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

The Ring of Radiance and a legendary mage who has long been famous.

Their combined power severed the interaction between this divine realm and the outside world, effectively trapping the divine realm within the Ring of Radiance.

Ilister hugged Sage Miya from behind, with blood-red chains extending from her body, completely binding her and the latter together.

"Ugh."

"You child, I am already a soul destined to die."

"Bound to me like this now will only cost you your life."

Miya, the wise one, was helpless.

But Illist smiled broadly: "I specifically learned this magic from an ancient beast from the astral plane, just to deal with this situation. My dear mother, the person I admire most, the Sage..."

Her voice carried a clear sense of determination: "You can no longer escape me—just like you abandoned me to merge your soul into the ark, I cannot accept that."

"..."

Kroya, watching from the side, couldn't help but take a step back.

Good heavens, isn't this a yandere?

too frightening.

She's also a legendary yandere.

However, judging from her words, it seems that she couldn't accept that Sage Miya used souls to build the ark, which is why she ran away? This is different from what Sage Miya just said.

Kroa silently approached Mia of the Ring of Light and quietly asked, "What exactly is going on?"

"I don't know either." Miya couldn't help but shrug. "When all these things happened, I was hovering at the top of the Ark and had no idea what was going on."

"I didn't even know that Sage Miya was still alive, still living in the divine kingdom of the Earth Mother Goddess... Wait, what's that on your arm?"

He noticed the blue scars on Kroya's arm, and his expression immediately changed: "Etheric Crack, why did you get this disease?"

This is a terrifying illness, and it is almost incurable. Even the miraculous "Great Prophecy" of the Ring of Radiance cannot cure it; it is a terrifying power.

"Oh! This is what I did for the Earth!" Sage Miya struggled to break free from her daughter's embrace, a smug look on her face. "See? You couldn't figure it out back then, but I can."

"..."

Miya Kagami almost said something.

But He also knew that the sage must have had a reason for doing this. If she had died just now, then Kroya would have had to work hard to decipher the mystery.

But now that the sage is still here, things are much simpler.

So He smiled at the sage: "Since you cannot completely disappear for the time being, tell me in detail—oh, there is also the wreckage of the ark!"

"Kroya, bring out the ark you made."

For the Ring of Radiance, this was certainly something to be proud of; an Ark is an Ark, no matter how small—but for Kroya, who had just seen the magnificent Ark, it was a little embarrassing.

He hesitated for a moment before taking out his empty... small wooden boat. The fragments of the disintegrated original Ark in the distance were instantly absorbed into the small wooden boat.

Both Miya the Sage and Iris were taken aback.

"What a nice view."

"Why...why can it be built like this?"

"What kind of magic is this?"

The two who had been locked in a fierce struggle just moments before immediately began to examine the small wooden boat with great care, occasionally letting out a gasp of amazement, though it was unclear what they were marveling at.

The small wooden boat... oh no, the Sky Ark has very powerful protective magic, as well as Kroya's eternal magic. Even the most powerful person cannot bypass it and see its internal structure directly.

Anyway, they made Chloe feel awkward.

"Stop looking."

"Let's go inside and talk slowly."

He waved his hand, and a downward staircase immediately appeared on the deck of the small wooden boat. The two continued to marvel as they descended, and soon arrived at an extremely exquisite, but not luxurious, courtyard.

The sky was a pure white-blue, with distant mountains stretching into the distance. The small courtyard was filled with different magical plants, creating a quiet and comfortable atmosphere.

Kroya brought tea for the group.

Sage Miya slowly took a sip: "Where were we? Oh, the Ether Rift Disease, right?"

She gazed at the shocking scar on Kroya's pale arm: "Etheric Rift Disease is actually a discordant note in the Etheric Chapter of the Primordial Poems, a rule that even the Protoss couldn't complete back then."

"This is a flaw of the Creator."

"I remember there was some research institute in the astral plane that was trying to forcibly reconnect the two using the magic of the sun. It should be effective, but it's just unlikely to be effective."

Isn't that obvious?

Kroya knew she was referring to the Star Beast Jellyfish that the Potions Research Institute had asked her to raise, so that stuff really worked.

wrong.

"Since you're willing to give me this gift, there must be a solution... Sage Miya, this is the interior of the Sky Ark that I've remodeled. You can't leave no matter what."

"Uh." Sage Miya thought for a moment, "But you are different. Your body was created by Arcadia to imitate the body of the Protoss. The soul he had before was just one he randomly grabbed."

You will not be troubled by this disease—in other words, you may be the only cure for Etheric Cleft Disease.

She shrugged: "To be honest, if I had nothing to do with you, I would really like to try using you to fill the gap in the Ether chapter and see if I can completely eliminate that discordant voice."

Kroya nodded calmly: "Thank you."

"So... what does this have to do with ley lines?"

"The Earth Mother Goddess said that if I want to repair the ley lines, I must endure this pain. Why is that?"

"Oh, that's because ley lines are actually a type of etheric fissure!" she said in a very excited tone, but it was a terrifying statement.

"ah?!"

The two legendary magicians and one of the treasures present simultaneously exclaimed in shock and disbelief.

Is the earth vein disease caused by etheric fissures?

This claim has never been made before.

"Think about it," Sage Miya said slowly, "The ley lines bring magic and life to all life, almost endlessly. Isn't that the same as the Ether Rift Disease?"

Furthermore, the reason why so many people contract this disease after arriving in the Astral Plane is because they have lost the protection of the Earth. Didn't Mother Earth just tell you that she suffered a lot?

Those who should have been infected with the disease of the Great Rift were instead carried by the earth, which is why this situation occurred, because all life born into this world is a child of the earth, and He loves them very much.

She was even willing to accept this pain herself.

Kroya fell silent.

But Illist had a sudden realization: "The Earth's Treasure, could the Earth's Treasure be considered the Earth itself?"

"Of course," said Sage Miya, picking up sunflower seeds from the table and cracking them open. She mumbled, "The Earth's Treasure is equivalent to the earth itself, which was separated from the Creator's authority. Of course, it can bear this disease."

"What are you thinking of? Celeste?" Kroya asked. "She should be from the Holy Spring Merchant Guild. Could it be that the Holy Spring Merchant Guild wants to use the Earth's Ultimate Treasure to cure the Aether Rift Disease?"

"That's probably it."

"But can the Earth's Treasure really withstand so much Aether Rift Disease? And if the Treasure develops cracks, won't it collapse?"

Illist's expression was serious.

"Of course it will." It was still Sage Miya. She said with a smile, "If there are too many cracks, it will break. The reason for shaping the treasure was to protect the Earthly Authority that was taken from the Creator inside."

Ah, that's a very powerful law.

If it were to be controlled, it might be able to control the true Gaia world, and even give birth to another Protoss within Gaia.

Miya, who had just thought of something, interjected, "You said that the possibility of me advancing to the level of greatness is that Philosopher's Stone formed from your soul."

What about that most precious treasure? Could a Protoss break the shackles that prevent Him from ascending to Greatness?

The wise man Miya nodded gently in response.

Now things are very clear. The reason why the Holy Spring Merchant Guild wants to obtain the Earth Treasure is to use the Ether Rift Disease to cause the outer shell of the treasure to collapse and obtain the true Earthly Authority inside.

Then use your authority to nurture the Star Spirits in the Gaia world.

Currently, no one in the entire known astral universe has truly reached the level of a great being. Even the Emperor and the Speaker of the Council are still one step away. If the Treasure of Time could truly advance, with the power of the Treasure...

I'm afraid no one can subdue Him.

Kroya sighed softly, realizing for the first time how comforting it was to have an all-knowing being able to answer questions; the answer to almost anything could be found simply by piecing things together.

"Wow, you're amazing, sage."

"Hehe, thank you for the compliment." Sage Miya scratched her head shyly, then her expression instantly became cautious:

"Hmm... Little Illist, I'm sorry for what happened back then. I have a way to make amends. As long as we get his fragments and nurture them again, we can get the person you love most."

Illist was instantly enraged.

"Your solution is to sacrifice everything he has now and send him back to the bottle to be reshaped? Do you know how crowded and cramped that bottle is—so much so that I still hate being in the mage tower!"

Faced with her questioning, Sage Miya could only cautiously say, "I'm sorry, but I want to do something for you."

"No need!" Ellist said angrily. "Because your knowledge made me who I am, because your flesh and soul gave birth to me, so I thank you, but I also hate you, hate that you want to abandon me."

Mother!"

The atmosphere naturally became awkward in an instant.

Kroya and Mia of the Ring of Light exchanged glances, unsure how to offer any advice, so the former changed the subject:

"Um...Ms. Ilister, is the fragment Theodore?"

He felt that it could only be that knight friend; otherwise, who else could elicit such complicated treatment from Iris?

"Um."

"He was the only fragment I managed to salvage back then."

Illist's expression turned sorrowful: "At that time, I was terrified because my mother had abandoned me. I tried to break free, but I accidentally broke his bottle."

As I watched the alchemical liquid flow everywhere, as he slowly lost his life, the only thing I remembered at that moment was a spell my mother had once mentioned to me when she was bored.

She slowly uttered a few notes to Chloe.

The musical notes floated in mid-air, trembling slightly as if they were alive, carrying an extremely terrifying power.

no doubt.

This is a chapter from "The Poem of the Beginning".

"The rib—this is the rib of the chapter." Miya Shinnosuke explained, "Legend has it that the Creator created man and then created woman from his rib. Without the rib, it is incomplete."

This chapter allows something to become one's rib, but it also leaves one forever incomplete.

He looked at Ilister with some pity: "Losing a rib is not only painful, but also makes advancement very slow, and even when you reach the legendary level, you have to force yourself to accept your incompleteness."

Kroa understood what He meant.

He felt this was truly a source of resentment. To put it bluntly, even he would probably resent his "mother," namely the Sage Miya.

And what about the sage Miya who was standing to the side?

Tears streamed down her face as she hugged Illist, sobbing, "I'm so sorry! Oh, how can I ever make it up to you, my child?"

Putting aside Illist herself, even Kroya would feel at a loss in the face of such a situation. He felt embarrassed just looking at it, let alone Illist being held in his arms.

"Don't do this!"

The legendary mage struggled to push away the sage who was clinging to him and crying. "If you want to make amends, give me the knowledge of the little man in your bottle. I have a use for it!"

"Okay, okay! I'll give you everything!"

This sage, who was no longer quite normal in Kroya's eyes, pulled out a book from somewhere and shoved it directly at Ilse.

Then, to Kroa's astonishment...

She handed me the book: "Let's go!"

Kroya didn't quite understand, but he listened to advice very well. The moment he took the book, he grabbed Miya's hand, and the power of the Sky Ark was immediately converted.

In the blink of an eye, he and Miya appeared at the Holy Mine.

It was only then that he had time to ask, "Why did Ilister tell me to run away?"

Miya remained silent, but stepped forward and gently kissed Kroya's forehead. This time, however, she lingered for a very long time, and even a single, cool tear rolled down her cheek.

The cool touch seemed to open a third eye for him.

It pierced through the impenetrable fog.

In a void, Ilister held the Sage Miya, whose face was covered in cracks, and at the same time, beams of starlight suddenly shot out.

"You shouldn't stay any longer."

"He will not let me go."

Sage Miya looked up at the void, a slight smile playing on her lips: "Fortunately, I am your mother."

She reached out and gently pushed Ilisten, who refused to leave.

The shackles made of blood shattered instantly.

"No!"

Illist exclaimed in surprise, but all she could see was a large hand made of starlight grasping Sage Miya, as if the stars were shifting and then vanished without a trace.

"Star Spirits".

"The Protoss of Arcadia have been imprisoned."

—That's what Miya Higanbana said. (End of Chapter)