A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 141 The Shadow of Mahabray

Jiang Shuzhou stood atop the temporary airport, hundreds of meters high, overlooking the mountain fortress below.

Since the number of players in Mahablay has surged, the amount of various resources collected has also increased, naturally leading to a greater need for supplies.

Therefore, the alliance temporarily assigned Jiang Shuzhou ten transport airships specifically for transferring supplies.

And so the temporary airport was built.

Despite being called an airport, it's really just a tower, and not very big at that. The stairs are narrow, so there's no way workers could carry goods up and down.

It wasn't that Jiang Shuzhou didn't want to, but rather that he didn't need to; this airport was mainly used for picking up and dropping off people.

As for supplies?

Just throw it down; the Feather Fall spell array on the supply box will ensure it lands smoothly.

As for the supplies being transported back?

The crate also has a levitation spell array. Once activated, it will float directly into the sky, allowing the airship to retrieve it on its own.

Of course, Jiang Shuzhou doesn't need this temporary airport; he also knows levitation, which is mainly used by his followers.

For example, a few days ago, Hayes took leave to pick up his parents, and he took this route.

After all, Hamlet Territory has now developed, and Hayes naturally couldn't let his parents suffer in the Empire, so he brought them to Hamlet.

Jiang Shuzhou naturally supported this, since the fact that the other person's parents had come over made the meaning quite clear.

What surprised Jiang Shuzhou was that among his large group of followers, only Hayes had both parents alive.

The rest were either orphans, or had been kicked out, or had lost their parents at a young age.

Chahara and Jiang Shuzhou themselves are the most qualified to speak on this point.

Let's not dwell on these painful memories, let's look at the mountain fortress instead.

The mountain fort below remains unchanged, the only difference being the western district, the area governed by Joan of Arc.

This place used to be chaotic, with vicious incidents such as bullying men and women occurring repeatedly despite repeated prohibitions.

Now, however, things are completely different. The once arrogant and domineering noblemen have suddenly become amiable and gentlemanly, even giving way to commoners.

The quartermaster, who used to ruthlessly exploit the troops, is now upright and incorruptible, and dares not embezzle a single penny.

All of this was because of Jiang Shuzhou. It was because he used ruthless methods to help Joan of Arc quell the rebellion that day that the woman seemed to have suddenly become enlightened.

It goes directly from one extreme to another.

What used to be boundless indulgence and kindness has now turned into an intolerance for even the slightest imperfection.

What? You actually dare to eat and drink for free?

Men, kill him!

You said he invited you?

I don't believe it! He invited you, so you should pay him!

Such examples abound.

He was nerfed for not giving way to civilians, for not distributing a player a copper coin less than they should, and for breaking someone's bucket and not paying compensation at the time.

Fortunately, the player was a mercenary in the Alliance of Saints, so Joan of Arc didn't pay much attention to him. Otherwise, given the player's rummaging through drawers and cabinets, he would probably have been wiped out long ago.

However, this also indirectly affected Jiang Shuzhou.

Jiang Shuzhou's original pastime was reading reports on how the nobles within the Alliance of Saints oppressed the common people.

Now we're looking at Joan of Arc's report on the purges.

Knowing how many people he killed each day for some ridiculous reason has become Jiang Shuzhou's new pastime.

"This woman has really changed."

Looking at the invitation that Chahara had just sent, Jiang Shuzhou looked dejected.

With her electronic pet gone, Joan of Arc will no longer be swayed by the petty squabbles of the nobility.

"She's inviting me to her tent?"

"Yes, my lord."

Chahala responded.

What do you think?

"I think it's best not to go."

This is the correct answer, but Jiang Shuzhou felt that Chahara's tone seemed a little off.

Jiang Shuzhou took the invitation and began to read it.

He was then embarrassed.

The entire invitation was written in an affected and pretentious tone, and contained numerous innuendos.

In short, it can be summed up in one sentence.

Come to my tent tonight, I'll show you some good stuff.

Would Jiang Shuzhou dare to go?

It's likely that there are 500 axemen hiding behind the tent, ready to chop Jiang Shuzhou into mincemeat at Joan of Arc's command.

Of course, if she had done that, Joan of Arc would likely have died for violating the treaty.

But Jiang Shuzhou felt that she should dare to do such a thing, after all, she was a believer of the God of Justice, and none of them were normal people. It turned out that Joan of Arc was a normal person after all.

As for now?

This woman has gone mad.

"Ha, you dare to disgust me?"

Jiang Shuzhou immediately picked up his pen and wrote a greasy, nauseatingly disgusting invitation.

"Send this invitation to Joan of Arc, let's see if this woman dares to come to my lab!"

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That night, Joan of Arc actually came.

"Where is your commander?"

"The Commander has something to attend to."

"Where is his laboratory?"

"The adults' laboratory has been taken away."

"?"

Looking at the empty space in front of her, Joan of Arc fell into deep thought.

Are you kidding me?

Actually, that's not the case, because Jiang Shuzhou didn't take her seriously at all.

At this moment, Jiang Shuzhou was leading a large group of men to Griffiths's hideout.

Joan of Arc? Who is that?

Nobody can stop me from getting the treasure!

On the vast, scorched earth, a strange army marched swiftly.

The forwards were composed of strong, muscular hounds.

These hounds were born from Jiang Shuzhou's abyssal mutation experiment and are the only non-weapon creatures that succeeded.

Their physique resembles that of a hunting dog, hence the name "hunting dog." However, unlike ordinary hunting dogs, these dogs have mouths filled with countless tiny teeth, allowing them to easily tear large chunks of flesh from any creature.

Furthermore, they are extremely mobile, fast-moving, and agile, making them excellent cannon fodder.

On both sides were puppets, whose running postures were bizarre. They would pause briefly after each movement before moving again.

This is a burst puppet made by Jiang Shuzhou. It should have been an ordinary, normal magical puppet, but Jiang Shuzhou had a sudden inspiration when inscribing runes and added a burst rune to it.

The result was this: the extremely high burst caused a pause after the burst, which was to prevent excessive power from damaging the runes.

This design has both advantages and disadvantages.

The burst puppet's stats are dozens of times higher than those of a regular puppet, but its weakness is that it needs to be stationary, making it easy for the puppet to exploit weaknesses and attack.

However, with Jiang Shuzhou's improvements, the Burst Puppet also gained a self-destruct function. Once the rune's endurance reaches its limit, it will automatically explode.

This greatly enhances the combat capabilities of the burst puppet; it can instantly kill opponents it can defeat, and can use explosive attacks to wear down those it can't defeat.

The efficiency of doing housework has also greatly improved.

After all, as a mage, Jiang Shuzhou never cleaned or tidied the laboratory.

These tasks are handled by the puppets, and sometimes Chahara is also involved.

"How much longer?"

"Almost there, my lord. According to the report, we should be able to arrive in 20 minutes at most."

However, Jiang Shuzhou's large-scale mobilization of the army still attracted the attention of the devil.

A large number of demons are heading this way.