Chapter 1508: Chapter 1502: A Surprise Kidnapping
"..."
As soon as the words left his mouth, Ronald and Orel stared wide-eyed at each other.
After a brief silence, the expression of the King of Giant Beasts became extremely grim.
With his millennium of experience managing Song Forest, how could he not understand what was happening?
The humans Ronald mentioned must be the spellcasters from the Nine Commandments gathering hidden in the city. As the ruler of the city, Orel had a definite grasp on the composition of its population!
Just as the two were silently staring at each other, Martha spoke up first.
This saintly priestess was also aware of the seriousness of the problem, and her tone was extremely solemn as she asked:
"Besides us, are there other humans in the city?"
"Moreover, are they ones neither of you knew about until now?"
Ronald didn’t want to take on this burden, so he immediately turned a questioning look towards Orel:
"When Costate and I entered Song Forest, this guy reacted quickly and showed up to stop us in just over a day. Given that he has the ability to monitor people in Song Forest, I naturally didn’t think much of it."
Orel also felt extremely wronged, and quickly began to defend himself:
"I could sense your arrival, but I could only do so because of a slight disharmony in Song Forest’s tune. After the initial entry period, the world’s tune smoothed out, and I lost track completely!"
"..."
Ronald shook his head, stood up directly, and held the original text of Astronomy Master in his hand.
"Orel, you need to host the singing contest, so it wouldn’t be convenient for you to leave, right?"
With such obvious actions, Orel certainly understood what Ronald was going to do, so he nodded repeatedly, wishing not to get involved in this trouble:
"As the host, I definitely can’t leave."
"Costate, continue to keep an eye on him," Ronald said succinctly, then turned to instruct Costate and immediately began chanting spells, "By starting from the relationship between the entire earth and sky, our understanding shall commence!"
Whoosh—
The next second, Ronald’s figure vanished from everyone’s sight along with a rush of strong wind, leaving his original seat empty.
Martha’s face still showed a tense emotion.
At this moment, with a somewhat helpless gaze, she looked towards the maid as she watched the master’s departure:
"Doesn’t Ronald need our help?"
Upon hearing this question, Costate replied firmly with a serious expression:
"Of course!"
"Dealing with such matters is a piece of cake for the Master."
...
On the other side, Ronald, in a foul mood, had already arrived near the target he had scouted.
Orel’s city wasn’t particularly small, but with his current speed, going anywhere was just a matter of minutes.
He reached the location locked by the spell immediately.
Only, it was a bit of bad luck.
Ronald arrived at the spot just as a singing parade was passing by.
To avoid disrupting the Seven-string Seal ritual, he refrained from making any earth-shattering movements to destroy the place. Instead, he landed on the roof from the air and entered the building through the rooftop stairs.
Reconnaissance Magic was constantly observing the target’s status.
The other party didn’t seem to expect Ronald to arrive so abruptly; one person was standing by the window watching the parade on the street, while the other two were seated inside, discussing things.
Due to the wooden sound insulation issues.
As Ronald descended, he overheard their conversation.
"Days have passed, yet these beastmen are still singing. Don’t they find it noisy?"
"Though subtle, this event has triggered magic fluctuations. That Orel surely has something in motion; we can’t let our guard down."
"I say, the president should have dealt with that guy. He’s not even a human anyway. Now, leaving us here to babysit, if something goes wrong, we likely won’t even be able to handle it!"
"Don’t underestimate him. Although he seems human, he’s lived in this world for a millennium! A temporary compromise doesn’t mean we can easily dispose of him. If we get held up by him, and that outsider guy catches up with us, the real trouble will start..."
Click—
"Sorry, am I a bit late?"
Just then, Ronald ’pushed’ the door open, coldly interrupting their conversation.
The three humans inside turned around upon hearing the noise.
They saw Ronald holding the doorknob, throwing the entirely broken door casually on the ground, then staring them down.
The person sitting in a chair quickly got up, while the one at the window decisively pushed it open to jump out.
"Ro... Ronald? How did..."
"Stop your actions!" Language spirits descended on the room at that moment.
The two who stood up were frozen in place, and the one at the window awkwardly stuck halfway out, unable to move.
"Every time it’s like this, can’t you change your expression of surprise?"
Complaining, Ronald walked over, yanked the person off the window like a chick, clamping them under his arm, then grabbed the other two.
Returning the way he came to the rooftop, he flew again, carrying the trio towards the city outskirts.
No matter what.
Ronald wouldn’t allow them to ruin the city’s ritual.
So rather than interrogating them indoors, he decided to take them out of the city, preventing any potential issues.
Flying with the three casters in his grasp.
Ronald suppressed them once more en route.
Given the Nine Commandments casters’ skills, his language spirit typically couldn’t restrain them for long.
But Ronald had just acquired the Gray River Grass Ring.
By transferring the flight speed enhancement to the language spirit, this substantially boosted Ronald’s suppression over the trio, even achieving a level of restraint initially impossible.
...
Minutes later, Ronald landed on the eastern plains of the city, then hurled the three onto the grass before him.
Thud thud thud—
The casters fell in various postures.
Perhaps due to impact from landing, the strongest among them finally shook off the language spirit’s restraint.
Scanning around, he took in the scenery surrounding him.
This... Ronald had taken them out of the city? Why not act within the city?
Unaware of the Seven-string Seal or the details of the city’s ritual.
This caster naturally speculated.
Ronald must not want to provoke Orel, hence taking them outside!
"Ronald, the world’s ruler has already allied with us! You’d better not act rashly, we..."
Clang—
The Nine Commandments caster hadn’t finished speaking before the sound of a sword being drawn echoed.
Looking ahead.
Ronald was holding the pitch-black Saint Catherine’s Sword, with its tip hovering before him, speaking coldly:
"Relax, it’ll just hurt for a moment."
