As night fell, Ronald and Heloise quietly walked away from the direction of St. Joliet University.
During the entire journey, neither of them spoke a word.
Instead, they silently maintained this period of silence between them.
Because they both understood...
Soon, the real battle was about to comnce.
After departing from St. Joliet and walking about a kiloter, the two of them arrived at a secluded spot near the banks of the Wis River.
Using the feedback from the power of "Fury," Ronald confird that there was no one around.
He then casually set Lumielle down on the ground, turned his head to Heloise, and explained,
"Heloise, the plan succeeded."
"I can feel that the enemy is tracking us."
"But there is a slight discrepancy from what was expected; this ti, there are two of them."
"..."
Heloise’s prediction had been successful.
Within the St. Joliet University, two people had intentionally left the firefighting crowd in opposite directions and then followed Ronald and her to this place.
Under the other party’s deliberate maintenance,
The distance between the two groups had hardly changed.
"Two people..."
anwhile, after hearing Ronald’s explanation, Heloise turned her gaze in the direction they had co from.
The pitch-black night was illuminated only by the streetlights.
Beyond that, nothing else was visible.
Thus, with a sowhat intriguing tone, Heloise asked,
"Although it seems unlikely..."
"Ronald, don’t tell both of them are holders of originals?"
"..."
At that mont, Ronald was still surveying the surroundings.
While morizing the terrain around them, he unthinkingly responded,
"It’s uncertain with two people."
"But at least one of them is definitely a holder of an original, and their power is exactly the one I’d ntioned to you before."
From the emotions of the two enemies, Ronald recognized a familiar emotional fluctuation. Having encountered and deciphered the psychological state of the opponent more than once, Ronald was familiar; this was the sensation of the holder of "Astronomy Master."
However, the other one...
He had truly never encountered them.
Of course, this situation was also anticipated.
After all, the "Nine Commandnts" was a longstanding traditional organization; there was no reason their real strength was only what was superficially exhibited. Given that this mont concerned Lumielle’s association, it was reasonable for others to appear.
Before setting out, Ronald had shared intelligence about their enemies with Heloise.
Information about the "Astronomy Master" was particularly detailed.
So when she heard Ronald’s narration, Heloise’s expression turned sowhat helpless, and then she raised her hand to pat her forehead.
"Pap pap—"
"Ronald, I haven’t confronted these guys before."
"Please be extra careful during the fight."
As she finished speaking, Heloise, with a single wave of her hand, held a dagger with a cedar pattern in her grasp.
Ronald nodded in response,
"I understand; let’s be cautious in the upcoming battle."
Both of them knew one thing.
If the people from the "Nine Commandnts" could pinpoint their movents so accurately, they definitely had so ans of scouting.
Therefore, Ronald and Heloise didn’t even bother to seek any cover or lay an ambush; they simply stood there openly, waiting for the enemy to arrive.
—This was a pure battle.
—The strength of spells and personal combat experience were the factors that would determine the outco.
Everything else could only be considered secondary now.
""
A few short minutes passed.
On the road where Ronald and Heloise had co, two figures in scholar robes appeared from ahead.
One of them was as Ronald had sensed.
It was indeed the Caster who had intervened several tis and had abducted Lumi from him yesterday while possessing the "Astronomy Master."
However, the other figure was sowhat unfamiliar.
It was an old man with white hair and beard who followed behind his companion, seeming to be of lower status.
When they noticed Ronald and Heloise standing and waiting for them,
the two n also stopped in their tracks as they approached within a hundred ters.
Separated by a considerable distance, the four of them looked at each other.
No one broke the silence.
Besides sizing up the opponent to assess their combat strength, both parties seed to be implicitly waiting for a mont to act.
The standoff lasted for over a minute.
Finally, it was the person from the Nine Commandnts who spoke first.
It was still the Caster holding the "Astronomy Master," his eyes intently fixed on Ronald across the way, and then he asked,
"Strange... Ronald, I might as well call you Ronald!"
"I don’t know from which cursed realm you’ve erged, monster, but I warn you! Hand over the girl behind you now, or the Wis River at your back will beco your grave!"
""
The man’s hostility towards Ronald was unmistakably evident in his words.
But what concerned Ronald more was how the other had addressed him.
— Monster.
Ronald believed he hadn’t revealed any excessive information.
Yet in the course of this dialogue, the other had made such a statent, obviously having obtained so unknown information.
Considering the abilities the other had shown earlier...
The most likely scenario was that the Nine Commandnts possessed a Prophetic Spell.
Even if they didn’t know that Ronald was a transmigrator,
they probably were aware that he was not originally from this world.
""
Ronald remained silent.
Being called out this way for the first ti, it was inevitable for him to have concerns.
Yet it was this fleeting doubt,
which was imdiately detected by Heloise at his side,
"Ronald, when it’s ti to engage, don’t mind what others are saying."
"They are enemies."
"The enemies we need to defeat!"
"Nothing more—"
As her words fell, Heloise’s figure instantly dashed towards the two opponents a hundred ters away, her blade poised at her chest, her intent to kill unabashedly displayed on her face.
And with the exceptional physical prowess providing explosively powerful bursts,
Heloise attained an astoundingly fast speed, her figure even leaving afterimages on one’s eyes.
— In the heat of battle,
— This young girl simply didn’t care about anything else.
— The only goal in Heloise’s eyes was to defeat and kill the enemies!
Reminded in such a manner by his companion,
Ronald shook his head with a sowhat emotional expression.
Even after having faced many events, in aspects like combat, he indeed still had much to learn from these experienced individuals.
Pursuing the truth and the like must not be mixed into a battle concerning life!
Thus, he propelled himself up with one hand, a black to appearing in his hand.
Although his body had been enhanced by spells, Ronald understood that he couldn’t compare to Heloise’s level of close combat; furthermore, with the enemy already visible, the scouting utility of the ’Fury’ was no longer as necessary to rely on.
So, it was ti to activate the ability of the Hell Black Mist.
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