I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

Speaking of which, those two are really something. Their first 'fake engagement' was just a verbal thing—Roland was completely bewildered afterward, not even knowing when he became Catherine's fiancé!

Now, they had a real engagement ceremony.

But Roland only gave her a tiny sage.

Not even a copper ring!

And he tied the sage on her while being stark naked.

But Catherine was satisfied, she was very satisfied. That's what she wanted!

Or rather, what she wanted was just Roland's sincerity. She just wanted to hear him say it.

Roland was also very satisfied. He thanked all the gods in heaven and earth for granting him such a fiancée!

He never dreamed that he could have such a wife!

He even thought that today's events were just a mistake.

At that time, he felt guilty and heartbroken. Guilty for falling in love with someone else's fiancée. Heartbroken that he fell in love with someone else's fiancée.

He was so envious of that fiancé also named Roland.

As a result, that fiancé was him!

So, he was sick!

Great!

Catherine asked, "You mentioned two shepherdesses before, one was Leona, who was the other one?"

Roland slapped his forehead hard, "Crap, I forgot about Diana and Leona."

He got up, put on his pants, and was about to leave.

Catherine grabbed him, "Wait a minute."

"Can't wait! Damn, it's almost been a day!"

With that, Roland left. But, this guy only took two steps before coming back.

He sat on the magic carpet, rubbing his head for a long time. He muttered to himself, "Why do I know her name is Diana?"

【You have comprehended! Heraka Theology +6】

【You have comprehended! Occultism +5】

【You have comprehended!】

After a moment, Roland remembered everything.

This time, he really remembered.

Roland hesitated for a moment, then looked at Catherine.

Catherine said, "Hmm? Back to normal? So, what happened this time?"

Roland said, "Catherine, I'm advancing—to be precise, I'm on a ship right now."

Catherine: "."

Roland said, "You're right, I do have some aftereffects. But I'm not having these aftereffects because of what I experienced in the past, but because I 'experienced a mysterious event in the future', so I left aftereffects in the past.

Well, now is the past, but now is also the present. At the same time, now is also the future."

Catherine waved her hand to interrupt, "Stop!"

Roland said with a smile, "I know you don't want to hear it, I won't say it. I feel like I'm about to wake up. Come on, let me kiss you again. I haven't been intimate with you for so many, many years."

During the kiss, Roland slowly woke up.

He suddenly had an extra memory.

Or rather, about the day before boarding the ship at the harbor, he had two memories.

The first memory was a normal memory.

And this second memory was everything he had just experienced.

In this memory, after Roland and Catherine left the cliff, they returned to that small river.

Diana was still nearby, her hands and feet tied, unable to go far. And Leona had been dancing and watching over her.

Well, in fact, this guy didn't need anyone to watch over her at all.

Because it was a cocoon!

The cocoon the bandits were carrying!

This cocoon was taken out of the bag by Leona, and then encountered this group of bandits.

The bandits seemed to have gone mad, treating the Red Saintess's cocoon as a shepherdess, and Leona as the shepherdess's sister!

Clearly one was a strange cocoon, and the other was a strange girl wearing a doll costume, but they treated them as normal people! As weak and helpless shepherdesses!

Roland stunned the cocoon and put it in the bag, and then all the things after that, Roland's memory became a little blurred—after taking Diana away, the two memories merged inexplicably.

It was as if he had 'forgotten the things of the future', strolling and playing with Catherine. Enjoying the last day of vacation.

Then, after boarding the ship the next day, he experienced all the things he had originally experienced.

Everything remained unchanged, including subduing the Red Saintess later, including writing the diary.

From the moment Roland put the cocoon back into the bag by the river, the timelines began to slowly unify.

This was perhaps the power of Heraka's 'standing in the present, changing the past, and changing the past and present through the future'!

And Roland, in this lower world, personally experienced all of this, truly witnessing and interfering with it.

"So, this is God?"

"In a sense, I understand the indescribable things. Isn't this touching the truth?"

"If I completely analyze this power..."

Roland faintly felt that perhaps he also understood the logic of 'time unification', and once he understood it, as long as he delved into it, wouldn't he be able to use it?

Once he succeeded, he would be like a god!

He would become a god in one step!

Roland felt a little excited, he was sure he could!

It was interesting to say, a certain ability of his was almost in the same vein as the power of the Goddess Heraka!

All along, Roland had a special ability, which he called 'taking treasures from the lower world'.

Every time he explored the lower world, the enlightenment and improvement he gained would affect himself in the real world!

The first time he did this, he had the enlightenment of 'Valerian Swordsmanship', and then calluses appeared on his hands!

This was essentially 'changing the past'!

Therefore, after this strange experience, a very outrageous idea popped up in Roland's mind—my power and the power of Lady Heraka are in the same vein!

Therefore, if she can use this power, I certainly can too!

With this thought, Roland recalled those 'time unification' logics in his memory.

For a moment, he suddenly had a flash of insight, feeling that he was getting closer and closer to that strange truth!

Then, Roland saw the butterfly.

At this moment, he felt that the Book of Aleiah on his waist seemed to be vibrating all the time, as if it wanted to fly out madly.

Roland suddenly woke up, he opened the book and looked at it, and then his eyes went black.

【You have comprehended! Next bottleneck advancement rate -5%!】

【You have comprehended! Next bottleneck advancement rate -4%!】

【You have comprehended! Next bottleneck advancement rate -3%!】

【You have comprehended!】

Roland almost fainted, he looked at it repeatedly for a while, and after confirming that he had not misread, his face became extremely ugly.

A total reduction of nearly 20% in the advancement rate!

If this situation happened twice more, he would have to become a Mad Immortal!

'I should have thought of it! This is taking a shortcut!

What I just did was not actually learning any magic, but trying to become a god in one step!

The consequence of becoming a god in one step without a cornerstone is becoming a Mad God!'

Heraka was not a normal god in the first place, but a god who embarked on a crooked path under duress!

The power of the Mad God is very terrifying, it is truly indescribable!

If gods were also wizards, then Heraka would be a Twilight Wizard even more evil than the Black Abyss Wizard, and the kind that devours Seedlings of Imprisonment and merges with the mysterious!

Someone like Haywood!

If I go to analyze his power, wouldn't that be trying to become Haywood?!'

Roland believed that if a god's realm reached a certain level, then the side effects should not be so great when using this Mad God's power.

But he was just a mortal!

Someone who hadn't even touched the second Gate of Truth!

And what he had just done was to bypass the many Gates of Truth in front and directly touch the deepest, deepest truth of the lower world!

He thought he could understand, could comprehend, but in reality, he became a madman. Even if he became a god, he would be a Mad God!

'I'm too greedy! Even Heraka... If Diana is Heraka, then even the Goddess Heraka has given up her original path and returned to the right path. But I, because of greed, went to take such a path.'

He was really too greedy!

How could opening a cheat not have a price!

Now, the advancement rate has been reduced by 20% at once. Roland rubbed his eyes hard.

Although it hasn't reached a negative number yet, it seems that there will be a huge hurdle to advance to the second tier!

When breaking through this kind of major realm, the effects of various external forces will be greatly reduced—the Path of Truth doesn't count as an external force—Usak Mentor had so many resources back then, and his talent was far better than his own, but he still failed to advance.

With his current situation to advance to the second tier, having two or three chances would be good.

Roland suddenly discovered a problem, it was very difficult for him to take the right path, but if he wanted to become a Mad Immortal, he could almost succeed in one step!

If there was a world of Mad Immortals, then the door would be directly open to him!

He finally had a way to deal with the Butterfly Tribulation, and he was no longer afraid of this thing, now he has encountered such a trouble.

He had to find a way to solve this problem, otherwise, failing to advance would be a small matter, if he became a Mad Immortal... that would be a big joke.

If he really became a Mad Immortal, could the Old Guy, the King of a Thousand Eyes, help him kill himself?

In fact, Roland felt that he might also try to forget those things he had previously comprehended.

But he didn't dare to do this.

Because he now seemed to have walked a certain distance on the crooked path, if he forgot the memory, then he would get lost!

The things he brought back each time he explored the lower world weren't just memories—every touch of the lower world changed reality!

Memories can be forgotten, but can the bizarre changes in oneself be forgotten?

He was already contaminated!

Roland rubbed his eyes hard, took out the small Rubik's Cube, and began flipping through various books.

"I remember there seems to be a book..."

"The latest novels are on 69shu.com first!"

"Depravity, this kind of thing seems to have always existed. For the gods, it is a kind of extreme corruption."

"There are also mysterious existences in the South, and many, many more..."

"The Church seems to have a relic that can purify depravity."

After flipping through for a while, Roland found relevant content.

There really were such things, and many of them!

It's just that most of them are for angels to eat.

So many types are as if the angels often stand on the front line of that battlefield.

Putting down the book, Roland suddenly had a strange idea.

Wizards have been fighting against the gods. So, could it be that the gods are also fighting against something?

All along, wizards have described the gods as evil farm owners, as damned hunters.

Indeed, whether farm owners or hunters, they deserve to die.

But if one day, the hunters that the sheep hate are all gone, what will the sheep face?

What happens once the food chain is destroyed?

Roland shook his head.

The gods of the South cannot be whitewashed, because the sheepfold is an objective existence.

Or rather, from the wizards' point of view, the two sides cannot coexist.

Unless the sheep are no longer sheep, but become hunters, and the entire wizarding world copy undergoes a major version upgrade, then perhaps the two sides can consider the next question.

Roland shook his head again, shaking off this thought.

Since meeting Catherine, Roland had a habit—always thinking about the future of the entire world.

But in fact, for Roland's current realm, this is not something he should be thinking about.

Grasping cultivation is what he should be doing now, otherwise, it's hard to say whether he can live to the next major version upgrade.

To put it bluntly, if he can't get some relic to purify the depravity, then with his frequent exploration of the lower world, he will sooner or later come into contact with what he shouldn't, and sooner or later become a depraved immortal, becoming the version BOSS in the current version!

'But how should I join the Church?'

Shaking his head, Roland walked out of the door and came to the deck.

It was already dark, and it seemed to be past midnight.

Miss Diana and Miss Maria seemed to be on duty in the watchtower.

This ship had actually arrived near the coast a long time ago, but they didn't dare to go ashore. After all, going ashore like this would cause a lot of trouble.

Everyone discovered a 'steam yacht' a few days ago. It might be a ship of the Church.

Although it's a ship of the Church, to be honest, it can't compare to the Storm.

Because that ship is obviously a coastal passenger ship, not a warship.

And the Storm—it is also a ship of the Church.

Moreover, not only is it a ship of the Church, but also a top-tier third-generation naval magic warship!

It couldn't detect the Storm.

Therefore, Theresa decisively made the decision to have the Storm quietly follow it.

When the two saw Roland come out, they immediately notified Theresa to come and tell the Lord about this matter.

On this side, after Roland came to the deck, he looked up at the starry sky and calculated the days according to the constellations.

Speaking of which, Roland has finally become a bit like a White Wizard recently. If he had such astrological knowledge from the beginning of boarding the ship, and had been recording the constellations, he wouldn't still think that he had only spent four years on the ship!

After calculating for a while, Roland found that he had been in seclusion in the room for a full fifteen days.

He originally thought that he would have to slowly consolidate his realm and digest the effects of the two magic potions, but according to this number of days...

Roland felt his body and felt that his magic power had become relatively stable, and there was a faint surging power sleeping in his body.

He went to the stern of the ship to warm up, awakened this power, and then slashed at the sea with a sword. Immediately afterwards, an astonishing sword energy slashed across the water.

Instantly, a violent wind surged in the air, and the wind was mixed with some lightning elemental power.

With a crash, the sword energy cut into the distant sea, stirring up a large wave more than four meters high and ten meters wide.

Roland's eyes moved slightly, and he thought: 'My power has actually increased so much. If I become more familiar with my body, it will improve even more.'

Opening Alaya's Handbook, Roland found that his current realm was already [First Order Late Stage (0.98%)]. According to experience, as long as it reaches 1%, his realm will be completely stable.

After carefully flipping through it, Roland found that he had obtained all the benefits of those two magic potions!

Whether it was the 'certain probability' or the 'high probability' benefit, he had obtained them all!

This time, Miss Lucky Star gave him a cheat.

'I'll burn a few incense sticks later... Well, forget it, when I get ashore, I'll take her to eat mutton.'

Miss Diana likes to eat mutton—because Roland wrote it in his diary.

Clenching his fist, Roland felt his power and a look of doubt appeared on his face.

His power was indeed very strong, not much worse than that Demon Duchess in the Bloodless Fortress, but he couldn't release sword energy with pure brute force alone.

And there was no true qi or battle qi in his body. So what power was he consuming?

When he made a move, the magic power in his body did flow, but this flow was a passive cycle under stimulation, rather than a cycle formed by body refining secrets or swordsmanship.

Even without magic power, he could fly into the air—what he consumed was physical strength.

Roland felt that after his body entered this level, there was indeed something, it was a bit like 'qi', so some people would call 'sword qi' 'sword qi'.

But that's not qi, Roland felt that his situation was more like 'Superman'.

From the wizard's point of view, he could sense that it was a biological magnetic field—or a stance.

His physical strength or life force was maintaining the consumption of this stance, and his magic power, willpower, and mental power all had a certain influence on it.

Regarding the power of the body, various books have different descriptions.

Some people think that this is a combination of life force and willpower. Some people think that it is related to magic power and mental power, and some people think that it is a divine gift and the power of faith.

In Roland's own experience, he felt that these three statements were all correct, but not accurate enough.

He remembered a book written by a Southern magician, in which there was a point of view—force field.

The Southern magicians believed that everything has its own stance. It is based on the body and will, and is influenced by spirit and emotion. And magic power, faith, and divine grace will have a certain benefit to this power.

Roland strongly agreed with this statement.

The book also put forward a hypothesis that the power of this stance can be described with runes.

But the magicians did not study it in depth, because this statement conflicted with theology.

Or rather, the Church defined all extraordinary power as a divine gift—the Southerners did not dare to explore it in depth.

If this power could really be analyzed with runes, it would mean that as long as a super barrier is created, then the physical strength of the people inside can be improved by a realm, or even a major realm?

This kind of 'barrier' really exists!

For example, 'Blessing Technique'!

In the South, this kind of divine art can increase the various values of a knight sharply, and even directly improve a small realm!

Another example is the hymn sung by the three-headed snake Karl when he led people to deal with the mutant—that kind of protective power is actually very terrifying.

There are also large 'barriers'. Such as the 'Domain of Divine Grace', 'Domain of Divine Kingdom', 'Descent of Heaven' and other miracle-level divine arts... The Templar Knights in these domains can even unfold the wings of angels in an instant, and the saints can even step into the realm of demigods!

This is almost an increase of a major realm!

In various books, Roland found that the South is full of treasures of knowledge.

If he could enter the Church and study it in depth... this cheat shouldn't be inferior to 'Squeak Squeak'.