A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

Chapter 425 Suspicion in Snail Valley

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Jia Si Liwen actually escaped from prison?

Matthew couldn’t help but look up at Lorraine:

“Generally speaking, how reliable is this kind of gossip?”

Roland made a gesture:

 “Seventy percent!”

Matthew pursed his lips:

 “It’s higher than I thought.”

Roland smiled and shook his head:

 “70% of it is a rumor!”

“In the remaining 30%, there are only a few incidents where the truth is completely consistent with the news that has been circulated. Most of them are taken out of context and exaggerated.”

"In fact, as long as you can get to know a certain number of bards - it doesn't need to be too many, it just needs to be popular and spread in a specific area, then you can influence the gossip and gossip in that area to a certain extent. News stories don’t even require you to put in any extra thought. In the process of spreading, someone will naturally add fuel and jealousy to you, and eventually various versions will be derived..."

 Matthew stared.

It seems that the number of news channels is the same in every world.

 “So this might be a rumor?”

Matthew asked.

Roland rarely gave a clear answer:

"not sure."

"Generally speaking, the probability that an incident of this level is a rumor is much lower than that of ordinary news. After all, it involves a powerful character at the level of Lord Thousand Changes. If the matter is completely a rumor, it can easily be falsified. ”

“But it’s a bit too coincidental for such a tidbit to pop up at this point in time.”

“Personally, I tend to believe that it is a rumor deliberately spread by Terraste in order to cooperate with you in building momentum. This can increase your credibility in front of other members after you successfully bring ‘Jiasliwen’ back.”

 Matthew nodded slightly.

Loland's analysis is considered reasonable and well-founded.

 In fact, he also suspected that it was someone sent by Terraste who did it.

  No matter what.

He had to go to Snail Valley with Luo Lan to create a trace that he had been to Yongsong Forest on the surface.

However, going to Yongsong Forest is a very troublesome thing.

 During regular times.

 If you want to enter the territory of the night elves, you must be at least a core member of the Seven Saints Alliance.

 You must send a request for access through the Silver Council to the Night Elves' diplomatic bureau, the Midnight Flower.

 Then one to three working days later.

  In order to get a reply from Yongsong Forest.

Yongsong Forest usually does not reject applications from mages, but they will also send one or two night elves to follow them.

  Nominally a tour guide.

  In fact, it is to restrict the scope of human activities in Yonge Forest.

 Compared to the openness of Wood Elves.

Night elves live in almost total isolation from other humanoid societies.

  Relying on the unique resources and vast territory of Yonge Forest.

 They maintain the last dignity and pride of the elves.

 This is a group of intelligent beings that are difficult to deal with.

Even sea elves and wood elves are only slightly better than humans in the eyes of night elves.

 But night elves also have an advantage.

 Their royal family has sufficient and clear understanding of the outside world.

Although the clan has an indifferent and hostile attitude towards external forces including the Seven Saints Alliance.

However, the officials of Yonge Forest have reached a highly close cooperative relationship with the alliance.

 This is exactly the opposite of Jade Cangting.

 Change to normal times.

Matthew's visit to Snail Valley Prison must have been smooth sailing, especially after the Southern Magistrate Corps took over.

 But the current situation is.

High-level mages disappeared en masse, leaving the Silver Council with nothing to do but destroy.

 Matthew could not find a way to contact the night elves officially for a while—

　　Early when the abyssal army landed in the wasteland of rest.

Matthew has sent several warnings and letters asking for help to the Silver Council.

However, the Silver Council's answer is always the same "please handle it at your own discretion".

 Later, Fandal took the time to reply to Matthew with a useful message.

 He told Matthew.

Most of the Silver Council's first-tier councilors are busy dealing with the chaos on their own turf.

This all-round invasion of the abyss has made everyone anxious.

At the same time, it also exposed an extremely terrible hidden danger of the Seven Saints Alliance—

 After losing the top-level divine mage and high-level legend.

 The so-called alliance is nothing more than a ragtag group of people.

 What’s even more frightening is.

This situation is not completely impossible to happen.

Perhaps one day the gods, mages and legends will get tired of this kind of nannying for the weak.

At that time, if there is no more character similar to the Scourge Mage, it will appear.

The disintegration of the alliance is by no means alarmist.

 “Let’s ask Yu Qi first.”

“If you really have no choice, you can only break into the boundary of Yongge Forest once, and come out if you make some noise...”

　　thinking so.

 Matthew found the astrologer.

After hearing about Matthew’s intention, Yu Qi showed a hint of embarrassment:

 “If it was before the invasion of the abyss, then everything would be easy to handle.”

"But the current situation is tense. I heard that there is a lot of chaos over there in Snail Valley. Even if I lead the way, if we go to visit now, we may be turned away."

“The leader of the Southern Wizard Legion currently stationed in Snail Valley is the fire mage Nubis, who is known for his unkindness and selflessness. My rank is below him, and only Lady Vivian is qualified to talk to him on an equal footing..."

Matthew patted his chest after listening:

“We just heard that there was an accident at Snail Valley Prison, and we wanted to go over and see if we could help.”

“If the Snail Valley defenders don’t welcome us, we will leave directly.”

After hearing this, Yu Qi stopped obstructing him.

 Subsequently.

 He took Matthew on board a magic ship, and the three of them came to the bottom of the cabin.

 The floor of the cabin is carved with a pattern of a giant beast in white ink.

The giant beast had nine heads in total.

 The nine heads were shining with luster of different colors.

 A large number of arcane runes are gathered here.

　　It gives people a confusing and mysterious feeling.

 According to Yu Qi’s introduction.

 These are the teleportation arrays leading to the Wentian Platform opened by the Southern Division Division in nine different locations.

 Three people stood on the eighth head.

Yu Qi took out an eraser and wiped it in the air.

 The faint firelight disappeared in a flash.

 Poof!

 The next second.

  The scenery in front of Matthew began to slowly change.

 There was a gust of wind in his ears.

 Open your eyes.

 White clouds like galloping horses passed in front of him.

 Under his feet was a wooden platform that stretched above the clouds.

Around the platform, there are countless huge gray-green feathers spread out like a peacock spreading its tail.

 Matthew can feel it.

It is these feathers that provide great buoyancy, which allows the entire platform to float in the sky!

 “I wonder if there is no one guarding the rooftop?”

 “It seems that Snail Valley does have quite a problem!”

Yu Qi looked left and right, with a solemn look on his face.

 Under his guidance.

Both Matthew and Lorraine saw a thick chain hanging downward next to the rooftop.

“Without this chain, Wentiantai would continue to rise and eventually enter the starry sky.”

“In an emergency, soldiers or mages wearing slip rings can quickly fall to the ground through this chain...”

 “But we probably won’t need it.”

Yu Qi quickly shook off three feathers.

 In an instant.

Those three feathers turned into three cranes respectively.

Matthew and the three of them rode the crane and soared down the chain.

 After about two minutes of touching.

The vast and boundless Yongge Forest appeared in the three people's field of vision.

 Matthew has sharp eyes.

 At once, he saw the bright white flash in the southern part of Yongge Forest—

There is the only hilltop in the entire forest that is not covered by vegetation.

 Snail Valley.

 Looking down from a high altitude, Snail Valley looks like a white sand beach in an endless sea of ​​green.

 If you look at it from the south.

The low mountain on the back of the entire Snail Valley does indeed resemble a snail shell in outline.

This place is extremely narrow and dangerous.

 At certain times in history, it served as an important barrier for the night elves against the invasion of the southern forest trolls—

It is precisely because of the existence of Snail Valley.

The troll empire did not rule the night elves as deeply as other races.

 The two parties only formed a nominal affiliation.

Hence, in the hearts of many night elves, this dangerous green sea land called Gosti in the Elvish language has a very special meaning.

 It’s just that times have changed.

 Trolls and gods fell one after another.

Yongsong Forest lost its enemies in the south, and the purpose of the Snail Valley Barrier also changed several times, eventually becoming a prison for evil people.

Now it has been taken over by the Southern French Legion.

It has become the only special place in the Eversong Forest that is no longer under the personal control of the night elves.

 In Matthew's view.

 The shape of the entire Snail Valley seems a bit like a super mini version of the Trace of the Dead.

It is dotted among the endless green sea of ​​Yongge Forest.

 It is undoubtedly extremely abrupt.

But at this moment, what is more abrupt is not the topography of Snail Valley, but the gray smoke and bursts of fire rising from the bottom of the valley!

 “Someone is attacking Snail Valley Prison!”

 Matthew was shocked.

He looked down from a high altitude and saw fierce battles breaking out in at least four places throughout the Snail Valley.

 One of the fighting parties was obviously the Snail Valley garrison wearing the uniforms of the Confederate Legion of Mages;

 The origin of the other party is very complicated.

The closest intruders to Matthew and his party were a dozen giant tempered spiders. These tempered spiders seemed to have been given a spell that constantly increased their magic resistance. They did not retreat in the face of the firepower of the Southern Wizard Army, and even took the opportunity to kill two of them. A low-level mage, which shows how terrifying his combat power is;

 The invaders in the other three places were a group of demons, two tribes of wild boars, and a group of dragon robbers.

How did these creatures cross the powerful barrier of Yongsong Forest and suddenly appear in Snail Valley?

 While Matthew had such doubts in his heart, he also keenly realized that—

 There is not a night elf present!

 This is unreasonable.

Although the garrison task of Snail Valley was contracted by the Southern Wizard Corps, Matthew remembered clearly at the time that the sovereignty of Snail Valley still belonged to the night elves.

Yongsong Forest also stated that it would leave part of the night elf troops to assist in defense.

 It can be done now.

Where is the sign of the night elves responsible for assisting in defense?

"How to say?"

Yu Qi was a little worried when he saw this situation and came up to ask about Matthew's movements.

Matthew pointed to the mages with the tempered spiders not far away and said:

 “They can’t hold on any longer.”

 “Help first.”

 The mouth of Snail Valley.

A group of steel spiders with a silver-black glow on their bodies are about to break through the preset positions of the Southern Magistrate Corps.

 It can be done at this time.

 A thin figure suddenly fell from the sky.

 The mages in the camp looked at the man with a shovel in his left hand and a sickle in his right hand in surprise.

But seeing him working from left to right, he skillfully cut open the back of a steel spider with a shovel, and then used the sickle to gouge it crazily!

 The man's actions can be described as rude.

However, in the blink of an eye, the steel spider that had caused them so much misery just now died!

 Following.

 More tempered spiders gathered around.

 The man was about to be swamped by the spiders.

 It can be a moment.

 Three shadows condensed into reality behind him—

 Tauren skull;

 Sage with two swords;

 Chromium Nether Dragon;

Three big thugs appeared out of nowhere and beat the group of steel spiders to pieces in no time!

 Mid-air.

Yu Qi silently put away the crystal ball—

Early when Matthew summoned the three legendary undead, he interrupted his spell chanting.

Even so.

 He didn’t expect Matthew to be so fast!

"what happened?"

 When Yu Qi landed slowly.

Matthew has already started talking to the mages in the camp.

 He asked everyone about the origin of the group of tempered spiders.

  A mage who looked like a small boss stood up and explained loudly:

 “We don’t know what happened either!”

“At six o’clock in the morning, we heard the siren, and then received the task of taking turns to guard the entrance of the valley.”

“Colleagues from the two squads have already withdrawn to help in the valley. It is said that the attack inside is more serious than here... Damn it, we obviously didn’t let go of any monsters. How did the valley get attacked?”

“Thank you for your help. Can I ask where your names come from?”

This little boss dealt with it quite politely.

 But Matthew could also see the wariness in his eyes—

Yongsong Forest is indeed a semi-enclosed area, and it is rare to see races other than night elves here.

 Especially for a strong man like Matthew who carries three legendary undead souls.

If he hadn't killed those spiders in three strokes, five divisions and two divisions.

It is estimated that a lot of people believe that Matthew is the mastermind behind the attack on Snail Valley!

Hearing this, Yu Qi immediately stepped forward and revealed his identity.

Then Matthew also introduced himself.

 After learning the specific information about the two of them, the little boss’s eyes suddenly became much friendlier. The eyes of the mages nearby looked at Matthew with even more admiration, surprise and envy—

no way.

 While Matthew was talking to them, the legendary trio were posing POSS next to them.

Peggy looks average.

But the double-sword sages in the ink painting style and the chrome-gold Nether Dragon with tons of weight are so handsome!

 No mage can refuse such a contract summon.

 This is true even for mages in the realm of evocation.

“We heard there was a little trouble in Snail Valley, so we came over to check it out.”

Yu Qi explained the purpose of the group’s visit:

“You may not know that there are even rumors that the Thousand Changer Lord Jia Si Liwen has escaped from prison..."

 Hear this.

 The little boss's expression suddenly changed.

He immediately refuted:

 “That’s definitely a rumor!”

"Although we encountered some attacks, they were generally under the control of the Fire Mage. No prisoner escaped from the Snail Valley, let alone a big shot like Jia Siliwen!"

 See the other person’s reaction.

 Matthew and Yu Qi couldn't help but look at each other.

 The little boss’s attitude suddenly became much colder:

“Thank you very much for coming to help. I’m pretty sure that Snail Valley has been slightly attacked, but it’s not a big problem.”

"Originally, as two of us, the Fire Mage would have come to receive us in person, but now you have seen this situation. The adults have no time to leave for the time being. If you want to visit, you may need to change the time."

 His words clearly gave the order to expel the guests.

Yu Qi negotiated with him several times.

The other party’s attitude is still quite stubborn:

 “From a personal perspective, I really appreciate your help.”

“But Snail Valley has the rules of Snail Valley. Every visitor must be reviewed in advance, otherwise he will not be allowed to enter. I’m sorry.”

"Or you can wait outside the valley. I will try my best to arrange notifications for you, but I am not sure when I can see the fire mage."

 Matthew shook his head and left.

 He could feel the inner struggle of the little boss, but it was not a bad thing for the other party to stick to the rules.

 Because Matthew didn’t want to get involved in the muddy waters of Snail Valley at all.

 He and Yu Qi walked around pretending to be outside.

 Period.

Yu Qi also explained to him what he knew about Snail Valley:

“The night elves’ golden butterfly troops seem to have evacuated this place after the invasion of the abyss.”

“It is said that a large number of demons have appeared near Xianrui, the capital of Yongge Forest. The golden butterflies evacuated to support the capital. There is nothing wrong with it from a logical point of view.”

"Did you see that troop in the valley? That's the Swift Wind Legion under the Fire Mage Nubis. Each high-level Swift Wind Wizard has mobility and unparalleled hunting ability comparable to the legendary rogue. They can absorb the air from the void. The power of the phase is added to one's own spells to achieve stronger effects."

 “They seem to be hunting something…”

 The two of them walked around in the woods around Snail Valley.

 Except for some traces of spider crawling.

 Nothing else was found.

  After a while.

 They were getting ready to leave.

At this moment, Luo Lan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly appeared in front of them.

He was holding a lifeless body in his arms.

Matthew leaned over to take a look, and his expression suddenly changed.

 But the corpse had no face, no fingerprints, and no gender!

 It was a corpse that had been devoured with all its elements!

 This is the method of the Thousand Changers!

 “Where did you find it?”

Matthew asked hurriedly.

Roland put the body on the ground and shrugged:

“While you were talking to the mages, I found a spider with a bulging belly, so I went in to take a look and fished out the body...”

Matthew stared at the corpse, trying to get some information from it.

However, the Thousand Changer's methods are too ruthless.

 Even with his perception.

 It is also difficult to catch additional traces.

 “It should be a male…”

“He cannot be more than twenty-five years old. He is neither tall nor short. He is very thin. He looks like a thief or a branch of other wanderers..."

Yu Qi closed his eyes and then murmured:

 “This is the truth the stars tell me.”

 Matthew and Lorraine looked at each other.

There are still not enough clues. It is impossible to determine the identity of the deceased just from the information given by Yu Qi.

Just at this time.

Matthew noticed an item held under the arm of the deceased—

 It was an opened scroll.

 The scroll is made of sheepskin, with uneven and rough marks on the surface. This shows that this blank scroll in the open space was once written by humans, but the marks on it were erased.

“It is also possible that it was not erased, but that the original spell runes were disintegrated after the scroll came into effect..."

Matthew gently stroked the marks on the parchment. This feeling was also consistent with signs of cracking.

 “There is a smell of evil spirits, very strong.”

Roland pointed to the fragments of the parchment scroll and said:

“If Jia Si Li Wen really escaped from prison, this scroll must be closely related to her!”

Matthew agrees.

 “What should we do with this body?”

Yu Qi squatted down and asked.

 Matthew pondered for a moment, and finally said calmly:

"This corpse itself actually doesn't have much value. After being plundered by the Thousand Changers, only an empty shell is left. I will take it back to the cemetery and store it carefully for future disposal."

"You have also seen the situation in Snail Valley. The Fire Mage and his troops are quite repulsive to outsiders. They seem to want to completely suppress the news of Jia Siliwen's escape from prison. Even if you go to contact them now, I'm afraid Nothing good will come of it, right?"

Yu Qi nodded.

 Matthew straightened up:

“We can’t tell now whether Jia Siliwen has really escaped, but we must make preventive preparations.”

“Mr. Yu Qi, you must contact Ms. Vivian about this matter, ask her for her opinion, and communicate with Fire Mage Nubis and others through her channels to further confirm Jia Siliwen’s situation.”

"I will return to Rolling Stone City. It is best to take precautions against the Lord of the Thousand Changers. God bless, I hope that Jia Siliwen is still in prison, otherwise it may cause a disaster for the entire continent of Irondor."

 “And the world has enough disasters already!”

Yu Qi also sighed heavily.

 Then the three of them returned to Wentiantai with the body and the scroll.

 Same as before.

 There is still a lack of mage garrison here.

 The three of them easily passed through the teleportation array on the stage and returned to the magic ship.

Yu Qi went to find Vivian.

Matthew immediately went to find Rega and others, especially telling Richard to protect Qiuka.

The little white cat with the blood of the Thousand Transformers is an important presence in Rolling Stone City's fight against Jia Siliwen.

Matthew was worried that she would not be able to resist the suppression of the bloodline of the ancestor of the Thousand Transformers.

But Rhaegar and Richard told Matthew not to worry about this.

obviously.

 In terms of bloodline protection.

 The Blood Flag family still has some heritage.

 He then returned to the cemetery and made some hasty preparations.

everything's ready.

Unfortunately.

Matthew didn’t find Sif before parting, and he didn’t know where she had gone.

Standing outside the portal from the cemetery to the Emerald Cangting.

Matthew couldn’t help but ask Lorraine:

 “How are you going to play Jia Si Li Wen?”

Unexpectedly, the person who responded to him was an extremely charming and sweet female voice:

 “Why do I need to play myself?”

 “Changers are everywhere.”

“Matthew, do you really think that your friend is still the same person as before?”

 While speaking.

The other party gently wiped his face with his right hand——

Loland's face quickly disappeared, replaced by an extremely bright and plump beauty!

Even the clothes have become the half-covered skirts that were once popular in the Tianlun Palace era!

That moment.

Matthew’s heart twisted tightly.

 He felt an unprecedented attraction, which was the attraction engraved in the blood of the demon by the Lord of the Thousand Changers.

 He can't feel any trace of illusion!

This feeling of reality.

Matthew couldn’t help but ask:

 “You’re not really Jia Siliwen, are you?”

 The great beauty smiled lowly:

 “What do you think?”

 She did not answer directly, but walked to the teleportation array with confidence and calmness, and then winked at Matthew.

Whoosh!

 The light disappeared in a flash.

Matthew then stood up belatedly and followed the opponent's pace!

 “Why is this guy Luo Lan walking so fast...”

 “I still have a lot of details that I haven’t explained to him!”

Accompanying Matthew and Lorraine, they successfully arrived at the Valley of the Divine Tree.

The sky is gradually getting darker.

 This time.

 Matthew did not meet Biana on the outside of that building.

 He adjusted his condition.

 Hand Luo Lan walked in side by side.

 When passing by the corridor.

 The first person he bumped into was Tyrast, who was banging on the wall with a bamboo stick.

 The latter turned sideways and looked at Matthew and the woman beside him.

 There was a trace of doubt in his eyes.

 At this time.

 "Jia Siliwen" walked into the hall gracefully.

 A period of time.

 Everyone’s eyes were on her.

Matthew's heart lifted slightly.

The first person to speak was the evil spirit lord Omadouqi:

 “Xiaojia, I haven’t seen you for a thousand years, but your appearance is still gorgeous.”

However, what he responded to was ruthless ridicule:

 “Come on, it’s like you and I have a good relationship.”

“I don’t know which **** was avoiding me like the **** of plague.”

“The so-called God of Pleasure is just a stone covered with the priesthood of pleasure—that’s right. You evil spirits have always liked to conceive by themselves. It’s normal for you to refuse to explore with me the true meaning of life between men and women…”

As soon as this statement came out.

Omadouqi’s face was filled with a look of surprise.

Mo Song, the traveler god, smiled lightly:

 “You’re still so mean.”

However, Jia Siliwen did not speak kindly to him because of this:

“It’s the same for anyone who stays in that **** prison for a long time.”

“Don’t tell me that you didn’t contribute to the original seal—Demaeus, I remember that you were the youngest among the gods in the heaven at that time. I wonder if things have changed now?”

 The Traveler God’s face turned slightly livid.

 He couldn't help but glance at Matthew, his eyes equally full of surprise and inquiry.

 Thereafter.

 Several other people started to strike up a conversation.

However, Lorraine could always respond in an understated manner. Not only that, he also revealed many secrets unique to the gods in his words.

It is these little secrets that do not look very glamorous that greatly enhance her credibility.

Even Terraste couldn’t help but quietly pulled Matthew aside:

 “How did you bring out the real Jia Si Liwen?”

Matthew just smiled and said nothing.

 With the God of Scam waiting to be replaced, the demigod Lorraine is the ceiling in the related field.

It is not unusual for the other party to know so many secrets of Tianlun Palace.

 After all, this is what bards eat!

 What’s more, he is one of the best.

 The first scene of contact with everyone, Luo Lan handled it well.

Tarast saw that there was no need to take action himself, and he was even more happy to see the success.

But just at this time.

The spirit body of the Great Elf King Nicholas, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood up:

“Jiasiliwen is sealed in Gostil Prison. Even if you go to rescue her, it will take at least seven days to forcefully break the seal.”

 “I don’t believe she is Jia Si Li Wen.”

 “I ask for a divination.”

 As if to cooperate with him.

Stephanie the Dragon Lich also stood up:

 “I can provide all the media needed for divination.”

“I have long heard that the Great Elf King’s divination spell is the most powerful in the material world. Why don’t you let us see it in the world?”

Tarast rolled his eyes and was about to stop him.

However, Luo Lan already responded with a sweet smile:

 “You will be the one who divines your fortune.”

 Nicolas looked at him deeply.

 Then the Dracolich placed all the materials needed for divination in front of Nicholas.

However, the former night elf king did not touch the other media on the table.

 He just grabbed a crystal ball and smashed it to the ground!

 In an instant.

Nicholas intoned in an odd tone:

 “Cracked crystal, please respond to me with the truth.”

“Is the cunning Changeling Lord Jia Siliwen among us?”

 tens of seconds later.

 All the crystal fragments trembled and floated together again.

 They form a rough word—

yes!

that moment.

 Nicolas had a look of astonishment on his face.

Matthew couldn’t help but glance at Lorraine.

 It happened that the other party was also looking at him at this time.

It's just that there seemed to be a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.

 In the depths of Matthew's heart.

 Suddenly there was a slight wavering!

 …

 (End of this chapter)