"And the plane is carrying...God's Punishment Witches?"

"Precisely. The magic-canceling field is the same as the effect of God's Stone. A dozen or so God's Punishment Witches should be able to hold off or even kill the opponent. If that doesn't work, the sniper team will still have a chance to go over and deliver the final blow." Northern Pearl spoke frankly, "Of course, it won't be easy, and exactly how to do it depends on the opponent's actions, but at least it's not a dead end. I personally think the success rate is not low—after all, the enemy has experienced gunfire, but has never seen the Seagull. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that ordinary people could fly into the clouds."

Roland immediately understood the Staff Department's concept.

Indeed, relying solely on the sniper team was not reliable. If the other party realized from the mysteriously disappeared patrol Terrorbeast that humans had a weapon capable of long-range precision strikes, they would inevitably take some kind of action when retreating—such as maintaining a course-changing flight throughout the process or lowering their altitude to fly close to the ground, then even Andrea would be helpless.

Her ability could find that coin that was guaranteed to land upright, but a coin that was guaranteed to land upright was not guaranteed to exist.

In this case, someone needed to stand up and fill that gap.

The pursuer needed to have not only a speed exceeding that of a Demon Slayer, but also a strength capable of contending with a Demon Slayer. Theoretically, the witches didn't have anyone like that.

But the Staff Department had thought of using a combination of a glider and a group of God's Punishment Witches to achieve an equivalent effect, which was undeniably a clever indirect approach.

The Seagull could be hidden high in the sky in advance, and then convert altitude into speed when interception was needed. As long as a period of kinetic energy accumulation was achieved, the Seagull could easily break through 500 kilometers per hour and overtake the fleeing devils from behind.

Except...

"This plan should be the best solution we can achieve at the moment, but I think Ashes will definitely not agree—after all, that front line is still the front line, and there's even a possibility of a face-to-face encounter with the Demon Slayer." Roland looked at Tilly, "So..."

"I will convince her." Tilly said resolutely after a moment of silence, "I will go."

"Your Highness!" Wendy said anxiously.

At this moment, Roland could vaguely guess the mood of this Witch Union leader. If anything were to happen to him, the ones who could maintain the witches' status would be Anna and Tilly. One was the rightful queen, and the other was the legitimate bloodline heir. As long as those two were there, they could firmly stabilize all forces. Therefore, Wendy definitely did not want to see any accidents.

"Just think about it for a moment, and you'll know that what we're doing is not much different from the usual transportation of witches. By the time the Demon Slayer realizes the existence of the Seagull, the sisters of Taqila should have already forced it to become distracted. Therefore, all risks are within a controllable range." Tilly smiled, "Don't worry, I'm not a fool like Ashes. I won't do things beyond my capabilities."

Roland knew that she had made up her mind, and he no longer intended to waste time on this. He looked at Edith, "Continue."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Edith walked to the map, "The final step of the plan is the ambush location. Without the support of the Red Mist, High-rank Devils can't hold out for long either, so this potential mindset will drive the opponent to retreat along the Blood Line, so as to replenish their storage tanks as soon as possible. This also means that the best ambush location will be somewhere near the Red Line."

"Regarding this point, I have a good suggestion." Elhia suddenly said, "I don't know if you still remember that Extraordinary had once acted to infiltrate behind enemy lines."

"Ah...that idiot," Tilly rubbed her forehead, "I used to blame her for wasting a Colorful Magic Stone."

"But now, this positioning point located on the side and rear of the Taqila ruins can bring us an excellent observation perspective." Elhia raised its main antennae, "As long as we deploy the Illusionary Device, the situation around the Blood Line will be fully visible!"

Roland also remembered at this time that after the wolf girl, Lorgar, discovered that a devil army had appeared near the ruins, the Witch Union had planned a reconnaissance, which ultimately failed because the team went astray. If this Colorful Magic Stone had been crushed in front of Taqila, then the devils' subsequent several deployments could have been known in advance, and there would have been no night battle like Taqila No. 1.

He thought it was bad luck, but he didn't expect it to have unexpectedly good results. It really made people feel quite...

He couldn't help but think of a sentence in his mind.

Fate is wonderful.

"In that case, Iron Axe and Edith will stay in the Third Border City for the next few days to determine the ambush plan as soon as possible." Roland ordered, "As for the magic bullets, Agatha and the Engineering Department will jointly tackle them."

"As you command, Your Majesty!" Everyone said in unison.

When the meeting was dismissed, Elhia's voice suddenly entered Roland's ears. Judging from the reactions of others, this was a secret word that only he could hear.

"Celine hopes you can come underground. There's been a new breakthrough in the research of the Festival Cube."

...

Half an hour later, Roland walked into the underground laboratory.

Celine pressed the mechanism of the cube, and a familiar red line immediately appeared before his eyes.

"So, what you said about the new breakthrough refers to..."

"Please look at this," Celine stretched out her auxiliary antennae and handed over two small stones about the length of a little finger, "They are both parts of the cube and should have a long history now."

"They do look a bit old," Roland stroked his chin, especially the end closer to the outer surface, which had obvious signs of wear. "You can now disassemble the cube without damage? No—wait, since the parts of the cube are in your hands, why can it still glow? Could it be—"

"That's right, Your Majesty." Celine smiled and replied, "What the cube is equipped with at the moment are the new parts that I have replicated. And it can operate normally, which shows that those parts are effective. I wonder if this breakthrough satisfies you?"

"Amazing..." Roland shook her antennae in surprise, as if admiring a precise knife, "It's only been about three months, I thought it would take a year or longer!"

"The Sleeping Spell's Slender Wrist helped me a lot, and the structure of the cube is also much simpler than the magic core." Celine let him look for a while, then slightly shyly withdrew her auxiliary antennae, "The previous saying that several thousand pieces were needed for testing can be revised. I think five hundred similar materials can complete a replica."

"The garrison of Great Celebration Port should already be acting according to my orders, and I think news will come soon." Roland cheered. If it could be successfully replicated, perhaps it would bring another earth-shattering change to Neverwinter, just like the steam engine.

"In that case, can I ask you for a reward?" Celine suddenly changed the subject, her tone carrying a hint of expectation, "Of course, all of this is for the purpose of better promoting research work in the future!"

"What do you want?" Roland asked curiously.

"An assistant—an assistant who can help me understand the knowledge of the dream world." Celine swayed her main antennae, "My sisters are very suitable, but it's too difficult for them to learn those knowledge on their own. I heard them say that there are also institutions like colleges there, and they are clearly stratified. If there is someone to guide them, the situation might be much better. So... Your Majesty, can you send them to school?"