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

Chapter 8.8. Thirsty Sea Fluorescent Algae

Riding their fiery steeds, Kroa and Joshua quickly arrived at the seaside.

The latter came to invite Kroya after assessing the situation, while the former had a somewhat complicated expression after understanding the situation.

Although the moon was bright and the stars were few, making it quite bright even at night, it paled in comparison to the situation at the seaside.

At this moment, the seawater was filled with a strange blue halo. These halos seemed to be alive, moving and shifting in the seawater, constantly attaching themselves to the surrounding reefs and ships.

Whenever they completely envelop the reef, the reef shrinks at a visible rate, as if it has been swallowed up.

To be fair, if you ignore their actions of "devouring" the reefs, they are actually quite beautiful.

A clear blue halo suddenly appeared in the dark and deep ocean, and it seemed to have a self-awareness and spirituality as it roamed around. It could easily be mistaken for a sea god or something.

Robb, along with the three knights and Bartos, stood on the beach.

Behind them were local soldiers wearing tattered leather armor, each gripping their weapons, which looked somewhat rusty.

The scene was very tense.

"Don't panic, let me see what's going on!"

Kroya walked over with her staff in hand.

"grown ups!"

They visibly breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Chloe approaching, and quickly made way for her to get closer and observe.

Bartos added nervously, "Sir, be careful! They even eat people!"

The poor former lord was already trembling with fear, his legs shaking. If Rob hadn't been standing behind him, he probably would have run away.

Kroya nodded casually, then observed carefully.

He discovered that when these blue halos adhered to the reefs, it seemed to be a magical explosion; the reefs would be shattered by this small explosion and then swallowed by the halo.

"You look familiar."

Once he activated Eagle Eye, the blue halo rapidly expanded in his eyes, revealing tiny, translucent blue particles.

They converged and formed this spectacular sight.

"...Isn't this just algae?"

The more he looked at it, the more it seemed to resemble the formation of marine microorganisms like Noctiluca scintillans, just like the "Blue Tears of the Sea" movie he had seen before.

But they are indeed devouring the reefs on the shore, and are even slowly and gradually swallowing up the beach. Despite constantly self-destructing, they show no signs of decreasing; in fact, they seem to be multiplying.

In my perception, they have moderate magical fluctuations, at most at the level of a level one demon.

It doesn't seem like a serious matter.

After summarizing his observations, he asked the former lord, "Did you personally witness it devouring people?"

Bartos nodded quickly: "Yes, sir! I saw it devour a farm servant with my own eyes, leaving not even a bone fragment!"

"so."

If it devours people, then it certainly cannot be allowed to live.

No matter how beautiful something is, if it threatens the security of one's territory, it must be driven away—killing them all is probably impossible.

Completely eliminating these special algae in the ocean is beyond the capabilities of a first-level mage like him.

Kroya slowly extended her hand and silently chanted a spell.

Strands of magic instantly gathered in his palm to form a huge crimson fireball, as big as a head. The scorching heat made those nearby feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Apart from Rob and the four knights, everyone else lowered their heads respectfully and fearfully—of course they would be very afraid of a powerful mage.

However, if another mage were here, they would definitely notice that something was wrong with this level 1 Fireball spell—its power was even close to that of a level 2 spell.

This is the result of entirely new magic; the crimson magic seems to have an effect on fire magic.

Only then can such a huge fireball be formed.

"go!"

He threw the fireball directly into the sea. Logically, the fire and seawater would come into contact, then explode and evaporate, which would definitely scare away these strange algae.

However, the fireball stopped abruptly the moment it touched the water!

The strange blue algae climbed up the fireball in an instant, turning the originally crimson fireball into a blue one.

The dense, clear blue seawater enveloped the crimson fireballs within, which danced in the water, creating a strangely beautiful and wondrous sight.

"?!?!"

This scene immediately unsettled Kroya.

Fire magic is the most unstable magical element, bar none. How could it possibly be enveloped by a bunch of water elemental monsters?

It doesn't explode?

To his even greater surprise, the Celestial Spirit Imprint Technique suddenly provided a hint at this moment—

[A suitable plant for Celestial Imprint has been discovered: Thirsty Sea Glowing Algae. Please activate the Celestial Imprint technique to examine the plant's Celestial Spirit form and perform the spell imprint.]

Upon seeing this prompt, Kroya boldly stepped out into the sea, approaching the now quiet red and blue sphere.

Footsteps immediately followed behind – four knights had caught up, ready to pull Chloe away immediately should anything happen.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Kroya slowly pressed his finger onto the seaweed fireball, activating the Celestial Body Imprint Technique.

He thought it wouldn't consume too much magic, but all the magic he had used up during his afternoon meditation was completely drained before a pattern could even appear.

The astral entities of this clump of seaweed were actually aggregated together.

Azure threads wrapped around and enveloped the nearly identical points of light at the center, shimmering within the sea-drenched bioluminescent algae colony that enveloped the entire fireball.

"Sun! Sun! Sun!"

"Ugh... I'm so bored, I just want to explode."

"Why can't we see the sun during the day!"

The dense, subtle sounds echoed throughout the entire Protoss, making Kroa feel like his brain was about to explode.

The sheer number of voices and consciousnesses combined created a pressure comparable to that exerted by some forms of mental magic.

To avoid being corrupted by these consciousnesses, Kroya unceremoniously imprinted the first chapter of the Crimson Song, which he had just learned—the meditation method—into the celestial bodies of these thirsty sea glow algae.

He was worried about whether he could finish engraving them all, but who knew that while he was engraving, a strange, continuous spiritual energy was returning to him.

Meanwhile, the voice of the thirsty sea luminescent algae grew increasingly joyful—

"sun!"

"Whoa, it can self-destruct!"

"We're about to see the sun!"

The seaweed immediately left the fireball that surrounded them and surged toward Kroa.

The fireball sank into the water, making a hissing sound, and quickly went out.

This scene immediately put everyone on edge.

"grown ups!"

"Be careful!"

The four knights, led by Joshua, were so anxious that they almost drew their swords, but Kroya stopped them in time.

"Don't worry, they pose no threat to me."

Kroa, who could see the astral bodies directly, felt only joy and pleasure, and no threat whatsoever, so she let them surge toward her.

It continues to be engraved.

The azure seaweed felt slightly cool to the touch as it crawled onto Kroya's skin, but its accompanying magic and inexhaustible spiritual energy were constantly being injected into Kroya's body.

With this assistance, it took a full half hour to complete the extremely complex inscription of the Crimson Song.

It's finally finished.

(End of this chapter)