I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

His fiancée had taken away his private savings, and all he had left were a little over three thousand magic stones, a magic carpet called 'The Shepherdess and the Devil,' a few cheap magic carpets he had specifically chosen, and a pile of junk.

But these eight thousand magic stones worth of goods could be sold to the South for three times the price!

A full three times the profit! No wonder the seas are filled with monsters and mysteries, yet people are still willing to cross the ocean.

After checking the goods, Roland flicked the list in his hand and smiled, "Not bad, not bad, the goods are all in order, the sailors are very professional. The hold is big enough, otherwise, even twenty storage bags wouldn't be enough for me."

The hold was indeed very large, utilizing a lot of space expansion technology. The sailors were busy carrying goods, and many merchants were there with their assistants, checking their merchandise.

Roland was alone, without an assistant. But the first mate personally brought a group of people to help.

This first mate wore a blue coat, a white shirt, a naval cap, and a wide belt. The coat had golden buttons and epaulets—he had a rank!

Roland had always thought that Black Sails was a group of pirates, but after boarding, he discovered that everyone was wearing naval uniforms.

He heard that this was the naval uniform of a large kingdom in the South, a proper regular army. The entire 'Black Sails Southeast Ocean Trading Company' had a Southeast trade license issued by the Pope.

However, they did a wide variety of jobs.

The people on the ship were also diverse, with southerners and northerners, Muggles and wizards.

The first mate, dressed like a respectable naval officer, was a proper wizard. It was just that outsiders couldn't tell.

This ship was not ordinary, and neither was the first mate.

Calling him a first mate was an understatement; he was more like the boss and escort. Because he was the second-in-command of Black Sails, an early Stage Two wizard!

In private, he had another identity—he was once a disciple of Baron Sea Fort.

This man, named 'Billy,' secretly helped Baron Sea Fort control Black Sails, and in these years, he had also done many things for the Twilight Council.

He had drifted on the sea for many, many years, a remarkable wizard, a remarkable navigator, and a remarkable adventurer.

Roland got along with him very well.

Billy led Roland out of the hold, saying to him, "Sir Lancelot, rest assured about this voyage. This ship, the 'Titania,' is a new ship built by Black Sails Company with the latest technology and a lot of money. Except for the Three-Headed Serpent and those youkai, no ship can compare to the 'Titania.'"

‘Titania.’ Roland didn't like the name very much. It felt a little unlucky.

But after Billy took Roland on a tour of the ship, Roland was relieved.

This was simply an unsinkable sea fortress!

And it was a brand new ship that had just been launched!

It wouldn't sink.

During the tour, Roland's eyes were opened.

From the outside, the ship was already magnificent enough, but it was just a large sailing merchant ship. But once inside, it was a veritable mobile sea fortress.

The internal space was very large, able to accommodate seven medium and small frigates. In coastal areas, frigates would escort and shoulder various responsibilities. Once in the deep sea, they would be collected by the three Stage Two wizards on board and placed inside the large ship.

Rather than calling them frigates, they were more like consumables and 'puppet ships.' In the deep sea, there would be all kinds of situations, and in the event of danger, these frigates would be thrown out as bait.

There were also many cannons on the large ship. After the tour, Roland was shocked to discover that these so-called 'cannons' were actually sets of large magic arrays—Billy called these large magic arrays 'magic cannons!'

Billy told Roland that these magic cannons were extremely powerful, each shot like a full-force strike from a Stage Two wizard.

If these dozens of magic arrays were activated simultaneously, a large area of the sea in the distance would turn into a sea of fire!

Their range was also very far, reaching thousands of kilometers.

Roland listened with cold sweat trickling down his back, and he thought to himself: 'Bullshit magic cannons, these are VLS! They're missiles!'

The consumption of these magic cannons was extremely high. If they encountered a real fight and needed to fire at full power, it would cost astronomical figures.

However, Black Sails never used magic cannons to deal with sea monsters. The meaning of these magic cannons was to deal with competitors.

And often in battles with competitors, magic cannons only had one chance to fire—whoever revealed themselves first died first.

The competitors Billy was referring to were large forces like the Three-Headed Serpent.

Ordinary competitors could be dealt with by a few Stage Two wizards throwing out their oddities, or even secret treasures.

But if they encountered the Three-Headed Serpent, the opponent would have many strange methods. The two sides would often go through days or even ten days of gaming, during which no one would fire, and once they did, the battle would be over.

Discovering the other party first was more important than anything. Once the magic cannon fired, it would cause huge magic fluctuations, immediately revealing its position and being discovered by the enemy.

When encountering this kind of competitor, there were many tricks. The wizards on the two ships had to constantly use their wits, trying to lure the enemy to reveal themselves and fire first. They also had to find ways to hide their ships, avoiding being divined, predicted, or detected by the other party.

Often, they also needed think tanks to decipher the mysterious methods set up by the opponent, or in certain decisions, judge whether what they discovered was a real ship or bait.

Billy used a very vivid analogy to describe the sea battles of the wizards to Roland.

"The marine environment is complex and changeable, and there are many mysterious areas. There are also many wizards in both ships who are good at mysterious methods.

So many methods are often ineffective.

Most of the time, the battle is like two blindfolded magicians dueling with forbidden spells on a vast plain—whoever is discovered first dies first!

Often, if you don't hit anyone with your first move, you lose. Because you've been exposed. The other side knows your location, and as soon as they fire, you're doomed."

The changes in magical technology, and the special marine conditions of this world, have created a group of strange ships.

Here, the meaning of intelligence and magical technology is far greater than the number of ships.

A famous naval general once used a state-of-the-art fourth-generation magic warship to duel against several powerful magic fleets, achieving a terrifying combat loss ratio of 0:144!

A ship with super capacity, super supply, and super stealth is better than anything.

This makes many organizations do their best to build one ship, or a few ships, rather than building a large fleet. Then become the person who shouts loudly on the plain 'The target is here, put the AOE here'.

Of course, not all organizations have the ability of Black Sails and the Three-Headed Serpent to build a fourth-generation magic ship.

The third-generation magic warship is still the main force. And it is a very rare and scarce main warship.

Many people are driving ordinary magic ships, or even ordinary sailing ships, to desperately fight on this sea.

Black Sails has many such ordinary fleets.

The attrition rate of these fleets is frighteningly high. Because the fleet has to find a way to pass through those mysterious areas, and at the same time pray that they will not be encountered by monsters like the Three-Headed Serpent and Black Sails.

Sometimes, the mysterious areas at sea are not very fatal, because as long as there is an excellent navigator and some luck, they can be bypassed.

But if you encounter a third-generation or even fourth-generation magic warship of Black Sails or the Three-Headed Serpent, it is truly despairing.

Black Sails' 'Titania' belongs to the fourth-generation magic sea ship. It, the previous third-generation old ship of Black Sails, and the nine three-headed serpents under the Hydra, are the most active sea monsters on this sea, and they determine the navigation rights of this sea.

So, Black Sails only has two magic ships that they can show off. But this ship is the most advanced, much stronger than the fourth-generation ship of the Hydra.

Currently, the two sides are in a truce, or rather, the Hydra does not dare to provoke Black Sails now. So Black Sails has been seizing the opportunity to make money with the 'Titania' in recent years.

In a few years, they will be able to earn back the money to build this warship, and then the second ship will be launched.

Thirty years ago, Black Sails did not have such strength. They were just an inconspicuous organization in the South. The only thing worth mentioning was that Baron Sea Fort of the East Territory had some shares, so the wizards on the ship were very strong. But they could only survive under the shadow of the Hydra.

In the past thirty years, that is, after Baron Sea Fort secretly began to collude with the King of Thousand Eyes, Black Sails suddenly became stronger and stronger. Not only did its financial resources become more and more abundant, but the maritime magic technology also ushered in a crazy innovation.

It seems that although the overall strength of the East Territory is not as good as those of the South Territory where gods are active, the magic technology is far from what the South can compare with.

The Hydra Group has been rampant at sea for hundreds of years, but these East Territory wizards have only just invested in a maritime organization for thirty years, and they have caught up with them from scratch!

And what about the marine technology in the South? In these thirty years, not only have they not made progress, but they are also slowly regressing!

The wizards of the East Territory are afraid of the gods of the South, and the gods of the South are also afraid of this group of wizards.

After chatting with Billy, Roland had some strange thoughts in his mind.

He thought to himself: 'Isn't this just over thirty years ago when the avatar of the King of Thousand Eyes led Alexandra and the Black Abyss to defect to White Chess?

Could it be that the old demon who has lived for who knows how many years began to lay out plans for the South thirty years ago?

If he didn't have a plan to break the shackles, why would he start laying out plans for the South?

Could it be that he let the avatar defect to White Chess with the Black Abyss for the sake of Lord Yellow Fern?'

Could the events in the Yellow-Brown Fern Forest and the Yellow Fern Lord's descent in Araka have been part of his plan all along?

Even the death of his clone, was that also within his plan?

Roland suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

He believed he was probably overthinking things, but these events were all deeply connected, even linked in a chain.

It wouldn't take much; if the King of a Thousand Eyes had a hand in even a few of the important events, then Senior wouldn't be able to outmaneuver her own father.

This time, Senior was going to help her father deal with the Yellow Fern Lord in Araka.

This was a good opportunity to deal with the Yellow Fern Lord, and also a good opportunity to backstab the King of a Thousand Eyes!

The numerous victims, the White Queen, Senior, and the Old Black Abyss folks, all combined, could take down the Yellow Fern Lord and push the King of a Thousand Eyes into the abyss, letting him 'ascend' ahead of schedule!

Would the King of a Thousand Eyes have no defenses?

Could this sly old fox not have left a contingency plan, perhaps even setting a trap for his daughter and the White Queen?

Senior must have considered this point, and she must have had some idea of 'meeting the challenge head-on and giving it a try'.

Roland believed his speculation, believed that Senior might also be planning to secretly betray him with the White Queen—she was just still hesitating.

Perhaps it was because she had such thoughts that she kept him away from the Eastern Territory!

Otherwise, why wouldn't she let him participate in the Araka affair?

He, this little lord and small spokesperson who received so much attention from the Goddess Heraca, had a chance to attract Heraca's attention when dealing with the abyss god!

And Heraca had just devoured Baron Bloodless and become a subordinate of the Yellow Fern Lord. If she backstabbed the Yellow Fern Lord at a critical moment, wouldn't that be a sure thing?

But Senior didn't let him go. Instead, she found a reason to coax him to the South.

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The King of a Thousand Eyes could rely on the Yellow Fern Lord's eyeball to break free from shackles and boldly step into the fifth rank.

Couldn't the White Queen rely on the Yellow Fern Lord's divine fire to break free from shackles and boldly step into the fifth rank?

The King of a Thousand Eyes had entered the system of faith, walking the path of the Sacred Flame.

The White Queen, in the remote areas of the Eastern Territory, was also secretly having Muggles build statues of herself!

The treasures on the gods were useful to both of them!

Indeed, the White Chess Council couldn't shoulder the task of dealing with the people in the South, but once the White Queen completed centralization and absorbed the ruthless and highly efficient members of the Twilight Council.

Then the Eastern Territory led by the fifth-rank White Queen wouldn't be much worse than the Eastern Territory led by the fifth-rank King of a Thousand Eyes.

At least the former would be more obedient to Senior!

Roland felt that Catherine could never outmaneuver her father, and Catherine had always had a big flaw—overestimating herself.

She hadn't even won against Roland once, how could she win against her dad?

After Roland toured the 'Titanic', Billy invited Roland to have dinner together in the restaurant.

Roland was preoccupied with contacting Catherine, so he told him that he would go back to his room to tidy up first and then go to the restaurant to find him.

After separating, Roland immediately returned to his cabin.

As soon as he entered the door, Roland felt a slight dizziness in his mind. He sat on the bed and found that he had an extra day's experience.

This memory came from the Straw Roland beside Senior.

After separating from Roland, Senior directly used the secret teleportation array from Baron Sea Fortress to go to the Twilight School. Throughout the process, Straw Roland was like a loyal retainer, standing beside Senior with many Bloodless female lords.

After arriving at the Twilight School, Catherine went to the forbidden area to find her father, leaving Roland and several Bloodless female lords and baronesses in a high tower in the Twilight School.

Originally, Senior's plan was to have a Bloodless female lord curse Straw Roland to death, disguising it as the work of a Bloodless traitor.

Straw Roland didn't have any protective measures on him, not even a substitute curse. He would die with one curse.

But before the Bloodless female lord could act, Straw Roland died.

Baron Black Abyss was indeed extremely loyal to Princess Twilight, and was Princess Twilight's confidant. And the Bloodless clan was indeed a group of traitors.

But Baron Black Abyss was a Black Abyss wizard! He wasn't a person from Twilight!.

Bloodless wizards were Twilight wizards! No matter how rotten or rebellious, they were still people from Twilight!

You, a Black Abyss wizard, overturned one of our Twilight territories, does it mean that we Twilight people are all dead?

These lunatics were very respectful to Princess Twilight, but they didn't make sense in their actions. They didn't care whether Straw Roland was the real Roland or a fake Roland, and directly cursed Straw Roland to death to vent their anger.

Although this was a plan discussed by Roland and Senior, the death of Straw Roland made Roland feel very unhappy.

Roland secretly cursed: 'These lunatics! I'll remember this!

However, the Eastern Territory is too competitive, a slight carelessness will lead to eternal doom. It's meaningless and unprofitable to play around with them.

Goodbye, I'm going to mess around in the South!'

Shaking his head, Roland contacted Catherine.

He told Senior about Little Roland's matter, and then talked about the King of a Thousand Eyes.

He repeatedly urged her for a long time, but Senior had a smiling face, saying repeatedly that Roland was overthinking things, that the King of a Thousand Eyes was her father, how could she backstab him at the most critical threshold of his path to truth?

So Roland changed his rhetoric and talked a lot of sweet words with Senior, fantasizing about the future of the two and the distant but beautiful future of the Eastern Territory—the general idea was that there were many good days ahead. Why are you in such a hurry!

Roland, this little butterfly, once again stirred its wings in this world.

For Catherine, the weight of Roland's pawn was very heavy.

Her balance began to tilt towards the 'conservative and steady' strategy.

This allowed Catherine and the Black Abyss folks to avoid a tragic ending that was destined to fail.

It also prompted some of the old Black Abyss folks to run to the mental hospital in the South, never to come out again.

Roland didn't know what happened later, but he knew that the rule of the King of a Thousand Eyes was inevitable. In order to realize her ambition, Catherine accelerated this process. To some extent, it can be regarded as avoiding the extinction of the White Wizards.

Roland felt that the King of a Thousand Eyes was a bit like 'Wade' in Three-Body. Ruthless and unscrupulous in order to achieve his goals.

Or rather, the Twilight Council was an extreme right-wing force, while the White Chess Council was white left.

The White Queen was a very good wise ruler, but her methods were too soft. If she wielded the sword, the Eastern Territory might lose. Everyone might have to enter the god's farm and slaughterhouse.

And the King of a Thousand Eyes was a ruthless tyrant. His methods were too harsh. If he wielded the sword, the Eastern Territory might win in the future, but people living under his rule might not necessarily be better off than those in the South. It can only be said that magical civilization was preserved.

The Eastern Territory indeed needs an ambitious and ruthless king in the future.

At the same time, it also needs a queen with a compassionate and saintly heart.

If either of these two was missing, the Eastern Territory would usher in a destined dark future—either the South would occupy this place, the wizarding civilization would usher in its end, and everyone would enter the god's farm and slaughterhouse together.

Or people would live forever in fear under the rule of the King of a Thousand Eyes, a wizard king who doesn't care about politics and likes to rule everything with fear.

But if the two of them ruled the Eastern Territory at the same time, with the White Queen's team managing internal affairs and logistics, providing support for the King of a Thousand Eyes, and the King of a Thousand Eyes leading the overall situation and becoming the kingdom's lion, perhaps everything would be different.

The King of a Thousand Eyes doesn't care about politics, nor does he care about how wizards and mortals live. He only needs resources. So as long as the kingdom under the White Queen can satisfy his ambition and meet his needs, he won't care how the White Queen governs the country. He will transform from a terrifying demon king into a lion guarding the kingdom.

As long as everyone pays protection fees on time, the lion will not bite its own people for the time being.

Roland believed that Senior was definitely planning to overthrow the King of a Thousand Eyes, but now was not the time. She couldn't beat her father.

He hoped that Senior would choose a conservative strategy. Waiting for a more suitable opportunity in the future, the King of a Thousand Eyes will eventually ascend, even if he doesn't want to ascend, everyone can help him ascend in the future.

There's no need to rush.

Roland felt that Senior should have understood the hidden meanings in his words. Roland didn't want to participate too much in this kind of thing, nor did he have the ability to participate.

He just wanted to live a little longer and live a little better. If possible, he would try his best to touch the second door of truth.

Of course, the most important thing right now was to cross the sea safely.

"With such a good ship, there should be no problem." Roland put away the crystal ball and looked at his cabin.

With this look, Roland's eyes couldn't help but light up slightly.

Roland's room was very large, and it was also a 'sea view room'!

At this time, a mermaid quietly swam past the window, and Roland couldn't help but lie on the window to observe.

With this look, Roland was slightly stunned. Then his face became extremely ugly.

There were people from the Three-Headed Snake outside the ship.