Farming Tree Spirit

"You're a smart guy, coming all this way to beg for food."

Snap——

A piece of dried meat was thrown on the stone in front of Rhodes by the guard, and there was a dull sound.

Rhodes, who was still sizing up the carriage, was stunned, his face full of question marks.

etc.

What's going on?

I just stood here and took a look, why did you just throw a piece of dried meat to me?

Listening to the conversation between these people just now, it seems that they have fed the little spider demon before?

rustle~

There was a weak fluctuation in the little spider demon's broken soul.

After Rhodes felt it carefully, he finally understood the general situation, and it turned out to be exactly what he thought.

"Just in time, I can take this opportunity to learn about the situation here."

Seeing that the other party had no ill intentions and saved the life of the important carrier of the little spider demon in disguise, Rhodes changed his plan of wandering around, picked up the dried meat and slowly followed the leaving carriage team.

"Sir, it's coming up."

The butler whispered beside the carriage.

"Following?"

Dafik frowned. Although the spider demons are also intelligent creatures, most of them live deep in the gray border and rarely interact with humans.

If such a spider demon appeared in the village, it would probably cause quite a disturbance. If the city security team found out and sent someone over, it would be troublesome.

After thinking for a while, he said: "In that case, let's go back to the manor first, and avoid the village so that the villagers don't see it."

"good."

After that, the carriage changed direction and went around to the other side.

In the distance, one can already see a large wheat field on both sides of the road and a small village.

It's a bit like the medieval-style village in another world that Rhodes saw in his previous life.

The only difference is that the wheat is grown too poorly. Not only the height is uneven, the wheat that is connected is pitifully small and very shriveled.

"Is it because of the land here?"

Rhodes lowered his head and looked at the gray land that had become much lighter.

Although it is much weaker than black soil, it is also slowly absorbing the surrounding energy, which leads to the restriction of the growth of food and plants.

He had to wonder whether Kurotsuchi was related to this plane.

It seems that a careful investigation is necessary.

After thinking about it, Rhodes quickly followed the carriage team, followed them around the village, and entered a somewhat dilapidated manor.

"Okay, you can stay here for the time being. The place is a bit shabby. I hope you don't mind."

Even when facing Rhodes, the spider demon, Dafik still adhered to his noble accomplishments and spoke very politely.

Rhodes wanted to say something, but suddenly several figures ran out of the house.

"Father!"

"Dear you are back."

When Rhodes saw it, he saw a boy about ten years old and a wife holding a baby girl with her ponytail combed over her shoulders.

Um……

Madam, your hairstyle is a bit dangerous.

Seeing the iconic single ponytail shawl hairstyle, Rhodes couldn't stand it. Is there really anyone in this other world with such a hairstyle?

But then again.

This guy named Dafik looks to be in his thirties, and he actually has such a young wife. Do men really like young and beautiful women?

Unexpectedly.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, the boy next to him noticed his presence and his expression changed.

"Father, be careful, there are monsters!"

With a loud shout, he quickly drew out the sword from his waist and rushed forward.

Without even waiting for Dafik and others to stop him, he already came to Rhodes and slashed out with a sword, with a trace of fighting spirit on the sword.

"Is it almost the first level? He is quite talented."

Rhodes raised his hand, and a translucent shield appeared in front of him, blocking the two of them.

when!

There was a loud bang.

A tingling sensation spread from the boy's arms throughout his body, knocking him back and falling to the ground.

"Dilus, please don't be rude, he is my guest!"

Dafik stood up quickly, with shock in his eyes. This was the first time he saw a magical spider demon, and it could block the first-order attack so easily.

Seeing that neither party was injured, he quickly explained things about Rhodes to his family and warned them not to leak the news casually. This relieved the tense atmosphere in the manor.

But even so.

The servants in the manor still didn't dare to approach Rhodes, and they all stayed away, fearing that Rhodes would suddenly get angry and eat them.

On the contrary, the curiosity of the young boy Dilus skyrocketed.

While Dafik left the manor and gathered the villagers with the exchanged supplies, he sneaked into the backyard where Rhodes was staying and hid behind a pillar to observe secretly.

Rhodes, who was still familiar with using this body to perform magic, immediately noticed his arrival.

However, the little spider demon's vocal cords were not fully developed yet and he could not speak, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it and continued to familiarize himself with magic, while using magic to transform this weak body.

"Well, the magic power can still run, which means that elemental elves can come to this plane."

As soon as Rhodes raised his hand, a large number of elemental elves gathered over, and the flowers and plants in the backyard began to grow rapidly.

Seeing that magical scene, Dilus' eyes widened behind the pillar. He accidentally stepped on the steps next to him and fell down with an ouch.

When he got up from the grass again, his eyes dimmed, and a spider demon as tall as a person appeared in front of him, scaring him half to death.

However, after waiting for a long time, Rhodes was not seen eating him. When he raised his head, he found that Rhodes had returned to the tree again. He closed his eyes to rest and breathed a sigh of relief.

A good while.

Only then did he have the courage to step forward and said in a trembling voice: "You... can you teach me magic?"

On the gray border, magicians are a very rare profession and very profitable.

He once thought about becoming a magician, but when he saw his father getting up early and working late every day, running around for the livelihood of the territory, he gradually gave up on this plan.

Because the cost of learning magic is too high, and they have to hire a teacher to teach, they can't afford it based on their conditions.

So after seeing that Rhodes could do magic, he seemed to see hope and mustered up the courage to come over.

It is said that the spider demons are an intelligent race, and they might be able to teach him.

When he becomes a powerful magician, his father will no longer have to be laughed at by other nobles outside, and he can help share many things.

"Learning magic?"

Rhodes looked around the young man and saw a large number of earth elements gathered together. It seemed that the earth element had a high affinity and he was a good magic seedling.

Instead of being sent to learn magic, he learned fighting spirit instead. Is it because he was poor?

He ruthlessly exposed the Green family's predicament in his mind.

A dignified nobleman doesn't even have the money to pay for his children to learn magic. It seems that he is indeed quite poor.

Considering that the little spider demon needed a safe place and he needed a source to collect information, Rhodes immediately made a decision.

As soon as he raised his hand, an invisible ripple enveloped Dilus, and the originally ordinary world suddenly became colorful.

Especially the earth element, as if being summoned, gathered from all directions and spread all over the backyard in the blink of an eye.

"This is... a magic element! I saw a magic element!!"

Dilus shouted excitedly, chasing the earth element floating in the air like a firefly.

He already has a strong magical talent, and with the blessing of Rhodes' elemental vision, he can easily sense the existence of magical elements.

As long as the presence of magic elements is sensed, the next thing will be much easier to handle.

Rhodes raised his hand.

There was a loud rumble, and large thorns rushed out from the ground, surrounding Dilus, and a magical light lit up under his feet, forming a magic circle of thorn magic.

Dilus was ecstatic, not knowing that it was Rhodes who was teaching him magic. He quickly calmed down and memorized the patterns of the magic circle in his mind.

The entire backyard fell into silence again.

Until near evening.

Dafik just came back from outside, with a look of exhaustion on his face.

"What happened?"

The housekeeper hurriedly greeted him.

"Still the same."

Dafik exhaled a thick breath: "This year's harvest is too small. After paying the taxes, everyone will not have much money left, but we can still survive."

"I'm just a little worried. Because of the dispute between the Nerubians and the Undead, there have been very few adventurers and caravans passing by us recently."

"It's indeed a lot less." The old housekeeper nodded silently, "I hope the dispute will end soon."

Those adventurers and foreign caravans are their source of income. The sudden reduction will have a great impact on them.

Fortunately, their place is not too far from the city. At most, it's just a matter of trouble to transport the goods there and sell them.

"By the way, where's Dilus?"

Dafik thought of something and started searching inside the manor.

"Master? It seems that I haven't seen him since the afternoon. Could it be..."

Suddenly, the housekeeper thought of something and looked towards the backyard.

Dafik's expression also changed and he hurried towards the backyard.

However, when they arrived at the backyard, the picture they imagined did not appear.

On the contrary, Dilus stood on the practice field and muttered to the target in the distance.

"O great spirit of the earth, please listen to my call and penetrate everything in front of you...the earth thrusts!"

With a childish cry, a magic aperture lit up, condensing into a rock thorn that rushed out of the ground and suddenly penetrated the target in the distance.

Dafik:? ? ?

Old housekeeper:! ! !

"Magic! Master, how can you use magic?!"

The two people ran over in shock, looking at the target in the distance in disbelief and the cheap wand made of tree branches in Dilus's hand.

Dilus, who had just come back to his senses, was also full of excitement and looked at them extremely excitedly.

"Father, I learned it! I learned magic! I am a magician now!"

Dafik stared at his son in disbelief.

Then, as if he thought of something, he suddenly looked at the spider demon not far away, only to find that the spider demon had returned to its original demented appearance, wandering aimlessly in the yard.