A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

Chapter 345 How to make the Necronomicon

 …

“Let’s put it this way, Matthew, the Rolling Stone Kingdom is about to be established, and there are many places where money is needed.”

Rhaegar looked at Matthew thoughtfully.

Matthew's eyes flashed with disappointment, but he still nodded:

 “I can understand.”

Rhaegar spoke again:

“So I can only contribute at most one-third, which is about three hundred thousand.”

“This 300,000 yuan can be simply regarded as my personal investment in this magic guild. I don’t expect any profit, as long as it can be of some use.”

Seeing that things had turned around, Matthew became more active and couldn't help but continue to persuade:

 “Put in more, Rhaegar, and another three hundred thousand.”

 “I’ll figure out a way for myself with the remaining 300,000.”

Rhaegar bared his teeth:

 “I haven’t had much money lately either…”

 However, in Matthew’s extremely longing eyes.

 He still nodded hesitantly:

 “Okay, I promise you.”

“A total investment of 600,000 gold coins, but in addition to the conditions you promised before, I hope to obtain an additional initial guild member quota.”

Matthew thought for a moment and asked:

"who?"

Rhaegar answered without hesitation:

 “It’s Sif.”

Matthew showed a surprised expression, and then he smiled and nodded:

"Can."

 The initial quota in the Magic Guild is actually quite precious.

 Unless Matthew can upgrade the magic network and the level of the guild in the later stage, the upper limit of members of the first-level magic guild is twenty.

This transaction is definitely not a loss for Rhaegar.

 Seeing Matthew agreeing so happily.

Rhaegar became suspicious instead:

“What you said before, that members can send each other to each other, is a real thing, right?”

Matthew smiled:

 “Absolutely true.”

“However, this function requires a second-level magic guild to be realized. In the early stage, if you want to find Sif, you can use me as a relay. I will be happy to help.”

Rhaegar pursed his lips, seeming a little dissatisfied with all this.

 But under Matthew’s good words and bad words.

 He finally agreed to maintain his previous investment plan.

 Six hundred thousand gold coins are in place.

 The cost of building a miniature magic network is reduced to two-thirds.

The remaining three hundred thousand is also a huge amount of money for the recent Matthew.

 He found that it was accompanied by an increase in strength.

 Although my ability to make money is increasing day by day, my ability to spend money seems to be soaring even more!

 Previously after purchasing the magic document.

 The cash in Matthew's hand was somewhat insufficient.

If you want to raise 300,000 working capital immediately, just diverting some from the Oak Chamber of Commerce is not enough!

 But the Magic Guild has a very high priority in Matthew's heart.

 In order to raise funds as soon as possible.

 He went to Moonglade.

With the help of Ella and other nature spirits, Matthew dug three feet into the moonwood and finally collected a large amount of blue moon grass and golden edge fragments.

 These are two alchemy materials that are relatively affordable.

 Subsequently, Matthew found 177 and sold these materials in one fell swoop at a price slightly lower than the market purchase price.

 This made up for the funding gap.

 After doing all this.

Matthew began to order raw materials in the Alliance Mall and the Crucible House.

The materials used to build the micro-magic net are actually not particularly advanced.

It’s just that many of the materials mentioned in the spell book Matthew obtained cannot be found in the real world.

 He must find substitutes based on the functions of those materials.

 Hence, a lot of energy has to be expended in this process.

to this end.

Matthew also consulted two alchemists in the field of enchantment.

 After paying the expensive consulting fees.

 He has become a complete pauper.

　　But there is no perfect way.

While wandering around the Crucible House, Matthew accidentally passed by Isabel's spell library.

 He felt something move in his heart.

 When I got back, I made two copies of the magic book.

Matthew found one of the copies and found the staff of the spell library, saying that he wanted to make some contribution to the alliance.

 At first the staff didn’t pay much attention.

 But after Matthew revealed his identity.

 He quickly evaluated the copy, and soon he realized the novelty and specialness of the Magic Guild.

 Because it’s just a copy.

 The staff gave two acquisition options—

 One is to pay a one-time spell buyout of 550,000 yuan;

The other option is to pay a spell deposit of 50,000, and then if someone wants to learn or buy the spell book, Matthew can get a spell rental income.

 Each rental income is about 50,000 gold coins.

 The prices of both options are slightly lower than Matthew imagined.

Considering the complicated conditions required to set up a magic guild, it is estimated that few people will read this magic book.

 But Matthew still chose option two.

 He thought about it for a while.

There are still a lot of legendary mages in the alliance. Even if they are curious about new spells, some big guys will probably buy them to have a look. For them, they only need to pay knowledge points, but what Matthew got is Real money.

 As long as there are more than nine people viewing the spell.

 Option two is more profitable than option one.

“I understand, after signing this contract, your spells will be officially put into the inventory.”

 The staff's attitude is very dedicated.

 The whole process only took half an hour.

 Not long afterward.

Matthew found the spell he provided on the new list of the spell library.

 Then he rolled his eyes and said to the staff:

 “I want to buy this spell.”

 “Let’s buy it ten times first.”

 The staff was stunned for a moment:

"you?"

Matthew smiled and nodded:

 “Buy with knowledge points.”

 As he spoke, he handed over his magic license.

 The staff suddenly realized after seeing the balance on the license.

He bit the bullet and said:

 “This seems a little bit wrong...”

Matthew’s attitude is still very mild:

 “What’s wrong?”

 “Can’t I buy my own spells?”

 “Does the alliance have such regulations?”

 Staff sweating on forehead:

“There is no such rule, but according to common sense, a spell only needs to be purchased once.”

 “If there are ten purchase records, I may be held accountable…”

 Looking at him sweating profusely.

Matthew couldn’t help but sigh softly:

 “Forget it, I won’t embarrass you, just buy it once.”

 “Okay, we’ll do it for you!”

The staff member wiped his sweat and crossed out the knowledge points on the spell license with unusual diligence.

quickly.

 He handed Matthew a brand new copy of the spell, along with the one hundred thousand gold coins that the latter deserved.

 The acquisition of this money has slightly alleviated Matthew’s capital chain problem.

 At the same time, he also discovered a way to make money.

 He can completely use this spell to convert knowledge points into alliance gold coins in a reasonable and legal way.

 Although the staff said that a single person is not allowed to purchase multiple times.

 But Matthew can find other mages to buy it!

 Just give people some benefits.

“However, this method can only be used when money is tight. If you use it too much, it will not be good if the teacher finds out..."

 Matthew knew what was going on.

Isabel gave herself a large amount of knowledge points to make it easier for herself to obtain all the spell knowledge in the alliance.

 It’s not about cashing out on your own.

 No one cares about relieving economic pressure once in a while.

Getting too much will most likely be self-defeating.

 …

 Unknowingly, the time has arrived in mid-March.

The town of Rolling Stone has ushered in the season of melting ice and snow.

spring is coming.

Matthew also noticed that the "Frigid Wrath" buff on his body had disappeared.

 This means that tree planting has been added to daily tasks.

 And it’s at the tail end of winter.

Matthew also took time out of his busy schedule to complete the production of the two-headed bone dragon.

The soul strength of these two bone dragons is far less than that of the Wild Boar King, so the grade of the formed bone dragons is also inferior.

Matthew appointed the two skull dragons as the younger brothers of the Wild Boar King. The three-headed bone dragon and the skeleton prince Lirik lived together on the fourth floor of the cemetery.

 Lately, Matthew has been going to the third and fourth floors underground significantly more frequently.

 Making a bone dragon is certainly one aspect.

 The output of Skeleton Axeman and Pyromancer is the more important factor.

 The Skeleton Prince did not brag.

 Batches of skeleton swordsmen and axemen were trained by him in a steady stream.

Matthew soon felt the outstanding fighting power of these swordsmen.

 The same is true for the funeral pyre.

It's just that the number is much smaller than that of swordsmen.

at the same time.

The fifth floor developed under the personal supervision of White Ghost Ali is also in full swing.

  It can be said that the entire cemetery has not been affected by the severe winter. Throughout the past winter, the Death Fear Cemetery has been under vigorous construction.

 In addition to the increasingly lively cemetery.

Matthew also received a brand new piece of good news at the beginning of spring—

The ceremony site "Fairy Veil" supervised by the formation master Lele himself has been completed.

 Different from the rain or shine in the cemetery.

 Lele and his assistants and apprentices will still be affected by the harsh winter.

Hence, the construction progress of the Fairy Veil is actually much slower than Matthew expected.

 But the good news is that the coldest days are over.

 The progress of this ceremony site was immediately accelerated.

finally.

Lele gave Matthew a comprehensive ceremony venue that comprehensively covers the entire town of Rolling Stone, focusing on the core area of ​​Rolling Stone Town, Death Fear Cemetery, Oak Forest and its surrounding areas.

 Under the influence of the fairy veil.

The entire town of Rolling Stone has its own fog of war effect, which means that gods or other powerful beings cannot spy here through prophecy spells.

also.

Fairy Veil also has its own anti-espionage and anti-evil creature effects.

 Any malicious creature entering may be sensed.

 Assigned by Matthew.

Lele also built an observation platform next to the negative energy fountain on the first floor of the cemetery.

 There are more than a dozen suspended crystal **** on the observation platform.

 Through these crystal balls.

Matthew can spy on every corner of Rolling Stone Town!

 This is equivalent to a control room.

certainly.

ˆA few areas required by Rhaegar, such as the Lord's Mansion and the Official Post House, are blind spots for surveillance.

 The privacy of the lord must still be protected.

also.

 There is also a similar secondary observation platform in the Lord's Mansion.

Rhaegar can monitor the situation in Rolling Stone Town except the Lord's Mansion, the forest, and the cemetery through the observatory.

 This is the respect and sincerity Matthew showed to Rhaegar!

 He did not forget it after all.

Rhaegar also contributed half of the money for the Fairy Veil ceremonial venue.

In general.

Both Matthew and Rhaegar are quite satisfied with the effect of the fairy veil.

 The only drawback is.

 When Lele was handed over to the ceremony venue.

The Southern Division Division Corps has already started extensive construction projects in the northwest of Rolling Stone Town.

 Look at their enthusiastic construction efficiency.

Matthew suspected that it would not be long before he had to find Lele to upgrade the fairy veil to cover more areas.

but now.

 He really doesn’t have that kind of money.

It’s too embarrassing to ask Rhaegar for money again.

 A few more days passed.

 The magic materials previously ordered are arriving one after another.

Except for the core material of the rally technique, "Gathering Stone", which needs to be transferred from Roderick's factory in the north, everything else is already complete.

 Theoretically Matthew is ready to start work.

But he was in no hurry to do so.

 Because Matthew now encountered a more urgent problem——

 The number of undead registered in the cemetery is almost exceeding the limit.

 It is well known.

  There is an upper limit on the number of summons that the Necromancer can summon.

The same is true for cemeteries as ceremonial sites.

Matthew has summoned a lot of undead these days, but whether they are axemen or arctic shooters, they are essentially skeletons and zombies.

His own summoning quotas for these two categories have long been filled. To temporarily summon a new batch of people, he has to cancel a batch of old ones.

 Before, he was able to stuff some skeletons and zombies into the cemetery list.

 But now the cemetery list is almost full.

 This is a very serious problem.

 Matthew had to find a solution.

 He consulted some related books and found two paths that seemed more feasible -

 The first method is to improve the strategic level of the cemetery.

 The improvement of the strategic level of the Ceremony Ground can effectively increase the upper limit of the roster.

 The upper limit of similar summons in the first-level cemetery is 480, and the total number of summons must not exceed 2,000.

 This number is too small for Matthew, who is sitting on a large number of corpses.

 If it can be upgraded to a second-level cemetery.

 Then the registration limit for summons of the same type will reach 2,400, and the total number of summons shall not exceed 10,000.

 This will greatly alleviate the population constraints faced by Matthew.

 It can be said that improving the level of the cemetery does not happen overnight.

In addition to the expansion of the area and the construction of functional buildings, the ceremony venue itself also needs a new round of updates.

This requires Matthew to put a lot of effort into the layout.

 He has already made a rough plan and will definitely implement it step by step, but this method will not work so quickly.

 Matthew estimates that it is quite optimistic to raise the strategic level of Deathdread Cemetery to LV2 before this summer.

 The second way is to make a special Horcrux—

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 In a sense, this kind of Horcrux is a movable ritual site.     You can transfer the undead in your name to the roll call list.

 Then indirectly control these undead by controlling the point roster.

 The roll call is equivalent to a medium and operating platform between the necromancer and the undead army.

The Necromancer can harvest an army of necromancers with only a small amount of concentration and mana.

 As far as Matthew understands.

 A general roster can only control 100 to 500 undead.

 There is only the highest-level roll call—this level of roll call is often called the "Book of the Dead", which can control 1,000 to 5,000 undead.

 Matthew’s need for a roll call or the Necronomicon is quite urgent!

on the one hand.

 They can relieve Matthew's pressure on the number of summons.

on the other hand.

This type of Horcrux is highly in line with Matthew’s next strategic layout and money-making plan—

 Considering that the number of undead in the cemetery is close to overflowing.

  Matthew plans to do some business around the roll call!

Roster rolls are not the exclusive weapon of the Necromancer.

 This is an item that anyone can use once it is acquired.

It happened that this trip was going to the Arunai Sea and the Gold Coast for business, and Matthew successfully connected with Yu Lian and Sumi.

　　It can be foreseen that the Gold Coast will not be too peaceful.

Yu Lian cannot always rely on those devils to do things, right?

 As Matthew promised to invest in him.

 Of course I want to share his worries and solve his problems——

 Selling some of the unused undead to him would not only relieve Matthew's financial pressure, but also effectively provide Yu Yan with loyal combat power.

  Matthew knew very well that Yu Lian was not short of money.

 The coolie zombies, pyromancers, arctic archers, and skeleton axehands in his hand are all very practical undead units.

 As long as you can make a roll call yourself.

This city lord of Cordo City will definitely pay a high price for this!

 In fact.

It’s not just Yu Lian.

Nearly all the city lords in Irondor would not refuse an obedient secret undead army.

 The reason why this thing has not become popular.

 Purely because the Necromancer is really too poor.

  They had not had enough time to obtain the elite undead for their own use. Those with stable output like Matthew were rare in the entire Iron Dor.

 In Matthew's plan.

 The improvement of the cemetery's strategic level and the preparation of the roll call must be a two-pronged approach.

 Can be at the execution level.

 Matthew unexpectedly discovered—

 Isabel's spell library and the alliance's large library actually don't have a list of names or how to make the Necronomicon!

 After some inquiries, Matthew found out.

 This matter has something to do with Baiyan City.

The original founder of White Rock City briefly joined the alliance, but soon withdrew. Since then, the successive lords of White Rock City will hold a position of neither high nor low in the alliance, but no other necromancers in the city will join the alliance. .

　　The joining and withdrawal of the city lord must have involved a lot of exchange of interests between White Rock City and the alliance.

One of the conditions for both parties to finally reach a tacit understanding is—

Only the necromancers of White Rock City are qualified to master the method of making rosters.

 Therefore, there are no relevant records in the alliance's spell library and knowledge base.

 This has been artificially deleted.

Of course you can't go to the teacher directly for this kind of thing.

Matthew thought for a moment.

 Decided to take a trip to Baiyan City.

 I'd like to pay a visit to the current lord of Baiyan City.

 Just do it if you think of it.

After Matthew made some preparations, he took Peggy and A Bing and flew all the way to the northeast on the magic carpet.

 …

From a geographical point of view, Baiyan City is an isolated island.

It is located in the narrow valley east of the resting wasteland northeast of Rolling Stone Town.

There are abrupt and towering mountains stretching for hundreds of miles to its north and south.

To the north is the Eversong Forest. The proud night elves have built barriers on the mountains to prevent the infiltration of evil undead creatures;

To the south is Apple Avenue. There are a large number of manors and mines on both sides of Apple Avenue. These areas provide logistical support for many prosperous port cities on the east coast. The manor owners here also hate undead creatures. From time to time, some people will claim that they have undead creatures. Zombies steal their fruits or horses to eat, but because the mountains in the south are higher, the interests related to Apple Avenue do not set up too many defense lines in the north;

 The eastern part of White Rock City is considered to be an extension of the Parthian Wasteland, and is also known as the Eastern Parthian Wasteland.

Eastern Parthian Heath is actually wider than Parthian Heath.

 Through this uninhabited land and go three hundred miles east to reach the territory of Lion City.

 If you look down from high in the sky.

This special valley, surrounded by two mountain ranges, is like a narrow eye embedded in the southern land.

The eyeball of this eye is the White Rock Mountain dotted in the center of the valley and the White Rock City built on the mountain.

 When Matthew came to the suburbs outside White Rock City again.

 The first thing that catches the eye is the chains hanging from the sky.

These chains originate from the ruins of an ancient floating city.

 The source points to an artifact called "Human Desire Chain".

This artifact is the root of the founding of White Rock City. It provides additional strength and foundation for the necromancers, making it easier and more harmonious for ordinary people to get along with the undead.

 But it is also said to have some unknown negative effects.

Matthew is riding a magic carpet over the most densely chained level.

 Suddenly gray-brown snowflakes began to float in the sky.

 Some of the snowflakes fell on his clothes.

 He looked down.

That is clearly bone powder condensed together!

 “I bumped into “grey snow” again…”

Matthew muttered in his mind.

  Gray snow.

This is a unique but rare climate phenomenon in Baiyan City and its suburbs.

 Often thought to bring good luck to necromancers.

  This is not the first time Matthew has come to White Rock City.

 The last time he came to Baiyan City.

 It seems to have also hit gray snow.

 Looks like a good sign.

But Matthew is actually not interested in these gray-brown bone meal because they have high impurity content.

These bone meal is very strong when used to light phosphorus fire, and is almost useless.

 The scenery in Baiyan City seems to remain unchanged all year round.

 What happens outside seems to have no impact at all here.

 When passing by the city gate.

  Matthew saw a scene similar to the last time he came -

 He saw a skeleton soldier and a human soldier holding hands and discussing something;

 After paying two bones of average quality as entry fees.

Matthew ran into Abomination pushing a cart of snacks. The latter was selling snacks to people walking along the street.

These snacks range from exotic items such as eyeballs and hair for the undead, to normal snacks for humans.

 But I hate the boss for putting all these things together.

Matthew could only refuse the other party's enthusiastic selling.

 Walking all the way along the center of the road.

 The scenery on both sides comes into view—

 The buildings of different heights do not have a unified style, and each house seems to be built in a unique way.

 At the entrance of the tavern.

 A skeleton is dancing with a human beauty.

 Matthew glanced at it a few times.

 I found that skeletons dance better than beauties.

certainly.

 Skeletons may also have been great beauties during their lifetime.

 In the alley.

Two human children each held a thigh bone and waved it wildly, as if they were simulating a sword duel.

There was a quarrel at the door of a blacksmith shop.

A well-dressed mage apprentice depressedly tried to reason with the fat dwarf blacksmith:

 “Your naughty kid stole Doug’s bones!”

The fat dwarf seemed to have drunk some wine, and he spoke in a drunken manner:

 “Who is Dao…ge…?”

The mage apprentice was so angry that his teeth itched:

 “Doug is the skeleton dog I summoned!”

 “It took me a lot of bones to summon it!”

 “You have to pay for my bones!”

The fat dwarf scratched his head:

"and who are you?"

 The mage apprentice was stunned for a moment.

soon.

 The mage apprentice started to argue with the other party with a red face.

 Eventually the two of them got into a fight.

 Attracting countless undead humans to watch.

Matthew walked through the crowd, not surprised.

 White Rock City has the largest number of undead with independent personalities in the entire world of Irondor.

 The origins of these undead are quite mysterious.

 At one time, they even became a scenic spot in White Rock City that attracted other mages to visit.

  But as time goes by.

 Everyone is not surprised.

 Matthew had done some homework on this before he came.

 He knew that the undead residents of White Rock City were part of the chain of human desire.

 They are the guarantee for the normal operation of this artifact.

 The chains of human desire will also provide protection to these undead.

There are quite a few necromancers in White Rock City who will sign contracts with these undead.

This kind of contract is similar to Matthew and Peggy or Xiao Fei's.

  Relatively equal.

And many necromancers will become one of the undead due to the power of the Chain of Human Desire after death.

There is an ecology here that is very different from the outside world.

This is also a paradise for necromancers.

People always feel that places where necromancers and the undead gather must be filled with strong negative energy, terrifying dullness, and an extremely depressing atmosphere.

 But cognitions other than negative energy are indeed stereotypes.

 In Matthew's eyes.

White Rock City is even more lively than many city-states.

This may be a huge tomb.

 But every day thousands of dead spirits dance on the graves.

 …

ten minutes later.

Matthew arrived outside the city lord’s mansion smoothly and informed the guards of his origins.

The current lord of White Rock City is a member of the Reitz family.

 According to unwritten rules.

The position of lord of this city usually only circulates internally among the three major families.

 Matthew has heard such a joke before—

 It is said that after the first founders left the alliance.

Each generation of city lords in White Rock City hoped to return to the alliance, but they all failed.

 The reason is that they will encounter strong opposition from the other two families.

 The other two families strongly opposed it.

 Because they all hope that the great achievements of re-merging White Rock City into the alliance can be attributed to themselves.

 This joke is also full of prejudice against necromancers.

  But it also confirms from the side the great power of the three major families in Baiyan City.

 Matthew did not wait long at the door.

Soon a steward came out and led him into the city lord's mansion and to the city lord's study.

But what Matthew didn’t expect was.

 The person waiting for him in the study was not the Lord of Rez whom he wanted to visit today.

Rather, she is a woman wearing an exaggerated mage robe.

The lady in front of me is about thirty years old. She looks **** and hot, and her eyebrows are very charming.

Matthew glanced at the robe with slits on both sides to the waist, as well as the looming waist and hips inside the robe, and silently calculated how much partial armor such a robe could provide...

 When Matthew came in.

This lady seemed to be flipping through things in the study, and she said absentmindedly:

"My name is Ashe Rez. My father is not in White Rock City. If you have anything to do, you can talk to me."

Matthew could not help but frown when he saw this.

This is not the attitude of the other party to talk about things.

So he raised his chin slightly:

“Perhaps I should come visit you some other time.”

Unexpectedly, the lady named Ai Xue suddenly stopped Matthew:

"etc!"

 “You can’t leave!”

Matthew was a little confused:

"Um?"

Ai Xue also seemed to realize her gaffe.

 A blush quickly appeared on her face, and then she said with some embarrassment:

 “Sorry, I was just looking for something I left behind...”

“I’ve heard of you, Matthew, right?”

“If you really need anything, you can tell me. You will know later that my father is not as easy to talk to as I am.”

 She seemed a little apologetic in her eyes.

Matthew thought for a while and said bluntly:

 “I want to find out how to make the Necronomicon.”

Ai Xue was a little surprised:

 “Are you doing this in the name of the League or the Stones?”

Matthew shook his head:

"neither."

 “I only represent personal needs.”

Ai Xue looked embarrassed:

 “I’m afraid that won’t work.”

“The method of making the Necronomicon is only open to the necromancers of White Rock City, and it is impossible for outsiders to obtain it.”

Matthew asked:

 “Isn’t there any room?”

Ai Xue said categorically:

 “No room left!”

"This is not something that I or my father can decide alone. Even if we agree, the other two major families will object."

Matthew nodded expressionlessly:

"I see."

 This result was actually within his expectation, and he had already thought of several countermeasures in his mind.

　But the next second.

What Ai Xue said in a joking tone was beyond his expectation:

“There are two other ways to get what you want.”

"The first is to push White Rock City to merge into the Seven Saints Alliance. As long as you succeed, White Rock City will become part of the Seven Saints Alliance, and the previous constraints will no longer exist. Of course, you can obtain the undead through the alliance's channels. How the book was made."

“But this method is very troublesome. You need to have strong enough skills and enough energy to do it.”

 “The second option is much simpler.”

“As long as you help me kill my father and my brother, I can succeed as the lord of White Rock City.”

“I can reveal to you the making of the Necronomicon in a private way afterwards.”

 When it comes to the last sentence.

 She had an indifferent expression on her face, as if she was really joking.

Matthew read a hint of nervousness in her eyes.

 …

 (End of this chapter)