The two kept warm for a while, Ashes noticed a pile of gem-like gadgets placed in front of her, and asked curiously, "What are these?"
"Come on," Tilly patted her side, "I'll show you something interesting."
Ash sat cross-legged next to her, and saw that she was wearing a white silk glove on her hand, with a crystal ruby embedded in the back of her hand.
"This is... a tracking magic stone?"
Tilly didn't answer, but smiled and stretched out her hand to the open space. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning jumped out from her fingertips and hit the ground with a crackling sound. Then a blue smoke rose from the ground and was struck. The position in the middle left a palm-sized charred black.
Ash couldn't believe his eyes for a while, "You... have new abilities?"
Tilly Wimbledon is an extraordinary person, her magic power acts on herself, and what she shows in her is extraordinary intelligence, and it is impossible to release it like an ordinary witch. And the electric light just now means that she has a brand new ability, and it is impossible for a witch to have two main abilities at the same time, which is common sense understood by the sisters.
Tilly took off the glove and handed it to Ash, "It's not that I have a new ability, it's this stone." She raised the corner of her mouth, "It changed the way magic power works, making magic power show a completely different effect. "
Ash rubbed the gem in the center of the glove, and was shocked. She knew that Tilly would not lie to her. This meant that non-combat witches could also have fighting ability, and the ability of the witch group to resist foreign enemies would be greatly enhanced. "How many of these stones are there?"
"There's only one," Tilly seemed to have guessed Ash's thoughts, "and it's not that easy to use. You can try, imagine the magic as something that actually exists, fill it with stones, and then release it. "
Ashes pondered for a long time, but no trace of electric light appeared.
"Understood?" She smiled, "We are still superhumans, and we can sense magic power by ourselves. It is even more difficult for other witches. This requires exhaustive imagination and understanding. In fact, I have asked many people to test, Only two or three out of a hundred people can quickly comprehend and release lightning."
"Are you making fun of me for being stupid?" Ash took off his gloves.
"Almost," Tilly raised her eyebrows, "I only used it at the time."
Ashes kissed her, so she could only groan a little... After parting, the latter let out a long sigh, "Well, it's not too stupid."
"What about the other stones?" Ashes licked his lips, only in front of the five princesses, would he relax completely, "Do they all have different abilities?"
"It's a different performance effect," Tilly corrected, there was still a blush on her cheeks, "It doesn't make ordinary people have witch-like abilities, only magic can inspire it." She paused, " This makes me question."
"What question?"
"What exactly is magic power?" Tilly explained slowly, word by word, "For a long time, witches have various abilities, showing extremely high uncertainty, and they are also different under the perception of supernatural beings. But this strange stone completely unifies the magic power. Any witch can release the exact same power through it, so I may have thought in the wrong direction before. Magic itself may be an omnipotent power, while the witch It's just one of those manifestations."
"What about these magic stones?" Ash asked.
"It can only be released, but it cannot gather magic power. It is not clear whether they are man-made or naturally formed," Tilly said regretfully. "It is said that they were all excavated from the ruins, and most of them have been exiled to the people. I can only collect so much... I heard that there is an ancient ruin in the East Forest of Haifeng County, I really want to go and see it for myself, maybe I can find more news about magic power and historical faults."
She was saying something she didn't understand again, Ashes thought helplessly, as long as she could survive, who cares what the situation was like more than 400 years ago, "Better not, Haifeng County is probably one of the most dangerous places in Graycastle now. one."
"why?"
"Before I set off from Bishui Port, I heard the sailors chatting and mentioning that Garcia Wimbledon's black sail fleet has been dispatched. Take advantage of the flexibility and concealment of the sea to directly attack his camp in the rear." Ashes advised, "I won't have the opportunity to leave the port until the martial law is lifted. If their information is accurate, I am afraid that Haifeng County has fallen into a sea of fire."
"Are they still fighting each other," Tilly said with a worried expression. "If this continues, the church will only take advantage of it. If they can't unite, Graycastle will be completely swallowed up by the church like Eternal Winter."
This sentence made Ashes startled, and the fifth princess quickly discovered her strangeness, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing," she blinked. "You looked a bit like Roland Wimbledon just now, and he said the same thing to me."
"Oh? You actually saw him?" Tilly became interested, "By the way, you didn't tell me what the gains from this trip to the West were, tell me quickly!"
"I went to Border Town when I heard the news of the mutual aid association. I should have told you about this shadow." Ashes hugged the other party into his arms, "It turned out that when I got there, I found out that the so-called search for the holy mountain turned out to be Roland's design. The next scam, he took over the mutual aid society and recruited witches secretly..." She briefly recounted what she saw and heard in the following week, "At the end he told me that we must unite to resist the attack of the church. , if we can't stay in the fjord any longer, he welcomes us to Border Town at any time."
"Hmm..." Tilly pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "This person is not Roland Wimbledon, he has been replaced."
"what?"
"You said that there are a lot of witches around him, right? I guess there are witches who control him, or simply change into his appearance." Tilly said bluntly, "I grew up with Roland, and I know this all too well. Compared with the other two older brothers and the third sister, the worst thing he is not good at is concealment. He is also full of loopholes when lying, and it is impossible to pretend to be another person. As for the weapon you mentioned that can fight against the God's Punishment Army, it is even more so. It proves this... A person can hide his character, but he can't fake knowledge. The court tutor has never taught these things at all, how did he know?" Tilly said bluntly, "There is no one in this world who can be born to know it. , so he must not be my stupid and annoying brother."
"Is that so?" Ashes frowned.
"Having said that, it is still necessary for me to contact them," Tilly sighed, "Roland Wimbledon is my brother after all. Although he is inexperienced, he is not hopeless in nature. Of the others, he is the most harmless one. I hope the witches of the Aid Society haven't buried him in the ground."
"I don't think they would do that." Ash couldn't help thinking of Wendy, "and I left Maisie over there. At the end of the month, she will bring us more news about the town."
"That's the only way. After all, our focus is not here." The fifth princess stood up from her arms, walked to the garden, and opened her arms, "Now that you are back, the cleaning plan can begin. I want to let There will be no sign of the Church in the fjords, and eventually the islands of the fjords will become the homes of witches."
The sun shone on Tilly from behind, as if gilding her outline with a layer of gold. The long gray hair caressed her cheeks like light golden threads, and her expression was full of confidence, as if no difficulty could knock her down.
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