I'm a mage, what's wrong with loving farming?

Chapter 248 248. The dying dragon egg, the ancient dragon's gaze

Kloya's actions were so fast.

After dealing with the armies of the two dukes, they joined forces and followed the Lord of Yanshan who came to the secret realm deep in the southern border.

The couple had already made up their minds. Now that things had come to this, they had to pay the price. Otherwise, who knew if Kloya would attack them?

It is worth mentioning here that Kloya specially gave Sean a team to rescue his relatives and friends in his hometown, and prepared a long-distance teleportation magic circle to the northern border.

With such a flamboyant approach, he certainly would not be afraid of the two dukes coming to cause trouble, or... he wished that the other party would come to the northern border to wrestle with him.

It was really his territory, how to control it was a matter of his personal preference.

What he cared about now was that secret realm.

Through the quick interrogation of the captives and the information provided by the Lord of Yanshan, the apprentices marched quickly and arrived at the destination quickly.

In the crater of a seemingly ordinary extinct volcano deep in the southern border, Nora has transformed back into her dragon form.

Her scales are the kind of crystal-clear red jade, giving people a gentle feeling, without the ferocity of a dragon at all - before the Ruby Dragon can master the transformation, the dragon form is an ordinary red dragon, but after mastering it, it can transform into a real Ruby form.

The Ruby Dragon opened its mouth wide, and the voice that came out was the gentleness of a young woman: "I will keep the secret open for ten hours. After you go in, try to take away everything."

After that, she directly spit out a mouthful of red dragon breath.

The dragon breath went straight into the depths of the completely silent volcano, and then, the gray-black volcanic magma instantly faded black and became ruddy and shiny.

It just doesn't look like magma.

Instead, it looks like...

"Strawberry jam?"

Lina couldn't help but blurt it out, and then she really smelled a sweet smell that belonged to jam. The smell was so strong that it made people's stomachs start to growl.

"These are dragonberry pulp." Nora didn't know how to speak while opening her mouth wide to keep her dragon breath.

As she spitted, the red and slightly trembling jelly-like pulp began to flow around, and soon submerged the surrounding stone walls, leaving only the stone they were standing on in the red sea of ​​pulp.

"You should all eat as much as possible."

"Dragonberry is a special magical plant that only exists on Dragon Island. It is good for humans to eat more."

Nora reminded again.

Now, the apprentices, who had long been attracted by the sweet and fragrant pulp, were no longer reserved and took out various spoons to eat on the spot.

Even the magic beasts and magic plants devoured the pulp in their own way.

Until the pulp boiled.

A huge portal carved entirely of red jade rose from the pulp.

On both sides of the portal were carved countless magical characters unique to the dragon clan. These magical characters were filled with special magic power. The characters themselves were the embodiment of magic.

Without saying anything, Lina immediately took out a magic device that could record images and filmed all the words on the portal.

Dragon language magic is a very magical type of magic.

Even Kloya didn't get the knowledge of dragon language magic - the virtual moon fantasy fish dragon in his Moon Sea was more of a natural magic, and there was no special systematic dragon language magic inheritance.

Although I don't know what these dragon languages ​​represent, I can record them and take them back. If Kloya can be of some help, it will be a great harvest.

After filming these things, Lina put away the magic device with satisfaction and waved her hand: "Nut Squad!"

With her order, huge nuts that were four or five meters high and like tower shields moved forward slowly, and there were crystal-like patterns flashing on their surfaces.

It was originally extremely hard, and with the enchantment of the star crystal, it was one of the best meat shields, which was just right for exploring unknown environments.

The Nut Squad protected everyone in the middle, and then everyone moved slowly into the portal with full vigilance.

After a brief dizziness.

They came to another world.

It was completely different from the wild dragon world they imagined. The world that appeared before their eyes was unusually... regular.

The first thing they saw was a flat land.

The rock structure on the ground was a translucent gem color, like a solidified sea, bottomless. Every three meters, there stood a three-meter-high prismatic blue crystal column.

The world was a forest formed by crystal columns.

The surface of the crystal column was engraved with magic patterns of unknown effect, and circles of ripples were emitted between the light and dark flashes, resonating and vibrating between the crystal columns, making a crisp and pleasant sound.

"Ding Ding Ding~"

It was a melody that made people feel happy and particularly cheerful when listening to it, and they unconsciously wanted to hum along.

And in the sky hung a huge gem that looked like a red dragon eye, replacing the role of the sun to emit light and heat.

It also made the whole world fall into a vibrant red glow, which made people feel the temperature in the light and the feeling that their blood was boiling.

The apprentices saw many wonders. Although this place was quite special, they came back to their senses in an instant and looked around with full vigilance.

The Lord of Yanshan knew the most about this place. He was holding a staff in his hand and said seriously: "Everyone, there are some dragon goblins here. They manage the dragon eggs sleeping in the crystal tower forest. We must find them."

"Nora said that there will not be much danger here, but we still have to be careful."

After speaking, he glanced at Lina, nodded, and then flew in a certain direction.

Lina knew that he must be looking for the dragon eggs of the Ruby Dragon, but she didn't care, because she knew very well that her lord would definitely have a share.

So, she just waved her hand and told the apprentices to take the magic plants and magic beasts to search and explore separately, and collect everything they can collect.

At first glance, this land is bare, and all you can see are the standing crystal pillars, but in fact, under the crystal pillars, there are some crystal orchids that are as crystal as blood marrow.

They stubbornly took root in the almost crackless rock ground, growing with the magic power emitted by the crystal pillars, but they were not elemental magic plants.

In addition, there were some crystal magic plants spawned by magic power, some ruby-like lizards and elves floating in the crystal pillar forest.

Although they didn't know what it was, they all adhered to the principle of digging three feet into the ground, and took away everything they could take away.

...

Half an hour later.

Lina and her men finally found the dragon goblin's hut.

It was a hut built of red crystal stones, which looked like a mound of earth. After pushing open the door and walking in, you can see that it was filled with all kinds of bottles and jars.

A half-human-tall humanoid with a dragon horn on his head and a hunched back that looked timid was holding a bottle to mix and stir the liquid inside. The scene looked like some evil experiment.

The sudden intrusion of the apprentices obviously woke it up.

Lina did not launch an attack directly, but waved her hand to let the apprentices surround the dragon goblin in the small house and watch it quietly.

The goblin did not panic when facing the sudden intrusion of humans. His hands were still steady, and a low and magnetic voice of a middle-aged man came out of his throat.

"Human, please wait a moment!"

After it finished speaking, it continued to shake the rough beaker in its hand, watching several red liquids that were completely the same in appearance merge with each other, and then poured it on the ground-

"Zizizizizizi!"

The red smoke rose up immediately, and the dragon goblin was wrapped in the red smoke, and its body gradually deformed and twisted.

In the end... it turned into a handsome middle-aged man.

The ends of his hair were already a little mottled and white, and there were some wrinkles and crow's feet on his face, but the vicissitudes of time did not destroy his handsomeness, but made it more mellow.

Even his naked body was similar to that of a young man, with a broad chest, well-proportioned abdominal muscles, and arms and arms full of strength. The whole person was full of masculine charm.

In simple terms, it was like a middle-aged gigolo who told some elaborate adventure stories in a tavern to deceive the ladies and young ladies to admire, shed tears and coins.

"Put on some clothes."

Lina didn't know whether it was the result of the transformation or something else, but she immediately threw out a large robe.

The middle-aged man took it and put it on politely.

Afterwards, he took the initiative to talk about his own things: "My companions and I were once dragon people on Dragon Island, but we were cursed by Lord Asathill and brought here to become dragon goblins.

Our mission is to wait until someone can take away the five red jade dragon eggs and twelve ordinary red dragon eggs in the secret realm, and provide them with guidance in dragon language magic and pharmacy."

He seemed particularly polite, and the words he spoke were the common language of the continent, but with an indescribable aristocratic temperament.

It was the kind of true temperament that was influenced by knowledge, far from those ordinary nobles who wore luxurious clothes but acted like beasts.

How to say it, anyway, there is a strong sense of disobedience.

Even Lina didn't know what to say, and finally she could only ask: "Aren't you worried that we are bad people?"

The man laughed.

"You are so humorous."

He turned around and packed up the bottles and jars, saying as he packed up: "The music of the red jade will kill evil lives. When you come in but don't die, you have satisfied our master's requirements."

"The music of the red jade?" Lina was curious.

"Yes, it was arranged by a bard from the star world to help the master. I will help you take it down."

The man quickly packed up all the bottles and jars with a bag and carried them on his back.

"Okay, let's go!"

He was like a child who had been staying at home for millions of years and finally got to go out, with excitement in his eyes.

Lina was silent for a moment, but decided to believe him, so she followed him to find other dragon goblins.

The dragon goblins all turned into handsome middle-aged people, each one was different, just like a scene of a queen choosing a concubine.

The apprentices looked at each other in confusion, totally unable to understand why they had become like this, and did not dare to ask.

These men were very excited. They gathered together on the spot and took out small metal hammers to knock at the bottom of the crystal column.

It seemed that they were dismantling something.

After a while, the crystal column gradually shrank during the knocking, and finally became a palm-sized crystal product.

They worked non-stop, like industrious ants dismantling the crystal column, and the apprentices followed them to collect the magic plants and monsters they could see along the way.

If you look down from the air, it is just like ants moving, and there is no grass left.

After some efforts, they finally found the dragon eggs when the portal of the secret realm was about to close, and successfully left the secret realm with several large carts of harvest.

Then there was a round of bargaining.

Nora gave two ruby ​​dragon eggs and five red dragon eggs to Lina, and then quickly left with the remaining dragon eggs.

As for those dragon goblins, crystal columns, and magic plants and monsters, she didn't want any of them, and she was only thinking about the three ruby ​​dragon eggs.

Although Yanshan wanted to fight for something, he sighed helplessly when he saw his wife's excited look.

"I will talk to Cloya again after a while."

He said this and left with Nora.

Lina did not delay and immediately returned to Hanjiao Island with a lot of harvests to ask for a meeting with Cloya.

After listening to Lina's summary of the matter, Cloya, who had been waiting for the apprentices to bring things back, nodded:

"You have worked hard this time. Since we have arrived in the South Territory, we will leave a few people to open a store and expand our tentacles to that place."

After a pause, he continued: "Let Mifeiyin pay attention to the movements of the dukes. I slapped them in the face like this, and they probably won't let it go.

If they want to fight...you will organize the response."

After handing over the power to Lina casually, Cloya waved his hand to indicate that she could leave.

"I understand!"

"Then I'll take my leave first."

Lina, whose face was flushed with excitement, slowly left the Mage Tower. She couldn't understand why she had obtained such a huge power inexplicably.

She even looked forward to the two dukes coming to attack the North.

...

After seeing Lina off, Kloya looked at the group of 30 middle-aged handsome men.

Hmm...

The visual effect was really explosive.

He felt his eyes were going to be blurred just by looking at it a few more times - what was going on? Did the dragon not only like treasures, but also handsome men?

Otherwise, how to explain that there were only handsome men, but no ugly ones?

Kloya didn't understand, and couldn't understand.

He could only put the matter aside for the time being and asked directly: "Do you have anything to tell me?"

There were so many strange points in this matter that even he had no clue for a while. The owner of the Ruby Cave seemed to be looking forward to finding a master for his offspring?

The dragon goblins looked at each other, and finally one of them took a step forward and said respectfully: "Sir, we will tell you everything, including our knowledge.

But now please take a look at the master's eggs, they are about to die!"

"?"

"Dragon eggs will die?"

This made Kroya frown, he glanced at the dragon egg placed aside, and activated the Astral Body Imprinting Spell.

Through this spell, it is easy to see the little red dragon curled up in the dragon egg. It has taken shape, with a small tail wrapped around its body, but its life breath is extremely weak.

This is a very abnormal situation.

Although he has never raised a dragon, he still knows about the situation of dragons. Dragon eggs can almost be said to be one of the most tenacious and durable things.

Even if it is buried deep underground for hundreds of years, as long as there is enough magical environment for hatching, a little dragon can still be hatched inside.

Not to mention that this is a red jade dragon.

The life dragon that can call back the dead has no vitality?

Confused, he observed the strange dragon eggs again, and found that they were all like this, as if something had sucked their vitality.

He immediately became interested and carefully studied the structure of the dragon egg - with the help of the Astral Body Imprinting Technique, he could easily analyze the structure of the dragon egg and the dragon inside.

The more he looked, the more surprised he was.

The structure of this dragon egg... is quite precise.

It is like a precise magic device in the shape of an egg. The eggshell can spontaneously absorb the surrounding magic power and then convert the magic power into the nutrient liquid needed for the development of the dragon inside.

You know, dragons are actually a kind of magical beast with a large appetite.

After breaking out of the shell, the dragon needs to absorb food rich in magic power to ensure its body development. If it can eat some rare minerals, it can also strengthen itself.

A newly born dragon can eat food that is several times larger than its body.

So, where does the dragon get the nutrients it needs when it is inside the eggshell?

Is it just relying on the liquid inside the egg?

Obviously not.

In the information given by the Oak of Orpheus, Cloya read the experimental notes of a former wizard.

The powerful wizard used some magic to keep the dragon embryo alive from the egg and put it into the culture tank for cultivation.

After a period of research, it was found that the magic power and nutrition required to cultivate the dragon from the embryo to the stage of hatching a dragon were too much for him to afford.

In the end, he had to give up.

Although his experiment failed, his notes vaguely recorded some conjectures: he suspected that the nutrition of dragon eggs came from the eggshell, but he could not study the eggshell, so he could only record this information and wait for the younger generation to explore.

Imagine that even the cost that a level 10 archmage could not afford could be transformed and realized through an eggshell...

If he could study this kind of magic pattern and put it on the fruits of some plants, would it be possible to create some... juice to feed the dragon?

The wizard's curiosity and desire for research surged up, and he immediately began to focus on observing and studying the magic pattern of the dragon egg.

As a result, something unexpected happened-

In his field of vision, the patterns inside the dragon egg seemed to come alive, and he could see a red dragon with wings so big that it covered the sky and the sun, opening its mouth at him.

The terrifying crimson breath instantly pushed out his mental power, and at the same time, the Astral Body Imprinting gave an explanation:

[You triggered the ancestral defense mechanism of the red dragon variant "Red Jade Dragon Egg", and the ancient dragon will perform the World Searching Technique on your location. ]

Kloya: "!!!"

What? The ancestor of this dragon egg was able to detect that I was using magic to spy on the dragon egg? Or the ancient dragon?

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