I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 292: Two Thousand Meters Under the Sea! Is This a Steam Cruise Ship?!
Roland felt that if placed in a game, the Squeaky Black Anthem would be considered a perverted "mechanism," capable of creating a realm in an illogical way and defeating enemies with strangeness.

And those various 'barriers' that increase strength are also a kind of 'weird mechanism', which can also create a field in an illogical way - but it uses abnormal numerical values ​​to defeat the enemy!

Compared to the Black Holy Anthem, the tactics used by priests like Carl are the proper and proper way!

There are demonic sects like Helaka in the south, and similarly, there are decent sects as well - the Holy See is a big decent sect!

There were countless treasures of knowledge within the various churches of the south, and as a wizard, Roland really wanted to study them.

'But how do I join the church?'

Roland couldn't help but look worried again.

At this moment, Roland felt someone approaching.

It's Teresa.

In fact, the person on duty on the watchtower saw Roland when he walked onto the deck, but seeing that Master Roland was lost in thought, they did not disturb him and instead informed Theresa.

Theresa had been watching from a distance for a while, and when she saw that Master Roland was free, she walked over.

She said, "Master Roland, we discovered a strange ship these days, and its destination is the same as ours. I took the initiative to have my boat follow behind it."

It turned out that during the half month that Roland was in seclusion, the Storm had already arrived near the coast.

In other words, after activating the Magic Hub at full speed, they arrived near the coast a week ago.

The boats could dock at any time, but no one dared to wander around. So they just wandered around the coast. After all, there were many things they couldn't explain when they came ashore like this.

In the past few days, everyone has discovered many boats and is wondering if they can get on board and go ashore with the passenger ship.

So, everyone picked the best and largest boat, so that there would be more people and it would be more chaotic. As long as they could get on board, they would save a lot of trouble.

After asking about the situation of the ship, Roland's eyes lit up slightly.

It turned out to be a 'steam cruise ship'!
It's very easy to approach it - just let the Tempest swim towards it like a sea serpent.

Now, the Magic Nexus can be used normally. With the support of the Philosopher's Stone, this ship is more than just a ship.

Like a secret treasure, it has many strange abilities.

Roland had always been curious about why the Titania, such a powerful warship with so many second-level wizards on board, would be so nervous after hearing about the three-headed snake.

Maybe I can give it a try this time.

Seeing that Roland was interested in boarding that ship, Theresa said, "Sir, if we board that ship, what will happen to the Storm?"

Roland smiled and took out a large, exquisite wine bottle: "Put it in the bottle."

To be honest, Theresa and her friends have read quite a few books over the years, including many about the Storm.

But they didn't see as much as Roland, nor did they understand as much as Roland.

To put it bluntly, Roland is now the real captain of this ship. His understanding and control over the ship are no less than Dagmar's.

Of course, if we want to take the Storm away, in addition to relying on the captain's special artifacts, we also need advanced magic.

After advancing and gaining the power of two potions, this matter was no longer a problem for Roland.

Roland said, "You guys prepare for the 'boarding'. I'll go get ready."

Theresa knew that the boss should have a way to deal with the Storm's problem, so she asked everyone to go to work.

Roland picked up the large bottle and flew into the air. He circled the ship and found its shadow in front of the bow.

Then, Roland stretched out his finger and drew in the air, and then the magic carpet flew out from the window of a cabin.

He made the magic carpet move at the same speed as the ship, and then sat on the magic carpet.

Roland drank a bottle of magic recovery potion, then pointed the large bottle at the shadow of the Storm and cast a spell.

After guiding the ship at the bow, Roland drove the magic carpet around every corner of the ship and chanted a spell.

The spell was so long that Roland slowly ran through every corner inside and outside the ship before he finally completed it.

As the spell was chanted, the scene inside the large wine bottle gradually changed.

There was more water in the bottle, and a model of a small boat.

If you look closely, you will find that the rippling waves are very similar to the waves around the Tempest, and that ship is the Tempest.

It's still a little blurry though.

This seems to be a two-part spell, the first part is very long, and the second part is very short.

This two-part spell can be recited separately. After the first part of the spell is recited, as long as the guidance of the second part of the spell is completed, the boat will be put into the bottle.

Putting away the bottle, Roland rubbed his forehead and felt a little dizzy.

His magic power is very strong, especially in recent years, he has taken a lot of magic potions to increase his magic power. His overall magic power is no less than that of a second-level early wizard.

But this curse still made him a little overwhelmed.

Among the entire three-headed snake, I'm afraid only Dagmar can handle it.

Roland thought to himself, "When we're about to board that ship, we'll just have to put away the Storm."

While thinking, Roland returned to the deck.

Theresa and the others were directing the numerous straw sailors to 'stick' to various locations on the ship.

These straw sailors are actually Roland's puppets, and are level 1-3 puppets.

They all possess magical powers and can cast spells like a magic carpet.

They are using magic to merge their bodies with the ship.

Before long, the sides, masts, decks, and walls of the ships filled with all kinds of "seafood" were covered with scarecrows.

In order to make their bodies stick better, the straw sailors also forced the "seafood" and spider webs to crawl onto their bodies.

Roland and the nuns checked to make sure they were firmly attached. Occasionally, Roland would move his fingers like a puppet to change the position of some of the straw sailors.

According to the documents on the Storm, everyone just needs to stay in the cabin, but this is Roland's first time doing such a thing, so for safety reasons, he kept most of the puppets stuck to the ship.

These puppets are very valuable.

With the church and the magic mirror, the basic material of the puppet, 'straw', can be continuously created, but each puppet is made of a lot of sea monster materials and alchemical materials ripened with herbs.

In addition, they also have magic stones on them. Low-level ones only need a few low-grade magic stones, while level 3 ones need at least one medium-grade magic stone.

In addition to the material cost, Roland also spent a lot of time on them.

This includes puppet spells, runes, and magic circles from the Thousand Bodies Technique. It also utilizes puppet stitching and magic carpet techniques.

So, although these puppets weren't very good at fighting, they were as good assistants as the magic carpet. At critical moments, Roland's consciousness could still descend upon them and use them to get things done.

With such technology and such materials, any low-level puppet you pick up is equivalent to a low-grade rare item!

There were over two hundred straw puppets on board. Not counting the technical expertise of Roland, the Dalian Metalworker, and the patents for the Thousand Body Puppets and Magic Carpet, the total value of the materials alone exceeded one hundred thousand magic stones.

It hurts to lose a Roland.

So, the straw sailors stopped working, and the only people who could move on the ship were eight servants and Leona.

At this time, Theresa came over and said, "Maria and the others are already ready at the Demonic Hub."

Roland nodded and came to the steering wheel on the deck outside the captain's room.

There was a slot on the steering wheel. Roland reached in and pulled out a delicate and ancient small sea serpent statue.

This statue has a very complex spell lock and can only be used by those with the blood of the three-headed snake.

Roland has solved the cursed lock, so bloodline is not a problem.

As if performing some kind of sacrificial ceremony, he cast a spell, then took out a dagger (a rare item) and looked at Miss Diana who was watching the fun curiously.

Then, Roland grabbed her hand and scratched her palm, and the blood on the shepherdess's palm began to flow down.

Miss Diana was so frightened that she almost fainted from crying: "Master, Master, what are you doing? Diana is going to die. I'm dying. I'm afraid of blood."

Roland rolled his eyes fiercely, held her bloody palm and pressed the statue a few times, then inserted the bloody statue into the "slot".

Roland said, "Imagine that you are the ship, and you are a sea serpent."

"What?" Diana was still crying.

"Sea serpent! You're a sea serpent!"

Roland suddenly looked at Diana. His eyes seemed to have magic, affecting Diana's cognition.

——Magic. Mind Distortion Lv7
This is a new magic that Roland adapted based on the magic theories of 'Mind Blast', 'Forbidden Transfiguration', 'Squeaky', the Holy Blood Wizard's Charm, and the Black Holy Blood Shepherdess.

It can distort people's cognition and even affect the cognition of a group of people.

Diana was a Level 0 wizard, and no ordinary wizard. However, due to the amber fluid, Roland was able to cast a large amount of magic on her without her being able to defend herself. Therefore, her resistance to Roland's magic was zero. Furthermore, she had many of Roland's tattoos, so his magic had a special effect on her.

Diana fainted, and huge bubbles appeared wildly on the sea near the ship.

Gradually, the sea seemed to boil. Then, Roland put Diana into the snake ring and excitedly rowed the boat.

——In the blink of an eye, the Storm, which was traveling at high speed, slowly sank into the sea as if it was about to sink!
The Storm sank into the sea at high speed. After sinking, its speed did not slow down, but became even faster.

Blah blah blah
The violent current washed over the deck and onto Theresa and the others.

But these nuns didn't even have the intention to hide. They stood there quietly looking at the sky that was gradually covered by the water.

When the sea water rushed towards the nuns at high speed, a strange scene appeared - the sea water passed through their bodies as if it were passing through the bodies of ghosts.

The sea water continued to flow past Roland, but at this moment, he was like a Serius or a messenger of the sea, unaffected.

At this moment, Roland had a strange feeling - the violent torrent of sea water seemed to be like a gentle breeze, gently caressing him.

Head maid Theresa, like a loyal navigator, kept giving Roland navigation information.

The other nuns were like the captain's assistants, flipping through the nautical charts, or using the 'Eye of Poseidon' on the Storm to observe and track the 'steam cruise ship'.

Theresa and the others only discovered today that compared to using them on the sea surface, all the tools on this ship are actually more suitable for use on the seabed!

Schools of fish followed the boat, trying hard to catch up with it.

But before long, there were fewer and fewer fish.

This 'Super Swordfish' is indeed very fast when sailing underwater, even faster than on the surface of the sea!
In this strange sea, there are many fast-swimming fish, but the surrounding fish are becoming fewer and fewer.

Because the Storm was diving deeper and deeper.

Gradually, more and more fish appeared around. They were very beautiful and swam surprisingly fast.

These fish seem to have some magic in their bodies. When they gather together, if you look at them with elemental eyes, you will find that the world in the deep sea is very bright.

The nuns quietly took out their crystal balls and began recording the magic images. Some even secretly struck a few poses.

In this fairy-like beauty, the Storm is like a sea snake, constantly shuttling across the seabed.

On the deck at the bow, a little girl in a puppet costume was dancing happily among the fish.

After a long time
Just as Theresa said, the Storm had been quietly following the steam cruise ship. Compared with the Storm, its speed was like a 19th-century antique!
Driven by the almost infinite magic power of the Philosopher's Stone, the Storm soon caught up with it.

When Theresa reported the coordinates again, Roland reduced the speed.

Judging from the coordinates, the Storm was now two nautical miles ahead of the steamer, but the distance between the two sides was far greater than this number.

The steamship was about two thousand meters above the Storm. When the nuns looked down, they could already see the strange coral reefs on the seabed - but they needed to close their eyes to see it. When they opened their eyes, it was very dark.

This sea is full of elemental power. At such a distance, let alone nearly two thousand meters, even at dozens of meters underwater, it is difficult for wizards to use their spiritual sense to sense that there is something moving underwater.

For a ship like the Storm, even if it was attached to the bottom of the ship, wizards would mistake it for a mermaid or naga when they went to inspect it.

Theresa said, "We can't go any further, Master. There are mountains ahead, very, very large, endless mountains. Is that the continental shelf?"

Roland nodded silently and looked at the nuns with a strange expression.

He discovered something that he should have discovered when he entered the water.

The nuns can pronounce words normally in the water, and I can hear them normally!
After spending so much time with them, Roland almost regarded these ghosts as human beings.

If someone saw them talking, it would be very strange - because to outsiders, the nuns did not make any sound when they spoke. Even their lip movements did not match!

In fact, they didn't even need to open their mouths when they spoke; they were communicating with those around them through their minds. Therefore, they didn't specifically project their spirits outwardly; if they were "talking" to Roland alone, others wouldn't be able to hear them.

The nuns have no real bodies, but their spiritual power is terrifying. They are all outstanding spiritual masters.

To ordinary wizards, these terrifying ghosts have already condensed into physical entities! They are extremely difficult ghost wizard bosses.

If we discard the attribute of "heroic spirit" and define them according to necromancy, they can be classified as liches.

And they can indeed be classified as liches, because they are very good at "necromancy". And it is the extremely strange "Heraka necromancy",

If you are dealing with an ordinary wizard, even without using magic, just using mental power can turn the person's brain into a mess.

Roland exchanged glances with the nuns, and then several nuns ran to the bow of the ship helplessly and caught Leona.

Everyone entered Roland's snake ring together. Then, Roland took out the wine bottle and silently recited the second spell in his heart.

Then, a strange scene happened.

The ship continued to move forward like a phantom, but after traveling for a distance, the phantom disappeared like a ghost.

After it completely disappeared, Roland floated in the sea water, and there was an extra model in the bottle in his hand - the bottle was filled with sea water, and the model was completely immersed in the water.

'After getting on the boat, you have to pour out the water inside'

While thinking, Roland put away the bottle and looked up.

Because this location is still very deep, people on the sea surface cannot sense the people underwater at all.

Logically speaking, Roland shouldn't be able to sense it either.

But he could clearly feel the ship above. His mind and magic were not disturbed by the sea.

Roland kicked his feet and then flew away like a swordfish, leaving a bunch of bubbles on the spot - the speed was even faster than the Storm!

After swimming for just two strokes, Roland hurriedly "braked". By the time he stopped, he had already reached the bottom of the steamship.

"No wonder there are no sea monsters around here. This two-thousand-meter depth is like a small river for them; they can't stretch out."
Roland lay on the bottom of the boat while thinking.

There weren't many barnacles on the bottom of the boat.

Next, he swam under the boat for a while, just like Miss Naga Mary did before.

Roland originally wanted to use echo magic to sense the structure inside the ship, and then choose a cabin to enter through the wall.

But he discovered that the noise made by the ship as it sailed through the sea allowed him to "hear" the structure inside the ship.

It seems that I have inherited Serius' power perfectly. I will have to treat Little Red Hand to a good meal of mutton later.

Roland chose a spot, then thought for a moment and took out a small box from his arms.

He planned to board the ship under another identity.

After thinking for a long time, Roland decided to use two identities.

The first identity is 'Lance' - Lance actually has an image, and looks somewhat similar to Roland.

In other words, this Lance also has black hair and brown pupils.

This is a typical 'Maltese' feature, somewhat reminiscent of the ancient Roman race. It's very common in the south. Many members of the Vatican share this appearance.

The second identity is 'Sir Lawrence'.

He planned to use these two identities together.

Lawrence is a saint and a paladin. His name can help him suppress the flavor of a (dark) wizard and enhance his paladin flavor.

The name Lawrence is very special and can be used with another name.

So I can first use the name 'Lance', and then put the name Lawrence on top of the name Lance!
This would make it harder for others to see his true identity. Perhaps someone could see through the fake identity of "Laurence", but would mistakenly think he was Lance.

That small box was what Saladin gave Roland when he first turned him into Lawrence.

When Nagamari used this thing to change Roland's name, Roland was very curious about what was inside.

Later, Roland accidentally found the box in the dimensional bag on the Storm. After opening it, he found that it contained a particularly large "swan" feather.

Roland used the magic mirror to shine on the feathers and then on himself, completing the disguise.

In the mirror, Roland's appearance didn't change at all. Perhaps it would change when others saw him.

Even his temperament hadn't changed much, in fact, it had. The bookish air was gone, and he had become very resolute and upright.

But honestly, Roland's face was already quite respectable, and his years of martial arts training had given him a tough, resolute appearance. Therefore, this identity didn't actually change Roland's temperament, but rather reinforced his sense of 'respectability and toughness'.

Afterwards, Roland passed through the steel under the ship like a ghost and entered the cabin.

This is a warehouse.

Victoria Warehouse No. 7.
Two sailors and a waitress were chatting as they inspected the cargo as usual. They were bleary-eyed, and judging by their complaints, they seemed quite dissatisfied with their current jobs.

It's three o'clock in the morning!
Who is checking the passengers' cargo in the middle of the night?

But the missionaries specifically requested the "Nectar of the Holy King." This wine was exclusively reserved for the Vatican, and even ordinary kings rarely enjoyed it. However, some of it occasionally leaked into the market, costing dozens of gold pounds per bottle.

There is no such good stuff on the ship, but it is among the goods brought by the missionaries of the Holy Medical Order, so we have to come here to get it.

The waiters were not allowed to enter the warehouse alone, so they brought these two unlucky guys who were sleeping in the duty room.

(End of this chapter)