The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 191 The messenger of the underworld

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As soon as Matthew stepped into the porch of the lord's hall, he heard Rhaegar bragging about his "near death" trip to purgatory.

Hearing his voice is so spiritual.

Matthew was also relieved.

In addition to Rhaegar and Zeller, there are also two constructed knights, Du Lin and Asma, in the office.

However, their state is completely different from that of Rhaegar.

Matthew saw them lying limply on the sofa. Although the armor on their bodies was not removed, they were in a state of laziness, weakness, and extreme lack of energy.

As if sucked dry.

"...All in all, I used some tricks to deceive that bad woman Lutia, and then spread false news, making a lot of noise. In the end, I successfully sneaked back into the castle and rescued Du Lin and Asma.

And under my command, Matthew has successfully obtained the Holy Grail of Sin, so this operation was a great success for us! "

Rhaegar concluded refreshedly.

Du Lin and Asma nodded weakly, and the latter said sullenly:
"Except for the two of us being almost drained by that sister of yours, everything is indeed going well."

Rhaegar comforted him and said:
"Don't worry, I know that you have suffered a lot from this operation. I will arrange for you the best master healer. He will definitely heal the curse of weakness on you. I will write to Watcher Heights in a while. He owed me A favor will definitely come quickly."

Asuma said weakly:
"He better come soon, I'm already starting to wonder if it's true that woman said that this curse will permanently deprive me of my fertility, damn it, I can't feel my dick anymore... how about you ?”

He nudged Du Lin with his elbow.

Du Lin cursed softly:

"Idiot, I don't have a dick."

Asma froze for a moment:
"Hell, are you actually a hermaphrodite?"

Du Lin was furious immediately:

"I am your wife!"

"Who do you say I am?"

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Zeller raised his hand and threw a sleeping spell.

But both of them stared at each other, and they didn't look sleepy at all.

"Don't resist, you need to rest."

Zeller said softly.

The two hesitated for a while, and finally their will relaxed, and then they both closed their eyes.

"Besides the Curse of Weakness, there are traces of enchantment on them, but this is not the worst."

Zeller went over to check the basic situation of the two, and his face became a little strange:
"Rega, you'd better communicate with that sister of yours."

Rhaegar frowned:

"Lutitia? I don't want to see her again for the rest of my life, she is a real devil!"

Zeller said helplessly:
"But the trauma suffered by Du Lin and Asma may not be resolved by ordinary healers."

"I don't know what kind of method Luticia used, but Asma's feeling is not wrong, his dick is gone..."

Rhaegar was taken aback.

Only then did Matthew realize that they probably had just returned from the portal of purgatory, and many things were not confirmed clearly with each other.

"What about Du Lin?"

Rhaegar asked.

Zeller coughed heavily:
"I don't know if this is Luticia's bad taste, but she seems to have exchanged some organs of the husband and wife through some outrageous means-you should understand what I mean?"

There was a sudden silence in the office.

Matthew couldn't help asking:

"Rega, the master healer you mentioned, isn't he an archdruid?"

He noticed that Rhaegar had mentioned the name of Warden's Heights, the headquarters of the Druid Order.

Rhaegar shook his head:

"She is not a druid, but a rare priest."

"The gods she believed in had fallen in the Age of Enlightenment, but the strange thing is that she was actually able to exchange her beliefs for divine arts and various incredible powers."

"It's just that this person has a perverted personality, acts strangely, and rarely contacts outsiders. I know that she lives in seclusion in Watcher's Heights, and at the same time she has powerful medical skills. During this period of time, Watcher's Heights has not been very peaceful. Maybe we have a chance She dug to settle in Rolling Stone Town."

"This treatment of Du Lin and Asma is a good starting point."

Matthew nodded:

"But this kind of weird situation, I'm afraid a priest can't solve it, it depends on Luticia's intentions."

Rhaegar looked distressed:

"Of course I know.

Then look again.

After all, we've just stolen a funeral object from our ancestor's cemetery, and my plan is that we'll return the Guilty Grail when Sif's awakened.

If we say nice things later, maybe Lutia will forgive us and take back the curse. "

Matthew coughed heavily twice:

"There may be more than one funeral object lost between sacrifices."

Rhaegar's eyes suddenly widened.

Matthew quickly changed the subject:

"You were able to escape from Luticia's hands, surely it wasn't just because of the props in your hand?"

Rhaegar said truthfully:

"Of course, that mentor of yours helped a lot. When I escaped, she seemed to have already started fighting with Luticia."

Matthew asked:

"how is the situation?"

Rhaegar shook his head:

"I don't know, I don't understand, the battle between the legendary and the quasi-legendary, as an ordinary person, I lack awe if I look at it more than once. increase the burden."

Matthew stroked his chin.

I am still full of curiosity about the battle between Margaret and Lutia.

It's a pity that there is no more information about the channel.

present.

While they were both there, he told Margaret exactly what he had heard about the secret war order.

After learning about this.

Both of them showed worried expressions.

obviously.

Once the war secret order is issued, it means that the mages can choose to stay alone, but Rolling Stone Town, as a territory, cannot stay out of it.

If the legitimacy of the dragon lord was recognized by the Seven Saints Alliance during the war, then whether it was the red dragon Kusules of Hongtu Mountain, or the numerous black dragon lords passed down by Gao Ye, they could all justifiably attack Rolling Stones.

At that time, the intimidation of Ronan and Eckmond will no longer exist.

If Matthew also ends up in the battle.

His oak grove and cemetery are also targets for the dragon lord's attacks.

Even if he died in this war.

The Seven Saints Alliance would not say anything either.

It is absolutely impossible for an existence like Isabel to go to war because of an incompetent disciple.

Matthew is well aware of this.

"There should still be some time before the official release of the secret war order. This time is our best opportunity."

"If Rega, you insist on not wanting to cooperate with the Blood Banner Kingdom, then we must do something during this period of time. We must establish an image that cannot be provoked by the outside world."

"We must take the initiative!"

Matthew was a little euphemistic.

But the implication is actually quite obvious.

Rolling Stone Town must stand up.

But looking around, there are giant dragons in three directions.

How to stand up?

"The dragon is not invincible."

he concluded.

Rhaegar took a deep look at him:
"You're crazier than I thought."

Matthew smiled:
"You can also consider paying protection fees to those dragon lords."

"But in that case, I may not be officially named in Rolling Stone Town in the next war."

It is Matthew's greatest sincerity to speak clearly in advance.

He loves Rolling Stones and is willing to fight for it.

But if the policy pursued by Rhaegar is to compromise.

Then he might as well use his identity as an alliance mage to completely stay on his own.

As long as he doesn't leave his oak forest or cemetery, no one dares to provoke him.

Rhaegar is a wise man.

He frowned and thought for a while, and quickly figured out the joints.

"I understand that I really have no room to evade in this matter again. If I can't show my muscles in the early stage, then Rolling Stone Town will never be able to escape the shadow of war."

Rhaegar said solemnly:
"Actually, Zeller and I have also prepared before, but the dragon is indeed much stronger than humans. The preparation of personnel alone is definitely not enough. We need more knowledge and assistance in props."

Matthew smiled slightly:
"Isn't that why you spend two hundred gold coins every month to hire me as a spell consultant?"

"As long as you make up your mind, I will give you a thorough action plan soon."

Zeller and Rega glanced at each other.

The former could not help but sigh:

"You young people are still radical. At most, I only think about defending against the dragon's sneak attack, but you want to strike first."

Rega snorted twice:
"Maybe he just wants to harvest one more bone dragon."

Matthew smiled and said nothing.

Rhaegar immediately asked about the situation of the Holy Grail of Sin.

Matthew stated that he placed the Holy Grail in the cemetery.

Also in the cemetery is Sif.

Take this opportunity.

He told Rhaegar about the Thousand Changes again.

Although it's unbelievable.

But Rhaegar accepted Zeller's arrangement after the initial shock.

Considering that Sif will be very weak during the awakening period.

In the end Rhaegar also decided.

Continue to live in Matthew's Cemetery until she completes her awakening.

At the same time, for the convenience of teaching her to use the Holy Grail of Sin.

Rhaegar said he would live in the cemetery too!
Matthew showed embarrassment about this:

"There are not many houses in the living area of ​​the cemetery. My previous house was given to Sif, and I still sleep in a simple stone house."

"If you want to live in here, you can only sleep with me..."

Rhaegar revealed a look of disgust:

"I reject."

Matthew sighed:
"Then there are only spaces left in the arsonist's dungeon quarters."

Rhaegar remained silent.

The three called the guards to carry the two knights to the barracks for proper care.

Rhaegar immediately went to the cemetery to see his daughter.

Under the pull of both sides.

In the end, Matthew had to let Xinwak build another simple stone house next to his own.

Anyway, Rhaegar brought his own tent sleeping gear, so he could barely get a good night's sleep after tidying up.

And after Rhaegar joined.

There are more than a dozen people living in the living area of ​​Matthew Cemetery.

Including Matthew, Rhaegar, Sif, Qiuka the Thousand-changer, Richard the Silver Snake and the arsonists.

The breath of a living person is heavy.

The cemetery is already somewhat crowded.

Afterwards, it seemed that the living area was a bit crowded.

night.

Matthew silently crafted tombstones in his workshop.

The voices in my ears gradually died down.

He began to think about whether to expand the number of floors of the cemetery.

On the one hand, it is to cope with the possible increase in the number of living people in the future. After all, the previously planned dead zone is relatively large, and the living cannot live together with the dead. Negative energy will be eroded very badly after a long time.

On the other hand, expanding the second floor can improve the strategic level of the cemetery.

This is still very important.

At present, his cemetery is still far away from the safe principle of 300 meters underground.

The geology near Rolling Stone Town is good, so digging another three or five floors will not be a problem.

The only thing to consider is mining cost.

The troll Xinwak is good at digging horizontally, and the efficiency of digging downward is very low.

"It would be great if I had a gray dwarf construction team. If I raised two burrowers, a bunch of Terrorclaws, and an unlimited number of little devils or lemures, it wouldn't be a problem to dig out a dungeon with dozens of floors in one go. !”

Matthew thought wildly.

Before going to bed.

He specially recruited the Eye of Immortality, and checked the function of Death Gaze.

He found that Margaret was still available for viewing.

It's just that her location has changed from the Blood Banner Kingdom in Escana to the Front Fang Fort at the junction.

It feels like I fought with Luticia all the way.

I don't know how it turned out.

Matthew could only pray for her one or two times in his heart.

The next day.

Little Parton came back from Bigfoot with a lot of bells and whistles.

Matthew took the opportunity to paste the last space-time crack.

for a short period of time.

He didn't want to have contact with Escana's people or forces.

As for the gadgets little Patton brought back.

Let him and Rhaegar go tinkering.

Matthew's life quickly returned to normal.

It's just that the daily items have increased from two to three.

plant trees.

Repair the grave.

Animals talk.

The animals in Rolling Stone Town are more or less, and the spiritual ones are a bit hard to find.

He kept in contact with an average of two to three heads per day.

It's interesting to Matthew.

Perhaps the vast majority of people don't guard against animals when they speak, so he can hear a lot of unknown secrets from animals.

For example, an old goat in the farm area told Matthew that the old farmer had hidden a lot of gold under a well.

The gold is said to be left to his descendants.

But therein lies the problem, according to the old goat.

The old man had three children.

None of his own.

The old man knew nothing about it.

He is still living frugally and accumulating wealth day and night, which can only be said to be embarrassing.

Or say a magpie in town told Matthew.

A clerk in a tailor shop has been stealing gold coins from the warehouse.

He only stole a little at a time, and hid all the gold coins he stole neatly.

Unfortunately, the store owner discovered where the clerk had hidden the gold coins.

He covets his buddy's gold coins, but also wants to keep the water flowing.

So I steal a little bit away from time to time.

The two sides came and went, and they stole for more than three months, and neither of them noticed anything strange.

All kinds of.

All kinds of world.

It opened Matthew's eyes.

At noon three days later.

Matthew finds Ollie the Pegasus in the oak forest.

He first exchanged feelings with Ollie.

After confirming that Ollie is in a good mood.

He formally initiated the invitation to sign.

But it's not a mount contract.

Instead, I hope that Ollie can join the oak forest and become a contracted creature in the ritual field of the sanctuary of life.

A mage can only have one magic mount.

But there is no limit to binding magical creatures through the ritual field.

It's as if you can only marry one person.

But if you open a company and put people you like on the board of directors, you can theoretically put as many people as you want as long as you have the ability.

Facing Matthew's invitation.

Ollie hesitated.

Finally chose to agree.

no way.

If it drags on, it will be expelled by the will of the main material world.

She can only choose to be a part of the sanctuary of life.

After the contract is signed.

There was a reaction in the ceremonial grounds.

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"Hint: Your ritual field "Life Sanctuary" has added a new magical creature "Golden Pegasus", and you have gained a lot of strategic experience.

The strategic level of Sanctuary of Life has been raised to LV2!

As the master of the ceremony field.

You will gain two additional abilities (only in the ceremony)——

1. Soul of Nature (the abundant natural abilities of the Sanctuary of Life give you a place for a Soul of Nature, you can promote a creature that has lived in the oak forest for more than seven days into a Soul of Nature, and grant it to evolve into a druid possibility)
2. Group rejuvenation (you can heal up to four targets at the same time, the healing effect is slightly higher than that of treating minor injuries, available once a day)”

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"Life Sanctuary has been upgraded to LV2 so quickly?"

Matthew was a little surprised.

But if you think about it carefully, the Sanctuary of Life relies on its own oak forest. The scale of the oak forest is not comparable to that of the cemetery, and it has a solid foundation itself.

Recruiting Pegasus Oli is just icing on the cake, meeting the conditions for an upgrade.

"Group rejuvenation is pretty good. I didn't expect me, a necromancer, to milk so many people..."

"On the other hand, the number of natural souls must be carefully weighed. Currently, there is only one natural soul in the forest, Lulu, but she actually belongs to half the oak forest and half to the Fairy Flower Garden. So strictly speaking, she is the number one child I have trained. A natural soul, must be chosen carefully."

Matthew mused.

He is not in a hurry to give this quota, because there are still too few aborigines in the oak forest.

He was most familiar with the grouse.

It's just that although the grouse has some spirituality, it makes a chicken the soul of nature.

It's a bit too abstract.

Matthew and Ollie played for a while.

After lunch in the cemetery.

Matthew quietly flew to the south on Ollie.

Pegasus has a unique ability to hide during the day.

This gives Matthew a great sense of security when traveling.

Ollie is fast.

Soon.

He saw the trading post approaching the southern border.

But the current trading post looks different from what Matthew saw before.

The previous order has disappeared.

Matthew saw a large group of refugees around the trading post.

The camps and tents these people set up around the surrounding area surrounded the trading post with water.

No wonder it's on the road slightly north.

Matthew doesn't just see temporary levels.

There are also many people from the garrison patrolling nearby.

It can only be said that the impact of the war on the surrounding territories is too great.

Most of these refugees came from the golden fertile fields in the south. After the latter was ravaged by the army of Hongtu Mountain, it was said that it had become a purgatory on earth, and the conditions were horrible.

No living person dared to stay in that land.

It is worth mentioning that.

Matthew heard that among the businessmen with property in the South Trading Post, led by Howard, they organized and built a refugee camp. It is said that for this camp, they asked the Committee of Five for money.

Matthew looked down from the sky.

It was discovered that the so-called refugee camps can only accommodate a small number of people, and more people still gather around, and it is difficult to guarantee even the most basic survival needs.

Looking at the sallow and emaciated faces of those refugees, Matthew was also full of emotion.

He suddenly understood why Zeller had to work overtime overnight.

"The territory of Rolling Stone Town can't support so many people."

Matthew's mind suddenly recalled what little Patton said.

A glimmer of haze could not help but flash in my heart.

He didn't linger long above the South Trading Post.

Instead, continue flying south.

Enter the territory of the golden fertile field.

Matthew flew along the road, searching around for villages or settlements that were originally inhabited.

However, there is only a dead silence left in this land.

Hongtushan's army was extremely brutal.

They just want food, not people.

They plundered and slaughtered at the same time, and a considerable part of the population of the golden fertile field died under the blade of the red dragon lord.

Matthew rode Ollie and landed in a village square.

Most of the buildings in the village were burned clean by the flames.

Only hundreds of charred corpses remained in the square.

These corpses were not completely burned, most of them still had bones, and a few even had rotting flesh.

Matthew walked over.

Several scavenging birds were startled away immediately.

He looked at the bones that no one had buried, and shook his head silently.

After making a marker in the village.

Matthew continued to fly south.

at sunset.

Matthew has found seven human settlements, large and small.

None of the seven places survived.

Among them, the bodies of the villagers in three villages were gathered together, showing signs of burning.

The remaining four places are left alone.

Corpses were scattered in every corner of the village.

There are many that have rotted out of shape.

Midsummer night.

Matthew was walking on the pier in Honghe Town.

Bloated corpses floated on the water.

The corpses on the shore were piled up like a mountain.

A sickening stench filled the air.

Matthew's plague field has sounded the alarm several times, and he has to activate the field to resist the disease that is constantly spreading in the air.

In a corner of the pier.

Matthew saw a male corpse in a strange posture——

A spear sticks out of his back, and his body is curled up like a lobster.

Matthew flipped him over.

thump.

The male corpse rolled aside, and the end of the spear supported his body in a triangle.

He also shook off the baby that had been dead for many days in his arms.

That moment.

Matthew shuddered all over.

He could feel a great resentment brewing over the pier.

If left untreated.

Terrible and very evil undead creatures are bound to be born here.

However, no matter how powerful these resentments are.

It certainly cannot threaten an adult red dragon.

Maybe even become his ghost.

Think about this.

Matthew hesitated no longer.

While speeding up his pace of walking in the town, he began to spread negative energy stone powder towards every corner.

In order to improve efficiency.

Matthew summoned A Bing and others to help sow.

Some places with more dead people.

He'll even drop a whole negative energy stone.

quickly.

Most of the small town was aroused by a slight negative energy vortex.

Under the guidance of Matthew.

Some more spiritual corpses even show signs of natural corpse transformation!

Matthew was in no hurry.

He unhurriedly summoned a group of zombies, and placed tombstones in all directions of the town.

The tombstones have a cemetery feel to them.

To a certain extent, it can reduce the pressure on Matthew to cast spells next.

And after finishing a series of preparations.

Looking up, the sky is full of stars.

Matthew galloped through the streets and alleys on a golden Pegasus.

He began to chant loudly.

In order to improve the efficiency of spellcasting, Matthew also specially used the Suriel chant method.

Although his level is very average.

But the chanting time of this ritual spell is more than 20 minutes, which can save a lot of time overall.

Accompanied by Matthew's singing.

The corpses stood up blankly under the support of negative energy.

There is no soul fire on them.

That means they didn't become undead.

Available under the effects of ritual spells.

The corpses began to stagger and move.

Matthew rode Ollie round and round the town of Red River.

under his chants.

More and more corpses stood up and followed Pegasus.

Two hours later.

Exhausted, Matthew left Red River Town.

And this time behind him.

There was a dense army of corpses!

in the dark.

The golden pegasus exudes bright brilliance.

Like a bright light.

Guided the long winding dragon made of corpses to slowly walk in the direction of Rolling Stone Town.

……

"Hint: You have used the ritual spell "Return in the Cold Night".

The corpse you awaken will slowly walk to your final destination.

During this period, some corpses may change, please handle with care.”

……

The way back in the cold night is the necromancer's version of exorcising corpses.

It was impossible for Matthew to turn these corpses into his own undead one by one.

But you can't just watch them expose their corpses to the wilderness.

Therefore, it is the best choice to drive them to the cemetery first.

Matthew is not very short of corpses now.

When these corpses arrive at the cemetery, they will be buried and become the reserve of the undead.

Just one location in Honghe Town.

Just over a thousand corpses.

This is something worthy of ecstasy for any necromancer.

But Matthew was sitting on Ollie's back, looking back at the dazed corpses.

But my heart seemed to be crushed by a mountain!

He went all the way north.

Walk out slowly for twenty or thirty kilometers.

on reaching the next village.

A black shadow suddenly appeared at the intersection ahead.

Matthew stopped in his tracks.

The man's whole body was covered by a pitch black cloak.

He carried a huge scythe on his back.

Like the legendary god of death.

"Hello, Mr. Matthew."

"Finally meet."

"Let me introduce myself, I'm Viscount Fan."

A low male voice came from within the cloak.

……

"Warning: You have encountered Fan Zijue, the messenger of the underworld (legendary creature/Ravenloft Demon Realm)!"

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　Happy Tanabata everyone!I'm still trying to type!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)