Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1049 - 1043: The Possibility of Incompletion

Upon hearing the name, Ronald almost lost control of his expression.

Ormont?

Wasn't that the name he had repeatedly heard while investigating Il's problems in Carpon?

This esteemed Archmage from Lachmont.

In his prime, he was a renowned figure, famous even in the entire eastern part of the Drowned Sun Sea.

Who would have thought.

Ronald would encounter this person he had only seen in books, in such an environment.

"..."

At this moment, Ronald instinctively glanced at Il.

This gaze carried no special significance; it was simply that Ronald first learned of Ormont's name to help this guy figure out his issues, so he couldn't help it.

"Boss, why are you looking at me?"

Il didn't initially realize and thought Ronald wanted him to do something. However, just a few seconds later, this already smart guy finally understood everything, and he smiled somewhat embarrassedly:

"Ah, hahaha, it's really a nice name."

"When I first met Majie'er, I thought he was a smart person. I just didn't expect him to have a knack for naming as well."

"..."

Just a moment ago, he was seamlessly handing conversational cues to himself, and the next, it turned into awkward small talk.

For Il's change, Ronald could only accept it helplessly.

And before Ormont could react, he took the initiative to seize the topic and divert the other's thoughts:

"By the way, Ormont."

"The main reason we're here this time is to exchange information about the experiments on magic essence from many years ago and the current actual progress."

"If possible, could you show me the data?"

This question seems simple, but it's actually a choice Ronald made after careful consideration.

After all, he and Majie'er only had that brief encounter previously.

If he rashly asked for something else, it might be seen through by Ormont, who is very familiar with Majie'er, and it would definitely invite more trouble then.

So instead of being greedy, it's better to focus on the most curious things, quickly resolve lingering sentiments here, and get out.

After all, regarding the ruins of Lachmont.

Ronald had already obtained Majie'er's original texts.

"Ah! You actually know about the magic essence experiment?"

At the same time, upon hearing Ronald's inquiry, Ormont's expression changed, becoming more respectful than before.

"Only my teacher and I are conducting this experiment."

"For you to know about magic essence, you must be a very close friend of my teacher."

Upon hearing the word 'magic essence' from Ronald's mouth, Ormont had abandoned the last shred of doubt in his heart.

——This was an experiment only he and his teacher were conducting.

——Not only had the experiment itself not gained attention.

——The outside world also knew almost nothing about it.

How could someone who knew about this thing possibly be an enemy of his teacher?

At this point, Ormont didn't hesitate, turning to find something from a nearby bookshelf, quickly retrieving what he wanted from amongst a pile of scrolls.

"Uh... sir, you can take a look at this."

"My teacher values this experiment greatly, but due to the limitations of current means, there hasn't been much progress in recent years."

As Ormont handed over the scroll, he was visibly hesitant about how to address him.

So as Ronald took the scroll, he generously introduced himself:

"Ronald, Ronald Adler, just call me by my name."

"Adler..." Ormont suddenly realized.

Ronald's name was nothing unusual.

But the Adler surname belonged to none other than Mr. Hops Adler, his teacher's friend, and a member of the Six Council.

With such a connection laid bare, Ormont felt that everything made sense.

While Ormont was relieved by this, Ronald opened the scroll and began to peruse its contents.

What can I say...

Over a decade had passed, and with Majie'er's wisdom and his increasingly growing power, the research on magic essence had indeed seen some progress.

Through prolonged effort, Majie'er stabilized the method of extracting magic essence by separating magic power, and in a state of high purity, these magic essences clearly manifested two characteristics of light and dark, which could be combined arbitrarily.

In addition, Majie'er also tested the specific properties of magic essence.

Small amounts, or even large amounts, of magic essence themselves almost possessed no abilities. During his experiments, only one instance of a three-month-long accumulation of magic essence produced a noticeable result.

——First, the magic essence separated from historical spells was prepared.

——Then, a massive amount of magic essence gathered, arranged in a special sequence.

——Thus in front of Majie'er, the aggregated magic essence turned into an unstable stream of spell water.

The two are completely unrelated spells, their natures entirely different.

It was through this method of separation into the most basic magic essence, then reconstruction, that Majie'er cast spells he otherwise could not use.

The caster's ability comes from the original texts, unable to escape this inherent shackle.

This thing, which was almost a truth in the past, was crossed over by Majie'er in this way.

In all honesty, this is definitely a great discovery that can overturn much of people's understanding of the spell system.

But unfortunately, it has no practical application value.

The cumbersome procedures and steps, the astronomical amount of magic essence accumulation and sorting, even Majie'er himself only managed to complete this singular change with immense effort.

And what he got was merely a stream of water.

A mundane spell that any caster could freely perform, as long as their school matched.

In peacetime, Majie'er might have continued pushing forward with this research with his perseverance and talent.

But alas—war came.

Although it's a pity, this time-consuming and labor-intensive research could only end here.

Casters with differing stances made bold moves, deciding at this point to establish the world's direction.

As one of the peaks on the mysterious side.

Majie'er could not and was not allowed to stay out of it and could only plunge into this spirit-consuming war.

Thus, the research on magic essence could only be stored on the scrolls, becoming a treasure on this laboratory's bookshelf.

As for what happened later...

Ronald knew more clearly than Majie'er or Ormont in front of him.

To guard against the return of formidable enemies, the supernatural rules of the entire world were changed accordingly.

And under the necessary numerical restraints, the magical city of Lachmont definitely had to start controlling the number of mages and imposing restrictions on research in various areas.

This resulted in the outcome—

Which is the scroll Ronald currently saw, which did not bring about any results, and the continuously cyclical city ruins caught in history.