After a small interlude, we still have to get down to business.
Now the floating city is immediately facing its first problem: insufficient labor.
With the current labor force, it would be too difficult to transport the statues that rushed into the forest back to their original "sitting" positions.
This morning, Wang directly prepared all his first-level spell slots for the Human Giant Transformation Technique—both humans and lizardmen who were enlarged would gain a strength bonus.
Among other things, he lent the Ogre Power Gauntlets to trustworthy sailors.
From the perspective of trustworthiness, it is actually more reliable to worship the lizard man as the messenger of the Dragon God. The problem is that the lizard man has one less finger than the human, and the distribution of the fingers is also different. The five fingers of the human are all on the same side of the palm. The lizard Humans have three fingers on the front half of the palm and one on the back half, and the palm is thinner than that of humans.
Upon closer inspection, the lizard man's hands are not as reliable as humans in holding things.
The Ogre Power Gloves and the Giant Transformation spell greatly speeded up the progress of the project, but not by much. After all, the two statues were too big. It was hard to imagine what it was like for Li Guang and the lizardmen to be chased by these two giant creatures. It was already great that the lizardmen turned around and ran away without their morale collapsing.
On July 23, the lizards and humans worked together for a whole day to cut down the rainforest on the way back to the statue and lay half of the rolling logs.
In order to move the statue before the rainforest blocked the road again, Wang directed everyone to light bonfires and work all night.
Airships were also mobilized and winches were used to reduce the weight of the idol from the air.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the first idol was finally moved onto the rolling log, and the remaining work was to slowly drag it into place.
The work was finally completed on the afternoon of the 24th.
At this time, after a day of sunshine, the rainforest has sealed half of the path that was opened yesterday.
Rosalie once suggested that the rainforest should be burned, but Liguang immediately stood up and objected, saying that the rainforest was often burned due to lightning strikes during this season, but it recovered quickly every time, probably because of the damage left by the burned trees. Dust is a nutrient.
In this way, the group of people struggled until the 26th, and then transported the two statues back to their original locations.
During this process, the sleeping Nini woke up. The New Star Chaser anchored on the main stream of the Mashunya River suffered three gang-hopping robberies, thirty inquiries about whether to sell it, and a hundred inquiries about "Is there anything ahead?" It’s dangerous, why don’t you stay still?”
On the morning of the 26th, Wang stood in the main control room of the floating city on the third floor underground of the ruins and put his hand on the crystal ball. He also continued to study the Cyclops technology these days and accidentally discovered that putting his hand on the crystal ball could Look at the real-time images of the floating city's main passages and several places on the surface.
Through the images, Wang saw that all the residents of the Floating City had entered the underground area - when the Floating City flies, it can no longer be called the underground area. It should be called the main cabin of the Floating City, and the "ground" should be changed to "Floating City" accordingly. Deck Area”.
From the perspective of the ground, Wang Zai confirmed that the captured small dwarf airship had also left, and there would be no tragedy of crashing into the floating city and destroying everyone.
After confirming all this, the king gave the order: "Fly up!"
Following this command, the earth trembled.
Elizabeth held Marika's shoulders beside her to stand still, and asked worriedly: "Is it okay? Could it be that the floating city has fallen to the ground after not taking off for so many years?
"Look at the many plants on the ground. These plants all have roots. Could it be..."
Wang: "Don't worry, we have almost burned the plants and other things on the ground with fire. It shouldn't be because of..."
Before he finished speaking, a huge shock came!
Elizabeth, who was holding Marika, was okay, but Rosalie, who was just about to stand on her own, fell forward. Fortunately, her sister held her hand.
Flint: "It didn't crash before it even took off, right? After all, this thing may be tens of thousands of years old!"
The era of Gralia is divided based on chronology. There will be a long "black box era" without leaving records between the two eras.
At present, no historian in Gralia knows how many years ago the First Age was, so the dwarves would say "it may be tens of thousands of years old."
Wang: "Don't be afraid, everything is under control!"
As if in response to his words, the most violent shock came! This time, even the king who touched the crystal ball fell forward, and everyone in the entire main control room fell down!
Then the shaking stopped.
Flint: "Failed to take off?"
Wang got up and touched the crystal ball: "Uh... I just discovered that this crystal does not have a viewing angle that allows you to look down! Don't be afraid, I have a backup plan."
As he spoke, he let go of the crystal ball and took out the sound transmission stone: "Airship, what does it look like from your perspective?"
The boatswain on duty on the airship said in a trembling voice: "It's flying!"
Wang: "What is flying? Please tell me clearly."
"The floating city is flying, and debris is still falling down."
Wang frowned: "Slag? Wait a minute! Controller, check the main body condition of the floating city!"
The crystal ball answered: "The main body is not damaged, and the counterweight balance is slightly offset, within the design error range."
Wang scratched his head. At this time, the sound transmission stone rang in his arms again.
He took it out and saw that it was for the left-behind team of the New Star Chaser, so he started the call: "What's wrong? Someone is attacking again?"
"No! Just report it, we saw it!"
Wang: "What did you see?"
"Floating City! Floating City is floating above the earth!"
**
At the same time, the merchant ship Gamma was sailing on the Mashunya River.
Previously, the Gamma and the merchant ships traveling upstream of the Mashunya River had received news that the legendary rescue team's ship, the New Star Chaser, had broken down on the main road and did not know what it was doing.
In order to prevent problems before they occur, the captain of the Gamma increased the number of lookout posts and deck sailors on duty, and changed the Gamma's only ballista from parts status to standby status.
In order to make these preparations, the captain asked the Gamma to anchor under the two giant statues at the entrance to the River Kingdoms. He waited for a day or so and was ready to go deep into the River Kingdoms today.
This section of the Maxunya River has basically no view from both sides. If the existence of the rainforest itself had not made it more difficult for bandits to set up ambushes on both sides of the river, this section of the river would have become a holy place for robbery.
After entering the river countries, the captain himself went to the poop, ready to deal with unexpected situations at any time.
But he didn't expect that this unexpected situation was so unexpected.
"Lancelot's bastard!" the captain cursed the most unpleasant words in his life. It was so hard to hear that he would go to Lancelot's temple to buy indulgences the next time he docked. "What the hell is that?" !”
The sailors looked in the same direction, and no one could answer the captain.
At this time, in the southeast, there was a square man-made object in the sky.
The captain grabbed the first mate beside him and asked: "Did you see that thing? What is it?"
First Mate: “How would I know?”
Captain: "Aren't you from the Thorn Islands?"
The Thorn Islands are now regarded as the second main city of the dwarves. Those dwarfs who travel from the real main city of Brynden will gather on the Thorn Islands, exchange knowledge and information here, and then embark on an adventure journey again.
This has caused the Thorn Islands to become a gathering place for all kinds of strange things on the mainland.
Plus gnomes just like dwarves like to play with armor and weapons, gnomes like to play with all kinds of wonderful mechanical devices. Strange machines can often be seen on the Thorn Islands, many of which can fly.
At the same time, this is the place with the most airships in Gralia. You can see the airships built by the dwarfs whenever you look up.
That's why the captain of the Gamma said this.
The first mate spread out his hands: "Even if I come from the Thorn Islands, I have never seen this! This thing should be very far away, so it may be bigger than all the dwarf airships I have seen so far!"
The captain was stunned: "Is it so big?"
At this time, someone among the passengers on the ship shouted: "It's the floating city! Lancelot is on top, this is the floating city!"
This term reminded the captain: "Floating city? The floating city in the bard's ballad?"
In bards' songs, floating cities are usually the residence of villains.
This may be because the existence of the Cyclops Empire in the First Age changed the perception of most humanoids. For the humanoid creatures that already existed at that time, the Cyclops was definitely the worst being. Not only did they enslave them, but they would also drain their lives without any scruples to extend their own life.
The captain looked at the floating city and suddenly said: "Wait a minute! Now that the floating city is flying, we should understand what happened. This is big information. Just taking this information out can be exchanged for money!"
The first mate said: "Indeed. Wasn't there information that the rescue team's ship was anchored on the main road? They may know what happened! Maybe it has something to do with them!"
The captain nodded: "Yes! Go find them!"
On this day, a dozen captains of merchant ships who happened to witness the takeoff of the floating city made this judgment.
The place where the new Star Chaser is now anchored will soon be bustling with activity.
(End of chapter)
