Full-Time Magister: I can control you to death

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Chapter 632 The Benefits of Having a Big Name

"Close the mountain? Are you kidding me?"

"Xu Fang is coming? Even if it is Xu Fang, he can't block our path to wealth!"

"I came all this way and you're saying you're closing the mountain? Xu Fang thinks he's so great, huh? You're acting like a bunch of crazy quacks, get out of my way!"

White Mountain Branch of the Magic Association.

Despite being a magic association of considerable size, it lacked an office building; rows of red-brick houses blended seamlessly into the primeval jungle.

A handsome young mage, newly arrived for an internship, stood in front of a group of cursing hunters, trying his best to convey the message from his superiors.

"Everyone! Everyone! Commander Xu has come all this way to help clear out the demons in Changbai Mountain, which is a good thing for the residents of nearby cities! We should all be understanding. With fewer demons, it will be safer for everyone to go in, right?"

"Stop giving me that bureaucratic nonsense!"

Seeing that he was young and easy to talk to, a hunter said in a harsh voice, "I'm going into this mountain today! What's so great about killing demons? I can kill them too!"

"Exactly, don't spread such exaggerated rumors!"

"He killed the demons and took all the valuables like the strange bones. What's the point of us hunters playing?"

The argument started again.

The young monk was at a loss.

"Alright, alright, I'm telling you straight, Commander Xu used super-level magic! Didn't you see the videos of the Taihang Mountains and the Great Grasslands online? If you want to go in and die, then go ahead, we won't stop you!"

Inside the room, the burly chairman came out impatiently.

With just one sentence, the hunters fell silent instantly.

One person, unconvinced, muttered, "How dare they use super-level magic with a living person right there in front of them..."

"Hey, you're already dead, where can you complain?" the guild leader said. "We posted the notice a long time ago. Did you see the last line? Those who don't comply will bear the consequences. If you think you can withstand super-level magic, then come in. Do you think I'll stop you?"

The hunters cursed inwardly.

Resisting super-level magic?

How many lives do they have to be so reckless?

Moreover, what Xu Fang used was called a super-level magic? The range and the intensity were so great that a single blast from the air would be enough to destroy a city; there was nowhere to hide!

The hunters left, and the guild leader turned to the little mage and yelled, "Should I smear some oil on your brain? Why can't you be more flexible?"

The young monk stubbornly insisted, "I call it appealing to their emotions..."

"fart!"

The guild leader cursed, "Let me tell you, every single one of these hunters is a jerk. The nicer you are to them, the more they'll take advantage of you. Just scare them, and they'll be even more aggressive!"

"These hunters are all high-level, while we're both just beginner mages. How can we possibly compete?"

"I'll crack them open! I'll crack open six walnuts to give you a brain boost! We're both members of the Magic Association, officially employed! Those hunters are just unemployed bums who go hungry one day and eat the next, do they dare to make the first move?"

"I still feel this is wrong..."

"Get lost, get away from me! If this lousy place weren't so badly poor, I would have kicked you out long ago!"

—This is the scene that Xu Fang saw when he entered the room.

The guild leader scolded the junior mage, who retorted defiantly.

"If you bother me again, I'll throw you out!"

"Throw it! I'm here for my dream!"

"Dreams? You're already here, what dreams are you talking about? Do you have money? Do you have power? Have you finished all the backlog of tasks? What kind of dreams do you want?!"

The president's name is Wang Zhu. According to him, he has a generous personality and friends all over the world. Xu Fang can call him by his nicknames "Iron Pillar", "Pillar" or "Silly Pillar".

His favorite thing to do is drink, and the snacks he eats with it are never fixed, ranging from rusty screws to demon corpses; he says it's a kind of mood.

He hosted a banquet for Xu Fang, where various demon whips were soaked in large barrels of loose wine. Because the seals were not tight, there was little wine flavor left, but instead a strong fishy smell.

"This is a secret recipe, I wouldn't trade it for any other wine."

Chairman Tiezhu said, and poured Xu Fang a glass.

Xu Fang looked at the suspicious white turbidity floating on top and didn't really want to drink it. He took out the alligator wine pot from the Hidden Star and said, "Drink mine."

The president's eyes lit up. The rich aroma of the wine was so enticing that he almost sneezed. He pushed the wine aside and said repeatedly, "Good, good, let's drink this. Let's go get some game! It would be such a waste to drink such good wine alone."

“I’m not called Bottle Bottom!” the little mage exclaimed.

"With such a flat nose and a wide face, he doesn't even let people say anything? This kid isn't very outspoken..."

The bottle-bottom little wizard is a big fan of Xu Fang, and has collected a lot of posters and related merchandise, the earliest of which dates back to the Mingzhu Academy era.

Xu Fang looked at the curled-up poster and vaguely remembered that it was something Ai Tutu, that little vixen, had secretly sold behind his back during the competition for the top spot.

After a few rounds of drinks, Chairman Zhu put down his glass and started bragging.

"I was patrolling the mountain when, good heavens, I came face to face with a demon at the level of a general! Can you imagine that scene?"

Xu Fang shook his head: "No, I usually fight against monarchs."

President Zhu: "...How about we talk about the international situation? Like, those Americans are rotten to the core, you know about that incident, the inside story..."

“I know, your version is a bit off,” Xu Fang said.

The president's voice abruptly stopped, as if he was holding it in.

The little wizard at the bottom of the bottle chuckled beside him.

"Then let's talk about Changbai Mountain. You probably don't know Changbai Mountain! Especially in winter, it's so cold that your poop will be rock hard right after you poop, like French bread."

"This is indeed my first time visiting Changbai Mountain," Xu Fang said with a smile. "But I've been to the Arctic Circle once before."

President Zhu Zi: "..."

Drinking this kind of alcohol is bad for your health!

He fell silent. The little mage at the bottom of the bottle looked at Xu Fang with admiration and whispered a request, wanting Xu Fang to speak to his superiors and ask them to transfer him to the city. If that didn't work, a raise would be fine too.

Xu Fang said he was powerless to help.

President Zhu Zi spoke up again: "I've already said that this is a godforsaken place. Do you really think this is a place for training and gilding? It's more like gilding your own shit! If you want to get promoted, there are two paths: either you find those missing people, dead or alive, it doesn't matter, or you solve a big case before those hunters do, like that cat-faced old lady recently."

The little wizard at the bottom of the bottle wilted immediately.

Xu Fang asked a few questions.

Just like there are insurance agents in Ultraman, behind every powerful mage, there are often countless little mages, like ants, doing all sorts of odd jobs.

Take, for example, a hunter venturing into the mountains.

The saying goes, "Life and death are preordained, wealth and honor are determined by fate; it doesn't matter if you die because you have no life left." Just take this with a grain of salt.

Whenever a hunter mage goes missing, his parents, wife, children, and even distant relatives will come to the local magic association to cause trouble.

VIP!

We need to see the person alive or dead; we can't let demons devour them!

Can't find it? Then pay up! If you don't pay up, then report me!

It doesn't have much impact on large associations, especially those tasked with security and exterminating demons, but it has a significant impact on human-shaped billboards and roadblocks like the Changbai Mountain branch.

As for the cat-faced old lady, she was originally a childhood nightmare for many people in Northeast China, but that was all.

But according to Chairman Zhu's recollection, within just one year, the legend spread rapidly, with reports of people mysteriously disappearing and their bodies being gnawed into a mess.

"What do you mean by 'it is said'? You, the president of the magic guild, don't even have firsthand information?" the little mage at the bottom of the bottle said discontentedly.

"Get lost! If I could get firsthand information, would I be hiding in this shitty place, wasting my talents and feeling like a pearl unappreciated?"

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Xu Fang had no intention of looking for anyone, nor was he in the mood to care about the cat-faced old woman.

He now plans to destroy the monarch of Changbai Mountain and then report to the Northern Army to deal with the wild beasts.

The bottle bottom also wanted to learn something, but Xu Fang refused, saying it was too weak and would be easily killed by the aftershocks.

Although the local authorities had issued an evacuation order in advance, Xu Fang was still worried that some clueless idiots who couldn't connect to the internet might fly up and use their little ghost fire.

The surrounding space seemed to distort for a moment, and then an invisible and intangible flame appeared out of thin air, incredibly large.

With Xu Fang's current super-level fire element and eighth-realm spiritual power, the little ghost fire is enough to cover the entire Changbai Mountain area.

Soon, he found several hunters who were venturing forward.

Xu Fang didn't waste any words. He used his ice-type transcendent power to transform ice into a puppet, which rushed towards that direction as fast as lightning.

The will-o'-the-wisps suddenly surged, clearly indicating that the hunters had been ambushed and were so frightened that they immediately used magic to retaliate before running away as fast as they could for their lives.

It's worth mentioning that the several will-o'-the-wisps were not close together, and one of the fiery creatures abandoned its companions and ran away first.

Ugh.

The world has lost another hunter team.

After clearing the area, Xu Fang headed straight for Changbai Mountain Tianchi, where the dominant species resided.

At Changbai Mountain's Tianchi Lake, a place recognized by hunters as a forbidden zone, Xu Fang looked down upon the scenery.

very beautiful.

Like a bright pearl embedded in the mountains, the water is as calm as a mirror, reflecting the surrounding peaks and blue sky and white clouds.

"Come out," Xu Fang said.

The water remained calm and still.

"Playing dead?"

Xu Fang laughed as flames blazed around him, forming a magnificent palace.

The flames danced in a strange order, weaving together magnificent palace walls, towering towers, and intricate carvings, exuding an aura that was both fiery and sacred.