Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1132 - 1126: Resurrection of the Dead

"..."

The cabin was utterly silent.

Right before everyone's eyes, Ronald cast a spell, reversing time to bring the dead girl back to life.

No one who witnessed this scene could remain calm.

— Resurrection of the dead.

On the mysterious side, immortality, resurrection... these words that test human nature and life always draw attention.

Casters, when hearing of such things usually consider them legendary, or the rare objects accessible only to those high and mighty archetype holders.

Right now, Ronald personally cast a spell to resurrect the dead; how could they not understand the significance of this?

"..."

"Ronald... You, you really are devoted, aren't you?"

Everyone's expressions were subtle, the lingering atmosphere of the party had completely vanished.

In this moment, Nicole quickly reacted and approached Ronald, saying:

"To cast such a spell for a person you've never met... a normal archetype holder definitely wouldn't do something like this for such a trivial matter."

Archetype holder... Ronald...

Upon hearing the two words Nicole emphasized, the color in the surrounding casters' eyes began to fade.

On the three steamships of [Greed].

If anyone still doesn't understand the significance of these two words now, they definitely have serious intellectual deficiencies.

At the same time, Ronald understood that Nicole was helping him out.

Therefore, he straightforwardly removed the spell camouflage, returned to his original appearance, and continued:

"Nicole, this is not a trivial matter."

"Life, especially human life, is absolutely not something to be disregarded."

Nicole showed Ronald an approving smile, but continued teasing, or rather speaking the reality:

"But to some formidable people, hearing this could make them mock your short-sightedness."

Ronald shrugged indifferently:

"Then let it be, it's none of my business anyway."

"Hmm..."

In the seconds of their conversation, the painter girl, whose life was snatched back from death by [Precession], slowly opened her eyes. As she regained her consciousness, she looked around, her gaze filled with bewilderment.

[Precession] is a very precise time spell.

So although the girl restored her life, her consciousness and soul state completely returned to the previous state. Consequently, in the painter girl's eyes, she was somewhere else one second, but the next she seemed to have been teleported here.

Why am I here?

What happened around me?

"I... why am I here, why are you all surrounding me?"

The girl stood up, bewildered.

She glanced around, finally resting her eyes on the investigator's side.

At least on these three steamships, investigators who maintain order are undoubtedly the most suitable force to rely on in such a situation.

Therefore, facing the girl who came closer.

Nicole, clearly the lead investigator present, spoke up:

"Miss, what happens next may exceed your imagination, but please you must accept it and assist our work."

Of course, the girl had no objections, simply nodded obediently:

"I will, please go ahead."

Nicole spoke directly:

"First of all, you were just dead."

"Eh?!"

The girl exclaimed.

Upon hearing this, not only did she fail to understand Nicole's meaning, her mind became even more confused than before.

At this point, Nicole's expression subtly stiffened.

She quickly stole a glance at Ronald, seeing the affirmative look he gave her, Nicole then continued confidently:

"But don't worry."

"Although you were dead just now, you have regained life under Mr. Ronald's spell."

"Honestly, experiencing resurrection is not something everyone gets the chance to!"

Ordinary people wouldn't want to experience such things, right...

Seeing Nicole's demeanor, Ronald internally made a slight complaint. But clearly, Nicole was in charge of the scene, so he didn't make any further movements.

After Nicole's explanation, the painter girl finally accepted reality.

But she still asked with some doubt:

"Investigator Miss, you say I was just dead, I'll tentatively believe that. But on this ship, I've had no conflict with anyone, there's no reason for anyone to want to harm a mere ship painter like me, right?"

"Miss, this is where you don't understand." As the topic reached this point, Nicole had basically grasped the rhythm of the conversation, so she responded very confidently, "The mysterious side has all sorts of bizarre spells!"

"Special ritual requirements, spell prerequisites, possibly even coveting some trait you possess... All manners of purposes and conspiracies flow in the dark. So for some people, taking another's life is not something difficult to accept."

At this point, Nicole's gaze sharply swept around.

Under the gaze of an ace investigator, anyone with a guilty conscience or those who have done similar things before naturally lowered their eyes.

Nicole's posture naturally inspired trust, the previously anxious painter girl continued to ask:

"If so, then who is the one who harmed me, Investigator Miss?"

"Just call me Nicole." Nicole smiled and replied to the painter girl, then shifted the topic, "As for the one who harmed you, that's actually a question for you."

"In your current memory, who was the last person you interacted with?"

"..."

The painter girl thought for a moment and quickly replied:

"After finishing the painting, I came here to join the party, during which I only exchanged pleasantries with everyone; I didn't really interact with anyone."

Nicole frowned; such information couldn't help her investigation.

"Didn't interact with anyone, in that case..."

"Wait!" Suddenly, the girl's expression showed surprise, "I remember now!"

"Earlier when I was painting on the deck, everyone came down to attend the party, but only a strange old guy came to me and specifically asked what I was doing there!"

"If we're talking about interacting with strangers, that's my only instance tonight!"

Nicole's expression brightened, she quickly asked:

"Good, then that guy is very suspicious, do you remember his appearance..."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

In this moment, Ronald, feeling utterly uncomfortable, gave a series of coughs and interrupted Nicole's conversation with the painter girl.

As eyes refocused on him again, he hurriedly said:

"I need to clarify something."

"The spell I used to resurrect this child is an accurate Time Retrospection ability, so it's very likely—she has permanently lost the memory of meeting the perpetrator."

Ronald stated the facts in a very realistic tone.

However, as an investigator, Nicole was very perceptive, and then she shot him a peculiar look:

"Ronald, your tone sounds off, do you know something?"