Full-Time Magister: Super Mage

Chapter 383 The Choices of Ordinary People, the Cruel Reality

"If I hadn't..." Zhang Xiaohou looked at Jiang Han and Mo Fan, but was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

"Stop spouting nonsense." After cursing, Mo Fan turned to Fang Gu and asked seriously, "Fang Gu, I drank from the Earthly Holy Spring. Do you think I'll be in trouble if I jump in?"

"I'm not entirely sure either, but based on secret training, the Earthly Sacred Spring in your Bo City should be of a higher grade than the Kun Well water. You drank it all by yourself; I don't think ordinary Sha Yuan undead will do anything to you, but the Ancestor will jump out and chop you up," Fang Gu replied.

"Have you thought this through? Do you really want to go down?" Jiang Han asked.

"Well, I'm going to die anyway, so I'll choose the most heroic one. If I really don't come, remember to take good care of Xin Xia. If I find out over there that you bullied Xin Xia, I'll beat you up even as a ghost," Mo Fan threatened.

"May you have a safe journey," Jiang Han said with a smile.

"Can't you ever wish me something good?" Mo Fan said irritably.

"Ahem." Zhu Meng coughed a few times, signaling Jiang Han and the other to tone it down.

"Oh, well, what I wanted to say was how they got to Sha Yuan. It's several kilometers from An Yuan Gate to Sha Yuan, so getting there safely is quite troublesome," Jiang Han said with a laugh.

"Young man from the Jiang family, do you think we're all just decorations?" Zhu Meng slammed his hand on the table and said righteously.

"We will fight our way through them!" said Du Xiao Lie Wang with equal certainty.

Lu Xujun, the presiding judge Shi Zheng, and Li Yujian, the head of the Li family, were all willing to fight their way out for the group. Compared to their previous despair, hope gradually returned to their eyes.

"To prevent Salang from secretly plotting against us, a few people must remain in the city to guard it. Guild Master, you should stay," said the mysterious gray-haired man.

"Alright," Han Ji agreed after a moment of silence.

Salang has not yet been exposed. If Salang takes the opportunity to wreak havoc in the city while a large number of their experts are away, Han Ji dares not imagine the consequences. Therefore, he agrees to the mysterious gray-white man's proposal.

Han Ji then finalized the selection of those who would stay behind in the ancient capital. This time, the team escorting the group consisted of six super-level mages: Zhu Meng, Du Xiao, Yao Ting, Shi Zheng, and Li Yujian, along with high-level mages from the Forbidden Guard, the Tribunal, the Guard District, and the Hunter Alliance.

"Alright, the Abyss of Fiends will be teleporting again soon. We must immediately organize a force to fight our way through and escort them to the Abyss of Fiends," Commander Lu Xu said in a deep voice.

"Zhang Xiaohou, well done! Our Guard District is proud of you!" At the end of the meeting, Chief Instructor Feijiao came to Zhang Xiaohou's side and patted him heavily on the shoulder.

After the meeting, Zhang Xiaohou, Fang Gu, Mo Fan and others began preparations, while Han Ji, Lu Xu, Shi Zheng, Du Xiao and others discussed where to draw manpower, since there were not enough people to guard against the undead army attacking various places.

In the end, Han Ji followed Shi Zheng's suggestion and made the matter public. To the surprise of many high-ranking officials, ordinary people who had not awakened magic were willing to stand up at this time, with tens of thousands of people volunteering to participate in this operation.

At the same time, many mages who volunteered to participate were also recruited, such as Zhou Min, Ai Nan, and Mu Bai, who all participated in this operation.

"Alas, their strength may not be great, but their fighting spirit is unmatched by many."

Standing on the observation platform atop the Clock Tower Magic Association, Han Ji gazed at the crowds gathering at the North Gate and sighed.

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When Jiang Han arrived at An Yuan Gate, he saw that the golden barrier had dimmed considerably and turned brownish-gold. Tens of thousands of undead were constantly spewing out black miasma that slapped against the golden barrier and the city walls.

The city wall would tremble from time to time, and the golden barrier would ripple with the tremors.

The aura of the dead swept over us, terrifying even through the barrier. If an ordinary person were in it, they would probably be torn to shreds by the breath storm of the undead army in an instant.

"Strange, why are there still ordinary people gathered here?" Fang Gu frowned after noticing the ordinary people gathered not far away.

It was a large group of men, numbering in the tens of thousands. The leader was a high-level mage whom they had seen in the conference hall, and there were also many guard mages maintaining order. The gathering of so many people naturally attracted the attention of Jiang Han and the others.

"Why gather ordinary people together? Are you suggesting we bring them out of the city with us?" Su Xiaoluo asked, her face full of surprise.

"That's true," the mysterious gray-haired man readily admitted.

"Isn't that just sending them to their deaths? They have no means of attack, so many undead can slaughter them without lifting a finger. Don't you know that?" Zhang Xiaohou shouted anxiously.

Zhu Meng, Du Xiao, and the others who were escorting them remained silent. How could they not know what Zhang Xiaohou was talking about?

If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't spare too many people, they wouldn't have wanted to do this. Although those people were all volunteers, Zhu Meng and the others felt bad. Of the tens of thousands of people who went out with them, how many would come back alive?

"They'll leave the city through a side gate to draw the undead's attention, and then the mage corps will lead you out through the north gate straight to the Abyss of Death," the mysterious grey-haired man continued.

"What you're doing is sending them to feed the dead! You're treating human life like dirt!!" Su Xiaoluo exclaimed.

"Yes, isn't protecting them our duty as mages? Doesn't pushing them towards the dead conflict with our responsibilities?" He Yu, also a girl, chimed in.

After being questioned by several girls, Yaoting Junsi stepped forward and said, "We did not give any orders, nor did we force them. They all went out voluntarily."

"Voluntary? Don't they know that going out is just sending them to their deaths?" Zhou Min said.

"Everyone is afraid of death, but they are willing to fight to the death for their wives and children living in the city, just like the mages in Bo City who sacrificed themselves to save the citizens," Jiang Han said calmly.

Commander Yaoting glanced at Jiang Han and continued, "Jiang Han is right. They just understand this better, which is why they volunteered to sign up after we announced the truth about Sha Yuan. They don't want their relatives and children to be devoured beyond recognition when the undead break through the city. For this reason, they are willing to act as bait for the undead to gain that sliver of hope."

"I'm sorry, I misunderstood you," Su Xiaoluo and the other girls said apologetically, heads bowed.

"I could have kept these things from you, but I want you to understand how many people's hopes are placed on you, and I also want you to understand how many people sacrificed their lives to build this path."

"I need you to have more than just fearlessness in the face of death; I need you to have the determination to save hundreds of people. Only by giving your all to achieve this, even if you ultimately fail, will you deserve everyone's admiration and remembrance!" Commander Yaoting said in his deep, powerful voice.

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