Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength

"Mr. Koraman, you go rest in the back first. Leave this to me."

After taking over the thread of the yarn ball, Ronald naturally instructed Koraman to step back.

At the same time, Ronald's gaze became more focused.

The force of the inward pull from the thread was considerable, and he really exhausted his strength to hold it. Even the passive defense of the [Guardian Angel] was activated during their tug of war.

Ronald was almost over ninety percent sure that the force tugging against him inside was not human, nor was it at a level the spell's owner could reach.

"Hiss— Hoo—"

Thinking this, Ronald took a deep breath.

In this situation, he mustered all his strength to pull outward, and as the power of all the spell reinforcements combined exerted force, the yarn ball finally extended outward under Ronald's grip.

"..."

Simultaneously, the casters around watched the scene without blinking.

They almost all understood that the outcome of this tug of war would most likely bring significant progress to the breakthrough work of the ruins.

However, in the eyes of a few, they worried about the strength of the yarn ball.

People like Costate or Kaya, knowing how astonishing Ronald's strength was, feared the yarn ball might not hold up and break apart before the tug of war ended.

"..."

A few minutes later, both good and bad news arrived consecutively.

As the person truly engaged in the tugging, Ronald's mindset changed considerably as well.

First, the good news was the strength of the yarn ball was highly reliable. This product crafted by spells was extremely difficult to destroy, and despite enduring such great pulling force, it held up completely.

But the bad news was that Ronald felt something was wrong with the caster inside.

Being the one directly holding the yarn ball, he could sense the overall change in state from this spell's creation. And the current result was that the caster inside the ruins seemed to be lacking in magic power.

If they continued this tugging,

the yarn ball would only vanish as the opponent's magic power ran dry.

Ronald, who lacked a related spell system, could not alter such a situation.

In other words — a deadlock.

"..."

"Costate, come over and hold the thread."

"Yes."

At this point, Ronald decisively called for the maid to take hold of the thread. Although Costate was not as strong as Ronald, she could still keep the yarn ball from being pulled in.

Seeing this, Kaya, who had just supported the caster's exploration, stepped forward:

"Mr. Ronald, is something wrong?"

Ronald immediately explained:

"Continuing to hold the thread is certainly no problem, but our companion inside lacks sufficient magic power to sustain such consumption."

"..."

Upon hearing the explanation, Kaya immediately understood the predicament.

However, being an experienced elder in the mystical side, she quickly came up with other ideas:

"Even so, there is still a connection with the spell presence. Can we intervene or stabilize his state through this connection, and then pull him out?"

"Oh!" Ronald hadn't considered Kaya's idea before, but upon further thought, it seemed like an approach worth trying, "This idea is worth a try."

Affirming Kaya's plan, Ronald then shifted his tone and continued in a commanding manner: "Kaya, you take charge of trying this method here first, Costate will assist you."

The maid holding the thread naturally had no objections.

But as Kaya was entrusted with this task, her expression became directly excited:

"Mr. Ronald, what are you planning to do?"

"I sensed something just now, going to verify it now," Ronald explained to everyone, "Even if I don't finish verifying in half an hour, I will use a spell to send you information."

"Ladies and gentlemen, we shall meet later."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ronald chanted a spell from the "Astronomy Master," transforming into an arc of light and disappearing into the rainy night.

Others didn't even have time to stop him.

Knowing that with Ronald's departure, the rain-repelling effect of the [Rain Mist Divine Hammer] also vanished, those remaining hurriedly deployed means against rain and proceeded with the experiment according to Kaya's proposed plan.

—— Meanwhile.

Flying in the air, Ronald also took the opportunity to adjust his augmented perception abilities.

Although the ability of extremely enhanced perception yielded outstanding results, it was not suitable for maintaining at all times, as the pressure from constantly being hyper-aware of the surroundings was overwhelmingly intense.

If an example were to be given, it was akin to a superhero awakening super hearing in movies, which was an utterly torturous experience.

Adjusting his body thus,

Ronald flew to his target location.

He was now above the edge of the cliff on the entire island, the range enveloped by the ruins including the entire cliff area, making this almost a forbidden area for exploration by [Nikos] casters.

As for what Ronald saw from above...

The city of [Richmont], known for its astonishing construction level, boasted a castle covering an enormous area on the cliff slopes of the island, featuring many tall towers and splendid plazas.

Even looking at its general outline in the night gave one the feeling of 'this is a wizard's castle.'

And the source of magic power Ronald worked hard to perceive earlier.

It was actually within this castle area.

"That's quite big indeed..."

Murmuring softly in amazement, Ronald then summoned the original tome and chanted a spell again:

"Starting from the relationship between the entire earth and sky, to construct our cognition!"

He activated the [Astrolabe] spell.

As the scouting ability unfolded, he confirmed the grand architecture of this castle and pinpointed the magic source's location.

It was situated in the central area of the whole castle, halfway up the mountain.

To the east side of the castle hall was a place that looked like a study but housed many mystical side experimental devices.

The magic source Ronald sensed originated from a book open on the table in this room.

"It's indeed an original tome..."

The magic he sensed was the cause of this peculiar phenomenon, and as the starting point, the culprit was indeed an original tome.

However, even though the true situation was confirmed,

Ronald still found it tricky and furrowed his brow.

Use his own spell to retrieve it?

The conflicts between different original tomes' magic power were something Ronald had already experienced back at Barrenwich Station.

But without using spells,

he couldn't forcibly retrieve this original tome from such a great distance!

Facing this stalemate, Ronald pondered for just over a minute and finally pieced together a makeshift plan.

Thus, facing the castle below, he began to summon the original tomes he possessed one by one:

"Anyway... let's give it a try first."