The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 52 I am Peggy!
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Looking at Eli's earnest eyes, Matthew tried to make his tone as tactful as possible:

"Peggy is indeed a woman with a pure heart and a heart, but sometimes, it may be a better way to get along with a little mystery."

Eli reads between Matthew's words.

He was suddenly dissatisfied:
"I thought that even if we weren't friends, at least we wouldn't be strangers to each other these days."

Matthew quickly laughed and said:

"As long as you nod, Eli, we'll be friends forever."

Eli's expression softened slightly:

"Since we are friends, why stop me from seeing Peggy?"

As he spoke, he suddenly showed an expression of enlightenment:

"Could it be that Peggy is your lover?"

"Then I'm really a bit abrupt, but don't worry, I just want to see her, and I definitely don't mean to take her away! After all, I've been there before, and I know how painful that feeling is. I won't let you suffer that pain .”

The smile on Matthew's face froze:
"No, no, Peggy is not my lover, and I didn't stop you from seeing her out of selfish desire."

Eli was surprised:
"Then why are you so reluctant to let me see Peggy?"

Matthew wanted to explain, but a tall figure suddenly walked over in a hurry:
"Matthew! Take a look at my chest!"

"Come on, feel it, here, and here, are there a few bones missing?!"

The tauren skeleton walked over carelessly.

Taking advantage of the situation, Eli was pushed aside forcefully.

Eli suddenly showed dissatisfaction, but before he could speak, the strange skeleton scolded him:

"Little cat, don't look unhappy, I just heard you talking about me behind my back!"

Eli was annoyed.

He was just about to say that I was talking about Miss Paige's business with you.

Available in the next second.

He heard Matthew's slightly helpless voice:

"Okay, Peggy, stop making trouble."

"Didn't I check it for you that day? I just broke a few ribs, and I have already connected them for you. With your physique, you can recover after a while."

Paige obviously didn't believe it.

She covered her chest with one hand, and groped for a while with the other hand from under her ribs. After a while, she shook her head and said:
"Okay, even if the ribs are connected, I still feel pain in my buttocks, please check it for me quickly..."

The voice just fell.

The stunned Eli finally came to his senses.

He asked with his tongue in knots:

"Is she Peggy?"

The tauren skeleton said proudly:

"I'm Peggy!"

Matthew showed a little pity:

"Peggy is her."

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Underdark region, pool of blood light.

Home of the Scourge's Sanctuary.

In front of the door of an ordinary white wooden house, there is a flaming brazier on each side. The brazier ignites spontaneously, and painful and distorted faces occasionally flash in the firelight.

on the steps.

A blond man with a warm smile on his face was facing the wary drow warrior.

He gently opened his arms to the drow warrior, and there was a power in his voice that could move people's hearts:
"Welcome back to the sanctuary, my daughter Laila."

As he spoke, he leaned forward with his arms, motioning for Drow to come and hug him.

Lila's eyelids raised slightly, she walked over reluctantly, hugged the man gently, and separated immediately.

Her body movements were full of resistance, and there was even deep fear in the depths of her pupils.

"My father, this operation has been declared a failure. Mehdis and Banwen were killed by the enemy, and Xinwak was suspected to be a prisoner. I followed my father's oracle and only brought back Edson's head."

talking.

She respectfully handed over the head tightly held in her arms.

"Only the head?"

The blond man was still smiling, and his tone was like a spring breeze.

Lila trembled, she hurriedly lowered her head and said:

"That group of people is very strict. The strength of Rolling Stone Town is beyond our estimation. That necromancer is very cunning. Edson can neither counter his spell nor have a chance to exile his bone dragon, so And they lost the battle. They have a lot of people and tight guards. I can't bring back Edson's body, so I can only do the next best thing."

"Sorry, this failure is inevitable, even if I make a move, I can't change the situation."

The blond man shook his head and said:
"We haven't failed."

Lila looked up in surprise, but saw a sincere smile on the other party's face:
"My lord says he is pleased, and the original purpose has been achieved."

Laila is confused:
"But we did lose."

The blond man smiled and said:
"Temporary victory or defeat is just a passing cloud. More importantly, war is just a means, not an end."

"We must prepare for the next mission as soon as possible. Only in this way is the best return to our Lord's rich grace."

Lyra breathed a sigh of relief, and said hastily and submissively:
"I see, I will go to Black Dragon City to lobby."

"Not urgent."

The blond man smiled and said:
"Everyone is dead, and you are the only one who lives. Although this is an order I gave you, you still have to be punished—not for yourself, but for those companions who died."

Laila raised her head abruptly, her eyes filled with fear and reluctance.

Pearly beads of sweat appeared on her forehead instantly.

"father……"

She groaned.

"Why, you don't want to?"

The blond man was still smiling, and under the firelight, his shadow was infinitely elongated, forming a hideous silhouette against the stone wall.

"No, I would."

Laila clenched her teeth for a long time, and finally said in a whisper.

"Come on, let's go in."

The blond man took her hand gently.

The two walked into the wooden house painted white all over.

quickly.

An extremely shrill female voice came from the house.

vaguely in between.

You can also hear the gentle teachings of the blond man:
"You should be happy, Laila, it's a father's love."

"You should rejoice, this is the gift of our Lord."

"Laugh! Laugh out loud! Otherwise, I don't guarantee that I can put this spine in for you in time..."

quickly.

Outside the wooden house.

The shrill voice turned into a voice that seemed like a smile but not a smile.

A subterranean squirrel passed by blankly.

It lay on the window of the wooden house and watched curiously.

There was a crisp sound.

A hideous tentacle stretched out from an unknown place.

When that sticky tentacle disappears.

Only a shallow pool of blood remained on the window.

And the hysterical laughter in the house.

Still going on.

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Northeast of Oak Forest.

Matthew stood sternly near a marker stone.

Behind him were several guards with shocked faces.

The group of people is actually still some distance away from the marker stone, but at this time they dare not approach it.

Because they felt a terrifying power of extinction!

"The scar of the dead has spread, and it has spread abnormally. It is stronger and longer than before!"

Matthew's eyes were serious.

At the time of the incident, he was leading a few teammates to build a temporary cemetery in the cave. Suddenly, he sensed an evil movement.

When I followed the perception here, I found that the scar of the dead not only spread to the southwest for a long time, but even the activity of a certain existence inside it increased a lot.

The oak tree that Matthew had planted here before was 40 meters away from the Scar of the Dead.

But now.

The tree is almost clinging to the scorched earth of Dead Man's Scar!
Under the washing of that force of extinction.

The oak tree is already showing signs of decay.

Although it won't die immediately, it will definitely be difficult to survive after a long time.

"What the hell? Why did Scar of the Dead explode so well!?"

Matthew was full of doubts.

Immediately, he remembered a strange thing he had encountered while cleaning the corpses in the past few days - Matthew found that the more than 300 corpses, whether they were jackals, kobolds, or elves and little lemurs, were all More like a mummy.

No water, no blood.

When he first discovered this anomaly, Matthew thought it was related to the evil spell set by the Scourge on these underground creatures.

But now it seems likely not necessarily.

"Could it be that the scars of the dead absorbed the blood of the war dead? By the way, I checked the status of the spirit bodies with elementary vision before, and found that the number of spirit bodies was also relatively small after the war. I thought it was because the work efficiency of the people in the underworld increased. ..."

Matthew's heart was pounding.

Isn't the destruction of Rolling Stone Town the ultimate goal for the Scourge?
Is it Scar of the Dead? !

Zizizi!
On the edge of the scorched earth, a giant hand that seemed to be composed of countless scraps of paper and ashes broke through the ground, attacking Matthew in a menacing manner.

Matthew was extremely calm, stepped back three steps, and A Bing's figure had already taken his place.

Between the lightning and the flint, two short knives passed alternately, and the hand of ashes instantly turned into flying ash.

……

"Hint: You have eliminated a "Hand of Ashes", and the natural affinity has been slightly improved.

You have obtained a brand new main mission——

Main Mission 2: Suppress the Mark of the Destroyer!
Description: The unscrupulous expansion of Scar of the Dead has even threatened the oak forest you have painstakingly managed. It is time to pull out the cancerous tumor of this earth!
Primary goal: Stop the Scar of the Dead and block the possibility of its further spreading to the southwest.

Primary reward: demigod (including domain) & a lot of XP"

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Matthew's eyelids twitched.

"Sure enough, the main quest is finally connected to Scar of the Dead."

Even though it was expected deep down in my heart.

But the content of the mission and the generous rewards still surprised him.

A demigod with domains?

This means that as long as Matthew reaches the fourth level, with the blessing of the demigod and the domain, it is possible to reach the realm of invincible hands under the legend!
Even the demigod status blessed in the third-order state gave him the ability to surpass the challenges of the second-order state.

This also reflects the arduousness of the task from the side.

At least for now, no one knows how to stop the spread of the scar of the dead.

The elves of Jade Cangting couldn't do it.

Neither did the druids in Warden's Highlands.

Matthew can only rely on his own strength to explore, which is a rather difficult task.

But he had to.

Because if the trace of the dead is not stopped, the oak forest he has painstakingly managed is very likely to be destroyed.

At that time, his way of nature will be completely sealed, and there will be no possibility of further progress!
"Let's go, report to the lord, we have to re-establish the marker stone."

Matthew took a deep look at the scorched earth in front of him.

Then he turned around and took people away.

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night.

Matthew, who couldn't sleep, stood in the north of the oak forest and looked at the scars of the dead.

The more he looked at it, the more he realized that it was a huge earthworm.

It's been a long time.

Matthew even had the illusion that this thing would twist.

"Matthew."

A familiar voice sounded behind him.

Matthew looked back:

"Ella?"

But in the next second, he couldn't help blurting out:

"No, you're not Ella!"

under the moonlight.

Miss Owl flaps her wings gracefully and divinely.

There was a trace of majesty and holiness about her that she didn't usually have.

"You are very sharp, hello Matthew, this is the first time we meet, I am Asia Moonlight."

Owl chuckled.

She flew to a rock and stood firm, then looked at Matthew kindly:

"The moonlight is beautiful, isn't it?"

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(End of this chapter)