A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

  Chapter 5 Arsonist

  …

  Matthew rushed into the room.

  He started changing clothes as fast as he could.

  …

  「You are equipped with 'Mist Robe (+1)'!

   Mist Robe (Armor +0): Casting Speed ​​+10%; Slightly Increases Mental Power Recovery Speed

  …

  You are equipped with the 'Deadwood Staff'!

  Witherwood Staff (Attack +1): Undead Summoning Level +1

  …

  You are equipped with a 'magic bag'!

  Miaofa Luggage: Contains 8 folding spaces, and the same folding space can store up to 12 items of the same kind.

  …

  Currently stored items: corruption spores/phantom butterflies/scrolls"

  …

   After changing into a completely different outfit than usual.

  Matthew's whole temperament has changed.

  If it is said that he is more like a young teacher who is easy to speak.

   So now.

  He is a big step closer to the necromancer in the public stereotype.

   "Dinner is ready!"

  Peggy came over with a pot of mushroom fried noodles.

   "Come back and eat!"

   Drop this sentence.

  Matthew hurried into the night.

  …

   Ten minutes later.

  Matthew's figure appeared at the edge of the oak forest.

  Accompanies him only by a mage's fire for lighting.

  His complexion is not very good-looking.

  The presence of a suspected arsonist greatly threatens his most important resource.

  He's like a cat with its tail stepped on.

   Instantly became furious.

   Follow normal logic.

  He should go to the Sheriff's Office for help at this moment.

  But then Matthew considered that Brad must be so busy with Sif's affairs that he might not be able to free up his hands to take care of his own affairs.

  Secondly, he also wants to personally punish this daring arsonist!

   "The forest cultivated by Lao Tzu's painstaking efforts."

   "It's not like any cat or dog can touch porcelain!"

  The edge of the oak forest.

  Matthew stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance.

  A large area of ​​fire can indeed be seen from here, and the fire has not yet spread to the oak forest—thanks to the fact that there are no flammable materials in this area.

  He collected himself and found that the place where the flames started seemed to be a farm.

  There is only a hillside between there and the oak forest.

   Matthew has met the owner of the farm a few times, and his daughter is very cute.

  The fire on the farm was so fierce, but there was no one shouting nearby. It is not difficult to guess the fate of the farmer's family.

  …

   "Not your average bandit..."

   Matthew calmed down.

  The Oak Fairy told him that there were a large number of arsonists, and they exuded an evil and powerful aura, which showed that there was a high probability that adventurers did it.

   When the enemy's combat strength is unknown, he cannot act recklessly.

   So he waited and watched for a while.

  Then quickly ran to the other end of the oak forest.

soon.

  Matthew arrived at the place in memory.

   It was a huge haystack.

  Below the haystack.

   There is a place similar to a cellar.

   There is not much room in the cellar.

  The layout is a bit like the university dormitory in Matthew's previous life.

   "Poof!"

  Matthew opened the iron cover.

   A little perception.

   began to use "Dead Soul Summoning".

  Under the guidance of mana.

   Suddenly.

  A white hand slapped the muddy floor at the exit of the cellar!

   Immediately after.

   Skeletons crawled out of it one after another!

   not long.

   On the edge of the haystack, there were 12 more skeleton soldiers with light green soul flames in their heads.

  Most of these skeleton soldiers have thick bones, high integrity, and hold weapons and small round shields, which belong to the elite skeleton soldiers.

  They are all summons carefully collected by Matthew.

   It took him a lot of effort to make them look the way they do now.

To know.

   Undead Summoning did not come out of nothing.

  No matter how powerful a necromancer is, it is impossible to conjure a team of skeleton soldiers out of thin air.

   Summoning undead requires materials.

  …

  Take skeleton soldiers as an example.

   Summoning them requires a certain number of bones.

  If the number is insufficient, even if the summoning is successful, the skeleton soldiers you get will still lack arms and legs.

  Don't talk about fighting, you may fall apart if you take two steps.

  The reason why skeleton soldiers have become synonymous with cannon fodder is because the materials it needs are relatively easy to obtain.

  Others like Black Samurai, Blood Demon, Bone Dragon, Soul Eater, etc., are a thousand times more difficult to summon!

certainly.

   There is also a way to bypass the casting materials to obtain summons.

   That is to build a magic circle pointing to the negative energy plane.

   Pull people directly from there.

  The wealth that can be consumed in this way is even more amazing.

  Even high-level mages will weigh again and again before constructing this kind of magic circle.

   So in general.

   There’s a reason why Necromancers with low morals prefer to hang out in cemeteries and mass graves—

  They are really poor and crazy!

   And someone like Matthew—who bought or found almost every bone in the vault himself—was definitely a saint among necromancers.

  …

"Walk!"

   Matthew gave an order.

  The skeleton soldiers who reacted slightly sluggishly followed his footsteps.

  Bursts of cold air began to spread.

  In the oak forest.

   Even the noisy night wind became silent.

   It seems that even they are afraid of the coming of the undead.

  …

   "Boom!"

  A group of violent flames exploded in the farmland.

  The strong wind fueled the fire.

  Seeing the farm gradually disappear in the flames.

  Hesse, who was wearing a black vest and showed half of his muscles, smiled from the bottom of his heart.

  He suppressed the idea of ​​continuing to set fire.

   Moved his gaze to the dark forest not far away.

   "Fin's information seems to be true. At this time, they are not prepared to attack Rolling Stone Town!"

   "Hehe, then let me give them a little more fire shock!"

  He strode towards the direction of the hillside.

   behind his back.

  Six followers also followed.

   "Is everything arranged?"

  Hessen asked lightly.

   "Boss, don't worry, no one is alive, they are all burned to death!"

  One of the scarred faces showed a ferocious smile.

  Hesse nodded with satisfaction.

  As an 11th-level "Arsonist", he can feel that his strength has increased a little bit!

not much.

   But clearly visible.

   Actually.

  According to the original plan, he should have withdrawn after the farm was burned, but the sense of increased power made him extremely intoxicated.

  Especially when he noticed the oak forest in front of him, he immediately changed his mind.

  He can feel the vitality contained in this forest, and burning this forest will bring him a great power boost!

   That's about ten times what the farm would earn.

   It's pretty much on par with burning a block in a city.

   But risk-wise it's far less than setting fire to a city!

   No arsonist can resist such a temptation.

  Especially Hesse also clearly perceives that as long as he burns the forest, the legendary road that was originally very vague to him will become clear.

  He couldn't hold back his crazy thoughts anymore!

  Set fire!

  Set fire!

  He's going to burn!

   Burn!

   Burn!

  …

"stop!"

   Walk half way up the hill.

   Hesse suddenly shouted.

  The six attendants immediately surrounded him vigilantly.

   "Boss, what's the matter? Do you want to withdraw?"

   asked with a scar face.

  Hessen ignored him, but stared straight ahead with his eyes wide open.

  The night breeze sent a faint green fluorescence.

  There is a faint smell of corruption in the air.

   "It's bone fire..."

  Hesse was thoughtful. He looked at the line of figures slowly appearing on the hillside.

  Skeleton soldiers?

   Is it a necromancer?

  Hesse's frown immediately relaxed:

   "Fin sent you here? Go back and tell him, I will go find him after burning this forest!"

   "As for whether to join the cult, it depends on his sincerity."

  The skeleton soldier remained motionless.

  The person hiding in the dark and manipulating these undead creatures did not make a sound.

  Hesse laughed dumbfounded:

   "You don't want to stop me, do you? Just rely on these skeletons?"

  The followers also laughed.

  Scarface volunteered:

   "Boss, I can kick all these skeletons away by myself!"

  Hesse shook his head.

  His eyes searched around the hillside.

   His eyes were extremely sharp.

   But never act rashly.

   A few minutes passed.

  His tense state was lifted immediately.

  The two huge muscles in the chest also trembled:

   "Don't play tricks anymore, I've found your location—didn't Finn tell you what I do? Hehe, I'm very sensitive to temperature!"

  He jokingly said in the direction of the skeleton soldier:

   "Do you necromancers like to hide in piles of miscellaneous fish? How creative!"

   However, the other party still did not answer.

  Hesse finally became angry:

   "If you don't get lost, I'll burn you with me!"

   said.

  Suddenly there was a glass bottle with fire in his hand!

   "I didn't play tricks."

finally.

   A voice came from behind a skeleton soldier:

   "I'm just waiting for the rot sac to take effect—you just inhaled it."

  Matthew is standing on the hillside.

   A lot of negative energy gushes out from the tip of the deadwood staff!

  …

  「Pack of Corruption: Accelerate Infection!」

  …

"not good!"

   Hesse looked back.

  The expressions of the followers were slightly panicked.

  They started to realize something was wrong.

   "Why is my face itchy!"

   "On the arm too!"

   "It's so itchy! Something seems to be growing!"

   In their horrified eyes.

   Some people have patches of red bumps on the surface of their skin.

  At first these bumps were not noticeable and felt nothing.

   Soon they become extremely itchy.

  People simply can't keep their hands from scratching.

   And a scratch.

  A large amount of yellow-green pus gushes out from it.

   Splash to other places on the skin.

   Infection started to become more rapid!

   Accompanied by the continuous spread of the infected area.

   Among the crowd.

  The breath from the negative plane is getting stronger and stronger!

   "Don't scratch, kill that necromancer and you'll be fine!"

  Hesse made a decisive decision and roared angrily.

   A group of people endured the itch and charged forward.

  Matthew continued to wave his staff.

   This time.

   He doesn't even have to chant!

  …

  「Summoning of the Necromancer: The thing of the contract!

  …

  Your ability 'Instant Summon' is in effect!

  …

  Your ability 'Fixed Fall' is in effect! "

  …

on the hill.

  A large green circle of light appeared in the area where the group of people was about to charge.

   "Get out of the way!"

   didn't wait for Hesse to finish speaking.

  A tall figure descends from the sky!

boom!

   A follower is unable to dodge.

   was smashed into meat sauce!

  The person next to him was also affected by the shock wave.

   Rolling down the mountain one after another.

  Hesse looked over angrily.

  But saw the two-meter-tall figure looking around blankly.

  Her bones are spotless.

   But the most eye-catching thing is the dinner plate in her hand—

   "Matthew? Do you want to have dinner? Just in time, I just reheated the fried noodles with mushrooms..."

  Peggy looked at Matthew happily.

   "No, throw away the chow mein, Paige, I want you to fight for me."

   Matthew said.

  Peggy's mood suddenly became serious.

  She turns to face the arsonist.

   Then he said to Matthew:

   "Then, please strengthen me!"

  …

  (end of this chapter)