I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 170 This madman enters the city? Enter the basin!
Mr. Barnett, a senior apprentice of the White Chess Crab Eye Elephant Tower, was the leader of this team. After learning about the Crystal Princess's illness in the Amir Kingdom, they visited many places along the way.

After his condescending questioning, he questioned King Alfonso why he released the wild wizards and adopted those ridiculous plans to deal with the epidemic.

The Crab Eye Elephant Tower is the tower of Alfonso's biological father, and this Lord Barnett is Alfonso's half-brother.

Barnett was very jealous of his half-brother who sat on the throne.

The father was so good to this illegitimate son, allowing him to enjoy himself here in peace, but his own biological, pure-blooded brothers and sisters were ruthlessly sent to the battlefield by his father.

The master of the Crab Eye Elephant Tower was extremely honor-conscious and had very strict expectations for his descendants. As one of his legitimate sons, Barnett suffered greatly from this.

He was not recruited because his father ordered him to go to a place called 'Straw Town' to build a wizard tower!
Become a wizard lord. Many wizards hope to avoid conscription in this way, but Straw Town is not a good choice.

I heard that the master of the Snake Tower is very interested in that place and hopes to let his students guard it.

But the master of the Crab Eye Elephant Tower had claimed this place. He considered the responsibility of Straw Town an honor and planned to trick his own son!

I was going to be sent to that kind of place, but my father's illegitimate son could become king in such a fertile land.

And this half-breed bastard couldn't even handle a small plague.

Haha, what a ridiculous bastard, even his own royal city was attacked by a group of refugees.

But thanks for this crap.

If his good brother manages this place too well, he will have no chance.

Yes, this is an opportunity for Barnett.

The Crystal Princess's illness is now urgent. Barnett discussed with his father and postponed the matter of dividing his own territory. He applied to go to the Amir Kingdom to solve the problem there.

He is very good at treating plagues and is very suitable to be here.

He will not completely control the plague here, he will make the plague here obey his will, erupt when he needs it and calm down when he doesn't.

The king and all his heirs will die of the plague.

The Kingdom of Amir will become a no-man's land, which will be reasonably taken back by the school and become a wizard territory.

He has also already taken care of all the relationships within the school.

The Amir Kingdom was originally the territory of Crab Eye Elephant Tower. As long as it was taken back, he would become the new wizard lord and new king here.

He will always be needed here because he will 'raise the plague to his own grave'.

His father would agree to let him become the lord here, because he is needed to guard this place.

Of course, the plague would kill many people, but were mudbloods human?
Those mortals are nothing but pigs and dogs. They are not worthy of living in this fertile land that produces a lot of magic potions.

Barnett is very good at potions and knows a lot about plague. He knows that there are many kinds of precious potions that are suitable for growing in plague areas and crystal veins.

The Crystal Princess disease will continue to spread here forever. The potion will grow well.

Barnett concluded by saying, "Your Majesty Alfonso, the school invests so much resources every year in popularizing magic. Yet, your actions are extremely disappointing.

If you think that the inspiration that comes from a few minutes of wild thoughts by a rural wizard closing his eyes is more effective than the solutions provided by the school, then with all due respect, you are probably not suitable to govern the people of the White Queen on behalf of the Parliament.

King Alfonso's face turned ashen, his hands tightly gripping the armrests of the throne, veins showing on the back of his hands.

Alfonso did not dare to contradict Mr. Barnett. He believed that what his brother conveyed was what his father meant. His father had always been disappointed in him.

He tried hard to maintain a humble smile and preserve his last bit of dignity as a king.

He said softly, "Your Excellency, Grand Secretary Barnett, you have misunderstood. This Crystal Princess disease is not a plague. It is a mystery. In recent times, we have made breakthroughs in our research on Crystal Princess disease. Please allow my Chief Court Wizard, Ives, to explain the details to your school."

Elvis was at the King's Hand position on one side of the throne. He cleared his throat and composed his words, but was then interrupted by Lord Barnett's impatient wave of his hand.

Barnett said angrily, "Stop telling me those ridiculous theories of yours. I've heard enough of them along the way."

Elvis's face froze.

At this time, everyone saw a Black Abyss apprentice leading people to the vicinity of the king.

Barnett knew the Black Abyss Wizard, he had become very famous recently.

This reputation came partly from the events in the forbidden area and partly from the 'Rainbow Disease Report' he submitted to the school.

The former brought the Black Abyss Wizard a lot of reputation, while the latter made him a laughing stock.

That rainbow disease report is absolutely ridiculous. Not to mention evidence and samples, there's not even a formula or logic!
This new generation of Black Abyss, who has received mixed reviews from various schools of thought, is Roland.

When he came to the king, he smiled kindly and looked at Barnett and others below.

Barnett nodded slightly in response and said in a very businesslike manner, "Maester Roland, my team has discussed your report repeatedly. I saw that you suggested in your report that we need to infiltrate the royal city and cure the 'Rainbow Disease'?"

Roland nodded and said, "Yes, Maester Barnett. In fact, the word 'contain' would be more appropriate. We should sneak in as soon as possible."

Before he could finish his words, Barnett interrupted him with a wave of his hand. "Maester Roland, with all due respect, you keep repeating this mystery, yet you can't even provide a sample. If that's the case, then we shouldn't go to the royal city. Instead, we should set up a maze along the roads leading in and out of the city, isolate them, and then treat this as a plague."

Roland said, "Master Barnett, I know you're not interested in those theories and want to see samples. But we can't provide any. To prevent the Rainbow Disease from getting worse, the Crystal Man and other samples have been destroyed after the experiment."

Barnett nodded and said, "So, what about the magical images of the experimental process?"

Roland said, "Rainbow disease is spread by observers. Magical images are a source of contamination that can be replicated and spread widely. During our experiment, we didn't leave any magical images behind."

Barnett chuckled. He was liking the idiot in front of him more and more. He said, "Where's the log? There must be an experimental log, right?"

Roland said, "As I said, the Rainbow Disease is spread by observers. If we want to completely end this plague, we must not leave behind any content that can describe the Rainbow Disease in detail. Magical images are a description, and words are also a description. They are both a source of contamination that can spread widely."

At this point, even the senior apprentices who had been silent all this time could no longer hold back.

Barnett laughed and said, "Sir Roland, your words are just like your report. I guess you forgot to shower when you woke up from the trash can last night. Go take a shower and wake up! There's not even a sample, so it's a plague! It should be treated as such!"

Roland didn't argue with the tower wizard. He thought to himself, "The generation gap between school wizards and wild wizards is too deep, full of arrogance and prejudice."
He had already sent Augustus's notes, medical journal, and experimental logs back to the academy. Although these materials couldn't directly describe the rainbow disease, they fully demonstrated that the rainbow disease was a mystery, not a plague.

But because these things were written by wild wizards, they didn't read a single word of them.

Not only that, when they came, they also arrested all those who had made great contributions to the control of the plague. In addition to arresting people, Mr. Barnett probably also corrected the "mistakes" of the people.

After all this trouble, the plague in the south is about to break out again.

Barnett questioned, "Sir Roland, the plague is suppressed every year in this way. Why did you suddenly change the plan this year?"

He came here today to demand an explanation.

There's no need for two special commissioners to preside over this matter. This idiot named Roland has just revealed his weakness. After confronting him in public today, Barnett will report the matter to Parliament.

After that, Roland will be recalled by the conscription order, and he will be in charge of this place.

Barnett asked again, "Do you know how many people in the Kingdom of Amir will die because of your stupidity and because of your use of those wild sorcerers?"

He just wanted more people to die here, and Roland would be blamed for it.

Because Roland was the first person to come here, and it was because he made a mess here that made it difficult for him to solve the plague here.

Amber angrily interrupted, "In previous years, it was because of us, the Raven Society, that we were able to suppress the Plague of Light! The reason the problem is so serious this year is because of your indiscriminate arrests, isn't it?
According to your plan, the rainbow disease in the Amir Kingdom could no longer be contained.

Now that the plan has been changed and the Raven Society is taking the lead, Rainbow Disease has been brought under control. Doesn't this prove our 'mystical theory'?"

Barnett nodded and said to the apprentices standing behind him, "Capture this wild wizard."

"Please wait two minutes." Roland waved his hand to stop the people's actions. He walked off the stage and said softly, "Mr. Barnett, I understand how you feel.

The Rainbow Disease was indeed difficult to understand. Even in the Abyss, determining the mystery was always a difficult question.

However, in our Black Abyss, there is a very simple and efficient method of determination."

Roland took off his gloves, threw them on Barnett's chest, and said calmly, "Take out your wand, Barnett. The one who survives is right."

Barnett's face turned extremely ugly.

This madman! Damn Black Abyss madman!

Seeing Roland taking out his wand and about to attack someone, the other two senior apprentices from other schools were so scared that they hurried over to stop Roland.

The two men played peacemaker and mumbled something, but Roland interrupted them directly: "Enough of the nonsense. We must go to the Royal City immediately. We must reach a consensus on this. Come on, Barnett, both of you come together!"

As he spoke, Roland unleashed his magic power. Suddenly, a violent wind blew up in the hall, and the violent magic power shocked everyone.

——Official wizard? ?

How is this possible? !

He had just returned from the forbidden area last month and should have just been promoted to a senior apprentice. Everyone noticed that the magic power in Roland's body was very abnormal and suddenly understood his situation.

His realm was still that of an advanced apprentice, but he was assimilating with a strange mystery. This abnormal magical state was very similar to the situation of the "Crystal Man" in the report.

His body was probably already filled with crystals! This made him look like a giant magic stone, containing terrifying magical power.

Barnett's face turned ashen.

Only 6% of the group were his subordinates. One of them was a senior apprentice who had just come to make up the numbers. Given his cowardly nature, he would definitely not participate if a fight broke out.

Without everyone present, the Crab Eye Elephant Formation couldn't be formed. Once this Black Abyss Wizard went mad and started a fight, he would definitely fight himself to death before the madman arrived.

A round-faced senior apprentice named Matt was terrified, fearing that if the two sides started fighting, Roland would go crazy in the magic riot and bring disaster upon himself.

He hurriedly hugged Roland and said, "No, no, no, Lord Roland, don't be angry. Whether it's a plague or a mystery, we must go to this royal city. We can't let those rebels wreak havoc there, right? A wild wizard, with a group of Muggles, overthrew the rule of the school. Where would the White Chess School put its face? Lord Barnett, don't you agree?"

Barnett's face looked extremely ugly. He took a deep breath and said nothing.

The others looked at each other and said nothing.

What Lord Matt said makes a lot of sense. We can't let that Crystal King reign there, can we?

This is a big joke.

Moreover, even if it was a plague, we should have gone to the royal city to take a look. That was a big city with 50,000 residents. We couldn't just stand there and let them die, right?
This time, the school specially distributed rare objects to store supplies to everyone. Isn’t it for the purpose of saving people?

But no one dared to say such words before, because Barnett was the boss. When he said he couldn't go, no one dared to say anything.

Now that this Black Abyss Wizard has come here to disrupt the situation, everyone's minds have become active.

Matt struck while the iron was hot and said, "Sir Roland, I know you originally applied to join a wizarding group, but it was us who ended up joining. But our team is still very strong. Some of us are good at medicine, some are good at curses, some are good at magic circles. Some are good at mysticism and potions. As long as we work together, we will definitely be able to solve this problem."

Another senior apprentice also said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, whether it is a plague or a mysterious incident, we can still handle the situation here."

Matt added, "Indeed, although we are not as good as a team of formal wizards, all of you here are apprentices of the Tower. In terms of knowledge, you are no less knowledgeable than the professors."

Matt's words were what Roland wanted to hear the most. He didn't care what rainbow disease was, he just wanted to solve it.

After hearing this, Roland's expression improved a lot.

He had also noticed that the three senior apprentices had very deep magical powers, while the dozen or so mid-level apprentices were all quite old.

Frankly speaking, in terms of knowledge, these people were no worse than professors who had just entered the realm of formal wizards. Any apprentice, if singled out, was qualified to be a mentor.

Moreover, although these people came from different schools, they all had the White Chess' "Crab Eye Elephant" emblem on their bodies, which meant that they all understood the "Crab Eye Elephant Formation".

This is a very famous battlefield magic circle in the White Council, which is particularly powerful in group fights. Not only does it have many wonderful effects, it can also increase the magic power of everyone.

At critical moments, everyone in the magic circle can unify the power of all people under the command of one person.

Four high-level apprentices, plus a dozen mid-level apprentices, combined their magic power to unleash a single attack that was more powerful than a full-strength attack from a regular wizard.

Therefore, although the White School, or rather the Council, suspected that Rainbow Disease was not a mysterious event and therefore only sent a group of apprentices, these apprentices were all elite. If something truly was contained, they would be able to handle it.

When it comes to containing the mysteries, a powerful mystical wizard can indeed defeat ten opponents with his own strength.

But a group of well-trained apprentices with professional skills can also achieve great results with little effort.

Roland is such an example.

Roland nodded and asked, "Okay, those who don't plan to go now, please stand up."

The faces of the apprentices froze slightly. Barnett asked gloomily, "Sir Roland, what do you mean by this?"

Roland said, "Those who leave will live, and those who stay will die."

Everyone's eyes went dark, and Barnett was so angry that he almost died.

Barnett saw that this madman was about to die, and he didn't care about anything anymore. If he continued to argue with him, he would definitely attack.

Roland said again, "Forget it, I'll pick someone—you, tell me, is the Rainbow Disease a plague or a mystery?"

As he spoke, Roland looked at Barnett again. The people standing behind Barnett suddenly took a step back, pushing Barnett forward.

Barnett's face turned ashen.

Matt quickly hugged Roland and said, "My Maester Roland! Look at how sick you are now! Anyone who says this is still a plague is blind!
Even though your illness seems incurable, don't give up! As long as you go to the royal city and take in that Rainbow, maybe there's still hope!
At least, don't waste your life fighting with your own people!"

Another apprentice coughed and said, "Well, whether it's a plague or a mystery, we have to go to the Royal City. That Crystal King has to be killed, right?"

As he said this, he gave Barnett a look.

Barnett understood what he meant. He smiled and said, "Sir Roland, you may have misunderstood me. Although I suggested handling this matter as a plague, I just suggested that we first block all the main roads near the royal city, and then slowly deal with the affairs of the royal city.

However, since your current situation is so dire, we might as well investigate first."

Roland was finally satisfied. He turned and left: "I'll give you two hours to prepare. Gather at the door and set off."

Looking at Roland's back, a murderous look flashed in Barnett's eyes.

Since you must go to the royal city, I will give you a ride.

This guy is currently collecting mysterious images, and his strength is absurd. You can't fight him head-on, but it's normal for some people to die in the process of collecting them.

Amber followed Roland the entire time, determined to go along. After a long thought, Roland decided to take her along.

Amber's entire life had been preparing for this moment. She was there to witness everything on her grandfather's behalf. Otherwise, her future path would be blocked.

Besides, Amber was an experienced shelter worker. Even Roland was amazed by what happened in Crystal Village. Taking her there wouldn't be a burden.

No one had any objection to who Roland should take with him.

To people like Barnett, no matter who Roland took with him, they were all going to die.

As for Matt and others, they wished Rolando would bring some people. Amber was just a low-level apprentice and his strength was still a bit low. Matt suggested bringing all the court wizards with him.

Roland rejected the proposal, giving this reason: "They are going crazy, and they will turn into a rainbow if they go."

Look, what kind of crazy talk is this?
However, Matt understood some of Roland's logic—the rainbow seemed like a mystery that couldn't be forced into understanding. If one recognized it, it wouldn't necessarily be a problem. But if one's sanity was low and one recognized it, then it would definitely be a problem.

High cognition plus low sanity equals death.

They set out that same day. On the way, Roland familiarized Amber with the Crab-Eye Elephant magic circle and thoroughly tested her abilities with the Blindness Curse, the Dementia Curse, the Echo Curse, and the Wisdom Curse.

The two used these spells to do many strange things.

Looking at these two mudbloods and conspicuous bags, Barnett's murderous intent grew stronger.

Roland was a bit suspicious to begin with, and after experiencing many life and death situations, he was also very sensitive to murderous intent.

And ever since he learned from Alfonso that Barnett was Alfonso's brother, he had assumed the most malicious intent against this man.

On the way, he learned about the structure of the team and found that more than half of the people were recruited by Barnett, so he guessed what he was thinking.

The call to arms and the Muggle King who is unable to shoulder his responsibilities...is indeed a great opportunity.

It's just that some people are a bit too annoying. I'm afraid I'm blocking other people's financial opportunities.

Roland remained calm and didn't take her seriously. He just didn't tell everyone the key strategy.

Roland thought he had prepared all the strategies, and others also believed that they had enough understanding of the royal city.

But when they arrived at the foot of the "royal city", everyone was shocked.

Everyone immediately left the royal city, discussed for a long time, and reported the relevant matters to the school.

As a result, the incident alarmed the parliament, which demanded that the apprentices not leave the Amir Kingdom and wait for the parliament to come up with a plan.

Several tower masters got together and worked out a 'rainfall' plan.

According to the tower masters' assessment, these apprentices have a 17.63% chance of solving this problem.

If the problem is not solved, we will get more comprehensive information, and then another group of people will come here to complete the work here.

Everyone cursed, but Roland and Barnett were very determined. They both had their reasons for going.

After several days of discussion, everyone finally chose a night under the order of the parliament and reluctantly entered the city.

(End of this chapter)