I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 384 Oh, they are all our own people! This is playing with snakes!

It seems that the old charlatan and his men not only cleared out the monsters, but also cleared out several teammates from the church.

After seeing Roland's projection, the old charlatan laughed and said, "I knew you were alright. I've found a lot of interesting things here. Do you want to come over and join me?"
The ruins below are somewhat dangerous, and you might have trouble exploring on your own."

Roland looked at the two people beside the old charlatan and said nothing.

The old charlatan suddenly realized, "These two are our own people."

Our own people. This sentence is quite strange.

There was no way that wizards from the East Territory could be involved in the ruins, so these two people couldn't be wizards from the East Territory. They could only be cultists.

The old charlatan had indeed infiltrated the cult and had some friends there, but in front of this group of old-fashioned people, there were definitely many things he couldn't say.

But it was very strange that the old charlatan said at this time that this was one of his own.

The old charlatan continued, "They believed in the wrong god before, mistaking it for some 'Roland.' Now I have corrected their misconception, and they will follow me in following 'Violet Saint Catherine.'"

Roland looked at the old charlatan with a strange look.

He thought to himself: "This psychopath always treats me as the mad saint. I hope he doesn't make trouble one day and makes me ascend to heaven!"

Putting his thoughts aside, Roland said doubtfully, "Teacher Harland, didn't Catherine tell you about my situation? Our people have gathered to find me. Let's go together later."

The old charlatan was stunned for a moment and said, "Why haven't I heard about this?"

Roland's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly had a bad feeling.

The two of them compared their accounts, and Roland immediately understood everything.

The old charlatan said, "The eldest lady and Anna didn't leave with us. They just wrote to you from Hydra. It's probably not Catherine. You are usually so smart, how did you get fooled?"

Roland said, "Impossible!"

He took out the parchment, confirmed the handwriting, and then said, "These words must have been written by Senior Sister!"

The old charlatan stroked his beard and said, "If you want to imitate someone's handwriting, it's really too easy. Of course, it's also possible that Miss Catherine herself wrote it to you.

Logically speaking, the Hydra's crude magic couldn't possibly have any effect on them, so the young lady must have been captured on purpose."

Roland was stunned.

It's true when you think about it.

Let's not talk about Katherine. Let's talk about Anna. With her resistance, Collard's terrifying insane magic had no effect on her. How could she be pulled away so easily by Hydra's people?
Roland said, "So, Senior Sister specifically cooperated with Hydra to capture me? What on earth are these two guys doing?!"

The old charlatan stroked his beard and thought for a long time, but he seemed unable to figure out the matter.

After thinking for a moment, the old charlatan said, "Although I don't know what the young lady is planning, I don't think it's a good thing for you to be with the Hydra people. You should come to me."

The people from the Vatican will be joining us soon, and the team is very safe.

It is said that there is a Holy Son escorting them. This Holy Son is very likely related to this relic. With her, the team will be very successful.

Roland was furious when he heard this. He said, "No! Teacher Harland, I've met the Son of God. My identity has been exposed! I absolutely cannot follow the Vatican's team now!"

The old charlatan's face changed drastically, and he asked, "Which of your identities has been exposed?"

Roland didn't pay close attention to this, he said: "I used black magic!
My identity as a dark wizard has been exposed!

At the moment she doesn't know that I am from the royal family of Alayeh.

But as long as the two of us get together, my identity will definitely be exposed!
The Alaye family can open the door, but they will never allow a living Alaye to exist in the ruins."

Roland really didn't want to mention his and Aurelie's sibling identities, nor did he want to mention the matter of the Four Holy Sons.

But he had to explain to the old charlatan.

So he used these ambiguous words to put the blame on the 'door opener'.

The old charlatan didn't ask any more questions. He clasped his hands together and prayed, as if he was listening to an oracle.

After a moment, the old man gave Roland two bad ideas.

"Kid, I'm afraid it's too late for you to leave through the teleportation array you came from.

However, within O'Reilly's Garden, there's a ruin. Hidden within it is a teleportation array left behind by the Old Cult. Repair it and you'll be able to leave the garden.

After you come out, I will send a priest to find you.

As long as you follow my method, devour his soul and flesh, and then put on his skin, you will be exactly like him. This includes realm, divine power, and even memory. The Church will never be able to detect it.

However, if you follow me, it will eventually affect the lady's plan.

Moreover, although my method has never had any problems and is very suitable for you to learn, it is hard to say to what extent you can use it if you learn it immediately, and whether you will have the problem of not being able to tell who you are.

So I have another suggestion - join the Hydra team."

After a pause, the old charlatan said meaningfully, "There are our own people there. Once you follow them to the last door, I will make arrangements."

Roland was stunned for a moment and asked, "Our own people? Did our people from Black Abyss infiltrate Hydra?"

The old charlatan smiled kindly, left a coordinate on the crystal ball, and then closed the communication.

Roland's face was full of suspicion.

He checked the coordinates left by the old charlatan on the crystal ball and found that it was an underground area in the ruins.

Roland's expression became increasingly strange.

Even Aurelie might not know about this teleportation array.

Otherwise, she would have been waiting here for the people sent by the Holy See.

Therefore, this teleportation array should have been built by the Old Believers who managed the garden back then.

Currently, the only ones who know this secret are the cultists of the old religion, and it is probably difficult for the general high-level officials to know this secret.

After thinking for a moment, Roland burst into curses.

“Shit! I shouldn’t have come to this damn ruins in the first place!

My senior sister was playing riddles with me, and the old charlatan who was entrusted with an important task by my senior sister turned out to be a cultist!

You guys really dug a big hole for me!"

Roland's complaints sounded a bit guilty.

Because the person who entrusted the old charlatan with the important task was not the senior student, but Roland himself!
When the senior discovered that the cultist 'Hans' knew her preferences very well, she said that the old charlatan had come into contact with the Alayeh Old Cult when he was in the Twilight Council. Maybe he really is a cultist!

Therefore, I do not recommend letting the old charlatan "infiltrate" the cult.

It was Roland who, against all odds, insisted on entrusting the old charlatan with the important task.

Roland had his own logical judgment - the old charlatan even got the Evil Son of God's son wrong about whether he was a man or a woman. He was a shitty cultist.

But the problem is that he recognized the wrong Son of God, which is completely different from whether he is a cultist.

Moreover, he might not have really recognized the wrong Son of God.

So, although everyone dug a big pit in Malrod, part of the soil in the pit was dug by Roland himself!

As for the riddles played by his senior sister, Roland thought that the senior sister and Anna had deliberately infiltrated Hydra, preparing to cause trouble, and then riddle him. However, those two sisters were not the senior sister and Anna at all!

So it wasn't that the senior and Roland were playing riddles, it was that Roland had recognized the wrong person from the beginning!

Roland didn't know that he had recognized the wrong person, but he didn't plan to play with the "senior" anymore.

His feelings towards the "senior" had already plummeted to negative levels, and he planned to find the teleportation point in the ruins and leave, never to return.

Thinking of this, Roland furiously took out the parchment and wrote a message to the senior: ["You've been playing riddles with me all day long. I've had enough of you! Goodbye. No, never see you again! Let's break up!"]
After venting his anger, Roland quickly rubbed off the words.

It’s not that he doesn’t plan to break up, but he is afraid that the senior will know that he is leaving and stop him from running away!

After wiping off the words, Roland teleported out of the snake ring.

When Roland saw this, he was dumbfounded.

The hall was much brighter than before, and there were many more torches on both sides of the hall, illuminating the entire hall very brightly.

There were many people in the hall.

In the light and shadow, there was a faint trace of a huge snake's tail, coiling around several columns near Roland.

A little girl in a doll costume was playing hopscotch on the thick snake's tail.

Roland's gaze followed the snake's tail upwards, then he slowly turned around and looked behind him.

Behind Roland was an extremely tall female giant with a snake body.

A snake ring floated in the palm of one of her hands, one held a harp, one held a pen, and the last hand was clutching a piece of parchment fiercely.

Roland's gaze gradually turned upwards, and he saw a sinister and ferocious face. This femme fatale was looking down at him with her vertical pupils, a half-smile on her face.

"Sir Laurence, I told you we'd meet again soon."

Roland's face looked very ugly.

At this moment, Roland suddenly heard the voice transmission from his senior sister.

[“I’m playing a riddle with you. I’m not playing a riddle with you. Are we going to hug each other in public as soon as we enter the door, and then be recognized by the Vatican and Hydra, and die here!
Let’s break up! I’ve had enough of you going crazy! ”]
Roland quickly looked back and saw the two sisters in the crowd.

At this moment, the two sisters were also looking at Roland.

The older sister was trembling all over, her face pale, and she looked as if she was extremely angry (or frightened).

Roland gave the sister a look that meant something like - stop talking nonsense, what exactly are your plans?
The elder sister was stunned for a moment, then rolled her eyes fiercely. She gave Roland a look that said something like, "I was just about to ask you something! Who is Catherine? Don't you recognize her? Why did you send the coordinates to that witch?"
Now we've all been arrested, it's all over!

Roland's eyes went dark.

He thought to himself, "These two idiots! I thought they were just acting, but they were actually arrested?!"

Just as Roland was about to give the older sister another look, he heard Faqi say from behind him, "Sir Lawrence, if you make eye contact with them again, I will dig out their eyes!"

Roland's face froze slightly.
At Faqi's signal, the Nagas around the two sisters covered their eyes with a thick cloth. It was just ordinary cloth, but it was effective.

Roland could actually establish a spiritual connection with the senior and communicate using mental power, but this method could easily be overheard by those at a higher level or with special mystical means.

If the other party's methods were more sophisticated, they could even disguise themselves as a third person and talk to Roland while talking to the "senior sister".

Therefore, starting from the Bitter Blood Castle, Roland and his senior sister did not use mental communication when there were many people around, but instead used "eye contact".

This is a very niche communication method because it relies on the insight and intuition of the wizard. In essence, there is no spiritual contact between the two parties, and they use eye contact and micro-expressions.

There are very few wizards who are unable to communicate in this way, and even if they do, they cannot fully understand each other.

Roland and his senior both possessed terrifying insight and were in tune with each other, so they could communicate easily through eye contact.

As for Roland and the two sisters, they had no insight at all, and they were not so in tune with Roland.

But Roland is their god, and they are Roland's fanatical followers!

Therefore, even if the two sides do not know whether they are dealing with God or their own fanatics, a glance from both sides can make them understand each other's intentions.

Although eye contact cannot be detected by others, once the line of sight is blocked, communication is impossible.

As gods and believers, they obviously have other more convenient and confidential ways of communication, but neither of them knows the other's identity.

So Roland thought that the only way to communicate was through eye contact. The two sisters didn't even know why they could understand Roland's eyes, let alone treat him like a god.

Roland didn't dare to go see the two sisters again. He stayed obediently by Faqi's side.

Faqi seemed to be very interested in the large stone tablet. After seeing Roland staying obediently beside her, she began to observe the stone tablet curiously.

Roland was lost in thought.

He thought to himself, "They are so numerous and powerful, and this female snake is very vicious. We must not provoke her. Otherwise, the three of us will suffer."

However, the three of us are very valuable as prisoners.

For now, I will just be a captive and look for an opportunity. First, I must get the snake ring back.
There was one thing that Roland was very confused about, which was how the snake ring ended up in Faqi's hands.

Because Roland was worried that there might be other strange things in the ruins, when he entered the snake ring, he did not use a puppet to replace himself as usual. Instead, he gave the snake ring to Leona.

With Leona's skills, there's no way she couldn't escape.

If she was facing a group of Black Abyss elders who knew Leona very well, then if they were prepared and arranged in advance, they might be able to get the ring in Leona's hand.

But if you are a southerner, facing a mechanical monster like Leona, then no matter how high the various values ​​of Mage are, it will be useless.

Because she didn't even know what Leona was, so how could she deal with her?
What's even more strange is that Faqi even knew that he and his senior student often communicated with each other through eye contact. This is too strange.

At this moment, Roland noticed that on the other side of Faqi, there was an old priest standing there. He was smiling and explaining the scriptures on the stone tablet to Faqi.

The surrounding knights, priests, and even some Nagas seemed to worship him very much, calling him the 'Great Prophet'.

The strength of this great prophet is extremely terrifying, and his realm is higher than that of the new elders of the Black Abyss such as Faqi and Harland.

Faqi seemed a little unhappy with the Great Prophet because there were many followers of the Old Church in Hydra. In their hearts, the Great Prophet, like Faqi's father, was the spokesperson for God.

As if sensing Roland's gaze, the Great Prophet looked at Roland and winked at him quietly.

Roland's expression suddenly became extremely ugly.

He immediately "understood" how the snake ring ended up in Faqi's hands, and also "understood" how Faqi knew that he and his senior student often made eye contact.

Of course, it was told by this great prophet.

Roland thought to himself: 'All the great prophets are not one person, but they are also one person.
What the old charlatan truly understood was not the Black Abyss Magic and Twilight Magic, but the insane and evil old scriptures of the foolish Virgin Mary.
Throughout the ruins, there were three groups of people he was most reluctant to interact with. One was the old charlatans, a group of big liars, big traitors, and big heretics.

One group is Faqi and his gang of sworn bandits and mortal enemies.

The other group is O'Reilly's group.

Now both groups gathered around Roland.

There is an 80% chance that they will have to meet with the Vatican.

'Senior sister, senior sister, you have screwed me to death!
Next time I play a dungeon with you, I'll be a dog!

(End of this chapter)