I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

That day, Roland rolled out. He rolled over to the cathedral.

He had called ahead using a telephone, and then, riding Foxfire, he swaggered like a young master all the way to the grand plaza in front of Vermick Cathedral.

The full name of this cathedral was 'Saint Vermick Cathedral of Dawn'.

As the most famous landmark in Vermick City, its total area was not as large as the monastery or the summer palace, but it looked even more magnificent and shocking from a distance.

The upper part of the cathedral was Gothic spire style, and the lower part was Baroque style. There was a huge plaza in front.

Pointed arches, pilasters, and tracery 'Saint Vermick Cathedral of Dawn' had a total of 238 spires, like dense tower forests piercing the sky.

The tallest of these spires was 168 meters high! At the top of the tower was a statue of the Holy Mother. There were also two slightly shorter spires, carved with the Merciful Mother and the Generous Goddess.

Further down were the Four Holy Sons, angels, saints, and historical figures. There were statues on each spire.

There were more than 3,000 statues on the exterior of the church, and if the interior statues were included, the total number exceeded 8,000.

This made the church look particularly gorgeous and lively.

The afternoon sun shone on the outside of the church, covering it with a golden veil. It looked radiant, magical and magnificent in the sunlight.

There were not many people in the square today, it seemed that the locals were already desensitized to this building. But Roland marveled at it and wandered around it for a long time.

Compared to Roland's impression of his hometown, the people of this world were even more fanatical about their faith.

Its magnificence not only shocked Roland, but even exceeded the understanding of the people of the Eastern Territory.

In the Eastern Territory, the people of a certain kingdom and a Twilight Wizard exhausted their thoughts and wealth to create a straw cathedral, but it was not even comparable to a corner of this one.

Roland's 'Helaica Cathedral' was already large enough, but compared to it, it was like the difference between a lord's small manor and a palace.

It is said that the Cathedral of Dawn can accommodate 80,000 people for religious activities. The layout of Straw Town was too small in comparison.

The goddess Helaica was a small overlord in the Netherworld, but compared to the main gods of Heaven, she was still far behind.

Although the current Three Gods of Dawn were marginalized main gods in the Light and Shadow United Church and were no longer big shots, in the Old Church era, the Three Gods of Dawn were genuine big shots.

It is said that this church was built for a total of eight hundred years.

It was built to preserve holy objects.

Now, Roland's 'Helaica Cathedral' was also like a holy object, preserved here.

Catherine no longer called Roland's church 'Helaica Cathedral'. She mentioned a new name—the Holy Hall.

But to be honest, everyone was still arguing about what it should be called now.

Roland felt that the Holy Hall might not be accurate, perhaps it should be called 'Alaye Cathedral'.

Of course, Roland certainly wouldn't dare to take that name.

After Roland rode his horse around the cathedral, he saw a beautiful and peaceful nun in the plaza in front of the cathedral's main entrance.

The nun seemed to be seeing off a guest. When she saw Roland, she hesitated slightly, then turned to leave.

Roland hurriedly kicked the horse's belly and chased after her. The nun heard the sound of hooves behind her and actually lifted her nun's skirt and quickened her pace, drawing sidelong glances from the people around her.

But no matter how fast the nun ran, she couldn't be faster than Roland.

Before she could run up the steps, Roland rode his horse in front of her and stopped her.

Roland dismounted and asked, "Why are you running?!"

The nun saw Roland walking towards her, took two steps back in fright, and whispered, "Oh my god! Please, Roland, for the sake of the Holy Mother, don't come near me! There are too many people here!"

This person was Florence.

These days, she had been hiding in the cathedral, afraid of hugging Roland in public.

She hadn't been out for more than a month, and today, as soon as she stepped out, she 'again' ran into Roland.

This scared Florence badly.

Roland was very speechless. He opened his arms and stood in front of Florence, saying, "I'm cured, you see!"

Roland didn't make any further moves after opening his arms.

At this time, Florence suddenly realized that she didn't have the urge to hug Roland when she saw him today.

She breathed a sigh of relief and almost cried out in excitement.

She had been having nightmares every day these days. Originally, she had applied to go to the Eastern Territory, intending to avoid Roland. If Catherine hadn't persuaded her again and again, she would have really left.

Roland said, "Why are you reacting so strongly?"

Florence glared at Roland and didn't want to talk to him anymore. She turned to leave.

Roland led his horse and hurriedly followed, saying, "Why are you leaving? I'm here to see my church. You can take me to see it."

Florence said, "You come to see it every day, do you still need me to take you? Keep a little distance from me! Don't be like yesterday!"

Roland: "?"

At this moment, Roland suddenly felt a sense of embarrassment coming from his Dimensional Bag.

["Ahem, don't say anything. I've been sneaking over these days."]

Roland's eyes darkened.

It's Senior Sister!

Florence's wings had long been squeezed down by Catherine, so Catherine didn't need to act out the 'hug' scene when playing herself.

But judging from Florence's words, Senior Sister had secretly flirted with her using his identity!

Roland responded: ["Why are you messing around with my image for no reason?"]

Senior Sister smiled and said: ["I'm making a few puppets recently, preparing to use them in the ruins."]

Roland's face became extremely ugly.

It seemed that Senior Sister didn't just hug her, but took the opportunity to grope her under the pretext of hugging.

Roland said to Senior Sister in his heart: ["Catherine ah! Catherine! How am I going to explain this!"]

Senior Sister said: ["Then don't explain it, anyway, that's what you are like."]

At this time, Florence instructed the knight at the door, and a knight came over to help Roland lead the horse.

Roland took the opportunity to say, "Florence, in fact, the Roland who has been coming over these days..."

Before he could finish speaking, Roland heard Senior Sister anxiously transmit a thought.

The general idea was to admit her mistake and ask Roland not to tell Florence that she had secretly done bad things, as well as a prepared explanation from Catherine.

This thought was transmitted to Roland's mind instantly, so he only paused for a moment when talking to Florence.

Roland continued, "That Roland is not me. I have been at the monastery these days, and the people there can testify. The 'Roland' here is probably a Mind-Snatching Holy Spirit.

Catherine told me before that all six Mind-Snatching Holy Spirits are here. Due to the needs of alchemy, everyone occasionally releases them. It is possible that my Holy Spirit ran out to find you in the middle of it."

Florence was slightly stunned.

She looked at Roland suspiciously and said, "I will confirm this matter cough, I mean, it's no small matter for a Mind-Snatching Holy Spirit to run around. If someone makes a mistake in the operation, they should pay attention."

Roland said, "I'm going to go too, let's go together."

The two entered the cathedral while walking and chatting.

The concealment technique of the Black Abyss 'Lord Shata' was very powerful. Florence chatted with Roland for a long time and didn't notice that he had advanced from his aura.

At Roland's request, Florence acted as a guide and gave Roland a brief tour of the cathedral.

The two walked towards the place where the 'Helaica Cathedral' was preserved while touring. Since it was completely on the way, it didn't delay the business.

On the way, Roland actually saw some White Chess Wizards.

He asked, "Hasn't the Eastern Territory delegation already boarded the ship? Why, hasn't the ship arrived yet?"

Florence said, "In the morning, the last batch of envoys left under the leadership of Ms. Ayr. The people who stayed behind are here for advanced studies. We will also send people to the Eastern Territory for advanced studies I originally wanted to leave with Ms. Ayr."

Roland suddenly understood.

Florence told Roland that the White Chess School and the Dawn Monastery often had exchanges.

The Dawn Monks who helped the Eastern Territory fight against the evil gods went to the Eastern Territory in the name of exchange.

In recent years, many things have happened in the Eastern Territory, and the White Chess Wizards have not been in the mood to send people over at all.

In addition, the situation between the Eastern Territory and the Southern Territory has become increasingly tense, so this kind of mutual exchange has stopped.

The fuse of this tense situation was the 'Titanic' twenty-four years ago.

This ship was a strategic warship of the Eastern Territory and was snatched by Hydra. The severity of it was no less than destroying a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier!

In the same year, Hydra also wiped out the Black Wind Group, and the Eastern Territory Wizards also carried out very bad revenge in the South.

According to Florence, the Twilight Wizards sank the island where the Hydra Group headquarters was located into the sea!

The sinking of this island directly caused a monstrous tsunami.

This counterattack calmed the church down. So the two sides have not fought again in recent years.

It wasn't until recently that the two sides conducted peace talks during the hostage exchange and signed a non-aggression treaty. The situation has only eased.

In previous years, the White Chess School sent people over for exchanges, and the church rarely sent people to the Eastern Territory to study.

Especially after the Eastern Territory created a 'Pure White Magic Secret Society', the church was even more unwilling to send people there.

They were afraid that those monks would 'fall' after going to the Eastern Territory and no longer believe in God.

But the Twilight Wizards' 'sunken island' magic was truly shocking and appalling, no less than divine punishment.

The Church felt that the magic of the Eastern Territory was becoming increasingly incomprehensible to them, and they realized they understood the Eastern Territory less and less.

Therefore, sending personnel to the Eastern Territory for study and exchange became a very necessary thing.

Previously, Catherine told Roland that the Southern Holy See also planned to use the Dawn Society to secretly run ranches in the Eastern Territory.

But the Dawn Society was clearly unwilling to cooperate with the Holy See in doing such immoral things.

They were originally a marginalized sect in the Church, and even if they obeyed the Holy See's command, their status would not change.

So there was no need to be a licking dog or a black glove for the Holy See.

In addition, the Dawn Society had a relatively high moral bottom line, so they were even more unwilling to do such immoral things.

But the pressure from the Holy See was too great, and the Dawn Society was very distressed from top to bottom.

Based on this premise, Florence forged a divine decree, and the Dawn Society followed the trend.

Roland thought to himself: 'However, for the Eastern Territory, guarding against thieves every day is not a solution. And for the Dawn Society, sending people to have close exchanges with the Eastern Territory while refusing to cooperate with the Holy See will easily lead to big trouble.

Then, will the Eastern Territory arrange a show with the Dawn Society?'

Roland was so busy talking to Florence that he forgot to ask Bai Qi who they had sent this time.

At this time, the two passed through a place similar to 'Valhalla' or 'Hall of Heroes'.

There were many statues here.

Florence took the opportunity to introduce these statues to Roland.

Roland went to the scripture hall and scripture pavilion all day long, and knew many saints who had left theological classics.

Among the statues here, there were many of these saints.

In addition, there were some demigods.

Among them, there was a demigod who looked particularly familiar to Roland. He couldn't help but stop in front of this statue.

Florence said: "Oh, this is 'Dawn Sword Victor', the head of the Vermic Holy Knights three hundred years ago.

After his death, the Holy See never produced a 'Power Angel' like him again."

Roland said: "Are you saying that the Dawn Society has never produced a demigod again?"

Florence said: "Yes, the Dawn Society has not bathed in divine grace for a long time. People say that God has never paid attention to us. What has paid attention to us has always been the gods of heaven.

Therefore, the demigods in the Society are all 'canonized' in the Holy See.

The Holy See says who is pious, and who is pious. Who can bathe in divine grace and maintain the realm of a demigod.

Whoever is said to be fallen, their realm will fall.

Victor was stripped of his position in heaven by the Holy See because of his fall, and eventually died on the battlefield."

After a pause, Florence said: "People believe that the God of Dawn no longer pays attention to this place. The status of the Society is also getting lower and lower. Vermic Holy City has also become a pseudo-holy city.

Those sects who have always hoped that the Dawn Society will cease to exist have even discussed the necessity of the Dawn Society's existence with the Holy See.

The Society will not be disbanded. But a Society that does not have any divine attention does not need to have a 'Holy Knights'.

But the appearance of Lord Williams broke the rumors. Because he did not go to the Holy See for canonization, but received the baptism of 'Merciful Mother' during the Holy See service."

Roland's pupils shrank suddenly and asked, "Really?"

Florence secretly looked around and said, "Of course it's fake! You know what tricks 'Teacher Harland (Old God Stick)' has."

A word popped into Roland's mind—the advent of a pseudo-divine kingdom.

Roland said: "These old guys are really good at it!"

When Catherine played Florence and forged a divine decree, Roland also used this trick and helped Catherine to round out the lie.

However, he played the role of 'Holy Mother'.

The matter of the Holy Mother's advent to personally deliver a divine decree had already spread. So Catherine told Florence the whole story.

Only then did Florence know that the Old God Stick knew this trick and had also taught it to Roland.

The old abyss guys were really hiding it deep. Florence didn't know that the Old God Stick knew this trick before. She thought that the 'holy scenes' she had seen were all created by the Mind-Flaying Holy Spirit.

That's why she specifically asked Catherine to play her, because Catherine had the Mind-Flaying Holy Spirit in her hand.

However, Catherine didn't have time to use it, and Roland took action.

Florence looked ahead and said, "Let's go, it's just ahead. This Lord Victor once left a sword technique. The twelve knights who take turns guarding outside the 'Holy Hall' all know some. If you are interested, you can ask for advice."

Roland's eyes couldn't help but light up slightly.

Although his swordsmanship has gradually moved towards the path of self-creation, he is still very interested in the swordsmanship of demigods.

Soon, the two passed through this corridor and came to a small hall.

There was a door in the small hall, and the Holy Hall should be inside the door.

In the small hall outside the door, several Grand Holy Knights were drinking tea and chatting idly. There was also a floor-to-ceiling mirror nearby, which seemed to be the Mirror of Truth.

The temperament of these knights was very different from that of the Holy Knights of Vermic.

The serious Holy Knights are like 'Major Andrei', with a straight face. When on duty, they will definitely enjoy standing at the door like statues.

Even angels as high as the one in front of the 'Scripture Hall' are very serious when they are at work.

But these knights were standing without standing posture and sitting without sitting posture.

They were clearly on duty, but they were drinking tea and chatting here.

However, although they seemed unserious, Roland noticed that when he and Florence came in, they glanced at the mirror.

These guys couldn't help but remind Roland of Valeria's 'rogue knights and old mercenaries'.

It also reminded Roland of Baron Hower.

These old fritters usually laugh and joke, or pretend to be 'I am a weak chicken'. But when they encounter major events, they are not only very reliable, but also unusually ruthless and decisive when they take action.

Perhaps because of this Valeria knight's temperament, Roland felt that these people looked a little familiar.

But he felt that he had definitely not seen these people.

The Holy Knights he had seen in Vermic were all in their twenties or thirties. But these people were all over forty years old.

Roland guessed that these knights should often go out on missions and rarely stay in the Holy See. They had been mingling in the secular world for a long time, so they were completely different from the knights inside the Holy See.

These knights seemed to have ordinary strength, but Florence quietly told Roland that the leader, 'Knight Commander Charlie', was a demigod.

Roland couldn't help but glance at Florence—didn't you just say that the Dawn Society only had one demigod, Williams?

Florence whispered: "Sir Charlie is not dead yet, of course there is no statue of him in the Holy See. He achieved a breakthrough after resisting the evil god in recent years."

Saying that, Florence led Roland to greet them and introduced them to each other.

After hearing the name 'Lawrence', these strange knights couldn't help but be stunned—this kid did look familiar, but if it was Lawrence, wouldn't he be too young?

The leader, 'Sir Karl', looked Roland up and down for a long time, and then showed a smile.

"I remember now. In a blink of an eye, it's been so many years. You haven't changed at all, kid."

Roland's face stiffened slightly. He thought to himself: 'Damn, I've met someone Lawrence knows!

My father-in-law is really a pit! The information he gave me about Lawrence has a relationship diagram. But there are no these people in the relationship diagram!'

When Roland first came to Vermic and got Lawrence's information from the 'Faceless Man (Father-in-law)', he had read it once.

When he went to the Summer Palace from the Mysterious Place, he also read it once.

Although he had only read it twice, Roland's memory was very good.

Moreover, these knights were so strong. If they were in the relationship diagram, Roland couldn't have no impression at all.

At this time, Florence showed a very strange expression after hearing Sir Karl's words.

She said: "Sir Lawrence took the 'Elixir of Immortality', and his appearance has not changed. But Lord Karl, have you met Sir Lawrence?"

Sir Charlie said: "No, I'm talking about him, not Lawrence. Roland, it's been more than thirty years since we parted in Valeria. How have you been?"

Roland was stunned. He looked at the person in front of him, and his eyes suddenly widened.

"Charlie. Your name is Charlie... Wait, wait!"

Dead memories burst out of Roland's mind. He remembered the name 'Charlie'.

Back then, in the Yellow-Brown Fern Forest, there were twelve knights who escorted Roland and his senior sister into the Fern Forest.

When exploring the Fern Forest, everyone had forgotten about them, but Roland remembered them.

He clearly remembered that when Baron Hower was pretending to be cool, he had said to one of the knight commanders, "Charlie, there is no need to follow me so closely. With all the wizard adults here, I am very safe."

This Charlie was the Charlie in front of him!

He was the Dawn Angel!

His realm was not so high back then. He also looked younger.

Moreover, their temperament at that time was also the temperament of a serious Holy Knight. Not the current nonchalant look.

So Roland didn't recognize him.

No wonder there were no these people in Lawrence's relationship diagram—because they had suffered. And the King of Thousand Eyes had compiled Lawrence's information before Roland landed, that is, more than twenty years ago.

So, there are no suffering people in the relationship diagram!

Charlie and the others exchanged glances and couldn't help but laugh.

— "This kid has a good memory; he still remembers the leader's name."

— "The elixir of life is truly a wonderful thing. Now, when I do that thing, I feel a bit weak."

— "I really envy those wizards from the Eastern Territory."

Florence coughed beside them, reminding everyone to watch their words.

Charlie and Roland continued, "When we first met you, I felt that you had a connection with the Light of Dawn. I never expected you to be the Holy Son."

Roland almost lost his composure upon hearing this.

The Light of Dawn is a spaceship!

When he separated from Amber, he specifically looked through his collection of old scriptures.

The Light of Dawn is a spaceship commemorating a 'high-dimensional being' shaped like an abstract geometry.

And this high-dimensional being is the creation of the oldest first-generation forbidden wizards called 'Knowledge Managers'—in Roland's words, it's an AI. It can connect people's mental powers.

In a sense, this thing is a god. However, this thing is not within the scope of faith in this plane.

And it's even less likely to be in Heaven!

Because the Light of Dawn exists to strip away faith; it can stimulate people's own power, allowing people to condense divine power themselves.

This is simply the common enemy of the gods!

If the gods were to see that the Light of Dawn Society had secretly built a chapel for the Light of Dawn, they would regard these guys as rebels!

The people in front of him are angels, but they don't know what the Light of Dawn is. This made Roland very puzzled.

He asked, "Don't you have memories of Heaven?"

Charlie said, "Roland, we are the same as you. We are all ordinary people born from our mother's womb. Without a guide, without seeing the Mirror of Truth, we would never realize that we are not ordinary in this lifetime. So, how can we talk about memories?"

As he spoke, Charlie looked wistfully at the full-length mirror not far away.

In the full-length mirror, there were three shadows of angels.

Roland also glanced at it, and then his face became extremely unsightly.

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