MTL - A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

  Chapter 13 Combat philosophy and gossip

  …

   "Loose Gloves" is a very interesting curio.

  It cannot directly provide combat power.

   But if used properly.

  The value of this glove may even exceed the sum of other items.

   Its negative defects are also within the acceptable range.

  Just throw it in the corner when you don’t need it.

   Organize all the loot by categories.

   While Matthew lamented the wealth of Finn, he also secretly reminded himself:

   "So many magic items will be cold if they don't have a chance to use them. It can be seen that in any battle with others, no matter how well prepared they are, there is a risk of sudden death."

  Matthew is a risk-averse person, and even he is slightly tired of fighting—

  At least at this stage, he is willing to avoid most avoidable battles.

  If it wasn't for the presence of arsonists and magicians that threatened his developmental resources, and he had a bone dragon below level five walking sideways in his hand, he wouldn't take the initiative to attack.

   But he also knows.

  Blindly avoiding war cannot solve all problems.

therefore.

   How to protect oneself in future battles has become the top priority.

   "No matter what kind of battle, the core principle must be 'keep alive', and only if you live can you output! From another perspective, as long as you are alive, even if you are dying, you still have the hope of fighting with all your strength and surviving a desperate situation!"

  Recall the two fights tonight.

  Matthew carefully summed up the experience.

  The first battle concept he formulated for himself was "survival first".

   As for how to apply this concept in practice, it involves many details.

   Combined with Finn's death.

   Matthew put "Beware of Violent Death" as the highest priority!

  Any crispy occupation has a risk of sudden death.

  Because this world is full of strange tricks.

  Master Ronan once gave Matthew a book called "The Death of a Mage", which records the stories of the sudden death of 99 famous mages in history.

  The last page of that book reads—

  …

  「If you still feel that the author is making a big fuss after reading this, then you are probably the 100th spellcaster who paid for his life due to arrogance」

  …

  Maybe it was influenced by this book.

  Master Ronan highly praised the series of spells of "Garcia's Armor".

  However, Matthew felt at the moment.

  Spell armor is useful but too one-sided.

   Combined with previous game experience.

  He 'set' the three key attributes to be highlighted in his mind.

  …

  「Toughness & Immunity & Will」

  …

  Toughness is the fundamental attribute that resists most negative states and controls.

  The benefits of high toughness are incredible.

If tonight's sorcerer was replaced by a practitioner of the path of the sword master, Xiaobo's Longwei might be easily exempted by the latter. Matthew wins here, but the battle process is absolutely impossible to go so smoothly.

   This is the most intuitive embodiment of the value of resilience.

   "If a thief tries to sneak up on me, I have the "blind sense" to counter-invisibility; but if the other party also has a deterrent method similar to Longwei, I'm afraid I can only sit and wait for death! "

   One thought of this situation.

   Matthew felt sorry for him.

  …

  'Immunity' is a key attribute against microbial parasitism, bacterial and fungal infections, and voodoo curses;

  And 'will' plays a more role in countering soul shock checks;

  According to Matthew's current development model, there is no need to worry too much about "will" for the time being. The necromancer's meditation technique will naturally increase will slowly.

   "Immunity" is too unpopular, and usually he uses spoilage spores to infect others, as long as he is careful, he will not capsize in the gutter.

   Only "toughness" does not come easily.

  Exercise can only play a small role.

  …

   "Perhaps the ability on the druid side has the means to enhance toughness. It really doesn't work. If you can make a wilderness transformation with a high toughness value, that's fine too."

   "I remember that there are also some low-level passive spells that can increase toughness by a small amount..."

  …

   It's been a long time.

  Matthew got out of the constant self-summarization.

   Open the taskbar.

  The spell "Rapid Growth" has already started. With his current mana, he can use it about 10 times a day, which will definitely help the great cause of tree planting.

   Another reward is a bit confusing.

  …

  「Admission Ticket for the Moonlight Society (Consumables)

  Description: Holding this coupon, in the wilderness or woods on a full moon night, with the help of a natural soul, you can enter the sub-plane where the Moonlight Society is located.”

  …

  Matthew knows that the Moonlight Society is an existence similar to the druid school of magic.

   But is it really useful to take it by yourself?

   Even if a certain soul of nature is willing to help him enter the door, will he really not be beaten if he breaks in as a necromancer?

   "Try it? What if the "Natural Affinity" on me is effective? "

  He didn't have high expectations.

   And below the taskbar.

  The Taiji symbol has changed a lot.

  …

  The gray energy on the left has skyrocketed a lot, jumping to about 3/4 of the position;

   And the green energy on the right is only a little bit short of full.

   According to Matthew's previous experience.

   It should be enough to plant four or five trees in this gap.

  Looking forward to the changes after the energy is full.

  The next day.

  Matthew got up early in the morning and went to work in the oak forest.

  However, after half a day, several trees were planted, and the energy was also increased to full capacity, but the expected changes did not come.

   This made Matthew think while disappointed:

   "Does other conditions need to be triggered, or does it simply need time to continue to accumulate?"

  He didn't struggle for too long.

   Anyway, planting trees is his job.

  Each oak tree received 10 points of XP, which was enough for him.

  …

  In the afternoon, Matthew went to Severe School and the Sheriff's Office respectively.

  The former is going to the principal's office to ask for leave, while the latter is going to Brad to explain the farm.

  The matter of asking for leave went smoothly. Matthew was originally a related family. The principal not only agreed quickly, but also took him to ask for a warm greeting.

   As for Brad, at least judging from the reactions of others, he did a good job of keeping secrets.

   Everyone in the public security station greeted Matthew as usual. It seemed that they did not associate Matthew with the necromancer from last night.

  The two communicated closely in the morgue for a long time.

  …

"You don't know how chaotic the scene was yesterday. I tried my best to appease my team members, and then sent someone to notify the other team to return to the city. As a result, I was told that the lord was missing as soon as I arrived in the town— It is very likely that he went to find the kidnapper alone!"

  …

"At that time, all of us were dumbfounded. I hurriedly handed Sif over to the people in the Lord's Mansion, and I was going to lead the team to the Hag Castle again. Guess what? After walking a few miles, the Lord Lord came back by himself! Later I just found out that Mr. Zeller had a way to contact the lord alone, and after learning that Sif was fine, he came back alone."

  …

"However, in the middle of the night, I took people to the barren mountain to look around. The environment there was very scary. The fog above the castle sank to the mountainside. I don't know where the bandits set up their camp. If it was on the mountain, Their fate may be extremely miserable."

  …

  Brad rubbed his dark circles and complained in a low voice.

  Matthew smiled, and met Brad's curious eyes, he casually said: "Their camp is halfway up the mountain in the valley, and the group of kidnappers died on the spot before the thick fog subsided."

  Brad was dumbfounded:

   "You are too powerful!"

   Matthew shook his head.

  He chatted with Brad for a few more words before leaving the security station.

on the way home.

   Matthew's thoughts were still heavy.

  Last night's incident seems to have come to an end.

  However, there are still many doubts and possible follow-up developments.

  …

  First, the Scourge Church.

   Judging from the content of the secret letter, the magician Finn is just a priest, and his influence is limited to Rolling Stone Town and a few surrounding cities.

  Although I took down the entire warlock camp in one go, it is hard to guarantee that the rest of the Scourge Order will not follow up.

  …

  Second, there is a high probability that there is an internal response from the Scourge within the Blood Banner family.

  According to Brad, Sif was robbed when she went to play in the countryside. The route she took was very secret, and no one knew except those close to her.

  If this internal response is not found out, it will always be a hidden danger.

   In addition, Finn also mentioned the particularity of Sif's bloodline.

   This also made Matthew curious and uneasy.

  …

  Thirdly, Fein mentioned in his secret letter the information that 'Master Ronan is trapped in the astral world'.

  At first Matthew didn't care.

  He thought it was nonsense.

  But just now, he found out from Brad that Ronan hadn't shown up for more than a year!

  Not only in Rolling Stone Town, but also in Gem Bay where he was stationed, there has been a lot of turmoil recently. Several major incidents have occurred and Ronan has not come forward, which is inevitably worrying.

  If this intelligence is true.

  Then the days ahead in Rolling Stone Town may not be peaceful.

  …

  The fourth is about the ghost castle. The soul of the trader who was intercepted mentioned that he died at the hands of a tall man with disheveled hair.

   Neither Finn nor Angrie fit this description.

   And last night, Matthew saw a figure with disheveled hair when the fog was sinking.

  This shows that the death of the merchant is related to the fog in the Hag Fort.

  However, his body was found by farmers on the road not close to the Hag's Castle.

   This is very intriguing.

   "So last night, did Finn's trick creation stimulate the passive sinking of the mist? Or is this itself a hunting action by someone or a ritual?"

   "Because Archmage Ronan is trapped in the astral world, are the evil things in the Hag's Castle ready to move?"

  The more Matthew thinks about it, the more headache he gets.

   Until dinner time.

  He was always restless.

  …

  Today's dinner is tomato cream soup, black pepper steak and clove egg tart.

   Peggy's craftsmanship is still superb.

  But Matthew's appetite is poor.

Peggy noticed it keenly: "What's the matter? Dear Matthew, have you finally reached puberty? Tell me, which girl makes you so lazy? It can't be Sif, she But your student!"

  Matthew rolled his eyes:

   "I'm just thinking about it."

  Peggy said seriously:

   "Don't think about problems when eating, this is the basic respect for food!

  Sometimes people ignore the things they take for granted.

  Only people like me who have died once know how wonderful and luxurious it is to be able to eat like a living person. "

  Matthew was stunned for a moment, and apologized:

   "You're right, Paige."

  He threw away those worries and enjoyed dinner with his heart.

  Peggy supported her bony chin with both hands:

   "That's right, Matthew!"

   "By the way, let me tell you some gossip, I secretly heard it a while ago!"

  This time it’s Matthew’s turn to give a serious lecture:

  …

   "Peggy, how many times have I told you - don't rely on your stealth skills to run around at night and listen to corners everywhere!

   That's rude!

   Getting caught is not only embarrassing but scary. "

  …

  Peggy shrugged:

   "Then do you listen or not?"

  Matthew scooped up a large spoonful of thick soup. Before the sweet spoon came close to his mouth, saliva was involuntarily secreted from his mouth.

"Ding…"

   he mumbled.

   "Then do you know why the Blood Banner Lord hates necromancers?"

  Peggy said mysteriously:

   "Because his wife ran away with a necromancer!!?"

  …

  (end of this chapter)