"What spell is this?"

Faced with the blazing flames below.

Ronald immediately gestured, signaling Costate to fly upward with Nicole, who was unable to move, to get as far away as possible from the strange flames below.

Nicole had already squeezed the magic power within her body to its limit.

At this moment, unable to continue moving, she naturally followed the arrangement.

But as Costate carried her while flying upward, she didn’t forget to shout to remind Ronald:

"Ronald, the plants I created have strong magic-consuming properties!"

"Ordinary spells that create witchcraft flames would only be absorbed and nurtured by it, rather than being burned by it as they are now!"

Ronald nodded slightly, indicating he understood the situation.

Even without Nicole’s reminder, he had no intention of underestimating the flames below. After all, the flames rising skyward carried a strong sense of threat, even triggering his instinct spell warning.

How could an enemy like this be easy to deal with?

Thinking this way, Ronald focused his gaze on the burning canyon peak.

Through the reconnaissance magic feedback information, he quickly identified the number of remaining members of the "Nine Commandments" within the canyon fortress.

——Only four remain here.

To survive in such a powerful spell by Nicole.

They must be the elites within the "Nine Commandments," their spells certainly having unique aspects. Moreover, two of them only truly appeared within the reconnaissance range after the fort’s concealment spell was destroyed.

Which of the four cast the flames that pose such a great threat to magic?

Ronald pondered.

Just before he could actually pinpoint the target.

The threatening flames below opened a gap on their own, and a caster’s figure flew straight out, aiming directly at the higher Ronald!

"..."

"Well, it saves me the trouble of finding you."

Seeing the enemy boldly revealed.

Ronald did not dodge or avoid, drawing the Sword of Saint Catherine, the flame of "Solar Power" attaching to the blade.

Since the enemy chooses direct confrontation.

Ronald also has the confidence to achieve victory as always!

At this moment, his gaze shifted downward, staring at the approaching figure, Ronald could clearly see the appearance of this caster.

This was a stern-faced holder of a canon.

Apart from the robe that members of the "Nine Commandments" usually wear, he held the canon with his left hand and a bone hammer with his right. The gaze locked tightly on Ronald, apart from a full-throated roar against the enemy, also showed the pain of his subordinates’ death.

"Monster, opposing us repeatedly, do you hate humanity so much!"

Here we go again...

Ronald raised an eyebrow.

He was long accustomed to this kind of treatment when dealing with the "Nine Commandments," naturally disregarding the question. However, just as he prepared to swing his sword at the advancing enemy, an uncontrollable impulse surged within Ronald’s chest.

He almost instinctively spoke:

"Firstly, I am not a monster!"

"Secondly, compared to you who disregard ordinary human life, I never believe that the side hating humanity is me!"

"!"

——He was affected by some kind of spell.

As he spoke, Ronald’s body paused on the spot.

He realized he was under the enemy’s spell influence, and immediately began eliminating the hidden dangers within himself, rather than engaging the enemy in this bizarre state.

Soon after, Ronald discovered a faint trace of magic power extending from the opponent’s body to him.

Based on Ronald’s combat experience.

This spell had no actual damage but simply guided one’s consciousness for forced questioning with the caster.

In the midst of life and death struggle...

This guy still has time to mess with such a thing?

Ronald immediately began clearing the spell buried within him.

Meanwhile, the caster from the "Nine Commandments" noticed this change, his previous question’s answer already unacceptable, quickly taking advantage of the spell’s continued effect to issue a second inquiry:

"Wait, aren’t you invading from another world, planning to harm..."

Clang——

Before the caster could finish his question.

The blade of the burning "Solar Power" arrived before him at a terrifying speed.

With the blade upon him, helplessly, he could only abandon questioning Ronald, raising the bone hammer in his right hand to collide with the longsword.

...

Ronald’s power is exceedingly terrifying now!

Though both weapons collided, the caster below holding the bone hammer could still feel intense pain from his arm. Additionally, even the weapon crafted through his spell cracked in the collision impact.

——This guy is much stronger than what the organization recorded!

The moment they first clashed.

Realizing Ronald’s potency, the influenced enemy began to fall due to the created impact of the attack.

Fortunately, his canon was not of the type that harnessed malicious forces.

So the "Solar Power’s" burning effect could not cause extra harm, and extinguishing rapidly was harmless.

During this process, the caster wanted to speak again.

But then found Ronald had already cleared the spell interference, obtaining intelligence was no longer possible.

The caster from "Nine Commandments" decisively recited an incantation:

"Question one: Does Catholic faith acknowledge the existence of witches—"

The incantation was instantly completed.

The magic of the canon was subsequently guided by its holder, forming a full spell that pursued upward at Ronald.

At that instant.

Just as the caster finished focused casting, he noticed Ronald above reaching his direction, grasping the air remotely.

"Hm?!"

The caster from the "Nine Commandments" instantly felt something amiss.

The ominous premonition was accurate.

Before he could make an evasive move, a force emerged from the void, firmly pulling his body upward, the distance to Ronald rapidly shortened!

"You despicable fellow!"

The caster from the "Nine Commandments" cursed.

The earlier frontal impact had made him realize what consequence direct combat with Ronald entailed.

Realizing the crisis of the situation, he roared in anger. Then grabbing his robe, he tossed it upward.

Boom——

The robe instantly exploded in the air.

Though this standard robe was identical to others worn by "Nine Commandments" members.

But as a canon holder, what he wore had undergone more special treatment, containing rituals activated only when facing a crisis. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

With the exploded robe as the center.

The air temperature dropped sharply within a range of several meters, attentive observation even revealed points of crystal starting to solidify, then transforming into large patches of snowflakes spreading outwards, continuously absorbing temperatures from other areas.

This spell rapidly removed the temperature of all surrounding objects.

Highly dangerous!

Ronald made the judgment within milliseconds, choosing to evade.

The explosive range of the robe’s impact wasn’t significantly large for him, after sketching an arc downward while looking below, Ronald witnessed an unexpected scene.

Without the robe.

This caster from the "Nine Commandments" displayed a truly combat-ready appearance!