Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1173 - 1167: The End

"Cold Strike Blade!"

"Are you kidding me, Nicholas came all the way here?"

At this critical moment, the cult sorcerer blocking the way let out a gasp.

In the previous close combat exchanges, he couldn't quite determine Patricia's identity, after all, the Nicholas family isn't the only one in the world known for their swordsmanship.

But now, the situation was different.

[Cold Strike Blade] was a renowned name in the mystical realm, and when combined with Patricia's strong and swift sword techniques, guessing Nicholas' identity wasn't difficult.

The cult sorcerer dared not underestimate the threat.

In their line of work, they all have had some dealings with people from [Greed].

—Never engage in close combat with Nicholas.

The moment this thought entered his mind, the cult sorcerer made his decision. He decisively removed the ring from his hand and crossed his arms, causing the pair of silver bracelets to clash against his chest.

Bang—!

The rapid and explosive magic fluctuation resurfaced.

Compared to the spell-rich Ronald, Patricia's combat methods were indeed quite straightforward.

Faced with such a large-scale, indiscriminate impact.

She swiftly swung her sword forward, powerfully cutting through the air current under the blade's sharp edge.

But unfortunately, the cult sorcerer at this moment only wanted to increase the distance from Patricia.

Thus, he had no intention of lowering his arms, instead allowing the impact to continually release in waves, like an unceasing tide rushing toward his enemy.

"..."

Normally, Patricia wouldn't have a good solution to this.

She could only place the longsword vertically in front for defense, engaging in mutual attrition with the opponent.

However, the current situation was not normal.

Patricia was very clear on one thing—Ronald was right behind her.

Therefore, she didn't have to consider the aftermath; she just needed to focus on defeating the enemy!

With this in mind, Patricia's gaze sharpened.

She once again cut through the impact with her sword strike, then locked her gaze on the cult sorcerer's standing position. In the moment before the next wave arrived, she hurled the longsword with lightning speed.

Swoosh—!!!

The silver light sliced through the air, emitting a sharp sound unlike before.

This time, the blade didn't cut through the cult sorcerer's magical impact but pierced through it like an armor-piercing arrow!

Smack! Smack! Smack!

After penetrating three times in quick succession, the sword showed no signs of slowing down, continuing to fly toward the cult sorcerer.

The cult sorcerer maintaining the silver bracelet's power hadn't anticipated such a scenario.

Thus, when his gaze penetrated the dust stirred by the magical impact, and saw the sword coming at him, he had completely missed the chance to evade.

He couldn't even move his body.

He watched as the longsword Patricia threw transformed from a silver light point into an arc, ultimately slamming directly against his chest.

Crack—

The sharp blade carried the effect of breaking through magical power.

The cult sorcerer's crossed hands on his chest were pierced together, not to mention the tool capable of launching magical impacts, which was directly cut apart by the blade.

Then, the cold blade pierced into the body.

The cult sorcerer, whose physique was not his strong point, found it difficult to control his body, even being dragged backward by the sword's force, finally being pinned firmly to the ground.

"A brilliant strike."

At this moment, from afar, Ronald offered his applause to Patricia.

"To achieve such a defeat against a powerful original holder as a mere caster, Patricia... Nia, your skill is truly unparalleled!"

Turning to look at Ronald walking toward her, Patricia lightly shook her head.

"If you weren't here, I would have been severely injured by now."

What Patricia said was indeed true.

Though she managed to pin the enemy to the ground, she had no means to deal with the ensuing magical impacts during the third and fourth waves, having lost her longsword. It was Ronald who intervened in the critical moment, preventing her from being hurt by the later impacts.

"Ahhh!"

Suddenly, a scream erupted from upfront.

Ronald and Patricia simultaneously turned their heads to find the cult sorcerer pinned moments ago struggling again.

However, he didn't succeed in standing up, even the longsword embedded in him hadn't loosened.

Patricia's simulation of [Cold Strike Blade]'s ice blue magic had brought a troublesome issue to the cult sorcerer through his wounds, with the freezing chill affecting his blood and flesh, posing a significant problem.

"Nicholas..."

"Has someone from [Greed]'s fleet been lurking here all along?"

After struggling for several seconds, the cult sorcerer decisively chose to give up.

It was then that Patricia suddenly realized.

She remembered encountering Sesta in [Springs], the daughter of the cult sorcerer leader, who possessed magic equipment very similar to the enemy before her.

If one were to make associations with school spells—this cult sorcerer might actually possess the same abilities as Sesta!

"Brad, that guy's body can dematerialize!"

With Patricia's words, Ronald's gaze immediately changed.

And the cult sorcerer pinned to the ground reacted even faster, promptly abandoning his subdued guise and assuming a dematerialized form to escape the sword piercing through his body, then floating in the air.

Though freed, the cult sorcerer's chest wounds were still apparent.

The extreme cold magic that Patricia had inflicted on him was tangled upon his chest, a wound that couldn't be healed for a while.

Seeing Patricia continue to provide information to Ronald:

"His ability can make him immune to all physical damage, only spells can affect him."

With his abilities thus exposed, the cult sorcerer frowned:

"How did you...!?"

Only halfway into his sentence, the floating sorcerer froze.

Because Ronald, who had been far away, had suddenly moved right before him within that half-sentence. Moreover, what the sorcerer saw was a black blade imbued with golden flames slicing toward him.

"Huh?"

Boom—!

Only able to let out a single syllable, [Solar Power] exploded upon the sorcerer. His dematerialized body offered no resistance, and in a blink, he was consumed by the intense holy flames and turned to ashes!

This cult sorcerer, originally formidable.

Was thus completely felled by Ronald's strike in an instant.

"..."

After swiftly executing the enemy, Ronald's gaze remained tense. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

For within his senses, toward the direction of [Rooney Kingdom]'s capital, several individuals with significant magic fluctuations were approaching, and they were all original holders!

"Go—"

Ronald didn't wish to expose his identity.

With a single prompt, he immediately activated a spell, departing the scene with Patricia directly.