Chapter 737 (1/2)

Chapter 737: The Leader

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Roland was clear that it was nothing but his own speculation.

I can’t jump to a conclusion based solely on the documentation of the underground civilization since their contents still need further verification. For example, the underground civilization thought that they successfully survived a series of competition, but what about their opponents who probably were also able to use magic power? Where did they leave their traces? What about human beings? Did witches first appear before the first Battle of Divine Will— or rather, was the mankind gifted with the sense of magic when they were still primates or even at the beginning of the Mammalian age?

Maybe, human beings in this world didn’t go through such a long process of evolution at all. Could they directly become what they are now through mutation after gaining a victory?

He was afraid that to answer these questions, he would need a great number of outstanding explorers like Thunder.

As compared to those researches, his top priority still remained to be human survival, but he believed that it was just a matter of time for him to find out the answers.

He looked at Pasha, asking, “Before you moved this part of relic underground, had it been kept by the church… no, I mean the Starfall City all the time?”

Now that he knew the importance of the relic, he started to care about its safety.

“Yes. Due to the existence of the giant paintings, burying it underground can’t prevent the Divine Will. Therefore, it’s always kept by the most powerful witch organization. During the Months of Demons when magic power reaches its peak, demonic beasts will come for it. That was why they launched frenzied attacks at Hermes during those months before.” With these words, Pasha moved her giant body away, revealing the scene behind her. Two piles of dead bodies of demonic beasts stood there with light blue blood dripping down and flowing all over the ground. Pasha continued, “After we knew the Starfall City had suffered a serious setback, we took back the relic as soon as we could. Now it’s very safe in our hands.”

Wendy gasped at the sight. “How did you kill that many hybrid demonic beasts?”

“The Instrument of Divine Retribution can deprive the targets of their magic power, and these monsters will die soon without the power in their bodies.” Pasha briefly described how this instrument worked and continued. “But it’ll only become a mighty weapon when it’s activated by the Chosen One.”

Roland caught the keyword immediately. “Deprive them of their magic power? So does it mean that it’ll do no harm to normal animals? Can God’s Stones influence the instrument?”

“No, it directly affects magic power, and God’s Stones can’t do anything about it at all.”

Learning that this instrument could affect an area within a radius of over 5,000 miles without causing any side effects to living beings without magic power, Roland had to admit it was really an environmentally friendly weapon. Unfortunately, however, its start-up requirement seemed too harsh.

He wondered whether the underground civilization had really tested this instrument’s power or not. “Maybe they’ve just done it in theory? Otherwise, they wouldn’t end up losing its relic in the war. Wait, did they create something they couldn’t use? This kind of absurd things will only happen in this strange magic world.”

Thinking that the underground civilization had an advanced magic theory and demons were able to cultivate various kinds of abilities, he realized human beings seemed to have no advantage in manipulating magic power at all. The witches were not a stable group. Their awakenings happened randomly among people and their abilities were hard to predict and control. Given that, he believed they still need a long time to evolve, but now there was not much time left for human beings.

Roland suspected that by the time the Taquila witches found the Chosen One, Neverwinter’s armies equipped with advanced steel weapons had already gained an upper hand in the war against demons.

Despite all those thoughts, he would never try to deny the existence of magic power in this world.