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"How is it?" Roland put down the pen in his hand and looked up at Nightingale who appeared quietly in the office.
"She fell asleep. She just ate a bowl of porridge, and she had a good appetite." She walked to the table and sat back in her old seat. "Now it's Sylvie who is watching her."
"Well, that's fine."
"Do you believe what she said?" Nightingale asked.
"Anyway, the Stone of God's Retaliation has been removed. When you ask again tomorrow, you can tell if she is lying, but..." Roland paused for a moment, "I think most of what she said is true."
"Why?" she asked curiously.
"Have you ever noticed that a person from four hundred years ago used the same script and language as us?" the prince said while holding his chin, "It stands to reason that two regions are separated by a desperate mountain range. It's almost impossible - unless the two places are of the same origin and are very close."
"But she calls the four kingdoms wildlands."
"This is the key... I don't know what the scene was like more than 400 years ago. Maybe it was just a few villages that were scattered, and some criminals who were exiled by the witch world. The history books of the kingdom also record that the age of establishment of major cities is generally common. Between two hundred and three hundred years, and astrologers appeared from that era." He said with interest, "I have always been curious, why astrologers who generally have no achievements and no research results can join alchemists. Called the sages, now I get it - the federation led the surviving people to flee this fringe, bringing their language and civilization with them. These people integrated with the local people and helped them build regimes, fortresses and City."
"It's as if you saw it with your own eyes." Nightingale smiled and shook her head.
"Only in this way can we explain why we use the same language as her," Roland said earnestly, "because we are of the same origin. And in the past four hundred years, civilization has been rebuilding without any development."
"Okay," she said, spreading her hands, "you'll know the answer tomorrow anyway. If you guess wrong... give me an extra lavish lunch."
The so-called luxury lunch is actually a combination of corn chowder, grilled chicken thighs and ice cream bread, and the kitchen only cooks it once a week.
"Did you guess wrong?"
"You can do whatever you want," Nightingale tilted her head and half-squinted her eyes. Her cheeks and the smooth neck formed a perfect curve, which was very moving. If the appearance is full, no matter what you do, you are tempting others. Roland has finally verified the correctness of this sentence.
"I took note," he coughed, returning his attention to the paper.
Because Agatha had just woken up, Roland couldn't force the other party to answer all questions accurately and meticulously. Basically, he followed her train of thought and asked where he wanted to, so the information he got was very confusing. What he is doing now is to rearrange the information in Agatha's words and find out the key points to be understood next.
Without a doubt, the most pressing problem lies with the devil.
Why did the war with the devil start, and why they died down now, these information are very important to Border Town. There is never a war for no reason, and the devil does not act like an aggression for resources and expansion: they do not occupy the wild, they do not rob people, it looks like a mere slaughter. Behavior.
Roland also noticed that the other party mentioned the word war of divine will. Could it be that the two sides started a life-and-death war under the behest of the gods? But at that time, the church didn't even have a shadow, and naturally there was the only god they claimed, which could not be explained, and he couldn't feel at ease.
At the same time, he also needs to figure out the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the Holy City Civilization as soon as possible—or what is their economic base. These details can help him measure the development level of the civilization and indirectly judge the strength of the devil.
As for the Federation, Roland didn't care too much. The scarcity of witches and the instability of their abilities had already determined that the organization's fighting ability would not be too high. Historical experience has repeatedly emphasized that before the generation gap is formed, all-out wars are all about consumption, and the rare high-precision weapons cannot restore the overall disadvantage.
The second point is the magic stone.
Combined with Tilly's statement, the magical properties of this stone can greatly compensate for the weakness of ability instability, allowing witches to exert their own strengths, allowing auxiliary witches to enter the battlefield - although in Roland's eyes, this is completely Putting the cart before the horse, he was eager to turn the battle witches into auxiliary forms and put them into endless production work.
However, the strange thing is that the Federation with many witches did not use this method to fight the devil, but chose to create the God's Punishment Army, which is really incredible. Does the magic stone have some unknown shortcomings, or is it extremely difficult to produce
Fortunately, Agatha is a member of the Quest Club. This organization is similar to the current alchemy workshop. It has gathered a group of extremely talented witches, specializing in the research of magic stones and magic power. Roland faintly felt that there should be a lot of potential to be tapped here.
The final question is the church.
He drew a circle on this column. Regarding the establishment and development of this organization, he obviously couldn't get the answer from Agatha's mouth. What can be deduced from the few words at present is that the church was established after the witches were defeated, they obtained the secrets of the federation, and covered up everything about the witches, rendering them as the incarnation of the devil. If the people of the four kingdoms are regarded as the descendants of the natives, then the church is a veritable outsider, and the natives themselves have no civilization to speak of, so it is not surprising to be deceived by fabricated histories and oracles.
Is it all just because the witch class used to oppress ordinary people, so the refugees who escaped regarded witches as enemies, and even hunted and killed witches on this continent? Roland frowned, it sounded reasonable, but... something felt wrong.
There are many sacred warriors and extraordinary people in the federation, even above extraordinary... Even if they hold the Stone of God's Punishment, it is impossible to defeat such an opponent, right
If you want to completely wipe out a force much stronger than yourself, you can't do it with hatred alone. There is obviously a lack of key information in the intelligence.
"That witch doesn't seem to like you very much." Nightingale said suddenly.
"After all, living in a world where witches are all human beings," Roland laughed. "In her eyes, I'm afraid I'm no different from the weeds on the roadside."
"You don't hate her?"
"Why, she is just a poor person abandoned by the times," he shook his head, "sleeping in the ice coffin for more than 400 years, and woke up to find that the world is completely different, this strangeness brings Fear will definitely make her build a wall of defense. Once she accepts it, she should slowly change her mind."
"It really seems like your answer," Nightingale smiled. "Don't worry, I won't let her offend you in the slightest."
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