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

Chapter 392. The Evil God Has His Eyes on You?

Everyone looked at each other.

They certainly knew what the sacrifice was all about.

But doesn't that require drawing a bunch of complicated sacrificial magic circles, dancing, and reciting some mysterious prayers?

You just said you sacrificed the evil god statue and took it away... If it were a powerful enemy, could you sacrifice it all at once?

For a moment, they were all a little envious.

What kind of deity is this, so generous to believers?

But now that the danger had disappeared, they each took out their Eden Terminals, aimed them at the Blood-Veined Crystal Shells' nests and the nodes of the Watery Ore Vein where they were located, and pressed the buttons.

"Confirming..."

The Radiant Crystal on the outer edge of the Eden Terminal emitted a profound light, guiding the Eden entity above the starry sky to project a beam of light. The nest and mineral vein nodes were immediately enveloped in radiance, from which emerged some square-headed golems.

They are incredibly magical; they seem to be able to pull building materials out of thin air, and then, with hammers, wrenches, and other tools, they begin to build things up.

They quickly transformed the area outside the nest and ore vein nodes into the shape of a small factory, with smaller block golems moving in and out, seemingly transporting shells and crystals.

"Congratulations on successfully occupying the Blood-Veined Crystal Shell's nest and the Water Crystal vein."

Keep up the good work!

In one corner of Eden Terminal, phantom images of mineral veins and nests appeared, along with a continuous stream of phantom images of magic crystals, seemingly indicating that there would be a steady stream of magic crystal profits.

Of course, the others also readily transferred a portion of their profits to Kroya.

"Thanks to you this time."

"Logically, you should have taken them all."

"You're really losing out by taking so little."

The captain patted Kroya on the shoulder, his eyes gleaming: "With your help, maybe we can come out on top in the pioneering mission and get a summons from the lord to bestow a reward!"

Kroya smiled. "Very likely. I'm also looking forward to seeing that."

……

Next, the group found some more shellfish nests. It seemed that fate was on their side, and the process was surprisingly smooth without any major incidents.

They even found the entrance to the second layer of the sea.

It was a deep tunnel, like a tomb for shellfish, formed by countless shells.

At the entrance of the tunnel, there are several floating markers, each representing a team that has successfully entered the second level, serving as both guidance and a boast.

After all, exploration is not a vicious competition, but a benign one. If someone discovers the tunnel and then blows it up or covers it up in some way, they will definitely be in big trouble when they go back.

The team buried their beacon at the tunnel entrance, then ventured deep into the tunnel. After walking several hundred meters, they successfully reached the second level.

The water on the second level became slightly darker, lacking the exceptionally clear and bright feeling of the first level. The mage in the group frowned upon arriving here.

"My underwater breathing technique may be failing."

He sensed the magic in the water: "The magical pressure here is too great. I can no longer maintain the spell for underwater walking and breathing."

The mage spoke very frankly, without saying anything about being coy or hesitant because of a lack of ability. He said that being coy here might harm both his teammates and himself.

"The magical pressure is immense."

Captain Lycardo thought for a moment: "We leased a core loop when we came here, and now it's time to use it."

"Its rental price is one hundred level-one magic crystals per day, and we will divide that price out among ourselves."

He didn't ask for opinions or anything, but made a decision directly, then opened his Eden Terminal and placed a silver bead in the center of the loop.

"Activating core loop gills."

"Please stand within the area of ​​magic."

The Eden Terminal projected a circle, and without saying a word, everyone stood inside. The next second, structures resembling fish gills appeared on their necks.

At the same time, silver scales appeared on his face.

All the magic the mage had cast earlier failed at this moment, and they were able to directly contact the seawater of the Silver Shell Pearl Sea without any hindrance. The fake gills filtered the air in the seawater and the special magic in the seawater.

Kroya touched the gills on her neck and the silver scales on her face, and suddenly felt something was very strange—this magic, similar to druidic shapeshifting spells, was obtained from the merfolk.

His relationship with the merfolk is getting better and better, like they're on a honeymoon. As a result, he's acquired some magic unique to the merfolk, and they can earn magic crystals by renting out these spells.

Although the merfolk are wealthy and powerful, it's not sustainable to only spend without earning. The amount of magic crystals they earn may seem small, but it adds up to a significant resource over time.

He had never experienced what it felt like to become a fish before.

Experiencing it now... feels really strange.

He could feel his "gills" filtering the seawater, and he could also feel the special magic brewing in this second layer of the sea, as if some huge magical beast was breathing, causing the magic to fluctuate.

"Could it be a giant seashell?" He recalled the time when he used his mental energy to create a sharp sword and pierced through it, and then remembered the information given to him by the Void God. Suddenly, he remembered what this place was.

It is an extremely special type of shellfish, so huge that it resembles a mountain. In the mermaid race's magic system, it is used to reclaim land from the sea and create islands.

With that in mind, he quietly guided the team toward the giant seashell habitat.

He also chatted with Miya on the way there.

"Teacher, did you see that statue?"

"...Don't send me everything." Miya was helpless. She was showing Luca around the island when suddenly a statue of an evil god fell from the sky, scaring the latter so much that he almost turned into light and disappeared.

However, that statue is indeed quite interesting.

Miya looked at Luca in the distance, whose palm was emitting a soft white light as he provided free maintenance and treatment to the residents, and said, "That statue must be the tentacle of some astral god."

"His chosen people should be in this ocean world."

"Heh, the illusory god doesn't even know that his own world has been invaded by an external god. Now I'm going to laugh at him!"

The Ring of Radiance always acts on its word. It stretched out its hand and drew a circle in front of it, then teased the ethereal god who was preparing to perform inside the circle: "Oh dear, the giant octopus has sneaked into its own home without even realizing it."

Virtual God: "???"

He looked at Miya, who had opened a portal over such a trivial matter, speechless: "Are you bored? If you're bored, come and perform with me. We happen to need a priest."

Now it was Miya's turn to be speechless: "I said your house has been invaded by a giant octopus, did you hear me?"

"I heard that." The illusory god leaned back in his chair, letting the mermaid prince next to him take some of the beauty products they had just received from the beauty guru and apply them to his face.

He said calmly, "So what if it's a big octopus? No matter how much effort and resources He invested, isn't it all your Kroa's reward? Does He dare to retaliate against the two of us?"

Sefina, who was applying beauty products to Him, pouted helplessly. "Isn't your favoritism a bit too obvious?!" Although she could understand, she couldn't help but feel that the illusory god was biased.

However, she also had a very good impression of Chloe.

Besides, she was indeed troubled by the complicated management work, and the others in the clan shared the same attitude. They just wanted to find a suitable person to entrust this messy business to, so they could enjoy the starlight they wanted.

"That does seem to be the case."

Miya thought for a moment, then said to Chloe, who was still openly observing the situation, "You can do whatever you want over there... Hmm, I'm going to perform with the Void God."

After saying that, He stepped directly into the portal He had created and left gracefully and decisively.

Kroa: "..."

He said to the illusory god with some resentment, "You're going to kidnap my teacher... Never mind, once I've sorted things out here, I'll have someone write a script and I'll participate in it too."

"Of course!"

"I'll have Sefina help you then."

"Hmm... Miya, why don't you change your clothes first and put on some face powder? Your face is too eye-catching, I'm really worried that your face will affect the show."

The spatial portal left by Miya slowly closed. Before it closed, Kroya saw his teacher sitting somewhat awkwardly in a chair, letting a group of mermaid princes touch his face.

He almost burst out laughing.

Even the all-powerful Ring of Radiance probably hasn't encountered this situation before, right? This is truly a novel experience.

……

After witnessing the farce, Kroya's mood improved considerably. As he came to his senses, he noticed that his surroundings had suddenly undergone some strange changes.

The ocean became darker and deeper.

As the water flowed across his cheeks, it felt like being poked by tentacles—icy cold, soft, and sticky…

Something's not right!

"Captain, you all need to stop!"

He decisively took out his Radiant Holy Scripture and struck each of the remaining men, who were still trying to rush forward, on the head.

"Bang bang bang!"

The heavy, iron-bound book made a headache-inducing sound when it touched their heads, and scattered tiny specks of light. The group finally came to their senses and huddled together, clutching their heads.

Captain Lycardo rubbed the large bump on his head. "We weren't even paying attention; we were actually invaded by mental energy... Should we use the pendant the adults gave us?"

He was looking at Kroya when he said this. It was Kroya who had just sacrificed the statue of the evil god, and now he had discovered the evil god's spiritual invasion. Asking Kroya would be the right thing to do.

"The fact that we were able to react means that this evil god's spiritual power has not completely controlled this world. My god just gave me some revelation."

"If we can find a part of the evil god, He is willing to bestow upon me more blessings, perhaps even a divine artifact!"

"To be honest, my god and our lord have a very good relationship, so we should get a high score in our assessment."

"Furthermore, since we were the first to discover this, we should notify the other teams to prevent them from being controlled by the evil god."

He was just being habitual, and he only said it after careful consideration. In his view, it was just a "suggestion," but he didn't expect that after he said it, the others would all nod in agreement.

"Then let's do as you say, Arkady."

"It's also our achievement that we were able to prevent the other brothers from being affected."

"Will we really get praise from the lord?"

The poor captain's presence was so faint as to be almost invisible. As if by instinct, they immediately trusted Kroya and decided to do things his way.

Kroya felt helpless, but what's done is done. He had already said it, so it had to be done according to that standard. Normally, he could pretend and take his time, but the evil god...

He glanced at the surrounding sea and narrowed his eyes.

Now that you're here, don't even think about leaving.

Then, he pretended to open the heavy book and flipped through the pages one by one. With each page he turned, a beam of light would fall on his teammates around him. After turning dozens of pages, the light was brighter than a light bulb.

At this moment, the tentacles hidden in the ocean currents seemed to sense something was wrong and suddenly stretched out of the seawater, each one as large as a mountain.

It also carries extremely terrifying black divine power pollution.

You can feel... the power of time within it.

It's like the pollution of the Shiyao mineral vein surrounded by the Spirit Grass that we saw at the bottom of the sea.

It attacked the group, but encountered a "super soldier" enhanced by Kroya with a bunch of blessings—the captain and another soldier wielded machetes and slashed the tentacles into pieces, the mage and druid worked together to create ice, fire, wind, vines and coral people, and the archer drew his bow like a maniac, leaving afterimages.

They were all shocked.

Is this really their strength?

—The answer was obviously no. They looked at Kroya, who was sitting on the ground, leaning against someone who had grown much larger, like a duck doll, their eyes filled with gratitude.

Nobody's a fool.

This kind of powerful strength is definitely not something an "apprentice" should possess. On Hanjiao Island, promotion is simple and brutal; anyone with the ability can advance.

Unless someone intentionally hides their talents very well, they will definitely be discovered and given more resources and better teachers to nurture them.

They even suspected that this might be one of the lord's friends looking for fun, since the lord was a pure mage and probably didn't believe in any gods.

Of course, they wouldn't be foolish enough to say it out loud; aren't these kinds of plots common in novels?

Why would a legend pretend to be a weak human to experience life? As soon as the truth is revealed, they will leave immediately.

They're not stupid; they won't say anything more that would cause "Arkadi" to leave.

Kroya could understand the meaning in their eyes, but he didn't care. He just held a piece of the cut-off, jet-black tentacle and looked at it silently.

【The Contaminated Silver Clam Octopus - The Unknown God】

This monster was born from the curse of the Time Crystal on the eternally illusory Illusionary Radiance Shell. It felt pain, and thus accepted the gift from the outer gods of the celestial realm.

The outer gods of the celestial realm, captivated by the delicious taste of its tentacles, were willing to bestow divine power upon it to aid its growth and help it conquer territory.

Its daily life now consists of offering its flesh to the evil god. Its tentacles are extremely delicious; it is recommended to immediately burn them with legendary or higher-level flames!

"……tasty?"

Kroya blinked and silently extended her finger.

A wisp of golden-orange flame rose from his fingertips.

If evil gods can eat, then of course he can eat too.

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