Chapter 793
Roland went back to his apartment after bidding farewell to Garcia .
Phyllis who had been sitting in the living room waiting for him asked, "Your Majesty, who's that person?"
"She's a warrior . You can consider her as an Awakened with magic power in this Dream World . " He waved his hand . "You don't have to mind her attitude . No one in this world knows I'm a king . "
"But after all, she's also created by you like everything else in this world . . . " Phyllis still did not want to let it go . She showed him much greater respect after he had granted her request and treated her to tasty food .
He sat opposite to her and explained, "They don't think so . All the people in this world have their own ideas and memories . Their whole lives have nothing to do with me . This world has its own rules which I also need to follow . "
When he was talking about this world, Phyllis' eyes shone with excitement . She had been deeply shocked by her experiences here and had been meant to ask something about him . Now, she finally got the chance .
She looked at Zero's bedroom and then whispered, "Your Majesty, is this the real place where you used to live? Please excuse me for being blunt, but I guess you're not Prince Roland of Graycastle, are you?"
Roland raised his eyebrows in surprise . "Why did you say that?"
Phyllis was excited . "Because your Neverwinter looks just like this world! When I first came to your city, I didn't quite understand why you built so wide, flat roads for carriages even inside the city where space is limited . . . But now I know you didn't build them for carriages . You did it for those fast four-wheeled vehicles! Your amazing weapons, your ambitious plan to build a 10-floor building, your powerful machine powered by boiling water and many other things in Neverwinter all seem to have something to do with this world . "
After a little thought, he said, "I'm indeed Prince Roland, but when I came to Border Town, some different memories just somehow popped into my head in a sudden . They're some abstract, incredible knowledge, and I've only mastered a small part of it by now . " He decided not to tell her his time-travel story that he only wanted to share with his closest witch .
Phyllis did not doubt what he said at all . "Then those memories must be something from the deities . Taquila witches often said that the deities didn't love human beings, but now it seems that we were wrong . You've got the deities' smile . As long as you are with us, we'll be able to defeat demons!"
Roland was startled hearing her share this idea with a decisive air . He had been trying hard to convince the Taquila survivors that he was able to defeat demons, but it was the first time a Taquila witch expressed confidence in him . He was a little uncertain since he had only brought her to a park and some restaurants instead of a scene of the military exercises .
He subtly mentioned his uncertainty, and Phyllis frankly told him what she thought . "Because of those four-wheeled iron vehicles . "
"The vehicles?"
"Yes, Your Majesty . Back in Taquila's age, we had to use lots of horses and carriages to send supplies to the front line camps . Some witches did have the ability to move fast but they could hardly complete this kind of tasks . Once the weight they carried exceeded a certain point, the consumption of magic power would increase by many folds . I believe you've know this phenomenon already . "
She continued, "We felt great pressure when the Union seized the demons' Siege Beasts . Such a big thing, hundreds of times heavier than a person, could be operated by only one witch . When its iron shield and bolts on the top were removed, its loading capacity was equivalent to that of four to five carriages . Judging from this, we all knew that demons were much better at manipulating magic power than us . At that time, the Quest Society also believed demons' fighting potential was far greater than ours . Given this, Lady Alice started to pin her hope on the God's Punishment Army plan . "
"So you guys judge an opponent's potential by their transportation capacity?" Roland asked with interest .
Phyllis nodded . "Yes . The method to transport goods, manually carried or horse-drawn, determines how far we can go . The species who're able to travel farthest are the strongest . " She paused here and could not help smiling . "In this Dream World, I saw a four-wheeled iron vehicle several times farther than a carriage could travel . They're as fast as the wind while carrying over 100 people . That shows this world's strength . If your weapons are also created based on something from this world, I believe they'll easily crush demons . "
Having heard her explanation, Roland was touched and lost in thought . Limited by their knowledge and era, the Taquila witches failed to defend the Fertile Plains, but that doesn't mean they're stupid . Phyllis is quite smart to infer this world's strength from some crowded bus . Such an insightful observation is really impressive even for people in modern times .
He suddenly thought of a topic frequently discussed by netizens in forums, "How can we defeat aliens who come to invade the Earth?"
In fact, this discussion was meaningless . Human beings worked hard only to send several astronauts to the moon, the closest celestial body to the Earth . This achievement was nothing when the alien invaders were able to travel hundreds of light years or even across the galaxies to the Earth . The energy they had consumed in their travel was enough to burn the Earth to ashes . How could human beings defeat such strong enemies?
He believed that if a civilization was able to travel in space and expand its power to another solar system, it would be strong enough to destroy human beings on the Earth . The moment we saw these alien invaders would be our time of death .
To his surprise, he found Phyllis or the dominators of Taquila also knew this truth about war very well .
In the end, the ancient witch stood up and bowed to him with hand on her chest once again . "Though you aren't a witch and unable to activate the Instrument of Divine Retribution, I still believe you're the Chosen One the deities sent to us . "
Hearing this tenuous conclusion, Roland did not know whether to laugh or cry, but he did not point out her mistake . He knew that with Taquila witches' support, his Neverwinter would have a brighter future .
He took a deep breath and rose . "We don't have much time . Let's start testing . "
They had to move fast and carefully in case that they would wake up Zero at night .
After setting up a ladder, Phyllis climbed to the top and turned her back to the bed . She fell down from the ladder, but nothing changed after her fall .
That meant she could not leave the Dream World by falling .
Now, there were only two possibilities .
She would leave here when Roland left this Dream World . Or, she would be trapped in this world forever .
When he climbed up the ladder and sat on it, ready to fall, Phyllis walked up to him .
"If I can't leave this Dreamland, don't worry . It's a nice place for me . If I can never come back after I leave here, I'll never forget all the things I went through today and will be always missing this world . "
Roland nodded and then fell backward .
In an instant, the world was dark again .
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