Chapter 97: Fairy Tale Utopia

"Yeah?"

The little thing raised its head as if asking what it was.

Kaba came forward and sniffed it, but ended up sneezing several times and stepped aside with a look of disgust.

"This is something used to draw magic circles. Kaba, shouldn't you dragons like this kind of shiny thing very much?" Rhodes asked doubtfully.

Kaba tilted his head when he heard this, somewhat puzzled.

"That's just a misunderstanding of us by other races."

Alpha, who followed, suddenly spoke.

"misunderstanding?"

Rhodes looked up at him.

"Yes."

Alpha nodded respectfully: "The reason why people say that we like glowing things is because other species are too small for us. In our original form, they look like bugs to us, so we are more likely to notice glowing things."

what?
Can it still be like this?
Looking at Alpha's serious scientific presentation, Rhodes almost laughed out loud.

I wonder what those who like to use gold coins to tempt dragons would think if they knew about this.

"Lord Rhodes, Salamander, what are you talking about?"

Suddenly, a question was raised not far away.

After finishing his work, Augula happened to appear on the altar and looked at them gathered together in confusion.

"You're here, how's it going?"

Rhodes turned his head and looked at him.

"It's almost done. The elders said that the earth is slow to recover and we need to wait for a while. What are you doing?"

Augla walked over quickly and asked.

"Nothing much, just talked to Alpha about some things related to the dragon race."

Rhode briefly talked about their previous topic and was a little curious whether the War Giant Tree also saw other races as ants or bugs.

Unexpectedly.

Augula's words were shocking.

He started to complain: "So it's this, I thought it was something else, Lord Rhodes, you should be asking why the dragons don't wear clothes, isn't that too weird?"

As he said this, he looked at Alpha, who was in half-dragon form, with disdain.

Because the races he usually comes into contact with the most are the elves, and the humans and goblins who often summon him, and these races basically all wear clothes.

So when watching Alpha.

It's like watching a naked pervert running around.

"If you can't speak, you don't have to speak."

Alpha's face darkened. "Clothes are only used by weak races to cover up their physical weaknesses. We dragons don't need them at all. Besides, don't you dryads wear clothes too?"

Rhodes was shocked.

Only then did I suddenly react.

I had actually gotten used to being naked without even realizing it.

So he's a pervert too?
"That's different."

Augla looked proud and said, "We tree elves have bark and leaves on our bodies, which are clothes, right? Look at you, running around naked, aren't you ashamed of bringing shame to our forest?"

In fact, he didn't really care whether he had clothes or not. After all, all races cannot be generalized. He just wanted to piss off the other person. Who asked this guy to come and steal his credit?

Alpha didn't respond.

He got up silently and left, going outside into the wheat field.

When he came back, he had a circle of straw armor around his waist, and looked like a half-dragon wandering warrior.

"Now you are satisfied."

Having said that, he sat down next to Kaba again.

Rod laughed out loud.

This guy looks unapproachable.

I didn't expect the counterattack to be so direct and straightforward.

Aren't you going to laugh at me for not having any clothes on?
Then I'll wear it for you to see.

If you have the guts, you can wear it too.

This serious look, which made him look like a nitpicking killer, left Augla speechless.

A good while.

Finally I managed to utter a word.

"You're awesome!"

With a cold snort, the two parted unhappily, with neither of them gaining any advantage.

Rhodes ignored them and continued to fiddle with the alchemy array.

Finally, after five minutes, he successfully drew the magic circle according to the pattern on the scroll.

The moment the last ray of gold powder fell, the entire formation lit up and began to spontaneously gather the surrounding energy and transform it into the purest magic power.

"It's really possible?"

Rhodes was surprised.

It feels like the magic energy around me has become much stronger, and there is no need to mobilize mental strength to guide it.

Thus.

It can indeed allow people who don't know magic to use magic power to catalyze the effects of materials and thus create potions with various magical effects.

The simplest of them all.

Naturally, it is the magic recovery potion.

Rhodes followed the recipe in the book, filled a small bottle with water, put it into the alchemy array, and tried to integrate magic power into the water.

After a while.

Clear water changes.

It emits a faint fluorescence.

The magic content has increased by more than ten times and is almost reaching the level of wheat.

"This should be considered a magic recovery potion, right?"

Rhodes sealed the bottle and looked at his first bottle of real magic potion as if it were a work of art.

He thought making alchemy potions was so difficult.

That's it?

In his opinion.

The so-called alchemy is actually to integrate the magic power of corresponding attributes into the materials in order to maximize the effects of the materials.

For example, the flame potion that the fire mage likes most is a compressed fusion of fire magic and herbs with fire energy. After drinking it, it can greatly enhance the power of fire magic.

Moreover, the higher the degree of compression, the more magic power is integrated, the higher the grade of the material, and the stronger the explosive effect, so there are still requirements for mental strength.

At least the magic power must be converted into corresponding attributes, or converted in conjunction with various attribute magic arrays. Otherwise, mixing too much magic power of other attributes will not only greatly reduce the efficacy of the medicine, but may even cause the refining to fail.

If you are an elemental mage, this step will obviously be much easier.

Because when they absorb magic power, it is basically converted into attributes that are close to themselves and stored in the body, ready for immediate use.

"Tsk, what do you call a civilian profession? It turns out it's just to cheat people out of their money."

Rhode curled his lips, greatly disappointed with alchemy. However, this alchemy array gave him inspiration, and he immediately stood up and ran to the water source outside the altar, and drew two identical arrays next to it.

In the blink of an eye.

Magical power from all directions gathered together, merged into the flowing water, and flowed along the canal in all directions of the altar.

"Huh? The magic power in the water seems to have increased. What did you do, Lord Rhodes?"

Augula, who was meditating by the water, opened his eyes. The little ones also felt the changes and all ran to the water, greedily absorbing the water.

But the biggest changes are in the plants.

The growth rate is significantly faster.

You can feel it with your mental power.

"I have set up two magic circles at the water inlet. Be careful not to break them next time."

Just as Rhodes was speaking.

suddenly.

Countless plant growth prompts popped up one after another, instantly bringing his experience points to the maximum.

[Level upgrade, lv14→lv15]

……

【Demonized Tree Spirit lv15】

[Occupation: Gardener (Level 1)]

[Experience: 11/200]

[Ordinary magic: Thorn Guard, Life Shield...]

[Professional Magic: Cultivation, Harvest]

"Upgraded so quickly?"

This was a little beyond Rhodes' expectations. He didn't expect that just by improving the water source, he could gain so much experience.

It seems that the plants that are indirectly affected by him can also provide him with experience.

He took out the Dragon Ball Staff from the space ring and tried it. The magic power flowed much more smoothly. Even without the blessing of spiritual potion, he could summon five thorn guards at once.

The strength has been greatly improved.

"It's time to go over there and take a look."

While talking to himself, Rhodes looked outside, in the completely opposite direction of the Mineral Forest.

He has explored three of the four directions of the altar, namely the Druid's Lair, the Mountain Giant Forest, and the Dragon's Nest Mine.

Although we only went to the outermost area, we didn't go too deep.

But he had already vaguely guessed that each direction represented an area guarded by a demigod.

An archdruid who controls all kinds of jungle beasts.

The tree of life that nurtures natural life.

The ancestor dragon god of the elemental dragons.

They are the three demigods he currently knows about.

The fourth demigod is very mysterious. Even the elders of the dryad clan don’t know who he is. Even the demigod statue in that direction is the most severely damaged, and it is impossible to tell what kind of creature it is.

So after thinking it over again and again, Rhodes found Augla and Alpha and told them about this matter.

"Do you want to go over there and check the situation?"

Alpha's face became serious: "This is too dangerous. It's best to wait until my strength is fully restored before going out. At least I can guarantee the safety of you and the little prince."

Your Highness?
Rhodes looked strange.

Looking at Kaba who was eating and playing nearby, it seemed inappropriate to call him this.

"Don't worry, we are just looking around. If we encounter any danger, we will run back immediately. It won't be too late for you to come out and support us then."

Alpha's soul is special and recovers very slowly, so he can't stay in the black soil for too long.

Augla was more open-minded and said quickly, "Leave it to me. I will make sure I get there as soon as possible!"

"Well, the safety of the altar will be left to you two."

With that said, Rhodes called Little Thing and Kaba, left the altar with all the prepared supplies, and went straight into the black soil.

In the blink of an eye.

You can no longer see the altar behind you.

The black air around became thicker and thicker.

But Kaba was not afraid of this. Instead, he was extremely happy and ran wildly on the black soil carrying them on his back.

"Slow down, be careful of danger."

Rhodes gave instructions and looked around with a high level of tension.

Because from the moment he stepped into this area, he didn't know why, but he suddenly felt a palpitation without any reason.

What's even more strange is that after running for nearly ten minutes, they didn't encounter any black beasts.

There was nothing but black soil all around. It was even more terrifyingly quiet than the mountain giant forest. It was like walking in an endless black desert.

wrong.

There seem to be other colors!

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Rhodes felt like there was a ray of light above the horizon at the end of his sight.

And as they moved forward, this feeling became more and more obvious, until it finally turned into a light visible to the naked eye, gradually replacing the black soil under their feet.

"Kaba, speed up!"

"roar~"

In response, Kaba immediately put all his strength into it and rushed out.

half an hour……

One hour……

An hour and a half...

After walking, stopping and running for nearly two hours, the light in front of me gradually became brighter.

Just like the rising sun, it illuminated the entire horizon, and the land beneath their feet also transformed from monotonous black to colorful colors.

Far away.

You can even see a large meadow, an endless forest, and a castle looming in the forest.

The laughter and joyful chatter kept echoing in my ears, just like a paradise in a dream.

"How could this be?"

Wasn’t it said that the Dream Forest had been completely destroyed?
How could there be such a vibrant place?
Looking at the fairy butterflies flying among the flowers and the herd of unicorns running by, Rhodes was so shocked that he was speechless.

I thought it was just an illusion.

But when you step into it, you can feel the touch of the grass under your feet.

The bright sunshine fell on the earth, bringing warmth and comfort. Even the little thing lying on Kaba's head jumped to the ground, babbling.

Look back.

The black soil as deep as hell is still there, separated by a thin line, but it seems like two different worlds from this world.

"What exactly is this?"

"Is this the utopia in fairy tales?"

(End of this chapter)