"Not necessarily," Agatha shook her head, "based on the experience of the Second War of the Divine Will, if they wanted to scout the human towns, they wouldn't be so haphazard. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"What do you mean?" asked the prince quickly.

"In order to be able to bring the news back, such scouts are usually made up of two or three squads, mostly equipped with beast mounts, and not too far apart - at least within the reach of the spear-throwing maniac. She said slowly, "In order to annihilate these squads, the Federation will often send flying witches around the rear to intercept them, and in the front, they will send twice as many Holy Blessed Warriors to capture them. By the end of the war, the scout team was getting bigger and bigger, and even the Fear Demon and the Flying Demon appeared. There's no reason why they're just sending two uncaring ordinary madmen to scout right now, and they're really dressed up ...... Somewhat shabby. ”

"Could it be that the devils think that the Frontier Town doesn't need them to spend a lot of effort to check on it, just send two people at random?" Ash began.

"That doesn't make sense," said Agatha after a moment's thought, and finally denied, "in the days of the Federation, even the smallest town, as long as it was on the border, there would always be a witch stationed there. It is impossible for the devil to understand the changes in the human world in the past 400 years, so the reconnaissance should still be carried out according to the arrangement of the Second War of the Divine Will. ”

"What do you mean...... They didn't deliberately scout on the town, but they happened to run into it?" Roland couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Quite possibly," she frowned, as if thinking something, "the devil probably didn't know that there was a human town here, but only to find out what was going on around his camp. The main enemy they are likely to encounter is the Beast, so instead of carrying a Convergence Gem that cannot be used continuously, that is, a spear, they choose the Electro Stone, which is easier to attack. ”

"Wait......" Roland froze, "the devil's camp, you say?"

"Of course, how could they have come all the way here," said Agatha as a matter of course, "and only after establishing a stronghold on the Fertile Plains can the Devil use this as a springboard to the Savage Lands...... Oh, and I forgot that it should be called the Four Kingdoms now. ”

Hell, this is the big deal, okay! The enemy has photographed the base in front of his house, how will he live in the future? The prince glared and asked, "Like a camp like the one behind the snowy mountains?"

"Pretty much, in wartime, an outpost will have at least a few fog storage towers to store the red mist, plus one or two hundred devils to garrison it," Agatha nodded, "but considering that the red moon has not yet arrived, it is unlikely that they will build a new tower fortress in the Fertile Plains, and the transportation of the red mist is very difficult, so the size of the camp should not be large." ”

"What are you going to do?" Tilly looked at Roland with some concern.

"Find the camp first—if it exists," he paused, "and then ...... Get rid of it. ”

"Decisive choice," Ash said, raising the corners of his mouth, "it's like a decision a lord would make." Rest assured, we're here to help, too. ”

If Agatha was right, the Devil would not be able to extend its tentacles across the Fertile Plains before the Third War of Divine Consciousness began. Therefore, after the stronghold near the western border is removed, it can be exchanged for at least a few years of peace - even if the other side wants to send troops to retaliate, it will not be able to do so.

Of course, this is not without risk, the other party will at least know that to the east of the Desperate Forest, there is a group of humans stationed and have the ability to take the initiative to attack the devil.

However, if the camp is allowed to expand, it will only bring more trouble to itself. After the first scouts are missing, they are likely to send more men, and it is only a matter of time before the frontier towns are exposed. And as the strongholds get bigger and bigger, the devils will only increase, and when the evil moon ends, it will be a bit more than worth the loss to deal with the enemies who come to harass them at any time - if the First Army is pinned down in the town and unable to move, how can it complete the planned spring offensive?

When Roland returned to the office, he immediately called Lightning and Maisie to explain the matter.

"Remember, you must not fight the devil without permission this time, and return immediately after discovering the camp, they may have flying beasts, so protecting your own safety is the first priority. ”

"Yes!"

"Goo!"

After a pause, he added, "If you can find your target, the dessert for the next week will be ice cream bread." ”

Maisie's neck stretched straight, "Leave it to us!"

......

Three days later, Roland was rewarded by lightning and found a suspected devil's camp in the wilderness about one hundred and thirty kilometers away from the border town.

After marking the general location on the map, he noticed that it was exactly in front of the Mutual Aid Society's route—less than ten kilometers from the place where the Mutual Aid had encountered the devil.

"Why is it suspicious?" he asked Lightning, "have you seen the Black Stone Tower?"

The little girl shook her head with a strange expression, "I only saw a ...... Wreckage. ”

"What?"

"Black stone fragments, broken fences, and ...... The great cavern," she rubbed her forehead, "is the same thing she had seen before when she found the remains of Sister Agatha. I didn't follow any further, but only circled around the wreckage of the camp twice and came back. ”

Another cave? Roland was stunned, could it be that there was also a huge reptile in this cave? If it was the reptile that devoured the ruins stone tower last time, then what about this time...... It packed up the Devil's Camp and took it with it?

In the middle of the two things, did you miss any important information?

He shook his head, temporarily suppressing the doubts that had risen in his mind, "What else have you found?"

"No...... The whole camp was empty, and not a single devil was seen. ”

"I didn't find any sparkling magic stones!" added Maisie.

"I see," Roland thought for a moment and quickly made arrangements, he looked at the white-haired girl, "You take Nightingale and Zoroa to this location first, draw all the scenes from the scene, and then take Nightingale and Sylvie to check if there is anything missing." ”

"Why don't you just let Zoroa and Sylvie go?" Lightning asked.

"In case of encountering the devil's flying beast, Maisie can't shake off the other party. Roland explained simply, "In this case, the nightingale can use the fog to cover the witch to escape the other party's tracking, and you can just speed up and leave in the air." ”

......

Soroya's "picture" was quickly placed in front of Roland.

As Lightning said, there was a large hole about five or six meters in diameter in the center of the staggered fence, and the surrounding snow and mud were mixed together, as if it had been stirred up by something. Shattered black stones were scattered around, most of them crushed into the dirt, and no doubt only gigantic creatures could wreak havoc like that.

Sylvie's discovery made him even more unsettling - the underground passage headed towards the mountains along the snowy mountains, exactly in the same direction as the caverns that appeared in the ruins of the Hidden Forest.

They all point to the same location.

. (To be continued.) )