my age of magic

Chapter 703 203. The Earth Workshop of the Demonic Spider Silk

The morning in the black forest is full of water vapor. Starting from the lake at the source of the valley, our team has been walking in the jungle for ten consecutive days. In this dangerous jungle, the most terrifying thing is not the threat of those high-level monsters to us , nor the spears of those spider warriors fleeing and walking in the jungle, but the primitive ecological environment of this black forest.

The giant python with the same color as the bark is coiled on the ancient vine, motionless, like the stem of a parasitic plant. When you walk past it, it will spit out a scarlet snake letter and open its cold eyes. There are often paralyzing neurotoxins on the fangs of the human body. If there is no antidote, it may directly kill people.

There is also a kind of poisonous ants. These swarms of poisonous ants have a hard carapace and can secrete a corrosive acid from their mouths. The most terrifying thing is that the Zhejiang poisonous ants have the ability to fly, and each one is almost as big as a locust. The forest was overwhelming, like black clouds.Although this kind of poisonous ants are afraid of fire magic, they have a huge colony, and once they are targeted, it is difficult to get rid of them.

Fortunately, there is a lizard maid in our team who has rich experience in jungle life. She can easily see through all kinds of camouflage in the jungle, and can also identify poisonous weeds. Herbs.

But she also has some shortcomings, she is not good at cooking.

In the eyes of Takama, when walking in the jungle, all food can be grilled, and her recipe is very simple. Anything that can be eaten, roasted on the fire is considered delicious to her, and her I have a good appetite and dare to eat anything.

In this regard, Qige is also very helpless.

In our team, not only Qige is very picky about food, but Lucia, who is a half-elf, is also very demanding about food.She is almost paranoid about things. Elves like to eat fruits and fish. Fruits are relatively easy to handle. How can we find some delicious fruits that can be eaten in such a huge forest, but since we left the valley, it has been several years. I haven't caught any fish these days. In recent days, Lucia has been eating fruits and wheat cakes to satisfy her hunger. She didn't get enough protein. Her physical strength dropped rapidly. I must find a way to get some fish back, otherwise, This journey of experience may wear her down physically.

Hiram and Josena also came from aristocratic families. They have never experienced hardships, and they are not very used to the diet of travelers. I heard that spider legs are popular in some noble circles in the imperial capital, so I hunted one the day before yesterday. When I was with a giant spider, I roasted a few spider legs. I didn't expect these two people to be so disgusting that they didn't even eat dinner.

As for the 'secret roasted spider legs', the lizard maid Takama ate them with gusto.

Those giant spiders escaped from the spider man's camp and scattered in the forest. They lurked in the canopy of the trees, secretly looking for some birds and small animals in the forest.

After getting acquainted with the temperament and characteristics of the giant spider, we began to use the giant spider to hone the fighting skills of the team members. Now, the members of the team are all members of the Sword and Rose Society. One of the training tasks is to try to fight with giant spiders.

When she said this proposal, the faces of Hiram and Josna turned green, but these two seniors with aristocratic pride were still veterans of the Sword and Rose Society. In college, in order to get close to Lucia, I joined the Sword and Rose Club.Now, for the sake of pursuing Lucia, he managed to come to the plane of Hierro, and was in the same group as Lucia.

As for Lucia's suggestion, it is also reasonable.

The main purpose of our club is to let mages have some basic martial skills. When fighters rush to us, at least we can draw out long swords to block their weapons.

So the two of them could only bite the bullet and raised their hands in agreement, but they still hoped that Qige and I would raise some objections.

After all, Qige is the teacher who set out with the group. The main purpose of coming to Yeluo plane is to collect rare magic herbs in this black forest and find new species of magic plants. Qige has the responsibility of supervising the safety of the team.But obviously they don't know Qige well. Qige has a strong spirit of adventure in her bones and likes to face all kinds of new challenges. It is impossible for her to stop Lucia's proposal.

As for me, I approve of Lucia's decision with both hands, because I need... those spiders.

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In a glade, a few of us stood in front of a giant spider with all its legs amputated, watching it lie on its back and shiver.

Josenna kicked the giant spider hard, rubbed his muddy leather boots on the soft skin of the giant spider's abdomen, and spat roughly towards the giant spider's body.

When he was fighting this giant spider close to him just now, he was almost injured by the giant spider, so he showed a look of resentment.

Hiram on the side quickly reached out and grabbed Josna, preventing him from continuing to torture the giant spider, and then said to me: "Jijia, aren't we being too cruel, how about killing that big guy directly? Why do you have to cut off all its outriggers, and then let it fend for itself in the forest, I guess it will either be eaten by other wild animals in the forest, or starve to death, which is against our knights Spirit!"

Hiram is an aristocrat, and he reveals the character of a gentleman in his bones.

If it weren't for my ice shield just now, Josna might have suffered a little injury, but his arrogant and frivolous temperament really should be changed, otherwise, he will definitely suffer a lot from it.

Josenna didn't want to kill the giant spider so easily, he wanted the giant spider to pay more.

So he immediately retorted to his friend: "Hey, Hiram, we are magicians, don't use the knight's code of conduct to restrain us, okay?"

Josenna's meaning is very explicit: we are not knights, and we don't have to abide by the morals of knights.

Hiram shrugged his shoulders, and said with a slight sigh: "Anyway, I don't think it's very good! I stand by my opinion."

I squatted in front of the giant spider, the kekrik in my hand was shaking in front of its eyes, and its eyes were also terrified to follow the kukri turning left and right.

I pondered for a moment, and then said lightly: "For giant spiders, my actions must be very cruel, but it is a kind of help to the originals in the Black Forest. To us, they are very strange existences. They are alien species from the abyss. They hardly have any natural enemies in the Black Forest. Their arrival will inevitably cause certain damage to the ecological environment of the original Hierro plane. , what we need to do is to clean up those giant spiders as much as possible, obviously, with our current capabilities, we can't do it at all."

This is a crisis in the Black Forest of the plane of Hierro. If it is not handled well, it will really be like what I said. After a few years, this place will become a lifeless forest of demons.

I continued: "However, we can help the original animals in the Black Forest and get familiar with these big guys, for example: we can cut off their legs, and then wait for the carnivores in the jungle to eat them, This is a process from scratch, if these guys have no natural enemies in the Black Forest, then it won't take long for these spiders to occupy a dominant position in this forest."

I paused, glanced over everyone's faces, and said, "Nobody wants to see that happen, do they?"

Hiram's momentum weakened, and he whispered, "Of course, Jijia, what you said...is right!"

I succeeded in convincing Hiram that this guy has been struggling lately. After I subdued the giant spiders, I always didn't kill them directly. Instead, I just cut off the spider legs and then ignored the giant spiders. To leave them to fend for themselves, Hiram thought, was not chivalrous.

I do this, of course I have my reasons.

In fact, my real thought is: I want to transport these giant spiders that cannot resist back to the underground warehouse in Xinliu Valley. Every giant spider is a very precious asset to me, they are like a textile machine, which can spit out tough spider silk and make tough spider silk magicweave cloth.

So, every time after subduing a giant spider, I would use an ax to cut off all the legs of the giant spider, and then persuade them not to kill the spider and leave them in the black forest, Lucia and Josena I don't have any particular opinion on this, but Hiram is a very stubborn person. He thinks that what I do is a little too cruel, and he always wants to persuade me to end the lives of those spiders directly after defeating them.

Fortunately, however, I convinced him.

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At noon, our team usually hides in a cool place for a short lunch break.

The hot and humid environment in the Black Forest will make us sweat a lot. Wet clothes are difficult to deal with in the hot and humid jungle. The only way is to dry them with the help of a campfire.

During the hottest period of the day, we chose to rest. At this time, Takama, the maidservant of the lizardmen, was in charge of security. Except for the necessary rotation security at night, Takama was in our team and almost took care of all the security. Task.

As usual, I left the camp during my lunch break and walked into the forest. Takama is used to me slipping out at this time. She was sitting on the trunk of a big tree. When I looked at her, She just nodded slightly to me, then shifted her gaze to other places.

I went back the same way and found the giant spider. I have been like this for the past few days. Then I opened the portal and called Luka the tauren. The big spider dragged it back to the underground warehouse.

Today I did not return to camp as quickly as I used to.

Instead, he followed Luka into the underground warehouse.

I saw Bernd the dwarf leading some orcs deep in the cave to build a new stable.

These animal pens are made of thigh-thick square oak wood, nailed into very regular cages, and each giant spider is put into the cage, which is just enough to fill the square animal cage. Although this dwarf is proficient in forging , but he is still very good at making some common utensils. The most important thing is that those young orc warriors respect him.

When he saw me, he stood up quickly and hurried towards me, as if he had something to look for me.

I stopped and saw Bernd walking over with his short legs buried, stood in front of me, and said to me, "Hi, Jijia, I just need to discuss something with you!"

"I can't stay too long, I just came to see the situation here, why don't we talk while walking!" I said to Bernd.

"Okay! Then I'll make a long story short." He rubbed his hands, touched his big red nose, hesitated, and said to me, "Jijia, I want to borrow the blueprints in your treasure chests."

I stared at Bernd, because I wanted to know the answer from his mouth: why did he have this idea!
"When I cleaned up those goblins last time, among the batch of blueprints I seized were some blueprints about architecture. I want to take them out and study them!" Bernd looked at me nervously, his big nose was a little red, very There was obviously a heavy smell of alcohol in his mouth, this guy originally wanted to hold his breath and try not to let me find out, but at this moment, he suddenly burped loudly.

"Well..."

The surrounding area suddenly became very quiet, and those orcs who were chatting while nailing the wooden cage stopped talking.

The atmosphere became a little awkward.

"That's fine, but you must make sure that you are clear-headed when flipping over those blueprints. I don't want you to accidentally soak those precious blueprints in the wine barrel!" I raised my head and glanced at Bernd lightly. ,explain.

Afterwards, I ignored the drunk Bernd, I turned around and continued walking inside with Kalantso.

I want to see how those giant spiders fare in their subterranean burrows.

A few days ago, Kalancuo showed me a piece of spider silk, which is thin and tough, and its fire resistance is much better than ordinary hemp thread, cotton thread, and silk, so I was a little curious. Thick-footed orc girls, how do they spin thread, especially this precious magic-weave spider silk thread.

While walking, Kalancuo talked about some things that happened in the underground cave recently. She told me that Bernd had hunted many goblin slaves from the underground cave and came back. He wanted to renovate and expand the underground warehouse, including the wine cellar and A warehouse with various functions, this matter has received her support, so recently, the food consumption has been very fast, and it will not be long before I will face the food problem again.

Kalancuo and Bernd have always opposed my blind construction of the mountain city outside the circular valley. They are more concerned about the expansion project of the underground warehouse.

Kalantso said that she was planning to return to the orc village, gather people to transport some wood and copper ingots to the underground warehouse, and bring back a batch of meat products. It seems that they want to expand this place into a stronghold, and they have already The preparatory work has begun. The goblin slaves they captured have begun to dig some new storage rooms.

I estimate that the wood that will be shipped in the near future is used to support the excavated caves.I found that this section of the tunnel, under Bernd's suggestion, has built a support wooden frame every ten meters, which looks like a mine.

This dwarf, Bernd, really has a lot of experience in underground caves, but he just likes drinking too much.

(End of this chapter)