I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 249: Promotion! The Shepherdess of Holy Blood!

On the cliffs above the sea, Roland and Catherine chatted, enjoyed the breeze, and watched the sunrise. They knew they would be parting ways today, and they enjoyed this moment of peace.

Roland suddenly remembered something and handed a dragon bow from his bag to Catherine.

He said, "By the way, Katherine, please give this bow to Elena (Anna) for me."

Catherine took the dragon bow, looked at it, and showed a bit of joy.

What is for my sister is also for myself, right?

But Catherine looked at Roland meaningfully and said, "You are thoughtful."

Roland didn't notice the senior's expression; he was looking out to sea. He said, "I actually really like collectibles like bows and swords. But I can't use this bow. I remember Elena also has an elven bow? Can you ask her if she'd be willing to give it to me?"

Catherine suddenly said, "That's a good reason."

Roland: “?”

Catherine sneered, "You've done your thing, and you're still asking if someone is willing to exchange bows and arrows with you?"

Roland: "."

It’s just a bow, but the senior sister has to bring up something that is not related to the topic.

And it wasn't my initiative!
What can I do if you two insist on coming together?

Look, these are typical quotes from a scumbag.

Although she was a little jealous, Roland usually gave her so many gifts. Anna was her dearest sister, and Catherine had originally considered having Anna marry Roland along with herself.

After all, she and Anna were inseparable, and she would never let Anna marry someone else.

Roland could only get the advantage. However, her original plan was to wait until Roland surpassed her and then see what he thought. You are not as strong as me, and you still want to marry the younger one?

Still want to touch your sister-in-law's butt?

But now Roland is in the upper hand in the psychological position between the two of them.

Besides, the matter is done. It doesn't matter whether it happens sooner or later.

Catherine would also be very worried if her "personal maid" did not get along well with the master.

"Of course Elena would agree. She's very happy."

Catherine handed Anna's bow to Roland, and then kissed Roland happily.

This made Roland confused.

You are jealous one moment and kiss me happily the next. What are you doing?
Catherine said: "Give me a scarecrow, I will teach him the White Chess Council, and then find someone to kill him."

Roland understood immediately.

In this way, no one will know where they are and everyone will think they are dead.

Roland immediately used a substitution spell and created a little straw Roland.

Looking at the 'slightly disheveled' Roland with a bit of straw stuck in his body, Catherine had a strange look on her face.

She blinked, and the messy Roland in front of her suddenly turned into abstract straw. She blinked again, and he turned into a messy Roland with straw stuck all over his body.

She found that she seemed to be able to tell that little Roland was the straw.

Catherine couldn't help but rub her forehead. She didn't know if her cognitive abilities had improved, or if she had been too deeply influenced by Roland these days.

After Little Roland came out, he planned to leave. He didn't want to disturb the sweet time between him and his wife. Besides, there were six beautiful ladies over there!

They listen to whatever I say recently. Hehehe.

Looking at Little Straw's back, Roland suddenly slapped his forehead.

"It's broken! I haven't recovered the memory of my other self! When you go back this time, don't forget to collect it for me!"

Catherine then remembered that there was a scarecrow at Catalina's place.

Her expression suddenly turned a little ugly. With Roland's ability to stir up trouble, who knows how much trouble he would cause.

Catherine didn't think that Straw Roland would hook up with her cousin. After all, how could that be possible? He was so proud. Little Straw looked like a proper wizard, but in reality, he was only a lowly apprentice. How could he even consider such a piece of trash?
Catherine said, "Don't worry. It's probably been imprisoned in Arraca with Katarina, or perhaps they're escaping together. I'll find it, though. The key is, how am I going to contain it?"

Roland said, "Of course I will kill him. Be quick and don't make me feel any pain. His memories will be returned to me."

There was one thing Roland had never dared to tell Catherine.

Things are not as simple as recycling memory.

That is Roland from a parallel universe.

After a pause, Catherine said, "Roland, I feel that your realm has reached perfection these days. Why don't you take this opportunity to break through? With us by your side, you can meditate without worry."

Roland thought about it and realized that this was indeed a perfect opportunity.

He had learned countless things during his time in the Blood Castle, following Helaka's madness. His realm of the initial stage of the first level had long been pushed to the top.

Initially, I was thinking about escaping, but then I found myself in a gentle place, so I put the matter off for a while.

I'm getting on board tonight. I have a feeling something's going to happen.

Advancing earlier would also give him a little more strength. The gap between a wizard at the early stage of this level and a wizard at the middle stage of this level was huge.

Apart from anything else, after entering the middle stage of the first stage, Roland was somewhat confident that he could subdue the 'Red Saint'!

This is a quasi-second-level monster!

You don't have to control her 100%. It's enough to drive her a little and let her kill the enemy first and then cause trouble for you!

Roland couldn't help but feel his heart surge with emotion.

He immediately took out a few small potion boxes.

These small potion boxes were not as big as the ones Roland used to sell femme fatales, but each box still contained hundreds of bottles of potion!
These were all things a first-level wizard could use. Catherine had the Holy Grail, so their group had no shortage of potions. So, considering Roland was going on a long journey, they let him carry a lot of potions himself.

After inspecting the potions, Roland discovered that they all had traces of red, suggesting they were contaminated by holy blood. So he decided to keep them.

He had drunk a few bottles of it when he was escaping from the Blood Castle, but he found out that it was contaminated these days.

However, he seemed to be fine after drinking it, and it seemed to have a better effect.

But if someone else drinks it, who knows what will happen. A fit of madness is probably the least serious, and you might even see Heracles making a creaking noise!
Roland picked out two bottles of potion.

One bottle was considered as part of the 'salvation fee' from fat man Duncan.

This second-level wizard usually uses this potion for meditation, but for Roland, it is a top-grade breakthrough potion.

The one he picked out was of top quality, and it had the special 'blessing' of Helaka, so he didn't need to look for other materials to ripen and refine it.

The other bottle came from a blood-depleted wizard. It was a legitimate elemental advancement potion.

Things like magic potions are different from rare items. They have no name or surname, and if someone steals and drinks them, there's no way to find them.

It's not like a magic stone, which can be lost if lost. But if the promotion potion is lost, it will be a big trouble.

So everyone carries this kind of thing close to their body.

Some people were about to advance, so they brought it with them. Some people just happened to get the advancement potion, so they carried it with them.

In addition, the withered blood wizard's training was very fast, and the family had a lot of resources. Therefore, Roland found many bottles of similar elemental advancement potions.

Most of it comes from the bodies in the church - considered as the cost of salvation.

Two of the bottles came from the dozen or so wizards he had killed while on the run—also the cost of salvation.

10% of people have the advancement potion, this probability is scary enough.

It's no wonder the Thousand-Eyed King keeps a special eye on the Withered Blood Clan. They're growing too fast. If they don't harvest them regularly, every mortal in the Withered Blood Territory will be wiped out!
Even so, the Withered Blood Clan was many times larger than the Black Abyss lineage. Fortunately, there were no third-tier Withered Blood Paths, otherwise, third-tier Withered Blood wizards would be everywhere. With proper development, they could even challenge the White Council.

The Dry-Blooded Family is a group of wizards who live by parasitizing mortals. Once their numbers increase, the number of mortals will decrease sharply, which will shake the foundation of the wizarding world.

Considering the family's recent plans, Roland had truly eliminated a major threat. After drinking two bottles of potion, Roland was distracted and unable to meditate.

In fact, this is a relationship of contamination by the Holy Blood.

This thing is actually a contaminated epilepsy drug.

Other potions were fine, but this was an advancement potion. It was meant to help wizards reach the truth. And Roland's way of reaching the truth was to explore the underworld.

And he drank two promotion potions together!
So all kinds of inspirations kept bursting out of his mind (crazy), and he thought about this and that.

As a result, within a few minutes, he took out his beloved magic carpet and started to modify it.

Catherine was watching anxiously from the side. She asked, "Why don't you break through quickly? What are you doing?"

Roland said, "Right away, right away. The picture here is wrong."

Catherine rubbed her head speechlessly.

As a result, Roland spent three days on this change.

On the third day, Roland finally finished changing the pattern on the magic carpet, and Catherine, who had been watching him, discovered that he had made a breakthrough at that moment.

Catherine looked extremely strange.

She was quite knowledgeable and had heard of artists experiencing sudden flashes of inspiration and touching upon the truth, but this was the first time she had witnessed it with her own eyes.

The blood lords around were not as knowledgeable as Catherine. After secretly watching it, they couldn't help but marvel at it.

What left everyone speechless was the first sentence Roland said after putting down the magic carpet.

"Hey, how come the snake over there suddenly disappeared in just a moment?"

The numerous Blood Lords were stunned for a moment, looking away, pretending they hadn't heard Roland's nonsense. There was no sea serpent, that was the ghost ship of the Three Snakes Pirates, which had long since departed. The one docked there now was the Black Sail.

Originally the boss was planning to say hello to the 'Three Snake Pirates'. But now forget it, let's just take the black sail.

Catherine, who was standing by, rolled her eyes secretly after hearing what Roland said. She was too lazy to pay attention to this guy - she was used to it.

Roland had no idea that three days had already passed, so he was a little worried. He suspected that his illness was getting worse.

Because the three-headed sea serpent turned into a huge and beautiful "sailing merchant ship".

Shaking his head, Roland let go of the "illusion".

He picked up Alaye's notebook and read it carefully.

Roland wasn't surprised by the promotion. He knew he had just made it. He had already reached perfection recently, and was just one step away from the next step.

I just modified the magic carpet because I wanted to take this opportunity to break this window paper.

However, when he was revising the magic carpet to weave the myth of "The Shepherdess and the Devil", he felt that he had learned a lot.

There's also a new magic in it.

Roland

[Title: Baron of the Black Abyss, Yama of the Straw Palace]

[Title: Sword Master, Dance Master, Bard Master, Fisherman]

[Realm: First-level Wizard, Mid-stage (0.29%)]

[Abilities: Valeria Swordsmanship - Master (Minor Bottleneck), Potion Alchemy - Advanced (98.73%), Item Alchemy - Intermediate (96.32%)]

[Knowledge: Advanced Magic Circles, Master-level Necromancy (with new upgrades), Intermediate Demonology, Intermediate Elven Studies, Intermediate Divination, Elementary Mutation Studies, Elementary Mysticism, Master-level Insane Theory, Master-level Architecture, Master-level Sculpture, Master-level Painting.]

[Cantrips: All 6th-level spells.]

[Magic: All 6th-level spells.]

[Seal (Passive): Dawn Fire VI (68.7%)]

[Forbidden Techniques: Forbidden Transfiguration IV (20.7%), Shadow of Augustus III (26.7%), Squeaky I (0.01%)]

[Path of Truth: Shepherdess of the Holy Blood I]

Roland looked down from above, thinking to himself: "How can I improve my swordsmanship? Now I have to rely entirely on my body movements to fight."

Valeria's swordsmanship is very strong, to be more precise, the 'Great Wilmik Temple Swordsmanship' from the south is very terrifying.

If it weren't so powerful, Roland wouldn't be able to understand what the Dame was up to, let alone her next move when facing a true swordsman of her level.

It was precisely because of the power of this sword technique that Roland was able to transform himself into a master of swordsmanship based on this sword technique and relying on the power of the lower world.

But there is something wrong with his swordsmanship, so there is also something wrong with him as a master swordsman.

In other words, Roland was unable to deeply learn Baron Hall's 'Valeria' version of swordsmanship. Although he had been studying sword styles, he had not embarked on this path. Therefore, his understanding of the path of knighthood was incomplete.

If you can find the original version, emulate Baron Hall, and create a knight path of your own, then there will be a huge improvement.

By then, when I face a sword master like the Lady Dame again, I won't have that feeling of 'I can understand, but I can't take a single move'.

As long as he can take one attack, then as a wizard, he has room to maneuver.

If Roland was just a knight or a swordsman, then there would be no difference between taking one blow and taking three; he would still die. It would just be a matter of dying sooner or later.

But he is a wizard. As long as he can catch one move and as long as he has room to maneuver, he can catch many moves!
Moreover, with the power of the 'Great Wilmick Temple Sword Technique', if he really wants to make a breakthrough, then when fighting against someone like the Lady, he may not be able to only withstand three moves.

Roland's gaze gradually shifted downwards, passing over the various magic spells, and towards the Path of Truth: The Shepherdess of Holy Blood I.
[Path of Truth: Shepherdess of the Holy Blood I]

[Current: A glimpse into the path (Level 0)]

[Attribute: Holy/Shadow]

【characteristic:
1. Purification +2, All Magic Resistance +2, Requiem +2
2. Deterioration +2, Magic Effect +2, Mutation +2]

【Effect:
1. Probability of advancing to a second-level wizard +2.5%; (Probability of advancing to a first-level wizard +5%)

2. Probability of advancing to a second-level wizard +7.5% (Probability of advancing to a first-level wizard +15%)

[Description: You've just glimpsed the path, yet haven't even entered the first gate. You haven't seen much, but you've discovered that this is a path where madness and sanity coexist. To the left is deep darkness, to the right is the dawn of dawn.]

Roland realized many things on this path of truth, and the Book of Alayeh only gave a summary.

Roland thought to himself, "I remember someone saying that the Black Abyss Path is terrible for cultivation and doesn't help much. Apprentices must use potions to advance, and if a proper wizard wants to advance, they have to take some detours."

Combining with strange objects and mysteries, and taking prisoner seeds are all such crooked paths.

In the forbidden area, Yingtao told me that when Lord Usakrabi was about to advance to the second stage, his hope was slim. So he had to merge with one of his treasures, using this external force to break through the realm, and since then he has been stuck at the early stage of the second stage forever.

Roland guessed that when Instructor Usak advanced to the second stage, he must have reached the second stage of enlightenment on the Black Abyss Road. This blind guess increased the probability by 10%.

Instructor Usak discovered that even with the potion, his chances of advancing to the second level were only 30%. After much deliberation, he opted for a safer approach. He used the fusion of artifacts to increase his chances of advancement, becoming a second-level wizard.

Mentor Usak's talent is much better than mine. When he was promoted, he only had a three-level probability. How many can I have?

Moreover, he was the key training target of Heiyuan back then, so he had no shortage of magic potions.

Without the help of the Path of Truth, even if I use the Holy Grail to make the potion, it can only increase the probability by 20% to 30%.

But now I also have a path to truth, and it is much better than the path of Master Usak.

Roland looked at 'Path of Truth: Shepherdess of Holy Blood I' with fiery eyes.

Roland thought to himself, "The original Heracles Path seemed very bad. But now that He has eaten humans (gods), it's completely different!"

"What if I eat a few more?"

"My Lady, you are a devil! What do you take me for?"

'Keeper?'

(End of this chapter)