Full-Time Magister: Super Mage

Chapter 608 Tony's Will to Survive, The Toad's Cry in the Valley

"Help...help me." A weak voice came from the fallen woven silk, and it was obvious that it was the fat man who had made the noise to alert them.

"I almost forgot, there's still someone alive here." Mo Fan stepped forward and pulled the person out of the woven silk.

The fat man's condition was not optimistic. His abdomen had been cut open and blood was gushing out. If this continued, he would die from blood loss soon. Fortunately, he encountered Jiang Han and his group who were passing by.

"I...I'm Tony from the Swedish team, a healing mage. Thank you for saving me."

"After the competition, I can pay you a lot of money!"

After Mo Fan fed Tony a bottle of mana-restoring potion, the fat man endured the pain of his wounds and used healing magic to recover. At the same time, he did not forget to express his gratitude to Jiang Han and the others. As for why he specifically mentioned that he would give them a lot of rewards after the competition,

There's nothing else to it, mainly because he's a fragile healer. Even though he's stronger than most other mages of his kind, he's ultimately not a combat mage.

If the other party didn't take him with them when they left, he would soon become food for some powerful demon. He was still young and hadn't had a chance to fully enjoy the world, so he didn't want to die young. Therefore, he insisted on taking Jiang Han and his group with him until the end of the treasure hunt.

"Oh, so you're not short of money. How much are you going to pay me?" Mo Fan perked up immediately when he heard that the other party was going to pay him.

"One hundred million US dollars!!" Tony gritted his teeth and painfully announced the number.

"Haha, I love your straightforwardness." Mo Fan laughed and patted Tony on the shoulder, while already imagining how he would spend the reward once he got it.

"But I have one condition: you must be able to get me out of here safely," Tony then added.

"This..." Mo Fan hesitated for a moment. He still needed to ask Jiang Han's opinion. He couldn't make the decision to add someone to the team.

In this poisonous lake valley, he can only protect himself at best, and in some situations he may even need to ask Jiang Han for help. Whether or not to accept Tony's offer is up to Jiang Han to decide, but he still hopes that Jiang Han will agree. There is no other reason than that this fat guy named Tony is too generous.

"Sure, but I need to go deep into the Poisonous Lake Valley. Are you sure you want to come along?" Jiang Han said calmly.

"Is it for that battlefield treasure?" Tony asked, as if he had guessed something.

The reason I say this is simply because he brought his team here on an adventure for the legendary battlefield treasure, but before they even saw what the battlefield treasure looked like, their small team was almost wiped out. If he had known how dangerous this place was, he would never have come. Wouldn't it have been better for him to stay in Sweden and be a healing mage?

"Not entirely." Jiang Han naturally wouldn't reveal that his true purpose was a monarch-level creature dwelling deep within.

Tony didn't understand the deeper meaning in Jiang Han's words, subconsciously assuming that the other party had come for the battlefield treasure.

"I need you to take me away, so I'll definitely be coming with you."

"As for going deeper into the mountains, as long as you can guarantee that I leave alive, the reward after I leave is negotiable."

Tony now only wants to leave this lake valley alive; he no longer hopes for anything else.

The fact that they could easily slaughter the Heart-Devouring Demons here shows how powerful this group is. Therefore, Tony insisted on going with Jiang Han and his group. He didn't care about going deeper into the area, as long as they could leave alive.

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In the dimly lit swamp valley, a group of people riding undead creatures slowly entered the valley. It was Jiang Han and his companions who had slaughtered most of the Heart-Devouring Demons.

This valley is located at the deepest part of the Poisonous Miasma Lake Valley. It is shrouded in a thick layer of miasma, reaching 20 to 30 meters thick, so sunlight cannot penetrate it. The air is also filled with the smell of decay and dampness. From time to time, shriveled corpses are exposed in the swamp. The larger ones are even tens of meters long, while the smaller ones are five or six meters long. This eerie environment is even more terrifying than the valley where the Heart-Devouring Demon was located.

Fat Tony glanced at the terrifying surroundings and, suppressing his fear, asked, "Didn't we already get the battlefield treasure? Why do we need to go deeper?"

"We've already ventured quite far into the heart of the Poisonous Lake Valley. Continuing might be dangerous. Perhaps we should leave now."

Not only Tony, but even Zhao Manyan was a little panicked. The main reason was that this place was really dangerous!

Previously, when they were in the inner circle, they only occasionally encountered commander-level demons. But now, every demon they encounter is at least commander-level. If it weren't for Jiang Han in the team, he wouldn't dare to come.

But who knows what we'll encounter if we go deeper? You know, this Poisonous Miasma Valley is a place that has caused even super-level mages to suffer defeats. I'm panicking (；′⌒`).

"We're almost there. My target has never been that Mind Stone, but the big guy that lives deep in this valley," Jiang Han said with some excitement.

The points from the Commander-level demons are no longer enough to satisfy Jiang Han's current needs, but the Monarch-level demons can at least bring him 500,000 system points. In addition, the value of the Monarch-level demon corpses is far greater than that of a single Mind Stone.

"How big is it?" Jiang Shaoxu wasn't worried at all; she asked curiously.

"The entire Poisonous Miasma Lake Valley is its territory. As for the commander-level and grand commander-level demons we encountered, they are all its vassals," Jiang Han said calmly.

"Is such a large territory the domain of a monarch-level creature?" Jiang Shaoxu's voice trembled slightly at the end. Did they really have to go this far?

"Hiss~~" Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Tony couldn't help but gasp, but soon they started coughing violently. Well, they were just choked by the rotten smell in the air.

"No, a monarch-level demon, wouldn't we be delivering food to them?" Mo Fan pointed at him and Zhao Manyan and the others.

Even if he knew that Jiang Han had monarch-level undead creatures, could a few newbies like them get involved in a battle of this level?

"You don't need to lift a finger, just watch from a distance." As Jiang Han spoke, a grayish-white Yin energy surged around him, and flickering soul flames emerged from the Yin energy, which were Jiang Han's army of the undead.

The densely packed army of undead stretched as far as the eye could see, leaving Tony exclaiming "Oh my god!" Even those familiar with Jiang Han, such as Mu Ningxue and Mo Fan, were surprised that Jiang Han's necromancy had reached a level where one person could rival an entire army.

"Thump~ thump~ thump~" The sounds made by the undead creatures of varying sizes moving forward echoed continuously in the silent valley.

The undead army bypassed Jiang Han and his group, continuously approaching the swamp in the valley. At the forefront were undead water sprites and undead masters of earth magic.

One by one, sky-blue or brownish-red abilities were released, it was the water sprites and earth-type undead who made their moves. Their skills landed on the soft swamp and instantly solidified it, making it easier for the undead creatures behind to continue moving forward.

"Glug~ Glug~ Glug!!"

As the solidified swamp area formed by the undead army grew larger, bubbles burst open in the distant swamp, followed by thousands of strange toads of varying sizes leaping out of the water.

What's unbearable is that their bodies, which resemble rotten pumpkins, are full of holes from which a dark purple slime keeps seeping out, making them look extremely disgusting.

Among the thousands of toads, the largest was tens of meters long, resembling a rotting mountain of flesh, even larger than the previous Heart-Devouring Demon. The smaller ones were comparable in size to an adult.

"Croak~ Croak~ Croak~~~~"

The loud croaking of the toad echoed through the valley, causing eardrum pain and having a mind-shaking effect, easily interrupting the spellcasting of a monk with an unsteady mind.

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