A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 143 The Shadow of Mahabray

After drinking the night vision potion, the darkness receded like the tide.

The dark cave instantly became bright.

Jiang Shuzhou also saw that figure.

"Griffiths, we meet again."

However, Griffith remained motionless as if he hadn't heard anything.

"Griffith!"

This is Gus; clearly, he can no longer suppress his anger.

"Gus, we meet again."

At this time, Griffith was five meters tall and had a strong physique. His face was covered with skin, and he had deer antlers on his head. He had wings made of scarlet tentacles on his back, and a large mouth on his abdomen that seemed to be grinning savagely.

No, aren't you going to pay attention to me?

"But why? Why are there other people?"

Then Griffiths started his rambling again.

"The prophecy of the abyss is clearly not like that."

Believe in the prophecy of the abyss, and you will have it in this lifetime.

The will of the abyss is inherently chaotic, so its prophecies are naturally unreliable; anyone who believes them is a fool.

"But it doesn't matter, you'll all be dead soon!"

Then Griffith tore a cube off his arm, and a portal suddenly appeared beside him, from which a large number of demons poured out.

Jiang Shuzhou's troops consisted almost entirely of his creations, with almost no humans among them, in order to maintain secrecy as much as possible.

After all, Jiang Shuzhou never forgot what his purpose was.

"Behold, this is the power of the Abyss Cube!"

"Guts, come, join this glorious evolution!"

Griffiths uttered persuasive words, but unfortunately, they were to no avail; Guts remained steadfast.

Abyss Cube?

Jiang Shuzhou stared intently at the cube in Griffith's hand, his heart churning with turmoil.

The Abyss Cube, actually, has something to do with mages.

That was many years ago, during the era of the Magic Goddess.

There was once a legendary mage who did not want to be subservient to others, so he did some research and discovered a way to break free from the control of the magic net.

I'll just become a god, won't I?

However, under the supervision of the Goddess of the Magic Network and the obstruction of other gods, the difficulty of developing faith and thus elevating the divine throne is self-evident.

However, this monk has a rather peculiar way of thinking.

Since I can't become a god, why not let a god become me?

What kind of deity is easy to control and has no self-will?

That is naturally the will of the abyss.

Thus, the mage fell into the abyss and became a demon lord, finally, after countless hardships.

The mage completed the ritual, attempting to merge himself with the will of the abyss and become its master.

Unfortunately, hell may have a master, but the abyss cannot.

To become the master of the abyss, one must endure the onslaught of chaos.

If someone truly withstood the onslaught of chaos and maintained their self-awareness.

Congratulations! You have successfully destroyed the Abyss. From now on, you are the master of Infinite Hell.

As for the nine levels of hell next to it?

That one is fake; you are the real one. You can tell just by looking at your size.

After all, the abyss's instinct is chaos. If the abyss were no longer chaotic, it would transform into hell.

That's where the nine levels of hell came from.

So naturally, the mage was eventually swallowed up by the chaos.

However, he remained conscious for a brief moment.

Even for just a moment, the immense power wielded by the Abyss was enough for him to do many things.

For example, creating the Abyss Cube.

For example, creating a relatively orderly layer of abyss within the abyss, which is said to be quite friendly to mages and contains a vast amount of magical resources.

Unfortunately, the Goddess of the Magic Net concealed all methods to reach this abyss through various means, and to this day, no one knows how to get there.

The Abyss Cube is said to be the key to getting there.

However, the real Abyss Cube is composed of thirteen Abyss Cubes.

Griffith is clearly just one of them, far from being the complete version.

It is said that there are several of these things in the realm of the gods, and the only way to collect them all is to kill the god.

For example, there was one Sun God, which has now been captured by the Mage Alliance.

It was in the hands of the Promotion School.

Its greatest function is to open a portal to the abyss at a negligible cost, or vice versa.

In addition, it can also avoid direct corruption by the will of the abyss to a certain extent, and only accept indirect corruption.

This could be considered a complete side effect in the main plane, but once it reaches the Abyss, it becomes an absolute divine artifact.

After all, the direct corruption of the will of the abyss means that unless you can go toe-to-toe with it, you will definitely fall, no matter how strong your will is.

Indirect corruption is different; to put it bluntly, it's about tempting you. As long as your will is strong enough, it's not a big problem.

This is a really good thing.

How could Griffiths possibly deserve such a good thing?

Why don't you give it to me? I definitely will...

Jiang Shuzhou couldn't help but reveal a greedy expression.

Oh no, I almost fell for their trick.

Jiang Shuzhou immediately realized something was wrong. Although he desperately wanted to obtain the Abyss Cube, his emotions had clearly been off just now.

Even just staring at it can affect your emotions?

He took out the purification potion and drank it directly.

I feel much better.

Jiang Shuzhou frowned; this thing was a bit outrageous.

The entire cave was in chaos. The alchemical creations followed Jiang Shuzhou's guidance and resisted the demons' attack.

"Hays, Gus, let's go meet Griffith."

"Chahara, you command the alchemical creatures. You must hold back the demons' attack."

As he spoke, Jiang Shuzhou threw out a tiger tally, a token that anyone other than Jiang Shuzhou needed to use to control alchemical creatures.

Actually, it could have been made in other ways, but Jiang Shuzhou just wanted it to be like this. He just wanted to experience what it was like to be an emperor.

"Yes, my lord."

Chahala agreed.

Ice Wall!

Fossils become mud, and mud becomes stone!

With a few casual spells, Jiang Shuzhou altered the terrain, separating the portal from Griffith.

Jiang Shuzhou and Hayesges are now facing Griffiths directly.

Griffith, the only one capable of destroying the stone wall, made no move, clearly indicating that he too felt it was time to settle things once and for all.

Neither Jiang Shuzhou nor Hayes made any rash moves, even though Hayes had already broken through to the intermediate level under Jiang Shuzhou's tutelage.

This corrupted, fallen being, possessing such a wondrous artifact as the Abyss Cube, should not be taken lightly.

But Guts didn't care about any of that; he charged straight at Griffith.

He brandished his greatsword, aiming straight for Griffith's head.

But it was no use; Griffith's large hand easily blocked Guts's greatsword and sent him flying.

"Gus, it seems you haven't made any progress these days."