Roland opened his eyes and found himself lying on the big soft bed with the familiar ceiling above his head, and even every crack coincided with the appearance in his memory.
This is my... bedroom
He tilted his head and looked over his shoulders—either left or right, looking intact. I tried to move my hands, and there was no problem.
Everything is like a dream.
But he knew that this was by no means a dream, the fact that the investigation of the devil and the attack had already happened! If they were able to lie down in the bedroom unharmed, it meant that they had escaped the pursuit of the devil and returned to the castle smoothly.
However, have all the witches returned safely
Thinking of this, Roland's heart sank involuntarily, he forced himself up, and there was a sense of weakness in his arms. Just when I was about to call someone, I saw a row of witches, Anna, Nightingale, Lightning, Maisie, and Nana, leaning against the wall at the end of the bed. They leaned on each other's shoulders, breathing steadily, their eyes slightly closed, as if they were fast asleep.
Roland quietly opened the corner of the curtain, and found that the morning light was rising from the Chishui River outside the window, like a dazzling golden thread sprinkled on the earth.
"You… wake up?"
Turning back, Anna had opened her eyes at some point. She walked to Roland step by step with sullen eyes.
"Well, I woke up. The other witches..."
"They all arrived in the town safely. In fact, you are the only one injured."
"Really," Roland breathed a sigh of relief, "that's really good—"
"fool."
Before he could refute, the other party hugged him tightly, and the hand behind his back was so strong that he almost wanted to embed it in his flesh.
Anna's actions awakened the other witches.
"Your Highness!"
They stood up in surprise and gathered around them one after another. Lightning hugged Roland second, followed by Nana and Maisie. Nightingale hesitated for a while, then hugged everyone from behind. In this way, everyone hugged each other and didn't want to let go for a long time... Time seemed to freeze at this moment.
…
After breakfast, Roland listened to the detailed events in the office before he could figure out what happened.
The witches worked together to defeat the devil chaser and let Lightning and Maisie return early with them.
After being taken back to the castle for treatment by Nana Pine, the broken arm quickly recovered as before, but due to severe blood loss, he fell asleep for a full day, so today is the fourth day from the departure day.
This operation was a little careless. He didn't expect the devil to find a hot air balloon painted with sky camouflage more than ten miles away. According to Sylvie, there was nothing unusual about the huge multi-eyed demon before, and its eyes were looking in all directions, but when she shifted her focus to the multi-eyed demon, the other party immediately responded, and instantly put all the Eyeballs were aimed at her.
Such an investigation method is unheard of. At this distance, apart from Sylvie's true eye, even the observation mirror is blurred, and the red mist above the minaret makes it even more difficult to see the devil's details. situation. Correspondingly, it should also be difficult for the other party to find out that he is.
Having said that, although this trip encountered major dangers, the information gained was also extremely rich.
Devils are no longer mysterious and unknowable messengers of hell - they have towns and organizations, and belong to a highly evolved civilization like humans.
And the opponent's air power is not strong, at least in this area behind the snow-capped mountains. Hundreds of demons emerged from the ground, but in the end, only two drove the mounts to pursue them, indicating that flying is still a rare ability for them—whether mounts are rare, or riders are rare, it is still unknown. But overall, this is good news for Border Town. At least he doesn't have to worry about a group of devils bypassing the southern hills and mountains and going straight into the western hinterland to burn, kill and loot.
In addition, the devil has magical powers is also an important discovery.
According to Nightingale's report, although the chasing enemy had little magic power, it did form a cyclone, which was very conspicuous in the foggy state. However, the way they stimulate magic seems to be completely different from that of witches, not through themselves, but relying on some kind of mechanism - such as the glowing stone to release the power, so it is not as varied as the witch's ability, but more like a system that can be mass-produced arms.
Of course, these are just speculations, but unfortunately all the devil's bodies fell into the sea, and Roland could not make further verification.
The last point is architecture.
Those short and slender black stone spires are not the residence of the devil, and the material is also very strange, and the surface is not corroded by the red mist. Some stone towers are empty inside, others are filled with red liquid, which is similar to storage tanks.
Could it be that the red fog in the sky is formed by the vaporization of these liquids
And the reason why the devil did not expand further into the wild land, or even the four kingdoms, was because of the limited gas coverage
In any case, judging from all the information, they will not threaten the security of Border Town for the time being.
However, Roland also knew in his heart that since they drove humans out of the barren land more than 400 years ago, maybe one day they will sweep in again, and he must prepare for this day.
…
Due to the large amount of blood loss, after nightfall, Roland just dealt with the few orders left behind and went to bed early.
Sitting on the bedside and flipping through half a history book, just as I was about to blow out the candle to sleep, there was a knock on the door outside the house.
He was slightly startled, climbed out of bed and opened the door. It was Anna who was standing at the door.
Instead of holding a thick book as before—either Intermediate Physics or Theoretical Basis of Natural Science, she walked into the room with empty hands and wearing a white nightgown. She didn't even wear shoes, and her delicate feet touched the floor, so quiet that there was no sound.
Roland swallowed.
Anna closed the door with her backhand and pulled the plug. Then she took Roland's hand and walked to the bed.
The girl's hair had just been washed, and the drooping ends of her hair were glowing with a faint golden light under the candlelight, and when she got close, she could smell a faint fragrance—the intoxicating fragrance did not come from rose soap, but from herself.
Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, her cheeks were flushed, and her blue eyes were like autumn water. Although she could see that she was a little nervous, there was no hesitation in the slightest, and she looked directly at Roland with determination written in it.
Even he who has never experienced a big battle, now understands the meaning of the other party.
"Cough, this..."
"I don't want to wait any longer," Anna said softly, "especially after experiencing such an experience." She paused, "I don't want to regret it."
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