"That's not necessarily true," Agatha shook her head. "According to the experience of the Second Battle of Divine Will, if they want to investigate the situation in human towns, their actions should not be so random."
"What do you mean?" the prince asked hastily.
"In order to bring the news back, such investigations generally consist of two or three teams, most of which are equipped with demonic beast mounts, and they will not be too far apart, at least within the range of the Spear Throwing Maniac's care," she said slowly. , "In order to annihilate these squads, the Federation often dispatches flying witches to go around to the rear to intercept them, and dispatches twice the number of Holy Protect samurai to arrest them. By the end of the war, the size of the reconnaissance team was getting bigger and bigger, and there were even heartbreaks. Horrors and flying devils. There's no reason they're just sending two unresponsive normal madmen to investigate, and they're so... shabby."
"Will the devils feel that Border Town doesn't need them to spend a lot of time to check, just send two people at will?" Ashes said.
"This doesn't make sense," Agatha thought for a while, and finally denied it, "In the days of the Federation, no matter how small a town was, as long as it was on the border, there would definitely be witches stationed there. There's no way the devil could understand these four hundred The changes in the human world over the years, so the reconnaissance should still be carried out in accordance with the arrangement of the Second Battle of Divine Will."
"What do you mean... They didn't deliberately investigate the town, but just happened to run into it?" Roland couldn't help but feel relieved.
"It's very possible," she frowned, as if thinking about something, "I'm afraid the devils don't know the towns where humans are built, and they are just exploring the situation around their camps. The main enemies they may encounter are evil beasts, so Instead of carrying a magic stone of cohesion that cannot be used continuously, that is, throwing spears, I chose a lightning stone that is more convenient to attack."
"Wait..." Roland was stunned, "You mean the devil's camp?"
"Of course, otherwise, how could they have come all the way here," Agatha said naturally, "Only after establishing a stronghold on the fertile plains, the devil can use this as a springboard to go to the wild... Oh, I forgot that it should be right now. called the Four Kingdoms."
Heck, this is the big deal, okay? The enemy took pictures of the base in front of his house, how will he live in the future? The prince stared and asked, "A camp like the one behind the snowy mountains?"
"Almost, during the war, an outpost will have at least a few fog storage towers to store the red fog, plus one or two hundred devils stationed there," Agatha nodded, "but considering that the red moon has not yet come, they are not big. It is possible to build a new high tower fortress in the fertile plain, and the transportation of the red mist is also very inconvenient, so the scale of the camp should not be large."
"What are you going to do?" Tilly looked at Roland with some worry.
"Find the camp first if it exists," he paused, "then... get rid of it."
"Decisive choice," Ashes said with the corners of her mouth raised, "this is like a decision a lord would make. Don't worry, we will also help you."
If Agatha's judgment is correct, the devil cannot extend his tentacles to the entire Fertile Plain before the Third War of Divine Will begins. Therefore, after removing the stronghold near the western border, at least a few years of peace can be exchanged, even if the other party wants to send troops to retaliate.
Of course, this is not without risks. The other party will at least know that there is a group of humans stationed in the east of the Desolate Forest, and they have the ability to actively attack the devil.
However, if you let the camp expand, it will only bring you more trouble. After the first batch of investigators disappeared, they are likely to send more personnel, and the exposure of Border Town is a matter of time. And as the stronghold gets bigger and bigger, there will only be more and more devils. After the end of the evil moon, you will have to deal with the enemies who come to harass at any time. It will be a bit of a loss. How to complete the planned spring offensive
After Roland returned to the office, he immediately called Lightning and Maisie to explain the matter.
"Remember, this time, you must not fight the devil without authorization. Return immediately after discovering the camp. They may have flying beasts, so protecting their own safety is the first priority."
"Yes!"
"Goo!"
He paused for a moment, then added, "If you can successfully find your target, the dessert for the next week will be ice cream bread."
Maisie stretched her neck straight, "Leave it to us!"
…
Three days later, Roland was rewarded by lightning. In the wild land about 130 kilometers away from Border Town, he found a place that looked like a devil's camp.
After marking the approximate direction on the map, he noticed that this location was just in front of the road of the mutual aid society, and it was less than ten kilometers away from the place where the mutual aid society encountered the devil.
"Why is it suspected?" he asked Lightning, "Have you seen the black stone tower?"
The little girl shook her head with a strange expression, "I only saw a piece of... wreckage."
"what?"
"Black stone fragments, broken fences, and... a huge hole in the ground," she rubbed her forehead, "just like what I saw earlier when I found the ruins of Sister Agatha. I didn't follow it any further, Only two laps in the wreckage of the camp came back."
Another cave? Roland was stunned. Could it be that there is also a huge reptile in this hole? If the reptile devoured the relic stone tower last time, what about this time... it also packed away the devil's camp
In the middle of the two incidents, did you miss any important information
He shook his head and temporarily suppressed the doubts floating in his mind, "Besides, did you find anything else?"
"No... the whole camp was empty, not a single devil was seen."
"I didn't find the shiny magic stone Goo!" Maisie added.
"I see," Roland quickly made arrangements after thinking for a moment, he looked at the little white-haired girl, "You bring Nightingale and Soraya to this location first, draw all the scenes at the scene, and then bring Nightingale and Sylvie, check if there is anything missing."
"Why not just let Soraya and Sylvie go?" Lightning asked.
"In case of encountering the devil's flying beast, Maisie can't get rid of the opponent." Roland explained briefly, "In this case, Nightingale can use the fog to cover the witch to escape the opponent's pursuit, and you can just speed up and leave in the air."
…
Soraya's "photo" was quickly placed in front of Roland.
As Lightning said, in the center of the crooked fence, there was a large hole with a diameter of about five or six meters, and the surrounding snow and soil were mixed together, as if it had been fried by something. The broken black stones were scattered on the side, and most of them were crushed into the soil. No doubt only a huge creature could cause such damage.
Sylvie's discovery made him even more uneasy that the underground passage was heading towards the mountains along the line of the snow-capped mountains, which was exactly the same direction as the cave that appeared in the hidden forest ruins.
They all point to the same location.
(., Your support is my biggest motivation.) 16-10-29 04:09:47