A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

Chapter 260 The Mystery of the Harpy Giant and the Centaur

 …

“Tips: After a small-scale battle, you and your men wiped out all the invading enemies!

  A total of 148 cavemen and 69 harpies were killed in this battle.

 Your cemetery's dungeon legendarity +0.5! "

 …

  Half an hour later.

 In the side corridor on the second underground floor of the cemetery, corpses were lying on the ground.

Looking at the tragic death of the cavemen and harpies in front of him, Matthew couldn't help but wonder who gave them the confidence to attack their own cemetery?

Matthew did not even take part in this battle himself.

Peggy, Black Warrior Argus and Death Knight 47, with some small soldiers, took turns to charge and kill for a few times before establishing the victory of the battle.

at this time.

 This mixed force actually wants to retreat.

However, Matthew's cemetery is not their back garden. They have come here, so it would be inappropriate not to stay and continue working.

finally.

Under Matthew's command, all the invading enemies were killed. He even ordered his subordinates to leave as many corpses as possible.

 In this way, the combat power of the undead will be stronger in the future.

 The battlefield was quickly cleaned.

 Neither the caveman nor the harpy is a particularly wealthy monster, so the loot Matthew can harvest is really limited.

 Aspects of harpies.

Matthew plucked part of the Feather of Moist Heat from their corpses.

Each harpy has approximately 1 to 3 moist heat feathers depending on its age or maturity.

This feather is a natural aphrodisiac.

Grinding into powder or soaking into plaster has corresponding effects.

besides.

Matthew also found a broken spell book on a harpy.

The spell book was in the exact same shape as the page he found in "A Love Story in the Deep City".

 After his test.

The spell book found on this page also comes from the Chapter of Red Pink.

So Matthew inserted it into the Warding Psalm and gained a new spell.

 …

“Impregnable: When you use this spell on yourself or a certain unit, within the next hour, no matter how skilled your opponent is and is proficient in all kinds of martial arts, it will be difficult for you to surrender.

  But accordingly.

 The pleasure you can gain from this process is greatly reduced. "

 …

 Sure enough.

The Pink Chapter records some unorthodox spells.

If Confusion and Confusion can barely be used as a control spell, then being impregnable is of little significance to Matthew now.

 As to whether usage scenarios can be developed in the future.

 Matthew is cautiously open.

 So he had better keep this page of spells carefully.

 The main trophy left behind by the cavemen's troops was a small stone commonly known as "power stone".

This kind of stone is something that cavemen occasionally use as a substitute for food in their daily lives.

 As far as Matthew knows.

If this stone is ground into powder, it can have a powerful antidiarrheal effect after being taken.

And if a large amount of powder is refined into a higher-level magic potion, it can significantly enhance a person's power.

The average strength of cavemen far exceeds their size, which is related to the long-term consumption of this stone.

 Actually, it’s about these cavemen.

Matthew had already learned about it from Ghost Ali’s intelligence.

 Just in line with the attitude that I will not offend others unless they offend me, he has never cleaned up these monsters.

 Unexpectedly, the other party came to the door.

"These monsters have been in peace with me for so long, but they were bewitched by the Holy Grail of Sin and came to die. No wonder Rhaegar was almost seduced by the Holy Grail and fell. I'm afraid there are not a few monsters who came to die in the future. It's good to save me. We looked for them one by one."

“Let’s go back and search the caveman’s lair. Maybe we can find more powerful stones.”

 Matthew felt at ease.

 He is very confident in the strength of the cemetery, and he also knows very well that truly powerful monsters cannot be easily bewitched by the Holy Grail of Sin.

 At most, they will have desire and hatred for the cemetery, but actually putting it into action is another matter.

 Only weak monsters will come to die in a steady stream.

 But they will become part of the cemetery.

 The cycle goes on and on.

 As time goes by, the monsters may still think that the Holy Grail of Sin and Matthew are the same!

 Among the items dropped by this mixed army.

What Matthew values ​​most is a ring called "Frost Witch's Order".

This ring is enchanted with a "command spell" that can be effective on multiple groups at the same time.

 The one holding the ring is the leader of the caveman army.

This ring was obviously not made by cavemen, and they could not afford such a magic item, so it could only have been picked up, snatched, or given as a gift from others.

 Based on what Matthew has recently learned about the Underdark.

 In the famous Jifrog City.

 There is a powerful banshee called "Frost Witch".

 She is the chief counselor of the little black dragon lord of the Frozen City.

 Compared to the wily old Black Dragon of Black Dragon City.

The little black dragon, which has risen rapidly in recent years, has a higher reputation and intimidation among the forces and biological populations in the Underdark.

  If all this is not a coincidence.

It is very likely that the little black dragon gradually expanded its sphere of influence to the surface.

This frost witch's command ring is the token obtained by the caveman tribe after taking refuge in the freezing city.

 From this perspective.

Matthew felt that he still couldn't be careless. If the little black dragon really came to fight one day, he must have reserves to win the war resolutely!

“Don’t be in a hurry, things like reserves are accumulated bit by bit. I just killed several dragons, and the little black dragon may not have the courage to confront me head-on.”

 Matthew composed himself.

 After counting the main loot, the rest of the battlefield cleaning work is left to the coolie zombies led by the Coolie Mother.

Matthew told her to drag all the corpses intact to the northeastern part of the second underground floor for centralized processing.

 Because it’s here.

 Matthew took the time to build a "Dead Soul Transformation Pool"!

  Necromantic transformation pool.

As the name suggests, as long as you put all kinds of corpses into it, they will be transformed into all kinds of undead after a period of time.

This is actually an extremely mini ritual venue, with essentially no technical content, as long as it can communicate with the negative energy plane and continuously absorb elements from the negative energy plane.

There is usually only one factor that prevents the Necromancer from building a Necromantic Transformation Pool—

 That’s poverty!

 Establishing a large-scale undead transformation pool requires investing a large amount of high-quality world heart stones.

 This is an expense that the necromancers, who have always been poor, cannot afford.

 But Matthew is different.

He is not tight on money now, so he has not spared any of the buildings that should be in the cemetery.

 The transformation pool has actually been built for some time.

 It just never opened.

  It can only be said that cavemen and harpies will be fortunate enough to be the first customers of the transformation pool.

“After we have the transformation pool, I don’t need to handle all the corpses personally in the future. I only need to be responsible for processing some high-quality corpses, and the rest will be thrown into the transformation pool.”

 Watching the coolie zombies move corpses one by one into the transformation pool.

 Matthew felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

The cemetery is getting bigger and bigger, and the atmosphere of this thriving development is fascinating.

Although the quality of the undead units spawned by the undead transformation pool is relatively average.

  But its advantage is that it is more versatile.

Matthew actually only mastered the general method of summoning the undead, and optimized and improved it for zombies and skeleton ghosts. He has not yet fully mastered the other methods of summoning the undead -

This is not Matthew being lazy.

 But there are too many species in the world.

 Different species have different techniques for summoning the undead.

Matthew could not devote all his energy to such a thing.

 When he summoned the bone horse before, he was like a blind cat meeting a dead mouse, it was purely a matter of luck.

 Now there is an undead transformation pool.

 All units can be transformed by themselves, even if it is difficult to produce elite units through assembly line spawning.

 But Matthew didn't care about that.

He has Negative Energy Beacon and Deadly Scissors, and there will only be more elite units in the cemetery in the future.

 Necromancer.

　　Explosive troops are the first feature.

  If Matthew was still following the small but refined route.

 Then after having the undead transformation pool.

 His undead army will gradually embark on a rough and heroic route!

 As long as there is a steady stream of corpses.

His army of the undead will gather like a sea and eventually shock the entire multiverse!

 Two days later.

  A stumbling figure crawled out of the transformation pool.

 And behind it.

　　 is a shadow that is constantly expanding.

Matthew stood by the transformation pool and looked at the newly born undead.

 The thing that crawled out is called the "Caveman Bone Soldier."

obviously.

 It’s the caveman version of the Skeleton Soldier.

 Compared to ordinary skeleton soldiers, caveman skeleton soldiers have better bone quality.

The bones of its upper limbs were particularly thick, which made Peggy jealous and said to Matthew on the spot:

 “These short arms are perfect for sharpening into bone blades!”

 “Can you give me a few?”

Matthew rolled his eyes and rejected Peggy's excessive request.

 At least in his opinion.

These newly born bone soldiers are part of the cemetery. Although their overall combat effectiveness is average, it is a more cost-effective choice to remove their upper limbs and polish them into bone blades and equip them with other undead units.

 But Matthew would not do that.

 At least he would not do such a thing while these skeleton soldiers were alive.

 “Let’s go!”

 “Report to Ah Bing!”

 Matthew ordered the dumb skeleton soldier.

 At present, all the skeleton units are in charge of A Bing. Although this guy is obviously not a talented general, there are really no other high-level skeletons under Matthew.

 Originally, it was supposed to be left to Peggy to lead the team.

But after being a skull for two days, this guy said that this duty was too tedious and she stopped playing.

 In the end, she became the cook obediently.

The caveman Bone Soldier was stunned for a moment, walked slowly around Matthew, and headed towards the entrance to the underground floor.

Matthew’s eyes immediately focused on the expanding shadow.

 This is a necromancy unit he has never seen before!

 “This is inevitable…”

 “Is it too big?”

Looking at the monster transformed by the harpy walking out of the transformation pool step by step, Matthew couldn't help but sigh like this.

 On the data column.

 …

 Hint: Your cemetery has gained a new undead unit "Harpy Troll"!

Harpy Giant (exclusive unit of Death Horror Cemetery): The body of the dead harpy becomes extremely swollen under the infusion of negative energy swamp gas. Her size is 3 to 6 times that of her lifetime, and she has extremely terrifying abilities. Visual shock effect!

Harpy trolls have the following four qualities or abilities—

  1. Advantage of crushing (with its huge size, the harpy giant can crush most small and medium-sized units)

  2. Charm of giants (Harpy giants retain part of their charm ability in life, and some giant lovers may be more easily attracted by the appearance of giants and fall under their beauty)

  3. Ghost bloodline (Harpy monsters are ghost-type units, they can **** the energy, physical strength and concentration of enemy units)

4. Self-explosion (when the harpy monsters are defeated, their bodies will self-destruct, and a large amount of negative energy vapor will flow out of them when they are exposed, causing explosion damage and imposing instant death judgment on enemy units) "

 …

 “The random transformation of the transformation pool actually produced such a good thing?”

 Matthew touched his head.

 I haven’t put on the “lucky hat” given by Sylvia yet!

 Have to admit it.

The appearance of the giant harpy in front of me is very intimidating. If it is placed at the fork in the dungeon, it will probably scare away most of the soldiers.

 But in fact, their combat effectiveness is quite limited.

  In other words, self-destruction is probably quite powerful.

Matthew looked at the harpy monster in front of him, and he made a decision at that moment:

“Once all the harpies and monsters have been transformed, some of them will be placed at various entrances or key points in the cemetery leading to the Underdark, forming levels one by one.”

“This can not only scare potential enemies, but also serve as an alarm. After all, the sound of explosions can travel far and wide underground, so I should be able to sense it in advance.”

 The moment.

Matthew motioned for the harpy giant to come forward and let him touch it.

 In Peggy's suspicious eyes.

Matthew calmly touched the troll’s body.

 As a professional mage, he is judging whether the monster's skin has sufficient toughness and observing other parameters.

certainly.

 It feels really good in hand.

This is also the time when the undead transformation pool is under construction day and night.

  Matthew once again divided the functions and adjusted the work of the cemetery unit.

 This major adjustment basically clarified the management positions and development direction of the cemetery in the future.

First of all, in terms of city defense, the leader is the patrol captain Argus, and his deputy is the new death knight 47 who joined the cemetery.

The fighting power of these two people is very strong. Even among the fifth level, it is still at the top level.

  The addition of Death Knight 47 makes up for Argus's inability to go out.

 Matthew split the patrol in two.

Agus is responsible for inspecting the situation in and around the cemetery.

  And 47 will be responsible for exploring the underground world and expedition to other forces when necessary.

  The second is internal affairs.

This piece of Matthew is still handed over to Ghost Ali.

 Mainly it is Peggy, A Bing, Renesmee and others who embarrass the big task.

on the contrary.

 The high-level ghost Ali who defected showed great interest and talent in this regard.

 For example, this time the undead transformation pool and the development of 2 underground floors.

 It was basically Matthew who made the plans.

 It was completed under Ali's supervision.

As a ghost, he has a good relationship with skeletons, zombies and even black warriors.

　　He is indeed a talented person in internal affairs.

 Considering that the cemetery is full of undead people and their needs are relatively simple, there is not much to do in this regard.

Matthew finally completely handed over this power to the outsider Ali.

 The latter was ecstatic after receiving Matthew's authorization, and vowed to make the cemetery perfect in Matthew's mind.

 This point still makes Matthew quite satisfied.

 As for logistics.

The coolie mother, who performed quite well, was undoubtedly the leader.

 She is not only good at training zombies, but also has some talents in stocking materials, making tools, and transporting supplies.

 The number of zombies in the cemetery is currently the largest.

 The status of the coolie mother has naturally increased.

But Matthew had no intention of letting the coolie mother’s family dominate.

He still placed Renesmee next to the Coolie Mother to take charge of another group of zombies.

 Miss Zombie looked dumbfounded.

 But she was very hostile to the coolie mother.

Matthew speculates that this is because the Coolie Mother transforms all zombies into coolies or farmers.

This created a lot of anxiety for Renesmee.

However, both sides showed restraint in front of Matthew.

Recently, Matthew even discovered that some of the zombies Renesmee brought had mastered archery-related skills!

 This makes Matthew quite happy.

If under healthy competition, you can have more zombie archers in your hands, it will be a real gain.

 You must know that zombies are extremely powerful, and they really meet one of the requirements for a marksman.

 As for aiming.

Matthew could only pray that Renesmee's unique aiming skills could be taught to other zombies.

 In addition, there are some special elite units.

Matthew also assigned responsibilities to them.

 For example, an ooze leader was attracted by a negative energy beacon last week.

Matthew assigned him the position of cemetery city appearance improvement officer.

 Actually, they are cleaners.

 The leader of the ooze monster has a unique talent in this regard. It devours garbage with astonishing efficiency, even dust.

 With his joining.

Matthew could clearly feel that the environment in the cemetery had improved in the past two days.

 The only drawback is.

This guy is actually a bit greedy, and often eats one or two skeletons or zombies when no one is paying attention.

Matthew gave him a stern warning, and also told other middle-level people in the cemetery that if they find the leader of the ooze monster devouring the name of the cemetery, they must report to him as soon as possible.

Matthew attaches great importance to the stability within the cemetery.

If this guy dares to do it again.

Matthew could not keep him.

It is worth mentioning that.

 Among the various job appointments in this round, there is another living person who has become the props department official of the Death Fear Cemetery.

Yes.

 That’s right.

 He was once one of the middle-level members of the Silver Frost Brotherhood, and was called "Boss Dean" by other arsonists.

 Because of his excellent performance in making hot glue and his positive attitude.

Matthew specially promoted him to the head of the props production department and also under the logistics management.

Of course, Matthew was still not completely relieved about Dean as the only living supervisor.

Although compared to other arsonists, Dean, as a supervisor, has more freedom.

 But there will still be 1~2 ghosts staring at him.

 This is to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid.

all in all.

After this round of planning, the interior of the cemetery has become more organized.

It is also in this process.

Matthew suddenly felt that the name Death Fear Cemetery given to him by the Holy Grail of Sin was quite nice.

So he readily accepted this.

 From now on.

  Matthew’s private cemetery will be officially renamed Death Fear Cemetery!

“It’s a pity that Xiao Fei can’t stay in the main material world for a long time. Otherwise, with his diligence, he will definitely inspire more undead to work hard, thus making the cemetery stronger and more prosperous.”

 A trace of regret flashed through Matthew's heart.

But he was content.

In just over half a year, the cemetery grew from scratch, to a large one, and even officially had its own legend.

 This is actually a great inspiration to Matthew.

 He believes.

 One day.

Death Fear Cemetery will become a true legend!

 In order to achieve this goal as soon as possible.

Matthew decided to pick up the shovel and carry the sapling—

 “While it’s still early, let’s plant a few more trees!”

 He left the cemetery happily.

 Go to the ground and start planting trees every day for several years.

 …

 Compared to the prosperity of the cemetery.

The oak forest on the surface is also full of vitality due to the addition of the centaur tribe.

When Matthew was walking in the woods, he found that there were many small animals here, and many of them were discussing the centaurs—

Perhaps this is because the animals in the oak forest are native to Irondor.

 The centaur is actually a legendary creature.

  Small animals are relatively rare and quite normal.

It’s just that some of the things the little animals talked about made Matthew feel a little shocked.

for example.

Matthew accidentally passed by the cave entrance of the burrowing owl couple and heard this conversation -

“The centaurs are really good people! They actually gave us berries to eat!” This was the voice of Mrs. Burrowing Owl.

Mr. Burrowing Owl responded:

“Yes, yes, but I am still curious, where did Mr. Centaur and the girl come from?

 I mean, they're half human and half horse..."

Mrs. Owl thought:

 “It should be a hybrid.”

“Just like draconians or orcs—it’s amazing. The human species seems to be able to hybridize with many species to create new creatures!”

Mr. Burrowing Owl asked again:

“So is it a human-horse hybrid, or a horse-human hybrid?”

Mrs. Owl was silent.

Mr. Burrowing Owl continued to ask tirelessly:

“And I have another question, if the centaur lady is pregnant, where is the baby hidden?”

“Is it hidden in the human half, or in the horse half?”

 “How curious!”

Mrs. Owl's tone was a bit wrong:

“So you were thinking about this when you were staring at the centaur lady that day?”

Mr. Burrowing Owl quickly explained:

“No, I just think it’s more convenient for us, just lay an egg!”

Mrs. Burrowing Owl suddenly roared:

 “Easy and convenient?”

 “Would you like to lay an egg for me?!”

 Said.

There was a commotion in the cave.

Matthew smiled dumbly.

 At this time.

A somewhat unfamiliar black peacock passed by Matthew with graceful steps.

 He apparently also heard the conversation in the Burrowing Owl's cave.

 The proud black peacock raised its head.

 He said to Matthew:

“That burrowing owl couple are both retarded, aren’t they?”

“But the fact that such a weak-minded creature can survive just shows that this is a good place.”

 Matthew had not spoken to this black peacock before.

 It was rare for the other party to take the initiative to speak, so he still had to do the task of talking to animals.

So Matthew asked:

“Oh, what do you think of centaur pregnancy?”

Black Peacock said seriously:

“I can’t speak highly of them, but I think centaurs are oviparous animals. They are the same as burrowing owls and us. All they need to do is lay an egg.”

Matthew became interested:

 “But no one in this world has ever seen a centaur’s egg.”

The black peacock said proudly:

“No one has ever seen a centaur’s egg, it doesn’t mean that centaur can’t lay eggs, understand?”

“And I have better evidence that centaurs are oviparous.”

Matthew nodded:

"you say."

Black Peacock said:

“I have talked with centaurs and found them to be very intelligent and powerful. In my experience, the most powerful and intelligent species in the world are oviparous animals.”

 “For example, a dragon.”

 “For example, human beings.”

“Therefore there is no doubt that the powerful and intelligent centaur must also be an oviparous animal.”

 Listen to the previous paragraph.

Matthew still thought it was ridiculous.

 But then he frowned:

"Humanity?"

 “You said humans are also oviparous animals?”

The black peacock fluttered the feathers on its tail gracefully:

"if not?"

“Don’t tell me that you are a viviparous animal, that would be so funny, hahahahaha... You don’t even know how you got here, do you?”

 “I have witnessed many of my human women lay eggs with my own eyes!”

“Tsk, tsk, tsk, they laid eggs very fast, but the scene was too scary...”

  Human females lay eggs?

Matthew’s face became serious:

“Your Excellency, you have just come to the oak forest recently. Where did you live before?”

Black Peacock asked with some vigilance:

 “Why do you ask this?”

“Do you want to steal eggs? That’s not possible! The mage tower is very well guarded. Not only are mercenaries and magic apprentices guarding it day and night, but there are also many golems!”

“Speaking of which, I left my original place of residence just because I couldn’t stand the sound of those demons walking around day and night.”

"This should be a good place. I heard the retarded burrowing owl couple say that there are no predators like leopards here, which is very suitable for us birds to survive. The winter here seems to be a little colder than where I used to live, but it doesn't matter. , our black peacock is relatively cold-resistant..."

 He chattered endlessly.

Matthew was not in a hurry. He listened to Black Peacock’s narrative calmly and patiently:

“…But I hate snow. It’s hard to find food after it snows. But I heard that the owner of this forest is a relatively friendly mage. He should be able to find us some food, right?”

 Hear this.

Matthew simply revealed his identity:

“Formal introduction, I am the owner here, Matthew.”

The black peacock was startled.

Soon he opened his mouth and said:

"I heard from that couple that if they meet you, they have to pay you a protection fee. Only in this way can they live safely in the forest. But I am just a poor and proud black peacock. I can't give you anything."

"But you seem to be very interested in women who can lay eggs. So, I'll give you the things I picked up in the mage tower as protection money."

“I don’t have high demands. This winter, I just need you to make some bread crumbs to fill my stomach.”

 While speaking.

The black peacock shook its left wing.

 The next second.

 A shiny object fell into the mud.

 Matthew bent down to get it.

suddenly.

 The skull he put in his luggage lit up with a cold light!

 …

 Hint: You picked up the Amulet of the Apprentice from Odin's Tower!

  Being stimulated by the breath of the item.

 The Skull of Augustus (the exclusive weapon of the Necromancer) has completed the entire synchronization process.

 The Skull of Augustus is being activated..."

 …

 (End of this chapter)