The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 110

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People from the Silver Frost Brotherhood showed up to make trouble, which did not exceed Matthew's expectations.

Because he had done his homework beforehand, Matthew didn't think the ashes creatures were so troublesome, and he deliberately recruited so many people to prevent potential attacks from evil organizations.

As of now, the significance of Mark of the Dead has become apparent.

It is one of the tentacles of Yuklus, Lord of the Void, the "great being" of the Scourge Cult, who is dedicated to reviving all traces of Yuklus in the Prime Material Plane.

The purpose of the war that Warlock Edson launched against Rolling Stone Town was not to destroy Rolling Stone Town, but to use the war to create a large number of deaths near the Scar of the Dead.

From this point of view, the goal of the Scourge Church has been achieved.

They successfully activated the scar of the dead, making it enter the recovery period from the sleeping period, which is a necessary prerequisite for the accelerated expansion of the scar of the dead.

It was also the root cause of the Ash Lord's revenge when Matthew took one more look.

That battle gave Dead Scar no small amount of power.

And the dozens of carts from the Silver Frost Brotherhood just now also played a role in fueling the flames.

"It seems that after the Scourge Church was accidentally injured, it was the Silver Frost Brotherhood who took over the banner of Yuklus."

Matthew was not surprised by this.

Although the Scourge Religion is under the banner of believing in Yukrus, the sorcerers in the religion are believers of demons, and they are essentially the horsemen of the Midnight God.

It is impossible for a believer to serve two great beings at the same time.

Then there are only two possibilities that can explain this——

The first possibility is that Yuklus and the Midnight God have reached some kind of agreement, and everyone will share that set with believers.

But this possibility is extremely low.

The degree of sensitivity of the gods to the infidelity of their followers is unimaginable to outsiders.

Otherwise, Lyra would not have to seek help from Gaelan, Creator of the Dusk to escape the wrath of the Midnight God.

Therefore, Matthew is more inclined to the second possibility.

That is, the power group composed of the God of Midnight and some of the gods of Tianlun Palace behind him is using the power of Yukrus to disrupt the situation.

Yuklus may know about this, but he also enjoys it and doesn't expose it.

The two sides reached a shallow tacit understanding.

Matthew remembers very clearly that before Edson launched the war, there were three organizations in the afternoon.

Scourge, Brotherhood of Silverfrost, and Blight.

The former is temporarily cold.

The other two sects are sure to wait in the wings.

Now that the Brotherhood of Silver Frost has really emerged again, the Wither Order must not be too far away.

"Fallen Druids are very good at covering their tracks. It's a pity that Eli is not here, otherwise his nose can always smell the smell of the Blight."

Although there is Richard to deal with the Silver Frost Brotherhood.

But Matthew still maintains a high degree of vigilance, he misses the arrogant ancient tiger a little bit.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for a lord's guard that Rhaegar urgently mobilized to be in place.

Brad stepped on his horse and followed Rhaegar's order to patrol along the Scar of the Dead, sweeping the wasteland, hills and caves on its north and south sides.

Since the invasion of the underground coalition forces.

Rhaegar set up a sentry post in this area. At first, it was used to monitor the signs of activities of underground creatures. After they blocked all the nearby caves, this sentry post was used to monitor the increasingly active Scar of the Dead.

The members of the sentry are not from the garrison, but Rhaegar's personal guards—the lord's guard. They are the real elite of Rolling Stone Town.

The official members of the lord's guard are less than 40 in total, but with the followers of each knight, this number will expand to nearly 200 people.

Matthew has always been curious.

In a place like Rolling Stone Town, where wars hardly occur, how much does it cost Rhaegar to raise such an army, and how does he maintain the combat effectiveness of these knights?

Theoretically, if an army loses blood for a long time, no matter how well trained it is, it will gradually soften or even degenerate.

But Matthew didn't notice this sign in the knights of the lord's guard.

Tuk Tuk Tuk!
The sound of hoofs sounded.

Looking at the backs of the knights going away, Matthew breathed a sigh of relief.

The pressure in his heart has been relieved a lot, and it is also not his task to guard Rolling Stone Town alone.

In this regard, Rhaegar showed an unprecedented positive attitude.

Just after giving the knights the order to die, Rhaegar climbed to the oak tree to observe the situation in the distance when he was exhausted.

If this was changed to the rainforest, the old man probably didn't even open the cap of the sword oil bottle!
"Matthew, that big guy is coming!"

Rhaegar shouted from the top of the tree.

Matthew looked up, and he could hear the low moaning of the oak branches, and he called out:
"Be careful, don't stand too high."

Lei Jia seems to be steadily picking up the branches, with a disapproving expression on his face:

"What is this? In purgatory, I even climbed the devil tree!"

Seeing this, Matthew had no choice but to let him go.

His eyes focused on the new big guy in Scar of the Dead.

"Ash Warrior".

This thing is as tall as two people, and its body is more than twice as burly as the Ash pawn, but in other respects, its attire is similar to that of the pawn.

He held a huge meteor hammer in his hand, and the end of the meteor hammer kept dropping sparks.

This guy is very cunning.

It didn't leave the Scar of the Dead immediately, but just walked back and forth near the end.

From time to time, it would wave the meteor hammer in the air.

That moment.

Sparks and ashes are thrown out in large quantities.

They sank into the nearby ground, and the color of the ground immediately became scorched black.

After a few times.

That piece of land became part of the Scar of the Dead!

During this period.

The oak tree that Matthew planted closest to the Scar of the Dead was also swallowed by the Scar of the Dead.

He watched helplessly as the once vibrant oak tree turned into a scorched black thing like the ground it took root in.

I can't tell the pain in my heart!
Looking at the Ash Warrior.

Matthew's eyes were full of killing intent.

"You don't want to venture into the Scar of the Dead and kill this ash creature?"

"For living people, this is not a wise move. I know several people who have entered the scar of the dead. Although they were fine at the time because of their youth and strong physique, after a few years, they had seizures. He suffered from all kinds of strange diseases, although he would not die, but he still lived a very painful life."

Old Fallon suddenly spoke.

Matthew nodded, calming down a little.

He knew that what Old Fallon said was right. The Scar of the Dead has a powerful predatory ability, which is a characteristic of the Ashes Domain. Even if it is only a short time together, some elements in the body may be deprived. These elements are the components of human life. The important jigsaw puzzle is indispensable.

He must never enter the Scar of the Dead unless necessary.

However, the ashen warrior has been hiding inside and quietly expanding the scope of the scar of the dead, which is also unacceptable to Matthew.

The distance between the two sides is a bit far, far beyond the casting distance. Even if the magic can hit the Ash Warrior, the effect will be greatly reduced after exceeding the exhaustion radius.

Matthew looked at Old Fallon:
"Do you have any countermeasures against that big guy?"

Old Fallon smiled:

"I'm just a retired veteran, so I can't help you much, but I seem to have noticed that you have recruited a new undead? It looks extraordinary."

While speaking, his eyes kept drifting towards Renesme.

Matthew's heart moved, and he introduced:
"Her name is Renee Smee, and she's an archer."

Old Fallon showed such an expression as expected:
"I knew it, I saw the shadow of an old person in her, of course, that old person is not undead. I think she is very talented, and she may become a powerful zombie archer in the future. It just so happens that I have a Take a good bow, do you want to try it?"

Matthew's eyelids twitched.

Did not wait for him to refuse.

Old Fallon actually conjured up a long and narrow wooden box.

Snapped!
The box was opened, and a faint green light flashed. Immediately afterwards, Matthew saw a simple longbow with three green leaves hanging on it.

Matthew couldn't help but grabbed the bow in his hand.

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"Hint: You have obtained the "Emerald Trade Wind" (Elf Longbow/Archer Exclusive Weapon)
Emerald Trade Wind (Perception +1): Normal range is 800 meters, high-precision range is 400 meters.

Enchanting Skill - Wind Tornado: Consume a lot of stamina, you will shoot an arrow wrapped in wind element, the arrow will hit the enemy like a normal arrow, and create four tornadoes in the hit area.

Special Arrows - Kiss of the Trade Wind: Call the name of Natara, the lord of the wind element, and you will get 12 sharp arrows made of wind elements at one time. The kiss of the trade wind can hit the target as far as 1200 meters away.

Can be used three times daily.

Other arrows:

1. White Feather Arrow/Piercing Arrow (recommended).

2. Magic Arrow (not recommended/unless it is wind element domain).

3. Metal arrows (recommended depending on the situation within 100 meters).

4. Hit the sky (special arrows for emerald trade winds, highly recommended). "

"Your summon, Renesme, has a great desire for the "Emerald Trade Wind".

Renesme's loyalty to you has increased to 83!

Renee Smee shared her ability with you: making and maintaining arrows. "

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I don't know when, Miss Zombie has come over.

She looked helplessly at the bow and arrow in Matthew's hand, drooling all over the floor.

The old fox next to him smiled and persuaded:

"Let her try it. It doesn't cost money to try it. Besides, you want to protect Rolling Stone Town. For this reason, whether it is buying or renting, I will give you a discount in the end."

Matthew suddenly had a feeling of being fooled.

But he still couldn't hold back, and handed the Emerald Trade Wind into Renesme's hands.

As soon as the latter got it, she immediately drew a beautiful bow flower. In the next second, Matthew didn't even hear her make a sound, and an arrow made of wind elements suddenly appeared on the emerald trade wind bowstring!
In this scene, even Old Fallon showed a surprised expression.

Renesme held the emerald trade wind in her hand, and at that moment, her whole demeanor was completely different.

From a stupid undead, it seems to have suddenly transformed into a calm and calm master of bow and arrow.

She turned to the northeast, only aiming for a few seconds, then slowly let go of her stiff fingers.

hum!
The bowstring made a nice trembling sound.

The trade wind kiss gracefully traced a parabola in mid-air.

Finally, it accurately hit the ashen warrior's chest!

puff!
After a crisp sound.

The ashes warrior also turned into sparks like the ashes pawn.

the difference is.

While the ashes warrior was being wiped out, a tiny crystal fell from his original direction.

next second.

A vigorous figure suddenly jumped out of the shadows, he quickly crossed the Scar of the Dead as if being ejected by a slingshot, grabbed the crystal with quick eyesight, and then disappeared into the material world again.

A few blinks.

A Bing appeared next to Matthew.

He handed the crystal to Matthew respectfully.

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"Hint: Your summoned Renesme killed the Ember Warrior!
Continuing fidelity in effect.

Your summoned Bing picked up the soul crystal dropped by Ash Warrior! "

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Soul crystal?

Ash warriors will drop soul crystals?
Matthew's eyes suddenly lit up.

He put the soul crystal in his hand and looked at it carefully, and found that it was similar to the one he condensed, and even higher in purity!

Matthew knew exactly what high-purity soul crystals meant to the undead.

If the soul fire of the undead is the source of their lifespan and power, then ordinary soul crystals are things that can prolong the burning time of soul fires, and high-purity soul crystals are treasures that have the chance to transform their life forms !

Under such circumstances, Ah Bing could hold back and diligently completed his job.

This made Matthew Long Yan very happy.

He is short of soul crystals.

Not only now, but also in the foreseeable future. With more and more undead under Matthew's hands, the soul crystal will definitely become a problem that troubles him in the near future.

It's too slow to produce on your own.

Matthew's meditation time and efficiency are limited.

But the needs of the undead are endless.

Blindly reducing costs will only lead to diminishing marginal utility later on.

Of course Matthew understands this, but he just suffered from not having a stable channel to obtain soul crystals.

Now discover the treasure of the ash creature.

Of course he won't miss it!
If they had the ability, who wouldn't want to feed their immortals to make them stronger?
At the moment, Matthew immediately formulated a strategy.

Renee Smee cums.

A Bing is responsible for picking it up.

The two are in a state of cooperation, and they can each get 10% of the soul crystals captured in the end.

Although Renee Smee is still dumb, and her mind is estimated to be less than three or five years old, Matthew feels that he is not worried about the few but the uneven. What kind of treatment did he give A Bing? In the future, he should try his best to deal with other undead. on par.

As long as he worked hard and made a small profit, he was happy to give it up.

Four or five hours passed in a blink of an eye.

Matthew summed up the current law of Scar of the Dead——

without additional stimulation.

Currently only Ash Pawns and Ash Warriors will spawn.

The former is refreshed every 3 minutes, and rushes out after the refresh. It is completely fearless to die. Of course, they can indeed be resurrected after death.

The latter is refreshed every half an hour, and after the refresh, it will be wretched at the end of the scar of the dead. The meaning of this kind of ashes life is probably to accelerate the expansion of the scar of the dead.

Fortunately, Renesmee's archery skills were extremely stable. Even if he replaced the white-feathered arrows used by the lord's guard later, he would have killed the Ember Warrior in seconds with at most three arrows.

In this way, Matthew couldn't help but give birth to the cognition that life in ashes seems to be as brittle as a piece of paper.

Renee Smee and Ah Bing cooperate with each other.

Plus a lot of zombies and skeleton guardians.

Not only was the oak grove unharmed.

The ashes creature couldn't even get out of the house when it was blocked!
The only regrettable thing is.

Not every ashen warrior drops soul crystals.

Matthew also greedily thought:
"Do you want Scar of the Dead to absorb a little more life elements, so as to produce more Ash Warriors?"

Then he was taken aback by his own thought, and the Temperance Domain automatically opened.

Matthew clearly understood that the ashes creatures are definitely not that simple. This is just the first batch sent by the ashes lord, and there is a high probability that the latter will become stronger and stronger.

The idea of ​​throwing more life elements at the enemy in order to farm soul crystals is very dangerous.

Any move to make your enemy an idiot may end up making you look even more of an idiot.

Matthew calmed down completely.

at this time.

Old Fallon also walked over relaxedly, he smiled and complimented:
"It seems that you can protect Rolling Stone Town by yourself. You are really young and promising."

Matthew was secretly startled when he saw the old fox's smile.

Renee Smee's fascination with the emerald trade winds was deeply in the eyes of old Farron.

In this situation, it is impossible for Matthew to take back the emerald trade wind, so he can only bite the bullet and ask:
"How much does it cost to rent?"

The value of this elven longbow obviously surpassed Ah Bing's pair of short knives.

He didn't even think about buying it.

Before Old Faron could speak, Rhaegar, who had already jumped down from the tree, complained:

"This old man was a romantic and handsome man when he was young, but now he has become a vampire who only cares about money. Time is indeed the greatest murderer to destroy a man."

Old Fallon looked at Rhaegar angrily:

"If your big sword was as strong as your mouth, you would have killed that Viper with one sword, and now I don't have to worry about money all day long."

Hearing this, the smile on Rhaegar's face disappeared instantly:

"You're right. It's my fault. I should kill it with a single sword."

Seeing Rhaegar's expression, Old Faron also felt guilt on his face:

"No, I was wrong. I was the one who was closer at the time, and I should have been the one to kill it. But I didn't know why at the time, I was drained of all my courage, and I stepped back a few steps, so the beast Venom spewed out—that was all my problem, and I shouldn't be timid."

Rhaegar shook his head:

"We were all pretty close. At that time, you, me, and Eric, but only Eric rushed forward bravely. He is a real warrior. Unfortunately..."

Both were silent for a while.

Seeing this, Matthew tried to change the subject and asked:
"So how much does this bow cost?"

The sadness on Old Fallon's face instantly dissipated:

"Buy it for a one-time discount, 3500 gold coins!"

Matthew almost popped his eyes out.

3500?

The price he estimated in his heart was around 1500!

Old Fallon said again:
"3500 is just the price of the Emerald Trade Wind itself. In fact, I have 12 special arrows here that are specially used to match this bow: Hitting the Sky. If you are sure to buy it, I can sell it to you at a lower price. Get 40 gold coins. Trust me, these special arrows won't disappoint you."

Matthew sighed deeply:

"I'm sorry, old Mr. Fallon, but I'm afraid I've let you down with my purse."

However, Old Fallon introduced it affectionately:

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"Do you think it's expensive? But in fact, the value of this bow itself is amazing. Its previous owner was Tyrast of Jade Cangting, the famous Grand Marshal of the Windchaser, and Tyrast loved it when he was young. Bow and arrow soon became a well-known marksman in the world.

He once shot a dragon with this bow!
Not long after, Telast fell madly in love with an elf girl, and gave her the Emerald Trade Wind as a token of love.

However, the girl did not love him, and in order to expressly reject Terraste's love, she gave me the emerald trade wind.

Since then, this treasure has been kept in my hands.

I spent some wonderful years with that elf girl named Nila, but unfortunately, we couldn't get together in the end.

Under the pressure of the traditional ethics of the elves, Nila finally returned to the Jade Cangting. At the request of her parents, she married Terraste, and it is said that she had a child with him.

Not long after, Nila passed away because of depression.

Later, I went to Jade Cangting once. I wanted to seek the secret recipe from the elves to cure the poison of the Purgatory Viper, but I was almost beaten to death by the Windchasers.

Since.

I never saw Terraste again.

It is said that after Nila's death, he completely gave up bows and arrows, and switched to elven sword chant, with some success.

But nonetheless.

This emerald trade wind is still very meaningful to Terraste.

Although he didn't come to find the bow himself, he sent his son Telani to Rolling Stone.

He was almost cut out of the same mold as his mother Nila.

But I still turned him down.

Because he couldn't give me the price I wanted.

If you buy this bow, it may be exchanged for the friendship of the Grand Marshal of the Windchaser when it is no longer needed in the future, and his son Telani is said to be a great figure among the Windchaser now.

Believe me, the benefits that this Emerald Trade Wind can bring to you are definitely beyond your expectations! "

……

Old Fallon's voice was the whisper of a demon.

Hitting through Matthew's heart step by step.

After half a minute.

Matthew suddenly looked up at Rhaegar:

"I bought the Jade Trade Wind to arm the undead under my command to resist the invasion of the Scar of the Dead. This should be a major event related to the safety of the whole town. The lord should have something to say, right?"

Rhaegar said vigilantly:
"What do you want to do?"

Matthew said boldly:

"This is a business expense, and it should be reimbursed by public funds. I can temporarily spend a sum of money to buy the Emerald Trade Wind, but soon, I will apply for reimbursement."

Rega confidently said:

"Whatever you want to apply, if I don't pass it, it's over."

Matthew calmly said:

"It doesn't matter, I will find Zeller."

The smile on Rhaegar's face disappeared immediately.

Matthew turned around and said confidently to Old Fallon:

"I bought it, the full price, and the twelve special arrows too!"

As he spoke, he took out a large sum of money and handed it over.

Rhaegar felt that something was wrong and asked:

"Where did you get so much money?"

Matthew coughed:
"In order to protect Rolling Stone Town, I temporarily embezzled the public funds of the Oak Chamber of Commerce, isn't it too much?"

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After the blip.

Rega weakly pointed at the scar of the dead and asked:
"This thing has been hanging next to our town. It is always an unstable factor. Although your undead can resist their invasion, it is not a long-term solution. What are your plans next?"

Matthew pondered and said:
"I have an immature idea."

Rega said:
"You said that as long as the hidden danger of Mark of the Dead can be solved, Rolling Stone Town will fully cooperate."

Matthew said:

"I have observed that if Scar of the Dead wants to develop and grow, it must constantly devour the elements of life.

Everywhere in the space we live in actually contains a large number of life elements, but the earth has the most life elements.

The living land is the vehicle for the expansion of Scar of the Dead.

It will continue to plunder the vitality of the land in order to continuously expand.

from this point of view.

I plan to hold a taboo ceremony near the Scar of the Dead, to drain the life force of the nearby land first, and artificially create a wasteland of death as a buffer.

Since the essence of the expansion of Scar of the Dead lies in the plundering of life elements.

So as long as we act first, won't it have nothing to loot? "

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(End of this chapter)