I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 173 She Made It! Snake Tower

Everyone in the royal city has recovered. Seeing how the divine bird sacrificed itself to save them, they kneel down and worship it as a god. Some are praying, and some are crying.

Roland suppressed his sorrow and flew over with Matt and the others. They checked the people around the divine bird amber gem and found that none of them had crystallized.

Then, Roland's eyes suddenly moved slightly. He explained something to everyone, then hurriedly took the big amber away and flew into the castle.

The others looked at each other, some stayed to finish the job, and some flew to the castle.

Soon, Matt found Roland.

This is a hall in the castle. It used to be a fire scene. Now the roof is gone, so it is hard to tell what the hall was originally.

There were several corpses of Comb Army soldiers wearing wizard robes in the hall, and it seemed that Roland had just killed them.

Roland was standing among the corpses at this time, looking at the huge piece of amber on the ground and wailing.

When Amber went up to heaven and turned into a bird, Roland gave her a layer of divine skin.

This divine skin did not provide complete protection, but it was integrated with the crystals, becoming a strange shell that was neither crystal nor flesh, so that the outer layer of 'crystal' looked like amber.

Perhaps this is why it no longer transmits crystal disease.

Matt heard Roland mutter, "Oh, I'm overthinking it. How could he still be alive? I must have been hallucinating."

Everyone sighed when they saw Amber. Matt said with emotion, "This is Miss Amber's truth. She has also verified her own truth and died without regrets."

Roland sighed sadly, "Yes, whatever. My disciple is more promising than her master. She's successful. This is a happy event, a happy event."

Matt patted Roland on the shoulder and said, "My condolences. This large amber looks very strange. It seems to have assimilated with your treasure and will no longer transmit any crystal disease. If we hand it over to the White Qi School, it will not only benefit the White Qi School for nothing."

Once the school gets it, they will definitely study it, and Miss Amber will not be able to rest in peace. So, Maester Roland will take it away as a keepsake. The brothers won't say anything."

Matt was a wonderful man. As Roland belonged to the Snake Tower of the Black Abyss School, White Qi had no such restrictions on him. If he forcibly took the contained object, the Snake Tower's master would protect him.

After all, this thing was taken care of by the people in the Snake Tower. Why should you, the White chess players, fight with us for it?

Moreover, the only person from the White School was already dead, and all his companions were also dead.

The remaining six or seven people are from other schools.

As long as you don’t tell me and I don’t tell you, who would know about this thing?

Roland naturally understood what Matt meant, and he threw a dozen storage bags to these people.

Matt and others opened it and found that it belonged to Barnett and his men.

Damaged items, undamaged items, magic stones, etc. This adds up to a lot of money.

Matt and the others immediately understood that Roland was paying them hush money. He would not participate in the division of these dirty things.

Roland said, "Matt, you are all sensible people. If I hadn't helped you through this difficult time today, you would have died at their hands."

Matt naturally needs no introduction, even those elite mid-level apprentices, the average age is over 30 or 40. They are all experienced.

Everyone could see the evil intentions in the hearts of Barnett and his gang.

Later, when everyone saw that Barnett and his gang were so blatantly trying to kill Roland, they knew that they had no intention of leaving him alive.

Therefore, when Barnett and his men were going crazy with their magic power, no one held back.

Matt, in particular, took off all their blindfolds with one move, cast several eye-opening spells, and fixed their blindness.

This move was truly simple and effective. Those people had already gone mad in the magic riot, so how could they even remember closing their eyes?

Many people turned into crystal as soon as they opened their eyes.

When knocking on the crystal, everyone was very smart and took action, which was considered as taking sides and showing their loyalty.

Everyone knows that this is a secret contest between the people from the Snake Tower and the Crab Eye Tower. Everyone has been dragged into this. If you don’t stand on the side of the winner, then you are in the same group as the loser!

So now we are all brothers.

Matt's eyes flashed with a fierce look as he said, "Even if we find out who started it, we're in the right. So even if we report it truthfully, the school will suppress it. After all, internal strife is too damaging to their reputation."
However, if we report the truth, we'll inevitably get into trouble. So, let's give them the honor of dying in battle. This will also allow the Crab Eye Elephant Tower's leader to preserve his dignity.

"As for the Rainbow Disease thing...tsk tsk tsk, it's normal for a few people to die. It would be strange if no one died."

Many middle-level apprentices discussed:
"Those bastards, Barnett, are definitely up to something big this time. I think they're probably planning to use the plague to seize the Amir Kingdom's territory. And we're standing in their way."

"The Crab Eyed Elephant Tower Master is serious and old-fashioned, and he hates this kind of thing the most. He probably doesn't know that his son is secretly colluding with this group of people to harm his brother."

"Well, but there must be someone among the upper-level wizards who has been bribed by Barnett. Even if we cover up the cause of his death, there will probably be people who will speculate that he died in internal strife. Although we are right in this matter, we still need Boss Roland to suppress it for us."

Seeing that everyone had expressed their opinions, Roland said, "What you scholars say is absolutely correct. I will report this matter to the Snake Tower truthfully. I will be the only one to speak out. You all, please don't spread it. Otherwise, the White Chess School will be embarrassed."

As he spoke, Roland shook the storage bags in his hands. He had gone through so much trouble to get back to the topic of the spoils.

Everyone knew what was going on when he saw what he was doing. Barnett and his group were rich. To say they weren't coveting this windfall would be a lie. After all, everyone had lost quite a few rare items in this battle.

Roland said, "I've thought about it, and it seems inappropriate for us to swallow all their relics. But the school doesn't know exactly what they have. For example, magic stones and the like, we can divide them among everyone and keep some among the relics.

Don't take any rare items. Later, search the coffers of the deceased nobles in the city and thoroughly interrogate the Comb Army to see if any nobles are colluding with them. I'll give you a big piece of meat."

Everyone's eyes lit up, they thought Roland was going to take them to eat the dead man's money.

But Roland's thoughts were much deeper than this. But it wasn't the right time to tell them now. He could tell them later, once they started working on the project.

Since he doesn't have time to stay here, he will arrange someone to work with this group of people.

By then, not only will Matt and his team be able to earn some hard work fees, but Alfonso will also have money to deal with the disaster.

Although the rainbow disease was gone, so many people died in the kingdom, and there were many famines and other plagues.

He will be rich.

As he spoke, Roland threw out another magic stone bag. Matt took it and looked at it. It was filled with medium-grade and low-grade magic stones of various sizes.

Roland said, "I won't participate in the division of the relics. I'll give you another 2,000 magic stones. You can take some money from the relics, plus my 2,000. Everyone can make up for some of their losses."

As he spoke, Roland looked at the amber gem on the ground.

"I don't care whether you're treating it as a possession for the Mystical Side or a treasure. I'm going to take this large amber gem away. The Rainbow Disease was taken in by our Black Abyss Serpent Tower, and the gem also contains the remains of our Black Abyss people. I must take the gem back with me.

If the White School asks, you can just say Roland from the Black Abyss Serpent Tower took it away."

Since the little girl Amber called me teacher, I must collect her body!

Her body must not be allowed to be studied as a mystery.

Everyone hurriedly stated that they hadn't seen anything like it today. As for the rumors spread by mortals, after that mysterious incident, wouldn't there have been dozens or dozens of different versions of the story?

These wizards said they didn't see this thing, which means they didn't see it.

With this unified confession, Boss Roland can go back and take care of his mentor, Tower Master Usak, and the situation on the Snake Tower will be settled.

Everyone said they didn't want Roland's hush money, but in the end they happily accepted the money.

They were originally chatting and laughing with Roland, but suddenly they saw Roland suddenly straighten up, move his ears, and then lie on the big amber and listen for a while.

Then, Roland took out a strange object - a large oak hammer.

Before, everyone saw Roland take out this magical item and kill his teammates at the last moment.

After this big oak hammer is infused with magic power, it can emit many small hammers with divine power. The small hammers are extremely powerful and can hit the crystal people one by one.

But now, Roland did not recite the spell, nor did he inject any magic power. He took the big oak hammer and was about to hit the big amber gem.

Although Matt and the others were a little confused, they guessed that the little girl was not completely dead. So Roland was eager to open the large amber.

But even if the person can be saved, you can't save him like this!

Everyone hurriedly hugged Roland and held him down.

Roland yelled, "Don't stop me! Her heart is almost gone. If she doesn't come out, she'll suffocate to death soon!"

Matt yelled, "You can't save him like that! Don't rush! In this state, it's hard to say whether he's alive or dead. He may not even need to breathe. If we think of a way, we might be able to save him, but if we mess around, he might not survive!"

Matt was older and more stable. Roland was confused, his mind full of saving people, and he had neglected many things.

Roland finally realized what was happening. He knew this matter needed to be carefully considered, but Amber could become part of the mystery at any moment. Every minute that passed made the situation more dangerous. If it dragged on for ten or eight days, she would most likely be reduced to a specimen.

He paced back and forth anxiously, thinking about possible means, but he found that the outcome of each method was unknown.

Matt grabbed Roland and said, "Stop walking back and forth. If you can't handle something, you should definitely go find a mentor!"

Roland suddenly realized that Usak, the Lord of the Snake Tower, must have a solution. But this place was far from the Black Abyss. By the time we got there, the pickles would be completely sour!
Everyone started talking at once and said:

——"It's okay, it's okay. There are teleportation arrays in eight of the ten kingdoms."

——"No matter where it leads to, after a few hours of wandering around, we'll definitely reach the Black Abyss."

"However, even if the Comb Army wizards didn't destroy the teleportation array, it must have broken down after it crystallized." "Hey, that's not a problem. The teleportation arrays here in the secular world are all small and simple. I specialize in teleportation array research in the tower and have been doing it for over 30 years. I'll take the lead. As for the materials, there are so many of us. Let's just pool what we have. We'll have enough."

After that, someone contacted the court wizard at Green Lake Manor.

Sure enough, there was a teleportation array in the castle that was connected to the White School. However, it was said that this teleportation array was controlled by the White School.

For those in the Amir Kingdom, using the teleportation array was incredibly difficult. There were procedures to follow and approvals to wait for. Often, a magic letter would be sent, but a response might not come for weeks.

But for most people, this is not a problem.

After learning the location of the teleportation array, everyone rushed to repair it.

This so-called teleportation array was actually a door. The wizards of the Comb Army had deliberately destroyed it, and it was also damaged after it turned into crystals.

The door was now half-open, and inside lay a rotten wall. It was useless, and if it was poked any more, the door and the wall behind it would collapse together.

If a group of ordinary apprentices were to repair this, they would probably have to pull their hair out. Then they would have to research literature while working on it. It would take at least ten days or eight months to complete.

But after checking it out, these tower apprentices said it was a minor problem.

Roland contacted the White Chess School, but after taking out the crystal ball, he put it down again.

He thought for a moment, thinking, "If I want to contact the White School directly, I'll have to report today's events. We haven't figured out how to conceal many things yet, so we can't alert the White School."

I'd better use Lady Catherine's backdoor for this matter.

Strangely enough, after Roland and Catherine parted ways, he never felt Catherine's prying eyes again.

Some time ago, Catherine also took the initiative to contact Roland, but she used parchment instead of a crystal ball.

When Roland contacted Catherine a while ago, he explained the mechanism of Rainbow Disease to her. He also suggested that no matter what, she should not answer the crystal ball communication. He suggested that she wait until he could tell her the news on parchment. He also suggested that she stop peeping.

Lady Catherine didn't say anything about Roland's suggestion, but only responded with a mocking "Hehe".

Roland was so anxious that he forgot to use the parchment to tell Catherine the current situation. He just recited the spell with the crystal ball.

Lady Catherine accepted it directly.

It seemed that Lady Catherine's eyes were a little red. It was not known whether it was because she did not sleep well that night, or because she secretly watched a TV series in the middle of the night and saw a sad part, so she shed tears.

Roland didn't pay attention to these details. He briefly explained the general situation here and asked her to open a back door quickly.

Catherine was clearly extremely curious about everything, but this time she didn't ask too many questions—she didn't even really listen to what Roland said. She simply put on a cold expression and told Roland to just use the teleportation array.

It seemed as if Catherine knew what was happening here in advance and had arranged everything.

Roland didn't think much of this, assuming Catherine would arrange it later. After all, repairing the teleportation array took time.

Although Roland's new friends couldn't compare to regular wizards in terms of realm and strength, they were all apprentices of the Tower, and most of the papers published by their mentor were written by them.

A small teleportation array is naturally no problem.

More than two hours later, the rotten teleportation array lit up with white light.

Matt dusted off his hands and said, "This broken door is actually completely broken. If we didn't have so many people today, it would be really difficult to fix it."

The broken door still looked tattered, basically just an extra door handle.

The wall behind had collapsed, but the door was suspended in mid-air.

Roland couldn't help but look at Matt with suspicion.

Matt said 'Hi' and opened the door directly.

Everyone looked inside the door curiously and was stunned.

Outside the door was a garden filled with strange trees. A rattlesnake rustled through the trees. Suddenly, a shadow as long as an arm flew out of the woods, whizzing past the door. It landed on the rooftop and lay motionless.

An unhappy voice echoed from inside the door: "What are you still standing there for? You've run away from my newly hatched 'Colored Neck Crow'. Come in quickly and close the door."

When everyone heard the name, they were slightly stunned. They looked up and saw that the thing lying on the roof was actually a strange third-level monster - with a bird body, a snake head and neck, and a scorpion tail.

Judging from the colorful feathers, the colorful neck and the naturally formed spell patterns on the body, this thing should contain a terrible "curse poison".

Everyone hurriedly grabbed the object and stuffed it into Roland's wizard hat. Afterwards, Roland said goodbye to everyone and went back inside alone.

After closing the door, Roland took out the flint artifact with a look of suspicion, turned it into a flame, and flew into the depths of the garden.

It was clearly midnight, but the sky here was gray and slightly bright. It was hard to tell whether it was morning or dusk.

There were clouds in the sky, as if it had just rained. Looking to the left and right, there was a hazy mist in the distance.

After using magic to probe, Roland suddenly understood. This garden seemed to be a small secret place within the tower. It seemed to have a sky and a land, but it had boundaries.

However, this place is quite large, and is a small botanical garden, or perhaps a species experimental area, where many snakes are domesticated.

Soon, Roland arrived at the center of the garden. It was an open space with a very abrupt spiral stone staircase on the grass. At the top of the stone staircase was a stone gate suspended in mid-air.

The carving on the door is a carving of a snake tower.

Looking at the stone gate, Roland was stunned.

This is a floor in the Snake Tower.

The teleportation array in Amir Royal City was supposed to lead to the tower of the White School. However, Catherine, who must have been the one to place her in the White School, modified the magic array and connected the anchor point here.

No wonder the voice just now sounded so familiar.

Roland immediately straightened his robe, dropped it to the ground obediently, and walked step by step from the spiral stone staircase to the door.

The carving in front of the door opened its eyes and looked at Roland, then the stone door opened to both sides.

Inside the door was a large semi-study room with numerous bookshelves, paintings, armor and other artworks, a place to rest, a blanket for meditation, and numerous lab tables and potion cabinets.

There were some crystal arrays floating in the air.

Looking closely, there were some half-human, half-snake puppets standing near the wall, some of which seemed to be broken. It looked like they were broken by some strange ice, and it should have been broken not long ago, as white smoke was still coming out of the puppets.

There were also some dirty footprints on the carpet and some areas burned by hellfire.

A witch dressed strangely was kneeling on the carpet with a pout on her face, cleaning up and repairing the damaged things.

This witch's outfit is so strange. What she's wearing looks like a nightgown? Or a ninja suit?

Anyway, it doesn't look like the kind of clothes you pass around when you do good things.

When Roland passed by the witch, he couldn't help but look at her curiously.

This witch has a very pure appearance, but she has a pair of captivating peach blossom eyes.

She looked very strange, and Roland had definitely never seen her before, but he inexplicably felt that he knew her.

Seeing the witch avoiding his gaze intentionally or unintentionally, Roland frowned and asked tentatively, "Angel? Lilith?"

The witch's eyes widened as she looked at Roland: "How did you recognize me?"

It would have been fine if that damn old man and that stinky woman had just recognized me at first sight.

Why could even this brat recognize me?

There was no way his disguise was flawed! He'd even fooled the warden of Arakka; he was far more powerful than Usak.

Why is it that these guys who are weaker than the warden can recognize who he is at a glance?

Facing Lilith's question, Roland looked into her peach blossom eyes and said nothing.

Roland asked, "Aren't you in jail? Why are you here?"

Lilith got angry when she mentioned this. She said, "I'm here for vacation, isn't it okay?"

Roland looked at her ridiculous 'ninja costume' in astonishment and asked, "Why are you dressed like this in the middle of the night and coming to the Snake Tower for vacation?"

Lilith glared and said, "What do you care?"

After a pause, Lilith asked, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

Roland sighed and said, "I am Master Usako's disciple. I ran into some trouble today and came to ask for help from my mentor."

Lilith was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something and said "Oh". She cursed, "I was wondering, that old man was guarding the forbidden area, why did he suddenly come back? I thought I hadn't stolen anything for two weeks, so my skills were rusty and I had triggered some kind of restriction.
So you, a bastard, called him over in the middle of the night?!
You are blocking my way to wealth again, I will kill you!"

As she spoke, Lilith revealed the little devil horns on her head and tried to hit Roland.

At this moment, a faint spiritual wave swept over from a distance. Lilith felt guilty and trembled with fear. She sent Roland a look (spiritual thought), which probably meant "Just wait for me."

After saying those harsh words, she squatted down and started to wipe the floor obediently.

(End of this chapter)