Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1272 - 1266: Birthplace

"..."

"Should we follow them now?"

Once the spherical fire element rolled out of sight, Ronald continued the conversation with Catherine:

"Letting him go out and spread the news alone might not go smoothly, right?"

"No rush." Catherine was in no hurry at all. In fact, she found a broken wall to sit on and even invited Ronald to sit with her, "This guy isn't fast, let's wait a bit before we go."

"..."

Ronald shrugged and then sat down next to Catherine.

"I thought from the way you two were talking earlier that you were going to torment him a bit more, to remind him of his identity."

Catherine raised an eyebrow and widened her eyes:

"Are you kidding! What if the pain wakes him up?"

"This plan of mine was meant to be a gamble, doing more would only increase the chances of failure."

Answering Ronald's question, Catherine turned her head to look around.

As she observed the city ruins destroyed by the fire elements, Catherine couldn't help but sigh:

"But honestly, it's all thanks to the nature of these fire elements."

"If we were to use the same method to deal with humans—just to be safe, we'd need a wizard who can manipulate emotions."

"Wouldn't you agree, Ronald?"

"..."

"You're right." Ronald nodded awkwardly.

Even though Catherine wasn't targeting him with her words, unfortunately, Ronald happened to be a 'wizard who can manipulate emotions.' Among the spells provided by the Divine Comedy, the emotion intensification of [Wrath's Original Sin] perfectly fit this situation.

It's just that the fire elemental life was not human.

Otherwise, if Ronald had cast a spell to influence him, this guy might be overconfident by now!

Catherine noticed Ronald's embarrassment.

She immediately realized the man in front of her had relevant abilities, then burst into laughter. Catherine wasn't pretentious; she wouldn't hide her emotions at a time like this.

However, just as Ronald was about to face Catherine's teasing,

the master of the Astronomy Tower did not dwell on the embarrassment; instead, she quickly changed the topic after laughing:

"Ronald, I'd like to hear your thoughts."

"Do you think if our world continues to develop along the mysterious side, it will become like the [Quadrants] in the future?"

Ronald didn't expect Catherine to suddenly bring up such a serious question.

But after thoughtful consideration, he replied seriously:

"I don't think so. After all, the [Quadrants] became like this because the strongest left decisively after extracting the world core, without any guidance or remnants."

"And in our world—at least for now, strong people still possess a certain degree of responsibility."

Catherine shook her head:

"I see it differently."

"The mysterious side is a power-driven world. Even if we can't see it now, in this environment, the concept of power leadership will subtly guide everything."

"One day, future and current humans will exhibit entirely different concepts."

"You cannot be certain that something that hasn't happened is the future." Ronald continued to shake his head, "Even prophetic spells are not always entirely accurate."

Catherine smiled at Ronald.

Then she pointed to the surroundings, to this fire city teeming with life yet devoid of vitality.

"Ronald, the example of [Quadrants] is right here."

"My judgment is made under stark real-life cases."

Ronald was completely unmoved:

"It's true that the [Quadrants] became like this. But in our world, people can guide the trajectory to different futures before anything happens, this is something that can be avoided."

"..."

This time, Catherine remained silent for a while.

In the end, she jumped off the broken wall, pulling Ronald up with her:

"Believe in the potential of people...."

"Ronald, I don't dislike your idea, maybe it's worth a shot."

"But for now...," as she said this, Catherine's demeanor changed dramatically, her gaze locked onto the direction the fire element had left, and she immediately started moving, "Let's catch up first and get rid of the obstacle in front of our future."

Ronald naturally followed, agreeing vocally:

"Of course."

"The current issue is something that must be resolved now."

"..."

Ronald and Catherine followed the trajectory of the fire element, moving towards the outer city wall direction.

During this time, Catherine reactivated Confusion Magic, concealing herself and Ronald once again. They even left the city through the gate this way, without the fire element guards noticing their presence.

As for the actions of the spherical fire element...

He surprisingly accomplished it smoothly.

The nature of this species originates from flames, and that freedom and aggressive personality ensure the success rate of this plan.

Although there were some timid ones who fled immediately after hearing about it.

But the more powerful fire elements were instead more interested in this post-deicide plan to substitute their place.

Especially in the eyes of the strongest, this was almost like a pie falling from the sky.

Following the natural laws of fire elemental life, upon reaching an extremely strong domain, they'd eventually reach the limit of the [Quadrants], forced to burn themselves to return to the world's origin.

Achieving the position of demigod was entirely an out-of-concept choice.

Seeing the hope to continue, even burn eternally, how could they possibly give up?

Especially in the power concept of fire elements.

As long as they gather strength and kill the demigod, then absorbing the magic power and status would undoubtedly be a fight among the strongest of these fire elements. The weaker fire elements need not even consider it.

From this point, the spread of the god-killing concept began to accelerate.

More confident fire elements began actively sharing this news with their kind, and the ambition stirred by Catherine seemed like a wildfire blazing in this desolate land.

Amidst the scorching atmosphere,

Ronald and Catherine witnessed the spread of this massive fire.

They followed the spherical fire element and more swayed fire elements, advancing towards the Desolate Land.

During this time, some even in charge of 'fuel' transport abandoned their tasks upon hearing the news, joining the plan.

Finally, Ronald and Catherine arrived at a recessed basin.

The firelight here soared into the sky; the air itself was an exaggerated high temperature capable of igniting anything.

Within the basin, leaping flames formed a continuous stretch, countless fire elements burned silently, and occasionally new fire would ignite in the air, eventually becoming new fire element life.

Ronald and Catherine exchanged glances, both filled with surprise.

Is this the city formed by gathered fire elements?

Or perhaps their birthplace?