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

Chapter 267. The Magic Runes of the Celestial Spirit Imprint Technique

"Rainbow Grass can actually assimilate Morse."

This particularly surprised Kroya, because it was the messenger of the God of Light, and an extremely powerful messenger of the God of War.

Even if his Rainbow Grass has an extremely high potential, it's not something he can assimilate at will right now, is it?

unless……

"Could it be because of the fragments of the God of Light's kingdom?"

He guessed that the fragments of the God of Light's kingdom had made Demos sense something, which was why this situation occurred.

If that's really the case, then it's quite a coincidence, and indeed, it's just right.

He glanced at the speed at which the divine messenger Morse was assimilating his dreams; it was still less than twenty.

Five years, and with so many people living in dreams and the music of the Gopher harp added up to less than twenty.

He had to admit he was a bit rushed, but he would definitely have preferred to finish earlier.

After thinking for a moment, he said to the gray shark beside him, "Tower Spirit, help me monitor it and see if we can see the dream of the God Envoy Moss."

"Okay." The tower spirit immediately began to connect with magic. This feeling of being ordered around and used was much more comfortable than when it was in the mage tower.

It was just a matter of humming a little tune before it got busy.

"Dream observation array is being deployed. God has instructed Morse to begin his dream..."

As the surrounding magic flickered, a somewhat blurry light screen silently unfolded, revealing the dream of the god's messenger, Moses.

Clearly, even though Kroya was irresponsibly sleeping soundly for five years, the Tower Spirit still dutifully carried out the command to "convert" the god's messenger, Moses.

Previously, it wasn't so easy to peek into Demos's dreams.

"Great job!"

After praising the tower spirit, Kroya looked at the light screen, his expression becoming somewhat subtle.

"Hmm... uh?"

The light screen in that dream displayed...

It turned out to be a sheep.

Or it could be a sheep named "Demos".

This grey-brown sheep, clad in armor and with horns as sharp as knives, frolics happily in the world bathed in light, occasionally nibbling at the grass on the ground.

It looks quite pleasant.

Tarling explained, "According to the tests, He is experiencing the journey of the Lamb given by the God of Light."

"In the mythology of the Church of Light, God, as the shepherd, allows all His followers and those who come from God to enjoy delicious grass in the fields of light."

"Based on the book 'The Power of God or a Deception' published by the Mage Association, the so-called green grass should be some kind of blessing bestowed by the God of Light."

"After consuming these grasses, they will be further influenced by the divine power of the God of Light, becoming stronger and more devoted to the light."

"Perhaps there is a trace of the God of Light's power within your strength, which is why He has fallen into a deeper dream."

"Is that so?"

"Tsk, does that mean that the daily entertainment of those supplicants and divine messengers in the Kingdom of the God of Light is just pretending to be sheep and eating grass?"

"To win people's hearts with just grass, that's really impressive."

After listening to the tower spirit's explanation, Kroya first expressed his contempt for the God of Light's method, which was ostensibly a welfare measure but was actually brainwashing.

Then he pondered and said, "Since the Eden of Rainbow Grass allows me to create what I need, then... is it possible to conjure up so-called green grass and further assimilate Demos?"

This is, after all, the only food that God has ever made Moss show any interest in.

"..." The tower spirit remained silent.

"You're making things difficult for me."

"Without data, I cannot give you an answer."

This is not its area of ​​expertise at all.

"You should think about this carefully yourself. Creativity is the most important thing; the most magnificent thing about life is creation!"

Kroya said something, then leaped up lightly.

His body rapidly shrank in mid-air and landed directly in the sandbox dream world that had been imbued with the Eden of Rainbow Grass.

Everything appeared before his eyes; the wind and rainbows cheered, welcoming his arrival.

"Just as I thought."

"Because of the Rainbow Grass, Eden and the dream I created are merging... If this continues, could we make the fantasy a reality?"

He frowned.

Logically speaking, the Golden Apple Dream is a vast, illusory dream, which even he can only enter using his mental power.

But now that he is truly standing here, it means that there is a connection between the dream and reality.

This may be the path for Eden's future.

He looked up and could even see the enormous, sleeping soul of the divine messenger encased within.

"If you're willing to eat grass, then eat some grass with added seasoning."

Kroya thought for a moment, then grabbed a handful of rainbow light and golden magic and kneaded it in her hand, quickly creating a plant that looked exactly like grass... Golden Grass.

"Let's call you Backlight Grass," Kroa casually named it.

Things in dreams are always so illogical. After Kroya molded the grass, the Celestial Imprint actually worked, revealing the thing's name—

【Eden Fantasy (Backlight Grass)】

This magical plant was created by Chloe, the Lord of Eden, and infused with the special magic of "Eternal Hymn," giving it an exquisite flavor.

"..."

"I feel like you're acting strangely. Even your engraving technique becomes cheerful in your dreams."

"Hmm, wait... Imprinting Technique."

Kroya suddenly wondered if he was omnipotent in this world, could he see the magic rune structure of the Astral Imprint Technique?

He thought it that way, and that's what he did.

The Astral Body Imprint Technique, which he had used countless times before, was trying to take shape between his fingers. It was an extremely special, indescribable, clear starlight.

It has no shape; if I had to describe it, it would be a beam of light.

Or rather... the light of a shooting star.

Its beauty and the magical runes it contained that he had never seen before captivated Kroya. Even though he had used it countless times, he was still captivated when he finally saw the magical runes for the first time.

"This is..."

"Celestial Spirit Imprint Technique, A Shooting Star?"

"You're beautiful, but isn't something's off about you?"

As this light and the surrounding textures, which resembled those revolving around a planet, were taking shape with long, flowing streaks, Eden's magic was rapidly withering away.

As if drained by something, the colorful field beneath his feet turned gray, desolate, and lifeless, and the grayness spread rapidly.

"Master, Eden's magic array is collapsing."

"The current decline is 10%."

He immediately understood: if he tried to forcibly cast the Astral Imprint Technique and make it take shape here, his Eden would collapse!

"It takes so much magic power to make you appear in physical form. This is a fragment of the God of Light's kingdom."

"But I have to see something, right?"

Since we've already paid such a price, it would be too painful to give up now.

So he strained to look at the planet-like texture and finally managed to record a few magic runes.

Then the planet shattered, and the clear light went out instantly, as if it had never existed. Only the dark, gray ground that stretched for an unknown distance proved that Kroa had tried.

"call."

He tried his best to immediately transmit the recorded magic runes to the tower spirit, and then casually tossed the Reverse Light Grass in his hand into the deep dream of the god envoy Moss.

To be honest, compared to the Astral Imprint Technique, a Divine Messenger is really nothing.

This was his first real experience with the Astral Spirit Imprint Technique, and he was genuinely a little excited.

Although I couldn't record everything, once I had a beginning, the rest wasn't too difficult.

The more powerful Eden becomes, the more likely he is to glimpse the complete Astral Imprint technique.

Eden wants to become powerful... what he needs is his magic and the crystal wall of the divine kingdom. Without a doubt, he has to go against the gods.

But it doesn't matter.

Aren't mages supposed to be enemies of gods? Besides, the God of Light looks like a monster... Heh.

After a while, he asked the tower spirit:

"Tower Spirit, can you use your current magic system to figure out what the magic runes I gave you represent?"

"...This seems to be a very special kind of identification technique." The tower spirit replied quickly: "Master, I can actually understand these magic runes."

"You can understand it?" Kroa asked in surprise. "Why? Is it because your database contains magic similar to this rune?"

The tower spirit silently sent a message and its anthropomorphic face into Kroya's mental energy, essentially sending it directly into his mind.

Upon seeing what was inside, Kroya displayed an expression of surprise and speechlessness almost identical to that of the Tower Spirit.

"..."

The information stream displayed three words, and they were in every language that Kroya knew so far, including those from his previous life.

[Identification Techniques].

That's right, the magic runes formed these three characters!

I don't know, and I can't understand, why it would form such a concise and easy-to-understand textual description.

However, what Kroa is certain of is that the Celestial Imprint Technique is probably a complex magic, which includes the ability to see through magical plants and beasts, identify their species, hear their thoughts, and most importantly, the imprint itself.

No wonder it's so complicated.

Kroya chose to directly imprint this identification technique onto the Tower Spirit—this guy's thirst for knowledge and endless ambition didn't need any hints or anything; it could be imprinted anytime, anywhere.

[Imprint complete, Kroya's Tower Spirit (Protoss - Identification)]

[Currently, the game can identify the types and names of both magical beasts and magical plants.]

[Note: Extremely unique entities cannot be viewed.]

Well, an ordinary description, but an amazing effect.

Kroya was quite knowledgeable, having read many magical books, but he had never encountered a spell that could reveal the species of almost any magical beast or plant.

This single feature alone is enough to drive magicians and druids who specialize in studying magical plants and beasts crazy.

And this is just one function of the Astral Imprint Technique.

"With this ability, you'll be able to help me distinguish between magical beasts and magical plants in the future."

Kroya nodded with some relief, suddenly feeling that he was one step closer to a hands-off lifestyle, if only one day he could completely imprint the Celestial Spirit Imprint Technique onto the Tower Spirit...

Does that mean we can just sit back and wait for the tower spirit to help us create entirely new magical beasts or magical plants?

At this moment, the tower spirit was completely unaware of its master's sinister intentions in wanting to be a hands-off manager. It dutifully offered a warning:

"Master, the grass of Eden is about to assimilate the Void Moon Divine Tree."

"Huh?" Kroya quickly looked over and saw that the rainbow light belonging to Eden was approaching the Void Moon Divine Tree, which was used to suppress and alienate divine power.

At this moment, the Void Moon Divine Tree was already almost completely lit up, and the light of magic filled its trunk, as bright as the vast and boundless sky.

If the previous Void Moon Divine Tree was only divine in appearance and name, then now, the light it emits alone is more than enough for people to worship.

"it."

Kroya fell silent.

He hesitated whether to let Eden assimilate the Tree of the False Moon.

Because the magic of the Phantom Moon Tree and the Rainbow Poem are actually incompatible, he used the magic of the Rainbow Poem to directly destroy the Phantom Moon Tree.

Although there haven't been any exaggerated magical fluctuations yet, what if there are?

The Void Moon Divine Tree is his most important storage of magic power; it really cannot be destroyed.

"Why can't it contain moonlight?"

Kroya stared at the towering divine tree, watching the seven-colored radiance of Eden approach it—in the original world, moonlight was merely a reflection of the sun.

But the moon does exist in this world, and it plays a significant role in mysticism, with many rituals requiring its power.

"If my Eden cannot even contain the moon, then it is not a complete Eden."

"Therefore, I want the Void Moon Divine Tree to exist alone."

His will is absolute in this dream world and pseudo-god realm, which is centered around him.

The colorful light in the distance suddenly faded.

The rainbow light surrounding the Void Moon Divine Tree was also fading.

The magical light it emitted gradually filled that area, forming a huge circular magic circle with the Void Moon Divine Tree at its core.

The magic circle flickered, like moonlight reflected on water, gradually disappearing behind the seven-colored light of Eden, and finally stabilized.

[Imprint successful, Void Moon Divine Tree (Dark Side)]

[While this magical plant exists within "Eden," it will automatically travel to the dark side deep within "Eden" and will not be assimilated.]

[Note: Exists only under the will of Kroa.]

Chloe muttered to herself, "It's a success."

"This power is truly mesmerizing."

"It's as if I really am omnipotent."

He gazed at the Edenic rainbow light that continued to permeate this small world, his eyes deep, and finally turned and left decisively.

He really couldn't stay any longer. If he stayed any longer, he was afraid he would become so engrossed in this place that he wouldn't want to face the real world.

Assimilation will likely take a very long time.

……

The people living in Golden Apple Paradise witnessed a beautiful sight today that they will never forget—

Rainbow-colored light came from the horizon, bathing everything in its glow.

Like a clear yet enchanting stream, it flows swiftly through the Golden Apple Paradise, carrying melodious and cheerful music.

Whenever they came into contact with those playful, flowing rainbow lights, it was as if they were touching everything... all the beautiful dreams they had once had, but which had vanished with time.

Some achieve great success and reach the pinnacle of their lives.

Some of them saw relatives who had passed away long ago.

Others dreamed that they had obtained an endless supply of magic crystals.

They stopped what they were doing.

Stunned, I touched the torrent of iridescent light with my fingers.

However, no matter how hard they tried, no matter how much they wanted to catch the rainbow light, it mischievously flowed away and never looked back.

"Ugh."

"A dream within reach."

"What kind of magic is this?"

People were talking about it, saying that the illusion was too real, but also too "real," and they couldn't get into it at all.

The fleeting rainbow light between their fingers, and the cruel and real world outside, only made their mental strength stronger.

They were very grateful to the owners of the Golden Apple Paradise, and some bards even wrote poems about these beautiful dreams and played them on the spot.

They seemed to have mustered the courage to face the realities of the outside world—that's what they felt.

And indeed, along with the torrent of light, their former desires also departed.

When desires are satisfied, more desires arise, driving them forward.

In a sense, a beautiful dream is a desire, and what prevents a beautiful dream from slipping away is greed—the greedy desire to possess everything.

Greed, of course, was also taken away.

Although their greedy desires were being washed away, they were accumulating in the distance, gradually taking shape in this beautiful Eden, and even acquiring a spiritual quality.

It was originally a flower vine, a small orange flower vine of the Mammon Flower, but as greed and desire accumulated, it was infused with the soul power that had been washed away.

It gradually came to life.

It wriggled on the iridescent ground, transforming into an orange snake, writhing in boundless desire, gleefully devouring and satisfying its greed.

For it, this place is paradise, carefree and with so much greed to devour, so it naturally grows stronger every minute and every second.

Kroa watched it quietly.

"A greedy demon."

"I never expected... that a demon would actually be born, my symphony."

After much hesitation, he ultimately decided not to crush the newborn "life," but instead designated an area for it to stay there forever.

There is no doubt that it is indeed very dangerous.

But so what?

If a greedy serpent born in his own Eden cannot be controlled at will, then it would be better to extinguish Eden sooner rather than later.

It was less of a danger and more of an unexpected bonus.

……

Inside the Mage Tower.

Kroya lay on the sofa with her eyes closed, resting, but in reality, she had already mentally reviewed all the gains she had made in the past five years.

"The second phase of construction in the North is complete."

"Deep mining of marine minerals continues."

"The merfolk are willing to develop together, and their expansion and trade with other countries are also underway."

He was quite pleased; the North was now like a high-speed magical machine, requiring no constant prodding from him.

Then it's time for him to go on a shopping spree.

—In five years, the North has accumulated an incredibly large amount of magic crystals through various transactions.

Besides maintaining the daily needs of the North, he also had a full one million magic crystals at his disposal—it should be noted that most of the magical materials produced in the North came from the sea, which was basically a business with no investment and huge profits.

That's why he was able to keep so many, and that number was enough for him to buy a Level 4 membership in the Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce.

Shopping is always a pleasant experience.

The ability to receive money while lying down and shop freely would be even more exciting.

"Let me see what I can buy."

He happily began his shopping trip.

Happy National Day everyone! I spent some time shopping with my parents today, and I'll be adding extra chapters of 10,000 words starting tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)