Mystic Dominator

Ronald acted alone without thinking about others.

By maximizing the detection range of the power of 'Rage', and filtering through the air at the fastest flight speed in [this round], he is flying in the suburbs like a flexible reconnaissance plane.

The huge detection range coupled with the flying speed far surpassing that of flying birds brought about extremely high work efficiency.

In just over an hour, Ronald flew around the suburbs a few times.

On the outskirts of Springs...

How to describe it?

Under normal circumstances, it is reasonable for there to be some hidden secret organizations in such a place. After all, Springs is the capital city of Grid, and all forces must pay attention to it all year round.

But now... the actual situation in the suburbs is still staggering.

Even though Ronald only checked a part of the suburbs, the number of various secret gatherings he found had reached more than a dozen.

Witnessing such a 'grand occasion' outside the city, Ronald was speechless for a while.

The Bureau of Investigation also sent people to patrol the suburbs.

But with such an outrageous number, can patrols alone really maintain order?

As far as Ronald himself has witnessed, in the past hour or so, he has also found people from the mysterious side directly attacking in these more than a dozen gathering places.

Feeling in his heart what he had seen and heard outside of this time, Ronald's flight trajectory gradually moved further away from Springs.

Flying almost a few kilometers, the situation finally improved.

In the mountains far away from Springs, small villages began to appear sporadically, and the number of hidden spellcasters was greatly reduced.

At this distance, Ronald found a large birch forest. The forest surrounded by mountains is rarely visited by people, and it seems that it can bring a sense of tranquility to people.

"Is it here..."

The investigation by the power of 'Rage' covered a large area, and Ronald didn't find any suspicious persons. This season, except for the villagers who stayed overnight in the hunter's hut after entering the mountain, he basically couldn't find anything.

"Um?"

Just as Ronald paused in the air,

Something caught his attention in the scope of investigation. In the direction of the manor where Ronald handled Lumir's puppets tonight, a man with serious emotions was flying towards this side.

—It's Alicia.

At this time and place, consider the other party's current mood swings.

Apart from this original code holder, there are few possibilities.

"..."

Looking at the direction the other party came from, Ronald was silent for a few seconds.

In the end, he still didn't choose to hide or hide himself, but he graciously kept his position and waited for Alia.

When we wiped out the [Nine Precepts Secret Meeting], Alia showed her ability, and the flying speed using an umbrella as a medium is definitely not slow.

Ronald only waited for two minutes.

The girl's figure appeared from the night, and then flew straight towards Ronald.

When Aliya saw clearly that the person in the air was Ronald, the alertness in her eyes immediately turned into doubt. I looked back in the direction of Springs, and then at the birch forest below.

While Alia's expression was changing, she was slowly approaching Ronald.

When they came to a distance where they could talk normally, the girl pointed to the ground with her idle fingers:

"Ronald, have you noticed this too?"

Ronald immediately made a regretful expression, and at the same time did not forget to ask:

"I'm ashamed to say that I didn't think of starting from this aspect before returning to the city, so I came here immediately after I realized it. But how did you know how to start from this aspect, Alia? You probably haven't seen other works made by Lumil. Puppet, right?"

Aliya's answer is still generous:

"A relatively easy-to-use spell, nothing special about it."

"But Ronald, you should have come earlier than me. How is it? Did you gain anything?"

Ronald shook his head, and the exit was his most authentic investigation result:

"I flew around. Except for ordinary hunters who spend the night on the mountain, I didn't find anyone other than us active here."

"Well..."

Hearing Ronald's answer, Aliya didn't ask any further questions.

The girl lowered her eyes and thought about it, and raised her head to invite after only a few seconds:

"Ronald, let's lower our altitude and see for ourselves."

"After all, it is night now, and some things may not be so easy to detect."

Ronald nodded and replied:

"no problem."

"..."

According to Aliya's thoughts, the two flying high in the air began to lower their heights.

In the dark night, they could only see the ground directly with their eyes after they descended to a certain distance. The silent woods looked the same as the surroundings, and there was nothing special about them.

However, just when Ronald was almost sure that there would be no harvest tonight, a subtle 'click' sound came to his ears along the night breeze.

Ronald looked at Alia beside him for the first time.

Flying in the same place, the expression on this temporary companion's face remained the same, as if he hadn't noticed the movement at all.

Ronald immediately asked in a low voice:

"Alia, did you hear this movement?"

"There seems to be a slight click to the north."

"..."

Aliya raised her eyebrows, and listened intently as she stopped flying.

It's a pity that because the voice is too small, she can't hear the movement like Ronald at all, and what she hears still belongs to the forest at night.

Feeling the feedback of nothing.

Aliya was silent for a few seconds, then took the lead and flew north:

"Fly over and have a look."

"..."

Naturally, Ronald didn't say much, and followed Aliya to the north of the woods.

Just a few minutes after this change of direction, the things seen in the field of vision began to change, and at the same time, it also made the two of them alert.

Cross a small hill.

The woods here are obviously different from the previous ones in terms of plant density.

And the 'click' sound that Ronald had noticed before, Alia can now clearly hear it from the forest. Not surprisingly, it was the sound of wood being sawed with a tool.

However, this is the original ecological forest after all.

Combined with the darkness of the treetops blocking the line of sight, Ronald and the others were still unable to see the real situation in the woods through the obstruction.

"..."

Faced with such a change, the two flying in the air looked at each other.

Just a simple silent look.

They nodded to each other, and then continued to lower their heights to approach the source of the sound.

The two of them passed through the canopy that blocked their view, and at a place less than ten meters from the ground, the night could no longer be a hindrance to them.

At this altitude, the vision that humans are born with brings everything into view.

What happened here was finally unveiled to the two.

—In the birch forest at night.

——A large number of puppets are hiding here!