A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 280 Accident

"How stingy! I only asked her for a little bit of hush money, how come she turns her back on me after becoming emperor? She kicked me out after I gave her the money?"

Trank and Morris, standing to the side, could only remain silent upon hearing this.

You just extorted a large sum of money from someone, and you still have the nerve to say that?

Without a doubt, Jiang Shuzhou and the others were politely asked to leave the imperial city.

After all, the coronation ceremony had been completed. Although the emperor had changed, someone had ascended the throne.

Jiang Shuzhou and the others have completed their mission, but they still need to wait two more days before they can leave Caesar City, since the entire city is under lockdown due to demonic corruption.

"What do we do now?"

"Just a moment, what, are you planning to help the Empire clean up the pollution?"

Jiang Shuzhou, who was standing to the side, was a little surprised. When did the mages become so kind?

"No, I meant how to write the report. We signed a contract that we can't disclose information."

"That's easy. Just write that the empire has a new emperor, Empress Rosemary has ascended the throne, and there was a little mishap along the way, right?"

Jiang Shuzhou looked indifferent. Their main task was to deliver the peace treaty to the emperor, and who the emperor was was not of much concern to them.

Let the intelligence personnel worry about Rosemary's matter.

"Sigh, this is the only way."

Feeling a pang of conscience, Maurice couldn't help but sigh.

In contrast, Trank was not as conflicted.

He really enjoyed this windfall, receiving a full 500,000 magic stones, more than enough for him to build a mage tower and a star gate.

It can be said that he directly possessed the accumulated knowledge and skills that only veteran high-level mages have.

"By the way, Venerable Vess, what do you need so many magical materials for?"

Morris was very curious, after all, Jiang Shuzhou had asked for a total of 50 magic stones worth of magical materials, which was quite a lot.

"Build a tower for monks."

Jiang Shuzhou's answer was extremely concise.

"As expected of an alchemy master, even the mage tower is several times more expensive than ours."

Both of them were deeply moved.

Actually, it's more than ten times.

Jiang Shuzhou didn't reveal the true cost of his mage tower. There was no need; for these mages, a mage tower costing 50 was already expensive enough, and besides, they didn't need to know that much.

To be honest, Jiang Shuzhou will likely never see these two again.

After all, they are from different circles. Although they are all high-level, Jiang Shuzhou's circle consists of high-level alchemists, while these people can only be mages. Furthermore, Jiang Shuzhou himself has a lot of patents and does not need to accept custom orders from other mages.

It seems likely that in the future, Jiang Shuzhou will have very little contact with ordinary high-level mages.

Compared to many alchemists who make money by creating their own alchemical items, Jiang Shuzhou is one of the very few who spends months at a time in the laboratory and can come out with a new product to sell.

Only such people can go further on the path of alchemy.

It is said that the higher you climb, the colder it gets; the higher you stand, the fewer companions you have. Perhaps this is why the strong are always lonely.

Jiang Shuzhou used to have time to chat and boast with netizens on forums and other social platforms, but now, with his growing strength, he rarely does so anymore.

Because it really doesn't make sense.

When someone says they earn a billion yuan a year, Jiang Shuzhou's first reaction isn't that the person is bragging, but rather that they feel the person is incompetent and can only earn a billion yuan a year.

Of course, he still occasionally goes online to chat about gossip and have some fun.

However, the joy of the past was gone.

And ever since his identity was revealed to the authorities, all of his social media accounts have been monitored by a large number of people.

These people are very clever and never restrict him in any way. Whenever Jiang Shuzhou browses through an injustice, it is always reported the next day that it has been resolved.

Jiang Shuzhou frequently visits forums and video websites, and if there's anything he's dissatisfied with, he can almost immediately make changes if he speaks up.

It seemed as if the whole world revolved around Jiang Shuzhou.

There was nothing they could do about it. After all, Jiang Shuzhou's status and power were too high, so these people could only try to curry favor with him in this way.

Over time, Jiang Shuzhou now only watches it occasionally, just for fun.

Highbrow art is often appreciated by few, and this is a perfect example of that.

The three walked in silence, but unsurprisingly, an accident occurred.

A violent spatial fluctuation occurred, and not far away, a giant abyss portal suddenly appeared in front of the three of them.

"What happened?"

"Abyss portal?"

Jiang Shuzhou had prepared the spells he was about to unleash. Once demons poured out from the other side of the portal, they would face a barrage of spells from Jiang Shuzhou and his companions.

However, nothing happened.

What happened?

"Maurice?"

Jiang Shuzhou sensed something was wrong; everything around him was still.

Freeze spell? No, it's a legendary spell: freeze time!

"We meet again. It's been so long, I've never seen each other before, haha."

On the other side of the portal, a distorted figure emerged.

It was a sorcerer wearing a robe, with his brain exposed, and his body covered in countless eyes and mouths.

The other person's words were distorted and incoherent, and Jiang Shuzhou even doubted whether the other person could communicate at all.

"May I ask, Your Majesty, what brings you here?"

Although we don't know the specifics of the situation, since the other party didn't make a move immediately, it means there's not much of a problem.

"Haha, you know me, we've met before."

The monk's robes spoke, and only then did Jiang Shuzhou realize that the robes also had mouths and eyes.

"Who are you?"

"And in Mahablay, you even took my creations?"

Mahablay? The Abyss Cube?!

"Are you that senior colleague?"

This is truly a master; he has merged with the consciousness of the abyss and can still retain a certain degree of rationality.

"My name is... Hannah Cameron Griffith van Wendell..."

The senior colleague rattled off a long list of names, including men and women, and even some old acquaintances.

Every mouth was uttering names, a multitude of names overlapping and being spoken.

"I don't remember."

In the end, this was the only answer the monk could give.

Over the long years, he had long forgotten his own name.

"So, what brings you here?"

Jiang Shuzhou just wanted to get rid of this big Buddha as soon as possible. Although Jiang Shuzhou's main body was in the tower and should be fine, he was still afraid that something might happen.

"Great news, I've brought you something that I no longer need."

Could it be the Abyss Cube?

"Also, the Abyss told me that it welcomes you here, no matter what you come here to do, even if it's just to kill, it will gladly accept it."

Jiang Shuzhou believed him; after all, if there was work to be done on the Abyss Grand Stage, you should come.

However, Jiang Shuzhou would absolutely not go until he reached the legendary level and could resist the direct erosion of the abyss's consciousness.