MTL - A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

  Chapter 179 The Shadow of the Thousand Transformers!

  …

  A long while.

  The grouse flapped its wings and asked:

   "Why do you speak chicken words?"

   "Are you a chicken too?"

   "But you look too much like a person!"

  Matthew smiled kindly:

"I just learned your language by chance. Don't be so surprised. There are many capable people and strangers among humans who can communicate with other species, and mages are the best of them. Of course, if you hear You will not find it strange if you have lived through the legends of the Druids."

   Grouse shook his head:

   "I don't know what a druid is, but it must be because I don't have much knowledge."

   "I'm just a grown grouse after all."

  Matthew asks new residents about their living experience:

   "Do you like the woods?"

  The grouse looked left and right:

   "It's okay, the environment here is good, there are no natural enemies for me, but there is a lack of food.

   It took days for me to find a worm or something in the ground.

  From a rational point of view, this place is not suitable for living, but for some reason, there is a force that attracts me, and it prompts me to settle here.

  I even have an urge to go back to my hometown in the barren mountains in the north and bring all my family and compatriots here. "

   Matthew knew it in his heart.

   This is the effect of the sanctuary of life.

  He immediately opened his hands to welcome:

   "As the owner of this forest, I welcome more outstanding residents like you."

   Grouse looked at him warily:

   "Do you want to eat my eggs?"

  Matthew asked rhetorically:

   "Can you lay eggs?"

  The grouse was stunned for a moment, and then happily said:

   "It turns out that I can't lay eggs, so it's okay."

   "But there are many hens in my family, they are good at laying eggs, do you want to eat their eggs?"

  Matthew blinked:

   “I can promise myself not to eat.”

   "But there are always risks of one kind or another in nature. You must know this better than me."

   Grouse thought for a while:

   "That's enough, we don't want to be the objects of human captivity like those idiots on the farm."

   "If your promise is true, I will consider bringing all my family to this forest."

   "We will thrive here, God bless, I hope this forest will never have snakes, wolverines and other terrible creatures!"

   Naturally, Matthew cannot guarantee anything.

  He knows very well that as the power of the Sanctuary of Life continues to spread, all kinds of creatures will appear in his woods, and the paradise dreamed by the grouse is destined to not come true.

   "But as the first grouse to live in this forest, I can give you certain preferential treatment."

  Matthew mobilized the power of the oak tree domain and put a permanent "cover" on him.

   This state allows the grouse to have a powerful concealment effect when walking in the field, especially when it is stationary, it is difficult for the enemy to find its existence.

   Grouse immediately felt Matthew's sincerity.

  He was overjoyed:

   "You are too powerful, you are worthy of being a human being who can speak chicken!"

   "Thank you very much for your gift, I will tell all the grouse in the family what you did."

   "By the way, chicken man, I have a gift for you."

   As he spoke, he flapped his wings and ran towards the beach of the Old Lady River next to him.

   Matthew followed suit:

   "You can call me Matthew."

  The grouse dug vigorously on the river beach:

   "Got it, chicken man."

   Not for a while.

  He dug a small hole in the soft sand.

  There are some strange broken stones buried in the pit, as well as the corpses of some earthworms.

  Among these things, it turned out to be a string of silver necklaces, with several fine sapphires inlaid on it.

  The grouse gave the necklace to Matthew.

  He filled the hole in the river bank.

   Then ran back into the oak forest without looking back:

   "I should go. If someone finds out I've been talking to a human, they might think I'm a chicken."

   "I know you have a good impression of me, but we still have to keep a proper distance."

   "Goodbye, Chicken Man."

  …

  「Hint: You have completed an in-depth conversation with the grouse, the current animal conversation progress (1/300);

  Your XP+10;

  Your natural affinity has been slightly increased;

   Your Knowledge (Nature-Avian) +1;

  You have obtained the gift of Grouse "Necklace of the Great Swimmer"

  Swimmer's Necklace: An unremarkable sapphire silver necklace with the remnant spirituality of a drowned swimmer attached to it.

   The wearer's swimming ability +10, but in the process of swimming, there is a very small probability of being attacked by water ghosts. "

  …

  The value of the necklace is average, it can only be said that it barely has the potential to be used as a collectible.

  The principle that good swimmers drown is applicable everywhere.

  Matthew put away the necklace.

  He is very clear that "animal conversation" is as much a way of practicing nature as planting trees.

  He tried to activate this ability on the spot, and then walked in the oak forest.

   But along the way, he didn't hear any sound.

   This is also normal.

  The animals in the oak forest are relatively small in both species and quantity.

more importantly.

   There is a threshold for animals to talk to.

   Not every animal can communicate with humans. Even with this ability, to complete the conversation with grouse, the animal must have a certain amount of spirituality.

  Compared to human beings, the spirituality of most animals is very low.

  In general, animals that are smaller, younger, and farther away from human society are less spiritual.

   Creatures such as cattle, horses, sheep, cats, dogs and pigs that live with people day and night are the easiest to be born with spirituality.

  Insects in the wilderness can hardly meet the minimum spirituality required for animal conversation.

  Matthew wants to finish talking with three hundred animals.

   Definitely still have to count on small and medium-sized animals in towns or farms.

  The probability of those creatures in the wild being born with spirituality is too low.

  The efficiency of searching one by one is much lower than planting trees.

   "Unfortunately, this mission is also limited to the vicinity of Rolling Stone Town. It would be great if there were no area restrictions."

  Matthew sighed softly.

   There is no limit to the ability to talk to animals. He can communicate with animals all day long.

   The premise is that there must be a sufficient number of objects.

   And the rain forest is obviously the best place for this task.

   There are tens of thousands of spiritual animals.

   It's a piece of cake to do.

   "It is currently in its infancy, and the spiritual animals in Rolling Stone Town can barely meet 300 people. But if there are more requirements, I am afraid that we will have to open up regional restrictions or find another way."

   Matthew thought for a while.

  He remembered that Druids had an ability called "Hand of Enlightenment".

   This ability can give an animal temporary spirituality.

   In this way, the minimum needs for animal conversation can be met.

  Druids often use this ability to promote their animal companions, or to recommend spirits of nature.

   But this ability is relatively rare, and ordinary druids cannot master it, let alone mages.

  Matthew can only hope that the next time he explores the oak tree field, there will be options for related abilities.

  At that moment, he turned off the animal's ability to talk, and ran to the land where spring was like all the year round, and planted three oak trees.

   After all this is done.

   Matthew had lunch in the cemetery, and then rushed to the Lord's Mansion non-stop.

  After Rega left, Zeller was the only one left in the office hall. Matthew worried that he was short of manpower, so he promised to help as much as possible during this time.

   Come to the front door of the Lord's Mansion.

  At this time, in the barracks next door, a knight was walking out slowly leading an old horse.

  The old horse was still chewing grass in its mouth.

  The knight greeted Matthew when he saw him.

  The old horse also snorted happily.

  With a heartbeat, Matthew opened the animal chat.

   But heard an aged voice ask:

   "Have you ever eaten grass?"

   Matthew replied:

"No."

  The knight froze for a moment:

   "Are you talking to me?"

  The old horse said cheerfully:

   "Don't explain to this idiot, let him misunderstand for a while, it's fun."

   "If you have never eaten grass, you must try it. Life without eating grass is incomplete."

  Matthew smiled:

   "Thank you for your advice, I will try it when I have the chance."

  The old horse gently tapped the ground with its front hooves:

   "If you could tell this kid to stop farting on my back, that would be better than any thanks."

   "By the way, take care of him again—he has been riding me in the wrong posture for the past two days. I suspect he has hemorrhoids. Let him remember to pay attention to his diet."

  Matthew glanced at the dazed knight with a strange look.

  He coughed lightly:

   "Is this common?"

  Old Ma said leisurely:

   "Oh, this is too common. Crossbow bolts are the mortal enemy of knights, but if you ask a knight what is more hateful than crossbow bolts, his answer must be hemorrhoids."

   After speaking, he took the initiative to end the conversation.

  The knight knew that Matthew was a mage, and realized that he was talking to his horse.

  So he asked nervously:

   "You and my horse are talking right?

  What did he say?

  Master Matthew, I didn't steal the fodder from the stable on purpose, I just had some difficulties at that time.

  Can you not tell Lord Rhaegar?

  I will secretly make up for the misappropriated forage gap in the past few days. "

  Animal talk still has this effect?

  Matthew raised his eyebrows, but didn't say much in the end, he just patted the knight on the shoulder:

   "He just told you to eat lighter."

   "But don't forget to add fodder."

   Then he walked in.

   Only the knight was left looking at the old horse with a complicated expression.

  …

   Office lobby.

  Matthew sat in his office, occasionally looking outside.

   Every time he saw that Rhaegar's place was empty, he was quite uncomfortable.

  Two o'clock in the afternoon.

  An owl delivered a letter.

  He took it and saw that it was a reply letter from the Silver Council.

   "The alliance is so efficient this time?"

  Matthew opened the letter, read it, and frowned slightly.

   It was almost as he expected.

   The high level of the alliance represented by the Silver Council did not care about what happened in Escana.

  Their comment on Sturuk Industries is also "not worth mentioning".

  The tone of this reply letter is quite polite, but there are only two main contents—

  First, please close the gap in time and space as soon as possible to prevent the influx of creatures from the outer plane.

  The second point is that the Seven Saints Alliance is indifferent to the changes in the outer plane. They don't seem to be worried at all about Sturuk's industry gaining a foothold in the outer plane and then further marching into the main material world.

  The attitude of the high-level alliance made Matthew quite puzzled.

   After all, they chose to close the country because of pride and arrogance.

   Or is there something else behind the principle of never interfering with the outer planes?

   Matthew has no way of knowing.

  He only knows that it is completely impossible to use the power of the alliance to interfere between the planes.

   One thought of this.

  He had no choice but to dispel the last trace of luck.

  Anyway, the amount of sulfur ore harvested from Sturuk Industry is already enough.

  Matthew had roughly calculated that the value of those sulfur mines was around 300,000 gold coins.

   This was originally a huge sum of money.

   He had no reason to ask for more.

   "I hope little Patton can retreat in spite of the difficulties."

  Matthew felt a little emotional.

  Actually, from a rational point of view, he shouldn't allow Little Parton to take such a risk.

  The reason why he finally let go.

  On the one hand, it was because Little Patton was really eager for this matter. Matthew saw a different look in his eyes, and he couldn't bear to kill this thought directly.

   On the other hand, Patton Jr. also showed intelligence, agility, and responsiveness far beyond ordinary people.

  His combat ability is estimated to be only around the second level.

   But if there is no fighting, Matthew believes that he can settle many things.

  In the final analysis, not everything in this world is a decision made completely in accordance with reason.

   Human beings are always contradictory and emotional.

  For example, now, Matthew's rationality tells him that it is the best result for Little Parton to retreat.

  But deep down in his heart, somehow he had an unrealistic expectation for this kid.

   Matthew himself felt that this expectation was absurd.

  He searched for a reason for a long time.

   I even began to wonder if it was because I ate too many mushrooms recently.

   coincides with this time.

  Zeller, who went out to deal with business in the morning, came back.

  Matthew told Zeller everything about the space-time rift and Little Parton.

   Then ask him what he thinks.

   Zeller said expressionlessly after listening:

   "If I were Rhaegar, I would strike you with a sword."

   "If I were Ms. Liz, tomorrow morning the whole town of Rolling Stone would know that there was a terrible necromancer who kidnapped and sold his son."

   "But if I were little Patton, I would be very grateful to you."

  Matthew asked rhetorically:

   "What if you were in my position?"

   Zeller thought for a while:

   "I might as well say yes to him like you.

   It's dangerous though.

  But which member of the Blood Banner family did not come out of danger?

  There's an imperceptible potential in that lad.

  Rega and I actually tried many times secretly, but we still couldn't find a way to arouse that power.

  Maybe this incident is an opportunity. "

   Hear here.

  Matthew suddenly understood part of his intuition—

  The intuition that always prompts him to make decisions seems to have a disconnected relationship with the domain.

  He recalls every time he followed his instincts to make a decision.

  You can feel the undercurrents of the domains resonating quietly in an imperceptible place.

   "Is this why I can easily understand the field?"

   "The decision I made is actually inextricably linked to the potential of the people around me, the power of the field, and even the legendary way?"

   Such a thought came to Matthew's mind.

   Immediately he felt that this was too absurd.

   It should be just my imagination.

   “But it all boils down to being too dangerous.”

   "If you don't want to hurt his heart, let me be the villain."

"He will come back today to report his safety, right? As soon as he comes back, I will take him away, and I will tell him that I found out about this, and you are forced to do nothing. After that, you should close the gap in time and space as soon as possible. It’s over for a while.”

   Speaking of which.

   Zeller rubbed his temples tiredly:

   "Actually, I have nothing against you young people going out and taking risks."

"However, I also hope that you can understand that too many things have really happened in and around Rolling Stone recently. I always have a bad feeling. At this juncture, I don't want anyone to have an accident, Xiaopa That's it, and so are you."

  Matthew nodded slightly.

  Zeller's hard work is in his eyes.

  He was about to ask what happened recently.

   At this time.

   A burst of hurried footsteps came from the direction of the corridor.

   Not long.

  A figure dressed as a gentleman appeared in front of the two of them.

  Richard put the cane on the shelf beside him, looked around the hall, and asked seriously:

   "Where is Rhaegar?"

   "Are you taking a nap?"

   "Call him up, I have something very important to say."

   Zeller looked at him in surprise:

   "Regar has gone to Purgatory, and will not return for at least a month."

"What happened?"

  Richard frowned:

   "Why do you go to purgatory at this time?"

  He looked at Matthew and Zeller with uncertain expressions. After a few seconds, he said decisively:

   "Do you still remember the corpse I checked in the security station?"

  Matthew recalled that it was a very strange corpse, all the elements of the body were lost, so that even the call of the dead could not be performed.

  At that time, Richard left immediately after seeing the body. After going there for many days, it seems that he has only returned to Rolling Stone Town.

   Matthew was impressed by this:

   "Is it the one fished up from the lower reaches of the old woman river?"

   Zeller said in a deep voice:

   "I have read the file, and there is indeed something strange, what did you find?"

  Richard paced back and forth in the hall a little anxiously:

   "I went to Eversong Forest and found something with the night elves—

  That is, the seal of the "Lord of the Thousand Changes" has indeed been leaked.

  Damn it.

   Do you know the "thousand changer"?

   A kaleidoscopic is a daemonic bloodline from the Outer Planes.

   Their ancestor—the notorious Lord of the Thousand Changes, Jiasi Liwen once replaced the position of the God of Murder.

  It was the middle of the Age of Enlightenment, and later things were revealed, and He was sealed in Eversong Forest by the God of Elves and several other gods.

  Jasiliwen is also one of the few demons sealed in the main material world.

  His descendants are numerous and spread throughout the entire continent of Aindor.

  But only those who have awakened the blood of the demon and received the blessing of Jiasi Liwen are eligible to be called the true changer.

  Originally, as long as there is no problem with the seal of Eversong Forest, the descendants of the Thousand Change Ones will not be a concern.

   But I just learned that just half a year ago, Sener, the notorious scarlet hunter, legendary rogue, and leader of the Brotherhood of Silver Frost, led people to attack the Gaussian Prison in Eversong Forest.

  The attack was definitely prepared. Although Sener did not take any prisoners, it caused the seal of the Lord of the Thousand Changes to loosen.

  Part of Jiasi Liwen's power leaked out, which may have led to the awakening of some descendants of the Thousand Changeers! "

  Changer?

  Matthew suddenly thought of the little white cat who was living in his own forest for free!

  She seems to have mentioned that she has the blood of a thousand changers!

   "Could the thousand changers be able to take on the appearance of another person, and the appearance is difficult to distinguish?"

  Matthew hurriedly asked.

  Richard nodded:

   "The transformation ability of the thousand changers is innate and very powerful. Just after learning it, it has the effect comparable to the fourth-order transformation spell. It will be improved in the future, and it can change into different people."

  "When the thousand changers in history appear in human society, they often bring huge disasters and chaos because of this ability."

"But there is still an unknown secret among them. Among the awakened thousand changers, a very small number of them can be favored by Jiasi Liwen. They will master another even more terrifying ability besides the ability to change. .”

   "Because of that ability, they are called "dispossessors," or "replacers." "

   Hear here.

   Matthew had an ominous premonition in his heart.

   Sure enough.

   But hear Richard narrate:

   "The depriver can use a specific ritual to deprive a person of his or her identity, memory, abilities, etc., and then replace them."

   "This replacement does not refer to a change in appearance, or a replacement in identity, but a complete integration and replacement."

   "They will completely become that person, and retain the memory and ability of their previous identity, and even the consciousness of the plane will judge them as the original person."

"And as the deprived of the ceremony, even if the outcome is not immediate death, it is a very cruel and terrifying thing. They are deprived of all elements, and their relatives and friends will turn a blind eye to them, and instead laugh at the person who killed them add up.

   This is a very cruel thing.

  In the end they will die in endless torment.

   No one knows who they are, where they came from, and why they died.

  I really hope that I guessed wrong, but all the signs of the male corpse point to the poor identity of the deprived person.

   Intuitively speaking.

   It is suspected that a thousand changers completed the deprivation ceremony in Rolling Stone Town.

   I'm not sure where he went.

  Because even I can't tell which is the deprived person.

   He may have left.

   Probably still in town.

   Maybe even between you! "

   One time.

  The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became dignified.

  …

  (end of this chapter)