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

Chapter 247. Departure, Bamboo and Turtle Team!

Southern Border, Flame Mountain Territory.

Inside a hall.

The remote communication magic circle from the Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce slowly lit up.

Kroya's figure appeared inside—the projection created by the magic circle, which cost three hundred magic crystals each time, was almost indistinguishable from him.

"Yo~"

After Kroya appeared, his gaze lingered for a moment on the peculiar woman beside Flame Mountain, and he smiled, "Finally, I've met you, Flame Mountain friend. What decision have you made?"

Lord Yanshan returned the smile: "Since you've sent people over, I certainly can't do without showing some sincerity."

This is my wife!

He casually put his arm around the woman next to him, but he looked a little nervous and stiff, as if he were holding a glass doll.

Yanshan had been keeping an eye on Kroya for some time. Although they had never actually met, they were still quite familiar friends.

Throw out the bait directly:

"Would you like... to get some red dragons?"

Upon hearing this, Kroya frowned.

Please explain in detail.

It's absolutely impossible for me not to want a dragon.

In this magical world, dragons are considered one of the highest-level mysterious magical beasts, and he certainly wanted one, but the question was how to get it.

If the price paid is not equal to the reward, then he really needs to think it over carefully.

He knew this, and so did Yanshan.

Therefore, this time it was the woman beside Yan Shan who spoke up: "Deep in the southern territory, the families of Duke Nar and Duke Olivier are vying for a small world hidden in a volcano."

My younger siblings were inside, along with some ordinary red dragon and dragon beast eggs.

"Wait." Kroya interrupted her, his gaze sharp: "An ordinary red dragon... which means you're not an ordinary red dragon, Ms. Yao."

If he were here in person at this moment, he would definitely be able to discover something special through the Astral Spirit Imprint Technique.

Unfortunately, the Astral Imprint Technique is not powerful enough to even use projection, so we can only infer it from words.

Nora hadn't expected Kroa to be so perceptive, so she simply nodded: "Yes, I am a Ruby Dragon."

She spoke so fast that even Yan Shan didn't have time to stop her. He could only sigh helplessly, "My wife, you spoke too fast and revealed everything!"

Red Jade Dragon!

Kroa's expression remained unchanged, but she was clearly moved.

He diligently studied various classic texts and magical legends, so he naturally knew about this special kind of dragon.

Legend has it that it is a special variant of the red dragon, whose flames are the life fire blessed by the fire god. If it is an adult red jade dragon, it can even call back the dead souls through its life breath.

Of course, most importantly, this life-giving flame can cause mutations in magical beasts and magical plants.

No wonder the magical plants given by the Flame Mountain Lord were so special and had such a high mutation rate; it turns out there was a Crimson Jade Dragon among them!

If he could obtain a red jade dragon, he could conduct research on the life force and evolution of many magical beasts and magical plants.

Combining the adaptability and vitality of the Zerg, they could even create some truly extraordinary species.

How can I convince her to give me the Crimson Jade Dragon's egg?

As he was pondering, he suddenly recalled a scene he had read in a legend about the Oak of Orpheus.

"Miss."

"If I were to build a nest out of jade and gold, would you be willing to let your younger brother and sister come and visit me?"

—This is actually about getting benefits.

Kroya was indeed not satisfied with ordinary red dragons; he wanted the best, and the treatment he could offer was definitely much better than what was available here.

However, Nora did not respond directly.

She simply shook her head: "With two dukes watching, let's think about how to gain ownership of that secret realm."

"That's simple. Since they're not keen on leaking this information, they certainly won't be deploying a large number of troops."

"I need you to provide a general overview of their situation. I will send troops to wipe them all out with overwhelming force and seize that secret realm."

Once they realized what was happening, I used the excuse of asking my men to help mediate the war.

Besides, by the time they realized what was happening, we had already taken everything of value from the secret realm.

His tone was so relaxed and casual, as if he were treating the two dukes' armies like some kind of stupid hog.

Both Flame Mountain and Nora were very suspicious.

Even if the two dukes don't commit too many troops, they will definitely have powerful enough experts to hold the line. Can they really take it down directly?

However, it must be said that there is indeed doubt.

Upon closer examination, Kroya's suggestion was indeed quite feasible. The man and the dragon exchanged a glance and then nodded.

"Okay, I'll give you the information."

Having made the decision, Yanshan didn't hesitate or waver any longer and readily agreed.

With dragonmen as his scouts, it wouldn't be difficult for him to gather information, especially since he had been paying attention to things regularly.

Just an hour later, he transmitted all the information he could obtain to Kroya, who was far away on Han Reef Island.

Some of this information came at the cost of losing several dragons, but it was all worth it as long as he could find his wife's brothers and sisters.

……

Hanjiao Island.

After receiving the intelligence, Kroya immediately called on Miffy to begin the analysis.

Both of them were dukes of the Kingdom of Norland, and he didn't believe that Miffy, a member of the royal family, wouldn't know about them.

Kroya was right; the prince of the Kingdom of Norland did indeed know a great deal about the dukes in the country.

First of all, Mifein had witnessed Kroya using those sea monsters to forge an army of monsters and magical plants, and those level one and two soldiers were no threat at all.

In the extraordinary world, although the number of people is important, the high-level beings who hold the line are even more important.

Human wave tactics were completely ineffective against Cloa. According to intelligence, the troops that the two dukes deployed were more "elite" than numerous.

After looking at the intelligence for a while, he said, "Duke Nar's family keeps some very special magical beasts, which transform into huge beasts when they are angry."

This is the Duke of Nar's trump card.

Each of these monsters is equivalent to a level four warrior, and a warrior with Berserk Rage activated at that.

You need to be especially careful; once they truly go berserk, even the city walls won't be able to stop their attack.

Kroya pondered for a moment: "Level four, one."

Level 4 warriors sound terrifying, but he wasn't without a way to deal with them; he had already secretly trained a special army.

—The Golden Bamboo Squad, led by Estella Knight Bamboo, and strengthened with countless amounts of gold.

The bamboo from Ark Garden will grow into a small bamboo plant if it is fed with enough pure gold.

Now, nourished by the gold produced by the almost uninterrupted Golden Butterfly, it has not only bred dozens of small bamboo plants, but its own strength is also very formidable.

According to Kroya's personal experience, if a real fight broke out, even a level 5 or 6 warrior would probably be no match for it.

They've been staying home for far too long; now is the time for them to prove their abilities.

If the bamboo created by the Titans couldn't defeat some level four magical beasts, those big guys would probably be crying.

"We can let the bamboo stalks handle things with the Nar family..."

After thinking for a moment, he continued, "What about the Olivier family? Since they can go toe-to-toe with the Nar family, they must have something special about them, right?"

"Speaking of which, I have a bit of a connection with them."

Miffy immediately asked curiously, "Have you had any contact with them?"

"As far as I know, the Olivier family is keen on training mages, and their means of winning wars is through organized legions of war mages."

It says here that there is a small team consisting entirely of level three mages, about thirty people in total.

Thirty squads composed entirely of mages, capable of obeying orders, would be an absolute weapon of mass destruction on the battlefield.

Even if their quality isn't as high as the apprentices on Kroya's side, and they don't reach the level of being able to obey orders, it's still enough to affect the course of the battle.

This is what Kroa needs to deal with.

Looking out the window, Kroya recalled, "About a year ago, when Duke Olivier was traveling in the North, his son contacted me."

He gave the prisoner and the magic-suppressing iron cage as gifts in order to buy my sunflower seeds, apparently because his mother was sick and needed treatment.

Do you think they've discovered that place has a red jade dragon now?

In terms of healing abilities, Hongyulong far surpasses that of priests two or three levels above him.

This was such a coincidence that it made him suspicious.

Milfein frowned in thought, then replied, "Lady Olivier's illness is a stubborn ailment that even the bishops cannot completely cure. If they knew about the Ruby Dragon, they might indeed wage war to seize it."

As for the anti-magic iron... I really don't know.

It seems they really only treat mages as tools.

But Kroya, are those mages really mages?

"..."

His words made Chloe ponder deeply. The earliest victims were obtained from the young master of the Olivier family, so was there a possibility...?

In fact, the sorcerers they control are also victims of torture?

If that's really the case, then that's interesting.

After a brief moment of thought, he shook his head: "Maybe it's related, but it doesn't matter anymore."

I must get what I want.

Since you are a mage, then I also have a solution.

Thinking of a turtle in its cave, engrossed in carving its "wife," a playful smile appeared on his face.

"I'm curious, could the mages possibly break open the tortoise shell?"

……

Following Kroya's decision, more magical beasts and plants, as well as two special armies, were deployed to the southern border.

He handed over command to the apprentices there and quietly waited for the show to begin.

After a brief tactical planning session, the apprentices decisively chose to set off on a dark and windy night.

Lina and Sean each led a team, planning to launch a surprise attack on the army camps of Duke Nar and Duke Olivier.

It was late at night when they left the Flame Mountain territory; the night in the southern region was exceptionally cold and desolate.

The temperature difference between day and night is extreme, and even breathing carries a frosty feeling.

The apprentices hid beneath a gigantic ray, its body so large it seemed to blot out the sky. Bathed in the cool moonlight, its body gradually became transparent.

The apprentices hiding beneath it also vanished in the moonlight, their very presence gradually disappearing.

This type of ray is a moonlight ray kept by the mermaid tribe. It has the natural ability to hide and ambush prey under the moonlight, and even mermaids may be ambushed and attacked by it.

After adding group invisibility and magical extension to them, Kroya made them excellent infiltration tools.

With their help, infiltration is as easy as eating and drinking.

Their main mission this time was assassination and infiltration, so they didn't bring many kinds of magical plants and beasts, and they were all specially modified.

Lina leads the Golden Bamboo team.

As she drew closer to Duke Nar's army encampment, and the simple wooden fortress came into view in the distance, her heart grew increasingly calm.

She'd seen plenty of wars before, and with all the support Kroya had given her this time, she couldn't possibly fail.

You might as well go home and farm; you shouldn't be wandering around outside.

"We'll proceed according to our prepared tactics in a moment."

She spoke softly, "Our goal is to avoid attracting too much attention, so..."

After a brief emphasis, the magical plant and monster leaders in the group all nodded, indicating that they fully understood.

These magical plants and beasts possess near-human intelligence and are well aware of Kroya's expectations for this matter.

A few minutes later, some crystal-clear jellyfish drifted away from the small group hidden beneath the moon ray.

They stretched out their bodies under the moonlight, the magical patterns engraved on their bodies gleaming, accompanied by the melodious tune of the Mermaid Song.

Within minutes, a mist of moonlight appeared in the air and gradually enveloped Duke Nar's army encampment.

From below, it appears as if only dark clouds are obscuring the moonlight.

The patrolling soldiers muttered, "Is it going to rain?"

In the unique environment of the Southern Territory, rain is a common occurrence, so they didn't pay much attention to it at all.

Even the somewhat drowsy mind, influenced by the Mermaid Song, was not noticed.

But the next moment they saw...

Under the cover of dark clouds, some strange pea vines appeared silently in the darkness.

They were topped with bamboo barrels that resembled muskets, from which golden peas spewed forth.

There is no sound.

As if struck by a precise spell, the golden peas accurately struck the patrolling soldiers, who didn't even struggle, red and white liquid seeping from their brows as they collapsed to the ground.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

After eliminating the soldiers, the peas continued their advance, followed by a very orderly line of bamboo, like knights.

There were also some bats flying in the shadows.

The bats had all learned short-range spatial teleportation, and the walls had no effect on them at all. After a slight flash of blue light, they entered the military camp.

They were like silent grim reapers, reaping lives in Duke Nar's encampment—the mermaid song and dark moon veil created by the sea goddess jellyfish had put most of the soldiers into a deep sleep, leaving them powerless to resist.

However, even this minor killing did attract the attention of the sleeping monsters.

The magical beasts that looked like fennec foxes burst out of their enclosures, their bodies growing enormous and their eyes turning blood red with a roar.

"roar!!!"

They charged toward the golden bamboo that had already lined up.

However, the bamboos were already prepared.

The leader of the bamboo stalks raised his sword and shield, his figure as light as a wisp of smoke, leaving only a golden streak as he charged into the horde of monsters.

It stands like a knight from a classic legend, amidst the torrents of hell.

Its sword strikes are wide and powerful, almost always severing a monster's hand, foot, or body part with each swing, while the shield in its other hand blocks the attacks flawlessly.

Those magical beasts that could easily destroy walls and tear rocks were completely helpless against its gleaming golden shield; each strike produced only a muffled clanging sound.

If it were just one of them, it might actually be ganged up on by these more than forty magical beasts, but it wasn't the only one.

After it rushed in, the smaller bamboo stalks followed suit. Although they didn't seem as skilled as the older bamboo stalks, they coordinated very well.

Whether wielding a sword or raising a shield, there is a method to it all.

The result was that the massacre was both efficient and ruthless.

With little intelligence and relying entirely on the tamer's orders, the Nar beast, with its own strength and sturdy fur, was utterly powerless against the dense bamboo barrier that resembled an army of gods.

It quickly turned into a one-sided crushing by the bamboo.

In the end, if Lina hadn't considered keeping some survivors for questioning and capturing some magical beasts to offer to Kroya, there probably wouldn't have been any living creatures left in this encampment besides them.

Even the Duke's army was powerless against these trained and specially bred magical beasts and plants.

……

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Sean's team has successfully brought the situation under control.

There were quite a few mages in the Olivier family's residence, but Kroya was not without a way to deal with it—the mist created by the sea god jellyfish was mixed with an excessive amount of dream mushroom powder, which had an inhibitory effect on the mages' mental power.

It is important to know that mages rely on mental energy to control and cast spells. If their mental energy suddenly becomes sluggish, casting spells will become very difficult.

To be fair, Duke Olivier's army of mages was indeed well-trained; even so, they could still manage to unleash some chain fireballs, chain lightning, and other war magic.

But they were faced with an army of wives led by the Astral Crystal Turtle—this terrifying turtle, with Kroa's permission, had transformed all the statues it had sculpted into golems.

A vast array of turtles of all shapes and sizes appeared, their shells made of astral crystal. This material, with its extremely strong anti-magic properties, easily blocked the mages' counterattack.

The rows of tortoise shells simply stood upright, and the multicolored magical light couldn't even leave a scar on them.

The poor mages could only watch helplessly as their magic was blocked by the pretentious crystal turtles, and then they were knocked unconscious by the rushing bamboo and became prisoners.

The Astral Crystal Turtle was so happy it almost jumped for joy.

At this point, the elite troops of the two dukes were completely wiped out.

They didn't even have time to resist for more than an hour.

The apprentices also thoughtfully cleaned up the battlefield, disposing of the corpses, taking away the survivors and various supplies, and even turning the houses into dust by the wind-eroded sandworms.

When the cold moonlight shone again, there was nothing left on the ground. The massacre was like a cruel dream that had vanished with the wind.

Upon receiving this news, the Lord of Flame Mountain was shocked and hugged his wife tightly, muttering to himself, "How...how can he be so powerful?"

He was a little scared.

This was the first time Kroya had demonstrated his terrifying war prowess, easily annihilating the elite forces of the two dukes.

You have to understand, those are the War Mage Corps and the Nar War Beast Corps!

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