I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

The Vatican's notice had arrived several months prior, but it wasn't to have Isabella join the archaeological team. Instead, she was to take people to Marode to deal with a cult.

Rumor had it that the cultists had caused a great flood, submerging the entirety of Marode.

Many people were suffering.

This matter delayed the opening of the ruins.

Because the Holy Hall was still under renovation and required Roland's cooperation, Roland remained in Vilmic alone. When his senior sister left, she took Anna and the old priest with her.

It was said that the old priest had connected with the cultists as soon as he arrived. The old priest's efficiency was surprisingly high. It was even said that he didn't even need Hans, the middleman, when he contacted the cultists!

Roland remained in Vilmic, waiting for news from his senior sister.

As a result, he waited for almost half a year.

Roland even thought the Vatican had changed its mind and wasn't planning to involve them in the ruins. But his senior sister was very calm.

The old Black Abyss members were also very calm.

Everyone was very familiar with the Vatican's way of doing things.

They felt that unless the situation in Marode stabilized, the Vatican wouldn't open the ruins.

They predicted that the opening of the ruins would be delayed until winter, so they changed their alchemy plan and further improved the Holy Hall.

The old Black Abyss members were absolutely right.

It wasn't until November that his senior sister told Roland that the ruins would open in early January, during the coldest time.

However, the old Black Abyss members didn't rush Roland to leave, stating that traveling to Marode wouldn't take any time. So, everyone continued to improve the Holy Hall without panicking.

With the deadline approaching, the old Black Abyss members finally completed their work and told Roland that he could leave today.

To travel using the Holy Hall.

The old Black Abyss members had added a 'Kingdom Come' function to the Holy Hall.

This allowed the Holy Hall to open a gate within this world like a kingdom of heaven, bringing the user to the corresponding coordinates in an instant.

However, after the second renovation of the Holy Hall over these past few months, it had become even more complex.

The knowledge Roland had originally learned was now useless.

Now, Roland stood inside the Holy Hall, flipping through the 'instruction manual'.

Fortunately, everyone else in the Holy Hall had left, otherwise this scene would have been too embarrassing.

But Roland couldn't be blamed for this.

Originally, the old Black Abyss members' renovation of the Holy Hall was very simple. Roland only needed to understand one-tenth of the content to use it.

Roland had been preparing for this one-tenth of the content for almost half a year, and he was already confident.

But when the exam came, the questions had changed!

Roland was now very stressed. He flipped through the magic books in front of him and cursed:

"Damn research team! You made things so complicated, but you told me there's no time to inject a 'spirit'. So, I have to manually adjust tens of thousands of circuits to get it working. Why don't you all just die!"

The Snake Ring was also a very complex treasure, but it had a spirit. So, Roland could use it with a single thought.

The magical structures inside the Dimensional Bag and other oddities were also very complex, but they had complete magic arrays and incantations. Roland only needed to recite the corresponding incantation to activate the corresponding magic circuits and achieve the desired effect.

So, the Snake Ring was like a complex computer with built-in AI.

And the other oddities were computers with a simple operating interface.

But the Holy Hall was different. It had no AI and no graphical operating system. When opened, the contents were all 0s and 1s!

The old Black Abyss members were indeed reliable in their work, because the Holy Hall they had alchemized was unprecedentedly powerful.

But they were also very unreliable, because this thing was simply not something a human could use!

Roland was obviously not an ordinary person, because he could use this Holy Hall!

But he had to flip through the instruction manual while using it!

If the enemies saw this scene, they would laugh their heads off.

But to be honest, the old Black Abyss members also flipped through the instruction manual (magic book) when they were demonstrating the use of the Holy Hall to Roland before.

Thinking about this, Roland suddenly felt that it wasn't a big deal to flip through the 'instruction manual' when using his own treasure.

"Got it!"

Roland wiped the sweat from his forehead fiercely. He looked at the last piece of divine script in the Holy Hall that had lit up, and heaved a great sigh of relief.

Looking at the time, Roland realized it was already noon.

"I've been working on this all morning!"

"So, every time I use it, I have to prepare for a morning first?!"

However, although he had to prepare for a while before each use, once the preparation was complete and the Holy Hall was adjusted, he only needed to operate it a little when using it.

Of course, he also had to flip through the instruction manual (magic book).

Shaking his head, Roland went to the 'Magic Calculation Matrix (Quiz Machine)' and predicted whether he would successfully arrive in Marode when he started the 'Descent' later.

The success rate was about 87%.

The Holy Hall had only undergone the first phase of renovation, and the main content of the first phase was 'sealing' and other functions. The purpose was to allow Roland to use it to protect his life in the ruins.

'Divine Kingdom Descent' was actually a second-phase project, originally planned to be carried out after Roland obtained more documents and materials from the ruins.

However, 'non-cross-planar teleportation' didn't require too many special materials. The White Chess Academy also had very complete related technologies. So, the Holy Hall had the basic conditions for the 'Divine Kingdom Descent' renovation.

Therefore, the research team had completed this task in the past few months.

But since this was the first test, the success rate couldn't reach 100%.

Roland used the quiz machine to divination the 13% of the reasons for failure. He found that they were all accidents caused by some minor problems.

The most serious consequence was that three magic circuits failed to start during the start-up process and needed to be adjusted. This consequence would cause the descent to stop abruptly, causing the Holy Hall to remain motionless in place.

The probability of this consequence was 0.003%.

It seemed that the alchemy team was still very skilled. The quality of the Holy Hall was very high.

The quiz machine believed that the most likely accident to occur was 'the Holy Hall responding to the prayers of believers'——. This probability exceeded 12%.

That is to say, if some people near the coordinates prayed randomly to the gods in the sky, then it might cause the Holy Hall to fall on their heads.

Roland thought to himself: "It seems that everyone hasn't completely solved the mystery of the Holy Hall. We need more old scriptures."

Roland closed his eyes and sensed the situation outside the Snake Ring.

Outside the Snake Ring, Diana and her seven heroic spirits were praying quietly, while Leona was jumping around and making trouble.

There were also some old Black Abyss members and other monks in the room. Everyone didn't dare to make too much noise and were communicating with their minds.

There were also some magic arrays under their feet. When Roland descended there later, everyone would use the magic arrays here for real-time monitoring. If there was a problem, everyone could guide Roland back here.

There were more than twenty people in the room in total. Everyone would go to the ruins this time.

They would hitch a ride with Roland.

However, they were representing the Dawn Order and the Hymn Order. Two of them were simply cardinals.

Therefore, after they arrived at their destination with Roland, they would immediately separate from Roland.

Roland opened his eyes, flipped through the magic book, and recited a section of divine script. Then a pillar of light appeared in the Holy Hall, and Theresa descended from the pillar of light with a bewildered look.

Looking closely, there was actually a pair of angel wings on her back. Her entire aura was also forcibly raised to the early stage of the Second Order.

——Summon Angel!

This was one of the abilities of the Holy Hall.

In the research on the Holy Hall, everyone found that this thing could summon Diana and the Seven Heroic Spirits, and give them a temporary boost in a short period of time.

The old Black Abyss members had studied it for a long time but didn't understand why the Holy Hall could summon Roland's servants like summoning angels.

Everyone believed that this might be because the Seven Heroic Spirits were all in the chapel when the 'Three Holy Mothers of Dawn' blessed the Holy Hall in the beginning.

As for why Diana wasn't in the Holy Hall in the beginning, but also became the angel of the Holy Hall, perhaps it was because this was her church.

This was the Heraka Church, and Diana was the Holy Son of Heraka.

Roland believed that this guess had some basis.

But he believed that the most likely reason was that Diana and the Seven Heroic Spirits were originally 'angels'——Mad Evil Angels.

The Book of Aleister clearly stated that Diana was a Mad Evil Angel, and the Seven Heroic Spirits were Mad Evil Heroic Spirits.

They were all things of the Mad Evil Dawn God system.

So was Roland.

Therefore, the Holy Hall could only be driven by Roland. And Diana and the Seven Heroic Spirits were the 'resident angels' chosen by the Three Holy Mothers for the Holy Hall.

After trying this trick, Roland waved his hand and sent Theresa back again.

Roland controlled Diana and asked the old Black Abyss members behind him: "Who buried the anchor point in Marode, and what cities are nearby?"

An old Black Abyss member said: "The old priest did it. Cultists are often active nearby."

Roland was speechless for a while. He controlled Diana and asked: "Why did you bury the anchor point there?"

The old Black Abyss members said, "It's Isabella. She was active in that cultist stronghold before. Her original plan was to have you teleport there to meet her. But two or three weeks have already passed."

Currently, Senior is carrying out a covert mission, and everyone is hesitant to contact her easily. They are all waiting for her to contact them. So, everyone doesn't know if she is still there.

Someone asked, "That location is actually quite good, very close to the ruins, but with mountains blocking it. Landing there won't be easily discovered. Diana, what did Roland tell you? Is there a problem with this coordinate?"

Roland, controlling Diana, said, "There isn't really a problem, but... when I descend, I might land on top of the cultists because of their prayers."

Roland explained the results obtained from the Question Answering Machine to everyone, and they were speechless after listening.

Someone said, "Relatively speaking, it's a good thing to be discovered by the cultists. The cultists in Marode are very weak, like rats scurrying across the street, hiding everywhere."

With the sacred scene of the Holy Church, they will think you are an angel of judgment descending from heaven. They will only flee in panic when they see you and won't bother you again.

If you feel uncomfortable looking at them, we can just destroy them easily.

Moreover, even if you leave some survivors, you don't have to worry about the cultists spreading the word.

Because the cultists have no channels to contact the church. The news won't reach the church. Even if it does, it will be distorted beyond recognition -- and the church will not believe the news circulating from the cultists.

On the contrary, it would be troublesome if the church found out.

Those guys are very bold and know a lot about the descent of the gods of heaven. The sacred scene of the Holy Church is completely different from the sacred scene when the gods of heaven descend, and they can recognize it. Then they will come and cause trouble for you."

Another person said, "The Holy Church is our trump card against the Holy See's archaeological team. Tell Roland that if he sees people from the church, he should directly seal them into the Holy Church."

Others said, "It won't happen. That's a secret activity location specially chosen by the cultists. There won't be any church people nearby."

Indeed, that's the logic.

Thinking about it this way, the location chosen by the old clergyman seems to be excellent.

Just a bunch of weak cultists. Apart from the Seven Heroes, the weakest on their side is also a mid-Second Order powerhouse -- Roland himself.

The other dozen or so people are 3 demigods and a dozen Second Order powerhouses respectively.

Placed in the archaeological team of the ruins, this is an important force. Leaving aside the powerhouses in the ruins, if this group of people were placed in Marode, they could destroy the entire Marode!

Roland, controlling Diana, said, "I'm about to start soon. Diana, if you find that the Holy Church in the snake ring has disappeared, let everyone get into my snake ring. Then I will use the Holy Church to 'summon' Diana over."

The Holy Church needs to travel through the 'Void Realm' in the lower world during the descent process.

This is the first test. Everyone doesn't dare to load too many people onto this ship.

On the one hand, problems are more likely to occur when multiple people descend.

On the other hand, this is the first time for the Holy Church, and Roland feels uncomfortable letting others take away this first time.

Of course, the most important thing is that if one person has a problem, the people outside can still save them. If everyone gets on the ship and the ship capsizes, it will be over.

Among all the people, Roland is the best at swimming, and his self-awareness contradiction is also particularly strong. If the ship capsizes in the lower world, everyone can guide him in the surface world, and he can swim back without any problem.

Therefore, Roland, the captain, took on the first time of the Holy Church without hesitation.

After communicating with everyone, the old Black Abyss members stood in the Question Answering Matrix in the prayer hall, preparing to monitor Roland's sailing situation.

Roland also withdrew his consciousness from Diana's body. He flipped through the magic book and adjusted the array within the Holy Church.

Before long, the scene outside the gate was gradually shrouded in mist.

Looking at the mist outside, Roland couldn't help but frown. He muttered, "That's not right, shouldn't the whole process be the same as when the 'Wishing Machine' is activated? Why is there mist?"

Roland hurriedly opened the magic book to check this phenomenon.

"It's not written?!"

"Damn it! How did a situation occur that wasn't in the experimental record?!"

Roland scratched his head frantically, intending to teleport out of the snake ring to let the old Black Abyss members come over and take a look. But he found that he couldn't contact the snake ring.

"Wait... Could it be that I have already been teleported out of the snake ring now?"

"Where have I been teleported to?!"

Roland ran to the gate. His vision passed through the mist and saw a void.

"It's the Void Realm!" Roland's expression became very interesting.

The Void Realm is a relatively deep dimensional world within the lower world, a kind of subspace.

Roland had arrived in the Void Realm many times -- the first time was when he followed Corell to a parallel world, and the second time was when he came back with Brianne and others.

This is the third time.

Logically speaking, the Holy Church should only be traveling within this plane, and shouldn't be diving so deep.

Roland couldn't help but panic.

If there was a problem, he would be teleported to a parallel world!

Roland hurriedly flipped through the magic book and adjusted the course.

While adjusting, he took out a handful of sand -- this was the Sand of Destiny. As long as it is sprinkled on something, you will see the lines of fate intertwined with that thing.

These lines of fate can be used as 'routes'.

After the sand slowly drifted within the Holy Church, many, many threads appeared.

Among them, two threads were the most solid.

The first one came from the old Black Abyss members. As long as he followed their thread, he could return the Holy Church to Wilmick.

This thread was very tough, enough to pull the entire Holy Church.

The second thread was many times more solid than the thread of the old Black Abyss members, composed of the beliefs of millions of people. The destination was 'Marode'.

They were praying to the gods.

Roland's expression became strange.

Those people seemed to be followers of the Alaiye sect or cultists in the Old Church.