A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 314 Running away

The battle continues, but the outcome is no longer in doubt.

After all, Serena's advantage of being a senior figure is too obvious. The others are all alone and don't have a demigod father at all. How can they fight like that?

It's a pity, Jiang Shuzhou originally planned to wait until Serena and her group were in danger, then play the hero and save Serena.

Then she went to her father to ask for some ransom... cough cough, no, it should be a trouble fee.

But judging from the current situation, it seems unlikely.

If Serena comes alone, Jiang Shuzhou will not hesitate to launch a sneak attack. Even if it's Star Steel, Jiang Shuzhou has a way to forcefully pry open this turtle shell.

However, Serena brought ten high-level transcendents, each with unique skills. Even now, they are all only injured, and only slightly injured. None of them have died yet.

"A bunch of useless trash!"

Jiang Shuzhou curled his lip. These people from the Alliance of Saints were all good-for-nothings; all they could do was wait for people to come, and besides, they hadn't even managed to do that yet.

"retreat!"

Seeing the battlefield defeats and the increasing losses, several high-ranking superhumans in Mocaren began to have second thoughts.

Some people immediately broke away from the fight, while others were tightly entangled and unable to escape.

"Princess Serena, let's leave each other a way out. We've given you the secret realm of Mocaren, don't push us too far, or we'll destroy its core immediately!"

Why should I believe you?

Serena's face was gloomy, which was normal. After all, no one would be in a good mood after being assassinated repeatedly.

"We can sign a contract. As long as you release the spatial anchor, we will leave immediately and will not stay here."

"Otherwise, we will destroy the core of the secret realm immediately, which will be bad for everyone."

Upon hearing this, Serena began to think.

However, she didn't notice that not far away, the head of an infected person was intact, and that head was still alive.

Jiang Shuzhou naturally overheard their conversation.

He's still young. If it were Jiang Shuzhou, he wouldn't hesitate at all and would just kill them directly. It's not like it's some rare secret realm, and there's nothing precious inside, just some high-level magic potions.

Serena's equipment is worth tens of thousands of times more than the entire secret realm combined.

Judging from this trend, Serena is very likely to agree.

This is the kind of person who wants to prove herself to her elders. She could have killed everyone, but she chose to do it for such a small, petty gain.

But this is perfect, Jiang Shuzhou was just wondering how to escape, now he has a solution.

Jiang Shuzhou walked straight to the very center of the secret realm, the place where the core of the secret realm was located.

"There are magic arrays too? It's a pity they're all junk."

Jiang Shuzhou skillfully deciphered the magic array using his knowledge of runes, and soon he arrived at the core of the secret realm.

"Okay, but you need to sign a contract."

After careful consideration, Serena agreed to the proposal.

"no problem."

After everyone signed the contract, Serena carefully checked it to make sure everyone had signed before releasing the spatial anchor.

Jiang Shuzhou had been waiting for a long time. He exerted a little force and crushed the core of the secret realm. Then, Jiang Shuzhou took out a plane fragment and activated a teleportation spell to leave Mocaren.

The secret realm began to collapse.

Although this place produces many magical potions, it is impossible for Jiang Shuzhou to occupy it. After all, the situation in the Storm Sea is ever-changing. Moreover, the cultivation of magical potions takes time, and it is unknown how long it will take for the next batch of magical potions to mature.

Jiang Shuzhou could not possibly invest a lot of time and energy in forcibly occupying this place.

Therefore, his best option is to grab the big prize and leave.

"What's going on? Why is the secret realm collapsing?!"

Serena's tone was tinged with disbelief.

"this……"

"Your Highness, I've reviewed the contract. Everything seems normal; there couldn't be any loopholes, could there?"

"No, that's not right, there's someone inside! That person didn't sign a contract!"

Upon hearing this, Serena felt a wave of dizziness. She had originally planned to conquer the secret realm to show her father her abilities and prove herself to him, but now that the secret realm had been destroyed, she seemed incredibly foolish.

"How is that possible? The situation is so urgent, how can this person still remain calm?"

"What a brilliant scheme! Fishmen, I'll remember this grudge."

The mermaid princess decisively pinned the blame on the fish-men, after all, this was the fish-men's secret territory, and she really couldn't understand who else besides their own people could have done this.

"Your Highness, we have discovered an army of merfolk..."

"What are we waiting for! Let's strike and wipe them out!"

Serena was in a bad mood and desperately needed someone to vent her anger on. Now that she had found one, she naturally wouldn't hold back.

"What's going on up ahead now?!"

General Shides is about to break down. What's going on?

Along the way, Shides' army was attacked by infected people time and time again, and even suffered a large-scale mutation, with a considerable number of soldiers mutating into infected people for unknown reasons.

This greatly slowed down his progress, turning a journey that would normally take several days into a full week.

Fortunately, it seems we've arrived this time.

Mocaren is where 50% of the Empire's potions are produced.

He was ordered to provide support here.

Just yesterday, he had contacted Lord Cooper of Mocaren, and the situation was perfectly fine, with no danger whatsoever.

Furthermore, as far as he knew, there were more than a dozen high-level extraordinary beings stationed here, so there was absolutely no way any problems could arise.

"General Shides, it seems there's been some more trouble ahead..."

"?"

Shides lifted the curtain and came out.

Then, he saw a large group of high-level extraordinary beings rushing towards this place.

Most importantly, they all seem to be mermaids.

If it were before, before the merfolk had become independent, Shides would have been very happy.

But now, Shides can only say that he is utterly despondent.

Why does every place I go fall into chaos? Am I under some kind of curse?

Shides was merely a high-ranking warrior responsible for transporting cannon fodder soldiers, and in this situation, he had no intention of resisting at all.

"Don't fight, I surrender."

Shides raised his hands above his head and surrendered. The other side consisted of ten high-level transcendents, and they all looked to be the elite of the elite.

There's only one high-level player like Shides here, and his subordinates are all mid- to low-level, so there's no way they can fight him. The gap in skill level is just too big.

"Who are you?"

Serena's tone was extremely harsh.

"I am a general of the Merfolk Empire, and I have been ordered to come and help Mocaren defend the city."

"Surrender and you will not be killed, but every one of you murlocs must sign a contract, including ordinary soldiers."

what?

Even ordinary soldiers have to sign contracts. How long will it take to sign them all?

However, there was nothing Shides could do; he could only say that this was probably why the other person was so good.

Shides had no objections; he took the lead and signed the contract directly.

Putting everything else aside, just being alive is enough.