I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 21 Squirrel
Roland followed Wallace and the other two deep into the dense forest. He looked at the shadows around him and followed Wallace carefully, not leaving his side.

Seeing Roland being so cautious, the two freshmen couldn't help but sneer and muttered that he was an ignorant country bumpkin. Then they swaggered past Roland and Wallace and went deeper into the woods.

Wallace couldn't help but feel a little amused when he saw Roland following him so cautiously. He said, "Don't be so nervous, it's just a few blood moths. You can go to the east, where the magic power is stronger."

Roland looked towards the east and found that the atmosphere in the woods over there was extremely dark. There seemed to be a large number of unknown creatures quietly wriggling in the shadows, as if something was about to crawl out of the shadows.

Roland's expression became very strange.

At this time, Roland saw that the blond and red-haired freshmen had already swaggered into the forest where shadows were creeping.

Wallace laughed and said, "Roland, if you don't keep up with them, you might not get a good result in the first trial. You know, the result of the first trial has a great impact on the subsequent tests."

Roland turned his head and said to Wallace, "Master Wallace, to be honest, I have never seen a monster like the Abyss Blood Moth. Moreover, I have only mastered three spells so far, so I dare not go deep into the woods alone."

Wallace looked slightly surprised. He said, "You've only mastered three spells now? No wonder. For a new apprentice, mastering three spells is already not easy. I've only mastered two official spells now."

It seemed that Wallace mistook Roland's "three magics" for three tricks.

And Wallace has only mastered 'two formal magics' so far - one less than Roland.

He said to Roland, "I'll protect you then, but I'm afraid your trial results are uncertain. Are you sure you want to follow me?"

Roland said, "Sir, I'm not sure I can catch the blood moth."

Wallace shook his head with a look of disappointment. He had originally thought that this student taught by Miss Catherine herself would be excellent, but it turned out that he was a fool.

He said, "Well, then, follow me. Although you will most likely fail this trial, as long as you stay behind me, I will protect you."

Roland humbly expressed his gratitude and asked about the knowledge of the Abyss Blood Moth.

Wallace's knowledge of magic was indeed very solid. With just a few simple sentences, he described the Abyss Blood Moth in detail.

As he walked, he concluded, "In short, although they're called blood moths, they look completely different from moths. They have no abdomen or wings, and look more like rotting, wriggling tentacles. They can float like ghosts, and often quietly crawl onto people to suck their blood and flesh."

After hearing this, Roland stopped where he was and looked at the flesh-and-blood tree in front of him with a strange expression.

There happened to be a large group of wriggling tentacles on it, but Wallace ignored it when he passed by the tree.

Roland's expression became increasingly strange.

At this time, the tentacles squirmed towards Wallace's back a few times, and then suddenly jumped towards his back.

Roland raised his sword and slashed, cutting the tentacle-like blood moth into several pieces.

When Wallace turned around, Roland had just put away his sword.

"It's right that you don't go with them." Wallace said with a smile, "To be honest, things like the Abyss Blood Moth may be beyond your ability to handle.

You can't compare to them. They're both apprentices from wizarding families, and each of them knows at least one formal spell. Furthermore, they're both very talented in swordsmanship and are already full knights (low-level swordsmen)—they're not just ordinary freshmen.

"But you don't have to be discouraged. You've only been exposed to magic for a few months. It's already very good that you can learn three tricks." Roland nodded without commenting on Wallace's words.

He pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "Lord Wallace, is this a blood moth?"

Wallace looked at the corpse on the ground, then looked at Roland with a strange look: "Isn't this a squirrel?"

Roland's head buzzed, and his expression suddenly turned grim. He understood why these people were so oblivious to everything around them.

At this moment, Roland's wallet suddenly stretched out its tongue, rolled the corpse on the ground into its mouth and ate it.

Wallace looked at Roland in surprise: "My Lord actually gave you this rare item?!"

Roland said, "I'm just borrowing it temporarily for self-defense. Lord Wallace, does this rare item have any special origin?"

Wallace said with deep emotion, "This is a relic of one of your students. She originally didn't plan to take on any more apprentices, and even if she did, she wouldn't give this rare item away. But perhaps you have a connection to this rare item."

Roland said nothing more.

Wallace looked at Roland with a warmer gaze. He said, "This rare item comes from the abyss. Love the things of the abyss—that squirrel just now might have been contaminated with scales from the abyssal blood moth, so your rare item ate its corpse."

Roland thought to himself, "It's not a squirrel, it's a blood moth."

Wallace continued, "Now that you have this rare item, you don't have to worry about the blood moths anymore. Go ahead and catch them, Roland. This is a trial, and I'm your examiner. If you keep following me like this, I'll be in a lot of trouble. Besides, monsters like this in the academy can be exchanged for more than just magic stones; they can be exchanged for credits."

Wallace patted Roland's shoulder enviously, then left alone.

Roland looked at Wallace's back without saying a word.

At this moment, he had no interest in magic stones or credits.

The deep-seated fear of the fern forest once again enveloped Roland's heart.

At this moment, Roland suddenly heard a violent sound of electricity coming from the woods in the east.

Roland quickly hid behind a tree to block out the smell.

Soon, a cat-like figure flew out from the forest - it was the 'Cat Wizard' Anna.

At this moment, she seemed to be in a very clear mind. She nimbly jumped between the giant trees, heading towards the distance, and in her hands, she was holding two freshmen.

The freshmen mistook Anna for Catherine. They shouted, "Lady Catherine, if you hadn't electrocuted those birds, we would have found the blood moth! No, we've already found it, and we're about to catch it!"

These two people have gone crazy.

They said they were close to finding the blood moth.

But the blood moths were all over them—a dense layer of them.

(End of this chapter)