Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 447 - 444: Night in the Business District

Chapter 447: Chapter 444: Night in the Business District

There were still over twenty minutes until midnight.

Ronald and Eloise quietly pushed open the main door and left the boarding apartment where they lived.

The investigator who had originally been responsible for monitoring Ronald had been withdrawn due to the appearance of Elaine. But today was special, as the investigator substituting for this role, Elaine, was temporarily absent due to work.

So, the two of them enjoyed the rare situation of being completely free from the surveillance of the Investigative Bureau.

The commercial district was geographically linked to the riverside area.

Ronald and Eloise walked along the Wis River towards that area, chatting and laughing like a young couple on a late-night stroll.

At this time, the nearby riverside was essentially devoid of any human presence.

Only boats moored on the Wis River accompanied them.

Continuing leisurely along the Wis River, they approached the commercial area where signs of activity among the Springs citizens began to increase.

This was, after all, the commercial district of Springs.

As the economic hub of the nation of Greed, their business operations were unaffected by the change between day and night. Every minute, every second, was a crucial moment requiring the full attention of the people in the commercial district.

"Ronald, do you think those guys chose to centralize the ritual in the commercial district on purpose?" Eloise suddenly asked while they walked.

Ronald pondered briefly before offering his thoughts:

"When Elaine interrogated that guy, they obviously planned on making a big move in Springs. Now, placing the ritual center in such a crowded area like the commercial district, it’s probably also for the convenience of executing their plan, right?"

Faced with Ronald’s response,

Eloise maintained her smile, but her tone of seriousness noticeably deepened:

"Ronald, I know you dealt with a cult magician operation in Berenwitz, but that led you to a habitual error in thought. These are cult magicians, not mysterious side casters thinking normally!"

"I had actually mentioned before; dealing with these cult magicians, one should never try to deduce their aims with normal logic. Just considering their choice of the commercial district for the ritual center, for all we know, they might not have any purpose at all, and simply found the place visually appealing!"

"..."

"Can it really be like that?"

"Cult magicians, that’s just how they are!"

As they progressively entered the brightly lit environment of the commercial district, Ronald and Eloise slowly lowered the volume of their discussion. Arriving in a densely populated area, it clearly wasn’t suitable to continue their previous discussion.

And this change.

Also meant that their exploration for the night was officially beginning.

Since it related to issues between the mysterious side and cult magicians, Ronald and their action plan was very clear. Eloise, using her expertise, was responsible for scouting the surrounding Magic Fluctuations.

Meanwhile, Ronald quietly summoned the black mist of "Fury."

With its broad range of emotional sensing abilities, he tried to find those within the commercial district who didn’t quite fit in.

Starting from the northeast corner of the commercial district, the figures of a man and a woman slowly moved along the main street, noticed by busy Springs citizens. However, as everyone was occupied with their work, nobody came to interfere.

Walking on such streets at night,

Eloise couldn’t help but remark:

"Such a scene at night could perhaps only be seen in Springs."

Ronald smiled knowingly:

"If society continues to develop in the current situation, I believe scenes like this could become very common in the future, spreading to many corners of the civilized world."

"Is that so..."

Regarding some of Ronald’s insights, Heloisa had always been rather convinced.

At the moment, listening to the description from the man beside her, her tone was filled with emotion, and her eyes took on a subtle expression.

It seemed that with such a conversation,

she began to recall her own past encounters, which inevitably stirred her emotions.

However, this situation did not last long.

As they walked through a third of the business district, the two, in perfect accord, stopped their steps simultaneously.

"..."

Sensing something unusual, they looked at each other.

Ronald saw confirmation in Heloisa’s eyes, and Heloisa saw seriousness in Ronald’s expression.

"Did you feel it too?"

"It’s over there."

Almost simultaneously, a three-story office building by the roadside caught their attention.

With the help of "Fury," Ronald clearly felt that the spirits of the citizens in the building were not normal; their emotional state was caught in a sort of half-dreaming, half-waking trance.

And in Heloisa’s eyes, the matter was very straightforward.

While an ordinary Caster might see the magic fluctuations from that building as just standard defensive spells, Heloisa, with her special techniques, could detect a closed-loop of magical flow forming near the office building.

This phenomenon of a magic loop implied that someone had manipulated magic for a purpose and then cleverly continued to lead it out to maintain regional balance, which usually could only be achieved by quite sophisticated Arrays or ceremonies.

To use it on such an ordinary office building seemed a bit of a waste.

Considering the purpose of Ronald and Heloisa’s visit,

this three-story office building was clearly the first target worth suspicion tonight.

"The people over there are not in a normal state."

"The flow of magic is also abnormal."

"The location is right at the center of that rune, suspicious indeed."

"..."

The two exchanged a few words quietly and then, in agreement, walked toward a dark corner of the business district.

Both Ronald and Heloisa possessed quite exaggerated physical capabilities, and the decision they made now naturally highlighted this advantage.

Reaching a shadowy corner unnoticed, one scaled the wall while the other leveraged both left and right to spring upward, and in the blink of an eye, they had both flipped onto the roof of the building.

Whew—

At that moment, a cold breeze from the west swept past the corners of their garments.

Feeling the coolness that differed from Springfield’s daytime heat, Heloisa looked back and forth at the three-story office building and then confirmed the best route to progress.

"That building’s second-floor window facing west is open; it’s not along the street and there are no streetlights shining on it. We can slip in there without alerting anyone."

Following the direction of Heloisa’s white finger to confirm the location,

Ronald nodded in understanding, then took the lead and jumped across:

"Alright, let’s set off."

"From here on, safety first."

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