Chapter 258: The Witch From the Sleeping Island (Part 1)
The letter also mentioned that Tilly was trying to translate these texts, and wanted to see if the Freedom Society had any clues. ? Hunting ??? ??????
Roland decided to tell the other party the news of the devil and the holy city of Taquila in the reply letter, and send Soraya's restored photos of the scene together, which might help her translate. This kind of information is not suitable for hiding. If we can find out about the accident more than 400 years ago, we can make preparations earlier, and maybe we can discover the weakness of the church. There is no need to bury all the history in the soil.
Clearly there are things they're desperately trying to keep from being known.
In addition, it is best to send someone to check the stone tower in the Hidden Forest. The ruins in Haifeng County in the east were blocked by the church, and the stone island in the fjord was soaked in seawater all year round, and there was almost nothing left except for a pile of books in the secret room. The depths of the Hidden Forest are inaccessible, and even the church cannot easily reach it. Perhaps some useful clues can be found.
However, the devil in the lightning report also made him very afraid. This kind of action can't be done without sending a witch, but if there is a loss in sending a witch, no one Roland can accept it. He considered again and again, and decided to wait until the army was equipped with a new generation of firearms, and then go directly to the forest with a group of witches to deal with possible devils.
Roland suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and said with a forced smile, "I understand what happened to Tilly, and I will write back to explain it to her. Next, let's complete the ability test first."
After all, it is justified to take advantage of peacetime to develop and expand his strength as soon as possible. When the inevitable war comes, he can at least have the power to fight.
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The test site was chosen outside the city walls of the town. In order to prevent fugitives from entering the test site by mistake, Roland also mobilized the First Army to isolate the surrounding area.
The first to be tested was Lian.
She was about the same age as Nightingale, with black short curly hair, and her facial features belonged to Xiaojiabiyu type, making her look charming. She was not tall, only about 1.5 meters tall, and her figure was thin. Compared to the tall and slender Nightingale, she looked like a little girl who hadn't fully grown yet, giving her a sense of weakness. However, her ability can't be called weak at all. Within a five meter range, she can easily change the terrain under her feet.
The description in the letter was far less shocking than when she saw it with her own eyes. During the test, Lian made the ground beside her rise vertically, like a "soil pillar" reaching the sky. Soil pillars collapsed because of structural instability.
According to her, the looser the ground, the less mana it takes to transform it. But at the same time, if the geology is too bad, the strength of the built houses and walls will be very low. If the main component of the ground is gravel, it is difficult to create anything decent - obviously she can only change the terrain, but not the material of the earth. Of course, this problem can be solved by expanding the growth range and thickness.
Roland also asked her to demonstrate the construction of houses, but the soil in the western region is obviously not as compact as that of Sleeping Island. The mud houses rising from the ground collapsed several times when leaving window and door openings, and finally had to increase the wall thickness to half a meter. about. The completed house is as simple as a cave dwelling, and can only perform the most basic living function, which is much worse than the regular layout and compact structure of the brick house.
But having said that, no matter how poor a cave dwelling is, it is better than a wooden shed with air leaks everywhere. At least in winter, a brazier and an earthen kang can keep the house warm. If you can't build enough brick houses before the arrival of the Demon Moon, you can use this kind of house to make do with it.
The last step is a comprehensive test - Lian's ability is a typical summoning type, without branching ability, and the shape of the terrain can take effect within five meters of itself, and it is easily affected by God's Stone of Retaliation when cast, but the land that has been formed will not be affected again. Back off.
"How is her magic power?" Roland asked.
"A group of brown cyclones, the center is very dense, which is considered a very good level among witches." Nightingale thought for a while, "it's closer to the leaves."
"What about consumption?"
"It's okay to raise the dirt floor." She looked at a raised stone wall at the foot of the north slope. "The magic power drops very quickly when transforming the rock. I'm afraid it can only last for an hour or two."
Roland nodded. Leaf's magic power ranks third in the Witch League, second only to Anna and Soraya, and enough magic power is the prerequisite for continuous use of abilities—of course, there are also low-consumption types like Nightingale and Lightning. Ability, it is not difficult to maintain it for a whole day.
After recording this information in the notebook, he began to test the second witch.
"Anyone want to come?"
"Me, me, me!" Honey raised her hand.
Roland raised the corner of his mouth, "Then let's show off your abilities first."
The girl named Honey is also not tall, a little shorter than Lian. She just came of age last winter, and she looks very lively. She has short, shaggy brown hair curled up like hair twists, darker skin, and chains made of animal teeth around her neck, wrists, and ankles.
Her main ability is "Beast Language", which can take effect on animals within the range of effect. All kinds of animals tamed by magic will execute the instructions she gave, and the scope of the instructions must not exceed the ability of the animals. After the task is completed, the taming will be released, or she will release it on her own initiative.
In addition, Honey also has a very interesting branch ability: Animal Messenger. She can pass taming instructions to the target animal through the messenger animal—for example, calling a bird to find a stronger animal to serve. It may be an old cat, or a ferocious goshawk. This process is completely out of control, and the final result is full of uncertainty.
However, whether it is the main ability or the branch ability, it will be affected by the God's Stone of Retaliation, especially the animal messenger, which can be directly erased by the God's Stone of Retaliation, allowing animals to regain their freedom. In addition, the larger the tamed animal, the more mana it will consume. According to her own words, birds can recruit dozens of them at the same time, but if the target is changed to cows, they can only control two or three.
The third person to be tested was Evelyn. She was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, with a standard Wangdu accent, which sounded very friendly.
The list sent by Tilly stated that she could transform the poor-quality ale into other drinks with completely different styles and tastes, as long as she had tasted it. For this witch, Roland's purpose from the beginning was obvious. That is purified alcohol. Since it can turn watered ale into delicious wine or fruit wine, there must be no problem with baijiu, right?
For this reason, Roland carefully prepared a few bottles of packaged wine, the concentration of which ranged from 50% to 95%. The spiciness was a bit spicy, but it was not a big problem if he only had a sip or two. The point was to get her to agree that the clear, throat-burning liquid was indeed a kind of wine.
However, the scorching sun is not a good place for wine tasting. Without delicious side dishes, ice cubes and crystal glass wine glasses, if you directly take out the smelly liquor, others may misunderstand it as poison. He planned to subtly influence it during dinner, so he simply asked Evelyn a few questions before jumping directly to the next witch.
.(To be continued.)