This was not a wild guess. The history of human civilization was the best proof.
It took humans nearly a million years to go from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, but it only took 3,200 years to go from the Iron Age to the Steam Age. It only took 150 years to go from the Steam Age to the Electric Age, and another 50 years to go from the Steam Age to the Information Age.
From the information revealed by Agatha, it was known that the demons were not the same. More than 800 years ago, they fought in a similar way to humans. They fought in close combat with bronze and iron swords and shields. Some Senior Demons even wore God's Stones of Retaliation to fight against witches. In every siege, when faced with long-range weapons such as crossbows and catapults, the demons basically could not come up with any effective countermeasures. They often had to pay a heavy price to conquer a strong city. If not for their inborn strength, humans would have won the first Battle of Divine Will.
However, during the second Battle of Divine Will, the demons had already developed the ability to mass-produce Magic Stones, and their species had also been divided. Different forms of demons were responsible for different combat tasks, and even the Mad Demons, who were numerous in number, had developed long-range attacks. According to Agatha, they had even developed transportation tools and engineering machines powered by Magic Stones! Now that another four hundred years had passed, what had they evolved into?
Roland thought that Agatha could bring him the Magic Stone technology of the Taquila Quest Society and open up a new path of industrial development. He did not expect this technology to come from the enemy. In this way, the battle with the demons would probably turn into a war between industrial technology and Magic Stone technology.
Whoever developed faster would be the one to win in the end.
Roland could not help but sigh. It seemed that he needed to have a good talk with Tilly.
...
After dinner, Roland waited for Tilly Wimbledon in his office.
Seeing that she came alone, he felt relieved. At least in terms of trust, they had made great progress.
"I heard from Nightingale that you have something to discuss with me," she said directly after sitting down.
"That's right." Roland personally poured a cup of tea and handed it to her. "The main thing is how to deal with the third Battle of Divine Will and our future."
Tilly took the teacup and blinked, as if waiting for him to continue.
"From Agatha's words, we know that the Four Kingdoms are just a corner of the Land of Dawn. Even the Barbarian Land used to be a prosperous and fertile plain. Humans had been defeated by the demons twice, so they had no choice but to retreat to this place. According to the opening time of the stone gate, the third Battle of Divine Will is not far away. "Roland hesitated for a moment, then said bluntly," I hope you can stay. "
Tilly was slightly startled, then she could not help but chuckle, "I didn't expect you to say this."
"It's hard to predict the strength of the demons. We must gather all the strength we can to have a chance to win the war. Although Agatha said that the first Battle of Divine Will was fought by the cooperation of mortals and witches, it's very likely that it's just a superficial cooperation. There's no essential difference from the second Battle of Divine Will. " He said in a sincere tone, "As you can see, the additional memories in my mind are weapons that can defeat the demons. Once the things in the memories are transformed into entities, even mortals can burst out with unimaginable power. Witches are responsible for operating the war machine, and ordinary people should be the right choice to participate in the war. When the war is coming, every additional person is equal to an additional force. "
"..." Tilly took a sip of tea and did not answer for a long time, which made Roland feel anxious.
However, it was useless to be anxious at this time, so he pretended to be calm and quietly waited for her to speak.
After about a quarter of an hour, Tilly sighed and broke the silence, "If I stay, what will happen to the witches on Sleeping Island?"
"Does that mean... she agrees?" Roland suppressed his excitement and said, "Let them all come to Border Town, this place can accept them. I'll specially designate a territory for your witches to live in, and everyone will be treated the same as in the Witch Union. I don't want to put them all into the Witch Union, they will still be led by you, which is equivalent to establishing an autonomous special district in the Western Region. This will not only facilitate cooperation, but also enhance mutual understanding. "
"All of them will be treated the same?" She could not help but chuckle. "You don't dislike their ability, you know, most of them can't fight for you."
"No, no." Roland waved his hand repeatedly. "Under the cooperation model I envision, the assistant witches can play a greater role than the combat witches, because they don't strengthen themselves, but tens of thousands of ordinary people. There is no lack of power in nature, only people who discover and use power. In this regard, the assistant witches are much more capable."
"So, this is your real purpose?" She asked slyly.
"Uh..."
"It's indeed a generous offer." Tilly smiled and shook her head. "Officially, I can't refuse to fight against the demons' invasion with you. Privately, I also want to stay here and learn interesting knowledge... but I can't promise you now."
Roland was startled and asked subconsciously, "Why?"
"Since I'm the leader elected by the witches of Sleeping Island, I can't decide their future based on personal preferences. Once they move to the Western Region, this organization will inevitably lose its independence, and if there are any changes at that time, they won't be able to resist. If one day we have a conflict in the future, will all the witches pack up and return to Sleeping Island again? "
"No, how could I possibly..."
"I can't pin their future on verbal promises," Tilly interrupted. "If you were me, would you hand over everything to the other party simply because you are an ally?"
Roland was suddenly stunned. He did not need to think about the answer. If he was faced with such a choice, he would never easily agree to it. Most of the time, the closer they were to each other, the easier it was to have a conflict. This was the reason why the so-called distant friends attack the nearby enemies. It was the same between forces, and it was the same even between lovers.
"See, your concerns are the same as mine."
"But... you're my sister, I won't hurt you." Roland had to make a last effort.
"Is that so... but I still can't believe the reasons you gave me." Tilly closed her eyes sadly. "Maybe this is also the reason why I can't immediately agree to you." She paused and seemed to want to put these thoughts aside. "For now, let's get along as allies. I'll fully support the construction of Border Town. If you need a witch, I'll try my best to meet your requirements... If it's really difficult to resist the demons' attack, you can return to Sleeping Island and live a peaceful life. This is all I can do for now. "
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