CHAPTER 697: CHAPTER 692: STUDY

"Mr. Ronald, do you have anything to say?"

Orland’s face showed no attempt to conceal his hostile intentions.

As he walked towards Ronald, the leader of Banica’s Magic Power also became very active, almost ready to start a fight in front of everyone.

"..."

Watching Orland approaching, Ronald slightly frowned.

Unleashing the power of "Fury," he was very aware of the surroundings; besides the casters who had survived, there were no signs of anyone else around the burning forest ruins.

—In other words,

If Orland had also noticed this,

then, without being able to immediately find the main culprits, the strategies to quickly rally people’s spirits would be very limited.

And among those, the simplest one...

Naturally involved the three people in front of Ronald.

Having just entered the Banica camp and encountering such an incident, and with their origins somewhat unclear, if Ronald and his two companions were accused as one of the initiators of the attack, then as long as Orland could deal with them in public—aside from immediately re-establishing his prestige in a state of public panic, it would also have a good effect on uniting people’s hearts.

Sacrificing unrelated strangers to stabilize his own situation.

Ronald could understand why the other party would make such a choice.

Unfortunately, Orland chose the wrong people.

Not to mention Ronald himself, even if today Costate were the only one in the Banica camp, these casters might not necessarily be able to take him down.

"Sigh..."

Ronald let out a slight sigh.

Before taking action, he hinted, based on his moral obligation:

"Mr. Orland."

"There are still quite a few people trapped in this camp, I think rescuing them should be the most urgent matter right now."

"..."

Ronald gave Orland a choice.

But this leader still persisted with his own thoughts.

When Orland heard Ronald’s suggestion, the anger on his face did not decrease at all, and his tone was colder than ever:

"Banica’s affairs do not need outsiders to interfere."

"Mr. Ronald, I now hope more that you clearly explain your background and prove that you have no connection with this despicable attack!"

Orland’s words were emphatic.

After he made such a clear demand, the other casters around started to look over.

After all, this was originally Orland’s camp.

Many casters just realized that they might have lost valuable research materials, important friends from the past, and homes...

Their emotions were slightly stirred by the words.

The atmosphere around became dangerous and agitated.

Ronald didn’t even need to use the power of "Fury" to sense the situation.

Just a simple glance around was enough to see the dangerous expressions of these casters.

"Sir, do we need to eliminate these people?"

At this moment, Costate, as usual, spoke up from behind Ronald.

The maid’s voice was calm as usual.

To her, these casters filled with anger seemed no different from the mere roadside weeds that could be dealt with in passing, just like the things they encountered while traveling through Yizi Forest.

Naturally, Ronald couldn’t let Costate go on a killing spree here.

Hearing such a question, he immediately turned around:

"Costate, things haven’t reached that stage; we should try not to consider using violence directly when solving problems!"

Costate tilted her head, thought for a moment, and then quickly continued to ask:

"Sir, at what point should we resort to violence?"

Ronald continued explaining:

"Violence should only be considered after careful deliberation and a confirmation that normal negotiations truly cannot resolve the issue."

"..."

"Sir, you are truly kind."

"This is the basic moral bottom line; anyone who comes in thinking about killing must be out of their mind!"

When Ronald and Costate began discussing the issue of "whether the strong should arbitrarily control the lives of the weak," the expression on Orland’s face had already become extremely distorted.

Being ignored by the two men in front of him.

This caused the leader of Banica’s rage to burst forth.

"Good, very good!"

"In that case..."

"Shut up!" At that moment, Ronald instantly sensed through the power of "Fury" that Orland was about to make a move. The linguistic abilities of both "Heavenly Chapter" and "Purgatory" overlapped, directly preventing the Caster from chanting any spells.

"..."

The air around them grew quiet.

Before anyone truly made a move, no one expected this young man, who appeared to be only around twenty, could subdue Orland in an instant.

After all, in terms of strength,

this leader of Banica was at least a top-tier Caster!

Just as everyone was shocked by this, Costate, who had just been discussing with Ronald, spoke up calmly again:

"Sir, didn’t you say we should avoid using violence as much as possible?"

Ronald explained very straightforwardly:

"I detected that this guy was about to make a move, so I controlled him first."

The maid continued:

"Sir, I understand ’some of your habits.’"

"Although Orland was preparing to strike, he hadn’t yet begun any actual violent acts. So you mean that—facing an unexecuted attack, it is acceptable for us to use violence preemptively?"

"..."

For a moment, Ronald almost thought he was getting into an argument.

But he was well aware of Costate’s situation.

Considering the actual circumstances of the maid in front of him and recalling the various details of their previous interactions, Ronald immediately had a guess.

"Costate, are you perhaps very curious about the environment I once lived in, so you want to understand every aspect of it as much as possible?"

"..."

This time, Costate was stunned.

Before Ronald spoke up, she might not have realized that out of curiosity, she was actively seeking this information from Ronald.

Therefore, after the situation was exposed,

Costate remained silent for several seconds, then once again said seriously:

"Sir, your wisdom is as profound as ever."

"..."

"I keep saying there’s no need for this..."

"You—let Mr. Orland go!"

A sudden shout came from the other side.

As the majority of the Casters were stunned by the scene in front of them and each speculated about the next situation, a young man with a pitch-black face suddenly stood up from the ruins to the north, shouting as he rushed towards Ronald.

Whether he was taking a gamble,

or he truly had a lot of affection for the Banica faction,

the young man’s face bore a determination to fight to the death.

With a weak defensive spell, he approached Ronald.