The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 61: Return

Just when Roland was crouching to install the base for the new steam engine, three figures suddenly emerged from thin air.

They landed, staggered, at his feet and carried him with them as they fell to the ground.

Anna was so frightened that she immediately jumped back and erected a wall of green flames to try to block the stranger.

When Roland looked up, he discovered that one of the women was the long-awaited Nightingale.

From his face, he looked extremely exhausted.

Her cheeks were red abnormal, so it was clear she had been running in cold and windy weather for a long time, but despite the wind, her forehead was covered in sweat.

Nightingale raised her head and cried with real anxiety.

“Your Majesty, please call Nana and have her come! We need it immediately!”

Now, Roland noted that the woman tied on his back was very pale and her eyes were closed.

He was wrapped in a scarlet-colored garment of flowing blood and his arm was almost severed. He immediately reacted and shouted towards his bodyguard.

“Cardin, run to the medical center and pick up Nana!”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" the guard replied as he immediately ran away.

Other than the two, there was also a young girl who was caught in Nightingale's armpit.

He looked like he was not in a serious situation, and looked around with eyes full of curiosity.

“You didn't get hurt, did you?”

Roland stepped forward to untie the woman with the injured arm from Nightingale's back.

"I'm fine, Your Majesty, Keke ... I'm so sorry, I can't bring back my sister from the Witch Cooperation Association."

Nightingale gasped for breath, her voice extremely weak.

Apparently he had come a very long way and was almost physically taxing himself.

"Don't say anything else, you need to rest first." Roland took the unconscious and injured woman and let Anna lead Nightingale.

Like this, five people returned to the castle. Nightingale had a room next to Anna, so when they came to the castle, she immediately ordered the maid to make a fire in her room and also deliver a hot water barrel.

After Nana arrived, she first explained to him what happened before she started to clean her wounds and take care of her injuries while Roland walked out of the room.

As long as she didn't die, Nana would be able to heal every wound like she never did, so the problem wasn't if she could save her life.

Although Nightingale had carefully tied her arm, the blood circulation had been cut off for too long, so she did not know if it could be saved.

The following cleaning and treatment required the patient to undress, so as a gentleman, Roland consciously chose to come out.

But how did it develop into this? Ask Roland himself.

Could it be that the Witch Camp was attacked by a demonic beast and there was no one else he could save?

If that were true, then it would truly be a huge loss. Roland nervously floated at the door.

About half an hour later, the door was pushed open and the first person to come out was the unidentified girl who looked unharmed and who came along with Nightingale.

When he saw her waiting at the door, he nodded and said,

"You are exactly the same as Nightingale described you."

"..."

Roland did not know what to make of this sentence,

"What did he say about me?"

"A prince who would care about us witches." while answering her question, the girl lightly closed the door, saying,

“Unfortunately, the news was so unbelievable that most of the witches could not believe what he said.

Actually, I couldn't believe it either, but just as my father always said, 'this world is huge, and has all kinds of people'. My name is Lightning, Your Highness, nice to meet you."

When he finished speaking, he lowered his head and placed his right hand on his left shoulder – maybe that was his way to pay respect.

However, Roland did not think anymore about salute, part

"most people don't trust him," is important information.

"The Witch Cooperation Association was not attacked by demonic beasts?"

"attacked? No, ah …

Why do you think like this?”

“Ya, so. The older sister with the broken arm was Wendy, she was hurt by our esteemed mentor, Cara.”

Then, Lightning began to tell stories.

After hearing what happened, Roland fell silent and thought, so it was actually like this ...

I really underestimated the cruel oppression witches had to face. Now, after accumulating for so many years, the hatred between the witches and the nobles over the Church had reached its peak.

This way, is one of the extremists. Then, Roland got the impression that the first thing the leader of the Witch Cooperation Association would do when he had the strength to do so was to eradicate people with the same attitude as himself.

But fortunately, Nightingale was still able to return safely. And not only that, he even brought back two new witches with him to Border Town.

As for the witch house, Roland thought, he would still let Karl build it. Even if they didn't need it at the moment, there was still a chance that the number of magicians would increase.

"So you're also the sister of the Witch Cooperation Association?"

"Not anymore." Lightning sighed and then continued,

“It was the same for Wendy and Nightingale. Since we left, it is now impossible to return. I'm worried Cara won't be able to swallow her pride.”

"Will he survive even though Nightingale pierced through his body?" Roland asked in disbelief,

"Maybe. In the camp we have witches called Witch Potions, which can increase the potion's effectiveness several times,"

obviously Lightning,

"by multiplying the effects of some hemostatic grass and turning it into a blood-boosting drug, saving lives,

but compared to your magician who has the ability to heal, the effect is lower.”

Hearing this, Roland thought, this will be very troublesome, it doesn't seem like it's enough just to worry about the Church, now I also have to be wary of the witches.

Fortunately, their goal was to search for the Sacred Mountain, so I hope the difficulty of finding Nightingale is too much for them.

"Before you said that you didn't believe what Nightingale said, so why did you go with her and leave the Witch Cooperation Association?"

“Because you have a machine that exhales and puffs black and white smoke, and you can also make stone from gray powder and even have powder that breaks down mountains with booming explosions.”

Lightning repeated the exact same words he said to Nightingale,

“Maybe there is no Prince who is good to the witches, but he will not lie to me, it is impossible to make such an idea

at least this is what my intuition tells me about an explorer, and just seeing a monster in the courtyard capable of emitting white gas indicates that I am right?

Nightingale seems to call it ... steam engine, right?”

"Explorer?" Roland automatically ignored the final question.

"Yes, explorer!" Lightning emphasized the word,

“This is the reason why I chose to follow Nightingale. All explorers want to know about the unknown.”

“...” Roland quietly sighed.

What should I do with this witch?

Someone like him could only survive at this age if they were born into a wealthy family.

Anyone only needed to see her once to see that she was a tomboy, not only because of her clothes, but also her short golden hair,

"Are you sure your name isn't Izawa Riel?"

“Who is that? My name is Lightning ” the little girl proudly explained.

At this point, the door opened once more and Anna and Nana walked out.

"How's that?" I asked Roland,

"Is the healing going well?" Seeing Nana nod, Roland could finally feel relieved.

Generally, the limbs need to be reconnected within six to eight hours. When this time limit is exceeded, the success rate will be greatly reduced.

Since Lightning said that they had taken more than a day to travel from the camp to Border Town, the chance to save that limb was actually already very small.

It is almost impossible to reconnect the nerve with conventional surgery. This once again showed just how amazing Nana's healing abilities were.

Now the young witch was also tired; it seemed that the treatment also consumed a lot of her energy.

So Roland excitedly said to them, "You all have worked hard today, so after dinner, the two of you should sleep here with Anna."

Of course, he thought it also meant that Sir Pine would also sleep here.

ED Note: Izawa Riel is the Chinese name for Ezreal from League of Legends