Just two days after the order was issued, before the storm completely swept across the continent, lightning and Maisie returned to Neverwinter.

When the two of them walked into the office, Roland couldn’t help but froze.

Maisie did not change much, but the size was stronger than six months ago, crouching on the head of the partner is not like a white dove, but some like a goose.

What surprised him was the lightning.

Her hair grew a lot, from the ear to the shoulder, probably because of the long-term reconnaissance mission, almost no time to take care of the reason, looks a little messy.The face is also dirty, the flight suit is several patches, the leg side, chest, arms out of a few simple and ugly cloth bags, as if they were sewn up.Although it is much more cumbersome than the original beautiful and novel coat, it is more like an explorer.

But the biggest change was the eyes and her look.

It was as if a night before she had come out of the image of memory, and it was no longer the little girl of the past.

“Your Majesty, are you looking for me?”

Ask after the lightning salute.

Roland put his heart under the emotion, the interpreted intelligence and Edith's speculation roughly described it again, "If the devil really has this plan, the consequences are unimaginable, so I hope you two can go to the eternal winter to investigate the mountains in the north that no one has ever been involved in."The devil cannot do without the supplies of the red mist, and if they want to enter the mountains, they will inevitably leave a trail.”

“There could be such a thing...” The lightning couldn’t help but frown, “and it’s good that Maisie found the letter.”But what if the enemy goes underground?My ability is limited, and it is difficult to spot deliberately hidden targets in the air.”

"That's the worst case scenario."Judging from the results of the torch action, the devil's ability to dig is far less than the humans who have worms.But the possibility of stretching the perspective to the overall situation, encroaching on half the dawn, and studying the magic more deeply, the devil has not found a subderable civilization, and since the Federation can obtain a worm carrier by exploring the ruins, the enemy must also have this possibility.There is no trace of the carrier in the Battle of Takira, which does not represent the spine of the mainland.“The witches will set out from the port of shoal with a magic core, and if you don’t find an enemy, that’s the last resort.”

"That's it, I'll do my best."The lightning nods.

"But it will take at least a month from the southern end of the Greysburgs to the north of Yongdong, during which time you will probably not be able to get timely support and supplies."In addition, the inhabitants of the country are afraid that witches are still biased against, and even if they stay in the city, they are not necessarily safe, and you must be careful."

“Survival in the wild is the watchman of the explorer, your majesty,” she said without hesitation. “Not to mention a month, it will be no problem for a year and a half.”

“Goooo!”Macy opened her wings and agreed.

"I'm sorry," sighed Roland, "you have just returned, and I have sent you farther away..."

"Your Majesty, you have grown louder . . . ." began the lightning, and the voice became a little low, "compared to the Ashes who died against the devil... that is nothing at all."But for a moment she regained her spirits, “since this is a new expedition, then, in accordance with the convention, can you...”

Roland nodded, then reacted, "Of course."He stood up and walked out from behind the desk.

The lightning raised his hand, saw the stain on his sleeves and suddenly shrunk back, "Ah, no, no... I forgot to change clothes first, the smell of the body is also strange, or count——"

But before she could finish, Roland had held her out of his hands.

“It’s hard for you.I'll let the tailor make you a few more flying coats in the current style, and I'll be able to wear them in the wild."

The lightning suddenly calmed down, and it took her a long time before she uttered a low nasal voice, "Hmm."

“And me to goo.”Macy reached over.

“You’ve worked hard too.”Roland touched her full neck and smooth wings.

The Nightingingress then stepped forward, and the two of them hugged, "Be sure to be safe."

“We will.”

When they left the office, the Nightingale said with some emotion, "Before, the lightning never said that its 'limited capacity' came."

Roland nodded with the same feeling, and changed to the little girl who had been before, lest he would pat the chest and say that after he had finished telling Etty's speculation that everything would be left to me.

He heard the leaves mention that after the ashes had died with Ösruk, the lightning sobs unspeakable, and could not recover for several days.But now looking at her appearance, she can no longer find a shadow immersed in grief.Even when it comes to ashes, it will still be sad, but that sadness will obviously no longer hinder her forward, but become her driving force.

“She has grown up.”Roland sighed.

...

Although the faster the immigration action, the better, the distance from the gray castle to the wolf heart and the eternal winter needs to be calculated in months, and even if the administrative department and the First Army work hard, the population problem of Winterfell can not be improved in a short time.

This not only made many long-conceived new projects difficult to start, but also limited the further expansion of the existing industrial scale, coupled with the threat of the devil did not disperse with the victory of Takira as expected, and the problems accumulated together, which caused no small pressure on Roland.

Fortunately, the successful imitation of the Cube of the festival provides him with a way to declare his strength - as long as there is no plan for him to confirm, he will stay in Anna's North Slope experimental institute, trying to create a new generation of power sources with the Rubik's Cube as the core.After sending away lightning and Maisie, and the Roland with the magic core, he devoted most of his time to it.

After all, once the magic power steam engine is broken, it will bring much more help than any project.

In addition to Anna, Cereen also took the initiative to apply to join this epoch-making study.Due to the remote location of the experimental site, there are layers of guard fortification, but do not have to worry about being accidentally bumped by the collar.And she showed the assembly ability in the development is also really amazing, dozens of auxiliary must not only great strength, and the degree of mutual cooperation is more flexible than the finger, the installation of flywheels and piston and other large components without effort, greatly reducing the burden of Anna.

For a while, the sight of a man and a woman and a tentacle tossing around a machine became the norm here.

Soon, the first weird-looking prototype appeared in the experiment.