The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 438: Minotaur Lord: New Target of Invasion!

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Magic Zone West.

On the empty street, Matthew walked towards the Leaning Tower with steady steps.

It is said that this tower played a vital role in the era of the Troll Empire.

Only magicians who have won the highest honors are qualified to live in this leaning tower.

There is also a mysterious rumor.

It is said that the leaning tower itself is a product of magic.

"Working miracles with mortal hands."

This was also the motto that magicians of that era would take as their creed.

And from the appearance point of view.

The Leaning Tower also has a unique temperament that becomes more beautiful the more you look at it.

However, Matthew at the moment clearly had no intention of appreciating this art.

"I'm being watched..."

Ten minutes ago.

That feeling of being on edge kept irritating his nerves.

soon.

Matthew found a Phase Hound hiding deeply in a dark corner not far away.

The other party's eyes were fierce, but he did not attack Matthew. He just barked from a distance and then disappeared into the shadows.

After that.

From time to time, a phase hound would appear beside him.

The eyes of these hounds are quite terrifying, as if they were possessed by vengeful spirits. Even if you are glanced at by one of them, the deep hatred hidden in their eyes will make you feel a chill in your heart.

Appeared with the hounds.

There is also the mental pressure of being spied on all the time.

At first Matthew thought the legendary archer was going to attack him.

Yet he was on guard for a long time.

The other party never revealed any trace.

Matthew reacted quickly——

This is Leon's psychological tactic!
at the same time.

There was also new news on the data column.

……

"Hint: You have been targeted by Dawnstar Leon's prey mark!
Prey Mark: Within a range of 15 kilometers, Leon can see your position and outline through all conventional buildings.

At the same time, all his locking skills can also lock on you!

When you are marked, the legendary archer Leon will cause you an additional 100% normal damage and a small amount of lethal damage! "

……

Matthew frowned.

As a legendary archer, Leon has the ability to strike from extremely long distances.

This initiative gave him the opportunity to apply pressure from a distance.

He just needs to let out a little bit of hostility.

Matthew will sense it and respond subconsciously, and coupled with the intensification of the prey marking, Matthew will be in a high-pressure state for a long time!
However, time passed.

As long as Li Ang keeps his temper.

Sooner or later, Matthew will fall into his trap -

Either you let your guard down and get hit by the opponent;
Or the nerves are close to collapse due to long-term tension, which is also a very bad result.

Even Matthew had to admit it.

This psychological tactic, combined with the Phase Hound's super mobility, made him a little passive.

These hounds have strong escape abilities and near-perfect stealth capabilities.

Peggy and A Bing took action one after another, trying to catch these elusive lurkers, but the best result was just injuring the tail of a phase hound.

no way.

This is the racial talent of phase creatures. As long as they don't want to fight, it will be difficult for others to keep them.

And as the owner of these hounds.

Li Ang showed a cunning and meticulous psychological quality.

The frequency of these hounds' appearances was so subtle that they could always stimulate Matthew's defensive nerves without leaving any clues for counter-tracking.

"There is a reason for arrogance..."

"He is indeed a powerful character."

Matthew gave his opponent a very high evaluation in his heart.

For the profession of archer.

Under normal circumstances, the initiative is very important, and you should definitely launch a sneak attack if you can.

But Li Ang didn't do that.

This shows that the other party has a deep enough understanding of this battle——

He was clearly aware that he might not be able to kill Matthew with one strike, and if he easily exposed his position, he might be hunted down by Matthew.

He gave up the initiative.

Instead, this long-term pressure plan can put the greatest mental pressure on Matthew.

For now.

This strategy works.

Matthew was indeed made a little uncomfortable.

In the process of being tracked.

He also tried to sell the flaws -

for example.

Matthew simply asked Peggy and the soldier to leave him and pretended to go search.

And I walked around the street for a long time in a swaggering manner.

But even so.

Li Ang still didn't make a move.

He was not moved by the flaws Matthew revealed and still stuck to his own hunting rhythm.

After confirming this.

Matthew quickly adjusted his mentality, and the last bit of anger disappeared without a trace.

The reason is also very simple.

The opponent is strong enough and he must remain as calm as possible.

"This Li Ang appears arrogant on the surface, but in actual combat he is extremely cautious and careful. This shows that his arrogance is just a carefully maintained personality."

"The purpose is to lull people into complacency and make them think that the opponent they are facing is a high-minded guy, but in fact it is not the case."

"This guy is extremely careful, good at gambling, and has great concentration. No wonder he can become a rare legendary archer..."

Matthew had a greater appreciation for Li Ang.

However, appreciation is appreciation.

After all, the two sides are enemies. After several attempts to sell flaws to fish failed, Matthew decisively adopted another strategy -

That means just running away!

That's right.

In this stalemate situation where the opponent has the initiative, it is very difficult to passively counterattack in the face of long-term pressure.

Limited by attack range and hiding methods.

The Legendary Mage is actually vaguely restrained by the Legendary Archer.

But the other way around.

As long as Matthew doesn't have the intention to kill.

He could use many ways to get rid of the other party——

Hiding itself will limit mobility!

But Matthew had no such concerns.

He swaggered onto the street, opened three doors in a row, and walked in without taking any protective measures.

Then he started flying again.

Flying towards the Great Leaning Tower at an extremely fast speed.

"You still won't take action?"

"Then I will really leave..."

Sensing the vague murderous intent behind him, a mocking smile appeared on Matthew's face.

He knew that Leon was looking at him intently.

So he turned around, made a very obscene gesture, and then swaggered away from the center of the street.

But even so.

Li Ang still didn't make a move.

Matthew walked halfway down the street, and the murderous intent behind him gradually faded.

But he didn't relax.

On the one hand, the opponent is very likely to have withdrawn the mark of his prey in order to paralyze him and launch a sneak attack at any time.

on the other hand.

This was because a group of tall figures suddenly appeared on the other side of the street.

The faces of these figures were familiar.

It turned out to be the trolls that I had just met in the morning.

Matthew speculated on their direction and his expression became increasingly strange. They seemed to be heading west as well?

"Hello again, Mr. Matthew?"

Anne Salvens came over and greeted us with a smile on her face.

obviously.

She wasn't really surprised to encounter Matthew.

Matthew went up to greet him naturally.

But at this time.

A sharp whistling sound exploded in his ears——

Two bright red dots appeared in his perception.

One of them was right next to my ear.

The other one was in a three-story building two streets away to his right!

It’s Leon, the Dawn Star!
And his dimensional gravity arrows!

"finally come!"

that moment.

Matthew was stiff all over, his nerves were stretched to the limit.

The cunning archer detonated the "prey mark" at that moment, causing the target to become slightly stiff.

Even though Matthew was quite strong and had divine protection, the stiffness didn't last long.

But for the dimensional gravity arrow.

This moment of stiffness is fatal!
"no solution anymore……"

Matthew was going to use the "Undead Substitute" again to avoid damage. He didn't dare to gamble with his "immortality". Theoretically, the gravity arrow could kill a life in the ghost state instantly!

However, an unexpected scene occurred.

At the critical moment.

The troll princess Annie suddenly stepped forward and swung out with the battle axe in her hand, trying to take the arrow for Matthew.

But someone is faster than her!
Whoosh!
A yellow light flashed by as fast as a dodger, followed by a slight explosion, and then a tall figure stood out and stood in front of Matthew and Anne.

He held a strange dagger in his hand, which cut off the arrow of the dimensional gravity arrow in an instant!

"Humph!"

Matthew could vaguely hear the legendary archer's cold snort in his ears.

next second.

The arrowhead of the gravity arrow spun violently and separated from the broken arrow body. The remaining part rotated at high speed and circled towards Matthew.

Snapped!
A large hand with long blue-gray hair slapped over from the side.

Just once.

He grabbed the arrow with his bare hands.

boom!
There was a slight muffled sound.

The explosion of the gravity arrow caused slight fluctuations in the nearby space, but the blue-gray big hand was unharmed!

Matthew looked up in surprise.

The owner of that blue-grey hand and that strange dagger was actually the same person—

"Holiday! You are awesome!"

Anne praised cheerfully.

An ugly smile appeared on Holiday's face:

"hey-hey……"

"This is what I should do. No one can hurt you under my nose, my princess."

Then he glanced at Matthew coldly:
"I'm not saving you, Necromancer."

"But if you still care about this favor, please return Princess Ruiqi's soul to us..."

Speaking of it.

He paused suddenly, his tone a little unnatural:
"Why are you staring at me like that?"

Matthew smiled, knowing that he had just seen too much.

no way.

It was mainly because of the superb intercepting skills of the Troll Warrior Holiday that won Matthew's respect and recognition.

Being able to see the big picture from the small details is the basic skill for every mage.

This detail is enough to prove that Holiday has some real talent.

"I'm just surprised by what you did just now."

"I was ready to use the substitution spell to avoid the damage of that arrow."

Matthew answered truthfully.

He did not hide his admiration for Holiday, and at the same time he secretly reminded him that even without him, the arrow could not do anything to him.

obviously.

The troll warrior's mind was not that deep. He did not figure out the hidden meaning of the second sentence at all. Instead, he was flattered by the praise of the first sentence:

"It's good to know that I'm powerful!" "Hehe..."

"The strongest life hunter in the Kuinan Forest is no joke!"

Matthew smiled.

The trolls seem to have simple minds.

He likes dealing with this kind of people, who are much better than those old foxes like Sener and Terrast!

At this moment.

There were some unusual movements in the power of the Minotaur Lord again!
……

"Hint: You have triggered a new promotion route to "Authority - Lord of the Minotaur"!

Your mission "More Aggressive" adds a new aggressable target "Life Hunter Warrior Holiday"!
If you can bring Holiday under your wing and make him serve you wholeheartedly, you will gain three times the benefits of the other two invadeable targets.

Also.

You will gain a random new domain ability (Tauren)!"

……

Good guy.

Now, Rikki, Annie, and Holiday have all become Matthew's potential targets!
"As expected of a Minotaur, he really has no moral integrity."

Matthew was secretly glad.

Fortunately, he doesn’t plan to take Holiday into his harem, otherwise this mission would be impossible to accomplish!
For now.

Compared to taking both Rikki and Annie into the harem, winning Holiday over seems to be a better choice.

Think about this.

There was a hint of greed in Matthew's eyes as he looked at Holiday.

Holiday was frightened by his gaze and subconsciously took a half step back, then angrily shouted:
"Hey, Necromancer, what are you doing?!"

The atmosphere was a little awkward.

Fortunately, Annie stood up at this time. She pointed at the three-story building and asked:

"That's an archer, right? Why would he attack you?"

Matthew explained:
"That's Dawnstar Leon. He's in the same group as the legendary summoner Little Ingram."

"At first, I had no problems with them, but when my companions and I first arrived outside the city, they ambushed us, and we have been enemies ever since."

"This group of people is very domineering. Little Ingram let the elemental life occupy half of the magic area, and Leon has been secretly tracking me..."

Annie immediately showed anger on her face:
"Is it the summoner who led the elemental army and the black dragon army?"

"Were you also ambushed by them?"

Matthew nodded slightly.

"So are we!"

Anne made no secret of her hostility towards young Ingram and his party:
"We ran into them just after we arrived in the city. It was obvious that they wanted to ambush us, but they gave up in the end because they saw that we were outnumbered."

"They asked us a few questions, but when we refused to answer, they said some harsh words and left."

"This morning, when we were heading to the magic area, we also met an elemental elder. He threatened us directly that if we didn't leave the magic area, they would go to war with us. Out of caution, we temporarily withdrew..."

Matthew asked:

"So you didn't meet Little Ingram himself, or the Black Dragon Mother Aldessia today?"

Anne shook her head.

"It is precisely because we didn't see them that we didn't dare to act rashly. Who knows where they are hiding and what bad intentions they have?"

Matthew nodded thoughtfully.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he is standing and chatting and laughing with the trolls in a friendly manner.

But his vigilance against the trolls did not lessen at all——

Matthew noticed it when they first met.

Anne was not surprised to find herself in this place.

This means that the other party is very likely tracking you.

After all.

They were still coming for Richie.

Matthew immediately decided to leave.

But Anne obviously didn't want to let him go. She smiled and said:

"Since we have all suffered at the hands of Little Ingram, how about we temporarily unite and fight against them together?"

"Let's put Ricky's matter aside for now. I just need to confirm that she is still alive. I don't even need you to show it to me. As long as I stand next to you, I can feel her current condition."

"To show my sincerity in cooperation, I will take you to a safe house in the city now.

It's going to get dark soon.

Although the night in the ancient city of Krafa is very short, only four hours, every night the vengeful spirits of our ancestors will become extremely excited and attack all living things without distinguishing between friend and foe.

If there is no safe place to live.

The night will be very difficult..."

Safe house?
Hearing this word, Matthew couldn't help but look strange.

Anne looks confident:
"You should know that this city was built by the Troll Empire. Although there is a big gap in our heritage, the Salvens family still holds a lot of secret information that you outsiders cannot know."

"After all, we all know that we have only one purpose for coming here, and that is to find the legendary artifact Paradise Lost!"

“And the Lost Paradise was kept in the hands of us trolls for a long time.”

"Cooperating with us is a very beneficial thing for you."

"If you're still hesitating, I can tell you the location of the safe house right now..."

As she spoke, her eyes involuntarily moved forward.

Matthew interrupted:
"The safe house you mentioned is probably also on the thirteenth floor underground of the Great Leaning Tower, right?"

Anne was shocked:
"How did you know?"

Matthew smiled slightly:
"It seems that Cybertron's artificers also like to bet on the long side."

"Come on, let's go to the safe house together."

There was a strange look in Annie's eyes, and she finally nodded.

The group left the main road.

Walk towards the Leaning Tower.

As for the Dawn Star Leon, after the arrow just now failed, the opponent's aura was exposed, and he moved away immediately.

Matthew wasn't sure whether the other party would continue to follow him stubbornly.

But in the case of night.

It can be very unsafe to be out there alone.

What's more, Matthew is surrounded by trolls and other companions who will soon be here.

He was actually looking forward to Leon taking another risk.

As long as he dares to reveal his aura again.

Matthew, who had arranged the venue in advance, would let the other party experience the power of the wizard.

So on the way to the Great Leaning Tower.

Matthew chatted with Anne as he walked.

But Peggy and A Bing had already taken his orders and started to act separately -

With the efforts of two legendary immortals.

Rats, flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, poisonous frogs, belly snakes, wasps, scorpions...

A large number of poisonous and plague-like creatures were scattered on several streets near the Great Leaning Tower.

Besides.

And the mushrooms Matthew had begged from Dudley—

These mushrooms have the ability to turn invisible and can move in a small area within a specific area.

Can play a role similar to that of a Phase Hound.

The important thing is.

These mushrooms have a large number of spores.

As long as Li Ang is infected.

Matthew, who possesses the spore field, can chase him to the ends of the earth!
The positions of both parties will be reversed at that time.

Matthew will make him understand the cruelty of the necromancer!
Not long after.

They arrived outside the Great Leaning Tower.

This tower, revered by the trolls as the "Magic Tower" or the "Tower of Miracles", looks very tilted from the outside, but it gives people a square and quite straight feeling once you walk inside.

Under the protection of some mysterious power.

The Magic Tower was well preserved. After entering the hall, Matthew lit a few wizard fires and immediately gained a large and bright view.

To his surprise.

My companions did not finish paddling early as I expected and wait for my arrival here.

Also.

He also didn't sense Sen'er's breath.

Matthew glanced outside. It was almost dusk and night would fall in half an hour at most. Would they encounter any accidents?
But then I thought about it.

These old foxes can only do nothing when fighting, but their ability to escape is probably better than the other. The only one they need to worry about is the upright orc female swordsman Claire.

Judging from the minds of other people, even if Matthew had an accident, I'm afraid nothing would happen to them!
Between thoughts.

He and Annie both found the elevator hidden in the northeast corner of the lobby on the first floor of the Magic Tower.

After starting the elevator.

Amidst a mechanical roar, the elevator slowly descended into the darkness underground.

The underground space of the Magic Tower seems to be quite complicated.

But the elevator can only lead to three underground platforms, namely the eighth underground floor, the thirteenth underground floor, and the twenty-ninth underground floor.

The rest of the floors are shown as sealed.

Some floors even have standard symbols similar to heavy firepower.

Considering this is the territory of the Artificer.

Matthew suddenly had some concerns about the nature of the "safe house".

"If it's an artificer, it seems reasonable to plant some bombs under the safe house?"

"Could it be that only bombs can make them feel safe?"

The elevator descended very slowly.

Matthew simply chatted with Anne about the history of the Twin Heavens.

"I've been told that the Twin Heavens fell at the dawn of the Age of Enlightenment."

"There is also another saying that the Twin Heavens were destroyed during the Dark Ages."

"Which statement is correct?"

Anne answered readily:
"In fact, both statements are correct."

"There were two periods in the history of Iendor when the Twin Heavens existed, and they both symbolized the supreme celestial power."

"According to the oral tradition of the Salvens family, the original Twin Heavens were created by the twin ancient gods of light and darkness in the so-called Dark Ages."

"Of course, that was the Dark Ages for you humans. For the trolls, that was the best of times."

"We believe that the ancient gods of light and darkness who created the Twin Heavens in the primordial era are actually two sides of the same coin. In order to separate the contradictions and conflicts within himself, the great god Pul split into the ancient gods of light and darkness, and then led the original native creations of Eindor to fight fiercely against the outer gods headed by the dusk creations."

"The result of the struggle was a tragic victory for the god Pul. Some of the dusk creatures were driven away, some were sealed, and most of the evil gods from outside the domain were killed."

"But in that long war, the god Pull was seriously injured, and the Twin Heavens were also crushed to dust. As a high-energy, high-dimensional world formed in the early days of the Iendor universe, the Twin Heavens separated into four most important parts when it fell. They are -

The original heaven;

the rootless river;

Paradise Lost;
And the shadow of the higher dimension."

Speaking of it.

Anne paused and continued to explain:
"Among them, the Original Heaven inherited the outline of the Twin Heavens. It drifted to the astral world and was acquired by the minions of the Outer Gods."

"The Rootless River captured a considerable amount of high-dimensional matter, and eventually became an extremely transcendent secret realm in the universe."

“The higher-dimensional shadow is the reverse projection of the Twin Heavens in a higher dimension. It got lost under the bridge of all living things and remained undiscovered for a long time.

It was discovered by the gods, led by the sun god Gerard, around the beginning of the Enlightenment.

Gerard used the High Dimension Shadow as a model and worked with other gods to build the current Tianlun Palace."

"Since then, the severely injured God Pul felt powerless to fight alone, so he began to support all living things on earth, including trolls, elves, humans and other species that are still active on this continent today."

"As the race most favored by the gods, the trolls deserve to have Paradise Lost."

"Unfortunately, the rise and fall of the universe is an eternal law. The gods eventually fell, the empire also fell apart, and the Lost Paradise returned to this ancient city under the seal of the ancestors."

“After that came the Age of Enlightenment in human history.”

"In that era, the Salvens family had already declined, and there were not many records left by our ancestors. We only know that that era was still very chaotic."

"The ancient gods left over from the original paradise period, the gods of faith that have come out of Carmela Fortress one after another, as well as the dusk creatures, dark ancient gods, and extraterritorial evil gods that have returned, they are fighting fiercely on this continent."

"At a certain time, the evil gods from outside the domain gained the upper hand. They used the original kingdom of heaven that was lost in the new world to build a new twin heaven, and for a time they seized the twin heaven as the supreme function of the heaven."

"Then there were more chaotic battles. The earth, sky, and ocean were all filled with blood. The ancient gods fell one after another. The Outer Gods who had been advancing triumphantly in the early days were also severely damaged by an unexpected incident."

"After that, the Twin Heavens completely fell into the astral plane, forming the ruins of the Twin Heavens that you can see now."

"It was also during those battles that the well-known names in the Tianlun Palace today stood at the pinnacle of the era -

Ye Li, the goddess of magic;

Gerard the Sun;

The first generation God of War and the second generation God of War Vasnov;

The second destruction of the Twin Paradises marked the rise of Tianlun Palace.

Over a long period of time.

This continent is ruled by the belief in God.

But like I said before.

The rise and fall of the universe is an eternal and unchanging law.

it is known.

Tianlun Palace is about to be destroyed.