Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1167 - 1161: Clash Within the City

The magic power on the beach gradually dissipated.

After the incident on Lumir's side ended, the warden immediately offered to help Ronald search for the whereabouts of Heloise in the city.

However, Ronald rejected the warden's proposal.

Warden Bach, Ronald only planned to maintain a simple transactional relationship with this man and did not intend to further this interaction.

So he just asked for a brief letter of introduction from him, then bid farewell to Patricia and embarked on his own journey to find those who had come from [Greed] to [Rune Kingdom].

"Ronald, can I take a look at the list?"

Walking on the road back to the city, Patricia asked Ronald for the list:

"Although it may not be useful, perhaps I can also provide some help?"

Without hesitation, Ronald handed the list to Patricia:

"Of course."

"..."

Taking the list from Ronald's hand, Patricia quickly scanned over it with her eyes.

In fact, on the way to the beach, Ronald had already done the most basic processing of these names. He directly crossed out the names of those who could be 100% confirmed not to be Heloise on the paper, and at this moment, Patricia's scanning glance made the relevant judgment clear as day.

"Thomas, huh, he was an inventor with decent fame in [Springs] and indeed has disappeared, so he's probably not our target; Clay, he was once wanted for violating the secrecy ordinance on the mysterious side, didn't expect this guy to escape here..."

Under Patricia's second correction, the personnel on the list began to shrink further.

As for the final result—

At least in the city of [Tang Chom], Ronald and his companion had only three necessary targets left to confirm.

Knock, knock, knock!

Under the night sky, Ronald and Patricia found the first household and knocked on the door to enter.

After presenting the letter of introduction obtained from the warden, the other party warmly received them. Unfortunately, this family of three were indeed just ordinary casters seeking refuge after leaving [Greed].

Ronald didn't wish to disturb their peaceful life, so he quickly bid farewell and headed to the next house.

The next target was a solitary caster.

The person was also cordial at the sight of visitors, but unfortunately, they were not Heloise.

As night fell deeper, the search continued.

However, when Ronald and Patricia approached the vicinity of their final target, the situation took a different turn.

They had just clarified the location of the street and rushed to the corresponding place.

Before they even reached the door to knock, right at the entrance of the street, Ronald and Patricia sensed several distinct magic fluctuations in front, and there was a confrontation between them.

"Is there someone casting a spell and fighting?"

"Let's go up and see!"

Exchanging glances, Ronald and Patricia immediately stepped forward.

Then, under the cover of darkness, they witnessed a battle taking place in the residential area ahead.

Firstly, there were four cultist magicians in robes encircling a clearly rented courtyard apartment. However, the main participants in the battle were not them; the cultists were merely maintaining order at the scene, preventing the battle's impact from spreading elsewhere.

Inside the apartment courtyard, several agile figures took this residential area as their battlefield and engaged in intense combat.

Since the battle had only begun recently, these battling casters had not suffered any casualties.

"Tsk—"

Seeing this scene, Ronald couldn't help but frown.

He was already quite accustomed to battles or disputes between casters, usually not bothering to intervene even if he witnessed it.

But in [Rune Kingdom]...

These people engaged in fights without any scruples!

The civilians who originally resided in the apartment had their homes destroyed and their lives taken by these unreserved spells.

Watching this, Patricia felt quite uncomfortable as well, turning her gaze to Ronald:

"This is really excessive..."

Not wanting to see such a scene himself, Ronald's companion shared the same sentiment.

The course of action following this was straightforward.

"Everyone, stop!"

With a single shout, Ronald stepped forward, and the power of the word spirit enveloped both sides of the conflict.

So, whether they wished so or vehemently resisted,

All the casters present were directly controlled by Ronald's powerful word spirit, some even unable to control their spells and got heavily injured.

"..."

Under the gaze of the three parties of casters, Ronald and Patricia entered the scene.

However, they did not bother with the casters looking at them with faces full of horror; instead, they first headed to the side of the broken house to rescue the wounded innocent residents.

Once the matters here were settled, Ronald turned back, directing his gaze towards the parties involved in the earlier clash: 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"Now, come over here."

With a simple command issued, Ronald released the word spirit controlling their actions.

Though Ronald's command did not involve any spell,

none of these individuals dared to make any moves to escape or resist.

The sheer power of the word spirit magic broke all resistance within their hearts, so these people obediently lined up like little quails, including those cult magicians maintaining their presence.

Nonetheless, the arrival of the cult magicians was timely.

While the warring parties feared to speak under Ronald's presence, the cult magicians were proactive enough to inquire about the situation:

"Sir, may I ask what brings you here?"

"I'm looking for someone!" In a terribly sour mood, Ronald had nothing to hide and immediately stated his purpose, "In this apartment, there should have originally resided a person named Noela, where is he now?"

"..."

As soon as Ronald spoke, the scene changed instantly.

The eyes of the sides involved in the earlier fight shifted dramatically at that moment.

"Hurry, run!"

"Sir, these are the ones attacking Noela!"

Drastically different cries rang out from both sides of the crowd.

The party being attacked approached Ronald as they spoke; the other side panicked and seemed on the verge of fleeing down the street.

Clang, clang, clang—!

This time, Ronald didn't need to stop them himself.

Feeling not much better than before, Patricia chose to make her move at this moment.

Thus, the figure of the swordsman girl weaved through the crowd, and the three casters who had just been able to attack found themselves defeated on the ground by Patricia before they had time to react.

At this moment, Ronald stepped forward.

He bent down slightly, then looked at the terrified leader of the casters and asked:

"You planned to attack Noela and now intend to flee..."

"In that case, could you explain the purpose and reason?"