MTL - A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

  Chapter 191 The Messenger of the Underworld

  …

  As soon as Matthew stepped into the porch of the lord's hall, he heard Rhaegar bragging about his "near death" trip to purgatory.

  Hearing his voice so energetic.

   Matthew felt relieved.

  In addition to Rhaegar and Zeller, there are also two construction knights, Du Lin and Asma, in the office.

  However, their state is completely different from that of Rhaegar.

  Matthew saw them lying limply on the sofa. Although the armor on their bodies had not been removed, they were in a state of laziness, weakness, and extreme lack of energy.

  As if sucked dry.

  "... All in all, I used some tricks to deceive that bad woman Lutia, and then spread false news, making a lot of noise. In the end, I successfully sneaked back into the castle and rescued Du Lin and Asma.

  Before under my command, Matthew had successfully obtained the Holy Grail of Sin, so this operation was a great success for us! "

   Rhaegar concluded refreshedly.

  Du Lin and Asma nodded weakly, and the latter said sullenly:

   "Except for the two of us almost being drained by that sister of yours, everything is really going well."

  Regar comforted and said:

"Don't worry, I know that you have suffered a lot from this operation. I will arrange for you the best master healer. He will definitely heal the curse of weakness on you. I will write to Watcher Heights in a while. He owed me A favor will definitely come quickly."

   Asma said weakly:

"He better come soon, I'm already starting to wonder if it's true that woman said this curse would permanently deprive me of my fertility, **** it, I can't feel my **** anymore... How about you? "

  He elbowed Du Lin.

  Du Lin cursed softly:

   "Idiot, I never had a dick."

  Asma froze for a moment:

   "Hell, are you a hermaphrodite?"

  Du Lin suddenly became furious:

   "I am your wife!"

   "Who do you say I am?"

   Seeing that the two were about to fight, Zeller raised his hand and cast a sleeping spell.

   But both of them were staring, and they didn't look sleepy at all.

   "Don't resist, you need to rest."

   Zeller said softly.

  The two hesitated for a while, and finally relaxed their will, and then they both closed their eyes.

   "In addition to the curse of weakness, there are traces of enchantment on them, but this is not the worst."

  Zeller went over to check the basic situation of the two, and his face became a little weird:

   "Rega, you'd better communicate with that sister of yours."

  Rega frowned:

   "Lutitia? I don't want to see her again for the rest of my life, she is a real devil!"

   Zeller said helplessly:

   "But the trauma Du Lin and Asma suffered may not be resolved by ordinary healers."

   "I don't know what method Lutia used, but Asma's feeling is not wrong, his **** is gone..."

   Regard was taken aback.

  It was only then that Matthew realized that they probably had just returned from the purgatory portal, and many things were not confirmed clearly with each other.

   "What about Du Lin?"

   Rhaegar asked.

   Zeller coughed heavily:

   "I don't know if this is Luticia's bad taste, but she seems to have exchanged some organs of the husband and wife through some outrageous means—you should understand what I mean?"

  The office suddenly fell silent.

  Matthew could not help asking:

   "Rega, the master healer you mentioned, isn't he an archdruid?"

  He noticed that Rhaegar mentioned the place name of Watcher's Heights, which is the headquarters of the Druid Order.

  Rega shook his head:

   "She is not a druid, but a rare priest."

   "The gods she believed in had fallen in the Age of Enlightenment, but the strange thing is that she was actually able to exchange her beliefs for divine arts and various incredible powers."

"It's just that this person has a perverted personality, acts strangely, and rarely contacts with outsiders. I know that she lives in seclusion in Watcher's Heights, and at the same time she has powerful medical skills. During this period of time, Watcher's Heights has not been very peaceful. Maybe we have a chance She dug to settle in Rolling Stone Town."

   "This treatment of Du Lin and Asma is a good starting point."

  Matthew nodded:

   "But this weird situation, I'm afraid a priest can't solve it, it depends on Luticia's intentions."

   Rhaegar looked distressed:

"Of course I know.

   Then look again.

   After all, we just stole a funeral object from our ancestors' cemetery. My plan is that we will return the Holy Grail of Sin when Sif completes his awakening.

   Say some kind words later, maybe Lutia will forgive us and take back the curse. "

  Matthew coughed heavily twice:

   "There may be more than one funeral object lost between sacrifices."

  Regar's eyes widened suddenly.

  Matthew quickly changed the subject:

   "You were able to escape from Lutia, surely it wasn't just because of the props in your hand?"

  Regar said truthfully:

   "Of course, that mentor of yours helped a lot. When I escaped, she seemed to have already fought with Luticia."

   Matthew asked:

"How is it going?"

  Rega shook his head:

"I don't know, I don't understand, the battle between the legendary and the quasi-legendary, as an ordinary person, I lack awe if I look at it more. burden."

  Matthew stroked his chin.

   I am still full of curiosity about the battle between Margaret and Luticia.

  Unfortunately, there is no more information about channels.

   Now.

   While the two of them were there, he told the truth about the secret war orders he had heard from Margaret.

   After learning about this matter.

   Both of them showed worried expressions.

obviously.

  Once the secret war order is released, it means that the mages can choose to stay alone, but Rolling Stone Town, as a territory, cannot stay out of it.

If the legitimacy of the dragon lord was recognized by the Seven Saints Alliance during the war, then whether it was the red dragon Kusules of Hongtu Mountain, or the numerous black dragon lords passed down by Gao Ye, they could all justifiably attack Rolling Stones.

  At that time, the intimidation of Ronan and Ekmond will no longer exist.

  If Matthew also ends up in the battle.

  His oak grove and graveyard will also be targeted by the dragon lord.

  Even if he died in this war.

  The Seven Saints Alliance will not say anything.

  It is absolutely impossible for an existence like Isabel to go to war because of an incompetent disciple.

   Matthew is well aware of this.

   "It should be some time before the official release of the war secret order. This time is our best chance."

   "If Rhaegar insists on not cooperating with the Blood Banner Kingdom, then we must do something during this period of time. We must establish an image that cannot be provoked by the outside world."

   "We must be proactive!"

   Matthew was a little euphemistic.

   But the implication is actually very obvious.

  Rolling Stone Town must stand up.

   But looking around, there are three directions of giant dragons.

  How to establish prestige?

   "The dragon is not invincible."

   he concluded.

  Rega took a deep look at him:

   "You are much crazier than I thought."

  Matthew smiled:

   "You can also consider paying protection fees to those dragon lords."

   "But in that case, I may not be officially named in Rolling Stone Town in the next war."

  It is Matthew's greatest sincerity to speak clearly in advance.

  He loves Rolling Stones and is willing to fight for it.

  But if Rhaegar's policy is to blindly compromise.

  Then he might as well use his identity as an alliance mage to be completely alone.

  As long as he doesn't leave his own oak forest or cemetery, no one dares to provoke him.

   Rhaegar is a smart man.

  He frowned and thought for a while, and quickly figured out the joints.

   "I understand. I really have no room to escape in this matter. If I can't show my muscles in the early stage, then Rolling Stone Town will never be able to escape the shadow of war."

  Rega solemnly said:

   "Actually, Zeller and I have also prepared before, but the dragon is indeed much stronger than humans. The preparation of personnel alone is definitely not enough. We need more knowledge and assistance in props."

  Matthew smiled slightly:

   "Isn't that why you spend two hundred gold coins every month to hire me as a spell consultant?"

   "As long as you make up your mind, I will give you a detailed action plan soon."

   Zeller and Rhaegar exchanged glances.

  The former could not help but sigh:

   "You young people are still radical. At most, I only think about defending against the dragon's sneak attack, but you want to strike first."

  Rega hummed twice:

   "Maybe he just wants to harvest an extra bone dragon."

  Matthew smiled and said nothing.

  Rega immediately asked about the situation of the Holy Grail of Sin.

  Matthew said that the Holy Grail of sin was placed in the cemetery by himself.

  Sif was also in the cemetery.

  Take this opportunity.

  He told Rhaegar about the Thousand Changes again.

   Though the matter is unbelievable.

   But Rhaegar accepted Zeller's arrangement after the initial shock.

   Considering that Sif will be very weak during the awakening period.

  Finally Rhaegar also decided.

   Continue to live in Matthew's Cemetery until she completes her awakening.

  At the same time, for convenience, teach her to use the Holy Grail of Sin.

  Rega said that he would also live in the cemetery!

   Matthew showed embarrassment about this:

   "There are not many houses in the living area of ​​the cemetery. My previous house was given to Sif, and I still sleep in a simple stone house."

   "If you want to live in, you can only sleep with me..."

  Rega revealed a look of disgust:

"I reject."

  Matthew sighed:

   "Then only the arsonist's dungeon dormitory has vacancies."

  Rega was silent.

  The three called the guards to carry the two knights to the barracks for proper care.

  Rega immediately went to the cemetery to see his daughter.

   Under the pull of both sides.

  In the end, Matthew could only let Shinwak build another simple stone house next to his own stone house.

  Anyway, Rhaegar brought his own tent and sleeping gear, so he could barely sleep well after packing up.

   And after Rhaegar joined.

   There are more than a dozen people living in the living area of ​​Matthew Cemetery.

  Including Matthew, Rhaegar, Sif, Chiuka the Thousand-changer, Richard the Silver Snake and the arsonists.

  The breath of a living person is heavy.

  The cemetery is already somewhat crowded.

   After that, the living area became a bit crowded.

  Night.

  Matthew silently makes tombstones in his workshop.

  The human voice in the ear gradually faded away.

  He began to think about whether to expand the number of floors of the cemetery.

  On the one hand, it is to cope with the possible increase in the number of living people in the future. After all, the dead zone planned before is relatively large, and the living people cannot live together with the dead. Negative energy will be eroded very badly after a long time.

  On the other hand, expanding the second floor can increase the strategic level of the cemetery.

   This is still very important.

  Currently, his cemetery is still far away from the safety principle of 300 meters underground.

  The geology near Rolling Stone Town is good, and digging another three or five floors will not be a problem.

   The only thing to consider is mining cost.

   Troll Xinwak is good at digging horizontally, and the efficiency of digging downward is very low.

"If only I had a construction team of gray dwarves, I would raise two diggers, a bunch of direclaws, and an unlimited number of little demons or little lemurs. It would not be a problem to dig out a dungeon with dozens of floors in one go. !"

  Matthew imagined wantonly.

   Come to bedtime.

  He specially recruited the Eye of Immortality, and checked the function of Death Gaze.

  He found that Margaret was still available to watch.

   It's just that her location has changed from the Blood Banner Kingdom in Escana to the Front Fang Fort at the junction.

  It felt like I was fighting with Luticia.

   I don't know the result.

  Matthew could only pray for her once or twice in his heart.

   the next day.

   Little Parton came back from Bigfoot, bringing back a lot of bells and whistles.

  Matthew took the opportunity to paste the last space-time crack.

   Short period of time.

  He doesn't want to have contact with Escana's people or forces.

  As for the gadgets little Patton brought back.

  Let him and Rhaegar play tricks.

   Matthew's life quickly returned to normal.

   It's just that the daily items have been increased from two items to three items.

   Plant trees.

   Repair the grave.

   Talk to animals.

  The animals in Rolling Stone Town are more or less, and the spiritual ones are a bit hard to find.

  He kept in contact with an average of two to three heads per day.

   It's interesting to Matthew.

  Perhaps most people don’t guard against animals when they speak, so he can hear a lot of unknown secrets from animals.

  For example, an old goat in the farm area told Matthew that the old farmer had hidden a lot of gold under a well.

   These golds are said to be left to his descendants.

   But therein lies the problem, according to the old goat.

  The old man has three children under his knees.

   None of them were his own.

   The old man knew nothing about it.

  He is still living frugally, accumulating wealth day and night, which can only be said to be embarrassing.

   Let’s say a magpie in the town told Matthew.

  A clerk in a clothing store has been stealing gold coins from the warehouse.

  He only steals a little at a time, and hides all the stolen gold coins neatly.

  Unfortunately, the owner of the store discovered the place where the man hid the gold coins.

  He covets the buddy's gold coins, but also wants to keep the water flowing.

  So I often steal a little bit away.

  The two parties came and went, and they stole for more than three months, and neither of them noticed anything strange.

  All of these.

  There are all kinds of things in the world.

  It opened Matthew's eyes.

   At noon three days later.

  Matthew found Pegasus Ollie in the oak forest.

  He first exchanged feelings with Ollie.

   After confirming that Ollie is in a good mood.

  He formally initiated the invitation to sign.

   But it's not a mount contract.

   Instead, I hope that Ollie can join the oak forest and become a contracted creature in the ritual field of the sanctuary of life.

  A mage can only have one magic mount.

   But binding magical creatures through the ritual field is unlimited.

   It’s like you can only marry one person.

  But if you start a company and put all the people you like on the board of directors, as long as you have the ability, theoretically you can put as many people as you like.

   Facing Matthew's invitation.

  Olly hesitated.

  Finally chose to agree.

no way.

   If you drag it any longer, you will be expelled by the will of the main material world.

  She can only choose to be a part of the sanctuary of life.

  After the contract is signed.

   There was a reaction in the ceremony field.

  …

  「Reminder: Your ritual field "Life Sanctuary" has added a new magical creature "Golden Pegasus", and you have gained a lot of strategic experience.

   The strategic level of Sanctuary of Life has been raised to LV2!

   As the master of the ceremony field.

  You will get two additional abilities (only in the ceremony)—

1. Soul of Nature (the abundant natural abilities of the Sanctuary of Life give you a place for a Soul of Nature, you can promote a creature that has lived in the oak forest for more than seven days into a Soul of Nature, and grant it to evolve into a druid possibility)

  2. Group rejuvenation (you can heal up to four targets at the same time, the healing effect is slightly higher than the treatment of minor injuries, available once a day)”

  …

   "Life Sanctuary has been upgraded to LV2 so quickly?"

  Matthew was a little surprised.

   But if you think about it carefully, the Sanctuary of Life relies on its own oak forest. The scale of the oak forest is not comparable to that of the cemetery, and it has a solid foundation itself.

  Recruiting Pegasus Oli is just icing on the cake, meeting the conditions for upgrading.

   "The rejuvenation of the group is quite good. I didn't expect me, a necromancer, to be able to breastfeed so many people..."

"The number of souls of nature must be carefully weighed. At present, there is only Lulu in the forest as a soul of nature, but she actually belongs to the oak forest and half to the fairy flower garden. So strictly speaking, she is the first one I cultivated. A natural soul, must be chosen carefully."

   Matthew pondered.

  He is not in a hurry to give this quota, because there are still too few aborigines in the oak forest.

   What he is most familiar with is the grouse.

   It's just that although the grouse has some spirituality, it makes a chicken the soul of nature.

   It's a bit too abstract.

  Matthew and Ollie played for a while.

  After lunch in the cemetery.

   Matthew quietly flew to the south on Ollie.

   Pegasus has a unique ability to hide during the day.

  This gives Matthew a great sense of security when traveling.

   Ollie is fast.

   Not long.

  He saw the trading post approaching the southern border.

  However, the current trading post looks different from what Matthew saw before.

  The previous order no longer exists.

  Matthew saw a large number of migrant groups around the trading post.

  The camps and tents these people set up around the surrounding area surrounded the trading post.

   No wonder it is on the road slightly north.

   Matthew didn't just see temporary levels.

  There are still many people from the garrison patrolling nearby.

   It can only be said that the impact of the war on the surrounding territories is too great.

  Most of these refugees came from the golden fertile fields in the south. After the latter was ravaged by the army of Hongtu Mountain, it is said that it has become a purgatory on earth, and the situation is horrific.

   No living person dares to stay in that land.

It is worth mentioning that.

  Matthew heard that among the businessmen in the South Trading Post, led by Howard, they organized and built a refugee camp. It is said that for this camp, they asked the Committee of Five for money.

   Matthew looks down from the sky.

  It was discovered that the so-called refugee camps can only accommodate a small number of people, and more people still gather around, and it is difficult to guarantee even the most basic survival needs.

  Seeing the sallow and emaciated faces of those refugees, Matthew was also full of emotion.

  He suddenly understood why Zeller had to work overtime overnight.

   "The territory of Rolling Stone Town can't support so many people."

   Matthew suddenly recalled what little Patton said in his mind.

   A glimmer of haze could not help flashing in my heart.

  He didn't stay long above the South Trading Post.

   Instead, continue to fly south.

  Enter the golden fertile field.

  Matthew flew along the road, searching around for villages or settlements that were originally inhabited.

  However, there is only dead silence left in this land.

  The army in Hongtushan was extremely brutal.

  They only want food, not population.

  They slaughtered while plundering, and a considerable part of the population of Golden Fertile Field died under the blade of the Red Dragon Lord.

   Matthew riding Ollie landed on a village square.

  Most of the buildings in the village were burned clean by the flames.

   Only the square still has hundreds of charred corpses.

  These corpses were not burnt clean, most of them still had bones, and a few even had rotting flesh.

   Matthew walked over.

  Several scavengers were startled away.

  He looked at the bones that no one had buried, and shook his head silently.

   After making a mark in the village.

   Matthew continued to fly south.

   At sunset.

  Matthew has found seven large or small human settlements.

   None of the seven places survived.

   Among them, the bodies of the villagers in three villages were gathered together, showing signs of burning.

  The remaining four places are left alone.

  The corpses were scattered in every corner of the village.

   There are many that have rotted into bad shape.

  Summer night.

  Matthew was walking on the pier in Honghe Town.

  There are swollen corpses floating on the surface of the water.

  The corpses on the shore are piled up like mountains.

  A sickening, rancid smell filled the air.

   Matthew's plague field has sounded the alarm several times, and he had to activate the field to resist the disease that is constantly spreading in the air.

  In a corner of the pier.

  Matthew saw a male corpse in a weird posture—

   There is a spear stuck in his back, and his body is curled up like a lobster.

   Matthew turned him over.

   Plop.

  The male corpse rolled aside, and the end of the spear supported his body in a triangle.

   also shook off the baby that had been dead for many days in his arms.

   That moment.

  Matthew shuddered all over.

  He could feel a great resentment brewing above the pier.

   If left untreated.

  There will definitely be very terrible and very evil undead creatures born here.

  However, no matter how powerful these resentments are.

   Certainly cannot threaten an adult red dragon.

   might even become his ghost.

   One thought of this.

  Matthew no longer hesitated.

   While speeding up his pace of walking in the town, he began to spread negative energy stone powder towards every corner.

  In order to improve efficiency.

  Matthew summoned A Bing and others to help sow.

   Some places with more dead people.

  He will even drop a whole negative energy stone.

quickly.

  Most of this small town has been evoked with a slight negative energy vortex.

  Under the guidance of Matthew.

  Some spiritual corpses even showed signs of natural corpse change!

   Matthew is not in a hurry.

  He summoned a group of zombies unhurriedly, and placed tombstones in all directions of the town.

  These tombstones have the air of a cemetery.

   To a certain extent, it can reduce the pressure on Matthew to cast spells next.

   And after finishing a series of preparations.

  Looking up, the sky is full of stars.

  Matthew rode a golden Pegasus through the streets.

  He began to chant loudly.

  In order to improve the efficiency of casting spells, Matthew also specially used the Suriel singing method.

  Although his level is very average.

  But the chanting time of this ritual spell is more than 20 minutes, which can save a lot of time overall.

   Accompanied by Matthew's singing.

   Corpses stood up blankly under the support of negative energy.

  There is no soul fire on them.

   This means they did not become undead.

  Can be under the effect of ritual spells.

  The corpses began to stagger and move.

  Matthew rode Ollie around the town of Red River round after round.

   Under his chants.

   More and more corpses stood up and followed Pegasus.

   Two hours later.

  Exhausted, Matthew left Red River Town.

   And at this time behind him.

  Surprisingly, there is a dense army of corpses!

in the dark.

  Golden Pegasus exudes bright brilliance.

  Like a bright light.

   Guided the long winding dragon made up of corpses to walk slowly towards Rolling Stone Town.

  …

  「Hint: You have used the ritual spell "Return in the Cold Night".

  The corpse awakened by you will walk slowly until you finally set the destination.

  During this period, some corpses may change, please handle with care”

  …

  The way home in the cold night is the necromancer version of exorcising corpses.

   It is impossible for Matthew to turn these corpses into his own undead one by one.

  But you can't just watch them expose their corpses to the wilderness.

   Therefore, it is the best choice to drive them to the cemetery first.

   Matthew is not very short of corpses now.

  When these corpses arrive at the cemetery, they will be buried and become the reserve of the undead.

  Guang is a location in Honghe Town.

   There are more than a thousand corpses.

   This is something worthy of ecstasy for any necromancer.

   But Matthew was sitting on Ollie's back, looking back at the muddled corpses.

  It seems like a mountain is pressing down on my heart!

  He went all the way north.

   Walk out slowly for twenty or thirty kilometers.

   When arriving at the next village.

  A black shadow suddenly appeared at the intersection ahead.

  Matthew stopped in his tracks.

  The man was covered in a pitch black cloak.

  His back is carrying a huge scythe.

  Like the legendary **** of death.

   "Hello, Mr. Matthew."

   "We finally met."

   "Let me introduce myself, I am Viscount Fan."

   A deep male voice came from inside the cloak.

  …

  「Warning: You have encountered Fan Zijue, the messenger of the underworld (legendary creature/Ravenloft Demon Realm)!」

  …

   Happy Tanabata everyone! I'm still trying to type!

  

  

  (end of this chapter)