……

The snowflakes didn't drift up the hill on Matthew's side.

But the smell of decay and death still made him feel uncomfortable all the time.

Matthew took a look.

Snowflakes did fall from the sky above the tree.

It's just that there is a gray haze over the top of the trees, and the fog peculiar to the mossy green hills, it is impossible to see anything in the air at all.

Retract attention.

Matthew quickly cast two spells in Rhaeggar's direction.

"Frost Trail"!

"Blighted Grip"!

Two debuffs, one blue and one gray, spread out quickly.

They shrouded the mountain wolves near Rhaegar with precision, and the speed of these monsters suddenly slowed down by more than half!

Seeing this, Rhaegar immediately turned from defense to attack, and the big sword in his hand whirred like a big windmill.

Matthew's command was issued, and Ah Bing also entered the interception mode from the state of skimming, but saw that the double knives in his hands flew over, and he accurately cut off one wolf head after another!

Mountain wolves are not very high in natural armor.

This allows the knife dancer to play to his huge advantage when facing the crispy skin.

It's barely ten seconds.

The mountain wolf next to Rhaegar was cut clean by Ah Bing!

Meanwhile.

Matthew also notices Rhaeggar's fighting style.

His swordsmanship is the kind that opens and closes widely, regardless of physical strength, and once he is cut down, he has to pinch a cold sweat for his own life.

However, when facing agile enemies, this sword technique does not seem to be very effective.

Most of the mountain wolves were killed by the soldiers.

At best, Rhaegar acts as a taunt of monsters.

"It's also a good talent to be able to gather monsters steadily."

Think so.

Matthew suddenly noticed that there were several wolves in the pack, and they made a detour in the direction where he was.

The other wolves still stubbornly harassed Rhaeggar.

The only thing the mountain wolves learn to be smart is-

They kept a distance from Rhaegar to make sure they wouldn't be slashed by a sword.

But there are soldiers.

The death of these mountain wolves is a matter of time.

Matthew's gaze was drawn back from Rhaeggar's side, and not far away, a skinny mountain wolf had quietly circled the back of the mountain bag.

He was planning to use a spell to solve this guy.

But at that moment.

Matthew suddenly had a whim-

He gave Renysme a command:

"Go, stop that mountain wolf for me!"

Renysme was obviously resistant, but it was the instinct of all the undead to resist the enemy for her master.

She greeted her with the emerald trade winds.

The mountain wolf came out from the other side, and when he saw Renesme, he immediately pounced excitedly!

When the mountain wolf exerts its strength, the distance between the two sides is less than 3 meters.

But in an instant, Renysme jumped three times in a row, and she showed incredible explosiveness, and she opened up about 9 meters in an instant!

Syllable!

Renesmay raised her hand and it was an arrow.

The white feather arrow pierced through the air and into the dazed-looking mountain wolf's skull, and the tip of the arrow pierced out of his chest.

The wolf fell crookedly.

But soon.

Two more wolves besieged her.

Renysmay instinctively wanted to shoot an arrow, but Matthew's devilish order came again:

"Catch up!"

"Block them!"

There was a resentment in the undead contract.

But Renesme did it anyway.

She took the initiative to rush forward to attract the attention of the enemy, and the two mountain wolves were immediately confused by her action and met them one after another.

It is still a distance to around 3 meters.

Renysme suddenly exerted her strength, still jumping backwards like lightning, and this time, she actually pulled her bow while jumping backwards!

Sou!

The first time you land, the first arrow is fired.

Burst!

When the second time it lands, the second arrow lands.

Two arrows in quick succession pierced through the wolf's skull with great precision.

Matthew sensed the smug emotions from Renysme in the contract.

……

"Hint: Renysme's keyword "Melee Bitter Hand" is in effect.

She used a "continuous back jump"!

She used the basic technique "rapid fire"!

Successfully avoiding two melee battles, Renysme's keyword "melee pain" has been enhanced!"

"Melee Bitter Hand (Gray): Your summon refuses any form of melee combat, and will do everything she can to escape if she encounters an enemy!

New: Renesme's escape chance has been slightly increased."

……

"With such agility, even the mountain wolf can't catch up?"

Matthew was amazed by Rhaenysme's terrifying escape ability, and at the same time, he was a little proud of the operability of the gray keyword "melee bitter hand".

"Maybe that's the right way to open the Melee Hand!"

"Rhaenysme currently has a 100% success rate in getting rid of enemies, and if she can do it consistently, then she's the best meat shield!"

The meat shield doesn't have to be stupid to stand and absorb damage.

If you are afraid of melee combat and can attract the attention of the enemy at the same time, you can also be qualified for the position of meat shield!

Matthew was in high spirits.

He wanted to keep experimenting.

However, the number of mountain wolves soon ran out.

The cluster level of this monster is LV11, which may cause a little trouble for ordinary squads, but Rhaegar and Ah Bing are both fourth-order top melee masters, and with Matthew and Renys Meze in the back, this group of mountain wolves was quickly cleaned up.

Matthew began to clean up the battlefield with a little regret.

Not long after.

Rhaegar walked over, and he wiped the blood and oil off the great sword with a linen cloth.

Then he looked at Ah Bing with emotion and said:

"Your summon is indeed extraordinary, I just counted it, and he and I cut down 38 wolves."

Matthew glanced at the data bar.

A soldier killed 34 heads.

Rhaegar kills 4.

It's really okay to say it's a joint cut.

"Your ability to taunt is also unique."

Fortunately, the lord made some efforts, and Matthew still complimented him a little.

Who knew that Rhaegar was stunned and said:

"I haven't used my taunt ability yet!"

Matthew fell silent.

Rhaegar said to himself:

"Speaking of which, something is very wrong with these mountain wolves."

Matthew nodded:

"Indeed, they seem to be too irritable and brainless, which goes against the normal characteristics of a mountain wolf pack, and is probably made irrational by the rituals of the blighters."

Rhaegar shook his head and said:

"That's not what I'm talking about."

"Didn't you notice?"

"These wolves are she-wolves."

Matthew was surprised to inspect the carcasses of the wolves and found that none of the 38 wolves killed were males, as Rhaegar had said!

Including the taller head wolf.

This is an extremely rare thing!

"How did you find out?"

Matthew looked at Rhaegar in surprise.

Rhaegar pinched his nose a little proudly:

"It's just a little experience of the older generation of adventurers."

"You've got some to learn, boy!"

Matthew pursed his lips noncommittally.

He was wondering where the withers had gotten the male wolves.

"Are we going to move on?"

A moment later.

Rhaegar looked at the snowflakes not far away with a serious face.

Matthew mused:

"I'm about to enter the territory of the Blighter, I'm going to summon some little brother first, the snow near the Unknown Tree is too big, maybe it will stop a little later."

Rhaegar reminded:

"Then we must dispose of these bodies as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, their blood might attract more monsters."

Matthew shook his head:

"I don't need to deal with it, if I can attract more monsters, it will be a good thing for me."

"Then I can summon more undead."

Rhaegar was stunned for a moment, and then sighed:

"Necromancers are really evil!"

"Do you have a different set of criteria for living life?"

Matthew smiled when he heard this:

"Oh, we love the living so badly!

Haven't you heard that sneer joke about necromancers?

No one cares more about the living than a necromancer.

If the men and women of the world had come to a consensus, they would never have children.

Then the first one to object.

It must be a necromancer. ”

Rhaegar instinctively wanted to laugh when he heard this, but felt that some of his qualities were too low, so he scolded "the necromancer".

Then he held back a secret laugh on the side.

Matthew begins to summon the undead.

Corpse materials can be taken locally, and Matthew also carries the necessary spell casting materials with him.

It's just that what kind of immortal to summon, he fell into deep thought.

In Matthew's opinion, the two low-level necromantic summoning methods he currently mastered were flawed.

In the case of "zombie wolves", most of the mountain wolves have their heads cut off, so it is really troublesome to pick them up.

After that, you have to sew them one by one, which is a waste of time.

The "Skeleton Wolf" can save this trouble, after all, as long as the soul fire is lit, the skeleton wolf's head can be installed casually.

However, the skeleton wolf is too weak.

What's even more deadly is that the location he is about to go to is the Cloud Elf Hostel located in the air.

Whether it's a zombie wolf or a skeleton wolf, it's hard to cast in that kind of place.

"There it is!"

Matthew combined his mind and decided to try to summon a third low-level necromancy that he hadn't tried yet.

He's going to summon the Ghost Wolf!

Before joining the Alliance, Matthew didn't have much information about ghost summoning.

He will only use the most ordinary methods to summon the ghosts of the newly dead and resentful.

But once you join the alliance, things get better.

Even though the number of necromancy spells in the spell library is small, that's also relative.

Matthew has enough knowledge points in his hands.

So he had already gotten a lot of information about ghost summoning, but he never had the chance to try it.

The main reason is that he hasn't gotten the corpse of a human recently either, and there's no way to transform it into a ghost.

And these mountain wolves in front of them happen to be a good opportunity to try their hands.

Do what you think.

Matthew took out one material after another from his magic bag and counted it, his brow furrowed slightly.

No, there's also a key piece of material missing.

But a few seconds later.

Matthew's eyebrows furrowed.

He smiled and looked at Rhaeggar:

"I have to admit that the rich experience of the older generation of adventurers can really come in handy."

Rhaegar shrank back vigilantly:

"What do you want to do?"

Matthew had a smile on his face:

"I remember your pillow was goose feather, right?"

Rhaegar looked incredulous:

"I only brought two pillows! Do you want to take it away? ”

"I wouldn't have been able to sleep well without them!"

Matthew had no choice but to persuade him:

"I really need them as my spellcasting materials, you think, when I summon this group of little brothers, I don't need you to work so hard to attract enemies, in a sense, it's also for your good."

He grinds hard and foams.

Finally got a goose feather pillow from Rhaeggar, and in front of Rhaeggar, Matthew tore the pillow hard.

Swan feathers flying.

Rhaeggar's expression was a little pained.

……

"Hint: +10 for your Minotaur

You've accumulated enough elements to open up the Minotaur realm a second time?"

……

What does this count?

Seeing Rhaeggar's reluctant and distressed look, Matthew chose to postpone the development.

It's important to summon the little brother first.

He placed goose feathers on the carcasses of the wolves.

Then he smeared a small jar of inferior corpse oil evenly between their eyes.

It is complemented by a series of basic rituals.

Fifteen minutes later.

Matthew begins to chant the necromancy that awakens the ghost.

Three minutes later.

The moon rises at the beginning of the quarter.

Wisps of ghosts stood up from the mountain wolf's corpse.

They slowly moved their limbs around Matthew.

From time to time, a ghost wolf lowered his head and rubbed the back of Matthew's hand with his forehead.

This is a confession ceremony.

"It's easier than I thought it would be."

Matthew breathed a sigh of relief.

Maybe it had something to do with the fact that he became a high-level necromancer.

Ghost creatures are low-level after all.

He was summoned with ease.

data bar.

……

"Hint: You have obtained a new summon [Ghost Wolf] x41.

Ghost Wolves: Ghost-like undead formed by pure soul energy and a little soul fire, they have characteristics similar to human ghosts, and have their own special abilities.

Trait: Stepping in the Sky (Each ghost wolf has a permanent levitation spell solidified, allowing them to walk flat in the air, but unable to fly for long periods of time.) Or rather, their flight is closer to gliding. ）

Ability 1: Tear (Ghost Wolf pounces on the target and tears them with a claw strike, dealing a lot of physical damage)

Ability 2: Wolf Howl (Ghost wolves can make weirder and more terrifying wolf howls than ordinary wolves, and if multiple ghost wolves make sounds together, they will be able to produce a certain trembling effect)

Swarm Ability: Harassment (when a group of ghost wolves act together, they will automatically master the tactics of pulling each other, covering each other, and harassing the enemy)

Swarm ability: Tempest (when a group of ghost wolves act together, they can unleash the tempest to cover themselves and confuse others)

In addition, the head wolf of the ghost wolf pack gains an additional ability -

Cluster ability: Single knife (when a group of ghost wolves unleash a group of ghost wolves to harass the group ability, the ghost wolf as the head wolf can surprise the enemy from another angle, at this time he will gain several times the decision bonus, and his surprise attack will become extremely threatening)"

……

After reading the attributes, Matthew knew that his judgment was fine, and the ghost wolf was undoubtedly the most suitable undead unit for this battle.

There aren't many flying undead, and most of them are ghost-based.

Considering the various situations he will have to deal with in the future, he even plans to bring these ghost wolves back to the cemetery to give them a place to live.

The confession ceremony is coming to an end.

The ghost wolf cheered beside Matthew, like a docile dog.

Matthew opens the realm of the undead to see if there are any surprises.

The next moment.

The Necromantic Summoning (Ghost Wolf) did react!

……

"Hint: Your ghost wolves have been blessed with the Pale Fangs from the realm of the undead.

Pale Fang: You can designate three ghost wolves to become Pale Fangs, and the Pale Fangs will share the attributes of your Pale Hand!

Current Pale Hand attribute -

1. Attack range 9.2 meters

2. Attacks come with an instantaneous judgment

3. Attacks come with a lifesteal effect

4. The remaining time is 3 days and 14 hours."

……

It was indeed a small surprise.

Matthew then designated the head wolf and the other two ghostly wolves with strong souls as his pale fangs.

This thing is great for raffles in dogfights.

The biggest drawback of the Pale Hand is that the instant death decision is triggered less frequently.

But when the three wolves take turns, the probability is greatly increased.

The most important thing is that it is much safer to use the Pale Fang to bite people than Matthew himself with the Pale Hand.

After getting the little brother.

The two continued on their way.

Near the big tree, the snow kept falling.

Rhaegar pulled out a large black umbrella from the storage ring, and the two of them walked through the night wilderness with the umbrella.

It was surrounded by thick fog and snowflakes.

Except for the sparse sound of snowflakes falling on the ground, there was a dead silence.

The light is getting dimmer.

Fortunately, Rhaegar naturally has night vision, and Matthew did not ignite the fire, but followed Rhaegar closely.

The two of them made it to the bottom of the giant tree.

There aren't many snowflakes here.

Rhaegar put the black umbrella away.

The two of them went around the tree and found nothing special.

Matthew only felt that there was a dead thing in front of him, and the green leaves on the branches were fake like plastic, and the inside of it had been hollowed out by the withering force.

He flew up to the canopy on a magic carpet and checked it, and found that there were no climbing vines hanging on it.

A few minutes later.

Matthew, who found nothing, used balanced perception.

In a flash.

The energy field changes within a radius of several miles entered Matthew's eyes.

"Found it, the entrance is actually underground."

Matthew led Rhaegar to the back of the tree.

Ten paces away from the tree, he found a staircase that led to the ground.

Removing the stone slab from the steps, the two of them slowly descended to a sealed underground stone chamber.

The environment here is a bit like a tomb, giving it an oppressive and secluded feel.

Matthew fumbled around the stone chamber for a while, and soon found the hidden magic secret door.

"Be ready for battle."

Matthew spoke to Rhaegar before calling the ghost wolves to his side.

He took out the Psalm of the Guardian and used the Secret Door from the Spell Book.

In the blink of an eye, a magical portal glowing green appeared on the left side of the stone wall.

Matthew and Bing stepped over together.

The next second.

He appeared on an empty platform around him.

There were no railings around the platform, and it was dark and dark, and the cold wind was swishing in from outside, as if it were high in the air.

In the center of the platform was a woman with scabies on her face.

She had been sitting there a little confused, but the first time she saw Matthew, she jumped on the spot, and then took out a copper whistle from her pocket and tried to blow it hard.

Moment of truth.

Matthew rushed forward half a step forward with the Imperial Psalm in his hand, and then activated the spell of the Pink Chapter inlaid on it—

Confused!

He opened his mouth and spewed a puff of pink mist at the woman, who froze in place for a moment, then pounced on Matthew with a lewd smile.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey......"

The scabies on her face did not affect Matthew's operation.

He calmly turned sideways to dodge the woman's pounce.

The soldier then struck the woman in the neck with a fierce hand knife.

The latter fell into a coma.

The next second.

Rhaegar appeared between the two with a large sword.

"Am I missing something?"

Rhaegar looked back at the woman, her face was hidden by her black hair, and she was lying on the ground, and she could tell that she was in good shape.

"It's nothing, I've got a sentry, and in order to avoid startling the snake, I'm going to tie her up first, and then gag her."

Matthew wondered if there was a way to judge the life and death of his companions among the withered.

But to be on the safe side, it's better not to kill yet.

When Rhaegar heard this, he was immediately interested:

"Give me the rope."

"I must show you the binding skills of the older generation of adventurers, and I tell you, there are eighteen ways to tie up......"

However, he was not finished.

Ah Bing had already tied the other party tightly, and stuffed a mouthful of rags by the way.

"It seems that you young people are also good at bondage."

Rhaegar looked at Matthew meaningfully.

Matthew ignored his gaze and picked up the brass whistle and put it away.

Then he began to take a closer look at his surroundings.

data bar.

……

"Hint: You've come to the Lodge in the Clouds - Lookout"

……

The Hostel in the Clouds is a platform built in mid-air.

It's a bit like a floating island.

The whole has a spindle-like shape.

The platform in the middle is the widest, and as you go up and down, the edges of the layers of platforms begin to narrow.

They are currently at the lowest observation deck.

It is only a dozen square meters in size.

There is no railing at the edge of the lookout yet.

Looking down, even if Matthew didn't have a fear of heights, he shivered several times.

On the left-hand side of the two of them is a rotating escalator, which also has no railing, but fortunately it is built against the center.

Matthew and Rhaega gestured.

The two of them walked up the stairs quietly.

Soon.

They came to the penultimate level.

Still on the stairs.

Matthew heard a fierce quarrel:

"Why do you always get your right foot in the door?"

"Why don't you like to put chili peppers in your cooking now?"

It sounds like a middle-aged couple.

It's arguing.

Matthew's mind moved.

The soldier slowly retreated into the shadows.

……

(End of chapter)