"And me," Lightning rushed up.
"Me too," cried Nana.
"Goo!" Maisie followed closely.
Roland simply stood there and asked all the members of the Witch Alliance to hug each other one by one. Tilly couldn't help but laugh, "You really have a good relationship with them."
"Do you also need a hug from your brother?"
"No, thank you," she smiled and shook her head, "I still clearly remember the scene when you picked me up and fell to the ground."
Roland could only shrug his shoulders to show his innocence, and then turned his gaze to the woman in Ashes' arms, who had navy blue hair, looked young, and looked like Anna. Her eyes were tightly closed, her slender eyebrows were slightly upturned, her skin was fair, and the tear mole at the corner of her eye was particularly eye-catching.
From the outside, the other party doesn't look like a prisoner trapped in the basement of the stone tower at all, but instead has the feeling of a sleeping beauty.
But compared to her appearance, Roland is more concerned about her robes. In this era, he has rarely seen clothes with such exquisite and intricate patterns. Due to the lack of dyes, the background color of violet itself is extremely rare. The white stripes and talismans of the robe are like a gorgeous robe that can only be seen in a movie.
This must be an orange gear.
"Is she still alive?"
"Well," Nightingale said, "but the magic power in her body has been exhausted, a bit like what Anna encountered when she was an adult. However, unlike Anna, her magic power recovery speed is very slow. If this continues, it may take three or four days. to reach normal levels.”
"If that's the case, let's call her Sleeper first," Roland nodded. "I'll clear a room on the third floor of the castle for her to recover. The others should go back to the hall first." He paused, "I think Hear the stories of your trip."
…
After listening to Tilly and Nightingale's remarks, Roland couldn't help breaking a cold sweat for them.
Although Sylvie opened the full map, it was still a very dangerous thing to go deep into the ground to pursue a huge evil beast that he had never seen before. If it was him, he would still hesitate. Unexpectedly, Tilly was so decisive. She chose a suitable candidate in a short period of time and led her team there in person... It can only be said that she became the leader of many witches not only because of her status as a princess.
"You thought at the time that this burrowing worm had something to do with the devil?"
"I don't know, but it's not impossible," Tilly said slowly, "The witches of the Mutual Aid Society once met demons riding mixed-species demonic beasts in the wild. They had their wings cut off and obeyed the devil's command. It was a bit like Tamed livestock. And behind the snow-capped mountains, you have also seen flying beasts that are completely different from devils, and may be another kind of evil beast.”
"So is it possible to speculate that devils and demonic beasts are in a subordinate relationship, just like humans and hounds. They can use some means to make these monsters obey their commands and drive them to complete some more difficult tasks?"
"It feels... it does seem like this," Roland nodded, but he always had an incomprehensible confusion in his heart. Evil beasts will only take the initiative to attack human settlements during the Demon Moon, but it does not mean that they can only live on the moss and weeds on the carapace of the Siege Beast in the Demon Moon. ten years. If the devils were unable to quickly occupy the entire barren land due to the red fog and completely drive humans out of the continent, then they could continue to send evil beasts to harass the four kingdoms instead of waiting until winter to act.
Another point is... He couldn't forget that in the first year of the Demon Moon, the wolf-lion hybrid that had attacked the iron axe showed a different intelligence than a conditioned "smart" animal, it would learn, analyze, Choosing the course of action and the goal is a level beyond the reach of most creatures. If the hybrid demon beasts that live for a long time can have intelligence, it is impossible for them to be tamed by another race.
"But I think that the enemies that Miss Nightingale met outside the stone tower are more worrying than the evil beasts underground," Tilly sighed, "Being able to hide and move quietly in the daytime is almost impossible to guard against. It's a pity that we know about evil beasts. Very few, no idea how to deal with such a formidable adversary."
"If Nightingale hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't even believe that such evil beasts actually exist," Roland said, spreading his hands. The Song Fortress should have been in ruins long ago."
"But the longer the demonic month, the stronger the demonic beast. This is the conclusion in the history books. This time it starts to snow in the autumn, and the enemy we face may be very powerful."
This sentence made Roland's heart warm. No matter whether she regarded herself as a brother or not, at least as an ally, she already regarded the town and herself as one, of course, for the sake of the witches.
"Then it's up to Nightingale to monitor the line of defense."
"No, I'll leave it to Sylvie to be vigilant this winter," Tilly said. "The city wall is divided into two sections, east and west, and it will take half an hour to circle around it. Miss Nightingale's workload is too much. As long as Wei stays in the castle, he can observe the entire city wall area, and when he finds an evil beast, he can immediately notify other witches."
"That's fine," Roland nodded.
"That witch..." Scroll hesitated, "I still retain my previous opinion. Before confirming her identity, she may be our enemy."
"I know, so I'll put the God's Punishment Lock on her temporarily," he breathed out, "I hope this won't make her misunderstand us."
…
Roland walked into the sleeper's bedroom, and Anna was the only one in the room taking care of her.
"How about it?"
Anna shook her head, "still no response."
"Really," Roland walked to the bedside, and the woman lay quietly under the duvet, although her eyes were still tightly closed, the frown between her brows seemed to have faded a lot. Both Nana and Lily used their abilities on her, and all they could do next was to wait quietly.
"It's unbelievable that after being frozen for so long, there is no trace left on the body." He sighed.
"Just like I'm not afraid of flames," Anna chuckled, "her ability must be more related to this."
"I heard that you cut open the ice coffin," Roland patted her head. "It's amazing, Anna."
"It's not all because of me," she said seriously, "This witch uses her abilities very cleverly. First, she uses extremely low-temperature ice to freeze all the circulation of her body, and then uses ice crystals that are close to room temperature to completely seal the ice. Inside, so that it doesn't escape and melt. She must have reached a very high level of ability control."
Ice that is close to room temperature... This sounds very unreasonable, but Roland understands that the abilities of summoning witches are all specific manifestations of magic, just like the black fire that changes shape and temperature according to the will.
Anna paused, then said, "I just cut into the outer layer of ice crystals, and the entire ice coffin immediately shattered, as if she had left a hole on purpose. So I think she had long expected such a day."
"what do you mean… "
"She will surely wake up.".
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