"..."
The comatose caster showed no reaction.
In order to better control the holder of "The Book of Interpretation," the Nine Commandnts Conclave maintained his life while weakening his state as much as possible.
Even though the suppression on him had been destroyed with the collapse of the canyon fort.
But Ronald only called out softly, and in his extrely weakened state, he couldn’t wake up from his coma.
"Since they’ve tortured him like this...why not just kill him and let their own people have this original text."
Ronald didn’t understand why the Nine Commandnts Conclave would show rcy in this matter.
Just then, Costate and Nicole erged from the passage behind, and the three reconvened.
"Sir, congratulations on your victory," Costate began with congratulations.
The maid had just accompanied the investigator girl to watch the entire battle from high above, even contributing her own strength, so her emotions were quite fervent.
Ronald’s expression was steady as he greeted the two:
"Hmm, co take a look at this guy."
"Feel his magic power; this should be the original text holder."
"The holder of ’The Book of Interpretation’?" Nicole imdiately stepped forward, her interest piqued as an investigator.
She conducted a check according to their usual mission procedures.
Nicole quickly reached a conclusion, but her tone revealed a puzzled conflict:
"This guy... has been sealed of his consciousness by a powerful original text spell, his body hasn’t had any decent movent, almost like those patients paralyzed for years!"
"You’re kidding !"
Releasing her probing hand, Nicole stood up and shook her head vigorously:
"Is this how you treat an original text holder? Shouldn’t he be one of the most important mbers of the Nine Commandnts Conclave?"
Ronald tily explained:
"I just received so news; it seems he never joined the Nine Commandnts Conclave. Instead, he was confined and turned into a tool for deciphering the original text."
"..."
Nicole’s expression mirrored Ronald’s initial reaction, odd and perplexed.
However, the investigator girl quickly dismissed it and instead speculated:
"Could it be that using this original text cos at a great cost, which is why the Nine Commandnts Conclave acted this way?"
"It’s not really important," Ronald replied noncommittally. During this brief conversation, he had already prepared to extract the magic power of the original text, ready to fulfill the main purpose of this mission.
"In any case, I’ll first extract the original text from him."
"The two of you keep an eye on the surroundings for ."
The caster before them was not a mber of the Nine Commandnts Conclave, so Ronald naturally couldn’t ignore the man’s safety and forcibly extract it like he would an enemy.
While ensuring the man’s life and safety, he worked at a pace that was as gentle as possible.
The task was quite challenging.
The connection between an original text holder and the original text runs deep. To forcibly sever sothing so important from soone this weak, regardless of how gently, would inevitably cause harm.
About one-fifth of the extraction process was completed.
The face of the comatose caster twisted into a grimace, his whole body curling up as if trying to huddle.
"In December 1831, I was fortunate to set sail on the Royal Navy’s HMS Beagle as a naturalist, embarking on a five-year global scientific expedition."
Ronald imdiately recited an incantation, channeling the vitality of "On the Origin of Species" into the man’s body, saving the body that was on the verge of collapse.
The effects of the original text spell remained reliable.
With just a few breaths of intervention, the comatose man’s body relaxed, and with a "do good to the end" ntality, Ronald even helped this guy recover to the level of a normal person’s vitality.
When the original text was finally extracted.
The caster, who should have been severely damaged by such an ordeal, was actually healthier than when he possessed the original text!
"Whew——"
Having accomplished his goal, Ronald released the man’s body and let out a long sigh of relief.
Raising the newly acquired original text before him, Ronald declared the na of this original text:
"Shuo Wen Jie Zi..."
For a mont, Ronald was lost in thought.
Having gone through so much in this world, it was rare to encounter another original text from his holand.
As for the actual power of this original text.
As rumors went, it’s naturally about deciphering other original texts.
However, "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" shares characteristics similar to the "Maze Picture Book", offering a type of spell of the original text’s fundantal nature, possessing a unique and powerful ability.
This understanding of "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" made Ronald realize what had happened to the caster before him.
"Shuo Wen Jie Zi" was compiled by Xu Shen during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
At that ti, due to conflicts between scholarly factions concerning the understanding and interpretation of the "Five Classics," there were intense argunts, and "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" erged to verify the authentic forms, origins, and uses of the characters, clarifying the correct understanding of the script.
Although "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" successfully accomplished this, upon becoming an original text, the contentious origins were woven into its abilities, transforming the spellcasting into sothing involving significant penalties.
Thus, using "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" to decipher original texts would attract rejection and malice from people holding different stances and views.
If the Nine Commandnts Conclave didn’t plan to internally nurture a self-dividing instigator, controlling an outsider to make use of them to decipher original texts was undoubtedly the best choice.
Ronald gazed at "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" and fell into contemplation.
anwhile, Nicole curiously peered over, staring at the original text in Ronald’s hands and asked:
"Is this ’The Book of Interpretation’?"
With a serious expression, Ronald corrected:
"Yes, but its true na is ’Shuo Wen Jie Zi’. You might want to note that."
"..."
The investigator girl blinked.
Unlike ordinary casters, she wasn’t greedy, instead, she nonchalantly reclined on the ground, taking a more comfortable position:
"So, what do you plan to do with this thing?"
"If it’s you, Ronald, you probably have little need for it, right?"
Ronald slightly curved his lips.
Indeed, Nicole was aware of his unique ability to decipher original texts.
Those familiar with Ronald were vaguely aware of this, let alone soone like Nicole.
And as the investigator girl ntioned.
If Ronald himself wanted to decipher an original text, he could directly rely on his linguistic familiarity skills, without any excessive cost—didn’t that work far better than ’Shuo Wen Jie Zi’?
So this book, imnsely valuable in the mysterious world, was ironically worthless in his hands.
Ronald pondered for a few seconds and then directly tossed "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" into Nicole’s lap.
The original text hit her, and Nicole’s reaction was as if soone had placed a burning hot ingot in her lap. She swiftly went from sitting comfortably on the ground to frantically reacting.
"Ro-Ronald, what are you implying!"
Ronald replied with a smile:
"Nothing much, I’m giving it to you."
"But I’m giving you a heads-up; using this thing to decipher original texts can cause big problems, attracting malicious intent from others’ viewpoints and stances."
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