A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

  Chapter 74 Balance Messenger and Spell Harmony

  …

  The inheritance has already started, so there is no reason to interrupt it.

  Matthew chose to continue.

   So more information flooded into his mind.

  He stood in front of the stele, his eyes closed, and beads of sweat secreted from his forehead.

  A series of black and white pictures flashed before Matthew's eyes like watching flowers on a horse.

   A few breaths.

  He not only successfully accepted the inheritance of the balance messenger, but also learned part of the story of King Mingtan, the first balance messenger of the Sioux tribe.

  Matthew slowly opened his eyes.

  The tadpole text on the stele quickly twisted, and soon "evaporated" out of thin air.

  The same is true for the dozens of patterns behind the stele.

  Matthew turned back and asked in a harsh voice:

   "After you came in, did you see anything on the steles and stones?"

  Bobo shook his head silently.

  Lumiere looked at the stele curiously:

   "Isn't this always blank?"

  Matthew nodded secretly in his heart.

  This proves that his guess about the stele is correct—only those who have the potential to become the Emissary of Balance will see the tadpole text and those patterns.

  This requires at least two conditions:

  First, and crucially, the Sioux imprint;

  Second, those who touch the stele must have at least two legendary ways, or two particularly powerful forces.

   This should be a necessary condition to stimulate the inheritance of the balance messenger.

  As long as this threshold is passed, it becomes very easy to accept the inheritance. For example, Matthew does not understand the content of those tadpole texts at all, but he still easily understands the information poured into his mind.

  It is estimated that this is the person who left the inheritance, considering that the birth of the Balance Messenger is very difficult.

   Therefore, the door of convenience is wide open.

  Going all the way to the south, Matthew finally got his wish after experiencing the hardships of the journey.

   But there was still confusion on his brow.

  …

  「Reminder: You have received the inheritance of "Special Occupation: Balance Envoy", you can choose from the following two methods to add the ability of Balance Envoy to your ability list—

  1. Advanced (opening a special path: the balance of all things)

  2. Part-time job (face XP penalty)”

  …

  According to Matthew's previous thinking, there is a high probability that he will choose advanced directly.

   After all, the Balance Envoy has a special path, which means that future achievements will be limitless.

   However, after taking stock of the inherited information.

   Matthew hesitated.

  He didn't make an impulsive decision, but closed his eyes and began to recall the origin of the profession of Balance Envoy.

   If you want to sort out these things clearly, you must start with King Mingtan.

  According to the information stored in the stele, King Ming Tan is the world's first balance messenger.

   In that unknown age.

  After a terrible disaster swept across the Eastern Continent, King Mingtan, who had a premonition, led the people on twelve large ships with ocean-going capabilities, left their homeland, and sought a safe haven all the way west.

   While crossing the Endless Ocean, King Ming Tan's fleet encountered two difficulties.

  The first difficulty occurred in the southeast of the Endless Ocean.

  The seabed there has a trench that leads directly to the abyss. In the trench lives a sea monster capable of destroying the world. It is said that it is also a member of the "Twilight Creation".

  When King Ming Tan’s fleet passed above the trench, it was attacked by the sea monster, who swallowed the foremost ship in one gulp.

  The sea monster is very huge, almost as wide as the land, and its length has no end in sight.

  At that time, everyone on board was shocked, but only King Ming Tan stepped forward.

  He left the building alone, used the flying technique to fly to the belly of the sea monster, and asked to negotiate with it.

  The sea monster admired King Mingtan's courage and expressed his willingness to give him a chance.

  But the sea monster said again that the place of negotiation cannot be at sea, but must be at the bottom of the sea.

  So King Ming Tan followed the sea monster to the bottom of the sea.

  The negotiation lasted about 72 hours. At that time, the sea was covered with cloudy clouds, violent storms, and the scene was very scary. Several unsteady captains secretly drove the ship away.

   And when King Ming Tan finished the negotiation with the sea monster and returned to the sea, he found that there were only 5 buildings waiting for him.

  He didn't get angry, but just sighed and said:

   "Those who stay in place can still survive, how can those who leave quietly survive?"

as expected.

  When everyone cheered to welcome King Mingtan to board the ship again, and the fleet sailed successfully through the rainy sea all the way, they soon saw the wreckage left by the ships that escaped early.

   King Ming Tan told the others.

  The people on these ships were also eaten by sea monsters like the original ship.

   Fortunately, he has negotiated with the sea monster, and the other party will not embarrass the rest of the people anymore.

  The remaining crew immediately cheered.

  Some people are also curious about the specific content of the negotiations between King Mingtan and the sea monster, and what method King Mingtan used to dispel the idea of ​​the sea monster swallowing them.

  It's a pity that King Ming Tan has always been tight-lipped about this topic.

   Until his death, no third person knew the contents of that negotiation.

  Afterwards, the fleet headed west all the way. A few months later, they came to the west of the Endless Ocean. According to after-the-fact estimates, it was actually less than three days' voyage from the Manya Peninsula belonging to the continent of Aindor.

  Here, the fleet of King Mingtan encountered a second very difficult problem—

  The plague broke out on the ship.

  This plague came very strangely, and everyone's symptoms were different. King Mingtan found that the more powerful the Sioux, the more serious the plague.

  Especially senior professionals headed by Taoist priests, one by one became more and more ill.

   None of the herbs and spells they master have any effect on this.

  The Sioux began to die in large numbers.

  Even though King Ming Tan tried his best to solve the problem, he was unable to do anything, and he himself became ill soon after.

   Fortunately, there were still some healthy people on board. They continued to sail under the order of King Ming Tan, and finally arrived at the Manya Peninsula after a while.

  The Sioux fleet has been docked here for nearly half a year.

  The people who died under the plague eventually accounted for two-thirds of the population on board, especially the Taoist priests, who were almost extinct.

   This is also the fundamental reason why this special profession has gradually lost its inheritance.

  During this period, in order to save themselves, the Sioux began to make frequent contact with the local aborigines, and the two sides launched a large number of trade exchanges.

   Soon after, the seriously ill King Mingtan sent people to learn some voodoo techniques from the indigenous shaman.

  Under the strong suggestion of the shaman, King Ming Tan used a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and simply fed a powerful voodoo to the remaining patients, including himself.

   As a result, a miraculous thing happened. After the voodoo entered the body, the symptoms of the plague were greatly reduced. Although it was not completely eradicated, at least it could save people's lives.

   King Ming Tan was very emotional at the time, if he could reach the Manya Peninsula earlier, perhaps more lives could be saved.

  It's a pity that fate has been forged, and no one can change it.

  Barely recovering his life, King Ming Tan began to vigorously study the plague on his body.

  He is a real genius. When he was in Su, he was the leader of the Great Wall mage group. He was rewarded for his merits in resisting the devil.

  When he arrived on the Manya Peninsula, his professional level was LV16 Great Wall Mage and LV4 Taoist, half a legendary level.

   Soon, his research had preliminary results.

   King Ming Tan's research shows that the plague itself is just the trigger, and the mass death of the Sioux people on the ship is essentially due to the differences in the laws and domains of the eastern and western continents.

  Why do so many Taoist priests die?

  Because most of these Soviet Taoist priests have the power of two fields at the same time, driving wind, rain, thunder and lightning and summoning zombie goblins, this is actually the content of one field in the Eastern Continent, and it doesn't matter who comes to learn it.

  But the domains of the Western Continent have already been divided up by the gods, and unauthorized intervention in different domains will inevitably lead to a rebound of the law. In comparison, the plague is only a symptom amplifier, and it is actually their power that killed a large number of Sioux people.

  The voodoo given by the indigenous shaman just has the effect of weakening and debilitating, so it can greatly relieve the symptoms.

  This discovery made King Ming Tan very frustrated. He knew that the gods didn't even take the initiative to do it.

  This means that the Western Continent is not an ideal place of refuge for the Eastern ancestors.

  However, they have no choice, their homeland is hard to return, they can only choose to adapt.

  The following inheritance information is a bit vague.

Matthew only knows that King Ming Tan spent a long time researching the domain of the Western Continent after he left the Manya Peninsula. In the end, he opened up the Equilibrium Domain out of thin air based on an artifact he brought from the Eastern Continent. Use this to reconcile the opposing forces of the several attributes in your body.

  He succeeded, and thus stepped into the realm of legend.

   But he also failed, because even King Ming Tan himself had to rely on that artifact to maintain a long-term balance.

  Essence of balance in the past dynasties, if you want to go further in this profession, you must sign a contract with that artifact.

  In the inheritance information obtained by Matthew, there are also comments on the artifact by the balance envoys of the past.

  From their attitude towards the artifact, it is not difficult to see that this thing is not reliable at all!

  For example, the second-generation Equalizer Messenger, who is also the fourth son of King Ming Tan, left a comment like this:

   "Heavenly artifacts cannot be grasped, and the way of heaven cannot be understood."

   This is quite euphemistic.

  When it came to the seventh generation of Balance Messenger, the painting style gradually began to deviate:

"The legendary way of the balance messenger is to catch the spirit everywhere, right? You will never know where it will hide in the next second. At this time, as long as you think of the scene when you signed the contract with it, you will want to slap yourself a few times .”

   When it came to the previous generation of Balance Messenger, that is, when the inheritance was about to be cut off, the comment he left was as follows:

  「Stupid Qi Ling, he knows that he is dereliction of duty every day, and it can't fulfill its original promise at all!

  The way of balance is wrong from the very beginning, everything is only biased, where is the theory of balance?

   Unless you can cut into the two most primitive forces at the beginning.

   But how can mortals do it?

  It's too difficult, it's too difficult, it's uneven, everyone who loves it will go! "

  …

   It can be seen that the profession of balance envoy is full of uncertainties, and it is a brand-new profession opened up by King Mingtan to save himself.

  Although it can get involved in the field of equilibrium, it is unnecessary for Matthew.

  Because he already has half a foot in the equilibrium field.

"Mingtan King and the others are also pitiful. Judging from the time point, when they arrived at the Manya Peninsula, the ascension of the Tianlun Palace had not yet happened! The law of the domain will subconsciously please the gods, which is why the plague was fueled. "

   "If they came after Tianlun Palace's ascension, things might be different. The domain that has been cleansed by the Scourge Master and branded by the gods will not take the initiative to fight against it!"

"According to the description in the inheritance, the Taoist profession is mainly to control wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and summon zombie goblins. This is equivalent to the combination of evocation magicians and necromancers. In this era, these two fields do not conflict. Could it be that Tianlun Palace Before Ascension to the Que, did the gods at that time subdivide the domain infinitely to such an extent that both necromancers and evocations that belonged to the magic domain would fight each other?"

  Matthew sighed lightly, feeling a little unbelievable.

  For him, there is too much useful information hidden in this inheritance, which may even be more valuable than the profession of Balance Envoy.

   But it also left him with a lot of doubts.

  How did King Ming Tan negotiate with the sea monster that was created by the dusk?

  Is the content of the negotiation related to the weird ritual of the Sioux walking into the sea before dying?

  Did Taoist priests really die in large numbers because of power conflicts?

  What is the artifact that King Ming Tan used to open up the balanced domain?

  Where does it land now?

   These are the contents that Matthew is very interested in.

  However, he is also very clear that not every question in this world can find the answer, many mysteries are destined to disappear in the fog of history, and being too persistent can easily kill himself.

   Most importantly, he now has to make a choice.

  "My path is very clear, nature and immortality, this is an impossible path to change."

   "I don't need too strong advancement, what I need more is stability, most of the random factors in the advancement process must be ruled out!"

"I need balanced power to check and balance the two major paths. Even the name of my system has been garbled by the two big brothers Undead and Nature. When they grow stronger, it is impossible to guarantee that they will not fight in my body, so I need this. strength, but at the same time, there is no need to pay too much for the profession of balance messenger."

  After figuring out what he needed, Matthew's thinking was extremely clear.

  …

  「Reminder: You chose "part-time job", you consumed a lot of XP, and you got "Balance Messenger LV1" (second job)!

  Warning: When upgrading the second job "Equilibrium Messenger", you will face a part-time penalty, that is, you need to consume an additional 50% of XP!

  You have obtained the professional characteristic of "Balance Envoy": supreme harmony.

  Supreme Harmony: You can coordinate several forces in your body so that they are in a balanced and stable state without conflicts;

   At the same time, you also get the ability to "harmonize spells".

   Blending Spells: With a spell action (which cannot be omitted), you can choose two spells or abilities belonging to different fields from the list of abilities you have mastered to blend.

   After the reconciliation is completed, you can upgrade one of the spells or abilities to "Enhanced Spells (Abilities, which will have stronger effects when released.

  Another blended spell or ability automatically goes on cooldown.

  Note 1: Different spells will have different strengthening effects after being coordinated with each other.

  Note 2: You can now use "harmony spell" twice a day. "

  …

  After reaching a high profile and starting, Matthew can clearly feel that the strength in his body has become more balanced.

   Above the Taiji symbol, the path of balance that was originally a dotted line has thus become a solid line.

  Matthew could see a lot of green and gray light spots pouring into the balance from nature and undead, and finally mixed into dark green light spots.

  However, the dark green light spots did not stay in balance for long, they quickly dispersed into nature and immortality.

   Soon, the dark green light spot that entered the realm of life and death was split into gray and green again, and each expelled each other back to their own territory.

   So back and forth.

  Although there are more or less light spots in the three major roads, they also form a dynamic balance!

  The hidden dangers that have been buried in my heart have finally been relieved.

  This made Matthew very happy.

  And what he is more interested in is the ability of spell coordination, which can actually blend abilities belonging to different fields, so that one of them can exert greater power.

  The key is that different permutations and combinations can produce different strengthening effects.

   This is very interesting.

  Matthew couldn't hold back and tuned one on the spot.

  This ability requires the consumption of a standard spell action, which lasts about five seconds.

  After the reconciliation is completed.

  One of the two abilities chosen by Matthew is available, and the other has entered the cooling time.

  …

  「Hint: You have used spell blending, and the blending targets are "Wild Form (Raven and "Rotting Sac Mastery";

   After the reconciliation is completed, "Wild Form (Raven is strengthened into "Wild Form (Corrupted Raven.

   It is expected that the size of the raven you incarnate will increase slightly, perception and agility +1, and have a powerful corruption sac infection ability! "

  …

   "This is fun!"

  If it weren't for the limit on the number of times, Matthew would probably be playing every day!

  The most interesting point of this ability is that with the improvement of one's own strength, more and more abilities will be acquired, and the results of permutations and combinations will also increase dramatically.

  If Lumière and Bobo were not still watching.

  He wished he could turn into a raven and fly around now!

   It took a lot of work.

   Matthew calmed down.

  In addition to the professional characteristics, the first-level balance messenger also brought him a new ability.

  …

  「Balance perception: No matter where you go, you can have a round of perception of the local energy field. If there is any imbalance, you will be caught immediately.

  You can use this ability to track elements, or use it as a basis for rearranging and repairing the energy field. "

  …

   This is also a very useful auxiliary ability.

  The energy field is usually an existence that can only be sensitively perceived by elemental creatures.

  It is mainly composed of four elements and attributes such as spirit.

  The absence of a certain energy usually represents an abnormality in the energy field.

  Some powerful monsters will also change the local energy field accordingly when they pass by, so it is very suitable for tracking enemies.

  As for rearranging the energy field, Matthew doesn't have that ability yet, but if he encounters tinkering work in the future, he can really give it a try.

   "The continuous expansion of the Scar of the Dead may be related to the imbalance of the energy field."

  Matthew's brain turned quickly, and he immediately found a use for this ability.

   And it is very useful for a large purpose!

   So far.

  The Balance Messenger of LV1 is equivalent to bringing Matthew a passive occupational feature and two practical or interesting abilities.

   And what he paid was only a part of the XP!

"Level 1 Balance Messenger is enough for me now, and the next step is to advance to the Night of the Dead. If the Balance Messenger can show a certain degree of stability in the future, it can prove that this road is more promising If so, it’s not impossible to redevelop the second job into the main job.”

   Matthew thought to himself.

   Doing this is of course not free, it will cost a lot of XP.

  But what Matthew lacks the most is XP!

  …

   "I'm fine, let's go!"

  After finishing the part-time job, Matthew turned around without hesitation.

  He didn't even glance at the tomb passage looming in the depths of the square.

  Bobo said in amazement:

   "You're done now? It's too soon!"

  Matthew is speechless:

   "Don't you like to be slow?"

  Bobo hesitated and said:

   "But didn't you come to advance? This is too easy!"

   "Is it easy?"

  Matthew smiled:

   "You just happened to see the comfort when I harvested the fruits, but you never saw the hardships when I went through the wind and rain."

   Matthew is not exaggerating.

  In order to obtain the inheritance of the Messenger of Balance, he did pay a lot.

  Just because of some legends, he did not hesitate to cross half of the southern land, from the plague-ridden Zeshui City all the way through the difficult rainforest.

   Replaced by an ordinary person, he would have died on the way.

   And on Junliu Island, he has withstood the charm from the bottom of the sea. With a slightly lower resistance, he will walk into the sea like those old Sioux people, embracing an unknown destiny.

  Even if he got the news of the way of balance in the end, he might suffer a big loss from the sickle.

As long as Yu Lian pointed him to a dead end, or said that he didn't run into Bobo's matter, and didn't impress Yu Lian, the latter might charge him a lot of money, or let Matthew do it. A thing of equal value.

  The sum of these experiences has actually far exceeded the effort required for normal advancement.

  Although he only got one part-time job in the end, Matthew didn't think it was worth it.

  Life is like this, after hard work, the harvest is enough to make him feel satisfied, no matter how big or small the harvest is.

   "I mean, let's just leave? Why don't we go inside?"

  Bobo reluctantly looked back at the entrance of the underwater tomb.

  Matthew's voice came from the front:

   "It's been said that I'm not a grave robber."

   As he spoke, he walked straight out of the secret door.

   "But, but, just go away if you blow up something..."

  Bobo is still stepping back three times.

  A big hand suddenly stretched out from the secret door and forcibly pulled her out!

  The stubborn artificer can only compromise in the end.

  The road to leave the bottom of the lake was also very smooth.

   They didn't encounter any monsters along the way, so they returned to the shore.

   "We are so lucky!"

   Lumière was habitually jumping on the shore—

   This is the sequelae of the frogman potion. His jumping ability is amazing, and he can be four or five meters high in a random jump.

   "I didn't even hit a single monster. It's really strange. Usually, there are so many plesiosaurs by the Dalong Lake that they would die!"

  But soon, Lumière, who was jumping in mid-air, changed his color:

   "Go!"

  Matthew noticed that he was looking in the direction where the Scourge Church and the Wind and Sand Thieves were fighting!

   "Is someone coming? The Scourge or the Thieves?"

  Matthew asked cautiously.

   "No, it's full of monsters over there! God, run, there are all corpses over there! The two groups of people were not persuaded by us to fight, but were persuaded by the monsters in the lake!"

  Lumiere couldn't help but yelled.

  At this moment on the shore, several monsters have surrounded from that direction.

   Without saying a word, Matthew grabbed Bobo's hand and ran away.

   Lumière hurriedly followed.

  The group fled into the rainforest, and after a while, several plesiosaurs came over.

  Looking at the dense rainforest, they kept howling a few times, and wanted to step forward, but they seemed to hold back because of something.

   They gradually receded and finally disappeared by the lake.

  …

after one day.

   Edge of Brine Marsh.

  Three figures slowly emerged.

   "You said what happened to the two groups of people yesterday?"

   Lumiere threw the question to Matthew about the result of his hard thinking all night:

   "Could it be that you secretly issued the reward mission of Dalong Lake to both parties, and asked them to lure the monsters away for you?"

  Matthew responded with a smile:

   "It is indeed possible for a real necromancer to do this."

  Bobo corrected:

   "And you are a real necromancer."

  Matthew glanced at her:

   "Actually, you don't have to follow all the way here. After leaving the tomb, the favor you owe me has been cancelled."

  Bobo said seriously:

   "The favor owed by the artificer cannot be repaid without blowing up. Yesterday's tomb robbery operation went too smoothly. Today I must help you blow up something!"

  Matthew shrugged and stopped persuading her.

   Instead, Bobo looked at the reeds in front of him and asked curiously:

   "So what exactly are you doing here?"

   "Find a few zombies and spend the night."

   Matthew said casually.

  His eyes searched the edge of the swamp, and soon, he found the target he wanted.

   Those are two zombies trapped in the reeds and mud.

   There is also a shiny nameplate hanging around his neck.

"found it!"

  Matthew looked back happily.

   As a result, he bumped into Bobo's extremely disgusted eyes:

   “Even zombies can stay overnight, necromancer is really unexpected.”

  Matthew couldn't laugh or cry.

  He just wanted to explain that it was a misunderstanding.

   At this time.

   Lumière, who had been watching the wind, suddenly said:

   "There is another fight ahead, hehe, I like watching other people fight the most."

   "Let me see what idiots are running amok on my territory."

   "Hehe, one group of idiots belonged to the bandit group yesterday, and the other group of idiots, uh, seems a little familiar... Fuck!"

   "That's my tribe!"

  …

  (end of this chapter)