I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

Originally, after Roland discovered Faqi and Li Weina, he immediately used ‘All of Me is Me’ to descend onto the scarecrow he had originally left in the ‘restroom pretending to be looking for something’.

So, he switched positions with the scarecrow.

As a result, Faqi had already put the scarecrow into the shell, so Roland appeared in the shell.

He pretended to be caught, secretly ordering Leona to take another scarecrow from the snake ring and throw it elsewhere.

Then Roland successfully transferred there, but the snake ring did not transfer to another location with him.

So he cast a spell on the ‘mermaid mark’ on Leona's palm, summoning the snake ring, but failed to summon the snake ring over.

Forced to do so, Roland asked Leona to steal the snake ring from Faqi's shell, but Leona not only failed to steal the snake ring, but was also caught!

If she couldn't take the snake ring away, then there was no point in running away.

So Roland returned to his original position.

Roland was very shocked that Faqi could catch Leona, which could be explained, because that shell was, after all, a secret treasure alchemized from the body of a demigod siren.

It was originally a mysterious object. Although it was not as good as the Holy Church in terms of sealing, it was not so easy to enter and exit it.

When Roland escaped, he clearly felt the obstruction, but neither the shell nor Faqi could stop him.

In addition, Roland had already escaped once, and Faqi was even more vigilant. Therefore, Roland felt that it was reasonable for Leona to be stopped or even caught.

Therefore, letting Leona go to the shell to steal the snake ring was originally a risky move, and it was reasonable to fail.

But Roland couldn't understand why he couldn't successfully summon the snake ring.

He was very sure that there was no problem with the ‘mermaid mark’, but the snake ring did not appear in Leona's palm!

So Roland was very shocked and didn't understand what was going on. But he believed that this might be related to the curse Faqi left on the snake ring. In addition to the shell, he couldn't summon the snake ring over.

He didn't understand what means Faqi used, so he asked Faqi, 'How did you do it?'

Faqi snorted when she heard Roland's question and did not answer.

She was secretly shocked.

Faqi had sensed it a few days ago when Roland was tampering with the snake ring. But she didn't think that Roland could use this method to summon the snake ring away under her nose.

But today Roland summoned the snake ring away.

— So, Roland successfully summoned the snake ring.

It's just that Faqi summoned the snake ring back again.

She didn't use any magic, she just shouted, and the snake ring came back.

She didn't use magic, so Roland naturally couldn't understand her magic.

So, Roland didn't lose in magic, but in ‘people’.

Roland still doesn't know that the snake ring is that ‘wallet little Jimmy’.

It has a trick to follow people—Roland couldn't get rid of it when he was in the Brown Fern Forest.

Little Jimmy and Roland have been together for so many years, and it tends to Roland in its heart.

So, although Roland doesn't know how to summon Little Jimmy, even if Roland doesn't use a spell, Little Jimmy is willing to follow Roland.

But Roland doesn't know how to summon Little Jimmy, but Faqi does.

So, it's not that it's unwilling to follow Roland, but that it's forced to stay in Faqi's hands.

Faqi cheated. She didn't answer Roland's question 'How did you do it?', but changed the subject.

She said with a smile: "What's wrong, are you afraid that you won't be able to run away after following us into the door?"

Roland sighed: "You are indeed qualified to say such a thing now. I was too arrogant. I underestimated you."

Faqi's face couldn't help but blush slightly. How could she stop him!

Roland's magic was too weird. Unless she studied the ‘Scripture of Foolishness’ thoroughly, it would be by no means easy to stop him.

Faqi asked: "Are you so afraid of me? Are you afraid that after I get you in the door, I will kill you after I'm done with you?"

Roland opened his mouth and wanted to say ‘You are nothing’, but he swallowed the words back.

He sighed and said: "Originally, I thought that if Catherine and Anna joined forces, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with you wild sea witches.

Of course, even if we may not be able to deal with you, we won't run away because we are afraid of you."

Faqi said: "Many wizards in your Eastern Territory are so arrogant. In your eyes, everyone except yourselves are wild wizards. The sea monsters in the sea are primitives and beasts, and the Protestants and Catholics in the South are all useless people who only talk.

You have met many amazing guys in the South, so you should put away this concept of contempt."

Faqi's words actually had a bit of teaching Roland.

After a pause, she said: "So, since you are not afraid of me, then what are you afraid of? Wait, Roland, don't you still think Haland is a great prophet?

Even if he is a great prophet, so what?"

Roland said: "Faqi, you don't understand what the Black Abyss wizards are like when they go crazy!

The traitor we dealt with in Wilmik back then was just a little wizard who found a treasure compared to him. Haland is a great wizard!

We all thought he was a false believer, a great swindler. We thought that the magic he used to fool people on weekdays were clumsy tricks.

What he used was indeed a trick, but he must understand true magic!

He always claimed to be the spokesperson of the Foolish Holy Mother. We used to laugh at him for talking nonsense, but now that I think about it, he didn't talk nonsense at all. He just told some lies!

This guy is definitely a real great prophet!"

Faqi said: "I don't understand what you are talking about, little wizard, great wizard. Even if he is more powerful than the great prophet ‘Marquis’ in the garden, so what?

In the end, he is just a demigod who has not ignited the divine fire.

As long as the divine fire is not ignited, he can be dealt with.

If you and I join forces, we may not be able to defeat him."

Faqi said so, but a bit of solemnity appeared on her face.

With her understanding of magic and terrifying magic power, coupled with Roland's mysterious tricks, their cooperation may indeed be as good as that Marquis.

But Haland always gave Faqi a feeling that she couldn't understand.

She used to think that she understood the old swindler very well—this guy was very strange and often did things that people couldn't understand. But it was just because he had a mental illness and regarded himself as a believer.

But now she realized that the old swindler might not be crazy at all.

She, and everyone else, may have never really understood him from beginning to end.

Roland said: "You don't understand at all!

We are facing a spokesperson of God!

And he is the spokesperson of the Foolish Holy Mother. He is a mermaid, do you understand?!

Realm is meaningless to them!

If this guy goes crazy, I'm afraid only the Pope of the New Church and the Thousand-Eyed King of the North can compete with him!

If we really fight, none of us are his opponents!"

Faqi didn't speak for a long time, and Li Weina couldn't help but interject: "To be honest, I have always felt that this guy has a problem. Back then, sitting on...cough, I mean, don't underestimate the wizards of the Eastern Territory, especially the veterans of the Black Abyss. None of these guys are fuel-efficient lamps."

Li Weina really wanted to say ‘Back then, none of the people who finally sat at the Septagram Table and were suspected of being werewolves were fuel-efficient lamps’, but she changed her words when the words came to her lips.

After all, Li Weina shouldn't know about this kind of thing.

Faqi said: "Whether he is a great prophet or not, we must go...Roland must also go!"

Roland said: "Don't be kidding, Faqi! What are you taking me to do? To open the door for the Old Church?!"

Faqi looked at Roland with a smile: "Of course you are going to open the door for the Old Church...but, for us believers of the Old Church."

Roland was slightly stunned and asked: "What do you mean?"

Faqi said: "Then there is no one else, only the Hydra."

Roland's face froze slightly. Although he didn't want to open the door for the people of the Old Church, it seemed terrible to open the door for the Hydras!

Li Weina couldn't help but said: "Stop teasing him, Faqi. Roland, we are going to be thieves this time. No one will be there for a short time, but we can go in."

Faqi nodded and said: "Although this idiot wasted some of our time, there is still plenty of time."

Roland was slightly stunned and asked: "Are you saying that no one else has arrived? Only these dozen of us?"

Faqi looked at Roland and said: "Roland, the entire ruins were repaired by the church with the help of the Hydra. Those ubiquitous corals and bubbles wrapping each area were all contributed by the sea monsters!

The sea monsters have not been of one mind with the Holy See for a long, long time.

They wanted to summon the Sea God, so they naturally left a lot of interesting things behind.

For example, letting a door that should have appeared in one place appear in another place.

It is reasonable for this relic to be so complicated and for some problems to occur during the repair process, isn't it?

A few days ago, my father took the veterans of the Black Abyss and the leaders of the Old Church there to see it.

But at that time, the door had not yet appeared. Even if it did appear, they didn't have the key and couldn't get in.

The teleportation array near the big pool was created by them after jointly breaking the restrictions.

From our location, we can reach there.

The secret doors have all been sealed off.

Even if the people of the Holy See discover that the ‘door’ has not appeared on time, they will not be able to get in for a short time.

The people from our three parties will keep them out.

Normally, they wouldn't be able to get in within three days, but we'd better resolve this matter this afternoon.

Roland said with a strange expression, "So, your talks with Halrend went smoothly? He actually cooperated?"

Faki said, "He indeed persuaded the entire Old Church. Roland, this was your suggestion, after all.

In short, things are going very smoothly. Before the people from the Holy See enter, the representatives of the wizards, the representatives of the Hydra, and the representatives of the Old Church will enter first."

Roland frowned and said, "Let's not even mention whether those lunatics can even talk to us.

Is there something wrong with this representative from the Old Church?

Catherine and Anna are the representatives of the wizards, and you people are the representatives of the Hydra. So, where is the representative of the Old Church?

Where is the person?!

Even if the Old Church has come to an agreement with us for some reason, they should also send two representatives to enter with us and share the benefits, right?!"

Faki coughed and said, "Of course, the Old Church has representatives."

Livina also coughed and said, "That's right, they've already arrived and are waiting for us."

Faki said, "Ahem, yes, that's right—don't worry, Roland, the representative of the Old Church is not Halrend! Let's hurry up and go, if we delay any longer, we'll run out of time!"

After the two finished speaking, they each grabbed Roland's arm and helped him up, heading towards the large pool.

Roland shouted, "Wait! Wait! There's something wrong with your logic, right? Since the secret door has been sealed off and we can only reach there through the teleportation portal, how did the representatives of the Old Church get there?!"

The two ignored Roland's words and dragged him all the way to the teleportation portal near the large pool, then threw Roland inside.

Watching Roland stumble and roll into the portal, Faki and Livina smiled at each other.

This portal is one-way, and once you enter, you can't return. Leona and the Serpent Ring are both in Faki's shell, so Roland won't cause any more trouble.

Livina said to Faki, "Miss, I think you're being a bit too cautious. Why don't we tell Roland our identities sooner?

I know that we are surrounded by enemies in these ruins, and if something goes wrong, we will have to rely entirely on your identity to command the sirens.

But the matter is about to end soon, even if he turns you back to your original form and exposes your identity, we can still leave using the Holy Church.

On the contrary, by constantly hiding it, he is likely to cause even more trouble."

Faki sighed and said, "You're right. I didn't expect things to go so smoothly. Let's not talk anymore, let's take the things as soon as possible and then leave with Roland."

With that, the two entered the teleportation portal.

As a result, as soon as they entered, the two were dumbfounded.

This was a huge cave, very wide, with a height of several hundred meters. Even a dragon could fly in this place.

On all sides of the cave, many waterfalls were flowing downwards, and the cave was full of water.

The entire cave was very flat, and two meters above the ground, there were many corridors, looking like small docks on the water.

The docks were built in a circular shape, and the builders seemed to be planning to enclose an area as large as a lake.

The waterfalls were also newly formed—judging from the height of the docks, the builders seemed to be planning to raise the water to two meters high.

Faki and Livina were now standing in these docks above the ground.

Many people were building these corridors in the large cave, looking around, there were as many as a thousand people.

All the people who came from the Church this time were gathered here.

The Hydras were also there.

The Great Seer from the garden was also there—he was wearing the robes of a cardinal.

The Black Abyss Elders were also there—their Saint Hymn Society robes, regional bishop robes, priests' or knights' clothing were hidden in the crowd.

Old God-stick Halrend was naturally also there.

He and the Great Seer from the garden were both wearing the robes of a cardinal.

There were a total of six cardinals who came this time, and four have arrived so far—at least two of these four people are from the Old Church.

Halrend was smiling and chatting with the three cardinals around him, and Roland and the two sisters were standing around the old god-stick.

They were basically surrounded by the strongest people of the Holy See.

Apparently, after the mother and daughter 'Isabella and Ella' followed the Nagas in, they were called over by the people from the Holy See.

And after Roland was thrown in by Faki and Livina, Roland, this 'Sir Lawrence,' was also called over by the people from the Holy See.

Faki could see that Roland's face was very ugly now.

Seeming to notice Faki's gaze, Roland glanced towards Faki.

Faki understood the thoughts contained in Roland's eyes—you guys are just screwing me over! Now none of us can escape!

Faki's face was extremely ugly.

She thought to herself: 'How could this be?!'

(End of this chapter)