That afternoon, Roland was ready to go to the snow-capped mountains.
These include camping tents, plenty of dry food, and a cement paddle steamer. Since the Devil's Camp was on the sea side, he had to set out from the shallows—as was the usual practice, the transportation was done by the hummingbirds.
I have to say that when a hummingbird about the size of Nana grabbed the side of the boat and lifted the entire cement boat over its head in one go, the scene looked very strange, like an ant moving a grain of rice several times its size. Normal - if she held the ship to her side, looking from the other side, she could see a "ghost ship" sliding silently on land.
As long as her hands don't leave the ship, she can maintain this state, and compared to the initial time spent to remove the weight of the object, this enchantment method is faster, and the speed of mana consumption is much lower. The only downside is that the hummingbird must follow the enchanted object, so a maximum of two loads can be carried at the same time.
The paddle steamer went west along the mountain and reached the rocky beach two days later.
Last time, Roland had a bird's-eye view of this land from the Yaowang. Now that he stepped on the rocky beach for the first time, he immediately felt a sense of desolation.
The scenery here is completely different from the shoal. The short tens of miles is like two worlds.
The rocky beach is covered with carcasses of various animals, embedded in layers of rubble, some of which have been weathered, while others are gradually turning into new stones. Part of the skeleton looks very thick, almost the size of the torso of an adult, and it is unknown what creature left it behind.
The steep rock walls are equally bizarre.
I saw countless sharp stalagmites growing on the rock surface, which were different from the naturally hanging shapes in the cave. They were all protruded sideways, and the ends were raised upwards, which looked like countless barbs at first glance. This kind of gravity-defying landscape is simply incredible. The last time he saw it on the balloon, he couldn't really see it. Once he was on this rocky beach, it would only make him feel horrified.
There was no sign of life on the long beach. There were no perched seabirds, and no algae or sea mussels were seen. Even behind the stone walls, it was empty, as if the devil's red fog had taken away all the life here.
According to the mark left by Lian, Roland and his party found the slit leading to the camp. It's more a fault than a slit, a slender opening that splits almost the entire cliff and is bottomless. It was between this steep fracture that Lian extended a narrow path half a meter wide.
When walking down the stone steps into the "One Line of Heaven", Nightingale couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
"What's wrong?" Roland couldn't help asking.
"Look there," she pointed into the crevice, "there are holes in the rock wall!"
The team stopped and looked around. In the dark and dull position near the bottom, Roland saw several circular holes, as if they had been excavated by something. "what is this?"
"I don't know, I've seen holes like this in the mountains of despair, but the ones there are bigger," she hesitated, "and the deeper you go, the more you feel that something is looking at me inside."
"Is there... something?" Roland was stunned.
"There's more than one," Nightingale nodded. "It's in the valley that leads to the mutual aid club camp. There's also a path leading to a deeper underground, but I've never gone down."
"When Sylvie comes back, take her to the Desolate Mountains." He glanced at the bottom of the fault again, suppressing the urge to send someone to climb down to explore, and then let the team move on.
Although this continent is part of the Dawning Realm, and there are records of human settlement thousands of years ago, the cognition of the world remains in a very primitive state, as if people have deliberately ignored the development of the outside world. Roland had mentioned the continent map to Agatha, but was told that the Federation had only described the Fertile Plains in detail, while the Dawning Realm had only a rough outline, and knew nothing beyond the Dawning Realm.
This is also the reason why he decided to strongly support Lei Ting's overseas exploration - Roland thought that he would understand the whole picture of this world sooner or later, but now he found that he didn't even know much about the western region of Graycastle where he was located.
It was a pity that the war with the church was imminent, and he could only put these distracting thoughts behind him for the time being.
After passing through the slit, his vision suddenly opened up. The soldiers of the First Army who camped here immediately welcomed everyone into the camp, and then Roland saw Agatha and Soraya.
"What about Lightning and the others?"
"I'm flying around with A-Xia," Agatha sighed, "She can't stop for a while now, and the devil's camp is about to become her playground."
"If it is placed in future generations, this is definitely a national-level natural park that requires money to buy tickets to enter," he said with emotion.
"What did you say?"
"No... It's nothing," Roland coughed twice, "I'll use the listening talisman to call her back. Now let's go to the cave where you found the stone tower."
When the group came to the center of the camp ruins, Lightning, Maisie, and A-Xia also arrived.
"Lightning, about to land!"
The little blond girl raised her hands and slowly fell to the ground, then turned around and gave Roland a full hug.
Roland was a bit dumbfounded. According to his age, Lightning had also reached that special age.
"Ow!" Next was Maisie, who also raised her wings and slammed her head on the ground, almost knocking A-Xia off her back.
Lightning was easy to understand, but Maisie was obviously an adult witch, Roland thought helplessly, it seemed that this disease was contagious.
"Since everyone is here, let's start," he motioned to A-Xia, whose legs were weak.
"Yes... Your Majesty." A-Xia limped to the edge of the pit and closed her eyes.
In an instant, the big pit on the ground disappeared suddenly, a huge black stone tower appeared in front of everyone, and at the same time, a red mist filled the air, as thick as blood.
Roland took a step back subconsciously while holding his breath.
"This is the scene before the accident happened, the time is twenty-six days ago," Agatha explained, "If you only use the retrospective ability once, A-Xia can maintain the illusion for nearly half an hour, so we can just observe it. The whole thing happened."
"What about the beholder that is covered in eyeballs and can attract the attention of the devil as long as it is looked at?" Tilly asked curiously.
"At the top of this stone tower," Agatha pointed to the top of her head, "but the height of the stone tower exceeds the range of Asha's ability, so I can't see it for the time being."
Roland raised his head and saw that the top of the tower was blank, as if it had been completely cut off - it seems that only within five meters around A-Xia can it be reproduced by magic.
At this moment, the ground seemed to tremble.
"Here!" Agatha said solemnly.
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