I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

Chapter 172 Light. Light ascends upside down!

It must have been the Combs Army deliberately setting the fires, burning down many buildings.

Especially the castle, which was severely burned.

But strangely, not all the buildings in the city were burned. It seemed to have burned for a while and then stopped.

Judging from some traces, it must have rained heavily that day, preventing the fire from spreading completely.

Originally, Roland thought that the people in the city had turned into crystal people because of the fire.

But the truth seemed to be different.

No one knew what exactly caused the people in the entire city to turn into crystals in such a short period.

However, some of the people who had been burned by the fire turned into strange, conscious, and insane things after becoming crystal people.

They didn't know what they suddenly saw on the night of the mutation, and they all seemed to have gone crazy.

"No wonder many buildings were burned beyond recognition, damn Combs Army! How many people did they burn to death that night?!"

Old John and his group were simply a bunch of demons. Everyone felt resentment in their hearts.

Gradually, everyone felt some pressure, and they no longer underestimated the situation, using the Crab Eye Elephant Formation.

The Crab Eye Elephant Formation was known as a magical fortress, and under the protection of the formation, ordinary spells could hardly harm them.

Among them, the spells of those with lower strength would become weaker, but the magic power of those with stronger strength standing on the main attack star position would increase, and the effects of spells and magical items would also become stronger because of the increased magic power.

The Crab Eye Elephant Formation also had some special positions, and tired people could also take turns resting in the formation.

Everyone discovered that the pressure mostly came from the castle. The people gathered in the castle seemed to be all from the Combs Army. Therefore, most of the crystal people who ran out of the castle were the kind of highly aggressive lunatics.

After a battle, Barnett took out a mid-grade magical item and shouted: "There are more and more of those things, don't hold back."

As he spoke, he began to observe Roland's methods.

He discovered that Roland also only took out a mid-grade magical item, and he couldn't help but curse inwardly.

Roland was also a little anxious. He saw that whenever someone rotated to the main attack position, they were a bit half-hearted, and he thought to himself: 'If we fail this time, they can afford to wait for the wizard group to come and deal with the matter, but I can't wait.

If I were to always be the main attacker, I could solve this problem. The magic power in my body is a bit abnormal now, so it's just right to expend it a bit. But it's inevitable that I'll be consuming magical items.

Roland sensed the magical items in his bag and thought to himself: 'There are a few magical items that are very useless, and their sources are also a bit problematic. It's not good to sell them off. But I'm just taking too much of a loss.'

Roland secretly pondered.

These few magical items all came from the Red Skull. The people who came out today were all high tower apprentices, and they had no intersection with those little brats. Roland wasn't afraid of wasting them here.

But he didn't want to suffer such a loss.

He said to everyone: "Don't change the formation anymore, let me always be the main attacker. But this position consumes magical items, you have to collect some magic stones to compensate me."

Everyone discussed it and agreed to collect two thousand magic stones for Roland. In addition, Roland stated that he would always stand in the main attack position, ensuring that he wouldn't step down. Therefore, that bottle should also belong to him.

He felt that his magic power had been a bit strange since entering the city. The magic power in his body had a faint tendency to be uncontrollable.

If this continued, he would either advance in an abnormal way, turning into a butterfly or a Rainbow Princess.

Or, with a 'pa la' sound, he would shatter into a ground of seven-colored crystals.

He needed to squander it a bit now.

After agreeing on the conditions, Roland took out an upper-grade magical item in the shape of a chain—this was Alina's thing, definitely stolen goods.

In addition to this stolen item, there were several others, which were also stolen goods from the Red Skulls.

He already had many substitutes in his hand, and he had long planned to melt them down and sell them. Now that he was wasting them here, he could just melt them down and sell them for money.

Moreover, he could also get a sum of money from everyone—calculating it, it was much more cost-effective than selling it directly to the black market at a low price.

Barnett, who was on the side, secretly sneered when he saw Roland taking out an upper-grade magical item as soon as he came up.

Among the crystal people, there were some special monsters that could release a strange thing that turned magical items into crystals. Once they were contaminated like this, even if the crystals on them were restored, it would be difficult to use them again.

Although upper-grade magical items were not easily damaged, they couldn't withstand being used like this.

That chain magical item looked like it was worth a lot, and it should be considered a good card in that kid's hand.

Sure enough, after more than ten minutes, the chain began to crystallize, and after a while, the chain could no longer be used.

But it looked like the kid didn't feel any heartache.

Barnett understood in his heart that the source of that chain should have some problems.

At this time, Roland took out another upper-grade magical item in the shape of a square hammer.

Barnett didn't feel surprised. He and Roland were not ordinary high-level apprentices, and they had more than one upper-grade magical item in their hands.

Barnett also took out an upper-grade magical item with some heartache. He had just broken a mid-grade magical item and a low-grade magical item. However, the sources of those two magical items were a bit problematic, and they were not easy to sell. If they were broken, they were broken, and he would melt them down and sell them as scrap later.

Barnett knew that although the magical items in his hand were not necessarily more than that kid's, he was not afraid of competing with that kid. He was different from him. He had Rainbow Disease, and in order to prevent everyone from retreating halfway, he would work harder than everyone else.

Secondly, the academy would give a lot of rewards this time to make up for everyone's losses.

Among them was a bottle of magic potion for advancing to a 'formal wizard'. That kid named Roland wanted it, so he would always be the main attacker.

Everyone had discussed this matter beforehand.

Secondly, this kid relied on the fact that he had been contaminated by crystallization and had more magic power than ordinary people. Therefore, he stated that he would always stand in the main attack position and would not retreat to rest. Therefore, he also asked everyone for two thousand magic stones to compensate for his losses.

Sure enough, when Barnett began to rest with the damaged magical item, that kid was still standing there as the main attacker. The magical item in his hand had also been changed.

It was a flame spear, also an upper-grade magical item.

Barnett secretly sneered, that soft rice-eating fool!

That kid was not particularly favored by Princess White Chess herself. How many magical items could Her Highness the Princess give him?

Three magical items would be the most. Now that kid had already taken out three magical items, and they were all upper-grade magical items. All his trump cards should have been taken out.

Soon, Barnett returned to the field. He was no longer willing to take out upper-grade magical items and began to slack off with low-grade magical items.

He looked at Roland and found that he had also changed to a mid-grade magical item.

Barnett waited for a while. He felt that the magical items and magic power in Roland's hands were almost used up, and the intermediate apprentices had also begun to be injured and leave the field. So he shouted: "This way of fighting won't work! Most of those crazy crystal people come from the castle, we have to find a way to let rainwater fall into the castle.

I have a magic that can solve this matter, but my magic power can't support it. Release your magic power and let me draw it out, and I'll lift the roof of this castle."

Roland nodded and said: "Scholar Barnett is right, let's do it this way."

Everyone agreed. After hesitating for a moment, Matt asked: "Scholar Barnett, you're not planning to use the 'Quicksand' magic, are you? As far as I know, this magic consumes a lot of magic power. If you don't control it well, the caster will die. Although we support you, you can use this move, but can you control this magic?"

Matt was worried that Barnett would drain him to death.

Barnett smiled and said: "I can naturally control it well, but just in case, you take this and hold it well."

Barnett threw a palm-sized magical chess piece to each of them. This chess piece could undergo three changes according to three simple spells. One was to receive magic power, called 'Water Storage'. One was to release their own magic power, called 'Opening the Floodgates', and the last one was to stop sending magic power, called 'Closing the Floodgates'.

Whoever had the chess piece in their hand in the 'Water Storage' state would receive magic power. When in the 'Opening the Floodgates' state, magic power would be sucked away like a flood being released. If the chess piece was in the 'Closing the Floodgates' form, it would stop sending magic power.

If they didn't have a chess piece in their hand, then the default was 'Opening the Floodgates'. Their magic power would be drained.

Everyone checked the chess pieces in their hands and didn't find any problems.

When Roland checked his chess piece, his eyebrows twitched slightly, but he didn't speak. He just reached out and summoned the chess piece in the hands of the Amber little girl in the crowd.

After checking it, he returned Amber's chess piece to her.

At this time, Matt threw the chess piece in his hand to Barnett and said: "Barnett, my chess piece seems to be different from yours."

Barnett took it, checked it, and shook his head, saying: "This chess piece is broken. I didn't bring a spare. You should leave the magic formation."

Matt coldly snorted, took out a talisman from his chest, and crushed it directly. Then he severed contact with the Crab Eye Elephant Formation.

He said: "Roland, there might be broken ones in our chess pieces. You should check them carefully. If the formation starts in a while, you won't be able to leave the Crab Eye Elephant Formation."

Hearing this, Barnett frowned and said with an unkind expression: "Matt, what do you mean?"

Before Matt could speak, Roland said: "Matt, don't think about things so complicatedly. We have to work together now. Otherwise, it might be a bit difficult to even leave today. Scholar Barnett, please start quickly. I've already damaged four magical items, and my magic potion is almost used up. If we delay any longer, I'm afraid I won't even have the magic power to support you in guiding 'Quicksand'."

Barnett hummed and began to chant the incantation.

Everyone immediately felt the magic within their bodies flowing continuously towards Barnett. In just two or three seconds, Amber's face turned pale. She ate a 'candy bean' hoping to hold on a little longer and contribute a bit more, but a spell struck, turning the chess piece in her hand into a 'closed gate'.

She couldn't see where the spell came from, but guessed it must be her little teacher, Roland.

This spell was particularly long-lasting. After half a minute, the intermediate apprentices couldn't hold on any longer, and one after another, they closed their gates, taking potions to rest.

After a minute, only Roland and another advanced apprentice were left in the Crab Eye Formation, supporting Barnett in guiding the spell.

At the same time, everyone felt a rustling sound coming from the huge castle ahead. It seemed the massive castle was slowly turning into sand from the top down.

Barnett shouted, "Scholar Roland, we can't let the sand bury the crystal people completely! Quickly, use your Wind Prince!"

Roland immediately poured a large amount of magic into the Wind Prince ring. Instantly, everyone felt a great wind rising, as if a terrifying tornado was slowly rising in the distance.

Immediately, sand filled the sky, covering the earth. The exposed skin of everyone was stung painfully by the fine sand.

The moment the Wind Prince appeared, Roland felt ten powerful suction forces fiercely drawing on his magic.

It seemed that many of the resting intermediate apprentices had changed their chess pieces.

Roland said, "Barnett, you guys are so slow, when will you finish guiding the magic? Let me give you a hand."

As soon as he finished speaking, Barnett suddenly felt a vast amount of magic, ten times greater than before, rushing into his body. His nearly exhausted magic was instantly filled. In the next second, he felt the magic within him surging and unable to suppress their 'riot'.

"Not good!"

Barnett used his last bit of consciousness to change the chess piece, then fainted.

When he woke up, it seemed only a few minutes had passed. The magic within him had been drained, and the chess piece had become a 'closed gate'.

There were sounds of fighting in the distance, it seemed Matt and the remaining people were fighting the crystal people.

There was someone beside him, it was that Roland. He was standing beside him, helping him stabilize the magic circulation in his body.

He sensed Roland's magic and his face paled. This person's magic was no different from when he started.

He seemed to understand a very powerful method of concealing his magic aura and life force.

Barnett felt his subordinates and found that they had all turned into shattered crystals on the ground. He was terrified. That person's magic was not at the level of an official wizard. No, he was already assimilating with the mysterious, he was about to become a monster!

"Ro… Scholar Roland, there was a problem with the magic just now… I didn't control the power of the quicksand well. Please don't blame me."

Roland said, "It's okay, of course I won't blame you, Barnett. Have you noticed a problem?"

Barnett said, "You speak."

Roland said, "These crystal people repeatedly turn into humans and then back into crystal people in the acid rain. It's really strange."

Barnett was stunned for a long time and said, "There's such a situation?"

Roland said, "Oh, so you've been secretly keeping your eyes closed all along."

Barnett didn't care about Roland's words and asked, "Have those people we put in the bags turned into crystal people?"

Roland shook his head and said, "No. So, I guess, there must be something we can't see here… But now everything I see is colorful. I can't see clearly, I really can't see clearly.

Can you help me look up and see what this city is like? What exactly is there?

That's definitely not a rainbow, nor is it any crystal… Isn't this the plague of light? My theory shouldn't be wrong… But my shadow has already covered the sky, and it's still raining heavily. The world should be pitch black, so why are people still turning into crystals?

Hehehe… Hmph hmph hmph… It must be that I'm blind, I'm blind! Everything I see is black!

No… It has colors, so bright, so bright!"

Roland fell into a state of manic self-talk. Barnett suspiciously lifted his eye patch and looked around. Immediately, his face became extremely terrified.

"This… how can this be?!"

"Upside down… upside down light, rising into the sky!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a crackling sound of crystals echoed from Barnett's body, and his entire person slowly turned into a crystal statue.

With a bang, his body shattered into pieces in Roland's hands.

A voice came from behind Roland: "Teacher, I guessed what that is! It's the Rainbow Clock!"

Amber's voice grew further and further away, as if she were slowly floating up. She said, "It's the largest Rainbow Clock in this world, spanning thousands of miles. Although there are clouds blocking it, they can't stop its colors. It's not afraid of darkness either, because it is a light itself, a colorful light."

A powerful suction force drew on all of Roland's magic. This power was ten times stronger than the 'magic extraction' of Barnett and the others combined.

Roland felt a faint sense of unease in his heart. He reached out and took out a chess piece, wanting to 'close the gate' and make Amber lose her magic supply, so that she would fall back from the sky.

But then he suddenly remembered that his chess piece had been tampered with!

Barnett had given him a problematic chess piece. He pretended not to know and tricked Barnett, and now he was going to trick his own student!

He heard the sound of flapping wings above his head. Amber seemed to have turned into something and was flying further and further away.

Roland opened his eyes, but everything around him was colorful and he couldn't see anything clearly. He reached out and threw something, trying to imprison the little girl, but it was useless.

The little girl used a very clumsy, but also very powerful, strange spell. After Roland's mysterious item was placed on her, it couldn't imprison her!

Roland shouted and screamed on the ground, hearing her say in the sky:

"It's okay, Teacher. I can withstand your magic! I understand magic! That spell is very powerful. Once it is cast, Amber will become the most amazing mage in the world!"

Buzzing… Roland heard the sound of a bell.

It was as if someone was ringing a bell!

Slowly, Roland found that the light around him was getting smaller and smaller in the sound of the bell, or rather, the colorful rays of light were narrowing.

It turned out that he had never been blind.

When he opened his eyes, everything around him should have been colorful.

Those were rays of rainbows rising from the earth!

They rose upside down from within Crystal City into the sky, turning the heavy rain in the sky into a colorful downpour!

No, that's not right!

Those are reflected auroras!

The royal city is a giant gem basin. The crystals that make up this gem basin can reflect light into a rainbow.

In this dark night, there is light — that is the aurora! Outside the city, beyond the clouds in the distant horizon, countless 'rainbows' hang down from the sky. They dance, giving this dark world a dazzling light!

Chirp chirp.

Roland heard the sound of a raven.

He looked up in confusion and saw a huge and strange bird.

That was a mage, whose spells were too unskilled.

This caused her to be neither human nor bird.

But the powerful magic supported her in completing this spell and made her body huge.

The feathers all over her body were so beautiful, like amber.

The feathers all over the bird's body refracted dazzling light under the illumination of the aurora.

She was like the hand of the rainbow goddess, constantly circling in the auroras that were like harps.

Every time she circled, the aurora would get a little smaller, and the light on her body would become more dazzling!

The color of the aurora dyed this colorful raven with a divine glow!

Buzzing…

Roland heard the sound of a bell again!

Just like the wishes of the people in the story, there was an Amber Princess ringing the bell.

Light made a sound!

When the light on the divine bird's body began to intersect with the aurora in the sky, a strange wave appeared. That wave collided with the elements in the air, creating a buzzing chime.

It turned out that the Amber Princess in the story was a divine bird!

A divine bird named Amber.

Fluorescence appeared in front of Roland's eyes. That was the fluorescence emitted from Roland's body, this city, and all the crystal objects far beyond the horizon!

The Crystal Princess disease in this world was constantly gathering on the divine bird, becoming her feathers.

Just like the flood, the divine bird opened a gate, and they poured down, never to be stopped.

Chirp chirp.

The bird sang its last song to the sound of the bell.

It was as if she was saying to her teacher:

— Look, Teacher! I used that spell! It's useful!

— Teacher, I've become a real mage!

— The most amazing mage in the world!

— My spell is invincible!

After the rainbow disappeared, the sky was dark again, and the rain was pouring down.

The divine bird landed on the ground, its body as lifelike as if it had been wrapped in a layer of amber.

If sunlight were to shine on it, this piece of amber would radiate rainbow colors. Roland couldn't let the amber's efforts be in vain. He suppressed his sorrow, covered his eyes again, and used his Echo skill to walk over, intending to keep this piece of amber in darkness forever.

At that moment, Roland sensed something from the sound reflected back from the amber, and his eyelids twitched violently.

Today's goal is 12,000 words, to finish this plot line.

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