A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 368 Stolas

A tall figure appeared.

"Storas?"

Billy said in astonishment.

The newcomer was tall and slender, with an owl-like face and a human form, dressed in well-tailored aristocratic attire.

"Master, you've crossed the line!"

"What, you know me?"

"I am Stolas, the embodiment of the wisdom of the night, a master of astronomy, herbalism, and gemstone energy. As a mage, how can you not recognize me?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuzhou couldn't help but lose his composure.

This person's true form is at most a high level; when can it represent intelligence?

Also, you're good at herbal medicine, so how about you have a go at me?

When the tiger is away, the monkey reigns supreme.

Unfortunately, I just don't know you.

Upon hearing this, Stolas's eyes suddenly sharpened.

"How dare you...!"

"Stop talking nonsense. You're just bluffing. You're nothing but a projection here. If I continue my attack, I wonder if you can stop me?"

Since the other party was so arrogant, Jiang Shuzhou had no intention of giving him any face.

Jiang Shuzhou is no ordinary mage. Stolas's little tricks might fool the local mages, but they're completely useless against someone as knowledgeable as Jiang Shuzhou.

"If you dare kill Billy, I'll fight you to the death!"

Dangerous words slipped out.

"and then?"

Jiang Shuzhou seemed speechless.

What's the use of a fight to the death? If you want to release them, don't you need to pay something?

"And then, you will die!"

"You seem to care a lot about Billy?"

Jiang Shuzhou went straight to the point.

Stolas fell silent.

Jiang Shuzhou gave Denozzi a look, and then Denozzi fired another shot, shooting Billy straight through the knee.

"Kill me if you dare!"

"Storas, stop wasting your breath on this guy, I'm fine."

Billy remained defiant.

Where's the problem? Did I have to put a gun to your head before you'd back down?

"You seem a little unconvinced?"

Jiang Shuzhou gestured again.

"Enough! What do you want?!"

Stolas has completely lost what a demon should be like.

There was no treachery or cunning as one might imagine, nor was there any ruthlessness shown towards his subordinates.

Completely irrational, like someone caught in a love-struck fit.

Wait, love-struck?

"What's your relationship with Billy?"

Jiang Shuzhou asked.

"We, we are cannons..."

"We are friends, yes, friends."

Billy answered immediately, but that didn't stop Jiang Shuzhou from guessing what Stolas was going to say next.

"Um, you all seem to be men, right?"

Jiang Shuzhou looked at the two men. Both of them were male, and neither of them had any effeminate features; they were just ordinary men.

"Isn't same-sex relationships normal? Are you heterosexual?"

Stolas looked shocked.

A divine being.

Jiang Shuzhou was speechless.

"Pay the money, then tell me some things about hell, and you can leave."

"Of course, we also need to sign a contract."

Jiang Shuzhou calmed down and regained his composure.

"Aren't you an exorcist? How dare you make a pact with a demon?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuzhou shook his head.

"Who told you I'm an exorcist?"

Billy was about to speak, but then fell silent.

All along, it was just his own imagination. He saw that Jiang Shuzhou was dressed in gorgeous clothes and his style was similar to those exorcists, so he assumed that Jiang Shuzhou was an exorcist. He never thought that Jiang Shuzhou was not an exorcist at all.

"Come on, let's shake hands?"

Jiang Shuzhou raised his hand.

"Dream on! I want to see the original contract!"

Billy, being a native of hell, naturally understood.

Too bad, he's not stupid.

Jiang Shuzhou clicked his tongue, took out a contract, and handed it to Billy.

After a while.

"how?"

Jiang Shuzhou asked.

"Okay, but on this condition, you can't just guarantee that we'll get back to hell safely; you also have to guarantee that we'll get back to hell unharmed and alive."

As expected of hell, they are very cautious.

"Can I take a look?"

Stolas spoke softly to Billy.

"Here you go, and also, don't be so intimate."

Billy looked panicked and hurriedly handed the contract to Stolas.

"Here, here, and here."

Stolas said he didn't mince words in pointing out many flaws.

"These all need to be changed."

Jiang Shuzhou, however, did not care at all.

The contract couldn't bind him. These guys, who looked like demons but were actually devils, had no idea that Jiang Shuzhou had the ability to tamper with contracts and break them at will.

Unless it's a contract guaranteed by the main plane, Jiang Shuzhou doesn't take it seriously.

"Alright, sign it."

Finally, the contract was completed.

Jiang Shuzhou reached out his hand again.

This time, Billy did not refuse.

"make a deal."

With those words spoken, the contract was finalized.

"I can't give you your money, after all, you want hell money, which isn't accepted in the human world."

Billy said.

"If you want the wealth of humankind, I can give it to you."

Stolas was transformed into a blond, blue-eyed nobleman, finally free of that owl head.

"No, I need the money from hell."

Jiang Shuzhou did not agree. In fact, whether in the human world or in hell, Jiang Shuzhou had many ways to make money.

For example, robbery or theft.

"What I'm most curious about is, do you actually have to pay to go to hell?"

Jiang Shuzhou found the idea of ​​needing money in hell quite perplexing. In his view, everything in hell should be free, and people should just grab whatever they want. Every day should be a day of cleansing, with no order whatsoever, and everyone should be acting like true enemies.

"Are you crazy? Who would provide you with services if you don't have money?"

Billy looked shocked.

"Why not just rob them?"

Billy fell silent again.

"You're a madman!"

Jiang Shuzhou was scolded for no apparent reason.

Is this hell real? How come the demons in it have such high moral standards?

The idea that demons have to pay for things is a huge shock to our values.

"Billy, he's a sinner, a bastard born to be in the Ring of Pride, he naturally won't respect order."

"Storas said."

It seems these demons are actually inclined towards order, or rather, these are all devils?

In any case, it's just a title.

"I look forward to the moment you go to hell. Once you get there, you'll know what torture is."

"What, you're planning revenge? Don't forget, the contract stipulates that if you retaliate in any way, he'll be dead."

"I don't need revenge. You should know that living in hell, living in the ring of arrogance, is torture in itself."

Stolas said indifferently.

"Perhaps, but you should understand that I came here to start a war."