A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

Chapter 387 Extraordinary Power and Parasitic Skull

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 The Twisted Book of Balance is one of the necessary conditions for the promotion of the Balance Messenger.

  This is a very important artifact.

How could Sener give such an important thing to Setrunk?

Matthew’s eyes grew colder.

Although he only worked with Sen Er for a short period of time, he probably understood Sen Er's temperament.

Even if Setrunk is Sener's biological son, the latter may not be able to hand over the real thing!

“Near the Crystal Forest is the edge of the sampan plane, infinitely close to the star realm. Do you really want to trick me into it?”

Matthew looked at Setrunk's beaten face.

 Honestly.

 There is a little bit of impulsiveness in his heart.

 But he was soon restrained.

Matthew took a breath gently, his eyes full of contempt:

 “Is this why you came to me?”

"I am very busy."

 “I’m not interested in playing house with you.”

 After saying that, he turned around and left.

 Don't give Setrunk any chance to speak.

 On the magic ship.

Setrunk looked stunned.

 He had imagined countless scenarios before coming, and he also knew that with Matthew's cunning, it would be very difficult to trick him into the star realm.

 But he never expected it.

 Matthew actually ignored him completely!

 “Matthew!”

Seeing Matthew's back getting further and further away, Setrunk couldn't help but raise his head and shout:

“If you leave now, I will definitely make you regret it!”

The voice fell.

 Suddenly there was a murderous intention behind him!

Relying on the top rogue's control of the crisis, Setrunk leaned forward to avoid the deadly scimitar!

Whoosh!

Yinghuo grazed the skin on the back of Setrunk's neck and cut it, followed by the bright moon's knife that stabbed the enemy's waist.

　　　哐丁!

A Bing's blade successfully struck Setrunk's waist, but it made a sound as it struck a metal plate.

The coat of the leader of the Silver Frost Brotherhood has been cut with two knives, revealing the black metal plate tied inside.

A Bing was not surprised and doubtful, and tried to attack again with his sword.

 But at this time.

A dozen ceramic guards suddenly appeared in the cabin of the magic ship!

The bodies of these ceramic guards sparkle with a dazzling brilliance.

This kind of radiance has a certain immobilizing effect on most living things.

 The effect is very poor only on the undead.

  But even so.

A Bing failed to succeed in one blow and still chose to retreat. He danced like a knife dancer on the deck. His figure was as messy as fallen leaves in the wind, making it impossible for the ceramic guards to catch his direction!

"over there!"

Setrunk pointed accurately with his right hand, and a red light hit A Bing's head.

 So in the dark.

A huge red light sign was placed on top of A Bing's head.

This is the exclusive ability "Underground Wanted" in the urban gangster professional system!

Units marked as wanted have difficulty turning invisible.

  It can be said to be the nemesis of the rogue.

With a red mark on his head, A Bing chose to retreat without hesitation.

 All the ceramic guards swarmed forward.

Setrunk’s eyes were fixed on A Bing, who was wearing a red light.

 The next second.

 An extremely domineering and arrogant force erupted from the other side of the magic ship.

Setrunk's face suddenly turned pale.

 Because of the moment when the moonlight bursts out.

 His body has been violently impacted by the Minotaur Skeleton!

 Poof!

 A crisp sound.

Setrunk’s body turned into a limp clay figure!

 “As expected, it’s just a substitute.”

Peggy succeeded with one blow and was not reluctant to fight. While the ceramic guards were hugging back crazily, she and Bing left the magic ship.

quickly.

There were only a few low-level zombies left on the edge of the Crystal Forest, looking around blankly.

 The rest of the people have disappeared.

after a long time.

 The sound of footsteps was heard again in the aisle between the cabin and the deck.

Setrunk came up from below with a livid face.

He looked at the dumb zombies and wanted to vent his anger, but he looked around suspiciously.

 In the end, I still didn’t choose to enter the sampan plane.

 The magic ship slowly drove away.

 And the other side.

Matthew even arrived early near the ruins of Tyrannosaurus Town.

 He has already thought it through.

 From the very beginning, Setrunk was not on the same level as himself!

His mentor Sener may still have some weight.

 But he himself is far from enough.

 As time goes by, this kind of clown will only be ruthlessly thrown away by himself.

  Matthew is not going to spend extra energy on the other party.

“The next time you discuss with the Five-Colored Dragon God Baruch, you can ask him to issue a bounty order against Setrunk in the name of the Dragon God Society or other astral organizations.”

 Matthew’s eyes flashed.

 As for the bounty.

 Just fill in one million first.

 One million alliance gold coins are enough to make most desperadoes inside and outside the star realm look at Setrunk's head with red eyes.

Even if Setrunk really has the ability to survive the encirclement and suppression of those desperadoes.

I’m afraid I don’t have much energy left to pester Matthew.

 Publish bounties to kill enemies.

 This is also a new way of thinking that Matthew established after pushing the sampan plane.

 He is actually not short of money now.

on the contrary.

His wealth is still **** at an extremely impressive rate.

 The growth rate is no slower than the rolling of the undead scourge.

 Since we have so much wealth.

 There is no need to persist in poverty thinking.

 The money earned is used to solve problems.

For a wanderer like this loach, let his colleagues deal with him.

Matthew is now looking forward to it. What will Seth Lenk look like when he learns that his bounty has been increased to one million?

“He shouldn’t be making a show of killing himself to receive the reward, right?”

“I’ll have to ask Richard and Qiuka later, maybe the Thousand Changers can actually do it…”

Matthew returned along the same path through the ruins of Tyrannosaurus Town.

 Soon we found the dock where we stayed previously.

  The Scourge of the Undead did not change the rules for ferry boats.

 Matthew waited for some time.

He got his wish and got on the return ship.

He sat on the boat bored and thinking about the next itinerary:

"After the matter in the sampan plane is settled, the top priority is to solve the mess between Windward Valley and Jade Cangting. Although I don't know what Tyrast wants to do, the existing order of Jade Cangting will definitely be greatly subverted, and every time Encountering changes in the situation means that there are business opportunities. Perhaps, I should be stronger and directly occupy the Windward Valley..."

 Matthew thought about it for a while.

I think the success rate of this plan is quite high.

If it were said that it was the previous self that wanted to occupy Windward Valley, the elves would definitely protest angrily.

 But now…

 They should at least be grateful that Matthew did not launch the undead natural disaster in Jade Cangting!

“Perhaps I was also frightened by Tyrast’s actions.”

Matthew thought to himself.

“Then we will solve the Scar of the Dead according to the original plan.”

“I just don’t know if the void bloodline in me and the traces of the dead will intersect.”

“And that phoenix egg... I don’t know if it can be repaired.”

“Speaking of which, the Trace of the Dead project can actually realize greater value. I used to think that the elves had little oil and water on them, but now it seems that they just look very thin..."

“After solving the Scar of the Dead, I must immediately apply to go to the Arcane Castle for spell enhancement training and signature spell training.”

“After that, you have to find a way to enter the realm of death, and then achieve a balance between life and death. Only after that can you be qualified to start considering promotion to legend…”

 Matthew kept thinking all the way.

 The ferry boat was also bumpy along the way.

Fortunately.

The ship did not dock at Fairy Island this time. Although there were a few strange-looking passengers, everyone was in peace along the way.

that's all.

Matthew successfully passed through the Amniotic Lake, passed through the Troll Corridor, and successfully returned to Windward Valley.

 After returning to the main material realm.

 Matthew did nothing.

 Instead, he contacted Eckmond immediately—

He has the communication crystal ball given by Ekmond in his hand. Although the crystal ball is used to contact Isabel, it actually also has Ekmond's contact information.

 After Matthew activated the crystal ball, he found a corner and waited quietly.

 He knew that Ekmund was currently on duty on the permanent barrier and might not be able to respond to him immediately.

 So he was prepared to wait for a while.

  Who expected it would be ten minutes later.

 The familiar face appeared on the crystal ball:

 “You are finally willing to come to me!”

 “Matthew!”

 “I have been waiting for this day for a long time.”

 …

Snake Mountain Castle is located at the junction of the Northland Icefields and the Far East.

 The snowy peaks that spread thousands of miles above the ice sheet gradually melted and turned into low hills and basins.

 Large expanses of swamps surround volcanoes that roar intermittently.

 One of the most famous is Mount Elmore, which erupted violently 19 times in ten years.

 The harsh environment has made this area a no-man’s land in the northeast of Irondor.

 Especially after the invasion from the outer planes many years ago.

 The Ring of Aimol volcano has become even more sparsely populated.

 However, the sparse human population does not mean that other animal populations are not active.

 In fact.

The Ring of Aimol volcanic zone is as rich in species as the tropical rainforest.

Most of these species are active in a series of swamps on the backside of the volcano.

These humble beings seeking a chance of survival in the rotting mire can see the floating castle suspended in the crater of Elmore as soon as they raise their heads.

　That is the floating city "Snake Mountain Castle" built by the legendary mage Ekmund.

“It turns out that the legend of Pumpkin Valley is true.”

Matthew stood on the tower of Snake Mountain Castle, looking at a large canyon in the southeast.

 There is a thick fog that lingers all year round on the canyon.

 What’s even weirder is.

The color of the mist is sometimes light green and sometimes pink, giving people an extremely dangerous feeling.

Matthew saw a large number of giant pumpkins at the edge of the canyon fog zone.

 Every ten minutes.

There will be a pocket wyvern or wyvern swooping down from the eastern cliff.

 If they are lucky enough.

 Then successfully grab a ripe and rotten pumpkin from the edge of the canyon.

 But if you are unlucky.

They may be controlled by the mysterious force field in the canyon, and in the end, despite all their efforts, they can only watch their bodies being "dragged" into the mist.

 It didn’t take long.

 There will be an extra ripe and rotten giant pumpkin in the canyon.

 Because it’s far away.

Matthew can only make a preliminary judgment that there are one or more weird magic ceremony sites in the valley.

  The areas involved in ceremonial venues are related to life magic or otherworldly magic.

This may be one of the projects Eckmond is working on.

　　Recalling the horror stories about Pumpkin Valley and even Pumpkin People that were circulated in the Alliance for a certain period of time.

Matthew felt a little shuddering.

 It’s just the right moment.

 A group of black-winged mages that looked like giant crows flew through the air corridor below the tower.

Matthew saw them suddenly tighten their arms, making them stick to the sides of their chest and abdomen like fish fins. Then, the group of mages flying high in the sky seemed to be swimming like fish!

They only need to shake their waists and legs slightly, and the flight formation formed by everyone can advance smoothly like a torpedo.

Matthew couldn’t even feel the magic wave from it!

That group of black-winged mages should be training some kind of collective flight technique.

 In a blink of an eye, they disappeared from Matthew's sight.

A clear and loud bell rang from the direction of the castle's bell tower.

quickly.

A group of magic apprentices wearing uniforms walked out of the crescent-shaped door of the ancient building.

They carry thick scrolls or books under their arms, and each goblin servant behind them is struggling to drag a small cart filled with various sizes of cauldrons and magical equipment.

 Matthew glanced at it.

Most apprentices’ crucibles contain pig skins, lilies, ribweed, and some purple-red powder.

 “She must have just finished the potions class on making a slow potion.”

Matthew’s mind came to mind with the knowledge he had learned while cramming in basic skills some time ago.

 Then he saw that most of the apprentices were hurriedly walking through the long corridor and a spiral staircase to the large restaurant on the second floor.

 far apart.

Matthew could smell the strong aroma wafting from the restaurant.

It was the smell of butter bread and roasted suckling pig mixed together.

 He saw some apprentices studying hard even while eating.

 Of course there are some young men and women taking advantage of the rare break to relax.

Just ten minutes.

Matthew saw at least a dozen pairs of men and women coming in and out of the student lounge, which was only separated from the cafeteria by a corridor.

 Even if they occasionally bump into each other at the door of the lounge.

They just looked at each other and smiled.

 Then everyone goes about his or her own business. not far away.

A young magic teacher is introducing his newly summoned partner to the seven or eight girls surrounding him—

That is a huge and amazingly fat flying elephant.

 The young teacher seemed very attentive.

Those female students may not be very beautiful, but they are all full of youthfulness.

 They gathered together and made some exclamations from time to time.

 The young teacher's face showed a proud expression involuntarily.

 On the west lawn.

 A few unlucky guys who were punished in class were working hard to clean up the horse manure.

However, the Eckmund Academy of Magic raises strong and powerful astral war horses.

These war horses are not only violent, but also have a very naughty character.

 They are clearly well versed in human nature.

Looking at the apprentices shoveling all the **** away.

Just when they breathed a sigh of relief.

 Suddenly there was a popping sound in my ears again.

 The faces of the apprentices suddenly showed expressions of despair again.

 Fortunately, it is now.

 A very pretty girl ran over and announced that the teacher's punishment for them was over.

Then the unlucky ones who made the mistake suddenly cheered.

 On the contrary, the war horses became obviously displeased.

That scene fell into Matthew’s eyes.

 A feeling of envy suddenly welled up deep in his heart:

 “It’s great to be a student!”

 Although it is also very hard.

 But it doesn’t seem that hard…

  Matthew's emotion did not last long.

 Three minutes later.

Someone led Matthew through the teleportation array on the top of the tower and teleported directly to the observation deck at the highest point of Snake Mountain Castle.

 After greeting several apprentices responsible for guarding this place.

 Matthew finally succeeded in meeting Ekmund...

The projection of  .

no way.

Ekmund himself is still staring at the movement in the star realm on the eternal barrier.

 In fact, he has the ability to cast the projection directly in front of Matthew.

  But I don’t know why.

This time, Ekmund insisted on letting Matthew come to his territory.

 Matthew is asking for help from others.

Of course I can only agree.

 “I’m glad you came to me.”

“I know that although you can’t say you have changed your mind, your opinion of me must have changed, right?”

 On the observatory.

Eckmund looked at Matthew with a smile.

Matthew was silent for a moment and then replied:

 “The situation in the alliance is not as good as I imagined.”

Ekmund then said:

 “Not only is it not that good, it’s simply terrible!”

“We are always on the verge of destruction—

 I'm not making excuses for myself.

 But morality, haha, that thing is the noble product of civilization in peacetime.

 The situation we face now is neither civilized nor peaceful.

As you can see.

 All enemies want to eat us..."

 Matthew nodded slightly.

After a trip to the sampan plane, Matthew more intuitively understood the undisguised contempt and hostility of life in the astral world towards life in the main material world.

That kind of hostility is almost unreasonable.

　　 is the purest.

　　also the most barbaric.

It’s like going back to the ancient barbaric period——

Perhaps this is how the world has always been.

 It’s just that the existence of permanent barriers makes many people living in the material world naively imagine that peace will really exist forever.

 “I’ve actually always wanted to know something.”

Matthew asked sincerely:

“Whether it’s the void or the outer plane, why does everyone want to enter the main material realm?”

“Of course I understand that the main material world is beautiful, but why is it worth paying so much for them? Even if they have to pay their lives, they still want to invade us?”

Eckmund heard this and replied seriously:

“The void world is unclear, and the outer plane is so eager for the material world. In my opinion, there are three main reasons.”

“First, the beings in the astral world today were actually part of the sentient beings in Ain in more ancient times.

 It’s just in the early stages of plane differentiation.

 They failed against the alliance of trolls and gods.

 Hence they were exiled.

In the end, he had no chance to touch the material world with abundant water and grass, and could only seek an inch of living space in the star realm with a worse environment.

 For these races.

 They also consider themselves to be natives of the material world. The environment of the astral world has tempered their bodies, making them stronger than before.

They are eager to wash away the humiliation of their ancestors and regain the most fertile land in the material world. "

"Second, the environment of the star realm is too unstable. Many outer planes may be habitable for a certain period of time, but suddenly the environment will change drastically due to external stimulation, resulting in population or species collapse. extinction event.

 Hence, all astral forces will take the initiative to seek a retreat after they develop and grow.

 The closer to the material world, the more stable the plane structure will be, and the changes in environment and climate will not be so extreme.

 Hence, the involvement of the astral beings in the material world is an instinctive behavior.

 Sometimes they really just want to be a little closer.

 It just accumulates over time.

 Getting closer becomes crossing the line. "

“Third, and most importantly, an odd number of celestial changes are coming, and the entire multiverse will endure countless rounds of unknown impacts. The earth may be torn apart, and the sky may cease to exist.

Some people even believe that half of the existing planes of the star realm will evaporate, and the rest will be severely torn apart.

 Only the main material realm is the most stable.

Even if it is torn apart, it will not completely collapse like the outer plane.

 This is one of the reasons why they are eager to return. "

Matthew silently:

 “So it’s all about survival.”

Ekmund nodded:

"indeed so."

"Of course, you don't have to feel pity for them because of this. The creatures in the star world have very different values ​​and cognitions from us. They pursue the extreme law of the jungle and the strong, and they lie and go back on their promises. At least for the Alliance, most of them None of the star forces are worth cooperating with because they are so mean..."

 “Of course, they don’t think so themselves.”

Matthew looked at Ekmund with some confusion:

“Are you worried that this undead natural disaster will make me feel guilty?”

Ekmund blinked:

“I just want to tell you that I, like you, have imagined a world where there is no brutal struggle and all living things cooperate with each other.”

“Even today, I am one of the few people in the alliance who is willing to cooperate with the gods.”

“But in fact, I feel quite pessimistic about the path of cooperation.”

Matthew became interested:

"Why?"

 “Because the other mages don’t agree?”

Ekmund shook his head:

 “This is just a superficial reason.”

“In the final analysis, it is because of the existence of extraordinary power in this world.”

Matthew looked attentive.

Ekmund explains:

“Once a person possesses extraordinary power, he will lose his awe.”

“Imagine, if you are just an ordinary person, and you encounter something that is a little unbalanced, you will most likely choose to tolerate it—

Although this incident makes you feel very unhappy, what you have lost is only a slight benefit, and it will cause some emotional fluctuations, so it is okay to endure it for a while.

 But once you have extraordinary power.

 Do you think you will still choose to tolerate it?

No.

impossible.

 Supernatural power makes people's tolerance for pain and discomfort drop off a cliff.

 As long as you feel a little bit unhappy.

 You will want to vent your anger through violence.

 This is the terrifying thing about extraordinary power.

 Strength does make you stronger.

 But it also fundamentally distorts your personality.

This distortion is common.

 There are almost no exceptions.

 So long as there is such a group of beings with twisted personalities and extraordinary powers in this world.

 Whether they are mages, gods, devils, devils or whatever.

 They will definitely fight each other to pieces.

 The greater the extraordinary power of the individual.

　　The intensity of the fighting between each other will be higher, and the resulting disaster will be more terrifying.

 The extraordinary world is like this.

 There can be no situation of peaceful coexistence.

 It’s never possible! "

These words are obviously Ekmund’s heartfelt words.

Matthew was deeply moved after hearing this.

 Haunted Matthew's response.

 Ekmund continued talking to himself:

“So if you want to create a world where all races coexist peacefully, you must completely eliminate the extraordinary power in this world!”

“When I visited Cyber ​​Dragon many years ago, an artificer proposed to me such a concept of the world—

　　It was a world without magic. Everyone was an ordinary person. At most, some people were stronger and some were thinner. The power gap between individuals would not be very large. "

“In that kind of world, because there is no magic, other things will be developed to improve production efficiency, such as the technology of cyber dragons and cloud elves.”

“Because there is no supernatural power, people are no longer aggressive and aggressive. Even if they lose their temper, they will not hurt each other’s lives.”

 “People can spend their energy and time exploring supernatural powers on better things.”

“Under this premise, as long as we can find a way to provide enough food, clothing and shelter, and at most add a little entertainment, the world will become a beautiful place..."

Matthew shook his head subconsciously:

"Not too possible…"

Ekmund stared at him with bright eyes:

"Why do you say that?"

Matthew hesitated for a moment and said calmly:

“There was no magic in the world I lived in.”

“Compared to Irondor, it’s certainly not a bad environment, but it’s not as beautiful as you might imagine.”

Ekmond frowned, seeming a little disappointed.

 Matthew also fell into silence.

A few minutes later.

Ekmund then cleared his throat:

 “Let’s get down to business.”

“Alexander secretly sent me a message saying that the Lord of the Void may have left a small gift on you?”

Matthew's nerves suddenly became tense.

 Alexander is indeed from Ekmund!

This guy has gone to the star realm and still maintains such a close connection with Ekmund.

“Don’t be nervous, Alexander has no ill intentions, he just hopes that I can help you.”

Eckmund smiled and said:

 “After all, I have something like this in me.”

 While speaking.

 His brows lit up with a faint blue light.

at that moment.

Matthew’s eyebrows resonated strongly with it!

 Two faint blue lights focused together.

 The white sky turned into an eternal starry night at this moment!

 …

 Hint: You have noticed that Ekmund possesses "Void Bloodline (King Level!"

 …

 “I didn’t expect you to be one level higher than me!”

Ekmund laughed at himself:

“That’s right, I shamelessly went to the Lord of the Void to ask for it.”

"And you, you are the Lord of the Void who took the initiative to send me to my door."

“Of course the treatment is different.”

Matthew asked in a deep voice:

 “What exactly is different about me?”

“Why would the Lord of the Void take the initiative to give me this kind of thing?”

Ekmund looked at him meaningfully:

“Only you know the answer to this question.”

“If you are still confused now, it is not yet time.”

“The urgent thing now is that you have to realize that this gift is a double-edged sword—

It can cause you a lot of trouble.

 But it will also open the door to a new world for you. "

 “Let’s talk about the trouble first.”

“First of all, the existence of void bloodline will attract attacks from void creatures, but this problem is not serious, because very few void creatures can penetrate into the main material world. There may be more in the future, but it shouldn’t be that fast.”

"Secondly, don't think that the void bloodline will only take effect after death. This thing has been eating away at your elemental layer all the time since it entered your body. Once your material elements are completely depleted, you will be with Death is no different, and it is directly transformed into a void creature!"

 “This is the most deadly trouble!”

 “Of course, I also have a ready-made solution here.”

 Said.

 A magic book with a strange pattern on the cover floated in front of Matthew.

 “Just master this spell.”

“Eating a deer or a wolf every three months, which is a creature of similar size, can counteract the cannibalization of the Void Bloodline on you.”

 “And you can benefit from it.”

Eckmund said slowly.

Matthew took the magic book and looked at it carefully.

 …

  Hint: You have obtained a magic book, which records "Alien Magic: The Parasitic Skull"!

Note: Ekmund once used this spell to swallow the astral remains of the five-color dragon **** Baruch..."

 …

 (End of this chapter)