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

Chapter 328. The False Starry Sky, the Stolen Dragon Egg

It's not surprising that the prophecy came true, but what is surprising is that it didn't happen in human territory, but in the territory of centaurs.

Centaurs are true orcs, not some kind of half-orc. They live in the far west of the continent, a vast and boundless grassland, and are a typical nomadic race.

That was an area that Kroa's influence had not reached.

Kroya rubbed his temples, a rare occurrence for him, as he looked at the trembling golden arrows beside him and the faintly visible starlight outlining the Centaurus constellation.

"I've already mastered the magic of Sagittarius, so why is there suddenly someone else connected to Sagittarius?"

His question was also Miya's question. After thinking for a while, she guessed, "It's probably just related to... Maybe we should ask Achilles?"

"And I have a feeling that this centaur might be the most important link."

"Wait a minute, let me finish this first."

"It's rare to be able to suppress its divine power."

Chloe thought so too. Although she really wanted to ask him right away, she still needed to deal with "Like a Star in a Bottle" first.

Because preparations had been made beforehand, the production process was quite fast, and it was completed in just a short while.

[Engraving successful, Fairy's Lake Flower (Starry Vase)]

The spring water flowing from this magical plant will grant the drinker two effects for a period of time: "golden threads of luck" and "starlight-like wisdom." These effects will be fully realized when the drinker unravels the intricate golden threads.

After the engraving was completed, the flower in the lake still looked old and frail, but the bottle in her hand and the stamens of the flower had transformed into starlight, and the long, tassel-like petals had become a wide skirt made of fine golden threads.

Strands of water, interwoven with gold and blue yet clearly distinct, flowed from the bottle, but miraculously floated around the flowers in the lake just before hitting the ground.

The strange spring water, composed of two colors, resembled golden and blue starlight, enveloping the flowers in the lake like mist, shrouding them in a strange veil, like a divine statue standing quietly among the stars.

The gentle "ding-dong" sound of the flowing spring water is not harsh at all. It sounds simple at first glance, but it sounds like the echo of the starry sky.

"It's really beautiful."

Kroya nodded in satisfaction, then reached out and used magic to draw a stream of spring water, tasted it, and prepared a cup for Mia as well.

Miya also sampled it with great interest.

then……

Extremely fine golden threads appeared around the heads of each person and their treasure, encircling them like endless troubles.

"Huh? You really want to untie it?"

"..."

They immediately began to untangle these complex, seemingly random knots of thread. Miya was the first to untangle them; she always had a special sensitivity to such things.

Kroya untangled it last. He didn't know why, but he always felt that these golden threads were particularly unfriendly to him. Every time he tried to untangle them, they would get tangled together again.

So much so that it didn't take much effort to engrave the "Starry Bottle," but it took a full three hours to untangle the golden threads, which took from dusk till night.

Fortunately, the result was good. After the complicated threads were untangled, their edges shimmered with blue starlight, and they floated quietly behind Kroya's head, forming a strange, halo-like object.

Water dripped from the edges of the golden and blue divine ring, clearly indicating that the countdown was gradually shrinking.

Enveloped by the power of the divine halo, Kroya suddenly felt his thoughts become exceptionally clear, and even had an unusually keen perception, almost prophetic.

You see, Kroya was already quite intelligent, and with this, his thinking speed was several times faster than usual. Those complex magic formulas and rune structures flowed like water, without any hindrance.

So, Kroya thought about the recipe for a while.

Hmm... It's already late at night, I can't possibly be thinking about some complicated magic formulas like math problems, right? He felt that it would be too much of an exaggeration to think that doing a few problems would be so easy.

"This is really amazing," Kroya remarked. "It would be quite nice if there were no pressure, but working at such a high capacity, I'm afraid many people couldn't handle it."

This is ultimately a special kind of magic, a special kind of auxiliary magic. According to his guess, only superhumans of level two or above can start using the water from the spring of water.

Without sufficient mental strength to restrain it, let alone those extremely complex golden threads, something bad would probably happen the moment it was ingested.

"..." Miya didn't react at first, staring intently at the sky. After a few seconds, she seemed to come to her senses: "Huh? What did you just say?"

Kroya was immediately shocked: "What were you doing just now?"

Is the Ring of Radiance calculating the survival of some civilization? What kind of earth-shattering secret could make you calculate and take it so seriously?

"I'm calculating some possibilities." Mia handed the results of her calculations to Kroa: "Take a look at these data; these are what I found after comparing them with the readings from the starry sky."

"???"

Kroya had only been guessing, but he didn't expect Miya to actually calculate something. His expression immediately turned serious, and he carefully looked at the data again and again.

As a result, his expression became increasingly strange. If the data compared by Miya was accurate, then the vast and boundless starry sky above his head... must be fake!

Miya recorded the true data of the starry sky during the Ark era. It was a mysterious place full of vitality, the unknown, and endless changes. However, the current starry sky readings are somewhat monotonous and "repetitive".

Although it is extremely close to the previous readings, it is essentially just a repetition of one cycle after another, without any special changes in the starry sky!

"A fake starry sky?"

"Is this related to that magical world veil?"

Kroya's expression was very serious.

Miya gently shook her head: "I don't know. If I hadn't consumed these spring waters imbued with the power of the stars, and the added luck from them, I wouldn't have noticed this change."

"Kroya, try not to directly observe and perceive the current starry sky in the future. Can't you call upon the constellations outside? Use them as anchor points to perceive the stars."

"I understand." Kroya nodded. He glanced at the vast and boundless starry sky and a strange thought suddenly came to his mind... Why does this starry sky look so much like the wallpaper he used to set on his computer?

Although it's a real starry sky that was recorded, it's only played on a loop.

This strange guess came and went quickly; he kept it in mind and said:

"I will plant this flower in the mage tower, and I will trouble you to have some when you have time, mentor."

"OK."

Miya nodded, then said, "Shall we go find Achilles now?"

Compared to the starry sky, he was actually more curious about his promise to the goddess Athena.

"OK."

Upon hearing Kroa's agreement, in order to save time, He even used a great prophecy spell to teleport on the spot.

"God said that Chloe and I should stand before Achilles!"

Accompanied by a dazzling platinum-gold light, Kroya's eyes flashed, and he heard a whooshing sound. Suddenly sensing something was wrong, he hurriedly caught the tip of a spear that was thrusting forward.

His passively activated magic shield flickered a few times, but ultimately remained firmly in place, even when facing a powerful legendary warrior.

Kroa: "..."

If it weren't for his powerful magic, he would have been injured!

"How did you suddenly appear?" Achilles asked in surprise, retracting the wooden spear made of gopher wood, his face still showing rising fighting spirit.

Miya: "..."

He looked embarrassed and silently glanced at the bright moon in the sky. Who knew that Achilles was still training here at this hour!

He felt that he must have been living too comfortably during this period, losing his usual caution, and hadn't even noticed whether there was anything wrong with the landing point.

Achilles didn't hear a reply, but he was clever enough to guess that there must be a reason why they had come to him at this time, so he didn't say much and simply asked, "What do you want to ask?"

Kroya gave a strange look: "You didn't sense the spatial fluctuations and my magical aura, so you deliberately poked me like this, did you?"

He pointed to the dummy next to him—the dummy was five or six meters away, and most importantly, it was facing a different direction, making it hard not to suspect that Achilles was doing it on purpose.

"..."

Achilles casually tossed his spear, which pierced the dummy like lightning. The poor dummy was instantly torn to pieces; even the hard alloy was no match for the legendary violence.

But Chloe felt something was even more amiss. He gave Achilles a meaningful look, then took out a golden arrow.

The golden arrow gleamed brilliantly in the moonlight.

"!!!"

The latter's pupils contracted, and he instinctively took a step back.

Kroya said innocently, "I just wanted you to sense it, I didn't do it on purpose."

Achilles' facial muscles twitched violently for a moment before he pretended nothing had happened: "Heh heh."

He knew he would suffer if he continued talking like this, so he simply looked at the shining constellation in Chloe's hand.

"Jason...Chiron?"

Achilles suddenly looked anxious: "Has my teacher also come to this world?"

The ancient hero looked at the centaur with extraordinary admiration and a hint of expectation—if his teacher and Jason had come to this world, would Athena… bring Patroclus here as well?

His dearest friend, his friend...

"puff!"

Just as he was reminiscing about the past, an ivy suddenly sprouted from the soil, excitedly exclaiming, "Friendship! I feel friendship that transcends time and space!"

"?"

Where on earth did this guy go gallivanting around before coming back?

The ivy, like a monster, wrapped itself around Achilles, spiraling upwards and finally pressing its leaves directly onto his face.

"Oh~"

"This friendship has stood the test of time."

"Powerful demigod hero, you were drawn into a terrible war because you wanted to avenge your best friend, and you also sowed the seeds of hatred with that god of light."

"But do you know that your teacher, the mighty centaur Chiron, was adopted by the god of light and personally raised by Him and His sister, which enabled him to become such a great sage?"

With each word Ivy spoke, Achilles' expression grew increasingly grim, until finally the mighty warrior seemed to want to tear Ivy apart with his bare hands.

Because he could not deny that his teacher, the centaur sage who taught him so much knowledge, would not have survived if he had not been adopted by Apollo in his childhood.

But the ivy twisted its body and returned to Kroya's wrist, becoming an ivy bracelet that shimmered with a verdant and ancient light under the moonlight.

Cloa was pleased with Ivy's ability to make Achilles nearly explode with anger, and asked with a smile, "Where have you been all this time?"

"I've made quite a few good friends during this time," Ivy said with joy. "You wouldn't believe how pure friendships can be forged in war; it's truly beautiful."

"Is it really that wonderful?" Chloe's heart stirred. To be honest, he was also quite interested in going to see it, and maybe he could even leave behind some legends or something.

"Of course!"

"If you'd like to go, we can go together; we're sure to create even more legends!"

Ivy was trying hard to persuade him, hoping that Kroa would take it with him. Although it had great strength, it could be quite difficult to deal with at times.

The Lantern Monster, recently retrieved from the Sea of ​​Mercury, is showing signs of going on strike again, making it impossible for it to do anything it wants.

"Ahem!"

Miya coughed helplessly, "Can you two take care of this first before going out to play?"

"...Ahem." Kroya coughed awkwardly. In truth, he didn't consider this matter to be a big problem. With his abilities, it wouldn't be difficult to solve.

With strength, one naturally wouldn't care. Just like that potentially illusory starry sky, even if it's illusory, he has a way out—the Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce's channels allow him to leave this world at any time.

They can even leave this world with their territory.

Achilles didn't know whether Crowia cared or not, but since he really cared about it, he told her everything he knew.

There is his experience studying in Chiron, and the story of Jason, the owner of the Argo—the legendary hero who, with the help of Athena, organized a fleet to obtain the Golden Fleece.

Upon hearing this, Cloa understood that this matter was indeed related to the Golden Fleece. It seemed that she needed to obtain the Golden Fleece first before going to find the hero named Jason.

However... Achilles gave himself the power of Aquarius, what can Jason give him?

He was deep in thought, unaware that the golden-blue halo behind his head was dripping at an accelerated rate, and after its last flash, the golden light vanished completely.

The next moment, the phantom of the tower spirit suddenly appeared: "Master, the little red dragons on Red Dragon Island are hatching! The dragon goblins say you must go and see for yourself!"

"..."

Kroya was taken aback: "That's quite a coincidence."

This is indeed too much of a coincidence. He was just struggling with this when the little red dragon hatched. In that case, the deal with the shepherd should be able to continue.

He looked around, then fixed his gaze on Achilles, and casually invited, "Want to come along?"

"Alright." Achilles took the wooden spear.

"...Calm down, it's not like you're going to slay a dragon." Kroya lightly stomped on the ground, and a magic circle unfolded around him, enveloping everyone and making them disappear instantly.

The next second, they appeared inside a dragon's nest surrounded by crystals.

At this moment, high-pitched dragon roars echoed from those enormous crystal pillars, causing the entire dragon's nest to tremble, and drawing life from the surrounding sea.

The powerful and abundant life force almost condensed into a solidified liquid, flowing beneath everyone's feet like a stream, converging towards the area where the dragon egg was located.

"The power of words is getting stronger and stronger. I wonder if the merfolk will protest... I feel like they're putting too much stuff into the sea."

Chloe muttered to herself as she cautiously moved forward.

Soon they saw the dragon's nest surrounded by several coconut trees that had turned red—the coconuts were dripping a thick, blood-like liquid onto the bright red dragon eggs.

Around the coconut trees were several puddles of varying sizes, in which hibernating sea turtles with moss and barnacles on their backs were transforming the incantations of magic that rippled through the area.

These dragon eggs actually had little vitality after they were brought here. Even the "Flesh and Blood Crystallization Ritual" given by the dragon goblins was not enough. In the end, it was Kroya who engraved the magic runes inside the dragon eggs on the coconut tree, barely creating enough nutrients for the dragon eggs to hatch.

This is probably the most valuable magic circle that Kroya created.

The transformation of life force has created many miracles. Even now, Kroya is able to grow so many magical plants and raise so many magical beasts, all thanks to the life power of the red dragon transformed from these magic circles, coconut trees, and sleeping sea turtles.

The dragon goblins stood by, excited and nervous. Upon seeing Kroya arrive, the leader bowed respectfully: "My lord, the dragon eggs are about to hatch!"

"Hmm." Kroya calmly walked to the spot closest to the dragon egg.

He gazed at the trembling red jade dragon eggs, and could clearly see the baby dragons struggling to hatch inside.

"Click."

A crack appeared on one of the dragon eggs, and a small red dragon, its body entirely red and translucent like jade, poked its head out.

"roar!"

It opened its mouth wide and then spewed out a red dragon breath that looked like blood-red flames.

But the next second, a platinum-gold light suddenly shone.

The swirling clouds formed the long and strong body of the dragon, and the intertwined white-gold light formed eight dragon horns like a crown on its head.

It was so sacred and powerful that its appearance astonished everyone, leaving them motionless.

Then, the sacred dragon scooped up the incubating dragon egg and vanished like mist before the eyes of the onlookers, who hadn't even had time to react.

The entire process took less than 0.01 seconds.

Everyone: "..."

Miya was completely dumbfounded. This... wasn't this the companion divine beast of the Ring of Radiance? The ancient dragon Regnat, why was it stealing dragon eggs!

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(End of this chapter)