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

Chapter 228. At the End of the Land, Dancing Coconut Trees?

In the dazzling golden wheat field, Mifein and Rhea were bending down together, picking up the fallen ears of wheat.

These two devotees of the Earth Mother Goddess were no longer wearing overly ornate robes, but rather clothes made of mulberry and hemp cloth, which made them look very simple.

They moved with utmost care, meticulously picking up every single ear of wheat that had fallen to the ground from the pile, with great seriousness and even a touch of reverence.

According to the legends of the Church of Mother Earth, the wheat that falls to the ground is all the best and most ripe of the wheat, and it deliberately falls to the ground to show off to the Mother Goddess.

"Proud ears of wheat".

Mi Fei looked at his basket full of golden ears of wheat with satisfaction. "I didn't expect there to be so many proud ears of wheat in this field. It seems that the Mother Goddess really favors this land."

"Yes, this year's wheat yield is 3,000 catties per mu." Rhea also carried a basket, her face crinkling with laughter.

"With this food, both the population of the North and the pace of Kroya's expansion can be accelerated."

The yield of 3,000 catties per mu is only 2,000 catties at most, even in the fertile fields of Mother Earth. I didn’t expect it to be 1,000 catties more.

It seems that the Mother Goddess favors this land more, and he has even felt that his divine power is growing more rapidly recently.

Just then, the Orpheus Oak Tree arrived and, upon hearing this, was immediately displeased, retorting angrily, "This is clearly the work of my friend Kroya in transforming these fields; it has nothing to do with the Earth Mother!"

The apprentices following behind him nodded in agreement. For these fields, Kroya had specially released a very special kind of earthworm and then made it into powder from the silt deep in the sea.

When those earthworms burrow into the soil, they mix the powder evenly with the original soil, and their burrowing around in the ground helps to keep the soil moist and loose.

They also do the fertilization.

After more than half a year of hard work, these fields were finally improved. They saw it all, so how can it be attributed to Mother Earth?

Of course, for such words to come from a chosen one of the Earth Mother Goddess is rather...

Even Mifein and Rhea showed helpless expressions. Of course they knew, but having stayed in the Earth Mother Goddess Temple for so long, they were used to saying it like that, that's all.

Now that they've been criticized, neither of them will argue or defend themselves. Instead, Mi Feiyin invites them, "Let's hurry up and pick some things. After we're done, we'll have to go through the seabed."

It's said that the little prince of the mermaid clan is also preparing a birthday present for Kroya; we should go and see.

Without further ado, led by Miffy, they boarded a small cart that looked like a mining cart and began searching for the best fruit in the fields along the Terai River.

Thanks to the warm, humid air currents blowing from the Terai River and the sea, although this humid air is not very friendly to people, it is absolutely fertile soil for crops.

In addition, Kroa's latest "magic insect mixed breeding program" has blurred the seasonal restrictions in a certain sense, allowing all kinds of crops to thrive in such an environment.

Riding in a small cart that looks like a mine cart, they set off from the wheat field, passing through cabbage fields, potato fields, tomato fields, and so on...

Throughout the journey, the sky was filled with the graceful flight of the Paradise Birds, their long tail feathers trailing behind them. Their calls were clear and melodious.

There seemed to be some magical effects involved; in short, listening to the birds chirping made me feel invigorated.

The ground is covered with colorful fields of all shapes and sizes, and birds like phoenixes soar in the sky. This beautiful harvest scene is simply intoxicating, as if one were in the Garden of Eden created by the gods.

The people living in these fields were already harvesting fruit, and upon seeing them arrive, they offered them the best of the fruits and vegetables they had picked.

The people had joy and smiles on their faces as they carried basket after basket of vegetables over.

Thank you all!

Miffy is good-looking and has a good temper. He has long since become one of the local residents. In the past, he might have started preaching, but now he has no such intention at all.

With Miffy's help, the others didn't have to do anything; they just watched as the various crops piled up in the truck behind them.

Although these crops are not magical plants, they have been bred and improved by Kroya. The cabbages are the size of a millstone, the tomatoes are the size of a football, and the potatoes are even bigger than a head.

These crops are so large that even the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess cannot easily cultivate them. Even with divine assistance, they can only affect a small area at most.

It's truly strange that the crops growing along both banks of the Terai River produce such enormous fruits, yet they taste so good.

This is something that Mifein and the others still don't understand. They guessed that it probably involved Kroya's secret, so they didn't ask.

Seeing the puzzled look on Mifein's face, Orpheus Oak smiled with pleasure, glancing at the Paradise Feather Birds, whose long, colorful tail feathers were still trailing behind them, chirping in the sky.

This guy, of course, had no idea that this was also discovered by Kroya after his research: the calls of these Paradise Featherbirds possess a natural ability to communicate with crops.

Therefore, after being bred, the calls of the Kroya will convey a kind of "eat with confidence, grow with confidence" kind of mental fluctuation.

When crops hear such emotional fluctuations for a long time, they will form a suggestion in their minds. Coupled with the fact that the soil is indeed rich in fertilizer and nutrients, they will grow in a larger direction.

Well, if I had to point out any downsides, there are some.

For example, it can also feel very hungry.

Orpheus Oak suddenly missed the wine it had drunk in Cloa, and it was getting restless.

"Hurry back and have a drink."

That's what it was thinking.

At this moment, the small mining cart had already entered the orchard area.

The surrounding area was filled with extremely tall fruit trees, including banana trees, peach trees, orange trees, pear trees, cherry trees, apple trees...

Logically, these fruit trees shouldn't bear fruit in the same season, but in reality, all the fruit branches are laden with heavy fruit.

Pink peaches, pale yellow pears, bright red cherries, and deep red apples.

The rich fruity aroma almost merges into a special, natural fragrance that lingers in this orchard, more refreshing than any perfume.

If you look closely, you can see extremely fine threads around the fruit in each area, forming a dense network that exudes different magic and temperature.

These silk threads wrap around the fruit trees, creating the ideal temperature for their survival, flowering, and fruiting.

"Teacher Oak, are these the spiders that Lord Kroya keeps?" an apprentice couldn't help but ask.

"That's right," Orpheus Oak replied. "These trees are surrounded by webs spit out by Crystal Silk Spiders."

I don't know how Kroa cultivated them, but now the temperature and humidity here are controlled and adjusted by each of the Crystal Silk Spiders.

Without these demonic spiders, it would have been extremely difficult to construct a magic array to make all these fruits ripen at the same time.

He was deeply moved; the idea of ​​using the power of magical beasts to influence nature and transform the environment was simply ingenious.

And yet, Kroya actually did it, which is even more incredible.

"So that's how it is!"

After his explanation, the apprentices observed the area around the fruit trees more carefully, and some even jumped out of the car to get a closer look.

The temperature changes around different fruit trees were indeed different, and even the humidity was different.

"How amazing."

"Does this kind of demonic spider exist naturally?"

"How exactly did Lord Kroya cultivate them?"

While the apprentices were whispering amongst themselves, Mi Fei straightened up and shouted towards the fruit trees:

"Hey, hey, help me out!"

A few seconds later, bright, shimmering threads burst forth from between the leaves and branches, precisely wrapping around the best fruit on each tree, whipping it across like a lash.

Immediately, the fruit fell like rain.

The apprentices hurriedly caught the fruit, which was meant for Kroya's birthday banquet; breaking it would cause a major problem.

"Thank you."

After obtaining the fruit, Milfein asked, "Aren't you coming with us? Kroya is having a birthday party, you should go."

Upon hearing his question, a tiny, translucent spider, like white jade, quietly peeked out from each fruit tree. Their bodies were smooth and glossy, without any hair.

His black, gem-like eyes stared at Mifein, seemingly hesitant.

But after a brief hesitation, they all shook their heads in unison.

The smallest of the white jade spiders, yet the one with the most abundant magic, emitted a mental fluctuation: "Lord Kroya has given us a place to stay; we must complete his mission."

If the adults would allow us to have a good meal, that would be great!

"Of course." The Oak Tree of Orpheus relayed the instructions of a certain mage: "Kroya has already told me that you should have a good meal, consider it his birthday banquet."

This was specifically instructed by Cloa to help him pass on the matter on his way back—he had originally planned to let these spiders taste the fruits he had grown after the harvest.

We can't really treat them like pitiful laborers who can't even eat what they produce, can we?

Isn't it sad that they work so hard?

Having once worked such a miserable laborer, Kroya would never become such a wicked person, so he was very generous to his farm servants and magical beasts and plants.

Aside from the 90% of the harvest that must be handed over, the rest can be kept for personal use and planted on one's own land later.

It sounds like a small amount, but you have to know that the environment here was modified by Kroya, the seeds were also provided by Kroya, and they provided the labor force.

Compared to the vast majority of lords in the world, this was an extremely merciful act.

"Great!"

"Thank you, Lord Chloe!"

With the Orpheus Oak as their witness, the spiders cheered and began to spit out silk threads, pulling the fruits into the air. The sharp silk threads wrapped around the fruits in mid-air, cutting them into pieces.

Then, they happily enjoyed the fruit, which was sliced ​​as thin as cicada wings, and the fruit on the tree was decreasing at a rate that was almost visible to the naked eye.

Everyone: "..."

If you hadn't witnessed this scene with your own eyes, who would believe that spiders actually enjoy eating fruit so much? No wonder they don't have the gloomy and cold feeling of ordinary spiders.

They continued forward in their little car, watching the spiders happily enjoying their fruit.

Soon the car left the fields and orchards and arrived at the rushing Terai River. The car did not stop, but instead roared into the river like a roller coaster.

Silvery spray flew as the Terai River's consciousness enveloped the car the moment they entered, completely isolating them from the river water and leading them into a clear riverbed.

At the bottom of this great river, there were also laid tracks. The apprentices looked up at the pale green water flowing overhead, the water so clear it was as if there was nothing there.

All sorts of freshwater fish and freshwater monsters swam freely in the river, each one quite plump, as if swimming in the sky.

Around the riverbed track, there are also water onions, reeds, cattails and lotus flowers growing, which grow extremely lushly even though they are submerged in the water.

Further away, on the other side of the dam, the vegetation was indescribably lush, like a giant forest growing in the water, with radiant magical plant flowers hanging down, and fish swimming among them.

Some plump beavers had been waiting there for a long time. As soon as they saw them coming, they began to use their teeth to gnaw on the edible aquatic crops and pile them into the car behind them.

Lotus root, lotus seedpod, reed fruit, water lily...

The beavers had painstakingly cultivated all the magical plants, which were piled into the car. They also tirelessly took out even more treasured fruits from their nests.

Further away, there were pink figures darting around like lightning, catching fish and aquatic monsters that looked like they were dripping with oil, and then quickly swimming over and piling them into the car.

Rhea gently stroked a pink finless porpoise beside her, her movements extremely tender.

Thank you.

The pink finless porpoise touched his palm and then swam away.

As they drove on, the cars behind them filled three-fifths of the road. As they neared leaving the riverbed, the river water stirred, and some water droplets of crystals were collected and placed into the cars.

The flowing river seemed to be bidding them farewell, propelling them away from the Terai River and into their final stop near the sea.

That is, the wheat field.

From a distance, the entire valley was filled with thriving wheat, which was exceptionally tall and had a surface that was a mix of red and blood-red, like an oil painting.

After another rollercoaster-like jolt, they entered the territory of Wheat Valley. This time, as soon as they entered, jade-like grains of rice began to fall from the sky.

Each of these long, thick grains of rice is about the size of a little finger. If they hadn't caught them in time, it would have hurt if they had hit them.

As they continued forward, monsters such as grizzly bears, tigers, and leopards would occasionally emerge from the lush wheat fields on both sides of the road.

They are all very large, but extremely agile. With a single leap, they accurately toss the small animals they have caught, such as rabbits, chickens, and wild boars, into the car.

Just like shooting hoops, surprisingly only a handful of shots went astray.

The monsters that had missed immediately hung their heads in dejection, sighing and wishing they could try again—this was the squirrel leader's order, and if they missed, they wouldn't get any rice next time!

It was a rare opportunity to offer a gift to that powerful human mage, but it all turned out to be a disaster.

These domineering monsters all covered their eyes with their large claws, unwilling to face the situation.

The apprentices didn't have time to look anymore. Although the monsters threw very accurately, there was more and more meat inside, so they had to start sorting it out quickly.

Of course, this meant missing the unique sight of a squirrel with a small, emerald-green snake wrapped around its neck not far away.

The squirrel squeaked, seemingly eager to leave for Kroya's birthday party, but a small snake, like a scarf, was lazily coiled around its neck, gently licking its face.

At the same time, it very domineeringly used its body and tail to stop its restless desire and actions to leave.

It cannot let the squirrel leave, otherwise, if it is far from the earth, it will not be able to protect the squirrel with absolute safety.

To put it bluntly, it doesn't trust that human!

Helpless, the squirrel could only sigh pitifully, while affectionately stroking the little snake with its nimble paws, watching the car leave Wheat Ridge.

……

By the time the car left Wheat Valley Territory, the rear carriages were completely filled with the finest rice and various fresh magical beasts.

"Ah, finally done."

The apprentices wiped the blood from their faces and struggled back to their seats from the pile of prey.

A cool, moist breeze carried from afar, and the view gradually widened with the clanging sound of the car moving forward, revealing the boundless blue sea in the distance.

Once they reach Hanjiao Island across the sea, their patrol mission will be complete, as a road has been laid out on the sea.

That's also something they need to inspect and patrol.

However, as they drew closer to the sea, they all spoke in unison—

"Huh?"

"What's that?"

"Coconut tree?"

They all voiced their questions.

Looking into the distance, they noticed something strange happening in the sea. In that azure water... were there a group of coconut trees swaying and dancing?

It looks like a pure white sea coconut of Lord Kroya's species?

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(End of this chapter)