A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 127 The Shadow of Mahabray

"Gus, take men to rescue Princess Rosemary."

Jiang Shuzhou handed over this arduous task to Ges without hesitation.

"Me? Go rescue the princess?"

Guss's voice was filled with disbelief.

"Yes, we have an important mission."

"Don't worry, the soldiers will assist you."

After giving Guss his instructions, Jiang Shuzhou left with Hayes without waiting for his reply.

He needs to race against time.

"Ping pong".

Inside the mountain fortress, demons and humans were locked in fierce combat, with soldiers fighting everywhere.

boom.

Jiang Shuzhou casually helped his own soldiers by blasting a demon to smithereens.

In the mountain fort, everyone has their own things to do.

Jiang Shuzhou was the same.

Soon, Jiang Shuzhou found his target: a magnificent and luxurious house.

This is where Legard lived.

Upon entering Legard's residence, Jiang Shuzhou began knocking and tapping, and used his detection skills to locate hidden doors; he was searching for treasure.

"This is it!"

The secret door was quickly discovered.

Looking at the hidden door, Jiang Shuzhou initially intended to use lock-picking techniques to gently open it, but considering the potential for a fire, he opted to use the classic fireball technique to blast the door open.

"As expected, not a single one of these nobles is not greedy."

Looking at the piles of magical materials in Legard's private vault, Jiang Shuzhou sighed with emotion.

This one warehouse alone is worth several days' worth of his licensing fees.

This shows that the drop rate is really high.

"Let's go, let's see other places."

After storing the magical materials in his spatial ring, Jiang Shuzhou and Hayes began searching for noble treasuries that could be opened.

Unfortunately, the mountain fortress was, after all, a military stronghold, and none of the others were wealthy enough to have their spatial rings overflowing, to the point of building private vaults.

So Jiang Shuzhou wandered around for half a day but found nothing.

"My lord, look there!"

Suddenly, Hayes pointed at something and spoke to Jiang Shuzhou.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuzhou turned his gaze to the place Hayes had mentioned.

There, a blood-soaked, thin orc was desperately attacking the demon with a small knife in his hand.

Unfortunately, demons have high physical resistance and can withstand attacks from even ordinary superhumans, let alone this orc who is clearly not a superhuman.

Resistance seemed futile, as the demon's claws seized the orc's body.

With a slight exertion, the orc's body cracked and popped, as if his bones were being broken.

Even so, the orc continued to stab the demon with his dagger, again and again.

However, he became increasingly weak, his movements grew feeble, and eventually he couldn't even hold the knife steady.

With a clang, the dagger fell to the ground.

The orc's life was about to end.

"Truly tenacious."

Looking at the orcs in the distance, Jiang Shuzhou seemed to have a premonition.

Such a strong will to survive makes them a good candidate for reform.

Perhaps, they've found their spy chief.

"You are the one!"

With a swift wind blade, modified by Jiang Shuzhou, the blade severed the demon's arm that was gripping the orc.

Then, under his mental control, the wind blades split into countless smaller wind blades, directly shattering the demons without harming the orcs in the slightest.

"Should I wash him more thoroughly?"

Jiang Shuzhou looked disgusted; the orcs didn't smell good.

The smell of blood mixed with the stench of abyssal pus was indescribable.

"My lord, is he... almost dead?"

"If you say that, I wouldn't even want to die, let alone live like that."

Jiang Shuzhou curled his lip. With his mastery of the Dao of Flesh and Blood, as long as the other party's soul was intact, he could easily piece together a perfect body.

"Then what do you mean, my lord?"

"Of course, we should save him. I happen to need someone specifically in charge of intelligence work."

Jiang Shuzhou is now a mid-level alchemist, and can be considered a person of some standing. Moreover, Mahabrey's experience has made him deeply understand the importance of intelligence.

If it weren't for Jiang Shuzhou having intelligence from the Mage Alliance, the demonic corruption would probably have been out of control long ago.

Sometimes, you can't always overestimate human nature; you need to understand what your subordinates are doing.

Although Jiang Shuzhou could try to ensure loyalty by having people sign follower contracts.

But we can't expect everyone to sign, can we?

Moreover, the reason Hayes and his team were willing to sign was because they didn't have many other options.

If someone truly has the ability and strength, many people would be unwilling to sign with them.

For example, Guts was unwilling to sign a follower contract, but he was willing to accept an equal contract.

Of course, everyone in Jiang Shuzhou's inner circle must sign a follower contract, otherwise they will remain outside and not be valued.

Why bother promoting others when you can neglect your own people?

Now, the last piece of the puzzle for Jiang Shuzhou's team has been completed.

This unnamed orc will be in charge of intelligence work.

As for why he refused to accept the treatment after being saved?

That means they were destined to meet but not to be together. Just kill them and find another one.

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"You're awake."

Where am i?

"Not bad, it seems you have a really strong will to survive."

The surrounding area was blindingly white, almost making Chahara unable to open his eyes.

"here it is……"

Weak, incredibly weak, Chahara could no longer utter a complete sentence.

"Don't speak."

"Tsk tsk, multiple comminuted fractures all over your body, internal bleeding, ruptured organs, it's really not easy for you to be alive."

Chahara finally adjusted to the light and saw a man wearing a robe, whose face she couldn't make out.

"Huh? You're a woman?"

"But it doesn't matter, don't worry, I'm very good at sculpting people, I guarantee I'll make you look beautiful."

What does that mean?

Ignoring Chahara's reaction, Jiang Shuzhou continued speaking to himself.

"First question: Do you want to live?"

"Blink if you want to."

I want to live.

Chahara blinked with incredible difficulty, and almost couldn't open her eyes again during that time.

"good."

"One last question: Would you be willing to become my follower?"

I do.

"Although I didn't use mind reading, I believe you would be willing."

"Otherwise, I won't save you."

At this moment, Chahara felt her eyelids getting heavier and heavier; she wanted to sleep.

But she knew that once she fell asleep, she might never wake up again.

"Don't worry, sleep peacefully. Soon, very soon you will welcome a brand new you."

With Jiang Shuzhou's words in mind, Chahara fell asleep peacefully.

"Great, I have a new idea. Mahabre made the right decision to come here."

This was the last thing Chahara heard before he fell asleep.