Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

Originally, the activation and deactivation of magic, as well as the flow of magic in different functional parts, did not require the magician to come up with a separate piece for detailed design, so the runes that transmit the magic flow do not have ready-made parts like other low-level runes, so now they have to be designed on site.

Although there are a lot of details to be perfected, especially the ratio of mana flow, input and output of different magic runes, and the materials of the runes have not been taken into consideration. After a night of intensive work, I finally came up with a magic rune model.

"Very good, very good." Illufa looked at the final magic rune. Although it has not been actually tested, it is theoretically feasible. "Alisa, you did a good job. Very good."

"If my teacher knew that I was drawing such low-level runes, she would definitely scold me severely." Alisa rolled her eyes.

"Maybe. If it were the old me, I wouldn't even look at this thing a second time." Ilfa said with a wry smile.

"Whatever~" Alisa scratched her head and yawned. "Can I go to bed now?"

"Go ahead, thank you for your hard work." Ilfa nodded.

Elisa yawned and went to sleep. Ilfa was also very tired, but as she looked at the results in her hands, there was light in her eyes.

Unlike his daughter, Ilfa has vaguely realized that this thing contains a powerful force far beyond what appears on the surface.

Chapter 149: I Forgot to Bring the Bucket

Here, Ilufa has already preliminarily drawn out the envisioned composite magic runes. According to the design of this set of runes, it should be possible for ordinary people to use the power of magic without the involvement of a magician.

Use the charging magic rune with the magic ore to make a magic battery similar to a battery, and then use the magic battery to provide energy to run other magic runes. For various reasons, no magician has ever tried this method.

This is not just because of arrogance and short-sightedness. Take Ilufa for example. If he had not seen the magic rune that served as the entrance with his own eyes, Ilufa would not have thought of this inefficient and cumbersome method of using magic in the eyes of a knowledgeable and powerful magician.

For most magicians, using one high-level magic rune is much better than using one hundred low-level runes. In order to achieve a certain goal, magicians try to use one high-level magic rune to solve the problem, rather than thinking about how to use multiple low-level magic runes to achieve it.

This cannot simply be said to be arrogance. If humans have always been a race that can smash the heads of green-skinned Orks with one fist, the invention of the warhammer would definitely be delayed for a long time.

But not everyone has thought of this method of use. The designer of the magic rune in the cave must have thought of it, and the laws of the Holy Empire also restrict this situation. I don't know if it's a coincidence or something else.

Here, Alisa went to catch up on her sleep, but Ilfa did not rest. Although she was also very tired, it was not time for her to rest yet, as she still had to complete the verification work of the magic runes.

A magic rune cannot be put into use immediately after it is designed. Before it can be officially used, the magic rune needs a verification process.

The verification procedure is roughly to draw a small magic rune in proportion to see if it can run successfully. Only after it runs successfully can it be officially used.

Alisa fell asleep in a short while. She was exhausted after not sleeping all night. Ilufa was also very tired, so she decided to find someone to help her.

"Ma'am, why are you here?" In the Sixth Dream of the tavern which had not yet opened for business, Efit looked at the special guest who came in with a look of surprise.

"Efit, I need your help with something. Do you have time?" Ilufa said with a smile.

As someone of the same age as her daughter and also following Lind, Ilufa has always been wary of Efit, fearing that she would snatch a man from her daughter.

However, Efit's bright smile that was as warm as spring breeze to everyone, coupled with his lovely appearance, quickly dispelled Ilfa's vigilance.

"Of course I have time." The lord had spoken, and Efit could not refuse. "May I ask what the lady wants from me?"

"You don't have to call me Madam, just call me Ilufa, just like Linde." Ilufa smiled. "I heard you can paint?"

That day when Ilfa eavesdropped on the three people's introductory magic lessons, Efit had already managed to draw magic runes with his bare hands.

"A little bit." Efit answered modestly.

"I have a few magic runes to draw, please come and help me." Ilfa said with a smile.

"Okay~ I'm happy to serve~" Efit agreed to Ilfa readily.

"How's your wine going?" The two of them walked like mother and daughter. As they walked, Ilufa asked Efit in a casual tone.

"It's almost done, and it can be opened the day after tomorrow." Efit smiled. "When the master comes back, I want him to be the first to taste the wine I brew."

"What about me?" Ilfa smiled.

"Ma'am, of course you have a share too~" Efit smiled brightly.

Here, the magic runes of Ilufa have been designed. Once the verification is completed, we can start to build. At this stage, even if there is a problem in the verification, we only need to troubleshoot the problem and then correct it, which is somewhat similar to fixing a bug in a program.

However, whether this will succeed in the end depends on the Salaman Stone, which is the key among the keys. Without the Salaman Stone as a magic battery, everything will come to naught.

In order to find the Salaman Stone, Lind has personally led a group of new beastmen to set off.

According to Ilufa, magic ore is very rare. There are not many in the entire Holy Empire. Some small countries do not even have one in their entire territory. It is not surprising that there is no magic ore on Aiwozhen Island. The statement of the Mother Earth is also uncertain.

Whether it is true or not, we have to go and see it. Without enough iron to make weapons, we have no chance of winning against the Lion King Mara who will appear soon, so we have to take a gamble.

Fortunately, among these new Beastmen who came to form an alliance, there was a tribe of Sheep Beastmen, which was located near the Chaos Beastmen tribe called Fire Pigs. It was even better if someone was familiar with the situation.

"The Fire Pig Tribe is just north of our tribe. It takes about five days to walk there." After setting off, Benio, the chief of the new beastmen of the sheep tribe, introduced the general situation of the enemy to Linde. "There are about a hundred people in the Fire Pig Tribe, all of whom are pig-headed. These beastmen are thick-skinned, rough and savage, and are quite difficult to deal with."

The picture of sheep and pigs being neighbors always seems a bit weird. Of course, it is much more normal compared to the current situation where sheep and wolves form an alliance and act together.

The number of opponents was probably over a hundred. Now Lind had forty sheep, thirty wolves, three cows and a weasel, so the difference in numbers was not big.

"I'm not sure what the Salaman stone you're talking about is, but the wild boars did use a special kind of stone." When Lind asked if he knew about Salaman stone, Benio replied. "The kind that emits heat and explodes when it breaks, is that the stone you're talking about?"

"That should be correct," Lind said affirmatively. "It has the same properties as Salamanthus."

In order to identify the Salamanite, Lind should have brought a magician with him, but since they had other important things to do, they couldn't come, so they could only explain the characteristics of the Salamanite in detail and let Lind judge for himself.

The Salamanthus was fiery red in color, slightly hot to the touch, and exploded when smashed, exactly as Benio had described.

As it would take five days to reach the destination, the team brought camping gear. After a day's journey, it was getting dark, so the team found a safe place to set up camp.

Just like living in the camp, Lind lived in a tent with Kitama, Katie, and little Schnee. The next morning, when Lind got up, he saw Kitama looking at him anxiously.

“I forgot to bring the milk bucket,” Kitama explained.

Chapter 150: Food

Minotaur.

It's not a crime punishable by death, but a name given to a type of beastman in this world.

Although they were generally called beastmen, even ignorant serfs knew that beastmen were different from one another. There were different species of beastmen, but generally speaking, there was no need to divide them into very detailed categories, as long as you knew they were beastmen.

But exceptions always exist. Among the beastmen, there is a species that is treated specially, the minotaur, or the bull monster, which is unique among the beastmen.

There are only Chaos Beastmen in places other than Aiwozhen Island. On Aiwozhen Island, there is a clear racial distinction between New Beastmen and Chaos Beastmen. Most of the easily tamed ones are herbivores, while most of the carnivores are Chaos Beastmen. According to this tendency, Bull Beastmen should be more inclined to New Beastmen, but in fact, the most terrifying and powerful Chaos Beastmen are Bull Beastmen.

In the Holy Empire, some people even believe that the Tauren are even more devoted to the Blood God than the Blood God's followers.

When Lind first traveled through time, the first people he dealt with were the Bull Beastmen, whether they were the perverts influenced by the evil god or the Bull Beastmen sisters who saved him. It can be said that without the Bull Beastmen, Lind's journey through time would have ended in the prologue.

After crossing over, Lind has been living with the two sisters, and there is no concept of intimacy between men and women. Moreover, compared with Amora who calls her the Son of God and Ilfa who wants to adopt her as her adopted son, Kitama is more like Lind's mother.

So it is normal for a son to drink his mother's milk.

"Hmm~Hmm~Hmm~" Lind was drinking breakfast in the makeshift tent, and Kitama's voice kept coming from the tent.

You have entered puberty, and in order to ensure physical development, nutrition must keep up.

Protein and calcium are the most important nutrients for growth, and meat, eggs and milk are all needed. However, due to the shortage of supplies, meat can be barely enough, and eggs can be ignored. However, milk is definitely enough.

This time they were going on a long journey to fight and look for ore. Logically, they should have only brought the fighters, but Linde had to take all the wolves with him. To be on the safe side, he also brought non-combatants Kitama and Schnee.

I took everything I needed before leaving, but I forgot the milk bucket. Today was Chitama's milking day, and if I didn't squeeze out the milk, Chitama would be swollen and uncomfortable.

Not only did I not bring a bucket, but even if I did, it would be useless because it would be easy for the liquid to spill on the road.

It would be such a waste to squeeze it like this, as it is a very important source of nutrients, but Kitama felt uncomfortable holding it in.

After some thought, Kitama suggested that it could actually be eaten right after opening the lid.

There's nothing we can do about it. We can't just waste it.

Why did Kitama produce milk when she was not pregnant? Linde was very curious. Now it is basically certain that beastmen and humans are related by blood, and the relationship is very close. Physiologically, there are many references.

Since I have never been pregnant, why can I produce milk?

Never mind, maybe it's racial reason.

In order not to waste it, Lind drank very seriously. Kitama did not resist at all. She hugged Lind quietly with a gentle expression and eyes full of love, as if she was looking at her own child.

Katie sat cross-legged on the side, her eyes wide open, rubbing her breasts from time to time. Her expression seemed a little confused, as if she was thinking, why did she have no milk when she was obviously not much smaller?

Schnee sat on the side like a kitten, staring intently. Her young mind could not understand what was happening in front of her, but she instinctively felt excited.

Not only Linde, Alisa, and Effiete were entering puberty, but also the sweet-smelling Schnee.

Linde finished his drink and burped. Kitama straightened her clothes as usual and prepared to eat her breakfast.

Breakfast was still straw pancakes, but Lind was already a little full. He drank so much milk in one breath that his stomach felt bloated.

"I'm going to go out for a walk to digest the food." In order to digest the food, Lind said to others.

"Well, come back soon." Kitama said like a real mother.

Lifting the curtain of the tent, Lind turned his back to the tent and looked straight ahead.

He took a deep breath, raised his hand to wipe the milk stains from the corners of his mouth, and smacked his lips, the aroma of milk still lingering in his mouth.

Although it was Kitama who took the initiative to ask for it, but...

To distract himself, Lind began taking walks around the camp.

Everyone in the camp had gotten up and was having breakfast. When they saw Lind, everyone, regardless of their race, greeted him.

There is a vague dividing line between the different species of new beastmen. Although they act together, they are different races after all. One is a sheep and the other is a wolf. In nature, these two races are in a relationship of eater and being eaten.

There was an obvious gap between the two groups. Seeing this, Lind was a little worried about whether there would be a conflict. Then Lind saw a male wolf stand up and walk towards a ewe.

"Hello." The male wolf forced a stiff smile.

"Hello." The ewe subconsciously shrank back. This was an instinctive reaction when facing a natural enemy.

Although the new beastmen are related to humans, they also have animal genes. Lind is really curious about how humans and animals hybridized.

If it were on Earth, let alone other things, just the fact that Kitama produced milk without pregnancy would be enough for me to write useless papers until retirement.

Oh no, Niu Niu is moving again.

"I brought a lot of meat, and I can't finish it all by myself." The male wolf gave a friendly smile. "Can I invite you to eat with me?"

"Ah." The ewe was stunned. "Thank you very much. It's just right. I brought a lot of potatoes. Let's eat together."

In this way, led by a male wolf and a ewe, the sheep and wolves, who originally had some estrangement, gathered together, exchanged food with each other, and ate breakfast together.

Linde was very upset. What's wrong with you, wolf? Are you greedy for other people's sheep?

The sheep ate the meat brought by the wolf, and the wolf ate the potatoes brought by the sheep. This is a weird scene...

Wait! Potatoes!?

Linde realized it later and hurried over to look at the food in the sheep new beastman's hand.

"Sorry to bother you." Linde randomly found a sheep holding food. "Can you show me what you have in your hand?"

"Of course, Your Highness the Son of God." The ewe answered excitedly and handed the food in her hand to Lind.

Lind was excited when he took the food from the ewe. The shape, color, and feel of the food were clearly one of the four American yellow sheep!

"Where did this thing come from?" Lind asked excitedly.

"It's just dug out of the soil." The ewe replied, raising her hand and pointing to a white flower not far away.

Chapter 151 Treasures in the Forest

People who are familiar with human history should be familiar with a term, the Malthusian trap, which means that the rate of population growth is exponential, but the development of agricultural technology is linear. Therefore, the population size will always be larger than the agricultural output, and there will always be a part of the population that does not have enough food.

Whenever this happens, various disasters occur to reduce the human population. Plague, famine, war, massacre, or a combination of these, human history seems to be replayed, repeating the process over and over again.

Also limited by the progress of agricultural technology, the growth rate of human beings is also linear and slow. There are as many people as there is food. However, throughout human history, population growth has not always been linear. After entering the Industrial Revolution, the number of human beings has skyrocketed at an astonishing rate. The most important reason is the progress of agricultural technology, and the two most critical links are the invention of fertilizers and the introduction of high-yield crops.

When it comes to high-yield crops, the most representative one is the American four yellow crops.

Looking at the beautiful white flowers on the ground not far away, Linde could hardly control his excitement.

I didn't expect there was such a thing here!

After traveling through time, I found that there are many animals and plants in this world that are very similar to those on Earth. Not only that, the staple food of humans here is various kinds of wheat, such as wheat, barley, rye, and oats. It is not impossible for some high-yield crops to emerge.

If you want to have an industrial revolution, you must first solve the agricultural problem, that is, the food problem. Linde does not have the technology to produce chemical fertilizers yet, and agricultural technologies other than chemical fertilizers, such as composting and seed selection, cannot bring about a qualitative leap in food production. Although the first batch of crops has not yet been harvested, the magic of the Mother Earth Goddess does not seem to be able to bring about a qualitative leap.

The magic of the Mother Earth can greatly shorten the growth cycle of food crops, shortening the time for crops that originally took three or four months to mature to one month. However, the Mother Earth also said that the crops blessed by her magic also need to consume the fertility of the land to grow, and because the growth rate is faster, the fertility is consumed faster, and the land needs more time to be fallow. After all this, there is still no difference in the total output.

There are only two ways to restore soil fertility: fertilizing and leaving the land fallow. Farmers in this world also know how to fertilize, but they don't know how to compost. Linde has improved on this.

How to increase food production? Lind's original idea was to find a way to improve farming techniques, continue to select seeds, and then try to find a way to make something like fertilizer. As a result, potatoes have now appeared...

He ran to the flower, knelt on the ground, pulled out a new dagger, and carefully dug down along the root part of the flower. After a while, some cute potatoes appeared in front of Lind.