I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

The rain outside had lessened a bit, and the sky had brightened slightly. In a little while, once the rain stopped and the clouds dispersed, it would be dawn.

After eating a couple of mouthfuls of dry rations and drinking a cup of wine, Roland considered it breakfast.

He packed up all his belongings, put on his hood, and stepped out into the rain.

He felt unbearably hot and bothered, and really wanted to let off some steam.

Outside, a graceful figure was dancing in the rain.

Roland's pupils constricted, and he involuntarily shuddered, the heat leaving him in an instant.

Taking advantage of the Ballet Ghoul not noticing him, Roland lowered his body, changed direction, and entered the forest. Then, he looked at the Book of Demons, and with a thought, a pile of chaotic runes appeared in the book.

Recently, Roland had discovered a trick: he could contain Leona more easily when he couldn't see her.

Scanning the text in the book, Roland revealed a strange expression. The chaotic runes seemed to have become a little more ordered.

At that moment, a Tier 0 Eye Eater flew over from the forest. It had apparently been attracted by the magic power near the cabin and had been lingering here for a long time.

Sensing the presence of humans, it flew aggressively towards Roland. Roland raised his head and pointed his magic wand, and then an arc of electricity flashed, charring the Eye Eater black and crisp, causing it to foam at the mouth and fall to the ground.

The Tier 3 Arc Lightning now finally had the appearance it should have, with 1 unit of damage under the blessing of the Gray Magic Wand.

In the distance, there were strange creaking and groaning noises. Roland looked up at a large tree fifty meters away.

There was a group of Eye Eaters on it.

Clenching his fist, lightning and flames crackled in Roland's hand.

Crackling!

A bolt of blue lightning shot towards the tree in the dim light, traversing the trunk eight times in succession. The red and yellow light that suddenly lit up the tree trunk illuminated the night sky, and with a crash, it burst into flames.

In the flames, the residual arcs of lightning (Lightning Nova) continued to flicker, making crackling noises in the Eye Eater swarm.

After Roland's advancement, Chain Lightning had become exceptionally terrifying. If all eight jumps hit the same target simultaneously, the effect would be no worse than a thunderbolt.

The tree let out a creaking wail and snapped to the ground. The remaining Eye Eaters angrily flew towards Roland.

Roland's lips moved, and flames flickered in his eyes.

In the whispers echoing through the forest, the Eye Eaters flying towards him burst into flames from their seven orifices in mid-air, turning into firebirds and falling to the ground.

Looking at the seven or eight burning Eye Eaters on the ground, Roland revealed a strange expression.

Eye Eaters had some magic resistance, but Roland felt that they were extremely flammable.

He was also unusually smooth when using fire magic. The Ignite spell had greatly improved in both guiding speed and lethality, and the damage would be very considerable if guided continuously.

The effect of the Flame Emblem did not seem to be so simple.

He looked at a bowl-sized tree in the distance and chanted a spell.

The tree slowly began to burn, and after a moment, it burned into a huge torch.

Seeing that the fire was about to spread, Roland hurriedly chanted Frostbolt, and it took him a long time to put out the fire.

'Is it an illusion? My Frostbolt also seems to have improved slightly.'

Coming to a large tree, Roland picked up the Ranger's map.

Previously, when he interrogated Elina, she told him how they planned to deal with Roland.

Their original plan was to kill Roland, take his Ranger tools, and walk around the routes frequently used by the 'Magic Chess Club'. This way, if someone accidentally found the Ranger's crystal ball, they would discover that the Ranger's patrol route had a very coincidental similarity to the routes of the White Chess family's descendants.

Of course, this was just a coincidence. No one knew how the Rangers disappeared.

But it was enough for the Alexandra family to suspect.

Roland felt that this plan was a bit naive. But he intended to borrow this plan.

Currently, his Ranger route was too similar to the Red Skull's route. He couldn't submit the report like this.

He intended to find some White Chess wizards, join the team, and then completely disrupt his Ranger route. After that, as long as he modified the Ranger log and report, he wouldn't have encountered the Red Skulls on this patrol.

"Well, according to Elina, the descendants of the White Chess family should be active here these two days."

Roland took out two amulets without any inscriptions from the bag of a Low Apprentice, stroked his chin, and while studying the parchment and amulets, he headed in a certain direction.

Somewhere in a contaminated area.

— "Helena! Hurry up!"

— "Don't rush me, Brother Charlie, you're so annoying!"

Three Intermediate Apprentices were leading a Low Apprentice in the forest, fighting a 'Moss Giant'.

That thing looked like a huge treant, covered in vines, moss, and mushrooms.

Its wooden bark was covered with white hyphae. These hyphae were wriggling crazily, constantly repairing the injuries on its body.

Valuable magic herbs often grew on the Moss Giant. But if someone took advantage of it being asleep and collected the magic herbs, it would definitely cause trouble.

The four young wizards had prepared for a fierce battle before collecting the magic herbs, but this monster was a bit tricky.

This was a near Tier 3 monster, and a very difficult one at that.

Its vitality was ridiculously tenacious, and its recovery was terribly high. Only fire could effectively kill it.

But this Moss Giant was covered in a thick layer of red crystals, which were minerals rich in fire elements. They were not valuable, but they had great resistance to fire. Minor Fireball, Flame Breath, and so on would burn for a while and then go out.

Helena was using a small mirror-like trinket to constantly shine on the giant. The crystals on the giant's body were slowly falling off, but as soon as a layer of crystals fell off, they were pulled back by the hyphae on the giant's body and grew back together.

Everyone could only exhaust it with trinkets.

They had customized a medium-grade fire-attribute trinket a few days ago, and the effect was not bad. The giant was now very weak and could not even cast a spell. But everyone's magic power was about to be exhausted.

At this moment, a series of whispers suddenly echoed in the forest.

Everyone's pupils constricted, and they looked in a certain direction in the forest. On top of a large tree, a young wizard was standing on the treetop.

Intermediate Apprentice!

Everyone had not noticed him just now!

At this moment, the Moss Giant suddenly let out a wail and rushed madly towards the wizard.

The wizard disappeared in place and reappeared behind the Moss Giant.

He constantly fought with the Moss Giant, and after a moment, the Moss Giant burst into flames from its seven orifices and began to spontaneously combust from the inside.

Everyone joined forces to besiege, and the Moss Giant gradually turned into a huge torch and crashed to the ground.

The young wizard frowned and walked towards Charlie and the others with an unkind expression.

Judging from the person's attire, he was a typical member of the Black Abyss School. And he seemed to be the notorious Alexandra!

Although this person's magic power was profound, it was not as good as Charlie and the others. But Alexandras were very difficult to deal with. Charlie and the others could not help but become serious.

Helena's expression was even more serious. She hid behind her older brother and covered her face with her sleeve.

'How could it be such a coincidence! Why did we have to run into him!'