The necromancer just wants to plant trees

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Before Matthew could speak.

The bright girl patted her chest enthusiastically:

"Let me introduce myself. I am Myrtle, the assistant mage of this alchemy workshop."

"This is my sister Angela. She is the owner of the alchemy workshop and a very powerful mage."

Matthew raised his eyebrows:

"Myrtle?"

"Is that your real name?"

The girl smiled and shook her head:

"of course not."

"We are mages. If we want to be mages, we must have a stage name, right?"

"No one would use their real name as a mage, right?"

"If one day, you accidentally do something big, and it's positive, forget it. If it's negative news or you get a weird nickname, how embarrassing it would be -

Are you right, Angela? "

Not far behind Myrtle, behind the counter, stood a taller older woman with a cold expression.

She must be Angela, the owner of this alchemy workshop.

Angela hesitated.

Finally he nodded.

The girl Myrtle made a winning gesture, and then said to Matthew excitedly:

"So, you are a mage from the south, right?"

Matthew asked curiously:

"How did you guess it?"

He had put on a rather profound disguise today, and it would have been difficult for anyone to tell his identity.

Myrtle smiled brighter:

"Because this workshop is going to close down!"

"Except for a few specific guests, it's impossible for any new faces to come."

"The only ones who suddenly visited were mages from the Alliance."

"As for why the south...well...you smell like a southerner."

She suddenly came closer.

After sniffing next to Matthew, his cute little nose wrinkled:

"There is also the smell of death..."

"You are from White Rock City? Hey, then you are not a mage from the alliance?"

She started talking beside Matthew.

Myrtle's appearance is not top-notch, her clothes are simple, and her temperament is average. However, her whole body exudes a youthful atmosphere, which makes people feel happy involuntarily.

Matthew also had a smile on his face.

At this moment.

Angela came out from behind the counter and pulled Myrtle away who still wanted to talk to Matthew:

"Okay, okay, stop messing around and go back to study your topic."

"I mean the one about how to help the blind owl, not the one about the dragon's hymen, do you understand?"

Myrtle stuck out her tongue and walked away reluctantly.

Half a minute later.

Angela politely took Matthew to the reception room at the back of the workshop.

She poured Matthew a steaming cup of black tea.

And before that.

Matthew also quietly showed her a silver badge——

The front of the badge shows a clenched fist with five fingers.

A group of mysterious magic runes are engraved on the back.

This is the symbol of the Silver Council Member.

Although Matthew did not directly identify himself.

Angela’s attitude was also much more polite than before:

"Dear Mr. Congressman."

"If you need anything, we will fully cooperate!"

Matthew sat on the simple sofa cushion, took a cup of hot black tea and blew in:

"First of all, I want to know the basic information about the city and the latest hot news."

"Please wait."

Angela saluted politely.

She quickly left the reception room, and a few minutes later, she came to Matthew holding a roll of files and documents.

Angela arranged these things into categories.

Then he cleared his throat.

Pointing to the first pile of books and scrolls, he said:

"This is the basic information about Canning, the city of order."

Matthew picked up the scrolls and quickly opened them to read.

Angela also narrated:

"Canning, the city of Order, is currently ruled by the Ingram family and the Sect of Truth."

"Obviously, the Ingram family has a greater reputation. People outside know that they are the masters of the City of Order."

"But in fact, only the residents of this city know that the Truth Sect is the more influential force. They are transcendent existences that surpass the Ingram family in the City of Order."

"The core members of the Sect of Truth are deeply supported by elemental beings. Even the most powerful legendary elemental beings often become contractual partners of members of the Ingram family, but they will not obey the orders of the Ingrams to harm the Sect of Truth. people.”

"There is a theory that the Ingram family is an independent summoner force born out of the Sect of Truth. They are still restrained and checked by the Sect of Truth."

"The Truth Sect believes in absolute order, which is also the origin of the name City of Order."

"And the four major elements are the cornerstones that maintain the stability of the material level, so the Truth Sect and the elemental beings have an extremely solid alliance."

"Externally, the Ingram family has long occupied the position of Lord of the City of Order and is the absolute ruler of this city-state. The strongest among them are often extremely influential and charismatic in the entire North. "

"And internally, the city lord of the City of Order only occupies one of the five seats in the "Pendulum Pavilion", the highest authority of the Truth Sect. "

"Canning is a city with very strict and meticulous laws, so residents living in this city must consciously abide by the law, otherwise they will face very severe penalties."

"The same is true for outsiders. Every newcomer will be solemnly warned to abide by the laws of the city."

"Specifically."

"The Great Yuan Stele Law promulgated by the original five seats of the Pendulum Pavilion is the origin and benchmark of all laws in the city. The Great Yuan Stele that records the laws still stands in the most conspicuous position in the city's main square."

"Every day, members of the Truth Sect who are responsible for explaining the laws explain the truth to residents or outsiders active near the square."

"As long as you live in Canning for a period of time, people will unconsciously be familiar with the Great Yuan Stele Law. On the one hand, it is because of the harsh punishment, and on the other hand, it is because of the pervasive preaching and narration of members of the Truth Sect..."

"In short, in Canning, the Great Yuan Stele Law is considered the spiritual pillar of all residents. Most residents here highly respect the law. Even the Ingram family cannot completely override it..."

Said so much in one breath.

Angela was a little dry in the mouth, she couldn't help but stop and drink a sip of water, Matthew looked at her silently:

"That's my black tea."

Angela was stunned for a moment, her cheeks flushed:

"Ah, sorry, sorry, I haven't entertained guests for a long time, I was a little careless..."

Matthew waved his hand to show that he didn't care.

He followed the other party's topic just now and asked:

"The word you just used is very interesting-can't completely override?"

Angela smiled embarrassedly, and then explained:

"Although the Great Yuan Stele Law says that no one can override the law, there are always ways to circumvent the law."

"And for the existence of the Ingram family, the way to circumvent the law is always wider than that of ordinary people."

Said.

She introduced sincerely:

"Actually, apart from the inevitable dark side, the City of Order is really friendly to ordinary people. At least in the North, I have never seen a safer and richer city than Canning."

"Canning is rich in products, sufficient resources, and has a very advantageous geographical location. It is located in the core section of the North Continent Highway that runs across the east and west. After the Ingram family opened up the north-south highway, it became the most important population and cargo circulation center in the north."

"Although Canning is not large in area, because the Truth Cult indirectly controls many secondary planes, whether it is agriculture, mining, textiles, metallurgy, or other industries, they are all developing vigorously."

"Take agriculture as an example. The north of Canning is connected to a secondary plane called "Harvest Town". The climate there is humid and warm all year round, which is very suitable for planting and harvesting crops."

"The annual harvest of that town alone can feed nearly half of the population of the City of Order, not to mention that the Truth Cult always controls the entrances to more than a dozen secondary planes! "

"During this Great Rift, I think the reason why Canning became the safest city in the North is inseparable from the attachment and anchoring effect of those secondary planes."

"In short, the current City of Order is probably the most prosperous, safest, and most promising city-state in the North. "

Matthew nodded.

This Truth Sect is indeed not to be underestimated. It actually controlled so many secondary planes before the Great Rift.

This was completely beyond Matthew's expectations.

He wanted to ask one more question, "Didn't the Alliance notice it? ", but he swallowed the words when they came to his lips.

It's impossible that he didn't notice it.

I'm afraid he just didn't take it to heart.

Compared to other outspoken people, the Truth Church is very low-key, and it also pushed the Ingram family out, probably to avoid the edge of the Seven Saints Alliance.

The effect of their doing so was quite successful.

After the Great Rift.

The prestige of the alliance dropped sharply, and the influence of the City of Order increased greatly. Given time, they might really be able to keep a low profile and succeed.

"The current mayor of Canning is a very different member of the Ingram family.

He is a man, but his name is Butterfly--

This name certainly does not come from the family, but he gave it to himself.

Mr. Butterfly was very rebellious in his early years, and he had a very bad relationship with the Ingram family, and eventually ran away from home.

For a long time.

The two sides were in a state of severing relations.

Until half a year ago.

Little Ingram suddenly disappeared, and the Great Rift came again. A super secondary plane like the Sword of Thorns appeared in the northeast of the City of Order.

At that time, the entire City of Order was in turmoil.

The elements became irritable and demanding.

Just when the members of the Truth Church were eager to introduce the next city lord.

Mr. Butterfly suddenly came back.

As the uncle of little Ingram.

He certainly had the right to inherit the city lord of Canning.

But as a member who had been abandoned by the family for so many years.

At that time, almost no one was optimistic that Butterfly could become the new city lord.

The final result surprised many people.

Butterfly miraculously defeated many highly competitive fellows and successfully became the new city lord of Canning.

After that.

Butterfly City Lord showed superb political skills and strength as a summoner.

Not long after.

He appeased the irritable elemental life and miraculously established a good relationship with the Sword of Thorns on the Northeast Plain.

In the eyes of outsiders.

Butterfly almost single-handedly quelled the possible unrest in the City of Order.

The charming middle-aged man has become the dream lover of all single or divorced women in the city.

But in my opinion.

Butterfly's achievements are probably inseparable from the help of a man who came back with him.

The information of that person is on your left hand side -

Yes, that one.

The file with "Lotus Sword Saint" written on it..."

Angela continued to explain:

"Lotus Sword Saint" is a well-known character in the North. People have forgotten his real name and often call him by this nickname.

"But in fact, this nickname was full of ridicule at the beginning.

"The reason is that this gentleman likes to wear a sword and claims to be a kendo master, but he has never shown his swordsmanship in front of others.

"Whenever someone challenges him on this topic, he can always resolve the other party with a few words, and afterwards, those challengers will turn around and speak well of Lotus Sword Saint.

"I guess you have understood it? "

"The lotus in Lotus Sword Saint refers to his eloquence."

"Since his debut, this gentleman has always mentioned the sword and never lost, all thanks to his eloquent mouth."

"I think the Lotus Sword Saint beside Butterfly has contributed greatly to his becoming the city lord."

"In the past six months, the Lotus Sword Saint helped Butterfly City Lord visit many cities in the north, and finally contributed to the formation of the Seven Cities Federation headed by the City of Order."

"This is a political and economic aggregate with great potential in the north."

"There are still many cities that want to join it."

"The reputation of Butterfly City Lord has reached a peak because of this, but I think the Lotus Sword Saint is the one who needs more attention..."

Matthew nodded from time to time while flipping through the information.

"Interesting."

"Your intelligence work is very well done. "

Matthew couldn't help but praise.

Angela smiled embarrassedly:

"It can't be the allowance from the White-Collar Alliance..."

With Angela's help.

Matthew quickly scanned the basic information of the City of Order.

"These are the recent hot news."

Angela pushed another scroll over:

"There are mainly three things-

First, a group of people claiming to be the Dragon Worshipers occupied the abandoned underground palace in the north.

Second, several districts in the city have been infected with super leprosy viruses to varying degrees.

Third, in the past half month, some extraordinary people have begun to commit crimes in the city. The nature of the cases they created is very bad and tragic, and many innocent people have died.

At present, the elemental law enforcers of the City of Order are intensively hunting down those professionals who suddenly went crazy.

But I don't know why.

The elemental law enforcers who are usually very efficient in catching criminals are extremely slow in this action.

About this matter.

I investigated it privately myself-

I noticed that this group of bad criminals chose to commit crimes in public without any prior agreement, and they would shout slogans like they were the descendants of the God of Murder when committing crimes.

I feel that some evil organization wants to hold some kind of ceremony in the City of Order, and this ceremony is probably related to the long-fallen God of Murder.

Hmm.

It may also be just a cover?

In short, this incident has caused a great turmoil, and it is estimated that it will not be calmed down for a while..."

Hearing this.

Matthew suddenly stopped flipping through the intelligence.

He asked Angela:

"You should have your own intelligence channels in the city, right?"

Angela nodded.

Matthew immediately said:

"Help me pass a message out."

"Just say that the holy weapon of the God of Murder has appeared in the City of Order, Canning."

Angela asked in surprise:

"Are you... going to spread false news?"

"But if you do this, it will be distinguished by the prophecy?"

Matthew smiled:

"Who told you that this is false news? "

The next second.

He suddenly had a blood-red dagger in his hand.

That was the real holy weapon of the God of Murder that Matthew found in the bracelet left by little Ingram -

"Blade of the Ignorant"!

It's obvious.

The group of extraordinary people who claim to be the descendants of the God of Murder are most likely the origin of the chaotic storm that Matthew foresaw.

In this case.

Instead of letting it brew slowly.

It's better to directly detonate it!

...

I'm numb from the electric drill, so I'll write less today. That's all. I kowtow to everyone!