Chapter 397 Perhaps a Conspiracy

The mage hovered in the air for a moment, then located Mage Meigan's tent and found the injured Mage Meigan inside. "Tell me why you had a conflict there in the Yisage Empire. I want to know the details," the mage said without courtesy. Mage Meigan's face was pale. After hesitating for a moment, he quickly laid out the details of the conflict.

It turned out that while collecting some precious magic materials in the Yisage Empire, a family of the empire attacked them because the place where they collected the materials belonged to that family's private territory, and they had not obtained the family's permission. Thus the battle erupted. Finally, Mage Meigan added, "We had already submitted documents in the Yisage Empire, and they allowed us to pick some magic materials there." After saying this, Mage Meigan turned his head and gestured for the attendant beside him to leave first and prepare some pastries and wine for them. He took another fruit, then sat down to rest.

Shaoke remained silent for a short while, then said, "I want to know, did you know that place belonged to that family? I think there must have been obvious markings there." With that, he stared hard at the other man, not wanting him to conceal anything, as that would make him feel even more uncomfortable.

"Most of the alliance's rulers decided it. We had no right to resist," Mage Meigan dropped his voice and added, "We no longer had the magic materials to build a base, so we had to do this. To find a reason to plunder magic materials." At that moment, a female attendant entered with some pastries.

In the end, Shaoke did not stay there. After asking about some other matters, he left. Because the other said that the Blue-Robed Mage (female) had not agreed to this plundering, which made the mage feel somewhat relieved. Of course, going to the Yisage Empire for plundering or negotiation was something he had to do.

Three days passed quickly. During these three days, Shaoke saw no one. He sat alone in his tent, thinking about some things and performing meditation. It was not until the team set out, after receiving a message from the Blue-Robed Mage, that he came out of his tent. But when he spotted Lan Wei'er and Anling among the large team, his already bad mood sank even further. He then ordered his two daughters to leave the team and return to their own tents. However, this was refused by the female ruler from the Hebrews.

"Mage Xueye, you have no right to order them out of the team, especially since they themselves requested to join this team." The female ruler glanced at Shaoke. She remembered the mage well enough to call him by name.

"I'm their father. If I don't have that right, no one does." As he said this, the mage instantly appeared before the female ruler, with his purple nine-pointed-star magic array spinning rapidly around him. "Don't speak to me in such a tone. I don't want a next time. You have no right to command me what to do." After speaking, the mage ignored the Hebrew ruler and again told Lan Wei'er and Anling to stay put, forbidding them from leaving to join the team.

Seven or eight hundred ninth-rank professionals hovered in the air. They never expected that this mage would dare speak to one of the rulers of the strongest Wanderers Alliance in such a tone. But the female ruler just shook her head, stopping the members of her alliance from acting.

"Mage Xueye, I believe you will accept some of my ideas in the future. Proper battle training will be very beneficial for both of them." After saying this, the female ruler signaled some space mages to set up the pre-prepared teleportation array. They would use this to directly reach the territory of the Yisage Empire.

Shaoke did not respond to the female ruler's words. He once again ordered his two daughters to leave the team. Under these circumstances, Lan Wei'er and Anling had no choice but to fly back to their own tents. Only then did Shaoke feel relieved. After all, this team was composed entirely of ninth-rank professionals. If any unexpected situation arose, they still had strong combat capabilities. If two eighth-rank spellcasters joined the team, it would burden him. He felt that this trip to the Yisage Empire would not go well. He sensed danger again.

While the space mages were setting up the teleportation array, Shaoke sent a telepathic message to the Blue-Robed Mage, telling her about his unease. Then, like the others, he stood on the enormous magic array floating in the air. "I think you are overthinking. We have already explained the situation to the people of the Yisage Empire, and the emperor of that empire did not object. This time we are only going for negotiations," the Blue-Robed Mage frowned.

Shaoke did not care about what the female mage said. He cautiously activated the two layers of defensive magic array on his body. Seeing his behavior, the Blue-Robed Mage thought for a moment and also activated her defensive spells. Thus, after the teleportation began, many members of the team activated their defensive spells or aura armor.

The mage only felt a slight dizziness, and then they appeared in a strange place. It was all forests and mountains, and the auras of many eighth-tier or even ninth-rank magic beasts were immediately detected by Shaoke. "Weren't we supposed to appear in the teleportation array of the Yisage Empire?" the mage shouted loudly to the Blue-Robed Mage beside him. At that moment, the roars of those giant beasts came from the altar in his meditation space, making him feel extreme danger.

"We made markers here before, so we could use that teleportation array to get here. The people of the Yisage Empire know about this." The female mage, the Hebrew ruler, glanced at Shaoke with dissatisfaction. Now they were supposed to prepare a little and then attack the nearby family. Although that family was powerful, could it withstand the crazy assault of hundreds of ninth-rank professionals?

Shaoke had no time to say anything. He suddenly tore open a rift in space, grasping the Blue-Robed Mage beside him and stepping into it. The female warrior who had been beside the Blue-Robed Mage quickly followed. She also sensed danger. At the same time, some other professionals also sensed danger through various methods and immediately began to flee. Even the Hebrew ruler and the dozen or so knights around her did the same.

Just as they stepped into the rift, Shaoke's mental force, which he had been projecting, suddenly detected a golden light flying from a distance. The light arrived almost instantly, struck several ninth-rank professionals, and instantly vaporized them. Then the light exploded, piercing through dozens of ninth-order beings, who permanently disappeared into the air.

As the rift closed, the mage could no longer detect the situation outside. But he still felt a powerful mental force locking onto them, about a thousand miles from where they had appeared. Shaoke, pale-faced, stepped out of the rift, followed by the Blue-Robed Mage and the female warrior with the horn. Their faces were also extremely pale because at that moment, they had released their mental force and aura to detect the situation, but after the golden light flashed, their mental force and aura were severely damaged. However, under these circumstances, they dared not delay and continued to flee.

The three took turns tearing space, performing more than thirty spatial tears in all before they no longer felt locked onto. At that point, Shaoke performed another spatial tear, then used his staff to support himself, preventing himself from falling to the ground. The Blue-Robed Mage, however, sat down on the ground, unable to stand up. The female warrior was in much better condition than the two, thanks to her strong physique.

"I'm going to kill whoever did that," the male mage panted. He then took out some fruits and placed them in the Blue-Robed Mage's mouth. He also ate a few to calm the spatial turbulence. As for the female warrior, after surveying the surrounding environment, she gestured for everyone to suppress their fluctuations as much as possible. She then used her hand to dig a large hole in a nearby tree, letting the mages crawl in to recover. She then slightly covered the outside, clearing traces of their presence, and also crawled in.

The Blue-Robed Mage had already begun meditating. Shaoke crushed a gem, releasing the healing spell stored by the Cleric inside it. After briefly meditating to assist the silver light in quickly calming his spatial turbulence, he signaled the female warrior to rest and recover. Although she was very surprised at the mage's recovery speed, now was not the time to ask, so she also began to recover. Of course, Shaoke generously gave her a healing gem.

After more than a magic hour, the three recovered. Since no one came to check, they simply continued resting in the tree hole. "Maybe we should head back now. I hope this isn't a conspiracy by the other super alliances," the Blue-Robed Mage said uncertainly, looking at the blocked tree hole. She felt that this incident was too strange. "I hope our base is fine."

"I think it's possible," the female warrior sneered, then lay down in the tree hole and said no more. Shaoke tightly gripped his staff, also worried about the situation at the base.

After resting for two days, the three carefully avoided alerting professionals from other empires and returned to the Barbarian Empire. There, the female ruler of the Hebrews welcomed Shaoke and the others, apologizing for her leadership error and offering substantial compensation promises to their organization.