural to want to save your hometown? Maybe it is indeed irreversible, but we should try to save it first, right?
"And in my opinion, as long as there are so many knowledgeable people like you in Catalonia, we can never say that its future is hopeless.
"I think there must be more knowledgeable people who are working hard to save Catalonia in various places and in various industries.
"One day Catalonia will undergo earth-shaking changes, and you are the factor that triggers the change. One day hope will bloom again in the fields of Catalonia..."
Dolus was originally very touched, but when he heard Elizabeth say this, he couldn't help but remind her: "Catalonia is a desert country."
"Eh?" Elizabeth panicked. "Yes... ah, but there is the Mayunya River, right? Is there also a desert around the Mayunya River?"
"No, there is green land all around the Masunya River. The green land in Catalonia is in a long strip like this, with desert on both sides and a strip of green in the middle."
Elizabeth: "Ah, oh, that one day there will be hope again in the green fields of Catalonia, and children will laugh in the fields and fall asleep in their mothers' arms at night.
"With all of you here, that day will eventually come."
Everyone looked at each other.
Dolus stood up and held out his hand to Elizabeth: "At least this speech moved me. In order for such a day to come sooner, we are willing to join you and liberate Catalonia with you - but we have just said that we are willing to join you."
Wang: "Great, we need regular forces right now. In the battle just now, although our militia blocked the monsters' attacks, many people were scared to death. We were able to block them mainly because of the strong liquor provided by Kailin and the high-end combat power. With regular troops like you, we are even more powerful."
Dolus let go of Elizabeth's hand and looked at the king: "There are more issues to consider. I estimate that we can collect about 3,000 remnants from the battlefield. Where will they live on the island? After I arrived on the island, I observed the environment of the entire island. It doesn't look like it can accommodate 3,000 people."
Another officer said: "The accommodation is indeed a problem, but the good news is that there is enough alcohol here. I can't help but want to drink a lot. But how to manage soldiers who have drunk enough is also a problem.
"Of course, if the alcohol is strong enough to knock those guys out, then it wouldn't be a big problem."
Wang: "Of course it's strong enough. The wines here are all given by the Goddess of Wine, Kailin herself. They are all of the same grade as the famous Shire Crafted Wine."
Many officers were already blowing their whistles.
At this time, Rosalie said with a worried look on her face: "The problem of wine is easy to solve, but the soldiers' other need is..."
Dolus waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about that. We are different from those soldiers. Brothels are not necessary for us. But there are indeed many people who hope to develop some free love on the island. It just so happens that there should be many widows in this incident. You can settle them on the island..."
Rosalie sighed, "I'll try. This makes space a little tight on this little floating island."
Lily: "Then why not just use the Sky Island Expansion Technique?"
Everyone looked at Lily.
Dolus: “Who is this?”
Lily: "He comes from the same magic tower as Wang, and is a nine-ring magician."
All the generals gasped in unison: "Nine Rings Mage."
"I heard that their Mage Tower's ninth ring is easy to get."
"Wang didn't reach the ninth ring because he wanted to strengthen his foundation. His third-ring fireball is as powerful as the eighth-ring Yangyan Explosion!"
Wang couldn't help but frown. The last piece of news was probably a rumor that he had used the Cyclops energy core to strengthen the fireball into a Sunburst in Monrovia.
In order to avoid further gossip, Wang turned around and asked Lily: "Do you know how to expand the floating island?"
Lily: "I didn't know how to do it at first, but I checked the literature before I came here, and then I learned it. By the way, when I went to check the literature, I don't know why this literature was placed on the outermost row of bookshelves in the library, and I saw it at a glance."
Wang wanted to hold his forehead, damn, why do you say that? Yes, why? It's so strange, I have no idea!
Lily: "Oh, by the way, the document I found has a lot of annotations. I think even a pig can understand how to perform the floating island expansion technique after reading it.
"But it is a ritual magic, so it is quite difficult."
Wang frowned: "Are you saying that this magic requires a lot of sixth-level or higher mages?"
"I wanted it to be."
"originally?"
Lily took out the document from her dimensional bag and unfolded it for Wang to see: "Look, it originally said that 40 sixth-ring mages were required to cast spells continuously for a month, but someone here has optimized the process."
Wang: "Wait, this guy who optimizes the process is really amazing."
"Yeah, it should be one of the professors in the tower."
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In a certain space, three old men were looking at each other.
The first old man: "Don't look, it's not me. You two know me. I like to let them solve their own problems."
The second old man: "Don't look, it's not me. You two know me. I like to cultivate their independent thinking."
The third old man: "Don't look, it definitely can't be me. You two know me. I like to see their reactions when facing challenges. The process is not important."
The three of them looked at each other.
Finally, the one who spoke first slammed the table and said, "It must be Old John. That guy likes simplified ritual magic and legendary magic the most. This is an intellectual game for him."
"Yes, it must be him!" The other two old men nodded repeatedly.
Chapter 402 The Praised One
As for Wang, he was carefully studying the contents of the floating island expansion technique.
"It seems that we need to slam the floating island into the ground first, physically connect the edge of the floating island to the surrounding land, and then cast this spell to define the scope of the new land."
After he finished speaking, Lily added, "Yes, that's right. And we can't expand in one direction. We must treat the floating island as a whole and expand it directly."
Wang: "But our floating island will eventually be used as a weapon to smash Ragnora. Will the expansion part just crack and fall off when it smashes it?"
"Look here." Lily approached Wang and pointed at a paragraph of text on it. "The floating island expansion technique will change the properties of the expanded part. No matter what the texture of the part was before the expansion, it will be rocky after the expansion."
Wang: “Oh, I see.”
Elizabeth also came over and stretched her head to read the contents of the scroll.
Then she regretfully discovered that she couldn't understand it at all because the scroll was written in Dragon Language.
Scrolls like this that record advanced magic are almost always written in Dragon Language.
As top students from the Legendary Mage Tower, Wang and Lily are both very proficient in dragon language.
The king even knows some rare dragon dialects.
After reading the contents of the scroll, Wang slapped his thigh and said, "In that case, let's get ready quickly. Be sure to bring along all the buildings we want to take with us.
"I think we should mobilize the workers first to dig a large pit in the middle of the street we want to enclose on the ground to accommodate the floating island."
Rosalie: "Where are you going to circle?"
Elizabeth: "I think he wants the Fortress of Seine next to the capital."
The king looked at Elizabeth and said, "How did you know? I do intend to include the Seni Fortress. Do you think that in this way, the Catalan resistance forces that are taken in can be stationed in the fortress?"
Dorus looked at Wang suspiciously: "I'm a little confused. Are you talking about the Seni Fortress on the ground? Do you have a way to turn it into part of the floating island?"
Wang: "We didn't have one before, but thanks to the mysterious scroll my childhood friend brought us, we now have a solution. We need to dig a pit that can accommodate the existing floating island... Rosalie, how long will it take to dig this pit?"
Rosalie: "Don't even think about digging it up until next spring. If you decide to spend the winter in Isonzo, it should be ready by next spring."
Lily: "The preparations for the ceremony will take about the same amount of time."
The king stroked his chin and said, "And we need to inform the entire world of the situation as much as possible, such as the forest elves. We may need to send a spacecraft to visit Nini's home."
Dorus: "Our soldiers also need to recover, unless the positive energy returns to normal in a few days. But...you are all experts, can you recover so quickly?"
Wang shook his head. "It's hard to say. The evil star has appeared in the sky. From now on, positive energy may never become normal until we destroy Ragnora."
Dorus: "Then we will need more time to recover. It will be troublesome to move with the troops during the recovery period."
The king thought for a while and said, "Then why don't we just stop here for now and call a meeting with leaders from all over the world to tell them of the crisis. For example, we need to inform the forest elves that the drow are planning to use the technological achievements of the cult to exterminate them."
Rosalie: "In a situation like this where frequent communications are needed, it's better for the floating island to stay in the same place, otherwise even carrier pigeons won't be able to find our location."
Wang: "Okay, let's stop here first. I think with the two miracles we showed in Yisongzuo, many people will respond to our call. Next spring, we will hold a meeting here to discuss the plan to save the world.