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

Chapter 166 166. Ore mining site, apprentice returns

When the ground began to shake, Kloya had already extended all of his mental and magical powers underground.

He was sure that this was a sign that the underground magic veins were about to gush out magic power - otherwise, why would it erupt just as the octopus crawled out?
So when the ground shook, Croa didn't seem to move, but the magic power had already sorted out and taken over the magic power of the magic veins coming from the underground riot.

"There are quite a few."

He sensed it, frowned, took out the gopher harp, and gently plucked one of the scarlet strings.

"~"

The music flows out gently and softly.

When his music is played, even the earth and nature are listeners and will certainly be affected by the power of the peaceful serenade.

The violent wind and endless snow all around gradually calmed down, from the howling blizzard to the peaceful falling of snowflakes.

The magic power that was about to gush out from the ground also slowed down, and finally flowed out like a spring, flowing towards Kloya, and soon formed a stream of magic power.

It was not until this time that Kloya felt how huge this flow of magic power was. It was definitely more than one level, and during this process he also felt that there was something underneath.

'A very familiar fluctuation.'

After sorting out the flow of magic power, Cloya put away the gopher harp, looked at the ground, and lightly hooked his fingers. Immediately, magic power rushed out the things below.

It was a bright blue light.

The moment it appeared, the octopus's eyes widened.

It stretched out its tentacles, but did not dare to snatch the treasure in front of Cloya. It could only watch secretly from behind, unable to conceal its feelings of desire and loss.

But Croa didn't seem to pay any attention to it.

At this time, Kroa stretched out his hand and caught the bursting light, then lowered his head to take a look.

This is... a prismatic blue crystal, with the light of water flickering inside, as if a small piece of the deep sea was cut out and placed inside.

"Water crystal." He took a deep breath, and it was exactly the same as he had just sensed.

He looked towards the ground with an excitement that he could not conceal - here, there was a vein of aquamarine crystals!

It has been a long time since I last saw water crystals. The last time, it was dropped by the angel sheep. There were only a few pieces of water crystal fragments, not enough to fill the gaps between my teeth.

The essence of water is beneficial to magical plants and monsters with water attributes. It can even speed up their reproduction, not to mention that it can be sold directly for money.

It's absolutely good stuff.

In comparison, the magic veins and magic crystal mines seem a bit insignificant in front of the water crystal veins.

Therefore, he immediately decided to build a base here. Whether it was the magic veins, or the water crystals and magic crystal mines, they were enough for him to invest enough resources.

He looked around and thought for a while, and decided to simply build a dam here to directly block the sea water, and then build an ore mining site.

"But let's deal with the octopus first."

Cloya put the matter aside for the moment and glanced at the octopus standing aside, staring at the water crystal eagerly.

The latter's eyes were full of desire for the Water Crystal. If Croa wasn't really that powerful, he would have come up to snatch it.

"If you think so, then I can use it to seduce you."

This guy definitely wants the power of the Water Crystal, so I can use the Water Crystal to subdue it. With such a level 3 Warcraft octopus staying here, many things will be easy to handle.

He quickly separated out a drop of water essence through the Seven Stars Separation Technique, and shook it in his hand towards the octopus.

The octopus wanted to pounce eagerly, but finally held back.

Nowadays, Croa can separate the essence of water without the help of the Seven Stars Divine Law Array. He even suspects that the array is a super enhanced version of the Seven Stars Separation Technique.

If you think about it carefully, it makes sense. After all, Archmage Eurydice was originally the apprentice of the legendary mage Iliste, so it is normal for her to make secondary creations based on the Seven Stars Separation Technique.

Of course, the power of the Seven Stars Divine Law Array can separate all the star crystals. If they need to be processed in large quantities, it would definitely be more convenient to use a magic array.

"Do you want it?"

He tempted directly and put forward his conditions: "I will provide you with this essence, but you need to obey my orders honestly.

If you don’t want to…”

He didn't say anything else, but just mobilized his magic power. The three colors of light intertwined behind him and even formed a halo.

It emits extremely powerful magical fluctuations.

This is naked coercion and inducement. If you are unwilling to accept my kindness, you will have no choice but to die.

The octopus immediately understood what Kloya meant. A third-level magical beast like it already has an IQ no lower than that of humans, not to mention that the octopus has nine brains.

It is equivalent to nine times the desire to survive.

It immediately and obediently expressed its submission, and even stretched out its tentacles to deftly pick up the magic crystals scattered in the soil around it and piled them in front of Kroya.

This is to prove that you are obedient and capable.

"That's right." Kloya nodded with satisfaction and threw the drop of water essence to the octopus, who immediately took it and swallowed it.

Compared to the size of its body, this water essence is really inconspicuous, but after swallowing it, its eight tentacles shook and trembled together, just like it was dancing after drinking.

Finally, it fell limply to the ground with a "plop" and it took a long time to return to its original state.

After taming the octopus, the efficiency of collecting ore became much faster. During this period, Kloya also made a preliminary exploration of the situation under the soil.

According to the exploration, there should be a lot of mineral deposits below. It would take a lot of energy for him to mine them using magic alone.

So we still have to mine it slowly and make use of the magic veins at the same time.

After chatting with the giant octopus in detail for a while, he left with a thoughtful expression, carrying a bunch of magic crystals and water crystals that were washed out. As for the sea water... it had long been blocked by the wall he created with the earth and stone shaping technique.

There is no sea water anymore in this U-shaped bay.

After leaving here, Kroya did not stay for long, and went straight back to the castle with his gains.

However, before leaving, he left enough building materials and instructed his apprentices to lead the servants here to complete the construction of the mine.

In his opinion, his apprentice should not only be able to fight, but also be able to manage the territory, or at least be able to handle these things skillfully.

This time he tasted the sweetness and decided to send his apprentices to visit the surrounding nobles one by one, at least to make the area around Hanjiao Island his territory first.

As for the outside world, just leave it to Baron Kmoyer. After all, it's just a matter of transferring it from one hand to the other, and it's still his in the end.

……

After he left completely, apprentice Lina and her friends gathered all the surrounding farm servants.

She looked at the people who were wearing ragged clothes and cowering a little, and said loudly: "The Lord has something for you to do. You must listen to me carefully. If you can complete it, you will have no problem eating and wearing warm clothes!"

As a former farm servant, Lina certainly knew what she wanted. She just wanted to have enough food, clothes and a safe place to live.

Although it sounds simple, the only one who can do it is Croa, their powerful wizard lord.

As she spoke, some apprentices had already brought in buckets of food. They were called food, but in fact they were just boiled potatoes, the simplest of foods.

With the help of the Sons of Harvest, the yield of this thick-soil potato has skyrocketed, and it continues to be produced even on snowy days.

For people on Hanjiao Island, these were already daily foods and there was nothing surprising about them.

But it was different for these farm servants.

After smelling the steaming aroma, the farm servants were stunned. You know, when the mountains are blocked by such heavy snow, the ones who suffer are always the people at the bottom of society.

Their lives cannot withstand the slightest turmoil, let alone a natural disaster of this magnitude.

Everyone had been hungry for a few days to some extent, and now when they smelled the aroma of food, only their reason and fear of Lina prevented them from scrambling for the food.

They looked at Lina standing on the platform as if they were looking at a savior - and the latter did not continue to make any long speeches, but directly said: "Eat! Don't fight over it!"

The servants were a little confused and timid at first, but when they saw the apprentices had scattered away, they immediately pounced on them and began to devour the hot soup and thick potatoes.

However, they also kept Lina's words in mind and did not snatch it.

Suddenly, the whole castle was filled with the sounds of people drinking soup and chewing. Lina waited patiently until they finished eating and drinking, clapped her hands, and the servants immediately looked up at her with hope and expectation in their eyes.

Just one meal made these farm servants obey her orders.

"listen to me……"

She picked up a pile of white mud beside her, demonstrated twice how to build a house, and then signaled the servants to try it.

The result was unexpectedly smooth. Enticed and motivated by food and her promises, the servants learned quickly.

In just ten minutes, these more than 300 people learned how to use white mud to build buildings.

Then, they left the castle and headed to the seaside to start building. With the three intertwined veins as the center, they worked day and night and soon built a huge building.

It is as high as the more than ten-meter-high dam that Croa had casually built to block the sea water. It looks like a castle, but it has no windows.

The interior is divided into three layers. The bottom layer is for mining two kinds of ores and crystal pipes for transferring magic veins and magic power; the second layer is an indoor field where some magic plants are planted; the top layer is where the teleportation space array is placed to regularly teleport the ore to the castle on Hanjiao Island.

The only entrance and exit to the castle is on the dam built by Croa, and everyone entering and exiting has to walk across a bridge over the deep sea.

The sea water is bottomless and it seems that there is some terrifying monster lurking below.

That is the last barrier. The octopus will prevent people from sneaking in through the entrance and also prevent people from taking out things that should not be taken.

If someone really does this, it will also eat meat without hesitation.

……

The endless supply of water crystal magic crystals from White Owl Island was transported to Croya's castle. The quantity was quite large, and several hundred pieces had been produced just after mining.

This made Kroa deeply aware that even if he could expand in the sea, he could not let go of the resources on land.

A larger territory means more possibilities and more resources, which are very beneficial to him.

In particular, after he had a detailed discussion with the giant octopus, he learned that the appearance of these mineral veins was most likely related to the mermaids.

The giant octopus has lived in the ocean for a long time and is very sensitive to the magic of mermaids, even more sensitive than the sea dolphins that have been blessed by mermaids.

In the beginning, it was the magic of the mermaids that lured it to the shore, and it discovered the ore - the product of the conflict between the two magics.

That is, the mermaid magic from the ocean and the magic from the land.

He had always been suspicious about the cause of the snowstorm, and now that he knew it was related to mermaids, he suddenly felt gloomy.

You know, this is the snow that covers the entire North!
Even though he stayed at home in his own territory, he could imagine how many people were affected by the snowstorm and eventually died of hunger and cold.

He had collected so much music that he was definitely affected by it and could naturally sense the emotions contained in it. It was inevitable that he would feel sympathy for his fellow mermaids and thought that the mermaids were really going too far.

Originally he thought that he was helpful to the mermaids, and perhaps they would not mind his exploration in the sea, but now he was a little confused.

He decided to temporarily stop the development of the ocean, at least until the mermaids appeared and see their attitude before making any plans.

Since the sea cannot be expanded for the time being, the land must be taken into consideration. He has already instructed the teams outside to control any minerals and materials and bring them to Hanjiao Island.

Bring whatever you have. Anyway, the heavy snow environment now is the best camouflage.

“I’m just waiting for their harvest.”

After thinking about these things, he glanced at the clock hanging on the wall and muttered to himself:
"It's about time to come."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Yao Qu Teng Wang reminded him, "Master, there is a castle waiting at the dock of Hanjiao Island. Apprentice Ryan wants to see you."

"Oh." Kloya nodded slightly and lay back, "Let him in. I also want to know what happened."

Although there were mushroom people monitoring the whole process, he was not there in person after all, so some things he had to wait and see.

"Okay." King Mu Yaoqu Teng responded.

Not long after, Ryan came in from outside and saluted to Cloya as soon as he came in: "My lord! I'm back!"

"Yeah." Kloya glanced at him and found that this guy's aura was becoming more and more fierce, and he had already reached the power of a first-level knight.

It's normal, after all, he really tried his best this time.

But the thorn of justice in his body...seems a little strange.

Kloya raised an eyebrow and said, "Come closer."

Ryan immediately took a few steps forward, and finally stopped at Cloya's signal, with a distance of less than half a meter left from the latter.

At this time, Cloya casually used magic, and a ball of dazzling golden light wrapped in a few very strange magic powers fell in front of Cloya.

That is the power of orange, full of greed and desire.

'Mammon's boundless greed.'

When he received this strand of magic power, the hidden chapter of the Orange Song in his heart moved slightly, and after absorbing this power, it quickly calmed down.

"I think we need more of this kind of power."

He had some guesses, put the matter aside for the time being, and asked Ryan curiously: "You can actually absorb this kind of power, do you feel that there is something wrong?"

Ryan shook his head: "No, it's no different than usual."

"Is that so?" Croix stared at the Thorn of Justice in his body and felt that this thing was a bit outrageous.

Although he learned from the Baron at that time that this kind of thorn could absorb power and transform it into one's own power, he did not expect that even the power of this emotional demon could be transformed.

If we follow this speculation, can higher-level powers, such as divine power, also be transformed?
He was very curious, so he tried it directly - he took out the power of the Mother Earth in the bottle, wrapped it in his own golden magic power and handed it to Ryan.

"Try to absorb some of this power," he said.

"Yes." Ryan did so immediately.

The young knight apprentice began to absorb the golden-green magic within the golden magic according to the breathing method, and he actually absorbed a trace of it.

Although it was only a tiny wisp, he did absorb it. That wisp of magic power was transformed inside his Thorns of Justice and turned into a very terrifying force.

If it weren't for Cloya's quick eyes and hands that helped him suppress these forces, he would have exploded.

This shows how exaggerated the quality of these divine powers is.

Kloya thought to himself: "I can really absorb it... But it seems that my power is suppressing it. Can this magic power that represents eternity easily suppress the turbulence of divine power?"

He saw it clearly just now. When these divine powers entered the Thorns of Justice, they were about to riot, but his golden magic power suppressed them.

It is obvious that the golden eternal magic is more powerful than divine power.

"That means we can just let them absorb this divine power from now on. The quality of the divine power is so amazing that no other magic power is needed at all." His mind moved.

This is certainly a good thing. It can consume the divine power that is of no use to him, and also solve the magic power consumption of the knight apprentice.

After resolving this doubt, he asked if anything happened on the way back.

Of course the result is no.

With such a big moving castle as a means of transportation, there was no trouble at all, and even that Kit was very nice to them.

Kit took the initiative to distribute the food in the castle to the servants, and his treatment of people was impeccable.

In the end, Ryan even asked Cloya to plead with Kit.

"Sir, although Git was tempted by the devil, he seems to be fine now. Will you kill him?"

"Let's see and then talk."

Croa did not give a clear answer, but stood up and said, "Let's go and meet that Git and the priest."

He soon arrived at the pier of Hanjiao Island and saw the castle supported by flower vines. The moment he saw the castle, the light in his eyes turned into a deep orange.

With him as the center and at his feet, some small orange flowers grew out, stretching endlessly.

The music sounded unconsciously.

(End of this chapter)