After Sinefah and Samantha left, only Sanders and Kanter were left on the court.
Sanders quietly looked at the critical forest in the distance... Now there are not many trees left in the critical forest, almost all of them are lava pools, even if there are still some living trees, it is estimated that they will not survive in the diffuse dust. It shouldn't take long, maybe it's time to change the name here.
The snow was still falling, but when the snow fell over the lava pool, it was steamed out of the mist. The dust echoed below, the fire was shining, and the white mist was lingering. At first glance, it was quite beautiful.
"No one would have thought that such a demon would actually be sleeping under the critical forest." Kanter muttered: "It is very rare for a lord to fall from the throne."
Sanders didn't answer Kanter's words, his eyes continued to look into the distance, his eyes seemed to be on the critical forest, but he seemed to pass through the forest and look at the more distant Howling Plain.
"What are you looking at?" Kante asked suspiciously.
Sanders said slowly: "I'm guessing whether she will come back."
"It's hard to say, but the martial law in Castlevania is about to end, and it won't be long before we leave. Even if Dongla comes back, it won't have much impact on us." Canter paused, his eyes flickering: "And , With the degree of contamination of her bad luck, I don't think Dongla has a chance to come back."
After Kanter finished speaking, Sanders just smiled and shook his head.
When he said 'will he come back', he was not referring to Dongla, but... Madeleine.
When Dongla started to escape with Manjimone, Sanders found Madeleine, who was watching the battle in the distance, turned into a thorn and sneaked into the ground, and followed secretly.
After a little thought, you know what Madeleine wants to do.
After all, Zeng Dongla single-handedly caused the genocide of the Silian family. Madeleine chased after, must be for revenge.
Sanders spotted this scene, but he didn't stop it. Before, Madeleine and Dongla were completely unequal in magnitude. If Madeleine went to Dongla for revenge, Sanders might come forward to intercept it. But now, under the influence of bad luck, Madeleine may really be able to die Dongla.
Especially now, Dongla still can't reply to the magic source.
However, Dongla is a true wizard after all, the skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and Sanders can't judge whether Madeleine can return.
The situation in the abyss was changing rapidly, and Sanders shook his head and decided not to.
Even if Madeleine really can't come back, it's her own choice.
When Sanders returned to his territory, he saw Angel still standing on the tower looking into the distance. It seemed that he had never left. The snow was accumulating on his soft blond hair, but it looked like he was wearing a pure white crown. .
"What are you thinking?" Sanders fell.
"...Is this the power of the abyss demon?" Even though the demon had already left, Angel's eyes were still a little dazed. In just a few minutes, most of the critical forest turned into a lava pool!
"That's a special demon." Sanders thought for a while, and simply said what happened before.
After listening to Sanders' remarks, Angel's focus shifted from the devil to the legendary Dongla witch who loved to "graft" parts from other people's bodies.
"Is bad luck really that bad?"
Sanders nodded, even a demon lord would shy away from Doom Patrol. In the records of Frostmoon, the location of the Doom Rider will lead to endless disasters.
"The fate of Lord Dongla..." Angel asked curiously.
Sanders smiled and shook his head, but said nothing.
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Three days later, the snow did not stop, and it seemed that there was still a trend of getting bigger and bigger.
The lava pool in the distance is still boiling, the fire is shining, and the white mist is hazy.
The order in the fortress became slightly tidy after experiencing the horror of Manjimone. However, this situation did not last long, and everyone received a new instruction.
"Tomorrow will evacuate the watch fortress, pack up and prepare to transfer to the port of Kodo."
In Sanders' study, Angel was stunned after hearing the news: "The martial law in Castlevania is over?"
"Not yet, but, because of Manjimonie, Sinefa decided to move the position ahead of time." Sanders said.
This choice is also in line with the current situation. After all, it is almost impossible for the descendants of the devil to come out of the passage of the critical forest. What's more, if Dongla recovers and runs back to the fortress, it will be a disaster.
"You also prepare, and I will take you back to the wizarding world during this transfer period."
This was something Sanders had decided before. The abyss was too dangerous, and Angel was not even qualified to be a cannon fodder here.
Angel nodded after listening, and turned away from the study.
However, after he left, instead of packing his luggage, he walked out of the gate.
Now that he is about to leave, Toby has not come back yet. Angel wants to call Toby back first.
Angel flew directly to the top of the tower and issued a signal to summon.
However, ten minutes later, Angel did not see Toby. He hesitated for a moment, and then sent out two more signals, but looking around, there was a vast expanse of snow, and Toby still did not appear.
Because of the good mood of knowing that he was going to return to the wizarding world, at this moment, he suddenly became a little uneasy.
Sanders had said before that the area around the fortress was relatively safe, so he let Toby play by himself, but now Toby hasn't replied to the message for a long time, which makes Angel have a bad feeling.
Was it because he was in danger, or was Toby out of the safe zone and didn't hear from him
Angel recalled the last time he saw Toby.
That was three days ago, after Manjimone was led away by Dongla. Angel called Toby back, and repeatedly told him not to go to the critical forest and the Howling Plain.
After that, he fell into research and never saw Toby again.
Angel felt a little uneasy, but he forced himself not to panic. According to Toby's strength, there are dark feathers and gravity veins, which are enough to deal with most situations, and it should be fine...
Angel jumped off the tower and quickly walked towards the outer sentry tower.
Although the apprentices were a little lazy and relaxed during this time, the guards on the sentry tower were always waiting. Later, it was Kante who helped explain that Toby could move freely outside the fortress.
Jumping and running in the snow-covered fortress, Angel asked several guards in a row, but no one noticed Toby's whereabouts. It was not until he came to the tower in the north of the fortress that he learned something.
And this situation was not told to him by the guard, but the result of an apprentice who was drinking and having fun on the tower when Angel asked the guard and helped him.
"You mean the little bird that's not gray?" It was the short and fat apprentice who was holding an empty glass and smelled of wine. He thought for a while: "I remember, yesterday afternoon we went to find the turbulence. When I was in the silver ring, I saw that bird."
The turbulent silver ring is a kind of shrimp-like creature. For gourmet wizards, it is a low-level ingredient, and eating it directly can help a man's heroism.
"Right, pigtail?" The chunky apprentice pushed the Zhengtai apprentice with the long rat tail pigtail beside him.
The braided child's face was flushed red, and he didn't know if it was because he was drunk or because of the mention of the turbulent silver ring.
"It was a little dark at the time, I didn't see it. But Popota should have seen it, he has been looking up to the sky." After the braided child finished speaking, he looked at Angel with curious eyes: "Are you Mr. Pat? ?"
"you know me?"
"Bobota said before that you are the disciple of Lord Illusionary Demon." The braided child's eyes seemed to be shining with a look of admiration.
Popota? When Angel heard the name, he seemed to open the memory box deep in his mind, and a young man in a white robe jumped out.
This Popo Tower, is it Pipopo Tower
When Angel was thinking, the short and fat apprentice pulled Angel around the tower quite diligently and came to the other side, and then Angel saw a half lying on the roof, leaning on the roof. The man who covered the snow with the eaves on the upper floor and drank wine leisurely.
At the same time, the blood-colored chains wrapped around the man's body surprised Angel for a moment.
Sure enough it was him.
This chain was originally refined by Angel.
Since refining this chain, Angel has not seen Popota again. After years of separation, it is here that they meet again.
"Bobota, tell me, did we see that bird yesterday?" The chubby apprentice leaned against the steel guardrail and shouted to Popota outside the guardrail.
Popota took a sip of wine and turned his head.
His gaze skipped the chunky apprentice and looked at Angel.
After being absent for a moment, he picked up the wine glass with only a thin layer of liquid left, and bowed to Angel out of thin air.
"Meet again." Popota said with a smile.
Angel was stunned for a moment, and doubts flashed in his eyes. Hearing Popota's tone of voice, he suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
"It seems that Mr. Pat has forgotten me?"
Angel shook off the strange familiarity in his mind and shook his head to Popota: "Naturally, I didn't forget, and I didn't expect to meet you here."
The relationship between them is only the relationship between the seller and the customer. If the time and place were changed, Angel might have exchanged a few words, but at the moment Toby's whereabouts were unknown, Angel did not continue to be polite and asked directly:
"Just now, this..." Angel glanced at the chubby apprentice, and when he was thinking about what to say, he immediately introduced himself: "My name is Dusky."
"I'm looking for such a gray seabird." Angel spread out his hand and simulated Toby's vision on his palm: "Just now, Dusky told me, you have seen it? I don't know where it is. ?"
Popota looked at the phantom bird in Sanders' palm, pondered for a moment, and said, "I seem to have actually seen it, I think... It should have been seen near the Hill of Shadows yesterday afternoon."