Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 563 - 560: The Encounter of the Heretical Magician

Chapter 563: Chapter 560: The Encounter of the Heretical Magician

"Drake, how are things on your end?"

After Katrina had left him on the spot, even with the aid of Fury’s power, Ronald had spent quite some effort to find Bapulor.

And the moment the two met, the cultist magician greeted him with an elated face.

"As for me, I’ve come to understand the scholarly capabilities of Barrier Mountain."

"Their level of deciphering the original texts is beyond imagination."

Ronald simply answered Bapulor and took a quick glance over him.

How should I put it...

Bapulor seemed to have fared quite well at Barrier Mountain in just half a day’s time?

Although Sinovia was no longer by his side.

But the cultist magician was now wearing a set of wizard robes clearly styled after Barrier Mountain, particularly noticeable was the magic wand in Bapulor’s hand, adorned with a gemstone at the tip.

Ronald couldn’t help but remark:

"You’re not doing too badly for yourself in less than half a day’s time."

"I was invited by someone named Rhein, just after you and that old man left," Bapulor immediately explained, "That guy is a wizard from the Enhancement Department. He thought the spells I use to transform my body were interesting, so we had a talk."

"Also, how exactly are things on your end, Drake?"

Ronald shrugged:

"If nothing unexpected happens, I am now part of the Astronomy Department."

"Astronomy Department..."

Hearing Ronald’s response, Bapulor looked at him with a certain curiosity.

"Didn’t they give you wizard robes?"

"No."

"What about the department’s magic wand?"

"No."

"And the accommodations?"

"Still no."

"..."

Line by line, Ronald’s replies could essentially be summarized by the word ’no’.

Such that when they fell into silence afterwards, Bapulor’s expression involuntarily twitched, and he managed to say while suppressing a laugh:

"Are you sure you’ve joined a department?"

"And not some black-hearted factory recruiting for back-breaking mining labor?"

"..."

At this moment, Ronald thought of the woman who had left him there with a wave of her hand.

—Catherine.

"The Enhancement Department arranged a dormitory for you, right? Let’s head there and talk."

"..."

In the end, Ronald didn’t bother to explain anything.

Urging Bapulor along, they headed towards the accommodations within Barrier Mountain.

The journey was mostly through tunnels within the mountain, and after more than half an hour, they finally found the residence arranged by the Enhancement Department for Bapulor.

The living area for lower-level wizards resembled a beehive.

Within the mountain, wizards had excavated caves at different heights, the layout and room allocation of which could be decided according to their own wishes, indeed making it quite a nice place to live.

As a wizard valued by the Enhancement Department.

The room assigned to Bapulor was spacious.

It wouldn’t feel crowded even if a family of five were to live there.

Entering this room of his own, Bapulor excitedly surveyed it after closing the door. Upon seeing the ventilation facilities at the top of the room, he couldn’t help but exclaim with excitement:

"Ronald, come take a look!"

"This place even has a ventilation system, it’s really well done!"

Ronald immediately corrected Bapulor’s way of addressing him:

"Call me Drake."

The cult sorcerer smiled:

"There’s no one around anyway~~"

"But I agreed to listen to you. Drake, can I call you Drake now?"

"Yes." Ronald nodded, then cast aside Catherine’s suggestion and casually handed the materials for deciphering the divine script to Bapulor, "Take a look, this is what I’ve found."

"Oh?"

The cult sorcerer took the materials Ronald tossed to him.

After just a few glances, a very evident change appeared on Bapulor’s face.

"Statistics on the deciphering of Class Seven divine script..."

"Drake... if I’m not mistaken about what’s behind this..."

"You’re not mistaken." Ronald crisply confirmed Bapulor’s guess, "Their deciphering of the original script has reached a level of unimpeded reading, I’ve checked."

"..."

Bapulor fell silent.

Compared to transmigrators like Ronald who have the ability to comprehend languages universally.

For someone like him, who was born and raised here and had always worked hard to study the original texts, the impact he felt at this moment was beyond words.

Just then, Bapulor fell silent for a few seconds before suddenly letting go of the magic wand he couldn’t put down just moments ago and laid back onto the couch in the living room. NovelFire

After a while, Bapulor spoke while blinking:

"Drake, the findings you’ve got are much more impressive than mine."

"..."

"There’s no point in comparing things like this." Ronald didn’t have much else on his mind. He briefly responded and directed the conversation back to the main topic, "I’ve had contact with people from the Prophecies Department and the Astronomy Department tonight, and they..."

Leaving aside the less substantial content.

Ronald focused on relaying the critical information he had gathered to Bapulor.

After hearing this part of the description, Bapulor also got up from the table.

While digesting the information Ronald provided, he didn’t forget to analyze:

"The Reinforcement Department I’ve joined is full of guys eager for battle, quite unlike your side; they must be the main power at Barrier Mountain. Mixing in and participating in the upcoming events, I think we have a decent chance of returning to the outside world."

"..."

Ronald spoke with a complex tone:

"But the things we need to worry about right now are more than just that."

At that moment, Ronald and Bapulor tacitly shifted their gaze back to the divine script deciphering materials.

Once the wizards of the "Infinite Negative Domain" successfully unsealed the spell,

putting aside the disrupted world order for the moment, the mere spread of these successfully deciphered materials would have an impact that’s absolutely difficult to estimate.

Just as the Prophecies Department had said to Ronald.

The unsealing of the "Infinite Negative Domain,"

would bring an utterly unpredictable future to everyone.

After staring at the materials before them for a while, Ronald took the initiative to break the silence between them.

"We still have some time, let’s use this place as our base of operations for now."

"After all, we still only have a rough idea of the detailed situation at Barrier Mountain. Let’s gather as much intelligence as possible next, and then make decisions."

"Okay." Bapulor was quick to shift his mindset.

Seeing that Ronald had settled on a temporary plan of action, the cult sorcerer jumped off the table and headed towards the kitchen.

Soon, the sound of rummaging came from Bapulor’s direction.

Followed by an inquiry to Ronald:

"Drake, do you want to eat something?"

"We’ve been on the move for the past few days and haven’t done much else, let’s rest for a bit first."