After everything was over, Team Two finally arrived.
Roland smeared mud on his face, tore a few holes in his clothes, and pretended to be as weak as the others as he lay on the ground, waiting for the Martialist Association's rescue.
Although Ling's exuberant curiosity caused her to commit a grave mistake, she only imitated the "button to speak" step and did not change the channel to the entire team's communication mode. Therefore, Fei Yuhan was the only one who heard the declaration of knocking the monster unconscious. Not to mention the fact that she was still unconscious, even if she woke up, Roland could firmly deny it and attribute the absurd ravings to a hallucination caused by his severe injuries.
As for why the monster disappeared without a trace, it was naturally a question that he could not answer since he had already "fainted". Although this was equivalent to giving the genius girl all the credit for forcing the enemy to retreat, in Roland's eyes, this was exactly what he wanted.
What happened next was just as he expected. Without witnessing the battle with his own eyes, his vague description did not attract the attention of the liaison officer. The Association's attention was completely focused on the new Erosion. Even the death of only six of the twelve people in the main battle team, including two star martialists, was nothing compared to the shocking news of a "man-made Erosion."
The only thing that surprised Roland was that Garcia was the first one to jump into the pit when the second team arrived at the scene. Seeing Garcia anxiously shouting his name while searching for him at the bottom of the pit, as well as her undisguised joy after finding him, Roland could not help but feel a surge of warmth in his heart. Of course, this feeling did not last long. Garcia quickly put on a cold expression and muttered in a low voice, "What? You're not dead yet?" She then dragged him into the ambulance.
At this point, the joint annihilation mission had finally come to an end.
After returning to the apartment, Phyllis and the others expressed their concern about the warning from the magic creature. After all, the enemy's last words were somewhat shocking and did not seem to be nonsense. The fact that they could discover Roland's abnormality in the first place was a proof in itself.
If it was a year ago, Roland would have indeed considered the warning of the magic creature. There was a period of time when he was vigilant and resistant to this Dream World, which was gradually becoming more and more complicated and unfamiliar. It was as if something that was originally born from his will was gradually breaking away from his control.
But now, he had already made a decision.
The Dream World was not only a tool for him to make up for his lack of knowledge, but also a complete home for the God's Punishment Witches. He might not be able to make this world exist forever, but before that day came, he hoped that he could accumulate more pleasant memories for the Taquila survivors who had lost most of their senses.
Another reason was that he trusted his own feelings.
Now that he thought about it, the subtle changes in the Dream World might have started from the release of the first core cyclone.
Although Roland had not figured out the relationship between the two, he felt a sudden sense of comfort when he defeated the magic creature and took away its astrolabe.
He had a vague hunch that as long as he continued like this, he would find the answer one day.
In addition, the end of the mission did not mean the end of the incident. It was not hard to imagine that the news of using the infected core to create the Erosion would cause a sensation in the Association. When the other martialists woke up, the Association would definitely slowly restore the whole process of this conspiracy from different angles, and the corresponding investigation would also last for a long time. He would also be affected to a certain extent, and he might even be suspected by the new faction and even be hostile to him.
But in any case, that was a matter for the future.
…
Three days later, the Detective Group finally returned to Neverwinter.
Summer had not only retraced the whole process of the final battle of the Taquila, but also recorded several important scenes with the Sigil of Recording. After receiving the news, Roland immediately summoned the senior officials who participated in the battle to the main hall of the Third Border City and watched the whole battle in person.
When Ashes used herself as a sword and triggered the Divine Will to perish together with Ösrook, Roland felt a slightly trembling hand grab him. He opened his palm and gently held it until the end of the magic film. When his vision returned to normal, he noticed that Tilly's eyes were slightly red, but even so, she did not show any intention of escaping. Instead, she stood still and watched the entire rewind.
All the missing pieces of the puzzle were filled in at this moment.
[It's the first time I've seen an Eye Demon merge with an ordinary demon.] After a moment of silence, she let out a long sigh. [But how did they do it?] []
One of the biggest doubts about the ambush was how the demons could immediately rush to the sniping site after discovering the Special Action Group. Although Andrea had suggested the possibility of the Eye Demon, it did not match the giant and clumsy image of the demon. Finally, there was conclusive evidence. A week before the final battle, Ösrook cut open the face of a Mad Demon guard and stuffed an eyeball sealed in a box into its wound. The eyeball seemed to wake up when it sensed the blood. Its roots pierced into the Mad Demon's body one by one, causing the latter to let out an indescribable scream. The process lasted for nearly a week until the Mad Demon's head was completely occupied by the eyeball.
The eyeball that the Mad Demon had embedded was not a Stone of Throwing, but an extremely rare Stone of Flight. Theoretically, such a Stone could not be provided to a low-level demon.
This also meant that Ösrook had begun to prepare the necessary conditions and manpower for the trap at least half a year ago.
The moment the transformed Mad Demon flew out of Taquila, Sylvie's position was exposed. In order to buy time for the guards to surround the Mad Demon, it deliberately flew to the First Army's position and then turned back, pretending to have "abandoned the defense and fled". Considering that the time difference could be controlled at will, no matter where the Special Action Group was, they would be attacked by a large group of demons after shooting. Unless they gave up this opportunity, stopped monitoring the "transformed Mad Demon" halfway and quickly retreated to the west, they would not be able to escape from the enemy's encirclement.
"Rather than calling it a fusion, I think it's more like a kind of control, like … a carrier." Agatha pondered. "The one acting as Ösrook's substitute wasn't the original Mad Demon, but the miniature Eye Demon on its head."
"Why do you say so?" Roland asked.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
