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

Chapter 296 296. Finger Bone Rice, Witch's Crystal Skeleton
It was a rare night of good sleep. When Cloya woke up, the sky was just getting light, but it was already a bit lively outside.

With his extraordinary hearing, he could hear the sounds of people getting up and dressing, washing, rushing out the door in a hurry... and the most obvious sound of the horn -

"Members of the Golem Construction Team, please assemble at Area B-15 as soon as possible."

"I repeat, all members of the Golem Construction Team, please assemble at Area B-15 as soon as possible!"

All kinds of noises and the fact that he was about to go to work made Kloya feel as if he had traveled back in time. Normally, he shouldn't feel sleepy, but for some reason he felt very sleepy.

It’s like trying to stay in bed on weekdays, silently hoping to sleep for five more minutes, but when the holiday comes, you wake up at six or seven o'clock, feeling full of energy.

This is indeed a completely different experience from his Mage Tower.

Inside the Mage Tower, there would be no sound to disturb his sleep. All he could hear were the waves, the breeze, the crackling of firewood, and the falling snow - that was the white noise that the Tower Spirit specially prepared for him.

He lay quietly for a while, not wanting to get up at all, and his mind was seriously resisting the fact of getting up.

So...he followed his heart and stayed in bed.

Before he stayed in bed, he told the Mu Yao Qu Teng Wang who had entered the room at some point and disguised himself as a green plant:

"Make arrangements so that things over there are postponed in a reasonable manner and continue after I wake up."

After all, if the Golem construction team starts working, then the work on the other side must also be carried out. He doesn't want to work overtime, not to mention that this overtime was caused by him.

After saying this, he adjusted his posture, continued to hold the soft yellow duck, and fell asleep again.

Fishtail Sea Duck King: “…”

"Ok."

King Mu Yao Qu Teng immediately went to make arrangements. He actually thought that Kloya had woken up too early. Sufficient sleep was very important for a mage.

After all, all the fighting power of a mage lies in his mental strength and brain.

……

the other side.

The apprentice, who had finally fought a fight with his classmates and barely won, and was planning to show off his skills in front of Croa, felt nervous when he heard the notice.

He looked up at the morning mist that had not yet dissipated, and wondered to himself: Did I come too early?

Yes! It's only six o'clock now! I must be too anxious!

Thinking about the lord who had almost gotten up at six o'clock and whom he had almost implicated, he felt that his future was bleak. If he went back, he would definitely be beaten up by his companions.

Fortunately, it can be remedied.

He was thankful in his heart, looked at the people in the audience, thought of a countermeasure, and said loudly: "It's still early now, I will open the third restaurant for you, you can eat something and take a look at the information on golem driving."

After hearing what he said, the workers, who were a little hungry but couldn't miss the teaching, immediately cheered.

The third restaurant!

It is said that all the ingredients used in it are magical, and they are cooked by the rat chefs from Hanjiao Island. The quality of each dish is not inferior to that of the royal court chefs of various countries.

But the prices are also ridiculously high. If they want to save money to eat in, they have to grit their teeth to get in. They didn’t expect that they could eat for free now.

This is simply an unexpected surprise!
The crowd cheered.

"Great!"

"The wizards of the Reef Island are so generous!"

“We must work hard!”

Apprentice Harvett didn't feel anything about it. This was originally one of his powers, not to mention that it involved Lord Croa. He was so happy that he simply expanded the scope to cover the entire development base.

However, what he didn't expect was that after he made this announcement, Robas, who had gotten up early, immediately rushed back excitedly and knocked on Cloa's door.

I didn't know the news until someone opened the door with a helpless look on his face.

"Master Arlok! The teacher from Hanjiao Island just said that we can eat for free at the third restaurant. Let's go quickly, because there are all magical ingredients in there!"

Robas obviously meant well, as it was rare for them to get free food and drinks.

But Croa looked helpless.

This is the reason I finally want to stay in bed!
"ok, I get it."

There was no other way. Since he was no longer sleepy, he could only wash up simply and follow Robas and the Fishtail Sea Duck King to the crowded third restaurant facing the rising sun.

Walking on the road paved with cement-like materials, people are coming and going on both sides, not only extraordinary people, but also some ordinary people from other places.

It can be said to be quite lively.

Although these ordinary people do not have any special abilities, they have lived in the Western Territory for a long time and have a deep understanding of the geographical environment of each place, making them good tour guides.

And another very important function is to interpret legends.

In such a magical world, it is almost impossible to say that legends are everywhere. Although the credibility is not very high, there must be a reason why they can become legends.

Kloya grabbed a bowl of rice and some dishes and was about to finish his meal when he heard a girl at the next table, who was no more than 17 or 18 years old, discussing with her companions -

"Have you heard about the witch in the mountains?"

"Witch?" A companion said nervously, "Agatha, how dare you mention witches? Didn't the wizards in the capital say that we are not allowed to mention witches anymore?"

The little girl named Agatha said disapprovingly: "The Western Territory is now the territory of Lord Hanjiao. You don't know that even His Majesty the King has come to ask Lord Hanjiao to do something in person!"

She waved her hands and lowered her voice mysteriously: "I saw a witch yesterday!"

Brave adolescents are always interested in the unknown. She looked particularly excited: "The witch sister has six arms, wears a dress that only nobles can wear, and gave me a gift!"

The girl spread out her palm, and inside her palm appeared a piece of finger bone.

Crystal phalanges.

It reflects a mysterious halo under the bright white lights in the restaurant.

Kloya, who had been paying attention to this side, naturally felt the fluctuation of magic power emanating from the finger bones and frowned slightly.

Robas, who was beside him, was also listening, and naturally saw the finger bones in the girl's hand, which were exactly the same as the rib he got, with a crystal-like texture.

After seeing the crystal finger bone, Robas's expression suddenly became a little subtle. Why could such an ordinary mortal girl also get such a treasure?
In fact, Cloya was also very curious. If you said that Robas was able to get that rib, it might be because he was a supernatural being and triggered some rules, which allowed him to trade with the Messenger of Withering.

So how did this little girl get it?

As far as he knew, there was no record of the Withering Messenger trading with ordinary people, and anyone who could trade with it was, without exception, an extraordinary being.

What made him even more worried was why the Withered Messenger appeared continuously in his territory, and this crystal skeleton... was there really a complete one?
Seeing her companions were somewhat frightened, Agatha quickly explained:

"Hey, don't be afraid."

"Although it looks scary, the witch sister said that if you plant it, it will grow rice! And it will be a very big rice tree!"

"???"

Upon hearing this, Kloya's face was full of question marks. That thing was a magic prop made of crystal, so why could it grow into a rice tree when planted?
Even if it's magic, it's a bit weird.

Also, the witch was described as the Blightbringer. Could she still be trading with someone? How many things did Kloya not know?

He was really curious, so he found an opportunity to interrupt the topic: "I just heard you talking about rice trees..."

At this moment, Croa's perfect looks came into play.

The girls had never seen such a handsome man before and were stunned for a moment.

Facts have proved that good looks do have advantages, not to mention that Kloya's temperament is completely different from the gloomy feeling of a wizard, making people feel like they are bathing in spring sunshine.

Plus, the cute and silly yellow duck next to him can really make people let down their guard.

Agatha stammered, "Master, you..."

She swallowed hard and managed to calm down a little.

"This is something a witch... no, a wizard sister gave me! If you want to see it, I'll take you to see it right now!"

Well... this was the first time that Cloya intuitively realized the power of his face and his almost solidified charm. Before, he only saw his apprentices and friends and didn't care that much.

Croa smiled and said, "Okay."

He stood up and gave Robas a look - the latter was smart and nodded immediately: "I'll ask for leave for you." In fact, he was also very concerned about the appearance of the crystal skeleton. He was very grateful that Yalok volunteered to go and investigate.

So Kloa followed the girl and left.

……

Because the girl was worried about being discovered, she went to her village, which was a small village in the mountains. She usually went in and out by swinging on the vines on the rock wall.

After Croa took over this place, the civil magicians chiseled open the mountain and created a passage into the mountain.

To be honest, this is not very cost-effective. After all, how much profit can such a small mountain village bring? It is estimated that it can't even recover the magic power and labor costs consumed in opening up the mountain road.

But Kloya felt that this was very important. In the magical world, special situations might occur anywhere. In addition, he also had a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder in his heart and hoped that all his territories could be connected.

It seems fortunate that it is connected now, otherwise I would have missed such an interesting thing.

It took some time for Cloya to arrive at the place the girl mentioned.

After arriving at the place, the girl carefully buried the finger bone in the soil, and the next second a sprout emerged from the soil.

It's just that the color of the sprouts is a little strange.

It's a pink color...like the color of a wound after it has been washed with water.

It took only a few seconds for it to grow from a tender sprout into a tree three or four people tall. After it stabilized, extremely thin grains of rice grew among the branches and leaves.

Each grain of rice is about four or five centimeters long and sharp and curved, looking like the teeth of some living creature.

The girl walked forward and picked a handful of rice, peeled the husk and displayed it in front of Cloya. Each grain of rice was crystal clear and exuded a unique fragrance of grain.

"..."

“It’s actually rice?”

It was the first time that Kloya had seen such a peculiar magical plant. He wanted to examine it through the Astral Body Engraving Technique, but what he saw was a magical pattern that was so complex that it was difficult to describe.

The name of this tree is "fanged rice tree".

The magic patterns inside were extremely complex. With his knowledge, he could only barely figure out that these magic patterns should be related to summoning. To put it simply: this strange pink rice tree was summoned.

The node of summoning is that piece of crystal finger bone.

"Isn't it?" Agatha smiled happily: "That's what Miss Witch told me."

"She said these things are delicious, and eating them regularly can make us stronger, and even allow us to learn magic!"

"What's the price you want to pay?" Kloya asked doubtfully, "This should be a deal."

According to what happened to Robas last night, I guess what's needed is the finger of the girl. Is this an equal exchange?
Who knew that Agatha shook her head and said, "Miss Witch said she would give it to me... Oh, she also gave me this!"

Agatha took out a picture made of sheepskin from her pocket.

The outline of a tree is outlined with simple lines. There are three circles on the left side of the tree, three on the right side, and four in the center. The magical twenty-two magic patterns connect the ten circles like branches.

The whole thing looks like an upside-down tree.

Although it was such a simple way of sketching, it made Kloya feel an indescribable sense of oppression, as if he was facing something powerful - the last time he had this feeling was when he faced the Green Tree of the Mermaid Tribe.

Even the Angel of the Lyre did not give him such a profound sense of oppression.

What exactly is this?
He felt a little excited in his heart; it had been a long time since he felt anything was interesting.

Now this thing is right in front of us.

"Did she say anything else when she gave you this?" Kloya observed for a while and continued to ask.

Agatha shook her head. "Sister Witch told me to keep this picture well. She has more people to meet and she wants to paint on the ground."

“Painting on the ground?”

Kloya noticed this keenly, and after thinking for a moment, he looked at the picture again, trying to find some answers from the complex lines and circles in it.

But the result was nothing.

This was a magic system that he had never understood before. With his knowledge, he could only speculate that it had a great connection with alchemy, but he found nothing else.

Equivalent exchange... can it serve as an anchor for summoning? Can it summon this strange magical plant...

"Can you give me this picture?" Kloya casually took out a handful of gold coins: "These are for exchange. I am very interested in this thing."

"!!!"

The girl's eyes widened.

Gold coins were the hardest currency, and if one had enough gold coins one could even buy some magical items - she, and her ancestors, had never seen even one gold coin.

In the mountains of the western border, barter is more common.

She wanted it very much, but still refused.

"Mr. Bard, I promised Miss Witch not to give it to anyone else." She was actually very nervous when she said this. If Cloya hadn't been very friendly, she really wouldn't have dared to say this.

"Think about it."

"I also want to meet Miss Witch."

"...Well, I can also promise to let your family leave this small village and officially move to the North to live.

Your ability will become a special magic that changes your life, and you may even be able to study at a magic academy."

Chloë casually promised a lot of benefits, each of which could change Agatha's life trajectory.

For him, as long as he wants to get something, it doesn't matter if he spends some energy or things on it. As long as he can get it, it's worth it.

This is indeed a great temptation.

But Agatha still shook her head firmly: "I promised Miss Witch, I will never break my promise... I'm sorry, Mr. Bard."

“…” Cloya looked at her with a little surprise, and a smile appeared on his face: “Well, Miss Agatha, your character is extremely noble.

Although you rejected my deal, I will still do what I promised you. The North welcomes you."

It was not until this moment that Agatha suddenly thought of something, and her face instantly turned red - her fingers were trembling with excitement.

"You...you are the Duke of Hanjiao?" she asked cautiously.

Is there anyone other than that lord who can represent the North so calmly? Who dares to say so?

"That's right. But I hope you can enter a magic academy in the future. Then you can call me the principal or mentor. I will be happier then."

Croa did not hide his identity.

Agatha's face suddenly turned redder. She had never thought that she would actually be able to meet this adult. She felt dizzy and at a loss.

So she made a decision.

She solemnly handed the parchment in her hand to Cloya: "My Lord Duke, I am willing to give it to you."

"Huh? Why?"

"You are the one who gave us hope to live on. The witch sister will definitely understand me. If she wants to punish me, I am willing to do so!"

"Haha." Croix couldn't help laughing.

You know what, it really feels good to be respected and admired.

So he promised again: "Don't worry, if Miss Witch really comes, I will explain everything to her. Now..."

Just as he was about to say something else, a ring was shining on the parchment in his hand.

"Whoosh-"

The light projected onto the sky formed a topographical map of the western border.

Above it... the shadow of a crystal skeleton is faintly visible.

The light of the 206 bones is gradually brightening, and the range seems to cover half of the Western Territory, or the entire frontier pioneer group in the Northern Territory.

There was also a strange and cold voice behind him: "Mr. Sun, how are you going to face... the most primitive equivalent exchange in people's hearts?"

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