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

Chapter 127. Trading Life for Gold

Once he made the decision, he immediately began to try it.

He extracted the power from the Sky Crystal and, through the Seven Luminaries Engraving Technique, began to form a small circular magic array prototype.

This is the vessel for this magic.

Simply inserting this round chip into a creature's eye will automatically sever and paralyze the nerves.

This is how the blindness technique is made effective.

Of course, with the Astral Imprint Technique, Kroya could choose to do it the same way he did when he imprinted the Wood Spirit King.

First, imprint the celestial body of the Gold-Eating Worm, which is located exactly where the Goddess Coin is, and then put the prepared magic vessel into it.

To be honest, the process of manipulating it was a bit like performing a delicate surgery. Kroya had to wrap the goddess's gold coin with the blindness mark carrier exactly.

This process can only be accomplished by a celestial being with the Astral Imprint Technique, who can clearly and distinctly see the Gold-Eating Worm.

Under his manipulation, the vessel for the blindness spell was perfectly covered on the gold coin bearing the goddess's head.

The platinum-gold radiance belonging to the power of the Void acted like a curtain, obscuring the goddess's image and simultaneously blocking the golden light it emitted.

[Imprint successful, Gold-Eating Worm - Curse of the Goddess of Wealth (Blindness)]

[The curse of the Goddess of Wealth will be rendered ineffective before the power of the Void is completely exhausted.]

[Replenishing the power of the Void in a timely manner can slow down the rate at which it becomes ineffective.]

The moment the mark took effect, the worm that had been marked trembled violently and began to frantically devour the gold at Kroa's feet.

While eating, it spat out extremely fine golden threads, which formed a cocoon around its body, enveloping it inside.

A magnificent light flowed across the golden cocoon.

These are pure gold threads!

With a little crafting, it can be used as a magic rune in a magic circle; gold is a very good magic-guiding metal.

And so it was used as a cocoon.

"How long will it take you to break free of your cocoon...?"

"Um?"

Before Kroya could even think, the golden light on the cocoon receded inwards, instantly losing its luster and turning into something resembling grayish-white waste.

The next second, a butterfly with a golden sheen emerged from its cocoon, its wings flowing like liquid gold.

Kroa's figure appeared above.

As it flaps its wings and flies, the things on it keep changing.

Just like in a comic book, a worm appears, bowing to Kroya. Kroya then helps it by waving her hand, and it burrows into a cocoon, eventually emerging as a butterfly.

You know what, both the image of Kroa and the image of the worm are quite lifelike.

It looks like a real, recorded scene.

The magic emanating from it has changed very noticeably, from emerging from its cocoon to dancing around Kroya, as if each flap of its wings brings an improvement.

When it finally landed on Kroa's finger, it had reached level four magic power.

At the same time, its race also changed—

Golden Butterfly.

As dazzling and magnificent as gold, and as noble and elegant as a legendary deity, its appearance certainly lives up to its name.

"Level four magical insect, you should be able to understand me, right?"

Kroya poked it with her finger: "What can you do for me?"

The image on the wings of the Golden Butterfly changes again. This time, it is facing a stone. After flapping its wings a few times, it uses simple lines to depict the changes in the stone's luster.

"Um……"

Although it was a bit strange, Kroya still understood what it meant.

"You say you can turn stones into gold?"

This time, no image appeared on the golden butterfly's wings; it simply flapped its wings to indicate that it was correct.

Then, it flew directly to a rock next to it.

It gently flapped its wings, and golden dust, like phosphorus powder, fell onto the surface of its wings.

Extremely small.

Each grain, as it falls onto the stone's surface, is like a drop of ink falling into water, spreading outwards from the point of impact, gradually diffusing the gold color.

After it flapped its wings several times, the entire rock, about the size of a head, turned completely golden.

"It really turned into gold?" Kroya immediately went over to check and found that the ordinary stone had indeed turned into gold!

Although its purity is far lower than the gold we just saw, it's still gold.

He held the gold and looked at the Golden Butterfly as if it were a miracle.

Turning lead into gold—that's the true art of alchemy!

Even in the world of magic, only the most top-tier legendary or even god-level magic could probably achieve this level.

It involves changes in matter, and specifically, changes in gold, an extremely stable substance.

So a butterfly managed to do it?

He simply couldn't believe it if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, with the gold still in his hand.

"What is the price?"

Kroya looked at the Golden Butterfly and noticed that its wings seemed to have faded slightly. The beautiful wings that were originally flowing with golden light seemed to be covered with a layer of dark shadow, and its flapping movements were also somewhat weak.

That wasn't because the wings had faded; it was because of its vitality.

This is... exchanging one's own life force for the appearance of this gold.

Even so, this ability is still quite extraordinary.

If it were truly possible to exchange life force for gold... I wonder how many lords and important figures would be willing to sacrifice slaves to obtain gold.

Life is sometimes priceless, but sometimes it is not as valuable as we imagine.

"Try it again and let me see."

To figure out how it cast the spell, Kroa took a tiny pebble, placed it in front of it, and stared at it.

As it flapped its wings, scattering phosphorescent powder, Kroya keenly noticed that the mark of the Goddess of Wealth, which had been obscured by the power of the Void, trembled slightly.

The mark seemed to absorb something and then release some golden light.

It was this golden light mixed with the phosphorus powder of the Golden Butterfly that created this miracle.

"Divine magic." He was quite certain that this was a divine magic that involved sacrificing oneself, offering one's life force to the goddess of wealth in exchange for the birth of gold.

The question is, why can it be changed like this?

In that story, wasn't its ancestor cursed because it angered the goddess of wealth?

Will this divine art of exchanging life force for gold be given to a cursed person?

"..."

"etc."

He suddenly realized something, and his expression turned serious.

What if these gold-eating worms need to constantly search for gold to survive, and they can't find any?

Or, to put it another way, the gold in a certain place was taken away.

So, is this the only way they can exchange their life force for gold?

If vitality is gone, in the end... one will still die.

If it's really as he thinks, then this ability isn't some divine magic, but rather an obvious curse.

Without gold, one dies instantly, trading one's life force for it; having gold but not being able to eat it is a slow death.

No matter what, they can't escape death.

"What a terrifying tactic! It offers hope, yet leaves you trapped in despair. Is this the goddess's scheme?"

He couldn't help but shake his head: "What exactly did you do to offend the goddess in the first place that made her target you like this?"

If it's really just because they ate the tables and chairs, that's a bit too far-fetched.

The golden butterfly flapped its wings in confusion and obediently landed on Chloe's shoulder.

After his initial reflection, he calmly considered whether this ability had any practical value—if he could ensure it had enough vitality, could it continuously produce gold?

I've put in so much effort not just to do good deeds, but I have to find a way to reap the benefits.

To be honest, obtaining vitality isn't difficult. In the booklet Orpheus Oak gave him, there was a power called Natural Absorption.

It involves extracting a bit of life force from a magical plant and then transferring it to another magical plant.

This method is actually used to help those magical plants that are unable to obtain life force on their own and are on the verge of death, to see if a miracle can happen after they have life force.

Of course, it can also be applied to Warcraft.

"Will this method of transferring vitality work?"

He directly ordered the earth thief to have the dolphin find some fish, and then cast the Natural Absorption spell on the fish—magical tentacles, like roots, extended from his fingertips and pierced directly into the fish's bodies, slowly drawing out tiny bits of green light.

The poor fish struggled less and less.

Fortunately, Kroya restrained himself and didn't suck it dry.

Thank you.

After it was fully absorbed, Kroya infused it with a burst of magic and then threw it back into the water.

There's no other way but to use this method to make up for it.

Once this magic power is exhausted, it should be able to advance to the next level, and the lost life force will naturally be replenished.

Kroya held the small, pale green ball of light in her hand and pressed it into the body of the Golden Butterfly.

As soon as this life force was infused, it was immediately absorbed by the gold coins of the Goddess of Wealth.

Not only that, it also absorbed more of the butterfly's life force.

Obviously, this method will not work.

Well, although I was a little disappointed, it was within Kroa's expectations.

Externally injected vitality cannot replenish it.

It must be its own vitality.

If that's the case, then even if Kroa imprints this magic into it, it won't work.

Because ultimately it is an external force.

"vitality……"

He stared at the butterfly, and suddenly a bold idea popped into his head—

If we combine butterflies and magical plants, and use the magical plants to supply them with life force, would that work?

The vitality of magical plants is extremely strong.

The only problem is...

After the magical plant is combined with it, does it count as its vitality?

Kroya thought it was worth a try.

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