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

Chapter 395. Capturing the Giant Octopus, the Ancestor of the Thirsty Sea Fluorescent Algae

This Queen Tiria is far too confident.

Her confidence stems from her noble birth and experiences. This confidence is like the bright sun; it doesn't annoy people but rather seems natural.

When she invited Chloe, there was nothing in her eyes that involved desire, only pure appreciation—appreciation based on appearance.

To be honest, Kroya is also a bit of a looks-obsessed person.

A good-looking person always has more opportunities; at least they make a good first impression. So, Chloe strongly agreed with her statement.

But it's a pity.

He shook his head at King Tiria: "The path to the ultimate mystery is always lonely, and I'm prepared to accept that loneliness. If you don't mind, we can be friends."

He stretched out a hand.

Without hesitation, Queen Tiria grabbed his hand and shook it, then said, "I've agreed to be friends with you, but that doesn't stop me from pursuing you. Oh, man, you've caught my attention."

She winked at Chloe.

The latter could only laugh awkwardly.

If Chloe hadn't been wearing such revealing sandals, she would have definitely done a toe-gripping pose. It was so embarrassing, especially since the words came from him.

He desperately wished he could travel back in time to stop himself from doing that.

Seeing the awkward expression on Chloe's face, Queen Tiria finally took the initiative to change the subject: "If the Glorious Church finds out about the gems from Venus, they will offer a high price to buy them."

"However, you can also choose to sell it to me."

"I plan to build a palace out of Venus gemstones and give it to my grandfather."

"Even emperors can live in the Creator's paradise."

She held the golden gem in her hand, watching the ripples it created in the void, her deep, golden-blue pupils shining brightly.

"A palace? How many gold and gemstones would that take?" Kroya was very keen to take on the job. Building palaces for the emperor was a famous business, and he needed to make a name for himself.

"A palace requires at least one hundred million."

"This is the most basic thing."

—A single Venus gemstone is barely the size of a little fingernail. How many could there be in a hundred million? Could they possibly be enough to build a palace?

"Using only aventurine gemstones would be quite complicated in terms of craftsmanship. One hundred million gemstones would allow architects to create exquisite pieces, which would definitely look better than simply using gemstones all over the place."

That makes sense. Since everyone says this is the most suitable way, there's really no need for Kroya to continue. He thought for a moment and said, "I'll see how much the output is."

I will contact you if I have enough.

"Um... when is the Emperor's birthday banquet?"

The two potential emperors opposite him both wore expressions that were hard to describe. It was Atreus who said, "A year from now, the emperor will have a birthday banquet every year, but this time it will be his 1,300th birthday banquet."

"The last birthday banquet just ended half a month ago."

"..."

In that instant, Kroya's thought was: the emperor holds a birthday banquet every year, and how much money must be collected just from the congratulatory gifts? This is truly an outrageous way of making money.

But he didn't show it on his face at all.

Although the two potential emperors in front of him treated him fairly well, who knows what might happen if the emperor were truly "insulted" like this.

"A year should be enough."

I will give you a definite answer in a month.

"Then... do you still want the flesh from the evil god's arms and legs?"

When doing business, it's not shameful to promote your products or services.

"Of course I want them, but the divine power in these tentacles is still a bit lacking. Do you have any with a higher content of divine power?" King Tiria practically declared that she was not short of money.

Kroya blinked and suddenly invited, "Then why don't we go hunting a giant octopus together? But you two need to disguise yourselves; you can't go as emperors."

He briefly introduced what he was doing.

"OK!"

"Isn't this just pretending to be an ordinary person? I go there all the time."

Queen Tiria was the first to agree, and even performed a costume change on the spot—her leather armor, which originally looked ordinary but was actually understated and luxurious, was transformed into a truly tattered piece of leather armor that would only cost ten magic crystals on the market. She wore a hat on her head and held a simple longbow in her hand.

Well... how should I put it? In some other plane, this would really be considered a case of playing dumb to fool the enemy. But the problem is, on the scale of the astral plane, not everyone who participates in plane expansion is a millionaire, nor would they wear such tattered clothes.

If you overdo it, it will seem a bit fake.

However, given her undeniable air of nobility, even if it's fake, I doubt any normal person would think she's a fool.

Kroya also changed into that plain white robe and carried a heavy book.

"Oh, it's a pastor."

"The source of your divine power seems a bit strange." Queen Tiria circled around Kroya. "Pure divine power, very beautiful."

"This is just ordinary power, something I made myself. You should also know that I'm researching the power of gods."

"Hmm...aren't you going to change?"

The two looked at King Atreus together.

The latter shrugged helplessly: "I brought my dog ​​and changed my clothes while I was at it. Wait for me a bit."

After saying that, he opened a spatial portal, went inside, and soon came out with the Flametail Hound, which had grown into the size of a young dog. His clothes had turned into armor, and he was carrying a spear.

The armor, however, seemed a bit frivolous. It appeared to be made of a linen material, held together by shoulder straps and side ties, and stained with blood, revealing the strong muscles of the chest, abdomen, and arms.

But the helmet covered everything completely, only revealing the eyes.

It gives people a particularly strange feeling.

"...Why don't you go and become a teacher at the Olympic Academy?" Tiria retorted. "Where did you find this old thing? It could be sold as an antique."

King Atreus took off his helmet and held it in his arms: "This is the armor of our ancestors, but their aesthetic sense was really not good. Wearing this out in public makes you look like a male model in the Golden Laurel Palace."

Cloa agreed with this statement, but upon closer reflection, it seemed that people in Greece did indeed emphasize displaying their strong physiques, and it was even said that they competed naked at the Olympic Games...

……

A few minutes later.

Arkadi returned to Silver Shell Pearl Sea with two newly joined, unremarkable level nine warriors and archers, and entered the fourth layer of the sea.

It's unclear whether the previous act of ruthlessly cutting off the octopus's tentacles caused it to enter a berserk state, but now the entire sea is filled with a thick, black ink.

Anything that gets close will get stuck in this ink and won't be able to break free.

When Kroya and his group arrived, they discovered that Lycado and his group had been captured. After all, they had caused a lot of damage to the octopus, and the octopus probably held a grudge.

Poor Lycado and his companions were struggling, hesitating whether to use the harp pendant. It was at this moment that Tiria took out her bow and arrow, and as her fingers touched the bowstring, elemental light condensed.

"Come, give me a purifying blessing." Her expression was leisurely.

"Okay." Kroya casually tossed out a beam of purifying light.

The halo was absorbed by the formed arrow, and with a "whoosh," it dragged the holy particles towards the ink that flowed like a long river. The moment it fell, the purifying light began to spread.

A few seconds later, the black ink lost its sticky consistency, and the people on it naturally fell down.

Before they could even thank her, Tiria took out a bottle and began filling it with the purified ink, saying with satisfaction, "This should be great for making bread."

The ink-stained river, as wide as a long river and stretching for dozens of kilometers, was contained in her small crystal bottle.

Leica and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

Is this... another hidden big shot?

"My friend," Chloe said casually, "When I was praying with the gods just now, their friends heard about what I was doing and specially sent their followers over as well."

"?"

For a moment, Lycardo and the others didn't know how to react, so they could only explain the current situation: "That giant octopus is driving us outsiders away, and it's using even more powerful tentacles."

"More powerful?"

"Where?"

Atreus was clearly still hungry. When he heard about the more "powerful," or rather, more delicious, tentacles, his eyes lit up, and the bloodstains on the rusty spear in his hand seemed to flow.

"The seaweed abyss is not far away; that's also the path to the fifth level."

"What are we still standing there for? Let's go!"

The group looked at Kroya, who nodded and then led the way, quickly arriving at an abyss covered in dense seaweed, the bottom of which could not be seen.

This abyss is estimated to be tens of thousands of hectares in size.

It was truly pitch black inside, and the creatures inside seemed to be alive, coalescing into countless tiny octopuses. Many apprentices were fighting inside, and the colorful magical light within the black abyss never ceased.

The fighting was clearly quite intense, but there shouldn't have been any casualties yet, otherwise Kroa would have sensed that the harp had been activated long ago.

Tiria glanced at Atreus, brandishing her bow: "Let's have a contest. Although you've never won, I don't mind."

"Heh." Atreus sneered. "I don't mind either, Priest Arcadi, bless us, and act as referee while you're at it."

Kroya had been planning to watch the show all along. She immediately opened the book and showered the two of them with blessings, while also adding her own personal blessing of rainbow light.

The rainbow light projected from the outer plane at the top of the sea was like a spotlight, directly enveloping the two of them. Even as they jumped into the abyss, it remained as bright as day.

Countless hands appeared behind Queen Tiria, swiftly drawing their bows and firing arrows. Each arrow multiplied into a rain of arrows, each imbued with various elemental effects: flashing lightning, swirling sandstorms, and purifying light...

She truly was like a perfectly formed army of archers, her fierce and impenetrable rain of arrows forcefully suppressing the boiling evil god's ink rising from the depths of the abyss.

On King Atreus's side, although he didn't have King Tiria's almost ferocious attacks, the spear in his hand suddenly swelled with a blood-red light, and each swing was like splitting a mountain, cutting out a blood-red spear of light.

He was even more efficient than King Tiria; when his spear swelled, it seemed to tear space apart, accompanied by the deafening roar of war drums.

Kroa watched from the top of the abyss, unsure how to respond. "Didn't you guys agree to be more cautious, at least to put on a facade?"

He was a little speechless, feeling that his limelight had been stolen.

This won't do!

So he left the soft, fishtail-shaped mat, stood on the edge of the abyss, opened the large book in his hand, and a sacred white-gold halo appeared behind him.

"God said: All evil will decline!"

"God said: Those who are brave and fearless will never perish!"

"God says: He who is worthy will surely be given!"

As his voice resounded throughout the abyss, three beams of light suddenly lit up from various locations, as if they were meant to be there.

The black ink, which was already being suppressed by the two "beasts," was first divided and restricted by the sudden appearance of light. Then, some immortal golden radiance and countless swirling halos appeared on the bodies of the fighting apprentices, and elves danced gracefully.

Everyone looked up and saw the figure standing at the top of the abyss, and then they began to attack the tentacles even more vigorously.

Even with the addition of these three powerful figures, the battle lasted for a full week. Later on, many people were even forced to activate the harp pendant and receive help from the world in order to continue fighting.

The octopus's tentacles at the bottom of the abyss were all severed, collected, and sent back to the camp. Meanwhile, the octopus's true form appeared inside a patch of algae shimmering with a deep blue glow.

That's the portal to the sixth floor.

Clumps of bioluminescent algae entwined around a giant white octopus with black spots, locked in a tug-of-war. The octopus desperately devoured the algae, while the algae used its purifying power to cleanse the octopus's contaminated body.

Without external intervention, this battle would likely have dragged on until magic power was exhausted. But with the addition of such a fierce and powerful army, the outcome was naturally different.

The octopus was quickly overwhelmed by the thirsty sea algae and the people who joined the battle. The deep blue algae began to spread over the octopus, slowly covering it and producing one crystal-clear blue flower after another.

Interspersed among them were other colorful bioluminescent algae, which, although occupying a small area, were crucially anchored to the octopus's magical nodes.

"The Protoss, a Protoss creation?"

Kroa looked down from the top of the abyss.

【Thirsty Sea Luminescent Algae - Ancestor (Tidal Craving)】

These magical plants were created by the Celestial Spirits, who imprinted upon them the power to purify the tides; all the world's seas originate from the echoes of the tides.

When there are enough of these magical plants, the miracle spell "Yearning for the Pure Ocean" will be created, with the following effects:

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Looking Back at the Flawless Sea: The power emanating from this magical plant will purify all magic that pollutes the ocean, restoring it to its original, pristine state.

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The tides never cease: As long as the magic of the ocean remains, this magical plant can multiply infinitely and contain all magic.

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The Boundless Corridor Sea: Once this magical plant senses that the ocean of a certain plane has been corrupted by an unhealable force, it will open a Protoss Gate through which only it can pass.

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The divinely ordained duty of protection: This magical plant will not perish until all the seas of the boundless world have been completely restored to their original state, and will forever fulfill its duty.

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The Protoss's Divine Gateway: This enchanted plant originates from Atlantis, the Protoss's sea of ​​creation. It is part of the "purification" process within the sea. Finding fragments belonging to the sea will open the gateway to Atlantis.

Kroya blinked. It had been a long time since he had seen such a long introduction and explanation. No wonder the Void God had hinted that the Sea-Thirsting Fluorescent Algae was special. It turned out that it wasn't just special because he had modified it, but because it was special from the start.

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