The Master's Friendship Rules

Of course, it is also possible that the phrase “curiosity trumps all” in the teacher’s book is a euphemism for the fact that dwarfs cannot be sad.

After inspecting the dwarf district, the king took a rest in Flint's tavern. He happened to meet the dwarf bard Gaines and asked, "I'm back from the dwarf district. Do you dwarfs have no feelings like sadness?"

Gaines asked: "Without the emotion of sadness, how can I perform those sadder poems?"

Wang thought about it and guessed, "Maybe it's through acting?"

Gaines: "Then I must also understand the emotion of sadness. No, no, the great sage, the priest of Cailin, the paladin of Typhon, the living saint of Lancelot, the praised one."

Wang frowned slightly: "What's that last thing?"

Gaines: "You didn't know? Because your title is too long, the people of this city began to respectfully call you the Praised One yesterday. The local bard even wrote a hymn in your honor."

As he spoke, Gaines drank the wine in the glass in front of him, moved a little further away and sat sideways, then picked up the lute and played a few notes.

After confirming that the pitch was correct, the dwarf bard played a melodious and lively melody.

After listening for a while, Wang couldn't help but interrupt his chanting: "Who is this great and glorious hero mentioned here?"

Lily whispered beside her: "You."

Wang: "I'm not like that! I'm just a vulgar person who had vulgar thoughts about Elizabeth the first time I saw her."

"Not anymore." Gaines shook his head, "Or rather, you are no longer important. To the people of this city, you are a great hero. Even if you deliberately show your vulgar side in front of them, they will ignore it."

At this time, Flint at the bar said, "Just like the title of Lancelot's Living Saint, do you want to see your holy emblem?"

The king took out his holy emblem and examined it: "No change, it's still Kailin's holy emblem."

Flint: "Take it out into the sun and see."

The king looked puzzled, and stood up with the holy emblem in his hand, and stood in the sunlight, looking at the emblem on it.

It’s strange, maybe because of the shadow created by the sunlight, I always feel that the pattern of the holy emblem is a little different.

Flint's voice came from the tavern: "Lancelot has no good temper and can tolerate someone who falsely claims to be his living saint. His lack of reaction is the biggest reaction in itself."

As soon as the dwarf finished speaking, the gnome continued, "Humans are a short-lived race. Soon those humans who have actually seen you will grow old. To the new generation of humans, you will be a guy who lives in rumors. When they grow old, you will be a hero in myth."

The king waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's talk about the topic we started with. Do you dwarves know what sadness is?"

GAYNES: "Isn't it obvious? Of course we know it. We grieve, but we know it's useless. When we lose our curiosity, when our skin starts to turn gray in patches, we have plenty of time to grieve."

"See? My friend, the Lauded One. We just live our lives as we can, that's all."

The king remained silent.

Gaines: "I appreciate you checking on my people first, but don't worry, we can take care of ourselves. You should pay more attention to your people. They need your help as a living saint."

Wang nodded and stood up.

Chapter 406 Emergency Measures

Coming out of Flint's tavern, Wang saw from afar Xiaobai standing at the gate of the underground facility on the floating island, holding a ham and gnawing on it madly.

Wang: “Have you finished eating?”

"Not yet. But there are a few people from the ground looking for you. They are in the tent over there." Xiaobai pointed to the tent. "Gotrick brought them up."

The king raised an eyebrow, "Brought up by Gotrek? Then I have to go and see him."

The king was sure that Gao Trick would not bring people up here for no reason.

So Wang walked towards the tent with big strides, and told Xiaobai: "Eat quickly, and we will go down after you finish eating."

Xiaobai: "You say it!"

When Wang entered the room, the first thing he saw was the tall Gao Cui Ke sitting obediently on a small stool.

The other two had one curly brown hair and one blonde. The blonde was making herself some tea, fiddling with the iron kettle on the small stove.

Wang: “Who are you?”

Gotrek stood up, then hit his head against the roof of the tent, nearly poking a hole in it.

The king quickly gestured for Gao Trick to sit down.

The barbarian sat down again and pointed at the man with brown curly hair and said, "This is Nichi, the general manager of Shadow Thieves in Yisongzuo."

Nicky nodded: "Respected... uh, the Great One being praised, hello."

Wang: “Don’t mention this name.”

"No, if ordinary people down there see us not calling you like that, we will be beaten," said Nicky.

Lily, who followed in, was shocked: "Is it so serious?"

The other blond man finally made the tea and returned to the small table with the teapot: "It is so serious. You don't know that all the miracles that happened yesterday were attributed to you.

"Although the second miracle is obviously the work of Kailin, we speculate that it is the masterpiece of Kailin's Lord Envoy. But... the people don't care about these. You are the one who caused two miracles yesterday and saved everything. They don't accept any objections."

Gotrick finally caught the golden-haired man's moment to introduce him, "This golden-haired man is Squealer."

Squealer nodded: "Hello, I am also one of the leaders of the Shadow Thieves."

Wang: "You guys came at the right time. We were just trying to understand what was going on down there."

Niqi: "What's going on down there? That's a lot to talk about. Generally speaking, the situation down there is better than you think. The losses are not as great as we estimated at the beginning. We were prepared for the fact that almost everyone in the city would be wiped out."

Wang: “What’s the result?”

Squealer: "Your first miracle directly killed 80% of the monsters and wiped out many of the cult's minions. This alone saved many people.

"The second miracle saved the rest of the people, even some of the infected. Now they call strong wine holy water. The Cailin Temple in Dirty Street, which used to be visited only by prostitutes and bards, is now crowded with people."

Wang: "Is that so? That's great."

Nicky: "What's even better is that everyone is chanting your name, even thinking that your name can protect them from those terrible monsters yesterday."

Wang shook his head: "Don't do that. To ensure that they are not harmed, we need to introduce modern epidemic prevention methods..."

Niqi: "Then introduce them. As long as you teach them this way, they will do it. Now teach them whatever you want to teach them quickly. Of course, it is best to teach something simple and easy to remember. Most of the people below are illiterate, and they can't remember complicated things."

Wang thought for a moment and said, "How about I teach them to boil the water before drinking it?"

Nicky and Squealer looked at each other, and the former asked, "What do you mean by boil?"

Lily: "Don't you have alchemy? Alchemists will tell you that water boils."

Wang pointed at the tea that Squealer had just made: "You use boiling water to make tea, right? That's called boiling water."

Squealer looked down at the steaming cup of tea. "Is that it? Will it work if I just drink this 'boiling water'?"

Wang nodded.

Squealer ruffled his golden hair and said, "Wow, it's so simple. Then you must recommend me. Everyone will listen to your teachings."

At this time, Lily had an idea: "Does that mean that we can directly recruit Yi Songzuo's people?"

Nichi: "Of course, if you just say you want to form a crusade to extinguish the source of this disaster, the young men of Isonzo will join without hesitation."

The king waved his hand. "No, we can't afford so many troops right now. And these laymen can only play a limited role. By next spring, we may have a whole Catalan rebel army, all trained veterans, with a total of perhaps 10,000 people."

Niki: "Although I appreciate your trust in us, it would be better if you don't say such things in front of the spy next time."

Wang: "I'll remember that. Continue to tell me about the situation down there. How much food is down there and how long it will last."

Niki: "This is why we came here. We heard that the floating island will produce a magical bean. Eating one will keep you from being hungry for a day. If this is true, please give us some."

Wang: "The food reserves down there are running low, right?"

"It's more than an emergency," Squealer said with a wry smile. "We had prepared some food supplies, but first there was a heavy rainstorm, then a heavy rainstorm, and finally another heavy rainstorm. Our warehouses have never seen such a situation."

Lily snickered, "What is the violent wine..."

Squealer waved his hand. "I am just arguing with the heavy rain. Anyway, there is no good food in the city now. We do have wine lees, but we can't eat them to fill our stomachs. Today, people can still eat some bread soaked in water to get by. Tomorrow, the bread will start to go bad, and the situation will be bad."

Wang: "I see. We happen to have a large amount of Senzu Beans. We will directly dispatch them to you."

Nicky: "No, we heard that eating too much of these beans can cause bloating, and that eating only beans can cause malnutrition. So we hope you can show us how to eat the beans yourself."

Wang nodded and said, "Okay, I will demonstrate it myself, and then distribute the beans to the people after the demonstration."

Lily: "Come on, the praised one."

"Don't call me that."

"That won't do. Both Shadow Thieves said that if we don't call you that, the people will get angry."

The king was shocked.

At this time, Xiaobai rushed in: "I'm full! So when are we going down?"

Wang: "Wait a moment while we prepare the beans."

Xiao Bai frowned, "What kind of beans? They're not the starchy beans, are they? No, they're the starchy beans!"

The king said: "I'm not giving it to you to eat. I'm giving it to the people down there who have no food. I won't feed you beans."

Xiaobai let out a long sigh of relief: "Huh, you scared me. But the people below can only eat those beans, so pitiful."

Gaotrick, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "It's better than starving to death."

Everyone looked at him, but the barbarian just picked up the cup and took a sip of tea.

Chapter 407: Expansion of the Self-Defense Force

About twenty minutes later, the griffin that Xiaobai had transformed into had two large bags of beans on its back and was impatiently moving its hooves around in the square.

It seemed as if the smell of beans had made her very impatient.

Rosalie came to Wang and said, "I asked the Shadow Thief to verify the identities of those two people, but their incision was correct. Their names are indeed on the Shadow Thief's list."

Wang: "That's fine. If they have any tricks up their sleeves, Marika will deal with them."

Rosalie also smiled: "Malika is indeed reliable. With Marika as an insurance, sometimes our personnel strategy can be bolder."

Wang: "By the way, how about Frodo from Leon, who I promoted before, and Sam from Goldshire?"

Rosalie gave a thumbs up. "Very impressive. Master Rikkou personally tested their skills."

"Master Li Guang can also test Rangers?" said Oscar who was eavesdropping nearby.

Because the healing spell has not been restored yet, many people who were injured last night have high fevers, but Oscar is fine and looks full of life.