Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 130 - 129: The Unexpected Battle

Chapter 130: Chapter 129: The Unexpected Battle

Surrounded by a double-digit number of enemies, Ronald and his five companions remained silent.

The current scene was clear at a glance.

Or rather, after the enemy’s remark, "No playing hide-and-seek in Blenheim," their identity had been clearly revealed.

—Cult magicians.

This Demon Rame, summoned by Salaman, was associated with the cult magicians causing trouble in Blenheim City.

With this premise in mind.

Ronald and the others’ current situation was almost inevitable.

Perhaps since the afternoon when Ronald had encountered them,

Lama and these cult magicians had already begun to set an ambush for the investigators.

Think about it—

A temp worker on his way back to Blenheim happens to run into an enemy who had once assassinated an important person and still manages to run back to the city alive.

Such news, once relayed to the Bureau of Investigation, would inevitably lead its leaders to decide to send people out of the city immediately to investigate.

Continuing this line of thought.

Dealing with an enemy capable of assassinating Nicholas, the investigator sent out would undoubtedly be an elite force from the Bureau of Investigation and would also have a high chance of discovering clues, following the trail to patrol onwards.

And so, the final outcome would be discovering this winery where Lama was hiding.

So, would they sit and wait for death or set a trap awaiting the elite investigative forces?

The answer was simple.

An unintended chance meeting.

For the Bureau of Investigation, they gained a new clue to resolve the assassination case on the "East Wind."

But for the cult magicians, they too gained a chance to set a trap, ambush, and resolve the elite of the Bureau of Investigation.

In this tense standoff, the leader of the cult magicians spoke:

"Follow the plan, you go first!"

Seeing the surrounded six not responding to their provocation, the leader of the cult magicians began to command his subordinates, not wasting any more time with them.

Then, four people, each from one of the four directions surrounding Ronald and his group, stepped forward.

All were dressed in attire that concealed their bodies with black robes.

Swish—

"Roar roar roar!"

Simultaneously, they flung off their robes, and the act was accompanied by their almost frenzied screams.

The four cult magicians’ bodies twisted and deformed amidst the screams, eventually transforming into monsters made of flesh ripping through the skin, composed of swollen fat and muscle, before lunging toward the encircled Ronald and his group.

Clang—

At that moment, a clear metallic clinking sound came from the investigators’ side.

—It was Spencer.

As the four frenzied monsters lunged forward, he raised his metal short staff and lightly tapped the air beside him. Although it didn’t make contact with anything, the tip of the short staff indeed made a sound.

As if...

It had struck a piece of metal?

The next instant, centered on where Spencer’s short staff touched, invisible sound waves suddenly radiated outward.

The invisible, intangible sound waves reached the four attacking cult magicians, causing their bodies to stiffen simultaneously.

"Ah—"

Simultaneously, the four exaggeratedly large monsters vomited fresh blood.

Clearly, they had sustained considerable damage.

Meanwhile, at a farther distance, the situation of those cult magicians wasn’t as severe. The sound waves had encountered some defensive magic and quickly dissipated into nothingness.

"Roar roar roar roar!"

At that moment, the four frenzied cult magicians roared again.

They had not died from Spencer’s attack. After activating an unknown spell to harness some power within them, their spirits leaned more towards complete madness, and their size expanded again.

Four monsters, completely disregarding their injuries, with crimson eyes and even more frantic movements, charged again.

"..."

"Tsck—"

At this point, Nicole clicked her tongue displeasedly.

She raised her left hand high and then swung it down through the air fiercely.

Accompanying this action, the previously unresponsive vines suddenly rose high, their thick tendrils flattening and broadening, almost covering the whole sky around them. Only right above Ronald and the others’ heads did the tangled vines leave a gap.

Then, this exaggeratedly large vine surface, like the hand of Iapetos, crashed down to the ground instantly.

Boom—

In a supremely exaggerated loud noise,

the violent currents splashed around; Ronald could even feel the ground beneath his feet trembling pitifully. Naturally, the vine surface, composed of plants, also disintegrated completely under this impact.

In just a few breaths—

Vine trellises and mud from the garden, mixed with broken vines, splattered everywhere. Everyone present lost their vision due to the impact and could only barely see the objects in front of them.

At that moment, Ronald glanced at Patricia beside him.

The girl holding a sharp blade also happened to look at Ronald.

Their eyes met, and Patricia nodded slightly.

A silvery arc of light sliced through the dust in front of them, and the girl immediately charged ahead.

The main culprit behind the killing of her clansmen was right in front of her, and clearly, she did not intend to wait for the situation to change; she was evidently planning to launch a surprise attack amidst the chaos!

"Volume eleven, page fifty-seven, item three."

At that time, the last investigator also made his move.

He awkwardly recited an entry from the "Encyclopedia" in English and then pressed down in the air with both hands.

Buzz, buzz, buzz—

This time, the investigator’s spell had an impressively large effect.

Bright light flashed instantly, piercing through the dust, and reached the position of the cult magicians before.

Then, a disappointing situation occurred.

At the spot illuminated by Kate’s light, none of the cult magicians were still there.

They had either been blown away by Nicole’s plant shock or had already dodged early.

This time, the light shot only regained their proper sight.

Following the path cleaved by the fierce light, Ronald saw the fate of those four cult magicians.

Because they were right within the range of the vine slap.

Their bodies were completely mutilated, their broken limbs haphazardly sprawled on the ground, and their flattened chests no longer heaving.

With one strike from Nicole, all four frenzied cult magicians were annihilated!

The sound of deep green blood flowing on the ground and corroding the plant debris was the most conspicuous testament to their battle victory.

Boom!

Suddenly, the four unresponsive bodies began to burn.

Immediately, an extraordinarily intense green flame burst forth!

The flames, as if having a consciousness of their own, spread instantly across the ground, blazing vigorously along the remains of the plants, encircling Ronald and the others in a blink of an eye.

Then, more complex patterns were traced out on the ground by the flames.

In just two or three breaths, a nested array was etched onto the land, with the group of investigators right in the center of the array’s void.

If the view were lifted to the sky, they would appear exactly like sacrificial offerings waiting for death in an evil ritual!

At this moment, the previously leading cult magician spoke again.

He rubbed his left arm, which had gone limp from the previous attack, and said with a rather arrogant tone:

"Come on!"

"Continue to try your spells!"

"Let’s see today, who amongst us can walk out of this vineyard alive!"