The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

The emergence of so many great druids like Bearman, Vine Woman, Bloodied, and Old Rascal in this world is inextricably linked to the network of natural magic painstakingly woven together by generations of druids.

The excessive abundance of natural magic allows many children with energy talents to perceive natural magic as the first type of energy.

Even if they later perceive other types of energy, they will naturally choose to utilize this more easily controlled energy.

Of course, using natural magic is not without its costs. The extraction of the originally regularly flowing natural magic and its transformation into spells inevitably affects the local energy network, thereby affecting the local ecological environment and causing problems such as withered flowers and plants, dried-up water sources, and reduced grain production.

Therefore, after using the forest's natural magic to cast spells, one should regulate the natural magic network.

However, regulating the magic in the environment and reorganizing the scattered energy turbulence back into appropriate flow lines is already part of a druid's daily practice. The level and methods only cause differences in the regulating effect.

Even because Bearman is stationed in the forest, the natural magic network disturbed by Attilan and the others after casting spells has already been repaired by Bearman.

The main practice of Attilan and the others is to use their meager power to convert various miscellaneous energies into natural magic, and then Bearman operates the vast natural network to expand the influence of the magic network.

Attilan has been trying to improve the natural environment of the wasteland. He uses the oak trees planted by the Leopard Woman along the Southwest River to draw a line of natural energy from the forest.

Then, the orchard planted outside Earth Fort Town accumulates and circulates, connecting the orchards, farmlands, and oak forests along the line from Earth Fort Town to Great Horn Town and then to Green Scale Town.

Forming a line that runs natural magic, the land in the circle enclosed by this line will be slightly nourished and the soil quality improved as the natural magic passes through.

Not to say that the soil will become more fertile, but at least the land depletion caused by planting wheat can be restored. And Attilan absorbs water elements from the Great Dragon Lake and transforms them into rain and dew to nourish the earth. With the help of the natural network, the absorption effect will be better.

Condensing ordinary lake water into water elements, and then crystallizing the water elements, Attilan deeply experienced the taste of a broadcast line during this practice.

We don't produce water, we are just nature's porters.

Since learning how to add a natural magic line from the forest, Attilan has included as much of the wasteland's cultivated land as possible. Of course, the land outside the circle can also get some nourishment from natural magic.

It's just that the effect is definitely not as good as inside the circle. In order to avoid the dissipation of natural magic, Attilan can only limit the network to the circle as much as possible, using various fruit trees planted on the hills in the circle to attract natural magic.

Attilan also wanted to expand the influence of the natural network in the wasteland, but the dependents only planted fruit trees, oak trees, cedar trees, and other trees on the hills near the farmland. Attilan had no way to expand the scope of the natural network.

And the most important point is that the natural network that Attilan draws out is no different from stealing electricity. He doesn't want the magic to be strengthened after passing through this line.

At least he can't let the magic lose too much after passing through this line.

Attilan inspects the network line every three to five days. Once too much natural magic is converted into land fertility, he has to work hard to convert water elements into natural magic to replenish it.

For example, Lista once suggested that Attilan does not need to separate the flour and wheat bran. He personally tried the taste of whole wheat bread and felt that the minotaurs could completely accept it.

Whole wheat bread with vegetable soup, occasionally a piece of dried meat, dried fish, dried lizard, and other meats, the minotaurs will not be picky at all.

On the contrary, eating white bread and living too comfortably can easily lead to the degeneration of the minotaurs. The minotaurs should still be rougher to grow into qualified warriors!

Attilan doesn't think so. Minotaurs also have unlimited possibilities. As the minotaurs gradually become civilized, Attilan believes that the appearance of minotaur bards, paladins, and priests is only a matter of time.

For example, Black Bull, when he went to Green Scale Town for a report once, he heard the rehearsal of the Rainbow Feather Dress Song. He was attracted by the beautiful singing and watched the performance throughout.

And he was attracted by the ocarina, a ceramic instrument. The half-goatman thought it was very interesting for a music-loving musician to appear among the minotaurs, and took the initiative to help Black Bull make an ocarina suitable for him to use.

And he will teach Black Bull how to play the ocarina.

This is of course a beautified story. In fact, the half-goatman and Ophelia believe that in addition to helping Trina recall the beauty of the past, they should also establish beautiful memories of the present in her heart.

Give Trina more mental anchors.

When the mental imprint completely collapses, Trina can still remember them.

Trina thinks that a music-loving minotaur is very interesting. Isn't this the memory point they want! So the half-goatman is so proactive and brings Trina with him every time he teaches.

The ocarina in Black Bull's hand can clearly see the color of the pottery clay.

The half-goatman's ocarina reveals a bright black luster, while Trina's ocarina is a corresponding white porcelain color. It is obviously a carefully fired set of couple models.

And this bright-colored ocarina is actually related to a pottery craft that Attilan entrusted to the half-goatman to promote, and this craft is bone china!

Of course, the qualified bone china craft has not been researched by the half-goatman. The black and white bone china ocarina in his hand is actually a finished product fired with the help of magic.

What Attilan needs is bone china that can be mass-produced without magic, so that he can go to the human nobles to explode gold coins.

According to the information collected by the half-goatman, the upper class abandoned the rough black pottery used by the common people in order to show their aristocratic temperament, but no one can fire exquisite porcelain.

So the nobles use exquisite gold and silverware as tableware.

Gold and silver are no good; porcelain that breaks with a single fall has more of a noble aura.

But the half-goat is also disappointing. Attilan has already given him a relatively detailed formula and firing method, but the half-goat still can't fire it.

According to the half-goat, he's just a little bit off in his sense of fire and earth elements. Attilan should assign this task to someone more talented.

People with fire and earth element talents… Naturally, Attilan thought of minotaurs and kobolds. Minotaurs are too rough; firing porcelain is a delicate job.

Attilan, seeing that the half-goat spent half his energy on taking his girlfriend sightseeing and indulging in music, handed over the task of firing porcelain to the kobold leader.

To help the kobold leader understand the research data left by the half-goat, Attilan personally used Brain Activation to assist him in learning, making the kobold leader the most cultured being in the kobold race in a century.

When Attilan heard the leader self-deprecatingly say after brain activation that he never thought their kobolds could be so smart, and that he was now almost like a great scholar among humans...

Attilan thought this was interesting, and then the kobold leader had his own name: Scholar!

Attilan also hoped that the leader could become one of the few cultured individuals among the kobolds.

The prerequisite was that he could withstand the Brain Activation technique once a day.

Using the Brain Activation technique occasionally is nothing, but using it every day would stimulate the kobold's brain, causing severe headaches, as if there was a steel needle in his brain.

However, if the kobold, nourished by sufficient life energy, could get through this stage, his intelligence would be at least 50% higher than that of ordinary kobolds, and he would have the potential to become a Scholar.

Of course, Attilan didn't have that many cultural books for the kobold to study.

Attilan finally managed to shift the topic to the natural magic network, then to the magic network's ability to transform the natural environment, and the need to establish a more complete magic network system to improve the wasteland environment.

He called on everyone to visit the wasteland for study.

Then, one by one, they said they had things to do at home, and hurriedly left the school and went home.

Before leaving, they all said that they would come to the school to teach the children tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, after they had finished their business.

As for the topic of helping with the wasteland, not a single person responded.

After everyone left, the tavern owner, who had been holding back for a long time, finally burst into laughter.

"Look at yourself, after everyone learned to be shrewd from you, aren't they not as easy to fool as before?"

Attilan shrugged indifferently.

"It's not that they're not easy to fool; it's that they know that transforming the magic network is destined to be a tedious and difficult task, and they're not even proficient in managing the forest's natural magic network."

"If they participate in the construction of a brand new magic network, they're worried they'll embarrass themselves. Do you believe that they'll definitely strengthen their training in this area when they get back?"

"Just waiting for a chance to show off in front of others."

The tavern owner raised her eyebrows, habitually reaching into her dimensional bag, and then slumped on the table, deflated.

"The last few barrels of wine have already been drunk by everyone during the meeting just now. You won't let me bring any more wine into the school. How am I going to live in the future?"

At this moment, the leopard woman poked her head in from the window.

"You can put the wine outside the school, wrapped in vines and hidden, suspended in mid-air and tightly wrapped so the students won't find it. When you want to drink, just run up the tree trunk to drink, and there won't be any problems."

The tavern owner slammed the table and walked directly to the window, grabbing the leopard woman's ears and questioning her.

"How come my wine has been disappearing so much without me noticing? I couldn't find it at your house. So you were hiding in the tree trunk and stealing my drinks!"

Attilan smiled and fueled the flames.

"I heard that cheetahs have a habit of taking food up trees to eat. Did you learn from them?"

Unexpectedly, the leopard woman asked with a slightly surprised and smug expression:

"How did you know? Am I smart!"

Completely unaware of how dangerous her situation was.

Attilan could only ask with a smile:

"Leopard woman said drinking wine on a tree, how did you associate it with her stealing your wine?"

"Because she lacks self-control and often gets drunk, so we limit the amount of wine she drinks, and then the wine disappears, and the flower woman and I can't find where it is."

"Now that I think about it, there are indeed more vines near my house than in other places. It seems she hid the wine outside my house. I didn't expect you to be quite clever."

The tavern owner increased the strength in her hand, but the leopard woman still stubbornly retorted.

"I'm so smart!"

If you were really smart, you wouldn't have revealed your hand.

"You're punished with no wine for a month! And Attilan needs someone to help him improve the wasteland's natural magic network. I think you're the right person for the job."

"I don't want to! I've already helped him plant so many trees along the Southwest River. You can't possibly want me to plant all kinds of trees in the remaining half of the Southwest River, right?"

The tavern owner revealed a devilish smile, grabbed the leopard woman's shoulders, and dragged her in from the window.

"It's settled then!"

"I don't want to. No one can force me!"

The tavern owner just snorted coldly.

"Then do you still want to drink wine? Also, that Demon King role, if you want to play it, I think you have no choice but to do this job!"

Attilan watched from behind, clicking his tongue in wonder. The tavern owner dared to say that he was exploiting the druids' labor, but he and everyone else were clearly mutually beneficial, it's just that he benefited a little bit more.

But look at the tavern owner, how skilled she is at using coercion and enticement.

The leopard woman was completely defeated. She could still find ways to steal wine if she didn't have any to drink, especially now that she was proficient in shadow energy and had even mastered the stealth skill of Shadowstep.

There was no wine in the tavern owner's house that she couldn't steal!

But she couldn't steal the role of the Demon King!

The leopard woman said dejectedly:

"Okay, I'll go plant trees along the Southwest River after the play is over."

"No, starting tomorrow, you'll go to the Southwest River to start planting trees. The saplings planted a year ago have already grown a lot, and you can completely transplant these saplings to the second half of the Southwest River."

The leopard woman exclaimed in distress:

"Ah! The climate in the second half is harsher. I'm afraid these saplings won't survive."

"That's a problem you need to solve. I just need to issue the task."

The leopard woman sighed.

"Okay, I'll go back now to pack my things and set off to investigate the climate in the second half of the Southwest River."

After the leopard woman left, Attilan asked curiously:

"Why are you forcing the leopard woman to build a natural network?"