Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1059 - 1053: Awaiting the Enemy

He flew towards the sea.

Thanks to a previous historical cycle's exploration as a foundation, Ronald accurately grasped the distance between himself and [Rachmont], ensuring he wouldn't reach the boundary of the spatial loop directly.

After flying for a while, ensuring that the magic city behind couldn't provide timely support, and that it was sufficiently safe for himself.

Ronald's figure hovered in the air, his gaze started surveying everything around him.

Because of that performance with Il.

It's virtually impossible now to easily take down Shui with some deception tactics.

So, the choice becomes quite singular.

—That is to end this exploration through force.

Having made up his mind, even though surrounded by an endless ocean, Ronald felt it appropriate to conduct some reconnaissance before the battle.

Just a few minutes later, the results brought by the [Astrolabe] were somewhat disappointing.

Because the island where [Rachmont] was located was quite some distance away, here the distance between the sea surface and the seabed was very long, making it impossible to leverage any terrain factors to aid in the battle.

Looking again at the calm and peaceful looking sea surface around…

Apart from the time about to reach nightfall, when Ronald's [Eclipse] would once again enhance his physical abilities.

From the perspective of environment and other kinds of support, it seemed unlikely to get anything substantial.

"..."

"Relying solely on one's own strength to fight fairly... that's also good."

Confronted with this situation, Ronald wasn't too regretful; he soon smiled relievedly and then quietly waited on the sea surface for the opponent's arrival.

After all, no matter how you look at it, Ronald's raw power now was undeniable.

Whether past or present, he was at a level befitting the strongest level original holder.

So even from Il's words that this Grand Mage Shui was formidable and needed caution, Ronald believed that with effort he still had considerable confidence to successfully defeat the other.

...

So, time passed while waiting.

During this period, Ronald could feel several pronounced Magic Fluctuations erupting from within [Rachmont].

The mages in the city evidently didn't choose to sit idly by.

While maintaining communication with Grand Mage Shui, they not only continued to cast various protective spells but also, quite bravely, a small group entered the Three Beam Tower, trying to decisively take down Il who had occupied it.

As for the result...

From the state of his soul connection with Il, Ronald could tell.

This guy was doing quite well, seemingly not having suffered any harm at all.

In fact, due to the influence of the sixteen Evil Fire Sealing at the base of the Three Beam Tower, he hadn't needed to go on a killing spree to successfully take over the entire tower.

After continuing to wait a while longer, night came.

As the normal starry sky replaced the night sky above, Ronald, waiting monotonously on the sea surface for the enemy's arrival, finally noticed some clue. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

It was on the sea towards the east.

Even during the night, Ronald's excellent vision, surpassing perception spells, first saw a black dot rushing through the air towards the target behind him—[Rachmont]!

"..."

"Human perception invalid..."

In this situation, Ronald initially believed it was Grand Mage Shui's ability. As a highly skilled original holder, the other party could evade such exploration; Ronald wasn't surprised by this.

However, as this figure in the night gradually closed in on Ronald until he could see the figure clearly.

The situation was entirely different.

There was no problem with spell reconnaissance, and Ronald's vision wasn't wrong.

The reason for the reconnaissance anomaly wasn't because Grand Mage Shui had outstanding concealment abilities.

Rather because——the entity coming from the sea wasn't human at all.

What shocked Ronald even more was the identity of this figure's owner, someone he already knew, even very familiar with!

"Is that... Costate?"

In a state of astonishment, Ronald uttered the other's identity.

Wasn't this his maid?

As the distance between them shortened, he clearly saw Costate in her maid outfit flying towards him from the opposite side of the sea.

But on closer examination, something seemed off.

Quickly, Ronald realized what that slight difference was.

Because the Costate appearing on the sea now was different from the one Ronald knew. The maid's expression was extremely cold, showing no hint of humanity whatsoever.

Especially after noticing Ronald, Costate displayed no emotional fluctuations at all.

The maid looked at Ronald's figure as though looking at a complete stranger.

Then she directed her spell and flew straight over.

"..."

In this scenario, how could Ronald not realize what's happening?

This Costate wasn't the maid who had spent more than half a year with him and was extremely close.

Instead, it was during this historical fragment, active in the Dark Age, a maid recently manufactured by the ancestors of the Adler family, also an alternative version of an artificial deity, the pinnacle of mysterious technology—Costate.

For a moment, Ronald was speechless.

The emergence of this situation could only be said to be within reason, yet outside expectations.

After all, in the timeline ten years ago, Ronald had already heard from Majie'er about the Adler family ancestor crafting this maid.

And after these years, the war had reached its fervor. Costate being successfully created and joining this battle seemed entirely within reason.

Considering Majie'er, from [Rachmont], and the friendly relationship with the Adler family ancestors as well.

Costate's arrival here to assist with security matters could only be described as the most normal thing.

"..."

Although that's how it was rationalized.

For a moment, Ronald's expression was still somewhat confused.

Rationally, he knew that the Costate in front of him wasn't that close companion he had shared every day with, and the battle between them was inevitable; but emotionally, it told him this Costate and his maid were simply the same person from different states, merely different individuals from alternate timelines.

So, should he really fight with Costate?

Meanwhile, just as Ronald hesitated, Costate flew over from the sea.

Then the maid, with an extremely cold, emotionless gaze, looked at Ronald in front of her and directly asked:

"Human, I've seen you before."

"Earlier in the Crystal Ball, it was you communicating with Shui regarding [Rachmont]. But by your reaction before you fainted, you absolutely shouldn't be here!"

"..."

Faced with Costate's questioning.

Ronald floated in the air, opening his mouth, unable to utter a single word for a long while.