In the morning, everyone packed up the camping and set off again.

Roland also found a detail: even if he slept in the desert, the appearance of the witches would not be half-colored, and he obviously could not do this.You can guess without looking in the mirror, your hair is definitely a mess, the face is devoid of blood because of insomnia, the skin is left with half-dried sweat, slightly slimy, in everyone's eyes, there are nine out of ten is a listless appearance.It was not until he washed with the drinking water in his skin pocket after he eased this discomfort.

Roland began to miss the tap water system and the spacious shower in the castle.

Half an hour later, the telescopic sign, in accordance with the lightning instructions, arrived at the scheduled location - the side of the snow-capped mountain.Hanging over the wide sea, a group of people could already see the scene behind the mountain.

As the lightning said, the back of the snow-capped mountains is covered by a red fog, and the fog pressure is very low, and the closer it is to the ground, the more intense the color.In order to see farther, Roland let the hot air balloon continue to rise, and the land at the end of the field of view was slightly spread out.

“Did you find anything?”He looked at Hilvy.

The latter shook his head, "No, the distance is too far, it is beyond the scope of the real eye to observe."

"Let's get closer when Soro's picture here is drawn."Roland said.

While Soro was drawing the photo, he also used a lookout mirror to observe the coastal line.In addition to the cliffs on the coast is the rocky beach, there is no such man-made buildings as docks and docks, it seems that even if there is a devil, they have not thought of building ships and attacking gray forts from the sea.This observation made him a little relieved.

As the balloon slowly approached the land, Silvery finally began to report what she had seen—probably more than a dozen miles from the sea, she found a pile of black stone buildings, triangular, resembling a minaret.

"Just like the mirage you see in the wild," Wendy exclaimed, "this is the devil's territory!"

"But the height is obviously not right," frowned Soroa, "the minarets in the mirage are as high as a hundred feet, and they can't be covered by red mist, and they should be higher than the undulating mountains."

“Maybe you see the city of the devil, and this is only the devil’s village?”Anna guessed.

So the devil has a complete and unique urban system, belongs to the higher evolutionary group, and is keen on expansion and killing.Roland thought, please, don't do this, "What's in those minarets?"

“Well...most of the minarets are empty, and some of them seem to be filled with liquids... and so on,” Hilway faltered, and then he dared not stand to believe, “Go away, the devil has found us!”

“Discovered?”Roland raised the lookout mirror and swept his eyes, still a dark red, and nothing could be seen clearly.

"They're in action," cried Hilvi nervously, "they were all buried in the ground, revealing only the tubes on their backs, and over there . . . the devil flew up!"

“Wendy, keep it down at full speed!”Roland ordered.

The strong wind quickly clung, and the sudden movement of hot air balloons made the hanging basket tilt, and the taut rope made a crunching sound.

However, Hilway’s warning cooled everyone’s heart.

“Two devils are coming towards us, and they can fly on horseback!”

Do these guys have a flying ride?Roland opened his eyes, which is almost unreasonable, want to be able to carry a strong man, how big should the ride be?

But it didn’t take long for him to catch two black spots from view.Looking through the mirror, I saw that they were under their crotch and the sharp mouths of the dens, hairless, and the birds simply could not be hooked.If it is not mistaken, these are two mixed beasts!

“Decrease altitude, land as soon as possible,” Roland squeezed a few words out of his teeth.

This is togone, I did not expect the devil to be able to pursue in the air, and only one of the lightnings could fight in the sky.But looking pale, she knew that there was no chance of winning this battle.Once caught up, even if the other party only attacks the balloon by impact, it can kill the witches - even if the coating can resist the impact and bite of the evil beast, under the violent shaking, everyone is likely to be thrown out of the hanging basket and smashing on the sea like a stone.

And this height of falling, the sea water is no different from the land.

At this time, the devil is getting closer and closer to the hot air balloon, and without the help of a lookout mirror, Roland has been able to see the huge wings of the mixed evil beast and the burly enemy on his back.

“Be careful,” Hilvey screamed again, “they’re ready to throw spears!”

Hearing this warning, he suddenly remembered the encounter described by the leaves - the enemy took the life of the naked in an instant in this way.

He did not see the demon's instantly swelling arm, or even the spear that struck, and while Hilvy issued an early warning, Anna had stretched out her hands to control the black fire to spread into a thin patch, blocking it in front of the hanging basket.

Then there were two “bangs.”

Anna shuddered, two steps back, the black fire broke like glass, and the spear was only half-burning iron, tumbling toward the sea.

She used a tight black fire screen to stop the attack.

The witches were relieved, and only Roland was anxious - such a way of working would greatly consume Anna's magic.When she smelted steel with her, Roland had noticed that if it was just heating or cutting, the huge magic in her body would hardly dry up, and once it was extended to the macro level, the magic would be multiplied as a dense whole to influence the object.For example, the use of black fire as a furnace, hindering the overflowing outer wall of molten steel will accelerate the magic consumption, and if you want the black fire furnace to lift the whole, even Anna can't hold out for a few minutes.

Obviously, the block just now made her consume quite a lot, and if she did it twice, I am afraid that the heating would not be maintained.

The devil also seemed to be deterred by this scene, not immediately launching a follow-up attack, but from both sides of the overheated balloon, as if waiting for the next reserve.For the first time, Roland also witnessed the monstrous appearance of the enemy at close range - exactly the same as in the photo, they carried the head of the evil beast, their eyes covered with red water chips, and their chin was connected to a cortical pipe, bypassing the neck to the back of the carapace.

During this period, the witches pulled out pistols and returned fire, but in the case of the hanging basket constantly shaking, it was almost impossible to hit an enemy of high-speed movement, and after two rounds of bullets, no shot hit the target.

Just then, the devil’s arms swelled up again, and this time, they chose to hit back and forth.

Anna was too late to observe the enemy behind her, and the black fire that could only cover one side, Roland clearly saw the devil throw out his right arm at her, but could not see the trajectory of the spear rod.Almost subconsciously, he pushed away his Anna, and then his shoulder fell back and hit the hanging basket as if he were hit hard by a hammer.

An unbearable expanse of pain almost tore him apart, followed by a strong sense of dizzy, consciousness as if it were moving away from him.

Roland clenched his teeth and looked at it, only to see a huge gap on his shoulders - the windy hole in the back of the hanging basket was enough to explain the power of the blow.

Half of the arm that was completely torn by this round attack is falling on the corner of the hanging basket, and the blood that continues to flow quickly stained the clothes.

“No!”The cry of the nightingale was the last sound he heard before he lost consciousness.(Unfinished.