I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

After Roland left, Baron Hall sighed inwardly, 'Why didn't I realize this kid was so outstanding before? Indeed, you can only tell a good horse from a bad one on the battlefield.'

Catherine's telepathic message reached Baron Hall's mind: ["You even said he was taught by me. His cunning, he learned it all from you!"]

Baron Hall responded telepathically: ["Alexandra, Roland is very resistant to you, and you're not very good at expressing yourself. How about I help you teach him for a while longer?"]

Catherine, already in a fit of anger, said telepathically: ["What do you mean? Are you saying I can't teach students? You were the one who begged me to take him as an apprentice!"]

The Baron was silent for a moment, then said telepathically: ["The path of a wizard is indeed easier than mine, but I didn't expect him to be so talented in swordsmanship. Catherine, I've been to the ruins too many times, and we won't be this lucky every time. The 'Dice of Suffering' will eventually land on my head, and I'm worried that this time I'll disappear like those others inexplicably."]

At this moment, Instructor Renard walked up to the two of them, and they stopped their mental communication.

Instructor Renard cautiously said to Catherine: "My Lady, Roland, as a newly initiated low-level apprentice, killed four adult Abyssal Blood Moths in his first trial. In the academy, that's considered very outstanding. Although he's far from being an 'elite low-level apprentice' or those scions of 'great noble wizard' families, Roland is a newcomer who came from the mundane world."

Instructor Renard was a kind-hearted person, and he thought that Lady Catherine was still angry because Roland had hunted too few Blood Moths, so he came over to offer some words of comfort.

Baron Hall, hearing this, burst out laughing, leaving Instructor Renard completely bewildered.

Catherine didn't say much, only saying, "Let's get on the road."

On the way, Baron Hall said to Catherine in a low voice: ["Alexandra, over the years, to deal with the big trouble here, I've come here far too many times. I won't be this lucky every time. I do have many students, but I want to pass on my swordsmanship to Roland."]

["Victor, don't be so pessimistic,"] Catherine said: ["Anna's magic can allow me to exert some of my strength from back then, and although Nall is cursed, he is still a High Temple Warrior of the ancient Emerald Court. You, and the three of us together, resealing that Abyssal Lord won't be a problem. You will return alive and find a more suitable successor."]

The Abyssal Lord's true body had already reached the level of a god, and it was extremely terrifying. If His true body successfully descended into the human realm, no one would be able to resist Him. This plane would become His vegetable garden, and everyone would be carrots.

Many years ago, an organization called the 'Congregation of Suffering' prevented the Abyssal Lord's descent and sealed His projected avatar in the Tawny Bracken Forest.

Many years later, the last member of the 'Congregation of Suffering' still guarded this land.

This nun was the Baron's wife, Julie—she was the only person in this world who still knew how to deal with this demon.

Twenty years ago, the former Sword Saint 'Sword of Dawn, Victor' changed his name. He used his retirement money to obtain a fief and a title.

This territory was the Valeria Territory, and the Tawny Bracken Forest belonged to a part of this fief.

Logically speaking, this land originally belonged to the 'Congregation of Suffering', but Julie had no right to inherit it.

Seeing that this land, which sealed a demon, was obtained by a noble through despicable means, Julie had no choice but to repeatedly find the Baron to negotiate.

Their first meeting was not pleasant. Julie's impression of the Baron was not good, and it could even be said to be very, very bad.

But the Baron's impression of Julie was very, very good. This guy did something outrageous the first time he met her—he proposed marriage.

Julie naturally couldn't agree to the Baron's proposal, because the members of the 'Congregation of Suffering' never married or were betrothed.

What's more, who proposes marriage upon meeting someone for the first time? Moreover, she hated this person very, very much!

In order to reclaim the land that should have belonged to the church, Julie used many tough methods. But she kicked a steel plate.

Not only did she fail to drive away the Baron, but she was also discovered by the Baron about the Congregation's secret!

Seeing that her secrets had been dug out by the Baron, Julie had no choice but to confess about the Tawny Bracken Forest, hoping that the Baron would take care of himself and leave as soon as possible.

The two had such a conversation at the time:

The Baron said this: "Little girl, the story you've made up is indeed very interesting, but unfortunately, it lacks logic. If you must have this territory, we actually have a better way—I'll watch over the demon's seal with you, how about it?"

Julie said this: "Dream on! I would rather die than marry you! Also, I'm not a little girl, I'm already 28 years old this year, you're only two years older than me!"

Julie eventually married the Baron and deeply fell in love with this reliable man.

They were very happy and sweet—Julie even gave birth to a daughter for the Baron.

After the two got married, Julie took the Baron into the real Tawny Bracken Forest for the first time.

After that time, the Baron finally understood what kind of hellhole the Tawny Bracken Forest was!

He was very, very regretful, regretting that he had said such arrogant words at the beginning. However, he did not regret marrying Julie.

The two guarded the seal together, until Julie was cursed by the Abyss and could no longer go to the Bracken Forest. The Baron's partner was then replaced by Anthony.

Anthony was Roland's father. He was Julie's childhood friend and the last person Julie could find.

Anthony was a 'wild wizard' who had been traveling abroad. After learning that Julie was seriously ill, he returned to his hometown of Valeria Town.

After seeing Julie, Anthony was very moved. The two were childhood sweethearts, but fate played tricks on them. By the time he returned, his first love's child was already three years old.

However, Anthony hadn't been idle in the years he had been away from home—his son was already six years old!

In order to find the Bracken Grail and cure the curse on his first love, Anthony stayed in the castle as a butler and began to embark on the path of no return into the Tawny Bracken Forest with the Baron.

No one would have thought that this wild wizard, who only had the strength of a low-level apprentice, was actually more useful than Julie and the Baron—he could see through the truth and discover reality. He could even roam in the lower world and directly face the Abyssal Lord!

Anthony had no combat power, but he would never be spiritually contaminated by demons, would never have hallucinations, and would always be able to clearly see the truth.

He was the 'Great Prophet' of the team, always able to point out the most correct path for the team when everyone was confused.

Under Anthony's guidance, the team was able to smoothly reach the core of the ruins every time and successfully complete the work of maintaining the seal.

His existence made the Tawny Bracken Forest peaceful for another ten years. But three months ago, his spirit finally collapsed with the continuous exploration of the Tawny Bracken Forest.

After he went crazy and ran away, the 'Alaye's Notebook' from the Anthony family was left behind.

The Baron knew that Anthony possessed such special abilities because of this book. He also knew that as a member of the Alaye family, Roland could understand the contents of this book like his father.

However, neither the Baron nor the Baroness had the ability to provide guidance to Roland on this path. So, the Baron thought of his last friend, and then dragged her into the water.

This friend was the 'Alexandra the Witch' of that year—the Baron knew Catherine's identity.

Back when Catherine was resurrected, the Baron provided a lot of help. Therefore, Catherine was obliged to help the Baron's request.

Afterward, Roland became Catherine's student.

However, the people of the town had a great misunderstanding of Catherine. They had never seen a real wizard and made many exaggerated rumors.

Catherine was too lazy to explain and was not very good at communicating with others. She even once used her notoriety to scare Roland with great relish—That's right! I am the Cat Witch, if you don't learn magic well, I'll make you into human medicine to feed the trolls!

Under this pressure, Roland desperately cultivated and interpreted the Alaye's Notebook in three months.

Now, Roland, like his father Anthony in those years, was already a low-level apprentice.

The two didn't know if Roland could become the eyes of the team like his father Anthony. But they had no other choice.

The situation of the seal was getting worse and worse. If no one maintained it, the Abyssal Lord would appear in this world again.

Countless pioneers will shed their blood and sacrifice in vain.