Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 177 - 176: Infighting

Chapter 177: Chapter 176: Infighting

At this moment, Hanson was considering how he could escape.

No way out.

The situation before him was far too dire for his liking.

Firstly, the exaggerated strength Ronald had demonstrated had completely surpassed Hanson’s expectations when he made his move.

Originally, he planned to sell the unicorn’s horn and then pretend to be oblivious to everything, as if nothing had happened in the manor.

Up until the exhibition was set to open this very morning.

That was when Ronald was preparing to transport the unicorn’s horn to the display.

He intended to pin the theft on this guy.

Unfortunately, Kevin, who was too rigid to adapt, out of the blue decided to do some documenting this morning and even brought it up to him.

And the situation just got worse from there.

Hanson tried to concoct lies to bluff his way through, but Kevin, who was sorting out the documents, accidentally uncovered the trap Hanson had laid to frame Ronald.

Subsequently, the hastily made-up lies were immediately exposed by the other party.

Having no other choice,

Hanson could only rely on the dead—who couldn’t speak—for companionship.

After all that, Hanson did have a plan.

The timing was already when Ronald was supposed to arrive, and with the experience from the previous two missions, he quickly conjured up a new ploy to pin the blame, ready to push all the problems and responsibilities onto Ronald in a different manner.

But the result...

The black mist that controlled his surroundings said it all.

The current state of affairs had spiraled into complete chaos.

If Mr. Everton were to arrive here, he could leverage their relationship to fully persuade the other party and thus absolve himself of any suspicion.

—Provided that Ronald had not singled him out.

If the other party found any trace of evidence, or directly exposed him as the real culprit,

then everything would truly be in dire straits.

’Damn it...’

Hanson couldn’t help cursing in his heart.

Even the internal intelligence from the "Ginkgo Leaf Business Alliance" was sometimes untrustworthy.

What was it called?

A ’slightly powerful Caster’?

If he could meet the informant right now, Hanson really wanted to slap him immediately.

To hell with rural places like Berenwedige.

Even in the capital, Springs, no one would call someone of this level of mystery a ’slightly powerful Caster’!

No, he must continue to bluff.

If that fails, he’d fight his way out, try to make a break for it.

Just by seeing Ronald’s daring move to detain everyone, he couldn’t trust his life to the elusive fate!

At the same time.

As Hanson frantically calculated his next move in his mind,

a very clear change occurred on the scene.

After Ronald had spoken, all the guards started to become suspicious of each other, with their eyes betraying mistrust towards one another.

Even though they had been on decent terms as colleagues before.

That’s just human nature; emotions are contagious.

When faced with stress and tense situations, the actions of the first person often heavily influence how things unfold.

In the face of crisis,

if one person stands out and takes the lead, the others will quickly follow;

yet if one chooses to flee, scattering in escape becomes the crowd’s main course of action.

The current situation was one of facing Ronald’s interrogations.

Someone had just been desperately defending their innocence.

So soon enough, other guards also began to find ways to clear the suspicion from themselves.

The first to speak up was the person who was on duty at the entrance on the first floor.

His name was Allen Cooper.

Only to see this guy’s expression collapse first, he turned his head to the right to look at a companion, and immediately shouted aloud,

"Mr. Ronald, I know this guy’s spell."

"Charlie’s spell can definitely achieve this effect!"

"Just the second Wednesday of the month before last, the two of us went hunting wild dogs in the suburbs, looking to add some extra meat to our meals. I saw with my own eyes, he used an aggressive spell to kill the prey directly, and there were no injuries on the prey’s body."

"You should interrogate him first; this guy is the most suspicious!"

"Bullshit!" The accused person immediately turned red in the face and retorted angrily, "How could it possibly be me! My petty spell is good enough to kill a few wild dogs, but it can barely do anything to people."

"To end up like Mr. Kevin right now, I would have to torture him alive for more than ten minutes. If that had actually happened, his screams would have echoed through the whole villa by now. Are you bunch deaf?"

Suddenly, Charlie, who was pointed out as suspicious by his companion, had a revelation.

"I... I understand now!"

"Mr. Ronald, this guy is pinning the crime on me to make me take the fall!"

"Everyone knows that Allen’s spell has to do with plants and he’s also in charge of everyone’s meals. He must have secretly used some poisonous plant to make a poison that destroys the internal organs!"

"This guy is the most suspicious!"

Seeing himself being attacked back, Allen, who spoke up first, also panicked.

With a look as if he was ready to fight for his life, he shouted loudly with reddened eyes,

"You’re the one talking nonsense!"

"I get along great with Mr. Kevin on a normal basis!"

"Whoever did it, it couldn’t possibly be me!"

At this moment, a new guard joined in the rebuttal:

"Who knows if you didn’t use your relationship early in the morning to poison him and then take the opportunity to steal the unicorn’s horn?"

Allen immediately retorted along,

"Yes, it’s you, Charlie, who is the most suspicious!"

The others also began to discuss, some with darker thoughts being provoked and others still maintaining their calm:

"Let’s not fight amongst ourselves; we can’t lose our composure!"

"What are you talking about?"

"I remember Molidko’s spell could also do something like this, couldn’t it?"

"..."

Heh—

Just keep the chaos going like this.

Seeing the increasingly disordered scene beside him,

Hansen actually felt quite relieved.

As long as this group of rabble kept making a fuss like this, preventing Ronald from casting his suspicious gaze upon him,

Then when Mr. Everton arrived,

Everything would naturally fall into place.

With his years of experience working at the "Ginkgo Leaf Business Alliance" and the trust built up over time with the other man, he was fully confident that he could shake off any suspicion from himself.

Afterwards, he’d find a scapegoat among these fellows.

Then today’s matter would be considered over.

Maintaining his calm, Hansen was somewhat glad he hadn’t taken any action before.

—To be honest,

The last thing he wanted now was a physical confrontation with Ronald.

As long as these people kept stirring up trouble like they are now,

He was happy not to get involved!

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