Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 495 - 492: The Inevitable Night

Boom—

As August drew to a close, a sudden explosion erupted in the riverside district. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

The deafening sound startled not only the city’s investigators and patrol officers but also ordinary casters and the citizens of Springs. They were jolted awake from their slumber by the shocking noise.

Scrambling out of bed, Ronald grabbed his coat and rushed to the balcony. The sound of the explosion seemed distant, and the tumult was clearly not something a street brawl between ordinary casters could produce.

From the balcony, Ronald immediately saw a wave of orange-red explosion lighting up the southwestern part of the city, even turning the pitch-black sky almost as bright as day.

Boom boom—

Suddenly, the weakening orange-red light burst forth once more, surpassing the previous explosion in sound and force. Countless red sparks, trailing curved tails, scattered around the southwestern areas of the city.

In the dark of night, a bloom symbolizing death and destruction was unfolding.

And from Ronald’s safe position, he could now feel the gale and tremors blowing from the site of the explosion!

"..."

Having just awoken from sleep, Ronald was momentarily lost in confusion.

He stared in the direction of the southwest before leaping to the roof of the three-story apartment. From this higher vantage point, he had a clearer view of the ongoing explosion.

At the same time, he also became distinctly aware.

There was no significant magic fluctuation occurring there.

"Its name is Styx,

That dark water flowing down, reaching the gloomy and steep cliffs below.

..."

Without hesitation, Ronald activated his ’Fury’ ability and shifted all his investigative focus to the southwest.

However, the results only added to his bewilderment.

The southwest was now filled with pure wails and fear, along with the personal emotions of those rapidly succumbing to despair. The sudden explosion was wreaking havoc, claiming lives—almost nobody could survive this disaster.

But the issue was, Ronald detected no signs of combat.

Those who reacted quickly in the southwest had even begun rescue operations, yet Ronald could not find any indication of battle.

"Ronald, what’s going on?"

As Ronald’s gaze remained perplexed, Heloise, having slipped on a dress, climbed up to the roof and quietly inquired beside him.

"Is this the work of those from the Stylistic school? An explosion of this scale... Only the mystical side’s ancient spells could wreak such havoc, right?"

"I haven’t felt any magic power yet..."

Ronald began to reply to Heloise almost instinctively.

However, halfway through his response, he suddenly shuddered.

Hearing ’Only the mystical side’s ancient spells’, the memories from Ronald’s past life flooded back in full. He had seen explosions of this scale, even larger, in online videos.

Chemical substances, dust, high-explosives, even nuclear weapons...

Any of these could achieve such a level of destruction. The intense devastation and explosion were not exclusively the making of ’mystical side’s ancient spells’.

The things humans created in productive activities.

Their power greatly surpassed what ordinary people could imagine, terrifying in its own right, and likewise denoting an unstoppable force of destruction!

And he contemplated the urban planning of Springs.

In the southwest direction was the Springs Industrial Zone by the coast, where a variety of new factories stood tall. In a world that had yet to awaken environmental consciousness, some factories that should have been far away from human settlements were actually operating day and night right there.

Both the system and awareness were backward, lacking a sound worker training mechanism and safety system. After entering the industrial age, it was entirely inevitable that Springs would face such a crisis.

Even more can be said.

If it weren’t for the mysterious side secretly controlling everything, such a crisis would have probably erupted even earlier!

Faced with the scene before him that was beyond human resistance, Ronald couldn’t help but mutter softly:

"This world, is it finally going to face these things now..."

Hearing this murmur.

Eloise, who was still pondering which faction was causing trouble, immediately looked up:

"Ronald, what did you say?"

Ronald immediately voiced his speculation:

"This might not have much to do with the mystical side’s spells, I think there’s been a serious accident at the factories in the industrial zone. Eloise, I’m going over to check out the situation, do you want to come with me?"

"A serious accident at the factories..."

Compared to Ronald, who had already reached a conclusion in his heart, Eloise’s face still showed confusion and doubt about the incident. But since her companion was inviting her, she quickly nodded in response:

"Let’s go have a look then."

"Whether it’s the factory or an original spell, I’m quite curious about the situation."

"Prepare your protection, we’ll head out immediately." Not knowing whether the place with problems was a chemical factory or not, Ronald first warned Eloise, and then began to chant the spell from "Astronomy Master," "Starting from our understanding of the relationship between the entire Earth and the sky..."

[This Rotation] and [Equal Rotation] were activated together.

Ronald casually laid out some Hell Black Fog to disguise their figures and, taking Eloise with him, flew toward the direction of the explosion.

Entering flight mode, Ronald, for safety reasons, increased their altitude.

High above the heights of the apartment buildings, the two of them witnessed the tragic scene below.

About a kilometer away from the seashore.

A location that should have been a factory was completely engulfed by the fireball from the explosion, and the two of them could not see through the obstruction to what was inside. Around the factory, the shockwaves from the explosion had instantly destroyed all the shoddy constructions, and sparks scattered about were igniting new flames on the ground in an erratic pattern.

And this area, looking as if it had just been bombed, was still brightly illuminated by the central, still-burning giant fireball, the whole scene resembling Hell demonstrating to the mortal world a vision of apocalypse.

Looking at the scene below.

Even Eloise, who had undergone the most professional training, was taken aback.

"This... this... how is this possible..."

"It’s really not the effect of a spell?"

Ronald looked back at Eloise.

For a normal Caster from the mystical side, this was a scene beyond common sense. Even though she had seen the terrifying might of the "Rain Mist Divine Hammer" on an overseas island, Eloise still couldn’t adjust to the horrors before her eyes immediately.

And as someone from modern society.

It was also difficult for Ronald to speak and explain to Eloise while facing this scene.

"Ah..."

He sighed lightly and began to lower their altitude.

"We’re going down."

"Let’s take a good look at this scene."

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