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

Chapter 44. The Pearl of Designated Magic (Please continue reading)

Seeing that the harvest was good, Kroya immediately led the dolphins away to the beach where the air coral was to be planted.

We can't exhaust the resources; let's take our time with the rest.

Sitting on the soft sand, he looked at the five giant clams, each the size of a millstone, and nodded with considerable satisfaction.

"Not bad, not bad!"

He praised the dolphins, ducks, and fish, then couldn't wait to open the clams.

If he wasn't mistaken, this clam should be a level two magical beast, the Sea Pattern Clam, which is said to produce pearls with natural sea magical patterns.

These natural magic runes possess the ability to gather magical power and can be used to unleash basic water magic. The more complex and advanced the magic runes, the more terrifying the magic they can unleash.

It is said that a legendary mage from the Mage Association once obtained a legendary-level sea-patterned pearl and crafted it into a magical artifact.

It is one of the foundations of the Mage Association, and with the magic power gathered in advance, it can even unleash forbidden spells like "World-Destroying Netherfrost Calamity".

I never expected to find such amazing clams here. How can a place like this be considered barren?

I really don't know what those people in the Mage Association are thinking.

The mere existence of these seashells is enough to make it a unique product, worthy of development.

Of course, what Kroa was facing was nothing special; it was impossible for her to find any legendary pearls inside...

At most, it'll probably just unleash some level two or three magic like high-pressure water jets or ice impacts.

He was quite satisfied with that.

It's quite a good magical foundation; selling it or making magical artifacts would be good options.

So the next step is to open the clam.

"I think it was like this..."

To avoid damaging the oyster shells, Kroya also plans to continue cultivating them so that they can continue to produce pearls.

Therefore, violently removing the bead and killing the person directly is definitely not an option.

A little trick is needed.

Immediately, he carefully drew a magic circle on the beach, sprinkled magic-guiding powder all over it, and then infused it with magic power.

With a "whoosh," a faint flame emerged from inside.

A crimson ring of fire surrounded the sea snail, the flames scorching its shell with a weak intensity that neither harmed it nor hurt it, but made it feel the heat.

Soon, the clam shells began to open slightly due to the lack of water.

With lightning speed, Kroya pierced the clam shell with the prepared iron rod and saw the pearl inside, which was encased in the clam meat but still shimmering with a faint blue light.

Smooth and rounded, it also shimmers with a magical glow.

"The quality seems pretty good."

Although it was partially encased in clam meat, Kroa was prepared. With a swift cut, she extracted the pearl along with the meat.

The poor clam twitched in pain and could only watch helplessly as the robbers stole the pearls it had painstakingly nurtured. Deprived of the nourishment of seawater and scorched by flames, it had no ability to resist.

"Phew, that went pretty smoothly."

After taking it out, Kroya took out the iron rod and then ordered the ducks to put the clam back into the water. Since it was a level two magical beast, it would recover after losing a little flesh in a few days.

He then repeated the process, extracting pearls from four sea oysters in succession. When he was extracting the pearl from the last sea oyster, he suddenly sensed something.

His questioning gaze lingered for a few seconds on the egg-sized, perfectly round, flawless, and seemingly unremarkable pearl in his hand.

"Huh?" Chloe was a little puzzled.

The other four pearls all have naturally formed magic patterns, so why doesn't this one?

A strange monster? Could it be...?

He immediately looked at the sea oyster from which the pearl had been taken, and with a slight thought, he activated the Star Spirit Imprint Technique.

As expected, the consciousness of the sea clam was sensed—

"I'm so stupid, I can't learn anything..."

"My pearl... has no magic markings..."

"Why, why don't I have my innate magical abilities?!"

Kroa blinked, oh dear.

Since no prompts were needed this time, does that mean I'm gradually mastering this spell?

So the magical patterns on the pearls of sea oysters come from their innate magic? No wonder this one doesn't have them; it turns out you don't know how.

I never imagined that even clams could be stupid.

Upon realizing this, he immediately had an idea: "Wait, does that mean I can arrange it for you?"

After imprinting, can it imprint the specified spell onto the pearl to achieve mass production?

In this way, you can have any magic you want.

He immediately began to ponder what spell to inscribe.

First of all, this thing is a water-type magical beast, so it definitely needs to be imprinted with water-type spells, and the level can't be too high, otherwise it will probably take a very long time to develop.

The magical artifact known as the "Netherfrost Crown" originated from a sea clam, which is estimated to have lived for at least tens of thousands of years.

So, it can show results in a short time, and the spell is also special...

"Shui Yao Magic!"

Kroya clapped his hands, thinking that only the Water Magic was the most suitable. As long as you mastered the spell model and had enough Water Magic power, even a fool could cast it.

The water magic he has learned so far includes: Water Sword, Azure Water Jet, Diamond Water Dust, and Water Restoration.

After a moment's thought, he decided to inscribe the magic of "Watery Sword".

The reason is that this magic can exist for a long time. As long as the Water Sword is summoned, it can exist indefinitely as long as the power of Water is supplied.

It's equivalent to wielding an enchanted water-attribute magic weapon.

Then we can give them to our subordinates and create an army that uses all magical weapons—imagine a soldier who was originally harmless suddenly conjures up a magical weapon.

Not to mention the improvement in combat power, it's more than enough for showing off. Anyone who didn't know better would think everyone was a magic swordsman.

That scene... just thinking about it is wonderful.

It also fits his high-class image as a mage lord.

"That's decided!"

He immediately began inscribing the Water Sword onto the sea-patterned clam. The inscription process went quite smoothly, and soon, a notification appeared—

[Engraving successful, Sea-Patterned Clam (Water Sword - Sage)]

When the sea-patterned oyster nurtures a pearl, the magical runes will be imprinted onto the pearl according to the power of the engraved Water-Spot Sword.

[The Watery Sword Magic requires the power of Water. A sufficient supply of Watery Power is needed during its creation, and the duration depends on the quality of the Watery Power within the pearl.]

Well, that's a hint, not surprising at all.

Kroya stared at the sea snail that had been successfully imprinted, pondering the methods of pearl cultivation from his previous life.

These kinds of magical beasts actually possess basic intelligence, so as long as you choose a suitable pearl core and put it in, it will basically begin to gestate.

It saves a lot of trouble.

As for the choice of the pearl core, Kroya decided to use the essence of the Water Spirit plus a small piece of charging crystal—the latter can bear almost all types of magic power, which can continuously supply the pearl with the power of the Water Spirit.

As for the Essence of Water, he noticed that the description said it was "determined by the quality of the power of Water." What could be better than the Essence of Water?

Obviously not.

However, he could only obtain the Water Essence and the Energy Crystal by returning to the laboratory, so he had to suppress the urge to try it immediately for the time being.

"We'll get to it in a bit; no outsiders are allowed in the lab..."

He stood up, took out the air coral he always carried with him, and then dived into the seabed, planting it in a triangular shape on the flat seabed.

Upon arriving in their new environment where there were no more bubbles, the air corals immediately began creating more. The three bubbles were gradually growing larger, and it seemed they would soon merge into one.

After completing the planting plan, he returned to the beach satisfied, having perfectly achieved his purpose for coming out.

But when he saw the large pile of things brought by the dolphins on the beach, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly—not out of helplessness, but out of pleasure.

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