Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 277 - 276: Research Work

Chapter 277: Chapter 276: Research Work

"Please come in."

Ronald replied, and the person outside immediately pushed the door open.

— It was Mou Li.

She was the girl Ronald had seen working in the office the first time he came to the library.

Watching her, Ronald immediately asked,

"Mou Li, is there something you need?"

"Yes." The girl who had entered with books in her arms nodded slightly to Ronald before speaking softly, "Mr. Hughes has sent me to inform you that your help is needed in Laboratory Two."

Ronald nodded in understanding,

"I see; when should I head over?"

Mou Li bowed her head slightly, still speaking in a quiet voice,

"Within half an hour."

As her words fell, the girl with the books in her arms turned her head and left Ronald’s office quickly, as if she were fleeing.

However, even so, when Mou Li left, she didn’t forget to close the office door.

"..."

Watching the now-empty doorway, Ronald shook his head nonchalantly.

After locking the books he had borrowed in the secret cabinet of his office, he stood up and walked out.

Having worked there for a week, Ronald had become somewhat familiar with the faces at the "Scrolls Research Society."

The girl named Mou Li was indeed of such a temperament.

It could only be said that it was just the way she was.

Leaving the office, Ronald made his way directly to the room on the first floor that contained the secret door.

Drawing out a bit of magic power, he gently touched a specific spot on the sixth column of the bookshelf.

Click—

The bookshelf split automatically, and a downward secret passage appeared.

The method of opening doors at the "Scrolls Research Society" was even more advanced than the secret passages Ronald had seen in the Bureau of Investigation, where only magic power that had been verified on an identity card and touched at the prescribed spot could open the door.

If the magic power didn’t match, the passage would definitely not open.

It was like a technological leap from password locks to facial recognition.

Now quite adept at navigating the passage, Ronald didn’t stop as he walked down into the underground hall, turning into the second passage on the left hand. This was where "Scrolls Research Society’s" Laboratory Two was located.

Also, it was where the compilation of documents from the Kampa Continent took place.

Kampa Continent is another landmass on this planet; although it is not part of the Greed Empire’s homeland, the colonies it operates are plentiful, and various documents collected from there are gathered here.

Walking into this "Scrolls Research Society" underground laboratory, Ronald looked around with considerable interest. Although it wasn’t his first visit, the layout here was still quite intriguing.

In fact, it was a lab dedicated to researching ancient texts.

Aside from a platform that could restrain the overflow of magic power, several long tables were placed at the forefront of the hall, with people dressed in very homely attire sitting one by one beside the tables.

In this setting, Ronald was among the youngest.

Before long, a middle-aged man standing by the restraining platform, who was Hughes, the one who had notified him, saw Ronald come in and immediately pointed to a spot in the front row near the platform.

"Ronald, you’re here."

"Sit down over there, and if the ancient text goes berserk, suppress it with your equivalent level of magic power."

Ronald promptly nodded in response,

"Alright, I understand."

Approaching the table, Ronald naturally summoned the ancient text.

He then rested his hand on a groove in the long table.

If anything unexpected happened, he would use the power of his ancient text to suppress the other, ensuring the safety of those around him.

This kind of work was most effective when done by those with a high level of control over their ancient texts.

Ronald was naturally well-suited for it.

Quietly maintaining his position, his gaze fell on the platform above.

Ronald knew what the original tome for this research work was.

—— "Treasure Sword Ruler."

A classic in swordsmanship for measuring the cutting power of bladed weapons.

It sounded very dangerous.

Next, today’s experiment began.

As the lead researcher of the project, Hughes first surrounded the tome with magic power; then, he began to loudly recite various vocabulary from the book in several different pronunciations.

Even with Ronald’s fairly decent language skills...

at this very moment, he truly could not discern what Hughes was saying.

A few awkward English sentences mixed with a segment of Latin, and in the middle, a hint of an Indian dialect could emerge.

The work of deciphering the original tome.

It was indeed very difficult for them...

Occasionally, perhaps Hughes might accidentally stumble upon a few correct nouns?

Watching this scene unfold, Ronald’s thoughts began to drift.

He didn’t know which school of casters Hughes belonged to, but during the past few days of interaction, Ronald had somewhat learned that Hughes possessed the ability to seek good fortune and avoid disaster. With this prerequisite, the middle-aged man had encountered spells from many schools and practiced, to a certain extent, ’mastering’ their pronunciations.

In the current mystical circles, Hughes was undoubtedly one of the top researchers.

Unfortunately, even so, this work was destined to be extremely lengthy.

—— Time slowly passed.

Half an hour later, Hughes, somewhat exhausted, put down the "Treasure Sword Ruler" in his hands.

Although he hadn’t found a correct spell today.

He hadn’t triggered any violent reactions from the tome either; it was just an ordinary day in research.

Seeing Hughes’s action, a short, stout man at the surrounding long table suddenly raised his hand.

"Mr. Hughes, I have an idea."

Hearing this voice, everyone’s gaze in the room turned towards the man who wore a very serious expression on his face.

Hughes asked in a calm tone,

"Oh...?"

"Harald, you have an idea?"

The man named Harald nodded solemnly and then replied,

"Yes, I have an idea."

Acknowledging this, Harald turned his head to look at everyone in the room.

With a very nervous look and hesitant speech, he continued,

"The time left before Her Majesty the Queen comes for inspection... is not much."

"Therefore, it would be best if we can produce some substantial results during this time."

"And among us here, we are not lacking in exceptionally powerful casters, we..."

At this point, Harald began to stammer.

It seemed that the next thing was very difficult to say, to the extent that he couldn’t continue.

Seeing this guy’s reaction, Hughes, as the research leader, immediately realized what the other person was thinking.

Thus, he asked sternly,

"Harald, state your idea."

Hughes’s inquiry appeared to carry a bewitching magic power.

And after he spoke, Harald, sitting behind the long table, couldn’t help but blurt out,

"Given our strength, can we go to the first laboratory?"

As his words fell, the room immediately fell into silence.

Everyone present knew.

The first laboratory was the place where the "Scrolls Research Society" conducted trials of the original tomes.