A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

Chapter 392 Ash Funnel and Weapon Master

 …

When Matthew arrived near Gray Lake, the first thing he did was to drive away the creatures nearby.

 The number of Wood Elves near the Mark of the Dead is relatively sparse.

 Except for those out-of-control losers, normal wood elves are unlikely to wander here.

  But except for intelligent life.

The numerous species that are ubiquitous in Jade Cangting may also stray into the vicinity of Gray Lake.

Though nature would make these beings wary of Gray Lake.

But the sudden ash monster may rob the lives of approaching animals in an instant.

 This will cause the power of Ember to rise.

  After Matthew started working on the Mark of the Dead project, he put forward requirements for security management and biological dispersal near the southern city wall.

 The elves are pretty cooperative in this regard.

 But before that.

 The work of expelling nearby creatures is also performed by the city gate guards.

 But things are different now.

The situation in Jade Cangting is turbulent, and many important positions are facing a serious shortage of manpower.

City gate guards are no exception.

When Matthew went to find someone, he found that the original guard post was in a mess and empty.

Without any choice.

 He could only find the Wind Chaser who was still trying to maintain order.

finally.

 It was a Moonlight squad from the Wind Chasers that took over this duty.

 They sent 6 elves Yueyao to be responsible for the large-scale evacuation of the creatures near Gray Lake.

 After confirming the safety around Gray Lake.

Matthew asked the apprentice responsible for tracking to return to the camp.

He also ordered a few mage assistants who were relatively capable at work to prepare some cold rhododendrons and condensation potions—

 The gray lake boils with varying degrees of intensity.

Every time it is strong, the ground near Jade Cangting will tremble slightly.

 It’s also a blessing that there are so many trees nearby.

 The root systems of many old trees have penetrated one to two hundred meters underground.

 It is the existence of these woods that firmly protects this land.

 Otherwise, this area would not be suitable for life at all.

Just three earthquakes a month is enough.

 As for the situation and emergency response on boiling day.

Matthew left it to his men to plan.

 Originally, he did not have high expectations for these people who were interested in the project.

 But since his return from the sampan plane.

 Several independent mage assistants have actually developed several strategies to stabilize the gray lake on the boiling day.

One of the plans is to reduce the intensity of the gray lake boiling by investing in ice element materials led by Leng Lingshi, coupled with high-strength coagulants.

After reading it, Matthew led others to conduct a small experiment.

 Found that this plan can indeed effectively solve the boiling situation of Gray Lake, and set this plan as a regular plan, and then prepared a lot of related materials in the mage camp.

During this process.

 Matthew also felt the benefit of having someone under his command—

Many mages with professional backgrounds actually have no worse theoretical knowledge than Matthew.

 What they lack is resources and opportunities.

 If you can know people and make good use of them.

 Matthew himself will feel a lot more relaxed and can devote his precious energy to more important undertakings——

  For example, plant a tree.

While the mage assistants are returning to the camp to prepare cold stone and other related supplies.

Matthew came to the Gray Lake alone.

 As soon as he got close.

A strong force of ash slapped his face wantonly.

　　With the boiling and rolling in the middle of the gray lake.

 Large tracts of Mars are shaking outward.

 Mars are wrapped in mud, emitting a strong smell like a mixture of sulfur and silt.

The smell is revolting and vomiting at first.

 I’ve been smelling it for a long time.

 Matthew actually found it a bit charming!

 “What a pure power of ashes…”

Matthew looked at the boundary that was constantly trying to expand by the gray lake, looked at the scattered sparks and silt, and felt that as he got closer, the impact from the domain level became more and more fierce!

 Strictly speaking.

 The pure power of void cannot penetrate into the material world.

 Because void and matter are a pair of antonyms.

Hence, the tentacle projected by the Lord of the Void, Euclus, on the earth is not the incarnation of the power of the void, but the closest realm to the void that he can find in the material world—

 Ashes.

 The so-called ashes.

  It is the state of a certain moment after the flames of soul and matter have sublimated to the extreme.

 It is in the realm of Ashes controlled by Ukruth.

 Time is frozen.

 All matter is in a state of ashes, and is somewhere between burning and extinguished. The conditions can be described as quite harsh.

in turn.

Matthew can also glean the true meaning of the void realm from the ashes in front of him.

 He was walking alone by the lake, unaffected by the ashes in the sky.

He has a realm of negative energy, and he also has the authority of the undead.

These are enough for Matthew to be alone in the realm of ashes.

Even so.

 Even though he was so close, he still felt the terrifying power of the ashes.

 It is a feeling of annihilation of all things.

 Just feel it gently.

can inspire the deepest fear of the universe and void in human blood.

 At this time.

Matthew's ears suddenly sounded like voices that sounded both human and inhuman:

 “Are you angry?”

 “Then destroy!”

 “Destroy everything!”

 “Kill! Kill! Kill!”

　　With an inspiration, he immediately blocked out those crazy ravings.

Matthew’s eyes were a little uncertain.

 Because it was when he heard those babbles.

 In the middle of Gray Lake.

The huge phoenix egg was exposed in the air as the lake boiled violently.

 Matthew saw it very clearly.

Most of the phoenix egg's shell was corroded by the power of ash, and a yellow and black liquid layer was formed.

 The inside of the fluid layer is a clear, tear-like liquid.

The depths of the liquid flickered with bright flames.

 The flame is dark red.

 Unfortunately, the scene was fleeting and the phoenix egg sank quickly.

 …

“Warning: You have listened to the oracle from the “Killing Realm”!

Keep listening, and you will have the opportunity to enter the realm of killing, but in the process your own will may be interfered with by the will to kill..."

 …

 The killing field?

 Matthew was thoughtful.

 Ashes and killing are not two fields that are particularly closely related.

 But if you add destruction in the middle.

 The three fields can still be linked together.

 But the problem is.

  There seems to be no so-called **** of killing in the history of Irondor.

Matthew rummaged through his mind and found only a few gods whose clergy were related to killing, such as the God of Murder, but there was a significant difference between murder and killing.

 It is impossible for those gods who are so sensitive to the definition and explanation of concepts to make mistakes in this regard.

 Since there is not even a **** of killing.

Where did the oracle come from?

“Could it be that a creature born with the priesthood of killing was born in that phoenix egg?”

“Is Tyrast influenced by him and his own will has deviated?”

Matthew thought secretly.

He tried to get closer to the depths of Gray Lake—

 He did not dare to use the magic carpet, but relied on the legendary flying skill to slowly approach the phoenix egg in the middle of the lake.

 And in this process.

Matthew can clearly feel that there is a negative energy field and the power of the undead to protect his body.

 The pressure he faced was also increasing.

 It seemed as if even the boundaries of his domain were being eroded by the power of ashes.

 A certain moment.

 Matthew felt that he could go no further.

 Keep going like this.

 He may not be able to defend his territory.

 And that place is only about thirty meters away from the phoenix egg in the center.

 This result made Matthew feel regretful.

 But he still strictly abided by discipline and chose to retreat without hesitation.

 Just evacuated more than ten meters.

suddenly.

Matthew’s brows became hot.

He knew something was wrong, but the reaction of the void bloodline and the power of ashes was so violent that it instantly overwhelmed all external realms!

 In the blood.

 A burst of energy spurted out, and the related memories were deeply imprinted into Matthew's mind.

 After that moment.

 The surrounding ashes become less stressful.

Instead, it turned into an energy that made him feel very kind!

 …

 Hint: Your Void bloodline resonates with the Ashes Realm!

 You have mastered the new ability "Ember Funnel" from Void Bloodline.

 Ashes Funnel: You can use the power of Void Bloodline to dissolve the power of ash and obtain a large amount of soul dust.

Soul Dust: Through the creation method, you can fuse soul dust with incomplete spirituality to obtain a large number of high-quality soul crystals! "

 …

The ash hopper activates itself.

 In an instant.

There are six more void funnels around Matthew, up, down, left, front and back.

 All ashes passing through the funnel will turn into traces of gray-white dust.

The dust looks a bit like ashes.

  But lighter than ashes.

 Faced with this situation.

Matthew felt happy and worried at the same time.

What I like is that the new ability can eliminate the ashes in the gray lake, and there is also the opportunity to transform the items after the solution into a high -quality soul crystal

Worryingly, in the resonance just now, he could feel the void between his eyebrows becoming slightly wider.

 Although not serious.

 But Matthew seriously doubted that every time he used the Ash Funnel, the Void Bloodline would eat away at him more!

By then it’s hard to say whether Ekmund’s alien spells can really have a containment effect!

But Matthew is also a decisive person.

Seeing that the ash funnel has been activated, a large amount of soul dust has been produced beside him.

So he took out the storage items to collect these soul dust.

While relying on the dissolving power of the ash funnel, he walked towards the phoenix egg.

 It didn’t take long.

Matthew then came to the tumbling phoenix egg.

 The temperature here is actually not high.

 But when Matthew looked at the phoenix egg, he always felt like his skin was being burned.

 This is the egg of the divine phoenix.

soon.

 Matthew's eyes were slightly calm.

 Because this egg is completely dead in his eyes!

 Even the crimson flame in the center of the egg.

It's just the projection of the divine phoenix left in the egg. It's not even spirituality, let alone a soul!

“Those sounds just now did not come out of the phoenix egg.”

 “They come from somewhere else! Huh? Is there something down there?”

Relying on the power of the ash funnel, Matthew broke through the thick and bulging lake surface and carefully sank downwards.

 Over the slowly rolling phoenix egg.

  Matthew found a basement-like space beneath it!

 The ceiling of the basement has been riddled with holes by some force, and streaks of golden light leak out from it at any time.

 The phoenix egg is directly above the basement.

Every impact of the golden light will cause the gray lake to surge violently and the phoenix eggs to roll!

“The source of the boiling gray lake is the power in the basement?”

 Matthew was extremely surprised.

He tried to move closer, but found that he was being repelled by several forces of unknown origin!

Those powers are very domineering, but their attributes have nothing to do with the Lord of the Void.

“Can you actually create your own space in the realm of ashes?”

 Matthew was even more surprised.

He activated the perspective technique and superimposed the balance perception, and finally saw the situation in the basement clearly after a few minutes—

 That is an oval underground stone chamber.

 It’s not so much a stone chamber.

 It is better to look like a huge stone basin buried in the soil.

The ceiling above the stone basin has been corroded by various forces, but the materials around it and underneath are intact and have not been affected by the power of ashes at all.

 In the center of the stone basin.

Matthew saw something quite familiar, it was a stone pillar rising into the sky!

The bottom of the stone pillar is flat, the periphery is rounded, and the top has a bulge like a giant mushroom. It is almost exactly the same as the stone pillar that Matthew saw in the troll underground palace to store the Crown of Sin!

 When Matthew stared at the stone pillar.

 He vaguely saw the outline of a sharp sword in the stone pillar!

 …

　　　　　Warning: You have found the lost artifact "The Sword of Killing"! "

 …

　　followed by.

Matthew saw wisps of golden shadows around the stone pillars again.

Those thin shadows moved too fast, like strips of loaches, sometimes appearing on the stone wall of the stone basin, sometimes wandering on the ceiling full of holes.

The golden light Matthew saw before was caused by these small shadows.    He looked carefully.

　That's when I realized that those tiny golden shadows were actually golden koi fish!

Matthew could tell at a glance that these koi were not creatures from Irondor.

They are most likely from the Eastern Continent!

 He observed for a few more minutes.

 A certain moment.

Those koi carps suddenly jumped up from different angles—

Matthew's ears heard the sound of a dragon roaring like a roaring mountain and a tsunami.

　　followed by.

　　The projection of the five-clawed celestial dragon is reflected on the ceiling!

　　Boom!

The somewhat blurry projection of the heavenly dragon angrily penetrated the ceiling with its claws and dug hard into the bottom of the phoenix egg. The latter immediately bounced up and then rolled in the gray lake, but finally rolled back. And pressed firmly on the mud pot!

 The five-clawed dragon beat the ceiling angrily.

  But quickly.

The golden shadow dissipated again and turned into countless tiny koi carp. They began to wander quickly around the most important stone pillar.

During this process.

  Matthew seemed to hear the murmurs from the killing field again!

 …

“Warning: You have discovered a section of the sealed soul of the Heavenly Dragon. It is eager to break free from the seals of the “Sword of Killing” and the “Void Tentacle”, and is eager to return to the Seven Stars of the Abyss!

The Dragon Soul discovered you and tried to interfere with your will—

 You (Divinity +3) are immune to the will interference of the Dragon Soul! "

 …

 When undergoing the interference of the will of the Heavenly Dragon Soul.

Matthew could clearly feel the irritability, anger and hostility.

 Even though the saving throw was accomplished by virtue of the divinity in hand.

 But he still did not dare to be careless.

 Exited the Gray Lake in one breath!

　　Until about five kilometers away from Gray Lake, Matthew stopped and took a breath.

 He can feel it.

The will interference from the Heavenly Dragon Soul has finally come to an end.

 This journey of exploration can be described as a big surprise.

Matthew’s brain was spinning rapidly, and soon he figured out the most crucial part of it:

“The phoenix egg rolling in the gray lake is because the sleeping dragon soul wants to break through the original seal and return to the Seven Stars of the Abyss.”

"Since the Five-clawed Heavenly Dragon and the Lord of the Void are competitors in the same ecological niche, the latter certainly did not want to see the Five-clawed Heavenly Dragon return to its throne easily, so after the seal of Gray Lake was loosened, they used warlocks to bewitch the wood elves to take Phoenix away. The egg was thrown in, which is a secondary reinforcement of the seal!"

“Sure enough, I said it’s impossible for the wood elf to throw the phoenix egg in for no reason...”

 Matthew’s eyes sparkled.

 What is certain now is—

 Phoenix Egg is indeed dead;

The oracle that Matthew heard from the realm of killing should have come from the stone pillar in the center of the stone basin. To be precise, it was the artifact Sword of Killing in the stone pillar;

It seems that the personality of the Sword of Killing is not under the control of the Five-clawed Heavenly Dragon and the Lord of the Void. Otherwise, under the increasing corruption of these two existences, it would have been impossible to survive alone.

 “The killing sword may be the first seal against the soul of Tianlong.”

 “The Tentacles of Ucruz may be the second time.”

“The phoenix egg was added temporarily for the third time!”

"According to this line of thinking, when the warlock Lance bewitched the Elf Queen to give birth to the Mark of the Dead, it was not just to occupy a place in the material world, but more likely to slow down the return of the Five-clawed Heavenly Dragon!"

 Considering that the return of the Five-clawed Heavenly Dragon is very likely to accelerate the advent of odd-numbered heavenly changes.

 Look at it this way.

 The Lord of the Void did a good thing instead?

 Matthew felt a little confused about whether to laugh or cry.

Of course, he also knows very well that at their level, every move is for their own ambitions, and they can no longer judge the other party's position based on pure good or bad.

 “Fortunately I didn’t blow up the lake directly…”

“If that’s true, the Soul of Heavenly Dragon will probably be liberated, and the Seven Stars of Yuanzi will also usher in the third lighted star.”

 Matthew was a little lucky.

He thought about it again and felt that his reasoning should not be too wrong.

 But there are still many questions about the details.

 For example, let’s talk about the origin of the killing sword;

And why is the storage method of the sword so similar to Guilty Crown? Is the Sword of Slaughter also related to the Troll God?

Even whether the return of the five-clawed dragon and the lighting of the seven stars of Yuanzi are really related to the odd number of celestial changes is just a guess.

 In the absence of clear information, no matter what kind of decision is made, it is risky.

Matthew stood there thinking for a full twenty minutes.

 A thought suddenly came to his mind:

“In fact, the Trace of the Dead project can also be transformed into a long-term operation project.”

“Whether from the perspective of interests or reality, this decision is much better than reckless bombing.”

"I just don't know what Tyrast and the alliance's senior management think so. If I can convince them to agree, then I can streamline the team after the Umbrella 2.0 is completely completed, leaving only a few people to be responsible for daily operations and maintenance, and then we can Convert this project into a long-term project that can be completely solved in other ways at some point in the future?”

 Have to admit it.

This idea is much more tempting than simply blowing up the Mark of the Dead.

 The latter is to make a fortune and leave.

 The former is equivalent to raising a chicken that lays golden eggs.

And you can also pick up the wool of the wood elves from time to time—

The premise is that the situation in Jade Cangting does not continue to deteriorate.

But Matthew also knew it very well.

The necromancers in White Rock City probably had the same idea as him.

 But they failed.

 There may be concerns about the Necromancer being corrupted by the Lord of the Void.

 But here we are at Matthew.

This problem seems to be solved—

 After all, he has been booked by the Void World in advance, and there is no possibility of being corrupted again...

“I don’t know if the alliance’s senior leaders are aware of the existence of the Five-clawed Heavenly Dragon and the Sword of Killing.”

Matthew murmured in his mind.

 Subsequently, the mage assistants brought the materials to the Gray Lake. Matthew immediately put a large amount of cold stone and condensed potion into the lake. No additional spells were needed, and the boiling Gray Lake became much calmer.

“The cold stone and the condensation potion should physically alleviate the frequency of the five-clawed dragon’s impact on the seal. It is a temporary solution rather than a permanent solution. If you want to operate for a long time, you must find a way to solve the problem of the soul of the dragon.”

 After confirming that Gray Lake has returned to calm.

 Matthew returned to Windward Valley in deep thought.

What he discovered in Gray Lake today involved a lot of hidden knowledge. He had to go to the Crucible House and asked 177 to help him check it out.

 At night.

He received a private message from Rega. Relying on his high contribution, the latter completely used the guild badge as a chat software and sent Matthew a lot of text.

 Matthew gave a rough overview of the book at a glance.

The main content of the private message still mentioned the progress of the establishment of Rolling Stone City—

The Southern Magistrate Corps indeed has miraculous construction capabilities.

According to Rhaegar, the inner city has been built, and the basic structure of the outer city and the "Sky Barrier" surrounding Rolling Stone City has also been completed.

 It will be officially completed in June.

By then, Rolling Stone Town will become an extremely majestic city, and a lot of land in the city will be opened to the outside world in batches and entrusted to various people for their own development.

Rega said.

In order to build the new Rolling Stone City, he already owed a large sum of money to the Southern French Legion.

 This money will be repaid with part of Rolling Stone's future earnings.

 But that would still take a full 60 years.

It can be seen that although the mages are efficient in doing things, their fees are also appalling.

But Rhaegar felt that the money was well spent.

  New Rolling Stone City is a super megacity - or a city agglomeration - that can accommodate a population of 300,000 to 500,000 people.

 The city is divided into various functional areas, and it is completely an independent fortress that can be self-sufficient under extreme conditions.

 The only problem is.

 The population of Rolling Stone Town is still too small!

　　When preparing for the Battle of Moss Green Hills, Matthew knew that the population of Rolling Stone Town was only over 10,000 at full count.

Now after absorbing part of the population of High Leaf Collar, Golden Fertile Field and Red Earth Mountain.

 The population of Rolling Stone City has reached just over 30,000.

 The rapidly expanding population has posed a great challenge to the original order of Rolling Stone Town.

 Many people came to Rhaegar to complain.

 But Rhaegar was sober.

 He believes that the short-term pain caused by population expansion will pass sooner or later.

And if he wants to develop Rolling Stone City into one of the best cities in the south, he needs more people!

 There is not enough population.

  What the Southern Division Division Corps built was just a castle in the air.

 The so-called kingdom of rolling stones.

  It is just a vassal that exists purely relying on the power of the mage.

 The current Rolling Stone City actually has a very good population inflow rate.

  But it is still far from what Rhaegar expected.

He asked Matthew in a private message if there was any way to quickly increase the population.

also.

 He also emphasized this in his letter.

If nothing else happens, the Rolling Stone Kingdom will be announced at the end of July. There will be a founding ceremony and many other ceremonies to be carried out. I hope Matthew will not miss it no matter what.

 “Ask the Necromancer about ways to increase the population, and you will be the one!”

Matthew complained silently.

But he does have a way. In addition to vigorously introducing immigrants, he also holds the field of reproduction and the exuberant aura that can stimulate fertility.

 Taking a long-term perspective.

 There is no need to worry about the population of Rolling Stone Town.

 As for the founding ceremony of the Rolling Stone Kingdom.

  “In July…”

 “You should be able to participate.”

Matthew filled in a number of memo notes for himself to avoid being careless and forgetting the important things.

 The next few days were calm in the Jade Cangting.

 The horrors of Tyrast's slaughter slowed to a crawl.

 In fact.

More than three thousand wood elves have died in his hands.

 This is compared to the entire Wood Elf community.

  It is already the number of five percent.

　Today, Terraste has become the embodiment of terror in the city.

 Worship him for his gift.

The order of production and life in Jade Cangting has completely collapsed.

 At least half of the wood elves chose to flee.

They left the Jade Garden, some fled to the edge of the forest, some went to the vicinity of Rapids, and some even returned to the more dangerous Garden of Fallen Leaves.

 The remaining elves.

 Most of them are gentle and submissive people.

 They were helpless against Terraste's rule and finally chose to reconcile with themselves.

 Matthew heard.

Some wood elves with flexible ideas have proposed that some tree houses can be built on the edge of the Jade Cangting for elderly people over 600 years old who are unwilling to enter the Secret Light Jungle to live.

 Some people think that we can cooperate with Rapids and other large cities to give the exiled elderly elves a place where they can enjoy their old age.

In their view.

With the superiority of elves, it is not difficult to get a decent position in a human city-state.

These plans are circulating in the streets and have not yet been formally proposed by anyone with weight.

 But anyone with a discerning eye can see the change in the direction of the wind in the Jade Cangting.

Tarast wiped out some of the people by force;

 Scared away some people;

The current Jade Cangting is finally completely decided by him!

soon.

 Matthew received an important piece of news—

 Five days later.

 That is the morning of June 10th.

Tarast will personally send the first batch of elven elders over 600 years old into the Secret Light Jungle.

 It is said that these old elves are all voluntary.

 This is a very important ceremony.

 Thalaste sent a message to Matthew through Banna.

 Hope he can participate.

Matthew naturally would not refuse.

He is actually also very interested in the Secret Light Jungle, the legendary ancient refuge of the wood elves.

 Hence the time and day were recorded.

 Then go about your own business.

  The morning of June 6th.

  Matthew came to the Crucible House again and asked 177 about the results of the data he had been asked to investigate last time.

  177 said leisurely:

“You are right, Matthew, there has never been a **** named the God of Slaughter in Irondor.”

“Historically, most of the killing priests of Irondor were in the hands of foreigners.”

“The first master of the Killing Priest was the demon lord of the Abyss, Stormwind;

 The second one was Philipchi, a famous evil spirit in history;

The third owner of the Killing Priest is a powerful **** from Tianlun Palace.

 But killing is not his main ministry.

guess who he is? "

Matthew thought for a while:

 “The God of Murder?”

  177 shook his head:

 “It’s better not to put the rats in the sewer on the countertop.”

Matthew asked again:

 “Vasnov?”

  177 showed a look of disdain:

“In my opinion, the second-generation God of War is just a little better than the sewer rats…”

 Matthew is in trouble:

“I don’t know much about gods, any tips?”

  177 blinked:

 “There is a realm in you that is strongly related to that god!”

 Matthew was even more in trouble:

 “Which field are you talking about?”

 “I have a lot of areas…”

 But suddenly he understood:

 “You mean Gerald, the sun god?”

  177 nodded with satisfaction:

 “It is He.”

“Gerald obtained the priesthood of killing a long time ago. At that time, some people speculated that he would become a **** through the method of killing, but unexpectedly, this kid held it in for a long time and finally chose the priesthood of the sun.”

“But the priesthood of killing is indeed always in his hands.”

“The killing sword you asked me to help investigate is also one of Gerald’s special weapons.”

 Matthew was a little confused:

 “But I heard that there is also a sun **** spear?”

 “What kind of weapons is the Sun God good at?”

  177 shrugged:

“Oh, the historical sun **** was a real weapons master. He liked all kinds of weapons.”

“It is said that in order to master as many weapons as possible, He developed thirty-two arms. This is to facilitate the use of them at the same time.”

“Of course, rumors are always exaggerated, but I don’t think the number of arms of the sun **** is less than sixteen.”

“Speaking of which, are you really not considering learning to be a weapons master?”

“The weapon master I’m talking about is the name of a high-level spell. After learning it, you can use multiple weapons at the same time, and you can also improve the proficiency of those weapons—”

“I see you have a lot of weapons on your back...”

 …

 (End of this chapter)