Versatile Mage

Bam! Bam! Bam!

The ground shook violently. The dense forest was crumbling because of a powerful force. Branches, leaves, and roots flew in the air.

A black majestic creature with a faint purple ore luster split the soil open. The Mighty Cliff Demon King slowly uncurled itself out of the cracks. With its cliff boulder-like head, it looked down at the humans.

“Oh my god!” One of the hunters screamed. He fled into the woods.

Others were equally dumbfounded. Boss Jin was stunned as he stared at the Mighty Cliff Demon King. However, he held himself together better than the others. He noticed the fading white moonlight Star Palace pattern from the Mighty Cliff Demon King’

“Kid!” he turned to Mo Fan. “Never expected you to be such an expert!”

“It’s my first time,” Mo Fan said modestly. “I am still not very used to it.” He smiled.

“I will give you two-tenth of the honorarium to carry the Thundercat statue,” Boss Jin offered.

The Mighty Cliff Demon King was on an entirely different level compared to the golden mammoth-like beast. Boss Jin was aware that Mo Fan had summoned a ruler-level beast. The beast was of a high-class bloodline elemental elf creature!

Mo Fan pointed at the Thundercat statue. The Mighty Cliff Demon King obeyed without hesitation. It walked to the statue and picked it up with one hand. The Might Cliff Demon King had underestimated the weight of the Thundercat statue. The statue tiled to one side. The demon raised its other huge, rock hands and caught the statue.

Boss Jin smiled in satisfaction.

The Mighty Cliff Demon King placed the Thundercat statue on its shoulder and walked in the direction of the walkway. It carried the Thundercat statue like a pole. Even if it looked small, it seemed to be a bit heavy even for the Mighty Cliff Demon King

When the Mighty Cliff Demon King went back through the way the hunters had come, the smile on Boss Jin’s face disappeared. His face darkened. He looked angry. It had taken a lot of effort and a better part of their day to carry the Thundercat statue all the way from the small forest. They were close to the city entrance! But the Mighty Cliff Demon King had walked only a few steps and placed the statue where it had been before.

“Kid, what is the meaning of this?” thundered Boss Jin.

“Nothing. Someone offered me a higher pay to carry the statue back to its original place,” Mo Fan said bluntly.

“Oh, if I didn’t know better, I would have thought you had some beef to pick with me,” said Boss Jin, trying to keep his cool. “Just a change of employer then, is that it?”

“Yes. If you feel confident enough to fight the Mighty Cliff Demon King to get the statue back, be my guest,” said Mo Fan. “But if you feel like you can’t take it on, you can proceed on your way and find some other treasure to make up for the statue.”

The hunter group glanced at Boss Jin. They did not want to retreat but the enemy was too strong.

“Boss, this kid is trying to make a fool of us! Let’s not waste any more time and strike him!” said a buff man with red hair.

“Hmph! It’s not like we’ve never slaughtered a ruler-level beast before!” said another hunter.

Boss Jin raised his hand, signaling them to be quiet. Recklessness won’t help the situation.

“We want to carry the Flute Heron statue that we found before. Kid, do you have any qualms about that one?” asked Boss Jin.

Mo Fan smiled. “You can’t have any of the ancient statues, as a matter of fact.”

“Kid, who do you think you are?” said another hunter. “Just wait and…”

Boss Jin stopped him. “I wonder what those ladies have offered you. How about this? I will split fifty percent of the honorarium with you. It’s a very lucrative sum. It is certainly higher than what you have been offered.”

Mo Fan did not respond. The Mighty Cliff Demon King returned rumbling through the forest and stood by Mo Fan’s side like an enormous mountain with an imposing aura. The hunter group took a few steps back.

Mo Fan noticed that Boss Jin and a few of the hunters weren’t daunted by the Might Cliff Demon King. They must be Super Level mages themselves. The fact that they had made it to the Mingwu Ancient City safely proved that they were capable enough to fight demons.

Boss Jin shook his head. “Let’s go,” he said to his hunters.

“But why, Boss? If we all work together, I am sure we can take on that beast. It won’t be able to stop all of us at once!” said the red-haired, buff man.

“I said let’s go,” said Boss Jin. “We will survey the city and see what other treasures we can find.”

The rest did not go against Boss Jin’s words. They looked reluctant to give up the statues. They had been so close!

Mo Fan stood there and smiled as they left. Boss Jin turned back to Mo Fan and smiled.

“Kid, those ladies from Licheng Afterglow Island are not as simple and harmless as they look. If they are paying you well for it, I have no qualms about it. But if they have promised something else, be very wary. Don’t trust them,” said Boss Jin with an oily smile.

“Thank you so much for the warning.” Mo Fan smiled sweetly.

…

Boss Jin and the rest of his men, half-soaked in the sea water, walked despondently to the other side of the forest. They were displeased with Mo Fan’s intervention. But they had no intention of leaving Mingwu Ancient City yet.

“Boss Jin, why did we leave without a fight?” asked the red-haired, buff man. “The kid cannot possibly fight us all by himself!”

Boss Jin sneered. “What’s the hurry? I have been in this field of work for years now. No one has dared to rob me of my wares yet.”

“Boss Jin, does that mean you have a plan in mind?” asked one of the hunters. “Are you going to kill the kid once the Mighty Cliff Demon King disappears?”

“You all are fools! If you were in this business alone, you would have died many times by now,” said Boss Jin. “If that kid only had the Mighty Cliff Demon King, I would have slaughtered him right there.”

“Do you think he has other skills?” a hunter asked.

“The chances of a Summoning Element mage, who has just reached Super Level, successfully opening an ancient magic portal are one in a thousand. He succeeded on his first try. This means that he is not majoring in the Summoning Element alone. He has a relatively high level of spiritual realm,” Boss Jin said, his tone serious.

The rest understood Boss Jin’s implication.

“Are we going to just leave?” asked the red-haired, buff man.

“That kid is strong. We’ll wait for Boss Hai and his group. Once they are here, we’ll think of a hundred ways to get rid of him!” Boss Jin said.