After the two of them cuddled for a while, Ashes noticed a pile of jewel-like gadgets placed in front of her and asked curiously, "What are these?"
"Come," Tilly patted her side and said, "I'll show you something interesting."
Ashes sat cross-legged next to her. She saw her putting on a white silk glove, and the back of her hand was inlaid with a sparkling ruby.
"This is … a Tracing Stone?"
Tilly didn't reply. Instead, she smiled and stretched out her hand towards the empty space. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning jumped out from her fingertips and struck the ground, making a crackling sound. Soon after, a wisp of green smoke rose from the ground, leaving behind a palm-sized scorched black spot.
Ashes could not believe her eyes for a moment, "You … have a new ability?"
Tilly Wimbledon was an Extraordinaire. Her magic was acting on her own body, which manifested in her extraordinary intelligence. It was impossible for her to release it like ordinary witches. The lightning just now meant that she had a new ability, and it was impossible for witches to have two main abilities at the same time. This was common sense to the sisters.
Tilly took off the glove and handed it to Ashes, "It's not that I have a new ability, but this stone." She raised the corner of her mouth, "It's that it changes the way magic works, so that magic shows a completely different effect."
Ashes rubbed the gem in the center of the glove and was greatly shocked. She knew that Tilly would not lie to her, which meant that non-combat witches could also have fighting ability, and the witches' ability to resist foreign enemies would be greatly enhanced. "How many of these stones are there?"
"Only one," Tilly seemed to have guessed Ashes's thoughts, "and it's not that easy to use. You can try to imagine magic as something that actually exists, fill the stone with it, and then release it. "
Ashes thought hard for a long time, but there was no trace of lightning.
"Do you understand?" She laughed and said, "We're still Extraordinaires, so we can sense magic power. For other witches, it's even more difficult. It takes a lot of imagination and understanding. In fact, I've asked many people to test it out, and out of a hundred people, only two or three can quickly comprehend and release Lightning. "
"Are you mocking me for being stupid?" Ashes took off her gloves.
"More or less," Tilly raised her eyebrows. "At that time, I only used …"
Ashes kissed her, and she could only let out a low moan … After they separated, the latter let out a long sigh. "Alright, you're not that stupid after all."
"What about the other stones?" Ashes licked her lips. Only in front of the 5th Princess could she completely relax. "Do they all have different abilities?"
"It's a different performance effect," Tilly corrected, her cheeks still blushing. "It doesn't give ordinary people the ability of witches, only magic can stimulate it." She paused, "This makes me wonder."
"What question?"
"In the end, what is magic power?" Tilly calmed herself down and explained word by word, "For a long time, witches have a wide variety of abilities, showing a high degree of uncertainty, and under the perception of Extraordinaires, they are also different. But this strange stone completely unifies the magic power. Any witch can release the same ability through it, so I may have been thinking in the wrong direction. Maybe magic itself is an omnipotent force, and witches only have one of its manifestations. "
"What about these Magic Stones?" Ashes asked.
"They can only be released, but they can't gather magic power. At present, it is not clear whether they are man-made or naturally formed, "Tilly regretfully said," Legend has it that they were excavated from the ruins, and now most of them have been scattered among the people. I can only collect these few … I heard that there are ancient ruins in the eastern forest of Seawindshire. I really want to go there and take a look, maybe I can find more information about magic power and historical faults. "
She's saying something that I don't understand, Ashes helplessly thought, as long as I can live, who cares what happened more than 400 years ago. "It's best not to, Seawindshire is now one of the most dangerous places in Graycastle."
"Why?"
"Before I set off from the Port of Clearwater, I heard the sailors chatting about Garcia Wimbledon's Black Sail Fleet being dispatched, and it seems that their destination is Seawindshire, which is Timothy's territory. She probably wants to take advantage of the flexibility and concealment of the sea, and directly attack his rear camp." Ashes advised, "Wait until the martial law is lifted, then I will have the opportunity to leave the port. If their information is accurate, I'm afraid that Seawindshire has already fallen into a sea of fire."
"Are they still fighting each other?" Tilly looked a little worried, "If this goes on, the Church will take advantage of the situation. If they can't unite, Graycastle will be like the Kingdom of Endless Winter, swallowed up by the Church."
This sentence startled Ashes, and the 5th Princess quickly noticed her strangeness, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," she blinked her eyes, "Your appearance just now was a bit similar to Roland Wimbledon, he also said the same thing to me."
"Oh? You actually saw him? " Tilly became interested, "That's right, you didn't tell me what you gained from this trip to the Western Territory, quickly tell me!"
"I heard the news of the Witch Cooperation Association and went to Border Town, this should have already been told to you by the Shadow," Ashes took the other into her arms, "In the end, I found out that the so-called search for the Holy Mountain was actually a scam set up by Roland, he took over the Witch Cooperation Association, and secretly recruited witches …" She briefly recounted what she had seen and heard in the following week, "Finally, he told me that we must unite in order to resist the Church's attack, and that if we can't stay in the Fjords, he will always welcome us to come to Border Town."
"Well …" Tilly pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "This man isn't Roland Wimbledon, he has been replaced."
"Ah?"
"You said that he has gathered a large number of witches around him, right? My guess is that a witch has taken control of him, or simply changed into his appearance. " Tilly said bluntly, "I grew up with Roland, so I am very clear about this. Compared to the other two brothers and the third princess, he is the worst at concealment, and his lies are full of loopholes, so it is impossible for him to disguise himself as someone else. As for the weapon that you said was able to fight against the God's Punishment Army, it proves this point … A person can hide their character, but they can't fake their knowledge. The court tutor simply didn't teach them these things, so how did he know? " Tilly said bluntly, "In this world, there is no one who can be born with knowledge, so he certainly can't be my stupid and annoying brother."
"Is that … true?" Ashes frowned.
"Even so, I still need to contact them," Tilly sighed, "Roland Wimbledon is, after all, my brother. Although he is ignorant and incompetent, he is not incorrigible. Compared to the others, he is the most harmless one. I hope that the witches of the Witch Cooperation Association have not yet buried him in the ground. "
"I don't think they will do that." Ashes couldn't help but think of Vendy, "Moreover, I left Maggie there, and at the end of the month, she will bring us more news about Border Town."
"That's the only way, after all, our current focus is not here," the 5th Princess stood up from her arms, walked to the garden, and opened her arms, "Since you are back, the cleaning plan can begin. I want the Fjords to no longer have any traces of the Church's existence, and eventually the Fjords Islands will become the witches' residence. "
The sun shone on Tilly's body from behind, as if gilding her silhouette with a layer of gold. Her long gray hair caressed her cheeks, like a light golden thread, and her expression was full of confidence, as if no difficulty could knock her down.
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