I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 71 Don't Walk at Night
After going out, Roland found that the duty room was in a high tower in the castle.

Although it is called a tower, its area is no smaller than Valeria Castle.

The tower was built to defend against invasion, so the terrain inside is very complex, with several spiral staircases, some real and some fake.

Nadine had previously asked Roland to go to the corner of the second floor to find the counselor, but the second floor was divided into two areas, and the two areas were separated.

Roland first ran to the east side of the second floor, but found only a few halls and rooms for teaching, and no laboratories at all. He had no choice but to go back upstairs and then to the west side of the second floor.

There is indeed a laboratory here, but it is locked.

Helplessly, Roland ran back to the two professors' duty room.

As he was going upstairs, he heard someone cursing on the stairs.

"How dare you slander me as a dark wizard? Sooner or later I will skin you all alive, rip out your souls, and then grind your bones to dust and throw them into the sewer to feed the rats!"

These three words are the names of black magic.

Professor Bernard walked down the stairs slowly, holding a book under his arm. His face looked very ugly, as if he had just been upset with Nadine and was very angry.

Judging from his speech and the "key suspect list" in the hands of the white wizards, if this guy is not a dark wizard, then there will be no dark wizards in the entire Black Abyss Academy.

Bernard was furious, and Roland didn't want to offend him, so he made way and stood respectfully to the side with his head lowered.

Fortunately, Professor Bernard ignored him when he passed by, and Roland couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Boy, are you lost?" Professor Bernard downstairs suddenly turned to look at Roland. He smiled and said, "Haha, you're so lucky. Come with me. Hehehe."

Looking at the sinister smile on Bernard's face, Roland's expression stiffened.

Bernard had just had a fight with Nadine, so how could Roland dare to say, "No thanks, I want Professor Nadine to take me there"?
He could only follow Bernard.

The two quickly walked out of the castle and headed towards a woodland.

On the way, Bernard looked at Roland's clothes and asked about his family background and experience. Roland followed Wallace's instructions and gave his confession to Bernard.

Bernard looked enlightened after hearing this. He stopped in front of the woods and said, "Oh~~ So Alexandra's new blood is really good. Not bad—we've gone the wrong way. I just forgot. This is where the dead are buried, and the temporary dormitory is over there."

As he spoke, Bernard walked towards a road with street lights.

Roland stood there in a daze for a moment. He looked at the dark and remote forest that Bernard had just been about to take him into, then looked at Professor Bernard walking towards the main road. His expression suddenly became extremely ugly.

"What are you doing standing there? Do you want to go to the cemetery?"

Roland hurried to catch up.

Bernard said to Roland very seriously, "There are dark wizards hiding in our academy. You should be careful and don't trust others easily."

Roland looked at Professor Bernard in front of him and remained silent.

Bernard added, "Especially at night, if a professor or something asks you to go to the lab to help with something, don't be foolish enough to go along. You're just a lowly apprentice who's just started, and you can't even clean a test tube properly. Besides using you for experiments, what else can a proper wizard possibly need your help with?"

Roland sighed secretly, "Even with so many white wizards like Professor Nadine, we still can't prevent Bernard and his group of old Black Abyss lunatics from causing chaos. Sigh, it's really too difficult."
Bernard changed the subject and said, "However, since you were able to escape from that girl Lilith, you should be able to live a few more years in the academy."

Roland's heart tightened slightly. His attention was focused on the words "You escaped from Lilith's hands."

Bernard was clearly not as easily deceived as Professor Nadine. He didn't think Roland was a coward or a loser. Instead, he believed he had somehow managed to escape from Lilith.

Bernard didn't discuss the topic further. During the casual conversation, he said, "Remember, Alexandra Arcane Academy is an arcane academy. Our wizarding society is also a lawful wizarding society. Dark magic and dark wizards are not allowed to exist in society. The only place they should go is Arakko Prison."

Roland's heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly asked, "Sir, will I go to jail for using black magic?"

Bernard blew his beard and glared, saying, "Of course! What do you think? This isn't the territory of the Twilight Council, it's a lawful world! Besides, we're not clean ourselves, and there are eyes everywhere!" Roland hurriedly asked, "What kind of magic is that? Is it considered black magic?"

Bernard told Roland: "All deadly magic is black magic!"

Roland: "Huh?!"

He asked hurriedly, "Then how can we protect ourselves when we encounter danger?"

Bernard sneered: "Who knows."

"Now that it's peacetime, the White Wizards believe that there's no need to use lethal magic. However, that's not absolute."

Bernard said, "In fact, there is still no strict standard regarding black magic. For example, elemental magic can kill people, but most elemental magic is not considered black magic. Arcane magic is more efficient in killing people, but everyone is studying it.

Many evil curses can kill people, but if you don’t study them, you won’t know how to save them. But if you study them, you will definitely understand, so this is difficult to judge.

Generally speaking, as long as you don't use a curse in front of a 'person,' it won't be taken seriously. And in many cases, using a curse out of necessity for protection is forgivable. After all, to combat the Dark Arts, you must understand it."

Roland asked cautiously, "So Professor Nadine's black magic is better than what you use..."

Bernard interrupted hastily: "Of course they use it better than me! I'm not a dark wizard! I only know arcane magic!"

Roland: "."

"Kid, I've told you all this just to tell you to be careful. The White Wizards are keeping a close eye on us. Old ones like Nadine still know how to follow the rules. But for those who are after power, it's hard to say. A storm is brewing."

Roland's expression changed, and no one knew what he was thinking.

At this time, a large wooden house appeared in the distance, which seemed to be a temporary dormitory.

Bernard looked at Roland and said, "I heard that you killed a mutant giant monster today? Let me see it."

Roland sighed inwardly: "This is probably a forced sale."

He shook the dimensional bag hidden in his sleeve, and then a small wooden sculpture of a giant monster flew out of his sleeve. It grew in the wind, and in a blink of an eye it became as big as a normal giant monster.

Bernard examined the wood carving with considerable interest, then stroked his chin and said, "Not bad. A giant monster of this degree of mutation is quite rare. However, although it's a good thing, it's become a puppet now, so I'll have to go through some trouble to get it. How about selling it to me for ten magic stones?"

Roland felt secretly helpless.

Helena had previously said that the market price was 15-20 magic stones. If the troll was given to Professor Fox (a white wizard), he might give 20 or even 25 magic stones.

But when it comes to the Black Abyss Wizard, there are only 10 magic stones.

To be honest, Bernard doesn't really need this money, but he won't pay more to disrupt the market.

Roland didn't dare to refuse Professor Bernard's trade request, so he nodded and agreed, selling him 10 magic stones.

Bernard smiled with satisfaction and said, "To be honest, I specialize in the undead. Well, in order to help students better deal with monsters, I've been studying monsters recently. So, I'm very interested in all kinds of strange corpses."

Bernard looked at Roland meaningfully. "Including corpses. Living ones are fine too."

Roland's face looked a little ugly.

Bernard smiled and said, "If you find an interesting specimen in the future, you can come to me. You can trade it for magic stones or magic."

Bernard patted Roland on the shoulder and took away the wooden sculpture of the mutant troll.

(End of this chapter)