Chapter 1472: Chapter 1466: Both Are Achievable

"Trap?"

"Ronald, what do you mean!"

Upon hearing such a reminder, Nicole, being an investigator, reacted swiftly.

She not only instantly grasped the meaning behind Ronald’s words but also realized that there might be issues with herself ever since their meeting, "These guys must have done something targeting you, and in their calculations, they’ve even entangled me?"

Nicole frowned, analyzing the experiences of these few hours, she felt that things were not simple:

"If that’s really the case, then it’s definitely not something that a simple adversarial relationship can lead to."

Ronald nodded solemnly:

"That’s right, before coming to this city, Costate and I actually raided a Nine Commandments Meeting’s island overseas and discovered a lot of significant information there."

"Even the decision by the president of Nine Commandments Meeting to leave the capital with all key personnel might be connected to it."

As Ronald finished speaking, Nicole’s eyes widened.

In the next moment, she raised both her hands to cover her ears, starting to shout loudly:

"Not listening, not listening, not listening, I don’t know anything!"

"Today, I just heard about the whereabouts of the Book of Interpretation, so I planned to raid these guys, thus absolutely no chance of getting mixed up in anything else!"

After shouting this a few times, Nicole lowered her voice.

The investigator girl, well aware of the harsh reality, then let go of her ears resignedly, accepting the truth, albeit gloomily:

"Forget it, since I heard up to this point, I can’t really pretend to know nothing."

"Ronald, tell me, what have you thought of, and what’s the deal with that island?"

Seeing Nicole adjust her mindset, Ronald spoke again:

"On that island, we, or rather the Nine Commandments Meeting discovered the church ruins from the Witch Hunting Era. Involved is the city where the church headquarters was located at that time—Saint City. Back then, the church members, along with the Wizards of Barrier Mountain made a quite similar choice, attempting to create a deity..."

Ronald endeavored to concisely and comprehensively inform Nicole of the news.

The investigator girl listened patiently, her expression changing from resignation to dead calm like a salted fish.

Until all these messages were delivered.

Nicole pulled a chair over from the lab, sitting cross-legged as she began analyzing the intelligence at hand:

"So the current situation is that both you and the Nine Commandments Meeting are aware of the existence of Saint City."

"However, since they are already inland, they set off early to find this city. And knowing your action, they tried to come up with some countermeasures to delay your pursuit?"

Nicole’s analysis perfectly aligned with Ronald’s thoughts.

Ronald nodded approvingly at the investigator girl’s reasoning, then continued:

"Given the premise of knowing Saint City’s existence, what could delay my pursuit would likely only be their Book of Interpretation."

Nicole jumped up, squatting on the chair, starting to tug at her hair in front of her chest:

"I get the logic, but why am I counted into this calculation as well!"

"I’ve been conducting my actions secretly, and the Nine Commandments Meeting couldn’t possibly know about my existence. Even if they did, how could they ensure I would bring you onto the path of the Book of Interpretation?"

Nicole looked rather frantic.

She was extremely unhappy with the possibility of falling into the enemy’s calculation, and simultaneously uneasy about affecting Ronald’s actions.

After understanding the key, Nicole exploded with strong magic fluctuation.

She directly wrote runes with her fingers, mobilizing her archetype’s power to start predicting the relevant possibilities.

Following this, the investigator girl’s ever-changing expressions confirmed the accuracy of Ronald’s conjecture.

Through the simplified rune prophetic spell.

Nicole determined that she fell into the Nine Commandments Meeting’s calculation, and the Book of Interpretation left in the city was clearly the biggest bait to delay them here, hindering the pursuit of those leaving the city!

Ronald and she fell into the trap unwittingly simply because their actions had been predicted in advance by the Nine Commandments Meeting using a large-scale prophetic spell at a high cost!

With the gained understanding, Nicole immediately cursed and complained:

"Damn prophetic spell!"

"Once this is over, I need to craft a rune to counter prophecies; who can live like this otherwise?"

The Nine Commandments Meeting had previously demonstrated their ability in prophetic spells.

However, Nicole never expected them to use such a precious opportunity on a simplistic mislead.

"So Ronald, what’s your take?"

At this point, Nicole looked at Ronald again. But different from before, the investigator girl burning with rage, from her pupils emitted a dangerous and angry aura:

"Are we continuing to look for this damn archetype, or immediately head out of town to trouble those brain-dead fellows!"

Nicole hadn’t given up on the Book of Interpretation.

Even though she understood it was the Nine Commandments Meeting’s bait, she still asked.

Because the Book of Interpretation is something truly worth spending time on.

For the casters of the mystical side, its inherent value is utterly above the undiscovered Saint City.

Facing the choice between these two, anyone would inevitably hesitate.

—It’s a blatant open scheme.

—A dedicated test for the mysterious side.

To this, Ronald displayed a confident smile:

"Nicole, don’t stress too much."

"Since they dare put both things out in the open, let’s teach them a lesson."

Nicole sensed the implication in Ronald’s words, her tone quickly mingling a mix of reminder and teasing:

"Ronald, saying that feels rather greedy."

Ronald raised his hands, making a firm fist-clenching motion.

"Haha—" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Only kids make choices; I want it all!"

Ronald joked, but the matter is indeed that simple.

He’s definitely going to search for the so-called Saint City, but meanwhile, Ronald doesn’t plan to miss out on the bait thrown by the enemy either!

Nicole has always been lively.

After Ronald explicitly stated his stance, she immediately cast aside her earlier anger, jumping up from the chair to cheer Ronald with applause.

However, Costate beside was quite baffled by Ronald’s choice.

The maid walked up to Ronald:

"Sir, even if we continue following through, it would just be biting onto a bait set up by the opponent in advance, seeming progress but essentially running in place wasting time?"

Ronald patted Costate’s shoulder:

"Their idea is indeed smart, even at a high cost."

"But Costate, we don’t necessarily have to abide by their rules."

"As long as we break through the arrangements made by the opponent, then balancing both isn’t all that difficult!"