"Curse?" Roland couldn't help but repeat. The word sounded ominous no matter how he thought about it.
"Please follow me. Pasha turned around and led them into a cave next to the main hall. The stone walls inside were carved with grooves, and all kinds of books and scrolls were piled up on the grooves. The number of books here was even more than those in the Pivotal Hall. [Celine, His Majesty is here. "
"Got it," Celine's voice echoed in everyone's mind before they even saw her. Then a tentacle descended from the bottom of the cave, dropping a pile of books with a clatter, and quickly retracted back into the darkness.
Before that, the tentacle also symbolically bent towards Roland, probably as a sign of respect.
[Ahem … Sorry, she'll be more forgetful when she meets a new research subject. "After all, there are very few witches who are as lucky as Lightning. She was cursed but didn't suffer any fatal injuries. "
"She won't do anything to Lightning, will she?" When it came to research subjects, Roland couldn't help but think of the little white mice that were placed in all kinds of positions.
[Don't worry, the main method of magic research is still observation and recording, but with the help of the core, she can clearly see the flow of every strand of magic. Pasha rolled up the book on the ground and spread it out in front of everyone. "Look here... and here. "
Roland noticed that most of these pages were yellowed, which meant that they were ancient books left behind from the Taquila era. At the position indicated by the other party, in addition to the original text recorded in the witches' language, there was also a translated note attached, which was undoubtedly a temporary excerpt for this purpose.
He took a closer look and found that it was an account of two wars.
[During the siege of the Land of Dawn, eight wounded witches were rescued by the reinforcements. They should have been able to survive, but in the end, they all died one by one. The cause of death was that all treatment methods were ineffective, the wound could not heal, resulting in excessive blood loss, and the infection of the demonic disease. Before they died, they both endured terrible torture, to the point that the two of them chose to commit suicide. "Pasha said slowly," Because it was too long ago, the specific details of the battle are not known. The author only recorded this incredible scene, and it was here that the curse of the devil was first mentioned. "
"The other time was closer to our time. A Senior Demon, called the Soul Snatcher by the Union, had a fierce battle with the Witch Army in Thousand Lakes, on the edge of the Fertile Plains. This cruel monster could attach magic power to the Black Stone Spear. Once hit, the body would continuously deteriorate until it withered. "Pasha paused for a moment." Three Extraordinaries died in its hands, and the Quest Society found strange magic in the bodies of the victims. "
Roland had already guessed the conclusion. "That magic power came from the enemy?"
"That's right." Pasha nodded her tentacles. "That's why we speculated that these abilities might belong to the same type. They will always remain in the target's body and cause continuous damage. Conventional treatment methods were ineffective, and it was difficult to rely on external forces to remove it. "
"Indeed, it's like a curse." Vendy could not help but feel a little sad. "This is too terrible..."
Nightingale noticed the wording of Pasha's words. "It's difficult to rely on external forces to remove it, which means... there are ways to remove it?"
Pasha continued to turn the page. "That is, if our inference is correct." "
Roland quickly skimmed through the last part of the description: Just when Thousand Lakes was on the brink of destruction, a witch called Samantha stood up and fought with her life on the line, awakening as a Transcendent and slaying the Soul Flayer with her sword. After the Senior Demon was split into two, Samantha, who thought that she would follow in the footsteps of her companions, survived safely, as if the curse had never existed. Because Thousand Lakes was too close to the Red Mist area, it was declared lost a year later, but she had bought enough time for people to evacuate. After that, Samantha used her extremely strong will to make the Union adopt the Three Chiefs system, and she became one of the first Three Chiefs.
Seeing this, Roland immediately understood what Samantha meant.
If Lightning was really affected by the magic curse, then killing her might be the only way to remove it. However, it was indeed "very difficult" to do so! The battle at the snow mountain camp and the battle at the Northbound Slope had proved the Senior Demons' amazing mobility. If they insisted on fighting the First Army head-on, it would be fine. However, if they did not intend to fight head-on, it would be too risky to catch up with and destroy them.
In the Taquila era, this would have been an impossible task.
The Senior Demons usually acted together with the army and were like the core of the army. It was already difficult to win, let alone to kill all the enemies.
Roland could not help but think of the unknown witch who wrote the letter to Natalia.
Now that he thought about it, she might also have been injured by a similar ability, which was why she left those last words.
A person who could communicate with the Three Chiefs by letter was definitely not an ordinary person. Her ability and status should be at the top of the Union. However, even she could only silently accept the final outcome.
If she wanted to find the powerful enemy among the thousands of demons and eliminate it, she would have to sacrifice more witches' lives. Between the two evils, it was clear which choice to make.
Nightingale probably also thought of this and unconsciously clenched her hands into fists.
Roland pondered for a moment and then said, "It's indeed difficult, but I will never give up this possibility."
"..." Pasha was silent for a while. "If that's what you want." "
"Before that, I want to know something. If the Senior Demon Lightning met has the ability to release a curse without touching it, what will happen to ordinary people?"
"It will be much worse than a witch," Celine's voice suddenly interrupted. "Celine's voice suddenly interrupted again." Magic power gives us a stronger recovery ability and resistance, which makes it difficult for the common demonic plague, which is the tiny creatures you mentioned in the book, to infect us. But ordinary people can't. As long as their wounds don't heal, they will be in danger of worsening or even dying. " "
"Can the God's Stone of Retaliation resist this ability?"
"Of course it can. In fact, if the Soul Snatchers mentioned in the ancient book were not as strong as the Extraordinary, they wouldn't have caused such a great loss to the Union. But... "Celine paused." According to Lightning's information, we can't rule out the possibility that the Senior Demon is also a Magic Slayer. If that's the case, the God's Stone of Retaliation will be very limited. " "
The more powerful a demon was, the more it looked like a human. This was the experience the Union had learned from the two Battles of Divine Will.
Roland took a deep breath.
Celine's warning was not an exaggeration. According to Lightning's description, the new Senior Demon was likely to be more difficult to deal with than all the previous enemies.
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