The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 478: Death Star Explosion and Law of Death

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"Is the change in ether so extreme?"

After listening to this, Matthew frowned slightly and couldn't help but complain.

He did not question the correctness of Martin's inference.

On the one hand, the Cybertronian artificers have been observing Eindor from a high position for thousands of years. They are very sensitive to the changes in the environment, not to mention that the artificers themselves have an understanding of the ether that is not inferior to that of the mages.
On the other hand, Matthew himself could also sense the traces of violent fluctuations in the ether.

But at first he thought it was just a normal phenomenon after the God of Truth absorbed a large amount of ether.

As long as the chaos storm disappears.

The ether will return to normal levels.

But now it seems that things are not that simple.

The entire environment of Aindor is full of complex and ever-changing possibilities, and nothing is stable.

"extreme?"

Martin shook his head and said:
“In fact, this is normal.”

"Just like the tides, the concentration of the ether rises and falls."

"We have observed many planes, and almost all of them follow the law of the fluctuating etheric tides, with the exception of the main material plane."

"The Prime Material World is the only country in the multiverse that maintains a relatively high ether level and has little overall fluctuation..."

Matthew suddenly realized:

"Because of the Eternal Barrier?"

Martin nodded and said:
"Yes."

"All this is thanks to the Scourge Mage."

"The Eternal Barrier not only maintains the stability of the main material world at the physical level, but also restrains the fluctuations of the ether. This creates a greenhouse-like environment for the mages of Iendor, so that they don't have to face the pain of excessive chaotic ether."

“But everything has a price.”

"The Eternal Barrier protected Iendor, but caused the nearby secondary planes to suffer from the drying up of the ether. Therefore, most of the top warriors in the secondary planes are not mages."

"After these people merge their planes into the material world, they will have the opportunity to grow into top-level warriors with astonishing strength."

"Under such circumstances, the dominance of Iendor mages may be broken."

“This will become more apparent after the ether level drops sharply.”

"Although there is a divine mage, the top combat power is still controlled by the alliance, but who knows if a divine swordsman will emerge from a crack in the rock in a few years?"

Matthew nodded thoughtfully.

He thought these few words were all Martin wanted to say.

Who would have thought that this guy would hold Matthew's hand and refuse to let go, talking for a long time in one breath.

Matthew wanted to chase the butterflies, and he felt somewhat urgent.

However, as Martin is Cybertron's foreign affairs director, his real capabilities are not clear yet, but the intelligence and deductions he revealed are all top-notch information.

Matthew had to prick up his ears and listen patiently, for fear of missing some important information.

"...That's about it. After the Age of Gods, the Age of Mages, the Age of Withered Magic, and the Age of Nirvana, it was the turn of the giant beasts to appear."

Martin continued:
"In fact, there is still no certainty as to when the Age of Withered Law will come."

"The biggest leader among them is a top mage like you."

"If you choose to give up saving the City of Order and let the Golden Ring fall, then the Age of Mages will continue to evolve until it goes crazy, and then it will end..."

"Even after the Golden Ring incident, you had every opportunity to let the Chaos Aether run rampant in the world of Eindor, but you didn't do it. This is what I admire most about you..."

Matthew was speechless.

From Martin, he learned that he might have accidentally changed the career landscape of the continent of Aindo.

Once the ether level dropped sharply.

Aiendor will usher in an era of withered magic that has not been seen in a thousand years.

The opposite of ether expansion.

In the Age of Withered Magic, the power of mages will be greatly restricted.

Matthew's legendary journey will also be difficult.

But everything has two sides.

According to Martin.

If Matthew could reach the legendary level in the Age of Withered Mage, his strength would be many times stronger than a mage who normally reaches the legendary level.

Moreover, the Age of Withered Magic has little impact on mages above the upper legendary level.

The main impact is the change in the number of professionals at the legendary level and below.

After all, the withered Dharma is not the end of the Dharma.

For some mages, the downturn in Ether is actually an opportunity.

After telling about the possibility of another environmental change that the world of Eindor may face next.

Martin asked Matthew to go to Cybertron again:
"You have a lot of fans in Cybertron!"

“Some are fanatics than I am.”

"I have a friend who admires the decision you made in the Battle of the Gods. He invented a new type of bomb named Matthew..."

"Someone has already built arcane armor and charged constructs for you in advance."

"Believe me."

"Once you arrive at Cybertron, the artificers there will quickly arm you fully, and you will become very powerful—

I know you are strong enough now.

But no strong person will refuse the help of a magician..."

The dwarf said a lot of nonsense again.

It seems that Matthew has become a big celebrity in Cyberlon from his words.

This made Matthew feel a little embarrassed.

the end.

The dwarf took out a small gadget that looked like a flashlight and handed it to Matthew:
"I received a message from Mr. Butterfly. I came here in a hurry and didn't bring any gifts. This "Ether Light Sword" will be your meeting gift."

The flashlight just appeared.

Matthew sensed the violent fluctuations of the ether inside——

Honestly.

He was now somewhat allergic to objects with excessive ether content, not to mention that this was a creation of the Artificer.

Matthew instinctively wanted to refuse.

However, Martin looked so earnest and sincere that Matthew couldn't bear to hurt this "fan's" feelings, so he could only express his gratitude while carefully taking the "flashlight".

"As long as you continue to inject mana into it, it will eject a spell laser that can hurt people."

"The spell laser can exist continuously. The intensity and length of the spell laser can be determined by the amount of mana you input."

"This thing is just a small toy, so its destructive power is very average, at most it is like a fifth-level energy spell, but its length is still considerable, it can be extended to 400 meters at most!"

Martin introduced with a hint of pride:
"The biggest advantage of this little thing is that it is hidden and sudden."

"The startup speed is also very fast, no more than 0.01 seconds, very suitable for self-defense. Even if you don't need it yourself, you can give it to a friend or lover..."

Matthew tried it and found that the effect of this ether lightsaber was unexpectedly good.

Mainly, it is long enough.

With his magical power, he can easily stimulate it to more than two hundred meters.

The holder's mind moved.

The effect of the spell laser is instantaneous and can be said to be quite sharp.

Effective range is a very important prerequisite in combat.

Can strike an object 400 meters away in an instant——

This is just one attribute.

This flashlight is a great magic weapon.

The only downside to this thing is that the laser will get seriously hot if it lasts for a long time.

But this was not a problem for Matthew.

He has control over negative energy, and he can easily resist the overheating of the etheric lightsaber by simply injecting a little negative energy into the surface of his skin.

After thanking Martin for the gift.

Matthew took the initiative to talk about where the butterfly went.

Until then.

The dwarf artificer slapped his forehead and thought:
"I was so excited that I almost forgot about the important matter."

"Mr. Butterfly drove the God of Truth to the depths of the Astral Realm. Although this can better protect the City of Order, the more chaotic environment of the Astral Realm may still cause the ether in the God of Truth to get out of control."

"We must find him as soon as possible!"

Matthew nodded:

"I am planning to enter the astral world, but I need clues from the God of Truth."

"Can you tell the direction the butterfly left?"

The dwarf pondered:

"It's hard."

“No matter if it’s a living creature or a flying vehicle, once it enters the astral realm, it becomes very complicated to continue tracking them.”

"Dark Devouring is a common phenomenon in most astral regions.

This means that the traces left by life activities or natural laws will be swallowed up by special substances hidden in the dark.

Even though the God of Truth would leave a lot of ether and burning traces along the way.

It is also difficult for us to judge Mr. Butterfly’s whereabouts based on this point…”

Matthew sighed softly.

Astral travel is indeed a very troublesome thing.

If Cybertron couldn't help, he would have to take the risk on his own.

But the next second.

Martin said:

"But the God of Truth has finally completed his transformation and become one of the most powerful construct life forms. We can use the "Construct Tracking Technique" to determine the general direction of the God of Truth and then find the whereabouts of the butterfly."

"I myself cannot go into the astral plane with you, but Little Mine can."

"She is proficient in construct tracking and is also good at driving a cuttlefish boat. Perhaps she can help you."

The small mine next to it moved forward half a step:
“Is this an order?”

Martin shrugged.

"look at yourself."

"You know, I never like giving you orders—except to lower your sense of humor."

Under Matthew's curious gaze.

A smiling face appeared on the crystal plate of the little mine:
"I am willing to serve Mr. Matthew."

"Remember to give me an autograph. I can exchange a lot of parts at Cybertron..."

Matthew laughed silently.

After reaching an agreement with Martin, things went extremely smoothly.

He borrowed a squid boat that could navigate the astral plane from the Cybertron Rescue Team.

Except for Little Mine, a multifunctional construct life form.

Martin also stuffed two constructs named "Sailor One" and "Sailor Two" into the Cuttlefish boat.

They will be responsible for the daily maintenance, driving and simple protection tasks of the Cuttlefish boat.

Matthew is also decisive in his work.

Half an hour later.

Under the command of Little Mine.

The two sailor-type structures each performed their duties, and the cuttlefish boat successfully took off from the air launch platform temporarily built by the Cyberlon rescue team.

Less than ten minutes.

They quickly left the material world through "phase transition"!

The Cuttlefish is a small to medium-sized flying vehicle.

It looks like a cuttlefish, with the tail as the propeller and only the middle part and head can accommodate passengers and sailors.

To prevent problems with phase transitions.

Therefore, it is impossible to solidify the space folding spell inside most small and medium-sized astral vehicles.

This results in a small carrier space.

present.

Matthew sat in a semi-reclining position on his back on a shell-shaped seat that fully covered his entire body.

In front of him was an extremely thick convex mirror. Through the smooth and clear mirror surface, he could clearly see all the scenery in front of the cuttlefish boat.

The boundless starry sky, the flying meteors, the broken night...

Scenes that cannot be seen in the material world.

Now Matthew has a full view of it.

However, after getting over the initial nervousness and excitement, the scenery you see when you enter the star realm is actually all the same.

Matthew quickly got used to it.

Soon.

The Cuttlefish passed near the Eternal Wall during a phase jump.

Matthew just happened to see a large group of star aliens lying on the broken barrier. They were using a tool like a battering ram to violently attack the gap in the barrier.

And not far away from other places.

A large number of celestial creatures gather near almost every gap in the permanent barrier.

They are eager to break through the barriers and enter the continent of Aindor!

See this scene.

Matthew did not make a move.

Instead, I feel heavy inside.

Although most of the creatures in the astral realm are extremely vicious, not every individual is completely evil.

Among them there are old, weak, women and children, as well as gentle creatures.

And the reason why they can't wait to enter the material world.

I'm afraid I'm just looking for a more stable place to live.

This was further confirmed after Matthew took the cuttlefish boat deep into the astral realm.

The impact of the Great Rip is disruptive.

But compared to the disaster in the astral world.

Disasters in the material world can only be said to be child's play.

Matthew went straight into the star realm and saw that the outer world was either in the process of being shattered or had already become a cold ruin.

"In the Great Rip, almost 90% of the star realm gathering places were destroyed..."

"The turmoil in the material world means the collapse of the outer planes."

"These celestial creatures are actually just looking for a way out." Such thoughts lingered in Matthew's mind.

Let’s put aside the mapping power of the original world.

In fact, the most obvious problem facing Aindo is that the environmental resources cannot support such a large population!
Therefore, there are disputes of all kinds.

"Perhaps, this is also a kind of self-purification of the plane's will..."

Matthew thought.

The number of intelligent life cannot rise indefinitely. When it reaches a certain peak, the factors buried deep within the entire multiverse will be disturbed.

Environmental changes, resource reduction, disasters...

These are all mechanisms for self-purification and regulation of the cosmic will.

However, it is precisely all of this that generates a lot of heat in the rise and fall of the multiverse.

And heat is the fire of life that the giants covet.

"So what the giant beast or higher-dimensional beings in the void desire is actually the huge noise and disturbance generated between the birth and extinction of life..."

Waves of enlightenment flooded into Matthew's mind.

During that seemingly long and endless flight, he thought a lot.

Matthew today.

There has been extremely in-depth exploration in the fields of nature and life.

The only things we still know very little about are immortality and death.

His intuition told him.

The last link of his legendary path is closely related to the fire of life that the behemoths crave.

The feeling is quite subtle and itchy.

It seems that the answer that can reveal all the mysteries is right in front of you, but it is separated by a layer of hazy fog, making it difficult to see clearly, like looking at flowers in the fog, and yet it seems to be close yet far away.

Don't know how long it has been.

Matthew's thoughts gradually came to a halt.

But during this process, he looked at the dark starry sky outside the glass cover, and his inner emotions gradually turned to sadness and loneliness:

"Some things like domains can be acquired through sudden enlightenment, some can be acquired through indoctrination by others, but there are also a small number of them that may require long-term accumulation..."

“I am very lucky to be able to control so many areas at the same time.”

"The only thing I have been practicing day and night is the way to immortality, but I still cannot find the way."

“Is this road exactly what is needed? Long-term accumulation?”

Matthew is not unwilling to accumulate.

However, the ever-changing environment in Aindo really did not give him the opportunity to settle down.

Think of this.

He had a lot more negative emotions in his heart.

"wrong."

"I just saved Canning City, I shouldn't be so depressed."

Matthew was very clear-headed and immediately realized that something was wrong.

At this moment.

Little Landmine came over, and a big smile appeared on her crystal plate, which even looked a little funny:

"Mr. Matthew!"

“Look at me!”

"Look at me, look at me!"

Matthew smiled:
"What's matter?"

Xiao Dilei's voice suddenly turned into a sweet female voice:
"This should be your first time entering the astral realm, right?"

"Most people, when they first enter the astral world, will be overwhelmed by the vastness and beauty of the starry sky, but soon after, they will quickly feel their own insignificance and the vastness of the starry sky, and then generate a lot of unnecessary negative emotions."

"Artificers call this phenomenon 'Astral Syndrome'."

"Astral syndrome varies from person to person, and can be mild or severe. The most severe cases may lead to a person's sudden suicide, so in order to prevent this, I hope you can look at my smiling face more often and appreciate my sweet voice."

"If you need to, you can raise my humor index, but not too much, just return it to the normal level of 25%."

"Then I can tell you some high-level jokes to offset the negative effects of the Astral Syndrome!"

Matthew thought for a moment.

Still declined Xiao Dilei's proposal——

Before setting off, Martin had warned him not to raise Little Mine's humor index above 0, otherwise something might go wrong.

"Little Mine really hopes to be of help to you!"

A pitiful expression appeared on the crystal plate of the construct:

"Don't you want to get out of Astral Syndrome quickly?"

Matthew smiled:
"It's not really a symptom for me, it's just a bit of fun."

"At the end of the day, any novel experience is necessary, even if it's negative, I don't want to miss it."

A frustrated expression immediately floated across the crystal plate of the little mine.

But she didn't say much.

He just lay obediently beside Matthew and waited.

Matthew quietly felt the sadness and insignificance in his heart.

In fact, after experiencing the dusk disaster.

Matthew shouldn't have developed astral syndrome, let alone this series of negative emotions.

He thought about it.

The reason may be the "innocent heart" given by the magic goddess.

Although the heart has been petrified and shattered.

But the effect seems to have taken hold on Matthew.

He found that he had become much more sensitive in terms of emotions, and any emotion could remain fresh after a certain period of time.

What's even more amazing is.

This novelty does not affect Matthew's thinking and judgment.

It was as if his feelings and logic had become detached from each other.

Feelings are feelings.

Logic is logic.

The two do not affect each other and operate independently.

This allows him to maintain his valuable original intention while maintaining his mature judgment.

"No wonder the Magic Goddess can rely on it to resist the invasion of Chaos Aether..."

Matthew is increasingly able to appreciate the wonder of a child's innocent heart.

A few minutes later.

Matthew has completely broken free from the Astral Syndrome.

He asked Little Mine:

"When do we activate the construct tracking spell?"

Little Landmine replied:

"We are currently following the basic tracing of the etheric traces left by the God of Truth."

"Before encountering astral undercurrents or large-scale dark devouring areas, there is no need to use construct tracking spells."

Matthew nodded:

"How long will it take to experience the dark devouring area?"

Little Mine took the initiative to untie a bundle of plugs under his body and inserted two of them into the control console of the Cuttlefish boat.

Ten seconds later.

She replied:

"Two hours."

"The speed of the Cuttlefish boat is not very fast, but it is concealed enough. We are alone in the deep space of the star realm, and the most important thing is safety. What do you think?"

Matthew had no objection.

Compared to Cybertron's constructed life forms.

His experience of astral travel was shallow.

It is better to leave professional matters to professionals.

But after he lay in the chair for a while, he felt a little bored.

This is also the norm for astral travel.

Although there are many dangerous places, most of the worlds on the journey are long and boring.

Matthew stood there in a daze for a while.

Then he chatted with the constructs from time to time.

After Little Mine tried twice to induce Matthew to raise his humor index but failed, he ran to the other side of the cabin and sulked.

As for the other two constructs, their intelligence levels were a bit low, and Matthew had nothing to talk about with them.

So he simply took out a few spell books from his bag and took some time to learn spells.

Matthew was learning magic in the Cuttlefish Boat. It was originally just a casual attempt, but the effect of learning was surprisingly good.

In just less than two hours.

He actually learned two legendary spells in one go!
This surprised Matthew himself.

He possesses "extraordinary wisdom" and can learn spells ten times faster than normal, but this is a legendary spell!
In theory.

Matthew has an extremely high level of practice in the Way of Legend and a strong level of exploration in the realm of the dead. It is possible for him to successfully learn legendary spells in advance.

This was also one of the prerequisites for his attempt.

But this success was too smooth and too easy! ?

"Could it be related to the environment of the astral world?"

"Or is it related to the ether storm I just experienced?"

Matthew didn't quite understand the connection.

But this did not prevent him from mastering two extremely powerful necromancy spells in advance!
……

"Death Starburst: You can choose a meteorite with a diameter of no more than 1 km in the astral plane and slowly inject negative energy into it.

When the negative energy in the meteorite reaches a certain level.

It will become your weapon.

You can control this meteorite to strike a specific target at an extremely long distance (cannot cross planes/maximum distance 3000 kilometers).

When the meteorite hits the target, not only will a huge explosion occur, but it will also spread a large amount of negative energy and death clouds, thus creating a Jedi filled with only the undead!"

"Death Command: You can use the following two methods to make one or more targets directly suffer at least 12 rounds of death checks:

1. Call out any name, title or nickname that can refer to the target.

2. Look at any target within your field of vision.

Note 1: The Death Command has powerful legendary resistance penetration and a success rate at least twice as high as that of ordinary instant death spells;
Note 2: The interval between each round of judgment shall not exceed 30 seconds.

Note 3: Every time you kill a living creature with the Death Command, you have a chance to gain a slight increase in the success rate of instant death judgment.

……

Necromancer Starburst needs no further explanation.

This is a legendary spell with extremely destructive power, and it can also artificially create a land of the undead.

The Law of Death is also the Necromancer's signature after he advances to Legend.

It is the advancement of instant death spells such as Pale Hand, Touch of Death, Finger of Death in the legendary realm. Its lethality is more than twice that of the original spells.
This thing is at least on the same level as Jaeger's Blade's "Soul Siphon".

With it.

Matthew has officially become a legendary necromancer!
"It seems that learning the legendary spells of the dead realm is not a difficult task for me."

"It's a pity that there are not many spells in this area, and even fewer that are useful..."

"I just wonder if it's possible to learn legendary spells from other fields in advance?"

Matthew just thought so.

Little Mine, who was originally lying at the other end of the cabin, suddenly rushed to Matthew with wires all over his body and an excited expression.

What Matthew realized:
"Have we reached the Dark Devouring Area?"

Little Landmine replied:

"No."

"But I think I found where Butterfly-sama went!"

"The Cuttlefish boat just intercepted a psychic communication from a nearby starship!"

Matthew raised his eyelids:
"You can also intercept psychic communications?"

Little Landmine showed a proud expression:

"Of course!"

"Cyberron can do anything!"

next second.

A deep male voice announced on the console:

"All alchemists, listen up!"

"The mechanical butterfly carrying the ether core has arrived near the target area!"

"Please cooperate with our friendly forces to capture the ether core in the target area..."

This is followed by a repeated broadcast of the “target area” coordinates.

Matthew was shocked:
"Can you determine which area of ​​the astral world these coordinates point to?"

The small mine was lying on the console like an octopus, operating frantically, and sparks kept coming out of the plug connection.

"found it!"

Little Mine shouted.

Matthew leaned over to take a look.

A three-dimensional star map appeared on the console screen.

There are light spots marked on it.

Each point of light represents a celestial force.

Among them, there is a yellow spot of light that is particularly bright.

Matthew narrowed his eyes.

But next to the yellow light spot was a striking word:

……

Planet Stuluk

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　I have a stomachache and am leaking clear fluid, so the update is over. I will try to update at 6 o'clock in the future. If there is no update at 6 o'clock, it will definitely be available before 12 o'clock at night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)