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; Part-time training in farming.
Rather than saying it is the Earth Magic Academy, it is more appropriate to call it the "Agricultural College".
So 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, it is the most important college, bar none.
Therefore
Orpheus Oak personally participated in the construction of the college, and even drove Mifein 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.
However 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 mental fluctuations 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 and the other apprentices were dumbfounded.
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 Shu’s face changed, as if he was receiving some information.
About three minutes later, it finally took back the branch. Under the anxious eyes of all the apprentices, it said helplessly:
"It wants a sacrifice."
"A sacrifice?" The apprentices They looked at each other.
The word "sacrifice" is really not a good thing, especially when it comes to offering sacrifices 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 never 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 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.
Those people who once starved to death in the wind and snow in the north left behind images that even a hard-hearted person like Croya would be shocked to see.
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 the magic crystal. The magic crystal is something that is very popular in the Church of the Mother Earth. It is said that it is 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 earthy yellow light on the altar did not change at all, it was still warm but half-dead.
Then the apprentices successively tried to feed some magic materials, metals, magic potions, the meat of monsters and the fruits of magic plants, and even cut a branch of the Orpheus oak tree.
But the results all failed.
In the end, Orpheus Oak could only invite Mifein.
After observing around, Mifein took out a bag of freshly cut golden wheat ears from his pocket and threw it directly into it.
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 accepted their prayers.
"..."
"Why?"
The apprentices all looked at Mifein, but the latter shook his head seriously: " If something happens again, just throw it away and 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 in 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 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 well, 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 in wind and snow deep in the north, the atmospheric magic flashing with thunder and purple electricity College...
Building their own campus with their own hands is more exciting for them than taking stimulants, and the construction speed is so fast.
I guess... I have to stay up voluntarily for a while.
……
Inside the mage tower.
Cloya 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 the general direction guides me That’s fine.”
Ta Ling was silent and didn’t answer. It took several minutes before he came back to his senses: “Huh?”
"Huh? What are you doing?" Croya was surprised. He glanced at the data screen and suddenly understood: "You want to find Ms. Eliste's mage tower, right?"
"Yes. "The tower spirit has nothing to hide in front of Croya: "Master, if I can get the data exchange of this kind of high-level mage tower, I will grow faster."
Although it is made by Miya herself. Programming and modifying operating logic are still too immature. What is needed most is time, and an advanced mage tower can shorten the time.
Kloya did not hesitate: "Of course, you can go ahead and have a good rest."
He reached out his hand and gently touched Ta Ling: "Even if you are like this My soul also needs time to rest, and I will sit in the Mage Tower." With Croya's permission, the tower spirit didn't hesitate at all and got directly into the ubiquitous pipe, heading straight to the north. And go.
Kloya sighed softly as he watched the tower spirit leave, 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 quite peaceful.
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 North and some people who might have problems, such as the one who once made a wish to let his pigeons 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 is going to happen?"
His inspiration was very accurate, so he decided to do something.
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 snowstorm mentioned here is naturally the snowstorm caused by the mermaid tribe last time...
So, is Miya 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 anything - it was an image he had 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 magicians from the Mage Association and the priests from the church have cast 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, and the wheat fields and corn were all lying on the ground. It could be said that it was simply shocking.
Even through the image, Croya seemed to be able to feel the feeling of despair coming towards him.
You must know that the kingdom's granary maintains the food supply for almost half of the kingdom. If there is no harvest here, the unlucky ones will not be the nobles, but the common people.
For nobles, they really have many ways to resist disasters, but civilians... they have no ability to resist natural disasters at all.
He thought again of the impact left by the previous exploration of the northern border, the kind of starvation to death, eating each other's families and children...
The tragic smell of death from hunger .
"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: "In the association The mages and priests of the church have rushed over, but they have concluded that there are only changes in the earth.
Cloya... not just these ordinary crops, but also in various potion plantations. The potions have also been affected to varying degrees.
All plants that still need to take root in the earth are withering!"
His tone was quite anxious and he couldn't express it. Even the all-powerful magician can't do anything about it.
If the land cannot grow plants, it will be a devastating blow. Food is really important. If there is no food, it will not only be the Kingdom of Norland...
"Wait." Croya His pupils shrank: "Has this situation also occurred in other countries?"
Estner nodded very difficultly: "Although the specific news has not been released yet, I am sure that around Norland This situation has occurred in several countries.
This is also the case in Geit Country, where the Earth Mother Church is located.”
His last words made Croya gasp. A sigh of relief, is this even the case with the Church of the Mother Earth?
They are the human force that is best at cultivating crops, not even one of them.
Others would probably have knelt down and kowtowed to pray to the gods at this moment, but Croya, as a qualified mage, calmed down completely in just a few seconds.
He looked at his friend:
"What do you need me to do."
Just such a short sentence is enough, the rest is not necessary Say more.
"Food." Estner frowned and said: "I need a batch of food in sufficient quantity to stabilize the territory of the Mage Association, at least to make the mages and their families not anxious.
If the Mage Association is in chaos It will be even more troublesome if you get up.”
After talking about his desire, Estner was also a little uneasy. It was too much to ask for food in this situation.
Besides, to be honest, their statuses are not equal at all at the moment, a sixth-level mage and a third-level mage? That is the difference between mentor and apprentice.
Even the Mage Council cannot impose mandatory requirements on a mage lord who is stationed abroad. After all, he is a sixth-level archmage.
But there was nothing he could do.
He had even prepared what he would do if Croya refused.
——There was only one word to answer him.
"Okay." Croya's expression was still quite calm: "I know your anxiety very well, Estner... I still hope that we can be friends."
Ace's original The seeds that Turner gave him when he first came here, as well as the help he received one after another, are all things Croya will remember in his heart.
This is a favor, and of course we must repay it.
He had a lot of fun chatting with Estner, not to mention that he didn't want to see a chaotic country. If chaos really happened, he would definitely be affected.
To sum up, no matter from the perspective of reality or friendship, he will help regardless of emotion or reason.
Estner raised his head when he heard Croya's answer.
After a few seconds, he smiled slightly and said: "Then I'll leave it to you!"
The haze disappeared from his face, and after waving to Croya, he left the illusory space of the Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce.
Just after leaving, Archmage Celesti who was waiting next to him couldn’t help but said: "Looking at you, you are already a qualified president, you can’t do this anymore!"
The Archmage rubbed Estner's face, and then the bold latter hugged him. The Archmage's movements suddenly froze.
After a while, she sighed helplessly: "I know this incident is a difficult decision for you, but I hope you can handle it well.
I will do it right away. To leave this world, you need a huge credit to maintain your prestige
Dear Estner, you have to understand...everything has its good and bad sides. This incident is both a disaster and an opportunity for you.
It is also important to maintain a good relationship with him. "
Faced with the Archmage's teachings, Estner said nothing.
In fact, he knows these things very well.
Now that he has no worries, he is already thinking about it. How to turn this disaster into your own help
......
At the same time, on the other side.
After Cloya ended her brief exchange with Estner, she immediately ordered Oak, Jamie and other apprentices, Miffin, and Elena to come over for a meeting.
When people and trees hurried over, he said directly: "If my guess is correct, it is estimated that the mainland will face a famine."
Everyone: "!! ! ”
Everyone and the oak tree who had just arrived were shocked by the explosive news. They all opened their mouths. In the end, Miffyin was the first to recover.
It seems that I have thought of something.
The bishop suddenly pulled off a pendant from his neck and said anxiously to Croya: "My lord, I may know why!"
This time he became surprised. Became Cloya.
He squinted at Mifein, thinking in his mind - does this guy know that he is still related to the Mother Goddess of the 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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