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

Chapter 165 165. I want this land
Not only them, even Kloya couldn't help but stand up. This...ah?

The magic vein is equivalent to the spiritual vein in the novels about cultivating immortals, but it is more special because many complex causes are needed to form a vein that can flow.

Many magicians believe that the magic vein is equivalent to a small crack and projection of the etheric world in the main plane. Only in this way can it explain why there is an endless flow of magic power.

Generally speaking, they are divided into levels one to twelve, just like mages - this is the upper limit of the highest level of mages in this plane of world.

The magic vein can do so many things. First of all, it can provide pure magic power, which can power the magic circle without any conversion.

Secondly, if you extract a little bit of the magic power inside, you can make magic recovery potion.

Finally, a planting and breeding base can be built around the magic vein, and a new territory can be developed around this magic vein.

So even Croa is a bit of a goofball.

The magic vein in front of the apprentices now, which continuously flows out liquid magic, is estimated to be of level two or above.

After flowing out, the liquid magic power will turn into invisible magic power and spread into the surrounding environment.

The apprentices were already a little overwhelmed.

Although they were taught about identifying magic veins, they were not taught how to deal with them because this thing is too rare to encounter.

They could only turn to the mushroom people for help, or more precisely, to Croa who was staying in the castle.

Croa watched over there, thinking.

The magic vein cannot be moved. If you want to occupy this magic vein, you can only include this beach into your territory.

It’s not far, only about twenty kilometers.

He thought for a moment and glanced at the map hanging nearby: "This is the area of ​​White Owl Island, and its lord is..."

The answer was immediately given on this map completed by Bartos and Robert: Blackwater Knight.

The Blackwater Knight has been trapped in Baron Andy's castle. Although he has been bled to death, he is probably almost dead.

After he comes over, he will probably be controlled by me at will and will have no ability to resist at all, so his territory will naturally belong to Croya.

At that time, the worst that could happen would be to support a puppet to take power, while on the surface maintaining the illusion that it was still a noble territory, while behind the scenes it was secretly manipulated by him.

This would not provoke the fragile heartstrings of the nobles - although Croa was enough to beat up all the nobles in the northern border of the Kingdom of Nolant.

However, we still have to consider the reactions of the kingdom and other nobles.

Croix made a decision immediately.

"I want this land. I allow you to get help from the prisoners if necessary. Go ahead."

The wizard's words were transmitted through the mushroom people, and the apprentices who were waiting for instructions immediately had bright eyes.

This is not only about finding the treasure, but also about expanding the sphere of influence. This should be the first time that Croa has clearly stated that he has occupied a certain area.

Of course, they couldn't wait to get the first share of the credit.

"According to your will!"

They saluted the mushroom people and immediately set out for the castle where the Blackwater Knights lived. As long as they occupied that place, they would basically be successful.

In the castle, Croix was not idle either. He called Robert and told him:

"Send a team to the Blackwater Knights' castle. They should be almost finished by the time you arrive. Set up the space magic circle."

The multi-space channel C-type magic array he bought was capable of free transmission within a hundred kilometers, so it was just right to install one there.

This kind of space array is easy to install. Just unfold it according to the picture and then install the magic nodes inside.

Of course, Croa had already trained the knights and their men to install this kind of magic circle.

After all, they are my subordinates. It would be shameful if they can't even build a magic circle.

With the help of the space array, unless there is a big boss who can cut off the space connection, no matter what happens, he can send people to suppress it.

Since we have decided to occupy that place, we must take it seriously and see if there are any minerals there while carrying out infrastructure work.

He didn't plan to get involved in these things. All he cared about were the magic veins and those minerals.

As for the other chores, he left them all to the servants and knights under his command to see what they could build.

After all, he can't be asked to handle every little thing personally, what's the point of being a lord then?
"Sir, I wonder if I can arrange for Joshua to go."

After listening to Cloya's arrangements, Robert proposed that Knight Joshua lead the team personally. His little thoughts were very obvious.

As he grew older, he certainly wanted to pave the way for his son. Being Croa's butler was a very good job, but Joshua just couldn't learn it.

If I can't be a butler, then I'll have to be a real knight.

"You." Cloya nodded at him and did not refuse.

Rob smiled awkwardly.

Joshua is indeed a pretty good guy, and has some management skills, so it is appropriate for him to go.

So he agreed without hesitation.

"If you do a good job, I'll give you a reward. Anyone can go."

He finally explained a few things and waved goodbye to Rob.

The latter quickly excused himself and hurriedly found his son who was in training.

Joshua was sweating all over at the moment, lifting dumbbells with his upper body naked - this was of course what Kloya had come up with.

As a result, it immediately became the favorite of these knights, as it could be used for both training and weight lifting, so much so that Cloya began to doubt whether this thing was really that fun.

Rob is also one of those who cannot understand.

Although his body is still strong under Croa's care, he is old after all and cannot lift weights without any protective measures.

"Father? Why are you here?"

Joshua quickly put the dumbbells on the ground, picked up a cloth beside him and wiped the sweat off his face, and said curiously, "It's not time for me to patrol today."

Robert picked up the water cup beside him and handed it to him, saying:

"Get out as soon as you finish drinking the water. The Lord wants to occupy the territory of the Black Water Knights. His apprentices are already doing it. Take the Lord's magic pet and go quickly!"

"Ah? Cough cough cough..." Joshua almost choked himself as he couldn't swallow a mouthful of water.

He didn't even bother to drink water. He quickly put on the clothes and armor beside him and ran out in a hurry.

Only Rob was left to pick up the water cup, with a look of helplessness on his face, but more of relief.

To be honest, although it is comfortable to be on Hanjiao Island every day during this period, it also feels a bit boring. Apart from training, I teach students every day.

He and his son have both wanted to go out for some exercise.

Now is the time!
……

Time passed quickly.

It only took three hours to travel the 20-kilometer distance, all thanks to the quality of the people led by Joshua and the help of the Ice Rabbit.

With the help of these rabbits, they slid on the snow on a sled, which was an unforgettable experience.

When Joshua and his men arrived here carrying the space magic circle under the guidance of the mushroom people, the apprentices had already finished the battle.

For them, occupying a castle where most of their men had been taken away by the Blackwater Knights was a piece of cake and it didn't take any effort at all.

After learning from the mushroom people that support was coming, Lisa was waiting at the castle gate early.

After seeing Joshua, she said respectfully, "Instructor Joshua!"

"Well done, Master Croa praised you." Joshua said this and waved his hand to his subordinates: "Go find a suitable place to set up the magic circle."

"Really? That's great!" Lina became even more delighted when she heard Cloya praising them.

She led Joshua into the castle and introduced, "There were more than a hundred soldiers in this castle when we arrived. Except for some who resisted, the others were temporarily locked up."

"We found 500 gold coins, 20 magic crystals, and about 700 kilograms of various foods in the castle."

She had just taken control of the castle, and of course the first things she found were in the knight's room and the storeroom, and she hadn't had time to search other places.

Judging from Croa's standards, this gain is not that much, but in the eyes of these apprentices, it is actually a lot.

Especially those more than 500 gold coins.

When they were piled together, the golden color was really eye-catching. It was the purest desire. "The magic crystals should be handed over to the Lord, and the rest can be distributed among yourselves." Joshua nodded and said.

"Yes."

Although Lina is a woman, she knows very well that if she wants her subordinates to be loyal, she must reward them.

Those spoils that Kloya didn't care about were naturally the rewards for his subordinates. The bulk of them would be handed over, and the rest could be divided up.

The two talked as they walked, and soon they had walked through the entire castle. They soon discovered something new - there were ten strong black horses in the castle's stable.

They were leisurely eating the soybean leaves and hay brought by the servants. There was even a charcoal brazier burning in the stable, making it very warm.

Joshua raised his eyebrows, stepped forward and looked directly at the dark horses, a look of joy flashing across his face.

"Not bad!"

These horses are certainly not monsters, but from his point of view, they are pretty good horses. Taking them back will just make up for the shortcomings of the insufficient number of horses.

Hanjiao Island is a coastal area with no lush grasslands or pastures, and there are very few wild horses.

But how can a qualified knight be without a horse?
Warcraft horses are rare, but this kind of ordinary horse is also very good and suitable for novice training. They can finally teach apprentices horsemanship.

During the following period of time, they were busy investigating the situation here while waiting for Kloya's arrival.

……

The magic circle was quickly built.

Croa came here personally through the magic circle.

He didn't pay much attention to what was happening inside the castle, and brought Lina and the magic apprentices to the beach.

On the way, he also looked at those magic crystals. They were level one magic crystals, but level one magic crystals were also very good.

If it really is a level two magic crystal mine... he would probably have to consider killing people to silence them. There is a huge difference between level one and level two.

It is estimated that even the Mage Association will send people to receive and manage the second-level magic crystal mine.

What he needs to determine now is how much reserves this magic crystal mine has, how it was formed, and why no one has discovered it before.

As for those white stones, he took them in his hand and looked at them. They emitted a very terrifying cold air. If this cold air came into contact with human skin, it could cause necrosis of the skin.

It appears to be naturally formed.

But when he looked carefully, he found a strange magic power inside. It was a magic power coming from a monster, and there was also a very strange fishy smell.

"Could it have fallen from some magical beast?" He wondered and decided to look for it carefully when he got to the beach.

If we really infer based on the strength and fluctuation of this magic power, this magic beast is probably at least level three. A level three magic beast... is something that ordinary people cannot deal with no matter what.

For the sake of the planting base that he planned to build in the future, this potential threat must be completely dealt with.

Soon, we arrived at the beach.

He glanced at the floating seaweed and said:

"It's really the Thirsty Sea Fluorescent Algae."

With just one look, he was very sure that these were indeed the Thirsty Sea Fluorescent Algae. It was not the result of the Astral Body Imprinting Technique, but came from his understanding of this kind of seaweed.

He has been using his pile of Thirsty Sea fluorescent algae as blankets and quilts, keeping them warm in winter and cool in summer. He is very familiar with the magical fluctuations of this algae.

The reason why they became like this seems to be because the ice magic here is particularly abundant.

Kloya walked directly to the surface of the sea, gathered his magic power in his palm, and then pressed it lightly towards the sea surface.

"Snapped!"

His magic power took over the sea area with a radius of about three kilometers.

The sea surface suddenly shook violently, and the seaweed floating in the sea area was immediately vibrated by the magic power and gathered together.

Revealing the slightly deeper sea water below.

Then, he gathered his magic power and made a pushing motion.

"Whoa~ Whoa~"

About twenty meters from his feet, the sea water was pushed away by a powerful force, revealing the beach and land beneath the sea.

The coastline retreated thirty meters.

Those scattered magic crystals and magic veins were naturally exposed to everyone, and the fish that did not have time to escape were struggling by flapping their tails.

The apprentices opened their eyes wide in surprise and gasped. Although they knew that their lord was very powerful, to push the sea water away like this...how many tons of sea water would it take?

The more they knew about magic, the more they could feel how powerful and unfathomable Kloya was.

"Go pick it up."

Although maintaining the sea water is not very tiring for Croa, he cannot do it for a long time.

He gave an instruction to his apprentices, and they came back to their senses from their surprise and hurried forward to pick up the magic crystals and white stones.

He walked slowly to the magic vein, pressed his fingers on the ground, and performed earth and stone shaping magic.

He was very curious about what was underneath.

As the magic took effect, the soil below surged up and the magic power emanating from the magic veins gradually increased.

But after a few seconds, Kloya suddenly felt something and jumped to the side, avoiding a tentacle with a suction cup that emerged from the mud.

"Master Mage!"

After seeing this, the apprentices wanted to gather around, but Kloya waved his hand to refuse.

"Just go do your own thing and don't worry about this."

According to his perception, the magic power fluctuation of this thing is at level three, and octopuses are notoriously cunning and difficult to kill, so these apprentices coming here will affect him instead.

"Oh, there really is something." He stared with interest at the tentacle in front of him that was about one meter long, and the Astral Body Imprinting Technique was activated.

Soon we saw a giant octopus lurking beneath the soil.

It is estimated that its body is about seven or eight meters long, and its tentacles are more than twenty meters long. Only one of them has been extended so far, passing through the soil layer, and most of it is still buried underneath.

'Cold wrist octopus.'

As far as Warcraft octopuses go, it's not particularly large.

According to legend, the truly giant Warcraft octopus can even have its tentacles extended for tens of thousands of meters, and can compete with legendary wizards in the sea.

He remembered that when he first subdued the Thirsty Sea Fluorescent Algae, they had sent out consciousness and said that they would no longer be eaten by the giant octopus.

Is this the giant octopus they are talking about?
If you want to eat giant octopuses that are at the level of third-level Warcraft, you can indeed eat them as snacks.

Kloya thought about it and did not dig the octopus out directly. Instead, he sent a message to it, a friendly message.

It's better to use courtesy before force. He is not a devil. I heard that octopuses have high IQs. If this guy is willing to talk nicely, I won't do anything to it.

But if it is unwilling to accept peace talks.

Then Croa could only bear the pain and taste what such a huge octopus tentacles taste like, and he didn't know whether the meat would become old due to its huge size.

Perhaps this thought was mixed into Kloya's consciousness, and the octopus's whole body was shaking a little.

It quickly wriggled out of the hole in the soil. The flexibility of its body was so exaggerated that it was hard to describe, as if it could shrink its bones.

Finally, it appeared in front of Croix in its entirety.

Well, it's still huge, but inexplicably a little cute.

It is snow-white all over, and even the suction cups on its tentacles are translucent. Apart from being a bit huge and its eyes being particularly strange, it is not unacceptable.

"you……"

Just as Cloya was about to ask, he suddenly felt something was wrong. The ground beneath his feet seemed to be shaking.

It was as if something was about to erupt.

Thanks to the reward from the unrestrained and crazy boss and the monthly tickets from all the bosses. Wow, it’s really a lot at the end of the month. Thank you very much... If I can have a thousand monthly tickets, I will add more chapters at the same time as the ten thousand chapters next month!

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