A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

  Chapter 160 The world is like a dirty fish tank

  …

   "What is it, tell me."

   Matthew asked curiously.

   "A world tree has appeared in your woods! Didn't you notice?"

  Eli's tone was full of excitement.

  Matthew was silent.

  伱 How long has it been since you came to Oak Forest!

   As for the reaction now?

  He really wanted to ask the other party just like this.

  But in the end, Matthew replied calmly:

   "I noticed, I planted it, what's wrong?"

  Eli took a deep breath:

   "That's the World Tree! Matthew, why didn't you tell me earlier."

  Matthew said helplessly:

   "I haven't seen your figure recently, and I don't want to disturb you."

  Eli carelessly said:

   "Don't be so polite, if you need help, just call me."

   As he spoke, his face became serious again:

   "There is one more important thing."

  Matthew snorted and motioned for the other party to continue.

  Eli said:

  “A few days ago, when I was the saddest, there was a little white cat who stayed with me all the time.

  I had a great time with her.

   Once forgot the fact that I was born as a human.

  Sometimes I even think that a kitty is not bad just doing this.

I really like her.

  She also likes me very much.

  I was already sure we were in love.

   Yet it was only yesterday.

  She actually turned into a human in front of me, and confessed to me that she was a spy sent by the Wither Sect!

that moment.

  My heart is unacceptable. "

  Matthew was a little surprised.

  The little white cat actually revealed his identity? What kind of trick is this playing? Playing hard to get?

   Immediately, Matthew asked:

   "Can't you accept that she is a spy of the Wither Cult?"

   Eli sighed:

"Compared to this, I can't accept that she is actually a human being. The moment the little white cat became a human, I completely lost interest in her. Let alone talking to her, I didn't even want to look at her !"

   "Matthew, I'm a little worried now, do I have a tendency to become a pervert?"

  Matthew blinked:

   "Not necessarily a predisposition."

   "Probably already."

  Eli's eyes widened suddenly.

  Matthew smiled easily:

   "Just kidding, it's normal for you to like kittens more than humans. After all, cats are so carefree, but humans are much more complicated."

  Eli nodded:

   "What you said makes sense, and I think so too."

   Immediately he was a little surprised and asked:

   "Wait, why aren't you surprised at all? She is a spy sent by the Wither Sect! Did you already know?"

  Matthew shrugged:

"Not only did I know it long ago, but I also killed all the members of the Wither Cult. You can tell that little white cat, if she wants to stay, she can stay, but don't do stupid things, the Wither Cult The people who are here are lessons from the past.”

  Eli looked at Matthew with complicated eyes.

  A long while.

   He murmured:

   "So you always knew."

   "So you asked Brother Lorraine to come and accompany me."

   "So from beginning to end, it wasn't the little white cat who was with me, but you were with me."

  Matthew thought for a while:

   "It's almost like this. I am very worried about your emotional state, but now it seems that your endurance is far stronger than I imagined. You are worthy of being the legendary ancient tiger!"

  His eyes were full of encouragement.

  Eli smiled, and scratched his head in embarrassment:

   "I've chased the little white cat away.

   I really lost interest after she became human.

   I don’t know why, but the disillusionment this time didn’t bring me much pain, but a sense of relief.

  Maybe I have learned how to control my emotions and how to be comfortable in the fluctuations of emotions.

  I already have the potential to become a mature man in the mouth of Lorraine's boss.

  I think from now on, I really won't fall in love with other women again.

  I have learned how to bury my emotions deep inside.

   This has been of great benefit to my legendary path. "

  Looking at Eli's confident and eloquent appearance.

  Matthew felt relieved for him, and felt that this scene seemed similar.

   "By the way, Boss Lorraine went to Gao Yeling, and he asked me to say hello to you."

  Eli Road.

  Matthew nodded:

"I see."

  Eli is one of Lorraine's bosses, and Matthew is not unusual. With Lorraine's experience and skills, it is really easy to handle an Eli.

   It seems that Lorraine also taught Eli a lot of his scumbag experience.

   I just don’t know if Eli really understood the essence of it.

   "By the way, I'm going to find something to do now. After seeing the descendants of the World Tree, I think the problem we discussed before must be resolved immediately."

  Eli said seriously:

"We must arrange a life sanctuary ceremony for the oak forest. Although the world tree directly draws power from the sea of ​​trees, its own existence will bring a burden to this land. Coupled with the single problem of species, it will take up to three years , a series of minor problems will break out.”

  Matthew is also very distressed about this:

   "I know, and I always pay attention to this, but aren't you incompetent for the Sanctuary of Life?"

  Eli said:

   "It's not completely impossible. If someone helps me, I can barely make it work, and there is a chance to make it."

   Matthew rolled his eyes:

   "Someone help you?"

  Eli smiled proudly:

   "Matthew, I plan to introduce you to an expert!

  If I join hands with him, I am confident that the preliminary layout of the Sanctuary of Life will be completed within one month.

  That is a big shot from the Sea of ​​Trees in Myriad Realms.

  You will thank me for it!

  By the way, when you see him later, you must be more respectful.

  Big people have temper to some extent, you have to bear with it.

do you understand? "

  Matthew nodded with a strange expression.

  At the moment, Eli led Matthew to the north of the oak forest.

   There, a centaur was walking anxiously back and forth in a small circle.

   "Mr. Obest, this is Matthew, the lord of the oak forest here. Although he is a necromancer, he unexpectedly loves peace and nature. You must not prejudice him because of this."

   Eli seriously introduced.

   Obest hurriedly said:

   "Dare not dare, no prejudice."

  Eli said with emotion upon seeing this:

   "The sea of ​​trees in ten thousand realms is indeed the source of nature. I heard that the creatures there are full of arrogance, but now it seems to be all rumors. Mr. Obest is very kind!"

   said.

  He looked back at Matthew, and found that Matthew was standing far away with a calm expression.

  Eli said anxiously:

   "Matthew, come here."

  However, at this time, there were four consecutive kneeling sounds from behind him.

  Eli looked back and found that Obest was kneeling on the ground with all four legs.

   "Mr. Obest, what's wrong with you?"

  Eli turned pale with shock.

   Obest buried his head deeply:

   "I have seen Master Matthew!"

  Eli hurried forward and tried to lift him up, but found that he couldn't help Obest.

  He turned back and complained:

   "Matthew, what are you doing standing there, how impolite you are."

   Obest hurriedly pulled Eli and said:

   "It's okay, it's okay, big people are more or less tempered, I can bear it."

  Eli stared blankly at Obest's guilty expression, and then realized that there seemed to be another story between the two.

  At this time, Matthew walked over slowly:

   "I really need a sanctuary of life, but this oak forest can only have one owner."

   Obest pressed his head deeply on the ground upon hearing the words.

   "If you are willing, then from now on, you are my master."

  The proud centaur said so.

  Matthew turned around without comment:

   "Get up, get out of the ceremony with Eli first, and I will decide whether to stay or not based on the result."

   Obest is grateful on the ground.

   Watched this scene.

  Eli's face was full of confusion, and his heart trembled.

  He looked up at the towering canopy.

   Only then did a hint of enlightenment arise in my heart.

  …

   The Sanctuary of Life is handed over to Eli and Obest to prepare.

   Matthew just paid a small fee—

  Compared to the tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of expenses within the alliance, the ceremony of the natural department is really too economical.

  When Eli carefully mentioned that the Sanctuary of Life might cost hundreds of gold coins, Matthew almost thought he was wrong about a few million.

   But it is what it is.

   Breaking away from the exaggerated style of the alliance, Matthew returned to his peaceful state of mind when planting trees and repairing graves.

   In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

   On the third day, it was the eve of going to the Crystal Palace to accept the spell solidification.

  Matthew was sitting on a chair in the workshop of the cemetery, flicking two gold coins with his right thumb non-stop.

  The portraits of Eckmond and Roderick were bounced into the air in a loop, and fell down in a whirl.

Snapped!

  Matthew stretched out his left hand and put two gold coins on the back of his right hand.

  He didn't try to guess which side it was.

   Just thought they were hot.

  Three days ago, Ekmond sent the gold coins to Matthew in a bet.

   Still in front of another legendary mage.

  This left Matthew no room to refuse.

   But that doesn't mean he has no doubts about these two gold coins.

  He can perceive the extraordinaryness of these two gold coins, but what is the mystery contained in them is obviously impossible to detect with Matthew's strength.

   How to deal with these two spell gold coins has become a problem that bothers Matthew.

   "Not without a solution."

   Between thoughts.

  He took out a magic bag specially used to store a large amount of gold coins.

   There are a full 30,000 gold coins in it, which is also the balance that will be delivered to Suriel.

  Matthew took out two gold coins from it, and then threw in the spell gold coins with the heads of two legendary mages printed on them.

   In this way.

   They came into Suriel's hands.

  She may be one of the few people in this world who is not afraid of Ekmond at all.

   It didn't take a few seconds.

  Matthew took out the two spell gold coins again.

   "Inappropriate."

   "Legendary mages are all human spirits, and divine mages know almost everything. It's too risky to play tricks in front of her. It's better to be sincere."

  Matthew rubbed his temples.

finally.

  He put the two spell gold coins in his jacket pocket.

  After this action.

  Matthew stared hesitantly at the magic bag containing 30,000 gold coins.

   After staring at it for more than a minute.

  Matthew put the bag in a cabinet in the corner of the workshop.

  He thought of another solution.

  …

   "Huh? You want to borrow money from me?"

  Crystal Palace, reception room.

   Today's Suriel wore a beige suit, giving people a refreshing feeling of autumn.

   She crossed her hands with a smile and put them on her knees:

   "Didn't you say that the 30,000 gold coins will be collected when you go back?"

  Matthew said sincerely:

   "Sorry, I couldn't make it up, so I can only borrow it from you."

  Suriel narrowed her eyes when she laughed, but she still reminded her:

   "If you borrow money from me, you have to pay interest. Are you sure you want to do this?"

  Matthew said calmly:

"I am sure."

  In addition to the interest payments, there are actually many potential benefits to borrowing money from Suriel.

  The most direct point is that the two parties have formed an unbreakable creditor's rights relationship.

  Different from spells solidified for one service and then having no chance to communicate again, once the debt is owed, Matthew has no plan to pay it back in the near future.

  With this bond, at least the two parties are not strangers.

   But being able to establish a relationship with a divine mage, even if you owe money, is actually useful.

  If Matthew understands this interest as Suriel's public relations fee.

  If you think about it this way.

  He felt less uncomfortable.

  Suriel looked at him contentedly:

   "Smart lad."

   "Everyone who owes me money will come into my sight, which will do more good than harm to you young people."

   "But you didn't think so three days ago, what changed your mind?"

  Her eyes inspected Matthew unscrupulously.

   After a few seconds.

  Suriel smiled:

   "So it's them!"

  Matthew only felt a heat in his chest.

  The two spell gold coins automatically flew out of the pocket and fell into Suriel's hands.

   "Eckmond and Roderick?"

  Suriel snorted softly:

   "I probably understand your concerns. You are too cautious, kid. Is even the beloved mage the object of your suspicion?"

  Matthew quickly denied:

"I don't."

   "But what you suspected was right, Ekmond is indeed not a good guy."

  Suriel tapped one of the gold coins, and the latter slammed into a golden voucher:

   "The spell gold coin Roderick gave you hides a voucher, which can be used in any magic item store produced by Roderick's factory. The amount is 500,000 minus 50,000. This old man is still as stingy as ever."

   Then she flicked Eckmond's gold coin, which immediately turned into a dark green gem:

"This is the back door that Ekmond left for you—dark emerald. Hold this token and you can enter the secret organization "Snake Mountain Society". If Mond does things, Ekmond will also give them enough benefits. "

  Matthew pondered:

   "Are these people including Blinken of the Dragon Cult?"

  Suriel nodded:

   "The Snake Mountain Society needs someone who does black work. Blinken is the former vice president of the Snake Mountain Society."

   "Join this organization, Ekmond will help you grow quickly, don't you feel tempted?"

  Matthew shook his head:

   “I just want to go my own way.”

  Suriel snapped his fingers:

"Understood, in return for you taking the initiative to borrow money from me, I will dispose of this dark emerald for you. If Ekmond comes to you later, you can say that I took the initiative to steal your spell gold coins. "

   "He dare not do anything to you."

   Matthew thanked you again and again.

   "Actually, if your moral bottom line is a little lower, joining Snake Mountain would be a good choice. I don't know how many mages in the alliance want to join, but they suffer from no chance.

  I mean, there are so many people working for Eckmond in the Snake Mountain Society.

   But Blinken only has one.

  As long as you can get over the level in your heart, this secret organization can help you become stronger. "

  Suriel expressed regret for Matthew.

   Matthew remains steadfast:

   "Joining other organizations too early will only distract me. The current daily affairs are enough for me. I just want to go step by step. I never expect to reach the sky in one step."

  Suriel nodded:

   "It's a good thing to have your own ideas. You are neither attracted by my construction technique nor confused by Ekmond's organization. I believe you will have some achievements of your own in the future."

   "But you don't need to be too hostile to Ekmond, he is actually not as bad as you imagined.

  Okay, I admit that I know he has done a lot of bad things, but it shouldn't be too bad.

   The existence of Ekmond is the epitome of this alliance.

   In order to make money, for power, for knowledge, mages will do anything.

   This is also the reason why many taboo experiments are repeatedly banned within the alliance.

  Moral sense is a luxury for mages.

   Only when a mage is strong enough, can he have enough leeway to pity mortals.

like me.

   I don't agree with their approach, but I can understand them.

  After all, not everyone can make a living with legitimate crafts like me.

  I say this.

  You may think the alliance is hopeless.

  But whenever the world encounters misfortune, it is this group of hopeless mages in the alliance who stand up and support them.

   Also take Ekmond as an example.

  As far as I know, he forced Blinken to defect, collected forbidden materials such as Longshan ash under the banner of Dragon Worship Cult, and was also involved in several cases of human trafficking.

   All this is to support his nonsense magic research.

   These are nothing to wash.

   is inhumane.

   Even heinous.

   But forty-nine years ago, when the star beast Dorora invaded the continent of Aindor and pierced the barriers of the planes, Ekmond was also on the front line.

   That battle was fought very fiercely in the star realm.

  A large number of mages died in the battle.

  Ekmond himself was also seriously injured. His chest was torn open by the tail of the star beast, and his heart was completely crushed. He still cannot heal.

  At that time, even the legendary restoration technique almost failed to save him.

  Even after repelling Doro La.

  The remaining power of the star beast still troubles Ekmond's nerves.

   It is said that he has completely lost the ability to sleep.

  For forty-nine years, I never closed my eyes.

  His soul was permanently scarred by the star beast.

   But that day forty-nine years ago.

  What happened on this continent?

  It's just an ice storm that has been blowing on the northern ice sheet for several months.

  Several heavy rains fell on the south coast.

  No one knows what the star beast's successful breakthrough of the plane barrier means to the continent of Aindor.

   We just know.

  After Tianlun Palace was promoted, many mages died in foreign battles every year.

  Star world, abyss, evil spirits, purgatory...too many monsters are eyeing our world.

   And the world is still peaceful.

   Isn't it? "

  After Matthew finished listening, he couldn't speak for a long time.

  Suriel looked at him with shining eyes:

   "I told you this, not to tell you how great Ekmond is, how great the mages are, it's not like that.

  Before Tianlun Palace ascends to the palace.

  The gods have paid a lot to protect this world.

   It's just that this responsibility falls on us now.

   No matter how strong you are.

   Still small to this world.

  The only thing we can do is to find our position and try our best to do our part.

  This world is like a dirty fishbowl.

  We are like fish in a tank.

  If you dislike dirty water, you can choose to be alone.

  If you have no bottom line, then joining it is just a carnival.

   But if you are really ambitious and want to jump above the water to take a look.

  Then you must muster your strength, learn to distinguish the way forward in the dirty water, and accumulate strength.

  Only in that way can you see the whole picture of the fish tank one day.

   At that time.

  You might even want to refill the tank.

   And if you want to do this.

  Do you know what you need? "

  Matthew said seriously:

   "Please advise."

"money!"

"money!"

   "It's still money!"

  Suriel snapped his fingers and stood up happily, saying:

   "Let's go, go to the workshop."

   "Take off your clothes first."

  …

  (end of this chapter)