Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 295 - 294 The Use of Spells

Chapter 295: Chapter 294 The Use of Spells

Before the water sphere, Ronald looked at Catherine, who was trapped inside.

The holder of the original tome no longer showed any sign of life, neither resistance nor pleading.

She floated in the water like a helpless broken doll.

"Sigh..."

Watching the scene before him, Ronald shook his head then extended his hand, empowered with the force of "Fury."

Plop—

His arm easily penetrated the sphere; the flow of water was not even an itch against Ronald’s defense.

Timing his moment, Ronald grabbed Catherine and suddenly exerted his strength.

Snap—

Just like that, the unresponsive witch was pulled from the water sphere.

At the same time, as Ronald’s palm made contact with her skin, she truly lost all consciousness, becoming a completely paralyzed loser.

Watching his enemy thoroughly subdued, Ronald looked around.

In the surrounding seawater, the signs of severance still existed.

The effect of the original tome’s spell did not dissipate even though the caster, Catherine, had fainted.

"Hasn’t disappeared, huh..."

Muttering to himself, Ronald naturally bent down and hoisted Catherine up.

Following the safe passage she had left for her escape, he slowly returned to the shoreline.

At the same time, Clark, who was floating in the seawater, also witnessed this scene.

Confirming that Ronald had successfully captured the leader of the "Original Witches’ Association," Clark, responsible for this incident, felt somewhat heavy-hearted.

This was all Clark’s negligence.

Earlier this morning, an investigator had accidentally discovered the enemy’s tracks.

He had followed these witches with a standard ten-person operation team, intending to crush them.

Typically, an operation team of investigators from Springs could handle most medium and high-level mystical side events.

However, after pursuing them out of the city, Clark realized that something was off.

This time, the "Original Witches’ Association" was far more prepared compared to their recent performances in the city skirmishes, and they even had one of the most valuable original tome holders appear.

As a result, out of today’s excursion from the city, only four investigators returned.

Six experienced investigators lay dormant in the seawater, a truly tragic loss.

"Sigh—"

Sighing, Clark adjusted his stance and swam past the rocky areas towards the coast.

Meanwhile, he didn’t forget to shout to the two trapped people:

"Layton, hang in there!"

"This kind of spell in size and lethality won’t last long, just quietly wait for it to end."

"..."

In fact, compared to Catherine, Clark, another original tome holder’s physical condition was much better.

Though not a professional athlete, he quickly reached the shore.

Then, somewhat awkwardly, he made it back onto the land through the waves.

On the shore, Ronald, dragging the unconscious Catherine and accompanied by the two other investigators who had also returned, came over.

After the four of them gathered, Clark nodded toward Ronald, the young caster, not hiding the gratitude in his voice:

"Today’s crisis, we owe it all to you."

"Without your support, I and the others probably wouldn’t have lasted too long."

Ronald returned a smile, then pointed towards Springs:

"If you really want to thank someone, thank the Grand Witch Theresa."

"It was she who suddenly detected the trouble and dragged me out of the city to assist."

Clark’s eyes lit up, then he understood:

"I see."

"If it were Madame Theresa, then it’s only to be expected."

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"...,"

The two exchanged a few polite remarks before Clark shifted his gaze to where Catherine’s half-body was dragging on the ground:

"Mr. Ronald, although I’ve long heard of your talents,"

"Your spells should ensure this person doesn’t break free from your control, right?"

Ronald nodded non-committally:

"At least, from the several battles I’ve experienced, no one under my spell has managed to break free yet."

"..."

Hearing Ronald’s response, Clark still stared at the unconscious Catherine:

"I trust in your abilities."

"However, we should still dig out the school insignia and the original from this person now to prevent any future mishaps."

"..."

Hearing what Clark had to say, Ronald raised an eyebrow.

It wasn’t that he had any objections to the investigator; rather, the mention of taking Catherine’s original made him think of the enemy’s previous actions.

Ronald was very certain.

Before he had successfully approached Catherine, the holder of the original had recited a spell.

However, entirely protected by the power of the "Guardian Angel."

Ronald himself had not suffered any attacks.

It couldn’t be... that the witch from the "Original Witch Association" had failed in her casting, could it?

Following this vigilance, Ronald spoke to Clark:

"I should handle this."

Upon hearing Ronald’s reply, there was no change in Clark’s expression.

He merely stepped back slightly and gestured to Ronald with a ’please’.

"..."

Noticing the caution in the other’s actions, Ronald didn’t develop any negative feelings. In this world, those like Patricia, who don’t care about the original, are indeed rare.

Throwing over a smile, Ronald secretly snapped his fingers.

Then, quite generously, he turned his back to Clark and knelt down to begin searching Catherine’s body.

Well...

This holder of the original from the "Original Witch Association," aside from being capable of suppressing an investigator with her spells, also took very good care of her body.

Even though she was in a sorry state from the seawater, it couldn’t hide this fact.

At that moment, with the gaze of three men nearby, Ronald inevitably felt a bit awkward as he began his search.

Bit by bit, he first pulled a necklace from the front of Catherine’s body.

Hanging on this metallic chain was a tag, inscribed with the English words ’Full Faith, Full Love,’ which was clearly the school insignia.

Nodding, Ronald passed the insignia backward.

An investigator immediately stepped forward to catch it:

"Um... this is the school insignia."

He continued the search.

Eventually, on the side of her lower abdomen, Ronald felt something of the right size.

Feeling its shape, it perfectly matched that of a manual.

"Found it... Huh?!"

Just as Ronald was about to share the good news, the flesh at Catherine’s lower abdomen suddenly swelled at an incomprehensible speed.

A massive lump of flesh grew out of her body in an instant, eventually transforming into a strangely shaped monster.

Behind Ronald, Clark immediately recognized that this was the witch who had nearly defeated him today, skilled in using a certain original spell in battle.

Thus, he leaped back and without hesitation loudly warned:

"Get out of the way!"

"It’s a pre-set original spell!"

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