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When Roland walked into the living room, he was immediately attracted by the light curtain that obscured half of the wall. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

I saw that the edge of the light curtain emitted a purple light that flickered and flickered, as if a passage connecting different planes had been pierced through the wall. The scene on the other side was very dark, like a huge cavern deep underground. The thin red river that flows like a spider's web illuminates the rock walls and domes, and the outlines of ancient ruins are faintly visible. Judging from the realistic visual effects, this should not be a fictitious scene created by the other party, but a real-time live broadcast spanning thousands of miles.

A huge sarcoma monster was facing him, the tentacles on its body were spreading, and an unfamiliar voice sounded directly in his head.

"Sorry to keep you waiting...... His Honourable King of the Grey Keep, His Majesty Roland Wimbleton, I'm Pasha, one of the Tachira survivors. I'm sure you've heard about us from Phyllis. 」

"So that's what direct contact is all about," Roland sat down across the curtain of light, with Nightingale, Agatha, Wendy, and Tome in attendance, "and you might as well talk for a while, so I don't have to introduce myself." ”

"You don't look surprised at all," Pasha said, a little surprised, "I thought it would take a long time for you to accept that we were witches. 」

I've seen too many of these concepts because of possession and prosthetics, Roland thought to himself, but he still said calmly, "The Red Moon is coming, and time is little left for both of us. Instead of hiding and being suspicious of each other, it is better to be honest with each other from the beginning, since you were once in charge of the mainland, you should be able to understand this truth. ”

Pasha was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, "Phyllis is right, you are indeed a rare extraordinary. 」

"I'm just standing on the shoulders of those who came before me," Roland said, "let's get down to business, we all have a common purpose, and that is to fight the devil." In addition to finding the Chosen One, you also have a desire to communicate with the secular kingdom, am I right?"

"Exactly," Pasha generously admitted, "at first we only wanted to infiltrate and slowly recruit or control some mortals to search for the Chosen One, and the Black Money of the Dawn Kingdom was one of them. But the failure of the church has given us another hope, which is to stand in front of the stage and gather all the witches in one place. 」

"So you have your eye on Greykeep?"

"According to the intelligence gathered, the Sleepy Isles of the Fjords are home to the largest witch organization in existence, led by the sister of the King of the Grey Keep, and the Grey Keep is a great power that has defeated the Church by hand, so it is a fitting first stop in the search for the Chosen One. But I didn't expect Phyllis to hook up with you so quickly and bring shocking news. To be honest, we thought it would take at least two or three years to get there. 」

"Very well, it seems that we saved another two or three years, and this result alone is enough to make this meeting go down in history. Roland smiled.

"That seems to be the case," Pasha laughed, "provided that we can defeat the devil and continue to survive and thrive in the Dawning Realm. 」

"Of course, as long as ordinary people and witches put aside their barriers and work together, the devil is not an invincible enemy. Roland paused, "I can also help you find the Chosen One, after all, it's always good to have one more powerful weapon against the devil, but cooperation must be based on mutual understanding, don't you think?"

"Agreed," Pasha's tentacles swayed in unison, "if you want to know anything, please ask, Your Majesty. 」

He looked around and glanced at Egtha, Wendy, and Tome before he slowly spoke, "After learning about that buried history from Phyllis, my biggest puzzle is, what did you find in the ruins that caused Taqira to break with Fallen Star City, and even lead to the collapse of the Federation?"

This is also one of the most critical reasons why Roland decided to take the initiative to contact the remnants, such as soul transfer, which is completely unsolvable with existing technology, and the Instrument of Damnation, which makes the witches believe that it can replace the Divine Punishment Army's plan and completely destroy the devil, must also be extraordinary. He doesn't blindly think that the tech tree he knows is perfect, and learning from each other's strengths is a principle that every modern person is familiar with.

In fact, he's always wanted to incorporate the seemingly omnipotent power of magic into technology. When he saw that the other party used the ancient artifacts in the ruins to accurately project the real-time image into the Westside Castle, he was sure that this meeting was absolutely necessary.

There is no doubt that this ability is beyond the limits of witches.

"Pasha!"

"Are you sure you want to tell him this?"

"That's the secret of the gods!"

"How much sacrifice did we have to ......?"

In an instant, several voices flooded into his head, both worried and dissatisfied, and it was then that he realized that there were also many people on the Taqira side who were witnessing the meeting.

"It is because of the sacrifices we have made that these sacrifices cannot be wasted," Pasha interrupted the crowd, "if we cannot resist the madness of the devil, shall we take this secret into the grave, like these tombstones we have found?"

Her loud rhetorical question made the scene instantly quiet, probably to the point, and no one stood up against her opinion anymore.

This made Roland a little concerned, it seems that Phyllis is not lying much about the description of the survivors, they do eliminate the influence of class and status to a certain extent, otherwise there should not be an impromptu dispute over such a big matter. But overall, Pasha still has a high prestige among them.

"I'm sorry, this news is really important......" Pasha lowered her tentacles as she dropped her tentacles into the meeting room, as if to apologize, "but now, it can't be a secret anymore—at least not between us. After a moment of silence, she continued, "To be precise, it wasn't us who found the ruins, but the ruins that found us. 」

Roland frowned, "It found Tachira?"

"It's not Tachira, it's us from earlier times...... Shortly after the start of the First Battle of the Divine Will. 」

By Pasha, do we mean "all mankind"? For some reason, he felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet, "It has been more than 800 years. ”

"Yes, but unfortunately we didn't understand what it meant," Pasha sighed, "and it was a civilization that found us...... A civilization that has vanished underground. 」