The Rise of the Cemetery

Walk west along the edge of the Whispering Forest for more than 1 mile, and then go further 100 meters into the depths of the forest to find the high ground that the village head mentioned.

This is a rare open space, surrounded by tall trees in the distance, only this one forms a raised open space. Probably because the rocks are exposed, even the shrubs are reluctant to intervene here, only a few scattered in the rock crevices, the blue-gray basalt looks very glaring, and the jagged rocks are messy and desolate.

Li Xun walked up the gentle slope with a drop of more than 5 meters, looked around, and nodded in satisfaction. The location is far and near, and more importantly, there is a small stream half a mile away on the right side of the forest. Since the location is suitable, there is nothing to hesitate, and it will be built as soon as it is said.

Ordering the guard cavalry and Moke to back away, Li Xun murmured a spell, touched the exposed basalt finger in the middle of the clearing, and stood still with his hands. Suddenly, the ground shook. A moment later, an extremely thick arm made of stones and soil suddenly stretched out from Li Xun's finger, stretching straight to the sky, and then the second arm also stretched out from the ground, pressing the ground.

The trembling of the ground became more and more intense. In addition to those huge arms, an equally huge head also emerged, followed by an even larger body and legs, until the stone giant's heavy body was completely pulled out from the ground, and it was in the original place. leaving a huge hole.

The restless sound of the horses barking came from down the slope, mixed with intermittent exclamations from the cavalry, Li Xun swept his displeased eyes away, and only then suppressed the commotion that was about to erupt. Mo Ke was so frightened that he knelt down on his knees and kept praying loudly. Because his voice was distorted, even if someone around him listened carefully, he couldn't understand what he was praying.

The stone giant is 5 meters high when it is fully standing. Because the soil that makes up the body is too mixed, sand, bugs, dead branches and rotten leaves keep falling from the body while walking, leaking out of the basalt body inside. The stone giant knelt down on one knee slowly, and the voice of Mong Weng resounded through the jungle: "Follow your orders, master!"

"Clear this land, I want to build my tower." Li Xun ordered loudly, and imprinted the style of the tower he designed into the stone giant's consciousness with his mental power.

"As you wish!" The stone giant responded with his chest pounding.

While waving his hands, the surrounding land moved according to its will, or uplifted, or sunken, and the entire high slope was leveled in just a few minutes. The land inside the high slope collapsed with the big pit as the center, and the fallen soil and sand slowly flowed out and filled to the outside of the high slope to form a tower wall. Whenever a section of the wall was raised, the one-eyed stone giant in the middle of the head Earth-yellow rays shot out from the big hole where it was located, turning the wall into hard stones.

In this way, with the repeated application of turning fossils into mud and turning mud into stones, coupled with the natural affinity of the stone giants for the earth element, the loose and messy silt became mud that can be shaped at will. Show up and start building high.

Summoning Elements, Heroes of Invincible Tier 4 spell, each summoned elemental creature can last for a quarter of an hour, and consumes 40 points of mana. Intermediate-level learning skills can reduce mana consumption by 30%, which also requires 28 points of mana. Li Xun's current 280 points A little mana, combined with various magic recovery equipment, can last for a while.

In order to speed up the progress, Li Xun summoned another stone giant after the 20-second skill cooling time expired. In this way, the two stone giants acted at the same time, and the effect was obvious. The tower was raised and thickened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The tumbling of the soil and the shaking of the boulders brought a devastating blow to the little bugs living here. For a while, mice, snake ants, scorpion locusts... rushed out one after another, over the feet of the cavalry, and fled to the distance. Normally, it would definitely cause everyone to scream, but now that they have seen more terrifying things, they turn a blind eye to these trivial things, and just stare at the towering giant on the top of the slope in a daze.

An hour later, Li Xun, who summoned the Golem nine times in a row, finally finished the main body of the tower before his mana was exhausted. There are two floors underground, three floors above ground, and a tower with a height of 20 meters stands in front of you. The main entrance is facing the direction of the path out of the forest, and there is a 2-meter-high wall around the tower, which looks quite like an army guard tower. After the last two stone giants ran out of magic power to maintain their bodies, they did not collapse and disintegrate like their previous companions. Instead, they turned into basalt giant statues and stood on both sides of the tower gate.

Li Xun rubbed his slightly tingling head, and continuously cast 4th-level spells. The consumption of mana came second, and the urging of mental power was the most important thing. In the end, he was a little tired and unable to enjoy himself.

It's not good if you don't end up commanding!

Although the stone giants etched the tower structure, they are not human beings after all, and they have more than enough energy for some meticulous work. The stone giant's aesthetics are too rough, and they don't know how to sift when they pile up the soil. Gravel, dead branches and leaves, and rotting corpses of small animals dare to fill them in and petrify them directly, forcing Li Xun to stand on their shoulders and control them personally.

So in just one hour, Li Xun was on the verge of collapse.

Thankfully it's done!

Li Xun muttered and walked in front of the stunned "bystanders", and yelled softly: "Hey, come here a few of you."

It was this soft voice that scared everyone back again and again, and they looked at the mage with horror in their eyes. Village Chief Mok, who was kneeling on the ground, supported the ground with his hands a few times, finally got up, moved his legs that were soft like noodles, rubbed against the mage, and knelt down again with a plop. The cavalry also felt that something was wrong, and moved over behind the village chief, all of them were pale and their lips were blue.

Li Xun didn't bother to care about their rudeness, so he ordered directly: "Moke, you go to the village and call some villagers to clean up this place. You guys can go back and reply to the Sir. I am very satisfied with this place, but I still have a problem here. I lack some living facilities, remember to remind Jazz to bring me all the things I ordered earlier."

Several people nodded their heads like pounding garlic, answering again and again, seeing the mage waved his hands and hurriedly led the horse out of the forest.

An hour later, the head of Moke came along with more than fifty farmers and healthy women with various tools. Seeing the towering stone tower, the inexperienced villagers knelt down in front of the huge stone statue in front of the tower and kowtowed and worshiped for a while, then began to clean up the surrounding land anxiously.

Although the ground and walls on the high slope have been smoothed by the petrification spell, they are still not very smooth to the touch, and there are small potholes hidden; The hall; around the tower, there are still a lot of sundries and debris screened out by the stone giants; the path out of the forest is too narrow and rugged.

This kind of work still needs to be done carefully by hand, so Mo Ke bravely stood in front of the tower gate and directed the group of villagers. Everyone was assigned their own work, and they were busy all the time. But no matter how busy and hard he worked, no one dared to make noise, because the village chief said that the great mage was resting in the tower.

At sunset, the sun had sunk into the mountains and forests, leaving only a brilliant red glow in the sky.

Li Xun, who had been sleeping for a whole day, got out of the tent, and saw that there was only his own small tent on the empty second floor, and couldn't help grinning. Hearing a faint sound outside the tower, he walked up to the small roof purposely left with his hands behind his back, glanced around, feeling very proud. Mo Ke did a good job. In a day's work, he had repaired all the untidy places around him.

The forest path in the morning has also been widened a lot, enough for a four-wheeled carriage to walk freely. The sound they heard just now was the trees they felled when they dragged the extended forest road. A group of villagers tied up the big tree with its branches cut off with ropes, and were dragging their heads out. The broken branches and stubble kept rubbing against the rough ground, and all the villagers, regardless of gender, were sweating profusely.

Inexplicably, Li Xun's heart surged with excitement, and a look of emotion appeared on his delicate face. Unexpectedly, a casual sentence from myself can make almost the whole village busy for a day, and it seems that they don't even care about eating and drinking.

Could this be the power of a mage?

For this power, instead of feeling complacent, Li Xun felt a little guilty and sad.

Those who are enshrined must treat those who enshrine themselves well, otherwise what is the difference between themselves and those nobles and mages they despise? I am a mage, but I am a person first! Too much separation of myself and the ordinary people around me can only bury my demons in my heart. One day, people will only become a cold number in my heart.

Li Xun touched the ground with his toes, rose gently into the air, and slowly floated down towards the village chief Moke who was directing the work. The appearance of the mage had been seen by the sharp-eyed villagers, and they quickly put down their work and knelt down one after another. Mo Ke, who woke up from the start, turned around and saw that it was the mage, and also knelt down quickly.

"Get up, everyone get up! I am very satisfied with your work today. You have worked hard for the lord, and as a lord, I will not treat you harshly. Moke, here are some rewards, and you can distribute them to everyone as you see fit." Li Xun used The phantom sound technique amplified his own voice, and a soft comfort slowly flowed through the hearts of everyone present. Then he took out a jingling cloth bag filled with 30 gold coins, and handed it to the village chief at the front.

"Master, we are all your subjects, we should serve you, we dare not ask for your money!"

"Moke, I'm different from other lords. I'm a mage. I don't need your money and offerings. I only need your loyalty and conviction."

Mo Ke was so amazed that he couldn't believe his ears, he didn't know what to say, and the kneeling villagers around couldn't help whispering to each other.

"You should understand what I mean. From now on, all your gains will belong to you, and I will no longer take a dime from it. On the contrary, if you come to serve me, I will pay you accordingly. You Just obey the rules I set and offer your allegiance."

Li Xun repeated his announcement again, and as soon as the words fell, the villagers cheered, shouting "Long live the lord!" and started singing and dancing. Mo Ke yelled a few times in an attempt to calm down the disturbance from the villagers, but he was drowned out by the noise without even a splash. Li Xun patted Mo Ke on the shoulder, put the money bag into his arms, and whispered in his ear, "Take them to celebrate! This is their reward, and work will continue tomorrow." After saying that, he didn't wait for Mo Ke In response, he turned back to the stone tower.

Mo Ke touched the heavy purse in his arms, looked at the indescribable villagers hugging each other excitedly, and raised his arms and shouted: "Go! Go back and celebrate! Long live the lord!"