Chapter 1512: Chapter 1506: Unfinished Ascension
The quiet room saw time pass silently.
Ronald, while guarding against Costate, also attempted to expand his perception magic to observe Martha and Orel’s situation, along with checking the conditions both inside the city and out in the wilderness.
Two hours flew by.
Having confirmed that nothing unexpected had happened within the city, Ronald once again shifted his gaze to Costate.
Then he noticed the maid’s expression of hardship.
After two hours of mental world offense and defense, Costate’s spirit languor began to surface.
In past experiences, Ronald had never seen such a sight!
"Cos..."
Ronald almost instinctively wanted to speak.
But remembering the other’s request for a quiet environment, he immediately shut his mouth, only able to stand motionless, observing Costate’s state.
The maid’s visage indeed caused unease to rise in one’s heart.
Ronald had already made up his mind; the spells "Precession" and "Human Limit" were ready to be used at any moment. One spell to fix irreparable problems, and the other to instantly obliterate the source of threat.
In reality, nearly over ninety percent of issues could be dealt with using these.
"..."
Time continued to pass in silence.
In Ronald’s eyes, the fatigue on Costate’s face became increasingly apparent, yet there was no factor requiring him to act.
Facing the fermentation of issues directly, yet unable to respond, was truly an agonizing scenario. Ronald even felt an impulse — an impulse to immediately stop Costate’s actions.
After all, to him, Costate’s safety and the secrets of the "Nine Commandments Meeting" were incomparable in importance.
So perhaps it was better to immediately halt Costate, and solve the problem with the enemy himself through combat...
"Sir, I succeeded."
Just as Ronald internally made the decision, prepared to stop Costate.
The maid spoke almost at the last moment.
Ronald broke free from his inner struggle, only to find that Costate had already tossed the hostage on her hand to the ground, sitting down to recover her strength, her complexion visibly improving.
This was the normal appearance of Costate!
Ronald breathed a sigh of relief, disregarding inquiries about the "Nine Commandments Meeting," while he immediately cared about Costate’s condition:
"Costate, earlier your situation seemed very tricky, was the deactivation of the ’Rational Person Hypothesis’ flawed?"
Costate shook her head:
"Initially, the progression was within my control. It was only after breaking through the outer personality’s defenses that I realized the brain structures of these people differed from ordinary humans, causing certain difficulties."
Upon hearing this, Ronald already realized where the problem lay.
As the culprit, he decisively shut his mouth, daring not to say a word more.
On the other hand, Costate, the maid, showed a reminiscing expression as she completed the task entrusted by her master.
"But it’s odd."
"After dismantling the ’Rational Person Hypothesis’ personality, I read their memories accordingly. In this man’s memory, he was supposed to be purely human, theoretically making it impossible for me to encounter such a situation."
Costate’s expression was somewhat suspicious:
"Could this also be a trap set by the opponent?"
"Even though succeeded, the obtained information might still be false leads left by the enemy?"
"..."
In fact, the problem in their minds resulted from my actions. The reason you couldn’t find traces is because I acted when they were unconscious, so they naturally have no memory.
To be honest, Ronald isn’t someone who likes to hide information from his companions.
But given the current situation, he truly couldn’t speak up about it.
Because the situation Costate encountered was basically due to the problem he caused.
As a result, Ronald solemnly composed his face and spoke seriously and gravely:
"Costate, within such a short time, ’Nine Commandments Meeting’ shouldn’t be able to make multiple backups. Relax, first tell me the information you obtained."
"..."
The maid’s face clearly showed confusion.
With her understanding of Ronald, he clearly wasn’t someone who would handle such matters carelessly. But since there was an order, Costate eventually chose to follow Ronald’s decision.
"Sir, these three voluntarily accepted the ’Rational Person Hypothesis’ personality."
"And the primary purpose of such a sacrifice, as you guessed, was to leave us erroneous information, misleading our activities that might occur later in the Holy City."
Ronald continued to ask:
"What is their real aim?"
At this point, Costate’s expression shed its earlier doubt, becoming focused and solemn:
"It’s a transforming divine nature."
"According to the information grasped by the ’Nine Commandments Meeting,’ the former church attempted to make stable divine power to recover from the gods’ departure. But during that era, people personally experienced the process of gods ascending to great existence, and thus..."
When Costate reached this point, Ronald had already understood and directly guessed the truth:
"And facing this divine nature, someone back then had thoughts of ascending to a higher realm with it?"
The maid nodded in acknowledgment of Ronald’s conjecture:
"That’s indeed how it went. However, during the development of subsequent events, those who held the divine nature seemed to have failed to ascend, leading to everything we understood and the eventual sealing of the Holy City."
Ronald continued to inquire:
"And that potentially ascendant divine nature remains in the Holy City?"
Costate continued to nod:
"According to the records found by ’Nine Commandments Meeting,’ it is indeed so."
"..."
Ronald was silent for a few seconds, finally sighing with a knowing tone:
"No wonder they would engage in such a gamble."
Compared to others, Ronald, who has personal contact with great existence, is indeed the most qualified to comment on this matter.
If someone indeed succeeds in ascending.
Then by the powerful force of great existence level, undoubtedly all issues would be resolved smoothly. Regardless of the former church or the current ’Nine Commandments Meeting,’ this holds.
And as for Ronald himself, this journey has now taken on a different significance.
If unable to stop ’Nine Commandments Meeting,’ if their plans succeed...
By then, perhaps the only chance to survive from their pursuit is to relocate the whole family to an entirely unfamiliar world.
Ronald recalled Nicole’s prophecy again.
The possible life-threatening danger truly was an undiluted reality description.
On the other side of the room, after Ronald finished his reflection, Costate asked:
"Sir, what is our move now?"
Ronald turned around directly, walking to the door and opening it:
"First return to the square; we need to find Orel, and understand the situation further."
