A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

Chapter 373 The Plague Daughter and the Plague Ball

 Matthew finally adopted Peggy’s suggestion.

　　He fished poisonous mushrooms out of the lake, ground them into powder and then applied them to the mushrooms.

He then built a hidden ritual site nearby to enhance the activity of the toxin.

 After doing all this, he left the vicinity of Crescent Mountain.

 Half a day later.

Matthew followed the same pattern and found several water sources near the City of Night Angel.

The city mainly replenishes its freshwater resources by collecting groundwater.

Hence Matthew's actions became simpler.

 With the blessing of earth magic.

 He completed the poisoning work easily.

 After doing all this, he returned to Tyrannosaurus Town happily.

 Be prepared to wait for things to ferment.

However, what surprised Matthew was that things did not go as he imagined.

 Two days later.

 Crescent Mountain.

 In a magnificent dome-shaped palace.

The owner of this place, Hodges, the seventh son of the evil spirit lord Omadouqi, is walking in a garden with his beloved concubine.

Hodges has ruled Crescent Hill for over a hundred years.

 In his hand.

Crescent Mountain can be said to be prosperous, with the largest number of astral humans in the Sampan Plane gathered here.

 However, these humans in the astral plane are different from the natives of the sampan plane.

 They come from the deeper reaches of the astral plane.

When the evil spirits attacked the sampan plane, in order to obtain more accurate information, they recruited a group of humans from the depths of the star realm and blended into the sampan plane.

This group of humans provides convenient guidance and detailed information for the actions of evil spirits.

 Hence, in the process of carving up the sampan plane by multiple forces.

  The situation in Crescent Mountain is the fastest to stabilize.

Hodges successfully captured the town without spending much effort, became the lord of the place, and has ruled it to this day.

nowadays.

The first batch of astral humans who were attached to evil spirits have become the race with the largest population in Crescent Mountain. The second largest population is the wild boar, the third largest is the kobold, and then there are other chaotic races.

 And as the real rulers the evil spirits.

 Due to racial characteristics, the number of evil spirits is always very rare.

On the one hand, this is because the conditions for the birth of evil spirits are very harsh.

On the other hand, it is because of the particularity of competition within the evil spirit society—

Each evil spirit requires a large number of donors to survive.

 They must absorb a special energy called psionic energy at all times since birth.

 If it cannot be replenished in time.

Evil spirits may be reduced in strength at worst, or die suddenly on the spot.

 Hence, the feelings and relationships between evil spirits are quite weak. Except for necessary spouses and children, each powerful evil spirit will exclude other evil spirits from its territory.

 This is to facilitate the exclusive use of the psionic energy in the territory.

  But on the other hand.

The evil spirits are extremely united when dealing with the outside world. Each evil spirit lord has a large number of semi-evil spirits under his command. These semi-evil spirits often do not need to absorb psionic energy to survive, and they are like fanatical believers in the evil spirit lord. of loyalty.

 It is precisely with the support of that group of semi-evil spirits that serve as the backbone.

 The evil spirit lord can rest easy.

 In the garden.

A gentle and sweet voice slowly sounded, and the speaker was Gulishati, the favorite concubine of the evil spirit lord Hodges:

“The Necromancer did not continue to attack us or the City of Night Angel, but instead built a cemetery in Tyrannosaurus Town.”

“But the canopy of death has not dissipated. I guess he plans to fight a protracted war.”

Hodges sneered:

 “A protracted war?”

 “Is he worthy?”

"I have applied to my father to mobilize the army of evil spirits. Soon, I will lead the evil spirit warriors across the star world to tear his death canopy into pieces!"

“But having said that, the Cossacks really disappeared from the world like this? It’s really incredible...”

Gulishati said lightly with a smile:

 “No, he didn’t disappear.”

 “Instead, he became an accomplice of the Necromancer.”

“Someone has seen the Cossack in the canopy of death. He looks bigger than before, but his eyes are obviously different.”

Hodges was silent for a moment:

“I know you want to remind me how terrible my opponent is, so that I don’t underestimate the enemy.”

 “But this wording makes people uncomfortable.”

Gulishati still said with a smile:

“I believe that future evil spirit masters can accept such a reminder.”

  “You have enough mind and courage, don’t you?”

Hodges’ expression softened:

"Um."

Gulishati gently took Hodges' arm, and the two continued walking in the garden.

Although Hodges accepted Gulishati's statement, he still seemed not very interested.

However, this beloved concubine has been able to accompany Hodges for hundreds of years, so she naturally knows how to coax the evil spirit lord.

 She told two interesting stories, and then in a few words, she made Hodges smile.

Hodges actually knows it very well.

My own qualifications are only average among the descendants of the evil spirit lord Oma Duoqi.

 He is where he is today, all thanks to Gulishati’s mind.

Since the two sides met and got to know each other, he has hardly seen Gulishati make any mistakes in judgment.

 Therefore, in most cases, he can accept Gulishati's opinion, as long as it is acceptable in terms of face.

 After adjusting your mentality.

Hodges brought the topic back on track:

“What do you say in the City of Night Angels?”

Gulishati replied without hesitation:

"Lord Underwood wrote a letter saying that many people died there, most of them because of some kind of disease. It was a very serious disease. They would die suddenly on the spot almost not long after the attack. Some of them died suddenly on the spot. Their corpses will even transform into zombies that night, and then attack other people.”

“This incident caused severe panic in the City of Night Angel, and many people are discussing when the Necromancer will attack there.”

“Underwood personally investigated and found that the entire underground water system of the City of Night Angel was contaminated…”

Hodges had a look of anger on his face:

 “Despicable Necromancer!”

 “This is almost exactly the same as what happened to Crescent Mountain these past few days!”

 “We also lost a lot of people!”

Gulishati nodded:

"Yes."

“But it’s not all bad news.”

Hodges suddenly became interested:

"oh?"

"How to say?"

Gulishati smiled gently:

“Lord Underwood mentioned in the letter that the City of Night Angel has the ability to solve this epidemic.”

“The problem of water pollution is not difficult to solve, not to mention that they have successfully found the source of the pollution. They only need to purify it and then use legendary magic to clean up the polluted water system.”

 “This is exactly how we deal with it.”

“Some people have died in Crescent Mountain in the past few days, but most of them are second-class citizens and third-class citizens, that is, astral humans and wild boars.”

“They also had some corpse transformations, but the situation was under control.”

“Compared to the City of Night Angel, our situation on New Moon is much better. After all, evil spirits and semi-evil spirits, as first-class citizens, are immune to corpse poison.”

Hodges had a proud smile on his face:

“It seems that despicable necromancer knows nothing about evil spirits.”

 “He actually tried to poison us.”

 “That’s ridiculous!”

Gulishati chuckled and said:

“More than that, I also found that although he acted boldly, he was naive in some aspects.”

“For example, when it comes to poisoning, he is very honest.”

 “He can only be described as a bit mean, but far from sophisticated.”

“I even suspect that this is his first time poisoning someone.”

Hodges wondered:

"Why do you say that?"

Gulishati explains:

“The toxin he chose is too strong and can easily arouse the vigilance of others, so it is not conducive to subsequent spread.”

“If you switch to experienced plague messengers, when they spread the plague, especially in the early stage, they will often use mild, concealed and highly transmissible toxins or diseases.”

“Until the target group is almost completely infected, they will use ritual sites to completely detonate the toxins or diseases in the target’s body, thereby creating a carnival of disease and plague.”

“But he is different. His method can only create short-term panic and cannot achieve the desired effect.”

 “So in the despicable field, he seems not clever enough, even a little clumsy.”

Hodges nodded thoughtfully:

 “What you said makes sense.”

“This kid does seem a bit immature. After all, I heard he is less than thirty years old.”

 “Have you thought of a way to deal with him?”

Gulishati smiled and said nothing.

Immediately, she stretched out a forked tongue and licked her lips seductively.

Hodges thought for a while:

 “You want him?”

Gulishati said excitedly:

"If I help you capture her, I hope he can become my slave, and I plan to train him myself."

Hodges frowned slightly.

Gulishati immediately stuck to him, her soft and invisible body wrapped around Hodges's body like a snake:

“Imagine having a talented mage from the Alliance lick our feet while we have **** – wouldn’t that turn you on even more?”

Hodges' breathing suddenly became rapid.

 But he can still maintain basic sanity:

 “How are you going to take him down?”

 “He is in the natural disaster of the undead now!”

Gulishati said with a smile:

 “Let’s negotiate with him!”

"We can pretend that there are heavy casualties in the city, and many people have been killed by poison, or we are simply afraid of the power of the undead natural disaster and want to negotiate with him."

"We can write to him and tell him that our enmity with him is not deep. In comparison, the original conflict between us and Lance is bigger."

"We can promise to help him defeat Lance. I believe he will be moved by this - otherwise there is no need for him to spread the word and say that he wants to give innocent people a way out of the sampan plane. This move just shows that he is very aware of the undead disaster. It cannot be compared to Xingyue Mountain or Night Angel City, he needs help from others."

“The location of the negotiation was set near the lake where he poisoned the place. He has been to that place and is at least more familiar with it than other places, so it is relatively easy for him to become more paralyzed.”

“When negotiating, the two of us can go directly to him.”

“To show our sincerity, we can even capture a few spies planted by the Calamity Religion in Crescent Mountain and give them to him.”

"As long as we are sure that his body has really left the Death Canopy, we can take action! The opponent is just a necromancer who has not yet become a legend. If you and I join forces as legends, can't we still defeat him?"

Gulishati looks confident.

Hodges, on the other hand, hesitated:

 “But he killed the Cossack.”

“And you just reminded me not to underestimate the enemy.”

Gulishati smiled and said:

“First, the Cossack died under the Death Canopy, and the Necromancer is invincible inside, so we have to ensure that his body leaves the Death Canopy.”

“Second, we really cannot underestimate the enemy, so you must call on your father’s strength for this operation.”

 Hear the last sentence.

Hodge suddenly looked hesitant:

 “You have to know, this is no joke...”

Gulishati looked at him solemnly:

 “The future evil spirit master should have dictatorial courage.”

"Matthew personally killed his father's warlock - that guy named Finn is an important chess piece of his father in the south of Irondor. Although he didn't say anything, as long as you seize this opportunity, kill him or even capture him alive. Matthew can get rid of his ordinary status quo and become a popular person in his father's eyes."

 “Don’t you have any determination at all?”

Hodges’ face turned slightly red.

Soon he gritted his teeth:

 “Okay, I’ll write a letter right away!”

Unexpectedly, Guli Xiati said with a smile:

"No."

“I have already written the negotiation letter for you and sent someone to deliver it a long time ago.”

 “I believe that my evil spirit master will make such a choice.”

Hodge was a little unhappy for a moment.

Gulishati laughed:

“You don’t blame me for taking matters into your own hands, do you?”

 She lowered her head and kissed Hodges' chest.

 The next second.

Gulishati's neck actually grew two more heads.

 Three heads all the way down, each performing its own duties.

 …

 Tyrannosaurus Town.

 Matthew let go of the Death Thunderbird in his hand, his expression a little complicated.

 He had just extracted the intelligence from the Thunderbirds over the past two days, and the results were not satisfactory in either Crescent Mountain or the City of Night Angel.

 This is the first minor setback Matthew encountered in the sampan plane.

Although the poison did kill some people and caused local panic, it was still far from the effect Matthew wanted.

 He began to reflect on his problem and wrote it on a note as a reminder:

“I still don’t do similar bad things very often, I’m not skilled enough, I have almost no extra thinking, I just act purely on instinct and common sense.”

“Lessons must be learned. Poisoning is not as violent as possible…”

Peggy came over and looked at the contents of the note, then patted him on the shoulder and comforted him:

 “Don’t blame yourself too much.”

“Although you are a necromancer and I am a tauren skeleton, our natures are still too kind.”

“We don’t have the talent for crime, and it’s normal for us to do bad things and get overturned.”

 Matthew shook his head.

 Lack of talent is not a reason for not doing well.

If you can think more carefully before taking action, you can at least take more initiative in the current situation.

“Why don’t you go find Dudley, or the kobold mushroom warlock?”

Peggy suggested.

Matthew was still shaking his head. Whether it’s Dudley or the kobold Will, they may have deep research on toxins, but at the practical level, their experience is about the same as Matthew’s.

  Counting on them to help him poison and kill people.

 I’m afraid it’s also a matter of professional mismatch.

 “Then what are you going to do next?”

“How about you just listen to me and let’s just pick one and fight?”

Peggy looked like she didn’t want to think.

Matthew put away the note and regained his fighting spirit:

 “Where you fell, you must get up from there!”

“I’m going to find a friend and ask him about the secret of poisoning.”

Peggy looked Matthew up and down:

 “Do you know anyone who knows how to poison?”

Matthew thought for a while and said:

 “He may not know how to poison.”

 “But there’s a good chance he can help.”

 Said.

 He then informed Mulan in Sapphire and asked him to take charge of the situation in Tyrannosaurus Town for him.

Then Matthew found a deserted corner and activated his new ability from the realm of life——

 「Wild Form: Holy Deer」!

in a blink.

 Matthew turned into a lively sika deer.

 He tapped the ground lightly with his forelimbs.

 In a moment.

 A colorful oval roulette wheel appeared in front of the sika deer!

 There are various areas on the roulette wheel.

Whenever Matthew’s mental power is focused on an area, the name of the corresponding area will flood into his mind:

 Abyss;

 purgatory;

 Evil spirit plane;

 Twin heaven;

 Infinite sea of ​​stars;

Tianlun Palace;

 This is "Cosmic Roulette"!

 The various colored areas in the wheel cover all the planes near the Material Plane!

 The Cosmic Roulette is not just a flat surface.

  In fact, it is a three-dimensional model with many layers overlaid.

Matthew can control a green light point through mental power and let it move on the roulette wheel, thereby achieving the effect of interdimensional travel.

 The Holy Deer is a legendary creature with the natural ability to travel between planes.

 He can travel between the major worlds freely.

 But this action requires the consumption of a type of energy called "movement points".

Since birth, the Holy Deer will receive a batch of movement points every 10 years. Unless the points are exhausted, he can move across planes.

 Matthew looked at it.

 Your own movement points are 100.

 And from the current sampan plane to the destination you want to travel to, you only need to spend 1 movement point!

 This means that there are almost no obstacles to movement between the sampan plane and its destination.

 And if you want to arch into the main material world, you have to spend at least 10 movement points - as for whether you can succeed, it depends on the face of the permanent barrier!

“For the creatures in the outer planes, permanent barriers are really annoying.”

“But for all living beings in the material world, this is the strongest wall.”

Matthew sighed inwardly.

 Soon.

 He moved the green light spot one space to the side corner.

 Hurrah!

 A round, colorful light burst out from under his feet.

 Only for a moment.

Matthew then disappeared!

 A few seconds later.

The limbs of the holy deer landed on the ground again. He gently touched the soft ground with his hooves, and a croaking sound came from his ears.

Matthew opened his eyes. Suddenly, his eyes stung, and there was a strong burning sensation at the tip of his nose!

“Warning: You transformed into a holy deer and successfully reached the “poison world”!

 You are encountering a "poisonous" roll at the local ritual site..."

"not good!"

 Feel the severe pain coming from your limbs and bones and the feeling of your heart beating wildly.

Matthew made a prompt decision and instantly transformed into his original human form!

 Follow.

 He threw a bubble spell on himself.

 Then the realm of life expanded.

Just then, he barely managed to withstand the first round of the Poison World Toxin Field test!

 “Fortunately, my toxin resistance is not low…”

 Matthew breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though the Holy Deer is a legendary creature and belongs to the life domain, its toxin resistance is not as high as that of the mage Matthew!

 If we delay a little longer.

 Maybe something will happen!

Even Matthew himself cannot be careless.

He currently does not have the blessing of the spores given by Husman, and can only rely on the life domain and his own toxin resistance to endure it.

 And in the poisonous world.

 Toxin fields are everywhere.

 You can survive the first round, but you may not be able to survive the tenth round.

 The feeling of being poisoned is not pleasant.

 He must fight quickly!

At the moment, Matthew was walking quickly in the moist jungle of the Poison World. The environment here was different from every kind of forest he had encountered before.

 On the surface it looks like a tropical rain forest.

 But the water vapor here is much more abundant than the rainforest in Ain.

 Matthew can only fly in mid-air.

 Because there is water both below and above, there is even a thick mist hanging in the air.

“If I were flying with wings, I would probably weigh more than ten kilograms now…”

 Matthew sat on the magic carpet and thought about it.

 The environment in the Poison Realm made him very uneasy. The jungle was not only wet but also humid. He couldn't even see a living creature!

If it weren’t for the croaking sound.

 He may even feel that he has arrived in a jungle of death!

But the trip went much more smoothly than Matthew expected.

 He followed the sound of frogs and flew over.

 It didn’t take long.

He then saw a group of giant frogs lying on a small raised island, gesturing to each other.

 The island is planted with coconut trees that reach into the sky.

 The coconuts here are so green that it makes people nervous.

 The fibers on its surface are covered with green liquid.

 Matthew didn’t dare to get close at all.

I don’t know if it’s because of psychological reasons.

 He had started to feel dizzy and had abdominal pain.

 Matthew controlled the magic carpet to swoop down.

He shouted to the group of giant frogs from a distance:

 “I am Solinka’s friend.”

 “I took the liberty of visiting you, please give me a message.”

However, most of the giant frogs remained unmoved.

Only a giant frog with strong muscles glanced at Matthew:

“Every mage who strays into the poison world claims to be Solinka’s friend, how should we believe you?”

Matthew smiled and shook his head:

 “You don’t have to believe me.”

 “Just pass on a message for me.”

 Said.

 He took out a few things from his bag and waved them in front of the giant frog:

 “What kind of reward do you want?”

 The things Matthew took out were as follows—

 A pail of milk;

 Two roasted chickens;

 A basin of clean water;

 Handful of gold coins;

 A bottle of sword oil.

The giant frog looked at it from a distance and suddenly screamed:

 “Give me the bottle of oil!”

Matthew threw it through the air.

The giant frog quickly popped out its tongue and swallowed the sword oil into its belly.

 The next second.

 As soon as he rolled his eyes, he suddenly jumped into the air and jumped towards the depths of the rain forest!

“Follow me, mage, this bottle of oil you have tastes really good!”

“Can you tell me what this was originally used for?”

 The giant frog jumps very fast.

Matthew barely kept up with the magic carpet.

 To the other party’s problems.

 Matthew just smiled and said nothing.

ten minutes later.

The giant frog led Matthew to a banyan forest submerged in the water.

He pointed at the woods with one hand and said:

 “Solinka is here.”

"I won't go in. It's too poisonous. It's no place for a frog to stay."

"My name is Jimmy. Next time you come to the drug world, you can bring a few more bottles of the oil you just had, and I can exchange it with you for other things."

 As he said that, he jumped away.

Matthew had just approached the banyan forest when an old face suddenly appeared on the edge of the tree:

“Look, look, who’s here? It’s the messenger of nature, the preference of death, the soul of nature, the tree-planting mage that everyone loves, haha, Matthew, I’m glad you still remember me, this old man.”

 “Hello, Mr. Solinka.”

Matthew clasped his chest with one hand, performed a humble mage salute, and then got straight to the point:

“I came here to ask you for advice on how to spread poison.”

 Then he briefly described the problems he encountered in the sampan plane.

 “You’ve found the right person when you come to me!”

Solinka, the giant tree in the poison world, said with a smile:

“In my opinion, being too toxic is not the problem.”

“As long as there are enough vectors, more severe toxicity would have helped to solve the problem more cleanly.”

“I can give you four sources of poison, which are the best carriers of poison, namely: Poison World Yellow Frog, Infernal Viper, Quils Wasp and Weeping Scorpion.”

 While speaking.

The bark of the tree suddenly cracked, and four **** of light flew out from inside, falling in front of Matthew one by one.

 Matthew took a closer look.

Each light ball contains at least 1,000 of the poisons mentioned by Solinka.

Matthew did not rush to pick him up, but asked respectfully:

 “Then how should I thank you?”

 Solinka replied immediately:

“You don’t have to thank me for anything. I don’t have many friends in the Poison World. I’m very happy if you come to see me.”

"Of course, we do have some special demands. As an envoy of nature, you have the right to know these-"

“The poison world was supposed to be part of the sea of ​​trees in all realms, but an accident many years ago caused us to break away from the inner plane and drift to the outer plane, becoming rootless duckweeds.”

“My only wish in this life is to see the Poison Realm return to the embrace of the sea of ​​trees in all realms.”

“I know this is difficult to achieve, but I also know that you are different. I knew from the first time I met you that you would stand out soon, and it turned out to be just as I suspected..."

"I'm glad that I didn't attack you when I was in Zeshui City. For this reason, I even violated the contract with the summoner. Haha, of course, I paid a small price, but now it seems that it is worth it..."

Solinka talked endlessly.

Matthew felt like a lonely old man meeting a young man who came to visit by chance.

This feeling is so real.

 Mathew couldn't help but sigh secretly.

However, the environment in the poison world was indeed unacceptable. He planned to leave after asking about the techniques for using the four poison sources.

 However, at this time.

A cold voice came from the depths of the woods:

 “You talk too much, Solinka.”

Solinka smiled nonchalantly and said:

“I’m sorry, Kesha, but it’s been a while since I’ve had a visitor.”

 “Did we disturb you?”

 “Why don’t we change places?”

The female voice named Kesha said disapprovingly:

“The drug world is so big, where can you go?”

 She was silent for a while after speaking.

Then he suddenly said:

“Hey, that little guy named Matthew, do you want to come and sit here with me?”

“My place is not far from the drug world, and the environment is much better than there.”

 “Also, I have something else I want to ask you.”

Matthew looked at Solinka in surprise.

ˆThe latter said softly:

 “Don’t be nervous, Kesha is not a bad person.”

“She is the Daughter of Plague. The Plague Castle where she lives is very close to the Poison Realm and is also a separate outer plane.”

“Oh, I forgot to tell you that she is the wife of the God of Death and has been a widow for many years now…”

Death’s wife?

 Matthew was still hesitating.

Kesha’s voice has already been heard:

“Since you are the messenger of nature, I will give you four little cuties.”

 “Mosquitoes, rats, cockroaches and flies respectively.”

"You take these four little cuties and the four poison sources Solinka gave you, and add enough negative energy to synthesize the ball of plague. You should know what the ball of plague is, right?"

 “Come here, let me see...that stone slab on your body.”

  The legendary semi-artifact of the realm of the dead—

　　"Ball of Plague"?

 Matthew couldn't help but raise his head.

 …

 (End of this chapter)