“What is it?” Roland turned his head. “Is there a problem?”
“It looks a bit similar to some of the things I've killed before,” Nightingale spread her hands. “Only those monsters were much smaller than this, and didn't have such an exaggerated appearance…”
“Wait, are you referring to the exploration of the Great Snow Mountain?”
Nightingale nodded. “Even earlier, when searching for the Ice Witch. From the perspective of invisibility, it seems reasonable to be mistaken for a ghost.”
“What are the differences between these two monsters? Can you be more specific?” Roland pressed.
“Hmm… let me think, it was several years ago after all.” Nightingale picked up the picture. “The ones I encountered were at most half as tall as the monster in the picture. The front claws were also sickle-shaped, just scaled down a lot. The abdomen only had auxiliary feet for climbing, not so many claws. As for the head… Right, the Claw Beasts at the time didn't have such obvious large mouths and sharp teeth. The one in the picture looks more like a predator. If it weren't for the front claws and invisibility, I wouldn't have associated the two together—I even thought they were some kind of mixed evil beast.”
Roland's expression became serious. “But later we discovered that those monsters belonged to the Sky-Sea Realm.”
If Evil Beasts could only cause limited threats, the Sky-Sea Realm was a completely different matter. As participants in the Battle of Divine Will, they were overwhelming the devils in places invisible to humans, and their strength should not be underestimated. If the power of the Sky-Sea Realm appeared in the Western Region, it would definitely not be good news.
But the entire north of the Fertile Plains was occupied by devils after the First Battle of Divine Will, how did the Sky-Sea Realm infiltrate the mainland?
Could it be…
A terrifying and exaggerated idea crept into his mind.
“Right, speaking of Evil Beasts… The First Army was also attacked by Evil Beasts when they entered the Snow Mountain ruins last time.” Nightingale raised her eyebrows. “It would be too much of a coincidence, could it be that the Evil Beasts and the Sky-Sea Realm are in the same group?”
Roland and Isabella turned to Nightingale at the same time.
The latter pouted. “I was just saying it casually, you don't have to take it to heart.”
“In any case, this matter is probably more troublesome than I expected,” Roland tapped the table lightly. In any case, Neverwinter City is the core of human industry, and no mistakes can be allowed. If this attack is related to the Sky-Sea Realm, no matter how cautious the countermeasures are, it is not excessive. “Isabella, the information you provided is very useful… Go down and rest for a while, and I will have someone from the General Staff contact you later.”
Isabella did not leave. “Your Majesty, I have something else to report to you.”
“What is it? Speak.”
“During my time in Hermes, I have not stopped experimenting with God's Stone.” She took out a stack of papers from her clothes and placed them on the table. “Do you remember the conclusion Agatha came to before? It is not because the magic power is too strong that it hinders the use of abilities, but because of other factors. I have repeatedly studied on this basis and found that this factor is likely related to frequency.”
“Frequency?” Roland asked in surprise.
“This statement does refer to the *Foundation of Natural Science Theory* you wrote, it may not be accurate, but I can't think of a better description.” Isabella then briefly described her findings. “In fact… not long after reaching this conclusion, my magic power began to condense.”
Nightingale blinked in surprise, observed for a while, and then said, “It's true… I didn't notice it before.”
Roland smiled. “Doesn't that mean that the alliance has another evolved witch? Congratulations, you have broken through yourself.”
Isabella shook her head. “It's all because you gave me this opportunity.”
“But it was your own choice to persist in research,” he denied. “After the ability evolved, what new feelings do you have?”
Isabella held out a palm—a ring was worn on her slender middle finger, and the polygonal gemstone in the center of the ring gradually emitted light.
That was most likely a Glowing Stone, outsiders might be surprised, but Roland would not—but he was a little puzzled, there seemed to be something different about this stone.
“This stone… is not from the hands of devils!” Nightingale exclaimed.
Roland immediately reacted. For devils, magic stones are the source of their promotion and combat power, and aesthetics are never a factor to consider, so most of them are round. This stone has obvious cutting marks, and has been polished into a polygonal polyhedron like a jewel, which is basically only done by humans.
But humans do not have the ability to create magic stones—all magic stones to date come from war captures and ruin excavations. Cutting and polishing will destroy the structure of the magic stone, in other words, it must be processed first, and then converted.
“This is my first experimental product after evolution.” Isabella seemed a little emotional. “It originally came from a God's Punishment Lock in the church dungeon, and now it can no longer imprison any witch.”
Roland opened his mouth in surprise. “You turned God's Stone into a Glowing Stone?”
“Yes, Your Majesty.” Isabella nodded. “If I could only completely erase the fluctuations of God's Stone in the past, now I can weaken it to a specific frequency, and the result is the so-called magic stone. But currently only some magic stones can be reproduced in this way, which is probably also related to my incomplete understanding.”
Roland combined the experimental manuscripts with inquiries, and it took more than half an hour to roughly understand what the other party meant. In short, Isabella's understanding and exploration of God's Stone are based on her own ability. In her eyes, the fluctuations of God's Stone are extremely strong, so that it is difficult to feel that it is constantly changing, and it looks like a dead black field at first glance. Under this fluctuation, other fluctuations cannot be expressed, which is why God's Stone can isolate abilities.
But both "fluctuation" and "frequency" are descriptions after the ability "translation". Isabella has vaguely noticed the difference between the two, but is limited by cognition and cannot accurately express it. After all, waves are obvious things, but magic power is not. She can only choose the most similar words from the existing concepts to describe it.
This reminded Roland of Lan seemed to have said the same thing.
Once the knowledge system gap between the interlocutors is too large, not to mention understanding, even expression is difficult to achieve.
However, Isabella's evolution proved one thing—magic stones are not the exclusive product of devils.
If magic power becomes a new discipline one day, then her experiments are likely to become the starting point of magicology.
“No one can help you on this road, but that's why it's worth a try,” Roland encouraged.
“I will do my best.” Isabella stroked her chest. “Finally, during the experiment, I also discovered an incredible phenomenon—Agatha's guess may be correct, God's Stone may not be an inanimate object.”