It felt so good to be close to the witch!

"In the prophetic scene, besides the large man-made magic vein, there is also a huge shadow. Presumably, that is the magical beast that was born from this magic vein."

"Can you tell where it is?" Roy's eyes narrowed slightly.

Fuma shook her head: "It's a closed underground space, and we can't determine its exact location. We can't even be sure if it's located in the province of Lafa."

"After receiving your message, the Duke's Mansion has dispatched several legendary knights to sweep through the province of Rafa and remove nine 'artificial small magic vein points.' With the legendary knights' perception abilities, if they can't find them the first time, they won't have much hope even if they search again."

"Judging from the prophetic image, this underground space should be located deep underground, and the magical fluctuations it emits are extremely weak. In the vast province of Rafa, searching blindly would be as difficult as climbing to the sky."

Roy glanced at the table with his finger for a few seconds, then said, "In any case, let's assume it's within the province of Lafa."

"You can ask the Duke's legendary knights to continue the search and give it a try, while I will use our own unique methods to search."

"We will adopt a two-pronged approach, and immediately notify each other of any news."

"That's all we can do..." Fuma sighed.

……

Fuma left.

This talent evolution took far longer than expected. She had been "missing" for more than two days. She needed to return to the Duke's mansion to let him know she was safe and to give orders for the search mission.

Meanwhile, Roy summoned all the witches and shared the prophecy.

Looking at the witches deep in thought, Roy's gaze fell on the mechanical witch Toni, who was sitting at the very edge.

Now, all the witches around him have completed the evolution of their talents, except for Tonnie, who has not yet completely removed the pollution and completed her first talent evolution.

After observing her for some time, he had developed a basic level of trust in Tonigne.

Therefore, he prepared to help Tonigne remove the pollution and complete her first talent evolution.

Toni's "Metal Control" is an extremely powerful talent, and Roy is very much looking forward to seeing what new derivative characteristics she will exhibit after her evolution.

Roy turned his gaze to the other witches who were deep in thought and spoke:

"I suspect that the location of the large artificial magic point is somewhere very deep underground. In this case, the chance of finding it by searching on the surface is almost zero. Therefore, we need to carry out 'underground operations'."

"Underground operations?" A look of doubt appeared in the eyes of Ais, Lilia, and the other witches.

Roy smiled slightly: "The way the spies of the Cole Empire infiltrated was through a vehicle called the 'Excavator,' which allowed them to enter the Radiant Empire from underground."

He waved a spatial ring in his hand: "And the 'Excavator' vehicle is kept in the spatial ring carried by the spy Miarko. Here it is."

“We can drive the ‘excavator’ to search underground. We can perceive things more clearly at close range, which will greatly increase the chances of finding the target.”

"Of course, before that, Tonnie, you need to advance to the Grand rank as soon as possible."

"Among us, only you can operate the excavator, and your talent is metal control. By sensing the presence of metal, you can more easily discover whether there are cavities underground."

"Of course, I will also help you cleanse your body of impurities and complete the evolution of your talent."

"Also, Elena and Vivian, you two should have completed the inscription of the nine runes of the Basic Meditation Technique, right? I'll use this time to assist you in advancing to the Grand rank."

Upon hearing Roy's words, Tonnie, who was sitting at the edge of the table, had a ripple in her usually calm eyes.

Elena and Vivian also showed signs of excitement in their eyes.

They've wanted to be promoted to Grandmaster for ages!

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Chapter 162 Ais's "Strangeness"

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“Lord Roy, in recent days, the continuous heavy snow has collapsed many houses. Because of your previous arrangements, I have arranged for those who lost their houses to live together with those whose houses are still sturdy.”

"In addition, I also arranged for the Black Stone Knights to build temporary housing, but unfortunately, their skills were lacking, and the construction speed was extremely slow."

In the warm hall, Red bowed slightly, respectfully reporting his work to Roy.

"Let's arrange it like this for now."

Roy sighed.

Nowadays, the outdoor temperature has dropped to minus fifty or sixty degrees Celsius. If a person spits out a mouthful of saliva, it may freeze into ice crystals before it even hits the ground. Under such circumstances, ordinary carpenters simply cannot work, and only the Black Stone Knights who have advanced to the Bronze rank can move freely.

These people are good at fighting, but asking them to build houses is really asking too much of them, so the slow progress is understandable.

After exchanging ideas for another ten minutes or so, Reid respectfully left the hall.

Sitting in the chair, Roy lowered his head and stared at his right hand.

At this moment, three specialty runes were engraved on his right arm.

Three days have passed since Fuma's talent successfully evolved.

Over the past three days, he has been studying his specialization runes and has made considerable progress. In addition to the initial "Charged Slash", he has also imprinted runes for three low-level specializations: "Lightning Reflexes", "Fitness", and "Power".

Lightning Reflexes: In combat, the user can react extremely quickly to enemy attacks. (Neural reflex speed +30%)

Physical Fitness: Improves physical strength and immunity, allowing for faster recovery from injuries than the average person. (Physical constitution +20%, abnormal status reduced by 10%).

Powerful: The body's strength far surpasses that of ordinary people. (Strength +30%)

These three new lower-level feats are all the feats that a "Star Paladin" can acquire at Tier 1.

Their burden is the same as "Charged Slash", which is 5. The total burden of the four feats is 20, which just fills the 20 burden limit of the first-tier peak of "Starlight Paladin".

Compared to the common "Warrior" class's specializations—Tenacity, Strength, and Combat Reflexes—the "Star Paladin" not only has one more specialization, but its effect is also stronger.

Lightning Reflexes is an advanced version of Combat Reflexes; the former increases neural reflex speed by 30%, while the latter only increases it by 20%.

As for the other two specializations, Bodybuilding is an advanced version of Tenacity, and Strength is an advanced version of Power.

With all these differences added up, Roy estimated that, even among peak Tier 1 warriors, a Starlight Paladin could defeat at least three warriors!

"Charged Slash", "Lightning Reflexes", "Fitness" and "Strength" – these four low-level feats significantly boosted Roy's combat power.

Unfortunately, the number of runes required to be engraved for a second-tier professional's specialty has increased significantly, and the difficulty has also increased considerably. Roy estimated that it would take at least two more days to complete the first specialty, "Parry and Counterattack," for a second-tier Star Paladin.

"call……"

Roy let out a soft breath, raised his head, and looked at the snow-covered sky outside the door, his gaze gradually becoming serious.

In the past three days, in addition to studying his expertise, he also took the time to cleanse Toni and assist her in completing the evolution of her talent.

The effects of Toni's evolved talent also gave Roy a pleasant surprise.

In addition to the enhanced effect of the original talent "Metal Control", it also has a brand new characteristic - electromagnetic perception and manipulation.

The effect of combining metals and electromagnetism is not as simple as one plus one.

The first thing that came to Roy's mind was the infamous "electromagnetic cannon"!

This terrifying super-tech weapon has a single destructive force that even exceeds that of a nuclear bomb.

Of course, with Toni's current magic power and control, she cannot create a "super electromagnetic cannon". It is estimated that she will have to wait until she advances to the Great Witch to see if there is a chance to realize it. But at least this idea is feasible. Moreover, the simple application of electromagnetism can also greatly increase Toni's combat power.

For example, performing simple electromagnetic acceleration on metallic objects.

Unfortunately, before that, Roy needed to educate Tonnie about "electromagnetism." The technology of the Cole Empire hadn't yet reached the point of developing electromagnetic weapons; for the people of this world, even the specific concept of electromagnetism was unclear.

Teaching is not urgent. Before helping Tonnie understand electromagnetism, the priority is to help the three witches, Tonnie, Elena, and Vivian, advance to the Grand rank.

After this period of practice, the three women have all reached the level of nine runes in their basic meditation techniques.

Speaking of which, it's worth mentioning that Toniel progressed much faster in mastering basic meditation techniques than Elena and Vivian. She started practicing later than the two women, but reached nine runes at almost the same time.

With a foundation in basic meditation techniques, an unpolluted body, Roy's assistance, and Shanika's attentive healing, the three women's advancement was virtually impossible to fail.

After half a day, the three women successively achieved the breakthrough of the Grand Master rank.

At this point, all the witches around Roy had been promoted to the Grand rank!

The combined power of six Grand Witches and Roy, the extraordinary Golden Knight, is simply terrifying.

Even a legendary one-star player would have no chance of winning against this lineup.

After some deliberation, Roy decided to send Tonnie, Vivian, and Elena in the Excavator vehicle to search for the underground space where the "artificial large magic point" was located.

Toni's talent, combining metal and electromagnetism, allows her to perceive the distribution of underground metal factors over a wide area.

In fact, metallic factors exist even in rocks, it's just a matter of quantity. In hollow underground spaces, the distribution of metallic factors is extremely thin, just like a light-colored area suddenly appearing in a large piece of dark cloth, which is unusually conspicuous.

It can be said that as long as the underground space appears within a certain range of Tonnie, it cannot escape her perception.

As for Vivian and Elena, who accompanied them, they volunteered for the mission and also served as protectors.

Vivian's light and Elena's illusions may not be as effective as Tonine's "metal control + electromagnetism" in large-scale destruction, but when dealing with individual living beings, the two women can play a far greater role than Tonine.

After becoming a Grand Elemental, Vivian's speed is now the fastest in Roy's squad, far surpassing even Lilia's ability to move through the shadows.

Learn about the speed of light.

Because of her magic, Vivian's current speed is not as exaggerated as the speed of light, but it is far beyond the speed of sound. Roy even suspects that even a legendary two-star knight might not be as fast as Vivian.

As for Elena's illusion... the illusion followed him like a shadow the moment their eyes met. Roy had tried it, and even he, once caught in Elena's illusion, needed several seconds to break free.

This is because he possesses several talents and his soul is far more resilient than others of the same level. If it were an ordinary peak gold knight, Roy estimated that it would take at least a minute for him to break free from the illusion.

Such terrifying control effects are virtually unsolvable without preventative measures.

Don't think that illusions are harmless.

The line between illusion and reality is often very thin.

If you are under an illusion, you will actually die once your brain believes you are dead.

Even if the three women encountered a powerful magical beast and were unable to defeat it, they could retreat with ease.

Now, a whole day has passed since the three women went out to search.

"I wonder how they are doing now, and whether they've gained anything?"

Roy muttered to himself.

He shook his head, walked out of the hall, and headed towards the small courtyard at the back.

As soon as Roy stepped into the courtyard, azure light spots condensed into a shape in front of him, and a white-haired, silver-eyed girl in a crimson dress appeared before him.

Roy paused for a moment, then asked, "Ais, is something the matter?"