I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Aurelia has collected countless treasures in her Crimson Ruins—though they are all damaged and she doesn't even understand them herself, these are all things left behind by the ancient forbidden creators.

And within the ruins lies the world's largest 'magic mirror'—the Well of Faith.

In theory, wizards can use this mirror to see everything in the lower world. Therefore, it is an omniscient mirror of the Creator!

Therefore, there are no bottlenecks in the future of the Eastern Wizarding Civilization.

Given time, it's only a matter of time before they replace the Creator.

This is also why Roland and everyone else firmly support 'civilization-first development'.

This is also why the King of a Thousand Eyes abandoned the strategy of prioritizing the development of the Witch King.

On the surface, everyone pretends to care about their own interests, putting on an act for others. But in reality, they all support 'civilization becoming godhood'.

Because once civilization reaches a god-like level, everyone will possess the power of a creator. They might even be able to mass-produce wizard kings capable of threatening the supreme god on factory assembly lines.

Conversely, if a civilization as a whole stagnates, then even if an individual develops to the extreme, it is impossible to surpass the supreme God in heaven.

Even if one takes this path of "civilization leading to godhood," it's hard to say whether they can defeat Heaven.
Roland's gaze gradually turned serious.

If it were yesterday, his confidence in the future would have been unwavering.

But today, after perusing the Old Book of Heracles, Roland has some very frightening speculations about the Kingdom of Heaven and the secrets of the gods.

He was certain that the gods were on the path of 'personal godhood,' but he was very suspicious that they had already reached the pinnacle of this path.

The time frame may not be just 70,000 years.
The more you know, the more fear you feel, and the more insignificant you become.

Roland is now getting closer and closer to the truth, and he can increasingly sense the fear of Heaven in Queen Heracles' heart.

"Senior."

Helena tugged at Roland's sleeve and said, "It seems like Sister Theresa and the others have almost finished. Shall we go check out the alchemy room?"

"We can ask them about the Church of Sanctuary."

Theresa and the others actually knew more about the Hall of Sanctuary than Catherine did.

Senior Catherine is involved in too many things now. Regarding the Hall of Sanctuary, she has only done two things. One is that after waking up, she opened the door, connecting the Hall of Sanctuary with important wizarding territories such as Malrod.

One was the signing and approval of a project construction document for the Church of Sanctuary.

In truth, this construction proposal was actually a covert maneuver by Taras and his gang.

These guys originally stayed in Malrod, and their initial proposal was to use the Sanctuary in conjunction with the Well of Faith to test some 'chaos theories'.

At the time, Catherine was busy leading people to deal with matters on the riverbank with the Revolutionary Army and often needed to use the Sanctuary. She had no time to let the wizards use the Sanctuary for experiments.
She naturally did not approve it.

But later, Taras and his group changed their tune, saying they wanted to upgrade the Sanctuary, and the plan was quite well-written, using a modular approach. So it wouldn't significantly affect the use of the Sanctuary.

Originally, Catherine also intended to reject it. After all, she saw through Taras and his group's little scheme at a glance.

However, after some consideration, she agreed. This was because the Thousand-Eyed King and other high-ranking officials were very interested in the submarine project and were willing to allocate resources from other areas to undertake it.

Therefore, once the project is underway, Catherine will be able to use it to attract more people from various places.

These people can not only handle matters concerning the Holy Church, but also take care of matters along the riverbank when they have a spare moment.

So an elder led a group of tower masters and Taras's apprentices over.

The apprentices worked inside the Sanctuary, while the elders and tower masters worked outside with Catherine.

Richard could have won a less humiliating defeat. But after this group arrived, the Crusaders were wiped out in just a few days.

As a result, Richard was not only reduced to only a few thousand men, but also fled in disarray to Grey Falcon City.

Seeing that they outnumbered each other, Count Bard found several excuses to lead them out of the city to break through the siege. In the end, Count Bard escaped back 'seriously wounded'.

Richard was left with only a little over three hundred men, who stayed in Grey Falcon City trembling for more than a month.

Therefore, the senior student didn't actually know that much about the Hall of Sanctuary. But Teresa and the others got the origami and other items from Taras.

Therefore, Taras told them a lot of things, including how to summon the 'Book of Sanctity', and that all the project's completion documents were in their hands.

Of course, no one expected Roland to be able to produce the 'Book of Holiness' so easily. With this, everything became clear.

"Let's go check out the alchemy room."

On the way, Roland continued to peruse the 'Book of Sanctity'. He also used it to operate the 'Question Machine' built into the Sanctity Hall, divining about matters concerning the Sanctity Hall.

Now, Roland no longer needed to ask Theresa and the others.

A moment later, Roland raised his head and thought to himself, 'I understand what those 'painted doors' are. The sacred hall in my senior's hand is undergoing its second phase of renovation.'

Therefore, I have some more projections here.

All the murals in the Sanctuary near my senior's place are in a portal-like state, connecting to various wizarding territories, including the Crimson Ruins of Malrod.

Therefore, the project involves not just one team, but many teams.

The wizards never gave up on the 'submarine' project.

Originally, the submarine was planned for escape during the apocalypse, but now it has become a lifeline for this world—this submarine will be used to attach new ropes to the 'giant balloon (this world)' in the future.

Teresa and the others would have told Roland about these things, but it was more efficient for Roland to investigate on his own than to ask them, and he could find out more details.

In addition, the senior student left a letter for Roland, which was basically instructing Roland to activate the Hall of Sanctuary if anything happened to him.

At that time, the two sacred halls will be merged into one, and therefore, all the wizards will appear in Roland's ring.

Of course, there's no need to read this letter now.

The Sanctuary did not have a proper alchemy lab before, but during the time when Catherine supported the revolutionary army, the wizards specially set up an alchemy laboratory, where they concocted many potions and wonders.

This laboratory was not much smaller than the one belonging to Professor Merlin and his team. It not only had multiple experimental areas, office areas, meeting rooms, and material storage rooms, but also a central library. However, most of the area was currently in the form of 'paintings', as if this part of the area had been included in the second phase of the renovation project. Therefore, Roland could only see the painting-like projections and could not actually step inside.

Only one-third of the book area in the entire alchemy laboratory was open to the public, where Theresa and her companions set up some alchemy tables and experimental equipment.

Overall, it looked similar to the alchemy room Roland used on the Storm. The space wasn't small, over a hundred square meters. Six or seven people could stretch out comfortably inside.

Roland had a lot of materials in his collection, and the wizards had given him some special riverside materials when he got on the carriage, so the space felt a bit cluttered and cramped.

Many materials were even placed directly on the bookshelf.

However, although the alchemy lab looked messy, it was also organized within the chaos. All sorts of instruments and materials were readily available, more than enough for Roland and his group.

When Roland and Helena arrived, Theresa and the others were busy analyzing the bundles of holy medicine.

It seems that Theresa and the others intend to analyze all the holy medicines, but the first group of holy medicines is almost finished being analyzed.

Six holy servants were busy in front of the testing table or crystal array, seemingly verifying data.

Roland and Helena were afraid of interfering with the experiments and causing errors, so they didn't dare to disturb them after entering. Helena curiously flipped through books on the bookshelf by the door, while Roland stood by the door with his arms crossed, watching and waiting.

To be honest, Roland developed a phobia of potions after spending two years (actually less than two years) in Wilmick.

Now, whenever he smells the medicine, he thinks of the ward at the Holy Spirit Mental Hospital, so he has rarely touched the medicine in the past two years.

But Teresa and her colleagues were different; during their time in Vermik, they dealt with medicines and patients almost every day.

Roland, on the other hand, dealt with doctors and nurses every day.

The doctors at Holy Spirit Hospital would stop at nothing to trick patients into taking their medication. Roland and the old Black Abyss were both victims and rebels.

The old Black Abysses fared well; after the Six Holy Spirits incident, they only underwent three months of treatment before being discharged smoothly.

However, Roland became a key patient and experimental subject because he had been to a parallel world, had in-depth contact with the god of epilepsy and suffered aftereffects.

So until Roland went to Malrod, he would stay in his seventh-floor ward at the Holy Spirit Hospital every night.

Roland himself wasn't sure if he had taken any medication during this time. But as a patient in the eyes of the doctors, Roland was absolutely familiar with all the tricks the Holy Spirit Hospital used against patients.

As for Teresa and her colleagues, as interns, they had practically experienced all the routines of the Holy Spirit Hospital.

When Roland left Wilmick, Dean Williams personally signed seven documents: a discharge certificate and six official medical licenses.

Roland was naturally unaware that the six holy servants around him all possessed professional physician qualifications from Vermec.

However, he had great faith in Teresa and the others' abilities, because although he was unaware that he was the one they were focusing on, he knew that Diana was the one they were focusing on.

After all, the former was something that Dean Williams and Senior Catherine secretly arranged, while the latter was something that Roland arranged personally.

In any case, Roland was very clear about one thing.

That is, when Theresa and others were with Diana, Diana never caused any trouble—although she did create quite a bit of fun, she never caused any real problems.

But after Theresa and her six companions separated from Diana, Diana immediately unleashed a powerful attack in Grey Falcon City!

Roland believed that if Theresa and the others had come to Grey Falcon City with him, then during the three months he was in a coma, Lady Heraca would have completed the unification, and even if she had descended upon the land, she wouldn't have gone mad so severely.

At least she knows she is "Diana." She wouldn't be so heartless as she is now.

Judging from the outcome of that negotiation, it's hard for Roland to say whether the Empress's outburst was good or bad.

But in any case, Roland hopes that the Empress can be more normal now.

Unfortunately, Theresa and the others did not bring any good news.

That's roughly the situation.

Theresa, holding a stack of documents, reported to Roland: "Miss Maria and the others are very professional. The holy medicine is definitely not a problem—to use the master's usual tone, it can not only greatly restore SAN value, but also purify epilepsy."

Based on the data, I even suspect that the Orbis Monastery has conducted extremely in-depth research on the god of madness, or that it may simply be a formula directly given to the Vatican by the Kingdom of Heaven.

This sacred medicine can completely restore a holy son who is being infected by the Mad God to normal, or suppress the Mad God parasitizing the holy son's body.

With a slight adjustment, it can also be applied in reverse.

However, I remain skeptical about the effectiveness of this medication on Olivia.

Roland frowned and remained silent.

Helena, standing to the side, said in great surprise, "Why? Isn't the Holy Son a god who has descended to earth? Since it can suppress the mad god within the Holy Son, or vice versa, then as long as Olivia takes it, she can suppress the Queen, or be suppressed by the Queen, right?"

Why might it not be effective?

Theresa shook her head, not answering Helena's question. She looked at Roland and asked, "Sir, we've been with Diana for so long. I always felt that she wasn't like this when she was parasitizing someone."

Roland said with a serious expression, "Theresa, I didn't see anyone behind Olivia."

Helena's pupils constricted sharply. She suddenly realized something—Roland could 'see' things that others couldn't!
Roland added, "On the contrary, I saw Olivia lying behind me in the Holy Pool."

Helena finally understood what Teresa and Roland meant. They both believed that Olivia hadn't been parasitized—Roland hadn't seen the person behind Olivia.

But Olivia once lay down behind Roland.
Therefore, Senior Roland has always suspected that Olivia was possessed by the Queen because his eyes have always told him that Olivia and Queen Heracles (Diana) are the same person!

At this moment, Helena couldn't help but recall once again the various behaviors of her sister O'Reilly during their conversations. It seemed she had never mentioned that Olivia had been corrupted by madness.

She has always considered Olivia as Heracles.

At this moment, Roland once again recalled Olivia's words—she said she was a fungus person.

Olivia, like himself, was a fungal person.
He was not a reincarnation, nor was he a person possessed and replaced by the mad god; he was the real Roland, Roland Alayer.

And what about Ovilia?
He is a fungus, and Alaye is his own divine shadow.

So, isn't Lady Heracles just Olivia's 'Shadow of Aleya'?! (End of Chapter)