Full-Time Magician: Demon Mage

Chapter 424 An Unexpected Person

The course of events is often beyond human control. Just a few days later, during a neap tide a week before the annual high tide, the siren began its rehearsal.

As dawn broke, a light drizzle began to fall, and the damp air blew in from the direction of the sea.

Wang Teng led four women and two children to one end of the Qianjiang Bridge and gazed at the surging water.

Defensive and blocking barriers have been set up on the Qianjiang Bridge. City guard mages, stretching as far as the eye can see, stand solemnly on the bridge, watching the sea monster figures that occasionally emerge from the river.

Many military mages were stationed along both banks of the vast river, extending all the way to the long coastline beyond the estuary.

This is why the military is so helpless; there are simply too many places that need to be guarded, and the city guard mage corps alone cannot stop such a huge swarm of sea monsters.

Splash splash splash...

A military vehicle sped along the front line and stopped beside Wang Teng and his group.

A group of people quickly got out of the military vehicle, and the one leading them was none other than Speaker Shao Zheng!

Following them off the bus were the presiding judge of the Inquiry Council, the president of the Magic Association, the head of the Dongfang family from Hangzhou, and several other unnamed figures.

"Haha~ You really are here. Judge Tang Zhong wasn't lying."

Shao Zheng, dressed in battle armor and accompanied by a group of others also in battle armor, walked quickly toward Wang Teng, laughing loudly.

He looked at the group of people in front of him with a glint in his eyes. They all exuded the aura of super-level mages. This family was truly outrageous.

Even among those two children, one of them was quite remarkable, somewhat resembling a contracted beast. Humanoid contracted beasts are still very rare.

"Hello, Speaker!" Wang Teng stepped forward with a smile and extended his hand.

"You're really lucky with the ladies, kid. You look pretty energetic!" Shao Zheng said in a very down-to-earth way, without putting on airs.

His words immediately embarrassed the four women, who blushed slightly and lowered their heads.

Lingling, despite her young age, was incredibly precocious. She stared at Speaker Shao Zheng with wide, surprised eyes, never expecting him to deliver such a shocking opening statement.

The group of people following Shao Zheng were even more incredulous; they hadn't expected the speaker to be so friendly towards Wang Teng.

Isn't this the kind of thing you'd say between close friends who're really into each other?

None of the people they were with received this treatment.

Only Judge Tang Zhong wore a smile, seemingly unsurprised by Shao Zheng's treatment of Wang Teng, as if he knew the inside story.

"I'm young and have a fiery temper—and I'm also a bit of a womanizer, I hope the Speaker won't laugh at me!" Wang Teng replied with a smile.

"Young people are all like that~ But you still need to be careful and moderate. Good health is the most important thing." Shao Zheng let go and patted Wang Teng's shoulder with a sigh.

"It's a pity I'm a bit busy today and can't have a pleasant chat, so I won't bother you any longer."

After Shao Zheng finished speaking, he turned and led the crowd away, seemingly having only gotten out of the car to say hello.

Wang Teng watched the military vehicle leave and drive onto the Qianjiang Bridge, checking the deployment of the Imperial Guards along the way.

"Why didn't he let you come with the team?" Lingling asked curiously, snapping out of her daze.

"Hehe~ Lingling, you might be very smart!"

Wang Teng smiled and ruffled her hair, then continued, "But you're not old enough to understand political communication yet."

"I don't need to join a group, nor do I need to do anything to show off. Just my presence here speaks volumes!"

Lingling shook her head, trying to shake the hand off her head. What she was saying was all very vague and unclear. She racked her brains but couldn't figure out what it meant.

Tang Yue quickly stepped forward to get down to business, otherwise she was afraid that this guy would have no integrity.

"According to the current plan, the most advanced interception bridge is the Jiangdong Bridge, which spans three kilometers across the river."

"The last line of defense is the Qiantang River Bridge here, which spans 1.5 kilometers across the river."

"The main frontal defense line consists of these two bridges, while the smaller defense lines along the coast are countless. Where should we choose a stronghold?"

Wang Teng narrowed his eyes as he listened to her description. It seemed that the military strength was very limited, and the deployment sites were all narrow areas that were chosen as much as possible.

He didn't see anything wrong with it; on the contrary, he agreed with the approach.

Otherwise, defending on a bridge that spans ten or twenty kilometers would be a pure waste of mages' lives and resources.

Resisting the sirens' onslaught is no joke; brute force will only increase casualties. On the contrary, the narrower the area, the easier it is to set up a defensive barrier, and personnel changes or timely evacuations can be very quick.

The most effective way is to take advantage of the fact that sirens are not adapted to the land environment and move inland, thus shortening the width of the frontal defense and strengthening the regional defense.

By using space to replace time, and reducing the siren's advantageous terrain, we can effectively reduce the defensive pressure on our side.

After all, not everyone can be like him, placing a high-powered detector in the open sea and causing hundreds of thousands or even millions of sea monsters to go mad and kill each other.

"It's very simple. There are many branch basins on the south bank, so the defense pressure must be considerable. We will set up monster-attracting devices on the corresponding north bank to attract the hatred of some sea monsters."

"The stronghold can be located a little further away from the bridge defense line area to avoid the sirens rushing in all at once, disrupting the order of the defense line, and causing unnecessary crisis."

After listening, Lingling quickly took out her tablet, opened an electronic map, and handed it over.

Several people gathered around, and soon they found a good spot on the north bank.

Tang Yue and Jiang Shaoxu drove two sports cars, each carrying the group, away from the Qianjiang Bridge defense line. They traveled along the riverbank for about five kilometers and arrived at a dock.

Not far below the dock, at the river mouth, guard mages were also stationed. When they encountered the two vehicles carrying people with the aura of super-level mages, no one dared to take the initiative to intercept them.

"Let's choose this as our first base. Did you bring the monster-summoning device?"

Wang Teng got out of the car and glanced down the slope. He felt that the area was spacious enough and there were no buildings nearby.

With the siren's early arrival, the nearby residents had long been dispersed away from the river, except for those who might secretly return, though they are not afraid of death.

"Don't worry, there's plenty of these!" Tang Yue took out several small detectors, which were more effective at attracting the hatred of demons than ordinary element detectors.

"Hmm, not bad~ Not bad~ You all wait here for a moment and don't move. I'll go catch a few commander-level sea monsters." Wang Teng smiled with satisfaction.

"You think I can't understand?" Jiang Shaoxu slapped Wang Teng's shoulder hard and gave him a speechless glare.

Wang Teng chuckled and slapped her shapely buttocks with his backhand before disappearing without a trace.

"Tsk~" Leng Qing covered Lingling's eyes, preventing her from seeing this kind of thing.

Lingling, on the other hand, was too curious. She tried to pry Leng Qing's hand with both of her little hands, wanting to see the enchanting flowers outside.

But precious moments are always fleeting. By the time she pried Leng Qing's hand away, Wang Teng had already disappeared.

Jiang Shaoxu had also returned to normal, and seemed to be staring at her with a half-smile.

Lingling gave an embarrassed smile, lowered her head and pretended to fiddle with the tablet, seemingly engrossed in studying.

(End of this chapter)