The small pond in the forest glows with turquoise water in the sunlight.

It is an open space that occupies a large area, and spreads in all directions with a small pond in the middle as the center. At the edge of the clearing, the number of trees gradually increases, and if you look down from a high point in the sky, you can see that it is a land surrounded by forests. On the ground where the clearing is transitioning to a dense forest, you can see the soil gradually changing from black-red to earthy brown - the black-red soil may not be suitable for the growth of these trees, which is why the clearing is formed here.

A small river juts out of the dense forest in the north, connects to the pond, and flows down the pond to the south. Along the creek and pond, there are many yellow flowers, and in the rest of the clearing, there are man-tall shrubs and lush green grass. And on the edge of the small pond in the very center, a stone monument is erected.

The stele is newly erected at a glance, it looks very new, there is no dust on it, and there are many stone chips on the indentations on the stele, and those indentations, some are disconnected, some are connected together, forming an unknown pattern, which has been painted with black unknown pigment.

If there is a mage who is very knowledgeable in ancient languages, he will be able to recognize that they are three ancient words.

Sea of Stars.

The stele is not the only sign of human activity in the clearing.

The clearing is centered around the pond, and a large number of yellow flowers have been eradicated, and in its place, wooden houses have been removed. Around these houses, there was a great deal of human activity: some of them in mutilated armor were carrying logs and laying them down in the nearby clearings to form stacks for building houses, some of the civilians were also helping to carry the logs, but more were uprooting the bushes and uprooting them in the surrounding clearings; farther away, at the junction of the clearing and the dense forest, warriors, civilians, The slaves were converging and struggling to cut down the trees, which were then carried back by the men......

As far as the eye could see, you could see that most of the people were busy with their own affairs, men, women and children were all in battle, and there was no one who was slacking off, but there were a few idlers in an open space by the pond.

“...... Absolutely not!"

Xiu said loudly to the person in front of him: "Spells are the noblest and most powerful power in the world, how can you let me waste my magic power on these things?! If my teacher knew about this, he would definitely come down from heaven in anger and reprimand me harshly!"

In front of him was Norman, looking at him with a smile on his face.

It's been two days since Norman last managed to retreat from two alien races.

Norman asked Monroe to compete with Atremethea at that time, and naturally none of them were Atrimicia's opponents - Norman never thought of avoiding Atrehimia when he drew those magic cheats, and Monroe and the moves they learned, Atramethea would also be more comprehensive than them. In terms of strength and speed, although Atrimixia does not have the help of a three-dimensional magic array and a potion, her strength is only stronger than Monroe.

Nothing is as good as Monroe, and they are naturally no match for Atrimicia.

Monroe's clean defeat made the people's minds float to the ground, and they began to realize that it was really dangerous to go to Hiham, coupled with Norman's previous explanation and safety comfort, and finally everyone agreed with Norman's decision - mainly Demps and Jacob.

Now that it's safe here, there's really no need to take any more risks from the unknown, and safety comes first.

When several minds in the team are in agreement, it is natural that they will say what they say, and where do they need to consult the opinions of these people?

Then the team came here under the guidance of Norman.

This was actually what the Knights Templar were looking for, and the reason why they chose this place as their next living base was also decided after taking into account various factors such as terrain, security, and development space. Norman doesn't understand too specific, just listen to them.

And now that they have decided to settle here, what they should do next also needs to be recalculated.

Staying in a house is not about finding a place, they need to consider many factors, first of all, safety.

Since the decision was made to make this their permanent residence, it was clear that security was the first priority, which required careful planning of the location of the camp buildings, the type of city defense measures, the selection and construction of the site, the distribution and dispatch of defense forces, and so on.

Secondly, there is the aspect of survival.

People need to eat while they live, and if they plan to live here permanently, the food problem is the first key issue to be solved in addition to safety.

Because everyone has fled with all their possessions, and the reserves are very sufficient, so the food is not safe for a while, and you can also dig some wild vegetables and hunt some animals from the surrounding forests, but this is not a long-term solution after all, and it is still necessary to have sustainable food, so many civilians have already started to farm - many farmers have already thought that they will continue to farm after arriving in Hiham, so there is no shortage of seeds.

But now that the seeds are being sown, and it will be a long time before they are harvested, will they be able to sustain their food until then?

After that, there are a series of cumbersome problems such as housing, clothing, etc., and even political problems—— people's hearts are really greedy and stupid, once they settle down temporarily, Demps seems to be a little nervous, and in the past two days, he has emphasized his status as a "former baron" from time to time.

These problems are all problems that need to be solved urgently in front of Norman, and if you look at these problems as a person, I am afraid that my head will be big. Fortunately, Norman had the help of the Knights Templar, and many of his problems were quickly resolved.

For example, the problem of city defense.

The Knights Templar directly drew a detailed map of the camp construction, and Norman remembered it in a way that Norman could watch the live broadcast room in his body.

The construction of the camp was extremely detailed, even down to the centimeter level, and Norman only had to draw a gourd and tell them to do it.

In terms of food cultivation, the Knights Templar, although they did not have access to this world, gave a series of detailed plans. Under the guidance of these plans, Norman could use the limited resources at his disposal to test some general data of these soils, analyze the compatibility of the food seeds of the civilians with the soil, and even give some preparatory plans such as artificial pollination and grafting, which Norman, an experienced purebred farmer, had never heard of, and if these plans were successful, they would have a powerful effect on farming, and would make the jaws drop of the indigenous farmers of this world. Provided that everything the Knights Templar say is true.

As such, the Knights Templar offered some advice on the specific issues facing the Normans, but the Knights Templar liked to get involved in magic on any issue.

“...... In fact, in terms of security, these defensive measures are just no way, for security can only play a role in assisting, really want to have a strong security, is to build a strong army, of course, in this army, mages are also indispensable. ”

“...... In terms of housing choice, wooden houses are really only a second-best choice, and in terms of their productivity at the moment, the best choice is still stone houses. If all the houses in the camp were connected like a noble castle, it would be more effective against foreign invasion than those city defenses, and the mage would undoubtedly be a good hand in building such houses. Stone Wall and similar spells can easily generate stones, change the terrain, and more importantly, it doesn't take a long time to build, if it is properly controlled, it is more than enough for a day, and building a castle will be very easy and fast. ”

“...... It is really unnecessary to waste a lot of manpower on growing food. In the world of earth, the first leap forward of human beings was to use industrialization to liberate a large amount of manpower from heavy agriculture, so that they could do more and more valuable things, and it was feasible to put it here. Spells can generate magic bread and magic cookies, these are all food, only someone needs to do this, then according to our estimates, only one person can bear the food of all of you here, and the manpower that was originally wasted on food cultivation can all be freed up to do other more valuable things. ”

......

Lancelot said a lot of this, and finally said to Norman, "So, magic is the first productive force." ”

Although he felt that Lancelot was very annoying, and this way of speaking was a waste of time, after listening to Lancelot's series of ideas, he also fell into a deep thought, and finally agreed with it very much.

The mages of this world that Norman came into contact with have always been in pursuit of the ultimate power, the pursuit of the origin mage, and the pursuit of forbidden spells, but Norman, who has experienced everything, has found that perhaps the real power is hidden in some seemingly insignificant things.

For example, the spell that Lancelot was talking about, magic bread.

As an old farmer for more than ten years, he deeply knows how much time and labor costs are needed to grow food, and a large number of people are tied to the land, but he can't help but do it, because if no one grows food, human beings will not say that they will perish, at least the population will be greatly reduced.

And if the mages were willing to take the place of the peasants and become the social actors who provide food, everything would be different.

A mage only needs to work a very short time a day to provide a large amount of food, and the higher the level of the mage, the more food can be provided. At that time, a large number of people will be liberated from the land, and they will be able to devote their time and manpower to other things, such as learning how to fight, for example, learning some handicrafts such as ironmaking, and even, for example, becoming a mage......

If this is done, the territory will be turned upside down: there will be more craftsmen there, handicraft technology will be developed rapidly, and quantitative change will catalyze qualitative change, some craftsmen may appear in the field, promote the development of the local handicraft industry, there will be more warriors, their training time will be longer, their combat effectiveness and number will increase, the whole army will be stronger, the number of mages there will also be increased to a certain extent, although making magic bread will consume some of their time, but after liberating people from the land, there is a high probability that new mages will emerge......

But alas, mages are so scarce, and their status is so noble and noble, that no one would ask and dare to ask a mage to work every day to make magic bread.

First of all, the mage himself would not agree, he would have thought it was a great humiliation, and would throw a fireball at the first place to make that daring guy into a suckling pig. Secondly, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the mage himself is willing, the world will not agree, and those mages in the kingdom and the church will regard the person who dares to make this request as the public enemy of the mage, and will not give up until he is killed!

The power of the mage has made the world what it is, but at the same time, it has also shackled it.

If you can leave everything behind and look back, you will find that the first lesson of becoming a mage, the first sentence that teachers teach students is always "wisdom is the true power of a mage", but all mages will gradually forget this sentence and get lost in the pursuit of great power.

Norman was the same.

He had also been constantly pursuing great power, forbidden spells, and infinite mana, but after listening to Lancelot's strange thoughts at this moment, he realized that he had long forgotten the source of the mage's power, and he finally understood what was truly powerful.

What about the undead catastrophe? What about the Three Thousand Worlds? These terrifying forces that seem to the world to be incomparably powerful, and the forbidden spells that make all mages tremble with excitement, can only affect one time and one place.

On the contrary, it is the magic bread, a low-level spell that many mages can use, and it is the spell that can really turn the world upside down.

With the correct use of the method, its effect has far surpassed the so-called forbidden spells and even god-level forbidden spells in people's cognition.

It's not like those so-called powerful forces, which only affect one time and one place, it will affect the whole world, all the time after that!

And all it takes is a change of mindset and the wisdom and effort to prepare for it.

The power of a mage lies in wisdom.

And the spell of "magic bread" is really well-deserved,

God-level forbidden spells.