Chapter 1043 New Challenges

"Curse?" Roland couldn't help but repeat it. No matter how you heard the word, it had an ominous meaning.

"Please follow me." Pasha turned around and led everyone into a cave next to the main hall. The stone walls inside were dug into even grooves, which were filled with all kinds of books and scrolls. The number was even It is much more than the collection of books in the Privy Council Temple. "Celine, Your Majesty is here."

"I know," Celine's voice has already appeared in everyone's minds before they saw the person. Then a tentacle fell from the bottom of the hole, clattering down a pile of books, and quickly shrank back into the darkness.

Before that, the tentacles had symbolically bent towards Roland, probably as a salute.

"Ahem - I'm sorry, she tends to forget herself when she meets a new research subject." Pasha said a little embarrassed, "After all, few witches are as lucky as Lightning, who are cursed but not fatally injured. trauma."

"She won't do anything to lightning, right?" When Roland mentioned the research subjects, he could not help but think of those mice that were manipulated into various positions.

"Don't worry, the current main method of magic research is still observation and recording, but with the help of the core, she can see the flow of every ray of magic more clearly." Pasha said as she rolled up the paper on the ground. The book was spread out in front of everyone, "Please look here... and here."

Roland noticed that most of the pages of these books were yellowed, and they were obviously ancient books left over from the Taqila era. At the location pointed out by the other party, in addition to the main body recorded in witches' writing, there was also a translated note attached, which was undoubtedly It is a temporary excerpt for the purpose of reading.

He looked carefully and found that it was an account of two wars.

"During a siege in the Dawn Realm, eight injured witches were rescued by reinforcements. They should have been able to save their lives, but in the end they all died one by one. The reason for death was that all treatment methods were ineffective and the wounds could not heal for a long time, resulting in They lost too much blood and were infected by evil diseases. Before they died, they all suffered terrible torture, so that in the end two of them chose to commit suicide." Pasha said slowly, "Because it was so long ago, the specific details of that battle are unknown. The details are unknown, and the writer only recorded this incredible scene, where the devil's curse was first mentioned."

"The other time is close to the time we live in. A high-level devil called a soul flayer by the Federation started a fierce battle with an army of witches in Qianhu City on the edge of the Fertile Plain. This cruel monster can The magic power is attached to the black stone spear. Once it is hit, the body will continue to decay until it turns into a withered body." Pasha paused, "A total of three extraordinary witches died in its hands before and after. Explore the secrets The meeting discovered strange magic power in the injured body."

Roland had already guessed the conclusion, "The magic comes from the enemy?"

"That's right," Pasha clicked her tentacles, "That's why we speculated that these abilities may belong to the same type. It will always remain in the target's body and cause continuous damage. Conventional treatment methods are ineffective against it, and It is difficult to eliminate it by external force.”

"It's really like a curse," Wendy said sadly, "This is too scary..."

Nightingale noticed the other party's wording, "It is difficult to eliminate it through external force. In other words... is there still a way to eliminate it?"

Pasha then turned down a page, "Only if we don't infer wrongly."

Roland quickly scanned the last paragraph of the description: Just when Thousand Lakes City was in danger, a witch named Semanjia stood up, awakened to transcendence in a desperate fight, and killed the Soul Reaver with her sword. As the high-level devil was split into two, she, who originally thought she would follow in the footsteps of her companions, survived peacefully, as if the curse had never existed. Due to being too close to the red mist area, Qianhu City was still declared lost a year later, but it had bought enough time for people to evacuate. Later, with extremely strong will, Semanjia made the federation adopt the three-seat system and became one of the first three seats.

Seeing this, he instantly understood what the other party meant.

If Lightning is really affected by the magic curse, then killing the opponent may be the only way to relieve it at present - but this is indeed "difficult" to do! The Battle of the Snow Mountain Camp and the Battle of Wangbei Slope both proved the astonishing operational capabilities of the high-level devils. It was okay to insist on confronting the First Army head-on. If they did not intend to fight head-on, it would be too risky to catch up and eliminate them.

In the Taqila era, this was an almost impossible task.

High-level devils usually move together with the army, like the core of the army. Just winning a victory is extremely difficult, let alone annihilating the enemy?

Roland couldn't help but think of the unknown witch who wrote to Natalaya.

Thinking about it now, she was probably hurt by a similar ability, which was why she left those last words.

The person who can talk to Sanxi's letter is definitely not an ordinary person, and his ability and status should be at the upper level of the federation. However, even she can only silently accept the final outcome.

Just because she wants to find and eradicate the powerful enemy who severely injured her among the thousands of demons, it is necessary to take the lives of more witches. Under the power of two evils, it is already clear what choice to make.

Nightingale probably thought of this as well, and her hands clenched into fists unconsciously.

Roland thought for a moment and then said, "It is indeed difficult, but I will never give up this possibility."

"..." Pasha was silent for a while, "If this is what you wish."

"Before that, I still want to know something - if the high-level devil that Lightning encountered has the ability to release curses without contact, what will happen if ordinary people are corroded?"

"It will be much worse than witches." Celine's voice suddenly broke in again, "Magic power gives us stronger recovery capabilities and resistance, making regular evil epidemics-the tiny ones you mentioned in the book It's difficult for living things to infect us. But mortals can't. As long as the wounds don't heal, they are in danger of deterioration or even death at any time."

"Can the Stone of Divine Punishment resist this ability?"

"Of course it can. In fact, if the soul flayers mentioned in ancient books had not possessed powers that were no less than those of extraordinary witches, they would not have caused such great losses to the Federation. But -" Celine paused, "According to According to Lightning’s intelligence, we cannot rule out the possibility that the opponent is still a demon slayer. In that case, the God’s Stone of Retaliation will be of very limited effect.”

The more powerful the devil is, the closer it is to humans in appearance. This is the experience the Federation has summed up in the two battles of divine will.

Roland took a deep breath.

Celine's reminder is not alarmist. According to Lightning's description, the new high-level devil is likely to be more troublesome than all the enemies in the past.

There is no doubt that the expedition to Taqila must be planned with sufficient precision to achieve this goal.