A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

Chapter 232 Void Preaching and Loyalty Test

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 Walking quietly through a long corridor, Matthew passed a side hall under the leadership of a member of the cult. When he reached the intersection ahead, he was told to wait here.

This building looks quite old on the outside, but it has been renovated inside.

 Also waiting here are several other professionals dressed in different styles.

These people all seemed to have some strength. They were silent among themselves and looked very defensive.

Matthew glanced at the whole place with unscrupulous eyes, then snorted coldly and sat down on the chair next to him swaggeringly.

Peggy and A Bing stood behind him.

　　I was immediately shocked by some malicious looks.

 There is an open room in front of the intersection.

From time to time, low voices of conversation could be heard inside.

There is probably a sound filtering magic at the door of the room.

This allows people outside to hear the conversation happening inside, but not what they actually said.

 It gives people an itchy feeling.

Matthew calmed down and looked back at the side hall he had just passed. There was still an image he had accidentally glimpsed in his mind—

It was a senior member of the Scourge Cult preaching to a group of new ordinary believers.

The senior man claimed.

The great Lord of the Void, Ukros, is about to take over this land. At that time, all living creatures on the continent of Irondor will be deprived of the right to exist.

 Terrible disasters will frequently occur with the appearance of giant beasts.

Ordinary people without faith will immediately become the food of giant beasts.

 Even if he barely survives.

 There is no hope of survival.

 Want to avoid all this.

 Only believing in the great Lord of the Void will do.

 From today onwards, I will serve Yucrus, think about him often, pray every day, repent regularly, and worship devoutly.

Only in this way.

　　When Euclus comes to the earth, believers will have the opportunity to be promoted to the kingdom of void and become immortal void beings.

Yukrus has arranged for male believers in the kingdom of void 99 beautiful women who are as beautiful as flowers and will obey your words;

 69 strong, capable, considerate men were arranged for female believers;

 If you are tired of love.

 You will have the opportunity to be promoted to a more powerful "high-dimensional overlooker".

 You will break out of the shackles of time and space.

 Become a star beside Ucruz.

 Until this universe collapses.

None of you will die.

 You will enjoy true eternal life and happiness.

The senior person said the above rhetoric very skillfully. It was obviously not the first time he preached the Bible.

Matthew recalled the enthusiastic expressions on the faces of the believers and shook his head.

 One fact that is certain is that.

The Scourge Order is conducting a large-scale open recruitment of members in Watcher Highlands.

 The newly recruited members can be divided into three types -

 The first type is ordinary believers.

The group of people Matthew saw in the side hall before was a typical example.

Ordinary believers only need to pay the most basic entry fee, and food and accommodation are included after joining the cult.

 What you need to pay is that you have almost no personal freedom, you must act as a group at all times, and you must follow orders.

  But this part has the largest number of new members.

When Matthew walked into this building, he would often see a senior member leading dozens of new members to empty rooms or side halls, and then he would sit down and start preaching.

Most of the new members are homeless people from Watcher's Heights, or low-income people who cannot make ends meet.

 These people originally relied on the help of the Druid Order for their lives.

 Since the Blight cultists attacked the Holy Oak area.

 They lost the help of the druids.

Of course we can only find another way out.

This group of people is very large. If they all join the Scourge Cult or other cult organizations, the enemy's power will become unprecedentedly large.

 This made Matthew feel heavy.

 In fact, when he arrived in Cross City, he discovered that the population density here was much higher than that of other cities in the south.

 This is obviously the result of the Earth Association.

 The druids are still helping as many homeless and hungry people as possible.

 The side effect lies in that.

As the reputation of Watcher's Heights became more and more popular, it almost became a gathering place for homeless people in the south.

Even after tasting the sweetness, many homeless people have no intention of reclaiming the land. They just wait for the Druid Order to distribute food.

 Over time.

Cross City not only accumulates a huge population, but also lays many hidden dangers.

 After all, once these people who have had enough to eat are hungry, they may cause trouble.

For these people, it is certainly more comfortable to lie down and receive assistance from druids, but if there is really no food, then joining a cult organization is not a problem worth considering.

The scene Matthew saw before his eyes confirmed this point.

The second type of new members are called "devoted believers" by senior members of the Calamity Religion.

Unlike ordinary believers who only need to pay a low entry fee, every devout believer must pay more than 1,000 gold coins immediately after joining the religion.

 This fee is called a “charismatic collection.”

 After paying the fees.

Calamity Cultists will receive a Divine Favor Token, and the level of the Divine Favor Token will be different depending on the amount of fees paid.

 And according to the level of divine grace.

These devout believers will also receive certain positions and titles.

Although most of them are fictitious positions with little rights.

 But their treatment is also much higher than that of ordinary believers.

 The most important point is the freedom to come and go, and you will not be forced to perform the mission of the order.

also.

According to the information Peggy just inquired about.

The divine donation was not in vain in theory. The Calamity Religion made a public commitment to the devout believers—

 No matter how much you donate, the entire principal will be returned after one year, along with 20% interest.

 This way.

The more you donate, the more interest you can earn.

 Theoretically, it is also a good investment.

 In fact.

 The new ones who join the order and become devout believers are all merchants from Cross City.

 Most of them only paid the minimum standard of 1,000 gold coins.

obviously.

These believers may be more religious about gold coins.

Matthew can understand this.

Merchants join the Calamity Cult purely for self-protection. At most, it is a hedging bet—

 After all, the current layout of Cross City is very complicated.

The Druids retreated to the Holy Oak area and ignored other areas;

And the Blight cultists attacked all living creatures like crazy;

  Comparatively, the newly emerged Calamity Cult at least has no intention of attacking or looting ordinary people.

 Hence, these 1,000 gold coins should be regarded as protection fees.

This group of people probably didn't expect that the Calamity Cult would return their principal plus interest after one year.

 Based on Matthew and Peggy’s observations.

 The number of devout believers is about 1/15 of ordinary believers.

The number is not huge.

 But these people all have considerable influence in Cross City.

 With the passage of time.

 This group of people will expand more and more.

By then, maybe the entire Cross City will be members of the Calamity Cult.

 In comparison, the third type of members is the smallest in number, and that is the newly joined professionals.

 This group is called "tentacles" by veterans.

  Means "tentacles of Ukruth".

The tentacles have the best treatment. Not only do they not need to pay entry fees, but they also have food and accommodation included, no restrictions on their freedom, and they also get a salary!

  Can be corresponding.

 Becoming a tentacle of the Scourge Order requires strict scrutiny.

Matthew has successfully passed the previous two inspections by virtue of his identity as a necromancer.

 Currently waiting for the review of the final boss.

 About ten minutes passed.

 The figures at the front came in and out one after another, and finally it was Matthew's turn.

 When passing by the door.

 A guard stopped him abruptly:

 “You are not allowed to bring other people with you to see the Patriarch.”

Matthew smiled maliciously at him:

 “Do you want to be a zombie or a skeleton?”

The guard looked angry:

 “Are you threatening me? Necromancer!?”

 “I won’t fall for your tricks...”

However, a faint voice came from the room:

 “Let him in.”

The guard snorted and moved away angrily.

 Matthew gave him a middle finger.

A Bing and Peggy also followed the same pattern when they passed by.

The angry guard was trembling, but he didn't dare to do anything.

 The room was empty.

 There are only two chairs in the center, and a woman is sitting on one of them.

 She looks about twenty-seven years old, with long golden wavy hair, and under the big waves on her shoulders are more dizzying white waves.

 Her figure is a bit too good to be true, and it is not too much to say that she has a small body but a large body.

 “Please sit down.”

The blond woman's tone was gentle.

Matthew sat down and stared at her waist and **** intently.

His eyes were quite naked, and he had no intention of covering them up.

 The blond woman was not angry, but smiled slightly:

 “Does it look good?”

 Matthew swallowed a mouthful of saliva:

"nice."

The blonde woman smiled even more charmingly:

"Really? It's not in vain that I endured the pain and had two ribs removed."

 “Is there anything you want to say to me, handsome boy?”

 Matthew licked his lips:

 “I can smoke better.”

The blond woman was slightly startled.

Matthew explains:

 “I’m a professional at rib smoking.”

“If you want to smoke two more cigarettes next time, be sure to come to me. My techniques will definitely make you enjoy it to the fullest.”

 The woman's eyes became a little subtle.

She looked at the simple information next to her and made a provocative hum from her nose:

"Necromancer?"

 Matthew nodded.

 “Why join the Scourge Order?”

  She asked suddenly.

Matthew answered without hesitation:

 “Lack of money.”

The blonde woman shook her head slightly, with a look of satisfaction in her eyes.

obviously.

Matthew's prepared answer is very consistent with other people's stereotypes of necromancers.

 “Is there any other reason?”

 She asked again.

 Matthew rubbed his hands:

“Lack of materials, I mean, I hope to get a stable source of corpses.”

 The blond woman didn't appear surprised.

She covered one gray thigh on top of the other leg, hugged her knees with both hands, and her upper body couldn't help but lean forward. The white and full waves hit Matthew's field of vision hard.

“There are already some necromancers in our order, but if you are strong enough, I can give you a part of the body regularly, but the premise of all this is that you must prove that you are worthy of this treatment.”

The blonde woman said.

 Matthew seemed very confident:

“Except for White Rock City, my necromancy skills are the best in the south!”

 The blond woman did not comment.

She took another look at Matthew’s information:

"It says that you were active near Zeshui City before. Why did you come to Watcher's Heights?"

 Matthew hesitated for a moment, then answered briefly:

 “Revenge.”

 The blonde woman became interested:

  “Tell me carefully.”

Matthew was silent for a while and then said slowly:

 “I have some personal grudges with the druids here.”

“In the Earth Society, there was a guy called the Ancient Tiger, and he stole my wife.”

"I love her very much, but she betrayed me and found a wild man from Tubulaji! This is unacceptable to me."

 The woman's face showed a little sympathy, but it soon turned into a strong fire of gossip:

"I've heard that druids have a lot of fun, and they may be very good at seducing others, so it's not necessarily your wife's fault, she may just make a mistake that ordinary women make."

“I would like to ask, for what reason was your wife snatched away by that ancient tiger?”

Matthew immediately became furious when he heard this:

"What did you say?"

 The woman spread her hands:

"Okay, okay, just think I made a mistake. What happened next? Did you succeed in your revenge?"

 Matthew nodded, then shook his head.

 “Half the battle.”

He said: "My wife came back to me, and I made her pay a small price."

"But that guy called the Ancient Tiger, I failed to catch him. I'm still looking for traces of him everywhere."

 When saying this.

Matthew also held Peggy close to him, his eyes looking particularly fierce and vicious.

 The woman looked surprised.

Her eyes flickered back and forth between Matthew and Paige, and her voice contained a hint of uncontrollable excitement:

 “You made your wife a skeleton?”

 Matthew did not deny:

 “This way she will never betray me.”

The woman's body trembled slightly, and her voice became a little weird:

 “Very good, very manly, our order needs ruthless characters like you.”

“If I helped you find the ancient tiger, what would you do to him?”

Matthew suddenly showed a sinister expression:

"Oh, I will make him forget it for the rest of his life." The woman was very satisfied with this.

She greeted the guard:

“I seem to have heard the name Ancient Tiger somewhere. Do you have any impression?”

The guard quickly replied:

“In previous battles, our people have fought against the Ancient Tiger. It was a very difficult character.”

“But later I heard that he was taken away by Queen House of the Whale Hunter.”

Matthew heard this and immediately said loudly:

 “Do you have any clues about him? Tell me where he is!?”

 The woman smiled to calm his mood:

“Don’t get excited, the Order will definitely fulfill your long-cherished wish, but before that, you must prove your strength to me.”

 “You have to show me your skills.”

 Said.

 She took Matthew out of the other door and came to a courtyard.

 There are many movable dummies and movable targets here.

“I’ve seen your summons, and they both look pretty good.”

"So all you have to do is show me your magical abilities."

 The woman said so.

However, Matthew frowned when he looked at the targets:

 “I never deal with a pile of scrap metal.”

 The woman asked with great interest:

“What kind of spellcasting target do you hope to find?”

 While speaking.

There was a roaring sound from the street at the other end of the yard.

Matthew heard this and opened a random door.

 The next second.

 He appeared on the wall.

But a group of Wither cultists suddenly emerged from the street. These cultists gathered together like a flood and attacked the buildings on the street wantonly.

Matthew saw this and started singing without saying a word.

 Three seconds later.

A strange force field with dark scars appeared on the street, imprisoning the Blight Cultists.

 Follow.

 Two 20-meter-long scissors are used to cut each other symmetrically.

 But listen to a click.

These hundreds of Blight cultists were cut into two pieces.

 Some of them were still shouting slogans such as "weeds" and "pests".

 You can shout and shout.

 The mouth is in contact with the mud.

quickly.

 Their bodies also turned into blood and mud and merged into the earth.

This scene shocked many people on both sides of the street.

 The guards at the door also rushed out.

His expression became stunned.

Matthew looked at him proudly:

"How about it?"

 “Do you need me to show my hand again?”

The guard swallowed and said:

 “No thanks, your spells are impressive.”

"But those people just now...they are our allies."

Matthew suddenly looked embarrassed:

 “Ah? Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

  It can be used in the next second.

 A warm, soft feeling came from his arm.

 The blond woman also passed through the door and stood side by side with him.

She took Matthew's arm very enthusiastically, and the soft **** kept stimulating his nerves.

"it does not matter."

 “A dead ally is no longer qualified as an ally.”

 “Welcome to join the Calamity Cult!”

Matthew did not refuse her embrace, but pretended to be coquettish and grabbed a handful:

 “So, I became a tentacle?”

 “Is there any task that I need to do?”

The blonde woman's eyes narrowed into a thin line, and her voice was numb and she said in Matthew's ear:

“The first task is to come to my room tonight.”

 Matthew was ecstatic on the surface.

 Secretly, my heart skipped a beat.

broken.

 Overacting!

“My name is Marie Joa, codenamed Camellia, and I am the interim patriarch of the Central Order. We will be partners from now on.”

“There can’t be too many secrets between partners. I have to conduct an inspection on you tonight, so be sure to prepare carefully!”

Marie Joa squeezed the flesh of Matthew's waist with a charming look, and then left with satisfaction.

 Matthew was left alone at the wall.

 Silently thinking about the strategy for the night.

fine.

 Matthew has a reputation for quick wit.

That night, he chose to face Marie Joa's examination calmly, but at the critical moment, he hesitated to tell the other party that his body was seriously affected by negative energy.

 Part of the tissue has become necrotic and cannot be used.

 Marie Joa was naturally unwilling to give in.

 She checked it carefully.

But with Matthew's level of control over negative energy, temporarily using negative energy to freeze his lower body would not be a problem at all.

Marie Joa went back and forth a few times before letting Matthew leave with a disappointed look on her face.

On the way back to the room assigned to Matthew by the Tianzai Order.

Peggy gloated:

“Fortunately, she doesn’t have any quirks, otherwise you may not be able to get away with this.”

Matthew was a little scared when he heard this.

fine.

  The people of the Scourge Cult are not as perverted as the mages of the Alliance.

 At least they have no intention of reusing the superficially necrotic tissues and organs.

　　thinking so.

Matthew couldn't help but speed up his departure.

 “Why are you walking so fast?”

Peggy said doubtfully.

Matthew was silent.

 It wasn’t until he returned to the room, used his life energy to expel all the negative energy occupying his lower body, and felt the rebirth of the necrotic tissue again, that he breathed a sigh of relief.

at the same time.

 A strange feeling surged out of his buttocks.

 …

“Hint: You have completed a key conversion between negative energy and life energy in your body.

 Your conversion factor +10 (balanced field)

Your negative energy transformation has produced new effects: you can carry out negative energy transformation on part of the body or organs. As long as the negative energy is removed within three hours and replaced with life energy, the transformed organs and tissues will As good as new, you might even get an extra boost. "

 …

 “Critical transition? Meaning reward for taking desperate risks?”

Matthew’s eyes lit up.

The improvement of negative energy transformation means that his body can directly switch back and forth between the living and the undead to a greater extent.

 This will not only help him in combat.

 There are many applications in daily life.

  Matthew began to think quickly.

the following few days.

Matthew patiently circled Marie-Joya.

After the Calamity Cult moved into Cross City, they behaved very restrainedly. Apart from going door-to-door to promote the teachings of Ucruz, they did not harass or loot ordinary people.

This is in sharp contrast to the irrational Blight cultists.

 Hence it is in the minds of many people.

  The image of the Scourge Cult is relatively positive.

 The number of people becoming religious is also increasing day by day.

  But in terms of professionals.

 Marie Gioia is very strict.

 In the past few days, apart from Matthew, only one human ranger named "White Helmet" has successfully joined.

 “White Helmets” is obviously just a code name.

But the ranger was very cautious and did not want to reveal his name, and Mary Joa did not force it.

It is worth mentioning that.

The guy named White Helmet has a rather sloppy appearance. His big beard gives people the impression that he is in his forties or fifties. His eyes are extremely cloudy and he is addicted to alcohol.

 As soon as he joined the cult, he asked Maria for an advance on next month's salary and drank heavily all night.

 This result led to him encountering an embarrassing scene similar to Matthew's in Mary Joa's room.

 Matthew observed secretly.

 It didn’t take long.

White Helmet was kicked out by Mary Joa. He looked drunk and didn't understand what happened.

 But Marie Joa's resentment could be smelled across the room.

that moment.

Matthew, who was hiding in the dark, and the dangling white helmet looked at each other unexpectedly.

 There was a hint of complicated emotions in the eyes of both parties.

 Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

 October 13th.

 Marie Joa suddenly summoned Matthew and White Helmet to her side.

 She told the two of them.

Tonight, a very important batch of goods will depart from the Underground Sanctuary and be transported to a secret base built by the three major organizations.

As the new stronghold established by the Scourge Cult in Cross City.

 Marie Gioia and her men are not responsible for the entire process, not even for delivering the goods to the secret base.

 They only need to **** the convoy along a specific section of the road.

 The time was set at 10 pm.

　Marie Joa ordered the two of them to follow her.

to be honest.

　　When Mary Joa described the task, Matthew felt something was not right.

If it is a secret **** mission, it can be completed directly by the people from the Dark Templar. Why do we need members of the Cross City branch to interfere?

 If it is due to lack of manpower, then why do we only need to **** a section of the way?

 Combined with Mary Joa's nonchalant attitude.

Matthew suspected that this was a test of loyalty between him and the White Helmets by the Scourge Order.

This is normal.

Since it is difficult to recruit people, all cult organizations usually deceive people first, then conduct loyalty tests in batches, and then allocate powers and conduct targeted training based on the test results.

 For this test of loyalty.

 Matthew has his own understanding.

 First of all, you must not do anything treacherous.

 Secondly, you can’t show too much loyalty.

 The selfishness and adaptability of high-level evil elements must be shown.

 Otherwise others will be suspicious.

therefore.

 While waiting for the task to start.

Matthew has rehearsed hundreds of unexpected scenarios in his mind.

 Night falls.

 A dozen figures left the Scourge Cult's stronghold in Cross City.

 Under the leadership of Marie Gioia.

The group of people arrived at an underground entrance near Cross City. This underground entrance should have been opened by the Scourge Order itself. It was not the same one that the fox of the Druid Order told Matthew.

 A group of people walked into the tunnel.

 It lasted about 10 minutes.

 The sound of rushing water came from the ground ahead.

 That is an underground river.

Everyone lit torches and groped around the underground river for a while, and soon Mary Joa found a deer-headed statue close to the stone wall.

 She waved her hand and motioned for everyone to disperse, but everyone must look at the deer-headed statue.

 The group of people just stared at it for half an hour.

suddenly.

 That stag’s eyes lit up!

 Its eyes bloomed with gray-white brilliance.

 Follow.

 The deer head fell from the stone wall.

 A jagged portal appeared behind the huge deer head.

 Marie Joa raised her hand.

 Everyone was in high spirits.

 Follow.

 The area of ​​the portal is getting larger and larger, large enough to accommodate a carriage to enter and exit normally.

Tuk-tuk-tuk.

 With the sound of horse hooves.

 A special-shaped underground carriage appeared in front of everyone.

 The horses that pull the cart are underground ponies that are unique to the Underdark.

They are not tall but have great endurance, and even have the ability to penetrate walls slightly, making them very suitable for transporting goods underground.

 Matthew narrowed his eyes.

Through dark vision, he saw that the first carriage carried a rusty cage.

 There is a monster twisted into a ball in the cage.

Its appearance at this time looks a bit like twists.

 “Ms. Marigio, your new members look quite energetic!”

 “Then I’ll take care of the rest of the journey.”

 A somewhat familiar voice sounded.

Matthew’s heart trembled.

But I saw a rather handsome young man walking out from behind the portal.

His eyes looked around casually until they locked on Matthew, and then they became meaningful.

 …

“Warning: You have encountered a projection of the traveler god!”

 …

 (End of this chapter)