Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 129 - 128: Vineyard

Chapter 129: Chapter 128: Vineyard

The investigator named Kate.

She also exemplified her expertise.

Or rather, being dispatched alongside Nicole and Spencer to form a trio, her abilities had already been recognized by the Blenheim Investigation Bureau.

Beneath the protection of a transparent, thin film formed by an Array, not only did Nicole, who had rushed into the house first, proceed unhindered by the intense green glow, but so did Ronald and the others following her.

Ignoring the enemy’s traps, the others chased Nicole’s figure into the house.

The green glow illuminated the entire room.

Everything in front of them was clearly visible.

Right there on the second-floor room’s floor, an Array made up of black lines was etched, the origin of the green light was this very thing.

Facing this side of the room’s door,

The window at the end of the room was flung open, revealing the vineyard behind the winery outside, from which Nicole had just jumped down.

Following this, Spencer lightly tapped his metal short staff with his right hand.

Click-click-click-click-click-click—

Inaudible sound waves from the tip of the staff touched the ground, instantly lifting a large section of the floor and destroying the Array.

The green light gradually dimmed, and the investigator also jumped out of the window right after.

"Let’s go!"

Chasing Nicole and Spencer’s figures, the remaining four similarly jumped down from the second floor.

It was said that they jumped from the second floor,

but beneath the window, there were actually stacks of wooden barrels.

Even ordinary people could safely descend if careful.

Less than a minute passed, and the white membrane on Ronald and the others began to fade.

While the effects of the investigator’s Array were good, its duration was evidently its weak point.

They continued the chase on the ground.

Through the pitch-black night, the group could vaguely see a broadly-shouldered, burly man running furiously between the grape trellises.

Nicole was merely biting at his heels as they chased each other without widening the gap.

And Ronald, with his exceptional visual capability, had the clearest view.

The man Nicole was chasing was Lama!

He had seen that familiar figure just this afternoon; he couldn’t have mistaken it.

"It’s him, it’s him who killed on the ’Dongfeng’!"

Pointing at the figure’s back, Ronald shouted loudly to remind his companions.

Almost as soon as his words fell, Nicole unhesitatingly raised her pistol and started shooting at the man’s back.

"..."

Only the sound of their footsteps around the grape trellises was heard; the expected three gunshots did not sound.

—Nicole’s Array had muffled all sounds.

Silently, three bullets sped towards Lama’s back.

Puff-puff-puff—

All three shots hit!

Even in the darkness, Nicole’s marksmanship was just as precise as Ronald had seen in another sharpshooter named Alida; she was definitely a marksman of caliber!

Unfortunately, what followed was a scene that greatly displeased Nicole.

Even though Lama’s body was penetrated by three bullets, he merely staggered, immediately regained his balance, and started running wildly again.

This guy didn’t stop at all or show any signs of serious injury.

It was as if a demon continued to dash away!

"What kind of joke is this!"

"A demon’s body can even handle rune bullets?"

Feeling her pride slightly wounded, an annoyed and embarrassed Nicole fiercely swung her left hand.

Holding tightly to something since entering the winery, she now unveiled it in the dark vineyard.

—Beneath the night sky.

Ronald could see those were small granular objects.

Tossed by the young female investigator’s hand, they landed in Lama’s path.

Boom—

The next second, a rather surreal scene emerged!

Ronald remembered a movie called "Jack and the Beanstalk," especially the scenes depicting the growth of the beanstalk, which were etched in his memory.

And at this moment, a similar scene replayed.

Right where Nicole’s tiny granules hit the ground, countless vines crazily sprouted from the soil, twisting and coiling, eventually forming into a massive plant stem with a diameter of several meters!

Should someone get entangled by such a thing...

No need to think, it was definitely a death sentence!

Then, vines obstructed Lama who was still trying to escape, splitting into several strands and wrapping tightly around him, their wild growth even furrowing the ground.

Only when this guy was completely restrained by the surrounding plants, his body entwined with thick vines, did their frenzied growth come to an end.

Beneath the pitch-black night, the muscular man was bound within the plant’s cage by layer upon layer of vines.

The visual shock of this scene was simply indescribable.

"..."

"Why aren’t you running anymore!?"

Seeing her enemy captured, Nicole was extremely arrogant at this moment.

While taunting him, she also didn’t forget to speak to the priest behind her:

"Hey!"

"Mr. Morten, I have him under control."

"Hurry up and finish it."

The priest was always ready, and he immediately raised the cross insignia, ready to cast a spell on Lama.

This demon was tightly bound by Nicole’s vines.

He had no intention of showing mercy.

"Strike with a staff..."

"Squawk—"

Suddenly, a bird’s cry came out of Lama’s mouth, who was tightly locked by the vines.

The man’s muscles, bones, and flesh shrank inward and his clothing and decorations dissipated into nothingness.

His originally muscular body transformed right before everyone’s eyes, shrinking and morphing into the shape of a crow!

"..."

"I was waiting for this move!"

Facing Lama’s action, Nicole calmly extended her left hand and fiercely clenched it in the air.

Snap—

Along with the coming together of the investigator girl’s slender palms, the previously locked vines tightened inward again.

After continuing to compress the space, the crow that Lama had turned into was also tightly bound within it!

Quietly lying in the ’bird cage.’

The crow that Lama had turned into quietly watched from inside, its pitch-black pupils focusing on everyone.

It did not wait for the priest to chant again.

Everyone clearly saw that the crow Lama had turned into once again transfigured.

His body swelled up, stretching the surrounding vines until he gradually changed from a bird into a human...

No, it could not be said to be human.

It was a demon!

Although this time Lama’s body maintained a roughly human shape, the bone-connected horns on his head, pupils blazing with flames, and the filthy hair scattered over his skin.

All proved that this creature was definitely not human!

Meanwhile, facing his own predicament, the frightfully shaped demon did not seem too dejected, but instead coldly laughed in a mocking tone:

"Human, do you really think you can restrain me?"

"Don’t be too arrogant."

"..."

However, even at such a moment, Spencer’s attention was not fully on the demon.

He detected a slight noise in the distance and abruptly turned his head to look in that direction.

Staring into the surrounding darkness, the investigator from Blenheim loudly called out:

"Who’s there?"

"Come out!"

"..."

—Someone really did appear.

In a silent moment, twelve people walked out from the darkness surrounding the vineyard, encircling Ronald and his team in the center.

Then, one of them came forward, speaking in a quite leisurely tone:

"Yo—"

"Isn’t this our dear Mr. Investigator and Miss Investigator?"

"What, not playing hide and seek in Blenheim late at night?"

"Coming out here..."

"In a hurry to die!"

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