A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 103 Stormy Sea Turmoil

"A fish-man's life matters too!"

"Resist war! Resist the Mage Alliance!"

"The fate of Storm Sea is decided by the locals!"

A sudden commotion outside the military camp disturbed Jiang Shuzhou's peaceful mood.

"What's going on now?"

After all, Jiang Shuzhou didn't come here often, so he didn't know what was going on.

"My lord, it is like this."

Soon, Hayes explained the whole story to Jiang Shuzhou.

This matter is somehow related to Jiang Shuzhou.

After the appearance of the Dissolving Love, these groups emerged. They seized upon the mass destruction caused by the Dissolving Love and began to march continuously outside the military camp, attempting to exert public pressure on the Mage Alliance.

"Where is our army?"

Hayes was taken aback.

"?"

"What do you mean?"

Hayes was a bit too lenient; as the saying goes, mercy doesn't last. He needs to practice more in the future.

"Of course, it's suppression!"

"This is clearly funded by external forces. The Love of Dissolution wasn't even released to them, so why are they reacting so strongly?"

"..."

To be honest, Jiang Shuzhou wouldn't have bothered with them if they hadn't been making so much noise.

The reason for this situation is that Master Harvey was too kind and somewhat lacked administrative ability.

The other mages probably didn't care either, since the parade was completely pointless anyway.

"First squad, move out!"

Hayes understood Jiang Shuzhou's idea at this point, so he directly dispatched the first squad that had just completed training.

It's time for some real-world practice.

"What? A mission?"

This was the initial reaction of the first squad.

"No, that's too unethical, I don't want to do it."

This was their reaction after learning about the mission, a mixture of hesitation and resistance.

"loyalty!"

This is their reaction after learning that each person would receive thirty contribution points upon completing the mission.

And so, a small squad marched out of the military camp in a grand procession, clad in armor and wielding clubs, and charged directly into the parading crowd.

"No, don't hit me! They made me do it!"

"I was wrong, I shouldn't have... Ah!"

"How dare you! Huh!"

The piercing screams replaced the previous slogans, and the crowd quickly dispersed, leaving only unconscious people scattered on the ground.

That's right, I counted, twelve strikes per second, twice as strong as the six strikes per second next door.

Jiang Shuzhou nodded. "As expected of a soldier who came from my ranks, he's extraordinary. As for contribution points?"

He directly used his own privileges to deduct points from the game system. He had been skimping on points these past few days, accumulating tens of thousands of contribution points.

However, he couldn't spend the money, mainly because he reimbursed all his food and drink expenses with public funds, and the materials he used for inventions were also lost through depletion.

Jiang Shuzhou doesn't plan to drink cultivation potions for the time being. He still has the secret technique of the Elemental Forging Furnace that he hasn't practiced yet, not to mention that he has too much knowledge to learn and hasn't practiced alchemy.

We need to calm down for a while, otherwise what's the difference between Jiang Shuzhou and those magic network mages who can only cast standard spells?

"Detain all of them and throw them all in jail."

After giving the orders, Jiang Shuzhou returned to the military camp.

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"This is betrayal!"

Inside the Fishman Kingdom's military camp, a large number of soldiers surrounded Fishman General Fes.

"You have betrayed our lord!"

"You're the ones who should repent for allowing those heretics to preach!"

"Kill him! Kill this stubborn, treacherous man!"

Fies died, and he was not an isolated case; such scenes occurred in the armies of many fish-man kingdoms.

"Heretics, die!"

Bishop Meregius regretted it. How could these fishmen be so uncivilized as to ambush an old comrade like himself who was over two hundred years old?

Fortunately, Mereges himself was quite strong, and as a priest of the God of Protection, he possessed many protective divine spells, which enabled him to successfully withstand the sneak attack and support the paladins.

"Quickly, we need to return to the main force immediately; the situation has changed."

As the core of the team, Mereges immediately devised a countermeasure. The situation had changed due to the rebellion in the Fishman Kingdom, and the future was still unclear. The best course of action was to remain inactive for the time being.

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"Moore, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, now is the time."

"That's right. Let all the people from the Church of the Storm God come over. Mor, remember to support my proposal at the meeting later."

"I will obey your command."

Helix sat on his throne, his eyes bright. It was time; the rubbish of the old era had to be swept away.

"My friends, I am saddened that this has happened to a race blessed by the Storm God."

"Are we just supposed to watch helplessly as our God's followers die little by little and slowly disappear?"

"Here I have a plan that will allow everyone here to support the fish-men in the outer sea without any reservations."

Helix's impassioned speech was highly effective, mainly because his audience were followers of the Storm God; if you said anything else, it would certainly be of no use.

But when it involves deities, it's a different story.

He then explained his plan.

Due to the pact between the Mermaid Empire and the Mage Alliance, they are currently unable to interfere in the outer seas, but the Mermaid Empire is the main party to the pact.

So, all they need to do is for the Church of the Storm God to become independent and defect to the Mermaid Empire.

If we surrender after the war is over, we can still be good brothers.

"how?"

"this……"

"I agree!"

Mo'er's aged voice rang out; as the Pope of the Church of the Storm God, his words naturally carried considerable weight.

"I will voluntarily relinquish my position as Pope and hand it over to someone else, while I myself will voluntarily become a hostage and remain in the Mermaid Empire."

Mohr's statement seemed to trigger a chain reaction, and soon a large number of bishops also chose to agree.

Only a small number of bishops remained hesitant at this point.

"Everyone, I also have some good news to share."

After saying that, Helix showed the intelligence he had in his hand.

After witnessing the rebellion of the Fishman Kingdom, the vast majority of people finally chose to agree.

That evening, several pieces of news that had shocked Jiang Shuzhou throughout the day arrived in succession.

The Merfolk Kingdom and the Merfolk Empire are experiencing religious rebellions, and the Merfolk Empire has announced that it will send troops to suppress them.

"Did these two factions plan this together? How come they rebelled on the same day, so precisely at the same time?"

This is actually somewhat related to Jiang Shuzhou. If it weren't for that Dissolving Love that wiped out nearly half of the Fishman royal family's soldiers, the church rebellion probably wouldn't have been so easy.

Meanwhile, after several rounds of discussions, the Mage Alliance announced a very important piece of news to all mages.

The Goddess of the Magic Web may rise from the ashes, high-level Magic Web mages may reappear, and the mortal incarnation of the Goddess of the Magic Web may have already been born in the Storm Sea.

Upon hearing the news, almost all alchemical schools announced their support for Stormsea. No matter what, even if it meant blowing up the entire Stormsea, they were determined to find the Goddess of the Magic Network.

A large number of high-ranking mages announced that they would head to the Storm Sea, determined to annihilate any hope of the Goddess of Magic's resurrection, even if it meant turning the place upside down.

The Church of the Storm God, the Mage Alliance, the Alliance of Saints, the Secular Faction of the Merfolk, and the Merfolk Empire's Suppression Force.

The suppression forces attacked the Church of the Storm God, and the Church of the Storm God attacked everyone except themselves.

The Mage Alliance attacks everyone except the suppression forces.

The Alliance of Saints and the secular faction of the Murlocs not only have to fight the Mage Alliance, but also the Church of the Storm God, and even the suppression forces.

The entire Storm Sea is now in complete chaos.