"Can you really keep turning things into gold like this forever?"
Kroya watched it frantically beat its wings and release phosphor powder, feeling the corner of his eye twitch.
Even if it had the power, there was no need to unleash it in such a frenzy.
Can the Ancient Pasture Fungus really sustain this output? Don't get yourself killed.
He wanted a steady supply, a little produced every day that would accumulate into a gold mine, not this frenzied release of power that treated it like a disposable tool.
"Take it easy," he could not help reminding it.
Fortunately, the Brilliant Gold Divine Butterfly was no fool.
After releasing enough phosphor powder to create gold, it landed on the ground and swallowed the gold into its mouth. The golden radiance on its wings grew even brighter.
It seemed to have stored the gold inside its wings.
Then it flew over to its kin and spat out all the gold it had filtered once.
The little creatures that were still Gold-Eating Worms immediately devoured the gold.
"So you wanted to help your kin." Understanding dawned on Kroya, followed immediately by alarm.
That won't do! You can't transform yet.
Kroya hurriedly stopped them and engraved the Blinding Spell on each one before allowing them to continue eating the gold.
Thankfully, a spell like the Blinding Spell did not consume much Void Luminary Power. One Void Luminary Crystal Chip was enough for ten castings.
The only problem was that once he used up the Void Luminary Power, he would have to find a solution.
Once the engraving was complete, it no longer mattered. Naturally, the more Brilliant Gold Divine Butterflies he had, the better.
The worms repeated the process of breaking out of their cocoons as butterflies.
They went from unremarkable worms to