Tracking Ogel within the Secret Tree City of Aogen.
Ronald now felt an unparalleled ease.
Looking at the target—Fury’s power was locked onto the other, no need to worry about losing sight of the target.
Looking around him—emotional perception, changing appearance, and superior physical quality, all these combined made infiltrating a city a breeze.
Ronald even felt as if he was leisurely strolling.
Just as he might after dinner, walking the streets around his residence to aid digestion.
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Enjoying such an unprecedentedly relaxed tracking task,
Ronald suddenly took interest, and activated the Greed Chapter from "Purgatory," directly locking onto Ogel ahead.
—Poor liver condition.
—Magic Power very active, maintaining a life of casting spells long-term.
The Spell took effect silently, and Ronald instantly learned quite a bit of information about Ogel.
The ability of Greed was quite intriguing.
Given the distance between Ronald and Ogel wasn’t far, the spell continued to relay the other’s status, even allowing him to monitor his target’s heart rate at any time.
Not to mention what effect it might have in battle.
Even in certain special circumstances, it would definitely yield surprising results.
Silently experiencing his new spell,
Ronald followed Ogel deeper into the tree city.
This Aogen caster had a clear objective, moving straight to the core area of the entire tree city after leaving the meeting room.
It was here that Ronald encountered some problems.
As the most important central structure of all Aogen at the present, to provide a sufficiently safe environment for the leaders of the faction, every corner was surrounded by trees enhanced with Magic Power.
And the only entrance that allowed passage,
Was now guarded by several serious-looking casters at the doorway.
For Ronald to enter as easily as he had wandered through the city earlier was nearly impossible.
Ronald muttered to himself, though his actual actions were much simpler.
Not easy—just meant a bit more effort was needed.
Earlier, he had controlled the gatekeeper of the meeting room with a word of power; now, for the guards at the core building, he would utilize the Dominance ability from the Sin of Pride.
"You lot, act like you didn’t see me come in!"
The guards at the entrance instantly fell into a stupor.
Ronald’s strength had far surpassed the ordinary too much, these casters who hadn’t even mastered the original texts stood no chance of resistance in front of him, all subdued by the power of the spell in an instant.
Next, Ronald picked out a guard whose appearance he found agreeable,
Changed his own appearance, then continued to swagger into the building.
As the central building of the Secret of Aogen, the number of casters moving about here was actually very few, Ronald followed them without the worry of hiding.
Just hanging at a distance behind.
Ronald watched every move Ogel made.
This caster was highly efficient in his duties.
After entering the building, he first reported to the faction leaders of Aogen, then in less than ten minutes, had notified all the heads within the building of the meeting.
By the time this significantly important meeting convened, only a quarter hour had just passed.
Throughout the entire process,
the one thing Ogel did not anticipate
was that the guard responsible for watching over the meeting room door had, in fact, unknowingly been replaced by Ronald Adler, who had altered his appearance.
he now found himself in an excellent eavesdropping position.
With his superhuman hearing, the conference happening just beyond a single door sounded as if it were taking place right before him.
"Ogel, are you sure your information is accurate?"
"My lord, I rushed here immediately after receiving the message from Mr. Ronald Adler, without any opportunity for verification."
"Then I’d like to make it clear to everyone here that this is a discussion of the highest level of secrecy for our school. Stop all those eavesdropping spells on you; this meeting will not be recorded anywhere."
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—
With that simple and direct pre-meeting announcement, the true content of the meeting was about to commence, once everyone had entered a state of confidentiality:
"The situation is quite special, so I’ll get straight to the point."
"According to the latest information on our side, the tome that is causing the anomaly in the forest is now located within our camp."
"My lord, you must be joking?"
The noisy voices persisted for over ten seconds before gradually subsiding.
At this time, an elderly voice rose within the meeting room:
"Dave, since you are saying that the tome is here, I presume it is currently in someone’s possession? We have monitored the situation during the anomaly, and if it were an untethered tome gone rogue, it could not have escaped my notice. Someone must have brought it into the camp with them."
"Someone carrying the tome has infiltrated our camp?"
"Could it be that the true purpose behind this forest anomaly was to target our Secret of Aogen?"
"Perhaps his goal is our tome?"
"The Book of Aogen is one of the most powerful known tomes of runes; it’s certainly something that would drive people to great risks!"
"We won’t be part of any battle! To establish this camp, our oldest treant has already merged with the trees, and the Summoners can’t handle any more!"
The meeting room became increasingly chaotic.
At that moment, the person organizing the meeting spoke up loudly:
"Don’t throw ourselves into disarray!"
"The person carrying the tome is just a young man, and he might not even be aware of the significance of what he holds. I have convened you all to discuss how we should deal with him now."
The meeting room fell silent for several seconds before someone else spoke:
"Heh, such a young man possessing such a dangerous tome will only cause harm to himself and others. The Secret of Aogen, as an old faction operating in Yoiz, should take initiative in handling such dangers."
"We, the Summoners, are willing to take on this danger!"
"You are now severely weakened in strength; how can you insist upon such difficulty? It should still be us who..."
"Our Guard Department is the one that needs... that should undertake this responsibility!"
The meeting room plunged into argument once again.
This debate lasted a significantly long time before the meeting’s leader spoke up again:
"Ladies and gentlemen, we will certainly have to keep a close watch on this tome."
"But, before that, what do you plan to do about Ronald Adler, who provided the information?"
An unhesitant response immediately followed:
"Him? Who does he think he is?"