I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

“Abolishing Protestantism isn't the issue. After all, the gods favor the conservatives, but the reformers are finished this time. The bishops have been preparing for so long, it's time for the Pope and his reformers to step down.”

Speaking of which, someone quietly glanced at Harland, who was praying silently in the distance behind them, and then whispered, “I really don't understand what these reformers are thinking!

This is the world of the gods! But they want to fight for human rights!

Sheep should just be sheep. If sheep become humans, what do the gods become? What does the shepherding church become?

The church serves the gods, not the common people! A shepherd's dog should do its job well. Listen to its master.

To go against the master is even worse than the old church back then!

Fortunately, it's just a small group of people going crazy, otherwise, the Holy Light Shadow United Church would become another Alaye Dynasty.”

“I'm just worried about that. The Goddess Olyre doesn't reject the old church very much, so what about the gods?

Did you see her attitude towards those two fakes? What did she say? She said that although they are from the old church, they are not bad people. So the old church isn't bad? Are we?

Who exactly will be judged in this great trial?”

“Don't overthink it. The gods of the Dawn lineage especially favor the old church, especially the Goddess Olyre. Her entire Temple of Sincerity was maintained and managed by the old church back then. She has always been very close to the old church. But this is just her own attitude, it doesn't represent the gods.”

“Indeed, the gods favor us. We are so docile, how could we be punished by the gods for no reason?”

“Humph, the Marode people are also very docile.”

“Stop discussing it!”

The speaker was the leader of this group. Seeing that the leader was angry, everyone shut their mouths.

After a pause, the leader looked at the person who said, 'The Marode people are also very docile.'

This person was called James, the leader's adjutant.

“By the way, James. The goddess called Karl 'Anna' before. Who exactly is Anna? Has the church recorded this angel 'Anna'? The documents are all here with you, have you checked them before?”

James 'hmmed' and didn't say much.

Someone exclaimed, “Oh my god! I didn't expect that Sir Karl is really the angel of the Moon God Elune. What an honor!”

“It seems that we should rename Karl 'Anna' in the future, hahaha, I didn't expect that bearded man to be an angel named Anna.”

“After this is over, His Highness should let us all take a look, maybe we all have a chance to be glorified in heaven!”

Amidst the discussion, Olyre and Rokeina had already arrived at the center of the lake and started feeding the fish.

Before long, they had thrown in several bags of things. But there was no reaction at all.

The knights in the distance watched for a while, very puzzled.

This time, in order to retrieve the items, the church had prepared four extra bags of holy fruit, while only one bag of holy fruit was needed to repair the passage.

But so many holy fruits had been thrown in, yet there was no reaction at all.

James comforted the crowd, “Oh, how could there be an immediate reaction? Repairing the divine realm isn't something that can be done in a day or two, don't worry, don't worry, just wait patiently.”

The leader, who had been frowning, nodded after hearing what the adjutant said. He was indeed a little out of sorts today.

Seeing that the top two were so calm, everyone quieted down.

Someone said, “Instead of focusing on the goddess, it's better to look at Lord Harland. Lord Harland used to work at the Vermick Seminary for more than ten years. If there's really a problem with him, at least a third of us would have a problem!

Perhaps some of us are believers of the old church.”

Hearing this, everyone suddenly fell silent, and then they all looked at the adjutant James.

Someone asked, “Um… James, you used to study at the Vermick Seminary, right?”

James said very calmly, “Of course, I went there with my superior, 'Grand Inquisitor Brianna'. But she was there for treatment, and I was there to study… Hehe, I did stay there for a few years.

Leader, you know, I was fortunate enough to participate in the archaeological team this time because my old superior wrote me a letter of recommendation. When we go back this time, we'll all be promoted, hehe.”

The leader nodded, James was indeed Brianna's confidant.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The leader casually asked, “I heard that Lord Brianna is going to take a position in Vermick? Is this a promotion in name only?”

James said somewhat speechlessly, “Yes, Lady Brianna is good in every way, but she likes to report on others too much. Who would dare to have such a person as a colleague in the Curia?”

As everyone knows, Grand Inquisitor Brianna is at odds with the people of the entire Vermick Monastery. Over the years, she doesn't know how many secret reports she has made to the Pope. She's simply trying to kill those people.

Especially Williams, Harland, and Kohlerd. One is a scapegoat, one is mystical, and one is secretive. They are all Brianna's main suspects.

These things have all spread, and people in the Curia have basically heard some of them.

This James did study in Vermick, but this guy is Brianna's staunch follower, how could he have a good relationship with Harland?

So, after everyone heard James mention this, they remembered these things, and then they were relieved about James.

“Strange, it's been so long, why isn't there any reaction?”

At this time, the leader suddenly looked at James, “That document recording the list of angels is in your hands, right?”

James said respectfully, “Sir, Lord Arthur took it to read before. He went after Marquis before and took the documents with him. However, all the contents are in my head, what do you want to know?”

The leader's gaze towards James gradually changed.

At the same time, Olyre was scratching her head in the center of the lake, wondering.

Just now, she threw in a holy fruit, Anna threw in a holy fruit, she threw in one, and Anna threw in one.

Logically speaking, after the first sacrifice was taken away by Darak, the stars in the sky should have gradually started to change.

But now that four bags of things have gone in, there is no reaction at all!

Scratching her head, Olyre threw the last holy fruit into the lake, and she called out, “Darak, hurry up and move.”

Anna hurriedly threw in the last holy fruit as well.

The holy fruit disappeared the moment it fell into the water. After seeing this phenomenon, Olyre was sure that Darak had definitely gotten the things.

But she waited for a long time and there was no reaction in the water.

What made her even more strange was that today, when she first started throwing in the holy fruit and communicating with Darak, Darak was very talkative.

Darak also said strange things like 'Master, you are so fickle, what do you mean?'

After that, no matter how Olyre communicated with Darak, Darak didn't say anything.

If Olyre wasn't sure that the guy was happily eating things at the bottom of the water, she would have thought that the guy was dead.

Just as she was scratching her head, she suddenly felt that something was wrong. She looked back at Anna, and then showed a very stunned expression.

“Huh? Why are there two of me?”

Originally, others saw Rokeina as Karl's image. But Olyre could see Karl's angelic appearance—before, Anna had been occupying the dominant position among the three, so when Olyre observed Rokeina on the dock, she saw Anna.

That's why Olyre said that Karl was Anna.

Just now, when Anna followed Olyre to pour out the holy fruit, Roland had been turning into Olyre to command Darak. In this process, Rokeina didn't seem to change at all, but if Roland, or someone like Olyre, looked closely, they would feel that Rokeina was Olyre.

But even Roland's eyes couldn't see the truth all the time.

Olyre's 'eyes' were still a little worse than her brother's.

In addition, Olyre had been paying attention to the reflection of the stars on the water, and Rokeina had deliberately stood behind Olyre's butt, so Olyre didn't notice it at all.

Now that she had finished her work, she wanted to call Rokeina back, so she glanced behind her.

Roland was currently controlling the body to imitate Olyre, so he was caught right away!

Roland was shocked and hurriedly 'pushed Anna to the front', so Anna occupied the dominant position. And the 'other Olyre' in Olyre's eyes suddenly turned into Anna's image again.

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As soon as Anna came out, she avoided Olyre's eyes, and she stammered, “I… I don't know. It wasn't me, I didn't do anything.”

When Roland and Catherine saw Anna's idiotic reaction, they felt their eyes go dark. They immediately wanted to occupy the body and run away, but when the two of them competed for the main body, neither of them succeeded. Instead, Anna, who was occupying Rokeina's main body, staggered and almost fell.

Olyre quickly grabbed Anna and said, “Don't fall into the lake. It's okay, of course you don't know anything. I must have been seeing things.”

Saying that, Olyre rubbed her forehead.

I don't know what's going on today, ever since she started sacrificing the holy fruit, she felt that her mind was very confused. Just now, she even had the illusion that she was occupying Anna's body.

That feeling was like she and Anna were hugging together and standing behind her… So, when she looked back at Anna just now, she suddenly had the illusion of seeing herself.

Roland and Catherine didn't know what Olyre was thinking. When they saw that Olyre hadn't noticed the problem yet, they were speechless.

They composed themselves and maintained their silence, allowing Anna to follow Olyria and await an opportunity to escape.

Indeed, it was time to escape. The Holy Fruits accumulated by the Church over the past twenty years were all gone, and they couldn't repair any damn passage.

Humans could also be considered Holy Fruit, and the Church could sacrifice humans, but the power of sincerity beneath the water was too great. Even the evil god Darak was quietly staying at the bottom, afraid to come up. Living people naturally couldn't go down either.

Therefore, when Darak sent things before, he always let them float up slowly.

Now, the well could neither retrieve living things nor send them to the bottom.

Unless it was a freak like Roland or Anna with maxed-out resistance, they would be reduced to dregs after entering the water and wouldn't even reach Darak's hands.

Holy Fruits condensed intense power of faith and wouldn't be broken down by the power beneath the water. Philosopher's Stones were inorganic and could also pass through dangerous areas.

The two bishops who went to hunt down Marquis still had some Holy Fruits, barely reaching a hundred. If the Church could think of more ways to select some powerful people for sacrifice, it would indeed be enough to repair the passage.

However, those bishops wouldn't be coming back.

Because in a while, the coral growing on the teleportation array would destroy the teleportation gate. No one could enter again, and no one could leave.

Immediately afterward, a massive tsunami would occur, and Marode and the entire ruins would sink to the bottom of the sea!

This was all part of the plan Catherine told Roland—the Sea God Stone was in the hands of the wizards!

The wizards would launch a great trial in the name of the Sea God, and everyone who came to Marode today would die!

Therefore, as long as the people on the well side couldn't repair the passage now, the Church would never have another chance to repair it.

The immediate priority was to leave here quickly and then evacuate all the people of Marode. In these few days, people should have already gathered in the royal capital of Marode. But there were only two hours left, so they had to hurry!

The thoughts only lasted a moment, and Olyria, shaking her head, returned to her senses. She subconsciously reached out to hug Anna's arm and then pulled her to go ashore.

Olyria said, "Let's go quickly. With Father's methods, he won't wait for us to evacuate the refugees before taking action. There are only two hours left; we have to hurry... Huh?"

As soon as these words came out, Rokaina and Olyria were slightly stunned.

Just then, the pier suddenly became chaotic. It seemed that James had been locked up with the Shackles of Original Sin, and a group of Neo-Church knights were arresting people in the crowd.

Someone shouted towards them, "Your Highness! That Anna is a false god!"

Olyria frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about? How could I be... Hey? Wait, wait! You bastard!!"

Rokaina was shocked. He knew that Olyria had endless divine power here and was very difficult to deal with. Moreover, he had no reason to fight now, so he disappeared in a flash.

Olyria frowned and also disappeared.

It was unknown what kind of battle occurred between the two, but the entire lake became quiet.

The Neo-Church believers believed that the false god should not be a match for the true god, and they hurried to find the traitors in the team.

The knights searched the crowd, and anyone who had been to Wilmik was singled out.

Some people, in order to prove that they were not a problem, quietly surrendered, but some people resisted.

In the midst of the chaos, Harland suddenly shouted loudly, "Stop fighting. Quietly await the divine decree."

As soon as these words came out, those who resisted actually quietly surrendered. The knight leader's expression could not help but become serious.

He said, "Lord Harland, whose divine decree are you talking about?"

"Naturally, it is my divine decree."

A voice suddenly appeared in the sky.

Everyone looked up in astonishment and saw the goddess Olyria floating in mid-air.

Her colorful divine wings stretched out in mid-air like light, covering half of the pier.

But what was strange was that the goddess only had three wings. According to her realm, she should be able to spread two pairs of wings, but now she only had three, which seemed a bit strange.

Well, the colors were also a bit abnormally bright.

But 'Rokaina O' didn't seem to realize this at all. She thought she was Olyria. (End of chapter)