Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1051 - 1045: Learning

With a clear goal, the path ahead naturally becomes straightforward.

Ronald and Il, with identities that allow them to move freely in [Lachmont], easily found their way to the three-beamed tower, located halfway up the castle hill at the place they had previously identified by name.

When they first arrived, Ronald didn't quite understand the name "three-beamed tower."

However, once they got closer, everything became clear immediately.

As an important building for the mages of [Lachmont], the three-beamed tower was also a common architectural type here—a tower.

However, upon closer inspection, the peculiarities became apparent.

This tower differed from other towers built using normal construction techniques, with three columns shaped like equilateral triangles seamlessly integrated from top to bottom, deeply inserted into the ground in a triangular distribution.

Following these three columns, the main structure of the tower was then built upwards.

The reason it had been difficult to identify earlier was that these special columns were located at the three corners of the tower, easily making one mistaken as they were part of the building's design and overlook their uniqueness.

"The three-beamed tower... it indeed lives up to its name with three beams," Ronald remarked quietly as he gazed at the structure before them.

However, the actions that followed were destined not to be as leisurely as before, as the three-beamed tower is an important military facility of [Lachmont]. Not to mention their status as tourists; even the local mages of [Lachmont] could not enter freely without permission.

At that moment, Il also seemed to realize this.

Thus, almost as soon as Ronald had finished his remark, Il couldn't help but instigate:

"Boss, should we just force our way in?"

"If we're really going to take action, I don't mind being the vanguard!"

"Shut up," Ronald rolled his eyes and did not linger there. Instead, he turned and led Il away from the front of the three-beamed tower to avoid arousing suspicion among the mages there.

Once they reached a secluded corner nearby, Ronald began to refine his perceptive abilities. He silently noted the guards' movement patterns and mental states within the three-beamed tower, while summarizing the terrain according to the records of the [Astrolabe] in preparation for the upcoming infiltration.

Within a few minutes, Il began to feel curious:

"Boss, are we really going to infiltrate such a military facility? Isn't this a bit too challenging?"

In normal circumstances, Il's thoughts were not unreasonable at all.

In a magical city like [Lachmont], infiltrating important military facilities would be incredibly difficult, especially now during a tense wartime period.

Therefore, instead of cautiously infiltrating, it would make more sense to rely on their strength to swiftly complete the task. As long as they could defeat and seize Shui's original texts quickly, even if this historical fragment resets, it wouldn't matter to them since they would have already achieved their goal.

Moreover, from Il's perspective, this would also allow her to vent her frustrations from previous battles through Ronald's strength.

It seemed like the ideal conclusion!

But, to Il's disappointment, Ronald still did not adopt her suggestion.

Ronald continued his observation before starting to elaborate on his plans:

"Il, you do have a point."

"But once matters escalate into a battle, things become uncontrollable. If too many people die in unexpected circumstances, causing the space to reset, all our actions during this time would have been in vain."

Il asked with a puzzled expression:

"But if we are discovered while infiltrating, it would still become a situation of engaging in force. Doesn't this choice just increase the burden unnecessarily?"

"You mentioned that was under the premise of being discovered," Ronald replied with a confident smile. "Since that's the case, wouldn't it be fine as long as we aren't discovered?"

Hearing this answer, Il's eyes widened.

From her impression of Ronald, he shouldn't have any spell capable of perfectly handling such situations:

"Boss, you have a way to deal with this too?"

Ronald immediately explained:

"Il, this starts with understanding human habits."

"Once people possess significant power in a certain aspect, they become very confident in it, and as they gain fame, money, or other benefits from it, this confidence grows stronger, elevating with increasing rewards."

At this point, Ronald's tone shifted as he continued in a tone both instructive to Il and reflective of himself:

"But for this very reason, when these individuals take action, they often rely heavily on their dominant abilities. If someone with ulterior motives can breach their strengths in these areas, it provides the easiest solution."

Having said this, it was clear that Ronald no longer needed to explain further, thus throwing the question back to the girl before him:

"So, Il, what do you think the mages in the three-beamed tower are best at?"

"Spell…" Il answered after some thought.

This super life form naturally came equipped with a highly functional brain, and with Ronald's hint, she soon comprehended everything.

"Boss, I get it!"

"As long as you can break through their spells, even if we're discovered, these people's reliance on their own powerful magic would prevent them from suspecting us as intruders right away!"

Ronald nodded:

"Exactly, and the best part is—my skills were learned from Costate."

As the pinnacle of spell craft in this era, Costate was a product of top-tier abilities gathered by the wizards, and the maid was a direct participant in this Caster War.

Her spell-breaking abilities were undoubtedly amongst the best of this era. Coupled with centuries of iterative improvements and advancements, Costate was a true super-model existence in this technological area.

This was why Ronald was able to dismantle [Lachmont]'s barrier so effortlessly before. After all, his skills were learned straight from Costate, and the maid held nothing back from Ronald, offering wholehearted and unconditional guidance.

As for the outcome...

It meant that although the defense spells of the three-beamed tower were strong, they could still be completely dismantled.

And the mages of [Lachmont] inside would never imagine anyone wielding such a degree of intrusion ability!

The only thing left to do was to dismantle the spells and infiltrate.

The subsequent tasks for Ronald and Il would become exceedingly simple. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"..."

After finishing their conversation, Ronald continued to study the situation inside the three-beamed tower.

Il, silent for a while, finally spoke in a rare serious tone:

"Boss, if we go back and I ask to learn these things from Costate, will she teach me?"

Ronald had no doubt about it:

"Of course she will."

"Think about Costate's character, there's no way she would refuse something like this, right?"