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

Chapter 187. Steelmaking, Living Weapons

Five days passed in a flash.

Air coral base.

Offshore oil mine vein.

A group of people holding pickaxes were looking in amazement at the golem digging hard in the mine - the golem was holding a pickaxe made of No. 1 alloy, which was extremely hard.

It seemed to be tireless, mining the ore in this almost open-pit offshore oil mine with extremely standard "ding ding ding" movements.

The bright light emitted by the jellyfish patrolling nearby shone on its shell, reflecting the cold and hard metallic color, like the sweat oozing out of it.

The dark black ore was dug out by it, and the gray demon ants waited beside it. Whenever ore was dug out, they used their small bodies to carry the huge ore.

The gray demon ants walked slowly to the side in groups and dumped the ore they were carrying into a pool nearby.

A coiled wood vine at the bottom of the pool immediately lit up with magical light and sucked all the ore in - it was transporting the ore to the ore warehouse.

The golem, the gray demon ant colony, and the wooden vines work together harmoniously and smoothly.

In just a short while, nearly one ton of raw marine oil ore had been mined. Even the Mu Yao Qu Vine and the Gray Demon Ant were a little overloaded and fell into a state of fatigue.

Only the golem is still working tirelessly.

Nowadays, the amount of seabed minerals mined is gradually increasing. Relying solely on manpower for transportation will definitely cause some troubles, and it will also be difficult to do inventory statistics.

So Cloya simply engraved all the remaining Wood Yao Qu Teng on the space transmission array, and built a connected transportation array at the Air Coral Base.

After all, it is not an existence like Mu Yao Qu Teng Wang, who is nourished by the fountain of life and endless magic power. The number of items that can be transmitted is limited, and the distance is also limited.

Even if Cloa used the magic power of the etheric world for a few days, at most he could barely cover the underwater air coral base.

As the amount of ore transported increases, the ship will also fall into a state of fatigue and will need to slowly recover.

But even so, it saves a lot of trouble.

Seeing that the golems were doing more than them, the miners finally couldn't help but relax and started chatting:
"Master Croa made this golem very powerful."

"Won't it ever get tired?"

"We are not as fast as the golems in mining. Lord Croa won't abandon us, right?"

His words caused good-natured laughter from his companions: "What are you thinking about?"

One of the men, who had worked as a miner at the Coral Base for two months, patted the shoulder of the young man who had just arrived.

"As long as you want to do it, the adults will definitely let you continue to work, but do you only want to be a miner for the rest of your life?"

The man proudly took out a small notebook from his pocket. The paper of the notebook was light yellow with a matte texture.

There are many patterns and words densely recorded on it. Although it looks a bit like a spell to drive away demons, it is at least a book and a carrier for recording knowledge.

To these servants, who were once at the bottom of the society, paper and writing were high-end treasures that belonged exclusively to the nobility.

So when he took it out like this, the people around him were all surprised and asked, "What is this?"

“This is a course for adults.”

His expression became very pious and respectful: "As long as you apply, you will have the opportunity to study in the class called cram school opened by adults!"

"Hey, I won't hide it from you."

"I am currently studying in the cram school opened by Master Semir. Once I have learned everything, I can go to work in the factory!"

"Do you know what's inside the factory?"

"The ore we mined and the golems we made all came from the factory!"

His tone was almost fanatical at the end.

It was incredible that an ordinary farm servant would have the opportunity to come into contact with such things.

"If you want to learn, I can take you to sign up, but we have to get things done first!" The man patted his chest and promised.

The other people looked at each other, and then immediately started to help the golem continue mining ore without saying a word. The speed was very fast, and they almost caught up with the golem.

After a few hours of clanging, the surrounding jellyfish left and the surroundings suddenly became dark.

A faint "ding-ling-ling" sound could be heard from the ocean.

This means that today's working hours have ended and the servants working in the mine ranch can go home.

Croa does not advocate working day and night, as this will only drain their bodies, so the working hours are actually only until seven o'clock in the evening.

After seven o'clock, miners who are still working in the mine have to leave and rest, so that sustainable development can be achieved.

Anyway, Croa doesn't need the time they spend fighting hard.

The work of mining ore is of course very tiring, but at this moment their hearts are filled with the temptation of knowledge and they do not feel tired at all.

"Brother Arthur, let's go quickly!"

"We'll treat you to a drink later!"

After the mining was over, they pulled the tall man Arthur and couldn't wait to go and have a look.

The latter also understood their feelings, and without keeping them in suspense, nodded and said, "Then let's go!"

The miners left their tools on the tool rack nearby and started their return journey.

Guided by the light of the lantern-like small trees growing on both sides of the road, they soon returned to the underwater town.

This underwater town covers an area of ​​about five square kilometers. It is located directly below the underwater ranch. It was built by a wind-eroded sandworm construction team after digging through the rock layer.

Its building material is also white mud. There are houses and buildings of all sizes in the town, the most numerous of which are dormitories for the workers who toil on the seabed.

The underwater town was very lively at this time, because people who had been busy outside all day had returned one after another.

From a distance, the whole town was brightly lit - the light source that seemed extremely precious to the outside world was just a matter of transforming a few magical beasts and plants for Kloya.

The workers who returned were talking and laughing. Some planned to go home to take a shower first, while others couldn't wait to go out for a drink and a meal.

After entering the town, Arthur and his party did not go to the tavern to eat and drink, but came to a huge building in the deepest part of the town.

The building was surrounded by light blue mist, and some huge sharks could be vaguely seen patrolling in the mist. After sensing the strange breath, the sharks immediately gathered around.

These giant sharks, which were as big as submarines, stared at the strangers with their tiny eyes, and the magic patterns on their bodies flickered.

If they didn't give a suitable explanation immediately, they would be greeted by the shark's magical energy spewing - the magical energy spewing of a level three magic shark would be enough to turn them into ashes.

Where had the miners ever seen such a scene?
Although they are relatively well-informed compared to most people, it still feels bad to be stared at by a group of huge sharks.

At this time, Arthur took out a small golden badge in the shape of the sun.

The sharks sensed the magic power unique to Croa on the golden sun emblem and immediately swam away, shaking their heads.

Arthur finally breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat off his face - this was actually his first time here, and he didn't expect that the badge was so useful.

He and several of his companions quickly passed through the blue mist and soon entered the underground floor through a small door on the side of the factory. It was very hot here, and in the large open space there was only a fat little tree with a small grass emitting a constant golden halo.

Shirtless workers were throwing the collected iron ore after preliminary processing onto the conveyor belt next to the tree.

When the halo emitted by the energy storage tree and the night-shining grass shines on the iron ore, the iron ore will melt like ice cream and be sent along the conveyor belt into a blast furnace in the distance.

That blast furnace is even more special——

Seven energy storage trees, holding up night-shining grass, surrounded the crystal blast furnace. The golden light they emitted was refracted into the furnace by the cover made of magic crystal.

From a distance, it looked like seven rays of sunlight were pouring down on the blast furnace. Under the horrible heat energy, the molten iron in the crystal blast furnace quickly melted completely and turned into a golden liquid.

Workers in work clothes were adjusting the magic output of the small tree in the magic circle to ensure that the temperature of the molten iron in the blast furnace was sufficient.

This crystal blast furnace was made by Croa himself, and it is a treasure that today's apprentices would never be able to make.

So even the workers operated very carefully.

Arthur and his companions were so shocked by this miraculous scene that they dared not move for fear that they would affect the operation of the factory, which would be a fatal mistake.

"Ok?"

Someone spotted them.

A man in work clothes came over with a serious expression: "Why are you here at the steel mill?"

The worker was very alert and had already grasped an alarm in his pocket. As long as he pressed it, the Ether Wolf who was there to maintain order would immediately rush over.

Arthur quickly took out the Sun Badge again and explained, "Lord Semir said there are courses to learn here..."

Before he finished speaking, the seriousness on the worker's face faded away, and his eyes lit up: "Brother Semir said so, so come over quickly!"

He couldn't wait to lead a few confused people down the ladder and reached the second underground floor of the steel plant.

After sending the people here, the worker turned around and went back - he still had things to do.

Arthur and his companions looked around curiously. The scene here was even more exaggerated than the one above.

Clusters of night-shining grass grow densely on the ceiling and walls. The light they emit is controlled by the magic circle and converted into heat energy that can be used at any time.

The entire space was filled with unbearable high temperatures, just like being exposed to the sun.

Semiel was bare-chested and hitting a piece of steel in front of him with a sledgehammer. From time to time, he needed the surrounding night-shining grass to shine heat on the steel to soften it.

His muscles bulged high, sweat flowed down his body, his expression was intoxicated, and with every strike, he would inject his magic into the steel.

The steel became brighter as he struck it.

Gradually, a deep golden color appeared.

It was at this moment that he stopped and reached out to pick up the piece of steel.

But the amazing thing was that the scorching temperature inside did not burn his fingers at all. The piece of steel seemed to have self-awareness and gently "huggled" Semil's fingers.

“It’s finally done.”

Samir sighed deeply, then noticed Arthur and his group next to him, and smiled: "You've come just in time, come here."

He walked quickly to the side and entered a small room.

Arthur and others followed him in.

As a result, I was shocked when I entered, because this small room was filled with various turtle statues.

These statues are so lifelike and seem to be deliberately imitating human postures, which is really eye-catching.

A turtle with a crystal on its back was sitting among the statues, holding a blood-red candy and chewing it with a crunching sound. No one knew what was going on, and it seemed listless.

"Mr. Crystal."

Semir handed the steel in his hand to it: "This is what I just made, what do you think of it?"

His expression was very respectful.

"Ah."

Crystal Turtle took the steel leisurely and looked it over. "It's OK."

After making the evaluation, it stepped on the ground with its short turtle feet, and a downward passage immediately appeared on the ground beside it.

It glanced at Arthur and the others and asked:
“Are these people also going to learn these things?”

"Yes."

"Then let's go and take a look first. It still depends on whether they can impress those guys."

After saying that, it continued to gnaw on the blood-red candy in its hand, and it seemed to have a little back pain, like an old man who had indulged in excessive sexual activity.

Arthur and his companions felt more and more puzzled. Even Arthur was a little confused. Wasn't he here to learn how to make weapons and golems? Why did he feel so sneaky?

But out of trust in Semiel, they followed him obediently.

……

After entering the third underground floor, the environment here has undergone very obvious changes, and the surroundings are filled with blue magic flow.

There were also some cat-like guys jumping and playing around. They were not curious at all when they saw someone coming and continued to play and fight.

Further away stood a small tree, which was surrounded by various gems, and its branches were also hung with various gems.

The brilliance and sparkle from the gems almost blinded Arthur and his companions. For the first time, they clearly felt why the nobles liked gems.

"Follow me, don't walk around randomly."

Semir led a few people to the side of the small tree, pointed at something placed beside it and said:
"You see, this is what I want you to learn."

Several people looked over quickly, and saw a pile of weapons such as knives, guns, sticks and clubs placed on the ground.

When they saw these weapons, they suddenly moved, circling around them one by one, as if they were observing them.

They could clearly feel that these weapons had life, just like the monsters they had seen before, with vibrant vitality.

A living weapon?

Several people looked at Semir in confusion.

"This is the living weapon that Master Croa asked me to research."

There was a sparkle in Samir's eyes.

Thanks to Mr. Yue Hua for the reward.

Thanks to Sui Li, Haoyu Chenxi, Yue Hua, Nuonuo’s royal shit scooper, confused worker, book friend 20210604070342395, and Qingfeng Ying for their monthly tickets.

Today's family gathering... a little less QAQ
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(End of this chapter)