I'm a mage, what's wrong with loving farming?

Chapter 154: The Allegiance of the Punished, Dragon in the Moon Sea (154K)

Now that the Baron has officially surrendered to Croa, Croa's attitude towards him will certainly be a little different.

The wizard ordered food to be sent, including bread, milk tea, and exquisite pastries made with milk - these things were taught by Robert, and as a former knight, he knew these things too well.

Sweets can make people happy and replenish energy, which is most suitable for conversation at this time.

Croa sat casually aside, picked up the milk tea, took a sip, and the sweet taste immediately filled his entire mouth.

The rich aroma of rock goat milk mixed with lily of the valley petals is both fragrant and light. It is really comfortable to drink such milk tea in cold weather.

He narrowed his eyes in pleasure, looked at the baron, and asked, "What are your plans next?"

Hearing Cloya's question, the baron immediately put down the bread, sat up straight, and replied: "According to the laws of the Kingdom of Norlant, those of lower status can challenge those of higher status to be promoted.

I intend to challenge Viscount Bernal and take his territory and title."

This was obviously something he had thought about for a long time.

His eyes were full of burning ambition, and his tone was excited: "I have been preparing for a long time to challenge him.

With my men, weapons, and my own strength, there should be no possibility of failure."

"Oh." Cloya took another sip of milk tea and continued to ask: "What is the rank of that viscount? How many extraordinary people do he have under his command?"

"The Viscount himself is a second-level knight, and he has thirty first-level knights under him."

Obviously, Kemoye had already investigated it, otherwise he wouldn't have blurted it out so easily.

"Second-level knights, thirty first-level knights."

This number is much smaller than he imagined. Could it be that a viscount has only this much combat power?
That's the Viscount.

Logically speaking, the territory covers tens of thousands of hectares, and there should be at least a hundred first-level knights and a dozen second-level knights under his command, if not hundreds.

He felt that the mage apprentices and knight apprentices he was training could overthrow the Viscount if they all rushed forward.

If he did it himself, the other party probably wouldn't last even half a minute.

Croa curled his lips in disdain: "If you can control the thorns, you should be able to defeat him easily."

"Why does he have so few extraordinary people under his command?"

The baron said: "He has just become a viscount and has not had time to manage his territory well.

And...I heard that he doesn't have a complete knight training method."

"That makes sense." Kloya thought, "Without the knight training method, the knights can only rely on their own understanding."

"You only mentioned his extraordinary people just now, and didn't mention the army. Do you not care about these things?"

"no!"

The baron shook his head quickly and explained, “Your Excellency, you don’t know that challenges like this from lower-ranking people to higher-ranking people will only result in the winner being decided between extraordinary people.

It will not involve the troops under their respective command.

This is the law of the kingdom.”

"Ha, this law is really special."

Cloya had never heard of these things and asked curiously, "If the army is not allowed to be used, what is the use of the army under the lord?"

In his understanding, the war between lords and nobles should be a battle of the quantity and quality of their troops and the sophistication of their weapons and armor. But in the end, it turned out to be a fight between lords?

Even if it's a general vs. general game, this is not how you play it.

No wonder the quality of the army here is so poor. They only care about the extraordinary people and don’t improve the capabilities of their troops. It’s really terrible.

The baron scratched his hair and replied, "These are the laws and rules set by the king himself, and they contain the instructions of the church."

"The Church?" Croix narrowed his eyes. "They wouldn't say that a large-scale war would affect the people at the bottom, so they don't allow it, right?"

"It's almost the same as what you said, Master."

"..."

Chloe shook his head.

He knew about the church. Its most powerful method was the training of holy warriors and paladins. Although not everyone was a transcendent, their combat capabilities were extremely exaggerated.

If a low-level transcendent were surrounded and beaten by such an army, he would definitely die a miserable death in the end.

He didn't want the nobles of the Kingdom of Norant to care about their troops, but he had an extremely elite army...

Then you can knead it however you want.

Can't the king see this thing that is obvious with just a little thought?
Or is this a promise made out of necessity?

Cloya thought about it for a moment and didn't care too much.

The matter was too far away from him, so he didn't need to care so much. Besides, such rules were good for him for now.

This makes it easier for him to do some small actions.

Extraordinary?
Now that he has enough resources, it is entirely possible for him to train a group of battle mages or knights.

Besides, he is a wizard and is not within the kingdom’s administrative system. What does the king’s order have to do with a wizard?
He would definitely train his troops. It is hard to imagine how powerful a completely full-time, disciplined army can be.

Moreover, now that he is a fourth-level mage, he can pay a little attention to the Mage Association. Wasn’t the mentor of the mage who murdered "him" also only a fourth-level mage?

With so many cheats in hand, if he can't easily crush the opponent, then he might as well find a tofu to kill himself.

However, before taking revenge, you still need to learn more from Estner. Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle.

He wants to take back everything that belongs to him, and he will definitely take revenge on those who deserve revenge.

After a brief thought, he came to his senses and said to the baron, "I will let my mages and knight apprentices help you. You should take control of the Viscount's territory as quickly as possible."

Kemoye was immediately overjoyed: "Thank you, Lord Cloya!"

If he was 90% sure before, now he was absolutely 100% sure.

Croa waved his hand and said, "You're welcome. I need you to help me find out what's going on outside. Try to recruit as many barons as possible from nearby.

My request to you is that you must at least completely control the territory surrounding Hanjiao Island.

Then you just expand outward.

Don't worry about expanding. I will provide you with the necessary logistics materials and manpower. Don't worry about other things.

If you find any magical beasts or plants, just send them all to me."

There are some things that are inconvenient for Kloya to do, but there are not so many things to do if you let Kmoye do them.

He planned to gradually train Kemoye and push him to the front, and then he would control him secretly. Unless he encountered something that Kemoye could not solve, he would not take action personally.

"I understand, my lord."

Baron Kmoyer was extremely excited.

With the help of the Master Mage, he couldn't imagine how smooth his life would be.

"Magic beasts and magical plants...why don't we give the magical beasts and magical plants in the territory to Croa-sama to take care of as well?"

The baron pondered and suddenly remembered something, and quickly said, "Sir, in the forest next to my territory, there is a group of level one Magical Sugar-eared Rabbits. Do you want them?"

"Sugar-eared rabbits?" Chloe was curious: "What's so special about them?"

"Their ears can be broken off and eaten like candy."

"As for this kind of wonderful magical beast, of course I want it. As long as it is a magical beast or a magical plant, you can send it to me. I want them all!"

"Ok."

The Baron nodded.

He has decided to find more magical beasts and magical plants, and send the first batch over after he returns. He only needs to focus on expansion.

In the following period of time, Cloya discussed some things with him before getting up and leaving.

He planned to finish the training methods of the prisoners and the knight apprentices in one go and then send them out.

Then all he had to do was wait for his men to carry his things to the island.

……

A few minutes later, the upper level of the castle.

Croa looked at the prisoners who were brought here and smiled slightly: "Life is pretty good?"

The prisoners also vaguely knew why Kloa called them over - they had already met Mil, who could actually control magic power!

You know, for them, becoming a magician is almost an obsession.

And now... this wish is within reach.

They couldn't wait to meet Chloe.

"It's all because of the good management of the Master Mage."

It was Otto who spoke for them again. The tall man who looked like a warrior looked at Cloya and went straight to the point.

"Sir, we are willing to serve you as our Lord."

This was the second time he said this. He didn't kneel down like he did the first time. He just said it like this, but his credibility was obviously not the same.

"What can you come up with?" Kloya said calmly: "To make you like normal mages, I need to pay a very high price.

Besides, rather than training you, I think it would be better to give the resources to the apprentices under my command."

This sounded like the truth to the victims - they couldn't believe the price they had to pay to become mages.

Even the Archbishop of the Church and the Archmage of the Mage Association couldn't do it back then. What kind of price would the lord in front of him have to pay?
Are they...worth the price?
Besides, everyone knows that it is definitely better to train your own subordinates from a young age than to provide resources to outsiders who have just arrived.

During their time here, Cloya had been deliberately ignoring their identities as prisoners, making them feel that there was nothing special about them.

The effect of this is indeed very good. The people on Hanjiao Island didn't feel anything when they saw them, they just felt that they were a little special.

The reason is simple: they have seen too many of them. Whether it is magical plants, magical beasts or mage apprentices, they often appear in their daily lives.

In addition, Kloya himself is an extremely powerful wizard. With such a comparison, other wizards are completely insignificant, not to mention some of the prisoners.

I cared about it at first, but later I cared less and less about it.

After hearing what Cloya said, several of the prisoners bit their lips and looked pale.

Ott sighed softly.

"Sir, since you are willing to let us be here, you must have a reason."

"We are willing to give you everything. Only if you are willing to accept it and can solve our problems, our lives will belong to you."

He took out an ancient parchment contract from his underwear and bowed to Cloya.

Kloya glanced at the contract and saw runes and a name made of blood on it... It was a blood contract between master and servant.

As long as Kloa leaves his own magical mark on it, the person on the contract will never have the possibility of leaving him before their life comes to an end and their soul decays.

"You actually carry your blood contract with you."

Croa waved his hand casually, and the parchment automatically flew into his hand. He lowered his head and took a look at it.

"Oh, this is the miner's contract for the Yavana Holy Mine."

After a few glances, a flame rose from his fingertips and directly rolled up the parchment. This magical parchment could withstand the erosion of time and most magic, but it could not stop his power.

"Zizzi"

The dim yellow parchment quickly turned into a pile of ashes in the three-color flames, and disappeared completely with a slight breeze.

The victims' eyes widened immediately.

"you……"

This thing is made of the skin of a golden goat and can withstand most magic and sword attacks. They can't break the contract even if they want to.

But now it’s gone!

They watched the parchment completely disappear, and they had an indescribable feeling in their hearts, which was surprise, shock, and a sense of relief.

"The contract can only bind your bodies." Croa looked at them: "What I want is your complete loyalty."

Now he no longer needs to rely on the contract.

How much loyalty the contract brings... I am always skeptical.

Moreover, the existence of this contract is probably like a thorn in the hearts of these prisoners, a past that they can never get rid of.

The prisoners looked at each other and knelt down in unison:

"...Sir, since you are unwilling to accept our contract, let time prove it for us."

"We are willing to serve you as our Lord!"

This was the third time he said it, and Croix finally smiled - it was at this moment that he finally felt that the music in these guys' hearts had changed.

That is the music called loyalty.

He looked down at the prisoners and nodded slightly:

"Then let time prove it to you. I am looking forward to it..."

"Now you need to get some sleep, and when you wake up, everything will be fine."

The wizard waved his hand gently, and soft music and magic power poured into their ears and bodies. Even the most powerful consciousness could not resist his power.

In just a few seconds, they all fell down in a twisted state.

"Hey, your magic power belongs to me."

Kloya looked at them and began to check the injuries on their bodies. Since he had experience in this before, this time it was of course very smooth.

He played the gopher harp, transmitting the soft and elegant melody into their wounds, communicating the spatial rift.

The space crack felt this power and actively transmitted the magic power, while it itself absorbed Kloya's magic power and even transmitted some joyful consciousness.

Seventeen people, the scars on their backs simultaneously gushed out a steady stream of magic power.

A huge amount of magic power gathered into a blue river, flowing beside Kloya and finally gathered into the Void Moon Divine Tree.

This time...it didn't just light up a branch, but gradually lit up the entire trunk!
The surface of the trunk of the Xuyue Divine Tree lit up with extremely complex patterns, like words, densely packed and covering the lit area.

The sea within a thousand miles radius came alive, the waves surged, and it seemed that the soft and ethereal song of mermaids was echoing.

The clear blue-purple magic illuminates the sea, and in the sea, a life is being shaped, or rather, created...

Chloë couldn't be distracted, so she just glanced at it and continued to focus on playing the gopher harp.

He wanted to see if he could communicate with the spatial cracks inside these people's scars through his own consciousness.

But the result was not what he expected.

Although the space rift was enjoying itself, it had no intention of paying any attention to Kloya.

After about ten minutes, it finally sprayed out some ether moss and then closed completely, no longer paying attention to Cloya's magic.

"…Why do I feel like these magic mosses are my reward?"

Croa had an odd feeling.

This guy was like someone giving a tip after enjoying a massage in a massage parlor. The number of these magic mosses was obviously more than before, and it gave them voluntarily.

This shows that this space crack may really have consciousness.

"But in the end, it still didn't work. I don't know if more communication will be effective."

Croa shook his head helplessly and let go of his hand.

After the gopher harp fell to the ground, it turned into gopher wood, walked on its own roots, and ran to the magic field nearby to take root.

He stood up and walked to the crystal bottle where the Void Moon Divine Tree was placed. He stared inside and muttered to himself:
"Giving birth to life... So you have this ability?"

Although I am very curious about what kind of life can be born from this, it has not yet been fully formed.

Moreover, he wanted to strike while the iron was hot and implant the magic field vines into these people, so he put it aside for the time being and planted the vines on the prisoners first.

This time the process was of course quite smooth and the crops were planted very quickly.

He then directly awakened the prisoners.

"You guys give it a try and see."

Didn't say much, just let them try it.

The prisoners immediately began to mobilize the magic power in their bodies, and it turned out to be very smooth and they were able to perform magic naturally.

"Ah, I can do magic!"

"Master Mage!"

"I'm a mage too!"

They immediately cheered and hugged each other and shed tears. The feeling of having their long-cherished wish fulfilled was so great that they could hardly control themselves.

Chloe kept them entertained for a moment, then clapped her hands.

After hearing the sound, they quickly quieted down.

"grown ups!"

Several people looked at Cloya with warm and grateful eyes.

"Mir has the magic book I gave him. You should study it carefully. After three days, I will arrange for the apprentices to go out for training.

Just follow them and ensure their safety."

After giving the order, Croa waved his hand to signal them to leave.

Of course they did not dare to be negligent. They saluted and left quickly. After leaving the laboratory, they jumped three feet high, obviously very happy.

Cloya, who saw this scene through the "surveillance" of King Mu Yao Qu Teng, shook his head and didn't care much.

He has already set his sights on the crystal bottle.

Inside, a small figure was gradually taking shape.

A slender neck, a body covered with moon-white scales, and huge wings...

It was a dragon, a beautiful and dreamy silver dragon.

(End of this chapter)