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Matthew rushed into the room.

He started changing clothes as fast as he could.

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"You've equipped the 'Robe of Mist (+1)'!

Robe of Mist (Armor +0): Cast Speed +10%; Slightly increases mental regeneration rate

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You have equipped the 'Staff of Deadwood'!

Deadwood Staff (Attack +1): Necromantic Summoning Level +1

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You've got the 'Mystic Bag'!

Magic Bag: Contains 8 folding spaces, and up to 12 items of the same type can be stored in the same folding space.

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Currently Stored Items: Corrupt Spores/Phantom Butterflies/Scrolls."

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After changing into a completely different outfit than usual.

Matthew's whole temperament has changed.

If he is usually more like a young teacher who is very talkative.

Well now.

He was a big step closer to the popular stereotype of necromancer.

"Dinner is ready!"

Peggy walked over with a pot of mushroom fried noodles.

"Come back and eat again!"

Drop it.

Matthew hurried into the night.

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Ten minutes later.

Matthew appeared at the edge of the oak forest.

He was accompanied only by a mage's fire for lighting.

His face was not very good-looking.

The appearance of a suspected arsonist greatly threatens his most important resource.

He's like a cat with its tail stepped on.

In an instant, he became angry.

According to normal logic.

He should go to the police station for help now.

But Matthew took into account that Brad must be busy with Seve and may not be able to spare his hands to take care of his own business.

Second, he also wants to personally punish this daring arsonist!

"The woods that Lao Tzu has worked so hard to cultivate."

"It's not like a cat or a dog can come to touch porcelain!"

Oak forest edges.

Matthew stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance.

There is indeed a large fire visible from here, but the fire has not yet spread to the oak forest - thanks to the fact that there are no flammable materials in the area.

He fixed the god of the earth and found that the place where the flames were lit appeared to be a farm.

There is only one hillside between it and the oak forest.

Matthew has had a few encounters with the owner of the farm, and his daughter is very lovely.

The fire on the farm was so fierce, but no one shouted nearby, and it was not difficult to guess the fate of the farmer's family.

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"Not an ordinary robber ......"

Matthew calmed down.

The Oak Elf told him that the arsonists were numerous and exuded evil and powerful, indicating that it was most likely the adventurer's work.

In a situation where the enemy's combat power is unknown, he cannot act recklessly.

So he watched for a moment.

Then he ran as fast as he could to the other end of the oak forest.

Soon.

Matthew was at the place he remembered.

It was a huge haystack.

Underneath the haystack.

There is a place that resembles a cellar.

There is not much space in the cellar.

The layout is a bit like Matthew's college dorm in his previous life.

"Poof!"

Matthew opens the iron lid.

A little perception.

Then he began to use the "Necromantic Summoning Technique".

Guided by mana.

Cold.

A white hand slapped on the dirt floor at the exit of the cellar!

Followed by.

One skeleton after another crawled out of it!

Not much.

At the edge of the haystack, there were 12 more skeleton soldiers with pale green soul fire in their skulls.

Most of these skeletons are sturdy, highly complete, and hold weapons and small round shields, which are the elite of skeleton soldiers.

They were all summons that Matthew had carefully collected.

It took him a lot of effort to get them to where they are now.

To know.

Necromancy doesn't come out of nowhere.

No necromancer can conjure up a squad of skeletons out of thin air.

Summoning necromancy requires materials.

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Take skeleton soldiers, for example.

Summoning them requires a certain number of bones.

If you don't have enough of them, even if you are summoned, you will get skeletons with no arms or legs.

Not to mention fighting, two steps can fall apart.

And the reason why the skeleton soldier has become synonymous with cannon fodder is that the materials it needs are relatively easy to obtain.

Others like Black Warriors, Blood Demons, Bone Dragons, Soul Eaters, etc., are a thousand times more difficult to summon!

Of course.

There is also a way to bypass the cast material to obtain summons.

That is to build a circle that points to the plane of negative energy.

Pull people directly from there.

The amount of wealth consumed in this way is even more staggering.

Even high-level mages weigh up before constructing such a circle.

So in general.

It's not for nothing that morally low necromancers prefer to wander in cemeteries and mass graves—

They're crazy!

And like Matthew—who bought almost every bone in the cellar at his own expense or accidentally picked it up—is definitely a virgin among necromancers.

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"Let's go!"

Matthew gave the order.

The slightly sluggish skeletons slowly followed him.

A chill began to spread.

In the oak forest.

Even the noisy night breeze fell silent.

It seems that even they are afraid of the undead.

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"Boom!"

A violent flame burst through the fields.

The fierce wind fueled the fire.

I saw the farm gradually disappear in the sea of fire.

Hesse, who was wearing a black tank top and baring half of his muscles, smiled heartily.

He suppressed the urge to continue arson.

He moved his gaze to the dark woods not far away.

"Finn's information seems to be true, at this time, they are unguarded against Rolling Stone!"

"Hehe, then let me give them a little more flame shock!"

He strode in the direction of the hillside.

Behind his back.

Six of his attendants followed.

"It's all arranged?"

Hesse asked faintly.

"Boss, don't worry, there is no one alive, all of them are burned alive!"

One of the Scarfaces grinned sinisterly.

Hesse nodded in satisfaction.

As a level 11 "firestarter", he could feel his strength increase a little bit!

Not much.

But it is clearly visible.

In fact.

He was supposed to leave after burning down the farm, but the sense of increased power made him intoxicated.

Especially when he noticed the oak forest in front of him, he immediately changed his mind.

He could feel the vitality of this forest, and burning it would give him a great boost in strength!

That's about ten times the yield of the farm.

It's almost level with burning a block in a city.

But in terms of risk, it is much lower than arson in the city!

No arsonist can resist such a temptation.

In particular, Hesse clearly felt that as long as he burned this forest, the legendary road that was originally very vague to him would become clear.

He couldn't hold back his crazy thoughts anymore!

Set!

Set!

He's going to burn!

Burn!

Burn!

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"Stop!"

Walk halfway up the hill.

Hesse exclaimed suddenly.

Six attendants immediately alertly wrapped them up.

"Boss, what's wrong? Do you want to withdraw? ”

Scarface asked.

Hesse ignored him, just stared straight ahead.

The night breeze sends a faint green glow.

There was a faint smell of decay in the air.

"It's a bone fire ......"

Hesse looked thoughtfully at the slowly emerging figure on the hillside.

Skeleton soldiers?

Is it a necromancer?

Hesse's frown immediately loosened:

"Finn sent you? Go back and tell him that I'll go find him if you burn this wood!" ”

"As for whether or not to join the Order, it depends on his sincerity."

The skeleton soldier remained motionless.

The man who was hiding in the shadows and manipulating the undead didn't squeak either.

Hesse laughed dumbly:

"You don't want to stop me, do you? Just these skeleton shelves? ”

The attendants laughed as well.

Scarface volunteered:

"Boss, I can go up and kick all these skeletons away!"

Hesse shook his head.

His gaze searched the hillside nearby.

The eyes are fierce.

But he never acted rashly.

A few minutes passed.

His tense state was lifted suddenly.

The two huge muscles in his chest also trembled:

"Stop fooling around, I've found your place—didn't Fein tell you what I did? Hehe, I'm very sensitive to temperature! ”

He playfully said in the direction of the skeleton soldiers:

"You necromancers like to hide in the pile of miscellaneous fish? It's really uncreative! ”

However, the other party still did not answer.

Hesse finally became angry:

"If you don't get out, I'll burn you together!"

said.

Suddenly there was a flaming glass bottle in his hand!

"I'm not fooling around."

Finally.

A voice came from behind a skeleton soldier:

"I'm just waiting for the rot to take effect—you just inhaled it."

Matthew stood on the hillside.

A large amount of negative energy gushed out from the tip of the Deadwood Staff!

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"Bag of Corruption: Accelerating Infection!"

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"Not good!"

Hesse looked back.

The expressions of the attendants were slightly alarmed.

They began to realize that something was wrong.

"Why is it a little itchy on the face!"

"On the arm too!"

"It's so itchy! Something seems to be growing! ”

In their horrified gaze.

Some people develop patches of red bumps on the surface of their skin.

At first, the bumps were inconspicuous and didn't feel anything.

Soon they became very itchy.

People simply can't control their hands from scratching.

And scratch.

A large amount of yellow-green pus gushed out of it.

Splash to the rest of the skin.

The infection is starting to get even faster!

With the continuous spread of the infected area.

In the midst of the crowd.

The breath from the negative plane is getting stronger and stronger!

"Don't scratch, kill that necromancer and you'll be fine!"

Hesse immediately made a decision and roared angrily.

The group endured the itch and charged up.

Matthew continued to swing his staff.

This time.

He doesn't even need to chant!

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"Necromancy: The Thing of the Contract!

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Your ability 'Instant Summon' is in effect!

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Your ability 'Fixed-Point Fall' is in effect!"

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On the hillside.

A large green circle appeared in the area where the group was about to rush.

"Get out of the way!"

Didn't wait for Hesse to finish.

A tall figure descended from the sky!

Bang!

One of the attendants couldn't dodge.

Smashed into meat sauce!

The people next to him were also affected by the shock wave.

Rolled down the hill one after another.

Hesse looked over in anger.

But I saw that the two-meter-tall figure was looking around blankly.

Her bones were white and flawless.

But the most striking thing is the plate she is holding in her hand-

"Matthew? Are you craving dinner? It just so happened that I just reheated the mushroom fried noodles again......"

Peggy looked at Matthew with glee.

"No, throw away the chow mein, Peggy, I want you to fight for me."

Matthew said.

Peggy's mood suddenly became serious.

She turned to face the arsonist.

Then he said to Matthew:

"Well, please strengthen me!"

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