I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

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The academy's tasks are basically settled with magic stones. Some tasks will also give some credits along with the magic stone settlement. Outgoing tasks basically all give credits.

Soon, Roland found the mission of Bloodfang Skinner Town.

[Investigation of the Bloodfang Skinner Town Madness Incident]

[Completion Goal: Collect intelligence and evidence. The academy will hand over the follow-up matters to the Araca Wizards depending on the situation.]

[Deadline: Complete before October.]

[Conditions: 4 intermediate apprentices, or 1 advanced apprentice.]

[Completion Reward: 100 magic stones per person, 15 credits.]

[Failure Penalty: -30 credits]

Advanced apprentices can no longer accept this task, because it was taken by several intermediate apprentices as soon as it appeared.

According to the information desk, these apprentices had investigated there before. But it is suspected that they deliberately left a tail on the job, and then activated this new task.

Originally, the number of people was enough, but one of them suddenly had something to do and couldn't go. The remaining three were very annoyed and had been waiting for new people to join recently.

During this period, several intermediate apprentices took on this task. But those intermediate apprentices withdrew for inexplicable reasons.

The three apprentices have repeatedly stated that they can complete the task alone, but the academy disagreed.

The person at the information desk said that if Roland was sure he wanted to do this task, she would call them over.

Roland thought for a moment and decided to see his teammates first before making a decision.

The person at the information desk contacted those apprentices using a crystal ball. While Roland was waiting, he checked the credit exchange catalog here.

There were many good things in the exchange catalog, but Roland was picky. After searching for a long time, he finally found one that he was satisfied with. The result was the formula that his senior sister gave him.

[Shadow Howl (Original Version): First breakthrough for intermediate apprentices +30% advancement probability, second breakthrough +20% advancement probability, third breakthrough +10% advancement probability]

[Conditions: Shadow element affinity, relevant proof]

[Special Effects: There is a chance to increase curse resistance, and there is a chance to enhance shadow magic effects.]

[Materials: ... (Original recipe materials) ...]

[Exchange Credits: 300]

[Note: This potion is not suitable for low-level apprentices.]

Most shadow-type things are related to black magic. They can be used to save people, and they can also be used to do bad things.

Basically, White Chess Academy does not sell this kind of thing. But the situation is special here in Black Abyss Academy. Most of Alexandra's people have shadow + fire qualifications. There are also many wizards in the school who are like this. The White Chess Council simply has no way to rectify these things.

In addition, the reason why Black Abyss can join the White Chess Council is because the council values their expertise in this type of magic and their ability to deal with black wizards. Therefore, although the White Chess School has many objections to the academy exchanging these things, it can only let it go.

So, there are indeed many things in the academy that look unclean.

The academy encourages apprentices to make magic potions, so the points for the recipes are very low. However, an agreement must be signed, the recipes cannot be leaked, and the magic potions produced can only be sold to the academy.

But even so, the exchange credits for the Shadow Howl recipe are very low.

This kind of magic potion is a T0-level good thing, because even the improved recipe requires several extremely rare magic potions. Even many magic potions cannot be purchased on the market, only Twilight's territory has them.

For Roland, these magic potions are not a problem. He can purchase some in the black market and then accelerate their growth.

Roland checked the magic potions currently available in the academy against the original materials of the recipe.

The magic potions in the academy can probably make up about 80% of the recipe. However, if you want to exchange them all, you need more than 80 points.

He currently has 13 points, and he can get 15 points after completing this task. He can exchange for 30% of the magic potions.

'If I want to collect all the magic potions in the forbidden area, I must have good luck. I can't rely on luck. I should exchange for as many magic potions as possible in the academy. Then I can slowly find the remaining magic potions in the forbidden area.'

At this time, the mission hall suddenly became quieter. Three apprentices dressed in the style of the Black Abyss School walked in.

"Brenda, boss, the price you asked for before was too high, it's almost enough."

"That guy wants to go to the black market with us. He can't even afford a hundred magic stones, what's the point of him going to the black market?"

"Who cares where he goes, as long as he gives us money. If no one follows us, wouldn't the three of us still have to do the task? By then, we won't even get a single magic stone."

"Shut up!"

The three of them went straight to the information desk, and many people surrounding the information desk moved away with a whoosh.

Roland looked back and found that these three guys looked a bit familiar. Especially the big beard in the lead. He was an intermediate apprentice in his late twenties. He was about to be promoted.

Suddenly, Roland remembered who these people were. When he first entered the academy, Brenda and his group had a group fight with Lance and his group of White Chess Wizards. Nine people didn't lose out against more than twenty people. They forced the opposing low-level apprentices to form a magic circle! Only then did they beat them into a panic.

Brenda and others vaguely felt that this person seemed to have changed his appearance, and from Roland's expression, they realized that Roland should know them.

Looking at this arrogant gaze that doesn't take them seriously, the infuriating arrogance, and the solid magic power all over his body, he is probably from Alexandra.

Brenda got straight to the point: "Doing a mission or going to the black market."

Roland didn't understand these rules, but he roughly guessed what they meant, so he asked: "How many magic stones?"

Brenda said: "To be honest, we have almost investigated this task. This time, we are just checking some things and collecting some evidence. It will be over soon. So you can just wait for our report. The fee is 120 magic stones. 10 magic stones for each additional day. If you want blood skin, you have to give another 200 magic stones deposit, but I can't guarantee the quality. This thing is expensive in the black market. I'm willing to give you a share for the sake of an acquaintance."

There are only a few intermediate apprentices in Alexandra. Brenda has been in the academy for so long and has some friendship with the people of the Black Abyss School.

Brenda is treating Roland like a guy like Canon. So he is doing him a favor.

Roland thought for a while and asked: "What day are you leaving?"

Brenda knew that Roland was planning to consider it, so he drew half a magic mark in the air: "You can go first. We will contact you by letter when the time comes. Don't be late, we won't wait for you. If we finish the task by then, you will have to pay to buy the report."

"Contact you then." Roland reached out and completed the magic mark in the air. From then on, as long as both parties engraved this magic mark on a piece of parchment, they could communicate.

After the two parties communicated, they left. Roland went directly to the town at the foot of the mountain.

Bloodfang Town belongs to a neutral area. The academy's hearth is restricted and cannot reach there. You need to use the megalithic magic circle in the town.

Roland didn't know the coordinates of Bloodfang Town, but Natasha had them.

The door of Wallace's shop was open. There were some antiques in the house, but there were no customers.

Natasha was sitting behind a table, sewing clothes. She looked like a good housewife.

She knew Roland was coming and was very enthusiastic.

"Sit down, Roland. I'll return the thing to you. Also, my father said you might need this." Natasha pointed her hand, closed the doors and windows. Then she took out a small crucible that looked like gold but wasn't, and like wood but wasn't, and a flat metal wine bottle.

The small crucible was Roland's Bitter Sleep Crucible, which he had previously lent to Wallace. Wallace didn't have time to refine the magic potion himself, so he let his daughter do it.

Roland took the crucible and took the flat metal wine bottle: "What is this?"

Natasha said: "This is our special transformation potion, we often use it when we go out. Even if some particularly perceptive wizards can detect that you are using a disguise, they can't see your original appearance. Also, there's this."

She took out a long strip of cloth, with many strands of hair sewn on it. There were thirty people in total. These people were men and women, and they were all secular people. They came from all over the world, and most of them were dead.

The crystal ball in Natasha's hand recorded the images of these people. Roland chose a middle-aged man with a square face and threw his hair into the wine bottle.

The hair dissolved into the transformation potion with a rustling sound, and this bottle of potion was completely refined. After taking a sip, you can turn into his appearance.

"If you want to change to another person, just throw in another pinch of hair. This bottle has many portions of potion. It's enough for you to use for a long time. Don't forget to take a sip every six hours." Natasha smiled very gently.

Roland's face stiffened slightly, he couldn't use so much at all. But after Natasha finished brewing the potion, she didn't separate it, she poured it all together.

White Chess Wizards have very strict control over transformation potions, so the market price is not low.

He asked: "How much does it cost in total?"

Natasha suddenly looked at the quartz clock on the wall and said: "It's dusk, let's eat dinner before you leave. You can't be hungry. We have steak today."

Roland felt that Natasha's foot seemed to have accidentally stepped on his foot.

He looked down in surprise and found that the big sister's foot under the table was not wearing shoes. The beautiful red shoe was thrown on the carpet, as if she had just kicked it off.

Raising his head, Roland looked at Big Sister Natasha, her fiery and intense gaze causing his heart to race.

"Cough." Roland subtly retracted his foot, saying, "No, I'm in a hurry. Maybe next time."

Big Sister Natasha's expression suddenly turned cold. She said, "That'll be 208 magic stones."

Roland hurriedly paid the magic stones, took the magic potion, the hair, and the coordinates of the Grand Black Market, and fled the place.

After he left, Natasha's face was filled with a strange expression: "Is it because I've been dieting lately? Why is my charm failing again?"

Soon, Roland entered the Stonehenge, adding the coordinates to the spell. Immediately, mist covered the surroundings, and when it dissipated, Roland had arrived in an unfamiliar forest.

Stepping out of the Stonehenge, Roland took out the 'Wish-Pointing Needle'. He first silently recited 'Bloodfang Town,' and the needle pointed northwest. Then, he silently recited the mission and other information, and found that the needle actually pointed in another direction.

Looking up, it seemed to be a mountain near the town.

Roland revealed a puzzled expression: 'Is it that the quality of the Wish-Pointing Needle isn't good enough, or is the source of the problem not in the town?'

According to Brenda and the others' preliminary investigation, there are no other towns within a hundred kilometers of the town. At the same time, there are many wizards in Bloodfang Town. But no one has discovered anything there.

Looking at it from a knight's perspective, Roland felt that it was a very suitable place to build a castle. But the mountain was empty.

Things seemed a bit strange.

Shaking his head, Roland thought to himself: 'My Wish-Pointing Needle is a low-grade product, only thirty magic stones in total. If there really is something hidden there that even wizards can't discover, how could my broken thing possibly find it? It's probably just that the Wish-Pointing Needle is malfunctioning.'

Roland activated the amulet on his chest, and then the magical aura and vitality on his body disappeared, making him look like a stone.

Afterward, he lit a silver candlestick and recited a spell. Then, he drew a tracking array, using the wizard hat to find himself. But the wizard hat flew around in the sky for a long time, only to fall back onto the magic array.

'These few oddities of Red Skull are quite good, I'll keep a few and sell a few. I also have some matured magic potions that I can sell on the black market.'

These past few days while patrolling the forest, he had processed the oddities of Erina and the others, removing the elven imprints and spell locks on them. But because he intended to sell them, he didn't re-inscribe the spell locks and mental imprints, except for the silver candlestick.

After thinking about it, Roland took out a wooden chain and a comb, and went into the forest. An hour later, a person dressed as a nobleman, his whole body entangled in chains and soul mist, flew out of the forest. He circled in the sky a few times before flying towards Bloodfang Town.

It was already dusk when Roland arrived at Bloodfang Town.

This was a town with a very Gothic style, the buildings in the town were tall and pointed. A faint mist lingered on the streets at night, covering the town with a layer of mystery.

Dal Town, or Bloodfang Town, was a lawless zone. It was not very famous and its location was relatively remote.

The one in charge here was a formal wizard named 'Dal'. The town was named after him.

He originally belonged to a certain school, but later broke away from the school and became a wild wizard. In order to facilitate activities in the secular world, he also obtained a title in a certain kingdom. He was called 'Archmage of the Kingdom'.

Strictly speaking, this was a wizard settlement, and the managers were all people and students from that formal wizard's family. It could be considered the formation of a wild wizard family, named the 'White Fang Society'.

The White Fang Society rarely participated in the entanglements of the wizarding world, and coupled with its special location and understanding of the rules, the major schools tacitly approved of this neutral zone, treating it as a buffer zone between Twilight and the White Chess Council.

Here, Muggles and wizards lived together.

Muggles were all private property of the White Fang Society, and also provided various services to the wizards who came here. In addition, they were very aware of the rules, so wizards who came here generally would not harm their lives.

There was a slave market here. Muggles, knights, werewolves, and wizard apprentices were all sold.

Brenda bought a female knight slave here and doted on her very much.

Recently, people here often suddenly go crazy, saying that everyone in the entire town actually has no skin, it's just that everyone hasn't noticed.