Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 227 - 226: The Array in the Bedroom

Chapter 227: Chapter 226: The Array in the Bedroom

"I’ve found a book over here!"

"It’s inscribed with some patterns similar to an Array, but I can’t make out the specific meaning."

"Raphael, I think this thing probably relates to whether or not we can escape from this house. Do you know anything similar to this situation?"

In the most concise sentences,

Ronald conveyed his discovery to his partner.

And separated by a wall, the other side’s Raphael understood the situation very quickly.

With only a bit of thought, he replied to Ronald on the opposite side of the wall:

"Ronald, I have some ideas."

"But you still need to describe to me what the patterns on that book look like, so I can reach a final conclusion!"

"..."

Ronald immediately opened the book and made sure he described the patterns accurately, saying:

"The main contours of these patterns are basically composed of several quarter-circle arcs pieced together; as for the inside of this framework, besides two triangles nesting together, there are absolutely no other straight lines. Almost all the remaining content consists of shapes formed by curving lines!"

"..."

Listening to Ronald’s general description, Raphael on the other side of the wall quickly answered aloud:

"Wait a minute, let me think carefully!"

"..."

Subsequently, Raphael also fell into thought.

Judging from Ronald’s description, the patterns inscribed in the book did not involve any text part; therefore, this thing was probably just a medium used to activate power, rather than an Array that contained power itself.

Without the provision of an object possessing the essence of power, any Array would just be a fragile castle in the air, incapable of generating such an effect.

In that case...

If, as Ronald said, the contents recorded in the book were related to whether they could leave this place,

Then the Array recorded on the pages of the book was the one affecting the changes in the house.

As long as they followed this thing to find the source of the anomalies, the very object that housed the Caster’s mana, all problems would be easily solved.

Having understood the problem, Raphael, facing the wall that was absurdly hard, immediately shouted:

"Ronald, go search for something that has the same pattern as the one in the book!"

"Use the book in your hand as a reference now, and try to find and destroy the source that maintains all this, so we can stop the operation of this Spell!"

"It’s just like what we did on Black Mountain!"

On the other side of the wall, Ronald clearly heard Raphael’s thoughts and immediately responded:

"I got it!"

"I’ll take care of the rest, you watch out on your end."

Raphael quickly answered:

"I’ll also try to look around on the first floor."

"Be careful on your end as well!"

"..."

After their words, both turned away from the staircase area.

Ronald had no intention of delaying even a second and was ready to search on the second floor for the object that corresponded to the Array in the book, as described by Raphael.

However, a simple look back

Made his spine chill.

In the time it took for him and Raphael to exchange those few sentences, a wall had mysteriously appeared at the end of the second-floor corridor, completely sealing off the last two guest rooms at the end of the house!

Everything happened silently.

Just like the wall that blocked the stairs, it all occurred without Ronald’s notice.

"..."

It seemed that time was extremely urgent.

Realizing this, Ronald quickly headed towards the room on the right side of the staircase.

He had already given the study a cursory search, so he was certain there was nothing like an Array inside.

Under these circumstances, the object of the search naturally changed to the bedroom of the second floor’s master.

Which was Elva Sherwood’s bedroom.

From every angle, this room was now the most suspicious.

Thus, facing the firmly shut door, Ronald gave it a solid kick.

Bang—

This rather violent kick instantly forced the door open.

The poor door hung miserably on its frame; unlike the walls constructed by mystical powers, this object remained in its original form.

Ronald immediately charged into the bedroom.

The state of this room was still intact, the walls that had appeared twice before had not affected it.

His gaze swept over the space before him.

A bed against the wall, a desk beneath the window, and a closet on one side of the wall; everything in the quiet room was neat and orderly, with hardly anything that stood out as an obvious problem at a glance.

But speaking of Arrays...

Given that the spell had affected the whole house, Ronald’s gaze first locked onto the ceiling and floor.

With the actual data he had seen in the bureau as a reference, these vast areas were most suitable for the placement of things like Arrays.

It was like how people of the mystical side liked to build their secret places underground.

His gaze moved to the top of the room first.

Aside from a chandelier, the ceiling was clean, with hardly any excess objects visible.

Under that bed, there lay a carpet spacious enough.

"..."

"Hm?!"

Suddenly, Ronald felt a chill down his back.

It wasn’t the sensation of someone casting an offensive spell on him or slashing him with a knife.

It was simply the sensation that something had suddenly appeared behind him.

He turned his head to look.

The sight in front of him made Ronald’s heart tighten.

A seamless wall had inconspicuously risen up behind him, at the position of the room’s entrance.

He had only walked in less than ten seconds ago.

Even this bedroom had been sealed off by the wall!

If the wall had appeared just two meters further in, Ronald himself might have been trapped inside by the sudden appearance of the wall.

At this point, he could only trust his own judgment.

Find the thing within this room that was interfering with the entire house!

With this realization, Ronald hesitated no longer and delivered another fierce kick to the bed.

Bang!

Under the enhanced strength of "Divine Comedy," the sturdy-looking bed was instantly kicked over, and the carpet on the floor was completely revealed.

Without even walking over, Ronald waved his hand, and a spreading black fog immediately lifted the carpet from the floor.

"Is that so..."

Seeing the scene before him, Ronald breathed a sigh of relief.

The back of the fluffy carpet had nothing special, but the floor beneath it was a different story.

—He saw an Array pattern exactly like the one in the books.

Silver markings were deeply embedded into the floorboards, and in the center of these markings, a round object with a metallic sheen was inlaid.

Ronald’s thoughts, or rather the information provided by the bureau, were completely accurate.

The Array that was interfering with the entire house.

Was right before his eyes!