A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 353 Meteor

In the pitch-black night sky, a shooting star streaked across the horizon, the only light in the sky.

"A shooting star, haha, making a wish, what a childish game."

A man gave a sinister smile.

"Tonight is a perfect time for the hunt."

With that, he picked up the hunting rifle in the room, grabbed a gleaming dagger, and went straight out the door.

However, instead of heading into the forest, he quietly went to a house and hid there.

He is a hunter, and what he hunts are people.

Some called him the headhunter because he liked to cut off the heads of his victims and take them away.

This time, he set his sights on a woman who lived alone. She had gone out to look for shooting stars, but once she returned…

The man grew increasingly excited as he thought about it.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

With a loud thud, the meteor struck the ground, creating a large crater.

Two figures emerged amidst a cloud of smoke.

"Cough cough, what's that smell?"

Jiang Shuzhou emerged from the impact crater, coughing from the fumes.

The meteor is Jiang Shuzhou's spatial ring, and also his survival kit for invading other dimensions.

Now, the package has been decompressed, and Jiang Shuzhou and Denuozhi have been extracted.

"Professor, this should be the smell of carbonized plants and animals."

Denoz responded.

"I know, I was just saying, the smell is really pungent."

Due to limited materials, Jiang Shuzhou's current strength is only at the apprentice level, which can be described as very weak.

"Right, let's check the kana first."

Upon arriving in the new world, the first step is to give yourself a pseudonym to prevent others from opening your box. After all, anything can happen in another dimension, whether it's avoiding curses, fighting gods or other hostile forces, or doing bad things.

It's quite necessary to give yourself a pseudonym.

"My name is Moriarty, and I'm a professor. You're Sherlock Holmes, and you're my student."

Jiang Shuzhou quickly gave Denuozhi a false identity.

"Yes, Professor Moriarty."

Denoz nodded, indicating that he understood.

"By the way, Professor, why are we still in human form?"

"Denozzi asked."

"Otherwise what? The majority of people here are humans."

"Of course, there are other reasons..."

Jiang Shuzhou began his explanation.

The reason he created a human directly is mainly because humans make up the largest proportion of all the races in the astral plane.

According to the sorcerers' research, this may be because in the ancient era when countless gods were still incredibly glorious, almost all planes were colonized by these gods, which is why there are so many humans.

Compared to other races, humans have high potential, short lifespan, and strong reproductive ability. Their souls are neither strong nor weak. Although they cannot compare to elves, who are born with strong souls, they are still much better than goblins.

Therefore, as the race with the most convenient access to faith, humans followed the gods and colonized most of the astral plane.

Now, after the brutal war of the gods and several subsequent wars, many planes have long been lost, and now both gods and mages can only explore them anew.

However, the important thing is that Jiang Shuzhou has some information about this plane, given to him by Sidney. The main race in this plane is humans, but it is said that there are also demons, and even angels.

This is a typical world of faith, but the gods they worship have probably already perished.

Based on this structure, Jiang Shuzhou analyzed that this deity is likely the ancient God of Holy Light.

I'm not sure yet, I'll have to wait and see.

Jiang Shuzhou asked Sidney, but the guy knew nothing about it. He had only been here once, and then he died. After he died, he went to hell, where he found himself stronger. Then he disappeared again, apparently killed by an angel.

Yes, in hell, killed by angels.

It's hard to judge.

However, every world has its own structure, and Jiang Shuzhou couldn't say anything about it.

After all, if this world were so easy to conquer, then Sidney would be out of his mind to sell the dimensional coordinates to Jiang Shuzhou.

However, the greater the risk, the greater the reward.

It's a pity that the magic stone pathogen and the scarlet infection that Jiang Shuzhou had stored in his spatial ring were both confiscated by the will of the plane.

Unless Jiang Shuzhou intends to break off relations and forcefully invade, he cannot use these two things.

Of course, once the beacon is set up, Jiang Shuzhou will not hesitate to directly teleport the army, and will spare no effort or cost, including deploying these two things.

Once the beacon is in place, the will of the plane will have no way to stop them.

Ultimately, the goal of victory is still to set up a beacon.

However, Jiang Shuzhou would absolutely not act rashly before figuring out who the high-level combatants here were and who they were.

Once the beacon is erected, it's tantamount to declaring war on everyone. If Jiang Shuzhou fails to win in one strike, the consciousness of this plane will become even more cautious.

Perhaps next time, it will monitor everything that comes from every astral plane, and then Jiang Shuzhou's difficulty will rise to another level.

Jiang Shuzhou would not set up a beacon without absolute certainty.

Just like Sidney, although he died, he did not set up a beacon, so the will of this plane was not alert at all. After instinctively confiscating anything that was too dangerous, it left Jiang Shuzhou alone.

"Alright, Miss Holmes, let's leave now."

Jiang Shuzhou patted Denuozhi's head and smiled kindly.

"Okay, Professor."

De Nuozhi understood, yet it seemed she didn't. In any case, Jiang Shuzhou was always right, and she just needed to listen to him.

Jiang Shuzhou had no objection to this.

Jiang Shuzhou's attitude towards Denorchi has always been somewhat contradictory.

On one hand, Jiang Shuzhou hoped that she would not have to worry about anything and would obediently become his puppet, a qualified artifact launcher, to clear away all enemies for Jiang Shuzhou.

On the other hand, out of his own pity and morality, Jiang Shuzhou hoped that Denuozhi would have her own will and preferably not be the kind of foolish mage who only knows how to cast spells, and that she would share his ideals.

Clearly, there is some conflict between the two, but Jiang Shuzhou holds Denuozhi's soul in his hands, so his loyalty can be guaranteed. The rest depends on Denuozhi himself.

Jiang Shuzhou will teach De Nuozhi with all his heart, but whether she becomes a puppet or a like-minded person is entirely up to her.

Shaking his head, Jiang Shuzhou put the matter out of his mind. In any case, he wouldn't lose out; it was De Nuozhi's own business.

Then, Jiang Shuzhou pulled De Nuozhi along, intending to leave.

However, he soon encountered his first native inhabitant.

"Wow, you guys are here looking for shooting stars too?"