A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

Chapter 351: No surprises

 …

The old man named Hux named nearly thirty kinds of materials in one breath, as well as more auxiliary materials.

 Matthew kept it all in mind.

Hex added:

“As for the specific production method, I hid it in the big library.”

"Go to the private donation bookshelf No. 7013 and look for a set of fairy tale books called "The White Swan of the Black Forest". After gathering these books, use the Manifestation Spell and the Reading Spell, and you will be able to obtain the method of making the Necronomicon. …”

Matthew looked at the old man seriously:

 “Looks like you’re well prepared.”

The old man smiled numbly:

“To the outside world, this may be one of the few things I can trade with.”

"After I voluntarily used the Forgetting Curse, no one will remember me. Even if someone knows about my relationship with Lorraine, there is a high probability that they will not risk offending White Rock City and send me the news unless it is profitable, like You too."

Matthew nodded with a calm look.

 He was not embarrassed, because he originally came here for the production method of the Necronomicon.

 After finishing speaking.

Hex continued to ask:

 “So is my son dead?”

Matthew thought for a while:

"If Lorraine Fangta is your son, then he is indeed dead, and there was a funeral some time ago."

"According to Lorraine's wife, Ms. Aishue, it is inferred that this matter may have been carried out by the master of Rez City, but I think her inference may lack evidence. It may be just a speculation based on her great sadness."

Hex was silent for a while, then suddenly let out a sigh:

“Did Ashe Reitz ask you to come here?”

 “She’s not a good person either!”

Matthew asked curiously:

"Why do you say that?"

 “She seems to love your son Lorraine very much.”

Hex looked angrier:

 “Does this conflict with what I said?”

Matthew instantly understood that Hux did not deny Ai Xue's feelings for Lorraine, which showed that the couple was indeed very affectionate.

 It’s just that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law seems to be relatively bad.

Logically speaking, Hux is in jail every day, so he shouldn’t have much conflict with Ai Xue...

 Is it because of the old affairs between the Fangta family and the Reitz family?

 Thinking of this.

Matthew opened the rough file on Area C of felons in his hand as if he had a telepathic connection.

He also took this file from Hera's office.

 He remembered it clearly.

When he took it, he wanted to see the specific origin of Hux.

 But after taking it, I somehow forgot about it.

 I just remembered it now.

 Think about it now.

This is probably the effect of the forgetting spell spoken by the other party.

 “Let me see who you really are…”

However, when Matthew opened the knowledge of Hux's detailed file, his eyes instantly froze.

There is nothing else except the name Hux Fangta!

“Is this also the effect of the Forgetting Curse?”

“Even the staff at Mount Hesso were affected…”

 Matthew suddenly realized.

This is definitely not an effect that ordinary group forgetters can achieve!

 This is the power of legend!

 “Are you a legendary mage?”

Matthew asked in surprise.

Hex shook the bones of her hand that were as dry as claws. Her expression looked extremely lonely and sad:

 “No more.”

 “I’m just a helpless old woman.”

Matthew showed a hint of sympathy, but deep down he did not let down his guard.

 A former legendary mage who can cast the legendary forgetting spell, and who is most likely to specialize in necromancy. This kind of person is definitely a ruthless person.

 What’s more, Ai Xue had taken advantage of Matthew before.

This made him realize that the people in Baiyan City might not be as ignorant of the world as he thought.

 Perhaps there are naive people.

 But it could be himself.

“It’s because the wife killer ability took effect, which made me think I could defeat the opponent.”

“Now that I think about it, the effectiveness of this ability does not conflict with whether the other party has hidden agendas.”

"It's as if Hux thinks that Ashe, who loves his son deeply, is not a good thing..."

Matthew thought to himself.

He didn’t want to stay in this cell any longer. After comforting Hux for a few words, he turned around and left.

 However, at this time.

Hex suddenly spoke:

“The production process of the Necronomicon is very difficult. Without a certain level of proficiency, you will face very high trial and error costs.”

“I had two production tips before I went to prison. If you can get them, the production will be more effective with half the effort.”

 Matthew paused:

 “What’s the price?”

Hex said calmly:

 “Find a way to help me investigate what happened to my son.”

“Is he really dead? Where does his soul go after death?”

"I just want to know this, I can't accept that he disappeared from this world without any reason."

Matthew frowned:

 “This is not a simple matter.”

 He is not asking for high prices, but this is indeed the case.

 Lorraine's death involved the city lord of White Rock City and another one of the three major families.

 The power of Baiyan City is very great.

 Even members of the Alliance's parliament will not easily offend each other.

 Matthew needs to go to Baiyan City frequently to buy things.

 Once you screw up.

 There is no way to make up for many channels.

 “I understand, so the production experience is only part of the benefits I can give you.”

Hex said quickly:

"You can choose two methods. The first is to investigate it yourself. As long as you investigate the truth of the matter, then I will give you a legendary Necronomicon that I have hidden!"

“The second method is to entrust a third party to conduct an investigation. Once the truth is revealed, I will give you an ordinary Necronomicon as a reward.”

"No matter which of the above two methods you choose, as long as you agree to my investigation into this matter, you will immediately get the experience of making the Necronomicon. This is my sincerity."

 Matthew rubbed his temples a little troubled.

 He really didn’t want to wade into this muddy water.

However, Hux is sincere.

As a former legendary necromancer, she obviously knows the value of the Necronomicon to a necromancer.

　　Not to mention the legendary Necronomicon.

 “How to entrust a third party to conduct an investigation?”

Matthew asked thoughtfully.

Hux said without changing his face:

"I will give you a name and a contact information. If he is still alive now, he should have become the best wanderer in the world."

 “If he is already dead, then you need to find another top investigator for me.”

“Unfortunately, I don’t have much money with me. You may need to help pay for the investigation costs.”

"If you feel that this difference needs to be made up, I can teach you some special knowledge in the field of necromancy, but I can't give you anything else."

Her tone was somewhat bleak.

 But Matthew was unmoved.

 He thought for two minutes and said decisively:

 “I choose the second option.”

 “Tell me the name and contact information of the person you want to entrust.”

Matthew handed over a pen and paper.

It didn’t take long for Hux to hand back the pen and paper.

 Matthew took it and took a look.

 Eyebrows instantly stood up.

 But I saw these words written on it -

  Senr.

　　Golden Scissors Tailor Shop in HX District, Rapid City.

 “Is it Sener you are looking for?”

 “He is the most wanted criminal in the Alliance!”

　　Matthew couldn’t help but complain.

Hex asked rhetorically:

"how?"

“Do you think I, a prisoner of the Alliance, have better channels for investigation?”

"Senr is the best rogue and the best at investigating such cases. He owed me a favor when he was young, so he will not ask you for money."

"Listen, kid, don't stare at me with those defensive eyes. I'm not the weak and incompetent **** Ai Xue who only knows how to cry and cry at home after her husband is dead. I've always said what I have to say, so you don't have to Worried that I will plot against you like she did.”

 “To me it is unnecessary and a disgrace to my honour.”

 Honour?

 Honour of the Necromancer?

Matthew seemed to have heard something funny, but he held it in.

This time it was Hux's turn to be surprised:

 “You didn’t retort?”

 Matthew waved his hand:

“Although I don’t think necromancers have any honor, I believe that everyone is different as an individual. With such a large number of people in the necromancy field, it is not surprising that there are occasionally a few of high moral character.”

Hex had a satisfied smile on his face:

 “You’re right, kid.”

 “Don’t give up on yourself just because you are a necromancer.”

“Necromancers should have honor. We had the opportunity to prove it to the world, but it’s a pity...”

  She paused and did not continue.

Although Matthew was curious, he also knew that now was not the time to ask for old Hux stories.

 After he confirmed several details with the other party.

He successfully learned the burial location of the two books from Hux's mouth.

  “Training email for novice owls?”

 “In the Crucible Room?”

 Hearing this result, Matthew was even more surprised:

“Hasn’t anyone checked that mailbox over the years?”

Hex chuckled:

 “Of course no one checked.”

"This is the result of my many years of observation. Since the league has used owls to deliver mail on a large scale, the mails in the training mailbox are all the original batch. The training route of the Southern Owls has not changed. They are all between Rolling Stone and Gem Bay. between."

“What’s even better is that the training mailbox comes with the alliance’s spell shielding system, so no one else can find it.”

“If you have a stolen item that you don’t have anywhere to store for the time being, and it’s inconvenient to carry it with you, just put it in a package with an email in the training mailbox, and remember to mark it so that you can come back and find it later.”

“The owls there look very clever, but if you give them something to eat and preferably a glass of wine, they will forget all about it the next day…”

Matthew was amazed when he heard this.

 Even if it has not been verified yet, he believes that what Hux said is true.

“Whether it is the Alliance of Seven Saints or White Rock City, there are still many loopholes like this. Sometimes I often wonder why those idiots can’t find it. How simple it is!”

Hex said with some regret:

"Later I discovered that people like me are in the minority. Even legends and even divine mages can still be stupid when they should be stupid."

“It’s not their fault. The essence of this world is that a group of idiots manage another group of idiots.”

These words are really too harsh.

 Matthew can't pick it up.

 However, considering that the other party has been in jail for so long, it is normal to feel a little resentful.

Matthew took out some food and milk from his bag and placed them in the corner of the prison.

 Then leave quickly.

There was a clang sound.

 The rusty iron door of the single room was closed tightly.

Matthew wanted to walk quickly.

Then at that moment, the jailer who brought him in before suddenly came over with a playful smile:

 “Mr. Matthew.”

 “I just seemed to have heard something I shouldn’t have heard.”

“The extent to which members of the Silver Council are collaborating with the Alliance’s most wanted criminals to investigate White Rock City—you don’t want such news to leak out, right?”

“Don’t worry, I’m a very sensible person. I’m not a big talker. I just want some living expenses…”

I have been coming to Heisuo Mountain for so long.

This is the first time Matthew has encountered such a thing.

It seems that Alexander's defection had a much greater impact on the fortress than imagined.

 It wasn’t just the prisoners who were becoming agitated.

The jailers' condition seems not to be normal either.

At the moment, he walked out and asked:

"How much do you want?"

The jailer said with a smile:

  “5,000 gold coins will do.”

 “I said, I am very sensible…”

Matthew calmly pulled him towards a corner:

 “Come here, I’ll give it to you…”

 He hasn't finished speaking yet.

Suddenly, an old fist hit the jailer on the left side of his face!

 The latter looked at Matthew with a confused expression.

　　Without waiting for the other party to make a sound.

Matthew's right fist was thrown out one after another, hitting the jailer near the chin.

at the same time.

The brainwashing technique released through silent spells also hit the jailer.

 After barely resisting for a few seconds.

The jailer's huge body fell to the ground. Matthew pulled it with his balancing hand, but finally did not make any more noise.

 He glanced at the data column.

 …

 Hint: You have left the Forbidden Zone!

　　You used the "Intelligence Fist" and "Brainwashing Technique" on the jailer (Giant Bloodline)!

 Brainwashing: The jailer loses his memory of the recent period;

 You are injecting some false memories..."

… five minutes later.

 The jailer faintly woke up.

He touched his chin in a daze, and some vague memories appeared in front of his eyes:

“Why was I so careless that I fell while walking?”

 “It was Mr. Matthew who helped me aside...”

 While he was muttering to himself.

 A pair of faint red eyes suddenly lit up in a cell behind him.

“I saw it clearly just now. The mage beat you up violently, and then you fell unconscious.”

 “Hey, big man, you owe me a favor, get me some good stuff or people...”

 The prisoner in the cell said so.

boom!

The huge jailer punched the door and cursed fiercely:

 “Do you think I will believe you? Idiot!”

 “How could Master Matthew hit me!?”

 “Listen up to me, I was the one who fell down!”

 Then he punched the cell door twice in succession, which frightened the prisoner into retreating, and then he left gloomily.

 …

 In the archives room.

Matthew is carefully checking the information of the jailer who owes him money.

This man's name is Rambo. He is not only a senior jailer, but also a member of the Black Solo Mountain law enforcement team.

 It was precisely because of this relatively high-status position that he had the opportunity to owe Suriel some money.

There is very little information left in the archives about this Rambo.

 Just some simple records.

 But in Rambo’s previous attendance records, Matthew found some clues.

 The name Macbeth appears repeatedly among the people traveling with him.

This person is also a member of the Black Soil Mountain Law Enforcement Team.

 Matthew had dealt with him before in the Dragon Cult incident.

 Proved afterwards.

 Macbeth will handle some dirty work for Eckmund, and he himself is most likely a member of the "Snake Hill Society" founded by Eckmund.

 Matthew flipped through some more records.

A lot of records of Rambo and Macbeth's attendance were also discovered.

 This should not be a simple coincidence.

　　Considering that Alexander is also suspected to be from Ekmund, the defection of Rambo and Alexander may be a big question mark.

This scene gave Matthew a feeling of déjà vu.

“Blinken ran away when he saw me. He seemed to be afraid that Ekmund would kill someone and silence him..."

 “Where are Alexander and Rambo?”

 With such thoughts in mind.

Matthew checked the list of jailers who had defected with Alexander.

as expected.

 Macbeth is also on the list.

Although Alexander's defection and Rambo's escape did not occur at the same time.

 But they are all related to the "Hot Springs Prison Unrest" that caused a lot of commotion a while ago.

 But about this part.

Even though Hera gave Matthew enough authority, he could only find some very general information. It was most likely that Alexander destroyed all important files before running away.

Matthew only knew that the turmoil in Hot Spring Prison was related to a group of ancient relics called "Snow Girls" imprisoned in Heisuo Mountain.

　　It is said that the snow girls used various means to confuse the guards of Hot Spring Prison, seduce other prisoners, and almost succeeded in escaping from prison.

The incident ended with Alexander killing nearly every rebellious prisoner.

 The subtle thing is.

 Not long after the turmoil was calmed.

 The jailer Rambo, who had made a meritorious role in putting down the rebellion, ran away.

 Some time passed after that.

Alexander, who claimed to investigate Rambo, also ran away!

Matthew remembered that Hera was aware of this at the time, and even beat Alexander in front of him.

 But she probably didn’t expect that Alexander would run away directly!

“Snow girls are a special race that originally signed the ancient covenant. They were supposed to live on the snow, but they were all arrested because they often left the ancient land in groups to harm others..."

“If a person of Alexander’s level defected, where could he escape?”

“The sub-material world? The abyss, purgatory, the world of evil spirits?”

"Did Suriel take Ekmund's factor into consideration when he asked me to handle this matter? Hey, it's really troublesome. The interior of Mount Blackso is completely confused. Old mages like Alexander and Rambo will be If they decide to defect, their counter-reconnaissance methods are probably on the same level as Blinken’s, and ordinary prophecy spells have no chance of finding them.”

 The more Matthew looked, the more headache he got.

I'm afraid that only Carmela's magic or Lorraine's ability have a chance to find clues about these people.

But one of them went to the Land of Thousand Lakes, and the other was in the Land of Flying, both of which were in the Hokuriku area north of the Helen Mountains.

Matthew had difficulty contacting them by means other than magical letters.

"Is it possible that we should entrust Sener to help investigate like Hux did?"

 Such a thought just flashed through my mind.

Matthew kept shaking his head.

 It’s okay to just entrust it on behalf of others.

I would rather try to avoid dealing with dangerous people like Sen Er as much as possible.

“Isn’t it just a loss of a premium IOU of 500,000 yuan? There is no need to add any extraneous complications.”

 He made up his mind.

 If there is no other plans for this matter in the short term.

 Just pretend that you have never received this IOU!

 Compared to the confusing escape of the jailer and warden, the situation on the Giza queen's side was much simpler.

 According to the testimony given by Hera.

 She came simply for that starship!

turn out to be.

In order to return to the star realm, the Giza people wandering near the material world, led by Queen House, established a summoning circle on the Helen Mountains.

They originally wanted to use that magic circle to summon the arrival of the starship.

Who knew that the starship was intercepted by a mysterious force when it approached the material world.

This led to the Queen of Giza and her men chasing them all the way to Cross City.

 Combined with what Lapixiong said.

Matthew knew that it was probably the Lord of the Void who intercepted the starship with his own power, and then stuffed it into the dreamland of the hill.

Unfortunately.

 The time was too tight at that time.

Matthew didn’t even have time to see the starship in his dream.

 After that there will be world peace.

“The starship either disappeared with the explosion of the Hill Dream, or slipped into the turbulence of space and time. Both cases will make it unlikely to appear in the material world..."

 Matthew felt a little regretful.

If you can intercept that starship, the benefits you can gain are simply unimaginable.

 It is a pity that the information at that time was incomplete and time was too tight.

 Just wasted.

 With emotion.

Matthew couldn’t help but grab the appendix at the back of the confession and read it a few more times.

 The appendix is ​​over a thousand pages long.

Each page is densely filled with words.

According to the description, Matthew knew that the confession was what Queen House stated when she was conscious, and the appendix was what Hera said using hypnosis.

 Both have a certain degree of authenticity.

 Just the application scenarios are somewhat different.

Matthew took a few cursory glances and was shocked by the detail and comprehensiveness of Hera's hypnosis.

During the interrogation, she did not let go of any suspicious points. She even recorded the Queen of House's unique habits, the bad things she did when she was a child, the number of children she had given birth to, the number of husbands she had, and the caliber and size of her husband. Clearly.

 “Hera’s handwriting and writing style are pretty good.”

“There are actually a lot of polished parts, so these appendices can be read as pornographic articles!”

Matthew silently brought along all the appendices:

 “You can take it back and show it to Luo Lan.”

“This thing should help the bard’s promotion...”

 …

 After returning to Rolling Stone Town, Matthew took some time out of his busy schedule to plant trees.

March.

 Hong Kong is the most suitable season for planting trees.

Matthew could feel that the earth was undergoing an earth-shaking recovery after the ice and snow melted.

The bare branches are sprouting outwards.

 Little animals come out of their nests to find mates.

Even the zombies seem to work harder.

Matthew was also inspired by this enthusiasm.

 He worked tirelessly to plant oak trees.

Although the place where he planted the tree is very close to the Trace of the Dead at this moment.

 But the previous pressure from the Mark of the Dead has disappeared.

 Matthew took the time to investigate this matter.

 He found that the power of the Mark of the Dead within the borders of Rolling Stone was further declining.

 This is certainly a good thing for Rolling Stone.

 But there is no reason for power to fade without reason. The firewall can only isolate it but cannot destroy it.

 If there are no changes in other factors.

 This power cannot suddenly fade away.

 The only possibility is that what happened in Jade Cangting has affected the situation around the Mark of the Dead.

Reminiscent of Matthew's previous scene when he saw a shadow similar to the Ashbringer striding towards the Emerald Cangting.

 He always felt that something big was coming to Jade Cangting.

But these things have nothing to do with him at the moment.

 He just wants to relax his mind, relax his body and mind, and work hard to plant trees.

 Unknowingly.

 The scorching sun was high above our heads.

 He was sweating profusely!

And the main mission that has been dormant for a long time suddenly has a new goal—

 …

 Hint: You have obtained the "Limited Time Mission - Spring of Resurgence"

Spring of Recovery: Before the end of March, expand the size of the oak forest and pine forest to more than 5,000 trees.

Reward: A drop of sublimation condensation at the ritual site (only available in Deathdread Cemetery) & a lot of XP! "

 …

 Good guy.

 5,000 trees?

Matthew estimated in his mind that this meant that in the next half month, he would have to plant 1,500 oak trees and 2,000 pine trees at one go!

 More than 200 trees are planted every day!

 This was seriously beyond Matthew's current plans.

"Unless you let the centaurs and the children of the forest help plant trees, but they all seem to be better at maintaining rather than opening up forests. A group of druids hired from outside Cross City are all professional counterparts. With my current relationship with the Earth Society, It’s not difficult to get one, but it might cost a little money…”

 Matthew made a calculation in his mind.

 Finally, he gritted his teeth—

What a fuck!

no way.

 "Sublimation Condensation" is too precious.

This is a rare treasure that every ceremony venue dreams of, which can elevate the ceremony venue to a big level from the ground up!

Matthew couldn’t imagine what the Death Fear Cemetery would look like after being sublimated by the condensation!

 But the scene will definitely be much grander than now.

 Just do it if you think of it.

Matthew took the lead and took the remaining centaurs to plant trees.

 At the end of the day, I realized that the process was not going well.

 He immediately sent an invitation letter to the Dadi Association.

 The Earth Society responded quickly.

They were very enthusiastic and said they would send at least twenty druids to help Matthew plant trees.

 What’s more important is that they are free!

This gave Matthew a huge sigh of relief.

 The reason why he considered the Earth Society was not only because they were indeed professionally matched, but also inviting the druids over could solve the seed problem.

 Go one step further.

 At present, these druids have lost power in Cross City.

Matthew can actually recruit them to work for him.

 It depends on whether the other party is willing or not.

This time planting trees together is an opportunity.

 Early morning the next day.

Before dawn, Matthew went out with a hoe.

 But at this time.

 The Alliance mage Fandral came over.

He held some documents in his hands and said to Matthew with a smile:

 “I took the liberty to come to visit you for two main reasons.”

“The first thing is about your promotion to the second level member of the Silver Council—

 In addition to the high subsidies, you also have the opportunity to attend monthly report meetings.

This document notes the time and place of the monthly report meetings this year. You can go there with your magic license.

Of course it depends on your own mood.

 As far as I know, at least two-thirds of the second-tier councilors choose to miss the meeting every month. "

“The second thing has something to do with Jade Cangting. The people from the Silver Council asked me to discuss it with you. I hope you can restart the Trace of the Dead project.

By the way, this is probably what Lady Isabel meant. "

Matthew raised his eyebrows:

 “Is there something going on with the wood elves?”

Fandral smiled slightly:

 “As expected, they had an accident.”

 …

 (End of this chapter)