What's wrong with me, a mage, loving to farm?

Chapter 120. Developments Before the Snowstorm

The acquired books captivated Chloe, leaving her utterly engrossed.

For more than ten days in a row, he stayed in his laboratory and residence and did not go out.

Aside from eating, sleeping, and going to the toilet, all I do is study.

The wonder and fun of magic truly captivated him.

Level 3 and 4 magic is much more difficult to learn than the previous level 1 and 2 magic, and some of them even require learning prerequisite magic.

For example, the fireball spell that he always used very well.

Its advanced spell is called Chain Fireball.

Depending on the caster's own magical reserves and control abilities, fireballs can be continuously released.

After researching with the help of the Void Moon Divine Tree, Kroya discovered that this magic appeared to be a combination of two different spell inscriptions—

Basic fireball spells and multicast spells that maintain mana stability and allow for continuous casting.

The latter is actually a level four spell, which is also recorded in this encyclopedia of spells.

To be honest, this magic is much more difficult to learn than Kroya's Crimson Resonance, and its effects are not as good.

You can only cast magic twice in a row at most.

He became very curious after discovering this.

Why is this level 4 spell related to a level 1 spell like Fireball? Why does combining it with Fireball actually make the spell easier to cast?

He felt that if he could thoroughly study this aspect, it would greatly enhance and help him in imprint magic on magical beasts and magical plants in the future.

After studying and comparing them, he looked thoughtfully at the three spell models: Fireball, Chain Fireball, and Multicast.

"That seems to be a characteristic."

Kroya muttered to himself, "If multicasting applies to all magic, then the runes and models within this chain of fireballs seem to be simply modifications and additions made to the latter."

"By incorporating the concept of multiple casting into Fireball, the two form a new spell model that is similar but not entirely the same."

"Chain Fireballs should be called Multi-Spell Fireball."

Simply put, this is a kind of exclusive enhancement.

Similar spells include Fireball and Ice Earth.

They are simply ordinary fireball and ice spells with the addition of the "magic amplification" spell.

The former is level one and level two, while the latter is level two.

Combining two low-level spells creates a high-level spell, significantly enhancing both its power and range.

This discovery gave Cloa a whole new inspiration.

He found pure white sea coconuts and imprinted them with magic amplification, hoping to see if it would enhance basic summoning spells.

The experiment has not yet been successful.

However, they do consciously use basic summoning spells after using magic amplification.

Based on two days of observation, the two spell models show a tendency to merge, and perhaps they can indeed merge after being used a certain number of times.

It becomes a [Basic Summoning Spell with Magic Amplification].

To have more models and data, Kroya even imprinted different spells on individual Grey Ants—such as Magic Amplification plus Mighty Strength, Multicast plus Earth Ball, and so on.

That's the good thing about gray devil ants; as long as they use mental suggestion and hypnosis on the queen, the ants under their command will immediately obey.

The only downside is that these ants have pitifully low intelligence and magical reserves; at most, they can only cast level two spells and some skillful level three spells.

Trying low-level magic on them works, but high-level magic is less effective.

It's not bad, though. He believes that with natural evolution, it will definitely give him a surprise.

……

After completing these attempts with magic, he began to refine basic magical artifacts and potions, and the Sea Spirit Mushroom Potion was successfully refined.

Instead of selling to outsiders, he chose to cultivate his own team—orphans with impeccable backgrounds and his existing mage apprentices, distributing the supplies to each of them regularly.

This is quite a luxurious supply.

Sea Ganoderma lucidum potion is very difficult to prepare, requiring a very high level of magical power and skill.

That's how Kroya supplied them.

Given the same resource supply, whoever can become a formal Level 1 mage faster will receive more resource allocation.

For ordinary people, the fear isn't of hard work, but of putting in effort without any reward.

As long as they are given even the slightest opportunity for stable advancement, they will cling to it tightly and strive to climb upwards.

After learning this, Kroya remained silent for a moment before instructing Rob to provide them with more magical food.

While striving to create a more comfortable living environment, the requirements are also becoming increasingly stringent.

After sensing these changes, the children and apprentices became increasingly loyal to him, eventually even to the point of fanaticism.

Every time Kroya saw them, he could feel the music burning like a flame in their hearts.

In their eyes, the fact that Kroya had provided a path was enough to make them grateful. No matter how difficult the path was, at least it was a path that allowed them to move forward steadily.

Everything else was a reward bestowed upon them by His grace.

To be honest, he was somewhat moved.

Hard work truly deserves these rewards.

Now the territory is developing better and better, and the Son of Harvest has also been brought back. Under Elena's leadership, he has joined the work of cultivating the Sea God Barley and other magical plants.

Because Kroya had warned of a possible blizzard, they studied magic even harder than the apprentices, storing batch after batch of barley and ripe magical plant fruits in the warehouse.

This includes the first ripening of the lily of the valley and the yam. The latter's yield is ridiculously high, reaching almost 10,000 jin per mu.

This is an environment close to medieval Europe, unlike the seeds that scientists cultivated generation after generation in his previous life.

All I can say is that magic is indeed quite powerful.

He did not sell the first batch of harvest, but stored it all away.

With these thick-rooted sweet potatoes and sea god barley, the grain reserves in the territory increased visibly, and he became increasingly pleased after inspecting the granaries.

This pile of food, though just ordinary magical plants and barley, truly brought a sense of extraordinary joy.

Even in the face of potential future blizzards or population growth, it will be more than enough.

Everything is on the right track.

Unfortunately, there's still no news from the Baron or Seliu. He would be even happier if Gofem and the other prisoners could come.

However, according to the news, it's not far off.

……

A few more days passed.

After realizing that he had entered a period of fatigue in learning magic, Kroya decisively took out the Radiant Crystal Fragment that he had kept for quite some time.

Colorful, translucent crystals lay on the table, each one shimmering with a beautiful luster.

The Sky Crystal Fragments had already been used to feed Mushroom when they were first brought back.

The result was quite unexpected—the mushroom rejected this power of emptiness, even showing a stronger aversion to it than to the power of the Earth Mother Goddess.

The emotion was so intense that he was startled by the mushroom's sudden outburst of disgust.

He was genuinely puzzled: why did you, who came from the power of the Void, no longer want the power of the Void?

The mushroom and the angel, of course, wouldn't answer him.

He had no choice but to give up, and because he devoted himself to the arduous task of learning magic, he stayed until now.

He doesn't seem to be as enthusiastic about these things anymore, because even if he researches something, he can't replicate it.

There are only so many Radiant Crystal Shards left; once they're used up, they're gone.

For him, it was something that could not be replicated, as elusive as a miracle.

"Sigh, it's just something to do when I'm bored and want some entertainment."

He took out the Earth and Water Star crystals, used the Seven Stars Separation Technique to extract the power from the two crystals, and then combined them.

The blue light, mixed with the earthy yellow glow, eventually turned into a tender green color.

It was lush and vibrant, full of life.

Upon sensing this power, the Woody Vine King trembled with excitement, its tendrils even draping over Kroya's arm.

"Master~"

This was the first time it had used this tone.

The fawning tone tinged with pleading gave Kroya goosebumps—it would be pleasant to hear if a beautiful human woman said it, but it was a vine!

It seems he will never be able to understand the psychological state of people who develop feelings similar to love for magical beasts and magical plants.

"I'll give you some; I'm using the rest to grow sunflowers."

Kroa generously gave half of the Woody Vine King to the Woody Vine King, and gave the rest of the Woody Essence to the Crimson Sunflower.

This is what he mainly cultivated.

So we have to let it try any good stuff we find.

He used the remaining Wood Power in batches to try and evolve other magical plants.

After successfully separating and creating the Wood Essence, he then attempted to extract the power of the Fire, Wind, and even Void Crystals.

But the result greatly disappointed him.

The first two could be tried to be combined, although it didn't yield any results.

However, the power of the Void Radiance is extremely stable, and Kroa's current magic power is simply insufficient to achieve the mixing process.

Ultimately, we had no choice but to give up for the time being.

And so, as he studied and inspected the territory, time moved steadily forward.

someday.

When Kroya woke up in the morning, she was staring blankly at the ceiling out of boredom when she suddenly noticed something white falling onto it.

At first he didn't realize what was happening, but a few seconds later, the entire roof was covered in snow.

He woke up immediately.

It's snow!

Just as the angel had warned him... the blizzard really came!

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