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

Chapter 254: Array of Hall of Valor, Second Excavation of Rock Notes
Robert had expected the two dukes' anger.

He knew the nobles of the Kingdom of Nolant too well. As the first generation of nobles in the founding period, they were brave and fearless, but also extremely proud and complacent.

This is actually not a big deal for nobles. In fact, if you don't have a bit of pride, people will look down on you.

At this time, news came from Ian, who described in detail the route and plan of the next two dukes' march.

If his mother, the hostage, had not been on Reef Island, Robert might have hesitated a little, but now, after receiving the news, he immediately began to plan and arrange the next step.

"Start the Steel Nut Wall Project and build it according to this location..."

"Mobilize the First Combat Demonic Plant Brigade and have them conduct their first battle under the leadership of the Tree Shepherd."

"Arrange for emergency shelter for the northern residents behind the Nut Wall."

"Since they're sending the peasant soldiers to attack, just kill them all."

Orders came out from Robert's headquarters, and the North's now vibrant power structure immediately began to take effect.

Like precision gears running at high speed, it began to move.

At his command, the apprentices immediately began to work.

Faced with these slightly stronger soldiers, they have many ways to deal with them.

After a short busy period, a spectacular wave of magic plants appeared on the Kloya Plains.

Guided by some small trees holding flutes, the first to take root were some tall, huge nuts with a metallic sheen.

After they landed and took root, they began to merge with each other, completely blocking all branch roads except the main road, forming a steel wall that was ten meters high.

Just like the legendary Wall of Sighs, it stretches across the earth, and the only way to pass through it is a specially opened road.

This road is only 500 meters long. As long as you can pass through it, you can officially enter the depths of the north.

However, this road is not an easy one.

After the metal nut wall was formed, some sharp thorns grew out of the ground. They were lurking under the flowing sand, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

The 500-meter road behind the wall was lined with all kinds of war magic plants on both sides: peas, ice watermelons, lightning grass, ice windmill chrysanthemums...

These are just the most basic magic plants. If they are classified according to the level of magic power in their bodies, they would be at level two at best. There are so many of them on Hanjiao Island.

Facing these peasant soldiers, there was no need to send out more powerful magic plants. Robert wanted the enemy to see with their own eyes what they were facing.

When not attacking, the demonic plants would leisurely stay on the high walls, looking down from above, but if someone came over, they would immediately unleash their full power.

These magical plants were created specifically for war, and they are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the enemy.

It didn't take too long.

About three hours later, the peasant soldiers sent by the two dukes embarked on this road to death.

As the Duke's peasant soldiers, they had of course undergone some basic training, and their war qualities were much stronger than those of the armies of viscounts and barons.

Before this, they had already explored the surrounding environment, and they found that this huge steel wall actually covered all passable roads.

There is no other way. Even though we know this is a trap, we can only enter from here.

As soon as they entered, the magic plants on both sides of the high wall immediately launched an attack - peas shot continuously, ice watermelons fell, lightning grass released chain lightning, and the magic wind released by ice windmill daisy blocked their progress.

The peasant soldiers were completely unable to resist the power of these evil plants. Even if they tried their best to rush forward, they could only delay their own death at best.

"what!"

"mom!"

"Woooo..."

Countless screams rang out here, and in just a few minutes, a thick layer of corpses piled on the ground.

Ice and snow covered them, and the vines buried underground devoured and digested all the corpses. The ground became clean and tidy again, like an abyss that could never be filled, waiting for the arrival of the dead.

Robert watched the images sent back quietly, with a hint of pity in his eyes. Even though this was a war, he knew very well that if these people came in, the people in the North would be the ones who would be in trouble.

But seeing so many people die still moved him, and this did not conflict with his ability to give orders calmly.

After taking a few glances, he shifted his gaze and stared at the sunflowers that were growing quietly on the wall and looked almost nothing special.

That was... the magic plant that Croa personally gave him.

A sunflower that collects souls.

"The master's abilities are getting more and more exaggerated. Now he can even collect souls."

Robert muttered a few words, then shook his head, told his men to pay attention to the information sent back by the magic ripple flower, slowly closed his eyes, and planned to rest for a while.

……

Hanjiao Island.

In the secret room of the Mage Tower.

Croix had already learned about the entire war. At this moment, he was stroking the sunflower that was urgently delivered to him. This sunflower was the same one that appeared on the original battlefield.

The outside of its flower disk was stained with some blood, and it was drooping its head dejectedly, enjoying Cloya's touch.

"You're already great." Kloa gathered magic power at his fingertips and gently soothed Sunflower.

There was also a sunflower elf nearby, evenly applying oil to its little brother. The oil slid across the sunflower's disk and slowly dripped in the form of water droplets.

The golden oil looks like amber, reflecting golden light as it drips, and you can vaguely see some human shadows looming in it.

Croa looked at the oil droplets collected by the tower spirit: "Success or not depends on this moment."

Long ago, he tried to use his eternal magic power as the basis of a magic circle to artificially create an "underworld" where souls could exist for a long time.

Olivier and Duke Nar were right. Cloya was indeed very kind sometimes, and even unwilling to let the apprentices he had trained with great effort die.

So after a long talk with the angel, he begged and obtained a special magic called "Drop of Faith" from the latter.

It is said that the dead must cross the River of Death in the underworld on their way to the underworld in order to truly cross the boundary between the underworld and the world of the living.

Some angels from the Kingdom of God would stay there for a long time to see if there were any souls that believed in their main god. If they found any, they would use this magic to gather them into droplets of water to pull them away from the dead river of the underworld.

This method can allow the soul to temporarily ignore the laws from the underworld and successfully enter the kingdom of each god. As long as one can enter the kingdom of God, they become the people of the gods.

It sounds very special, but it actually means using high-level magic to temporarily cut off the connection between the underworld and reality. The power of the gods can do it, and so can Kloya.

Croa specially engraved this magic on the sunflower, replacing the dewdrops of angels and gods with the sunflower's golden oil.

All he asked for was to collect all the souls scattered on the battlefield and bring them all back.

If it were someone else, human life would really be just a consumable, a number. How could they have arranged means to collect souls like him?
"I have worked so hard to train you, so of course I cannot let the Heaven and the Underworld take away even your souls..."

He took a deep breath and told the tower spirit: "You can activate the magic circle. My requirement is that it must succeed."

——This is a very unreasonable request. No magic experiment can succeed in one try, let alone a special experiment that has never happened before.

However, the soul itself cannot stay in the main plane for a long time unless it completely turns into a ghost. But once it turns into a ghost, it will sooner or later be filled with magic full of negative energy, and eventually gradually become a being without humanity.

Time is urgent, so we can only try.

He was unwilling to let his apprentices become undead and lose their humanity under the erosion of negative energy.

Of course, Ta Ling also knew how anxious Kroya was.

It immediately began to activate the magic pattern array inside the wizard tower, and the golden light of eternal magic poured out from the flute holes of the Orpheus Swan recorder trees, which had increased to five.

"The Eternal Barrier is being constructed..."

The golden light gradually covered all the corners here, without leaving any gaps. Its effect was to create an absolutely stable environment and prevent the magical turmoil from affecting Valhalla.

"The Valhalla magic circle is activated for the first time."

The deepest part of the golden apple's dream power looked pitch black, like a small palace built of black mud, and the moonlight mist gradually faded away.

The small portal on its surface, which was covered with countless intricate wing-shaped magic patterns, was opening, revealing a three-dimensional magic circle carved out of sunflower seeds.

Now is the most important link. If the magic power in the Valhalla array can come into contact with the outside world, the soul can be sent in.

If not, then this thing is basically useless.

Kloya stared at the magic array closely. This was the first time the array was activated, and even he didn't know if it would succeed.

However, the magic power in the formation still showed signs of pulsation, and the dark water that made up the underworld environment of Valhalla seemed to be boiling and surging.

"Well."

The tower spirit immediately warned: "The magic environment of the Hall of Heroes array is turbulent, take emergency measures..."

It activated the contingency plan: introducing more deep black water into the "moat" outside the Hall of Heroes, increasing the dosage, and stabilizing it. With the addition of more deep black water, the boiling moat finally stopped, and the gate of the Hall of Heroes barely opened a small gap.

"The Hall of Heroes array is starting up stably. The estimated stabilization time is thirty seconds."

"Master! Please cast the spell immediately!"

Seeing this, Kloya could no longer hold back, and waved his hand and used magic to send those golden amber-like oil drops in.

They dissolved into the ground the moment they entered, and the black mist-like human figures inside also merged into the crystal array and gradually flowed into a pool in the center of the Valhalla array.

Then the door of Valhalla closed completely.

"Hall of Valor has been successfully opened for the first time, and the experimental results are being recorded..."

After summarizing the experimental log, Taring turned into a fat shark and rubbed Kloya's cheek.

"Master, won't you reward me something?"

"what do you want?"

Croa was in a good mood. After this attempt was successful, he would be able to carry out more experiments.

Especially the sunflower that he asked Robert to arrange, he had already made arrangements for all the souls in it.

"I want to go play with Sister Mu Yao for a few days."

"Didn't you make a golem that can let souls in? We want to go to the front line and take a look."

"..." Kloya glanced at the shark, "The golem is still unstable, are you sure you want to go in?"

"Yes!" The shark rubbed Kloya's neck again, "Don't worry, we will come back immediately if there is any problem."

"Alright, alright."

Seeing it acting like a spoiled child, Kloya felt helpless. He knew that this guy didn't just want to go out for a stroll, but wanted to test for him whether the golem could carry souls.

Because it is clear about the plan that Kloya is carrying out, the souls of those who died on the battlefield will be collected to further perfect the golden apple dream.

And what carries their souls is the living body created by Croa, the flesh and blood golem.

If the experiments on them are successful, and the Flesh Golems can really carry human souls perfectly, then the warriors in Valhalla can even be resurrected in another way in the future.

Croix casually picked up a statue that was about the thickness of an arm and looked like a cat walking upright.

This sculpture is lifelike and feels furry and fleshy to the touch, similar to the cats among the orcs, only a little smaller.

On its forehead there is a golden note shining brightly.

As his gaze lingered on it for a moment, the hint of the Astral Body Imprinting Technique emerged in his mind -

[Kroya's Eternal Rock Notes]

[The core of this monster is protected by special magic power. Before the magic power loses its effect, it can resist the attraction from the underworld. ]

[This magic consumes a lot of mana, please replenish it in time. ]

[This magic has not been completely completed yet. There is a certain probability of problems. Please be careful. ]

"Ugh."

"It still doesn't work."

Croix had a slight headache.

This mark was the product of his study of the "endless rock notes" in the symphony.

So far, Croa has only used it once, on Semir.

Samir was actually dead, but he was still breathing, able to walk, and even found a wife and planned to have a child...

The power of the rock note was beyond his imagination.

This is the true god-level magic that can bring eternal life to people - if it can be studied thoroughly, then Hanjiao Island will no longer be troubled by death!

However, it is quite difficult to study such a powerful magic or even to bring out its power.

——That’s what Croa once thought.

Because its ability is equivalent to recreating a body with the soul as the core, which involves the concept of creation.

But after research, he found out that he was wrong, and very wrong. This has to start with "Poem of the Rainbow".

So far he has learned a total of four chapters of "The Rainbow Poem".

"Red Song" includes meditation, red repetition, quiet serenade, red echo and red to orange tune.

Orange Song is an ode to orange, a symphony, and a hidden chapter of greedy concerto.

"Golden Melody" is an eternal hymn and a hymn of praise for the end.

“Green Aria” is a little bit special, it is a song of vitality and a rainbow grass paradise that permeates everything.

Croa has used these magics to create many special things and has also extended them to many ways of use, but the one he has always used is only a single chapter.

One day when he was meditating, he suddenly thought of a serious problem: these are originally several small sections of a long article, why can they only be used individually?

Can't we put them together?

With such doubts in mind, he was about to develop Valhalla, so he immediately began to study the Orange Song.

The result was not optimistic. He had no way to put together the entire Orange Song. It seemed that something was missing. He had no choice but to choose to study the symphony first.

There are only two chapters in a symphony. One is the "ultimate convergence of thousands of notes" that can assimilate almost everything, and the other is the "endless rock notes."

Previously, Croa had been using the former alone, but after some research, he found that it was not right to use only the former.

The combination of the two makes the complete symphony.

After discovering this, he worked hard on his research, and finally added a new rock note to the magic of "the ultimate convergence of thousands of notes".

At this point, the symphony is finally complete.

After being completed, the symphony not only has a stronger ability to assimilate, but also has the characteristic of not being disturbed by external magic.

The rock-hard notes that were once “unattainable” now seem capable of further study.

Of course, he immediately began to study the new symphony and discovered some clues. Whether it was the ultimate notes or the endless rock, they all pointed to the eternity of the next chapter.

In other words, just trying with the magic of the Orange Chapter won't work.

To discover its deeper effects, you need to use not only the magic of the complete orange chapter, but also the magic of the next chapter.

So he tried further.

After spending a lot of effort, he finally succeeded in using eternal magic to condense a special rock note. This rock note possesses some of the abilities of the original rock note.

The most important ability is... life.

For example, the golem in front of you.

It was simply made from the skin of the simulated magic tree and the pure flesh and blood produced by the Zerg mother nest, but after Kloya buried the new rock note inside it, it actually became a special kind of life!

In the world of magic, only living flesh can carry the soul and prevent it from degenerating into undead.

In other words, this thing can even be used as a body for the soul to reside in. Theoretically, even if the body dies, there will be no problem as long as it is replaced in time.

But for some reason, the body he created had obvious flaws, and the operation of magic power has not yet been stable - he has some guesses, such as whether he should use the Green Aria from the next chapter when it comes to life?

Therein lies the problem. Although he has learned the Green Aria, he is still unable to fully comprehend and explore it.

But it's too late.

So he had no choice but to make such a half-finished product. Of course, he was reluctant to let his apprentices who died in battle go in and serve as guinea pigs, so he could only let those who invaded the North serve as guinea pigs.

To be honest, they should have died, but they survived. They should thank Cloya.

Croa's mind was filled with thoughts, but in the end he just handed the two small cat-shaped statues to Talling and said, "You must be careful. If there is any problem, come back immediately."

The shark took away the two flesh golems with a flick of its tail, just like a child in a hurry to play, it just waved its hand and rushed out.

"You guy."

Watching it leave, Croix shook his head with a smile and turned his gaze to Valhalla.

Now, he is going to enter Valhalla and take a look.

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