Above the mage

Chapter 298 The All-Seeing Eye

"I'll have to trouble Elder Gain to work hard for the next few days." With things temporarily settled here, God was preparing to return to Phoenix, but before leaving, he had a few things to explain.

"It is our honor to protect the sacred tree; it is not hardship at all," Elder Gain said solemnly, taking a deep breath.

Gao De nodded slightly. "Notify me as soon as the radius of the land transformed by the Sacred Tree doubles, and I will come again then."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Mounting the snow wolf, Gaode embarked on his journey home.

For some reason, Flora was unusually active on the way back, constantly flying around him like a little bee, as if she was trying to "make her presence known".

After a while, Gao De finally couldn't help but ask, "Lady Flora seems to be in a good mood today?"

"How did the mage know that?" Flora asked in surprise!

How did you know? You practically have your joy written all over your face.

"Why is Lady Flora so happy that she guessed it?" God asked.

"Mage, mage, Lady Flora has already learned the [Friendship Spell]." Flora raised her head, looked up at God, and said in a "casual" manner.

"Oh~ Oh!" Gao De feigned surprise: "The Ministry of Agriculture has been so busy lately, I've seen Lady Flora incredibly occupied, yet she still has time to practice magic? I knew Lady Flora was intelligent, but I never expected her to be so diligent!"

Flora's expression hardened, and then her breathing involuntarily quickened.

She wanted to say something, but she didn't dare to speak at the moment, and just forced her face to stay tense.

At the same time, she quickly went through all the unhappy things in her mind, afraid that if she paid attention, she would not be able to suppress the corners of her mouth and reveal her extreme pride and joy.

Be reserved, be elegant!

After a moment, feeling her emotions had calmed down, Flora flapped her little wings and said seriously, "Actually, half the credit goes to Yugathira. As it grew up, Lady Flora's abilities also improved a bit."

Of course, half the credit also goes to Flora's diligence, hard work, and wisdom!

Flora didn't say anything, pretending to be indifferent, but she looked at Gao De expectantly.

On Gaode's side, upon hearing what Flora said, he suddenly realized that Yugathira was not only his sacred object, but also Flora's life seed!

He has gained so much from Yugathira's growth, so how could Flora not have gained anything?

Gao De glanced at Flora, who was silent but with bright eyes, and chuckled, "Although Yugathira contributed, success depends on human effort. Lady Flora's achievements today are all due to her own hard work and talent."

The little one took a deep breath and clenched his little fist.

Damn it, I was mentally prepared, so why is it still so hard to control!

After a long while, Flora finally exhaled slowly and recovered.

"Now that you've learned the [Art of Friendship], I'll teach Lady Flora [Sculpting Clay]. With Lady Flora's intelligence, she should be able to master it with ease. Once she's mastered [Sculpting Clay], Flora will be able to dig holes and plant trees by herself!"

As Gao De hurried along, he spoke to Flora in a tone as if it were some great good news.

Flora paused for a moment, then took another deep breath and clenched her little fists again.

At this moment, she felt a little confused—it sounded great, but why couldn't she feel happy?

Learning magic is hard work, doing manual labor is hard work, and learning magic to do manual labor is even harder work.

However, seeing the mage's happy expression and remembering his praise of her diligence and hard work, Flora shook her head and banished her distracting thoughts.

"No problem!" Lady Flora's tone was incredibly firm, and her expression was equally resolute!

Elder Lanwen, who had listened to the entire conversation between the two, struggled to keep his eyes straight ahead before finally suppressing his laughter.

Gao De, however, handled the situation with ease. He pursed his lips and said quite naturally, "Compared to her progress in magic, Lady Flora's progress in arithmetic has been somewhat slow. With Lady Flora's wisdom, this shouldn't be the case. Is it because she's been working too hard and has become a little negligent?"

Flora began to worry, caught in a dilemma, unsure whether to answer "yes" or "no." She was torn between wisdom and diligence.

While Flora was still thinking, God said again, "Actually, Flora already has so many things to do, so we shouldn't be too harsh on her studies."

"The main reason is that I think Lady Flora is wise and capable of handling both, but there should always be a balance between work and rest. It's wrong of me to have such high expectations of Lady Flora."

"Lady Flora is already amazing!" he praised enthusiastically.

Good children are praised into being good.

Gaode understands this principle well.

"That's right!" Flora nodded in agreement, but in her heart she was thinking that she should sleep a little less in the future and secretly study "arithmetic" while the mage was resting, so as to give the mage a surprise and confirm her "wisdom".

She actually had a bit of fear and apprehension about "arithmetic," but after Gao De said that, she had long forgotten about it.

"Lady Flora, you must do your best!" Flora clenched her fists and encouraged herself in her heart.

On the third day of the return journey, it suddenly started snowing heavily.

The snow fell heavily, like goose feathers.

At this point, Gaode was less than 100 miles away from Phoenix.

If it's starting to snow here, then Phoenix is ​​likely experiencing the same thing.

However, Gaode was not too worried about anything - the reason why cold-resistant wheat is suitable for growing in the north is that it can absorb trace amounts of ice elements in the extremely cold environment to replace sunlight and water as a source of energy for growth.

Therefore, even if it snows, it will not have any impact on the Northwest Barley No. 1, which has inherited the cold-resistant properties of barley. In fact, it can be interpreted as good weather, which will result in a good harvest.

This is the true meaning of "auspicious snow foretells a bumper harvest".

When we returned to Phoenix, the small city was already shrouded in a white veil, and the sky was overcast.

This is actually very common weather in the North, so the lives of the people in Phoenix were not affected by it.

Gao De returned to the City Hall, which had been renamed from the Elders' Hall, and had just sat down in his "office" when a knock sounded on the door.

"Come in." As soon as Gao De finished speaking, Grant, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, rushed in, but he wasn't there to see Gao De.

"My king, I heard you've returned. Has Lady Flora returned as well?" As he spoke, Grant's eyes darted left and right, and he quickly spotted Flora on God's right shoulder. His eyes lit up.

Flora is extremely important to the current Department of Agriculture and even to Phoenix.

In particular, her ability to select seeds by touch was "core technology" for Phoenix, where agriculture was just getting on track.

Grant was devastated when he learned that Gaode had taken his minister away. He eagerly awaited Gaode's return every day.

"You're looking for Lady Flora!" God lowered his head and said to Flora.

Immediately, a smile appeared on his face, and he said with emotion, "Unconsciously, Lady Flora has become so important. This family cannot be without Lady Flora."

Gaode was happy, but Flora was even happier.

"Lady Flora is capable!" she emphasized.

"Yes, an incredible skill." This wasn't just flattering a child; it was a genuine compliment.

"You must be tired from your journey, Lady Flora. Would you like to rest first?"

"Travel fatigue?" Flora didn't understand.

"It's all about getting on the road."

"Not tired!"

"Then we'll have to trouble Lady Flora to work hard. Everyone depends on Lady Flora to have a chance to eat their fill."

"No need for that!" Flora replied crisply, full of energy.

Immediately, she waved her hand and called out in a clear, soft voice, "Vice Minister Grant, let's go, let's go to the fields!"

After seeing off the two "giants" from the Ministry of Agriculture, Gaode's "office" welcomed another visitor.

Sunefa.

"My king, we have discovered something strange. Canglan found it during his patrol." As soon as he saw Gaode, Sunafa got straight to the point.

"Something strange?" Gao De frowned subconsciously.

"One eye. Come with me. It's hard to describe. You need to see it for yourself."

"Okay." Gao De suppressed his curiosity and got up to follow Sunefa's footsteps.

As they walked, Sunafa briefly explained the situation to Gaode.

This "eye" was discovered by Sunefa's magical falcon, Azure, during a routine aerial patrol the day after he left Phoenix for Valar Bay.

It appeared on the edge of the planned area of ​​Jinhui Farm, but fortunately, due to the slow progress of reclamation, it was still a wasteland.

Upon receiving the message from Cang Lan, Sunafa became very alert and immediately took action herself.

After all, the Golden Radiance Farm was far too important to the Zhenbing Tribe and even the Northern Territory; she couldn't tolerate any accidents happening.

"Its strength was unexpectedly powerful. I even had to use [Breath of the Wild] to capture it alive." As she said this, Sunefa's expression became serious.

Upon hearing this, Gao De's expression also turned serious.

What is that?

A single "eye" forced Sunefa to use Breath of the Wild. Although capturing it alive was more difficult than killing it, it couldn't hide the fact that this "eye" was extraordinary.

More importantly, in Gao De's understanding, Sunaf is already the number one person in the North - there are no openly known fifth-ring mages in the North, and the only fifth-ring necromancer, Ryan, was personally killed by Sunaf.

The number one in the North is certainly not the invincible one, after all, the creatures of the ley lines in the North are more numerous and powerful.

But at least, leyline creatures that could give Sunefa a headache should be rare by now. How come they've appeared so quickly, and even outside of Phoenix?

This gave Gaode some bad premonitions.

As they were talking, Sunefa had already led God to the place where the "eye" was temporarily imprisoned. Because she did not know its origin, Sunefa carefully locked it outside Phoenix and put Elder Claude in charge of guarding it.

"My King, Mother of War." Upon seeing God and Mother of War arrive, Elder Claude bowed with his hand on his chest.

"This thing?" Gao De couldn't help but gasp when he saw the true form of the "eye".

It really is an eye, an extremely deformed eye monster.

Its overall structure resembles a terrifying creation made by infinitely magnifying the human eyeball.

The enormous eyeballs occupied the center of vision, with a diameter more than a person's height, emitting an ominous, deathly white luster. The whites of the eyes appeared unusually cloudy, devoid of any vitality.

In the center of the eyeball was a strange purple pupil that kept slightly contracting and expanding, just like breathing.

Even more horrifying, surrounding this enormous eyeball were more than a dozen twisted, meandering purple tentacles.

They sway gently like living creatures, their surfaces covered in slippery mucus, with tiny suckers faintly visible at their ends, seemingly searching for targets to entangle or attack.

At this moment, a thin layer of ice covered the surface of this mutated eyeball—Sunefa's masterpiece.

It was this thin layer of ice that restricted all its movements.

"Have you seen anything like this before?" Gao De asked.

Sunefa shook her head. "This is the first time I've ever seen such a creature, and it doesn't look like a ley line creature."

Gao De nodded slightly in agreement.

This thing in front of me clearly doesn't belong to the same family as the creatures of the earth veins.

"Its blood is purple and highly corrosive, capable of corroding even snow and soil. In addition, its eyes can shoot out ray-like attacks with extremely high intensity," Sunefa explained to God in detail about the characteristics of this eye.

"The strangest thing is that it doesn't look like a living creature, but it should be quite intelligent. After exchanging a few blows with me, its first thought was to run away, which was very decisive."

Gao De nodded silently, his heart growing even heavier.

He thought for a moment, then widened his eyes and looked at the strange eye in front of him.

The next instant, deep within Gao De's left pupil, a golden and blue intertwined rune flashed and disappeared.

Third-tier Mandela Eye, the power of [Insight].

He activated the Mandela Eye to observe and model the eye monster before him.

"Unknown creature, unknown gender, 160 cm tall (referring only to the height of the eyeballs, excluding tentacles), weighing between 100 kg and 500 kg (because the weight of the tentacles cannot be directly measured)."

Its skeletal structure is unknown but exceptionally strong, its body is covered with a slippery layer of mucus, and it possesses powerful corrosive blood and ray attack capabilities.

It has 13 tentacles, each ranging from 2 to 3 meters in length, with small suction cups at the end, which can be used to entangle or attack.

They possess an exceptionally sensitive nervous system, extremely fast reaction speed, and a very high level of intelligence, along with a certain degree of strategic thinking.

There is an unknown energy flow within his body, with extremely high energy intensity, which may be related to his extraordinary strength and speed…

As the mana within him rapidly depleted, a concrete model of an eyeball monster gradually took shape.

Of course, Gaode is not satisfied with this, so it is still observing.

The longer the observation period, the more capabilities the observed object exhibits, and the more comprehensive and accurate the model constructed.

As Mandela's Eye continued to unfold, and Gao De's mana was about to run out, he finally noticed something different.

There is an extremely ethereal and invisible, yet extremely stable, "thread" that extends northeastward from the pupil of the eyeball monster, with no end in sight.

Gaode subconsciously activated his farsightedness and looked in the direction the silk thread extended.

The next moment, he trembled all over and his face turned deathly pale.

In that instant, he clearly saw a huge blue eye, and stared directly at it from an unknown distance.

The overwhelming sense of oppression almost suffocated Gao De, making his body stiff and unable to move.

That feeling was like staring directly into the void.

Thankfully, the blue eyes disappeared in an instant, as if it were all just an illusion.

"What's wrong, my king?" Sunaf noticed that something was wrong with God and asked with concern.

Coming to his senses, Gao De glanced at Sunefa's blue eyes, which were infinitely more beautiful, and slowly exhaled.

"This thing cannot be kept," he said.

Although uncertain, Gao De had a vague feeling that this eyeball seemed to be connected to another eye.

Through it, that blue eye can see everything here.

Gao De drew out the [North Wind] sword, took a step forward, and thrust it directly into the eyeball monster's purple pupil, then twisted it hard.

origin:

The Fifth Ring Road – A Man-Made Omniscient Eye (1/7).

(End of this chapter)