I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 142: Going Crazy Anyway

The chrysalis-like figure swayed and walked around, laughing and chattering. Wherever he went, the people scattered.

Finally, a professor came over and gently stroked his head to comfort him for a while. Only then did he stop walking around and swayed his body in ecstasy on the spot, looking like a coral polyp on stimulants.

The remaining people looked emaciated, as if all the blood had been drained from their bodies, like mummies, with few hairs left on their heads.

After climbing out, the group of people all looked over here eagerly.

Several professors took out blood jars and poured them on the ground. The blood then slowly gathered at the feet of the withered apprentices.

The withered apprentices' bodies were like sponges, absorbing the blood as soon as it touched them. In a short while, the ground was clean. The blood the professors poured into the sand hadn't left a single stain.

After drinking the blood, the apprentices groaned in relief, their bodies returning to normal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Then, their expressions returned to normal. Each one behaved elegantly and well-mannered. Some, like those from the Black Abyss and White Chess academies, were so apologetic they patted their chests in apology.

Ying Tao came over at some point. Seeing Roland's puzzled look, she said, "They are Twilight's vampires. Before the Night Clan left the vampire clan to follow Alexandra, these vampires were the masters of the Night Clan."

Roland asked, "What families are the other two special apprentices from?"

Ying Tao shook her head and said, "There's no family. They're just a group of apprentices who were played around by their mentors. These people don't have much talent, their backgrounds are not good, and they don't have enough resources. But they have a heart that yearns for truth."

Some people paid the price, agreeing to their mentor's every request in exchange for cultivation resources. Some simply joined special transformation experiments, trying to touch the truth through transformation. Occasionally, someone would become a full-fledged wizard through the experiment. But most people would become strange.

Roland thought of Haywood and sighed inwardly. He thought to himself, "Is the gap between mortals and pure-blood wizards in their cultivation really that great?"

The arrival of the Twilight Wizards caused a great stir in the major schools.

The main reason was that they were a bit too high-profile. The people of the Black Abyss School were fine, as many of them had come into contact with this group of people. Most of them remained silent, only muttering and complaining in their hearts: "Fellow Daoists are here after all."

The children of other schools, who spent their days playing house in the greenhouse, had a weaker mental capacity. Their faces were grim. In their eyes, the Twilight Wizards were not wizards, but monsters.

After watching for a while, Roland discovered that the leader of the Twilight Wizards was only a peak-level wizard, far inferior to the leaders of other schools.

The man's whole body looked like it had been burned by fire. His mouth was cracked to his ears, and his tongue and gums were covered with tiny teeth and eyes.

Roland felt a little puzzled and asked, "Why didn't they send a branch dean or tower master?"

Ying Tao said, "Here he comes. Lord Zoe Tower is in heaven."

Roland searched the sky for a long time but couldn't find any wizards. The only thing flying in the sky was the "hot air balloon" that was piled up by the pupae.

Suddenly, Roland realized something, and his face stiffened. He looked at the large tumor and asked, "Is that still considered a human?"

Yingtao shook her head and said, "Not a human anymore, but a wizard."

After a pause, she looked at the Big Mouth Professor at the peak of the First Order and said, "That's Tower Master Zoe's flesh and blood puppet. Remember, seeing him is like seeing Tower Master Zoe."

Roland suddenly understood. He looked carefully at the crowd and found that several people looked just like the puppet. They seemed to be clones.

At this moment, there was some commotion among the Twilight Wizards. It seemed that several apprentices had suddenly gone crazy.

But Professor Twilight and his colleagues didn't care at all. Soon, the crowd over there was in chaos.

The leader of the White Chess Academy couldn't hold back any longer and demanded, "Zoe, what experiments have you been conducting lately? The apprentices are going crazy, why don't you give them potions to alleviate their symptoms?"

After hearing what the White Chess Dean said, the humanoid Zoe Tower Master glanced over and said, "Everyone's going to go crazy soon anyway, so why drink?"

After saying this, the tumor on his head opened hundreds of eyes and looked in the direction of the oil painting.

Suddenly, the distant countryside changed rapidly, the pastoral painting chessboard crackling. Then, a small, incomplete portal appeared on the top of the mountain, and the Twilight disciples filed in.

This scene made the professors who were busy opening the door feel a little overwhelmed.

These Twilight wizards were so rude and unkind. The white-robed wizard was furious, but was stopped by the dean of the Ukosa branch of the Black Abyss.

Lord Ukosa of the Black Abyss shook his head and said, "Bruce, don't get entangled with these lunatics. Since their application has been approved by the Council, let them go. They contain their anomalies, and we do our purification. Minor interference. Besides, they all used random scrolls when they entered, so the personnel are separated."

Bruce, with his white robe and beard, suppressed his anger and said to the group of Twilight disciples entering the door, "Ukosa, we have to change our strategy. This time, we need to unite the children and be more efficient. If those guys are here to contain the abnormalities, it would be fine, but I'm worried that they are here to cause trouble. You know, the 'End of the World' on the other side of the door is related to the goddess Heraka."

The two men discussed for a while, and after the professors around them listened, they hurriedly arranged the matter.

The professors announced some new rules. Groups of thirty were required, and no one could travel alone. After three days, no matter what the situation, they would be forced to return. The apprentices at the White Chess Academy would have a large supply of contamination-purifying materials.

The apprentices of Heiyuan Academy must cooperate with the apprentices of Baiqi Academy.

As for the departure time, it should be staggered with the Twilights for a while to avoid meeting them right after entering and causing unnecessary fighting.

Regarding special rewards such as fiefdoms, the academy will award them according to the circumstances. In addition, each participant will be given a medium-grade magic stone and a rare item.

Then, many instructors came among the apprentices, carrying large plates. The plates were piled high with magic stones of various elements. There was also a small cloth bag filled with stick figures. After drawing a prize, one could cast a spell to extract a rare item from the sketch. What one drew depended entirely on luck.

The White Chess Council was truly generous this time. Although there were items of low, medium, and high quality, the Black Abyss Academy alone had over a hundred apprentices. More than a hundred people meant more than a hundred items.

Many of the people who participated in this event were not elite apprentices. They didn't even have a single rare item in their hands. Now that everyone saw that they could get a share of rare items, their eyes turned red.

Lance breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I just took a special look. The Twilight Wizard Apprentices basically don't have any magical auras from any rare items. While a fight may not come, each of us has an extra rare item, which is really reassuring."

Lance was a special wizard who could see elements with his naked eyes. Unless someone like Roland had a dimensional bag, carrying a miniature dimensional world with him, he could generally guess at a glance how much someone had brought and what special items they had.

His words are still very reliable.

Roland and everyone else breathed a sigh of relief. Not only did everyone on their side possess at least one rare artifact, but all the schools combined numbered over four hundred, and they had entered as a group. In contrast, the Twilight disciples numbered only a hundred or so, and they had entered separately. If a fight broke out, there was no way they would lose.

At this moment, a female instructor approached, carrying a tray. She knew Roland's leader, Andy, the president of the Magic Chess Club. Andy was at the peak of his abilities as a high-level apprentice. The instructor's level wasn't as high, nor was her experience. Andy was considered her senior.

After the female instructor came over, she smiled and flattered Roland's leader, then said that the instructors also had to enter, and she hoped to join the Magic Chess Club.

President Andy didn't say much, but nodded to the vice president, indicating that the female instructor should cut in line.

The female instructor was overjoyed.

Roland was still very concerned about the rewards such as rare items. Although he already had several high-quality rare items, they all cost money.

As for magic stones, everyone seemed to favor shadow magic stones. Roland was speechless. These guys kept claiming to be pure white wizards, but it turned out they all had some affinity for shadow elements! They were all secretly learning and practicing black magic!

However, the situation at the Black Abyss Academy is indeed the same. The white chess apprentices who are willing to come to this academy are all guys who have great curiosity or talent in the field of black magic.

In the entire academy, people with affinity for shadow elements account for a large proportion.

Roland wasn't picky about magic stones; his elemental affinity was a rainbow. He chose a mid-grade magic stone with divine attributes. This kind of magic stone was relatively rare, so he planned to keep it for his collection.

He drew a special item, a beautiful ballet puppet.

Seeing the object in Roland's hand, Charlie's eyes lit up slightly. He said, "You're lucky. Although it's not a top-grade item, this puppet is a Level 2 one. It can use formal magic! Although the magic is very simple, it's like having an extra helper."

Lance nodded and chimed in, "The most interesting thing is, this thing can be used to possess evil spirits. Ugh, I mean, it's easily possessed by evil spirits, you know?" Roland's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly inquired. He then learned that this thing could be used as wizard armor for ghosts. The puppet's own magic was very limited, and it lacked intelligence, so it required distraction when operating it.

But if you control it with a ghost, it's a different story. The ghost's strength increases, and it also has a large magic capacitor. It also has a lot more protection, which is equivalent to having an extra life.

The magic power of the good spirits is that of ordinary middle-level apprentices. For example, the mana of high-consumption magic such as chain lightning will be exhausted after two or three uses.

Moreover, although they are more resistant to attacks than ordinary ghosts, they are still ghosts after all. They are not afraid of physical attacks, but they are afraid of magic.

But it’s different with the French armor of the puppet.

Roland made up his mind and went back to study the knowledge of puppets in depth, and then made some for his servants based on this puppet.

Someone not far away shouted excitedly, as if he had drawn a top-grade rare item.

The crowd was filled with joy and tension. Roland sighed to himself, "One more bowl of wine and we'll be like a death squad."

He made up his mind to get the last two missing potions and leave.

This wasn't the first time Charlie and his gang had come. After hearing about Roland's needs, they looked on the map and found that the two potions were in the same place.

Guild President Andy patted Roland on the back and said, "We don't have to compete for ranking this time. I'll talk to the person in charge of distributing the 'positioning anchors' and ask them to give us thirty anchor points in that area. Once you enter, just drop in there, grab your stuff, and then you can leave."

The vice president came over and said, "I'm familiar with that place. There are sometimes potions near the anchor point. If we're quick, Roland's problem will be solved in ten minutes or so."

Everyone was talking at once, and Roland felt guilty. The president consoled him, "You're just a mid-level apprentice. No matter how strong you are, how many people can you match? Five? Ten? This is a team battle, and we need to form a formation. Your individual strength will be greatly weakened. No matter how strong a Black Abyss School member is, on the battlefield, he's just a super soldier."

Lance nodded and said, "After you get your things, you can leave with peace of mind. If you advance soon, our brothers will have an extra main force when we encounter trouble in the future."

Lance's realm was the same as Orlea's. Even before Roland joined the guild, when he first saw Lance leading the assault on Senior Brenda and the others, he had already been preparing for advancement. Now, six or seven months later, he was already a senior apprentice.

The president looked at Charlie again and said, "You too, you're short of a potion. Once you've got it, leave."

Charlie's face turned pale, then blue. Finally, he sighed and nodded.

Seeing that Brother Charlie was skipping classes with him, Roland felt much better.

At this time, the two presidents of the Red Skull came over.

The man is the president, at the peak of senior apprentice level, and the woman has just been promoted to senior apprentice level not long ago.

The Red Skull and the Magic Chess will always have some grudges, but now that the lunatics and perverts of the Twilight Council have arrived, everyone is under a lot of pressure. So come over and have a chat.

Although the two sides have always had grievances, when the Magic Chess Club members fight with others, they will spare the other party's life. So although the chess club has ruined many of Red Skull's good things, it is not a mortal enemy.

Now that Red Skull had come forward to express his sincerity, Boss Andy naturally put aside his grudges. Both sides seemed to be united in their hatred of the enemy.

Roland knew the vice president. It was Aurelia, the elder sister of Alina and the other two.

The male leader was called Brown. He was quite powerful and was the son of a certain tower master.

He was also from the Night Family and was a distant relative of Orlea, but there was something ambiguous between the two.

However, although Olea and Kai had already completed their wedding, she was very close to Brown, the president of the Skull and Bones Society.

When the two talked, Brown was very gentle, and his palm would naturally touch Aoleya's back. When the two looked at each other, their eyes were almost tearing.

However, when Aurelia spoke to others, she looked cold and arrogant.

Olea's hatred for Roland had reached its peak.

But when she was talking to Boss Andy, she never even looked at Roland, as if she didn't take him seriously.

On the other hand, Chairman Brown of the Red Skull always stared at Roland with a smile, but there was a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

The feud between Roland and the Red Skull is unresolved. The Red Skull can reconcile with the Magic Chess Club, but not with Roland. The two sides are mortal enemies.

Speaking of which, President Brown is also very lucky. The two most beautiful ladies among the Red Skulls are both related to him, and they often have sex together.

Roland felt sorry for Kai.

He thought to himself, "I don't know what these guys are going to do to me after they get in. But they don't have a chance. I'll just go in for a stroll and come out."

The two Red Skulls had just finished their conversation and were about to leave when the Student Union leader, along with the president, came over.

This minister's daughter looks very pure, but she has a pair of charming peach blossom eyes. Those beautiful big eyes are watery, and they seem to be flirting with everyone they see.

When she came over, everyone's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up a bit.

The president of the student union was a prominent figure among the apprentices at Black Abyss Academy. Unfortunately, he was a sentimental man. He followed the department head like a swordsman. Although he appeared gentlemanly, his words and actions evoked a touch of servility.

But it's no wonder, this minister lady is very powerful and is an orthodox apprentice of the old Black Abyss School.

Her status was even more impressive than that of Red Skull's Brown. At least three tower masters of the orthodox Black Abyss School had claimed that she was their niece, nephew, or adopted daughter. Her mentor was the vice-president of the academy.

Not to mention the apprentices, even the professors would avoid this young lady when they saw her, fearing that they would offend her and be reported.

When the young lady came over, boss Andy hurried to greet her.

But this young lady didn't even glance at Boss Andy and walked straight up to Roland.

She squinted her eyes, looked at Roland, and said unkindly, "Aren't you not coming?"

Roland turned his head away, not wanting to talk to her. "Ms. Angel, please stop talking to me. Lest Lady Catherine misunderstand. We are just good brothers, but there are more and more rumors out there."

Boss Andy and the others had gossip all over their faces.

They have been eating a lot of melons recently.

This Miss Angel was in the same tower as the Princess. She was sent to Catherine by the Vice Dean through his connections.

As a result, Roland went on "dates" with Angel every day.

Actually, Roland was going to see Catherine, using Angel as a cover.

As a result, because the ladies-in-waiting were too strict, Catherine didn't get many opportunities, but instead had a lot of scandals with Angel.

I don’t know what Lady Catherine thinks about this, but Helena is quite jealous.

Dating someone else right under your fiancée's nose?
Brother Roland is really capable of doing anything to seek death.

After a pause, Roland added, "Also, your previous suggestion was absolutely idiotic. Even if I came today, I wouldn't team up with you."

This Miss Angel was, of course, Miss Lilith. As for what she wanted from Roland, she wanted him to help her plant shepherd trees in the forbidden area. They were specially treated saplings that would grow rapidly once planted, the kind that couldn't even be burned.

(End of this chapter)