I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

A moment later, Earl Barr excitedly said, "Holy Lord, you awakened faster than we thought!"

Roland was extremely shocked by these words. He even started to wonder if Earl Bar was a great prophet who had worked with his father-in-law to compile the Book of Alayeh. Otherwise, why would he have digested this matter so quickly?
But when he looked at Earl Bal again, he inexplicably had a feeling - he felt the earl's emotions.

Suddenly Roland guessed another possibility.

Count Bar was by no means a great prophet of the Old Church, nor did he understand anything. He felt a mixture of disbelief and disbelief after hearing what he had just said.

But then, all these emotions were replaced by a single, unwavering thought—he would never question his Lord.

This man was an incurable fanatic. Even if Roland told them that the Thousand-Eyed King was a great prophet of the Old Church, or even told them that the Pope wanted to dethrone the gods, the Count would believe it!
In the Earl's mind, Roland was omniscient and omnipotent. What was the Thousand-Eyed King? He should have prostrated himself before the Holy Lord.

The Count trusted Roland immensely, but instead of feeling happy and relieved, Roland felt even more guilty.

Roland thought to himself, "These people are praising me too highly. I'll be embarrassed very easily if you do this!"

After a brief moment of deliberation, Roland continued the previous topic: "You've considered joining forces with the Revolutionary Army, but why haven't you considered joining forces with the wizards?"

The count was silent for two seconds, then said, “Holy Lord, Reynald is your prophet, but he may not respect or love you.

Wizards are all faithless people. They obey you for a purpose. Lord, this is just my foolish opinion. My eyes cannot see the distant future.

If it is Your will that we follow in the footsteps of the wizard, we will follow Your guidance."

The Earl's words were very euphemistic. He was actually secretly reporting to his god, saying that your other disciple, the Thousand-Eyed King, was not a good person and that he and his wizards would betray you sooner or later.

What he said is indeed correct.

The Thousand-Eyed King treated Roland as his son-in-law, half-son, and heir, not as a god. Naturally, there was no respect or love for him at all.

The wizards' attitude towards cults is the same as Roland's.

The Old Religion can exist, but sects like the Old Religion Foolish Sect and the Heracari School of Madness, which believe in mad gods, cannot exist!
Because once they develop, the "evil age" of ancient times will be repeated.

Count Bal knew the tolerance of wizards and crusaders for their 'special sect' - letting the crusaders into the city was no different from letting the wizards in.

It would be better to surrender to the Crusaders than to surrender to the wizards.

But now, the 'Holy Lord' has given new guidance, so the Earl also gave a positive response.

Roland secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't expect it to go so smoothly.

The Earl continued, "Lord, if the wizards are willing to accept and protect us, we are willing to build a portal for them. But we do not have enough resources."

Roland said, "There are countless resources along the Angel River, but you just can't see them. Resources are not a problem."

The Earl paused for two seconds and said, "Holy Lord, once the snow stops, the Crusaders will arrive here. I'm afraid the wizards will find it difficult to save your lamb."

Roland frowned and thought to himself, "These guys were just discussing attacking the Acropolis defenses. This kind of thing can't be done in a day or two. Besides, we have to wait until the snow stops before we can march out."

The Crusader obviously won't be here so soon. This guy is dealing with me!

Bullshit, there are no resources to build a portal, and I actually believed his nonsense!

Baal, I thought you were so devout to your God, but I didn't expect him to be so dishonest!

He's coaxing his own god!'

Roland remained calm and asked, "What suggestions do you have?"

Count Bal raised his head with a burning gaze and looked directly at his own god.

"Holy Lord, your lambs need you now, why do you ask us to rely on the power of wizards?

You are omniscient and omnipotent. As long as you bestow your divine grace and give your sheep horns and tusks, we will follow you all the way, defeat the Crusaders, capture the Holy City, and conquer Heaven! "

Roland: "."

As Count Barr spoke, he slowly stood up. He looked at Roland meaningfully and said, "But I'm afraid you can't do all this."

Roland's mouth twitched violently. He thought to himself, "I knew it! These cultists have praised me too highly. Now I, the genuine article, am being turned into a fake!"

Roland was indeed the leader of this group of people, but he was also not the leader. Because the gods in the hearts of the believers were completely their own imaginations!
The God in their hearts is omniscient and omnipotent. As long as He cannot do it, then He is both God and not God!

Roland didn't sense any murderous intent from Count Barr, and knew he still wanted to talk, so he waited for his next words.

Count Barr came over and looked Roland up and down, his eyes gradually becoming complicated.

There was a bit of severity in that look, but also some kindness and emotion.

Count Barr said, "My son, you are too naive. You always believed that magic could change the world, and even secretly joined the revolutionary army with Isabella."

Even now, you are still trying to deceive your father in this way."

Roland: “???”

After Earl Barr finished speaking, he sighed and turned to walk towards his seat.

Looking at Count Bal's back, Roland stood there in a daze for a long time before he understood Count Bal's strange train of thought - Count Bal did not think he was a fake, but the situation now seemed to be even worse!

He treated himself as his son!

But why would he treat me as his son? !

Suddenly, a fragment of memory flashed through Roland's mind—it was a picture of an altar!

This memory was very brief and vague, just like the fragmented memories in a dream, making Roland unable to tell whether it was a dream or a real memory.

But at this moment, Roland recalled what Count Barr had just said, and suddenly had a guess - Helena had said before that when they came over, Count Barr and his men were praying.

But the truth is not so! The truth is that Earl Barr and his men are performing a cult sacrificial ritual.

When the two of them were teleported here, they landed at the altar. But when Helena woke up, the cultists had already moved to another place!

So, Helena thought they woke up in a church.

Edward and Isabella did not die long ago. They "died" on the day of the ceremony!

They were sacrificed!

They had just been sacrificed when they arrived. As a result, Earl Barr and his men mistakenly believed that God had descended upon Edward and his wife!
No. They probably didn't misunderstand. I fell on the altar. How could I have fallen on the altar?!

The room was so big, why did I fall right on the altar instead of somewhere else?
Just as Roland's mind was working rapidly, he suddenly saw 'Isabella' again.

Miss Isabella was dozing in another chair in the room. No, that wasn't Isabella, that was Helena!
Roland suddenly remembered that Helena had lost her name, and suddenly he understood everything - why did he think that Helena was Isabella after he erased her name?
Because, he and Helena ate Edward and Isabella!
The reason why he woke up on the altar was because the body prepared by the cultists for God was on the altar!
At the call of the believers, he and Helena were forcibly pulled into the bodies of Edward and Isabella!

Suddenly, Roland felt his stomach churning and he almost vomited!

'No, no! Edward, you can't come out now! Wait until I get back to the room! I'm going to get you and your wife out of us!'

——Roland guessed right!

It turns out that Edward and Isabella have always been inside Roland and Helena!

They were like two scarecrows, eaten by Roland's All I Am!

However, Roland didn't guess everything. For example, Edward and Isabella were not in their normal state at the time. The two sacrifices were pushed into the blood pool and processed.

So, Roland and Helena fell into two 'Blood Holy Trees'!

They grew out of flesh and blood!

Therefore, even if Roland no longer behaved like Edward, everyone firmly believed that he was the god who possessed Edward's body!

Because of this, Helena has been active here for three months, but no one still thinks she is a witch. Instead, they think she is the saint who has taken over Isabella.
Because everyone saw with their own eyes how Edward and Isabella turned into Roland and Helena!

If it was O'Leary who came that day, this would never have happened!
If Helena was the only one coming here, this wouldn't have happened!
But it was Roland who came over!
His willpower was very weak at the time, and he was bound by the powerful power of faith of the cultists and forcibly summoned into the body!

If there was a problem on his side, Helena would also have a problem! She was also forcibly pulled into Isabella's body!
Fortunately, after Roland's experience at the Well of Faith, he was enlightened by his father-in-law. This made his self-perception anchor very strong, so he was not affected by Edward's thinking during this ceremony.

But I still know who I am.

Furthermore, to prevent Edward and Isabella's personalities and humanity from affecting the gods, the cultists had them greet Roland and Helena with the primitive, ritualless gesture of the 'Holy Blood Tree'.

Therefore, Roland and Helena were not affected by the body at all! Not even a trace of their memories was integrated into it!
This was originally a good thing, because as long as Roland and the other two could distinguish who they were and as long as they did not merge, they would not have completely devoured Edward and Isabella.

In this way, Roland could allow himself and Helena to spit out Edward and Isabella and save the couple's lives!

But now there is a problem.

That is, he has no memory of Edward!

Now, Earl Bal believed that Roland and Edward had merged very successfully, and that the child was his own son, who was deceiving him into cooperating with the wizards.

The Earl now believed that Roland was Edward. He believed that because Edward had taken over the subject's mind, the Lord was unable to exert his great power and bestow divine grace upon the believers.

If he discovered that the person in front of him was not Edward but his own master, then this master would definitely not be his master.

Because your Lord is omniscient and omnipotent!
If the one before me is the Lord, how could He not have the divine power of omniscience and omnipotence?!
He must be a fake!
Roland was very sure of one thing, that is, there was no omniscient and omnipotent God in this world.

Even the three Mad Mothers who possess the power to create and destroy the world do not dare to claim that they are omniscient and omnipotent. They think they are just big ants in a higher dimension.

Therefore, the members of the Order of the Dawn know very clearly that the Lord is not omniscient and omnipotent.

But the gods and Alayah's followers do not think so.

Because whether it is the believers of Alayah or the believers of the gods, the gods in the hearts of the believers are not real gods.

But it is the god imagined by believers!
Because this group of believers are all cultists!

The gods are happy to see this happen because they are all evil gods!
But Alayeh didn't want that, because he was not an evil god. At least he didn't want the count to think that he was omniscient and omnipotent!

It was obvious that what the Earl saw before him was the genuine product, his real owner.

But when this Lord appeared before him, He became a fake.

With a creak, the Earl sat back in his seat. He said to Roland, "Edward, my son. No matter how much you hate me, I am still your father.

No matter what differences we have, I am working hard for the survival of Grey Falcon City. I don't expect you to understand your father, but when it comes to the survival of Grey Falcon City, our goals are the same.

We should now seek common ground while reserving our differences.”

Roland breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought to himself: "If you keep chatting like this, I can still say a few words, but I'd better keep silent now!"

Earl Barr continued, "Edward, you should know the situation the Revolutionary Army is facing now—we do have many differences with you, but letting the Revolutionary Army perish in the snow is not the result that Grey Falcon City wants to see.

So I'm willing to make some concessions."

As he spoke, Earl Barr looked deeply at Roland and said, "This is my final concession. State your final conditions."

Roland's heart skipped a beat; the situation was developing for the worst!

Edward turned out to be one of the leaders of the revolutionary army!

He couldn't help Edward negotiate with the Earl about this matter!

But we can't avoid talking about it.

Because the rebels are crucial. They are the hope of Angel River and the future friends of the wizards!

The rebels needed supplies, and Roland knew he had to help them get them. He also planned to help them get the supplies.

But he acted like there was nothing to talk about!

——Roland bowed slightly to the Count and turned to walk towards the door.

Looking at Roland's resolute back, the Earl was stunned for a moment, then sneered and said, "Very good, I understand what you mean."

This matter fell apart immediately!
But at this moment, the door was pushed open.

A woman cautiously poked her head out of the door and said weakly, "Edward, Father. I know I shouldn't disturb you right now, but there's a letter I need you to read."

This person is Helena!
——It turns out that Roland and Helena had just discussed a script!
This scenario is very simple, it can help Roland escape and drag on the negotiations for a whole day!
Let’s wait until the two of them find the real Edward and Isabella before we talk!
It's perfectly normal for a father and son to quarrel. As long as the Earl can convince himself that it's not the Revolutionaries who don't want to talk, but rather his immature and naive son who's acting on impulse, he'll give his son some time to calm down. (End of this chapter)