Chapter 198 The Favor of the Goddess of Luck

the following few days.

Apart from cultivating plants in the woods, Rhodes basically travels back and forth between new planes.

Repair the soul of the little spider demon and understand the specific situation over there. He has always maintained the principle of keeping a low profile to avoid attracting the attention of the gods in that dimension.

"Teacher, I brought the World Encyclopedia!"

In the backyard.

Dilus sneaked over, stumbling over with a book that was bigger than his body in his arms, and handed it to Rhodes.

Dafik didn't know that his son was learning magic from Rhodes. At Rhodes' instruction, Dirus didn't tell his father about it. He only said that he suddenly sensed the existence of magic elements.

This made the Dafiks very happy.

A grand celebratory dinner was held that evening to celebrate his son's becoming a distinguished magician.

Dafik drank a lot of wine that night, and a smile appeared on his face for the first time in a long time. It seemed that he had not received such good news for a long time, and it also relaxed his tense nerves a lot.

His son has made great progress and will definitely inherit his title in the future, and even make their Green family stronger again.

As a father, he had to persevere no matter how difficult it was and hand over this legacy intact to his son.

Even if it's just a small territory.

rustle~
Rhodes, who was meditating, turned around, nodded to Dirus, then took the book and opened it.

Seeing this, Dilus was tactful enough not to disturb them and went to the training ground on the other side to practice the earth magic he had just learned.

And at this time.

Outside the village.

The sound of wheels rolling could be heard as Dafik and his butler and guards, who had gone to the town to do business, drove back, talking and laughing along the way, and seemed to be in a good mood.

"The Spiders and Undeads have temporarily ceased fighting, and prices have returned to their original levels. Some prices are even much higher than before. We have to tell everyone this good news."

"Yes, we have been worried for a long time, fearing that they would fight outside the gray border. Now we can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

"It is said that the Magic and Martial Arts Academy in Sos City has also started recruiting students. I plan to let my kid sign up as well."

"Haha, you can't just enter that place if you want to. You have to reach the first level before the age of twelve."

"Didn't Master Dilus just learn first-level magic? He should have a good chance."

As they talked, the topic turned to Dirus. Praising his amazing magical talent also made Dafik feel better.

He always felt that he had been unusually lucky in recent times.

Everything went very smoothly. First, his son awakened his magical talent, and then prices went up again. It was as if he was blessed by the goddess of luck.

Just as they drove outside the village, several villagers who were in charge of taking care of the wheat fields ran over with excitement on their faces.

"Mr. Dafik, come and have a look! The wheat fields seem to be growing much better!"

"So much wheat! The yield is much higher than before!"

The villagers spoke incoherently, pointing and shouting at the wheat fields in the distance.

Dafik and others looked at each other.

More wheat production?

What do you mean?
He told the guards to drive the carriage back, then got off the carriage and walked to the edge of the unharvested wheat field.

Just one glance.

They were stunned by the scene before them.

"how so?!"

wheat.

Golden wheat.

Looking around, the originally dry and yellow wheat turned plump and lush overnight, and the yield almost tripled!
Three times!

It was equivalent to the harvest of three years of planting, which immediately solved their problem of material shortage.

"Okay, okay, all the people who are responsible for taking care of the wheat fields will go to the manor to collect their rewards!"

Dafik was in a good mood, and the haze that had shrouded his heart completely dissipated.

With this batch of grain, they can have a good year for at least the next two years. Even if disputes arise again, they will have sufficient ability to deal with it.

When the villagers heard that there was a reward, they were overjoyed and expressed their gratitude repeatedly.

They haven't had anything good like this in a long time.

Seeing that the wheat was ripe, Dafik did not return to the manor, but gathered people and started harvesting the wheat.

A blink of an eye.

Half a day passed.

In the backyard, Rod closed the book and finally had a preliminary understanding of this world.

To his surprise, he was now at the center of the world.

Three hundred years ago, a deadly smell of decay swept across the earth, turning the originally vibrant land into a dead gray.

But strangely, the pollution only lasted halfway before stopping, causing half of the world to become a gray dead land, while the other half retained its original appearance, with all major races continuing to live on it.

And where he is now is the border of pollution, also known as the gray border.

There are many species living deep in the Gray Border, among which the Spiders and the Undead are the most numerous, and they often fight over territory.

"Three hundred years ago?"

Rhodes murmured to himself, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

He didn't think this was a coincidence. The pollution in this plane was definitely related to the black soil in the Dream Forest.

If we can find the source of the pollution, wouldn’t we be able to find the reason for the destruction of the Dream Forest?
It seems that he has come to the right place.

The only problem now is that the little spider demon's body is too weak, and he can't occupy someone else's body forever, so he has to find a way to make a magic puppet like the elves.

And he didn't know if it was because the connection between the planes was too weak, he tried many times to bring things over but failed. He could only bring some very small things. It took a lot of effort to gather enough materials to make a puppet.

Otherwise, we can only look around here to see if there are any materials similar to those meteorites. "Teacher!"

Just as he was thinking about it, Dilus ran in quickly from outside, holding a very exquisite staff in his hand.

"Look, this is the magic wand my father bought for me!"

He handed the magic wand to Rhodes like offering a treasure, as if he had already regarded Rhodes as his own magic teacher.

Although Rhodes did not acknowledge him as a student.

Rhodes was originally thinking about something and had no interest in this little thing, but after taking a glance, he was suddenly stunned, his eyes fixed on the crystal inlaid on the staff.

The aura flowing on it was surprisingly similar to the meteorites in the dream forest. It seemed to have the function of storing magic power and serving as a carrier of souls.

It's really hard to find anything even if you try hard to find it, and it takes no effort to get it.

Rhodes stretched out his forelimbs and pointed at the crystal on the staff.

Dilus had been with him for so many days that he immediately understood and quickly explained, "This is a magic crystal. We call it magic stone. I heard that it can only be found in the mines deep in the gray border and on those polluted monsters. Many people come to us just for this."

Soul crystal?
Rhodes roughly guessed the origin of this magic stone, which should be similar to the soul crystal of the black beast.

"Teacher, do you want something like this?"

Although Dirus was small, he was very smart and he immediately realized that Rhodes needed magic stones.

Rhodes looked at him and nodded.

Then he thought for a moment, flipped his palm, and a green crystal appeared in his hand. This was the largest thing he could pick up at the moment.

Since there is free labor available here, he doesn't need to go through the trouble of looking for it himself. He can just exchange the things for them.

It's a good time for me to go back to the Elf Queen and learn how to make magic puppets. Then I can make myself a cool humanoid puppet and integrate into the world here.

"what is this?"

Dilus looked at the crystal in Rhodes' hand in confusion.

"Exchange magic stones."

A spiritual message came into Dirus' mind.

The young boy finally understood, his eyes lit up: "Are you saying you want to exchange this thing for magic stones?"

Rhodes nodded.

"Okay, leave it to me. I'll go find my father and ask him for help. He should be able to find a way to exchange it for magic stones."

Dilus hurried away with the crystal.

After walking around the manor, I finally found my father in the village.

At this time, Dafik was talking to a foreign caravan, asking about the situation in other nearby places.

This caravan came from another direction. Every time they passed by the village, they would stop to rest for a night, purchase and sell goods, and then rush to the border city the next day. They were already very familiar with the border city.

"Recently, the demand for magic stones in other provinces has been increasing. The price has directly increased from 25 silver coins to 50 silver coins per piece, and it is still rising. We came here to see if we can get more magic stones."

"Fifty silver coins? That high?!"

Hearing the words of the caravan manager, Dafik and the butler were shocked, and thought with some pain about the magic stones they had sold before.

If it was sold later, the price would have doubled. It would have been a huge loss. I wanted to beat up those unscrupulous businessmen.

"Why has the demand for magic stones become so great?" Dafik asked puzzledly.

Although magic stones are only produced in their Gray Border, there are quite a few veins that have been discovered, and the price is basically around thirty silver coins.

This time it has almost doubled, which is a bit too exaggerated.

"It is said that because there are more magical elements recently, the number of magicians has skyrocketed, and the demand for magic stones has also increased." The caravan manager whispered.

As businessmen, they have the most sensitive sense of smell. They rush to the Gray Border as soon as they receive the news, intending to stockpile a batch of magic stones in advance.

If it were later, more people would come and we wouldn’t have the chance to stock up then.

When Dafik heard the news, his eyes lit up. After such a long period of silence, the Gray Border was finally going to be lively again. It seemed that he had to go back and make good preparations.

"Father."

At this time, Dilus ran over from a distance.

The two people who were talking smiled when they saw him appear, and even the guards of the caravan who were loading and unloading goods came over.

"Hey, isn't this Dilus? He has grown so big in half a year."

"You should be going to the Noble Academy for further studies soon, right? Have you decided what career you want to switch to?"

"Haha, this depends on talent. How would he know what to do when he's so young?"

It can be seen that these people often play with Dilus when they come to the village, and they are very familiar with each other.

If it were any other time, Dafik would at most just say a few humble words, but now it was different. His son was a first-level wizard, and his mouth immediately curled up, and he called Dirus to his side.

"Why are you here? Come and meet the uncles."

"I, I have something important to discuss with my father."

Dilus glanced at the caravan members and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Seeing his hesitation, Dafik smiled and said, "Don't worry, we are all family, just tell us what you want to say."

"It's just... I have something that I want to exchange for magic stones. I don't know if it's possible."

Dilus did not say that it was Rhodes who asked him to come, and carefully took out a cloth bag from his arms.

Dafik and the others in the caravan didn't take it seriously at first, and looked at the boy as if he were watching a show.

But when the cloth bag was opened, revealing a green crystal lying inside, both Dafik and the steward were shocked.

"Elemental ore? No! It's the purer and rarer elemental crystal!"

"How do you have this kind of thing??"

The caravan manager was shocked. It was the first time he had seen such pure elemental crystals.

Even Dafik stood there in a daze, looking at his son and then looking at the elemental crystal, and suddenly a guess flashed through his mind.

(End of this chapter)