Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 513 - 510 Declaration of War

In the moment she looked up, Heidi thought that Ronald had been attacked by the enemy again.

However, once she took a good look,

she realized that the situation was completely different from what she had imagined.

After being pierced by countless flintlock bullets, Mil’s skin, which used to have a human luster, wrinkled and sagged, the joints stiffened, and the torso straightened, quickly losing the appearance of a human being.

Together with the faded, cloth-like skin color, and the dull, dry eyeballs,

this girl, who used to be a human and even conversed normally with Ronald, turned into a puppet in the blink of an eye!

At this point, due to the destruction inflicted by the flintlock bullets, the magic power contained in the wooden puppet’s body also began to drain away. Forget about having a conversation with Ronald like earlier, now even asking this thing to move its own limbs was an utter fantasy.

Therefore, Ronald’s choice became very simple.

After the puppet guards had finished their first round of volley fire, he grabbed the wooden Mil puppet beneath him and directly applied the ’Power of the Sun’ from the Divine Comedy spell onto this thing.

Next, he activated the ’Archangel’ to shatter and shoot it out.

Numerous chunks of the puppet, covered with the Power of the Sun, plummeted towards the puppet guards on the ground.

The orange-red sunfire, carrying the sacred aura of the angels, spread outwards from the sky. The curved trajectory left bright tails in the air, and at this moment, the suburbs looked as though fireworks were exploding from the sky or as if a luminous giant umbrella was completely covering the ground.

The effects of this attack were excellent.

Under Ronald’s highly precise control, the puppet fragments imbued with the Power of the Sun collided with the puppet guards on the ground. Next, whether because the puppets naturally feared fire, or because they were all imbued with dark properties,

every puppet guard that was struck immediately burst into flames, turning into a constantly struggling human torch.

Thus, their large numbers and tight formation became their nightmare.

Fire spread from one to ten, ten to a hundred, and in less than a minute, more than ninety percent of the puppet guards were set ablaze by the Power of the Sun and reduced to a pile of ashes on the ground.

"..."

"The effect was too good..."

Watching everything that happened on the ground, Ronald was also somewhat surprised by the immense strength of the Power of the Sun.

Previously, when dealing with a single Swollen Demon, he didn’t have a clear sense of its strength.

Now, faced with a large number of enemies susceptible to its power, Ronald directly witnessed the ferocious destructive force of the Power of the Sun.

In less than two minutes of rampant devastation, the number of puppet guards had drastically reduced to a single digit.

With the thought of protecting the environment and leaving some samples,

Ronald waved his hand to remove the Power of the Sun that was still burning the enemy and slowly descended to the ground himself.

Bang bang bang—

The remaining few puppet guards were straightforward.

Although only a few of them were left on the battlefield, they still loyally executed Mil’s orders, continuing to fire their guns without any sign of giving up.

Unfortunately for them, such scale of firing...

It wasn’t even worth Ronald taking seriously; even if he didn’t dodge and relied solely on the defense of the ’Guardian Angel’, by the time he leisurely walked up to these puppets, he had reset the defense only once as a precaution.

Standing on the scorched earth, Ronald looked at the puppet guards before him.

Approaching this distance, he could clearly see the details on the puppets. The color on their red bodies looked like the effect of cheap paint, and the craftsmanship of the puppets themselves was rushed and careless.

If it weren’t for the magic power that supported their movements,

such low-quality crafts would not attract any buyers in the markets of Springs.

"Sigh..."

Feeling the trouble of the matter, Ronald shook his head slightly.

With a wave of his hand, he cast a spell, hoping to control these puppets without damaging their magic power.

Unfortunately, the result was disappointing.

Ronald currently possessed a considerable array of spells for combat, but he had no good solution for purely sealing tasks. After he carefully dismantled the first puppet soldier, the magic power drained away, and it became nothing more than an inactive piece of junk wood.

With the battle at a pause, Ronald faced a troubling situation.

At that moment, Heloise, who had been hidden nearby, emerged from the shadows and spoke naturally:

"Ronald, let me handle this."

...

The two had an understanding that needed no words.

As Heloise spoke, Ronald once again took control of the puppet soldier. The girl stepped forward and began to seal these puppet soldiers.

As a spy, Heloise’s skills were indeed versatile and reliable.

She could quickly and neatly achieve targets that Ronald’s brute-force approach could not handle.

However, after successfully sealing two puppet soldiers, a different situation arose when it came to the third.

Heloise, who had been about to make her move, suddenly stiffened, then without hesitation, she leaped back several meters. Regaining her stance, a silver-white dagger was already in her hand, held defensively in front of her chest.

"Ronald, something’s not quite right."

"Be careful!"

...

Ronald was about to invoke a spell again.

In that instant, the expressionless face of the puppet soldier, whose mouth was made of two wooden sticks, opened:

"Ronald, do not assume that winning tonight means you hold all the cards."

"This invitation was but a test for you."

"Now I know how to deal with you!"

"We shall see—"

In front of Ronald and Heloise, Mil’s voice declaring war emanated from the mouth of the puppet soldier.

After that, the opponent did not hesitate.

Seeing that Ronald was on guard, Mil immediately withdrew his support of magic power from the puppet. The remaining puppet soldiers instantly lost their vitality, turning into obsolete chunks of wood as well.

However, the two puppet soldiers Heloise had successfully sealed remained unchanged due to their complete control.

They really should take these things back for further research.

There were definitely ways to deal with them.

Under the cover of night, Ronald and Heloise exchanged glances.

After confirming each other’s thoughts, Ronald grabbed a puppet soldier in each hand and headed towards the only spot on the scorched land that had remained unchanged.

"Let’s go check out the manor; we might discover something else there."

"Okay."

Heloise immediately followed Ronald’s footsteps.

However, after only a few steps, she slowed down and reached out to tug the hem of Ronald’s robe.

"What’s wrong?" Ronald turned to ask.

"Um, you left someone up in the sky," Heloise pointed to the sky behind them.

Amidst the starlit night sky,

Heidi, whom they had brought here, still hung obediently in the air.

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