Of course, it is unheard of. If the devil had such an ability four hundred years ago, let alone another ten years of the Witch Empire, I am afraid that it will be driven out and killed by the devil within a year or two.
After all, relying on a small number of Transcendents alone, it is impossible to compete with an endless stream of enemies. Once every outpost is placed with a stone of punishment, the witch will only have to sit still.
Roland naturally knew how difficult it was to cut out such a pillar of God's Punishment Stone. The characteristics of the God's Stone are that the more complete it is, the stronger it is. Even if the original boulder at the bottom of the North Slope Mine is hit directly with a musket at close range, it can only leave a few white spots. The only way to mine it is to erode and peel it off a little bit with magical blood, and then cut and polish it, so the larger god stones are valuable.
However, even the town stone in the Hermes Cathedral is not so big. From the description of the Ice Witch, the devil seems to have cut a piece of rough stone directly with some kind of sharp tool. With the incredible processing technology, it is a deeper understanding of magic power.
And neither is good news for humanity.
"Looking at the devil's new weapons, they haven't been idle in the past four hundred years..." Roland tapped the table and said, "The third battle of divine will may be more difficult than expected."
The initial fears were fulfilled. Compared to the devils of the Federation era, they are now not only more cunning, but also technologically advanced. Hybrid lifeforms like crawling monsters are simply weapons specially used to deal with ordinary fighting witches. The two-kilometer range is enough for them to strike when the opponent is unsuspecting. When the witch army reacts, it is basically too late to use it. ability.
Even with an observer like Sylvie, as long as the enemy performs a covering blow, how many teammates can a witch whose defense ability is limited to within five meters protect
"Although I don't want to admit it, the devil's evolution speed is indeed faster than us." Zooey said, "If this is a war of the Federation era, we are afraid that we have already lost completely."
Roland could naturally imagine that he was caught in two buns, the back road was cut off, there were high-level devils in the sky, and there were mad demons on the ground that far outnumbered witches, plus the new type of devils with large-scale killing ability, it is estimated that there are only very few. The witch can escape the ambush alive.
The question now is, are these five creepers the devil's only trump card, or are they just a small part of the advance army? Have the devils developed other weapons of war besides xenomorphs like creepers? What will they look like and how to deal with them
This is the information that Neverwinter City urgently needs to know.
After reporting the results, the next step is the casualties of the First Army.
Regarding this part of the content, Roland already knew a general idea after the battle, and the detailed statistics after a lapse of four days did not differ too much. There is no doubt that this is due to both Nana and Lily.
A total of more than 190 people were wounded in the whole army, and 75 people were killed in action. Most of the casualties were caused by crawling monsters. Later, it sank into the soil, almost nailing people into a ditch. In order to send the injured to the ambulance camp, the first aid team had to pull out the stone needle more than one meter long, which resulted in heavy bleeding. Multiple vital injuries, combined with incorrect rescue methods, left many people breathing within minutes.
Roland certainly wouldn't blame the paramedics—in fact, the first aid team's first appearance bought a lot of time for wounded soldiers. What's more, Nana's magic power can't treat so many injuries at the same time, so it can only use the method of flow operation, and start healing from the fatal wound first, so the emergency treatment of minor injuries is particularly important.
In the future, as the scale of the war continues to expand, the number of wounded that Nana can take care of will only decrease.
"Bring back the ashes of the sacrificed soldiers," he said solemnly, "Greycastle will not forget them."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Iron Axe replied solemnly.
"Then... Do you have any plans for the actions of the First Army?" Pearl of the Northland asked, "The enemy's losses obviously exceeded their expectations. According to Miss Lightning's observation, the patrolling terror beasts near the Taquila Ruins are sparse. After a lot of hard work, she kept approaching within 100 kilometers before she encountered the intercepting devil. In addition, Miss Sylvie confirmed this—except for the tower-like iron-framed monsters, the remaining magic brilliance was less than a thousand. Numbers. In other words, their foothold on the fertile plains is now empty."
Roland pondered for a long time before he decided to say, "After the wounded heals, leave the camp and return to Neverwinter."
"Are you worried that the supplies won't keep up?"
"If we can't occupy the ruins, there's no point in continuing north." He took a sip of tea, "and... winter is coming."
Although the evil moon does not depend on the season, for the people around the wilderness, the never-ending heavy snow and the dark clouds that cover the sky are the real cold winter.
At that time, the First Army not only had to face the extremely harsh climate environment, but also had to beware of the ubiquitous evil beasts. In such a distant overseas battle, Neverwinter could neither guarantee the supply of food and cold-resistant materials, nor provide enough ammunition for the army to carry out a multi-faceted war.
So staying in the wild for the winter is a very risky thing to do.
When the snow falls, it will not be so easy to retreat.
"I see," Edith replied. "The staff will work with the commander-in-chief to formulate an evacuation plan."
"Safety is the most important thing." When Roland was about to end the "remote meeting", Agatha's voice suddenly interjected.
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing you need to know."
"Oh? You said."
"That's right, the high-level devil who was defeated by the God's Punishment Witch is still alive..."
After listening to Agatha's story, Roland couldn't help being stunned.
"Can Camilla be connected to the devil's mind?"
Not just consciousness, this is even a sense of shared, oneness of perception. In other words, the subject can experience what it's like to be a devil when the mind resonates, and this is nothing new and interesting - the experience of the Taquila witches when they are possessed by a carrier can illustrate the problem: the non-human Sensory information can cause confusion in one's own mind, and once familiar, it is impossible to return to the normal state, not to mention the impact of the collision of two completely different minds.
This made him think of the word "spiritual pollution".
"The risk is very high, so after repeated discussions with Zooey, I came up with a more feasible method."