A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

Chapter 353: a special expedition team

Chapter 353 A special expedition team

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Matthew swallowed.

The stolen goods in this mailbox are more than priceless!

A few seconds later.

The greed in his eyes slowly disappeared, and a wry smile appeared on his face.

It's no big deal if it's just one or two pieces of stolen goods, and there's no psychological pressure on Matthew if he's ignorant.

But the amount is so huge and the areas involved must be very wide. A little carelessness may cause big trouble.

Matthew must be treated with caution.

“That’s all, just think of it as an illusion.”

He calmed down completely.

He did not reach out to touch the bag of packages, because his perception clearly told him that there were three high-level spell alarms attached to it. With his current level, it was difficult to dismantle them silently.

If you touch it easily, you may alert the snake.

At this moment, Matthew slowly closed the mailbox.

After that, he summoned the soldiers and ordered them to stay here while he left in a hurry.

Because it happened in the crucible room.

Matthew originally wanted to contact Ronan or Qin Wuyue.

As a result, something strange happened—

He couldn't get in touch with Ronan and his wife!

You know, since Ronan returned from the star realm, he has given Matthew a new way to contact him through spells.

Although Matthew rarely uses it, he also knows that there should be no delay in this method.

“Could it be that both of them have important things to deal with?”

Matthew was confused.

Unable to contact the owner of the cauldron house, Matthew had to find 177.

“What? Dirty goods? There are so many more!?”

“How dare these people carry out such a naughty operation under my nose?!”

“No, I have to check all the mailboxes...we must not allow anything to slip through the net!”

After 177 learned the news, he personally led the constructs to conduct a thorough inspection of the mailbox at the Owl Training Base.

However, the inspection results did not satisfy him—

Other mailboxes seem to be quite clean.

Only the two that Matthew bumped into were used as storage cabinets by shady people.

“Damn it, who hid so much money under my nose before I discovered it?”

“Matthew, don’t worry, I will keep a close eye on this place and I will notify you if there is any movement!”

177 said with confidence.

Considering the strong strength of Ta Ling and being on his own territory, Matthew entrusted this matter to 177.

Two nights later.

Matthew received an urgent communication from 177.

When he arrived at the Crucible House, 177 had been waiting in the next room of the Owl Base for a long time.

There is a huge crystal ball in the room.

What is playing in the crystal ball is the real-time scene in the magic tower.

“No, the little thief is here.”

177 pointed at the sneaky figure in the crystal ball and said:

“Don’t worry, if he dares to get close to that mailbox, I will make sure he doesn’t come back!”

At this time, the figure had already walked up to the third floor.

Matthew asked casually:

“How did he get in?”

177 said bitterly:

“This guy can do animal transformation, and he can transform into an owl that is lifelike and silly. He looks a lot like the owl at the training base...”

While speaking.

The two of them saw the figure coming to the seventh floor.

At this time.

The other person suddenly felt a little uneasy.

He did not move on, but looked around.

A few seconds later.

He suddenly looked in the direction outside the crystal ball!

“This guy found us!”

177 made a strange cry:

“But it doesn’t matter, just let him see the strength of the Crucible House Emperor!”

The voice fell.

A dozen structures that were as motionless as statues suddenly rushed toward that figure!

All entrances and exits around the Magic Tower are closed.

　　followed by.

A blue magic force field quickly formed under the figure’s feet!

That's an anti-magic field!

Only for a moment.

The man was shrouded in it, and at the same time, the four nearby humanoid structures also grabbed at him.

For ordinary mages.

This scene before me is a killer.

However, the figure remained calm in the face of danger.

But seeing his nimble footwork, he easily escaped the joint capture of the two constructs with a few shakes.

A few seconds later.

He rushed to the edge of the anti-magic field.

A construct came over to meet him, but he received a skillful over-the-shoulder throw from the front!

boom!

The huge steel machine was smashed on the body of another companion.

The two constructs were declared scrapped on the spot!

Hum buzz.

The sound of a loud siren echoed inside the tower.

The owls flew up uneasily, only to land at a higher place.

There was chaos in the tower.

But what is worrying is that after the other party's treatment, he successfully escaped from the anti-magic force field and was hiding in a dark space!

“Damn, this guy knows martial arts, and he’s a master!”

177 exclaimed.

Matthew nodded slightly. The melee combat method that the man used to deal with the construct was a very standard martial arts action. Even a monk who has practiced for many years would not be able to fault it.

This is quite rare for a mage.

“Let me go.”

He spoke in time.

177 sent Matthew to the tower without saying a word.

Just landed.

Matthew saw a frowning face.

The other party was trying his best to hide his figure, but 177 activated the anti-invisibility ritual field in the crucible room, so his figure was quickly exposed.

Matthew said nothing and accelerated his approach.

That is when the distance between the two parties is not far.

The other party suddenly shouted:

“Stop!”

“Otherwise I won’t be polite!”

　　However, it was too late.

Matthew cut to the opponent's back with a flash, and then touched the back of his neck with his right hand:

“Want to see if my Death Touch works?”

“If you don’t want to take a gamble, don’t move!”

The other person's whole body was tense, as if he was unwilling to do so.

It can be used in the next second.

When 177 appeared in front of him with a huge matchlock gun in his hand.

Matthew could clearly feel that the latter had lost the desire to resist.

His body softened drastically, and some mud and mucus even fell out of his appearance.

Matthew guessed it was just used to disguise the appearance.

“Look, I still have to take action.”

177 pointed the muzzle-like barrel of the giant matchlock gun at the visitor, and then said to Matthew:

“This guy knows his stuff. This gun of mine has constant guidance. Once fired, it will hit your body 100%. If you want to leave a whole corpse, you will have to use the restoration technique..."

Matthew glanced at the musket.

This kind of weapon has appeared in the world of Irondor for many years, but most of the time it was only popular among dwarves. People of other races seemed to think that this thing was not practical.

“Can this shot crush a fifth-level person to pieces?”

Matthew asked.

"sure!"

177 proudly said:

“It’s my latest toy. Even if it’s a Shield Guardian, I can send him to the west with a shield!”

Matthew immediately became interested:

“How many rounds can this gun fire at one time?”

“How much does it cost per shot?”

177 quickly said:

“Only one shot at a time.”

“As for the cost of each shot...it’s still a little cheaper than the legendary level evocation scroll.”

All right.

Matthew blinked and pretended he didn’t ask.

While the two were talking.

The rest of the structures have surrounded them, and they are all trying to control the captors.

To prevent the other party from escaping.

177 also put a magic-forbidden bracelet and a demon-sealing belt on him, and even put an electric shock collar around his neck!

“No, I’ll give you the remote control…”

177 threw something to Matthew:

“You know how to use it, it’s the same as before.”

The captured man looked at Matthew deeply.

He moved his neck unconsciously and asked in a trembling voice:

“Do you often do this kind of thing?”

Matthew shook his head:

"seldom."

“Now that you are a prisoner, you should answer my questions.”

“Speaking of which, who are you?”

The other party chose to remain silent.

Matthew asked a few more times.

Get the same result.

So he suddenly asked:

“Rambo?”

“Stop pretending, I know it’s you.”

Sure enough, a strange look flashed in the other party's eyes, but it was quickly hidden.

Matthew continued to ask.

The other party always plays dumb.

At this time, 177 took the remote control from Matthew's hand and suddenly started the current!

Zizzizi!

Yellow and blue electric sparks are flying around the opponent's body.

Within a few seconds.

More mucus and mud peeled from the surface of his skin.

He was so shocked that he howled and screamed.

A wisp of green smoke rises slowly along with the burning smell.

Crash.

177 Then he threw a bucket of water on his face.

The other party's appearance was completely revealed.

This face is 80% similar to the one Matthew saw in the jailer’s file before!

“It’s you, Mr. Rambo.”

Matthew said calmly:

“That batch of goods in the mailbox is not just for you, right?”

“I guess Alexander is the big one?”

Rambo's expression was quite ugly, but he still didn't speak.

Matthew took a closer look and found that there were many wrinkles on the other person's face and skin. Although it was well maintained, the profound traces of time could be seen.

“You are lucky to have fallen into my hands. I have some friendship with Alexander, so some things are not non-negotiable.”

“But you have to show some sincerity first.”

Matthew said this.

Hearing this, Rambo finally raised his head. He and Matthew looked at each other for a while, and then whispered:

“You are...the Tree Planter, Matthew?”

Matthew nodded:

"it's me."

Lambo thought for a while:

“What kind of sincerity do you want?”

Snap.

Matthew slapped an IOU in front of Rambo.

In the latter's somewhat dazed gaze.

Matthew said calmly:

“It is only natural to pay back debts.”

“Suriel paid this IOU to me. Now, I am your creditor.”

“If you are sincere, pay back the money first!”

“This shouldn’t be difficult for you, right?”

“After all, compared to the wealth in the mailbox, what I want is just a drop in the bucket.”

Maybe he didn’t expect Matthew to say this.

Lambo stayed there for a while and then said calmly:

“Me, I don’t have that much money, and the money in the mailbox is not mine. I just came to collect it for others.”

Matthew frowned:

“So you don’t want to pay back the money?”

Lambo explained with some embarrassment:

“No, no…”

suddenly.

He seemed to have a flash of inspiration:

“And the IOU hasn’t expired yet, right?”

“I will pay it back when it’s due!”

Matthew looked at the other party as if he were a fool:

“You have defected!”

"This IOU is based on the fact that you are still a member of the alliance and an employee of Mount Hesso. Now your credibility is no longer enough to support the remaining three months, because you may run away at any time, do you understand?"

　His tone was somewhat unkind.

I was scolded by Matthew.

Rambo is obviously guilty:

"Feel sorry…"

“But my collateral is still there, right?”

“How can that house in Shenlan Port be sold for 200,000?”

Is there any collateral?

Matthew’s expression remained unchanged, but he secretly cursed Suriel a few times. This divine mage really knows how to do business!

“I don’t know what the collateral is, I only know this loan contract.”

Matthew waved the IOU in his hand:

“No matter what, you have to pay me back the money you owe me first!”

Lambo seemed to have gone through some mental struggle before he spoke with some difficulty:

“You can take half a million gold coins from the mailbox and leave, but you can’t touch the rest!”

Matthew hasn’t said anything yet.

The 177 next to him was very happy:

“You guys, you are so tough when you talk!”

“Matthew, shock him!”

Matthew reminded:

“The remote control is in your hand!”

177 said oh, and was about to increase the current, but was silently stopped by Matthew.

Matthew looked at Rambo with interest:

“I’m also curious, why do you talk to me like this now that you’re a prisoner?”

“You are no longer a law enforcement officer in Mount Blackso.”

“Instead, you are a traitor to the Alliance.”

Lambo immediately blushed when he heard this.

His expression looked quite embarrassed, and expressions of pain, confusion, anger and other struggles flashed across his face.

Look at it.

The mage named Rambo has not yet gotten used to the change of identity.

Matthew felt that his last two words had caused the greatest harm to Rambo.

quickly.

He became a little downcast.

“If you don’t want to go to jail, just say more.”

Matthew reminded:

"If nothing unexpected happens, you should spend the night in Heisuo Mountain tomorrow."

Hear this.

Lambo was startled again, and then looked at Matthew hesitantly:

“Mr. Matthew, can I trust you?”

Matthew spread his hands:

“I am the most trustworthy person. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Sener.”

Lambo gritted his teeth and said:

"Please don't report this to the Alliance, okay?" "If you can, just give me a comm crystal, and you'll know everything you need to know."

Matthew and 177 looked at each other.

The latter pointed at the remote control:

“You don’t have to listen to him to know everything you want to know.”

Matthew shook his head.

He has no grudges with Rambo, and he even has a small friendship with Alexander, so he won't do anything so cruel.

“I cannot completely promise you not to report this matter to the Alliance, but if you can convince me, I may withhold part of the content depending on the situation.”

Matthew gave an ambiguous answer.

Lambo sighed, and then, under the surveillance of 177 and Matthew, slowly sent out a signal using the communication crystal.

“Tracked.”

177 whispered:

“This magical message is for Strom.”

Gram Rapids?

Hence before Matthew could react.

His private communication crystal suddenly became extremely hot!

Matthew took it out and unfolded it to take a look.

The person who appeared in the crystal ball was none other than Hood, the registered mage of Rapid City!

“Matthew, you’re safe.”

Hood smiled unnaturally:

“You have Rambo, right?”

“Um, would you like to come to Rapid City to have a chat? This matter is very complicated... Or I can go to your territory.”

The matter actually involves Hood?

Matthew was deeply surprised.

He thought for a few seconds and replied readily:

“I’ll go to your place.”

Hood was a little moved:

"Thank you."

“You will know in a moment that this is not what you see.”

“Um, when you come over, can you take Rambo and the stuff in the mailbox with you?”

Matthew looked hesitant.

177 stopped saying:

“Hey, this is not safe, maybe this old man is a traitor too!”

Hood’s face darkened:

“I’m not, don’t talk nonsense, this is a very serious accusation!”

Matthew also patted 177 on the shoulder:

"fine."

“I believe Mr. Hood.”

“If you are worried, come with me?”

177 shook his head:

“I’m not interested!”

“Just pay attention to your own safety.”

"For the sake of our relationship, I won't tell Ronan about this. Now I plan to check other places to see if I can find similar stolen goods..."

…

A few minutes later.

Matthew brought Rambo and a whole folded package to the city of Rapids.

Fly above the city on a magic carpet.

He can clearly perceive the difference in this space—

Although the ubiquitous space-time cracks inside and outside the city have been repaired many times, the influence from the abyss has not been completely eliminated.

Matthew could smell a lot of evil.

That is the unique smell of demons.

"It seems Hood is still looking for a way to drive the demons out of Strom once and for all..."

Matthew thought to himself.

Arrived outside the city lord's mansion.

The servants who were in place in advance led Matthew and the two into the backyard.

It didn’t take long.

Matthew then understood the reason why Hood chose to receive him at the city lord’s mansion—

While passing through a hall.

Matthew saw many men in black sitting inside. These men in black obviously knew that he was coming.

When Matthew passed by.

They all glanced over.

The eyes of the people in black are very subtle.

Matthew found Alexander among these people, as well as the Queen of the Gizaites, and some other familiar faces whose names he could not name.

These people are naturally the people who defected from Heisuo Mountain one after another!

Matthew thought they had left the material world.

Unexpectedly, they gathered on Hood's territory!

What does Hood want to do?

Or…

What does Alexander want to do?

Matthew had deep doubts in his heart.

The servant took Matthew through the hall. When he passed by Alexander, the latter raised the wine glass in his hand to Matthew, and then drank it down with a smile.

He said nothing.

Matthew just nodded.

The whole hall was quiet. Matthew could only feel their breathing and gazes, but no one said a word.

This weird atmosphere actually created a lot of pressure on Matthew.

This pressure was finally relieved when I saw Hood.

The latter gave Matthew a hug when they met:

“Thank you for trusting me.”

Matthew said softly:

“I hope you can explain it clearly, I don’t want to go to Mount Hesso to visit the prison in the future.”

Hood laughed:

“Let’s go inside and talk.”

Matthew looked back at the men in black:

“Why don’t they talk?”

Hood explained:

"Including Alexander, everyone in Black Gold is practicing the "Silence Commandment", which was a practice that was spread in the "Ten Commandments Monastery" and was once popular in some city-states in the Far East and the North. "

“None of them could say a word until they left Irondor, Rambo being the only exception.”

Matthew glanced at the data column.

Hood told the truth.

“I noticed they were all shaking. Is it because they were nervous?”

Matthew asked again as he walked inside.

Hood patted Matthew on the shoulder:

"no."

“It’s because of excitement.”

“They will set off tomorrow night at the latest.”

While speaking.

The two of them came to a courtyard outside the hall.

Just entered the courtyard.

Matthew felt a strong sense of crisis.

soon.

He then identified the source of the sense of crisis—

That is a relatively stable space-time rift, which should have been caused by the previous invasion of the abyss bad land.

This crack shows signs of being artificially cured and seems to have been built into a portal.

It looks like it was Hood's handiwork.

“Portal? Departure?”

Matthew said doubtfully:

“Where are they going?”

Hu pulled Matthew to the side and sat down. He also ordered a few beautiful apprentices to bring food and drinks. After signaling Matthew to help himself, he slowly began to talk:

“This matter starts with the turmoil in Hot Spring Prison.”

"You must have heard about the Hot Spring Prison. The turmoil happened almost when we were heading to Cross City."

“It was only afterward that I learned that when we were resisting the meteor shower caused by the God of War in Cross City, the God’s arrival actually happened in the Hot Spring Prison!”

“In the hot spring prison at that time, there were about a few gods with weak divine power who successfully descended on the Yuki Onna. In addition, there were nearly twenty powerful angels who descended on her at the same time.”

“This group of fringe people from Tianlun Palace took advantage of the second-generation God of War to attract attention and secretly took risks. However, what they didn’t know was that they were able to successfully hook up with the Snow Girl because of Alexander’s deliberate guidance.”

“Alexander knew a long time ago that the physique of the Snow Maiden is very suitable for being a vessel for the gods to descend. This ancient race was made by a supreme **** according to his own template, so it is highly consistent with the imprint of the gods.”

"Already in the early days of the arrival, Alexander had laid out a killing plan. Although there were some twists and turns in the process, one of the descending gods ran away, and the remaining one led the snow maidens to resist for a period of time. However, in the end, these generals were defeated by Alexander. Wipe them all out."

"Although Alexander made efforts to reduce the negative impact of this incident afterwards, the paper could not cover up the fire after all. Soon he was held accountable by the alliance, and soon he would face prosecution by the Silver Council. The best outcome may be a period of imprisonment."

Hear this.

Matthew looked surprised:

“Is Alexander so brave?”

“He can’t possibly just want to make some extra money, right?”

Hood smiled and shook his head:

“He certainly wasn’t doing it to make extra money.”

“In fact, before doing this, he had made all plans. He knew that he would be held accountable by the alliance. Therefore, from the moment the gods descended, there was no turning back.”

“You may know Alexander, but not know much about him.

He is the most radical militant among the Alliance mages I know.

He is a student of Linde.

In terms of his attitude towards the beings in the outer plane, he is more extreme than Ms. Isabel.

Many years ago, he was a high-ranking member of the Northern Battle Mage Legion, but because his methods were too radical and even a little too bloodthirsty, he was eventually transferred to Mount Blackso as the warden by Ekmund.

Alexander is a very talented guy.

His achievements at Mount Hesso can be seen by anyone who is not blind.

I dare say.

　　If someone else were to run Heisuo Mountain, which had an increasingly large funding gap, the fortress would have been in turmoil long ago.

But in the hands of Alexander.

Hössop has always been stable.

This is of course not something ordinary people can do. "

Matthew nodded sympathetically.

Ever since he traveled across time, he had never felt that making money was an easy job.

Especially maintaining a large foundation is completely different from maintaining one's own business.

“Hesou Mountain needs him.”

“Perhaps the Alliance will not remove him as warden.”

Matthew said bluntly:

“Even now, there is still room for change.”

Hood shook his head:

“It was impossible for Alexander to go back. He had long since grown tired of torturing jailers and prisoners day after day.”

“Deep in his heart, he has always had a dream of returning to the battlefield, and he has been quietly planning for many years.”

“Especially after Lady Isabel sent Hera to Mount Hesso, Alexander felt that Hera could succeed him as the warden, so he accelerated the execution of the plan.”

“The incident at Hot Springs Prison gave him the last piece of the puzzle.”

“Tonight, they will set off.”

Matthew frowned and said:

“Where to go?”

Hood replied:

“Not necessarily, but it must be the outer plane.”

“It depends on where this unstable portal will take them.”

“It may be the abyss, purgatory, evil spirit plane, twin heavens or even Tianlun Palace!”

“Their goal is to hunt down all powerful beings from the Outer Planes who have caused trauma to the Material Plane.”

“More specifically, Alexander once revealed to me his first target—the great evil demon Triel. You should be familiar with this name. He is the clone used by the God of Midnight to control the warlocks.”

Matthew looked at Hood with suspicion:

“Are you crazy, or am I crazy?”

“Or are they crazy?”

"Just these people, go to the outer plane to hunt those creatures who started out as legends?"

Hood sighed and knocked on the glass in his hand:

“Yeah, when I first heard the news, I was as shocked as you.”

“Just think they’re crazy.”

Matthew couldn’t help but turn his head.

There is a transparent wall separating the hall and the courtyard, with a magic enchantment and barrier attached to it.

Looking at it from this angle.

Just enough to clearly see the movements of the people in black in the hall.

They seemed to be performing an ancient ritual—

Eat slowly first.

Then it seems that a key link in the ceremony has been reached.

　　Everyone raised their empty wine glasses and drank from them.

Then they took off the hoods on their heads.

this moment.

Matthew was able to see the wrinkled faces and mottled, dry silver hair.

“They...are not young anymore?”

　　Matthew then noticed that even Alexander, who had legendary strength, looked like an old man.

“Yes, the youngest one is over seventy years old.”

Hood said with emotion:

“Have you heard of the Black Gold Army?”

Matthew thought for a while:

“The elite among the law enforcers of Mount Blackso?”

Hood nodded:

“Many people know that the Black Gold Army is the ace team trained by Alexander day and night.”

“They are extremely capable at capturing mages and other fugitives.”

“But very few people know that this force was actually established by Linde for the Star Boundary Expedition Plan, and the main body it relied on was the Northern Army Division.”

“About a hundred years ago, the place where the North Land and the Far East Land meet experienced a joint invasion from the outer planes. The invaders included Tianlun Palace, Purgatory and evil spirits.”

“At that time, both barbarians and humans in the North suffered numerous casualties. Many city-states were burned in fires, and many villages were washed with blood.”

“In order to retaliate against the enemy’s actions, Linde personally mobilized a mage unit. This time, the members of the unit all had family members who lost their lives in the invasion. They actively trained and looked forward to the day of successful revenge.”

"However, this matter ended without any problem as Linde went to the star realm to guard the intellectual mystery lock."

“The Northern Division Legion was taken over by Roderick and Ekmund. The two quickly split up the original organization, and the members of the Black Gold Army were also transferred to other positions.”

“The Alliance faced different turmoils in the years since, but none of them had the energy or strength to fight abroad. Especially in the past fifty years, when Ekmund was in power, it became even more impossible to use foreign troops.”

“Eckmund advocates using gentler means to get along with Tianlun Palace, which is certainly not wrong. You see, Ms. Isabel, who was once the most radical, continued the line of Eckmund’s period after regaining power.”

“From the perspective of the alliance, of course we must avoid further intensifying conflicts with the enemy when our strength is weak.”

“But for Alexander and others in the Black Gold Army, this is undoubtedly bad news.”

“Their time is running out and they just want revenge.”

“Alexander realized a long time ago that it was impossible to expect Linde to return to reorganize the army, so during these years, he had been absorbing former members of the Black Gold Army during his days as the warden in Mount Blackso.”

“They have long been prepared to take revenge personally.”

“All that’s missing is a fuse.”

“They made all the preparations before the turmoil in Hot Spring Prison.”

“The only thing missing is the core material used to make “Yi Xingzhou”—

Fragments of the godhead.

As we all know, "Yi Xingzhou" is one of the few astral vehicles in the alliance that can be used for anti-divine reconnaissance.

And after Hot Springs Prison.

The last piece of the puzzle has been added.

In fact.

The things you have in your hands are only one-tenth of what Alexander prepared for this expedition.

If you are interested in something else.

No one will stop you from taking them.