I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

The public fireplace in the Snake Tower was rarely used, but today, when Roland crawled out of the fireplace, he saw several high tower wizards chatting in the small hall.

Roland knew that they should all be his 'Senior Brothers'.

Obviously, there was no such term as 'Senior Brothers' in the High Tower.

However, the wizards called those High Tower wizards who had entered the tower earlier, or who were more knowledgeable, 'Senior'.

This word has meanings such as more noble, senior scholar, old, big, and elder brother.

Roland was used to understanding the word 'Senior' as meaning 'Senior Brother and Senior Sister'.

As for those scholars who joined later, they were generally called 'Junior'.

This term has meanings such as young, inexperienced, and lower in rank.

Roland was used to treating it as 'Junior Brother, Junior Sister'.

Strictly speaking, Roland should call Mentor Ursack 'Rabbi', which means 'Respected Master' and 'Loving Father'.

Roland had only been in the High Tower for a few days since he first entered, and he was not used to the title yet, so he always called Ursack Mentor, not Rabbi.

However, calling him Mentor was the same. Because the word Mentor (Master) has meanings such as leader and master.

Whether it is Mentor or Rabbi, it is very different from the title of 'Teacher'.

Teacher here means 'Lecturer'.

Mentor and Rabbi are more like 'Master'.

Strictly speaking, Rabbis are masters to their disciples! They are fathers!

And the Rabbi's disciples are all Rabbi's children. They are brothers and sisters.

In the High Tower, the Rabbi has the same rights as a master and father. They also have the responsibilities of a mentor and father.

"Roland Junior, please wait a moment."

Just as Roland passed by the group of High Tower wizards, he heard an older woman call out to him.

Roland couldn't see her realm, he just felt that she was a little unfathomable.

She was wearing a somewhat loose robe. She looked like a noblewoman in her late twenties.

Her appearance was around a 7 out of 10, not particularly beautiful, but she looked very gentle, the kind of great beauty that is pleasing to the eye.

When Roland looked at her back, he always felt that her back was a little strange.

Since she called Roland 'Junior', Roland defaulted to calling her 'Senior Sister'.

Roland came to the crowd and nodded to the several Senior Brothers who looked over, as a greeting.

The faces of many Senior Brothers showed very strange expressions.

For this Junior who entered the High Tower eight years ago, everyone's perception was actually okay. Although everyone had only met a few times, everyone knew that Roland was a true Black Abyss Wizard who had witnessed the mysterious and contained the mysterious.

He is a real comrade.

So in everyone's mind, Roland is an orthodox Black Abyss Wizard, one of their own. Although a little arrogant, a little rude, but Black Abyss Wizards are all like this.

Therefore, Roland is recognized by everyone.

Usually, when these Snake Tower wizards see the new scholars greeting them, everyone just glances at them indifferently.

The more polite ones just nod slightly and leave—just like Roland.

But today, everyone not only responded to Roland, but also looked at Roland with a smile for a long time.

This smile was very playful, with the implication that you are capable, bold enough, only been here for eight years, and you are already more perverted and disgusting than many old people.

You are completely integrated into our big family!

Seeing everyone's extremely approving eyes, Roland sighed heavily in his heart: "It's over, my affairs should have spread."

These Seniors seemed to have just come out of the public fireplace not long ago, and were stopped by this lady.

After listening to them chat for a while, Roland secretly clicked his tongue and said: "So it's not Senior Sister, it's Madam!"

There is only one Rabbi in the Snake Tower, and all the Snake Tower wizards are disciples of Ursack, not his wife's disciples.

Therefore, Master Ursack's wife uses 'Junior' to address these disciples and apprentices of her husband.

The disciples generally call this 'Madam' 'Madam'.

Roland listened for a long time, but couldn't hear what everyone was calling her Madam, and couldn't help scratching his head secretly, suspecting his hearing.

At this time, they had finished chatting. When many Seniors left, some patted Roland on the shoulder. Some glanced at him a few more times.

For this new Junior, many Snake Tower wizards expressed their recognition, but not to the point of 'respect'.

Which of the people present hasn't dealt with mysterious events?

Which one didn't climb out step by step from piles of dead people, or even from the laboratory?

Madam slowly turned around and looked at Roland gently.

Roland didn't dare to look too much, and hurriedly lowered his head and saluted. As a result, when he opened his mouth, he called her 'Madam'—using a word similar to '慈母(címǔ, loving mother)'.

Ms. Ruth was stunned for a long time when she heard this word. Then her face turned slightly red.

Everyone calls Ursack Father (Rabbi), but very few people call her Mother.

It was the first time she heard someone use a word similar to mother to address herself, and she was a little unaccustomed to it. After thinking about it, she felt that this word was very reasonable, and her eyes became a little softer.

The wizards of the Snake Tower are indeed her little snakes.

She said softly: "Child, raise your head and let me see."

Roland raised his head, and then his eyes went black, and he almost fainted.

Standing in front of him was not a person.

It was a snake.

A beautiful snake.

Or rather, a beautiful snake-person.

Under that loose robe, was a hood like a cobra, and the legs were long snake tails—just now everyone was around her, and Roland didn't specifically look at her thighs.

But she had a pair of beautiful jade arms, and the nails on her slender jade fingers were well manicured, standard beauty fingers.

Well... her scales were also well taken care of.

Obviously, she had a beautiful and gentle face and limbs, but she had a strange snake-like body. Both were good when taken out alone, but they were put together, which made people lose SAN.

Judging from Madam's face, she was very moist... with a honeymoon-like moistness.

Ursack and Madam were very affectionate. It gave people the feeling that the two had known each other for a long time and finally became a family.

Roland thought to himself: 'So... my Madam is the White Snake?'

'My master is actually Xu Xian!'

Roland was not well.

This motherly beauty-snake must be much older than Ursack.

Snake Madam began to lead the way while asking Roland about things.

She seemed to like asking questions very much.

Roland didn't know where Madam was leading him, so he had to follow her, answering whatever she asked.

On the way, the two accidentally ran into Lilith. Lilith looked like she had seen a ghost when she saw Madam, and ran away without saying hello.

'Lilith, that fellow, she was indeed brought to the Snake Tower by Mentor Ursack... She seems to be very afraid of Madam.'

Roland smiled secretly.

After asking a series of questions, Madam began to give Roland problems. Most of them were riddles related to Straw Town.

Roland thought that Madam was testing the knowledge he had researched in Straw Town, and couldn't help scratching his head secretly.

He didn't research anything, he just researched a crazy theory.

He had to say this crazy theory.

Snake Madam nodded and said: "Yes, in terms of mystics, you have more unique insights than Lilith."

Roland was in tears, he didn't expect Madam to understand his logic.

After chatting for so long, Roland found that Madam was very knowledgeable, no wonder she could be with Mentor.

People like the beautiful snake-person Madam like wizards like Ursack who are full of talent.

Many things that Roland originally planned to ask Mentor, but now he didn't know where Mentor was, so he simply asked Madam.

Roland told the confusion that Little Roland brought him.

But Madam didn't give Roland a direct answer, but looked at him with a smile: "Strictly speaking, they are you... Roland, this mission is very important, the Snake Tower needs to send someone, and this person must have the following characteristics.

Good at stealth.

Has clones, or someone who has split their soul.

Has mysterious means.

Looks like a normal person, but suffers from extremely serious mental problems. If it is terminally ill and incurable, then it would be best."

Roland: "?"

Roland couldn't help but ask: "Madam, I know that the wizards of our school have some mental problems... but do you think I look like a wizard with mental illness?"

Madam said: "Roland, those crystal balls (videos) you mailed back from Straw Town are being studied by many High Tower wizards as precious mental illness behavior materials."

She looked at Roland and said: "You know, mental problems have always plagued the Black Abyss wizards. But like you, very few people can record the entire process of their illness and onset.

And like you, a wizard who covers sixty-nine kinds of mental problems alone is even rarer."

Roland was stunned for a long time, he recalled, the perverted Little Rolands mailed back about sixty-nine crystal balls.

He was not well.

Madam continued to say about the initial topic: "The conditions for selecting people that I said before were the requirements given by that noble lady. According to the above requirements, the Snake Tower screened out 39 people."

Roland: "? ?"

How many official wizards in the Snake Tower have clones and mysterious methods?

Not many, right!

Getting thirty or so would be good, right?

What does this mean? The people gathered all have mental problems?

What kind of place is our High Tower?

Is it the critical care building in the Black Abyss Brain Hospital?

Can't be. The senior brothers usually seem pretty normal. Not the same temperament as the Twilight Wizards at all!

They're all normal people in the same style as me.

The Medusa said again: "Excluding those who can't get away, there are sixteen left, 'Princess Katarina'. That is, that noble lady believes that only the strongest is qualified to follow her team.

So, your mentor had these disciples fight.

They have already competed and there is 1 left. He is waiting for you. If you can survive in his hands, then you can go."

Roland suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

It was originally a mission to sell his life to the female boss.

But he still has to fight to the death to compete for this spot?

Who is she, her airs are too big, bigger than my wife's!

What's even more uncomfortable is that they didn't choose me because they thought I was capable, but because they thought I was sick!

Roland thought to himself: 'So, the reward is not to fight with Senior Sister. It's to fight with Senior Brother?

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So, I have to defeat that person first, and then I can be a bodyguard for that Princess Katarina or whatever?

Am I sick? Why not be a good lord and be a bodyguard for someone else?

Why not hold my good wife at home and sell my life for someone else?'

Roland immediately lost interest.

His reputation is already stinky now.

If he takes on this task again, and has some affair with that female boss and the elf lady on the road, it will not only tarnish their reputation, but his own reputation will become even stinkier.

Wouldn't that be adding fuel to the fire?

Moreover, according to the prediction, if I lose, it seems that I can alleviate my current mental state, etc. I don't have any illness at all, so where does the severity of the illness - 1 come from?

"Damn, just lose directly!"

[Roland chose A: Damn, just lose directly!]

[Completion reward: "This guy is indeed flirting everywhere, not focusing on cultivation!" * N, Bodyguard mission - 1, Strange female boss - 1, Elf maid - 1, Laughing wildly for a month + 1; Severity of illness - 1]

Originally, Roland thought that the mentor only had him as a candidate. So he wanted to go all out.

But now that he hears this, there are so many candidates, why should he go?

Compete with them for the title of 'Best Neurotic of the Year'?

Are you sick!

At this time, the two had already arrived at a certain floor of the tower. This is a hall that has been magically expanded.

How should its layout be described? It's a bit hard to describe in a word.

It looks a bit like an opera house with very few seats on the first floor, but a very large stage.

Or a Colosseum, a circus.

It's simply treating the bodyguard candidates as beasts or clowns to perform!

Roland knew that this was actually the Snake Tower's training ground. This can be seen from the barrier on the stage.

When the wizards of the Black Abyss can't explain things with reason, they like to use their fists to judge who is right and who is wrong. Therefore, the training grounds of the major towers are well made.

So, this is the Snake Tower's training ground, but it has been slightly modified.

Roland doesn't know why so many spectator seats were added, but many wizards from other schools are standing upstairs. Among them, there are also many White Chess wizards and apprentices who have recently been transferred to the Black Abyss Academy.

It seems that they all came to watch the excitement. And they should have been watching for several days.

Many Black Abyss wizards and apprentices are secretly betting there. I don't know what they are betting on.

After Roland came in, many eyes curiously sized him up, looking like they were watching a new exotic species.

Roland was even more unhappy.

He made up his mind that he would just lie down on the stage and admit defeat later.

After the Medusa led Roland in, she saw a White Chess wizard in the spectator seats downstairs waving to her, so she said: "My dear husband, our respected Lord Rabbi, thinks that you have been neglecting your studies recently, and intends to let your brother educate you well."

Roland's heart skipped a beat.

Judging from the letter sent back by the mentor today, he seems to be a little angry with him.

If he just comes up and screws around, he will definitely clean him up.

It seems that he has to pretend.

Mrs. Medusa finally said: "Little Junior, many people think that you are not worthy of this important task. Don't be too embarrassed ~"

Roland cursed in his heart: 'Who is worthy, I'm not going!'

That being said, Roland concentrated his attention, he knew what the rules of the Black Abyss were. This is a competition, not child's play.

He has to lose, but he also has to be cautious. Otherwise, if he is not careful...

At this time, Roland noticed that a 'brother' slowly floated onto the stage from upstairs.

This person is a typical Black Abyss wizard, with a calm face and a serious expression. He looks very cold, and belongs to the kind of person who won't change his expression even if he hears a very interesting digestion.

This brother is quite handsome. After he landed on the stage, many female apprentices and female wizards of the Black Abyss lit up with little stars in their eyes, looking like 'We are all your fans'.

They are holding up small signs.

But the people of other schools all have an indescribable expression when they look at this brother. I don't know what kind of 'performance' they have seen these days. Some people even look at him with a bit of fear.

While Roland was walking onto the stage, he sized up this 'senior brother', and his expression gradually became serious.

He is actually a mid-stage Tier 1 wizard. And his magic power is extremely strong.

Roland felt a very dangerous aura from him.

Roland had a hunch that the moment he stepped onto the stage, this senior brother would directly attack, and he would never hold back.

But what surprised Roland a little was that the senior brother actually sized him up with a strange look. Roland didn't understand that look.

Soon, Roland knew why the senior brother looked at him with that look.

After going on stage, he heard the senior brother ask him a question with killing intent.

"Why did you steal his pumpkin?"

Roland: "? ? ?"

He took out his ears and asked: "What? You said I stole someone's what?!"

[Roland chose B: "Ah? You said I stole someone's what?!"]

[Completion reward: Roland's wild laughter "Hahahaha! Hahahaha!" * 1, Bodyguard mission + 1, Strange female boss + 1, Elf maid + 1, 3P scandal + N, Prisoner seed + 1, Severity of illness + 1]

Before Roland could continue to ask, the senior brother covered his face and started to cry.

Roland was completely dumbfounded.

"We don't know each other at all... Why did you steal my pumpkin... Wuwuwu... Hmph hmph hmph..."

The senior brother was crying and laughing. The moment he put down his hands, his entire face changed.

It was a clown's face. His face was covered with powder, and there was deep eye shadow on his eyes. His mouth was bright red.

He covered his mouth and laughed wildly. But his eyes were extremely cold and resentful, and the way he looked at Roland was like looking at a corpse.

"Hmph hmph hmph... I'll see how you quibble?"

Roland was dumbfounded. Suddenly, he found that he was actually holding a pumpkin in his arms.

— — Careless!

— — I was tricked!

Roland understood in an instant.

When he was about to step onto the stage, he had a strong sense of crisis, feeling that the senior brother would make a killing move the moment he stepped onto the stage. Although he couldn't see what killing move the senior brother was making, he kept a bit of vigilance and prepared a stand-in 'magic puppet' with a trace of his own mental power.

That sentence 'Why did you steal his pumpkin' is likely to be a curse.

He answered, he was cursed, and he became a pumpkin-hugging thief!

The thinking was only in an instant. In Roland's perspective, he found that he had made other movements after holding the pumpkin. But in other people's perspective, what Roland was holding in his arms was not a pumpkin, but his head!

Many Black Abyss wizards who watched the battle for the first time opened their mouths wide. The victory or defeat was decided in one move.

And those Black Abyss wizards who had seen Senior Brother Pumpkin's battle secretly shook their heads. As expected, it was like this again.

As for the wizards of other schools, their faces became very ugly. Several White Chess wizards even stood up angrily — — Why didn't anyone come out to stop it?! People died in the competition! What kind of reaction is this?

It's just a competition, why kill people?

At this moment, everyone found something was wrong — — The moment Roland's head fell, a figure flashed behind Senior Brother Pumpkin.

Immediately, Senior Brother Pumpkin was split in two, and a sword light of thunder and fire blade flew out from the two halves of Senior Brother Pumpkin's corpse and flew onto the barrier in the distance.

Rumbling, the barrier suddenly twisted, leaving a long sword mark of thunder and fire.

Everyone was shocked, and many people didn't even understand what was going on!

That is to say, if they had participated in this battle, they would not even know how they died when they died.

Some sharp-eyed people suddenly discovered that there was something wrong with Roland's corpse. What kind of corpse was that? It was a lifelike scarecrow woven from straw!

— — It was the 'Straw Roland' that Roland had shown when he fought in the Heraca Church.

It turned out that when Roland went on stage, he felt that the senior brother would make a killing move as soon as he came up. Although he couldn't see the killing move the senior brother was making, he kept a bit of vigilance and prepared a substitute 'magic puppet' with a trace of his own mental power.

After that, Roland realized his senior brother had been trying to kill him from the start, so he was truly enraged and flashed forward with a sword strike.

With this strike, he directly applied the blade to his senior brother's body, injecting magic power during the swing, resulting in physical + magical damage, aiming for a one-hit kill to eliminate a fellow disciple.

After this sword strike, Senior Brother Pumpkin's laughter didn't stop.

Upon closer inspection, after being split in two, the two halves of his body actually turned into two halves of a pumpkin. From the opened pumpkin flesh, two astonishing bolts of green lightning shot out—Instant Death Spells!

These two spells, one forcing Roland back and the other sealing off his possible retreat, yet Roland's figure was elusive and ghostly, and neither hit him!

After the pumpkin flesh shot out the spells, the pumpkin twitched and rapidly grew vines, and then those vines wove themselves into two smaller versions of Senior Brother Pumpkin!

In a flash, Roland and his dear senior brother had already exchanged several deadly moves, and both of their attacks were extremely insidious 'first encounter kills'.

These 'first encounter kill' techniques are the most efficient, convenient, and effortless. As long as the opponent is slightly careless upon meeting, it's a one-shot kill to decide life and death.

To put it bluntly, these two met and immediately pulled out guns, pressed them against each other's foreheads, and pulled the trigger.

If you dodge it, then you're qualified to fight me. If you can't dodge it, what are you doing here?

This is a competition, not a child's game!

The brothers, sisters, and teachers of the Black Abyss School nodded repeatedly—good, very good.

While those from other schools watched with scalp-tingling horror—what are you doing?!

Are you from the same school?!

Are you brothers from the same tower?!

Isn't this a simple competition? Why are you all using killing moves? Why are you all fighting for your lives?!