When Roland heard the news, he was startled.
He didn't have time to ask in detail, he hurriedly followed Leaf to the castle's back garden, only to see Lightning unloading the two demon corpses from Maggie's back to the ground.
"Your Highness, we won!" Seeing the Prince, the little girl jumped down and threw herself into his arms, "We defeated the demons!"
"Was no one hurt?"
"No, everyone is fine," she looked up, her eyes sparkling with a "praise me quickly" light, if she had a tail, it would have been wagging.
Roland let out a breath, seeing her expression, he didn't want to ask why she didn't come back to report after seeing the demons, so he put this question aside for the time being, "It's good that no one was hurt, so... what was the specific situation?"
After listening to the three people's answers, he finally figured out what had happened.
The battle seemed easy, but in fact it was not small. If Maggie hadn't taken an electric arc and been safe, or if the demons hadn't broken free from Leaf's restraint, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
"Next time, don't do such a risky thing," Nightingale couldn't help but say, "with Sylvie there, the enemy couldn't escape, it's better to leave the battle with the demons to us."
"But we won," Lightning pouted.
"That was also luck, before the fight, did you expect that Maggie would be hit?" Nightingale said mercilessly, "The spear skills I taught you are so that you can protect your sisters in a crisis, not take them into danger!"
"Yes..." Her head drooped, "I know."
"And you too," Nightingale then looked at Maggie, "you knew that at this time you should have come back to report, but you still fooled around with her. If you make such a mistake again, don't even think about eating a piece of dried fish from me!"
"Coo..." Maggie's head also drooped.
No wonder she was the strongest witch in Border Town, Roland looked at Nightingale with approval, "Well, this matter will not be repeated again. Help me call Tilly and Agatha over. Next, it's time to check the loot. "
…
In the basement of the castle, two corpses lay flat on the cold stone floor. They had been stripped naked, and their torn clothes and belongings were neatly placed aside.
"These are the enemies in the Battle of Divine Will?" Tilly asked, covering her nose.
"He doesn't look much stronger than an ordinary person." Ashes curled her lips.
Agatha's face was gloomy. "Don't underestimate them. Any devil, regardless of whether they have magic power or not, is a difficult opponent. When facing a Senior Demon, even a Transcendent will choose to wear a God's Stone of Retaliation. "She frowned and looked at Roland." Did they really appear near Border Town? "
"Ah, almost. According to Leaf, they're less than two miles away from the town wall." Roland nodded and carefully looked at the corpses in front of him.
They were extremely tall, standing at more than two meters tall. Their limbs were thick and strong, and their skin was light green. One of their limbs was severely deformed, and their entire chest cavity had collapsed. Their organs were overflowing from the cracks in their abdomen, as if they had been run over by a cement truck. Thinking of the battle narrated by Lightning, Roland could imagine how great the impact was.
The other person was in a much better state. At least from the front, his appearance was intact. There were two holes in his body, and blue blood was still flowing out. Lightning fired four shots at the enemy, and two of the bullets hit the target. One of the bullets went straight through the chest, and there was no doubt that it was a fatal shot.
It was understandable that human blood was red because it was rich in oxygen-carrying hemoglobin. The other demons did not need to breathe oxygen, so it was not strange that their blood was of a different color.
It was not surprising that the shape of their bones was relatively broad. After all, they had to support such a strong body and at the same time resist the burden of a huge force.
The only thing that puzzled Roland was that although the two demons looked very much like humans, they did not have sex. How do they reproduce? "He asked Agatha curiously." Don't demons distinguish between men and women? "
"As far as I know, they don't have sex." The latter shook her head. "The reproduction of demons has always been an unsolved mystery. After all, it's difficult for us to get close to the Red Mist Tower. Some people think that demons are born in the tower and are condensed from the mist. However, the Quest Society does not agree with this theory, because many people have noticed the phenomenon of demons' promotion in the hundreds of years of fighting against the demons. "
"Promotion?" Ashes frowned and asked, "What's that?"
"Some demons that were seriously injured by witches appeared on the battlefield again. Their forms had already changed, but from the wounds left behind, we can see that they are still the same demon. This may mean that the Senior Demons are not born, but they achieve breakthroughs in battles. Once they complete the promotion, even their forms will change," Agatha explained.
"Well … the Magic Stone technology is already worrying enough, but the demons also have the ability to upgrade. No wonder they could defeat the humans in the two Battles of Divine Will."
Roland squatted down and looked through the clothes and belongings.
Fortunately, these things did not exceed the average level of the current era, and even … were a little behind. The clothes were a mixture of animal skin and woven cloth, as ugly as the work of primitive people. The ferocious-looking masks were actually the skulls of hybrid demonic beasts, and they were all different, which proved that they did not obtain these equipment through manufacturing.
Even the transparent mask inlaid on the beast's head was just a polished crystal, and because it had been soaked in the Red Mist for years, it had become blurred. When placed in front of Roland's eyes, it was completely scarlet. He did not know how the demons could get used to it.
Apart from these, there were about a dozen black slates and a few Magic Stones.
"Did the Quest Society see these things?" Roland spread out the slates and saw a few of them were engraved with twisted red runes, but most of them were empty. These black stones reminded him of the towering buildings standing in the Red Mist.
"The demons' way of recording," Agatha nodded and said, "This kind of writing is also recorded with magic power, but we have no way to decipher the content."
"Maybe their way of thinking is completely different from ours," Tilly said.
"It's indeed possible," Roland agreed. "What about these Magic Stones?"
"Perception Stone, Pathfinding Stone … and Marking Stone." Agatha glanced at them a few times. "These are things that the Scouting Demons often use, so they are not rare."
"Scouting Demons …" Roland felt a slight headache. "So, the demons have now noticed this place and have begun to send troops to investigate the situation in the town?"
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