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

Chapter 212. The Snake and the Squirrel, the Second Wonder

The surging emerald light, the wheat that broke and reassembled like a giant snake, and the fire that burned continuously throughout the world.

It really felt like the end of the world.

It surged and crushed towards Chloe's location, as if to utterly destroy his consciousness.

Honestly, it's pretty scary.

But it's just scary to look at.

Kroya remained unmoved, staying put with no intention of running away.

Since he could easily ignite this space with flames, he naturally wouldn't care about the backlash from the dream space.

His current concern is how to completely suppress the riot without affecting the squirrels.

After all, that squirrel might be a favorite of nature, and it would be a shame to accidentally kill it too.

"Since we can't resolve this amicably, let's just resolve it directly."

Therefore, Kroya chose a simple and direct method of suppression—

His disguise disappeared.

His robes, shimmering with starlight, fluttered without wind, and halos of red, orange, and yellow light swirled around him. The three colors of light and the moon-shaped magical artifact on his fingers erupted simultaneously.

In the blink of an eye, his hair and every inch of his skin began to radiate light, transforming him into a radiant sun.

Endless tri-colored light shone in all directions.

Nothing can withstand the light for even a second, not even the hazy, emerald-colored glow.

During the day, when the sun is rising, is not the time when dreams should exist.

"This feels so good! Wow, so relaxing!"

This was the first time that Kroa had unleashed the sun's light and heat with such full force—the light and heat of destruction.

He has always used the magical property of the sun to warm all things, so this is a rare experience.

It even made him groan.

There's absolutely no skill required. When the intensity of magic reaches a certain limit, the light emitted by the magic alone is enough to destroy everything.

That's the situation right now.

The power of dreams crumbles swiftly before the light of the sun.

Except for the spot where the squirrel stood, everything else was dissolving, melting away in the sunlight like the misty morning fog.

"Huh?"

During the release of magic, he sensed something... It was another poem in "Golden Melody" that was paired with the hymn to eternity.

It is destruction, the exact opposite of "eternity," the destructive force that melts everything into ashes under the sun.

At one point, Chloe even felt her thoughts and consciousness begin to blur, leaving only the radiating light.

Its power also began to double.

He was aloof and indifferent, as if at this moment he had become like the sun hanging in the sky, shining the light of destruction upon the entire world.

Honestly, this was a pretty bad experience.

It suddenly became terrible—I didn't mean to destroy it!

This state affected his mood.

He instinctively began to reject this state, rejecting the detached and indifferent attitude he wanted to adopt.

This was completely different from his usual practice of collecting various musical sounds to warm and illuminate magical beasts and magical plants.

He even doubted whether this was actually a chapter from "The Poem of the Rainbow"—but it truly was.

It took him a lot of effort to barely manage to pull himself out of that state.

In the time that followed, he carefully explored its structure while trying to avoid falling into this state.

Unfortunately, after exiting that state, he could no longer be found by any trace.

It was as if they had never existed.

Even Kroa had to temporarily abandon her research and exploration, focusing intently on perceiving the changes around her.

Time passed slowly.

Kroa could clearly sense that something was there.

It remains hidden in the dream, refusing to appear.

Although that thing is an extension of natural consciousness, it is definitely not natural consciousness itself.

That's why Kroa chose this approach.

It's true that saying it is simple and direct.

Even after he exited that state of destruction, he still quickly shook the entire dream.

Soon, a consciousness reluctantly sent out a pleading mental wave towards Kroa.

Kroya, seeing that he had the upper hand, decided to stop and concealed his brilliance.

The dream world shattered at that moment, and Kroya opened her eyes to see a snake with emerald-green scales shimmering before her...

It should be about three meters long and about as thick as an adult's arm. Although it is a snake, it does not have the kind of frightening and disgusting feeling that cold-blooded animals usually evoke.

This comes from its scales.

Those green, translucent, and bright scales shimmered with a warm light under the moonlight, giving the impression of being a work of art.

"Sir, be careful!"

The two apprentices who had been following Kroya immediately stepped forward to block the snake, and also drew their weapons, being very cautious.

"It's fine."

Kroa ordered them to step back, staring at the snake in front of him with great interest, and unsurprisingly saw the structure within its body formed entirely of magic.

"The Emerald Serpent, an elemental creature."

"That world I saw just now seemed a bit strange. Could it be the world you saw?"

"It's so empty and lonely, with only you and the squirrel present."

He used the art of communication with all things to speak to it.

But this guy just stared straight at Chloe, completely unmoved.

"Hmph, if you don't want to talk about it, then don't."

Kroa snorted and continued to use the Astral Imprint Technique to study the snake's body structure more carefully—or more precisely, a spell model that was extremely similar to dream manipulation.

'Could it be that dream manipulation is a simplified version of some great magic, that I can see a similar structure on a snake...' Chloe thought to herself.

If the dream manipulation he is currently learning is common to humans and humanoid races, then it seems to be specifically designed for the Emerald Serpent.

The changes and alterations in that magic were quite novel to Kroya.

He watched intently, and the jade serpent remained motionless.

The man and the snake were thus locked in a stalemate.

In the end, it was only when the squirrel, forced to awaken after its dream was shattered, poked its head out from the pile of straw that the stalemate was finally broken.

It peered out cautiously, and upon seeing the Emerald Serpent confronting Kroya, it immediately emitted a sharp squeak.

Then, it jumped directly onto the snake's raised body.

She carefully held the other person's head and rubbed it against her plump cheek.

The jade snake flicked its tongue helplessly and obediently lay down, letting the squirrel hug its head, seemingly even enjoying it.

With its sudden appearance as a troublemaker, the stalemate could no longer continue. Kroya watched the squirrel's affectionate behavior towards the Emerald Serpent and suddenly felt a strange sensation.

Could it be... a squirrel falling in love with a snake?

Generally speaking, a monster's head is its fatal weakness and it would never be easily controlled by other beings. This situation is obviously very abnormal.

"you……"

He used the All-Encompassing Communication Technique to communicate with the two magical beasts.

But before the squirrel could answer, the emerald serpent beside it exhaled a breath of emerald-colored mist, within which a very clear image appeared.

The first thing that appeared was a snowstorm.

The squirrel was hibernating in its nest, which was full of food, with its tail as a pillow, when it suddenly felt something fall in front of the nest.

It went outside to take a look and found that it was an egg.

After a brief hesitation, it dragged the egg into its nest and used it as a giant pillow to sleep.

Because of the blizzard, it couldn't go out to forage for food, and since there was plenty of food, it slept with the egg every day.

As time went on, the egg gradually cracked open.

A very cute little snake crawled out of it.

The squirrel was initially afraid, but later, for reasons unknown, it began to take care of the little snake.

It will chew the most delicious grains of wheat and feed them to the little snakes, melt ice and snow with its own body heat to bring snow water, and cover the little snakes with its tail when it is cold.

It can be said that it was its warmth that prevented the little snake from falling into a lifeless and frigid slumber throughout the entire winter.

A snake and a squirrel stayed in their small, warm nest, interacting and keeping each other company throughout the long winter.

When the warm winds blowing from the ocean awakened the earth's vitality, the little snake had already grown into a large snake.

It took the initiative to help the squirrels collect food, delivering piles of wheat to their nests, and also bringing spring water and a gentle breeze.

It took meticulous care of the squirrel, wrapping its body around it and infusing the squirrel with magic.

Just like the squirrel did to it when it was a kitten.

The scene then abruptly ended.

Although brief, Kroya understood what it meant; it turned out the snake was the squirrel's offspring.

"..."

He couldn't help but rub his temples.

Is this some kind of fairy tale?

To be honest, he felt that far too many details had probably been omitted, but judging from the way the two monsters looked, they didn't seem to be planning to say anything more.

So he gave the Emerald Serpent a deep look, which made it slightly uneasy before he looked away.

"I'd like to ask you for help."

He then explained in detail why he wanted the squirrel's help.

Of course, he also promised sufficient benefits.

For example, he promised to provide it with absolute protection and an inexhaustible supply of food as long as it remained within his territory.

And on the spot, he took out a bunch of pine cones—including the fruits of seven or eight kinds of pine trees such as dwarf flame pine, red flame pine, and snow mist pine.

They came in all sorts of colors—gray, red, white, blue, green—and each surface shimmered with a magical sheen, clearly indicating they were of excellent quality.

When the squirrel saw this huge pile of magical pine cones, its eyes immediately lit up, and it nodded vigorously in agreement.

Then I started eating the pine cones.

The Emerald Serpent looked at the squirrel that had abandoned it to gnaw on pine cones, and a complex emotion seemed to flash across its eyes.

"Smack."

Before it could think much about it, a bunch of crystal-clear, grape-like fruits fell in front of it.

"I don't believe you won't fall for this."

This is a magical plant he found in the sea called the Vast Ocean Magical Algae. It is an elemental magical plant, and the fruit it grows is grape-shaped and about the thickness of a finger.

This magical plant is very special; it can only grow in seas that are clear, warm, sunny, and full of magic. It only appeared after he helped the Spirit Grass purify the seas around the Desert Reef Island.

These harsh growing conditions also bring them abundant magic and nutrients beneficial to the human body, which are called "the blessing of the sea god" by fishermen in coastal areas.

Both monsters and humans will benefit greatly from consuming it, especially elemental monsters, who will find it almost impossible to refuse.

Take now, for example.

The serpent's eyes were immediately drawn to it.

The snake's forked tongue hissed as it flicked out.

It seemed like she was trying to resist eating, but she just couldn't help it.

Finally, he pounced on them and started swallowing the finger-sized grapes whole, one after another, unable to stop eating.

Seeing this, Kroya smiled with satisfaction.

……

After dealing with the two monsters, the rest was easy.

Kroa chose a sunny morning to stand on the ground and use the stone given to him by Miffy.

The stone shattered into golden waves like wheat, gently brushing across the earth from his hand before swirling back to him.

Just like the conversation with the consciousness of the Terai River back then.

He sensed a powerful consciousness approaching him, emanating a mental fluctuation he could understand: "Hello, Sun."

Having already communicated once before, Chloe glanced at the gleaming stone fragment in her hand and quickly described what she was about to do.

Before the stone lost its effectiveness, they received a reply: "Okay~"

The stone fragments instantly turned into even finer pieces and fell to the ground, urging Kroya to hurry up.

With its permission granted, Kroa didn't hesitate and immediately found the snake and the squirrel to begin her plan—

He watched as the squirrel and the emerald serpent planted the wheat he had brought, one stalk at a time—the latter would dig holes with its tail, while the former would use its nimble claws to bury the wheat in the soil, and then use its tail to sweep the soil over and cover it.

The two worked together seamlessly, and within a single day, all the wheat was planted.

Kroya, sitting on a rock watching them, blinked. She felt that these plants were really random, scattered here and there.

But there's something inexplicably beautiful about it.

During this time, there were other animals as well, such as the demon bull, the demon tiger, the sable, the leopard...

In short, all the magical beasts that could be seen in Wheat Valley came over and watched the squirrels and emerald snakes work.

Some of them may have been attracted and wanted to get close to the wheat and eat it directly.

However, under the intimidation of the Emerald Serpent, they dared not approach it at all.

One bear seemed to have mustered the courage to approach, but was immediately transformed into an emerald bear sculpture by a pool of green liquid spat out by the demonic snake.

From then on, no monster dared to approach the squirrels and wheat fields again.

Witnessing this scene, Kroya instantly doubted whether she had done the right thing. Wasn't she supposed to be pursuing peace?

This... peace?

His doubts were quickly answered.

As the wheat field was fully completed, the magic inscribed within the wheat began to take effect.

Four deer left the wheat field in four different directions and walked into the distance, with a gentle breeze moving stones and grass in front of them.

As long as the path they take becomes smooth.

With each step they took, grains of rice fell with their footsteps, only to be devoured by the waiting monsters.

Gradually, more and more magical beasts followed behind them.

Bear, tiger, rabbit, groundhog...

These animals, which should be hostile, showed no signs of fighting; their eyes shone brightly, as if they were following in the footsteps of God on a pilgrimage.

Until it became a vast, dark expanse, until it circled the entire valley of Wheatfield and returned to its original location in the wheat field.

The monsters that followed them watched the deer return to the wheat field, and then all of them bit their own paws raw.

They watched with expectant eyes as their own magical blood was sprinkled into the earth, gathering into streams.

Instantly, the magical blood of the beast surged into the wheat field, gradually staining about an acre of land completely blood red.

"Uh..." Chloe frowned slightly.

This is so strange. It was a very bloody scene, but he didn't feel disgusted at all. Instead, he felt a sense of holiness.

"So this is a sacrifice?"

He seemed lost in thought, and continued to wait patiently.

About five minutes later, the blood had completely soaked the earth, but the wheat stalks still retained their emerald green and azure blue colors, forming a stark contrast with the red.

Just then, he sensed the change in the wheat.

A magical force flowed silently through the wheat, yet it was undeniably present.

"Oh, that's it?"

Kroya, who had been keeping a close eye on the wheat, exclaimed in surprise.

In his view, the roots of the entire wheat field had connected into a single entity in the earth, shimmering with a blood-red and heavy, earthy yellow glow.

Countless strange magical runes still surged within, gradually taking shape in the blood.

[The engraving is complete; the Demon Blood Wheat Fields of Wheat Valley Territory]

This is a fixed wonder spell. Once it is constructed using certain materials by an entity recognized by the earth or nature, it will acquire the following effects:

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Blood Rice Spell: The fruit of the magical plant will be transformed into magical rice grains. Consuming these rice grains will eliminate resentment and anger, and provide sufficient satiety and the effect of harmonizing magic.

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Blood Deer Defender of Nature: After summoning this magical beast, it can unleash grains of rice formed by "Blood Rice Spell" and punish everything with the power of the earth through wonder magic.

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Eternal Blood Pact: This wonder magic requires sufficient magical beast blood as a magic power supply. The more different magical beast blood there are, the more abilities this wonder can generate.

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I give you everything: the blessing of the Emerald Serpent, a darling of nature, upon the Grey-tailed Squirrel, within the realm of this wondrous magic, they will share life.

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Please enter this dreamlike realm: Nature's darling bestows its blessing upon the grey-tailed squirrel, allowing it to revel in an emerald-colored dream. This effect applies only to grey-tailed squirrels.

[Note: This spectacular architectural marvel requires the approval of nature's consciousness to function.]

Once it had fully taken shape here, a gentle breeze and swirling dust carried the Emerald Serpent and the Gray-tailed Squirrel inside.

They entered the earth.

At the same time, the consciousness that had just left returned to Kroya, bringing him a scene that was... somewhat inappropriate for children.

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(End of this chapter)