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

Chapter 158 158. The truth about salt, the bet is advanced

Kloya, who was far away on the Reef Island, was not too worried about whether they could escape, because the mushroom man had seen everything on Ryan's back.

That strange flower vine was just meant to drive them away. It actually moved very slowly, and it could even be said that it was intentionally trying to make them escape.

What he cared about was the cup he saw in the priest's hand.

The cup was made of gold, and inlaid with small pieces of platinum, which looked like fragments of celestial light.

"A fragment of the void?"

"People from the church have actually come to the North."

Croa looked thoughtful and glanced at the people on the screen who had escaped to a safe place and were talking.

“Greed, the infected cultist must have regarded the entire castle as his own private property and would not allow anyone to leave.

Does he think that the power of the nobility is related to the castle? "

At this moment, his interest in that place had greatly diminished.

He could imagine what would happen next.

It was nothing more than killing the cultist after a difficult battle with the help of the priest.

With that strange priest around, there was really no need to worry about anything happening; all he had to do was wait.

The mushroom people can sense the priest's magic power... which is close to level four. It shouldn't be a problem to deal with such infected cultists.

As for why he did this... to be honest, Kloya didn't quite understand. According to what the mushroom man perceived, those flower vines were at most level two or three.

He should be vulnerable in front of the priest.

"Is it intentional? I really want to meet him in person. Why does the thing he holds look so similar to the Holy Grail of Purification?"

"never mind."

Kloya thought for a while, shook his head and told the Wood Yao Qu Teng King: "Cut to the bottom of the sea."

He planned to wait and see how things developed before continuing to watch. Also, he was looking forward to his apprentices bringing the flower vine back to him.

"Okay." Mu Yao Qu Teng Wang did as he was told immediately.

After a moment, the scene switched to the seabed, to be precise, below the air coral base, where a huge hole had been dug out by wind-eroded sandworms.

This was dug from the mine pit downwards, then expanded and stairs were built. It was narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, forming a bottle-like terrain.

At the bottom of the "bottle" is a flat ground with a radius of about one kilometer.

The ground here has been carefully polished, and the surrounding black and red lava rocks have been reinforced and waterproofed with magical materials, and even a drying magic circle has been set up.

Magic lamps provided energy to the area, lighting it up. People were busy using white magic mud as building materials to build houses.

This is the underwater factory built under the instruction of Croa.

On Hanjiao Island, he did not plan to build any special factories or anything like that; everything would be done on the seabed.

One is for concealment, and the other is for convenience.

The former is to deal with people who may come to the island and prevent them from seeing things they shouldn't see; the latter is because there is sufficient magic power on the seabed, which will make it more convenient to build magic circles and make magic forges.

Of course, there was also the factor that he didn't want to turn Hanjiao Island into some kind of magical industrial island. He only planted magical plants and raised magical beasts on a large scale on the island, and the other factories were thrown on the seabed, which looked more comfortable.

After observing for a while, Cloya saw that the smelter and weapons factory had basically been built, and he nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad, how's the tunnel digging going?"

The scene changes again——

We came to an underwater tunnel that was fifteen meters wide and about ten meters high.

The people holding the waterproof magic materials he gave were carrying out the final reinforcement of the tunnel. Once the reinforcement was completed, the tunnel could be put into use.

This is the passage he planned to prepare for the sea dolphins and marine creatures, allowing them to come directly to the island through this tunnel.

At the exit of the tunnel he had planned to construct a building filled with a misty blue spring so that the fish could swim on land.

After inspecting his territory, Kloya suddenly felt something, so he lay down on the chair and took out the crystal card of the Holy Spring Association.

There was a bright light flashing on the card - this meant that someone was inviting him to enter the deep blue fantasy for an interview.

"Estner."

He pondered for a moment and chose to enter the illusion.

The familiar overwhelming blue spring water covered his entire field of vision. In the illusion of endless holy spring flowing, there was a tall figure standing not far away.

After seeing Cloya come in, he greeted her;
"Hey! Long time no see!"

This was a young wizard who was about twenty years old. He was wearing the combat wizard suit of the Wizard Association - a tight-fitting robe that did not affect his movements, a pair of high boots made of earth dragon skin, and a short staff that looked like a civilized staff in his hand.

He looked heroic and had an indescribable aura of strength, completely different from those mages who wore heavy and inconvenient mage robes.

Croa looked at him, the corners of her mouth raised, and she smiled: "It's been a long time indeed. How have you been lately, Estner?"

His tone was trying to imitate the original owner's conversation with his friends. The slight difference was caused by the different environment. Estner chuckled.

"Fortunately, the Mage Association recently organized an operation to clear out the cultists at the Yavana Holy Mine. I went there with my mentor."

"You look healthy. Are you in any danger?" Kloya asked with concern.

"I was almost killed by the spore warriors, so I had time to return to the Mage Association to recuperate." Estner smiled bitterly.

"...It would be nice to be able to leave that place." Kloya frowned and said, "I heard that it is one of the largest magic crystal mines on the continent. Does the association want to ignore it?"

Estner replied, "The situation over there is very complicated. There is also the danger of the Abyss Lord invading the main plane. I guess the Church will have to ask the Son to go there."

"By the way, Cloya." He suddenly remembered something very important.

He warned in a serious tone: “You have to be careful. Before I came here, I heard from a friend in Star Town that there is a demonic aura in the north.

Now that the North is blocked by a snowstorm and there is also the issue of the Yavana Sacred Mine, the Kingdom and the Association probably don't have time to deal with it.

But it is said that some holy knights who returned from the Salt Mountain rushed to the North. If you encounter them, you must be more careful! "

When mentioning these holy knights, Estner's expression almost became a little fearful and disgusted.

Croix's heart sank, and he asked curiously, "Hmm? The Holy Knight shouldn't be in any danger, right?"

"Aren't people in the church always spreading the gospel of God?"

Estner shook his head: "The Holy Knights who came out of the salt mountains all mastered a powerful ability. Croix, do you know where those salt mountains came from?"

The moment he heard this, Croix remembered the story the Baron had once told him, about the weapon that could turn people into salt.

He hadn't thought about it so much before, but now it suddenly comes up...

He pretended not to know: "How did it come from? I remember the legend that it was created by the power of God. At least that's what the church has always said."

“In fact, it can be said that it was caused by the power of God, but those salt mountains all came from the sinners executed by the Holy Knights.

It is their bodies that form the endless mountains of salt."

Estner was still terrified: "This time when I went to the Yavana Holy Mine, I met a holy knight from the Salt Mountain. He turned a powerful level 7 demon into a block of salt with just one crossbow arrow."

"Ah?" Although he had already guessed it, he was still shocked after confirming it.

"The salt mountain is full of corpses of demons and sinners?"

To be honest, it was a good thing that the salt that the Mage Association had purchased before was produced by the kingdom itself, otherwise he would have really had the urge to vomit.

Knowing is one thing, understanding is another.

"Yes, so you must be careful. Those guys are willing to risk their lives to get rid of the devil. They are a group of fanatical religious lunatics."

After warning him again, he looked Cloya up and down and said, "Level 4 Mage, it seems like it would be a waste of your talent to keep you in the capital.

If you want, you can return to the capital now.

Neither Stein, who framed you, nor his mentor could prevent a fourth-level wizard from returning to the association, and you can take whatever revenge you want."

In fact, when Estner received the news from Croa, he was shocked. Even he was only a third-level magician and had just broken through.

As a result, Kloya actually made a triple jump from level one to level four. This was really exaggerated.

If a genius mage of this level wants to retaliate, the top leaders of the Mage Association will definitely support him. Weighing the pros and cons is what mages are best at.

Of course, he was the only one who knew about this and he hadn't told anyone else about it. He wouldn't tell anyone about it until Cloya wanted to announce it.

"Go back?" Kloya shook his head disdainfully: "Forget it, I just want to know how strong Stein's mentor is.

I would like to challenge him to an honor duel between mages."

Estner had expected this and spread his hands, "Very weak, a level 4 mage like him barely made it up there, and he was relying on a magic plant.

By the way, the guy who framed you is his illegitimate son.

The Moonlight Spirit Dew Grass that he promised to sign is his mentor's biggest reliance for advancing to the fourth level."

Hearing this, Kloya was slightly stunned.

He suddenly found a flame of anger rising in his heart. It had been hidden in his heart for a very long time, but it suddenly emerged now.

That was... the hatred and resentment towards Stein and his mentor, the resentment and anger that had killed the original owner.

It was so strong that it even affected the operation of magic power.

If this fire is not resolved, it may have a serious impact on his path.

But that was exactly what he meant.

He narrowed his eyes and said, "Didn't that guy make a three-year agreement? Estner, I want to apply to fulfill the bet in advance and invite him and his mentor to Hanjiao Island.

How about you be my witness?"

I am a little busy today, Monday, so I need to work less. I will continue tomorrow. I hope my readers will bear with me. Thank you very much!

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