I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

Soon, another wave of people arrived.

They appeared to be a group of 'Saint Kings' from various places, or some extremely famous figures.

They mostly came alone, with only a few having one or two attendants.

It looked a bit shabby.

The Holy See wasn't so polite to this group.

The priests gave them some clothes and told them to change quickly.

They were all 'Priest' and 'Templar Knight' attire.

Many people had come wearing church clothes, just with a coat on top.

Now, after taking off their coats, they directly changed into priests and knights.

Joshua and the others didn't ask Roland and his companions to change, clearly regarding the others as small fries.

Roland was surprised to discover that the dozens of people gathered on the Holy See's side were all Saint Kings and other prominent figures.

They were kings and guardians in their own territories, but in the Holy See, they were just small priests and knights.

Roland couldn't help but look at the Hydra side.

There were also dozens of people there, with more in both quantity and quality than on this side.

Although the Holy See had many, many people in other regions, more in total than the Hydra.

The number of people in the Hydra was still a bit terrifying.

Dozens of Tier 2 wizards, and this was just the people participating in this archaeological expedition.

The power of this Hydra was not comparable to the Dawn Society.

Now that Andra had obtained the Poseidon Stone, he could command the entire ocean. How many sea monsters were in that ocean?

If it weren't for the agreement between the gods that the followers of the sea could only have territory in the sea, the Pope and the Cardinals probably wouldn't be able to sleep well at night.

No wonder the Church was so wary of Andra, always wanting to deal with him.

They both needed him very much and were very repulsed by him.

Next, Joshua walked into the crowd and explained the matters in the ruins.

Those participating in the archaeological expedition today had to connect all the bubbles together like a jigsaw puzzle game.

Different islands would lead to different areas, so the Holy See would be making a new arrangement.

In addition, all the gains from the archaeological expedition had to be handed over to the Holy See.

Roland ignored these words.

The Holy See didn't explain too much, seemingly feeling that many people didn't need to know.

There should be other arrangements later.

The Holy See believed that there might be some angels modified by the Old Church in the ruins, including some 'materials' - possibly Abyss species and Hell species.

These areas would be handled by the Shadow-type sects, and if everyone encountered them, they had to follow orders.

Roland had always heard people say that the church in the south was called the 'United Church of the Gods of Light and Shadow,' but he had never seen a sect that worshiped Shadow-type gods.

He secretly inquired with the old priest.

The old priest said, "Isn't the sect of the Goddess Hela a typical Shadow sect?

However, although there are such sects in the Church, the gods of these sects are all 'weakly clean'.

These gods are the guardians of Hell, the Abyss, and the Underworld, and are righteous gods and benevolent gods.

They are not 'guilty' demon gods or chaotic 'evil gods'.

Also, don't listen to the Church's lies, the god here hasn't fallen."

At this time, Joshua walked back.

The old priest immediately changed the subject: "Child, don't worry, although He has fallen, His glory still remains. It will protect us."

Joshua smiled and said, "Indeed, there's no need to worry, as long as you follow us, you won't encounter any trouble."

Roland asked, "Bishop Joshua, what exactly are the evil things here?

It wouldn't be the kind of stuff that haunted Vilmik City, would it?"

Hearing Vilmik City, the corner of Joshua's mouth twitched.

He had read the investigation report of the Holy See's division there, and also knew a lot of things from Williams and the old priest Harland.

If it weren't for a group of black wizards being imprisoned in the Vilmik Monastery, this matter would have been really difficult to handle.

That Miss Catherine put in a lot of effort. It could be said that she solved a big problem for the Church. This also eased the tense relationship between the Church and the Eastern Territory to a certain extent.

Joshua's expression became solemn.

He said, "There shouldn't be that kind of stuff here in general.

However, you know that after this unknown god fell, the Old Church has been managing this god's palace.

They have always regarded this place as the Garden of Eden given to the world by God and continued to shepherd here for God.

In the eyes of the Old Church, it's not just human-shaped beings that are considered people. And it's not just the followers of the Heavenly Kingdom who are followers."

The old priest nodded to the side and said, "Child. In the Old Church, light and darkness are inseparable.

Although in the New Church, light and darkness are also inseparable. But in the New Church, they are different sects.

Now that the New Church has been established, this world has become a pasture for the gods, so these sects are strictly controlled.

But it was different in the era of the Old Church.

There may be some Abyss species here. The Abyss is a follower of the Old Church, and those Abyss species are all believers of that god..."

Joshua suddenly coughed, interrupting the old priest's words.

Joshua said, "That god would not allow Abyss species to move around in His palace, but the Old Church let those things in.

Moreover, we strongly suspect that the Old Church may have modified 'angels' here. The angels they believe in are all God's abominations.

However, you don't have to worry about it, this matter will be handled by a specialist."

Previously, the two sisters told Roland that the god who left this ruin was very likely not dead.

Moreover, not only was He not dead, but He was also a very great, glorious, and righteous benevolent god. He was very clean, without any stains.

But now the Church said that it was an unknown god, and that He had already fallen.

Therefore, the things here must be unrelated to that great, glorious, and righteous benevolent god 'Miss O'Reilly'.

In any case, everyone said that the 'little pets' here were not raised by that god, but were the Old Church's fault.

Moreover, someone will be specially handling these problems today.

It will be handled by a specialist.

Soon, the people of the Holy See made an arrangement for everyone's positions, and some of the islands were emptied.

Then they activated the Holy Monument.

As the divine inscriptions on the Holy Monument gradually lit up, the small coral islands under everyone's feet also jumped out of divine inscriptions.

The old priest specially reminded Roland: "Stand firm, don't fall out, otherwise, you don't know where you'll be teleported to."

As a result, in the next second, Roland and the two sisters felt an invisible force that pulled him fiercely in a certain direction.

At the same time, everyone heard a woman's singing-like laughter.

— "Lord Joshua, we have a few less people on our side, lend us a few to use."

Everyone's expression changed drastically, and when Joshua and the others looked back, it was the group of Hydra!

No one could have imagined that such a thing would happen, and the two sisters were instantly pulled to the Hydra's island.

However, although the Hydra made a sudden move, Roland, this standard Black Abyss wizard, reacted surprisingly quickly.

He reacted almost the moment he felt that force.

Miss Faki's power was very vast, but Roland cleverly used a King's Gambit, replacing himself with an unlucky priest beside Joshua.

Roland disappeared from the spot, and the priest appeared in his place.

After the priest appeared, he cried out in pain and fell into the water.

After Roland appeared in the priest's position, he was still affected by inertia and was still flying backward.

At this time, that force came again suddenly, but Roland, who was in mid-air, disappeared out of thin air and appeared beside Joshua.

— Shadowless Form.

Seeing this scene, Miss Faki's face was very gloomy.

During the release of Shadowless Form, it is very easy to be pulled out. So Roland used the King's Gambit for the first time.

Faki never expected that Roland would use this trick, because the people on the Holy See's side were either saints, saint kings, or God's favored ones, and they also carried many protective treasures. Some people even wore pseudo-holy garments and pseudo-holy robes.

Some even wore holy garments and holy robes directly - the Church's attire was worn on the outside.

The magic resistance of this group of people was extremely terrifying. But Roland's magic level exceeded Faki's expectations.

Therefore, Faki let Roland run away the first time.

As a result, the second time, she saw Roland staring at another unlucky priest on Joshua's side again, and felt the magic fluctuations of him using the King's Gambit.

She thought Roland would repeat the old trick, but Roland was casting two spells at the same time!

He was seemingly using the King's Gambit on the surface, but secretly using Shadowless Form!

Moreover, the aura on his body was concealed extremely well, and Faki didn't feel it at all.

This was the first time in history that someone was able to play her like this in front of her eyes with two ordinary spells.

After his father saw it, he kept shaking his head.

At this time, Roland had already stood beside Joshua.

There were too many people on the Hydra's side. Roland glanced over there and didn't see 'Senior Sister and Anna', so he wasn't sure if the two had been captured.

But he felt that since he could escape, then 'Senior Sister and Anna' would definitely not be pulled over.

Roland flicked his sleeves and smiled: "Madam Faki, your magic still needs to be practiced for another hundred years. Otherwise, with the current level of the Hydra, I'm afraid it will be difficult to help the Church resist the black wizards of the Eastern Territory."

Faki snorted coldly and said in a singing voice: "I hope you can still laugh next time we meet."

Saying that, this large group of them disappeared like smoke.

At this moment, Roland suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked back and realized that Joshua and the others were long gone!

In a flash, Roland's expression slightly stiffened.

He said, "Forget it, as long as I don't have to walk with that group of people."

Seeing that there were still two small islands flashing with divine script, Roland flashed and appeared on one of them. Then he disappeared like smoke.

It turned out that Faqi had grasped the timing of her actions very well. When she acted to pull them in, Joshua and the others were positioned at distant anchor points.

As for Faqi's side, in order to wait for Roland and the others, she secretly interfered with her own island, causing some delay in their teleportation.

If Roland had been pulled to their side normally, he would have teleported away with them.

But Roland was not pulled over, so Roland neither followed Joshua nor followed the Hydra.

He was teleported to a beautiful primeval forest.

The plants here grew exceptionally vibrant, and many strange and enormous beasts roamed the jungle.

Beneath Roland's feet was a tree stump engraved with divine script; it seemed to be the anchor point.

Not far away, a large magic staff floated two meters above the ground, and a little witch wearing a pretty bonnet was sitting on the staff.

She was looking in the mirror, completely bored.

There would actually be a witch here?

Taking a closer look, her attire was very, very retro, the attire of a 'Saint Magister' from the 'Archmage' era—a second-tier wizard.

Roland suddenly realized—people from the Saint Hymn Assembly.

The two looked at each other. Roland was just about to ask the girl something when she yawned and said first, "You're 'Ragatus'?

Change the name, it's too awkward.

Hmm... So tall and big, at a glance, you're just like 'Alexander', a big fool. From now on, I'll call you Little Fool."

Roland: "?"

Roland knew that he was wearing a pseudo-saint robe, and the armor inside was Vermick's Dawn Holy Armor—although it was a pseudo-saint armor, the Holy See treated it as a genuine holy armor.

But this girl was so rude.

She was probably a Holy Son.

Roland had long heard how arrogant the Holy Sons were—according to Florence, many Holy Sons were just like Roland, very vile, very arrogant and tyrannical.

But this was the first time he had seen someone more arrogant than himself.

However, this was not the Dawn Church, and Roland dared not expose his identity as the Dawn Holy Son in the ruins.

So, Roland suppressed his anger and said, "I'm not 'Ragatus'. My name is 'Lorence'. The Sacred Stone Tablet seems..."

Before he could finish speaking, the girl impatiently interrupted, "Whatever, you'll probably die in a moment anyway, I'm not interested in remembering your name."

Saying that, the little girl jumped down. She didn't seem very old, and she was small. Her height was less than 1.6 meters. She looked like she was still in puberty.

In order to be at eye level with Roland, she stood on a small dead tree.

This small dead tree was about the height of two steps, but even standing on it, she was still a head shorter than Roland.

She said, "Hmph, you're so tall, can you take a beating?"

Roland chuckled and didn't reply.

He thought to himself: 'This little brat is too deserving of a beating. How were the people at home educating her from a young age? No manners at all!

If I didn't have something to do today, I would have to beat you up for your parents.'

Roland didn't plan to play with this divine second generation here.

He was here to find materials, find documents, find treasures. He didn't have time to serve her here.

Seeing Roland 'smiling foolishly (laughing in anger)' over there, the little girl rolled her eyes, feeling very speechless.

She slipped a ring off her finger and threw it to Roland. She said, "Although you're a bit foolish, you're still quite obedient.

I'll reward you with this.

If you can still be alive in a moment, take it home and enshrine it.

However, don't mess with the things inside; I plan to take them back to play with."

Roland touched the ring a couple of times and discovered that it was actually a spatial ring. This ring seemed to have been specially treated by the church, so it was not affected by the ruins and could be used casually.

He extended his spirit into it and found a pile of messy antiques and stone slabs inside.

When collecting these antiques, the little witch must have put the antiques and the surrounding things into the ring together. So there was some garbage inside.

After checking the 'garbage', Roland's pupils suddenly shrank.

He hurriedly asked, "Where did you find these materials?"

The little girl blinked and asked, "Do you want them very much?"

Roland hurriedly nodded.

The little girl made a face and said, "I'm not telling you! Nyah nyah ~ ~"

Veins popped out on Roland's forehead.