The sky was still gray, as if covered with a thick curtain. Countless tiny white dots fell with the wind, as if trying to fill the entire world, but in front of the sea hugging the sky, even the flying snow seemed small and powerless.
The Pretty Beauty was in the snow, gradually approaching the shoal.
Roland had been waiting here for a long time. Facing the cold sea breeze, he opened his arms to Tilly who was on the pier, "Welcome back, sister."
The latter took off his hood, revealing soft gray hair, and smiled and hugged him gently, everything seemed so natural, "Xieyue seems to arrive one step earlier than me, I hope I'm not too late."
Following the conversation between the two, the pier suddenly became lively.
"Your Majesty, there will be a welcome banquet in the evening, right? Can you arrange another hot pot?" Andrea leaned over and asked, her tone full of anticipation.
"Cough, pay attention to your words and deeds," Ashes reminded.
I don't know if it's because of the familiarity, or because of Nightingale's influence, the calm aristocratic atmosphere seems to be disappearing from her little by little. Of course, the appearance determines the basic score, even when actively asking for what to eat at night, She still looked elegant and pretty.
"Of course," Roland nodded. "In fact, winter is the best time to eat hot pot."
"I thought the same thing," Andrea's eyes lit up, "As expected of a royal family and a man that Nightingale likes..." Halfway through speaking, her mouth was firmly covered by a pair of invisible hands .
Ashes supported her forehead, turned around as if she didn't see anything, and started chatting with Wendy.
Tilly seemed a little surprised. She glanced at Roland and then at Nightingale's position with a thoughtful expression.
Roland felt a little hot for a while, and before the other party asked, he coughed twice and said, "It's windy here, let's go back to the castle and talk."
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The witches who followed Tilly on this trip were still the card-playing trio, as well as the former members of the Bloodfang Society, Iffy, You Yu, and Higurashi. It was not the first time for them to come to the West Territory, so even the process of allocating rooms was omitted. After putting away the luggage, Roland gathered everyone in the living room, and then recounted what happened in the Kingdom of Dawn recently.
As an intelligence-sharing partner, he believes that the Sleeping Isle witch should know about the Taquila remnants as soon as possible.
Hearing the end, all the witches at the scene showed a look of laughter, and Ashes asked directly, "So you are the one that Taquila is looking for... The Chosen Witch?"
"Or the first wizard in history," Tilly quipped, "my brother was always so different."
"I don't have any magic power at all, so I'm free of witches," Roland reluctantly spread his hands, "and the Chosen One is just the name of the Taquila witch, what exactly is the scourge instrument, we have to deal with them further to know. Before that, I plan to hold an artillery exercise outside the western city wall, hoping to restore their lost confidence."
"It's also a kind of shock, right?" Although Ashes is no longer the reckless look that he had when he first saw him, he still said something undisguised, "Just like the Evil Beast defense battle that was shown to us at the beginning."
"I just don't want to misunderstand each other," Roland said noncommittally, "and the exercise is not only for the Taquila witch, it will also be open to the public, so that the citizens of Neverwinter can see the power they have in their hands. , so that they will be full of courage even in the face of the devil."
The meaning of no misunderstanding is to let the other party clearly understand their own strength, so as to dispel some unnecessary thoughts, which is also the basis of diplomacy in the new era.
"Since it's an exercise, it's impossible to choose to carry it out when the evil beasts attack, right?" Andrea suddenly said, "I have a good proposal."
"What is it?"
"How about switching to Evil Beasts when shooting targets?" She raised her eyebrows, "Compared to those monotonous wooden targets, replacing them with real Evil Beasts will be more impressive."
Roland was a little stunned, this was a good idea. Considering the need to organize the crowd to watch the performance, naturally we can't wait for the evil beast to attack before arranging everyone to go to the city wall. I'm afraid that there will be trouble. I'm afraid that when all the people arrive, the evil beast will already be smashed into meat sauce. So at the beginning of the precise shooting session, he really planned to use some wooden targets, combined with Soraya's painting skills, to create some false targets.
Obviously, Andrea's proposal is more watchable. For the residents of Neverwinter, there is nothing more exciting than the annihilation of these evil enemies who have plagued the West for many years.
"That evil beast that was used as a target..."
"Leave it to us to catch it," Andrea patted her chest.
"Hey, isn't it good to stay in the room and play cards?" Sha Wei said with a bitter face.
"I'm also willing to help." As long as it's related to the battle, Yifei always does her part.
"But will it be dangerous to capture the evil beast?" Wendy worried.
"If the scope is limited to the hidden forest area controlled by leaves, there should be no problem with security," Nightingale seemed eager to try, "She can monitor the movements of all witches and demonic beasts in the area, and drive out overly powerful hybrids. , even if you encounter a beast of hell, there is still a seal of divine will."
"It's better to hold a warm-up match before the artillery exercise." Tilly laughed, "How about dividing the sisters of Neverwinter into three groups, and who can catch more evil beasts?"
"Divided into... three groups?"
"Sleeping Island, Witch Union and Taquila Witch," she raised the corners of her mouth, "how about a month's supply of Chaos Drink as a reward, I'm really curious, what you can call the deliciousness that goes beyond ice cream bread? To what extent."
"Wait... Let Phyllis also participate?" Roland said in surprise.
"This helps to deepen her intuitive understanding of the power of gunpowder weapons, doesn't it? Solving an evil beast may not be a problem for the body of a warrior of God's Punishment, but ordinary people can do this easily, and it's efficient. When she is better, she will naturally gain more confidence in the power of Neverwinter."
"Of course, she doesn't have to force herself if she doesn't want to participate," Andrea shrugged. "Since it's a competition, it's still up to her personal will."
So that's it... Roland looked at Ashes and the others who were looking forward to it, and roughly understood why they made this suggestion. Although Tilly's statement does have some truth, their original intention is more to satisfy themselves - after all, they are here to help resist the Demon Moon, but under the force of the First Army, they can do very little, most of them At the time, he could only stay in the castle, relying on the landlord to survive. Compared with the auxiliary witches who were busy with their work, they were more like people who had nothing to do.
They were battle witches after all.
In this mass production, he may indeed ignore the mood of these witches.
"I see, let's do it like this," Roland said finally.