Mystic Dominator

During the chat, Ronald also led the two of them to their destination.

In the stronghold established by the cult warlock in Waterfall City.

The one in front of him was almost the largest one Ronald knew.

However, with the destruction of the entire city, the originally quite 'lively' buildings were reduced to ruins. Large areas of scorched marks were all over the outside of the house. Even the windows and roof, as well as a large area of ​​wall to the north, were directly destroyed in the previous shock.

Put it in any country’s evaluation system.

The houses in front of Ronald and others are definitely dangerous houses among dangerous houses and cannot be provided for any normal people to live in.

"..."

"It's not an easy job to find clues in a place like this."

Facing this result, Ronald sighed with a wry smile.

Beside him, Nicole, who understood that this action originated from her, had already stepped forward:

"Ronald, I've always had good luck."

"Let's give it a try. If it doesn't work, I will use another prophecy spell to try to track this guy. With the ritual on my body now and the body you have transformed for me - I think I should be able to cope with this. It’s a rather radical method of casting spells.”

Nicole's dangerous statement immediately shocked Ronald.

"Don't try it! Let's just look for it!"

"There is nothing wrong with taking risks with your own body. Even if it is just to live for two more years, I advise you to be careful in the future."

Of course, Nicole knew that this was Ronald's concern for her, so she immediately came over with an apologetic smile.

Afterwards, the three of them dived into the former base of the cult warlock.

Start trying to find clues here.

The hope of finding clues is still high - after all, the source of the whole thing is here.

According to the information obtained from the previous questioning of the caster.

This should be the center where the battle starts.

It is also the location where the remains of the Holy Spirit were pulled out.

As long as you can find something of value.

Then it will definitely provide a lot of help to them in their subsequent search for the [Secret of the Arcane] spell caster.

Among the three.

Of course, Costart controlled the water flow and began to clean up the traces in the room and unearthed some hidden details; while Nicole used the usual inspection methods of investigators to search and examine the remaining traces of the previous battle in some more important locations; only Ronald has the most leisurely work——

He just spread the black mist of the power of 'wrath' and worked on his own as he did in the past, while he stood leisurely in place, guarding everything around the abandoned building.

…

A few minutes passed, and Ronald, who was thinking about tonight's encounters, suddenly had an idea.

So he approached Nicole and asked a somewhat curious question:

"That's right, Nicole."

"I've actually always had a doubt."

When Ronald asked, Nicole was grabbing a lampstand stained with wax and thinking about something:

"What, did I do something wrong?"

Ronald nodded first, then shook his head:

"So, but not really. What I'm curious about is your ability to cast spells."

"Although it is said to be an extraordinary use of magic power - logically speaking, it is impossible for a person to cast spells without breaking away from the restrictions of the original canon. But looking at your situation, it seems that there is a way to break through such restrictions?"

"This..." Nicole's expression suddenly dawned on her.

Although this information is absolutely valuable.

But the investigator girl doesn’t seem to be hiding anything in this regard.

Gently putting the candlestick in her hand back to its original position, Nicole explained in a quite natural tone:

"This ability is actually related to my understanding of spells, and part of the reason is because the spell system of [Secret of Arcane] is quite special."

"Well... you can achieve your desired goals by forming words and even short sentences using runes one by one. Ronald, you should be able to understand such a spell system, right?"

Ronald nodded and briefly stated his thoughts:

"It's almost understandable. It's like giving the language used by humans a spell effect. A single letter has the ability, and when combined, it can achieve various other effects, and in the end it even becomes a smooth sentence."

"Your understanding is absolutely correct!"

After hearing Ronald's answer, Nicole praised Ronald just like Costart, and then continued in a relaxed tone:

"Actually, during the process of casting the spell, I have been pondering the rules of the composition of this sentence."

"And the result is that the runes we use seem to be really a language, a daily language used by humans!"

"Fixed information expresses a fixed meaning, and when combined one by one, it can become a fixed representation. As for the result... although it is a bit dangerous, in this way, I can try to bypass the necessary conditions of the original text, in order to Let the spell achieve similar or completely identical effects."

"And as a price, the extra-normal magic power turned me into what I was before."

"..."

The truth about genius is that simple.

Excellent insight, adventurous spirit to experiment, and the habit of summarizing patterns and drawing results.

While feeling emotional, Ronald immediately spoke:

"That's right, Nicole."

"I know an old magic researcher in Springs. He has more in-depth research on the principles of magic. If you have a chance in the future, you must go there and have a good chat with him..."

Faced with this situation, Ronald couldn't help but want to help Nicole.

So he told the other party the information about the village and gave a detailed introduction to the old man's situation.

"..."

"Sir, I've discovered something here."

It was then that Costart, completely focused on the search, made a discovery.

The maid greeted Ronald and Nicole who were working on the side, and then showed an interesting mark on the ground.

It was a charred and broken floor.

However, after Kostat used water to clear a clean area, at this location, several dots were arranged in the shape of a spoon on the ground. At a glance, it was clear that they were not naturally formed traces.

"Here...are there traces of magic power fluctuations?"

Ronald stepped forward.

Being extremely close, he finally noticed that there was a rather subtle fluctuation of magic power at these origin points.

This is not a remnant after the spell ends.

On the contrary, it is a phenomenon that occurs when the caster chooses to try his best to hide the traces when arranging the spell!

"It seems that we are really going to gain something..."

Ronald's experience at this time can already clearly identify the details of this trace.

It's obvious.

Someone used magic to hide something here.

So, Ronald whispered to Costart and Nicole to give up their positions, and he made a fist with his right hand, and smashed it with a thin layer of flames.