A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 524 We're All Brothers

After a period of chaos, the civil servants accepted the status quo.

The main reason was that they had no choice but to accept it, otherwise the soldiers' swords would fall.

"Work hard, strive for success, and you'll be promoted and make a fortune in no time."

Jiang Shuzhou offered this encouragement.

He wasn't wrong, after all, the entire Northern Lands were too vast. Although Jiang Shuzhou controlled Mendetek, other places still needed to be managed by people sent from elsewhere.

If it weren't for the system he created that suppressed the negative effects of overexpansion, the problem might have been much bigger.

There are too few people in grassroots administrative positions, so we have to use these people.

For this reason, in order to reduce the cost of ruling, Jiang Shuzhou had no choice but to choose the act of bestowing titles of kings, which was more in line with the local people's perception and had legitimacy.

Otherwise, there might be minor chaos every three days and major chaos every five days.

Now that the system has been deployed, Jiang Shuzhou has sent these people out to work, responsible for restoring production.

Jiang Shuzhou now has some other matters to attend to.

He projected his consciousness into the high-rise conference room within the alliance, where dozens of legendary mages awaited him.

Jiang Shuzhou showed no fear in the face of this. Now, apart from lacking the floating city, he was almost no different from Roland.

Roland killed the Goddess of the Magic Network, and so did Jiang Shuzhou.

Roland killed many legends, and Jiang Shuzhou did it again.

These people can't even handle Roland, so what chance do they have against Jiang Shuzhou?

The only thing to be careful about is not facing too many floating cities.

"Welcome, Your Majesty Navis. I never imagined that the little mage from back then would become such a powerful ruler."

The moment he arrived, Jiang Shuzhou heard Pamela's voice.

The two were old acquaintances, but their interactions hadn't been as deep since then.

After all, Jiang Shuzhou's time was completely consumed by various research and planning activities, leaving him no time to communicate with them.

Socializing with Grace and the others usually drained all of Jiang Shuzhou's free time.

"Your Majesty Napamela, it has been many years since we last met."

"Yes, it's been a long time since we last met."

Looking at Jiang Shuzhou's youthful face, Napamela felt as if a new star was rising.

No, it should have already risen.

"Tell me about your actions in the Ovi Empire."

Napamela sighed and then said.

"What? Isn't this normal? I didn't mobilize any Alliance soldiers; all the troops are my personal private army. This doesn't violate any Alliance regulations, does it?"

This accusatory attitude surprised Jiang Shuzhou.

These old geezers aren't even as old as Renodia, yet they're so weak. Have they all lived to the point of death?

"You didn't violate any rules, but you know your position within the league..."

Jiang Shuzhou merely raised an eyebrow at this, showing no concern whatsoever.

The reason he took on the role of the Alliance's guardian was solely to deal with the elves. Jiang Shuzhou had already obtained intelligence about the elves and even knew their gathering places very well.

Having reached this point, he no longer needed to serve as the Alliance Guardian; the extra share of legendary materials was utterly worthless compared to the legendary elemental nodes Mendtec possessed.

Looking at the legendary mages below, all clad in their robes, Jiang Shuzhou remained remarkably calm.

"So, what are your opinions? I can resign from my position as Guardian, as long as you are willing to take over."

This was something he had been thinking about for a long time, but no one wanted to take it on.

Focusing on your own career is far better than this.

Jiang Shuzhou is now like the boss of two companies. One is a large company called the Mage Alliance, and he is just a shareholder who invested in technology. Although he has a lot of shares and his words carry weight, he can only receive dividends in the end.

The Soth Society is different. It was a company wholly owned by Jiang Shuzhou, who is the chairman and the only boss. He has the final say.

Now, he's starting to consider quitting.

The room fell silent.

The monks began to communicate with each other using their mental powers. Countless pieces of information flowed through them, and after a while, they returned to calm.

"Well, cough cough, you don't need to get excited."

"A female mage said."

"What we mean is, how exactly did you circumvent the alliance's restrictions, send troops to the Empire without triggering alerts or being attacked?"

During this period, many mages also sent troops, intending to seize a piece of territory, just like Jiang Shuzhou.

However, without exception, they were all turned away and were chased and attacked by the alliance as soon as they entered the country, unlike Jiang Shuzhou who was having a very comfortable time.

Although the empire has weakened, the alliance has not; on the contrary, after so many years, it has even become stronger.

However, the alliance also became more rigid and cumbersome, and its power was no longer as concentrated as before.

"It's simple, just get the Emperor's letter requesting help."

Jiang Shuzhou said nonchalantly.

Although he forged it, and he had planned it for a long time, it was all worth it.

After Jiang Shuzhou said this, all the mages fell silent.

What kind of talk is this? Do you think we would believe an emperor of an empire writing such a letter?

But there was nothing they could do. Jiang Shuzhou insisted that the item was genuine, and that's how Rosemary was; there was nothing they could do, as there was no way to prove it.

After all, what kind of normal person would stab their own father and brother to death?

Maybe it's true?

The mages felt a sense of relief when they thought of Jiang Shuzhou's several legendary girlfriends.

Some mages are even preparing to ask for advice on how to win the hearts of so many legendary girlfriends.

Fortunately, they didn't ask, otherwise Jiang Shuzhou would have had to tell them that it all depended on the numbers.

If you're strong enough and have high enough stats, what woman can't you find?

It's just a matter of two punches, isn't it?

One punch knocked him down, two punches made him beg for mercy.

This is the power of numbers.

"Then... could we use your name to send troops together?"

A monk asked a question.

Jiang Shuzhou thought about it for a moment, and then said.

"It's not that it's impossible, it's just that there are advantages..."

"That's great! Are you currently building a floating city? We happen to have some materials here. If you agree, these are a gift for you."

Jiang Shuzhou was very satisfied with such sensible behavior. He nodded and then said.

"We're all brothers, how can we not do this? However, since I've occupied the north, I'm going to expand eastward next. How about this, you guys go to the west; there are more resources there, isn't it better than the north?"

After a moment's thought, the legendary mages agreed.

The North is notoriously harsh and barren; this is true for both the Mage Alliance and the Empire.

However, what Jiang Shuzhou didn't mention was that he had recently received news that the Empire and the Alliance of Saints intended to cooperate and planned to send troops, and the Alliance of Saints was located to the west of the Empire.