A warm welcome with much ado

  "Oh, you big stupid bear is the deputy commander of the army! Not bad, not bad, being a beast is great, going out doesn't require wearing clothes, defecating doesn't require wiping your butt, knocking down a mother bear doesn't even require paying a service fee, living like an animal is so comfortable!"

  "Wah wah!"

  "Huh? Can't even speak human language anymore, really has the style of a beast! Hey, hey, don't kick me down there, it just broke and hasn't been fixed yet! Speaking of which, it's still your fault as a beast, how could you not even do a soft landing and crash into the basement... You're kicking again! Looks like I need to teach you a lesson... Oh no, stayed in the anti-magic array for too long, didn't prepare any magic at all... Help! Who can save me? This beast is going to eat me!"

  Can a witch who has been dead for thousands of years be considered human? It seems a bit far-fetched. And eating such expired meat products is likely to cause diarrhea.

  ……

  "I said why this name sounds so familiar, it turns out it's Xiao Ze Na. Haven't seen you for years, and you've actually become the chairman, not bad!"

  "This... Great Wizard sir, have we met before? And who are you?"

  "Huh, don't you recognize me? You're saying you've never seen me before? That's hurtful. I still have a lot of your old photos here, let everyone take a look. Little Zena's appearance is so alluring, I'm reluctant to put them in a book for publication. This one was taken on Queen Elrond's bed, this one was taken on Pope Kyrie's bed, and this one was taken at General Trist's house. The other three people on the bed are..."

  "Slap!" A loud slapping sound rang out.

  "Naomi Ozora, how did you become so violent?! Oh my god! Where did you find that wolf fang club?! You, don't come any closer. I'm going to report you for being rude, abusing the elderly, and disrespecting the Imperial Elder..."

  "Die, you old lecher!"

  ……

  "Hey, it's Little Ail! So you've been promoting counterfeit goods on the new continent these past few years. No wonder I couldn't find you anywhere. That paper-mache fake yacht you made for me last time was quite impressive, and it really took Ilmuster's guy for a ride... Wait, is that why you were forced to flee to the new continent? The guy's tolerance is really low... Ah, asking me for compensation? You should be asking him instead! Fine, fine, don't go exposing this to him, but I'm broke right now!"

  "Then use the gems on your clothes to compensate me! Although the colors and lusters of those pieces are a bit off, they look like fakes at first glance, but they're still worth some money. Hand them over quickly!"

  "Hey, don't be so careless, it's almost broken. This is a 3000 yuan Gu Xiang. You're wasting this on some ignorant little devil... If you must compensate for something, how about I give your flat chest a transformation with some cosmetic surgery? Let me take a feel first, hmm, the skin isn't bad, should be able to increase it by one or two cup sizes, but the butt seems to have no meat..."

  "You damned pedophile! I'm going to strip all the gems and pearls off your body!"

  ……

  "Long time no see, Tanith. Are you still dreaming of toppling the Goddess every day? I was startled when I saw you doing that in front of Elrise's statue last time! Wait a minute. What do you mean by taking out your whip? Ah, you've even drawn your sword. Do you want to kill me and silence me?"

  "I'm going to turn you into a grilled squid ball!"

  ……

  In the garden where the grass and trees had not yet revived, a large group of people holding various cruel instruments were shouting and chasing after a giant octopus with legs. They were using their own way to express "warm welcome" to Owo's arrival, occasionally slashing a few knives on the body of the great magician who temporarily lost his magic ability.

  Awo's invincible stinky mouth is indeed famous, and in the shortest time, he has offended all the big shots at the Continental Congress one by one, and incidentally put himself on the verge of becoming a roasted squid ball.

  Facing the chaotic scene not far away, Phil could only stand by and smile wryly. His current situation wasn't much better than that of the Touching Hand Witch, as Renny was staring at him with an evil gaze, one hand grasping his wrists and the other pulling his cheek until it turned bright red.

  "Speak! Why did you bring that old pervert here! Speak quickly!"

  "Hey... Laini, can you let go of my hand first? It hurts!"

  "Alright, speak up!" Renny removed her hand from Phil's face but still held his wrists tightly. "Give me an explanation right now! Why on earth did you bring this disgusting giant octopus back?"

  "Isn't there a severe shortage of mages in my legion?" Fili hastily explained the reason, "Although Owo has a rather eccentric temper, his title as Grand Mage is absolutely genuine. In terms of magical strength, he is indeed one of the strongest."

  "With his experience of fighting for several thousand years, he is far more valuable than us rookies. He will be very useful in our upcoming battles! If it weren't for his current dire situation, I, a mere colonel, wouldn't have been able to recruit him!"

  "He has the title of a great magician, and I acknowledge that he is experienced, but looking at his performance over the past two years, aren't you afraid that he will do it again? What if he sneaks into our women's bathroom or toilet to take pictures again, who can stop him then? As a man, you don't have anything to worry about. But for us women, we can't even take a bath in peace."

  "It doesn't matter, when he was exiled to the Arctic weather station, the government put a magic-suppressing collar on him, so his personal strength is now equivalent to that of a 4th-level wizard at most. As long as we don't give him close combat opportunities, Mr. Vinnie and I can handle it."

  "Only 4 magic? What's the point of keeping him then? The cost of supporting his habits is far more expensive than supporting an ordinary 8-magic user."

  "The problem is that he's actually a great sorcerer! Even if his magical abilities are restricted, it doesn't mean that his experience and brainpower have also been reduced to the level of an 8th-rate magician. Didn't the Goddess of Strategy teach you to look at things rationally?

  Fili spoke with a tone of frustration, "Ovo was able to escape from the disaster of the First Empire's collapse and live safely until now, which is proof enough of his abilities. Although he has offended countless people with his outrageous behavior, no one can do anything to him. If we had half of Ovo's survival skills, the risk of this expedition would be greatly reduced. Compared to keeping our lives on the battlefield, what does it matter if he causes some trouble with sneaking around or peeping?"

  Reni's mouth twitched, seemingly wanting to say "How can that dead octopus be treated in a rational way", but she didn't say it out loud. She cleared her mind and spoke out the next concern, "If it was just sneaking shots or peeping, then it wouldn't be a big deal, after all those El'goroth priests walk around naked every day without feeling ashamed. But that dead octopus Owo has committed more than that, even if his magic abilities are restricted now and he can't abduct girls everywhere. What if he's always absent from work to go to brothels, and then wants you to foot the bill?"

  "No way, he doesn't have the money for that now!" Fili turned his head to glance at Owo who was still being chased and hacked at in the distance, then leaned in close to Lenni's ear and whispered, "Don't tell anyone else, but when I pulled him out of the ice block earlier, the thing in his pants accidentally got shot off by me. So he just wants to play with women now, but he doesn't have anything to use. You can rest assured about that."

  "I'd be relieved if I were you!" Renny said irritably, poking Fili's forehead with her finger. "You're really stupid, aren't you? Dead Octopus Owo has so many tentacles, what's the difference if one is particularly short? And besides, for a dead witch like you, what's the difference between that thing and tentacles?"

  "...This is indeed an oversight on my part, why not let President Zena issue a notice to all the brothels, telling them not to receive a fat witch with tentacles all over her body?"

  "Do you think this will be useful?" Rennie gave him a white eye, "Treat and analyze the problem rationally! Not to mention whether such an order can pass through the Continental Congress, even if such an order is really issued, what if the people in the brothel learn from the advanced experience of their counterparts in the capital, holding Ouwo's white strip to the government gate to make trouble, are we better off giving money or not?"

  “……”

  "And what about the black dragon and the floating city you promised him? The dragon is easy to deal with, there's a constipated Holmes lying in the military camp who can be sent over to this dead octopus without any loss. But what about the floating city? Where are you going to conjure one up from to counter his?"

  "This is nothing to worry about, don't we still have the mechanism room in Gray Castle?"

  "Are you crazy? Use that big iron box to rebuild a floating city? Not to mention where you'd find a team of magical engineers, the cost of building a floating city is something we can't afford right now."

  "Don't worry, as long as you use your brain, a mere floating city is just a small matter, it won't cost much. I've already taken care of everything. You can rest assured, we'll go take a look together later." Fili confidently patted his chest to guarantee.