Versatile Mage

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

The people grieved over the deaths of the Top Seaters for three days. The generals and soldiers at the front line no longer had to face the Sea Skeleton King, but none of them were relieved.

They were constantly looking at the horizon with gray skies. They had a strong feeling of suffocation.

Mo Fan had fully recovered during these past three days.

The sea monsters that invaded the Huangpu River had been purged. The remaining survivors were being evacuated from their towns.

As the safe zone kept shrinking, the farmlands, fruit farms, and seafood production were abandoned. The places available for living were shrinking. The demon creatures on land were profiting from humanity’s misfortune too, making the outskirts unsafe. The cities were the only safe places for them.

However, as more people moved to the cities, their resources were depleting faster. They would not have any problem for a few years, but as time went by, they would be troubled by the shortage of food.

The riversides were the best agricultural land for providing the cities with rice and vegetation, but they were now in ruins, resulting in great losses for the humans.

The Huangpu River was not necessarily their country’s lifeline. That was the Yangtze River.

The Yangtze River was also crawling with sea monsters right now. Their goal was to reduce the humans’ territories and take out their supplies. Once the humans lost the Yangtze River, even if they managed to hold the sea monsters off, the people might end up rioting from food shortages.

Human cities were never far from bodies of water.

In fact, the scale of a city was often directly proportional to the size of the river flowing through it, as it was used for transportation, agriculture, drinking water, and a source of food.

Some people were asking why they could not abandon the coasts if the sea monsters were so unstoppable.

If they gave up on the coasts, they were basically giving up the resources needed to sustain their own lives. Without the resources along the coasts, even if they were to move everyone inland, their population would only shrink rapidly. They might even end up as food to the demon creatures on land.

They had finally secured a foothold for themselves and developed their civilization to a certain level. Giving up on the cities along the coasts was the same as going back to the insecure era!

The cities were their safe zones. The cities had to stand for the humans to have a place they could call home. Otherwise, they would only become prey to the demon creatures in the wild!

“Mo Fan, Mo Fan…” Lingling called out.

Mo Fan turned around and saw the little beauty handing him his ringing phone, as if it was an important call.

Mo Fan was puzzled. He took his phone and realized the call was from Chairman Shao Zheng!

The country was in a terrible state. A man like Chairman Shao Zheng had to be preoccupied with many matters. He would not have time to rest. Mo Fan was surprised to receive a call from him.

“Mo Fan, I need your help,” Shao Zheng cut straight to the main topic.

“I’m listening,” Mo Fan nodded.

The favor Chairman Shao Zheng was asking must be extraordinary if he was calling personally. How could Mo Fan not contribute to the war as the next-generation leader of the country after seeing how the generals had sacrificed themselves to stop the Sea Skeleton King?

“I want you to kill the Sea Skeleton King,” Shao Zheng said.

Mo Fan was lost for words.

The Sea Skeleton King was forced to flee for its life under pressure from the Super Mages after that gigantic claw took out the three Top Seaters.

However, no one dared to mention a word about going after the Sea Skeleton King again.

“According to our intel, the Sea Skeleton King is treating its injuries on an island in the East China Sea. It has sustained serious injuries. It won’t recover in a short time. Our plan to kill it in the Magic City has failed. Not only did we lose three Top Seaters, we let the Sea Skeleton King escape too…” Shao Zheng went on.

“Councilman, I was there when it happened, but I wasn’t involved,” Mo Fan told him.

“Oh, did you get to see the creature behind the Sea Skeleton King?” Shao Zheng asked hm quickly.

“No, everything happened too quickly,” Mo Fan said regretfully.

“You don’t have to worry about the creature behind it. I’ll be frank with you since you were at the scene. The Super Mages no longer have the courage to go after the Sea Skeleton King after the recent events. The Sea Skeleton King is currently at its weakest state. If we don’t take it out now, it will return and pose a threat to the Magic City again. I’m afraid no one will dare to face it by then,” Shao Zheng said.

Shao Zheng was also helpless. He knew the Sea Skeleton King was seriously injured, but he could not afford to go after it. Everyone knew there was an Emperor behind the Sea Skeleton King. It had taken out three Top Seaters with a single swipe of its claw.

Who would dare to chase after the Sea Skeleton King after learning about the tragic death of the half-Forbidden Mages?

In addition, the generals and High Seaters had suffered great casualties during the operation. Even if they left the Emperor aside, Shao Zheng had trouble finding someone who was capable of killing the Sea Skeleton King.

“It should only have ten or twenty percent of its strength left. It’s our best shot,” Shao Zheng told him.

“Ten to twenty percent…” Mo Fan fell into deep thought.

He had a feeling he was no match against the Sea Skeleton King even if it only had a fraction of its strength left. Not only had they sent out three Top Seaters to take out the Sea Skeleton King, they had also sent out a lot of Super Mages!

“Mo Fan, the battle close to the Magic City wasn’t our only defeat, but the people know what happened there. We can cover up the truth about the situation in other places to prevent the people from losing hope, but we lost horribly in the battle close to the Magic City. We must do something and make the enemy pay… You are the only person I can think of,” Shao Zheng’s tone changed.

Mo Fan was touched by his words.

The fact that the Chairman of the Magic Association had uttered these words meant the situation was far worse than the people knew.

The people could feel desperate and hopeless, but a leader like him could never show emotions like that!

“Chairman, you don’t have to say anything further. I understand,” Mo Fan said.

No one dared to go after the seriously injured Sea Skeleton King even though they knew its location. There was only one reason: they were afraid of the Emperor behind it!

They had no way of telling whether the Emperor was still with the Sea Skeleton King.

If it was, no matter how many people they sent after the Sea Skeleton King, none of them would come back alive.

Although there were fearless people in the army, the leaders could not afford to lose any more of their powerful Mages again after the recent events.

Mo Fan was their only option, because of his outstanding Demon Element!

Even if it was a trap, Mo Fan could protect himself with the Demon Element. He would not die so easily without learning more information about the Emperor!