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

Chapter 276. How to restore the earth?

Gayte Country.

As a country effectively controlled by the Church of Mother Earth, this country has 90% of its land area consisting of vast plains suitable for growing various crops.

If the Norland Plains of the Norland Kingdom are the kingdom's granary, then it wouldn't be wrong to call this the continent's granary, and it is also the largest place of worship for the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess.

Those who can enter this place to cultivate the land are basically fanatical believers of the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess. They are the kind of people who would explode at the mere mention of the Mother Goddess's name in front of you.

So even though there are basically no real protective measures here, it can be ensured that the crops and secrets inside will never be leaked—who can get past so many fanatical believers who can get the Mother Goddess's response at any time?

But now these fanatics stared blankly at the scene before them—

The land was barren, dry and cracked, without even a blade of grass. The wind blew across the empty land, stirring up yellow sand that filled the sky.

The lush greenery of yesteryear has long since vanished.

"Mother Goddess!"

They burst into tears, truly weeping and wailing, sobbing uncontrollably, lying on the ground and refusing to get up; it was even more painful than the death of their own loved ones.

While crying, she kept calling out the name of the Mother Goddess:

"Mother Earth! Is this punishment for us?!"

"Mother, I would gladly cut off my own flesh and tear my own bones to atone for this sin!"

"Why are you torturing us like this!"

The scene was momentarily out of control, and even several cardinals from the nearby Earth Church were moved, but silently hinted to them to continue crying out.

Perhaps the cries of believers can truly draw the attention of the Mother Goddess?

Amid the painful pleas and cries of the believers, the three cardinals spoke one after another, with the first to speak being the cardinal who spoke of "the shattered image of the Mother Goddess".

He was a tall but sinister-looking man whose clothes were patterned with thorns.

He immediately launched into a tirade: "It must be your tilling of the land that disturbed the Mother Goddess's slumber! You all must go to the Thorn Hell to atone for your sins!"

As he spoke, he glanced at his two colleagues with a gloomy look.

"..."

The other two were already used to his remarks and completely ignored him, thinking that this person must have had his brain damaged by the thorns in the Thorn Hell.

The cardinal, whose face resembled a field of ripe wheat, spoke: "I haven't been able to feel the Mother Goddess's will lately; the earth has lost its luster... it's as if the Mother Goddess no longer protects this land."

This is a beautiful middle-aged woman with a plump figure. Her smile exudes maternal warmth, and she has a good reputation in the Church of the Mother Goddess and throughout the continent.

It's safe to say she's practically a shoo-in for the next Harvest Saint. She speaks very directly, meaning she wants her colleagues to save their time.

No longer protecting this land...

Although this was just their collective guess, the fact that it was actually said was still terrifying.

They are the most loyal servants of Mother Earth! Spreading the glory of Mother Earth throughout the Prime Material Plane and even the Astral Plane.

The rest of the land is one thing, but why does the Mother Goddess no longer protect them?

This is the essence of the matter, yet it is also a huge issue that cannot be discussed or even debated.

"Alas," said the Cardinal of the Boundless Mother Goddess. "According to the information we have now, more than a dozen kingdoms are facing this problem."

Is this boundless land truly destined to be filled with desolation and death?

Should we hold a grand harvest festival for the Mother Goddess?

This cardinal had a very distinctive appearance; he looked like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy with brilliant blond hair and extremely handsome features.

He looks somewhat similar to the former bishop Milfin—although he belonged to the sect of the Boundless Mother Goddess, he received the blessing of the Abundant Spiritual Energy.

This means he also has a voice in the harvest faction. After all, the Mother Goddess has personally blessed him. If you ordinary believers still have something to say, are you questioning the Mother Goddess?

He also offered a possible solution: a harvest festival.

"The Great Harvest Festival." The Cardinal of Harvest frowned. "Then we need to find the heart of the earth where the Mother Goddess descended. Without the Mother Goddess's oracle, how easy is it to search the entire continent?"

"Even if we know it's the spirit of the Mother Goddess accepting sacrifices and willing to protect a certain area of ​​land, the scope is still far too broad!"

The cardinal, his face contorted with rage, said somberly, "I will lead the followers of the Thorn Tribunal to find them, and no one can stop us."

Cardinal Wuyin hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement.

—Never in the beginning did the three of them think about relying on human effort to overcome this natural disaster; they were only concerned with how to obtain the blessing of the Mother Goddess.

These words were overheard by a young man who appeared to be weeping, and was actually weeping as well. He was a friend of Milfein and had stayed there even after Milfein left the Church of Mother Earth.

Some were unwilling to leave the protection of the Mother Goddess's glory, and others...

He needs to deliver the message he received.

Although he remained a devout fanatic of Mother Earth, his devotion was directed toward Mother Earth, not toward these cardinals.

……

The message reached the North a month later.

Poor Mifein had just finished his lessons at the Earth Academy and was about to face such a cruel situation; he was almost stunned.

The Thorn Trial Army!

That army is blessed by the Earth Mother Goddess. Its appearance represents the will of the Mother Goddess, and even people from other churches would never interfere.

The very name "Judgment Army" is enough to explain their nature: for the glory of the Mother Goddess and for the goals of the Church, they will show no mercy to anyone.

He took a deep breath. Although shocked, he was not surprised at all. He even knew where the Heart of the Earth should be.

Previously it was uncertain, but now it is certain.

It's right underground at the Earth Academy!

Right on the very spot where the foundation stone was laid!

The thought of this made his heart pound, and he immediately used the magic circle in the Earth Academy to rush to the Reef Island to see Kroya.

But to his surprise, after he explained the matter to Chloe, Chloe remained calm and said, "I know."

The owner of Hanjiao Island pointed to the side.

Miffy immediately looked over.

There stood the Gopherwood Sprite, with a small sprite beside it, about the size of a palm, that looked like a pile of pebbles.

That was a very common earth spirit. After it is born, this kind of spirit will seek out precious gems containing magic to replace the stones on its body. The more precious the gem, the more powerful it is.

The fact that it only has ordinary stones on its body indicates that it must have been born not long ago.

"I see." Mi Fei smiled knowingly. "It's the most skilled spirit at finding the magic of the earth; it must have been the one who told you."

Upon learning that Kroya already knew about it, his tense nerves immediately relaxed, as if nothing had happened in an instant.

He picked up some snacks and milk tea from the side, eating as he asked, "So, Chloe, what are you planning to do?"

"Don't worry about the Thorn Tribunal. I have the power of the goddess of love and the moon goddess of mermaids. They wouldn't dare risk offending the two gods to come in."

"Besides, I'm not afraid of war."

He was well aware that famine was rampant in other places, and that having ample food supplies here would definitely attract unwanted attention. Therefore, he had already made preparations with the Knights, Battle Mages, and Monster/Plant Warbands.

He wouldn't hesitate to attack anyone who tried.

As for the Heart of the Earth...

"What can we do? We'll just keep it." Kroya waved his hand dismissively. "The Heart of the Earth is a treasure that grants blessings from the Mother Goddess to people in your church, but to me it's just a way to obtain divine power."

He made no attempt to hide his thoughts from Mifein: "I plan to use the power of the Heart of the Earth to cultivate magical plants and see if I can find a way to restore the land to life and vitality."

In fact, he had been researching the divine power of the Earth Mother Goddess, but unfortunately he did not have enough divine power.

The divine power produced by the children of the harvest is not enough. The only thing with a huge amount of divine power is that water lily, but you really can't touch that water lily.

As for Mifein, upon hearing that Kroya was going to use the divine power of the Earth Mother Goddess for experiments, he was inexplicably excited and eager to try it out.

He rubbed his hands together, looking expectant, and said, "Could you let me join? I know what kind of magical plants Mother Goddess's power is best suited for."

I also know exactly what kind of magical plants grow in the Mother Goddess's Garden of the Earth!

In fact, the Holy See's sacred arts are called "holy magic" by the Mage Association. Every mage has the desire to study them, and in a sense, these priests and bishops are also very curious.

After all, the greatest unknown in the world is the divine.

Previously, their reverence for God had kept them from having such thoughts. Now, what would happen if a bishop suddenly wanted to study his own deity?

Kroa looked at him and did not refuse.

"it is good."

"Come with me."

……

Somewhere in the North.

The land here, unprotected by the magic of the Heart of the Earth, has become barren and infertile. The soil crumbles into fine sand at the slightest touch, a shocking sight.

Miffy followed behind Kroya with a solemn expression, his face bearing an indescribable sorrow. These lands should have been teeming with life.

Kroya crouched down and gently ran his fingers across the ground.

"The earth actually has a voice."

"But since we cannot accurately hear the voice of the earth, we have no way of knowing the suffering it is enduring."

As his fingers moved, a series of iridescent ripples spread out, like a shattered rainbow.

A magical plant miraculously appeared on the ground. It was a small tree that looked ordinary, just the kind of tree you could easily find by the roadside.

But after it appeared, strange lights appeared on its canopy, and then—

"Bang."

"Bang bang".

A deep, resonant voice rang out, full of rhythm and cadence, like a heartbeat.

Miffy: "...?"

He looked on incredulously: "Is this the heartbeat of the earth?"

"Yes." Kroya looked at the unremarkable little tree in front of her, her gaze having long since penetrated its exterior to see its inner truth.

That's... made up of magic runes and the magic power of Wood.

【Tree of Eden (Earth Membrane - Operation - Eden Ritual)】

This magical plant is a fantastical existence from "Eden." With the combined blessing of the power of Illusionary Radiance and the power of Void Radiance, it briefly exists in the real world through the power of Time Radiance.

This magical plant can sense and materialize the heartbeat of the earth through changes in magical power.

It desperately longs to heal the earth's wounds.

The magical markings on this magical plant originated from the Thick Earth Potato that was blessed by the Earth Mother Goddess. It was the first magical plant to sense the problems that had arisen in the earth outside.

Unfortunately, Kroya didn't notice it at first. It was only when the tower spirit told Kroya that the magic of the thick-soiled potato was self-destructing.

In other words, when Kroya looked over, the once vibrant Potato was releasing all of its magic power without reservation.

It was bound to die if things continued this way, and the reason for all of this was that it sensed the changes in the earth outside and wanted to save it.

Just like a child repaying its mother, there's no logic to it.

The moment Kroya saw it, he knew he had a way; this yam plant, whose connection with Mother Earth had not been severed, was hope.

After some research, he came up with a solution and managed to obtain a plant from Eden that could accommodate the magic runes.

Then, by using the rock sprite to find the location, they finally succeeded in measuring the normal and abnormal earth pulsations.

The remaining question is how to restore the earth's pulse to normal.

This is why Kroya needed Milfein's involvement; he had some knowledge but wasn't an expert, and was certainly not as good as a true "insider."

"I compared the differences between the pulses of the earth; this is a comparison of sounds and a magic table."

Kroya handed a magic crystal plate to Mifein, who immediately began to study it. After about five minutes, the confusion on his face gradually faded.

"I understand!" He grabbed Chloe's arm. "There's a very special kind of magic in the Church of the Earth Mother. Perhaps it can be used to regulate the pulse of the earth."

"Calm down." Kroya casually cast a calming spell on him—a white mist mixed with icy rain fell on Mifein's face.

The effect was indeed very good; Miffy immediately calmed down.

His expression was a bit speechless.

"Isn't this the best effect?" Kroya smiled slightly. "Now tell me the magic."

"It's possible, but that magic requires divine power..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chloe interrupted him: "Just give it to me."

Miffy: "...Okay."

He suddenly felt that it wouldn't be strange if one day this mysterious mage friend of his suddenly transformed into a cardinal of some church.

It seems that for Kroa, all miracles are taken for granted.

After obtaining the magic, Kroya glanced at it a few times and asked curiously, "Tuning, this seems to be music magic."

Simply put, this magic is about harmonization; it can harmonize discordant sounds in a sound.

To be honest, the sense of déjà vu is really strong.

He remembered that his "Poem of the Rainbow: Crimson Chapter" also contained a similar ability, but it was just a side effect of Serenade of Tranquility.

Mifein explained, "I only remember that I found this by chance in a book when I first joined the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess. It is said to have been passed down by the Boundless Mother Goddess herself when the Church of the Mother Goddess was not divided."

"Later, the Church of the Mother Goddess split, and these books were listed as forbidden books and burned. The copy of 'Miracle on Earth' that I gave you was actually one of the forbidden books."

"I see." Kroya sighed softly. "It's such a pity that so many books were burned. I wonder how many magical arts have been lost."

After saying that, he shook his head and handed over the remaining Tree of Eden to Mifein.

"I'll leave these to you. During this time, you'll monitor the pulse of the North. If there are any problems, record them, and I'll find a way to solve them."

"Leave it to me," Miffy nodded.

……

Kroya entrusted the mundane task of monitoring the earth's pulse to Milfein with complete confidence.

He then went to his sunflower garden and began to study in detail this special magic called "Tune".

After a brief period of study, his expression grew increasingly complex.

He instinctively felt that the spell was incomplete; to put it simply, the spell only had the spellcasting formula, but no corresponding incantation.

To put it simply: it is very similar to "The Poem of the Rainbow".

"Could this truly be a chapter belonging to the earth?"

He was a little unsure if this really was a chapter related to the earth. It was a pity, but not so much a pity. He couldn't study the complete chapter about the earth because it would conflict with "The Poem of the Rainbow," but the incomplete one should be fine.

After thinking it over, he decided to continue studying.

So, after spending some time studying it carefully, he finally learned the magic.

After learning it, he tried to cast the spell and found that its effect was "removal".

In other words, using magic to directly erase dissonance is not the harmony and assimilation he intended; it is a rather terrifying method.

"This kind of magic?" He hesitated.

The very next second, he heard some murmurs, murmurs from the depths of the earth.

It's as if it's saying, "A false earth."

"It has taken my throne."

That was a cry for help.

Kroya almost jerked her hand away, nearly blocking out the sound entirely.

It is indeed related to the battle between the gods. Could it be that the defeated enemy of the Earth Mother Goddess was sealed inside the earth and is now up to something?

This sounds incredibly complicated, and it's unclear what kind of huge impact it might have.

It will definitely affect his farming!

However, when he tried to block out the sound with his power, he seemed to become anxious—

"I know the sails of the Sky Ark! They are made of the Golden Fleece from beyond this world!"

The Ring of Radiance definitely needs it!

Kroya's expression instantly turned quite serious.

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