I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

While Roland was sizing up the Hydra, some of the Hydra's people were also looking at Roland.

Among them, several deep, cold gazes made Roland's skin crawl.

Roland followed the gaze and found a group of Naga Sea Witches.

Nagas belong to the Elven race and are long-lived. Twenty-four years is as short as a few months for them.

So the appearances of this group of Naga Sea Witches had not changed at all.

Unfortunately, even so, Roland couldn't recognize this group of Sea Witches. He didn't even know that when he was imprisoned on the Titania, a group of Sea Witches had been responsible for guarding him, and after he boarded the slave ship, they had also been sent on the slave ship.

Back then, almost everyone on the Storm was wiped out by Roland, but a small number of Nagas who had returned from exploring the Mist with Dagmar survived by chance because they hadn't heard the Black Anthem.

Whenever they recalled the shadow of the giant spider lying on the sea surface, the Nagas still had nightmares.

It was impossible for Roland to remember them, let alone know that three Hydras were still alive on the Storm—if he had known, these poor Naga ladies would definitely not have escaped.

Roland didn't remember this group of Nagas, but the Nagas would never forget the appearance of this damned black wizard.

A Naga floated up and said to their extremely tall Sea Witch leader, "Your Highness Fachi, that spy of the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord planted in the Church is that person. I am 100% certain that he is not some 'Lorenz'.

Back then, the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord's clone ate our master Saladin and disguised himself as him. Then he has been planning to arrange for this kid to play the role of Queen Maltrode's husband, Lorenz.

His purpose should be to enter the ruins and cooperate with him!"

Naga leader Fachi said, "Interesting. Isabella and Ella, the two daughters of the Thousand-Eyed King, are playing the roles, and Lorenz is played by his son-in-law. They really think the Holy See is an idiot.

However, the people of the Holy See are indeed all idiots."

After a pause, Naga leader Fachi smiled at a person sitting beside her, "Father, 'Saladin's' family is complete. The key has also been sent over."

The man was playing with a blue gem on the scepter. He looked up at that side, and then showed a very strange expression: "Who are those two people beside that kid?"

Fachi couldn't help but show an extremely strange expression.

A follower beside him said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, I heard that the Thousand-Eyed King and his daughter have a thousand faces. Could it be that the ones we caught are fake?"

The middle-aged man frowned.

Fachi shook her head decisively: "Impossible!"

The Naga follower said: "Then who could they be?"

The middle-aged man and Fachi were also full of confusion.

The middle-aged man smiled: "It doesn't matter who they are."

The man no longer paid attention to Roland's side.

Fachi frowned and stared at that side, she muttered: "Could they be cultists?"

At this time, Roland on the other side also noticed Fachi's gaze.

He couldn't help but take a look at this Naga lady.

This Naga Sea Witch is very 'long'!

Just her upright human-shaped upper body is three to four meters tall, and her big tail below is more than ten meters long.

This woman has four arms, holding a scepter, a harp, and a longbow behind her.

She has two bull-like horns growing on the top of her head. The horns are covered with golden rings.

She has no hair, and what grows on her head are fins, which are connected to the horns.

On closer inspection, there are also some corals on the top of her head, like a laurel crown.

This is a demigod-level Naga Sea Witch, definitely one of the leaders of the Hydra.

However, she is not standing in the center position.

Beside her, there is a strange middle-aged man who is much taller than her.

This man is sitting in a chair, but he is as tall as the Naga leader.

He has human hair and human limbs. But his chin is raised, looking a bit like a dragon's snout.

Originally, this person should look very majestic, but he happens to be a bit fat.

His face is round, and he has a big belly. That potbelly looks like a medieval king.

He also wears a golden crown on his head, which looks very tacky.

But the clothes on his body are full of divinity, pure white gauze. It looks like an ancient holy king depicted in oil paintings.

His strength is even more unfathomable than that of the Naga leader.

Roland guessed for a long time, but he didn't dare to be sure whether he was the rumored 'Hydra. Andra'.

Because Andra's main body is a huge Hydra.

Moreover, that Hydra is the great slave owner of the Naga clan. In rumors, he is very cruel and cold-blooded.

The wizards in the coastal areas of the Eastern Territory often use Andra's story to scare children.

But this potbellied king looks too harmless to humans and animals, too approachable. Not like a Hydra at all.

Moreover, his appearance has nothing to do with sea monsters.

But his realm gave Roland a sense of palpitations. In his eyes, this person was as powerful as a god.

Roland knew that this godlike feeling was not the person's own strength. But the sea god standing behind him.

This is a spokesperson for a god.

In the entire Hydra, there is only one spokesperson.

At this time, Roland noticed that he had a coral scepter in his hand. He had seen this scepter in the books on the Storm—the Sea God Scepter.

According to rumors, there was originally a gem called 'Sea God Stone' inlaid on this scepter.

The person who gets this scepter can command the entire sea.

This Sea God Stone was once lost, so the top of the Sea God Scepter should be empty.

But at this time, the scepter that Roland saw had a gem on it—it was the Sea God Stone.

This person must be Andra.

He seems to have found the Sea God Stone.

Roland thought to himself: 'Senior sister said that the Thousand-Eyed King has been planning to get the Sea God Stone. He and Andra are both looking for the whereabouts of the Sea God Stone. It seems that Andra should have taken the Sea God Stone first.

This is terrible.

If there are any more flaws in the ruins, the Eastern Territory will face an extremely severe situation.'

Roland searched for Saladin in the Hydra's crowd, but couldn't find him.

This made Roland feel a little uneasy.

On the left is the Hydra, and on the right is the Holy See.

Neither side is his own, it's really terrible to be an archaeologist with these two groups of people.

At this time, a cardinal from the Holy See waved to Roland's side.

Previously, this cardinal had been facing away from this side, and Roland hadn't seen his face. Now that he saw his face, Roland felt a lot more at ease.

It's the old god stick.

The three of them walked over there, and the sisters secretly told Roland some information.

The two sisters were exceptionally familiar with the affairs of the Church. They could not only call out the names of every bishop and every priest here, but also knew what they had done in Maltrode.

Except for the newcomer Haland (the old god stick) who they were not familiar with, they knew the others too well.

In the past few months, Roland had read the information of the important figures of the Church.

However, the list of personnel in the archaeological team is confidential, and they don't know each other.

Therefore, Roland didn't know who was here.

In addition, the intelligence information compiled by the wizards had problems. In their eyes, as long as the person's identity, background, and position had not changed, then the information was new.

But these big fools ignored a problem—time.

Therefore, Roland encountered a problem.

Obviously, in the information, that was a very young person. As a result, he actually had a full beard.

Therefore, although Roland had the information, he didn't match these people.

Now, after hearing the two sisters mention it to him again, Roland matched these people with the people in the information.

He recalled Lorenz's social relationship diagram and knew which people he should call out their names immediately, and which people he should not call out their names.

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He asked about the people on the Hydra's side and then learned Fachi's name.

Soon, the three flew to the island where the bishops were and respectfully greeted the two cardinals.

Although the old god stick was an old man of the Holy See, he had just put on the red robe. He was playing the role of deputy here.

Another cardinal named 'Joshua'. He looked like an ordinary priest, but according to the information given by the old black abyss, this guy was a third-order mid-stage saint.

Bishop Joshua very kindly praised the 'Gawain couple's' family for what they had done in Wilmik.

He said that he had to wait for the people behind to come, and wait for everyone to be there before explaining things. So he chatted with Roland and the others for a while.

This Joshua is the 'conservative faction' in the Holy See. But according to the information given by the old black abyss, this conservative faction is still very extreme.

However, he is very kind to his own people and likes to be a teacher.

Roland is now his own in his eyes. So when he speaks, he is like a father.

During the conversation, Roland found that this conservative and gentle faction was indeed very 'gentle'.

In his eyes, although this world is an Eden created by God for believers. But God has opened the door to everyone.

Therefore, what the Church should do is to let people have faith. Rather than exterminating them.

Therefore, he advocated using 'divine induction' to baptize one area at a time. Instead of using 'divine judgment'.

This ‘Divine Inspiration’ is a kind of divine grace that can change a person's thinking at the cognitive level.

The Judgment of the Gods is different. After the divine light descends, those who believe live, and those who do not believe all go to hell or fall into the abyss.

According to the wizards, these two things are essentially 'awakened prisoner seeds.' However, because they are used after connecting to the God Realm, the scale and effect will be terrifying.

If the Church really excavates some ancient artifact in the ruins and connects to the God Realm, then they will be able to cleanse all the main areas of the Eastern Territory in one day.

Then, they will slowly comb through the other areas one by one.

Joshua, this conservative faction in the Holy See, is actually very extreme.

Malerode is actually a 'Divine Inspiration' test area.

Everyone has indeed come to believe in God through the repeated baptism of those divine graces and divine punishments, and they truly believe.

However, they believe in God because they believe that the gods will give redemption to the world. So they became 'heretics'.

Joshua very much approves of what Malerode is experiencing now. He does not think that this is causing people to suffer.

To put it bluntly, the people in the Church have something wrong with their brains. They are not thinking from a human perspective, but from a god's perspective.

Their concept of life and death is different from the normal person's concept of life and death.

For normal people, when a person dies, everything is gone. No one wants to die.

But they don't think so. They believe that when a person dies, they are just returning to the embrace of the gods. Those who are blessed will go to heaven and enjoy eternal happiness. Those who are not blessed will continue to linger in the world under the baptism of the River Styx.

Therefore, there is no difference between life and death. The important thing is not to fall. Because once you fall, you will no longer be accepted by the gods, and you will not only no longer enjoy happiness, but also suffer.

Therefore, the doctrine of the New Church is such a logic: God has given people everything, and as long as they serve God, they can have everything. But if they are disgusted by God, they will lose everything and be punished.

Therefore, the existence of the Church is not to make the lives of the world better, but to serve God.

The despair experienced by the people of Malerode is seen by the Church as a kind of training for the people of Malerode. It is a good thing. If they can't survive, it is their blessing.

And Joshua and these old men of the Church are also setting an example.

— If Roland didn't know that this guy takes ‘Malerode Immortality Medicine’ every month, he would have really believed this guy's nonsense.

Joshua said glibly that everything is illusory, and that returning to the embrace of God is the ultimate meaning of life.

He said that one should dedicate everything and comprehend the true meaning of faith in the trials like the people of Malerode.

But these old men of the Church do not want to die, do not want to give up their power and status, and do not want to dedicate themselves.

They not only secretly take immortality medicine, not only frantically amass wealth, leaving huge fortunes for future generations, but now they are also scheming against God.

Joshua said that the things in this ruin belong to God, and they are here to work for God. But he also said that God cannot take these things away, so the Church will keep them for God.

‘Isabella’ asked: “Bishop Joshua, according to the documents passed down from our Gawain family, this ruin may be related to ‘Saintess Oriel the Sincere’? But why do some people say that there are many evil spirits here?”

The Old Church used to be the steward of this ruin, and my sister is from the Old Church. So she knows this ruin very well.

She is very sure that this is Oriel's palace. She is also very sure that Oriel, like the White Queen, is a saintess.

The White Queen is a pure white saintess, and Miss Oriel is a sincere saintess.

However, Miss Oriel's status is higher because she is the real daughter. She is the second generation of God.

The White Queen is a wizard. Her pure white saintess was recruited. It was a political transaction made with the Church and Heaven by force.

But she cannot communicate this matter with Joshua in the identity of the Old Church.

So she mentioned the ‘documents of the Gawain family’.

The Great Prophet has read the documents of the Gawain family, and even showed them to her. So she knows that it is okay for Isabella to ask this question from her perspective.

Joshua said: “Isabella, you know. In ancient times, there were disputes between the gods. After this unknown god fell, the Archangel of Sincerity once stayed here for a period of time under the order of Heaven.

Later, He returned to Heaven and was promoted to a new divine position. So this place was also left to the Old Church to handle.

But you know, the Old Church eventually fell. So, they raised many evil spirits here.”

My sister gave an 'oh' of realization, and then gave Roland a look—the Old Church definitely didn't do this.

Joshua continued: “You don’t have to worry about those evil spirits. This time, the God of Sincerity has sent an angel to assist us in exploring the ruins and dealing with the evil spirits here.”

Roland nodded, roughly understanding what was going on.

That ‘Miss Oriel’ is probably full of stains.

And in the process of the Church discovering the ruins and opening them, they must have also discovered many stains.

This matter alarmed Miss Oriel, and she asked the Church to quickly clean up the mess for her.

In order not to damage Miss Oriel's reputation, the Church said that the god in this ruin was a fallen unknown god.

As for why there are things belonging to the God of Sincerity in this ruin... that is naturally because the great, glorious, and righteous Miss Oriel stayed here for a while.