Chapter 342 Countermeasures

"And me," Lightning rushed forward.

"Me too," Nana yelled.

"Goo!" Maggie followed closely behind.

Roland simply stood where he was, and asked all the members of the Witch Union to hug each other. Tilly couldn't help laughing, "You really have a good relationship with them."

"Do you need a hug from your brother too?"

"No, thank you," she smiled and shook her head, "I still clearly remember the scene when you picked me up and threw me to the ground."

Roland could only shrug his shoulders to express his innocence, and then shifted his gaze to the woman in Ashes' arms—the woman had sea blue hair, looked young, and had a figure similar to Anna. Her eyes were closed tightly, her slender eyebrows were slightly upturned, her skin was fair, and the tear mole at the corner of her eye was particularly eye-catching.

Judging from the appearance alone, the other party doesn't look like a prisoner trapped in the basement of the stone tower at all, but looks a bit like a Sleeping Beauty.

But compared to her appearance, what Roland cared more about was her robes—in this era, he had rarely seen clothing with such exquisite and complicated patterns. Due to the lack of dyes, the background color of violet itself was extremely rare. The interlaced white stripes and seals are like a gorgeous robe that can only be seen in movies.

It must be an orange outfit.

"Is she still alive?"

"Well," Nightingale said, "but the magic power in her body has been exhausted, which is a bit like what happened to Anna when she was an adult. However, unlike Anna, her magic power recovers very slowly. If this continues, it may take three or four days to reach a normal level.”

"In that case, let's call her a sleeper first," Roland nodded, "I will clear out a room on the third floor of the castle for her to recover, and everyone else should go back to the hall first." He paused, "I think Hear the stories of your trip."

...

After listening to Tilly and Nightingale's narration, Roland couldn't help but sweat for them.

Although Sylvie has opened the full map, it is still very dangerous to go deep underground to chase a huge evil beast that has never been seen before. If it was him, he might still be hesitant. I didn't expect Tilly to be so decisive. She selected the right candidate in a short period of time and led the team there... It can only be said that she became the leader of many witches not only because of her status as a princess.

"Did you think that this earth-burrowing worm was related to the devil?"

"I don't know, but it's not impossible," Tilly said slowly, "The witches of the mutual aid society once met devils riding hybrid demonic beasts in the wilderness. They had their wings cut off and obeyed the devil's command, a bit like Tamed livestock. And behind the snow-capped mountains, you also saw flying beasts—completely different from devils, perhaps another kind of evil beast.”

"So can it be speculated that devils and evil beasts belong to a subordinate relationship, just like humans and hunting dogs. They can use some means to make these monsters obey their orders and drive them to complete some difficult tasks?"

"It feels...it does seem to be the case," Roland nodded, but he was always incomprehensibly confused. Evil beasts will only actively attack human settlements during the Moon of Demons, but that doesn’t mean they can only live in the Moon of Demons—the moss and weeds on the carapace of siege beasts can prove that these monsters are enough to survive For decades. If the devils were unable to quickly occupy the entire wild land and drive humans out of the continent due to the red mist, then they could definitely send evil beasts to harass the four kingdoms instead of waiting until winter to act.

Another point is... He couldn't forget the intelligence shown by the wolf-lion hybrid that attacked Iron Ax in the first year of Demon Moon—unlike conditioned "smart" animals, it will learn Analyzing, analyzing, and choosing action routes and goals, this is already a height beyond the reach of most living things. If it is said that the long-lived hybrid evil beasts can possess intelligence, it is impossible for them to be tamed by another race.

"However, compared to the evil beasts in the ground, the enemies Miss Nightingale met outside the stone tower are more worrying," Tilly sighed. "Being able to hide during the day and move quietly is almost impossible to defend against. It's a pity we don't know about evil beasts." Few, absolutely no idea how to deal with such a formidable opponent."

"If Nightingale hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe that such evil beasts really existed," Roland said, spreading his hands, "but they seem to have never appeared in the Western Region... Otherwise, a few of them would come here every winter. Longsong Fortress should have been turned into ruins long ago."

"But the longer the demon month, the stronger the demon beasts. This is the conclusion in the history books. This time it will snow in autumn, and the enemies we face may be very powerful."

This "we" made Roland's heart warm. No matter whether she regarded herself as her brother or not, at least as an ally, she already regarded the town as one with herself—of course, this was for the sake of the witches.

"Then Nightingale can only monitor the line of defense."

"No, I'll leave it to Sylvie to be vigilant this winter," Tilly said. "The city wall is divided into east and west sections, and it would take half a quarter of an hour to circle around. Miss Nightingale's workload is too heavy. Hill As long as Wei stays in the castle, he can observe the entire city wall area, and when he finds a demonic beast, he can immediately notify other witches."

"That's fine," Roland nodded.

"That witch..." Scroll hesitated, "I still retain my previous opinion. Before confirming her identity, she may be our enemy."

"I know, so I will temporarily put on the God's Chain of Retaliation for her," he exhaled, "I hope this will not cause her to misunderstand us."

...

Roland walked into the sleeper's bedroom, and Anna was the only one left in the room to take care of her.

"How about it?"

Anna shook her head, "There is still no response."

"Is that so?" Roland walked to the bed, and the woman lay quietly under the quilt. Although her eyes were still tightly closed, the frown between her brows seemed to have faded a lot. Both Nanahua and Lili used their abilities on her once, and all they could do next was to wait quietly.

"After being frozen for so long, there is no trace left on the body. It's incredible." He sighed.

"It's like I'm not afraid of flames," Anna chuckled, "her abilities must be more related to this."

"I heard that you cut open the ice coffin." Roland patted her on the head, "That's amazing, Anna."

"It's not all because of me," she said earnestly, "This witch used her abilities very cleverly. First, she used extremely cold ice to freeze all her body circulation, and then used ice crystals close to normal temperature to completely seal the ice. Internally, so that it will not dissipate and melt. Regarding the control of abilities, she must have reached a very high level."

Ice close to normal temperature... This sounds very unreasonable, but Roland understands that the abilities of summoning witches are all manifestations of magic power, just like the black fire that changes shape and temperature at will.

Anna paused, and then continued, "I just cut into the outer layer of ice crystals, and the entire ice coffin immediately fell apart, as if she had intentionally left an opening. So I think she has long expected such a day."

"you mean……"

"She will wake up."

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