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

Chapter 274 274. Construction of the Magic Academy (Part 2)

Compared with the other two academies, the construction of the Earth Academy has been basically determined from the beginning, because the Earth is not only earth magic, but also part-time training in farming.

Rather than calling it Earth Magic Academy, it would be more appropriate to call it "Agricultural College".

Therefore, the area must be large, and there must be a place nearby that can accommodate a magic flowerbed array for growing various crops, including crops of different elements.

Theoretically speaking, it is the most important college, bar none.

therefore,

Orpheus Oak personally participated in the construction of the college, and even drove Miffin aside.

However, as soon as the construction work started, the apprentices encountered a huge trouble. Because the earth here actually rejected their prayers!

This is quite embarrassing to say.

In the Semrio continent, if you need to carry out some complex engineering and construction work on the earth, you have to ask the earth for convenience.

This is considered a custom. After all, 99.9% of people will not get a response from the earth, and it will not care about what you are doing.

In order to get a good luck, the apprentices also held a ceremony, which was just a formality anyway.

But this time... After the sacrificial ceremony ended, Jamie, who served as team leader, was surprised to see a touch of earth-yellow light rising above the altar of the ceremony.

The thick colors shone with a gentle light, domineeringly covering the land where they planned to carry out infrastructure construction, sending out a wave of resistance.

The meaning coming from it can be said to be quite obvious - not allowed!

"no?"

"What is this?"

"Did you get the ritual wrong?"

Jamie, along with the other apprentices, were stunned.

After living in the North for so long, they have never seen the awareness of the land that gave birth to them, let alone being rejected by the other party face to face.

Now they were completely helpless.

Fortunately, Orpheus Oak has been staying here. It felt a little confused and decided to solve the problem first.

As a favored person of the Mother Goddess of the Earth, of course it also has the ability to communicate with the earth. It stepped forward and inserted its branches into the ball of light.

The magic power is fluctuating.

The expression on the tree's face changed, as if he was receiving some message.

About three minutes later, it finally retracted the branch. Under the anxious gazes of the apprentices, it said helplessly:

"It wants sacrifices."

"Sacrifice?" The apprentices looked at each other.

The word "sacrifice" is really not a good thing, especially when it comes to sacrificing to such an unknown and powerful existence. Is it asking for human souls and flesh and blood?

If this is really the case, the apprentices will absolutely not accept it.

While they were thinking about it, the oak tree added: "It wants food and says it is starving to death."

"..."

"???"

"!!!"

All the apprentices had quite complex expression changes on their faces - the earth is going to starve to death, isn't this really the ravings of a madman?

If the earth can starve to death, then won’t the people living on the earth also starve to death?

Orpheus Oak was also helpless about this.

It couldn't believe it, but the information it got was this. The earth felt very hungry now, and was even dying of hunger.

What makes it feel even more helpless is that the power of the Mother Goddess of the Earth seems to be dead. It now relies entirely on its own magic power to communicate with the earth.

——This situation is actually quite wrong, but it actually did not think deeply about this matter at all, and only cared about the absurdity of "the earth is hungry".

The other apprentices didn't think that much.

They discussed, what should be given to the hungry earth?

If people are hungry, it is really easy to solve. With the current environment in the north, you can get help by just finding the village chief in any village.

If someone really starved to death in a certain village, the village chief would be desperate and jump into the lake - this was Croya's personal order.

Even a hard-hearted person like Croya would be horrified to see the images left behind by those people who starved to death in the wind and snow in the north.

Therefore, he issued a mandatory order, requiring that the northern territory must be free of famine.

So much so that now the apprentices are confused when they hear the word "hunger".

"How about we try feeding the magic crystal?"

After much thought, the apprentices decided to try feeding magic crystals. According to the Church of the Earth Mother, magic crystals are made from the blood of the Mother Goddess. It should be useful, right?

Immediately they took out a bunch of magic crystals and threw them directly into the altar. There were hundreds of them.

After a while, the earth-yellow light on the altar did not change at all, still looking warm but half-dead.

Then the apprentices successively tried feeding some magic materials, metals, magic potions, the flesh of monsters, the fruits of magic plants, and even cut a branch of the Orpheus oak tree.

But the results were all in vain.

In the end, Orpheus Oak could only invite Miffin.

After observing for a while, Miffyin took out a bag of freshly cut golden wheat ears from his pocket and threw them directly inside.

As a result, the earthy yellow light really turned into a golden yellow like wheat waves, swaying with the light and falling lightly to the earth.

This means that the earth accepts their prayers.

"..."

"Why?"

The apprentices all looked at Mifein, but the latter shook his head seriously: "If something happens again, just throw the wheat in. I'll leave first."

After he finished speaking, he left quickly. As he left, a force lingered in his mind, seeming to force him to forget these things.

"The thirsty earth."

"Barren ears of wheat."

"The song of hunger... No wonder Mammon appears on this land."

He tried his best to put his remaining doubts and questions into a pendant on his chest. His eyes briefly lost focus, then he scratched his hair strangely and left quickly.

Only the pendant shimmered and swayed with his movements.

After Mifein left.

Without any further obstacles, the apprentices started building the academy directly. Of course, they moved very quickly. They built some cultivation and experimental fields needed for planting, as well as an evolution laboratory illuminated by the Star of Bethlehem.

It is expected to cover an area of ​​ten hectares. This is still a preliminary spatial plan. In order to complete the Earth Academy, the surrounding mountains and rivers have even been artificially transformed.

It’s all about farming and research.

Dadi College is going so smoothly, and so are several other colleges.

The Wind Academy on a huge floating island made of silver moon wood far above the sky, the Ice and Snow Academy covered by wind and snow deep in the north, the Atmospheric Magic Academy flashing with thunder and purple lightning...

Building their own campus with their own hands is more exciting for them than taking stimulants, and the construction speed is extremely fast.

I guess... I have to stay up voluntarily for a while.

…

Inside the mage tower.

Croya looked at the colleges that were under construction one after another and felt quite satisfied. This sense of satisfaction reached its peak when he saw that the progress in the bubble factory was also very fast.

He sighed to the inspiration of the tower: "It's really good."

"I used to think that I would be the nanny of the entire territory, but I didn't expect that now I can lie down completely, as long as I am guided in the general direction."

The tower spirit remained silent and did not answer. It took several minutes before it came back to its senses: "Huh?"

"Huh? What are you doing?" Croya was curious. He glanced at the data screen and suddenly understood: "You want to find Ms. Eliste's mage tower, right?"

"Yes." The tower spirit had nothing to hide in front of Croya: "Master, if I can get data exchange from this high-level mage tower, I will grow faster."

Although it was programmed and modified by Miya herself, it was still too immature. What it needed most was time, and an advanced mage tower could shorten the time.

Croya didn't hesitate: "Of course, just go ahead and rest for a while."

He stretched out his hand and gently touched the tower spirit: "Even a soul like yours needs time to rest. I will sit in the mage tower."

With Croya's permission, Ta Ling didn't hesitate any longer and got directly into the ubiquitous pipes, heading straight to the north.

Croya, who watched the tower spirit leave, sighed softly, assumed the usual responsibilities of the mage tower, and replaced the tower spirit with his own thoughts.

The mage tower began to flash with white light.

…

The next two or three months were pretty quiet.

The Northern Territory is like a fast-moving machine. Colleges are built to recruit students; factories are built to recruit workers. There are even refugees from outside the Northern Territory entering the Northern Territory to look for jobs.

During this period, Croya observed the entire Northern Territory and some people who might have problems, such as the one who once made a wish to let his pigeon enter the Sky Garden.

It turned out that they were very honest and did not cause any trouble at all.

The infrastructure work in several places outside has also gone quite smoothly. Some resources have been recovered and some connections have been established...

Everything looks so beautiful and harmonious.

However, Croya became more and more uneasy. He looked at the sunlight projected from the sky and felt more and more gloom in his heart.

"What's going to happen?"

His inspiration seemed so accurate that he decided to do something about it.

So, he used the magic plant that was conceived by starlight and engraved with prophecy to perform astrological prophecy. The prophecy showed...

"hunger."

"Will the North be hungry?"

He sighed softly, feeling irritated by this vague prophecy, and even went to the angel himself to ask for help, hoping to get some help.

But the angel also shook his head at him: "Dear friend, please be careful, I can't predict it anymore - but it will be much worse than the last snowstorm."

The wind and snow mentioned here is naturally the wind and snow caused by the mermaid tribe last time...

So, is Mia referring to a separate disaster, or is another god planning to cause trouble?

Just when he was confused.

Estner, the current president of the Norant Mage Association, suddenly asked him to meet, and then showed him a piece of information without saying a word - it was an image he recorded.

The location seems to be the Norland Plain, which is currently jointly controlled by the royal family and the Mage Association and is known as the granary of the kingdom.

It stands to reason that the group of magicians from the Mage Association and the priests of the church have used constant temperature control and harvest magic here. In theory, food crops should be produced in all seasons.

But what was presented to him now was a desolate scene, the earth was dry and cracked, the wheat fields and corn all fell to the ground, it was simply shocking.

Even through the image, Kroya seemed to feel the despair that was coming.

You know, the kingdom's granary maintains the food supply of almost half of the kingdom. If there is no harvest here, it must be the common people who are unlucky, not the nobles.

For the nobles, they really have many ways to resist disasters, but the common people... they have no ability to resist natural disasters at all.

He remembered the impact left by the previous exploration in the north, the kind of starvation to death, eating each other's family and children...

The tragic, starving to death atmosphere.

"Why is this happening?" He asked Estner calmly, "What's the reason?"

Estner's face was also quite bad at this moment, and he spread his hands helplessly: "The wizards in the association and the priests and pastors of the church have rushed over, but the only conclusion they got was that the earth had changed.

Cloa... Not only these ordinary crops, but also the potions in various potion plantations have been affected to varying degrees.

All plants that need to take root in the earth to grow are withering!"

His tone was quite anxious and he had some irritability that he couldn't vent. Even the omnipotent magician couldn't do anything about this.

If the land cannot grow plants, it will be a devastating blow. Food is too important. If there is no food, it will not only affect the Kingdom of Norant...

"Wait." Kroya's pupils shrank: "Has this happened in other countries?"

Estner nodded very hard: "Although the specific news has not been released, I am sure that this has happened in several countries around Norant.

Even the Gait Kingdom where the Earth Mother Church is located is like this."

His last sentence made Kroya take a breath of cold air. Is the situation of the Earth Mother Church like this?

They are the human forces that are best at crop cultivation, and there is no one else.

If it were someone else, they would probably kneel down and kowtow to pray to God, but as a qualified mage, Kroya calmed down completely in just a few seconds.

He looked at his good friend:

"What do you need me to do."

Just such a short sentence, no need to say more.

"Food." Estner frowned and said, "I need a sufficient amount of food to stabilize the territory of the Mage Association, at least to make the mages and their families not anxious.

If the Mage Association gets in chaos...it will be more troublesome."

After saying his desire, Estner was also a little uneasy. It was too much to ask for food in this situation.

Besides, to be honest, their status is not equal at all at this moment. A sixth-level mage and a third-level mage? That is the gap between a mentor and an apprentice.

Even the Mage Council cannot make mandatory requirements for a mage lord stationed abroad, after all, he is a sixth-level great mage.

But he has no choice.

He has even prepared what he will do if Cloya refuses.

——But there is only one word to answer him.

"Okay." Cloya's expression is still quite calm: "I know your anxiety, Estner...I still hope we are friends."

The seeds that Estner gave him when he first came here, as well as the subsequent help, are all remembered by Cloya.

This is a favor, of course I have to repay it.

He had a very enjoyable chat with Estner, not to mention that he didn't want to see a chaotic country. If it really became chaotic, he would definitely be affected.

In summary, whether from the perspective of reality or friendship, he would help out of reason and emotion.

Estner raised his head after hearing Croa's answer.

After several seconds, he smiled slightly and said, "Then I'll leave it to you!"

The haze disappeared from his face, and after waving to Croa, he left the illusion space of the Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce.

As soon as he left, the Archmage Celeste who was waiting next to him couldn't help but say, "Looking at you like this, you are already a qualified president, you can't do this!"

The Archmage rubbed Estner's face, and then was hugged by the bold latter, and the Archmage's movements suddenly froze.

After a long while, she sighed helplessly: "I know this incident is a difficult decision for you, but I hope you can handle it well.

I am about to leave this world, and you need a great achievement to maintain your prestige.

Dear Estner, you must know... everything has both good and bad sides. This incident is a disaster, but also an opportunity for you.

It is also important to maintain a good relationship with him."

Facing the teachings of the great wizard, Estner did not speak.

In fact, he knew all these things very well.

Now that he has no worries, he is already thinking about how to turn this disaster into his own help.

...

At the same time, on the other side.

After finishing a brief exchange with Estner, Kloya immediately ordered Oak, Jamie and other apprentices, Miffin, and Elena to come to the meeting.

When people and trees rushed over, he said directly: "If my guess is correct, the continent is estimated to face a famine."

Everyone: "!!!"

The crowd and Oak Tree, who had just arrived and were shocked by the explosive news, all opened their mouths wide. In the end, it was Miffin who recovered first.

It seemed that he had thought of something.

The bishop suddenly pulled off a pendant from his neck and said to Cloya anxiously: "My Lord, I may know why!"

Now it was Cloya who was surprised.

He squinted at Miffin and thought in his heart - this guy knew, is it really related to the Mother Earth?

He did not answer immediately but reached out to take the necklace:

"Let me see what's inside the necklace."

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