I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

Miss Kira was even more excited than Roland.

She wasn't lacking in high-level combatants, but Ussack was an important Tower Master! And also an important member of the White Chess Council!

Dean Ussack's tower was called the Serpent Tower. It was very special in the Black Mire -- the Council specially allowed them to research and use black magic!

Ussack was very picky. Generally, only formal wizards could enter the Serpent Tower -- like Professor Yingtao. She used to be Ussack's apprentice. After becoming a formal wizard and returning to the Black Mire, she once again entered the Serpent Tower and became a disciple of Lord Ussack.

Few apprentices could enter the Serpent Tower, so this opportunity was very rare.

Moreover, Ussack was not only knowledgeable and prestigious, but also a capable fighter.

Everyone in the Serpent Tower was very capable. Most of the lunatics who were willing to stay in the Black Mire as night watchmen were apprentices of the Serpent Tower wizards.

The Twilight Wizards were driven away by Ussack and Bruce, leading the Black Mire and White Chess professors.

You must know that there were more than a dozen Tier 1 Twilight Wizards, plus a Twilight Tower Master.

Although the number of Twilight Wizards was not as large as theirs, Twilight Tower Master Zoe was a Tier 2 peak wizard.

There was a big difference in realm between the top combatants of both sides. But Ussack and Bruce led a group of people and made them look disheveled, persisting until the people from the White Chess Academy rushed over from the magic array.

Although Ussack was only a Tier 2 elementary wizard, this Black Mire wizard was feared by many Twilight Wizards. No wizard below Tier 2 intermediate dared to provoke him.

Under Kira's witness, Roland completed the new apprenticeship. Ussack didn't like red tape, so the whole process was very simple. Basically, he just bowed and called him 'Mentor'. Ussack then recognized this 'inner disciple'.

Speaking of which, Roland's teacher used to be Yingtao, who was also Ussack's student. So the relationship between the three can be said to be passed down in one continuous line.

To put it bluntly, Roland had always been Ussack's disciple.

In Roland's words, it would be: 'I used to be an outer disciple in name only, taught by Yingtao on behalf of the master. Now I have officially entered the inner circle and become a direct disciple. So, can I call Yingtao Senior Sister?'

Ussack was very satisfied with this student, Roland.

He originally thought that Roland was just good at fighting, so he liked him. But he didn't expect his knowledge to be very good. At least in 'Heraka Mysticism', he had reached the level of 'knowing'.

With more guidance, he could 'write poetry'.

After the apprenticeship, Ussack took out a strangely shaped 'magic ring' as an apprenticeship gift.

This ring was as thick as an arm and looked like it was made of 'ivory'.

Roland curiously took it over and took a look, and found that the ring was very delicate, with densely packed delicate figures and small animals carved on it. It's just that these small animals were crowded together, which looked a little strange.

Looking closer, those were not carved figures at all, but many small 'human bones' and 'insect bones' hugging together!

This was a skeleton ring! To refine such a thing, I don't know how many people and monsters had to be killed!

So, it was a thorough black magic item. The kind that would make the Alaka wizards put you in jail and burn you to ashes without saying a word!

Ussack said: "This is a replica of the 'Heraka's Ring of the Dead', which I refined with 72 prisoners of war and 36 specially cultivated monsters."

After hearing this first sentence, Roland was dumbfounded. Mentor, this is not the Serpent Tower. Look at the wizards in the hall, most of them are apprentices and professors of the White Chess Academy!

You should at least say that this is your trophy! Why are you openly telling others that you refined this kind of evil thing?!

Ussack continued: "This magic ring complements your replica of 'Heraka's Book of the Dead'. It can help you restrain high-level undead, improve the effect of magic, and also be used to fight enemies."

Roland opened his mouth, wanting to say that he didn't have any evil 'Book of the Dead'. He also wanted to say that he only understood ancient Babylonian and poetry, but he had not studied necromancy, and had never enslaved poor undead.

But he finally wisely closed his mouth.

After Ussack talked about the wonders of this item, he stretched out his hand and summoned it. Then the magic ring in Roland's hand flew up.

Immediately afterwards, from the shadows of the thirty or so apprentices and wizards in the hall, hundreds of bone hands stretched out, grabbing them and pulling them hard into the shadows.

There was a burst of wailing and begging for mercy in the hall. Ussack played a trick on these White Chess wizards, then cracked his mouth, revealing a mischievous smile.

Afterwards, those bone hands gradually dissipated, and the shadows behind the apprentices rippled for a while, and then stopped moving.

He smeared his mental imprint on the Heraka magic ring with his thumb, and then casually threw it to Roland.

Ussack said: "Study it carefully, it is very suitable for shadow-based wizards. With it, spells such as curses and hexes will be easier to take effect and worsen."

Roland looked at the White Chess wizards around him with a strange expression, and found that everyone turned a blind eye.

Miss Kira deliberately said from the side: "Roland, you can rest assured to accept this thing. In Lord Ussack's tower, there is a group of 'Night Watchers'. They are specially allowed by the Council to use black magic. They are 'pure Black Mire wizards' recognized by the Council."

Ussack then remembered that the Council had a 'Black Magic Ordinance'. He patted his forehead: "I almost forgot, this is a black magic item... Well, since this is the case, I will also give you the remaining 'Night Watcher' quota in my hand. Then I will add a procedure later. You have proven your quality in the forbidden area this time. The application will be approved smoothly."

Ussack threw Roland an amulet, which was the identity card of the Night Watcher.

After Ussack's application was approved, Roland's relevant information would automatically appear on the amulet. From then on, even if Roland used black magic in front of the Alaka wizards, the Alaka wizards would not arrest him, but would come over and communicate with him about black magic.

Roland was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked his mentor again.

This item and the Book of the Dead were good things of the same quality. And it was a set!

That identity talisman was also very important, and it simply solved a problem that had been bothering him for a long time.

Miss Kira was also very happy about Roland's successful apprenticeship.

Ussack's strength was secondary. In the Black Mire, there were many people more powerful than him. But his character was very good.

Following other Tower Masters, the future ending would generally be the same as that of Brenda, who was turned into a pile of sand by Lord Dahl.

But following Ussack, he would really treat Roland as a student.

Therefore, Roland had an extra backer and resources by following him. Relying on Roland, Miss Kira and her group could also establish a bond with Tower Master Ussack.

Kira said to Ussack: "Lord Ussack, please lend me your student for a while. The Crystal Princess disease of the Amir Kingdom has started to break out again. The White Chess School doesn't have enough manpower and needs an excellent disciple from the Black Mire School. So please let Roland leave this place in advance."

Ussack looked at Kira and said meaningfully: "Honorable Miss Kira, there is no need to say more to me about this matter. Although Roland is my student, he is also His Highness's fiancé. You can just take him away."

Ussack used the word 'you' in his mouth. Not 'you'. The tone was very respectful.

Kira was a court lady, how could she care so much about that mudblood?

Therefore, Ussack had already suspected Kira's identity.

So he expressed his attitude.

Catherine had heard Yingtao talk about Ussack's attitude many times before, and this time she came here to meet him.

So she directly took over Ussack's words, and said with a smile that she thanked Lord Ussack for his support on behalf of the Princess, and that the Princess would personally bring people to visit the Serpent Tower later.

Ussack twitched the corner of his mouth fiercely, seeming to smile very happily. He nodded and personally sent Kira and Roland out of the tower.

The stars and moon were still hanging in the sky, and in two hours, the distant horizon would turn white.

Catherine pulled Roland, used Shadowless Travel to travel more than ten kilometers away, and then turned into lightning and flew far away, finally landing in a mountain forest.

In the mountain forest at night, many fluorescent flowers were blooming. Occasionally, some little fairies with light on their bodies could be seen flying by.

Catherine changed back to her appearance. She injected a lot of magic power into the purse and threw it into the distance.

Then, a huge strange snake appeared in the mountain forest.

Eight eyes, a cockscomb, and ferocious horns on its head intertwined like a crown.

Every time Roland saw Little Jimmy, he felt that it was somewhat similar to a 'Flood Dragon'.

When Catherine summoned Little Jimmy last time, it was obviously a smaller strange snake. It seemed that how big Little Jimmy was when summoned depended on the solidity of the master's magic power (realm) and the amount of magic power injected.

Its current magic power was around Tier 1 intermediate.

With a rustling sound, flocks of birds were startled in the forest and flew into the night sky.

A deer ran to this side in a panic, and then collapsed to the ground in fright, peeing all over the place.

The strange snake stretched out its toad-like tongue, rolled the deer into its mouth and swallowed it, then turned its ferocious head and stared curiously at Roland.

Roland's face was a little ugly.

Just as Catherine said, Little Jimmy seemed to like Roland very much.

But Roland didn't like Little Jimmy very much.

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Catherine stroked Little Jimmy's head and looked at Roland, asking, "Are you sure you don't want it? It's very compatible with you."

Roland waved his hand, declining Catherine's kindness, and said, "I have a Dimensional Bag already. You keep it for yourself."

Having a Dimensional Bag, so he doesn't need it… Catherine said 'oh' as if suddenly realizing, and nodded. She glanced at the Wind King's Ring on Roland's right hand, then at Roland's empty left hand. After that, she stopped talking.

As a woman who was already engaged, Catherine wore a ring on her middle finger.

And Roland, he had slept with her twice, yet he hadn't noticed this at all. He also hadn't mentioned anything about wearing a ring.

Catherine floated up, riding on the back of the strange snake, holding its horns with both hands. Then she said to Roland, "Get on, I'll take you to the border of that Muggle kingdom."

She looked at the sky and said, "It's still quite a distance from here. At Little Jimmy's speed, we won't reach the kingdom's border until evening."

Roland's heart skipped a beat, understanding his senior's hint. He walked over very gentlemanly, flipped over, and landed on the strange snake's back in mid-air. Then he reached out and grabbed Little Jimmy's horn—incidentally putting his arms around his senior.

As a gentleman and a princess, when traveling, there is only one 'horse.' There's no need to be constrained by trivial matters. After all, the relationship between the two is very pure.

And the gentleman's qualities are very noble, and the princess is very naive, understanding nothing. So naturally, neither of them thought of those crooked thoughts.

However, the wind in the night sky was strong, and Little Jimmy flew many times faster than wizards. So holding the princess tightly was out of kindness.

If the gentleman's hand embraces the princess's slender and soft waist, please do not misunderstand. After all, it's more comfortable this way.

Unfortunately, this stupid snake flew too fast, arriving at the border by a little after one in the afternoon!

However, the kind princess couldn't just leave this gentleman in the mountains. So, naturally, she had to find a roadside inn.

The two of them dawdled in the sky for a long time, but couldn't find one.

Unfortunately, Little Jimmy's eyesight was too good, not like a snake at all. It repeatedly reminded its master, and when it saw that its master didn't react, it angrily looked at a forest tavern that it had repeatedly passed by three times, and then flew over in a huff.

The time now was only 2 PM—obviously, it wasn't dark yet.

It landed two kilometers away from the tavern, and then happily looked at its two masters, anticipating their praise.

Catherine directly put it away.

Mr. Roland said, "We flew for eight hours straight without stopping, quite tiring. Neither of us has eaten. Let's just eat something at this shop and rest, and then it won't be too late for you to go back. Moreover, I also need to ask you again about the 'Crystal Princess Disease.'"

Miss Catherine nodded very implicitly, indicating that she was also hungry. However, she still had things to do, and would definitely leave after resting for a while. So please Mr. Roland not to misunderstand and overthink.

Mr. Roland indicated that his thoughts were very pure, just to have a meal, please Miss Catherine rest assured.

Afterward, he very gentlemanly extended his hand, holding Miss Catherine's hand, and headed towards the distant tavern.

The tavern's name was simple—Border Inn.

The house was quite large, a two-story tavern. Some horses were parked at the entrance, and those horses were carrying large and small packages, looking like merchants' goods.

This area was still very remote. And being on the border, it was a necessary place to pass through when leaving the country. There were no other places to stay for a long stretch of road around, so this shop could be considered half a post station.

Therefore, there were often many guests here.

However, the time now was a little after two in the afternoon. At this time, the people who had stayed overnight last night had all left. And since it wasn't late, most of the newcomers passing by would just eat a meal here, and half wouldn't choose to stay overnight.

So there weren't many guests now. There were only six or seven people eating downstairs.

The shop had guest rooms upstairs, but if it was any later, one would have to sleep near the fire pit downstairs.

After Catherine came in, she sat down. Roland came to the front desk, directly booked a room, lest there be no rooms later. Then he ordered a pile of food.

When Roland sat down, Catherine was curiously looking around. Near the tables in the distance, there were six or seven guests sitting. There was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old female merchant, a wandering knight wearing chainmail, and the remaining few seemed to be mercenaries.

In addition to the boss, the shop also had his wife, eldest daughter, and youngest son. The cook was the boss himself. He had a chef apprentice, who was his youngest son.

Everyone was curiously looking at her and Roland. They had seen the clothes of wild wizards, but they had never seen robes and inner armor. They felt that the two people's clothes and appearance must be nobles, but their clothes were too strange.

After whispering for a while, the knowledgeable small merchant determined that Catherine must be a noble, but that gentleman was definitely not a wizard, but a knight—look at that height and shoulder width, and that long sword he used as a one-handed sword.

Catherine also mistook him. She mistook the baron for a wandering knight—this honorable lord was dressed like this.

She mistook the little witch that the baron had specially invited for the king as a female merchant—indeed a bit like a merchant.

She mistook the noble knights who escorted them all the way as mercenaries—those chainmails were tattered, and the hammers and axes on their bodies were really hard to compliment.

That small merchant was indeed a witch. To be precise, she was a wild witch.

Her name was 'Amber,' fifteen years old this year, and very kind.

She, like her grandfather and father, was an amazing wild wizard. A true magician.

It's just that the magic power in her body was so pitifully low, no different from a Muggle. The 'wizard robe' on her body was also very comical. This made Amber look like a Muggle merchant.

But these didn't matter, because she had already researched an amazing magic spell.

It was invincible!

Although this magic spell was too obscure and difficult to understand, so no one in the world could understand it.

But these things were not important either.

What was important was that as long as she perfected this magic spell a little more, she would definitely be able to completely end this terrible 'Plague of Light.'

That's right, the 'Crystal Princess Disease' that had ravaged her hometown for hundreds of years was actually just a 'Plague of Light'!

Because light was the only way the virus spread!

Look at what kind of logic this is? Self-contradictory, full of loopholes.