On the last day of Winter's Twilight, a mixed expedition between Neverwinter and the remnants of Tachira finally set out for the West. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Roland stood on the edge of the dock, watching the cement boat carrying everyone slowly leave the dock.

The expedition was arguably the most complex operation ever conducted, with the First Army, the Witch Alliance, and the Tachira Witches working together to thoroughly search the Snowy Mountains. If all goes well, they will arrive at the source of the Chishui River in three days, and then choose a leeward harbor to set up camp.

At that time, the vanguard will use Maggie's magic ark to find the location of the ruins, and then Fran, who controls the devouring worms, will open a passage in the mountain wall for the large army to enter.

This plan is like digging a thief hole to infiltrate the tomb left by the ancestors, and Roland is so curious about the possible ruins of civilization in the Great Snow Mountain. It's a pity that since the last time he was shot through the chest by the devil, Wendy and Shujuan didn't agree to his idea of going together.

Of course, this didn't mean that the expedition would lower its alert level - considering that there might be invisible beasts near the snowy mountains that had been found in the Hidden Forest, Roland sent the Nightingale out as well. After all, once the team dragged on for a long time, Sylvie couldn't do it alone, especially if they needed to split up. The Tachira side also took out the last three multicolored magic stones, which were used to scout any units with magical powers.

According to Pasha, as long as you have magical power, there will always be a pillar of light above your head, and the devil and the hybrid beast are no exception, but their pillars of light are very small.

Fifty Divine Punishment Witches, five hundred First Army soldiers, plus a large number of high-level awakened people, this power is absolutely invincible on the mainland. If everyone can return smoothly from this operation, it will undoubtedly lay the foundation for the future mixed operations between ordinary people, extraordinary warriors, and all kinds of witches.

"Let's go back," Roland said to Anna, touching the snowflakes on his nose.

"Hmm," the latter looked up and smiled.

During Nightingale's absence, the task of protecting the king was in Anna's hands - but for the two who already knew each other very well, there was no discomfort in being close to each other, but rather a natural thing.

Roland took her hand and walked towards the castle.

......

Upon entering the hall, he unexpectedly saw Phyllis's figure.

"You didn't follow them to the Great Snow Mountain?" Roland asked, raising an eyebrow, "I thought you would be more interested in exploring the underground ruins." ”

"You're right, but Pasha would have preferred me to stay. Phyllis shrugged, "I'm most familiar with the castle, and your men have a basic impression of me, so I'm the right person to take on the conservation job." ”

Leaving a witch of punishment to guard the castle was exactly what Tachira had asked for - Anna's abilities were strong, but they were completely ineffective against the Stone of Punishment, and her talent for fighting was far from her ability to learn, and if she lost her ability, both of them could be in danger. With this in mind, Pasha insisted on arranging a Divine Punishment Witch to act as a front-row protector.

They can control the forbidden demon realm at will, and they are the nemesis of almost any witch, and their bodies that are not troubled by injury and pain can fight under extremely harsh conditions, even if the enemy is extraordinary, the divine punishment witch will not be left behind.

"Then I'm sorry for you," Roland replied habitually.

"That's what I'm supposed to do. She nodded, "Normally, I'll stay in the hall, and if something happens, I'll do my best to get to you as quickly as possible." ”

He knew that the other party was also doing this out of suspicion, and there was plenty of buffer space from the first floor to the office, forming a delicate balance between the protector and the protected. If the Tachira side insisted on placing the guards in the office, even if it was really for his safety, it would only be unpleasant.

Pasha finally chose to stay with Phyllis, who had been with the witch for longer, and she should have had this in mind.

Of course, even though the Witch of Divine Punishment is the most powerful insurance, Roland will not put all his safety on his allies. At the staircase and bedroom entrances on each floor of the castle, guards were placed with the First Army, rotating every eight hours to ensure that the defense was foolproof.

Back in his office, Shujuan was waiting for him by the floor-to-ceiling window.

"Your Majesty," she said with a meticulous salute, handing him a piece of paper, "Lily's branching abilities have been confirmed. ”

"Oh?" Roland's eyes lit up, and he took the report and looked at it carefully.

Winter is just around the corner, and while the Evil Moon is not over yet, most witches have made it through their awakening days in peace. One of the most special is Lily, who has reached magical "adulthood" a week ago.

Like Lucia, Roland personally accompanied her to her coming-of-age baptism - in addition to the great improvement in her magic level, she felt that there was something more in her abilities.

Lily is undoubtedly one of the lucky ones, and in adulthood, she awakens her own branching abilities.

Afterwards, however, she failed to quickly grasp the use of branching abilities - unlike the main abilities, branching abilities were more difficult to detect, and the sense of contact with witches was far less intense. For example, it took two years for the scroll to become an adult before he gradually mastered the use of the Book of Magic.

But this is not a big problem, according to Agatha's experience, in this case, all you need to do is use the main ability repeatedly, and then slowly explore it.

Very few witches will awaken branch abilities that have nothing to do with the main ability, in other words, if the main ability is the root, the branch ability is the branches and leaves, which can supplement and strengthen the main ability to a certain extent. For example, Sylvie's magic recognition and Zoroa's paintbrush, for example, are no different.

Roland was surprised after reading the report, "She can now take her mother's body into her body, so that she can always exist?"

"And there's no limit to one," the scroll nodded, "and it was discovered by chance by Lily during an experiment, where the assimilated mother body burrowed into her body through physical contact and lurked. She thought that summoning the Mother again would make the former disappear, but in fact...... It was still able to re-emerge from Lily's consciousness and continue to assimilate other small creatures. ”

Roland soon realizes what this means - after the second evolution, although the little girl can transform the mother into a specific microbe, the premise is that she can see each other. Branching capabilities simplify this process, turning "seeing live" into "seeing before". In other words, now she can collect the transformed mother body in advance, and when she needs to use it, she can release the corresponding swarm, which is much more convenient.

It is conceivable that as the accuracy of the microscope continues to improve, Lily will carry more and more various types of matrix, which can be called a mobile "living biochemical bomb arsenal".

A harmless assistant witch has been nurtured by Neverwinter to become a battle witch with incredible potential for destruction, much to Roland's laughter. Fortunately, she belonged to the side of the Witch League, and he couldn't help but wonder, but he didn't know if the devil would also be infected by the disease?