I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

(PS: Not divided into chapters, this chapter is almost 10,000 words, should be more than 40 pages)

Everyone selected the participants.

There were a total of seven people.

These seven people are: Roland, Catherine, Johnson, Brianna, Kollerd, the bald monk who came from playing mahjong before, and an old Black Abyss with a middle-aged appearance who didn't like to talk much.

The seven people changed their positions on the heptagonal table according to their luck. Roland and Catherine happened to sit together.

Roland asked, "Should we divide the positions according to luck, instead of according to our respective responsibilities?"

Brianna smiled and said, "After sitting here, we become a whole. There is no need to deliberately divide positions. As for why we should sit according to luck, Johnson, this old thing, is a bit superstitious."

Johnson didn't argue with Brianna. He cast a True Word spell, using a restriction to isolate the seven people from the people in the room outside.

This isolation was one-way; the outside could not see, hear, or perceive the inside. But the inside could observe the outside normally.

This restriction was not to prevent leaks or anything like that. The people outside were all their own people. The patient was Old Black Abyss, and the nurses and doctors were students that the Old Black Abyss people had taken in at the monastery. They were all loyal to Black Abyss.

This isolation was mainly to prevent the people inside from having problems during the ritual, causing the people outside to see and hear it and follow suit with the mutation.

The people outside did not participate in the ritual, maintaining a clear mind. This way, if something went wrong with the people inside, the people outside could still help to remedy it.

Among the people outside, there were also many powerful Old Black Abyss people. They also often participated in rituals.

Catherine asked somewhat eagerly, "Teacher Johnson, you told me before that you had actually successfully contained 'them', but because both theories were wrong, the current containment method had problems, leading to the spread of pollution.

So, all of us now have pollution on our bodies?

If that's the case, as long as we notify the Holy See and purify the pollution on our bodies, wouldn't we be able to escape?"

Catherine seemed very concerned about the issue of escaping.

After a pause, she said, "You know, Isabella is actually my sister. My father showed me a lot of her information. I can perfectly disguise myself as her. As long as the Holy See takes action, there won't be any trouble."

Roland listened to all these words. He was expressionless and made no indication.

On the other side, after Johnson and the others heard Catherine's words, they looked at each other.

Then, the four people got up from their seats and knelt on the ground.

Johnson cried and said, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, this time, it's all our fault~~ I hid the truth from you before. Things are not that simple... If the Holy See discovers the things here and purifies the mystery here, we will all have to disappear!"

Catherine asked blankly, "Why?"

Roland said with an extremely ugly face, "I knew it! Johnson, I ask you, did you use the Holy Artifact of the King of Yellow Ferns to give you an extra identity in this world, like 'Reinhardt'? But the whole process went wrong, leading to the deterioration of things to this point?"

Catherine looked confused. She didn't seem to know about the Yellow Fern Forest. She didn't say anything, pretending to be amnesiac.

After Johnson heard Roland's words, he shook his head and said, "If it were the King of Yellow Ferns's thing, things would be simple. The King of Thousand Eyes could solve it directly, but the problem is that our disguise was not done by the King of Thousand Eyes.

We were worried that this old immortal would play tricks on us.

So, we thought of a way ourselves.

We found something... and made a wish.

A god's wish."

Next, Johnson explained the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that this group of old guys had discovered a holy object enshrined in the Vermick Sanctuary.

It did not belong to the 'Holy Goddess of Dawn', but came from her sister, the 'Merciful Holy Maiden of Dawn'.

The goddesses of the Dawn lineage are all gods of supreme goodness. So everyone stole it and studied it.

Johnson said, "We were shocked to discover in our research that this thing is a 'cellular foam automaton'!"

Catherine was stunned and asked, "'Foam Bun Chicken'?"

Johnson explained, "It's an automatic inference machine based on the 'Hercules Foam Cube' structure, which can observe our plane.

The ancient sages believed that the entire world is composed of countless cubes, like foam. Each small foam represents a plane parallel to our plane.

Since the thickness of the outer wall of each small foam is infinitely close to zero, theoretically, there are infinite small cubes in the large cube.

The 'cellular foam automaton' can automatically simulate small bubbles (infer planes), allowing us to observe the complete birth and destruction of planes.

Being able to observe means being able to interfere, and being able to interfere means being able to control."

The more Catherine listened, the more confused she became. She couldn't help but say, "Teacher Johnson, you know I have amnesia, so can you speak more plainly?"

Roland interjected, "It's a wishing machine, God's wishing machine."

Catherine said in shock, "You mean, the Merciful Holy Maiden is the supreme god, or the creator god? How is that possible! Her position among the Gods of Light and Shadow is only slightly higher than Heraka!"

Roland said, "He's just talking about theory. This thing is made using this theory. Its energy conversion ratio should be very low. The teachers should have thrown in all their property to solve their identity problems with it."

Catherine said in astonishment, "Using 'Foam Bun Chicken'? So, Foam Bun Chicken is a divine beast that can help people realize their wishes?"

Roland rubbed his forehead, not wanting to talk to this Muggle anymore.

His previous assessment of the business level of the 'Tribunal's Mystery Department, True Director' was somewhat too high.

Well... the level of the Southern Wizards is really not that good either.

Johnson explained from the side, "No, no, no, Miss. Theoretically, it's an inference tool.

It can be used to infer different planes.

The gods of the ancient times should have used this thing to locate different planes and establish nodes in each plane to achieve conquest and domination.

But this thing is a bit strange... or perhaps our plane is very strange.

Because we used this thing to infer another past and future of our plane.

Out of curiosity, I used it to look for another me in different pasts and futures.

So, in another past, I found a person also named 'Alvin Johnson'.

But the difference is that he is an archbishop. In the process of fighting against the God of the Abyss, he was unfortunately polluted and lived in room 707 of the Holy Spirit Hospital.

As I said before, being able to observe means being able to interfere, and being able to interfere means being able to control.

I'm about to die, and I'm not afraid to use myself as a guinea pig.

So, I conducted a pioneering and bold attempt.

So, everyone regarded me as 'Alvin Johnson' the Archbishop! Hahaha!

Hahahaha, do you know that our world's Holy Spirit Hospital even added a floor for this! The inpatient area originally had only six floors, but now there is a seventh floor, and there is a 707!"

Brianna, who was kneeling on the side, raised her head and cursed, "Shut up, Johnson, this is not funny!"

Roland asked with a gloomy face, "Teacher Johnson, if I guessed correctly, the special treatment inpatient area of the Holy Spirit Hospital has not only added a floor, but also many more people, right?"

Under the interrogation of his good student, Teacher Johnson said with cold sweat on his face, "Yes, many more people have come out."

Roland's face became a little ugly—this guy has pulled in a bunch of strange people! This will have a very serious impact on this world!

Brianna whispered, "The situation is much more serious than just a few more people... After this idiot finished the experiment, we found that we were also patients of the Holy Spirit Hospital and lived on the seventh floor!"

Roland was dumbfounded.

This was not just a matter of a few more people.

But the past and future of the entire world had changed!

Roland suddenly asked about something: "How many were originally in our Black Abyss Academy..."

Kollerd suddenly interjected, "We're getting off topic, Teacher Johnson, Miss, Lord Roland. Teacher Johnson's thinking is too jumpy, let me talk next."

Everyone thought that this was a normal holy object, and also believed that the impact caused by Johnson's operation was only the addition of some people, and the history and past of some people. Although this matter interfered with the normal operation of the world, the problem was not big.

It could be regarded as an 'alien plane invasion'.

But then, everyone found that things were getting more and more serious.

That was not a normal holy object!

That was something from the Mad God of Evil!

It should have been a trophy that the 'Merciful Holy Maiden' obtained from the Mad God of Evil, with serious pollution on it.

Since the 'Holy Angel' is supremely pure, it was placed in the Vermick Sanctuary for purification... It was an evil object sealed in the sanctuary, not a holy object being enshrined!

Because it had been purified for too many years, it had turned from an evil object into a holy object, and everyone mistakenly regarded it as a holy object.

But in fact, it still retained a trace of the pollution of madness and evil.

This trace of madness and evil distorted Johnson's original 'wish'.

So, this wish appeared in a strange way.

After that 'groundbreaking' experiment, some people often appeared in the monastery, but the total number of people did not change, because for every person who appeared, one person would disappear.

The whole situation is the same as the phenomenon of 'Saint Teresa'.

This is the 'Multiple Personality Theory' and the 'Shadow Mind-Stealing Theory'.

These extra people are not real people, but a kind of mysterious creature twisted out based on Johnson's wishes.

Or rather, the inner demons of everyone.

As long as you enter the monastery, you will be 'shadow mind-stolen' and become something like 'Saint Teresa'.

This 'Teresa' will be dominated by 'Teresa's' thinking, but will be influenced by the thinking of everyone who has ever been mind-stolen by the shadow.

The old Black Abyss people used this point to set up many logical traps, which made the saints strange and restricted by the 'rules of the game' when doing things.

However, Roland suspects that there is a werewolf among the old Black Abyss people.

This werewolf is the extra old Black Abyss on the seventh floor!

He originally did not belong to the past and future of this time and space. He came from the past and future of another time and space!

He did something to make the saints constantly抓people into the monastery.

Of course, it may not be a werewolf, but a big psychopath - this psychopath believes that he is not sick, but the world is sick.

Therefore, when the six saints appear, most of the time they are抓people to take medicine.

Well, this guy may be both a werewolf and a big psychopath.

After that, we should pay attention to the behavior of each old Black Abyss.

Corleard said: "You know, the monastery has become a twisted mysterious zone, so everyone who comes in will be mind-stolen by the shadow and become a part of the six saints.

Therefore, once the Holy See purifies the six saints, then in the past ten years, everyone who has ever set foot in the monastery will disappear!

In the past ten years, I don’t know how many people have entered the monastery.

Almost everyone who has entered this city has been抓into the hospital by those six crazy things."

Roland was dumbfounded after listening.

I knew I wouldn't have come in yesterday!

Catherine asked anxiously: "Then can't we just leave? I will use Isabella's identity to cover up the matter here with Williams! Then leave here!"

Roland looked at Catherine and said: "My dear, in my life, I can live for at least a few hundred years. The matter here can't be covered up for a few hundred years.

What's more, what if the Pope comes to inspect one day?

The mind-stealing saints will definitely not be able to deal with the Pope, but the Pope can deal with them. Once they are finished, we will all die.

The matter here has been concealed for more than ten years, how long can it be concealed?

Catherine's face became extremely ugly, she said: "Teacher!! Look at what you have done!"

Johnson knelt there with his head down and said: "Miss, the experiment is not just me participating. The energy demand of that thing is huge. Exploring an alien plane will cost a sky-high price of magic stones. I alone can't raise so many magic stones."

The other people kneeling all lowered their heads, avoiding Catherine and Roland's gaze.

Brian whispered and甩锅said: "It was Williams who led the team,"

Obviously, one of the twenty-odd old Black Abyss people was involved - Johnson made the suggestion and persuaded Williams. Williams号召everyone to form a team to do it.

Roland secretly looked at the crystal ball hidden under his coat, planning to show the recording to his senior sister later - she would definitely be mad!

Johnson coughed and said: "There is still good news - we don't know how many logic locks we have set for the mind-stealing saint over the years. It can only follow the 'rules of the game' now.

It has become much more docile, and it has also been locked by us and cannot run out of the city."

Catherine frowned and said: "I don't care how much trouble you have caused, and I don't care about the mind-stealing saint. I only care about how I can leave this鬼place!"

Corleard looked up and said: "Your Highness, normally speaking, the Black Abyss School deals with mysterious creatures mainly by收容.

But this time, just收容恐怕can't be dealt with cleanly.

We need to seal and驱逐,驱逐one person after another from the body of the 'mind-stealing saint', and then seal it."

Catherine asked: "Why驱逐first, then seal? Isn't it the other way around?"

Roland interjected: "When dealing with things like 'powerful demons', the Mysterious Department does focus on sealing. The weaker ones are directly驱逐ed. So when encountering powerful demons, they are sealed first, and then驱逐ed.

But this is not a demon, it is a mysterious creature!

None of us can封印them. Because how many people are in the mind-stealing saint's body, that's how strong they are.

There are now more than one million people in their bodies, and everyone present is in its body.

They are now the collective of all our strength!

Therefore, we must find a way to驱逐the people in its body first.

Every time a person is驱逐ed, they will become weaker.

When all the people are驱逐ed, our problem will be solved, and then we can封印their本体."

After a pause, Roland looked at the old Black Abyss people and asked: "Everyone, compared to Catherine's question, I am more curious about another thing.

I remember that in our Black Abyss Records, there was such a passage - mystery cannot be驱逐ed, cannot be封印ed, cannot be hurt.

So, how are you going to封印and驱逐them?"

Johnson knelt on the ground and laughed triumphantly: "My good disciple, once the theory is explored and the mystery is解谜ed, is mystery still mystery?"

Corleard nodded and said: "Yes, demons and devils were originally mysteries. And the gods are the biggest mystery. Now the former has been解谜ed by the church, and the latter has been解谜ed by the great sages. Therefore, gods and demons dare not come to the human world at will."

Roland nodded deeply.

This group of old guys are indeed very capable of causing trouble, but their abilities are really too strong.

That mind-stealing saint... is now a god!

Now, this group of old Black Abyss people have gathered together and have been playing with God here for so many years. Not only did they not完蛋, but they also played it into a mental illness and trapped it in the city!

Now, they are like抓rabbits, planning to套it in a trap, and then封印it to make a specimen.

Roland asked: "What happened to that holy object?"

Johnson smiled and said: "It was hidden, but we all forgot this memory, so no one knows where it is hidden. This thing cannot be discovered by the mind-stealing saint. Of course, it can no longer be乱用ed by anyone of us."

Roland nodded, understanding what Johnson was saying.

A bunch of people have been多出来on the seventh floor.

It is also possible that some old Black Abyss people from another past and future have been多出来.

The real old Black Abyss people, under the leadership of the senior sister, have a conscience.

But the old Black Abyss people from another past and future may not be like this.

They should be more like暮光wizards, very, very much looking forward to things becoming more恶化.

After all, as long as the mind-stealing saint becomes one, and then合体with it. You can become an immortal!

Of course, the werewolf has to help everyone搞定the theory first, otherwise, he can't搞定the saint.

Roland偷看ed at someone who interrupted him earlier, without saying much.

Everyone told Roland and Catherine about the rules of the mysterious ritual.

After listening, Roland suddenly realized, and he made an analogy with his own understanding - just like捞things at the bottom of the sea, the depth of the dive and the 'visible range' have a crucial effect.

The ability of the深潜者determines the depth to which the team can safely dive, and the ability of the eyes determines the visible range of the team.

And the seven-pointed table is the diving and打捞equipment.

The deeper the team can dive, the larger the range, and the better the equipment, the more things they can find.

The bottom world is a boundless sea, and blindly却捞cannot捞anything, which requires determining a打捞area.

This area is determined by the 'Shadow Mind-Stealing Theory' and the 'Multiple Personality Theory'.

Therefore, everyone has been exploring in the two areas of 'Shadow Mind-Stealing Theory' and 'Multiple Personality Theory'.

Now, Roland has proposed a new idea - there is an overlapping area between these two areas.

Therefore, everyone is now deep diving in all possible overlapping places to find enough arguments.

Regarding the overlapping area, everyone is sure, so just keep打捞ing here.

The most ⊥ new ⊥ small ⊥ say ⊥ is ⊥ at ⊥ six ⊥ 9 ⊥ ⊥ book ⊥ ⊥ bar ⊥ ⊥ first ⊥ release!

Everyone needs to打捞out enough data to provide strong evidence for Williams' research.

But the problem is that this overlapping area may be very shallow, just on the surface of the sea - as long as you come to the bottom world, the eyes can see it at a glance.

But the sea in the bottom world is multi-layered, and there may be no overlap on this layer, which requires diving deeper to check.

So there must be someone in the team with a very deep anchor point. Williams has always been in the team before. He is a demigod and has entered the third layer of the Gate of Truth, so the entire team can dive to the third layer.

But he is busy with research now and can't spare himself. So he can't participate in this kind of thing recently.

However, the old Black Abyss people think that Catherine is much more suitable than Williams, because she has already entered the fifth Gate of Truth - her magic power and body are second-order, but her own anchor point in the Path of Truth is at the fifth level.

Hearing this, Catherine seemed a little flustered.

Johnson said, "Miss, you don't need to be nervous. You just need to sit at the heptagram table and participate in the ritual. We'll take care of the rest."

Frankly speaking, this is a very good easy job. The team only needs one person like this to participate in the divination. She doesn't even need to participate in the exploration, so there's no danger.

But Catherine's smile was a little stiff.

Roland didn't notice his senior's expression. He asked, "Then what about me? What do I need to do?"

Everyone's expression became serious. Brianna said, "We need to use your eyes to check many, many things. These things will appear in the form of divination on the cards of each of our tarot decks.

However, in this process, you may see many, many strange things."

Roland's expression suddenly became a little unsightly. He got up, picked up the coat on the chair, and turned to leave.

Johnson hurriedly grabbed him, coaxing him like a little ancestor at home, and persuaded him in a low voice for a while.

"...Aren't you going to walk the Path of Faith? After the exploration is over, the six of us will use the Heptagram Array to help you walk this path!"

Roland said, "No need, I can finish it myself in a few more months."

Brianna coughed and said, "We have a good second-class holy fruit in our hands. You can use it when you break through on the Path of Truth later."

Catherine suddenly said, "Brianna, aren't you planning to use it to exchange for the elixir of immortality with 'Saladin' to extend your life? If you give it to Roland, what will you do?"

Catherine seemed very concerned about this big sister.

These days, Brianna has indeed taken meticulous care of Catherine.

She knew that these people's lifespan would only last for a few more years. Especially Johnson, who was gradually feeling that his limit was in these few months.

After Catherine said this, Roland glanced at her.

Johnson hummed aside and said, "Hmph, with our situation, ordinary elixirs of immortality won't work. That old thing is hoping we die sooner. It's hard to say what he'll give us.

Even if he really gives it, he won't give it happily.

Today he'll let us live one more month, tomorrow he'll let us live one more month. Our lives are all in his hands. It's not pleasant to live!"

The elixir of immortality in Roland's hand increases lifespan according to the maximum lifespan ratio.

The bottle he drank increased his lifespan by 17%.

This is still an elixir of immortality with mutations leaning towards physical strength, not leaning towards increasing lifespan.

Among the elixirs of immortality that tend to increase lifespan, many can increase lifespan by more than 20%!

Although the stronger the strength, the weaker the effect. But if this group of old guys takes it, increasing their lifespan by 10% is not a problem.

This group of old guys can live for four or five hundred years. After taking a bottle, they can live for nearly forty or fifty years!

Many people are already on the verge of promotion. Forty or fifty years is too generous.

Moreover, that holy fruit comes from the Hydra, and it is likely a deep-sea holy fruit that can also be used to refine the elixir of immortality.

Roland's understanding of deep-sea magic potion alchemy, I'm afraid, is unmatched in the entire Hydra. A second-class holy fruit might be able to alchemize a first-class elixir of immortality!

If he uses this holy fruit to alchemize a batch of elixirs of immortality and distributes a few bottles to everyone, they might be able to advance after eating them!

However, Roland didn't say that he had the elixir of immortality.

He put on his pseudo-saint robe, sat down carelessly, and said, "Then I will accept this holy fruit with a smile."

Catherine frowned and looked at this annoying guy, and her favorability towards him decreased a lot.

The old Black Abyss people didn't take it seriously—this is the price. It is an equal transaction based on mutual consent.

People have already provided so many magic stones for the ceremony, and now they are participating at risk.

Naturally, enough benefits must be given.

Brianna looked at the clothes Roland was wearing and asked, "It's not cold here, why are you taking out your clothes?"

Brianna is not a saint or an angel after all, and she couldn't see the holy pattern. She didn't know that Roland was wearing a pseudo-saint robe.

Roland didn't say anything. Ever since he sat at this table, he had been a little panicked.

He was afraid that something would suddenly pop out.

This pseudo-saint robe has +22% resistance to all magic systems, -2 magic damage, +1 willpower, and +1 resistance to mutations and pollution. Whether it's PK with wizards or exposure to pollution, it has excellent defense.

Roland said, "This is my lucky god robe, it will bring good luck."

"You two are more superstitious than the other," Brianna rolled her eyes.

Rolling her eyes was a very charming action on Miss Brianna's face, which made Roland's heart beat faster.

He secretly warned himself that this was Miss Yingtao's great-grandmother, and he dared not look at her any longer.

Soon, the ceremony began.

Throughout the ceremony, everyone had to ensure that they had touched every card, so there was a shuffling process.

Divination is a continuous process, so the cards need to be arranged and stacked into seven columns. Then draw new cards one by one according to the rules, and exchange them one by one.

When exchanging cards, everyone needs to see them, so the cards must be placed in the center of the table, and then the mysterious runes on the cards must be called out.

Throughout the process, everyone must ensure that they have 13 cards in their hands. When the chaotic cards form an order, it means that something valuable has been explored.

At this time, you can shout 'Got it!' Then show the cards to everyone.

Most of the time, these 13 cards are chaotic.

If there is order, it means that valuable information has been found.

Hearing this, Roland couldn't help but interrupt, "Wait a minute, is the ritual you are doing now called 'majiang'? !"

Johnson's eyes lit up slightly and said, "I didn't expect my good disciple to have been exposed to this kind of thing... That's right, but your pronunciation is not accurate. It's called 'mahjong'."

Roland's expression became extremely wonderful. He said, "Stop messing around, you old geezer! This is just a game, right?! I've played it in Valeria's tavern!"

Roland wasn't really lying. The mercenaries in Valeria's tavern have a game similar to mahjong.

The old Black Abyss man dressed as a bald monk smiled and said softly to Roland, "Child, this is normal."

This old guy is the one who brought mahjong over before and had an epileptic seizure.

His name is Harende, and he always speaks like a religious fanatic. But in reality, he is a serious black wizard pseudo-believer. The magic in his hands is vicious. One-third of the curses in the Black Abyss were researched by him.

When he was in the academy, he liked to study theology in a mystical way—this guy's hair wasn't shaved here. When he was in the Black Abyss, he kept this kind of hair.

Everyone calls him 'religious fanatic'.

The old religious fanatic said, "Many games in the secular world are related to the divination of wizards.

Especially in this ancient era, everyone understood magic at that time, and many people understood some. But with the decline of magic, these rituals have gradually changed in the inheritance and have been regarded as pure games.

From ancient books..."

Roland interrupted, "Stop, I'm not listening to this. Let me ask, is this ritual a local ritual?"

Roland is very unhappy with this group of old things now, and his words are starting to be disrespectful.

Johnson said a little impatiently, "It was left by forbidden wizards in ancient times, you brat."

Roland frowned and said, "Forbidden wizards? They play majiang?"

Johnson said, "Yes, they ignited the truth of this world. Hela, the goddess researched by the Twilight Wizards, was once a forbidden wizard. They were the first great sages of this world, from another plane."

After a pause, Johnson corrected again: "It's mahjong, not majiang. As a wizard, how can you not make such a low-level mistake."

Roland showed a strange expression.

It sounds like there is a group of forbidden wizards who can play mahjong who came to this world a long, long time ago and spread magic.

Because they like playing mahjong too much, they designed a divination ritual to explore the underlying world based on the inspiration of mahjong.

It's really outrageous.

I don't know who taught this group of wizards, but this group of wizards is definitely not Chinese, because they call mahjong 'mahjong'.

With a crash, Roland reached out and started shuffling the cards: "Stop dawdling, hurry up, old man."

Roland now has a stomach full of complaints against Johnson, the old geezer, and he no longer calls him teacher, but starts calling him old man.

"Hmph, you brat."

Johnson snorted angrily and also started shuffling the cards.

Everyone shuffled the cards, drew cards, and drew cards, looking for order from chaos.

Throughout the process, Roland played smoothly, even better than the other old guys.

As wizards, everyone naturally knows how to play mahjong very well.

But Miss Catherine was completely confused.

Johnson told her before that when the 13 cards in her hand form a certain logical arrangement, she should show the cards to everyone.

But she couldn't figure it out.

She didn't even recognize the runes on them, and she was playing cards with a stiff head.

Roland secretly watched all of this.

Currently, he is exploring on the 'surface'. With Roland's current resistance, the impact he receives is equal to zero.

So, he looked calm and took the time to explain the cards to Catherine.

He said, "Teacher Johnson explained it a bit complicated before. The whole game... I mean, the rules in this mysterious black magic ritual can actually be understood like this."

— Seeking order from chaos.

— The logic of the shallow lower world is simple. When you see the runes forming n * AAA + m * ABC + DD, there's a result.”

Upon hearing this, the expressions of many wizards shifted slightly.

Johnson said, “Good kid! I've been working on this for over a decade, and I haven't explained these rules so clearly and simply! You have talent, a lot of talent!”

Roland said, “I told you, I used to hang out with mercenaries all day in Valeria.”

Johnson retorted, “Don't talk nonsense!”

“Pong, Kong… Hu!” Roland konged Johnson's tile, drew one from the end, and won.

The entire Heptagram Table suddenly fell silent.

Roland looked completely bewildered, not knowing what had happened.

It was just a game of mahjong, right?

He just won, right?

Why were these people acting so surprised?

— After Roland pushed his tiles down, everyone stared wide-eyed, dumbfounded.

Among them, the old charlatan, overexcited, started convulsing as if having an epileptic seizure.

Collier looked at Roland with a solemn expression. Brianna and another old Dark Abyss looked strange, while Johnson was utterly shocked.

Johnson said in disbelief, “You… you actually understand this technique! Who, who taught you?!”

Brianna said with a grave expression, “Legend has it that only forbidden wizards understand this advanced technique… imperceptibly stealing the sky and switching the sun, silently shifting the winning tile to the correct position. How terrifying.”

Roland almost couldn't hold back. He said, “Isn't it just a self-draw after a kong? Can you guys stop acting crazy!”

Brianna glared at Roland and said, “You brat, there are 268 tiles in total here. We remember the position of every single tile clearly. That last tile was definitely not the one you just drew!”

Roland paused slightly.

Then, he looked at her with a strange expression and said, “Ms. Brianna, I also remember the tiles. The tile I drew is correct.”

Brianna said, “How is that possible! You must have misremembered.”

“Impossible.”

Roland looked at the tiles on the table and frowned.

A moment later, Roland's eyes suddenly lit up.

“Hahahaha! I understand, I understand!

It's changed, everything has changed!

No wonder my Polymorph is so unique! This is the same logic!

The logic I use is inherited from the 'Wishing Machine' logic!

I know who my mom is…

My mom is the Wishing Machine!”

During Roland's fit of madness, the Book of Aleiah in his serpent ring flipped wildly.

A pile of text appeared on it—filling the screen.

[You have comprehended! Merciful Foolish Saintess Theology Comprehension +999]

[You have comprehended! Strange Angel's Path Comprehension +998]

[You have comprehended! Holy Spore Angel Theology Comprehension +997]

[You have comprehended! Strange Angel's Path Comprehension +996]

[You have comprehended! Generous Swollen Fairy Theology]

Roland had one main purpose in coming here—to have these old monsters impart their skills to him.

This skill transfer was indeed powerful. He directly stepped into the first gate of faith and comprehended many strange theologies and divine arts.