CHAPTER 712: CHAPTER 707: THE SORATO SCHOOL

Ronald planned to head to the human settlements for a very simple reason.

It was the same doubt that had arisen before.

In Il’s narrative, the "Organic Encyclopedia" was already in a fragmented state when she and her sisters obtained it.

No matter what the truth behind it was,

there must certainly be someone with ulterior motives, pushing events from behind, attempting to accomplish some unspeakable purpose.

This kind of behavior...

Ronald didn’t think this was something the animals in the forest could do.

Even though the Yizi Forest now wasn’t lacking in life forms with high intelligence, a few months ago, when evolution had just begun, this behavior was clearly not something those naive lives would think of.

Thus, the result became very simple.

The remaining options were few—humans.

The humans who had existed in the Yizi Forest from the beginning and possessed both understanding of the original text and various ideas.

But now, Ronald was in a rather fearless state.

Whatever the opponent’s original plan had been, it was definitely closely related to the "Organic Encyclopedia" that triggered everything.

And Ronald?

He now held two-thirds of the "Organic Encyclopedia"!

The main source that caused the direct mutation of the forest was greatly weakened, and under these circumstances, he could safely address the subsequent issues with much less worry.

...

The night gradually passed.

Before leaving the ruins after Banica’s explosion, Ronald and his team of four returned to the process of traversing the forest.

The forest was changing at every moment.

Even without stepping out of the previously fog-enshrouded area, the environment around them was restored to a flourishing state by the plants of the forest. If one was not confident in searching the ground, even the traces of the explosion and burning were extremely hard to find.

All the effects of rapid evolution of life were presented right before their eyes.

Ronald had a premonition in his heart.

Although the world was now plunged into a very chaotic and complex situation due to various events,

once all this calmed down,

the state of affairs within the Yizi Forest would sooner or later be discovered by the humans of the outside world.

At that time, this forest would welcome a new change, and the surrounding nations would also undergo not insignificant transformations.

"..."

The journey forward continued under these circumstances.

However, one thing was different—that was Il’s addition to the group.

On the way to the human settlements, this ’native-born local’ brought them great convenience.

It wasn’t just her adaptation to and familiarity with the forest environment.

As long as Il was present, most of the creatures in the forest dared not approach or attack Ronald and his group, directly resulting in a substantial increase in the pace of their travel.

And under Ronald’s direction,

Il gave orders for her dryad minions to stop working.

It could be anticipated—that after about two weeks, the rapid changes in the forest would significantly slow down.

Several days passed in this manner.

As the sun made several round trips across the sky, Il spoke up within the group:

"We should be able to reach there before it gets dark."

"According to human terms, our destination is about ten kilometers away."

Ronald nodded in understanding.

"Let’s all pick up the pace then."

"I can’t guarantee anything else, but in the human settlement, we should be able to find a decent living environment."

Ronald spoke, encouraging the morale, which may or may not have existed.

At the same time, he also silently expanded the scouting range of his ’Fury’ power.

Just like Il had said,

traces of humans had begun to appear around them.

But due to the distance being too great, Ronald had not yet located the position of this power’s residential area.

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—— According to the message from Il.

—— The dominant force of this camp is the Sorato school.

Although its reputation is not loud in the outside world, this secretive faction settled in Yizi Forest also possesses a complete transmission of the original canon and, at the same time, is an ancient force with a long history.

It is precisely because of these factors

that the Sorato school has been able to establish a firm foothold in Yizi at this juncture and contract its power range to coalesce the scattered humans around.

Ronald had seen records of this faction in Springs.

The content roughly was:

—— Owning "Ritual," "Summoning," "Strengthening," and "Healing" types of spell systems.

—— The school’s principle upholds justice, not evildoers.

—— In suitable environments, the school’s casters may display strong aggressiveness and will actively interfere in others’ affairs.

...

These contents are from sixty years ago.

Based on the current situation in Yizi Forest, Ronald felt that this information was still relatively valuable.

The time continued to move forward.

Before the human congregation was discovered, Costate suddenly stopped in her tracks and pointed towards the forest ahead, saying,

"Sir, there are very concealed arrays here."

"..."

Ronald raised his eyebrows.

Observing carefully ahead, he indeed noticed the thing Costate referred to.

A magic power barrier, completely transparent, enveloped the entire area.

If one didn’t specifically search in this direction, ordinary casters, or even Ronald, a bearer of the original canon with extremely sharp senses, would not be able to detect the existence of this spell.

"Costate, can you analyze its function?"

Ronald asked as the maid walked straight ahead,

"Sir, please wait a moment."

"..."

Costate’s work efficiency was as high as ever.

In less than ten seconds, the true nature of the spell before them was completely revealed.

This was a very unique foundational array spell.

In the forest in front of them,

Following a very large circular shape, every hundred meters someone had nailed a stake inscribed with an array into the soil. These magic-infused foundational stakes were interconnected, and they formed directly in the air an indiscernible barrier.

The spell itself possessed no aggressive elements.

But for any individual or creature that crossed this barrier, it would record and analyze them, then transmit the related information to the spell’s central controller.

In terms that Ronald was more accustomed to,

This was somewhat like a security check system on the mystic side, aimed at mastering the information of the entrants.

Among the team,

Upon hearing Costate’s introduction to this foundational array spell,

Il asked with great curiosity,

"Can humans outside of the forest also achieve this kind of thing?"

Ronald honestly revealed the truth,

"There are things with similar functionality."

"However, to say to reach the level of Sorato... fundamentally, it doesn’t exist."

After explaining clearly to Il, Ronald then turned his head to look at the maid in front of him,

"Costate, we don’t need to completely conceal our traces."

"Without letting them analyze our actual data, inform the spell’s operator — guests have arrived."

"..."

"Sir, I understand."

Costate had no objections to Ronald’s request.

She just nodded slightly, and the magic power spreading out from her hands began to gnaw away at the array in front of them.

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