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

Chapter 353. The Construction Method of a Floating City (Happy New Year!)

In the end, we still had to consult Kroya.

Before this infamous destroyer of light, Irina behaved with great respect, even retracting her succubus tail.

Even when she first saw Kroya, she was momentarily stunned; his vibrant, sun-like handsomeness almost made her reveal her true form.

Succubi, this special race, need a variety of life forms to enhance themselves.

Kroa didn't pay any attention to her, but just looked at the sun ore and was quite certain that it was sun iron, and a sun iron with extremely powerful strength at that.

He had long heard that pure and powerful vitality could create life, but he never imagined it could turn into food. However, these things were not important. What was important was that he could actually sense a fragmented melody within it.

It is similar to "Poem of the Rainbow" but not entirely the same.

It's more like... a continuation of a musical movement.

Just as he added the "Zemrio Chapter" to "All the Rainbow Grass Lands," this should also be part of the added chapter.

That's really interesting.

Could it be that the primordial sun upon which all forces and races in the astral plane depend for survival is actually a transformation of the melody of "The Rainbow Poem"? That would be quite absurd.

He thought for a moment and put the sun iron down.

"You want to trade this for us?"

"sure."

Irina's face lit up with joy, but before she could say anything, Kroya interrupted her: "But you should know that the plane itself filters out some of the sun's violent and fierce energy, which is why I was able to materialize life force into the oil of sunflowers through some means."

In fact, Kroya suspected that there was a special connection between the planes and the "Poem of the Beginning," otherwise how could the world have almost been driven to the brink of collapse by the light as soon as the "Overture to Twilight" was played?

It's like a pre-programmed sequence.

In his view, it is probably through this kind of connection that the plane can filter the sun's "fierce energy"—for example, the ozone layer filtering ultraviolet rays?

It's a bit strange, isn't it? There aren't any other dimensions...

Ok?

It was as if a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind; the thought was so fast that even Kroya couldn't catch it, and it quietly disappeared.

He couldn't help but rub his temples, feeling quite helpless.

He is now a level twelve archmage and has also learned some prophetic magic. Occasionally, he will have such a flash of inspiration, but such enlightening inspiration is really too difficult to capture.

So, feeling a bit irritated, he took a cup of beverage made with water from the fountain of Aquarius from the little elf next to him and drank it all in one gulp.

The cool, sweet scent of starlight dispelled his restlessness, and he regained his composure, continuing, "The trade is possible, but it must bear our Hanjiao Island's mark. As for how many milliliters of sunflower oil I need to exchange for how many ore, I'll have to do some research and give you an answer later."

Irina had been waiting for Kroya to agree; this request was nothing to her, so she readily agreed and then rubbed her hands together expectantly: "Lord Kroya, when can I expect to see the finished product?"

"It depends on when you finish."

Kroya laughed and said, "None of the astral technologies you've presented so far have attracted me. I hope you can come up with the technology I care about most readily."

Upon hearing Kroya's words, Irina's smile froze instantly. After thinking for a while, she sighed softly, "This is the latest floating city technology, capable of leaving the plane and entering the astral plane... Lord Kroya, if you want this technology, you need to give me a promise."

She took out a badge, which was a thick book with open-eyed patterns on the cover, shimmering with powerful magical light.

It was clearly a legendary level of magical energy fluctuation.

"My mentor, the legendary mage Dantalian, has asked me to sign a contract with you. She will provide you with the complete technology for floating cities, but you need to seal the Goddess of Wisdom and hand her over."

When she said this, her eyes were actually a little cautious. Even though she was an apprentice of a legendary mage and had witnessed the greatness of the astral plane, she was still afraid of the young and handsome mage in front of her.

Unlike those legendary mages whose magical aura was as deep as the starry sea, Kroya's magical aura was "existence," yet it was omnipresent, as if the whole world was watching her.

Kroya blinked and said, "Oh? Goddess of Wisdom."

"I've heard about it before, and I'm very curious."

"..." Irina considered it carefully and decided to reveal a little: "Teacher Dantalian was once a bookshelf that the goddess of wisdom obtained from the astral plane. Legend has it that it was the echo left behind by true wisdom."

It is precisely because of this that Master Dantalian was able to become a legend in just one hundred years, and also possess the Aether Tree of the Aether Realm.

"True wisdom? Is it something created in the astral plane?" Kroa was even more curious.

"...You're putting me in a difficult position." Irina said with a pained expression, "Although my teacher likes me very much, she won't tell me the real secret. Please, have mercy on me."

"Never mind then."

"I agree to your deal."

He casually signed the contract and said:

"Give me all the solar ore you're carrying."

Gossip is fun, but business comes first—at worst, he can go ask Eurydice later, and she'll definitely tell him what's going on.

Irina was immediately relieved and quickly took out all the sun ore she was carrying, which weighed about a ton, and also handed over part of the construction method for the floating city.

Finally, he respectfully said, "Then Mr. Jamie and I will continue our tour of your territory."

She really wanted to slip away. Handsome guys were nice, but she couldn't stand his aura. She thought she should end this visit as soon as possible and go to the brothels in the border town Jamie mentioned.

I'd also like to invite Lady Cupid to come along.

"Hmm." Chloe waved her hand, signaling the two of them to leave, but leaving Befalio behind—the poor little druid was seeing Chloe for the first time and was incredibly excited.

Then, Chloe's words stunned him: "Your white cat is a sacred dragon, and a descendant of a friend of mine... Take good care of her."

What's it like when your cat suddenly turns into a holy dragon?

He opened his mouth wide in shock.

After a long pause, he managed to stammer out, "Didn't your magic circle detect her? Could there be any danger or flaws?"

"..."

Kroya hadn't expected his answer, and her expression softened considerably: "As I promised before, the academy will always be an absolutely safe ivory tower."

"After she entered the academy, she never displayed any magical energy level beyond what the academy's magic circle could detect, otherwise she would have been crushed by the magic circle I set up long ago."

"But she'll have a little more freedom from now on, after all, she's a friend of an old friend..."

At this point, Kroya took out a wooden box: "Consider this your reward for illuminating the Holy Dragon's encyclopedia. Remember, you are my student, Kroya, and even the Holy Dragon cannot force you to do anything."

Befario took the box, his eyes welling up with tears. It was a sacred dragon! Even though he was proud of being a student of the Earth Academy, he didn't think he could compare to a sacred dragon.

The academy teaches not only knowledge, but also the history of various places. That history itself is the best teaching material, enough to let these students know the "truth" of this world.

"thank you!"

He bowed deeply, and just as he was about to leave, the Eden Terminal on his wrist suddenly glowed, and a series of request notifications sounded—

"Your contracted beast, Nesa Paladin, requests to leave the pet house."

"Your contracted beast, Triir, requests to leave the pet house."

"Yours..."

He frantically touched the Eden Terminal, seemingly trying to press it like an alarm clock, but immediately a large group of various magical beasts appeared with the light.

It was as if a zoo had suddenly appeared, with bears, tigers, wild boars, leopards... all suddenly filling this beautiful rainbow-colored field.

Belfreo: "..."

A flawless version after careful inspection!

He looked utterly desperate.

When the animals that the druids had transformed into appeared, they clearly noticed something was wrong and all looked at Kroya, who was sitting on the cushion of the thirsty sea algae. They fell silent.

The scene was actually quite spectacular; so many large, fierce, and majestic magical beasts were all frozen in place like statues, which was a bit funny.

"Ha ha."

So Chloe couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Have you all eaten, drunk, and slept your fill? Finally decided to come out?"

Hearing their boss's boss make such a sarcastic remark, the monsters quickly transformed back into human form, each with a mournful face. The boys were alright, but the girls' faces turned bright red.

This is so embarrassing!

Is there anything more embarrassing than being caught slacking off?

"Lord Croya..."

"us……"

They stammered, trying to admit their mistake. They knew they had to apologize immediately, but the pressure from Kroya was too much for them, and they couldn't utter a complete sentence even after stammering for a long time.

The more nervous you are, the more you stutter, and the more you stutter, the more nervous you become, creating a vicious cycle.

Seeing that these guys were steaming from their heads and about to faint, Kroya put away his playful smile: "Since you guys are so energetic, then do me a favor."

"Beefalio, you will lead the troops and follow our trading caravan to the centaur territory to bring back a young man named Jason safely to me."

"There is the divine power of the orc god over there, but you don't need to worry about that. If they dare to stop you... I will help you."

He casually sketched a few lines in the space in front of him, and the light of Eden materialized into a plain-looking blade of grass, covered with extremely complex magical patterns and a platinum-gold glow.

He casually made about twenty before stopping, rubbing his slightly sore fingers, and said:

"This is a forbidden spell scroll."

"Take one each. If you encounter danger, just throw it out. If you need more, I'll send you more through Eden."

"No need to be frugal."

The druids' eyes widened in shock. How many forbidden spell scrolls were there? These top-tier magical artifacts were just given to them so casually?

They even said it wasn't enough...

These children, all from impoverished families, were experiencing for the first time what it meant to be rich and powerful. They stammered and carefully accepted the scrolls, holding them as if they were holding the cheeks of a lover.

"Thank you, sir!"

"Alright, you all get an Eden Terminal, test it out, and write me a report when you get back."

He waved for the druids to leave.

After watching them excitedly leave, Kroya first took out the construction method for the floating city and read it carefully.

The other party is indeed very sincere, and the most basic thing is the "Floating Core" that allows the floating city to float in the sky.

Unlike anti-gravity magic fields that can only float within a plane, this thing is extremely safe and can proceed safely even in astral planes where magic is extremely chaotic.

The only slightly troublesome thing is that this thing requires an extremely high concentration of filtered and purified solar ore solution for smelting and forging, and it takes a legendary blacksmith several years of hard work to complete just one.

Legendary blacksmiths hammer and forge day and night. It should be noted that legendary blacksmiths are treasures even in the Astral Plane. If you want to have something made by them, you need to make an appointment in advance and offer them generous benefits.

"I wonder if Kabamon can do it."

"Hmm...she must be really looking forward to our collaboration. Everything about her is filled with the desire for solar ore."

After reading the most basic method for making the Floating Core, he took out a piece of sun ore, stood up and stepped forward. The surrounding space quickly changed, and he arrived in the Sunflower Kingdom.

Countless sunflowers of different shapes and colors raised their heads high, playing a hymn with spiritual fluctuations, and the materialized river of faith converged near the sunflowers that Kroa had originally planted.

"How's it going?" He walked over to the sunflower and casually asked, "How's your digestion of the Authority of Light going? If it's enough, you should be able to cast that spell, right?"

Beside the sunflower, which shimmered with iridescent light and emitted rings of halos, stood a white, somewhat delicate-looking bellflower that moved swiftly without wind, transferring its divine power to the sunflower.

Those are "fragments" of the God of Light.

It is the core belonging to the Father of Light that Kroya left behind after he destroyed the light with his destined death. After all, he knew that the world consciousness could not abandon the light, so he must leave behind the authority that could check and balance Him.

At the same time, he was also exploring whether he could grant the sunflower a part of the "sun's" divine position and duties.

If he could obtain it, it would be a valuable resource of faith. In any case, he had already figured out how to get the sunflower out of the mess.

A key aspect of this experiment is the magic runes that are currently gathering on the sunflower—

【Kroa's Sun Substitution Technique!】

(End of this chapter)