I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 258: Going out to sea! Blindfolded sharpshooter!

His fiancée had taken his private money, and all he had left were a little over 3,000 magic stones, a magic carpet from "The Shepherdess and the Devil," a few specially selected junk magic carpets, and a pile of junk.

However, the value of these eight thousand magic stones can be tripled after being resold to the south!
A full three times the profit, no wonder the sea is full of monsters and mysteries, but people are still willing to cross the ocean.

After checking the cargo, Roland flicked the list in his hand and said with a smile, "Not bad, not bad. The cargo is fine. The sailors are very professional. The cabin is also large enough. Otherwise, even if I brought twenty storage bags, it wouldn't be enough."

This cabin was indeed large, utilizing a number of space expansion technologies. Sailors were busy transporting goods, while numerous merchants were inventorying their wares with their assistants.

Roland was alone, without an assistant, but the first mate personally brought a group of people to help.

The first mate wore a blue coat, white shirt, navy cap, and wide belt. The coat had gold buttons and epaulettes—he had a military rank!

Roland had always thought that the Black Sails were a group of pirates, but after boarding the ship, he found that everyone was wearing navy uniforms.

I heard this was the uniform of a navy from a major southern kingdom, a legitimate regular army. The Black Sail Southeast Ocean Trading Company had a Southeast Ocean trade license issued by the Pope.

However, the work they do is very diverse.

The people on the ship were quite diverse, some from the south, some from the north, some from Muggles, and some from wizards.

This man, dressed like a respectable naval officer, was actually a legitimate wizard, but outsiders couldn't tell.

This ship is no ordinary ship, and the first mate on board is no ordinary ship either.

Rather than being the first mate, he was more like the boss and escort. This was because he was the second-in-command of Black Sails, a wizard at the early second stage!

Privately, he has another identity - he was once a disciple of Baron Haibao.

This man is called 'Billy'. He secretly helped Baron Seaburg control Black Sails and also helped the Twilight Council do many things over the years.

He has been wandering on the sea for many, many years. He is a great wizard, a great navigator, and a great adventurer.

Roland got along very well with him.

Billy led Roland out of the cabin and said to him, "Sir Lance, please rest assured about this voyage. This Titania is a new ship built by Black Sail Company using the latest technology and a large investment. Except for those demons of the Three-Headed Snake, no other ship can compare to the Titania."

Roland didn't like the name Titania, thinking it was a bit unlucky.

But after Billy took Roland to visit the ship, Roland felt relieved.

This is simply an unsinkable sea castle!

And it’s a newly launched ship!
It won't sink.

During the visit, Roland was truly eye-opening.

From the outside, the ship looked quite impressive, but it was just a large sailing merchant ship. However, once you got inside, you would find that it was a true mobile castle on the sea.

Its interior is vast, capable of accommodating seven small and medium-sized frigates. In coastal areas, the frigates provide escort, carrying out various duties. Once in deep water, they are collected by the three second-level wizards aboard and placed within the larger vessel.

Rather than being frigates, they were more like consumables and "surrogate ship puppets." In the deep sea, there were all sorts of situations, and when danger arose, these frigates were to be thrown out as bait.

There were many cannons on the ship. After visiting, Roland was shocked to find that these so-called "cannons" were actually large magic arrays - Billy called these large magic arrays "magic cannons"!

Billy told Roland that these magic cannons were extremely powerful, and each shot was like a full-strength attack from a second-level wizard.

As long as these dozens of magic arrays are activated at the same time, a large area of ​​sea in the distance will turn into a sea of ​​fire!
They also have a very long range, reaching thousands of kilometers.

Roland broke out in a cold sweat as he heard this. He thought to himself, "What the hell is this magical cannon? It's a vertical launcher! It's a missile!"

These magic cannons are extremely consumable. If you encounter a serious enemy, you need to fire at full force. The cost of a single battle is astronomical.

However, the Black Sails never use magic cannons to deal with sea monsters. The purpose of these magic cannons is to deal with their peers.

Often, in a battle with a peer, the magic cannon only has one chance to fire - whoever is exposed first will die first.

The colleagues Billy mentioned were colleagues from big forces like Tri-Headed Snake.

Ordinary colleagues, several second-level wizards, just threw away the rare objects or even secret treasures on their bodies and the problem was solved.

But if you encounter a three-headed snake, the opponent will have many strange tricks. The two sides will often go through a game of several days or even more than ten days, during which time neither side will open fire. Once the fire is opened, the battle is over.

The significance of discovering the enemy first was far greater than anything else. Once the magic cannon fired, it would cause a huge fluctuation of magic power, immediately exposing one's position and being discovered by the enemy.

Encountering this kind of competitor presents a host of challenges. The wizards on both ships must constantly outsmart each other, devising ways to lure the enemy into revealing themselves first and firing first. They must also devise ways to conceal their ships, avoiding divination, predictions, and detection.

Often, a think tank is needed to solve the mysterious means set up by the opponent, or in certain decisions, to judge whether what they have discovered is a real ship or a bait.

Billy used a very vivid metaphor to describe the wizards' naval battle to Roland.

"The maritime environment is complex and ever-changing, with many mysterious areas. Both sides' ships also have many wizards skilled in mystical methods.

Therefore, many methods are often ineffective.

Most of the time, the battle is like two blindfolded magicians fighting with forbidden spells on a vast plain - whoever is discovered first will die first!

Often, if you miss your target with your first attack, you lose. You're exposed. The enemy knows your position, and if they open fire, you're doomed.

The changes in magic technology and the special maritime conditions in this world have created many unique ships.

Here, intelligence and magical technology are far more important than the number of ships.

A famous naval commander once used a latest fourth-generation magic battleship to fight against several powerful magic fleets, achieving a terrifying loss ratio of 0:144!

A ship with super capacity, super supplies, and super stealth, better than anything else.

This leads many organizations to devote all their efforts to building a single ship, or a few ships, rather than assembling a massive fleet, and then becoming the ones shouting "Here's the target, cast AoE here" on the plains.

Of course, not all organizations have the ability to build a fourth-generation magic ship like Black Sail and Triceratops.

The third generation of magic warships is still the main force, and they are extremely rare and in short supply.

Many people are driving ordinary magic ships or even ordinary sailboats and fighting hard on the sea.

Black Sails has many such ordinary fleets.

The conversion rate of these fleets is frighteningly high, because the fleets have to find ways to pass through those mysterious areas while praying not to be encountered by monsters like the three-headed snake and the black sail.

Sometimes, mysterious areas of the ocean are not so deadly because they can be circumvented with a good navigator and some luck.

But if you encounter the third or even fourth generation magic battleships of Black Sail or Triceratops, it would be extremely hopeless.

The Black Sail's 'Titania' belongs to the fourth generation of magic sea ships. It, together with the previous Black Sail's third generation old ship, and the nine three-headed snakes under the Hydra, are the most active sea monsters on the sea. They determine the navigation rights of this sea.

So, Black Sail only has two decent magic ships. But this ship is the most advanced, much stronger than Hydra's fourth-generation ship.

The two sides are currently at a truce, or perhaps Hydra doesn't dare to provoke Black Sails. Therefore, Black Sails has been actively using the Titania to make money in recent years.

In a few years, they will be able to earn back the money they spent on building this battleship, and then the second ship will be launched.

Thirty years ago, Black Sails lacked such power. They were merely a relatively obscure organization in the South, their only notable possession being a stake held by the Eastern Baron Seaburg. Consequently, the wizards on board were formidable. But they struggled to survive under the shadow of Hydra.

In the past thirty years, since Baron Seaburg secretly began colluding with the Thousand-Eyed King, Black Sail has suddenly become increasingly powerful. Not only has its financial resources become increasingly strong, but its maritime magic technology has also ushered in a frenzy of innovation.

It seems that although the overall strength of the Eastern Territory is not as good as that of the Southern Territory where gods are active, its magical technology is far beyond the reach of the South.

The Hydra Group has been rampant on the sea for hundreds of years, but this wizard from the East has only been a shareholder in a maritime organization for thirty years, and he has already caught up with them from nothing!

And what about the South's marine technology? In the past thirty years, not only has it not made any progress, it has actually been slowly regressing!

The wizards in the East are afraid of the gods in the South, and the gods in the South are also afraid of these wizards.

After chatting with Billy, Roland had some strange ideas in his mind.

He thought to himself, "Wasn't that the time over thirty years ago when the Thousand-Eyed King's clone, along with Alexandra and the Black Abyss, defected to Baiqi? Could it be that that old devil, who has lived for who knows how many years, had already begun planning for the events in the south thirty years ago?"
If he didn't have a plan to break free from the shackles, how could he have started making plans for things in the south?

Could it be that he let his clone take Heiyuan and defect to Baiqi just for Lord Yellow Fern?
Could it be that the events of the Yellow Fern Forest and the arrival of the Yellow Fern Lord in Arakko were already part of his plan?

Even the death of his clone was part of the plan?
Roland suddenly felt a chill on his back.

He believed that he must be overthinking it, but these things were deeply related, even one after another.

It doesn't have to be much, as long as the Thousand-Eyed King is involved in a few important things, then the senior sister will not be able to defeat her own father.

This time, the senior will help her father deal with the Yellow Fern Lord in Arakko.

This is a good time to deal with the Yellow Fern Lord and also a good time to backstab the Thousand-Eyed King!
The numerous martyrs, the White Queen, the senior students and the old Black Abyss people combined together can deal with the Yellow Fern Lord and push the Thousand-Eyed King into the abyss, allowing him to "ascend" early!
Would the Thousand-Eyed King be unprepared?

Could this LYB not hold back and even set a trap for his daughter, the White Queen and the others?

The senior student must have considered this, and she must have had some thoughts of "facing the challenge head-on and giving it a try."

Roland believed his own speculation, believing that his senior might also be planning to secretly betray the White Queen - but she was still hesitant.

Perhaps it was because of this thought that she kept herself away from the East Territory!
Otherwise, why didn't she involve herself in Arracca's affairs?
As a small lord and spokesperson who is highly favored by the goddess Heraka, there is a chance that he will attract Heraka's attention when dealing with the God of the Abyss!
And Heraka had just devoured the Bloody Baron and became the subordinate of the Yellow Fern Lord. If she stabbed the Yellow Fern Lord in the back at the critical moment, wouldn't the matter be a sure thing?
But the senior sister didn't let her go. Instead, she found an excuse to coax her to go to the south.

The Thousand-Eyed King can use the eyeballs of the Yellow Fern Lord to break free from his shackles and boldly step into the fifth level.

Can't the White Queen use the Yellow Fern Lord's divine fire to break free from her shackles and boldly step into the fifth level?

The Thousand-Eyed King has entered the system of faith and is walking the path of inheritance.

The White Queen is also secretly asking Muggles to build their own statues in remote areas of the East!

The treasures on the god are useful to both of them!
Indeed, the White Council is unable to deal with the people in the south, but once the White Queen completes the centralization of power and absorbs the Twilight Council, a group of ruthless and highly capable guys.

Then the Eastern Territory led by the fifth-level White Queen will not be much worse than the Eastern Territory led by the fifth-level Thousand-Eyed King.

At least the former can listen to the senior more!

Roland felt that Catherine would never be able to outsmart his father, and Catherine had always had a big shortcoming - she didn't know her own limitations.

She had never even defeated Roland once, so how could she possibly defeat her father?
After Roland visited the Titania, Billy invited Roland to have dinner with him in the restaurant.

Roland was thinking about contacting Catherine, so he told him that he would go back to his room to clean up and then go find him at the restaurant.

After they separated, Roland immediately returned to his cabin.

As soon as he entered the room, Roland felt a slight dizziness in his head. He sat on the bed and found that he had experienced another day.

This memory comes from the straw Roland who was beside my senior.

After parting ways with him, the senior sister used the secret teleportation array at the Sea Fort Baron's place and went directly to the Twilight School. Throughout the entire process, Straw Roland stood by the senior sister like a loyal retainer, along with many of the Withered Blood female lords.

After arriving at the Twilight School, Catherine went to the forbidden area to find her father for something, and left Roland and several Blood Lady Lords and Lady Knights in a high tower in the Twilight School.

The senior's original plan was to have a Dry-Blooded Female Lord curse Straw Roland to death, disguising it as the actions of a Dry-Blooded traitor.

Little Straw Roland had no protective measures on his body, not even a substitution spell, and died at the first curse.

As a result, before the Blood-Dried Lady Leader could take action, Straw Roland died.

Baron Black Abyss was indeed extremely loyal to Princess Twilight and was her confidant, while the Withered Blood Clan was indeed a bunch of traitors.

But Baron Black Abyss is a Black Abyss wizard! He is not Twilight's man!

The Bloody Wizard is a Twilight Wizard! No matter how bad or rebellious he is, he is still a Twilight Wizard!
You, a wizard from the Abyss, have overturned one of our Twilight territories. Does that mean we, the Twilight, have no one left?

This group of lunatics had great respect for Princess Twilight, but they were completely unreasonable. They didn't care whether Straw Roland was the real Roland or a fake Roland, and they cursed and killed Straw Roland to vent their anger.

Although this was a plan that Roland had discussed with his senior, the death of Straw Little Roland made Roland very unhappy.

Roland cursed inwardly: "These lunatics! I'll remember this!"
However, the East Territory is too aggressive. If you are not careful, you will be doomed. It is boring and useless to play with them.

Goodbye, I'm going to the South!

Shaking his head, Roland contacted Catherine.

He told his senior about little Roland, and then talked about the Thousand-Eyed King.

He gave Roland many warnings and instructions for a long time, but the senior sister just smiled and kept saying that Roland was overthinking it. The Thousand-Eyed King was her father. How could she stab him in the back at the most critical juncture on his path to truth?
So Roland changed his tone and exchanged a lot of sweet nothings with the senior, reminiscing about their future and the distant but beautiful future of the East Territory—essentially, there were still many good days ahead. "What's the rush?"
Roland, this little butterfly once again flapped its wings in this world.

For Catherine, Roland is a very heavy weight.

Her balance began to tilt towards the 'conservative and stable' strategy.

This allowed Catherine and the Black Abyss to avoid a tragic ending that was doomed to failure.

It also prompted some of the old Heiyuan to run to the mental hospital in the south and could not get out.

Roland didn't know what happened next, but he knew the Thousand-Eyed King's reign was inevitable. Catherine, driven by her ambition, accelerated the process. In a sense, this also helped prevent the White Wizards from being exterminated.

Roland felt that the Thousand-Eyed King was a bit like Vader from The Three-Body Problem: ruthless and merciless, willing to do anything to achieve his goals.

In other words, the Twilight Council is an extreme right-wing force, while the White Council is a white left-wing force.

The White Queen is a very good and wise ruler, but her methods are too soft. If she wields the sword, the East might lose. Everyone might end up in the gods' farms and slaughterhouses.

The Thousand-Eyed King is a ruthless and cruel tyrant, his methods too harsh. If he wields the sword, the East will likely prevail in the future, but living under his rule wouldn't necessarily be much better than living under the South. It can only be said that magical civilization has been preserved.

The East does need an ambitious and ruthless king in the future.

At the same time, a queen with a kind and compassionate heart is also needed.

If either of these two were missing, the East would be facing a doomedly dark future - or if the South took over, the wizarding civilization would come to an end, and everyone would become God's farms and slaughterhouses.

Or people live in constant fear under the rule of the Thousand-Eyed King, a wizard king who does not care about state affairs and likes to rule everything with fear.

But if the two of them governed the East Territory simultaneously, with Queen Baibai's team managing internal affairs and logistics, providing support to the Thousand-Eyed King, who would take the lead and become the lion of the kingdom, perhaps everything would be different.

The Thousand-Eyed King doesn't care about government affairs, nor does he care about the lives of wizards and mortals. He only needs resources. So, as long as the White Queen's kingdom can satisfy his ambitions and meet his needs, he doesn't care how the White Queen governs. He will transform from a terrifying demon king into a lion protecting the kingdom.

As long as everyone pays the protection fee on time, the lion will not bite its own people for the time being.

Roland believed that the senior was definitely planning to overthrow the Thousand-Eyed King, but now was not the right time. She couldn't beat her father.

He hoped that the senior would choose a conservative strategy and wait for a more appropriate time in the future. The Thousand-Eyed King would eventually ascend to heaven. Even if he didn't want to ascend, everyone could help him ascend in the future.

There can be no rush.

Roland felt that the senior student must have understood the hidden meaning in his words. Roland did not want to get involved too much in such matters, nor did he have the ability to do so.

He just wanted to live longer, better, and if possible, try his best to touch the second door of truth.

Of course, the most important thing at the moment is to cross the sea safely.

"With such a good ship, there should be no problem." Roland put away the crystal ball and looked at his cabin.

Seeing this, Roland's eyes lit up slightly.

Roland's room is very big, and it is also an 'undersea viewing room'!
At this moment, a mermaid swam quietly past the window, and Roland couldn't help but lean on the window to observe.

Seeing this, Roland was slightly stunned, and then his expression turned extremely ugly.

There are three-headed snake people outside the boat.

(End of this chapter)