Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength

Lama did not continue to stay in the forest outside the city.

In fact, given the urgency of the situation now, he couldn't afford much hesitation and delay.

After expressing his gratitude to Ronald and Catherine.

He asked them for some true core creatures as evidence of the situation, then immediately turned back, rushing toward Hamono, following the team that had left earlier.

"..."

Quietly watching the back of the departing great demon.

The forest around Ronald and Catherine quickly restored to the quiet and peace it should have after that overwhelming pressure that felt suffocating.

Snap——

At this moment, a sound of a branch being softly broken came from the tree beside them.

Ronald and Catherine turned their gaze, and only then did they notice a small animal originally resting on the tree was startled by the earlier event.

But because it felt the presence of the great demon.

So it dared not move, finally regaining vitality at this moment, but unfortunately fell from the tree.

Seeing this, Catherine waved her hand.

The little creature, about to hit the ground, was gently caught by a soft force, and then safely landed on the ground.

"To ordinary creatures, demons are indeed quite frightening."

Watching the little animal flee deep into the forest.

Catherine smiled and shook her head, speaking to Ronald.

And Ronald returned Catherine a rather meaningful smile:

"However, in Lama's eyes, you and I might be more terrifying than any demon."

"..."

"Hahaha——"

Catherine was unsurprisingly amused by Ronald.

However, the Astrology Tower Master didn't laugh for long, soon restraining her smile and adopting a serious tone again:

"So Ronald, what do we do now?"

"Should we return to the travel agency and enjoy the remaining two-day light-hearted vacation, or, like your tendency to meddle in past affairs, continue to delve deeper and explore the situation?"

Before asking the question, Catherine's gaze already contained a hint of meaning.

Because in Catherine's view, Ronald's past actions and character would likely lead to no other answer facing the current situation.

And Ronald naturally nodded in accordance with Catherine's expectation.

"Having come this far, of course, there's no reason to leave it unattended."

"The matters in the city are handled by Hamono's people, but outside the city… at least the High Priest of the migrants was quite respectful towards us during our last meeting."

"Then let's go and take a look." With the anticipated answer, Catherine's expression showed no surprise, rather she added a prerequisite, "However, Ronald, I hope we can return by tomorrow morning. That way, I should still be able to enjoy the breakfast Lama prepared for us."

Ronald recognized Catherine's intention.

Thus he amicably showed a smile to the young woman in front of him:

"Regarding that, I'm willing to assure you."

...

In the forest during nighttime.

Two spells that enable flight echoed under the night sky.

Then, just like when departing from Hamono City, Ronald and Catherine's figures rose from the forest, quickly flying towards the migrants' settlement.

This journey was extremely urgent, and neither dared to waste time.

Even before the great demon Lama in the city awakened the sleeping Congressman Darman, they had crossed the entire city ahead of time, arriving right above the migrants' dwellings.

However, at this moment.

Ronald and Catherine did not descend directly to the ground.

Floating in the air, they saw the scene below in the camp, their emotions influenced by what unfolded in front of them, becoming remarkably complex.

"..."

"It's only been a day, how did the situation below become like this?"

Ronald was the first to speak.

And Catherine beside him said nothing, merely furrowing her brows, staring at the scene below along with Ronald.

The view that greeted their eyes was quite tragic.

The migrant camp, previously tense last night, now amidst the deep night, had devolved into a place where chaos and violence spilled over. The noise of shouting and fighting permeated the camp, with the bloody scent clearly discernible even from above.

Especially around the large tent where the High Priest was.

The migrants wielded knives against each other, fighting violently.

Those still able-bodied vented their fury and violence indiscriminately upon their peers. And the badly injured could only writhe pitiably on the ground, emitting cries of pain.

As for the weakest migrants…

Sadly, they had become cold corpses amid this sudden uprising. Lying on the ground, they accepted the arrival of death, powerless to make any move to change the situation.

"..."

Stunned by the sight, Ronald carefully inspected the scene below.

The attackers mingled with the wounded, or rather each person was actually an attacker, differing only between success and failure.

Ronald wanted to intervene directly and stop the tragic scene below.

But upon seeing the crazed emotions in the eyes of these people, he knew that relying on brief controlled actions to halt the violence was absolutely impossible.

To solve the problem here, the most crucial clue must be captured.

Thinking like this, the magic fluctuations on Ronald began to activate, planning to merge the ability of "Divine Comedy - Purgatory," to guide people's emotions, at the very least preventing the violent emotions from continuing to grow among them.

Ronald decided to do his utmost to smooth over the turmoil deep within the migrants' hearts.

And just at this moment, Catherine spoke:

"Ronald, this wasn't done by the summoned creatures."

"Our actions today were quite swift, following the normal speed of information transmission, the creatures outside the city couldn't have received the news about the attack in the city. According to the original plan of the creatures—these refugees should become scattered into the forest only after launching an assault on Hamono."

Ronald maintained the spell while nodding towards Catherine.

He agreed with the Astrology Tower Master's analysis.

Regarding the crucial matters of invading the world and spreading seeds, even if the summoned creatures sensed the impending crisis, there was no reason for them to suddenly change their plans.

The migrant camp below deteriorated into this state certainly due to other influencing factors!

Seeing Ronald's action, Catherine spoke again:

"Anyway, let's go down and take a look."

"Without firsthand understanding of the specific situation, merely observing and guessing here cannot yield the most accurate answer."

With these words, Catherine took the lead descending below.

Simultaneously resounding were the words of her spell:

"Elijah Baley resolutely resisted the deep-rooted fear within.

This fear had accumulated for at least two weeks. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

No, possibly even longer..."