Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength

Ronald could not refuse Majie'er's request.

So, in the following period, Ronald became the leader in the room once more.

Although Ronald doesn't dare to claim complete understanding of the history from the Dark Age to now, the efforts he made in the past year have allowed him to comprehend the changes of this period to a great extent.

Finally combining with Ronald's own experiences in various events.

A historical thread spanning hundreds of years, somewhat blurred but generally clear, was presented before Majie'er.

"..."

After listening to these descriptions, the ancient original text holder sat in the chair, slowly closed his eyes.

A few seconds passed, he then sighed and said:

"I've always had a worry."

"According to the materials I've reviewed, before the original texts appeared in the world, the primary structure of society was the nobility and the ruled, and the slaves, conflicts between different classes would erupt fiercely every now and then, resulting in large-scale wars; and after the wars, the reinstated classes would once again adhere to the rules that caused all this, waiting for the next cycle to come." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"This endless cycle almost ran through history, and it seems unlikely to reach its end."

"..."

Have you ever considered that this is an issue brought about by backward productivity?

Upon hearing Majie'er's sentiment, Ronald instinctively wanted to raise this question, but considering the actual situation in this world, he restrained himself and instead asked a different question.

"Mr. Majie'er, should there be changes with the appearance of the original texts?"

Ronald's question was pragmatic.

Though unlike the progress brought by scientific technology, during the Dark Age where the number of Casters needed no control, even if there were barriers to knowledge dissemination, once a Spell appeared, it was a leap-level change.

The issue Majie'er is troubled with, should indeed change under this circumstance.

"Haha, Ronald, you're completely right."

The fact is just as Ronald thought.

Upon hearing this question, Majie'er immediately nodded in recognition. Yet simultaneously, his expression remained one of a bitter smile:

"But still, Ronald, the changes brought by the Spell haven't changed the essence."

"The things lurking beneath the essence of society, from the cage of material have turned into the cage of knowledge. Even though we haven't experienced it yet, I can foresee that when the development of Spells reaches a certain boundary, such reshuffling will still happen."

"Even if someone possesses immense power, their essence is still that of a killable being. The original text that harbors power can be seized and transferred, and that's an unchangeable fact."

"..."

This depth of thought is indeed quite advanced…

Faced with Majie'er's subsequent reflection, Ronald naturally had to respond properly, so he immediately organized his thoughts.

But in just these few seconds of silence, Majie'er resumed his speech:

"Ronald, our world is trapped by something called original texts."

"To resolve such contradictions and cycles, either find a new path, or explore more places to obtain resources. The ability derived from the original texts, its upper limit is locked by the capacity of the original text."

"We... must break through!"

Speaking to this point, Majie'er's tone had gotten somewhat excited.

But at this point, the previous feeling of emotional agitation instantly faded from him.

The ancient original text holder just sat in the chair.

But Ronald looked at him, and it felt as if Majie'er had collapsed onto the chair.

"But from Ronald's information, it seems I have failed."

Ronald's gaze sharpened; he immediately realized the meaning of this sentence.

Very quickly, he tentatively spoke:

"Mr. Majie'er, do you mean…?"

Majie'er had no intention of hiding, and instead directly responded:

"I mean, the [Larchmont] ruins you entered should be the result of my experimental failure."

"The two paths considered before, the latter path is very clear—exploring worlds beyond this world, or gazing at the stars, heading to the pitch-black unknown universe."

"However, other worlds, unknown powerhouses might at any time destroy everything we have, the unstable spatial connections could also lead to huge difficulties in subsequent development; as for looking up at the stars…"

Saying this, Majie'er suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly:

"The dark space is simply too vast."

"The terrifying distance is something humans could never cross even in their entire lives; how could this be a walkable path?"

Within this string of reflections, Ronald clearly felt Majie'er's inner bitterness and dilemmas. If possible, he would love to discuss this problem properly with the original text holder before him.

But Ronald, or rather both of them understood well.

Majie'er at this moment is merely a remnant image left by history, events from the past that have already happened, even if continued to probe this topic now, it cannot change what has already occurred.

Under such circumstances, Ronald could only follow the previous conversation topic:

"So, you chose the path in front?"

"Ah, yes." Majie'er nodded and continued, "The future me should choose to try seeking a new path to end this cycle with no foreseeable future."

At this point, Majie'er raised his palm, and his original text emerged:

"This original text bears the power of history, its Complete Technique can delineate a region, lock a specific period of time, create possibilities for otherwise impossible things, and replace reality."

"Combining with the ability of another colleague of mine, it achieves the endless cyclical scene you saw."

Ronald glanced at Majie'er's original text.

Probably because the person before him was merely a remnant from history, the original text in his hand was just a phantom; apart from representing the essence of the original text with a phantom of books, Ronald couldn't discern other evidence of the original text's origin.

Indeed, this matter won't go smoothly…

Seeing this scene, Ronald realized the problem of [Larchmont] couldn't be solved here.

Thus, he changed his mind and turned to inquire information from Majie'er:

"But, your experiment failed?"

"Yes." Majie'er maintained an open attitude and said, "I can roughly guess, within the endless cycle, we haven't found a path to emerge."

"And the result of failure…"

At this point, Majie'er finally stood up from his chair.

He looked down at Ronald and Il sitting in front him, with a complex yet resolute tone filled with sentiment and decisiveness:

"Naturally is to be obliterated in this cycle with everything in this Magic City!"