The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 105 Malicious Transfiguration

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177 led Matthew towards the east room on the top floor.

As he walked, he introduced:

"Don't worry, the child is very well-behaved now.

Under my teaching, he has become a complete vegetarian, you have to be careful not to let him touch the smell of blood and fresh meat, he will vomit.

Usually, you only need to provide him with a certain amount of rice and wheat. He will eat stones when he is hungry.

Of course, in order to ensure the intake of protein and fat, you'd better provide him with a bucket of milk every week to ensure his health.

It doesn't matter if you don't have one, the ogre's physical fitness is strong, even if it has been hungry for several years, it is still strong and durable. "

talking room.

The two came near the room where the troll was held.

Matthew noticed that the rooms here are essentially assembled from fence structures.

In this area, as long as 177 thinks, he can build the buildings he wants at any time by controlling the various forms of basic structures here.

He claimed to be the Emperor of the Crucible House, which was not wrong from this point of view.

After entering the room, Matthew saw at a glance the hill-like Xinwak lying on the ground and sleeping soundly.

He looked as if he had lost a little weight, other than that, the only difference from before was the appearance of a slender collar around his neck.

177 pointed to the collar and said:

"See, the remote control in your hand is used to control the shock collar.

I set three levels for the remote control, which represent different intensities of current stimulation.

If he doesn't behave, you can push the remote control to the first position, and the current running through the neck and spine will give him a mild punishment.

If he does something wrong and you put it in second gear, he'll quickly realize that it's you warning him.

But in the vast majority of cases, try not to use third gear. "

Matthew reasonably speculated:
"Is it because the current in the third gear is so high that it might hurt him?"

177 nodded first, then shook his head:

"The first half of the sentence is correct, but the second half is wrong. In fact, the current in the third gear is so strong that he will think you are rewarding him."

Matthew was full of question marks at the time.

"Sinva!"

177 yelled softly, and at the same time did not forget to explain to Matthew:

"This is the pet name I gave him. The word Xinwak is too difficult to pronounce and not intimate enough. What do you think?"

Shinwak, who was lying on the ground, woke up suddenly, and he hurried over rubbing his sleepy eyes.

Matthew complimented:
"Your naming level is much better than mine."

177 Dale:

"I've known for a long time that I'm very talented in naming! How about this, Matthew, when you have a baby, let me help you name it! It's best to have a few more children so that I can maximize my potential. talent."

Matthew's smiling face suddenly froze.

Fortunately, he has become very good at dealing with embarrassing situations recently.

He pretended nothing had happened, and walked quickly towards Shinwak, looking at the troll's body curiously.

A few seconds later, Matthew gently stretched out his index finger, and flicked it on the skin of Xinwak's heel!
"Ah, master don't want it!"

"it hurts!"

Who knows the next second.

The troll fell to the ground, howling!
Xinwak looked very painful, covering the place where Matthew was bounced with his hands, and twitched on the spot.

Matthew watched this scene in surprise:
"How is this going?"

177 came over and explained:

"At the beginning, when I was training Xinwa, I found that he was too insensitive. Even if I punched him, he would just grunt twice and then fell asleep. This situation irritated me, so I adjusted it with spells. How about his sensitivity, isn't it bad?"

Matthew asked curiously:
"But his reaction is too exaggerated, wait, how much sensitivity did you adjust?"

"1000 times!"

177 said proudly.

Matthew took a breath in his heart:
"Why is it 1000 times?"

177 answered as a matter of course:
"Because I think 10000 times too cruel."

Matthew was taken aback when he heard the words, and felt that what the other party said seemed to be reasonable.

177 adds:
"Of course, the training has initially ended. If you want to take him away, I will cancel the magic effect of sensitivity. I just don't know if he will feel sorry. After all, Xinwa is probably the first in history to have A troll with such a sensitive physique, that alone is enough to go down in history."

Seeing the terrified look on the troll's face.

Matthew couldn't bear to ask what happened in the past month.

He said on the spot that he was going to take it away.

Hearing this, 177 immediately pointed to the biggest button on the remote control and said:

"Then click this to try."

Matthew did as he was told.

After pressing the button, a burst of white light enveloped the troll's body, and with a whoosh, only a collar was left in place.

177 walked over to pick up the collar and handed it to Matthew:

"Didn't you think so? I also added a dimensional space to the collar, which is big enough to accommodate two trolls. This is a design made to prevent Xinwa from getting too fat in the future. genius!"

Matthew took the collar with a smile, and found that there were still engravings in the inner circle——

"177's love collar (made for Matthew, another founder of "Ronan Must Die", I would like to commemorate our friendship with this object)"

Seeing this, Matthew was both moved and worried.

If Grand Master Ronan found out that he had this thing, wouldn't he slap himself?

But the practicality of this circle is indeed very high.

In the end he had to accept 177's kindness with a smile.

Afterwards, Matthew took out a set of pottery from his luggage and gave it to 177.
These things are everywhere in the abandoned kilns on Junliu Island. Matthew brought back a dozen sets, and he has already given one set to Rhaegar and Sif. The latter seemed particularly happy after receiving the gift.

177 as Ronan's confidant.

Naturally, Matthew couldn't fall behind.

He thought that the well-informed 177 would not like this gift, but who knew that the latter would cry after receiving the pottery:
"Oh, Matthew, I can't remember the last time I got a present!

That guy Ronan is busy outside every year, and he doesn't even remember my birthday.

The last time I received a gift was five years ago, when he went to Purgatory to ransack the lair of an ancient red dragon, killed several young red dragons, and made a fortune.

Before leaving, he promised me that he would share some red dragon corpses with me after the matter was completed.

However, what ended up in my hands turned out to be a large piece of red dragon intestines!
What's even more exaggerated is that the red dragon seemed to have just eaten food not long ago.

Damn Ronan!

Is he implying that I should eat shit?
Woo woo woo.

The pottery is interesting, their shapes remind me of some ancient constructs.

It's a pity that I lack a little spirituality inside. I go back to study and study, maybe there will be surprises. "

After saying goodbye to 177.

Matthew took the elevator to the market area.

He wants to browse the magic props market here, buy a few bottles of growth green liquid, and see if he can buy some equipment for himself.

When he came back from the south this time, aside from the funds used to establish the Oak Chamber of Commerce, Matthew also had more than two thousand gold coins in cash on hand.

Before, he didn't dare to look at the magic props here.

But today is different.

When Matthew walked into the official magic mall this time, his back was straighter.

……

The official shopping mall in the market area consists of a series of magic windows.

This is the store under the name of the great mage Ronan, and the things produced in it either come from Ronan's mage tower in Gemstone Bay, or from the properties of other great mages of the Seven Saints Alliance.

Matthew had just entered the door.

Surrounded by a pair of forks, a plate and a magic broom.

"Do you need service, sir? We can quickly find what you want to buy, which will save you a lot of time. You know, time is the lifeblood of a mage."

The three magical creatures scrambled to say.

Matthew declined their recommendation as a shopping guide.

Because these magic shopping guides also need to consume additional service fees.

Although he is no longer poor, he is not taken advantage of.

See Matthew is determined.

The three magical creatures dispersed in great disappointment.

Before leaving, I heard them muttering:

"It's okay, those who don't want to hire a shopping guide are usually poor ghosts, and this kind of little mage doesn't have much oil and water."

"You're right, but I haven't opened for a month."

"No way, who forced the closure of several nodes in the north? Ever since the mages in those wealthy cities couldn't come to the Crucible House, the business here has become more and more difficult..."

Matthew looked thoughtfully at the retreating back of the magical creature.

"The node from the Crucible House to the northern city is closed? Does this mean that Master Ronan's situation in the Star Realm has deteriorated again?"

Overthinking is useless.

Matthew withdrew his attention and wandered among the windows alone.

Can go.

His complexion is not right!

Matthew never expected that what those magical creatures said was not wrong. Compared with the prices here, he was indeed a poor ghost!
Come this way.

He actually took a fancy to several magic props.

However, their price is really prohibitive.

……

"Advanced body bag: can store 25 corpses (only corpses) at the same time, and only has 1/3 the size of a normal body bag.

Price: 200 gold coins.

Dragon Fire Talisman (Intelligence +1): Activate the dragon fire on this Talisman, and you can instantly clear all legendary or lower buff spell effects on the target unit.

In particular, when the target has "counter-magic", Dragonfire can not only break the counter-magic, but also apply the effect of "mana ignite" to the target depending on the level of "counter-magic".

Mana Ignite: Makes the target's mana burn quickly to the bottom in a short period of time.

Price: 5000 gold coins.

Shadow Staff (Intelligence +1): When you use this staff to cast spells, you will summon three ghost images around you. These three shadow images can not only play the role of confusing audiovisual effects, but also Accelerates your spellcasting, making your spellcasting speed up to 4x!
In addition, the spell provides a number of metamagic bonuses to shadow-type spells.

Price: 8000 gold coins. "

……

If the high-end body bag Matthew gritted his teeth, he could still afford it.

Then the more coveted "Dragon Fire Charm" and "Shadow Staff" have to embezzle public funds.

Through the window after window.

Matthew's expression became more and more numb.

to later.

He simply ran to the window of a legendary item.

Anyway, it doesn't cost money to look at it!

Only three props are shown in this window.

……

"Oklo's Guardian Light Sphere: After activating a specific spell, the effect of "absolute defense (sixth-order spell)" will be formed within a spherical range with a radius of 3 kilometers from the center of the light sphere.

Price: 200000 gold coins.

Oklo's twin angels (statue): After activating the statue with blood, you can summon two lower angels (LV21~LV24) to fight for yourself.
Price: 200000 gold coins.

Ronan's cane: The cane that Archmage Ronan used to travel around the world when he was young does not have strong magic power, but it has unique commemorative value.

Price: 100000 gold coins. "

……

Maybe it was blinded by too many zeros, or maybe it was completely numb.

Matthew didn't realize how expensive the first two items were.

It's just the last one that confuses him.

"How can a mediocre cane sell for a hundred thousand gold? Even if Ronan is black-hearted, he can't do such a thing? Could it be that this staff has other secrets?"

It's a pity that whether there is another mystery has nothing to do with Matthew.

With his current net worth, unless he can find a way to kidnap Rega for a ransom, it is absolutely impossible to scrape together one hundred thousand gold coins.

Leaving this row of magic windows.

Matthew's eyes ignited raging flames.

He can't wait to make money!
"At the very least, get the "Dragon Fire Talisman". With it, you don't have to be afraid of the enemy's counterattack and buff effects at all, and the enemy still has to be afraid of my counterattack. Once you enter and exit, don't worry about it. It is said that it is a fourth-level mage, but I dare to fight a fifth-level mage! "

Matthew walked towards the cashier counter with high spirits, and said to the staff:
"Here are three bottles of 'Growth Green Liquid'. "

But after getting closer, he realized that this staff member was actually the female mage he had met while waiting for the elevator.

She still wears thick black-rimmed glasses, and the dusty mage robe has been replaced with the work clothes of the Crucible House, looking younger and brighter.

"There is no growing green liquid for sale in the mall, only higher-level "fast-growing potion", sir, are you... eh, is that you? "

The female mage obviously recognized Matthew as well.

She looked a little shy, but she mustered up her courage and said to Matthew:

"Hello, my name is Rosita. I didn't even have a chance to thank you for your reminder that day—I was applying for a position here. I only found out afterwards that the supreme 177-sama liked to joke when we took the elevator. Anyone who induces acceleration will be scared to death, anyway, thank you very much!"

Matthew smiled and waved:

"Just a little thing."

"Don't call me my lord, just call me Matthew, uh, can you show me the "Fast Growth Potion"? "

"I'll probably need 3 bottles."

Rosita ran away briskly:
"no problem!"

After a while.

She came over with a large drawer.

Rosita opened the box of one of the drawers, took out a bottle of dark green potion, and handed it to Matthew.

Matthew took the potion and glanced at the label in the drawer calmly.

"Fast Growth Potion: Strongly increase the growth speed of plants (the effect is about 15 times that of "Spell: Fast Growth").

Price: 200 gold coins/bottle"

See prices.

Matthew's facial muscles twitched uncontrollably.

"Matthew, is this what you want?"

Rosita asked.

Matthew nodded slightly.

"Does that mean three bottles?"

Rosita asked again.

Matthew blinked, thinking in a state of contemplation:

"No, two bottles are enough. I suddenly remembered that I still have one bottle at home."

Rosita didn't doubt him, and quickly put on Matthew's clothes.

"Here, a total of 380 gold coins."

she says.

"Is there a discount?"

Matthew asked unexpectedly.

Rosita blushed and nodded, she whispered:

"I can use my employee card to give you a [-]% discount. This is the price of our internal shopping. If I can be promoted to a supervisor, I have the opportunity to get a [-]% discount."

"Thank you, Rosita."

Matthew was in a much happier mood immediately:

"Where are you a mage?"

Rosita said shyly:
"Jewel Bay, I was originally a third-level apprentice in Lord Erwin's mage tower, but Lord Erwin's assistant thought I was too stupid, so he kicked me out. Fortunately, I successfully applied for the job that day, Mr. 177 Give me a job, or I'll be a wandering wild mage."

Speaking of the last sentence.

There was a lot of fear on her face.

Jewel Bay.

There is Ronan's stronghold.

After paying the money, Matthew put the potion in the bag, and then said to Rosita:
"I'm from Rolling Stone Town. If you have time next time, we can chat. I'm very curious about Jewel Bay."

Rosita blushed again with a whoosh.

She just wanted to tell Matthew that she only works half a day every Thursday, five, six and three days.

It's a pity that Matthew has walked away.

……

After leaving the Crucible House, Matthew hurried back home.

His schedule was very full that day.

At eight o'clock in the morning.

Matthew led Laila to a house in the civilian area.

Then knock on the door.

The owner of the house is named Jinli, and she is a teacher of languages, humanities and arts at Sievell College.

Jin Li is enthusiastic, responsible and good at communicating with people.

Except for her weight of 200 pounds, she has almost no shortcomings.

After learning that the purpose of Matthew's visit is to ask him to take extra-curricular time to help his friend with tutoring.

Jin Li readily agreed, and offered a [-]% discount on the tuition fee proposed by Matthew.

Laila, who was at a loss before, realized that Matthew had to pay someone to teach her to read and write. She was a little uneasy.

Taking advantage of Jinli's opportunity to go to the toilet.

Lyra protested softly:
"I can read and write! Common Language, Underground Common Language, even if it is the language of the gray dwarves, I can...a little bit."

Matthew smiled and said to her:
"The president of the Oak Chamber of Commerce needs to know more than a little bit."

"Jin Li is a very good person. I hope you can learn more about human society from her. This is very important to me. Do you understand?"

Lyra had wanted to protest a few words.

But to hear Matthew say that.

She was silent for a long time before she said firmly:

"I see."

After entrusting Lila to Jinli.

Matthew rushed to the Lord's Mansion to clock in and go to work non-stop.

Come down for the first half of the day.

He and Rhaegar sat idle in two offices.

Zeller still didn't show up.

But since Rhaegar didn't say it clearly, it shouldn't be a big deal.

Matthew didn't ask.

After a lunch in the Lord's Mansion.

Matthew found an excuse to slip away and ran all the way into the oak forest, starting today's tree planting business.

Before planting.

He bought the "fast-growing potion" with a lot of money and tried different ratios of watering effects, and roughly found a range with the best cost performance.

He just started working.

With the help of zombies, planting the tree itself doesn't take much time, mainly because the wait-and-see afterwards takes up more energy.

This day is dark.

Matthew successfully planted 24 oak trees further north.

This number is basically the maximum he can achieve without overdrawing the field.

If there are more, not only the saplings will not be able to keep up, but the life elements in the land will further deteriorate.

Although Matthew wants to get as many reinforcement points as possible.

But the realm of moderation warned him.

Everything should be done in moderation.

At least he planned to do so before obtaining a large number of high-quality oak seeds.

……

late at night.

After a hasty supper and a hot bath, Matthew poured himself a cup of strong coffee.

Then began tonight's spell supplementary time.

Due to the fast upgrade speed, his spell foundation is not solid, and he needs to work harder than others to catch up with the progress.

And after entering the third stage.

The spells he can learn are several times more than before.

It took a lot of effort for Matthew to come up with a brand new spell learning list and schedule.

It's just that the spell that ranks first on this list is unexpectedly not in the realm of undead, but a magical skill that is in the general realm and closer to the transformation realm——

Malicious Transfiguration.

The reason why Matthew listed it first is also very simple.

Because this is strongly recommended by Master Ronan, and it is a spell that must be learned after entering the third level.

It is said to be very difficult.

Matthew himself has been curious about it for a long time. Now that he has the opportunity to get started, he naturally chooses to face the difficulties.

But before officially starting to learn "Malicious Transformation".

Matthew must first determine his own "malicious deformation target".

Generally speaking, there are three options here, which also represent the different difficulties of Malicious Transfiguration—

1. Frog (or Toad)

2. Wild boar
3. Goats.

Matthew listed the names of these three animals on the paper and fell into deep thought.

……

(End of this chapter)