Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 209 - 208: Hard to Explain

Chapter 209: Chapter 208: Hard to Explain

Almost the instant the man finished his persuasion, Audrey, also enveloped in the magical fog, immediately opened her mouth to shout:

"Ronald, don’t believe his deceptions!"

"The church has never engaged in the vile act of claiming the original texts of other schools as its own!"

"Since the original texts you both possess originally came from the same book, I can assure you that we will inevitably return this guy’s original text to you!"

"..."

Ronald had not yet responded to the nun’s loud explanation when the man in the fog couldn’t help but interrupt to retort:

"You’re trying to deceive a three-year-old!"

"Who doesn’t know the value of an original text?"

"Ro... Ronald, right!"

"Causing unrest in the city was not my intention; we who belong to the same school are the most suitable companions!"

That’s what he said.

But with the man’s shouting, his movements showed no sign of relaxing.

If the magical fog shrouding them had dissipated at that moment, the man’s fierce look would have been revealed to everyone. After all, his previous performance was not really an attempt to persuade Ronald.

He was hoping to use his words to coax a response from Ronald concealed in the fog.

Even just a single word would allow him to pinpoint the other’s location.

Then do something to change the current situation.

Unfortunately, other than Audrey’s resolute retort, Ronald had no intention of entertaining the man’s words.

And so, within the pitch-black, dense fog where one could hardly see their hand before their face,

Ronald lowered his voice as much as possible and approached the man from behind.

The ’violent’ power forming the magical fog enveloped the man’s surroundings, allowing Ronald to receive real-time feedback on the enemy’s condition.

Thus, even though he could not see the enemy with his own eyes,

Ronald knew the man’s location at this moment and even fully grasped his movements in his mind.

Coming within five meters of the man,

Ronald tightened his grip on the razor, ensuring he was in excellent condition.

Then, relying on the location indicated by the fog, he aimed at the man’s back and neck, raising his twin blades and slashing down simultaneously.

Clang—

This was the first time Ronald had personally launched an attack that struck the target.

However, his attack, just like when Audrey took action before, was ineffective.

A white light protected the man’s body thoroughly, showing no fear of Ronald’s first probing attempt.

As for the specifics...

When the twin blades chopped at the man’s back, Ronald felt as if he wasn’t cutting into flesh but rather a piece of steel forged a thousand times!

This thin layer of white light, though only a sliver, was exceptionally reliable in hardness.

The razor he had picked up from beside the corpse of the priest was essentially just a piece of iron sharpened to an extremely keen edge, utterly incapable of breaking through the man’s defense spell that radiated a holy aura.

And this ineffective, probing strike,

simultaneously exposed Ronald’s position.

At that moment, the enemy no longer spoke with the friendly tone he used when attempting to beguile him.

With extreme speed, the man quickly turned around and kicked towards Ronald’s direction.

Almost simultaneously, Ronald crossed his arms in front of him to block.

Bang—

Just like that, Ronald’s arms, raised in defense, collided with the man’s kick.

In close quarters, both parties felt each other’s strength.

Originally, there wasn’t a significant difference in their strength, nor was there much of a gap in their speed.

It was only because of the interference of a protective barrier that Ronald was a bit weaker than the other in actual performance.

Unable to control himself, Ronald staggered backward two steps.

While the man steadied himself with a single push-back.

At the same time, with both parties being so close, this man could barely see Ronald’s figure within the dark fog.

Thus, once he stabilized his stance, he charged towards Ronald with his staff sword in hand.

He lifted the sharp blade high and chopped downwards with such force that even the surrounding dark fog was split into two!

However, in front of him.

With help from the surroundings, Ronald was very clear about the way this guy attacked, and even knew the exact angle of the slash.

He naturally raised two razors to block the man’s short sword.

With movements designed for easy blocking and exerting force, he planned to twist the man’s weapon straight out of his hands.

Crack—

The next second, Ronald realized his mistake.

The razor broke.

The pale-colored staff sword in the man’s hands was no ordinary object.

Whereas the razors he held were just sharp, common blades.

It only took one engagement for the man’s short sword to successfully snap the razor Ronald held in his left hand.

Luckily, under the impact, the short sword deviated and fell through empty space.

Otherwise, had it struck Ronald directly, the head on his neck might have become two!

"..."

Facing such an outcome, Ronald didn’t utter a word and quickly retreated several steps, planning to once again completely conceal his figure within the dark fog.

Standing at the original spot, the man also immediately followed with his staff sword in pursuit.

Unfortunately, the continuously entangling dark fog impeded his speed to some extent.

By the time he chased in Ronald’s direction for four to five meters.

Ronald’s figure once again vanished within the dark mist.

"Huff—"

Facing such a result, the man seemed somewhat relieved, exhaling a breath and the tension on his face no longer as sharp as before.

With the experience of this bout, he was confident that he had the upper hand in combat power!

Even if he had to face another ambush, he was certain he could survive this crisis.

Sss—

Suddenly, the white radiance guarding his foot flashed violently.

At the same time, there was the sound of something burning at that location.

Looking down, the man’s expression changed instantly.

Although he only saw a blurry silhouette.

He could be sure that some sort of gray matter had burrowed into the ground from where he stood, followed by silence.

What was that?

His past experiences quickly provided an explanation for what he had just witnessed.

It was some kind of aggressive spell that he did not understand.

In an instant, strong doubts surged in his mind.

Who exactly was Ronald?

And why could he use these spells?

As "Divine Comedy" was the original text of his own sect, he was aware of some of the ways in which the spells were used and could sense that what Ronald was using were abilities of his own sect.

The "Hell Chapter" was supposed to be a Chapter that relied purely on the dark fog for the use of pure magic.

Regrettably, due to the small scale of the sect and the previous generation’s unsuccessful decryption efforts, they had only developed one method to attack gluttonous individuals.

It had strong offensive capabilities but excessive restrictions.

Therefore, this Chapter was considered a rather useless part.

It was for this reason that he agreed to the organization’s use of this part for experiments on Black Mountain.

However...

Just what was that thing?

The original texts of his own sect, in the hands of a stranger, were producing something he had never seen before!

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