mage's dating rules

Chapter 3 Dwarves are the impeccable front row
Elizabeth shook her head: "No, actually what you see now are all my men who can fight."

Wang frowned: "Aren't you a princess? You are also a princess in the common language. Can't you command the Duke's combat troops? There should be two hundred knights in Landon's collar, and there should be about a thousand hard-covered standing troops including their retinues." , If you count the guards and militias in each town, you should have an army of about [-].

"This is a big battle that takes a certain amount of time to eliminate with the nine-ring magic. As a princess, you can't mobilize any of them?"

Elizabeth looked at the sorcerer's apprentice speechlessly: "You said it yourself just now, for the nine-ring spellcaster, the [-] rabble can only delay time.

"From the history of previous wars, we can learn that at least [-]% of the outcome of a war depends on the result of a duel of high-end combat power. The cornerstone of Langdon's collar is the knights and their followers."

Wang: "That's right, where is your knight, Your Highness?"

Elizabeth was a little embarrassed: "I...not yet."

The catman sitting in the distance shouted: "She didn't like any of them."

"She means that you are not satisfied with the abilities of all knights?" Wang asked.

Elizabeth bit her lip.

Catman: "She doesn't like it."

Wang looked puzzled: "What do you mean? Shouldn't you just use it if you are capable and loyal?"

The owner of the tavern smoothed things over: "Miss has relatively high requirements, now let me introduce the members of the team to Your Excellency the mage?"

"Okay." Elizabeth stepped down from the donkey, and turned her gaze to the drow first. "This is our rogue, Marika, the most experienced member of the team."

The drow elf Marika smiled: "I am experienced in every sense, little mage~"

Wang: "Well, Drow's hometown is far away from Langdon Territory. You must have been adventurous for a long time to appear here."

Drow didn't know why he laughed.

Elizabeth's expression was a little inexplicable, and she turned to the next person: "The cat marksman Misha Sarah..."

"I was going to say it just now," Wang raised a hand, "The sharpshooter means...she is a magic shooter?"

"No, if you insist on division, she is a ranger who likes to use bows and arrows, and she has some rogue skills. The division of occupations by the cat people is different from ours."

Wang: "I know, they don't subdivide rogues and rangers, so a catman archer is probably also good at fighting with two swords."

Drow: "Is this also the knowledge I got from books?"

"Not all, part of it is the teacher's own experience."

The tavern owner interjected: "His teacher is the protagonist in "Dawn of Roschel", and he worked with the cat tribe for a while."

"What?" The drow looked shocked. "Isn't that the bard's poem? Shouldn't it all be made up?"

The tavernkeeper spread his arms.

Elizabeth continued: "Mark, a master with a sword. Gotrek, a barbarian from the moose tribe, is especially good at the giant axe."

Wang: "Is it my illusion? It seems a bit perfunctory when you introduced them?"

Mark shrugged: "Because we are mediocre, neither can cast magical spells, nor can we touch other people's money bags without anyone noticing."

Wang immediately lowered his head and checked the spell-casting material bag on his waist.

Mark: "Master, we will try our best to delay the battle until you finish casting the spell."

Gotrick nodded.

The king also saw that the savages were either not good at the common language, or they just didn't like talking.

Elizabeth: "Finally."

She put her hands on her extremely prominent "secondary sex characteristics": "It's me, Elizabeth Langdon."

Wang frowned: "Do you want to go on an adventure together? Shouldn't you stay in the luxurious mansion and wait for us to come back and report the results?"

Elizabeth's eyes sharpened, obviously, she was angry.

"I'm a warlock!" She raised her voice slightly. "My bedroom has been 'haunted' since I was very young. My father's mage came to check and found out that I was a warlock. Then my father paid a lot of money to hire a magician from Nice. A master sorcerer came to teach me."

Wang: "Understood, how many levels of spells can you cast?"

"Second ring."

"It's one ring less than the third ring~ I'm sorry, this is a saliva song that one of my teacher's apprentices often likes to sing. Although this song is used to mock juniors who are less capable of casting spells than myself, I didn't despise it when I sang it. The meaning of your spellcasting ability."

Elizabeth: "I know. Warlocks are not as good as mages in mastering the variety of spells."

Wang: "You are so beautiful, you must be outstanding as a warlock."

This is common sense, the more beautiful the warlock is, the more powerful it is, regardless of gender.

Elizabeth accepted the flattery with a smirk, and responded nonchalantly, "Thank you. I'm really good at magic missiles."

Wang: "That's right, from now on, the enemies with light armor and no armor will be handed over to you."

Elizabeth frowned, staring at the mage apprentice suspiciously.

Wang stared at her expression for a few seconds before suddenly realizing: "Oh, this is just burying me? I will be careful not to become your enemy."

Elizabeth looked very helpless: "Your reaction made me worse."

"I did not do it on purpose."

"I know."

"That's good." Wang nodded.

As soon as he finished speaking, Mishasara burst into laughter.

Elizabeth glared at the catman: "Don't laugh! Now that we're done with each other, let's go back to the disappearance of cats and dogs. The only thing that looks like a clue now is the goblin tribe that was wiped out last week. Why are you raising your hand again?" ?”

Wang: "We don't have priests or paladins yet."

Elizabeth asked helplessly, "Does there have to be priests or paladins?"

"According to the current development, it's time to go underground to investigate the ruins of the goblin tribe, right? There may be undead in the sewers, and we may need priests to expel the undead. I don't have spells to process batches so efficiently undead."

Wang paused, and then added: "What's more, the goblin tribe was wiped out last week. That's a tribe with hobgoblin war mages. There must be casualties on the human side, plus the dead goblins... there may be natural occurrences." Undead."

Malika nodded: "The thieves union does have a new commission to exterminate the undead in the sewers. It should be the end of last week's big move."

Elizabeth looked at the ceiling, the helplessness on her face was obvious.

Wang: "You look like a little girl who had been planning an outing for a long time, but it rained that day and couldn't go out."

For a while, the whole tavern fell silent.

The cat man was holding back his laughter, while the swordsman was desperately stepping on the cat man's feet to let her hold him.

The drow looked at the mage apprentice again with admiration.

The tavernkeeper coughed, breaking the awkward silence.

Elizabeth Fu forehead: "Thank you for your precise description. I have indeed been looking forward to my first team adventure for a long time. Wait a minute, why do you think of this description? Haven't you been nesting in the tower all the time? You should have neither participated I’ve been on outings, and I don’t know any little girls.”

Maybe the princess didn't even realize that her counterattack was actually revenge for Wang Gang's words.

Anyway, the king didn't see this, and the mage continued to say in a steady tone: "The first point, yes. But I read in the book that other people went out for a walk. The second point is that there is actually a girl who is the same age as me in the tower. But ..."

He hesitated, looking back and forth between the drow and some feature of the human warlock girl's appearance.

Zall asked with interest: "What happened to her?"

"She doesn't have such prominent secondary sex characteristics that I'm starting to suspect now that she might not be a girl."

The tavern was quiet again.

After a moment, Elizabeth asked in an uncertain tone, "Is this a joke? Should I laugh?"

"No, it's a statement."

Mark raised his glass high: "Actually, this mage brother fits my imagination of a mage, a complete nerd! Let's drink to the nerd!"

The barbarian, who had been taciturn all this time, held up his glass, which was a circle larger than a normal wine glass: "Cheers!"

The drow ignored the human warriors, but stared at the king and said, "Your character...is it a mage of the School of Prophecy?"

"Yes. You didn't listen to me just now..."

"No wonder. You were able to detect my threat just now, not because of experience, but because of the crisis perception ability bestowed by the school. What I hate the most is a spellcaster like you who is difficult to sneak attack."

Wang hesitated for a second before saying, "Thank you? Should I say thank you?"

Elizabeth tapped the table with her slender fingers: "Talk about our mission. I agree, we should indeed find a priest."

Wang: "Paladins are fine too."

"No, I don't want those dull cans, let's find a priest."

Wang: "Alright. But I have another question."

Elizabeth: "Ask. I'm used to you asking."

"Are you planning to take this team to investigate the incident from the very beginning?"

Elizabeth: "That's right. At first I thought it was the work of a necromancer, and I was going to take everyone to search suspicious places like cemeteries, but you overturned my speculation as soon as you came up."

Wang: "Even if the caster is not found?"

"Yes. Although Bob has been persuading me to have a reliable spellcaster before acting, I can't wait to act."

Tavern owner: "Miss is indeed like a child who is planning an outing."

Wang: "I have another question. Who is Bob?"

Tavernkeeper: "It's me."

"Okay, it's all right." Wang put down his raised hand.

Just as Elizabeth was about to speak, the king said again: "I just went through the process, so you suspect that the necromancer is behind the scenes without any real evidence, and then you are going to lead a team of adventurers with insufficient equipment to search around the city. cemeteries and crypts?

"You don't even have divine spellcasters in your party who can target necromancers?"

Elizabeth rolled her eyes: "Yes, that's it."

Wang spread his hands: "My God, just now my first impression of you was completely subverted."

Elizabeth: "What was your first impression of me?"

"His Royal Highness, who has exhausted all her clever tricks, is deliberately trying to accumulate strength to show her skills in the upcoming drama of seizing the heirloom."

"what about now?"

"A silly white sweet warlock who doesn't know where to go."

Elizabeth's face flushed slightly, and she didn't know whether it was because of anger or shame.

Anyway, the catman laughed so loudly that even the soldiers muttered: "Don't do this, this is not good."

Wang asked another question: "Then I don't understand, why would such a experienced drow rogue willingly become the princess' subordinate?"

The drow said decisively: "Because of kindness. She accepted me who had nothing, and let me complete my revenge. Listen, mage, you may be very smart, and you may become the princess's think tank in the future, but you remember , if you dare to harm the princess, my sharp blade will penetrate your chest."

Wang nodded: "I remember. What about the others? Also for similar reasons?"

Elizabeth interrupted Wang's question: "It's not important. I admit that I have been ill-considered in some areas. If you would share your...your wisdom, I would be grateful."

Wang stared at the girl's face for a few seconds before nodding: "I understand. Then let me explain my thoughts. Starting with the goblins should be one of the few actions we can take at present. Another action that can be taken The action is to investigate the nodes in the city that can be used as magic hubs.

"The two actions correspond to the two paths I just mentioned to achieve the extinction of cats and dogs: invest a lot of manpower, or use magic.

"In addition, we can also investigate whether there are a large number of druids in the city. They can also control a large number of cats and dogs at the same time."

The cat marksman raised his right hand: "I'll take care of this."

Wang looked at the catman: "So... there is an association of natural spellcasters in the city?"

The catman nodded: "I guess there is. In short, it's right to leave it to me. In the tribe, I often deal with the druids of the tribe."

Wang: "Then I will leave this to you."

The drow interjected, "Wait a minute, I don't remember you being our leader. I remember conjuration school mages are the ones who like to command others."

Elizabeth: "He just said that he is very good at conjuration."

Wang: "Indeed."

Elizabeth: "The education I have received is to let someone who is good at what he is good at do what he is good at. If he is good at thinking and commanding, let him come. I just need to retain the veto power."

Wang blinked at Elizabeth: "I know this, it's called learning from the emperor! Use knowledge of people and good assignments in exchange for the loyalty of your subordinates."

Elizabeth sighed: "This is far from studying the emperor. Continue to arrange yours."

Wang: "Okay. While Misha is going to collect news about druids and other natural spellcasters, I want to visit places in the city that can be used as magic nodes. Some of these places may be in chaotic urban areas, so I need a guide , can guarantee that I will not be paid."

Drow: "I'll come. I'll draw you a map, you go find those places yourself, and I'll sneak in the shadows to protect you."

Mark also raised his hand: "I have a bit of a face in the slums, and I can show you the way."

Wang: "Okay, you all come. Finally, in order to investigate the ruins of the underground goblin tribe as soon as possible, we need to find a magic spellcaster."

Elizabeth sighed: "If there is no other way, I know a paladin."

Wang: "You said you don't want paladins."

"I mean, if you really can't find it..."

"Then look for it first. And according to my teacher's experience, it's best to find a dwarf priest."

Elizabeth frowned: "Why? Is there any explanation for this?"

Wang replied solemnly: "The dwarf priest will not block the line of sight, and is a reliable front row. My teacher said so."

The catman ranger laughed.As a representative of the impatient race, the cat people are naturally at odds with the slow-paced, rock-like stubborn dwarves.

(End of this chapter)