CHAPTER 219: MASTERING EVERYTHING

Carlotta felt an indescribable sensation welling up from the depths of her heart. She knew she had returned to the correct path.

"My magic path... it truly is a Magic path now, no longer just a mere card magic."

Carlotta murmured softly.

"Magic path? Shouldn’t you be walking the knight’s path instead?"

The High Priestess glanced over with a questioned look.

She thought that although Carlotta knew some card magic, her main strength still lay in elven knight path. At this moment, she should be learning other knight paths instead.

Carlotta smiled gently, not bothering to explain further to the High Priestess.

She currently possessed many spatial items, many of them spoils of war. And among her spoils, books regarding magic were never lacking.

Compared to the extremely powerful elven knight path, Carlotta felt her card magic was still somewhat weak. Thus, she wanted to learn magic first, to compensate for this weakness.

Selena’s spatial item contained cultivating books on Seer magic.

Moreover, books on Toby’s copy magic, Menon’s mirror magic, and others could all be found among the spoils.

Carlotta first set her sights on Seer magic, feeling particularly interested in this type of magic.

She took out a book with a silver cover and opened it with great interest.

"Seer magic... a very special kind of magic."

The High Priestess glanced at it, and couldn’t help but make this judgment.

She felt that it wasn’t necessarily wrong for Carlotta to first study magic, after all, Seer magic was quite unique.

Carlotta looked at the book in her hands, filled with enthusiasm.

Seer magic, judging from its name alone, was capable of foretelling events that had not yet occurred. However, this required a certain level of strength to achieve. The farther into the future one could predict, the more closely it was tied to one’s own power.

In short, this magic could be roughly divided into two parts.

The second part predicted the future; the first part predicted the past.

Predicting the past sounded somewhat strange, but using prophecy to understand things one had never personally experienced didn’t seem impossible.

Of course, the more distant the past one could predict, the greater the demand on one’s strength.

Carlotta sat on a wooden stump in a grove, quickly studying the book in her hands.

For her, mastering the basics was naturally not difficult. After reading for a while, she grasped the fundamentals of Seer magic and could already use it at a rudimentary level.

Since she wasn’t a mere apprentice but already a peak tier Resonator, the effects of her newly acquired basic Seer magic far exceed what apprentices could achieve.

Using her ability to predict the past, a scene quickly appeared in her eyes. She saw that not long ago, a monster had passed by the spot where she was now sitting, heading in a certain direction.

She stood up and walked in that direction for a distance. Sure enough, she found the monster hiding in a patch of bushes.

Carlotta walked back, satisfied with her progress in mastering the basics of Seer magic.

Then, she put the book away and pulled out another book, this one on copy magic, beginning to read.

"Hmm? You’re not planning to further master Seer magic?"

The High Priestess asked, puzzled by her actions.

"No rush. I’ll master the basics of a few more magics first."

Carlotta smiled.

The High Priestess didn’t understand at all, completely unable to see the significance of mastering the basics of multiple magics.

But Carlotta was someone she couldn’t comprehend, someone who had repeatedly exceeded her expectations. So she didn’t say anything more.

Carlotta’s thoughts were quite simple: she just needed to master the basics of various magics. There was no need to refine them deeply now. Once she has the basics down, perhaps in the future, intelligence will provide the optimal cultivation method. Then, she could master each magic thoroughly according to the best approach.

So next, she studied copy magic.

This was also an extremely unique magic. In theory, once mastered, one could learn any magic they encountered, its effects were incredible.

In reality, however, even the original Toby himself couldn’t possibly copy every magic or knight path he saw. The number of times one could copy was actually limited, and required prolonged exposure to the target, observing them cast magic or use knight paths, before successfully copying it.

Carlotta’s comprehension was naturally high, so it didn’t take long before she successfully mastered the basics. She could now choose one magic or knight path to copy. However, even if copied, she could only unleash power at the apprentice level.

So she didn’t proceed with copying; mastering the basics was sufficient.

Next came mirror magic.

Again, it didn’t take long before Carlotta mastered the basics of mirror magic. Then, among her spoils, she found numerous magic cultivation books and began studying them.

Summoning magic, giant magic, painting magic, word magic, dream magic, shadow magic, shield magic, explosion magic...

In the past, Carlotta had acquired far too many spoils. Books on magic were many, offering a vast amount of content to cultivate.

Even Amelia had taught her memory magic, helping her quickly complete the basics.

Having so much magic path within her grasp gave Carlotta an intense sense of fulfillment. Even though she had only mastered the basics of these magics, if she cultivated them all in the future, her overall strength would become even more terrifying.

Because her current strength had already reached a relatively high level, cultivating these magic paths from the apprentice stage onward would now be much easier than before. She could rapidly reach a sufficiently high level in a short period of time.

After she had mostly mastered several interesting magics, Carlotta finally turned her attention to knight paths.

She pulled out various well-known knight paths, grasped their fundamentals, again, only the basics, and book after book appeared in her hands, only to be put away one by one.

"I’m starting to feel a bit dizzy."

After putting away another book, Carlotta rubbed her temples.

Amelia gently massaged her forehead, concerned, and said, "You don’t need to read so many books in such a short time. You can take it slow. Nothing’s chasing us right now."

"You’re right."

Carlotta indeed planned to take a rest. Learning too much at once wouldn’t be effective.

She then asked Amelia how her comprehension was progressing, and when she might return to the correct path.

Amelia smiled and said, "It shouldn’t be too far off."

Since Amelia said it wasn’t far, it definitely wasn’t far.

After resting for a while, Carlotta continued onward with Amelia and the High Priestess, traversing different floors of the Tower to gather more spoils.

Along the way, they encountered many people. Most had no interaction with them, and the few who did were simply enemies. To become their enemy means those people were in for trouble.

.....

The 166th floor.

In a garden, Carlotta and the other two appeared.

This garden exists within a concealed space. Ordinary people passing by outside wouldn’t even be able to notice it, but naturally, this posed no issue for the cheating Carlotta.

She easily broke through the seal here and led the others into the garden.

Although called a garden, each flower here could be used as medicine, making it highly suitable for creating various alchemical potions.

Carlotta and Melody were picking these flowers when suddenly, a figure appeared outside the garden.

Since the seal had already been broken, this place was no longer a secret. Anyone passing by could see it.

"So many materials?"

The newcomer was tall, a man with a full beard. When he saw the garden before him, greed immediately flashed in his eyes.

His gaze swept over the three people inside. He paid no particular attention to Carlotta and Amelia, who were merely Resonators, but focused instead on the High Priestess whose aura was unfathomable.

"This is the 166th floor, the domain of Weavers. Bringing two Resonators here isn’t exactly wise."

The bearded man said to a sneer.

The High Priestess briefly glanced at the man, then ignored him.

Carlotta spoke calmly, "These things here are ours by right of first discovery. Leave now and don’t do anything unwise."

The bearded man mocked, "Since when do Resonators get to speak in Weaver matters?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and attacked the air toward Carlotta. In response, a huge black palm imprint materialized and rushed forward.

Against such an attack from a Weaver, an ordinary Resonator would likely be killed instantly, without any means of resistance.

The bearded man clearly thought the same. Without even glancing at Carlotta, he kept his eyes fixed on the High Priestess, certain the High Priestess would interfere and block the strike.

But in reality, the High Priestess didn’t even look in this direction.

This confused the bearded man slightly.

Before he could make sense of it, Carlotta already held the Rose cross in her hand.

"Whoosh!"

Carlotta slashed her sword. The air trembled, a massive crack appeared in space, and the incoming black palm imprint shattered instantly, as if it had never existed.

This sight caused the bearded man to stare in shock.

"I told you not to do unwise things, yet you wouldn’t listen. So now, I’ll have to send you on your way."

Carlotta didn’t want to waste time on irrelevant people. A white figure emerged behind her, she had directly summoned the Wisdom Goddess.

In the next moment, the Wisdom Goddess moved at a speed too fast for anyone to react, instantly appearing behind the bearded man.

With a single strike, the man’s head flew off, tumbling to the ground. Until the very end, his face remained stunned, clearly unable to believe that a mere peak tier Resonator could casually kill him, a Weaver.

To Carlotta, it was as insignificant as completing a trivial task. She withdrew her gaze without any emotion.

A Weaver, albeit just an early tier one, was truly nothing to her.

"Someone who might be formidable in the outside world performs so pathetically in front of my Carlotta."

Amelia smiled. "Truly, my Carlotta never disappoints."

Carlotta grinned. "Of course. This guy wasn’t worth mentioning."

Regardless, the man was still a Weaver. Carlotta retrieved his spatial artifact and searched through it. Soon, she confirmed his identity.

In Moonlight Sea, the Ten Pirate Kings ruled the oceans, feared by all.

And this bearded man before her was none other than one of the Ten Pirate Kings, the Divine Punishment General!

Carlotta hadn’t expected that with just a slight effort, the Ten Pirate Kings would immediately lose one of their members.

Only then did she vaguely realize that the Pirate Kings, once lofty figures she could only look up to, were now as common as one might find on the roadside...

Well, that wasn’t entirely fair to say. Among the Pirate Kings, there were still peak tier Weavers who remained noteworthy.

Middle tier Weavers couldn’t be completely ignored either.

But early tier Weavers... yeah, they really weren’t impressive anymore.

"People keep growing, and gradually I’ve become the person I once admired."

Carlotta couldn’t help but smile.

No more hiding or concealing. She could casually deal with any trouble that came her way. She was quite satisfied with this life.

Afterward, the group finished harvesting the garden and, under Carlotta’s guidance, continued searching for other valuable items.

Before long, another dawn arrived.

At this moment, Carlotta and the others reached a hilly area. They caught some fish by the river and were now roasting them, taking a rest.

Although it was dawn, the Tower of Babel’s time flowed arbitrarily, unconnected to the outside world. The sky still appears bright and clear, with faint sunlight shimmering golden ripples across the river.

As Carlotta roasted the fish, she browsed her intelligence data.

[ 1: The method for practicing Seer Magic is as follows...]

[ 2: The method for practicing Copy Magic is as follows...]

[ 3: The method for practicing Mirror Magic is as follows...]

[...]

[ 10: The method for practicing Eagle knight path is as follows...]

Seeing today’s intelligence, Carlotta couldn’t help but smile. Everything was just as she’d imagined.

"One magic or knight path takes up one intelligence slot? And I can only get a maximum path of ten per day... At this rate, it’ll take quite a few days before I can obtain practice methods for all the magic and knight paths I’ve learned."

Carlotta sighed silently.

Then her gaze fell upon the practice methods provided by the intelligence. As she read, her eyes gradually brightened.

The training methods provided were ones she’d never even heard of before. For example, to practice Seer Magic, it was best to constantly listen to the ticking of a clock, feeling the passage of time for better results.

Another example: to train Eagle knight paths, it was best to first master Card Magic or Memory Magic, create the wings of an eagle-type monster, and practice while flying in the sky. It would be even better if one could use a Transformation Potion to turn into an actual eagle.

Various training methods like these had never been mentioned in the books Carlotta had obtained.

"Although they’re all excellent methods, some processes are quite troublesome and time-consuming. I’ll have to pick and choose what to practice for now."

Carlotta muttered silently.

Regardless, the intelligence content greatly improved her mood.