My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 118 A Remarkably Effective Experiment, Fram's Plan
Although the cat became listless, the experiment still had to continue.

After learning about the experiment, the silly cat wisely jumped onto the table next to it.

Even if Kalia pulls out a bag of dried fish from somewhere to please it, it won't fall for it.

It's a dragon, so how could it possibly be attracted to dried fish?

There should at least be some meat in it, right?

Is fish considered meat?
And you wicked woman just locked me in the shadows all day, causing this cat... no, this dragon, to not even get a meal. You think you can bribe me with a bag of dried fish?
"Wow, this smells amazing! This dried fish is really good! Is there any more?"

The great Mr. Nash Stormfang ultimately succumbed to the temptation of a bag of dried fish.

He allowed Kalia, whom he had already labeled a "wicked woman," to caress him.

Meanwhile, Roland, who had layered both the Thornmail and Moon Spirit Essence on his body just to be on the safe side, jumped up and down nervously.

He would occasionally glance at Cellina beside him and say, "Remember to save me if you notice anything wrong."

"I see. I've never seen you afraid during real combat, so why are you so scared of an experiment?"

"Besides, Ms. Fram and I are both here watching, what are you afraid of?"

Roland retorted irritably, "How can that be the same! Being fearless in real combat is useless anyway!"

Kalia, on the other hand, was very happy. She held the cat in one arm and fed it with the other, while looking up at the sidelines and cheering it on.

"Go Roland! Ugh, you silly cat, your cat hair is in my mouth!"

"Tch, if you're not happy, then don't hug me!"

Ignoring the commotion on the sidelines, Roland looked at Flam and said, "Alright, Ms. Flam, let's get started."

"Okay. By the way, you really don't need to worry. I've already stolen some of the control over this Demon King's Hand."

"I will control it to stop if we encounter real danger."

"it is good……"

Roland, still somewhat skeptical, nodded, then became serious: "Let's begin."

Frum nodded, then waved his staff, and a magic circle appeared in front of Roland. The next moment, a powerful and imposing armor, the Demon King's Hand, standing more than two meters tall, stood before him.

Upon seeing the target appear, Roland did not hesitate to use the spell intervention.

This was the first time he had used this skill on this armor.

As the ripples of the spell's interference spread out, the Demon King's Hand, which was originally about to rush towards Roland, suddenly froze in place.

Purple sparks began to erupt from the jet-black armor, and the armor's movements became unnatural.

The next moment, the Demon King's hand went into a malfunction and became unable to move.

Roland looked at Flam beside him: "They actually succeeded?"

"Not yet, kid. Don't get too excited. It has only stopped moving; the runes within it haven't stopped operating yet."

"Don't be careless."

Just as Flam had said, not long after, the Demon King's Hand moved again. However, shortly after the red light inside its helmet lit up, Roland launched another spell interference.

As expected, the other party crashed again.

"Alright kid, the spell is working quite well, but it's not the effect I wanted."

Frum sighed, looking somewhat helpless.

In her opinion, Roland's technique was already amazing enough.

There were spells that could interfere with magic before, so why have most of these spells been lost now?

The reason is actually not that complicated; it just doesn't work well.

Either the casting cycle is long, the casting difficulty is high, or the effect is poor.

The technique Roland is using now can truly be described as groundbreaking.

Short wind-up, good effect, but the energy consumption... judging from Roland's relaxed expression, it probably isn't that high.

Although it couldn't achieve the effect that Flam wanted, the fact that it could cause the Demon King's Hand to crash for more than half a minute was already very satisfying for her.

Half a minute is enough time for the seal to complete.

I just don't know how effective it will be on the prototype.

After all, the protection of a mass-produced machine can't compare to that of a prototype.

When that demon king was forging those thirteen prototype machines, he must have considered similar situations.

"Alright Roland, let's move on to the second phase of the experiment. Be careful, I'm about to activate the armor's long-range attack module."

"!!!"

No, why is there still this experiment?
Before Roland could raise any questions or doubts, he saw the helmet of the armor suddenly light up with a terrifying red light.

A chill that ran through his very soul made Roland realize one thing—he was being targeted.

"Eivaz!"

Roland shouted and activated the World Tree's protection without hesitation. The next moment, a green light that had never been so dazzling shone forth.

The blinding green light lasted for a full minute before it completely dimmed.

After the green light faded, Roland noticed several changes in the scene.

First of all, the Demon King's Hand armor in front of us has completely fallen apart. Completely disintegrated.

The armor, which was originally a shiny black, has now turned grayish-white, as if it would shatter completely at the slightest touch.

In addition, Celinina started flashing gold again.

As for Flam, she looked like a cat that had inhaled catnip, completely dizzy and disoriented. Perhaps the only one who seemed normal was Kalia.

She was holding her cat, watching everything unfold with shock in her eyes.

Fortunately, these anomalies did not last long.

The golden light on Cellina quickly stopped flashing, and after being dizzy for a while, Flam returned to normal and stared intently at Roland.

"...You brat, what exactly is your connection to the World Tree?!"

“I don’t know! You know Ms. Flam, I’m just an ordinary person who grew up in Riskan.”

“I think all of his actions and growth trajectory can be clearly traced.”

Floram stared intently at Roland for a while, then sighed, "Never mind, we'll talk about it later. When I have some free time, I'll take you to Avalon, and we can take the dragon back to Dragon Island along the way."

"Alright, the experiment was a success... well, not exactly a great success."

Fram was satisfied with the results of the experiment.

At least she confirmed that Roland's spell could indeed affect the Demon King's Hand and could easily dismantle it.

The only drawback was that... Roland seemed to have more and more secrets about him.

Especially its connection with the World Tree, isn't it a bit too deep?
To be honest, at the beginning, I only sensed a faint World Tree aura in the carriage.

But in less than a month, Roland was able to conjure branches and leaves that were indistinguishable from the World Tree, and even emanate such astonishing power that clearly originated from the World Tree itself...

This situation is getting complicated. Little Deng herself is having trouble controlling it, so she needs to ask the real old Dengs for help.

However, for now, let's deal with the immediate problem first.

After finishing her sentence, Flam cleaned up the shattered fragments of the Demon King's Hand and went back to her room to tinker with something.

Kalia, full of curiosity, moved closer to Roland and asked, "Hey, is this the spell you used on me before?"

"Why is there such a big commotion all of a sudden? Wasn't it just a faint green light before?"

"The light was so bright I could barely open my eyes."

Roland shook his head: "I want to know too... I was just using the skill normally, everything was as usual."

Cellina, who had been on the sidelines watching for any unexpected incidents, came over and said, "If you're going to use this skill in the future, could you please let me know beforehand?"

"I don't want to be a flashing light bulb every time."

Roland nodded awkwardly: "Next time, for sure."

Cellina then leaned close to Roland's ear and whispered, "I didn't expect that this Ms. Fram didn't know the origin of the power you used."

“Those two demons clearly knew, and they even recognized the origin of the power in my body.”

After hearing what Cellina said, Roland also became curious.

Yes, even though both demons who were sent to infiltrate behind enemy lines knew, why couldn't Flam recognize them?

Even if you can't recognize your own abilities, what about Cellina's?

Stimulated by the protection of the World Tree of Roland, Cellina, who had reactivated the power of the runes, had no way to actively restrain it.

Roland turned to look at Cellina: "It seems that perhaps the rulers of the Demon King's court have some special intelligence."

"And you also said that the rulers of the royal court are hunting down the owners of these stones. If they are going to hunt them down, they must have to provide their subordinates with some methods of identification, right?"

Doesn't this make a lot more sense now?

Cellina nodded somewhat unhappily: "It's really not easy to get anything out of you."

"Even now, you still won't tell me the origin and true nature of the stone?"

Roland laughed: "Of course I can tell you, but you have to ask me directly, instead of trying to get information out of me like this."

"Trust is a mutual Cellina."

"However, let me state upfront that I don't know much either."

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you two whispering about?" Kalia suddenly stepped between them. "Isn't it a bit inappropriate to whisper in front of me?"

Cellina smiled awkwardly, then coughed: "Well, I just remembered I still have some clothes that haven't dried."

After saying that, Cellina hurriedly left.

Roland was left alone to bear the gaze of the man and the cat.

"Meow, being indecisive is no good, meow!" Nash patted Roland's chest with his paw. "Not to mention he's a demon, you'd better think this through!"

"Hey, why are you taking pictures of me! I'm just trying to defend you, okay!"

Nash looked up at Kalia with a hint of grievance.

Damn it, this cat... no, this dragon was just trying to help you out, and you treat me like this!

You can't appease me without a bag of dried fish!

Kalia seemed to have sensed the silly cat's thoughts, and took out a bag of dried fish from the shadows, telling the silly cat to take it and go cool off somewhere.

After chasing the silly cat away, Kalia just smiled at Roland: "Alright, do you think I'm a bad woman like Iluvia?"

"You must have some kind of agreement with Nina, right?"

"It's okay, I understand."

"but……"

"Don't you dare steal any food!"

After saying that, Kalia gently bumped her head against Roland's chest: "Do you understand?"

(End of this chapter)