The Master's Friendship Rules

Elizabeth's meaning was very clear: How about you make the decision, or do you need my approval as a member of the salvation team?

She also hinted that Rosalie was not a member of the Savior Team.

For several captains, this is undoubtedly high-value intelligence that can provide a glimpse into the power structure of the floating city!

At this time, the boatswain suddenly said, "After a stick, a carrot. The city lord is indeed a man who understands the stick and carrot strategy!"

Several captains nodded in agreement.

Rosalie: "Anyway, you guys estimate the price of your ship, prepare the paperwork, and then come to me. Also, the city lord said he wants to hire you as laborers. I think you guys should just dismantle the ship on the spot and transport the entire ship to the floating city.

"I'm not going to fool you. Although I'm calling it a floating city, there's actually no city at all, at least not on the ground. Your ship was just dismantled to build the first batch of ground facilities.

"Do you have a carpenter on board?"

A captain replied, "Princess, we are a river ship, not a sea ship. River ships do not face strong winds and waves, and generally do not bring carpenters on board. You can suggest to the Lord Mayor to go to the Shallow Water City downstream to hire a carpenter. I see that the Lord Mayor also has a dwarf airship, which can be used to make a round trip within a day."

Rosalie nodded.

At this time, Wang appeared riding Xiaobai.

In fact, Wang didn't mean to appear on the scene riding the wolf transformed by Xiaobai. The main reason was that the elevator was in the middle of the floating city, and it was too tiring to walk there, so it was more convenient to ride Xiaobai.

But in the eyes of the captains, there is a deeper meaning: the wolf that Xiaobai turned into was a big wolf that looked very majestic, and the king who appeared riding on the wolf looked very majestic.

Wang: "Rosalie, have you told them?"

Rosalie: "Yes - Oh, Lord Mayor, I told them that I wanted to buy their ship and all the cargo, and hire their sailors, and they agreed."

Wang nodded: "Okay. Then..."

Rosalie: "A captain has suggested that we send someone on a dwarf airship to Shallow Water City downstream to hire carpenters, stonemasons, and other craftsmen."

In fact, the captain only suggested hiring a carpenter, but Rosalie expanded the scope of employment herself.

Wang: "Yes, we can use the airship to go to Shallow Water City. Then we can hire all the craftsmen we need, buy bricks, wood, tools and so on, and build houses on the ground first. We can't keep living underground.

"Besides, there is food. The lizard hunters can't hunt in the sky. So many people need to eat."

Several captains heard it clearly. This floating city needs supplies! This is a business opportunity!

A captain immediately looked up and said, "We have rice from downstream in our warehouse. Although it may have been dampened by the big waves just now, it should be just enough to meet the needs of the city lord."

Wang: "Rice? I bought it! But we have a lot of people, almost 300 people. Your boatload of rice won't last long."

Rosalie frowned, wondering how you revealed our number.

The captains on their side believed that there must be more than 300 people, and there might even be some non-human guards among them!

At this time, Wang said, "It's not convenient to talk like this. Why don't you come up and talk, Commander of the Self-Defense Corps! Tell your men to hang the rope ladder right there!"

Oscar: “Okay!”

The captains then noticed Oscar, and it was the captain who recognized Rosalie who shouted, "It's Her Royal Highness Princess Myhrvold of Monrovia! Why is she here too?"

Oscar frowned: "You can't even tell whether you are talking about me or my sister. Just call me the captain."

"Captain? Your Highness the Princess is the captain of the Self-Defense Force?"

"What? You think I'm incompetent? Do you have the rope ladder? Hang it over here!"

Oscar said the last two sentences to his subordinates, and soon the rope ladder was lowered at the edge of the floating island.

Wang: “Please, everyone.”

**

Several captains climbed up the rope ladder and saw the huge statue kneeling in the middle of the island at first sight.

"What is that?" a captain asked.

Wang: "It's the heavy defense unit of the Cyclops, a large golem. But now it's broken and can't move."

"Oh, I see..." The captain who asked the question just nodded, and then he saw a golem with the same style as the statue coming out from the ruins.

Wang noticed the captain's gaze and said quickly, "That's the floating city's civilian unit, another kind of golem, responsible for the maintenance of the island."

"How come it's not broken?"

"Ah, because this thing is an independent unit, managed by the Central Divine Calculator of the Isle of No Return. Oh, the Divine Calculator is what the dwarves often call a machine spirit. Everything managed by the Central Divine Calculator is broken."

Several visitors showed an expression that said, "You can say whatever you want, but if I believe you in one word, I lose."

Wang did not expect that his frank and outspoken approach would actually help keep the truth secret - the best confidentiality measure is to put the truth out in the open, but no one believes it.

At this time, a visitor finally noticed the lizard man watching.

"This again?"

King: "Oh, these are the Lizardmen warriors who are going to fight against the cult with us. Their village was massacred by the cult, so they want revenge. I will take them under my wing."

"A group of loyal Lizardmen warriors," Rosalie added.

Several captains were grinning from ear to ear.

After all, the lizardmen's strength as warriors and hunters has always been well-received among mercenaries.

These merchant ship captains have always maintained close relations with the mercenaries in order to protect themselves from river pirates. They naturally know that the Lizardmen are excellent fighters and hunters.

More than a hundred lizardmen warriors are definitely more powerful than more than a hundred ordinary human warriors. If it is a town garrison in a place without much war, I am afraid that these more than a hundred lizardmen warriors can kill them all - as long as they can cross the high wall and enter the city.

The last thing a floating city needs to worry about is high walls.

Wang: "Anyway, this is the situation. Next, I would like to ask everyone to organize the sailors and move the goods on your ship to the floating city first, so that Rosalie can see what is there and then give an estimate of the price.

"Gold coins are enough. If you want receipts, that's fine too. Also, I don't want you to go into the dungeon. Can you find a way to shelter from the wind and rain on the ground?

"I see that some of your boats are relatively small. Why don't you saw off the mast and other things first, move the boat up, and use it as a temporary residence. I will organize people to go to Shallow Water City and hire craftsmen and more labor."

Chapter 186 The second half of each volume is a drama of noble conspiracy

After the king finished speaking, he pointed at Rosalie and said, "Take care of them - I mean entertain them. We are going to discuss who will go to Shallow Water City."

Rosalie: "Leave it to me. But... you're not going to Shallow Water City, are you? What if you go to the floating city center and cause trouble?"

Wang: “Don’t worry.”

Wang glanced at the "guest" and did not continue speaking. Instead, he gestured to the team members to follow him.

**

As soon as they arrived at the underground command center, Wang asked Marika, "Do you know how to clone yourself?"

Marika: "Do you mean the mirror image technique?"

"No, it's that kind of... uh..."

"I know what you mean. I'm joking." Marika said, "You are going to Shallow Water City and you need a powerful rogue to be your intelligence expert. At the same time, you want a powerful rogue to stay here to protect Rosalie and the others, right?"

Wang nodded. "Yes, I want to split you in half. I originally thought that one wanderer would be enough, but now it seems that it is not enough. After all, there will always be times when the team has to split up."

Flint: "A bard usually has the skills of a rogue, and their extensive experience can also be used for counterintelligence."

The king was shocked. "That makes sense. Now that we're doing such a big job, the bards are probably heading our way. The problem is how to identify whether these bards are coming with other purposes. I can't identify them anyway, so I'll leave it to you all."

Elizabeth shook her head. "No, I think it's just right for you to come and identify them, because even the most sophisticated guys have never seen someone like you. Maybe you can just restrain them."

Xiao Bai: "That makes sense. This is the legendary nemesis of a fool and a wise man, and a nemesis of a tsundere."

Wang: "If you feel comfortable with this, I can come too."

Marika held her forehead and said, "No, it's better for everyone to be present. After all, it's a big deal to add a team member."

Rosalie: "Let's get down to business. Who's going to Shallow Water?"

Wang: "Flint, are you familiar with Shallow Water?"

Flint shook his head. "It's too humid there. In late winter and early spring, there's a layer of water on the walls. I'm not exaggerating. There's really a layer of water on the walls. If it's a stone wall with holes, you can see that the whole wall looks like it's been peed on by a naughty child all the time."

Xiao Bai: "Maybe this scene isn't disgusting, but your description makes me feel disgusted."

Flint: "It's really disgusting. No, it's even more disgusting than that. Most people smell like shit during this period because their clothes won't dry even in the hot sun.

“During this period, the temperature has been hovering around 7 or 8 degrees, and mold will grow on everything.

"Rich people use a special oven-like oven to dry their clothes. Ordinary people can't afford firewood and charcoal, so they can only wear wet clothes... huh?"

Wang: "What's wrong?"

Flint scratched his head. "I remember now. There was a wizard living in Shallow Water City who could use magic to dry people's clothes. He then earned the title of Drying Master."

Wang: "Does this have anything to do with our purpose of going to Shallow Water City?"

"No. By the way, what was our purpose in going to Shallow Water City?"

Rosalie sighed: "You even forgot this?"

Wang: "Go find a craftsman to build the ground buildings of the floating city."

At this time, Elizabeth raised her hand: "Let me ask a question, what about the Order? What about salvation?"

The king was silent.

After a moment, he touched his nose awkwardly: "Thinking about it carefully, these seem to have nothing to do with saving the world... No! They are related! We have to lead the Lizardmen army to fight against the Cult! The Cult has an army, so we have to have an army too! It's related!

"So we are building floating islands to fight against the cult. It makes sense for us to go find the craftsmen!"

Xiaobai: "You just remembered this. You wanted to build a house on the floating island before."

Wang forced the discussion forward: "Since Flint is so familiar with Shallow Water City, he is the guide, so we don't need Marika's experience."

Marika: "Actually, I'm not familiar with Shallow Water City, because the climate there is too uncomfortable for the drow, so I just passed by it a few times and left immediately."

Wang: "Very good. Then you stay. Elizabeth should stay too."

Elizabeth: “Why?”

Wang: "I don't think there will be a fight..."

Marika: “But your right eyelid twitched before.”

Wang: "Yes, I originally thought that my right eyelid was twitching because of the Cyclops Golem on the elevator, but it strictly followed the rules and only came down six at a time. There must be something bad going on.

“Just because my right eyelid doesn’t twitch doesn’t mean everything will be fine, but if it does twitch it’s definitely not a good thing. My junior uncle still needs to use memory crystals and other devices to help him remember things.

"We have to be careful, so we can't split up our forces, and it's best to stay together at all times. But I'm worried that if we all go to Shallow Water City, something might happen to the Floating Island.