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

Chapter 288: King Norant's Decision, Changes in the Blue Chapter

Logically speaking, the Kingdom of Nolant was officially established only for more than 30 years, and these dukes can be considered as the big families of the founding period.

Of course, we fought wars.

However, once people enjoy things that they have not enjoyed before, they will degenerate very quickly, especially those who originally came from ordinary backgrounds.

They enjoy the feeling of superiority that this status brings, so they cherish their lives more and wish they could enjoy it for a few more decades.

In wars between nobles, the other side would generally be captured, and then the family would pay a sufficient price to redeem them - this was a common practice among all nobles on the entire continent.

But Croa didn't do that.

He really slaughtered those who did not submit, with blood on his butcher knife. On the other hand, he sent troops to clear the locusts slowly and steadily.

This clearly shows that the Western Territory, which borders the Northern Territory, has been taken into its own possession.

People have started to govern!

When the dukes were hesitating whether to surrender something due to such terrible psychological pressure, the King's army suddenly arrived at the western border.

Why did the king come here suddenly?
Could it be that he knew that the Grand Duke of Hanjiao in the North was planning to disregard the dignity of the nobles, so he came here specifically to suppress them?
The dukes' eyes lit up, like children who had finally found someone to complain to, and they hurried to greet the king.

If the king could reprimand the Duke of Hanjiao, maybe he could give them some breathing time. Then if he could send them some precious treasures, wouldn't the problem be solved?

But when they met the king and just told him the story, before the king spoke, Estner, who was sitting next to him, asked:
"So you guys are going to surrender?"

"Or do you intend to cause some trouble for the Duke of Hanjiao?"

His tone was very casual, as if he was just asking casually, and he even had a hint of a smile on his face.

Although the dukes knew the young president of the Mage Association, they were a little confused about what he meant.

Is he on his side?
If that's the case, that would be great. With the king and the president of the Mage Association reprimanding him together, maybe even the gifts can be waived.

One of the dukes, who was a little overweight, said tentatively, "Your Majesty, he has thrown away all the dignity of a nobleman by doing this. You must rebuke him!"

It's just a rebuke. They killed a duke. It's just a rebuke.

The Fat Duke felt that what he said was tactful enough, even humble.

However, just as he finished speaking, the chubby duke felt a little cold on his neck. The next second, he saw a familiar body in aristocratic clothing.

"Why does this look so much like my body?"

——This was the Fat Duke’s last thought, and the deep darkness swallowed up all his consciousness.

The president of the Mage Association, Estner, took back the long sword that was bred by magic power in his hand. The sharp blue cold light was mixed with a hint of blood.

"He's obviously a level three warrior." Estner shook his head disdainfully: "He's been enjoying himself for so long that he can't even sense the danger."

King Norant laughed, "Master Estner is very good at using the sword. I wonder if you would be interested in giving my princes some pointers?"

"Of course." Estner did not refuse.

Anyway, the relationship between the Mage Association and the royal family will be more closely bound in the future, so teaching each other's offspring is not a big deal.

King Nolant laughed.

At this time, the royal guards had surrounded the remaining two dukes, and the magic-suppressing iron chains were emitting a dim light.

The two dukes were wise enough not to move.

They knew that they might really be doomed.

but why?
He had always offered tributes to the royal family, not to mention that they had fought together in battles. Even his title was conferred upon him by King Nolant himself.

The nobles are the foundation of the country. If they really die, won’t the other nobles feel sad? Won’t the country be in chaos?

Their doubts were soon answered.

The corpses on the ground were pulled away, the carpet was cleaned, and calming spices were lit in the carriage engraved with space magic patterns.

It's like nothing happened.

King Norant looked at his two dukes, grinning as cheerfully as ever: "There are many people who want to be dukes, I will choose one of your direct bloodlines to inherit the title.

It won’t cause you to become extinct.

Well... I hope your offspring is likable enough."

In his eyes was the passion of a young boy, his blood burning - just like that, two dukes had followed him and destroyed the "corrupt" Kingdom of Sethen.

So now that all this passion is burning, is it finally going to be directed at them?

They finally figured it out... the royal family is actually the greatest aristocracy, so how could the aristocracy not protect their own interests?

The Dukes took a deep breath.

They bowed their heads respectfully: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."

There was nothing more to say, the king had made the decision and they had no way of resisting.

King Nolant did not say anything else, but took out a bottle of wine that he had treasured for a long time and poured a glass for each of the two dukes.

That was "Burning Bliss" produced by the Temple of the Goddess of Love.

It is both a poison and one of the most wonderful drinks in the continent of Semrio.

Generally speaking, this thing is given to low-level believers who want to see their gods. King Nolant also spent a lot of money to get such a bottle.

When the two dukes drank the wine, sincere smiles appeared on their faces, and then they began to burn out of thin air.

The crimson firelight shone upon the king's face, and he drank a glass of wine with an expressionless face.

In the end, not even a pinch of ash was left of the two adults.

From then on, there was no longer a duke in the western part of the Kingdom of Nolant.

"This is my gift to Sir Croix."

King Nolant took out a stack of blank appointment letters that were unsigned but stamped with the royal and heraldry emblems, and waved them in front of Estner.

"How about my sincerity?"

Estner tried hard to suppress his desire to complain, but still couldn’t help rolling his eyes: “Your Majesty, after you destroyed the Kingdom of Sethen, you kept all the mystical books belonging to the Kingdom of Sethen for yourself.

Now in the entire Nolant Kingdom...are there any extraordinary people above level four?

If you want to raise the butcher knife, they will be the lambs to be slaughtered.”

After spending the past few days together, Estner also learned some things. He felt that King Nolant's mind was really very deep.

He took back all the mystical resources above level four in the Sethen Kingdom, but gave the nobles very generous treatment, which made them quickly become addicted to it.

From the outside, the entire Kingdom of Nolant, including the royal family and the nobles, basically does not have anyone who is particularly smart and powerful enough to make people feel threatened.

——Perhaps the former Duke Olivier and Duke Nar were, but they are dead.

Although it was Cloea who did it, why was it such a coincidence that someone told Cloea just when they wanted to open the Ruby Dragon's lair?
Estner looked at the king and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have never seen the royal court magician system.

Able to build your own occult defense without the help of the Mages Guild.

What else is the royal family hiding?
Facing his openly suspicious and questioning gaze, King Nolant did not answer.

……

Soon, the king's team passed by Croa's team, and King Nolant did not entertain these warriors who helped him clear the locusts.

In fact, as a king, he should reward these warriors. After all, they are people who have helped the kingdom.

But now he has planned to cooperate with Kloya and the Star Town Mage Association behind Kloya, and even the Star Council, so he is very cautious.

He would be as cautious as possible if there was even the slightest possibility that Cloya would feel that he was trying to win people's hearts.

Under such circumstances, he soon arrived in the north.

In the welcoming hall that looks extremely low-key but is actually luxurious, I met Cloya who had been waiting for a long time.

This was the first time the two met and they were observing each other, but it was obvious that King Nolant had no idea what was going on with the young wizard in front of him.

Croa said, "Your Majesty, I haven't greeted you for a long time."

King Norant chuckled and said, "My Duke has helped me solve so many problems. I am very grateful."

It was obvious that both of them were the type who had a fake smile on their faces. They looked polite, but in fact they were extremely polite and distant.

Such a situation is obviously not conducive to negotiations.

Estner beside him could only explain: "Kroya, His Majesty the King has now agreed to fully cooperate with our Mage Association. He even killed three dukes on the way. You will take over their territory.

besides……"

He recounted all the consensus he had reached with the king when they were in the capital.

After he finished speaking, Croix's expression finally changed.

Wow, are you so courageous?
If you were so courageous before, I wouldn't have treated you as a mascot. You hid it so well.

Croa looked deeply at King Norant.

"In that case, I'll just say it straight."

“On behalf of the Star Town Mage Association, I will help you deal with the locusts. At the same time, I hope you can occupy as much land in the surrounding countries as possible.

I will provide enough food, and I will also send my magic beasts and magic plants to join your army to provide sufficient mystical support."

King Norant frowned and said, "Start a war?"

"Starting a war now is a good opportunity, but the consequences may be very bad. I'm not sure if I can handle the coalition forces of several surrounding countries."

Chloe interrupted him: "No, you definitely can."

"Because the Star Town Mage Association has issued an order, the Mage Associations of several surrounding countries will help you."

Since the Star Town has given him such high authority and King Nolant is now willing to cooperate, he might as well help King Nolant annex several surrounding countries.

This would not only solve the problems caused by the locust plague as quickly as possible, but would also remove the nails to the church, and post-disaster reconstruction would also be easy to handle - he had had this idea before and had asked Evelyn about it.

Evelyn’s answer was, “As long as you don’t let those people in the church take advantage of the opportunity to harvest faith, you can do whatever you want.

Cleaning out dead flesh is painful.

But it may be the fastest way.”

What Evelyn meant was actually what Star Town meant. Obviously, they didn't care how much painful process it would take to remove the rotten flesh.

If Croa didn't get involved, there was a good chance someone else would, so he thought he might as well take this opportunity to fully participate.

Although he didn't think he was a good person, he could at least do some things that the army in this world couldn't do. At least he wouldn't kidnap civilians at will.

As for the nobles...

That depends on his men to figure it out for themselves.

The most attractive thing about war is the pleasure of military exploits and plundering resources, which is not something he can stop. If he tries to stop it by force, it will easily lead to trouble.

After hearing what Cloya said, King Nolant began to feel a little restless. He had been silent for a long time.

Now is the time for him to make a decision.

The other party has already made an offer.

Another point is, if he doesn't agree, can he really get out of the North?
He is not irreplaceable.

After thinking for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "I need a contract. Not between Star Town and me, but between you, Master Croa, and me."

"I don't trust Star Town, just like I didn't trust the Church of Mother Earth."

"You can certainly force me to do it, and I will do it."

The king looked at Croa with a burning gaze.

Croa couldn't help laughing. He looked at the empty space next to him and said sarcastically, "The reputation of Star Town is not as good as mine. Madam Great Magician, what do you think?"

Evelin’s figure slowly appeared, and she spread her hands helplessly: “I already knew this a long time ago, the reputation of magicians has never been very good.

In that case, are you willing?"

She seemed to be asking Kloya, but her eyes were fixed on King Nolant. The magic power of the tenth-level great magician floated around at some point and formed a lie detector array that could detect mental fluctuations.

"of course."

Croa nodded: "If I am willing to sign this contract, you should feel more at ease, right?"

The great magician lady smiled awkwardly.

Hearing that Croa was willing to sign the contract, both she and King Nolant beside her breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, the cooperation between them is simply that no one trusts each other, and they urgently need a middleman to mediate - you know, the support of Star Town means that the territory of the Nolant Kingdom can be expanded several times.

This is a "gift" and naturally requires supervision.

So then Croa signed a contract with King Nolant, and the latter was relieved after signing his name.

He did not really trust Kloya, but he trusted his son. After all, that was his only bloodline.

With the signing of the contract, the atmosphere suddenly eased a lot.

Seeing this, Ms. Evelin picked up her fishing rod, waved her hand, and left: "Cloya, you will be the full representative of Star Town. I have an appointment to go fishing with Mr. Oak, so I'll leave first!"

After saying that, she cast space magic and disappeared.

Only Croa, Estner and King Nolant were left in the room.

Croa clapped his hands, and immediately a small space magic circle brought up the delicious food.

"The North is desolate, there is nothing good in it."

"You two can just eat something."

The president of the Mage Association and the king looked at the delicious dishes on the table, all of which were made from magical ingredients, and even some specialties that only the mermaids in the deep ocean had, and they didn't know what to say for a moment.

Should I complain about Cloya's pretense, or should I say that in his eyes, these things are just something to eat casually?

Just as the two were thinking this.

Croa added: "I just mean that these things are for casual consumption. We are all smart people, and there is no need for me to say anything pretentious to you."

Because what he said really made sense, the two of them suddenly felt that the delicious food in front of them didn't seem so fragrant anymore.

But the food tastes really good - with lots of oil and salt, and good ingredients, it would be strange if it didn't taste good.

They immediately began to eat and drink.

From time to time, the three of them chatted casually about some topics, and King Nolant talked the most about his experience of conquering the Kingdom of Sethen.

There were indeed many interesting anecdotes during the conversation, and Cloya listened very carefully.

In the end, I don’t know if one can get drunk just by drinking wine, or if King Nolant did it on purpose.

Anyway, he said bluntly: "If it weren't for the book given by the Church of Mother Earth, I would never have been able to cross the thorn barrier of the Sethen Capital."

"I am indeed grateful to the Church of Mother Earth, but I cannot deny that they treat me as their loyal hound and even want my son to be a bishop."

As he spoke, he took out the book that the Earth Mother Church had given him and handed it directly to Cloya.

"Duke Hanjiao, this book is my gift to you."

Hmm... this turn of the topic was a bit abrupt. Cloya originally wanted to refuse, but when he saw the name on the book, he swallowed the words of refusal.

Because the name of this book is - "Miracle of Death: The Balance of Life and Death".

The name sounded so familiar, and the book looked so familiar. It was clearly the book "Miracle of Death? The Buried Magic" that Evelyn had given him some time ago!
He was originally struggling with the book because it didn't have a first part, which resulted in him being stuck at a point where he couldn't move forward. All magic books were progressive, and the first one was very important.

And now it’s delivered to my door?
Croa immediately felt that King Nolant looked much more pleasing to the eye.

He put the book away with satisfaction. Just as he was about to say a few polite words, Mu Yao Qu Teng Wang suddenly emerged from the void, touched him lightly, and sent a message.

The prophecy at the top of the Mage Tower...has been solved.

"Unlocked?" Cloya's first reaction was why it was such a coincidence, and his second reaction was to look out the window.

In fact, there is no need for Mu Yao Qu Teng Wang to say it.

Now he turned his head to look outside, and could see many strange-shaped stars suddenly appearing in the originally bright sky.

The stars block out the sun's light.

They were shining with starlight wantonly, and the clear and mysterious blue light was falling like a waterfall. The location was exactly the Mage Tower on Hanjiao Island!
It was as if there was a big hole in the sky, and the starlight was eroding the magic field of Hanjiao Island!
What level of prophecy is this that can produce such a vision?
What made him feel even more strange was that the cyan chapter of "Rainbow Poem", which he had not touched for a long time, was fluctuating.

It was not until this time that he suddenly realized that he had never paid attention to the Cyan Chapter before.

It’s like after red, orange, yellow, and green, the next thing to focus on is blue and purple, while cyan is completely ignored.

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