A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 268 The Witch's Forest

However, no one responded to Jiang Shuzhou.

"Why be so polite?"

Trank also found the person's location. He used his mental power to forcibly pry open the cover and dragged the girl in front of everyone.

She was a blonde girl with eyes filled with despair.

"She won't live much longer."

Jiang Shuzhou immediately assessed the girl's condition.

He appeared to be fine on the outside, but his soul was severely damaged, and he was only hanging on by the power of the rules within him.

"Ugh, this is too much..."

Ultimately, he was young, and Maurice couldn't help but feel pity for him.

Jiang Shuzhou didn't say anything, but cast a spell to temporarily stop the collapse of the soul and suppress the girl's pain.

"Let's give her a quick answer after we've finished asking her questions."

With her soul damaged to this extent, it was basically beyond repair. She was not a high-level being to begin with, so she had no way to heal herself. If it weren't for the power of the rules, she would probably have been burned to ashes by the holy fire long ago.

"What's your name?"

"..."

He remained silent.

Jiang Shuzhou's eyes turned cold, and he decided to resort to some tricks.

"Ahem, is that how you ask a question?"

Looking into Jiang Shuzhou's eyes, Morris felt a sense of helplessness.

This is what I use every day for the Great Memory Recovery Technique; I don't know anything else besides this one.

"Young lady, we are from the Mage Alliance, and we are not with those people. Can you tell us what happened here?"

Upon hearing this, the girl glanced at the others, but she shrank back when she looked at Jiang Shuzhou.

Finally, as if she had confirmed that Jiang Shuzhou and his group were indeed not the same as the previous group, she spoke.

"My name is Hannah, and I'm a third-year student at the Witch Academy..."

Subsequently, with Hannah's explanation, Jiang Shuzhou and the others finally understood what had happened.

It is obvious that the Witch Academy has been destroyed.

However, the specific situation is quite complicated.

In short, that old hag Tessa May has betrayed us.

That old bastard actually betrayed us and joined the Alliance of Saints. I wonder what benefits he promised.

She could have betrayed the country, or at least taken her subordinates with her, but instead she conspired with outsiders to personally slaughter the witch.

With Tessa's help from within and without, the Holy Knights and Priests of the Alliance of Saints stormed the Witch Academy and began their massacre.

"The teachers are all dead, they..."

After recounting a long and painful story, Hannah became somewhat emotionally distraught.

Jiang Shuzhou, on the other hand, held a short meeting with Trank and Morris inside the main body of the tower.

Do you think this is authentic?

"My brain's a bit fuzzy. Why does Tessame want to kill the witch? And why does she want to join the Alliance of Saints? Wouldn't it be better to switch sides and join the Mage Alliance if she really wanted to?"

"Perhaps, she might gain something from killing the witch, and the situation is so complicated that Hannah probably couldn't possibly know the full story."

"Ask those teachers what happened."

"Given her condition, how could she possibly ask?"

"It's never a bad idea to ask."

After the meeting, Jiang Shuzhou and others planned to find out more about the matter before reporting it to higher authorities.

The enemy has gained a Legendary, which is not good news.

"Hannah, we're from the Mage Alliance, which is hostile to the Alliance of Saints. If it's convenient, could I ask about your teacher's situation?"

Trank softened his tone.

"They...they all died trying to protect us, trying to help more students escape."

Jiang Shuzhou and the two began to communicate again.

"Could what this woman is saying be true?"

"How did she survive? If a legend wants to kill her, she should be dead beyond any doubt."

"The girl we picked up on the road earlier is also suspicious. She should have been escorted out, but how could she be completely unharmed?"

"Let me ask."

Jiang Shuzhou felt that something was off about this whole thing.

That old hag Tessa May is heartless and insane. She murdered her own students and is now missing. Of the two survivors, one knows a little bit about the matter and doesn't have much time left.

The other one was unharmed, but the power of the rules within his body was almost nonexistent.

Do you know her?

Jiang Shuzhou used his mental power to lift the girl he had just picked up on the road and bring her in front of Hannah.

"It's Denoz! Denoz is still alive!"

"Do you know her?"

Jiang Shuzhou breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was genuinely afraid that this girl was just an old hag like Tessa Mei pretending to be young.

Even so, we still cannot let our guard down.

Jiang Shuzhou decided that once this guy woke up, he would make him sign a slave contract and sell his soul to him.

Even if the other party is a legend, as long as they dare to sign, they will be subject to Jiang Shuzhou's control.

"She and I were classmates, we..."

After saying just a few words, Hannah was about to cry again.

They're not strong at all. After all, they're going to die anyway. Can't they be a little stronger?

However, Jiang Shuzhou understood, after all, he had been betrayed by the elder he trusted most and was now about to die.

Hannah hurried forward, intending to get a closer look at Denoz.

However, Jiang Shuzhou wouldn't give her that chance.

"Just look at it from a distance. If you need anything, I'll help you convey it."

Hannah seems harmless now, but what if she is?

If she has a problem and suddenly kills Denorzhi, then Jiang Shuzhou and the others will have even fewer channels to obtain information.

Just to be on the safe side, it's best to avoid letting them have too close contact.

"You won't live much longer. The Witch Academy's Alliance of Revenge will help you. Now let's talk about something else."

What Jiang Shuzhou wants to know most right now is whether the Witch Academy still has any rare items. If so, they are all there. If they have been taken away, then who has they ended up in?

If you can't get it now, you can write it down in your notebook and go and snatch it when you're stronger later.

The worst-case scenario is that there's no trace of it at all, which means he won't even have a chance to obtain the rare item.

"What...what would you like to ask?"

Seeing Denozie calmed Hannah down considerably.

At least, some classmates are still alive, and none of the students at the Witch Academy have been forgotten.

"Strange items... Witch Academy should have quite a few strange items, right?"

Jiang Shuzhou is currently communicating with Hannah using mental energy, which makes it easier for him to keep everything to himself.

"Yes, but those were all taken by Dean Tessa... "

When Tessa May was mentioned, Hannah's gaze was complex, filled with hatred, admiration, and bewilderment.

Tessa was once a beloved headmistress, a towering tree that protected them from harm from the outside world.

Now, however, the Witch Academy has been slaughtered by Tessa Mey herself.

Tessa, you old bastard! You only left me one item, and it's bound to me, you piece of trash!

Fortunately, Tessa May's information wasn't as widely known as those of gods, so people could criticize her freely.

Of course, within a mage's territory, protected by the Enchanted Lock, one can freely curse the gods without them knowing anything.

"Do you know exactly how many?"

"Let me calculate... the Life Sphere, the Endless Library..."

"About thirty or so... all transformed from the works of our predecessors..."

Hearing about so many things, Jiang Shuzhou's eyes turned red.

Tessa May! You just wait! I'll take your life!