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

Chapter 174 174. Only a Level Mage
As a fourth-level wizard, Zel had never been to the barren northern border of the kingdom, let alone traveled such a long distance in such cold weather.

Of course, he wasn't hit directly by the peas that fell from the sky...

After finally getting out of the carriage, his expression was as ugly as it could be, and he glanced coldly at Estner beside him.

Estner naturally noticed the cold gaze, but he didn't react at all. Instead, there was a smile on his face.

He actually hoped that this guy would attack him.

Zell felt his heart pierced by Estner's smile and looked away.

There was even more resentment in my heart.

If this guy hadn't been so nosy, how could he have been forced to come to the North? And how could he have suffered such hardships?

His hatred for Estner at this point even exceeded that for Cloa.

But he himself is a huge beneficiary of the identity of a mage, and he knows very well that it is easy for a high-level mage to suppress a low-level mage.

He didn't even dare to resist Celeste's orders.

So the only hope left is...killing Croa.

As long as he could kill Croa, he wouldn't mind apologizing after the person died, even if it meant spending all his life savings.

People in the association should also persuade Celeste.

After all, the person was dead. It would not be a good idea to get rid of another level 4 wizard. Celeste should not kill them all.

'As long as we can kill that little wizard..."

Zel quickly calmed himself down and straightened his wrinkled wizard robe. The magic patterns on it still emitted a light golden glow in the snow.

Seven golden rings of different sizes are embroidered on the star-moon whale skin using arcane as the silk thread, like the bright and shining sun above the starry sky.

There is no such thing as unreasonable hatred in the world.

Sometimes a person needs to die, of course, to prevent certain things from being exposed.

……

"Lord Estner."

The one who came out to greet them was Knight Semir.

He bowed respectfully to Estner and invited him, "My master is waiting for you on the island. Please follow me."

The knight completely ignored the two mages next to him - the confidence given by Croa made him fearless even when facing powerful mages.

"Oh?"

Estner took a deep look at the tall knight. As a combat mage, he actually felt a hint of threat from this guy.

This was his intuition, and it had saved him from danger countless times.

Even though he believed that his level and strength were higher than Semir's, he did not underestimate the knight and just nodded slightly.

"Then you lead the way."

As he spoke, he also greeted the two people behind him.

"Stein, Master Zell, come together."

Estner's tone was very casual. He did not show any respect at all when facing a wizard more powerful than himself. He just maintained a small amount of respect.

Zel had regained his composure by now, and after giving his apprentice a look, he followed.

It was a bit unexpected that there was no boat when they arrived at the beach, and the young knight just walked straight towards the beach.

The moment he was about to step into the sea.

There is a vague and dreamy sound echoing in the sea.

The originally calm sea water was instantly split into two halves by this force, forming an underwater passage large enough for two carriages to pass side by side.

"Uh."

Not only Estner was surprised, even Zel, a fourth-level wizard, and Stein, who was considered to have seen the world, were surprised.

They could see that it was the sea dolphins that maintained the sea water, but the problem was that the power that maintained the sea water... wasn't it too strange?
That power that merges with the ocean and can suppress it...

There was an added shadow of gloom in Zel and Stein's hearts.

The three of them walked down the steps built on the beach without saying a word. When they reached the bottom of the sea, they were shocked by the surrounding situation.

Because... in front of them was a long, straight underwater road. Huge bubbles supported the sea water, and there were magic lamps and coral trees decorating both sides of the road.

The bright light from the lamps illuminated the spotless white road, and coupled with the decorated coral trees on both sides and the slightly dim environment on the seabed, it was simply dazzling.

It’s like arriving at the mermaid kingdom under the sea.

"It's so beautiful." Estner exclaimed.

He instinctively felt that these bubbles might be supported by something, but the magic power at the bottom of the sea was too chaotic to tell exactly what it was.

"This is the road built by the Lord."

Semil's tone was full of pride. He took out a sun badge surrounded by seven-color light and distributed it to the three people.

"Please carry this badge, otherwise you will not be able to embark on this path."

"Humph!"

Stein took the badge and snorted coldly, then threw it to the ground and said mockingly, "He's just a little wizard, and he still says he can't enter?"

"Do you really think of yourself as some noble great wizard?"

He walked directly towards the bubble, a layer of fire elemental shield burning on his body, with excitement in his eyes - he wanted to see what the bubble would look like when it was punctured!
Estner originally wanted to stop it, but when he saw that the knight Semir next to him had no change in expression, he immediately felt relieved.

If Croa had not been prepared for the situation, the knight would not have been so confident, and there might even have been a look of anticipation in his eyes.

Things happened just as he expected - Stein wanted to hit the bubble hard after approaching it, but the result was...

"boom!"

The bubbles resisted the uninvited guest without any hesitation, and bounced Stein away with a stronger elastic force. Stein, who was wrapped in a flame element shield all over his body, was bounced far away like a fireball.

If Zel hadn't used magic to catch his shameful illegitimate son and his disciple, he would have been thrown into the sea to "play" with the sea dolphins.

As for the bubbles? They're still there.

Able to carry such a huge amount of seawater and adapt to the complex and chaotic magical environment of the seabed, the bubbles produced by air corals are actually more resilient than people can imagine.

"Just wear it honestly." Estner laughed sarcastically, put on the badge first, and walked straight into the passage formed by bubbles.

Although Stein was reluctant, he put on the badge obediently under the pressure of his father and mentor.

Under the leadership of Knight Semir, the three of them successfully passed through the more than ten-kilometer-long coral passage. After walking up a staircase, they officially arrived at Hanjiao Island.

During this process, Zel had already prepared all his cards, intending to attack the moment he saw Kloya.

But what he didn't know was that Croa thought the same thing.

Just as the three of them stepped onto the territory of Hanjiao Island, they looked at the flat land and neatly trimmed trees around them with a little surprise——

"Whoosh-"

A red beam of light appeared from the sky. It was so fast that it was at the horizon one second and reached the top of Zel's head the next.

It didn't seem to have any violent magic power, and the red light had no threat. But that didn't mean it had no power, but that the fluctuations of magic power were suppressed.

The sunflower elf that has the "Red Song" engraved on it can of course also flexibly utilize the power of the Serenade of Tranquility.

There was no violent magic power, no obvious sound and light effects, and the beam of light was only discovered by Zel when it approached him.

The latter was slightly startled, and didn't care when this thing appeared. Without thinking, he cast a magic shield and cast a flying spell for himself, intending to dodge directly.

But suddenly some intertwined thorns appeared under his feet, ignoring the magic shield on his body and nailing him to the spot.

Of course, fire is the best weapon to deal with the demonic plants. After all, Zel is a fourth-level magician and must have enough experience.

As he took out his staff, the energy crystal on the top of the staff made of star iron flickered, gathering the surrounding magic power.

He planned to thicken his magic shield while waving his hands to spread flames in an attempt to burn all the hot wind thorns to death.

But a strange scene happened.

The surrounding magic power did not obey his command at all, like a child throwing a tantrum, it was extremely chaotic.

The flames that were released with great effort didn't even hurt the skin of the thorns, and were directly absorbed by the thorns - it was a mutated magic plant catalyzed by the magic power of the red dragon.

Such a small amount of flame was like feeding him.

Zel's eyes were startled, and then he looked around. Magic power flickered in his eyes, and he could see that there seemed to be countless extremely obscure streams of magic power rotating around him.

It vaguely formed a delicate and huge symphony. It was these magical movements that suppressed the elemental magic power that was overflowing between heaven and earth, making it impossible for him to mobilize magic power.

"How can it be!"

The fourth-level wizard shouted out a classic villain quote.

What level of wizard is this who can mobilize the magic of nature? Could it be that Celeste herself has come?
Time obviously did not allow him to think any further.

Because of a moment of distraction, the rays from the sunflower that had been accumulated for a long time directly penetrated his magic shield and pierced through his body.

When these horrific magical powers penetrated his body, even his internal organs were vaporized.

"!!!"

Before he could even cry out in pain, a row of flaming tree stump peas suddenly appeared in the woods nearby.

They turned their guns around, aimed at Zel, and fired a volley of shots.

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound of peas being fired continuously rang out.

Countless flame resin peas shot towards him and submerged him in an instant. When the sticky resin exploded, he was stuck inside like a mosquito.

Immediately afterwards, several more crimson rays penetrated his head, and the robe engraved with the sun emblem, which he had placed high hopes on, did not work at all.

Even...still suppressing his magic power.

"..."

With such an attack, not to mention a fourth-level mage, even a fifth-level mage would have to consider whether he could withstand it.

What's more, he underestimated the enemy.

The fourth-level mage Zel fell softly into the flames of resin and closed his eyes forever.

The head and body were pierced by the red rays, only the robes were shining in the flames.

Until his death, he never saw his enemy.

Estner and Stein were both stunned - the former was amazed that it had only been such a short time, but Croa could kill a fourth-level wizard so easily; the latter was so terrified that his legs were shaking and he almost collapsed to the ground.

Stein's first reaction was to run away.

The illegitimate child who has magical talent and is good at flattering others certainly has a lot of treasures in his hands. For example, he just took out a magical creature shaped like wings.

He injected magic power into it, and the wings directly wrapped around his body, flapping as if to carry him away from Hanjiao Island.

At this moment, he was facing the cold wind from the sky, and in his heart he was even plotting to get the treasures of his dead father. As long as he could get those treasures, he would not mind escaping abroad and becoming a wild mage.

But how could Croa let him go?
Suddenly, from the shadow of the woods nearby, a bamboo… that looked like a warrior… popped out.

Its roots exerted force and leaped directly into the sky, jumping to a height of more than 30 meters. A long sword formed by white thorns extended from the bamboo leaves and branches, and it jumped and chopped at Stein.

It's just a very simple jumping and splitting action.

Just at the moment of touching the wings, the bamboo leaves and branches instantly extended and blocked the magic node.

This bamboo made by the Titan has a very keen sense of magic nodes and can easily cut off the magic supply to the wings.

The wings lost their magic power and instantly shrank back to their original size, just enough to be wrapped by its bamboo leaves. At the same time, the shield on its other branch hit the panicked Stein.

The force was just right and knocked him unconscious.

Then, the bamboo carrying Stein landed on the ground very steadily, without even shaking the snow on the ground, it was so light that it was extremely light.

After performing a knight's salute to Estner, he carried Stein leisurely away as if he were carrying a sack.

Estner: “…”

There was not only surprise on his face, but also a hint of admiration - it was precisely because of his wide experience that he knew how much exquisite control was required to cut off the magic nodes in an instant without damaging the magic weapon itself.

So a bamboo plant did it so easily?
This friend whom he hadn't seen for a while seemed to be much more capable than he had imagined.

"It's been a long time."

While he was still hesitating, Croa's figure appeared in a flash of light, looking at "his" friend and sizing him up.

Estner's appearance was not much different from what he remembered, except that he looked much sharper and more aggressive.

"You're out." Estner walked over naturally and gave Cloya a hug.

To be honest, Kroa was not used to the etiquette of hugging. His body stiffened for a moment, but he recovered immediately.

Because he felt Estner's joy, which was pure, the joy of seeing a friend.

In fact, after being here for so long, there are really not many people who can be considered friends by Chloe, and Rob is the only one.

People are always a little lonely, even solitary magicians are the same.

"Your magic power is a little weak." Kloya hugged Estner back and patted him on the back. "Let's go. I have prepared food and am waiting for you."

"I haven't eaten the food at the seaside yet. Is there any difference between it and the food in the royal capital?" Estner became interested.

"Of course, come with me."

Kloya took Estner away from here, completely ignoring Zel's body wrapped in flame resin, but after they left, Robert personally led people to collect the body.

Put it temporarily in the coffin made of ice, and deal with it after Cloya is done.

……

Inside the castle.

The castle is now Croa's private residence and has been transformed by him. It is full of mystery and beauty that belongs to a wizard.

The exquisite and gorgeous magic lamps are placed on the transparent crystal, as if floating in the air, like a river of lights, and the light they emit illuminates the entire restaurant.

The carpet is lush green grass, and there are also some colorful indoor decorative flowers growing on it.

On the wall nearby are hung photos that Mu Yao Qu Teng Wang "took" in his spare time. Some are of huge waves, some are of schools of fish leaping, and some are of rising sea fog.

On the long table, there were all kinds of delicacies - crabs, lobsters, squids, shark fins, scallops...

The table was filled with delicacies and gifts from the sea.

This is the benefit of being a lord.

You can do whatever you like on your own territory. The output of the entire territory belongs to the lord himself. The Mage Association only cares about whether they can deploy their forces to various places.

Estner looked left and right, and actually felt a little jealous.

"Kroya, your life here is really good. How about I apply to be a lord outside?"

Of course, he was just saying this casually. Although he liked farming very much, he would not be able to bear it if he were really asked to do it.

Besides, his mentor would never allow it.

Kroya shook his head and began to complain: "When I first came here, the islands were almost deserted. I spent a lot of time researching and cultivating them, and even sold all the heirlooms in my family.

Fortunately, my efforts were not in vain, and I successfully established a territory with the help of magic plants and magic beasts."

"...Is it so hard?" Estner immediately waved his hand: "Then I'd better forget it."

"Oh, this thing."

As he spoke, he took something out from the space magic weapon.

It was a piece of parchment with the seal of the Mage Association on it. It was the contract left by the bet between "Kroya" and Stein.

"Now one of them is dead, and the other has been captured by you. As the notary of the Mage Association, I declare that... you have won the bet."

In a very casual tone, Estner took out a seal and gently pressed it against the Mage Association's brand on the contract.

The contract suddenly caught fire.

A ball of light flew out from it and slowly landed in front of Kloya.

Croa raised an eyebrow and looked at the ball of light.

As the light gradually dimmed, a very beautiful magic plant appeared in the ball of light.

It looks like a banyan tree, about half a meter high, with twinkling stars of light on its crown. The hanging aerial roots are made up of clear moonlight, surrounding the tree roots to form a "well water".

In the small well, strands of water are gathering.

There is no doubt that this is the bet that Stein made with the original owner, the legendary elven magic plant, the Moonlight Spirit Dew Grass.

But... the appearance of this thing looks more like a Moonlight Spirit Dew Tree, right?

(End of this chapter)