When Roland walked into the office, he was surprised to find that it wasn't Nightingale, but Wendy.
"What happened?" He poured himself a glass of warm water, "Where's Nightingale?"
"She went to meet the sisters."
"Really," Roland picked up the cup and was about to take a sip when suddenly something was wrong. "Wait, what sister?"
"Sisters of the mutual aid society, they are coming to Border Town." Wendy replied.
"Didn't they go looking for the holy mountain?" He stood up abruptly. "How many people came? The one who wanted to hurt Nightingale... It seems that the snake demon Hakara is here too?"
"No, Your Highness... They failed to find the holy mountain. In the wasteland, they encountered terrifying monsters, and in the end only seven survived." Wendy repeated Ye Zi's account, and then bowed to apologize, "At that time You are still taking a nap, please forgive me for making an assertion and letting Nightingale and Lightning pick them up."
"It's okay," Roland waved, "you know I won't blame you for something like this. What abilities do they have?"
"I don't know either, but I heard Ye Zi said that they are not fighting witches, maybe..." Wendy hesitated, "It doesn't have much effect on you."
"Non-combat type?" Roland was suddenly full of expectations. Under the constraints of the God's Stone of Retaliation and the range of action, the witch's combat ability was actually very limited, and production was their best field. If there is a witch who specializes in plasticity, he can solve the problem of rough processing technology and directly enter the era of large-scale mechanical production; if there is a witch who can generate electricity, the night in Border Town will also look like day. Next, become a king, marry a witch, go to the pinnacle of life, and lead everyone to realize the four modernizations. It is exciting to think about it.
"Your Highness, don't you need them..." Maybe it was the long silence that made Wendy worried, she asked in a low voice.
"No, how could it be," Roland came back to his senses and said word by word, "I'll take as many witches as they come."
Just as the sun went down, Nightingale returned to the castle with the rest of the Mutual Aid Sisters, and Roland prepared a sumptuous dinner in the castle hall as a dust-cleaning feast.
The witches were obviously starving, but for the first time eating in such an environment, everyone seemed very reserved. Most people are seeing a lord for the first time, let alone a prince.
Fortunately, in addition to Roland himself, there were also two local witches, Anna and Nana, who gave demonstrations, and the lively atmosphere of lightning that didn't know what the embarrassment was. Finally, everyone finally let go, and there were conversations at the banquet.
Roland chewed on the fried bread and looked at the group of women with completely different styles, but they were all beautiful. This is the greatness of magic - even if technology develops to the point where witches are not required to intervene, their appearance is a landscape that never ends.
The model community built by Carl has not yet been completed, and the witches can only live in the castle for the time being. There were still four vacant rooms on the second floor. Roland considered it and decided to change the single room into a shared room for two people. After all, those big beds were prepared for visiting nobles, and they could fully accommodate two people.
When the dinner was over, the prince finally ushered in the long-awaited part - ability inquiry.
Accompanied by Nightingale, the witches entered the office by turns, while Roland, like an interviewer, recorded each of their characteristics, and at the same time used the God's Stone of Retaliation for the first time to test the effect of their abilities. The whole process was like a job fair. When the last witch's questioning was finished, he let out a breath and stretched. If it wasn't for fear that Nightingale might crouch aside and eavesdrop, he really wanted to hum Super-star.
Although no witches specializing in shaping and power generation have been found, and the progress of modernization needs to be slowed down, these witches still brought Roland a full surprise.
First and foremost, this witch named Ye Ye.
He spread out the parchments of the records on the table one by one, and extracted the records about her from them.
Before adulthood, the ability of leaves was limited to increasing the fruit of plants. After adulthood, this ability has been greatly improved, and branching ability has been derived: manipulating plants.
The first ability can be used to improve fruits and seeds, increase production, and increase the effect of herbs. Branching ability gives her the possibility to alter plant traits and characteristics. According to her, injecting magic power into plants can make dead branches grow green leaves, can direct weeds to entangle the enemy, and can also integrate themselves with the tree.
However, the larger the size of the plant, the more mana it takes to control it. Therefore, she prefers weeds when fighting, which takes effect quickly and costs less.
The ability is cast by contact, which can be transmitted through physical media (such as the ground), with a range of about five meters.
There is no doubt that this witch with long green hair is definitely a good helper for the development of agriculture, and its importance is self-evident-industrialization requires a large number of people, and a large number of people depend on enough food to support. These grains are either produced by themselves or imported through trade. If the former does not have efficient production capacity, it will only bind most of the human resources to the land. The latter is even more difficult to achieve in the era of extremely underdeveloped transportation.
Now that he has harvested a Druid, Roland hopes to use a small number of farmers to feed a large number of industrialists and speed up the industrialization process of the territory.
Therefore, in the direction of future practice, he decided to let Ye Zi go on the road of improving seeds, whether it is wheat or barley, as long as one can increase production, he can greatly increase the upper limit of the population that can be accommodated in his territory. In addition, I heard that there are some unique foods produced in the fjords. According to the description of lightning, they are very similar to potatoes and corn. If the rumors are true, plans to introduce these two crops should also be put on the agenda as soon as possible. After all, wheat itself is not a high-yielding crop.
After Roland wrote down the practice plan, she put her materials aside and pulled out a second piece of paper from the table.
The second witch to be questioned was called Shu Scroll, and she was also the oldest among the seven, approaching forty years old this year.
This is a rare age among witches. The older you get, the harder it is to resist the magic backlash. However, seeing the description of her ability, Roland can also understand the reason why the scroll can survive until now.
Her main ability is far beyond ordinary people's memory. After adulthood, her ability has been stabilized, and she can almost be called unforgettable. At the same time, she has acquired a very interesting branch ability: Books can turn the books she has read into entities in a short time. , Roland named it "The Book of Illusions".
The main ability is in effect almost all the time, so every awakening day scroll can be spent peacefully, which is why she came from a poor background, but she is self-taught... This ability is a great improvement for learning, especially word learning that requires repeated memorization and practice. . Every time the branch ability is cast, the magic power of her whole body will be exhausted. The existence time of the book of illusion depends on the remaining magic power, usually between half a quarter of an hour to an hour.
Obviously, Shu Scroll is a natural teacher. If education is to be popularized in the future, she can completely dominate the whole field. Hmm... As for the current situation, Roland thought about it, she doesn't need to practice her abilities, she can just keep it by her side. When I have time, I can write some elementary textbooks in mathematics and physics to teach her. When the time is right, she will be able to shine in the education world.