……

Maces aside.

The Soul Cage is an ability of at least the fourth order!

Matthew took a closer look and found that "stealing lives" can be used to suck a lot of blood;

"Soul torture" is a torture of the soul to extract a confession;

"Stealing experience" refers to an ability that allows the soul to be acquired in a short period of time;

"Insult of Will" can reduce the opponent's resistance and is best used against weak enemies;

And the final "Eye of the Dead" can enter a coordinate in the depths of the other party's memory, and then view the situation around the coordinate, which is convenient for tracing clues.

What's more, these options are not single-choice and can be used over and over again.

As long as the target's soul is imprisoned in a cage, the option can be used up to 6 times or more!

"It's more like a necromancer's ability than a sorcerer, and perhaps the god of midnight also has a small amount of the realm of death."

Matthew thought so.

The Moonlight Goddess mentioned earlier that there will be more and more sorcerers in the continent of Aiindor.

Referring to the situation of the Midnight God, it is not difficult to know that the gods who are unwilling to be lonely may create evil clones in the outer planes one after another, bypassing the restrictions of Tianlun Palace's ascension as the leader of the evil arts, so as to indirectly gain influence on the mortal world.

If you look at it this way, many nascent sorcerers are actually priests of the righteous gods!

Their abilities have also begun to move away from the realm of traditional sorcerers, and their art style has become bizarre.

Matthew realizes that you must not hold stereotypes when you encounter a sorcerer in the future, otherwise you may die a miserable death!

And in addition to the advantages.

The cost of activating a soul cage is quite high.

That's 100 coins!

With Matthew's current net worth, he has at most one heartstone for backup, and he can't afford to buy more.

"Edson didn't use this ability at the time, on the one hand, maybe the conditions were not sufficient, and on the other hand, it could be because he didn't have a Heartstone?"

"It is said that many high-level abilities require very expensive spellcasting materials, and many times, high-level casters die not from lack of combat power, but from poverty!"

"When the advanced level is completed, I must find a way to make a fortune!"

With this in mind, Matthew closed the information and lay down to rest.

Even though he was close to the city, it wasn't safe to camp in the wild, so Matthew slept lightly, but the night was unexpectedly peaceful.

The next day, the convoy started smoothly, and in the evening, the group arrived at Zeshui City.

Matthew and the convoy parted ways at the city gates.

Zeshui Castle is built on the mountain, layer by layer, the further you go to the inner city, the higher the terrain, and on the road to the inner city, there are layers of fortresses and stone gates, and if you want to walk from the outside of the city to the top of the mountain, you need to pass through 196 stone gates.

Therefore, this place is also known as the city of ten thousand gates.

The permanent population here is mostly humans, half-breed Jango, orcs and half-orcs, and there are occasional traces of Sioux and sea elves.

When passing by the fourth stone gate.

Matthew bumps into a group of people who are coughing wildly.

They looked yellow-skinned and their eyes were out of focus, but for some reason they were still walking aimlessly down the street in a straw coat made of reeds.

As he walked, he was still coughing violently.

The patrolling guards did not dare to go up to stop them, but only reprimanded them from a distance, and quickly avoided them.

Seeing this, Matthew decisively put on his mask and waited in the alley next to him for a while, waiting until the group of coughers had left, and then he walked briskly past.

More than twenty minutes later.

Matthew arrives at the Jungle Dance Inn, located between the 11th and 12th stone gates.

This is a highly recommended place for Lee Weich to stay.

It is said that not only is it very cost-effective, but if you really don't have the money, the innkeeper will allow you to work at the inn to pay off your debts.

Matthew wasn't greedy for cheap.

He just trusted Lee Weiqi's vision, not to mention that the inn also provided guide services.

After rubbing shoulders with the coughing marchers.

He just wants to find the guide as soon as possible and get out of here!

That night, he settled into the Jungle Dance and chatted with the orc boss named Trugg.

The latter, when he learned that Matthew needed a guide through the rainforest, beat his chest and made a charter ticket, promising that he would bring him the best guide in Zeshui City tomorrow.

Matthew breathed a sigh of relief at this.

Seeing that there were also many coughing people in the hall, he politely declined the invitation of the enthusiastic half-orc boss to dine in the hall and ate a little alone in the room on the second floor.

The climate in Zeshui City was hot and humid, and Matthew had no appetite at all, but he still tried to eat a little for the rest of the journey.

After dark.

A violent cough came from the next room.

Upstairs, it was the sound of a group of men and women enjoying the joy of life.

Pushing open the window, there was a serious burst of smoke, and Matthew looked down to see that someone was burning a wormwood-like plant in the courtyard on the first floor, and the man was chanting while burning, and next to the fire, there were several people lying on the reed mats who were uncertain.

Matthew hurriedly closed the doors and windows and forced himself to sleep.

"Did Lee Weiqi see this as a place to practice the mind? It's highly recommended, and he didn't say it's full of patients, right? ”

He covered his head with a pillow and smiled bitterly in his heart:

"Find the guide tomorrow and leave immediately, I can't stay in this place for a minute!"

……

In the early hours of the next morning.

There was a crackling sound in the hotel toilet.

A moment later.

Matthew walked out of it clutching his stomach and grim.

"Gan, it's the sixth time."

He endured a dull pain in his lower abdomen, and beads of sweat the size of beans hung on his forehead and eyelashes.

……

"Warning: You have entered the realm of the 'Plague King' and are suffering from fever, fever, diarrhea, cough, ......

……

"When did you get the trick?"

When Matthew sat on the aqua toilet for the seventh time and spilled.

He had deep doubts about life.

At this time, he was sweating profusely, his lungs seemed to be crawling ants, and the turbid stench in the toilet reminded him of the long past night.

If it weren't for the toughness.

Matthew is probably already in collapse by this time.

"It looks like I'm going to ask the shopkeeper to buy holy water."

He rubbed his lower abdomen, his brow furrowed, ready for the eighth onslaught.

At this moment, Ella's voice came from outside the door:

"Matthew Matthew, are you ready to go?"

The toilet door was pushed open.

Ella screamed, flapped her wings and flew away:

"Matthew, did you blow up the toilet?"

Matthew said tiredly:

"It's a fever, I'm sick with a fever, you go to the innkeeper and ask him to buy me a holy water for purification."

The door opened for a moment.

Ella reappeared cautiously in front of Matthew.

As a nature spirit, Ella spent the night last night in the Moonlight Glade.

Seeing Matthew's miserable appearance, Miss Owl suddenly showed an unbearable expression:

"Why didn't you say it earlier?!"

Matthew looked at her in amazement.

"Don't underestimate the soul of nature, I'm the goddess's favorite one!"

As she spoke, her chest bulged, and a white light melted into Matthew's body.

……

"Hint: Ella used 'Medium Dispel' on you.

Dispel failed!"

……

Ella came twice in a row without believing it, but it was still a failure.

She finally became serious: "A plague that can't be driven away by intermediate dispelling? Matthew, it's someone spreading and controlling in the shadows, I smell the power of the realm! ”

Matthew nodded slightly.

Lord of the Plague.

He hadn't heard of this name, but if he dared to call it like this and hadn't hung up yet, there was a high probability that he was a ruthless person.

Zeshui City is really not a good place.

It's just that now he doesn't have the capital to cause trouble.

"I'll try an advanced dispel."

Ella hesitated for a moment and said:

"But after using this ability, for the next ten days, my mental condition will be terrible, and I ...... I might have to lie in your arms! ”

Matthew nodded with difficulty.

……

"Hint: Ella used an advanced dispel on you.

Dispel success!

You are relieved from the plague infection, please replenish water and energy in time.

In view of the night's diarrhea, cough and fever, you have gained the following elements of the plague realm: infection, sickness, immunity, healing, accumulate more elements, and you will have a chance to enter the plague realm for the first time!"

……

A moment later.

Matthew straightened his waist and came out of the toilet, and his whole person was completely new!

"Matthew, I can't do it!"

Ella fell into his arms.

Matthew took it steadily, thanked him, and then packed his bags and walked downstairs.

"Like the undead, the plague is a sub-realm of death, and if I have the chance, I must conquer it!"

Matthew silently wrote down the name of the Plague King in his mind.

As he walked around the corner, he heard someone crying downstairs, and when he looked around, it was the same person who had burned wormwood in the backyard last night.

Matthew saw him holding the reed mat and wept bitterly.

And the few people around him, one by one, their eyes were closed, their faces were pale, and they had completely lost their vitality.

The flames in the brazier had long since been extinguished, leaving only dark red embers.

Matthew took a deep look, stopped no longer, and walked briskly downstairs.

……

(End of chapter)