I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 193 Straw Fairy, kill yourself!
The edge of town.

Roland was stunned for a long time as he watched the man waving his wand to repair the house.

Sometimes it is difficult for people to recognize someone who looks like them. It is often only when a friend tells them that the person looks like them that they notice that their face is very similar to theirs.

This is how Roland feels now.

He didn't recognize the man at first, but he felt that the robes and wand of this senior apprentice were very familiar. Then he suddenly realized that his hair and eyes were relatively unusual.

Finally, he suddenly realized that this person's height and appearance were very similar to his own.

He just thought it was his clone running out!

This was a younger version of myself. The two of them looked almost identical, but he was a bit more immature, more bookish, and more lively.

It’s like a self who is still in school and a more stable self.

Roland thought to himself: "Desire and obsession. I lost my name in the mirror, so the straw took my name and became me."

Roland knew that this was a fake version of himself. He looked like he had flesh and blood, but if you peeled him open, you would find that his skin was filled with straw.

But he is alive, a living person.

At this moment, the person in front of him suddenly sighed, sat on the doorstep, and took out the crystal ball.

He seemed to want to communicate with someone, but after sighing, he didn't take the next step. He just stood there in a daze, holding the crystal ball.

Roland suddenly realized something, and his scalp suddenly felt numb, and his whole body was spinning.

This is me!

This is me!

He realized his current predicament, so he didn't dare to contact anyone except his senior. But after secretly contacting his senior a few times, he didn't dare to contact her again for some reason.

The senior student must have been confused, because she couldn't tell which one was Roland. Or rather, he was also Roland!
At this moment, a person suddenly came from a distance.

"What's up, 9527?"

Roland, who was sitting on the threshold, froze slightly and said, "I don't like this name."

Someone in the distance walked over, sighed, and said, "I don't like your number either, at least it's better than mine. Actually, I really want 9527. It's better than 1086."

Looking at the man approaching from a distance, Roland felt as if he had been struck by a heavy hammer.

That's another Roland! That's another me!
At this moment, 1086 noticed that 9527 was holding the crystal ball and couldn't help but get a little angry: "Don't call Senior secretly! She'll be very troubled! The side effects of the 'obsession' brought about by Straw Disease must be solved by us. We have to find a way out of it ourselves!"

9527 said helplessly, "Brother, all communication equipment has been destroyed in the vote. This one in my hand is just a video of a communication with my senior from a long time ago."

1086 snorted coldly and said, "Who knows if someone is secretly hiding something? Everyone thinks they are the special one, the one who is most correct, and they want to hide it from everyone. Find someone to help look up the information."

9527 shook his head and said, "What's the point of checking? We've already told Senior to refuse any communication from us. We even said so many nasty things to prevent her from coming. Even though she knows we're not Zero, who knows if it's our true feelings?"

Roland, who was standing by, was completely upset when he heard this. He cursed in his heart: "What did you bastards say?! Fuck you!"

1086 suddenly asked, "Hey, Senior Sister, are you going to come and kill us?"

9527 said, "Kill? She must be dying to kill me right now, even if she wants to chop me into pieces. But if she's here, she probably wants to save me. However, she won't end her retreat until she gets out of that logical trap. Besides, if she's here, she'll definitely go to the Wizard Tower first, and Zero is already there. She won't let that idiot come."

1086 nodded and said, "As long as she has a brain and has met Zero, she will definitely be able to roughly guess something. She should understand that it is useless for others to interfere in this matter. We can only rely on ourselves to solve it."

9527 nodded and said, "Yes, Straw's obsession is too strong. Unless we eliminate the obsession, or eliminate Straw, none of us can get out. We all have severe obsessive-compulsive disorder now."

At this moment, some flames appeared in the distance. The two men couldn't help but curse: "Damn it! Which idiot couldn't hold back again? All these days of cultivation have been in vain!"

1086 suddenly asked, "Have you ever tried to advance? You know, only after advancing can you have a chance to break the camel's back."

9527 shook his head: "No, the probability is even smaller than we predicted. Unless we get the complete name and use Butterfly Robbery, there is no chance. Leona is with Zero, and the Amber Gem is also there. No one else can advance..."

Before he could finish his words, 9527 suddenly vanished from the spot where he stood. 1086 suddenly realized something.

——Draw the sword, draw the sword, put away the sword.

1086 slashed out a lightning and fire blade, which flew rapidly into the air not far away.

Looking at the lightning and fire blade flying towards him, Roland was slightly startled. He turned into lightning and dodged the attack.

At this moment, a man with a coral sword stuck in his chest suddenly fell from the roof - it was 9527.

It turned out that Roland had just taken advantage of the two men's off guard to launch a sneak attack and released the Coral Sword directly at 9527.

Unexpectedly, the little apprentice had a premonition of danger and used his silver pocket watch to enter the shallow world.

When he first entered the shallow world, he had an invincibility frame, but the next second he was locked onto by Roland again. Then Leona pulled him out of the shallow world.

After hitting 9527, Roland started fighting with 1086.

"Little thing, you are so difficult!"

1086 laughed heartily, "Hahaha! Great tricks! Great tricks! After my advancement, I've truly reached a new level of magical power! Come on, let's see if I can hold my own against a proper wizard!"

Roland's face turned extremely ugly. He thought he could deal with both of his selves in two moves, but he didn't expect that one dodged the first attack of his coral sword, and the other took several of his moves!

At this moment, he heard a burst of wild laughter coming from 9527. He looked over there in shock and found that the guy's whole body was slowly turning into a coral sculpture, but it seemed that it could last for two minutes!

"How is that possible?! He's just a high-ranking apprentice! How could he not immediately transform into coral?!"

9527 laughed loudly, "What coral? I'm a human. How can a human turn into coral? How can a human turn into a wooden sculpture? Are you crazy?"

A flash of lightning struck Roland's mind, and he suddenly understood why he didn't immediately turn into a coral sculpture - high SAN and self-hypnosis!
Waves of magical power were heard from afar, as if more 'selves' had discovered the fight here and were rushing over at full speed.

Roland was horrified. He didn't need too many to come. Just three or five more would be enough for him to withstand!
He yelled at the two guys who were still resisting, "What are you doing! Let the wizard liberate you!"

9527 laughed wildly and said, "You're having such a hard time dealing with a high-level apprentice. You're not worthy of inheriting my karma!"

1086 grinned and said, "Come on, leave your complete name. Then we can become one, and we can all become immortals!"
By then, we will have more than a thousand straw fairies, playing around, and marrying more than eight thousand of her wives. Wouldn’t that be wonderful? "

Roland was stunned for a tenth of a second before laughing, "As expected of me, this is a brilliant idea! They're all mine anyway, so with over eight thousand wives, it's like I'm marrying eight thousand wives. Brilliant, brilliant!"

After saying that, he killed the man.

After three moves, the second little Roland was pierced through the chest by his sword.

Before he could do anything else, he heard a gust of wind behind him, and then he turned into a scarecrow!

——Forbidden Transfiguration!

Swish, swish, swish. Seven or eight flashing thunders roared and came. Roland was horrified. He controlled his clone to wrap himself up and turned into a divine bird. Then he turned into a lightning and fled from the town.

1086 looked at himself running away in a panic, spat out the last mouthful of blood, and slowly turned into a coral sculpture.

He clutched the wound on his chest and thought, "Roland, Roland, it took me more than ten moves to defeat two of my pre-promoted selves. I still need to practice, otherwise I'll be the first to turn into a handful of straw."

On this side, Roland was flying desperately with sweat all over his forehead. The group of guys chased him for more than ten miles. He became invisible many times during the journey, but they sensed Roland through sensing Leona.

It was not until the fire in the distant town grew bigger and bigger that the group of guys left one by one in great confusion.

For them, Straw Town is like an illness, a mental illness. This mental illness is the root of their existence, so it is like suffering from extreme obsessive-compulsive disorder. Even if they know that they are actually Roland, they cannot escape the obsession with Straw Town, the shackles that cannot be escaped.

So even if they could get out of the ghost fog, they couldn't break free from the shackles in their hearts and couldn't run far.

Roland walked around outside for a long time, making sure that no one was chasing him before returning to the tower.

He was terrified and hadn't slept well all night. In his dream, he had become a piece of straw in Straw Town. He knew he was Roland, and he knew he shouldn't stay here. But a chain was tied to his foot. This chain came from the church deep in the town, from the straw in the mirror inside the church.

You've found yourself again, synchronizing a certain ability. Your understanding of the Repair Spell has increased by +800. Your current level is Repair Spell IV (17.3%).

You've found yourself again, synchronizing a certain ability. Your understanding of Rare Item Alchemy increased by +1383. Your current knowledge of Rare Item Alchemy is: Elementary (2.83%).

Roland suddenly woke up and found that he had some more memories.

Those are the memories of 9527 and 1086. No, those are the memories of two of myself. 9527 and 1086 are both myself!
They are your past!

Their experiences are all their real experiences!
Before I killed them, I couldn't realize this, but after killing them, my past self and my present self collapsed into one, and then I suddenly realized that they were actually me!
Therefore, the little Rolands in Straw Town are actually all myself!

They are one's past, and also the embodiment of one's desires, obsessions, and delusions!

"I have to free myself. I have to cut off my past!"

Roland's eyes showed a fierce look.

Roland benefited greatly from meditation that day.

Those 'selves' within Straw Town were immersed in mystery. Every time he killed a 'Straw Roland', it felt like he had rolled around in Straw Town for a very long time. Meditating in this state allowed him to touch the underlying world, making meditation more effective.

The next day, he went to Straw Town again.

This time he successfully sneak-attacked himself without causing any noise.

Roland looked very strange as he watched his body slowly turn into a coral wood sculpture, and then slowly disappear and turn into a scarecrow.

Aside from this pile of grass, nothing of that self remained. The body, the artifact, the robes—all seemed like mirror images. As if they had never existed.

Roland went to Straw Town every day after that. He was deeply impressed by how difficult he was. He was clearly just a senior apprentice, and one blow would kill him. Yet, he always used various tricks and cunning schemes to escape. He even bit back, leaving Roland humiliated.

Occasionally he would be surrounded by a group of himself, but after the forbidden transformation technique was used on him, its success rate became lower and lower.

The core principle of forbidden transfiguration is to distort self-perception and alter the target's nature. If the target's willpower becomes stronger and their self-awareness becomes stronger, the distortion will fail.

As the number of battles increased, Roland became more and more proficient in the use of various magics. Occasionally, he would kill a "self" who had often studied rare artifact alchemy and other things that he had previously neglected. After regaining this memory, Roland synchronized with this other self in this ability.

These 'selves' have been integrated into the mystery and are difficult to kill. The best way to deal with these 'little Rolands' is the 'Coral Sword'.

When Leona controlled the Coral Sword, it was unpredictable, but it was far less experienced than Roland. She could easily defeat those 'little Rolands' with one move, but she was often fooled by them instead.

They knew Leona too well and knew her tricks very well.

Their dodge rate was already high, and against Leona, it was even better! And even if they were hit by a sword, they were only injured. It would take a moment before they turned into coral sculptures.

But when Roland personally helped Leona manipulate the Coral Sword, the situation was very different because he knew himself too well.

Roland's command, coupled with Leona's agility, was both unpredictable and insidious.

As the number of people in Straw Town dwindled, the remaining residents grew increasingly vigilant. They began patrolling and even developing various tactics. Provoking one would be like stirring up a hornet's nest.

But how can we guard against thieves day and night?

Although the results of the battle were greatly affected, Roland always found a way to kill a few people every day.

These 'little Rolands' became Roland's whetstone!
When the events of Straw Town entered their later stages, Roland's various magic, swordsmanship, body movements, and combat experience were already vastly different from when he first advanced.

In the later battles, he was even able to forcibly kill one person under the siege of more than a dozen "Little Rolands", and then escape before the main force arrived.

When the crowd dispersed, he came back and killed those bastards who spoke rudely to him.

On this day, a strange Roland sneaked into Straw Town from the air. He was suspended in the air, his body looked very flexible, but his head twisted mechanically and made a clicking sound like a puppet.

Looking around, the entire town is filled with demon-sealing formations!

These demon-sealing formations are extremely complex and can seal demons without the need for a demon book.

Roland chuckled and said, "As expected of me, I really have some twisted ideas. Currently, the effectiveness of the forbidden transformation technique on me is 8%, and on Leona it is 5.6%. If more than a dozen people are combined, I'm still a bit dangerous."

As he spoke, he scanned the area with his divine sense, and then his body disappeared from the spot. Then, he appeared in a large house in the town.

There are many strange alchemical equipment woven with straw in this big house. A little Roland with messy hair is forging a strange magic puppet here.

"How far have you progressed in your research on rare object alchemy?"

The sudden voice behind him startled little Roland.

Little Roland turned his head and looked at Big Roland. Before he could react, a big hand patted his shoulder.

Little Roland looked at his shoulder, which immediately became numb after being touched.

Little Roland's expression turned extremely ugly, his eyes red as he said, "Why bother me? Why don't you go find someone else? I want it to succeed, and I will succeed! Miraculous objects ascend, do you understand?"

Roland smiled, stretched out ten fingers, and made a puppet-like motion in mid-air. Then, as if uncontrollably, little Roland's body began to dance like a robot.

Little Roland was crying and cursing while dancing, and two minutes later he turned into a coral sculpture.

Roland pointed his finger, and the wooden sculpture shattered into pieces. The shattered remains slowly transformed into coral-like straw.

Roland took out the Book of Alayeh from his waist and saw the words written on it:

【You synchronized another self! 】

[Alchemy of Strange Items +1.68%]

[Currently: Rare Item Alchemy. Intermediate (1.68%)]

"It's just intermediate-level rare object alchemy. You can't ascend to heaven."

After muttering to himself, Roland took out the Book of the Dead and performed a prayer for the souls of the straw that had shattered into coral on the ground.

During this period, Roland discovered that as long as he turned little Roland into a coral sculpture and killed him, the corpse would turn into coral straw.

These coral straws are fragments of the straw itself and can be liberated.

After the salvation, Roland continued to cause trouble.

At this moment, he suddenly frowned and looked at the puppet not far away.

At that moment, a look of human panic appeared on the puppet's face. It turned and was about to leave, but Roland dodged and reached its side, stopping it. Then the puppet transformed into a coral sculpture.

Another move and the puppet was shattered into pieces.

New words appeared in the Book of Alayeh.

【You synchronized another self! 】

[Alchemy of Strange Items +38%]

[Currently: Rare Item Alchemy. Intermediate (39.68%)]

Roland's expression suddenly turned grim. "What a lunatic! He actually used this method to create a new self! Luckily I discovered it early, otherwise 'Puppet Roland' would have escaped!"

After the puppet died, it didn't turn into coral straw, which means it was free of its obsession! Without obsession, it can leave Straw Town!
Pointing his finger at his head, Roland recalled the memories of the little Rolands and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"This is the last guy who's crazy about alchemy. Well, there are also a few guys studying necromancy. They might also use similar methods to get out."

(End of this chapter)