A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 267 The Witch's Forest

However, the alliance was still somewhat skeptical of this matter, so they sent Jiang Shuzhou and others to take a look.

If this is true, then these witches are in for a lot of trouble.

Accompanied by the light of the teleportation array, Jiang Shuzhou and the others were teleported to the northwest.

The Witch's Forest, nestled between the Mage Alliance, the Alliance of Saints, and the Ovi Empire, is a lush and verdant forest.

But beneath the surface of harmony and beauty lies a terror from which no one can escape.

This forest eats people.

This is a local legend.

Because of Tessame's legendary existence among witches, the Witch Forest is basically shrouded in her power, and no one can come out alive.

However, recently, some people have accidentally entered the Witch's Forest and successfully come out, and this has happened more than once or twice.

It's clear that Tessa May has a problem, or rather, they're willing to communicate.

Regardless, Jiang Shuzhou had to go through this ordeal.

"Why is there nothing in this forest?"

Morris was very puzzled.

Apart from trees and bushes, there was nothing here, making it eerily unsettling.

There were no insects, no animals, no flowers, only trees and bushes.

Monotonous.

"Tessa's laws are related to trees, so this place is full of trees. These trees used to eat people, but now, for some reason, they're quiet."

"Trunk replied."

"There are people ahead!"

Jiang Shuzhou's powerful mental energy directly sensed the anomaly ahead.

"alert!"

The warriors drew their swords and cautiously moved forward.

"It's a girl!"

"What happened?"

"Is she a witch?"

Jiang Shuzhou quickly stepped forward to check.

She's not a witch, and she doesn't have the power of rules, but that's not quite right either. She seems to have the power of rules, but it's very weak and entangled with something else.

She may have been a witch.

Upon closer inspection, Jiang Shuzhou discovered something.

The girl is holding a gun!

That's not the point. The point is that the gun is a rare artifact!

Jiang Shuzhou himself was the Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood, and he could tell at a glance that this gun was a rare artifact!

What else is there to say? Here you go!

Jiang Shuzhou had just picked it up when he realized something was wrong.

Once the gun was in his hands, it seemed to lose all its extraordinary characteristics and become just an ordinary gun.

It's obvious that this is a binding.

Under normal circumstances, rare items are not bound together.

But a witch, well...

Jiang Shuzhou suspected that the gun might have once belonged to a witch, or perhaps even a member of the girl's family.

A family with two supreme beings and two witches—is it a blessing or a curse?

Since it was a matching set, Jiang Shuzhou couldn't just pick up the gun and leave the person aside.

In this situation, the only option is to recruit people, essentially equipping the strange object with a transmitter.

But what exactly happened?

Why are witches here?

"What's going on?"

Morris went closer to take a look, but he didn't discover the gun's secret; he was simply curious.

"A witch, but the power of the rules in her body is almost gone, practically nonexistent. I suspect something happened to the witch academy in the Witch Forest."

Jiang Shuzhou answered, and at the same time, he casually pulled out a gun and shoved it into the girl's hand.

Before this girl submits to Jiang Shuzhou, it's impossible for Jiang Shuzhou to let her encounter any strange objects.

If it cannot be used by me, even if it is for my collection, Jiang Shuzhou would never return it.

Jiang Shuzhou was well aware of the benefits of rare and unusual objects.

At the same time, he was also a little impatient, after all, if witches can turn into strange objects, how many strange objects are there in the witch academy?

If only we could manage to get about ten pieces...

"What should we do with this girl?"

Having lost her witch-like qualities, this child is just an ordinary person, without any value.

Furthermore, he is unlikely to wake up in the short term, so it is unlikely that he can provide any information.

"Keep her here for now and see if she can wake up later. If not, my territory is just starting to develop and we're short of people."

Jiang Shuzhou's message can be summed up in one sentence: I want him.

The remaining two mages exchanged a glance, shrugged, and seemed quite indifferent.

If this witch still possessed the power of rules, they might have been able to fight over her, but given the current situation, frankly, there's no need.

Unless this girl has an extraordinary talent, like Jiang Shuzhou, and can advance to a high-level mage in just a few years, which is very difficult.

Jiang Shuzhou's talent is extraordinary, and his expenses are also ridiculously high. If he had fewer magic stones, he would never have been able to advance so quickly.

"Alright, let's go and explore further."

Morris said something, and then they continued on their way.

Then soon, they encountered an unexpected situation.

Several corpses.

The witch's corpse.

"The body is already cold and doesn't smell. Based on the rate at which the power of the rules dissipates, the time of death is no more than a month."

As a professional, Jiang Shuzhou shared his personal experience.

The preservation time of the corpses of extraordinary individuals varies, especially for these witches who possess the power of rules.

It is difficult to determine the exact time of their death and decomposition.

Therefore, the only way is to judge the approximate situation by the rate at which the power of the rules dissipates.

This requires a considerable accumulation of physical and mental energy to discern the amount of power of rules within the flesh and blood.

"According to the map, the Witch Academy is not far away."

Although Pilates and the others were already somewhat scared, Jiang Shuzhou and his two companions were not afraid at all.

Anyway, they didn't come in their real bodies, so if they die, they die.

At times like these, exploring the unknown is more important.

As the group continued to advance, a burning ruin came into view.

The beautiful garden turned into a sea of ​​fire, and the exquisite statues burned fiercely.

This place was once a paradise for witches, but now it has fallen into raging flames.

"Look there!"

What did Trank discover?

Jiang Shuzhou also discovered it.

One of the symbols is a shield, which represents Heim, the god of protection.

"People of the Alliance of Saints, we're too late."

It seems Tessa May is really gone, but the specifics are still unknown.

Perhaps the child will know.

Everyone looked at the girl being carried by the horse.

"Wait a minute, there are living people over there."

Jiang Shuzhou repeatedly swept his mental energy through the area, and finally, he discovered something.

It was a classroom that was on fire.

With a gust of wind, the flames were swept away, and the spell transformed into a white, fiery storm.

Jiang Shuzhou casually tossed the flames into the open space, and the flames moved to that spot.

"This is... the sacred flame!"

"No wonder it burned for so long."

Trank and Morris looked quite surprised as they watched the burning white flames.

Jiang Shuzhou naturally knew what this thing was, otherwise he would have just walked over to it instead of going through all this trouble.

The sacred flame will burn everything to ashes; this is no joke.

The priest's holy fire spell can burn away all unclean things, which are of course what they consider unclean, including mages.

However, the Mage's Fire can counteract it, so this thing is just average, only good for crushing weaker opponents.

"Little girl, stop hiding, I see you."

Jiang Shuzhou's gaze pierced through layers of barriers, landing on a figure deep within the ruins.