Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1265 - 1259: Discussion

"The target... is indeed very simple."

The straightforward question-and-answer style is very much Catherine's signature.

However, Ronald still had many questions in his heart, and naturally, he wouldn't let the inquiry end so simply. So he continued, "But before the action starts, shouldn't there be more discussion on this explanation?"

Catherine stretched lazily and replied with a smile:

"Of course you can! Since you came fast enough, we still have a whole day. But a heads up — for the information about the [Four Heavens], I only know the relevant aspects that are worth paying attention to."

Ronald first asked the main topic:

"That thing in the lava lake... what exactly are we supposed to kill?"

Catherine listed several different titles one after another:

"The leader of the fire elementals, the planner of the world invasion, a demigod striving to become a deity through this opportunity. Anyway — to ensure the stability of our world, this guy must die."

"Otherwise, even if we can close the cross-world passage in the [Infinite Negative Domain], there will still be other passages connecting over later, or even directly in the surface world."

The 'surface world' as Catherine referred to it was undoubtedly the reality Ronald recognized.

According to this Astrology Tower Master's statement — it was probably the result of a spell prediction.

Even if they can handle one or two cross-world passages, the fire elementals will still ultimately invade that world. So, this matter can only fundamentally be solved by tackling the root cause.

Ronald slightly organized the information in his mind.

As he pondered these things, the natural disasters happening in the real world also came to his mind. At this moment, Katherine was right in front of him, a rare opportunity to resolve doubts.

"By the way, Catherine. The major changes in the world structure in the real world, it should have something to do with you, right?"

"Of course." Catherine nodded, "The presence of cross-world passages made me realize one thing — before this crisis is eliminated, our world must be shielded to prevent everything from going out of control."

"How did you do it?" Ronald understood Katrina's aim but still couldn't comprehend the principle behind it, "I don't think influencing the entire world can be simply tossed out."

"Of course, it wasn't casually done." Katrina's smile remained as she explained, "Besides, Ronald, you misunderstood one thing — what I protected wasn't the entire world, but just our planet."

Having corrected Ronald's statement, Catherine continued her explanation without letting Ronald ask again:

"Simply put, I used the [Infinite Negative Domain] — a special phase modified by both warring sides' Casters during the Dark Age."

As she explained, Catherine manipulated Magic Power to form a vision of several layers unfolding in front of the trio.

She projected images to illustrate her description, facilitating observers' understanding.

"A world is actually several layers in a stacked state, and the [Infinite Negative Domain] is a phase lower than the world where ordinary people live. What I did was adjust its position in the phase, moving it above the world where humans reside."

At this point, a reminiscent expression appeared on Katrina's face.

"Thanks to the peculiarity of the [Infinite Negative Domain], otherwise, such a modification would have been impossible by individual power."

After the sigh, the explanation continued.

This time Katrina twisted and curved the image of the layers, linking the ends to form something resembling a spiral-shaped donut.

"A closed system is most suitable for defending against outside invasions, so I made it form a closed spiral to defend and slow down external invasions. This reflected in the real world — I'm sure many were quite scared, right?"

After explaining everything, Katrina showed a slightly evil grin on her face.

She clearly understood how much of a sensational impact her approach would bring to those unaware of the outside world!

Ronald shrugged with a sullen face:

"Certainly quite scared, not to mention the upheaval in the world's structure. Just the drastic advancement of the mystical side's manifestation alone, I don't know how to appropriately evaluate it."

As the words fell, Ronald's gaze also turned to the surroundings.

This is the magical world — [Four Heavens] — The Fire City ruled by fire elementals.

Some might simply regard this world as the headquarters of evil forces, but Ronald was very clear in his heart — this was a world that had experienced a long history before finally ending up in its current state.

Though not the same, Ronald's world also needed a warning.

As for the mystical side developing to an extreme state...

Even if there's a thousandth chance, it should be avoided from becoming like [Four Heavens].

Through her eyes, Catherine saw Ronald in deep thought.

But this Astrology Tower Master didn't mind and laughed heartily instead:

"Ronald, stop thinking about those distant things."

"What we need to deal with now is the invasion of these fire elementals. If we can't even get through the crisis at hand, how can we talk about the future development of the world?"

"I can distinguish between what's urgent and what's not." Ronald slightly nodded to Catherine, "But still, there need to be some people to think about such matters."

"…"

The discussion on this topic gradually came to an end, and Ronald slowly steered the conversation back on track:

"By the way, Catherine. You also mentioned earlier that the presence in the lava lake is the planner of invading other worlds. Will simply killing it conclude the crisis of world invasion?"

"That's right." Catherine replied with great certainty: "To maintain progress, activities and directives to capture elements of other worlds are directly sustained by this guy."

"The reason this city needs to prepare so much 'fuel' is to provide this guy with enough energy."

After explaining Ronald's question, this time Catherine took a brief rest.

Then she raised her head again, and her gaze naturally turned toward Lilu, full of exploration and scrutiny.

"…"

Seeing that Catherine's attention was now on her.

Lilu, who had been quietly listening to Catherine and Ronald's conversation, finally put on a nonchalant expression and said:

"Actually, you guys can rest assured — as long as my companions arrive, the issues here will soon be resolved. Then the crisis faced by your world will naturally be resolved too."

As soon as Lilu finished speaking, Catherine unequivocally rejected this goodwill:

"Sounds quite nice."

"But I think — fate is something that should still be firmly held in our own hands."