Chapter 682 The Road No Longer Alone

After Camilla Darry left, the ashes came out of the study

She knelt on the carpet and stretched out her hands to Tilly, "Come on."

"In fact, I'm fine……"

"Don't be brave, there is no one else here," Ashes interrupted.

Tilly curled her lips, but finally moved her body and leaned back into the opponent's arms.

Through the clothes, she could hear Ember's powerful heartbeat, like a rhythmic drumbeat, which made her feel steady and steady.

"Thank you." Tilly whispered.

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself, even if your judgment is wrong, we'll just go back to Sleeping Island," Ashes said with a light smile, "Roland Wimbledon will definitely not dare to stop you, otherwise the sisters of the Witch Union won't sit idly by Yes." She paused, "And you don't have to be so sure, the pressure won't be as great as it is now."

The fifth princess shook her head, "If you want to convince others, you must first convince yourself. If I show a little hesitation and confusion, this decision will not go ahead."

Despite her superficial assurances of this, it was impossible to say that she was not at all disturbed. It's not that he has any concerns about Roland. In fact, when he agreed to let Maleficent continue to manage the relocation of witches, it showed his attitude. What she was worried about was whether the more than 300 witches who had been away from the secular world for nearly two years would be able to integrate into Neverwinter smoothly, and whether ordinary people's views on witches would change after the Battle of Divine Will.

These are unknown risks, and they are also issues that Tilly has to consider. In the eyes of others, she always looks full of confidence and spirit, but in fact, only a few people understand her true feelings. After all, now she not only needs to take care of herself, the fate of more than 300 people on the island has to be borne by her. It can be said that after the church was defeated, all the witches on Sleeping Island felt unprecedentedly relaxed, and she was the only one who felt that the responsibility on her shoulders was even heavier.

"Then just do what you want," Ashes hugged her from behind, "Anyway, the Great Migration will not start until the end of the evil month next year. If you are still not at ease, use these few months to investigate carefully Bar."

"The Pretty Woman is ready to sail?"

"anytime."

"Don't forget to bring textbooks and exercise books, so you can learn some new knowledge when you are on the road."

"Uh... I'll get seasick if I read in the cabin."

"If you want to protect me, of course you have to become stronger. For example, the legendary Mortal... How can you become stronger without reading?"

Ashes groaned in pain, "All right, all right, I understand."

"Don't worry, if there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me at any time - there is nothing else to do on the boat anyway, right?"

"Yes, yes, as you wish, Your Highness."

Fortunately, there is no longer only one person.

No matter what the road ahead will be, there will always be someone by my side.

"En," Tilly replied, closing her eyes, feeling the warmth coming from her back, her shoulders seemed to be a lot lighter.

The cold wind outside the window is still howling, but the interior is as warm as spring.

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The formation of the United Chamber of Commerce is a complicated process, and each contract needs to be repeatedly finalized by multiple parties. After entrusting this matter to Barov and Edith, Roland turned his attention to the winter battle plan.

Undoubtedly, this time the Moon of Demons came much later than last year. Seeing that today was the last day of late autumn, except for the gray sky outside the window, there was still no sign of snowfall.

This is good news for Neverwinter, the later the evil moon comes, the construction team will be able to step up and build two more houses.

According to the city hall's report, all kinds of materials in the western region have increased significantly compared to previous years, especially in terms of food. The output of Changge District has reached ten times the average annual output in the past. If Peiluo hadn't built a batch of grain depots in a hurry, and at the same time transported half of the wheat to the border area, the fortress would hardly have been able to accommodate so much grain.

With enough food, no matter what you do, you will be full of confidence.

The second is the ammunition reserve. The new generation of machine tools and processing machinery that Anna improved was first used for bullet processing and loading, which greatly improved the production efficiency, and the loss after fighting the church has been fully compensated.

With food and weapons in his hands, Roland's thoughts floated.

Resisting the invasion of evil beasts and defending Neverwinter City is undoubtedly the main task of the First Army, but gathering thousands of soldiers in the city seems a bit wasteful. After all, the main direction of the evil beast's attack is the Hermes Gap, and the side of the Hidden Forest is just some stray fish that slipped through the net. What's more, the firepower projection ability of the army is more than ten times that of a year ago. Ordinary evil beasts may not even be able to touch the edge of the city wall.

Another point that makes him eager to try is that not only the evil beasts are not the opponents of the first army, but the whole continent is not much better. If it was said that when he was fighting the Duke of Lane, he still needed to press on with all his members, and the guns fired at the same time. Now, he might only need to pull out a team of 500 people to sweep away any knights who dared to charge forward.

So while defending the city wall, is it feasible to send an army to open up a second battlefield to reduce the burden of conquest next year?

Roland found that this was not too difficult a problem - in the past, when the evil moon came, the endless heavy snow would completely seal off the western region, but now, for Neverwinter, which has dozens of cement transport ships, it is no longer possible to block all roads. No matter the obstacle, the First Army can still use the Chishui River to transport soldiers and supplies to their destination.

As long as it is planned properly, Neverwinter is fully capable of winning two wars at the same time—well, it sounds like a hegemonic country.

After receiving Hill's letter, Roland ordered the Northland to enter a state of combat readiness. It was not a gesture of pretense. If the Lord of Dawn, Ampein Moya, really ignored the warning and captured the ambassador and his party, then he could only change the plan. Prioritize forcing Chenxi to release people. However, cross-border operations require a lot of logistics, too few troops are dispatched and it is difficult to maintain the supply line, and the Hermes plateau defended by the Church may collapse at any time, so it is not an appropriate time to attack neighboring countries.

Fortunately, the envoys were safe and sound in the end, and he could also set his target closer to the Western Territory.

"Your Majesty, what do you want me to do?"

As the office door was pushed open, Iron Ax strode in.

"Are you interested in going back to your hometown in winter? If you go back now, it shouldn't be too hot." Roland spread out a rough map of Graycastle, pointed to the small raised corner in the south, and asked with a smile, "I remember, You and Echo are both from this desert land?"

The territory he wanted to win in winter was the settlement of the Mojin people - the extreme south. 8