The third frontier city, the core palace.
As soon as Roland walked out of the long and narrow underground passage with the group, he heard a hysterical scream.
"This is..." Wendy said in surprise.
"The wailing of Kabradabi," replied Phyllis, who led the way, "it completely collapsed after learning that Ersruk was defeated. Not only did it break the normal silence before, but it also attempted suicide many times. We spent It took a bit of work to get it to work.”
"I suddenly felt that it would be good to keep it alive." Tilly replied with a blank expression.
"The current situation is that it must be alive," Fili nodded without concealment, "The discovery of this secret letter is an excellent opportunity, allowing us to have a deeper understanding of the enemy, and even master their language and words— And this is the opportunity that the federation has been craving and never getting.”
"I didn't expect Kabra Dabi to cooperate with you." Nightingale sighed.
"No, it doesn't. The process is a little more complicated... You'll understand as you'll see."
When everyone walked to the interrogation stage, they saw the body of the God's Punishment Warrior occupied by the high-level devil firmly tied to a standing metal bracket, with a pipe inserted in the abdomen. Its eyelids were forcibly opened, and in front of it was a stack of papers full of strange characters.
"This is... the secret letter that A-Xia reproduced?" Wendy asked.
"That's right, the location of the discovery is in mid-air. If it wasn't for Maisie's sharp eyes, everyone would have missed this crucial scene." The answerer was Agatha, her face looked pale and her eyes were slightly darkened. It seems that in order to decipher the information on the letter, he has not rested for a long time.
After learning that the battle was over, Roland immediately sent the Neverwinter Detective Group to the front line to help the army collect information that was difficult to obtain by usual means. Compared with the words revealed to human beings on the surface, the clues left inadvertently are undoubtedly much more reliable.
Due to the limited magic power of Asha, the initial backtracking was mainly intended to focus on the battle between the sniper team and the enemy, and how the Demon Slayer arranged an ambush and deceived Sylvie's observations.
However, the response to this move far exceeded his expectations.
He did not expect that on the evening of the second day before the decisive battle, Ersk was sitting on the giant skeleton and wrote this handwritten letter to the setting sun.
And this scene was also accurately recorded by the scene retrospective.
"Ahhhhhh--!" Cabradabi howled again, it twisted its body desperately, struggling as if it wanted to turn its head away.
Agatha nodded to He Feng who was on the side, the latter stomped her feet, and the high-level devil immediately closed his mouth.
"So that's the case, you used the wind to control its actions and force it to read the secret letter?" Nightingale said suddenly.
"Then use Ms. Camilla's spiritual connection to repeatedly feel her first reaction when she sees the text." Celine added, "Although this guy intentionally confuses his consciousness, as long as the content of the text is changed and compared several times, You can determine which thoughts are real and which are fictitious. Honestly, it is your Majesty’s blessing to think of this method.”
"Me?" Roland was stunned.
"You wrote in the intermediate biology textbook that as long as a dog sees a piece of meat, whether it eats the meat or not, it will secrete a large amount of gastric juice. And this conditioned response is a common characteristic of living things. - Now it seems that the devil is no exception."
"It is through this method that we can piece together the contents of the letters from the minds of completely uncooperative high-level demons, and then understand their words. Without Ms. Camilla's assistance, I am afraid that this process will still be a long way off. "After she finished speaking, she shook her beard to the big butler of Sleeping Island to show her gratitude.
"I just... I hope I can help Lord Tilly." The latter bit his lip.
This is a witch, with diverse abilities but full of limitations... Roland thought that their unique characteristics made each of them unrepeatable. If they lacked a certain key ability, they might not be able to wait for hundreds of years. It may not have been that witches similar to Camilla Derry had not appeared in the past two battles of divine will, but they were probably born out of time. When they woke up, the whole situation was already unfavorable, and human beings could no longer be able to catch a living high-ranking witch. Devil out.
Probably based on this, Ersruk focused his strategy on eliminating witches. But... Can Ashes, Sylvie and others really have the same value as Taquila in the eyes of the devil? The obelisk requires the God Stone mine to build. Once Taquila is occupied, the red fog that is constantly generated can cover the gate of the Desperate Mountain Range. At that time, the fearful beast can easily cross the mountains and invade the hinterland of the four kingdoms. It will undoubtedly be hundreds of times more difficult for humans to drive the devil out of the fertile plains.
This is also the consensus of the staff and the Taquila ancient witch.
Why there is such a big deviation in the judgments of the two sides, perhaps the clue is in the letter.
"Then, please elaborate on what you have deciphered." Roland said slowly.
…
Since the sentences are separated and then spelled back together, the content of the letter is not complete, and the reading is a bit choppy, but it is enough for everyone to understand the meaning. As Celine reflected the restored sentence directly in her mind, Roland couldn't help but have the illusion that the other party was whispering in his ear.
"Master of the sky, the decisive battle is coming soon... I have made full preparations, whether it is against the enemy or myself."
"In the last month, I have heard the call of... more than once. The omens are so clear that maybe I will be promoted in this battle..."
"I know this will bring criticism to you, but it will not affect your plans for the Western Front."
"If successful, the enemy will lose the means they rely on... and we will regain the upper hand in the battle."
"... Tenfold increase in troops, and mankind will have no chance of winning..."
"But this battle is not without suspense, if I lose..."
"Please treat human beings as opponents that are evenly matched with our clan, and destroy them with all your strength, even if you give up the bottomless abyss."
"...As long as we can get their inheritance fragments, we still have hope of defeating the Tianhaijie."
"Finally, please give my regards to the king and Nightmare-sama."
When the entire handwritten letter of Ersruk was displayed, Roland felt a layer of cold sweat dripping from his back.
He finally knew why Phyllis was so eager.
Judging from the results, the opponent was undoubtedly a failure - not only did it fail to wipe out the sniper team, but it even buried itself in the hands of Ashes.
But it also means that the situation is directed towards the second hypothesis.
Although there are still some puzzles, the meaning of the whole sentence seems to be to persuade the clansmen to give up the confrontation with the Tianhaijie, first regard human beings as the first-class enemy, attack and destroy them with all their strength
Heck... what a joke!
Roland suddenly felt a lot of pressure - this is probably the worst news since the war.
"The development plan of the Fertile Plain, I'm afraid I have to give up." Wendy murmured.
"It's too risky to set up residential areas outside the desperate defense line if the enemy is desperate to press them with all their strength."
"But how to solve their red fog needs?"
"The devil builds the obelisk in the Falling Star City to relieve the pressure on the front line."
"But then the red fog will not be able to cover the fertile plains, so we can still drag it to the next battle of divine will, which is no different from the previous plan, right?"
"The difference is that what we have to face later is the entire main force of the devil."
"No..." Just as everyone was discussing the countermeasures with a solemn expression, Edith suddenly said, "The content of this letter—there is a problem."