In the basement, Ronald was explaining his ideas to Costart.
Nicole was not idle during this period. She turned around and ordered Gautier, who had just been rescued from prison not long ago:
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"But my personal suggestion is that you'd better leave this city immediately. Otherwise, if we happen to meet in the city later, don't blame me for being too cruel."
"This...I understand!" Gautier's expression was stunned, but his eyes quickly returned to clarity.
He decisively turned around and walked towards the big hole that the four people had knocked open when they came down. His body was no longer agile enough for his age, and he jumped out of the basement.
On the surface -
Ronald and the others can continue to control this spellcaster and drive each other later in the process of searching for the "Book of Interpretation."
But what about actually?
[Nine Rings Secret Meeting] Since they are already plotting against Ronald and the others.
In order to ensure that this plan can proceed smoothly, it is necessary to monitor the actions of the three of them during this period to deal with various emergencies that may occur.
How can we successfully monitor Ronald and others?
——Use spells
Taken alone, any one of these three guys has the highest level of combat power on the mysterious side, and it is easy to annihilate ordinary people.
While trying to lock them in with magic, I also wanted to hide the perception of these three guys.
The difficulty of this kind of thing is no less than annihilating all three people in a frontal battle. It was not an option from the beginning.
If you can't use magic directly, you can only use a roundabout strategy.
The problem comes to the human side.
Gautier, who was rescued from prison by Ronald and the others and forced to lead the search for the "Book of Interpretations", naturally became the best target for this candidate.
When Ronald and others first met Gautier, what was Gautier's state like?
--coma!
This old man, who knew everything about the Nine Precepts Secret Society, allowed others to do whatever he wanted while completely unconscious.
With mysterious side means and abilities.
Naturally, there is a body camera that can remotely monitor the three Ronalds without alerting them.
Gautier himself may not have known this.
But when Ronald and the others discussed openly and Nicole showed her attitude.
Naturally, this once high-status magician was unwilling to wade into troubled waters again.
Instead, leave directly and decisively, and at the same time find a way to check or deal with possible surveillance on yourself.
…
Just like that, Gautier's figure quickly left the underground laboratory.
Next, Nicole withdrew her gaze and naturally looked at the remaining guys controlled by Ronald's spirit.
The investigator girl's eyes instantly became cold and dangerous.
Gautier had just provided them with information about the "Book of Interpretations". The merits and demerits were balanced, and considering the hostile stance of the other party and the "Nine Rings Secret Society", it was naturally not a problem to let him go.
But these guys in the laboratory are completely loyal to the "Nine Rings Secret Society" and are outright enemies in every aspect!
Naturally, Nicole had no intention of showing off her lively and cheerful personality to her enemies.
So, in the short period of less than three minutes when Ronald was explaining the idea to Costart, Nicole was drawing runes on her hands while walking past the spellcasters in the laboratory one by one.
At this time, Nicole really behaved like an ace investigator on an infiltration mission.
Without exception, everyone she passed by quickly fell to the ground under the attack of rune spells, and their chests stopped rising and falling in the blink of an eye.
There was almost no magic leaking out, outsiders could not detect the existence of the spell, and it even seemed like a relaxing and carefree walk. After a few breaths passed, everyone in the basement fell to the ground.
Ronald and the other three were the only ones who could still stand and talk.
Nicole turned back to Ronald, put on her unique cute smile and asked:
"How about explaining it clearly to Costaat?"
Ronald nodded in response:
"Let's go directly!"
…
Finished dealing with this lab that was used as bait and misdirection.
The three Ronalds left the ground, but then they were uncharacteristic and did not continue the search.
Standing on the ground in the residential area, Ronald recited a spell.
"Starting from the relationship between the entire earth and the sky will begin to form our understanding!"
With the blessing of extremely high speed in "Almagest".
The three of them accelerated vertically from a corner of the city and reached high altitudes in the blink of an eye.
Looking down.
It's early morning, but the city is still in chaos.
While Nicole was adjusting the runes on her body, shifting from covert action to frontal combat, she asked Ronald:
"Ronald, since you just said that, you must have an idea now, right?"
Ronald nodded slightly.
He did not answer Nicole, but stretched his hand into the distance and pointed at the wilderness surrounding the city below him.
Nicole immediately understood what Ronald meant:
"You mean these guys are hiding outside the city?"
Ronald then nodded and answered:
"Yes, if the people of the [Nine Rings Secret Society] want to achieve their planned goals, they must not stay in the city first."
"They know a lot of my spells, and they understand that such behavior will greatly increase the probability of them being discovered. Especially with my reconnaissance spells that are specialized for people, even if they hide in a barrier that can isolate them from detection, there is no guarantee.
One hundred percent safe.”
Ronald's voice gradually died down when he said this, and Nicole followed the logic of thinking that an investigator should have and said:
"But at the same time, as the people who stay here to delay our actions as much as possible, they also need to be close enough to the city so that they have time to respond to the emergency!"
"This means they can't be too far away from the city!"
What Nicole thought was exactly the same as Ronald's analysis.
While the girl was showing her reasoning process, Ronas also took in a panoramic view of the terrain surrounding the city below, and then picked out the most suspicious target:
"The terrain nearby is the most suitable here."
Ronald was referring to a canyon south of the city.
Two mountain-like cliffs stand under the morning light from the east, half of them are as bright as the newly lit sky, while the other side is still shrouded in darkness.
I don't know how many years ago, the water flow carved a straight and broad road between the two cliffs. Then, as time went by, the source of the water flowing here has long since disappeared, leaving only this ravine as a way for people to walk here.
the way.
The reason why Ronald pointed here.
This is because the cliffs on both sides of the canyon have a high enough altitude. As long as one is at this height, one can easily overlook the surroundings and even all the buildings in the south of the city.
In the canyon is the straight passage leading to the southern gate of the city.
It also makes it easier for them to rush back to the city in time to respond when problems are discovered.
Looking at the entire capital area, this is the only place that is most suitable for the monitors to stay here!