I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

Inside the Heraka Straw Church, seven nuns radiating a faint, holy glow were sitting in the hall, praying.

This was originally a very solemn scene, but a young wizard was 'harassing' them here.

He held a magic book and walked back and forth in front of the nuns, sometimes lifting their hair to look at their faces, and sometimes even squatting in front of them to observe their skirts.

The one constantly 'harassing' them was none other than Roland himself.

He was using magic to examine their clothes and bodies.

After observing the nun's dress in front of him for a while, which looked a bit like leather and a bit like silk, Roland's expression became even more strange.

He reached out and touched it, and found that the skirt felt different from a solid object when touched.

It seemed to be essentially a spiritual body.

"A part of the material should be godskin.

This silky material seems to be spider silk?"

Out of curiosity, Roland lifted the skirt, seemingly wanting to touch the leg to see if he could feel it.

At this moment, a pair of hands angrily pressed down on the skirt.

The nun could no longer endure this harassment, and angrily opened her eyes, pressing down on her skirt.

Then, a very ethereal voice came from the nun's body.

"Lord Rabbi! Please show some respect!"

Roland's eyes widened and he was stunned for a long time.

"You can talk?

What did you just call me?"

The nun could actually speak!

It was just that she didn't open her mouth when she spoke.

The nun seemed unwilling to pay attention to Roland, and she intertwined the fingers of both hands and continued to pray.

Roland flipped through Alaye's Handbook with a strange expression.

The information he had just collected was enough, and this magic book should be able to collect the nuns' information.

[Name: Theresa Alaye]

[Species: Tainted Heroic Spirit (Initial Stage of Tier 1)]

[Attribute: Holy/Shadow]

[Identity: Tainted Nun, Alaye Disciple, Chief Priest of Heraka Church, Head Maid of the Alaye Family]

[Mastery: (Various Magic)]

[Faith/Path of Truth: Shepherdess of Holy Blood I (Entry Level)]

Roland flipped through the information of all seven nuns and found that all seven nuns had evolved into Heroic Spirits.

Roland didn't know what a Benevolent Spirit was, because there were no relevant documents on the wizard side.

But he knew about Heroic Spirits.

In many legends and stories, there were figures of Heroic Spirits.

They were the most virtuous and pure souls, the heroic incarnations with firm self-belief.

It seemed that the next level path of Benevolent Spirits had a branch called Heroic Spirit.

According to some documents, there were many branches under Heroic Spirits—such as 'Holy Spirit (Tier 2)'!

These were creatures under the divine system, pure holy attribute ghosts.

So, holy attribute undead existed, and they were very common in the south.

Once they became Heroic Spirits, they completely broke away from evil.

But the seven nuns were a bit different, the attributes of Shadow and Holy existed in their bodies at the same time!

Justice and evil also coexisted in them.

However, strictly speaking, they were not proper Heroic Spirits but Tainted Heroic Spirits.

Deep in their hearts, there was a deep, mad malice.

This madness was buried very, very deeply, making Roland initially think that they had all become Heroic Spirits.

Even when he had just deeply examined their bodies with various magic, he still failed to discover their strange aspects.

But their hearts were revealed in the master's book, allowing Roland to use the Book of Alaye to see their true situation.

This was a group of heroic souls with evil and madness hidden deep in their hearts, like devils in sheep's clothing.

But it was not correct to describe them as devils, because although they were evil and mad, they were also holy and pure.

Roland couldn't help but think of the Goddess Heraka, Her nuns were like Her, holy and pure, yet evil and mad.

Coming back to his senses, Roland looked at the description of faith in the book pages of the seven nuns.

These descriptions were very strange.

Because faith and truth coexisted in them.

Or rather, they had devout faith, but they believed in truth!

They seemed to be walking a path of faith as kindling, but what they would ignite in the future was the fire of truth!

This meant that they believed in the 'Heraka Dao', not the 'Goddess Heraka herself'.

This situation was very strange.

There had never been such a record in various documents.

Roland deduced two possibilities.

One possibility was that the nuns simultaneously touched the Gate of Truth and the Gate of Faith when they were promoted.

So they walked out of a new path where faith and truth coexisted.

But the promotion rate of the 7 nuns on the path of faith was 100%, but the promotion rate on the path of truth was only 80%.

Each spirit had an 80% probability of touching the Gate of Truth, then the probability of all 7 spirits succeeding should not be higher than 20%.

Moreover, if they touched the Gate of Faith, they should no longer be able to touch the Gate of Truth.

But they all touched both gates!

This probability was like winning the lottery!

Therefore, this first speculation was very unreasonable.

Therefore, Roland had a second speculation.

That was that Heraka itself was a kind of 'Dao'!

This god itself symbolized truth!

Believing in Heraka was believing in truth!

So her believers could walk out of a 'path of believing in truth'!

But this probability was obviously even lower.

How could there be a god in this world who was truth itself?

If such a god appeared, the world would suddenly have an extra kind of truth, and many, many laws and logics that should not exist in this world would appear!

Then the laws and logics of the entire world would be in chaos.

The world would likely collapse in an instant and usher in the doomsday.

Heraka existed, but the world existed with normal logic and normal laws.

It did not fall into chaos.

So this second speculation was also unreasonable.

Therefore, only the third speculation was the most reasonable—Heraka walked the path of truth to become a god, and what she ignited back then was not the fire of faith!

Roland thought to himself: 'I seem to have discovered an incredible secret.

Niangniang is a spy among the gods!

Perhaps she really shouldn't be called Goddess Heraka, but should be called Old Ancestor!

She walked the path of truth, but devoured many gods.

Therefore, she perfectly disguised herself as a god who ignited the fire of faith!

But in reality, she was a wizard who ignited the fire of truth!

She held high the fire of faith, hiding among the gods.

But under her skirt, there was a burning fire of truth hidden!

She used faith as a name to hide the truth under faith! And then preached in this way.

The world thought that she was spreading her faith, but in reality, she was spreading truth!

If they didn't discover the truth and only cultivated its superficial aspects, they would step into the path of kindling faith and become slaves to the gods.

But if they discovered the truth, they would step into the path of truth.

But it looked like a devout believer walking the path of faith!'

Roland discovered that the path of Heraka Niangniang might be the same as his own path of Alaye.

He ostensibly believed in Alaye, but in reality, Alaye was a false existence.

It was Roland himself.

So it seemed that he was walking a path of faith, but in reality, it was the path of truth.

Heraka Niangniang was also like this, it seemed that she put herself on the altar for believers to believe in, but in reality, what she put on the altar was truth, not her own statue!

Therefore, the seven Heroic Spirits followed the path of Heraka Niangniang, to walk the path of faith, but the result was that they walked out of a path where faith and truth coexisted!

But there was a big problem with this path, so Niangniang went mad.

Roland felt that his guess should be close to the truth.

Roland thought to himself: 'I may have guessed the reason why the goddess is 'tainted'—she simultaneously came into contact with faith and truth, so she went crazy and became obsessed!

Therefore, she fell into madness!'

Roland originally thought that the nuns had created a new path themselves, and he was planning to imitate them and walk the path of faith and truth at the same time.

But now that he looked at it this way, he couldn't just walk around like this.

Heraka Niangniang should have walked out of such a path under duress back then—she believed that the wizards couldn't beat the gods, so she sacrificed herself to join the camp of gods, leaving behind such a path.

In this way, even if the wizards of this world failed to expel the gods and failed to walk out of the sheepfold.

They could also walk on a path of truth in the sheepfold.

There were very, very big side effects in this path.

Even if they cultivated into gods in the future, they would generally become 'mad gods' like Heraka.

Becoming a mad immortal!

No wonder the three holy servants in the forbidden area were so mad!

Which normal god's servants would be so mentally ill!

The system of gods in this world was close to the theological system of ancient Greece and Western Europe!

But Heraka was so strange.

The world believed that Heraka was eroded by some kind of pollution, which led to her mental abnormality.

But Roland discovered from this matter that Niangniang might have been caused by a problem with her own path, and she became obsessed, which led to the current situation.

Roland thought to himself: 'The reason why she chose a path of faith was to allow future generations to see the truth!'

'The great sage Heraka had no choice back then.

She believed that the world would definitely be defeated, and believed that the gods would definitely win.

So she believed that the future world might be a world without magic and without truth.'

Therefore, she became a traitor, embarking on the path of faith, and burying the truth beneath the veneer of belief! Allowing those who believed in her to have the opportunity to see the existence of truth!

Although this path was problematic, the flock could still have a chance to escape the farm owners' sheepfold on this path!

Roland believed that Heraka had taken this 'path of mad evil (coexistence of faith and truth)' for the sake of the world's future back then. Believing that she took this path when she had no choice.

But he had a choice!

Wizards all over the world had a choice!

Compared to Heraka, they now had more fortunate and perfect conditions. They didn't need to go around in circles to glimpse the truth, but could directly walk the path of truth!

Therefore, he must steadfastly walk the path of truth. Otherwise, it would not only be going the long way around, but also betraying the sacrifices of the great sages of the past.

No wonder Senior Sister often said that wizards who believe in gods are traitors!

They betrayed the pioneer sages who supported the world back then, and also betrayed the entire world!

Double-crossers deserve to die!

Thinking like this, besides those withered-blood wizards on the ship who were purely trying to escape, everyone else deserved to die!

Roland reaffirmed the thought in his heart: 'The people on this ship, except for those forced to flee, are all traitorous double-crossers, and they must not be allowed to go to the South.

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Once they enter the Shepherd God's farm, not only will their bodies and souls become fertilizer for the growth of the Southern forces, but the secrets they hold will also be unearthed by the Southern forces, becoming a sharp sword to attack the wizarding world in the future!'

Originally, Roland still had a little bit of guilt. After all, after these traitors helped him deal with the three-headed snake, he wouldn't spare their lives afterward.

But now, after seeing this, all dog traitors must die!

Even if these dog traitors cooperate with him later, it is purely for survival, a temporary cooperation of interests.

After dealing with the three-headed snake, they might turn against his group first.

Therefore, at this time, one cannot be soft-hearted, and cannot treat them as teammates just because they will temporarily cooperate with him later.

They must all be tricked to death!

Roland was not a benevolent man or woman in the first place, and now he had no moral burden at all.

Roland rubbed his fists and inquired about the latest insights of the nun sisters in magic and faith.

After chatting for a while, Roland's eyes became brighter and brighter.

They had gained a lot of insights on the path of faith through divine grace!

Chanting scriptures, playing musical instruments, and so on, are all basic professional skills!

It can be said that the evolution of the Seven Servants was very perfect. If they went to the academy now, they could be professors!

If they went to the church, they could be priests!

And on this slave ship, they could also form a chanting class with the Red Saintess!

The members of the chanting class are basically complete, now they just need a lead singer!

"Let's go!" Roland waved his hand and took the seven nuns to the side hall.

The side hall was filled with shadows. All the Little Rolands in the church were gathered here, carving magic arrays.

It was called the 'Holy Blood Imprisonment Array', a multi-layered sealing magic array from the Withered Blood family, which was effective against banshees and demons. If a wizard was marked, it would also have a certain imprisoning effect on the wizard.

In addition, multiple 'dockable magic circuits' were clearly left in the center of the magic array, as if the Little Rolands planned to engrave another magic array on top of this magic array.

Roland counted and found that there were still two hundred or so Little Rolands in the hall.

He recalled that in his memory, his first attempt to remove the shackles had actually failed. After the shackles randomly targeted dozens of people, they ran back to him again.

So the Little Rolands operated on him again. This time, after randomly targeting more than twenty people, the shackles ran to the Red Saintess.

Roland observed the Red Saintess in the cocoon with the crystal ball, confirming that she was indeed wearing handcuffs and anklets. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After observing for a while, Roland frowned.

At this time, a few Little Rolands gathered around, and Roland asked: "Why not change her name?"

The Red Saintess was still wearing Roland's name, which made Roland feel a little uncomfortable.

The Little Rolands shook their heads after hearing this. One of the Little Rolands took out a lab log and said: "We are considering the next step of operation—we may need to use Black Bone, that is, Professor Bernard's 'Puppet Stitching Technique'. You have to make a decision on this matter."

In the Little Rolands' explanation, Roland understood the whole story.

In summary, if they were to enslave the Red Saintess normally, the risk would be too great. Everyone was considering whether to use a crooked trick.

Under normal circumstances, a 'Soul Enslavement Contract' would be made between the master and the servant—not necessarily a written magic contract, like Heraka's Necromantic Bible also belonged to a kind of 'contract'.

Regardless of the type of contract, once it was set, the master would be able to do many things to the servant.

For example, extinguishing the servant's soul at any time, or sensing the servant's thoughts, or giving corresponding punishment when the servant violated the contract.

In this case, as long as a logical punishment such as 'If the servant has murderous intent towards me, then so and so will happen' was set, the servant would be constantly disciplined, and even die as long as the servant had murderous intent.

Therefore, once this kind of contract was set, it would be difficult for the servant to turn over.

But there was a problem here, that was, no matter what kind of contract, no matter what kind of contract medium, there were loopholes.

And the more powerful the servant's knowledge and strength, the greater the chance of backlash.

The Red Saintess was a second-order creature, one 'Gate of Truth' away from Roland, a mid-stage first-order wizard. If Roland were to take his subordinates to deal with her, then as long as he carefully arranged things according to her weaknesses, and prepared many strange objects and even secret treasures, it would be possible to cross the gap of this Gate of Truth, complete the challenge beyond the ranks, and deal with this BOSS.

So if it was a fight, Roland could take seven heroic spirits and a bunch of treasures to challenge such a weak BOSS in his home field and in the magic array without much problem.

But he wanted to enslave the Red Saintess. The two had to fight one-on-one on a spiritual level!

The Red Saintess was originally a spiritual body, with very, very high soul power and mental power, and she was also a powerful mutated spiritual body that had recently devoured two second-order creatures... This was not an easy servant to enslave.

A Little Roland said: "According to our tests, the Aleyah Meditation Technique has a great improvement on a person's mental strength and willpower.

Our spirits have also experienced so much continuous tempering in the bottom world, and the transformation of Straw Town has greatly increased our mental strength and willpower.

Therefore, on a spiritual level, we are no less than ordinary second-order wizards.

In addition, our Nether River title has a natural suppression on her, so as long as we think of a way, we can win.

But the consequences are endless.

In the future, once she recovers, or encounters some new adventure, you will definitely be backlashed... In the worst case, she will turn around and affect you, even control you. Even, even occupy you, or become your master!

Therefore, the normal method of enslavement is not stable enough."

Another Little Roland said: "That's right, as I just said, no matter what contract, there is a possibility of backlash. However, in 'Professor Bernard's Puppet Stitching Technique' and 'Teacher Usak's Avatar Technique', there is a very good solution to this problem."

Roland recalled the two magic rituals and asked: "Do you mean to use the 'Puppet Stitching' technique to add my avatar's 'Amber Primordial Liquid' to the Red Saintess' body and alchemize her into my avatar?"

A Little Roland said: "That's right, the Divine Bird Avatar is dead, we plan to make a 'Red Saint Bird Avatar'—in this plan, Amber Primordial Liquid and Leona will both help us restrain this avatar!"

In normal 'Puppet Stitching', the wizard presiding over the ritual needs to knead a large amount of soul essence or soul tears into a trace of his own soul to make soul wax.

Then use the soul wax to tattoo the 'puppet'.

This tattoo is a soul lock. As long as the wizard's thoughts move, the structure of the soul lock will be disrupted. Therefore, it is very, very difficult for others to unlock this shackle.

Therefore, even a necromancer who far surpassed Roland in strength and knowledge would find it very difficult to take Roland's undead away in battle.

The Red Saintess was such a 'necromancer' whose strength far surpassed Roland's. With this soul lock, although the Red Saintess would still have the possibility of backlash, the soul lock would greatly increase the difficulty and time of the backlash.

The backlash would change from an instant task to a long and complex task.

And during this period, the contract would continue to restrain her—as soon as her rebellious bone moved, the punishment would come.

Every time she moved her rebellious bone, she would be severely disciplined.

From then on, her rebellious bone would become smaller and smaller, and her obedience would become higher and higher. The possibility of backlash would also become lower and lower."

It had to be said that Bernard was really a soul master. His proud research still benefited Roland endlessly.

In the study of the soul, Bernard could already start his own school. Many second-order wizards were probably not as deeply researched as him.

But from a certain point of view, this guy was also a bit neglecting his main business. He overemphasized experimental research and did not emphasize cultivation. If he had spent more time on cultivation, instead of spending all his time on experiments, he would probably have been the tower master long ago.

A nun beside her whispered, "What an insidious method of enslavement. It's truly evil. Once someone is enslaved like that, they'll never be able to turn things around in this lifetime."

A Little Loli beside her heard her words and chuckled, "That's right. In such a situation, resisting requires immense determination and willpower. Even if you were to enslave a female hero who killed your father, she would slowly degenerate under your training, eventually becoming your little plaything... Hehe he."

These words drew deep contempt from many of the nun ladies.

After expressing their contempt for the Little Loli, many of the nuns looked at their master, their eyes seeming to say—Don't you dare do that to us!

A little nun, who looked like the youngest, muttered, "If...if Master..."

Theresa glared fiercely at her, and the little nun closed her mouth, not saying the rest of her words.

No one knew what she wanted to say; her face was very red.