Versatile Mage: Demon Mage

Chapter 371 Special Food
"Looks like I can't bear it any longer. I'd better give this thing back to you." Wang Teng didn't even bother to look at the crystal vessel, and directly pushed it into the arms of Counselor Shao with his mental strength.

He can contribute a limited amount, but as for unlimited contribution, he cannot currently do so. This is determined by his character.

His goal has never changed since he started practicing, and he can make certain necessary sacrifices for resources.

But this will not ruin the goal and put the cart before the horse.

Staff Officer Shao caught the Earth Core, but she didn't expect that the other party refused without hesitation. This was exactly as the military leader expected.

As a staff officer, she naturally knows that not everyone is suitable for the military path, and it is impossible for everyone to join.

The mission of the Forbidden City is not much easier than that of the military. It involves fighting in a more dangerous area. From the beginning, it is a problem that can only be solved by the intervention of a super-level mage.

Although it's not a good thing to say, in a sense, members of the Imperial Palace are much more relaxed than they are in the military, and they can act relatively freely.

"That's such a pity. Since you don't want it, then please stay in Anjiao Town for a day and let me take care of you, as a way of thanking you for your contribution to this."

Staff Officer Shao put away the Core of the Earth and extended the invitation. She said no more words of persuasion. The other party was not some young fool.

For such a young person to take the position of a member of the Forbidden City early and receive special attention from the military leader, it was not something she could persuade with just a few words.

"Okay~" Wang Teng agreed happily. He just happened to have a lot of free time recently, so he thought he and Yu Mian would come to the west for some fun.

Staff Officer Shao asked the adjutant to take Lin Fei who was aside to rest, and then he would calculate his merits alone, and he also needed to thoroughly figure out Shi Qianshou's affairs.

Jiang Shaoxu and Ding Yumian followed Wang Teng and visited the military camp activities in Anjiao Town under the leadership of Staff Officer Shao.

It didn't take long for the group of people to ride in military vehicles and fly through the valleys, and soon arrived at the main camp area.

"I'll take you to eat some special delicacies of Anjiao Town at noon today."

Staff Officer Shao led Wang Teng and his party to the canteen of the camp. As soon as they walked to the door, they smelled the aroma of fried food.

Wang Teng walked in with curiosity and saw a lot of "unique" food, and various unknown insects were sizzling in the oil pan.

Jiang Shaoxu and Ding Yumian felt a little guilty. They looked around at the people dining, all eating fried insects with expressions of enjoyment.

Those insects are very big, the smallest ones are about the size of a palm, and the types of insects are all sand crabs, scorpions, witchhoppers and so on.

Staff Officer Shao carried a large plate of fried scorpions very boldly and walked to his seat.

Wang Teng didn't care about these. He had eaten a lot of them in the past. Even the poisonous devil grasshoppers could be eaten after being processed.

So he also brought a large plate of sand crabs to the table with Counselor Shao as a sign of respect.

Jiang Shaoxu and Ding Yumian looked at each other and resolutely chose to eat, but the quantity they took was very small, the same style of fried scorpions as Counselor Shao.

"It looks like this isn't your first time eating it?" Officer Shao skillfully picked out the scorpion meat, dipped it in the sauce and put it in his mouth.

"Well, I ate a lot in the wild." Wang Teng was also not interested in eating the shell. After taking out the meat of the sand crab, he also dipped it in the dipping sauce and put it in his mouth.

The sweet and chewy texture fills the taste buds, and paired with the spicy dipping sauce, it is indeed as good as top-quality ingredients.

"Eating this today reminds me of the exchange conference I experienced when I first entered the school, especially the experience outside."

"When we supported Green Island, we ate seafood all day long, whether it was seafood soup, barbecue or other dishes, for nearly three months."

Wang Teng licked his lips and couldn't help but remember the taste. Not to mention how difficult his life was at that time. Even if he could still feel comfortable, everyone else slept in a pile.

"I've heard about this before, and it was widely circulated among us at the time. I didn't expect that person to be you?" Staff Officer Shao looked at Wang Teng in shock. Only now did she realize that this growth rate was too abnormal, right?
How long has it been? It only takes two and a half years at most, which is how fast one can grow from an intermediate mage to a super mage.

For her, this time simply passed by in a flash.

Staying in Anjiao Town every day, time is basically the most meaningless thing. Every day passes quickly, and it will pass faster when you are busy.

"Haha...it's just everyone's flattery, it can't be taken seriously." Wang Teng smiled modestly.

"That's not flattery. Ai Jiangtu went all the way from the Imperial Capital to the Demonic Capital to meet you."

Jiang Shaoxu immediately exposed his background and ate the fragrant scorpion meat with very little muscle. This thing was more acceptable than she thought.

"Yes, yes...I was still there at the time." Ding Yumian also intervened at the right time.

"Excessive modesty is also a kind of arrogance!" Officer Shao laughed when he saw the two beauties talking, and he roughly guessed the relationship between the three of them.

No wonder he remained indifferent even when faced with the Core of the Earth. It turned out that he still had such a side. I didn't expect that this guy with a decent style was still a pervert.

"Hahaha... If you say so, then that's it." Wang Teng replied nonchalantly with a smile, and continued to destroy the sand crabs.

A strange look flashed in the eyes of Staff Officer Shao. It seemed that apart from being amazingly talented and a bit perverted, he was surprisingly tolerant of his own woman.

According to her understanding, the higher a mage sits in a high position, the more he or she will automatically develop an aura that will make people around him subconsciously respect him.

The existence of this kind of aura will make the atmosphere of chat very stiff, even for her. Her subordinates and deputies all have such subconscious respect and alienation towards her.

But she couldn't feel a trace of this kind of momentum from Wang Teng. There was another person who had the same feeling, and that was the leader of the Chinese Army.

In a relaxed atmosphere, the four of them chatted while eating. Basically, Staff Shao told them about the monsters in the Taklimakan Desert in the west.

She has been stationed here for such a long time, so she naturally knows this place very well.

"The resources here are very rich and have the basic conditions for building a city. This is why Shi Qianshou is so obsessed with the Core of the Earth."

"It's a pity... The environment in which every kind of monster lives is very harsh. Naturally, there are also species that actively embrace evolution."

"For example, the devil~" Staff Officer Shao said with a solemn expression and a sigh.

"What's wrong with the demon grasshopper?" Jiang Shaoxu asked curiously.

Staff Officer Shao looked at the three of them, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The demon grasshoppers are actively evolving. Every time they reproduce, they will enter the fire veins like moths flying into the flame."

"When the evolution is really successful, Anjiao Town should be relocated. After all, our fire safety barrier cannot stop the huge number of evolved demon grasshoppers."

She has always been worried about this, as the town of Anjiao may be destroyed at any time, but the huge resources here make it impossible for the military to part with it.

The competition between humans and monsters for resources has always been life-and-death fierce. Without resources, development cannot occur.

Border areas are almost always developed based on a war-support-war model. After all, 70% of the revenue from resources goes to the country and the Magic Association.

The military department will get a large share, otherwise how can it afford to support so many military mages. The remaining parts are fought over by the major forces, and they also need to be responsible for the huge workload of resource mining, transportation, processing, and sales.

Even so, many forces are eager to join the ranks of pioneers.

(End of this chapter)