Chapter 169 169. Wine in the tree, Hanjiao Island reconstruction plan
“Is this what you brought back?”
Croya blinked and looked at the people pulling the sheep and Tyrannosaurus Rex, Father Kevin, who was holding a net filled with jellyfish and holding a tree, suddenly felt a little funny.
In fact, Father Kevin's complex, solemn and elegant cassock was so dazzling that even Croya couldn't hold his nerve when he held these items.
It's like the kind of priest who only hangs out in the upper class suddenly goes to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and he is not very proficient in grocery shopping.
Father Kevin ignored the smile in Croya's eyes.
"Yes." He nodded with a serious expression: "That area is a special place that I have never seen before, and I can't understand what it is there."
" It is obviously full of chaos and violent demonic power, but there are also such magical monsters and... rivers flowing with honey and milk."
He thought about it all the way, and even recalled the scriptures he usually read. Again, I couldn't find anything similar to this place.
If it weren't for the fact that the devil's power couldn't be faked, he would even have to wonder if it was a legendary mage or a sub-plane cultivated by saints.
Faced with his doubts, Croya had no intention of explaining. If you don't know, just don't know, so as to remain mysterious.
He took a look at those things and was a little satisfied - maintaining the portal was quite expensive for him, and he could only open it once every half a month.
And you have to continue to absorb a little more of the demonic magic power of the Mammon flower vine in order to successfully cast the spell.
Having brought back so many things was enough for him to study and cultivate for a period of time.
In order to get these things quickly, he didn't even talk to the priest to find out the purpose of his coming here.
Now that it is finally solved, he also plans to satisfy his curiosity——
“Why did you come to the North?”
“What is the driving force here? Are you here?"
The priest was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Croya to change the subject so much. He thought for a moment before replying:
"Because of the greedy devil."< br>
"The commander-in-chief of the Knights felt the power of the greedy demon in the north, and sent five of us here.
Kill the demon and bring the salt back."
His expression From seriousness to sadness mixed with compassion: "The more disasters are everywhere, the more cultists and demons there are.
Neither the president nor we know why the kingdom, the Mage Association, and the church itself don't Ken sent people to provide disaster relief.
When the disaster is over, I don’t know how many people are left alive in the north, and I don’t know how chaotic it will become.”
Finally. He couldn't help but close his eyes and put his fingers on his heart, as if praying to God.
Cloya listened quietly without saying anything.
To be honest, even if he faced such a large-scale natural disaster, he could only protect an area at most, and it would be absolutely beyond his power to cover more places.
If he really has enough strength and capital, then he really doesn't mind doing good deeds. He can gain more territory and different sounds at the same time.
But his strength is not enough.
Then you can only protect those you can protect.
But greed... That's a good thing for him. He is worried that the magic power Kit provides him is not enough.
If there were more mammon flower vines, would it be possible for him to maintain the portal to the lower plane?
There must be more strange magical beasts and magical plants in that paradise of the gluttonous demon. If he can get them all, it will definitely be a great help to him.
'With this priest, safety is guaranteed, and the apprentices can experience more training, get flower vines, and brush their favor...'
gram When Luo Ya thought about it, he suddenly felt that he could help. Anyway, it would be a sure profit.
So, he pretended to ponder for a long time and said: "I can ask my apprentices to help you get rid of the devil. If there are people who are affected by the disaster, I am willing to accept it, and I can even provide you with enough food. Supplies."
"But all the mammon flower vines must be given to me."
He made his conditions.
The priest agreed without much thought.
"I promise you."
"Thank you, you are a truly compassionate mage. May the light of the goddess protect you."
For Father Kevin, Between the mammon flower vine and saving the people, he would definitely choose the latter - the glory of the goddess is not in the sky, but on the ground.
He believed that his other four companions would also choose this way.
"You're welcome. Please go back first, and I will ask someone to arrange a place for you. By the way, help me call the apprentices in."
"...Okay."
The priest left.
After a while, the apprentices walked in.
Their eyes were full of expectation - Croya has always been generous with rewards, and he didn't know what reward he would give them this time.
Kloya looked at them and first said to the team leader Ryan: "You did a good job, I will make a magic equipment tailor-made for you.
Moreover, I will award you an award in public after all the apprentices come back, and then reward you with a house and a hundred gold coins. ”
What he meant by tailor-made is naturally a set of magic equipment such as armor, weapons, and boots that are most suitable for Ryan.
And it will also be upgraded and improved according to Ryan’s improvement in strength. It's a very good reward. For a knight, having the right equipment is more important than anything else.
Compared with this set of magic equipment, the rewards of houses and gold coins are all bonuses. ——Of course, this is a symbol of glory, and it can definitely be envied by everyone.
Ryan was so excited that he immediately knelt down and saluted with a solemn tone: "Thank you, Master Mage! I will definitely do more things for you! "
"Hmm. "Kloya nodded slightly to signal him to get up, and then said to the others: "Each of you can get one of the magic tools I made. You can choose whatever you want in the warehouse. "
"Thank you, Master Mage! "
Although they are far inferior to Ryan, they are not jealous. Ryan really worked hard this time and deserves such a reward.
"You two go and rest. Days later, I will set off with the priest and bring back more mammon flower vines for me, and I will be rewarded. "
After saying that, he waved his hand and asked the apprentices to leave.
After they all left, Croya finally had the mood to take a look at the magical beasts and magical plants caught by the priest.
The Celestial Spirit Imprinting Technique immediately gave names -
Butter Sheep, Milk Jellyfish, Reward Tyrannosaurus Rex and... Gray Smoke Tree.
The first few are still understandable - the Tyrannosaurus Rex, according to the priest's description, seems to drop barbecue after defeating it.
So what is this gray smoke tree?
He first observed the astral body of the tree. The branches of this tree were very strange. The outer layer was no different from a tree, but the inner layer had strange independent strands of things.
There is still some liquid flowing inside.
"Huh? Does this have anything to do with cigarettes?"
Cloya felt more and more strange, so he simply stretched out his hand and broke off one of its branches with a "click". Some semi-gaseous and semi-liquid gray substance instantly flowed out of it.
It exudes an indescribable aromatic smell, which is not pungent at all. Just smelling it, Croya felt that his head was a little dizzy, as if he was drunk.
"This is wine." He shook his head to throw the drunkenness out of his mind, and said in surprise: "This wine can make me feel dizzy, with this degree and the magic power in it..."
Wine like this Of course he is interested in things.
In this world, this is considered a luxury. If you can stably control a brewing workshop, you can make a lot of money even if it produces the lowest level magic ale.
So he has been asking his men to try to use barley to brew beer and distilled liquor. Unfortunately, the brews are all low-grade drinks. People like to drink them, but he is a little disdainful.
What he wants is the kind of magical wine. However, the formula and method of brewing it are top secret. Even if it is sold by the Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce, it requires a member of level two or above.
Because this is a technology that can truly make you rich, it is of course very difficult to buy technology.
Unexpectedly, after searching for a long time, I accidentally found a tree in the abyss that can produce alcohol specially cultivated by Gluttony. Isn't it unusual?
With anticipation, he picked up the salt on the side and sprinkled it on the small tree to ensure that the salt had eliminated all the magic of the gluttonous demon, and then tasted it a little.
"Well, this smell..." His eyes lit up.
Although he was not a good wine taster before, he has tasted some good wines. After coming here, he also drank a lot because of his status as a lord.
Compared to the liquors in his previous life, the taste of the wine here was really very different. Unless it was brewed with magic materials, there was no comparison. But there are so many drinks that don’t taste as good as this drink.
The wine, which has been salted to remove the demonic magic, is clear and has a faint white halo.
After entering the mouth, there is sweetness at first, and the little salt in it brings out the sweetness of the wine, just like after practicing asceticism in the desert for a long time and suddenly drinking spring water.
After the sweetness, there is a mellow feeling unique to wine and a slight spiciness. The heat brought by this spiciness flows into the stomach, and the whole body is warm.
After the heat hit my head, I felt a little tipsy. It was really intoxicating. The three different flavors were mixed together, not abrupt, but very harmonious.
“Good wine!” He praised.
I immediately decided that I must cultivate this gray smoke tree.
According to what the angel said, if he cannot occupy the abyss as a planting base for cultivating magic plants, he will need to use the devil's magic power to change a piece of land.
I don’t know if the demonic power purified by his magic power can have any special effect on these magic plants and monsters.
Put down the gray smoke tree for now.
He picked up the jellyfish that was yellow with a milky white oil-like object inside. He thought for a moment, picked up the salt on the side and sprinkled it.
As the salt was sprinkled, the gluttonous magic in the jellyfish's body was immediately dispelled, and then Croya bit it directly.
The shell of the jellyfish, which tastes like bread and milk skin, is bitten open, and the cold milky white substance inside immediately pours out. It tastes cold and sweet, almost like ice cream.
It had been a long time since he had eaten something like ice cream. This familiar and cold feeling made him feel quite comfortable, and he ate the jellyfish to the core in just a few mouthfuls.
"Milk ice cream, tsk..."
He glanced at the core in his hand - based on his observation just now, this core should be the body of the jellyfish. As long as there is this core, it will can continue to grow.
Then he tasted the butter sheep and Tyrannosaurus rex meat. The former was like the smell of freshly baked bread spread with butter, and the latter was a very chewy barbecue.
The taste is pretty good.
Especially that sheep, according to Cloya's observation, it can be found that the butter bread is actually its wool, which means that it can keep shedding wool.
It's a walking bread kiln.
After tasting them all, he opened the priest's bottle of honey and milk. Kit, who had just opened it and had been shut up, suddenly said:
"Sir, Did you get the river of milk and honey?”
“Yes, what do you know?” Croya then remembered that this guy had been locked up and handed over the magic cloth. He opened it and asked.
“You can use this kind of thing to make a contract with the demons in the lower plane!” Kit said: “The flower vines in my body tell me that the gluttonous milk and honey water is useful to a special group of demons. Unspeakable temptation."
"It is a race of fallen angels"
"They are so eager for these waters of milk and honey that they are even willing to accept a contract to help you."
Croa thought for a moment: "Then do you know the contract magic that contacts the fallen angels?"
He was a little interested, but he didn't say that he would implement it immediately. His only What I'm curious about is that if he changes the fallen angel, will the real angel give him any more rewards?
"...I don't know yet, but if you wait for me for a while, I should be able to learn it." Kit replied after a moment of silence.
"Then let's wait until you learn how to talk. During this period, you will stay here honestly and are not allowed to go out."
At this time Croya stood up and walked outside, the magic power of the three colors The prison was shattered as he left.
But dense orange flowers are also growing. These small flowers will prevent Kit and Mammon's flower vines from leaving here.
With the double insurance of these flower vines and eternal magic, it is absolutely impossible for this guy to leave here unless he is crazy.
Since this guy likes this castle, he should stay in it honestly until he can absolutely trust him.
I still have things to do.
......
He told the guards at the Hanjiao Island Pier to leave the castle alone, and then returned to his territory.
After returning to the familiar laboratory, he called Rob over and told the latter: "The Hanjiao Island transformation plan I mentioned before can begin.
Supplies I It will be distributed gradually.”
Rob's eyes lit up.
“Okay, I will follow your will!”
The steward quickly left Croya’s castle and passed on Croya’s orders one by one.
With the mage's order, everyone on Hanjiao Island started to move - they would carry out a major transformation of Hanjiao Island according to the drawings and materials that Croya had prepared.
With the tools taken out from the warehouse, people first completely transplanted and cut down the plants on the island.
Hanjiao Island is a tropical island. The vegetation on the island is of course very lush, even to an exaggerated level, not to mention that the magic power on the island has increased after Croya arrived.
The increase in magic power concentration is simply heaven for plants.
They have grown crazily, so much so that except for a few main roads, the rest of Hanjiao Island now looks like unexplored barren mountains.
Kloya originally planned to carry out a comprehensive transformation of Hanjiao Island, and may need to receive more people in the future. Now the time is just right and the resources are sufficient, so he simply started while the sun is still there. It can be transformed.
Under the leadership of the Sons of Harvest, people transplanted some large and twisted trees to the back mountains, while grass and shrubs were cut down and dug out as needed.
Of course, there is also enough green vegetation to prevent the island from looking like a desert island.
They started from the entrance pier of Hanjiao Island and gradually spread to the entire island like ants moving.
The people handling the vegetation here are busy, and the people behind them holding the sandworms are also busy.
They are the "road construction team", each holding a wind-eroded sandworm and carrying a container of white slime on his back.
Wind-eroded sandworms will smooth out all the abrupt stones and uneven land on the ground.
And they are responsible for laying some white soft mud specially used for paving on the treated road.
The soft mud will solidify the sand and turn it into a smooth and clean road.
With their unremitting efforts, a straight road from the pier of Hanjiao Island to the interior of the island is gradually taking shape.
The white ooze gradually solidified under the sun.
The road became spotless, and with the straight trees and various flowers and plants transplanted on both sides of the road, it felt like walking in the kingdom of elves.
Although Cloya has never learned anything about urban planning, he can at least make things neat and straight.
Anyway, there is no need to build any commercial area on Hanjiao Island.
During the road construction, someone followed the instructions of King Mu Yaoqu Teng and walked towards the bifurcated road, opening up small roads leading to various areas from the main road - residential areas and planting areas.
The residential area is naturally centered on Hanjiao Town, with brand new bungalows built as residences in the surrounding areas.
This will be the place where the official residents of Hanjiao Island live - Croya promised them that as long as Hanjiao Island develops well, they can gradually eliminate their status as farm servants and become free citizens. .
This promise is really exciting.
The difference between farm servants and free people is too big. Farm servants are equivalent to the private slaves and servants of the lord, and their lives do not belong to them.
Freemen, on the other hand, can leave and enter the lord's territory at will, and choose where to take root.
Today, Croya no longer needs to use his identity as a farm servant to restrain these people, and they can no longer leave Hanjiao Island.
Who else in the whole world can give them room for improvement and such favorable conditions and environment?
No one is stupid, who would leave such a good place?
The small town of Hanjiao is a signal of the transition from peasant servants to free citizens.
The planting area starts from the magic field in the back mountain and spreads across all free areas on the entire island.
With the endless supply of magic crystals and magic veins, the magic field grapevines are of course no longer the small grapevines that covered a mere acre of land before.
It is expanding towards the entire island according to Croya's instructions. Any place it covers is a magic field.
Kloya’s ultimate goal is to turn the entire Hanjiao Island into a paradise for magical plants and monsters, both in variety and quantity.
Only more magical beasts and magical plants can allow him to exert the power of his golden fingers.
He felt that if he worked hard, he could reproduce the complex and magical "natural formation" used by the elves to create the fountain of life.
While people are busy transforming Hanjiao Island, Croya is also busy... He wants to create a "Devil Field" and prepare a surprise for the upcoming Stein and his mentor. .
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(End of this chapter)