Versatile Mage: Demon Mage

Chapter 424 The unexpected person
The development of things is often not controlled by human will. Only a few days later, during the small tide one week before the annual high tide, the sirens began their rehearsal.

The sky was slightly bright in the morning, a light drizzle was falling, and humid air was blowing in from the sea.

Wang Teng brought four women and two children to the bank at one end of the Qianjiang Bridge and looked at the surging water.

Defensive barriers and blocking barriers have been set up on the Qianjiang Bridge. The city's guard mages, who are as far as the eye can see, are stationed on the bridge with serious faces, watching the figures of sirens that occasionally appear on the river.

Many military mages were also stationed on both sides of the vast river, extending all the way to the long coast outside the estuary.

This is also why the military is so helpless. There are simply too many places that need to be garrisoned, and the City Guard Mage Corps alone cannot stop such a large number of Sirens.

Blah blah blah...

A military vehicle drove quickly from the front line and stopped beside Wang Teng and his group.

A group of people quickly got off the military vehicle, led by Speaker Shao Zheng!
The next people to get off the car were the Chief Judge of the Trial Council and the President of the Magic Association, as well as the head of the Dongfang family of the Hangzhou family and several unknown figures.

"Haha~ You are really here. Judge Tang Zhong was right."

Shao Zheng, wearing a battle suit, led a group of people wearing the same battle suits behind him and walked quickly towards Wang Teng with a big laugh.

He looked at the group of people in front of him with gleaming eyes. All of them had the aura of super-class mages. This family was really outrageous.

Even among the two children, one of them was quite good, a bit like a contracted beast. Humanoid contracted beasts were still rare.

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

"You are such a lucky guy, and you seem to be in good spirits!" Shao Zheng did not show off his status but spoke in a very down-to-earth manner.

As soon as he said this, the four women felt embarrassed and lowered their heads with slightly red faces.

Lingling was even more smart than before. She looked at Chairman Shao Zheng in surprise. She didn't expect that he would shock them with his speech right after he opened his mouth.

The group of people following behind Shao Zheng were even more incredulous. They didn't expect the Speaker to be so friendly towards Wang Teng.

Isn't this something that only bad friends would say in conversation?
None of the people they followed had this treatment.

Only Presiding Judge Tang Zhong had a smile on his face. He was not surprised why Shao Zheng treated Wang Teng in that way and seemed to know the inside story.

"I'm young and hot-tempered, and I'm also quite lustful. I'm sorry to have embarrassed the Speaker!" Wang Teng responded with a smile.

"Young people are all like that~ But you still have to be moderate. A good body is your capital." Shao Zheng let go of his hand and patted Wang Teng's shoulder with emotion.

"Unfortunately I'm a bit busy today and can't have a pleasant chat. I won't bother you."

After Shao Zheng finished speaking, he turned around and left with the crowd, as if he got off the car just to say hello.

Wang Teng watched the military vehicle leave and drive onto the Qianjiang Bridge, checking the deployment of the royal guard mages along the way.

"Why didn't he let you join the team?" Lingling came back to her senses and asked curiously.

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

Wang Teng smiled and rubbed her head, then continued: "But when it comes to political communication, you are not yet old enough to understand."

"I don't need to follow a group, nor do I need to do anything to show myself. As long as I stand here, I represent everything!"

Lingling shook her head and removed her hands. She was confused by the words and couldn't figure out what they meant no matter how hard she tried to think about them.

Tang Yue quickly stood up and talked about the business, otherwise she was afraid that this guy would not do the right thing. "According to the current deployment, the most forward interception bridge is the Jiangdong Bridge, where the river spans three kilometers in length."

"The final interception line of defense is the Qianjiang Bridge here, which spans 1.5 kilometers across the river."

"The two bridges are the only major frontal interception lines, and there are countless other small coastal lines. Where do we need to choose a stronghold?"

Wang Teng narrowed his eyes as he listened to her narration. It seemed that the military force was very limited, and they tried to deploy them in narrow areas as much as possible.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with it. On the contrary, he agreed with this approach.

Otherwise, defending on a bridge that spans more than ten or twenty kilometers would be a sheer waste of the mage's life and resources.

This is not the way to resist the attack of the siren. Brutal defense will only increase casualties. On the contrary, the narrower the area, the easier it is to set up a defensive barrier, and it will be very quick to replace personnel or evacuate in time.

The most effective way is to take advantage of the fact that the sirens are not adapted to the land environment, move closer to inland, shorten the width of the front defense line, and strengthen the regional defense.

Replacing time with space and reducing the Siren's favorable terrain advantage is equivalent to effectively reducing one's own defensive pressure.

After all, not everyone can be like him, placing a high-power detector in the open sea to drive tens of millions of sirens into madness and kill each other.

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

"As for the base, we can place it slightly away from the bridge defense area, so as to avoid causing the Sirens to rush in all at once, disrupting the order of the defense line and causing unnecessary crisis."

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

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

Tang Yue and Jiang Shaoxu drove two sports cars respectively and took everyone away from the Qianjiang Bridge defense line. They advanced about five kilometers along the coast and arrived at a pier.

There were also royal mages deployed at the river mouth not far below the dock. When they encountered the two cars carrying people with the aura of super-class mages, no one had the courage to step forward to intercept them.

"Let's choose this place as our first stronghold. Have you brought the demon-luring device?"

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

Due to the early arrival of the Siren, the nearby residents had long been dispersed away from the river, and only those who were not afraid of death might return quietly.

"Don't worry, this thing will be enough!" Tang Yue took out a few small detectors. This thing can attract the hatred of demons more than ordinary element detectors.

"Well, good, good. You guys wait here for a moment and don't move. I'll go catch a few Sirens." Wang Teng smiled with satisfaction.

"You stupid guy! You thought I didn't understand you, right?" Jiang Shaoxu patted Wang Teng's shoulder hard and rolled his eyes at him speechlessly.

Wang Teng chuckled and slapped her butt with his backhand, then quickly disappeared without a trace.

"Tsk~" Leng Qing covered Lingling's eyes to prevent her from seeing such things.

Lingling was too curious. She pulled Leng Qing's hands with her two little hands, wanting to take a look at the charming flowers outside.

But cherished scenes are always fleeting. When she pushed Leng Qing's hand away, Wang Teng had disappeared.

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

Lingling smiled awkwardly, lowered her head and pretended to fiddle with the tablet, as if she was addicted to studying and couldn't extricate herself.

(End of this chapter)