Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength

Catherine is a caster who can perfectly control the intensity of spells.

So when she descended this time, the concealment spell she cast had many more maneuvers than when she used it in the [Four Heavens].

After all, the target they needed to deceive now wasn't a fire elemental creature that relied on elemental perception as its sense, but living humans who observed the world based on the five senses.

They descended from the sky to the ground.

During this time, Ronald sensed the change in his own aura and Catherine's beside him, and even he, who was within the spell, vaguely felt as if the two of them were not humans, but trees commonly seen in the forest.

What Catherine was displaying at this moment.

Was definitely the strongest in hiding and confusing capabilities among the spells Ronald had witnessed!

At the same time, Catherine, having fully deployed the spell, also reminded:

"Ronald, my spell is now operating at maximum efficiency."

"Unless there's a powerful Original Text holder probing us, even if we sing and dance in front of people, they wouldn't notice any trace."

Upon hearing Catherine's explanation, and seeing the crowd around with slightly decreased combat intensity but still in violence.

Ronald jokingly tossed a question to Catherine:

"If I want people to know of my existence, then if I punch someone's face, they should react, right?"

Catherine rolled her eyes ungracefully.

She simply didn't want to answer how much her spell's concealment effect on that aspect, so she retorted directly to Ronald:

"With your strength, I think that person might directly be killed by you."

After this brief conversation, the two arrived at the location where the High Priest's tent was.

Just standing here made Ronald's heart sink.

Because according to his spell perception, there were no signs of human activity inside the tent ahead.

Had it been occupied by summoned creatures inside?

Or had the High Priest escaped in this chaos? Or possibly, a more tragic ending had occurred?

Catherine beside him also noticed the change in Ronald's expression.

So before entering the tent, she asked an extra question:

"By the way—Ronald, the Sword of Saint Catherine is here, I originally thought you would let me use the power of this sword to control everyone's will, so as to ensure their lives."

"..."

"I don't think now is the time to discuss the weight between free will and the value of life." Ronald obviously understood Catherine's intention in her words.

But the chaotic emotions in his heart at this moment made him not want to discuss this issue with Catherine. Instead, he simply replied and directly stepped forward, breaking into the tent where the High Priest was.

"..."

The worst scene appeared before his eyes.

The High Priest, who was just yesterday expressing his concern for the group, now lay in a pool of blood behind the long table.

Ronald didn't even need to walk over.

With just a glance, he knew that this much-suffered elder had just lost his life, as even the blood continued to seep outward along the carpet.

"Sigh—"

Seeing this situation, even Catherine couldn't help but sigh.

"Ronald, it seems we came a step too late."

"This guy is completely dead."

Catherine was stating the facts.

However, Ronald, with a very steady tone, directly refuted the sigh in Catherine's words:

"No, Catherine, we are not late at all!"

"Things haven't reached an irreversible point yet."

Then, under the Astronomy Tower Master's gaze.

Ronald took two steps forward to the still warm body of the High Priest:

"From the relationship between the Earth and the sky, we begin to construct our understanding!"

The incantation of "Astronomy Master" was uttered swiftly.

And the spell within, considered miraculous—[Precession].

Was cast by Ronald at this moment on the body of the High Priest in front of him.

Thus, the unimaginable scene of time reversal appeared before them. The bloodstains that had stained a large patch of the carpet turned back rapidly under the spell's effect, and the corpse that had lost all signs of life also, accompanying the time reversal, took back vitality from the abyss of death into this body!

"Ha——"

"Hiss—Hoo—Hoo—"

In just the blink of an eye.

The High Priest, who had just been a corpse, suddenly thrust his chest outward.

Then, accompanied by the pain brought on by resuming breathing, the elderly man struggled to climb up from behind the long table, then looked around in confusion at everything surrounding him.

Ronald turned towards Catherine and said:

"He can't see us."

The Astronomy Tower Master shrugged, and a fluctuation of magic power flashed and disappeared.

The High Priest, newly risen from death, then immediately saw Ronald and Catherine standing before him.

"This…I…you guys…?"

"..."

For a moment, the High Priest's mind became even more confused.

Because the scene before him couldn't connect with the memory from a second ago at all.

However, compared to the High Priest, Catherine beside him seemed much more delighted.

She looked at Ronald, who had resurrected the dead, without concealing the surprise in her tone:

"Ah! Ronald, this is reversing life and death!"

"In the more traditional mysterious worldview, this is entirely a great endeavor that can be called a divine miracle!"

Ronald looked at the delighted Catherine and helplessly explained: 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"This is merely a spell that reverses time, not a strict reversal of death to life."

But upon hearing this, Catherine's expression grew even more excited:

"Time reversal? That's incredible!"

"Even in the more traditional scientific worldview, this is also a great endeavor that can be called a scientific miracle!"

...

You really never stop...

Ronald helplessly confronted Catherine, indicating with his gaze that now wasn't the time for jokes:

"I just can't believe, in Barrier Mountain, you haven't heard of or seen spells involving time."

Casrina pouted, her expression showing slight disappointment:

"Well, I've seen them."

"..."

While Ronald and Catherine were exchanging words, the High Priest, who had climbed up from behind the long table, also heard the entire conversation between the two.

Although the thoughts in his mind were still a bit chaotic.

But through the questions and answers between the two, he vaguely gained some understanding of his circumstances.

"Mr. Ronald…was I dead just now?"

"You were indeed dead just now!" Ronald immediately turned around and explained to the High Priest, "I resurrected you by reversing time, so theoretically you should have lost those memories from before your death."

"..."

Hearing this explanation, the High Priest plunged back into contemplation.

He wasn't too skeptical of what these two powerful figures said because they could force him to do anything purely with strength.

But before he could think more.

Catherine, who was watching all this, interrupted the High Priest's thoughts:

"Hey, I suggest not just standing around here."

"Because outside, there's something very important that needs handling by you, the leader!"