The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 13 Battle Philosophy and Gossip

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The "Loose Glove" is an interesting curio.

It cannot directly provide combat power.

But if used properly.

The value of this glove may even exceed the sum of other items.

Its negative defects are also within the acceptable range.

Just throw it in a corner when you don't need it.

Organize all the loot by category.

While Matthew lamented the wealth of Finn, he also secretly reminded himself:
"So many magic props are useless if you don't have a chance to use them. It can be seen that in any battle with others, no matter how well prepared you are, there is a risk of sudden death."

Matthew is a risk-averse person, and even he is slightly tired of fighting——

At least at this stage, he is willing to avoid most avoidable battles.

If it wasn't for the presence of arsonists and magicians that threatened his developmental resources, and he had a bone dragon below level five walking sideways in his hand, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to attack.

But he also knew.

Blindly avoiding war cannot solve all problems.

therefore.

How to protect oneself in future battles has become the top priority.

"No matter what kind of battle, the core principle must be 'keep alive', and only if you are alive can you output! From another perspective, as long as you are alive, even if you are dying, you still have the hope of fighting with all your strength and surviving a desperate situation!"

Recall the two fights tonight.

Matthew carefully summed up the experience.

The first battle concept he formulated for himself was "survival first".

There are many details involved in how to apply this concept in practice.

Combined with Finn's death.

Matthew put "beware of sudden death" on the highest priority!

Any crispy career has a risk of sudden death.

Because this world is full of all sorts of weird tricks.

Master Ronan once gave Matthew a book called "The Death of a Master", which records the stories of the sudden death of 99 famous masters in history.

On the last page of the book it says--

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"If you still feel that the author is making a fuss out of molehills after reading this, then you are probably the 100th spellcaster who paid for his life due to arrogance"

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Maybe it was influenced by this book.

Archmage Ronan highly admired the series of spells of "Garcia's Armor".

But Matthew felt it now.

Spell armor is useful but too one-sided.

Combining the game experience of the previous life.

He 'set' the three key attributes to highlight in his mind.

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"Toughness & Immunity & Will"

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Fortitude is the fundamental attribute that resists most negative states and controls.

The benefits of high toughness are incredible.

If tonight's sorcerer was replaced by a practitioner of the path of the sword master, Xiaobo's Longwei might be easily exempted by the latter. Matthew wins here, but the battle process is absolutely impossible to go so smoothly.

This is the most intuitive embodiment of the value of resilience.

"If a thief tries to sneak up on me, I have the "blind sense" to counter invisibility; but if the other party also has a deterrent method similar to Longwei, I'm afraid I can only sit and wait to die! "

Think of this situation.

Matthew felt sorry for him.

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'Immunity' is a key property against microbial parasites, bacterial and fungal infections, and voodoo curses;
And 'will' plays a more role in countering soul shock checks;

According to Matthew's current development model, there is no need to worry too much about "will" for the time being. The necromancer's meditation technique will naturally and slowly increase willpower.

"Immunity" is too unpopular, and usually he uses corrupt spores to infect others, as long as he is careful, he will not capsize in the gutter.

Only "toughness" does not come easily.

Exercising your body can do only a small amount.

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"Perhaps the ability on the druid side has the means to enhance toughness. It's really not good. If you can make a wilderness transformation with a high toughness value."

"I remember that there are also some low-level passive spells that can improve toughness by a small amount..."

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It's been a long time.

Matthew just got out of the constant self-summarization.

Open the taskbar.

The "rapid growth" spell has already been acquired. With his current mana, he can use it about 10 times a day. This will definitely help the great cause of tree planting.

The other reward is a bit confusing.

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"Admission Ticket for the Moonlight Association (Consumables)

Description: With this coupon, in the wilderness or woods on a full moon night, with the help of a natural soul, you can enter the sub-plane where the Moonlight Society is located."

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Matthew knew that the Moonlight Society was an existence similar to the druid school of magic.

But is it really useful to take this thing by yourself?

Even if a certain soul of nature is willing to help him enter the door, will he really not be beaten if he breaks in as a necromancer?
"Try it? What if the "Natural Affinity" on me works? "

He didn't have high hopes.

And below the taskbar.

The Tai Chi symbol has changed a lot.

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The gray energy on the left skyrocketed a lot, jumping to about 3/4 of the position;
And the green energy on the right is only a little bit short of full.

According to Matthew's previous experience.

It should be enough to plant four or five trees in this gap.

Looking forward to the changes after the energy is full.

The next day.

Matthew got up early in the morning and went to work in the oak forest.

However, after half a day, several trees had been planted, and the energy had reached full capacity, but the expected changes did not come.

This made Matthew think in spite of his disappointment:

"Does it need other conditions to trigger it, or does it simply need time to continue to accumulate?"

He didn't struggle for too long.

Anyway, planting trees is his job.

He was already very content with earning 10 XP points for each oak tree.

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In the afternoon, Matthew went to Sever School and the Sheriff's Office respectively.

The former went to the principal's office to ask for leave, while the latter went to Brad to explain the farm affairs.

The request for leave went smoothly. Matthew was originally a relative, and the principal not only agreed quickly, but also asked him to ask for a warm welcome.

As for Brad, at least judging from the reactions of others, he did a good job of keeping secrets.

Everyone in the security station greeted Matthew as usual, and it seemed that they did not connect Matthew with the necromancer from last night.

The two communicated closely in the morgue for a long time.

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"You don't know how chaotic the scene was yesterday. I tried my best to appease my team members, and then sent someone to notify the other team to return to the city. As a result, I was told that the lord was missing as soon as I arrived in the town— —he may well have gone looking for the kidnapper alone!"

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"At that time, all of us were dumbfounded. I hurriedly handed Sif over to the people in the Lord's Mansion, and I was going to lead the team to the Hag Castle again. Guess what? After walking a few miles, the Lord Lord came back by himself! Later I just found out that Mr. Zeller had a way to contact the lord alone, and after learning that Sif was fine, he came back alone."

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"However, in the middle of the night, I took people to the barren mountain to look around. The environment there was very scary. The fog above the castle sank to the mountainside. I don't know where the bandits set up their camp. If it was on the mountain, Their fate may be extremely miserable.”

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Brad rubbed his dark circles and complained in a low voice.

Matthew smiled, and meeting Brad's curious gaze, he casually said, "Their camp is halfway up the mountain in the valley, and the group of kidnappers died on the spot before the thick fog settled."

Brad was dumbfounded:
"You are too powerful!"

Matthew shook his head.

He chatted with Brad for a few more words before leaving the security station.

on the way home.

Matthew's thoughts were still heavy.

What happened last night seems to have come to an end.

However, there are still many doubts and possible follow-up developments.

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First, the Scourge Church.

Judging from the content of the secret letter, the magician Finn is just a priest, and his influence is limited to Rolling Stone Town and a few surrounding cities.

Although he took down the entire Warlock Camp in one go, it was hard to guarantee that the rest of the Scourge Order would not follow up.

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Second, there is a high probability that there is an internal response from the Scourge within the Blood Banner family.

According to Brad, Sif was snatched away when she was traveling in the countryside. The route she took was very secret, and no one knew except those close to her.

If this internal response is not found out, it will always be a hidden danger.

In addition, Finn also mentioned the particularity of Sif's bloodline.

This also made Matthew curious and uneasy.

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Thirdly, Finn mentioned in the secret letter that 'Ronan Archmage is trapped in the astral world'.

At first Matthew didn't care.

He thought it was nonsense.

But just now, he found out from Brad that Ronan hadn't shown up for more than a year!
Not only in Rolling Stone Town, but also in Gemstone Bay where he was stationed, there has been a lot of turmoil recently, and Ronan has not come forward for several major incidents, which is unavoidably worrying.

If this information is true.

Then the days ahead in Rolling Stone Town may not be peaceful.

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The fourth is about the ghost castle. The soul of the trader who was intercepted once mentioned that he died at the hands of a tall man with disheveled hair.

Neither Finn nor Angrie fit that description.

And last night, Matthew saw a figure with disheveled hair as the fog sank.

This shows that the death of the merchant is related to the fog in the Hag Fort.

However, his body was found by farmers on the road not close to the Hag's Castle.

This is very intriguing.

"So last night, did Finn's trick creation stimulate the passive sinking of the mist? Or is this itself a hunting operation by someone or a certain ritual?"

"Because Archmage Ronan is trapped in the star realm, are the evil things in the Hag's Castle ready to move?"

The more Matthew thought about it, the more he had a headache.

Until dinner time.

He was always restless.

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Today's dinner is tomato cream soup, black pepper steak and clove tart.

Paige's workmanship is still superb.

But Matthew's appetite is poor.

Peggy noticed it keenly: "What's the matter? Dear Matthew, have you finally reached puberty? Tell me, which girl makes you so sleepy? It can't be Sif, she But your student!"

Matthew rolled his eyes:
"I'm just thinking about it."

Peggy said seriously:
"Don't think about problems when eating, this is the basic respect for food!

Sometimes people ignore the things they take for granted.

Only a person like me who has died once knows how wonderful and luxurious it is to be able to eat like a living person. "

Matthew was stunned for a moment, and apologized:
"You're right, Paige."

He put away those worries and enjoyed dinner with his heart.

Peggy supported her bony chin with both hands:
"That's right, Matthew!"

"By the way, let me tell you some gossip, I secretly heard it a while ago!"

This time it was Matthew's turn to give a serious lecture:
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"Peggy, how many times have I told you - don't rely on your stealth skills to run around at night and listen to the corners everywhere!

That's rude!
Getting caught is not only embarrassing, it can be scary. "

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Peggy shrugged:

"Then are you listening or not?"

Matthew scooped up a large spoonful of thick soup, before the sweet spoon came close to his mouth, saliva was involuntarily secreted from his mouth.

"Ding……"

he said vaguely.

"Then do you know why the Blood Banner Lord hates necromancers?"

Peggy said mysteriously:

"Because his wife ran away with a necromancer!!!?"

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(End of this chapter)