I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 129 Shepherd 5K
At this moment, Roland discovered some strange little wooden boxes on the front desk, with some very explicit designs drawn on them in the form of sketches.

He picked one up out of curiosity and found a linen fingertip inside. But it was longer and thicker than his finger.

Roland asked in confusion, "What is this?"

The girl at the front desk blushed slightly when she saw Roland open the small box. She said mysteriously, "This is a new thing. It's called a condom."

(PS: Condoms became popular in 1550.)
"Condoms?" Roland blinked, wondering if he had heard correctly. "What condoms? The kind used for contraception."

The girl blushed and said, "It also has a contraceptive function, but it's mainly used to prevent the spread of syphilis. It was invented by a wizard who contracted an infectious disease after returning from a voyage. It's been around for over a decade and is now very popular among the nobility."

Under the suppression of wizards, the secular world has not entered the industrial age in the past few thousand years. However, overseas trade is very prosperous. Wizards also often go to sea.

Although many strange diseases are not a problem for wizards, they can still be very troublesome when they do get them.

So a wizard suddenly had an idea - if he carried a bag, would it be possible to prevent many diseases?

It does have some effect.

Places like these large bathhouses sell this kind of thing.

The girl took out another small box, this one made of sheep intestines. "This one works better, but it's more expensive."

He introduced Roland to her and then, blushing, asked Roland if he wanted room service.

Roland declined room service and bought twenty.

The girl looked at Roland's nose, then secretly examined his hands, and picked out twenty large sizes for him.

Finally, she gave Lu Lian the key and a note with a spell on it. It seemed to be a spell to open the door.

He cautiously reminded, "Sir, please try not to study black magic indoors. If you break anything, you'll be charged extra."

Roland's eyes twitched slightly. It seemed that someone often studied black magic here.

He asked, "Are there any friends of Lord Dahl coming today?"

The receptionist knew what Roland was asking and replied, "Official wizards rarely stay in town. They usually come and go the same day. Occasionally, when a friend of the Baron comes, they'll stay in his manor or castle."

Roland felt a great deal more relaxed. He took the key and a piece of paper and read the spell to open the door. Although the spell was very simple, obviously the work of a wild wizard, Roland felt that the money was well spent.

"The White Fang is an organization of wild wizards, and their fees are too cheap. They clearly use magical materials to build their buildings, but they charge coins. In comparison, the academy is a bit too shady."

After picking up the key, Roland walked around the various bathhouses. He didn't take off his clothes before entering the pool, mainly to observe the people there.

Most of them were wild wizards, and their realms were not high. The senior apprentice saw only one, a member of the White Fang.

And he's an acquaintance.

"Rub it well, damn necromancer, so disgusting. He even touched my thigh."

The witch, wearing a bathrobe and lying by the pool enjoying the service, didn't recognize Roland. But after seeing him, she sensed from his concentrated magic that he was an academic wizard. So, she smiled and beckoned him with her finger.

It seems to mean, come here and serve your sister, it will be good for you.

Roland politely declined with a wave of his hand. The witch was slightly displeased, but she didn't continue to provoke the academic wizard, lest she stir up a hornet's nest and get scolded by her mentor.

"It seems that those who bought things and those who didn't have left. The only people left in the city are ordinary people and wild wizards."

Roland felt relieved.

When he arrived at the room, several servants were carrying hot water to fill the large bathtub. Before leaving, they left behind a lot of bathing supplies.

Roland ignored the bathtub. He took off his coat, took out a book on magic circles, and made some arrangements in the house referring to the runes of the Night Family.

Then he sealed the doors and windows with magic spells and lay in the bathtub to study the Book of the Dead.

Ancient Lun is a phonetic language, and its pronunciation is very similar to a mantra. Reciting it is not difficult. The main problem is that its meaning is strange, so it needs to be translated.

With the help of Alayeh's Notes, Roland read very smoothly.

There is a paragraph above that reads:

[This book is the shepherd's staff of Heraclea, the goddess of the underworld. Whoever holds this staff is the goddess's shepherd.]

Roland thought to himself, "The shepherd of the Styx. Isn't this the official of the Styx?"

He searched through the Book of the Dead and found three simple descriptions of the officials:

1. The shepherd's sheep are stronger.

2. Shepherds are responsible for caring for Heraclea's sheep.

3. It is the shepherd's responsibility to guide the sheep back to the River Styx.

"It seems that the Book of the Dead will provide buffs to the undead included in it."

"My own servants, I will certainly feed them well."

"As for Article 3"

Roland flipped through the book and found that this Book of the Dead by Ancient Aaron seemed to have a strange ability, which was to banish the undead in the book back to the River Styx.

As far as Roland knew, the undead exiled by the necromancer generally had only two fates: one was to dissipate, and the other was to continue wandering the human world with even deeper evil thoughts.

However, the Book of the Dead can lead the exiled undead directly into the River Styx.

"If it's no longer needed, offering salvation can be considered a good deed."

Roland said with a strange expression, "So, the Book of the Dead is actually a scripture? The scripture of the goddess Heraka?"

"Is this how all books of the dead are? Are the necromancers who hold the book like sheepherders, not sheep thieves? Should they take good care of the sheep, not torture and reform them?"

Roland's expression was somewhat interesting.

He flipped through the Book of the Dead again and found that it contained many mythological stories, allusions, and even poems about the River Styx. Many of the contents were like scriptures.

This book written in Barungu seems to be different.

Other people’s books are all books of slavery, but yours are scriptures!

"It seems I need to chant more sutras for the ghosts more often."

"But, serving as an official for Heraca's court won't be any trouble, right?"

After hesitating for a long time, Roland decided to use this book.

He consoled himself by saying, "Since the book is the shepherd's staff, and holding the book makes one a shepherd, then if one loses the book, then he is no longer a shepherd."
As long as you are not liked by the goddess Heraka, the process is indeed like this.

In any case, the Book of the Dead is not a common product and it is not easy to buy one.

Besides, if I spend money on books, it won't be just over 2,000. It might be 3,000 or 4,000. Where can I get that kind of money?

"The bold die of overeating, the timid die of starvation. I'll be your official for now! It's just herding sheep, so just let them go."

After making up his mind, Roland started to work.

This Book of the Dead has several special functions.

One option was to directly awaken the corpses, just like the scholar had done. However, the performance at the auction shouldn't be taken seriously. Roland was certain that the 12 corpses had been trained by the necromancer beforehand.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for a Muggle to control guys like the 'Tomb Keeper' and the 'Werewolf'.

Summoning some small skeletons is the limit.

If you want the dead to be as obedient as they were during the performance, you have to include them in the book.

This is another of its capabilities, inclusion.

When collecting, you can draw a soul-sealing array according to the contents of the book, and directly imprison the undead in the book. You can also control the undead and enter the book yourself.

If the undead were imprisoned, or in good condition, then after entering the book, Roland could use the spells and ancient ancient language in the book to make the Book of the Dead include them.

Roland first released his seven ghosts to try.

Roland had already carved spells on the ghosts, making them his slaves, but they would occasionally bar their fangs and claws at Roland.

As a result, after the ghosts were released this time, they trembled when they saw the book in Roland's hand and dared not approach. They only dared to show their fangs and claws from a distance.

These ghosts had been enslaved. Although they all had bad tempers, they flew into the book unwillingly under Roland's command.

Roland then chanted a spell, completing the collection. Seven more ghostly images appeared on the blank pages of the book.

The ghost in the picture has shackles on his hands and feet. The picture occasionally moves.

Roland looked through the seven pictures curiously and raised his eyebrows.

Previously, because the ghosts' bodies were blurry and Roland didn't pay close attention, he didn't pay attention to their appearance.

Now, through these paintings, Roland discovered that although these ghosts had no faces, their clothing, even their height and hair were very different. It was just that they were all in tatters, so it was difficult to see their original clothes.

"If their souls become stronger, will their clothes and memories also be intact?"

Shaking his head, Roland released the seven ghosts.

Before this, they were all baring their fangs and claws, and their eyes were full of resentment when they looked at Roland.

But now, they had all become obedient. Not only had they become well-behaved, but their eyes had also become clearer. Or rather, they looked at Roland with awe.

Using the ancient Old World language, Roland could control the ghosts with ease. He even told them to do laundry, and they obeyed. However, their intelligence was limited, so they would do things strangely. But they would still do what Roland told them to do.

Roland was overjoyed. He divided a bottle of Soul Tears into seven parts, gave them to them as rewards, and helped them digest them.

"If I continue to feed it Soul Tears, I should be able to advance from a Level 0 Ghost to a Level 1 Evil Spirit, right?"

At this time, he discovered that there were more descriptions of ghosts in the Book of the Dead. After translating it using Alayeh's Codex, it was as follows:
The lost sheep are recovering from their injuries under the careful care of their shepherds. They will become docile, but they will also grow horns.

Roland thought for a moment and said, "So, we have a sheep soul!"

[You've Got It! Necromancy +3]

"Why have they become docile?" Roland pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized something. Holding the Book of the Dead, he said with shining eyes, "They are reading the scriptures! This is the scripture of the goddess Heraclea!"

Roland checked Alaye's notes and found the prophecy regarding these seven ghosts: [Level 7 Ghosts -> Level 0 Good Spirits Transformation in Progress]

"Good spirit?"

Roland's face turned a little excited: "What I want is the evil spirit!"

"But since it has 'horns', it can still fight, right?"

Shaking his head, Roland continued to work. He arranged the soul wax and magic circle, intending to first imprint the enslavement spell and then record it in the Book of the Dead.

He cheated by placing a wooden sculpture within the magic circle of soul wax and engraved a spell on it. Because the evil spirit was very quiet in the wooden sculpture state, Roland finished it in ten minutes.

When he combed the wooden evil spirit, it gradually woke up and the house was suddenly filled with evil thoughts.

When the evil spirit saw Roland, it pounced on him angrily, but under Roland's spell, the evil spirit's body flew to the side uncontrollably.

It flew around Roland several times with malice, and finally, under Roland's command, it flew to the Soul Sealing Formation and was included in Roland's book.

Roland clearly felt that the resistance of this evil spirit was at a higher level.

His heart began to beat fast. With his willpower and magic, subduing level 1 and 2 undead was no problem, but red undead were not so easy to deal with.

Even if the spell is engraved on it, it may not obey.

After thinking for a while, Roland summoned the seven most obedient ghosts.

Afterwards, he inscribed the spell on the remaining three evil spirit wood carvings one by one, awakening them one by one.

This time, he did not expend his energy to force the evil spirits to stay in the Soul Sealing Formation. Instead, he issued orders to the seven ghosts.

Under Roland's command, seven ghosts rushed forward, then flew over and pressed the unruly evil spirit, and escorted the madly struggling evil spirit into the Book of the Dead.

Looking at the aggressive looks of the seven ghosts, Roland's face turned somewhat interesting.

He had seen Sally playing with evil spirits and ghosts before. Although ghosts were only one level lower than evil spirits, they had a natural fear of evil spirits, just like sheep encountering wolves.

But now, these ghosts showed no fear in the face of the evil spirits, and were very brave. With their combined strength, the evil spirits had no power to resist.

Roland sighed, "Following me, you can be considered to have half an official position."

Roland successfully subdued the three evil spirits, and there were four more evil spirits in the book, for a total of 4 pictures.

He summoned the eleven undead servants from the book, and they flew around the house. Suddenly, the house was filled with evil thoughts and ghosts. Even fine frost formed on the ground and walls.

Roland hurriedly took out the sapling of the shepherd tree and purified it.

Fortunately, Roland brought the sapling of the Shepherd's Tree, otherwise after he finished staying here today, this room would no longer be habitable.

After some instructions, the evil spirits were quite obedient. They would only occasionally make small movements and occasionally pull at their shackles.

Although those four evil spirits were not as obedient as the ghosts and were still very fierce, they were still useful.

"I'll read sutras to you when I have time."

Taking out the silver candlestick, Roland chanted a spell. Then, the candle on the silver candlestick burned into wisps of white mist, which penetrated the bodies of the eleven undead servants.

The souls of these 11 undead souls suddenly became much more solid.

After arranging his men, Roland rearranged the soul wax and, with a serious expression, took out a small box covered with incantations.

He tried placing the small box on the Soul Sealing Formation, attempting to directly capture the Red Spirit, but failed.

"As expected. The wooden stake is a rare object and cannot be included in the Book of the Dead along with the Red Spirit. We have to take the wooden stake out first and then include it. But after taking it out, it's not easy to include it."

"The best plan is to imprint my spell on it first, and then record it in a book. This way, the Red Spirit will be more obedient."

"However, many parts of Hong Ling's body are blocked by wooden stakes. During the branding process, the stakes must be removed one by one. The branding process continues while the stakes are removed."

"Every time a spell is branded, it becomes more restrictive. It should be fine."

After thinking for a moment, Roland chanted a spell into the small box, and then another person appeared in the room.

Tick-tick.
Water stains appeared on the floor. A woman in red, her face obscured by wet hair, was suspended in mid-air by seven wooden stakes. She was soaked with water.

The magic lights in the house flickered, and the soul wax flickered.

Looking at the woman in red hanging motionless in the air, Roland's heart was pounding.

Next, he has to do a very dangerous job.

Tattooing a female ghost.

In fact, Roland currently has a prison bully named 'Leona' in his hands. If he were to get it out and give it a try, Miss Hong Ling would definitely be as obedient as a piece of wood, allowing Roland to do whatever he wants.

However, to ask the Ballet Ghost for help, you have to get the wooden stake first. After taking down the stake, the Red Spirit is elusive. If you climb on him, the Ballet Ghost will come over and turn you and the Red Spirit into wooden sculptures, which will be very entertaining.

What's more, there is an opera house (auction) in the town of Dar.

It is not easy to send this ballet ghost master away after he is invited.

"This guy was already injured, and after being sealed for so many days, he's even weaker. If the twelve of us, plus seven wooden stakes, can't subdue him, then forget it."

After thinking for a moment, Roland instructed his servants to place the Red Spirit at the center of the Soul Wax Formation. He then sat on the ground and chanted a series of spells.

The spell began to wriggle on the Red Spirit's body like a tadpole. When it spread to its legs, the two wooden stakes were removed.

The red spirit shook violently a few times, and the servants held it down tightly.

Next, as spells continued to appear on the Red Spirit, Roland would occasionally cast a few binding spells.

But as the wooden stakes on its body were taken out one after another, the Red Spirit began to tremble more violently.

When the only piece of wood left on its body was the one in its heart, the whole room was filled with resentment, and echoed with whispers and cries.

The servants were almost unable to hold down the Red Spirit, but Roland took out the last wooden stake without hesitation.

Several servants were instantly repelled, and the remaining servants were unable to hold Hong Ling down. At this moment, a chain wrapped around Hong Ling's body.

This sudden thing made Hong Ling's body suddenly stop. Several servants rushed over and held it down again.

Roland seized the moment, controlled the smoke from the soul wax, and carved the final tattoo on Miss Hong Ling's chest.

Immediately, a mournful wail echoed throughout the house, and Hong Ling looked at Roland with a resentful look.

"I'm just giving you a tattoo. It's for your own good."

Roland spoke in a relaxed tone, but his face was covered with sweat. He could feel the power of the Red Spirit violently resisting him. The magic and mental power in his body were constantly churning, making him feel very uncomfortable.

Roland used his mental power to forcibly control the red spirit, trying to pull it directly into the Book of the Dead, but the effect was not good.

He was no longer arrogant and worked together with his twelve servants to send the red spirit into the book.

Roland flipped open the book, and before he could take a closer look, an angry face popped out from the pages. At the same time, more than a dozen hands reached out from the book, joining Roland in suppressing the angry bride in red.

"Don't be angry, just obey! Soon you will experience happiness like my ghost maids!"

With everyone's combined efforts, the bride in red was forcibly pushed back into the book and tied up.

"Don't cry, I'll get you a pair of red embroidered shoes later."

(End of this chapter)