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

Chapter 196 196. What happens next

The meeting with Estner was still in the Deep Blue Illusion.

Although the two hadn't seen each other for only a month, they always felt that each other's mental temperament had changed a lot.

Croix looked at Estner and inexplicably felt that this guy had a sense of someone who looked like a decent person, but was actually very tired and even had to sleep for a long time during rest time.

Even the slim-fitting battle mage robe he was wearing was replaced with a more comfortable, yet somewhat unkempt-looking robe that even had the refreshing scent of peppermint essential oil.

He has a bare face and looks distracted.

And Estner felt that the already warm light on Kloa became even more vibrant, just like the grass he saw when he was a child outing in the palace garden in the royal capital.

The emerald green grass, warm and sunny, stretches to the end of the horizon.

So they were both silent for a while, and finally Kloya joked: "What happened to you recently?"

As he spoke, he made a gesture of invitation.

The space on the side has been expanded to include soft and comfortable chairs and tables, which are large enough for two people to sit down and chat.

Temporary President Estner sat down with Croa and sighed helplessly: "The senior mages of the kingdom have all left, so I can only take the position of President of the Mage Association temporarily.

You don’t know how many trivial things there are!”

When he was in the royal capital, he had to stay calm and composed, which was actually not difficult for a battle mage.

Battle mages are different from warriors and knights.

The former needs to keep his mental strength stable at all times so that he can analyze the situation calmly and release magic steadily.

As for the latter, just be angry, and anger may have the effect of increasing your strength.

However, there is a difference between being able to be calm and being able to stay calm all the time.

Estner is such a good complainer.

While complaining, he also revealed a lot of information to Cloya - including the current personnel changes and personnel arrangements of the Mage Association, and the reaction of the Kingdom's court...

After he finished complaining, Croa already had a general understanding of the current situation.

Of course, Estner also mentioned the news that the nobles of the Heraldry Academy and the prince who currently oversees the country want to ask the Mage Association to buy food.

Croix was very confused when he heard the news.

Why do everyone want to buy food?
Lord Graysand bought it, and even the nobles and princes of the royal capital needed the help of the Mage Association to buy food, and they even exchanged it for titles.

The landlord has no surplus food?

impossible.

The doubt troubled him, so he asked directly: "Why do they need food? Don't they have any food in reserve?"

Estner nodded and said helplessly: "The most important thing for an army to go on an expedition is logistical supplies. You also know that the kingdom was founded not long ago.

In addition, the geographical location of the Kingdom of Nolant is actually not very suitable for growing crops. As far as I know, the food in the granary is basically empty.

And because of the Pit Lord, the two subordinate countries of the Holy See also need us to provide food and supplies. In addition, with the presence of mages and knights, the food is consumed very quickly.

If there is no more food to be transported, the prince will probably have to find a way to borrow food from other countries."

Of course, he felt a much stronger sense of belonging to the Kingdom of Nolant than he did to Croa, so he was still very resistant to the act of begging for help from the outside world in a humble manner.

After listening to his explanation, Croa was thoughtful.

Now the entire northern border is covered by warm ocean currents and monsoons. It is actually a fertile land and is very suitable for farming.

If it is run well, it will be a huge grain production base. Especially since there is magic in this world, it may not be a problem to harvest once a month.

Thinking of this, he asked, "Regarding the North Territory...how do the Kingdom and the Mage Association plan to deal with it?"

To be honest, he has basically regarded the North as his future development goal, if the kingdom is really unwilling.

That would be quite troublesome.

Estner replied: "What can we do? No one wants to come. Who knows if the mermaids will suddenly go crazy again.

What's more, now that the kingdom's army and the mages of the Mage Association have left, there is no one available to deal with things here.

I guess even if there was a rebellion, the kingdom wouldn’t be able to respond immediately.”

Kloya nodded and said calmly, "I am now a fourth-level wizard. If I want to occupy the entire northern border as my territory, do you think it will be difficult?"

In fact, he still underestimated this.

The fifth-level mages are all waving at him, and perhaps in a short time, he will be a fifth-level mage.

You have to know that there is only one level seven wizard in the entire Kingdom of Nolant, and Estner's master is only level six.

It's not that he is arrogant, but with so many cheats in hand, his true strength is really hard to measure.

Now that he has the ability, he should consider what’s next.

"...Seriously?" Estner began to think about the possibility of this.

A few minutes later he replied: "You definitely cannot occupy this land legally unless you join the Heraldry Academy and become a royal wizard.

But if you want to take possession of it in fact, I remember you once mentioned a Viscount named Kermoyer, let him do it. "

This answer is basically the same as Cloya's idea.

The Mage Association is at most a force within the kingdom. How could the kingdom allow the mages of the Mage Association to truly occupy such a vast land as the North?

Especially since this land is now recovering and becoming fertile, anyone who is not a fool can see its value.

But, there is always a way.

If a powerful noble conquers the entire North on his own, the royal family will definitely give him a title such as Grand Duke of the North.

As for what the truth is, no one cares.

Sometimes all you need is a fig leaf.

"I understand."

Croix understood. With Estner's clear instructions, he could sometimes do things freely, at least without worrying about any problems.

Let's settle the matter while they are outside. When they come back, will they dare to enter the sea and cause trouble for me?
"By the way, your milk tea shop..." Estner showed a somewhat subtle expression: "It's selling like crazy in the capital now, and the materials are completely insufficient."

"As expected, I will send them supplies through the Shengquan Chamber of Commerce in a while."

The people I sent this time are all very smart. It would be very disappointing if they can't run the store well without my instructions.

After that, the two talked about things for a while.

Croa planned to buy seedlings and seeds of grain from Estna - Poseidon wheat, common wheat, rice, corn, cabbage, onions and carrots.

The seeds of these crops are quite difficult to obtain, but the seeds needed for other livestock such as pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, etc. are easier to find.

"can."

Of course Estner agreed to all of them. It would be easy for him to get these seeds now. Moreover, Croa also promised to sell them to him first after they were grown.

With Cloya's level of farming, he could already foresee how much food and meat he could get.

At the end of the conversation, Cloya also expressed his desire to purchase subsequent magic books.

If possible, he would like to purchase fifth- and sixth-level magic books, as well as the corresponding alchemy and magic array collections.

His request made Estner fall into deep thought.

The latter shook his head helplessly: "Level 5 magic is okay, but level 6 magic is impossible, and alchemy and magic arrays are also impossible.

Magic above level six is ​​considered advanced magic, which requires the seal of the president and the permission of a great magician.

If you want level 5 magic, I can sell you some, but each level 5 magic spell and the accompanying spell model and gestures will cost one thousand magic crystals."

This price actually sounds very high at first glance.

Because the spell collection that Kloya bought from the Mage Lord Alliance only cost one thousand magic crystals, and it was a whole book.

But now, one of them costs one thousand magic crystals.

But actually speaking, this price is really not that high.

It is a generally accepted fact that the higher the level of magic, the higher the price.

The fifth-level magic already involves some magic such as prophecy, space jumping, advanced summoning, strategic-level magic chain lightning, and city-building.

These are not just simple magic, but also corresponding knowledge, so the price is of course very high.

but.

'The Mage Association doesn't seem very reliable. You can't buy level 5 and level 6 magic as you please.

It seems that this place is still too small.'

After thinking about it, Kloya immediately asked, "How many level 5 spells are there in total?"

Estner: “…”

"I can sell you ten items." "They are space jump, spiritual dream, dream manipulation, spirit world walking, four elements advanced summoning, chain lightning, earth pulse, advanced version of meal making, city building, and prophecy."

He skillfully recited a long list of magic names, and it was obvious that he had memorized them by heart and was quite proficient in the job.

“Then I’ll buy them all.”

For Croa now, 10,000 magic crystals are still easy to come by. With the mines, sea areas, and miscellaneous income...

The territory no longer needs him for blood transfusions and can now give back to him.

"Okay, just give me the magic crystal after I take out the spell."

Since Croa has money, Estner is willing to open a convenient back door for Croa - even if those mages come back in the future, they can't say anything to him.

He was just exercising his powers as acting president.

……

that's it,
After finishing the meeting with Estner, Kroya chatted with Lord Yanshan and Lord Yangwan respectively and got some information from them.

After summarizing the information, Cloya found:
Lord Graysand did give them some benefits and even invited them to send people to be stationed in Graysand City.

It wasn't just the two of them, almost all the other mage lords were also persuaded to join in the city that Huisha planned to build.

There were more than 20 lords, and he actually convinced them all. This shows that this guy really has confidence in himself.

The confirmation of this news also made Kroa make up his mind.

It seems that he can also participate in these things, since there are so many people together.

Then the next thing will be very simple.

The first is to pay attention to the Warcraft, Magic Plant and Combat Pet Shop at the Yavana Holy Mine, and the second is to help the North recover while growing food.

The next step is to reach a deal with Lord Graysand and the Royal Capital Mage Association to supply food.

As for the situation of the Pit Lord, he has not yet given me a reply, and I don't know whether he is still near the Yavana Holy Mine.

So it can only be put on hold for now.

He deeply realized that food is very important and that people must eat and cannot live without it.

With enough food in hand, everything he wanted to do would be easier.

But more importantly, there are also -

Magic energy supply and magic device manufacturing, if he can really get involved in these two fields, he can really become the big boss behind the scenes.

But that’s the real story for later.

Even for him, it would be very difficult to get involved in these two fields.

……

After dealing with the outside issues, he will start to focus on his main task, which is opening a store.

"The choice of a Warcraft magic plant battle pet..."

Kloya carefully looked at his current list of magical beasts and plants, which totaled hundreds of species.

But after eliminating some high-level magical beasts and plants, we also have to consider their obedience and friendliness towards humans and the rigid requirement of having a certain IQ...

In this case, there are actually not many choices.

Besides, he didn't plan to provide many magical beasts and magical plants to choose from in the beginning, he had to increase the variety gradually.

The very beginning is also to lay the foundation and establish your own status, so you need to choose carefully.

So after careful consideration, he chose a total of six types - three each of magical beasts and magical plants.

The monsters are: Earth-stealing Rat, Flame-tailed Hound and Azure Pigeon.

The magic plants are: Soothing Lily of the Valley, Shocking Pea and Holy White Lavender.

Some of these magical plants and beasts are old friends, while others have only been acquired not long ago, but they are very suitable for people to cultivate.

Take the Flametail, for example.

This guy is a level 2 monster, and looks like a tall, mighty dog ​​with flames burning on its tail, and can throw fireballs to attack the enemy.

It's a pretty good combat pet.

This magical beast was captured by Baron Kemoye. It is a family heirloom of a baron named Haiya. After being trained and cultivated by their generations, it is extremely friendly to humans and has strong obedience.

If the population was not so small and breeding was not difficult, they would have been requisitioned by the kingdom as war beasts long ago.

Of course, this was not a big deal for Croix.

He had carefully observed the astral bodies of these monsters and determined that the reason for their extremely low breeding efficiency was that the mother's supply of nutrients to the offspring was insufficient.

Their astral bodies are extremely inefficient in supplying nutrients to their offspring, which seems to be a congenital genetic defect.

It is estimated that even for a true master of Warcraft, it would not be an easy task to solve this defect, but for Kloya, it is just a matter of building a magic channel.

After solving this defect, they can basically give birth to seven or eight babies per litter, and the population size has increased almost visibly to the naked eye.

Therefore, it is the most appropriate choice to let them be Warcraft combat pets.

I will also periodically give them some passive abilities such as keen sense of smell and fast running.

Improve slowly and let your future customers feel the pleasure of upgrading and developing.

The other type of Warcraft, the Azure Pigeon, is actually a pure auxiliary Warcraft. It has an extremely fast flying speed and can cast some small healing magic such as recovery and purification.

Croa also modified them. There are plenty of holy magics of healing and auxiliary nature in "Miracle of Light" and the angels.

Priests and companions who can perform healing magic are hard to find, so what if you can just sell a magical beast that can cast this kind of magic and is loyal to you?
As for the woodchucks, they are very human-like and will help people with trivial things such as housework.

Because of the world's reasons, many knights' housekeeping skills are actually quite poor. They can't even organize their own clothes or cook.

Every official knight must have at least three to four attendant knights. The so-called attendant knights are actually more like followers, whose main purpose is to take care of their daily life.

After all, extraordinary people... always have some privileges.

Even the major kingdoms and the Vatican would actively require the knights to immerse themselves in learning and assign dedicated personnel to take care of all their daily lives - these dedicated personnel were of course trained by them.

It is said that many knights have developed relationships beyond friendship with their followers and squires.

Come to think of it, it seems to be true. Meeting someone who can help you take care of all the things in your daily life and also needs your protection...

In short, the earth-stealing rats that he carefully bred and were proficient in logistics are sure to receive many good reviews.

As for the magic plants, they are just mediocre.

After all, most of the magic plants cannot be carried around, so it is very difficult to use them to advantage on the battlefield, so even Kloya can only focus more on daily life.

It can be said that the impact peas are an experiment. If people have a good evaluation of the impact peas, then he will consider continuing to invest and sell them in large quantities.

If that doesn't work, then we can only focus on life.

The soothing lily of the valley nourishes the spirit and helps one to fall asleep; the white lavender is a magical plant he created after he engraved the magic of "Pure White Healing".

"Let's start with these six, three each of magical plants and magical beasts."

Cloya finally made a decision, and then while conducting the final test, he waited for Mir, Otto and the others to set off with the Holy Knights.

……

A few days later, they boarded the magic flying ship sent by the Holy See and headed directly to the vicinity of the Yavana Holy Mine.

During this time, Croa was watching through the mushroom man.

When they finally arrived at their destination, the environment of that area stunned Kroa.

He didn't expect the environment to be like this.

First of all, the geographical location of the Yavana Holy Mine is actually an underground city located underground in the Yavana Plain.

According to what Croya had learned before, this underground city had long been built by mages from various countries and people from the Holy See to be close to the modern city in his memories.

It can be said that the entire city was built for the Yavana Holy Mine.

But what appeared before him now was a completely different scene——

A fungus-like substance had covered the ground walls and rock dome, covering them all in a layer of dark brown fuzz and mucus.

Like a fungal mat, they are still wriggling and extending to the end of the sight.

There are many strange larvae wandering around in the fungal blanket, carrying everything they can to a huge mine covered by the fungal blanket in the distance.

They are so densely packed that people with trypophobia can die on the spot.

It can be said that this place has completely turned into a world of fungi and spores. Even Cloya, who saw this scene through the vision of the mushroom man, felt uncomfortable all over.

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