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

Chapter 249. Word Magic, the Equivalent Exchange of the World

To be honest, Kroya was a little flustered.

Ancient Dragon! That's the legendary Ancient Dragon!

In various ancient records, the power of the Primordial Dragons is described in exaggerated ways, to the point that they can tear gods apart like prey, and that their very existence is the embodiment of invincibility.

Being targeted by the Ancient Dragon... This situation is extremely urgent, but the more urgent it is, the calmer he becomes.

"Ugh."

"I need to think of a way."

After thinking it over, he quickly came up with a feasible solution.

That is to change one's magical aura—the Multiverse Search Technique is actually a special kind of magic that uses aura to search a wide area of ​​space.

One of its prerequisite spells is the Inspiration Seeking spell that Kroa once inscribed on the Phantom Cloud Serpent.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, completely changing one's aura should be enough to deal with this situation.

Coincidentally, his symphony has already recorded a massive amount of magical energy, all of which is his magic power. All it takes is to fuse and recombine them to create a disguise that will never be detected.

Let's try anything, even if it seems hopeless. If all else fails, we'll have to ask the angels for help. It seems we need to be more careful when researching using the Astral Imprint Technique in the future.

This is, after all, a kind of magic, and any magical fluctuations during its casting will inevitably attract the attention of some beings.

For the sake of his life, he moved very quickly.

In just a few dozen seconds, he successfully transformed the aura left by the Astral Spirit Imprint Technique into a mixture of magical power.

Incidentally, it also left behind a very subtle trace of the abyss lord Zul'Gurub.

Hopefully, that ancient dragon really can find Zul'Gurub.

After doing all this, he used the iris on his wrist to conceal his magical aura, and this time, as expected, no clues appeared.

This gave him even more confidence to continue his research.

The monk's curiosity was very strong. Since it was safe, he should study it carefully and at least come up with a result.

……

While he was conducting his research.

In the celestial realm, too distant to be observed.

A colossal red dragon, its body so deep it resembled divine blood, casually stirred the surrounding nebula, muttering to itself, "This is... an inscription technique?"

A distinct look of excitement flashed in the eyes of the dragon, who could now be called Him. He had heard of this magic from the elders of his tribe.

That kind of mysterious and powerful magic can even drive the evolution of an entire race, even an ancient race like dragons.

However, for some reason, even dragons, Titans, and gods could not search for or record this magic; it was both real and elusive.

"Is he a legendary mage?"

The dragon immediately used the Myriad Realms Search Technique to obtain a precise coordinate. Regardless of what kind of being it was, it was certain that it could afford the price.

The ability to drive racial evolution...

Even if the other party wanted the heart of a god, He would not hesitate to bring along His brothers and sisters to do it.

However, whether it was because He had slept for too long or because the dragon egg was concealed by some unknown magic, He could only barely detect a trace of its aura.

"Zugmoi?"

After analyzing this aura, He immediately knew whose magic it was.

"Could it be a legendary mage who has a grudge against Zul'Gurub?"

With this in mind, He decided to end His millennia-long slumber and make a slight movement.

He knew very well that the other party was intentionally leading him to cause trouble for Zugmoy, but so what?

If beating up that abyss lord would win the favor of this mage with the marking spell, then so be it.

He's just a mere Abyss Lord.

Thinking of this, He decisively uttered a few notes imbued with magical power, which instantly combined to form a teleportation magic circle over extremely long distances.

He crawled inside, full of enthusiasm, intending to beat up an abyss lord as a warm-up exercise after waking up.

……

the other side.

Unaware that a dragon had already willingly become his henchman, Kroya breathed a sigh of relief, the research considered to be in progress.

After further research, he discovered that the strange patterns inside the dragon eggs looked remarkably like those of a cooking technique.

No, to be precise, it is the art of food preparation that has its influence.

Transform external magic into "nutrients" that can be absorbed.

This transformation was extremely efficient, even reaching a state of over-conversion, which he guessed likely came from substances inside the dragon eggshell.

Kroya has already begun sketching in his mind. This magic is very inspiring to him, and perhaps with some more research, he can improve his food-making technique.

This was the first time he had ever encountered dragon magic. He was certain that his research was valuable, otherwise why would it have attracted the attention of the ancient dragon?

He diligently recorded all the patterns he saw before rubbing his slightly stinging brow and stopping his study.

The Woody Teng King immediately served a glass of iced milk tea with refreshing mint syrup.

After taking a small sip, he felt the stinging pain in his head subside considerably, and he leaned back with practiced ease.

He thought to himself, "Truly worthy of being called a demonic rune from a dragon egg; I haven't experienced this in a long time."

After resting for a while, he looked at the dragon goblins:

"You say these dragon eggs lack vitality. What is the reason for their weak vitality?"

"Now that you've discovered this, haven't you tried to make amends? My apprentices have found many items with signs of life inside the Red Jade Cave."

"Can't we replenish it with potions?"

He was indeed very curious.

Since there are no more experimental samples, at least the magic patterns on the Ruby Dragon Egg and the other ordinary Ruby Dragon Eggs that he can see so far do not show any obvious damage. The only difference is that the Ruby Dragon Egg is more complex.

In his observation, the continuity of the magic runes was not a problem.

The dragon goblin had been waiting for his question and quickly replied, "My lord, the red jade dragon is different from ordinary dragons. It needs a very special environment. Our master once obtained some crystals left behind by the Titans from the dwarves."

She wanted to create an environment where the dragon eggs could hatch safely, but she ultimately failed; the dragon eggs still lacked the necessary magic.

This all stems from the injuries she suffered in the past, which had an indelible impact on her offspring, even preventing them from hatching and seeing the world.

The only one that has hatched so far is Ms. Nora. After she was born, she had to eat a great deal of magical food to barely maintain her magical abilities.

Upon hearing this, Kroya interrupted and asked directly, "Just tell me how to create a suitable environment for these dragon eggs."

"..."

The dragon goblins looked at each other in bewilderment, and then they took out a bunch of bottles and jars from the large bundles they were carrying.

They placed bottles and jars on the ground; at a rough glance, there were probably forty or fifty bottles, each containing some blood-like crystals.

"This is the crystallization of our blood."

"The Crimson Jade Dragon can control the power of life, so if we use our life force to nurture it, it should be able to hatch successfully."

One of the exceptionally handsome dragon goblins finished speaking and took out a piece of parchment, saying respectfully, "This is the diagram of the Azure Crystal Magic Circle, and also the alchemy technique for creating crystals using life force. Please accept it."

"Building a nest for the dragon eggs within the azure crystal magic circle, and then using our life crystals should help them hatch."

As Kroya looked at these white-haired dragon goblins, an idea suddenly came to mind.

"You didn't become like this because of refining life crystals, did you?"

"Yes."

The dragon goblins said in unison, "Although Lady Asathil has cursed us into this state, we still love her."

Life is insignificant.

As long as the adult's offspring can hatch successfully.

A fanatical look appeared in their eyes. In Kroya's memory, he had only ever seen such a look in the eyes of the Church's followers.

Kroya just felt that these people were truly abnormal. Not only had they been cursed, but they had also been forced to use them as nourishment for their offspring, and yet they were actually enjoying it...

He decided to respect the fate of others, turned his gaze away, and began to examine the parchment in his hand.

He seemed thoughtful after a brief reading.

The Azure Crystal Magic Circle is actually a special kind of musical magic circle, which radiates the vibrato left inside the crystal during its formation process through the magic circle.

This achieves the effect of influencing the surrounding magical environment.

Another method for refining life crystals is called the "Flesh and Blood Crystallization Ritual," a very ancient alchemy that follows the principle of equivalent exchange.

The original structure of this type of alchemy is now largely obsolete; modern alchemy focuses more on the processing and fusion of materials to achieve miracles.

He had only seen this type of equivalent exchange in the book "Miracle of Light," meaning it was more akin to divine magic.

To make a deal with some unknown entity.

He was quite interested in this completely unfamiliar alchemical technique. Ancient things may not be suitable for the present, but they could certainly give him some inspiration.

So he decided to give it a try.

We also need to create a suitable living environment for those dragon eggs. We finally got them, so we can't let them die like this.

"Let's try this method and see if it works. Follow me."

After recording the two spells, Kroya stood up and ordered the tower spirit to prepare a spatial magic circle.

He led the dragon goblins through the magic circle to a deserted island—an island he had built when he was bored, originally intending to grow something, but he hadn't decided what to do yet, so he decided to use it now.

Once on the island, he began to build the dark blue crystal pillars according to his understanding of magic. He did it very quickly, finishing in just one hour.

After the crystal structure was fully constructed, a unique tremor emanated from the crystal pillars, echoing throughout the forest formed by them.

Kroa is exceptionally sensitive to all kinds of musical sounds.

Therefore, he immediately realized that this was not a simple "musical sound". It contained some textual information that he could not understand, like chanting, which eventually converged into a sound that could be heard.

The previous doubts have been explained.

"Word magic".

"These crystals recorded the incantation magic cast by some unknown being."

Kroya continued to try to decipher the information within the reverberating music, but even with his best efforts, he couldn't understand the meaning of the language.

Even the All-Encompassing Communication Technique, which claims to be able to translate all languages, was ineffective—he only felt his magic power being rapidly depleted by the All-Encompassing Communication Technique, but he did not obtain any useful information.

This doesn't mean it's ineffective; it just takes a long time to work and requires sufficient time to translate, which further demonstrates the power of this word magic.

He certainly couldn't stay there forever, but he immediately found a magical beast in his beast vault and had the tower spirit send it over—

This is a huge turtle, about five meters long.

Its shell was covered with barnacles and moss, as if it had grown hair, and when it moved, it looked like a gray-white rock walking.

After slowly trudging over on its short legs, it collapsed to the ground, even retracting its limbs into its shell, leaving only its head sticking out.

They really look lazy and lethargic.

Kroya patted its back. "You just stay here quietly. If you find anything, tell Muyao immediately."

He had already activated the Astral Spirit Imprint Technique while he was speaking.

After a brief inscription—

[Imprint complete, Sleeping Turtle (Communication with All Things, Spiritual Language Perception)]

This monster will automatically translate any language it hears.

[After hearing enough magical language, one's spirituality will be enhanced to a certain extent.]

The tortoise nodded, its short legs pawing a few times, and a pool of clear water quickly welled up from the ground beneath it. Once it submerged its body, it remained completely still.

"..."

Although she knew the turtle's personality, Kroya still couldn't help but complain that this thing could even use magic to create a spring in the desert to contain itself.

It's like having your own bed.

With this sleeping sea turtle here, and if I can get a magic pipeline to supply magic, it should be enough for it to continue using the All-Encompassing Communication Technique to translate the spells and magic here.

After resolving the issue of the Word of Power magic, with the help of the dragon goblin, he quickly drew the magic circle for the flesh and blood crystallization ritual.

This magic circle...

Its center features a vertical pupil resembling that of a dragon, surrounded by branches symbolizing the world and various celestial patterns.

Judging from mystical knowledge, this thing should be a magical structure with dragons as the masters of the world, and it really looks like a ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods.

He looked at the magic circle, feeling a little uneasy.

So, without making a sound, he inquired about the magic array from the dragon goblins, and then unceremoniously sent them off to build the dragon's nest.

After they left, Kroya immediately summoned the angel teacher and, pointing to the magic circle, asked, "Is this thing dangerous?"

"..."

The angel was just sleeping, and now that he had been suddenly pulled over by Kroya, he was still a little dazed. He blinked and glanced at the magic circle, and then suddenly woke up.

"My friend."

"My lucky friend, you always manage to find something special."

He explained, "This is indeed an array of equivalent exchange, originating from the former chief god of the dragon race. Activating the array is equivalent to exchanging with the will of the world."

But what it exchanges is probably the most essential, irreplaceable vitality.

As expected of an angel, He immediately recognized the magic circle's function and warned, "If you don't want to be forced to transform into a lich due to the depletion of your life force, never use this magic circle carelessly."

"Is it that serious?" Kroya frowned.

The angel's little face was somewhat serious: "Of course, lucky friend... in the eyes of the world's consciousness, all living beings and existences are equal."

Whether it's a powerful dragon, an evil demon, a human, or any kind of magical beast, anyone with this ritual magic can pray to Him.

This means that He is so generous that humanity cannot bear His generosity.

Ultimately, it's an equivalent exchange.

Kroya immediately understood what He meant—the world's generosity, if equivalently transferred to ordinary humans, would be an unbearable burden.

He asked, somewhat unwillingly, "So that means this thing is useless?"

He felt a pang of heartache upon receiving such a wonderful item but being unable to use it, just like seeing a discounted product sell out.

"Of course not."

The angel blinked, looking at the small flowers on Kroa's chest connected by a winding river of light, and said, "There will be times when the world is exceptionally tolerant and kind."

For example, His children.

Kroya looked down, then reached out and removed the badge representing the River Terai from his chest. The badge, now pierced by water, had become even more dazzling, and within its winding, river-like radiance, one could almost see a great river.

During this time, he helped the Trey River build more and more beaver dams, and the Trey River treated him better and better, even willing to share its magic.

He held the badge thoughtfully: "You mean, I can use this badge to get some benefits?"

He was a little reluctant: "Will it be gone after the change? I really like this badge; it's a symbol of friendship along the River Terai."

That's true. He values ​​friendship highly, so even if the benefits are right in front of him, he's unwilling to use them to exchange for something else.

"It won't disappear," the angel said with absolute certainty. "Besides, I didn't tell you to just change it directly; rather... I was asking for credit."

He winked slyly.

"Dear friend, if someone helps your child, would you be willing to give them a gift?"

Kroya instantly understood His meaning, and his eyes lit up—this meant using this as a token to curry favor with the world's consciousness and ask for a reward!

He suddenly wanted to see what kind of gift the world could give him.

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