……

"Hint: The "Breaking the Secret Door" of the Psalms has failed!

You need to have a higher level of secret knowledge!"

……

Matthew wasn't surprised.

The Psalm of Guardianship can only break through secret doors at or below the intermediate level, and the portals in the core of the Tree Tower are obviously high-level.

If only it were that simple.

Spencer had already done it.

What puzzled him was that the ruins on the clouds were obviously not far from the Cloud Inn, and the cloud elves were also known for their powerful flying abilities, so why did they go to the extra time to build a portal?

"Unless you can't enter the ruins on the clouds by normal means."

Matthew felt that this inference was more defensible.

Meantime.

He was also in awe of the space behind the portal.

If it was really a secret treasure trove behind it, as Quinna said, why would the Cloud Elves give up on it?

It is not difficult to see from the posture of arresting Luo Lan in Zeshui City.

The technological strength of the cloud elves has reached a very terrifying level, and they can deal with the sky giants and cyberdragons, they must be a big force.

There is a high probability that they will not voluntarily abandon a valuable ruin on the cloud.

It is more likely that the interests behind this portal have been squeezed dry, and the people who open the door later may not be able to get anything, and there may even be harm.

One way or another.

If you want to explore the ruins on the cloud, you have to do your homework and preparation.

"There should be relevant information in the alliance, although the cloud elves are very powerful, they are also subordinate forces that nominally obey the management of the Seven Saints Alliance."

"If you can get acquainted with a few cloud elves, it would be best to inquire about more detailed information."

Matthew was not dominated by greed.

He walked around the tree tower a few times with restraint, studying the magic runes in the vicinity without hesitation.

Deciphering the secret door is only incidental.

He was more interested in how the Cloud Elves had fixed such a huge structure in mid-air.

Matthew hadn't found anything like "Super Levitation" on any of the inn's floors.

Only at the top of this tree tower.

He sensed a trace of the solidification of the force field spell.

At that moment, he lit a few more mage fires and studied them with relish.

The night passed quickly.

During this time, the frogmen went up and down, but they didn't make any noise to Matthew.

Sometime after dawn.

Matthew slumped down from the top of the core of the tower.

"I don't understand."

"It's too difficult, if you don't understand, you don't understand."

Books are hated less when they are used.

Matthew had long known that his basic skills were not solid enough, but he didn't expect that it would be so laborious when deciphering a solidified force field spell.

One night's time.

He barely managed to decipher the meaning of a little bit of leftovers.

As for the core content.

It's a book from heaven!

"Forget it, I'm originally a necromancer who doesn't need much culture."

He comforted himself silently.

At this time.

There was a familiar argument coming from the platform below.

"We should get back to the ground! That's where ogres live! ”

This is the voice of Gezal.

"Fool, fate has guided us here, there must be some mission waiting for us to accomplish, if we leave now, we will definitely regret it in a few years."

Elph's aura when he cursed was still fierce.

"Okay, okay, then listen to you."

Gezal was cowardly.

"Well, kiss one."

Elph seems to know a thing or two about manipulating people.

Matthew was amused when he heard their voices, this ogre was released by Rhaegar last night, and he had consulted Matthew before making this decision, and finally the two of them decided to release the two-headed ogre.

Ogres belong to the classic misunderstood race.

Because they are similar to trolls in appearance except for their skin, and even their names are very similar, most people think that the two are close relatives.

However, ogres and ogres are the kind that can't be beaten by eight poles in blood.

Trolls are a type of monster that belongs to the descendants of ancient earth spirits, who are not only intellectually inferior, but also do not belong to a civilized race.

The ogre, on the other hand, is a cursed troll, a highly intelligent race with a glorious civilization.

Their tribe is civilized.

Matthew had read in his books that before the Age of Enlightenment, before the gods ruled over Aindor, the trolls had built an empire in the south that had never been seen before.

Among them, the ogre tribe was the backbone of the Troll Empire, and at that time they were not called ogres, but "Savashin".

Savasin, in the language of trolls, means wise man.

There are many mages in the Savasin tribe.

At one point, it represented the highest level of magic in the Troll Empire.

But as the Troll Empire was destroyed by several gods, the Savasin tribe was also cursed by the gods.

They still retain their ability to cast spells, but their intelligence is increasingly weakened by the curse.

Ultimately.

The great magicians of Savasin have been caught up in tragedy after tragedy because they are not intellectually strong enough to harness their innate ability to cast spells.

A few years later.

The Savasin mages, who wandered the wilderness because their tribes were torn apart, were gradually stigmatized as "ogres".

Until now.

Even most ogres have forgotten about it.

They also accepted the identity of ogres.

I also started to try cannibalism.

But let's be honest, due to the habits inherited from the Troll Empire, most ogres have extremely high standards for food appreciation.

Human flesh is far from the best for ogres.

Only the hungriest ogres will eat some human flesh when they are forced to do so.

"Comparing ogres to ogres, consciously or unconsciously, is itself the result of a deliberate stigmatization of some great being, which they have always been good at.

If you know this epic, when you meet a lost ogre, tell him that the glory of the Troll Empire runs through his veins;

Please call him a descendant of the great Savasin.

If he weeps in front of you, I think you'll gain a true Savasin friend."

Those are the exact words from that book.

Matthew wasn't going to be so straightforward though.

But he is also willing to give some opportunities to the descendants of Savasin.

"Have you figured out how long you can do it in one night?"

"Where are you going next?"

Matthew stepped down from the top floor and smiled at Elph and Gezal, who were still arguing.

"We're going to stay!"

"We can cook for you, Elph said you look like a great mage."

Gezar preemptively said.

Elph slammed his head hard:

"Idiot, don't whisper between us!"

said.

She said to Matthew with some embarrassment:

"Not only are we good at cooking, but we also know a little magic, I can help you crack the secret door in the tree tower, and I will almost succeed before those hateful blighters tie us up!"

Matthew looked surprised:

"You were there before the Blight took over here?"

Elph nodded:

"yes, they came later.

Gezal and I lived in the Helen Mountains to the north, oh, it's far from here.

One day at dusk.

On the way to hunt, we met the legendary Void Whale, you have seen the Void Whale, he is big, big, big.

He appeared on the distant horizon, his body translucent, like a whale wandering in the sky.

Gezal said he saw a figure on the whale's back.

But I didn't see it.

I just stared intently at the tentacles in the whale's mouth.

That's really beautiful.

I thought that if I could chop a few of them, it might be the most delicious ingredient in the world.

But we looked at it and fell asleep.

Wait until we wake up.

We felt chills all over our bodies and found ourselves lying on a cloud that was actually a lump of ice.

There were a lot of clouds around us at that time.

Some clouds are empty, and stepping on them will lead to a foot in the air;

Some clouds are hard mounds of ice;

There are also clouds that break when you step on them, even though they are also ice mounds.

We had a hard time crawling out of those clouds.

Eventually, I found this floating island in the air.

We didn't have the ability to fly, and we couldn't find a way to get down, so we had to look around to see if there was any chance of escape.

Finally I found the tree tower.

The secret door at the core of the tree tower looks a little familiar to me, as if it overlaps with the memories in my blood.

I tried to decipher it and found it really useful.

However, the size of Gezal's brain dragged me down.

I'm not efficient enough.

I was only halfway through the decipherment when the blighters rushed up and tried to kill us in a very rude manner, but thanks to my whims, I said that I was a cook, and they were willing to let us go, and tied us to the lower levels and cooked for them every day.

But what the big guys don't know is that I'm so much smarter than they are!

I had expected that the human mage would soon decipher the secret door, but who knew that after so many days, there would be no progress at all.

Hey, hey, hey.

If I were to come, I would have fifteen days at most to decipher the entire contents of the secret door. ”

Elph smug to show off.

At this time, Gezar bumped into her:

"Aren't these whispers we agreed upon, can't we tell him?"

Elph was stunned for a moment.

Immediately.

She erupted in anger:

"Gezar, keep your head away from me, I can feel the blood coming from your brain polluting my intelligence! Damn, I told all the secrets. It's all your fault. ”

Gezal was also furious:

"You kill me again."

"I'm going to kill myself."

"Go, go, go! You can jump next to it, I'll see if you have the guts! ”

The two of you said a word, and they quarreled again.

Matthew, on the other hand, pondered the message in Elph's words.

In fact, he was also curious about why ogres appeared in the sky.

However, Elph's answer surprised him.

Matthew had heard the legend of the "Void Whale" a little, but it was not very clear.

All he knew was that it was one of the odd things that the inhabitants of the north-central continent occasionally talked about.

It is said that it is a summer twilight.

When you stand on the plains as far as the eye can see, you may see the legendary "Void Whale".

It seemed to be a giant creature from the void, with a massive body like a whale, but also soaring through the sky like a bird, floating above the horizon.

In the folk of north-central Ayndor, the meaning of the Void Whale is extreme.

Some believe that he will bring luck to witnesses.

Others believe that he is a sign of calamity.

Matthew didn't have much knowledge about it, and he just vaguely thought that if what Elph said was true, then it was the power of the Void Whale that brought the ogre to the sky.

Their initial location should have been the edge of the ruins in the clouds.

This means that the Void Whale is most likely related to the ruins in the clouds.

And the formation of the ruins on the clouds is related to a certain traverser predecessor.

Time.

Matthew's reverie is limitless.

Eventually, Matthew agreed to allow Elph and Gezar to stay, intending to keep the three ghost wolves in the area.

He didn't expect anything from Elph's level of magic.

In his opinion.

This may be an exaggeration by the descendants of Savasin in order to show their worth.

After pacifying the ogre.

It was nearly dawn.

A short time later, Rhaegar walks up to him with a tired look on his face and tells Matthew that things are settled with the Frog Guys.

The Frogman Village is grateful for their help and intends to reach a tentative friendly agreement with Rolling Stone.

This is somewhat good news.

The two stood on the edge of the platform.

The sun was shining today, and there were few clouds to be seen except for the ruins above the clouds.

The sunlight on the platform was a little scorching, and it hurt on the skin.

From here, you can see the villages and wastelands of the southern land.

The heavenly wind slapped Matthew's face indiscriminately.

He took a deep breath.

The sky and clouds in front of you give people a sense of decompression.

"You try this."

Rhaegar handed over a monocular.

Matthew knew it was a magic item as soon as he got it, and the price was not low, and even the edges were heavy in pure gold.

Curiously, he pressed his left eye up, adjusted the barrel slightly, and looked southwest.

The next second.

He let out a "huh".

In the mirror tube, there is a very clear scene of mountains and rivers!

Matthew adjusted his position slightly.

Soon after, he saw a high mountain with a huge waterfall falling down.

Not far down the hill, towns on the plains are dotted with houses.

That's the town of the high leaf collar!

Matthew quickly realized how extraordinary the telescope was.

It puts the multiplier to the maximum.

You can see almost the entire block of houses like a satellite map, and you can barely make out a little bit of the flow of people.

However, just when he watched with relish.

A pitch-black glow flashed through the lens.

Matthew hurriedly caught up with the camera.

The next second.

The phantom of a black dragon flew over the high leaf collar!

However, his dragon head is facing.

It was impressively towards the east.

That's the direction of Rolling Stone!

"Rhaegar? I saw the dragon! ”

Matthew's voice was full of solemnity.

"Don't worry, look at the south and the north again."

Rhaegar said.

Matthew did as he was told.

Soon, he saw the golden fertile fields in the south and Riptide City in the north.

A similar scene took place in both directions.

He saw the shadow of a red dragon in the southern part of the golden wilderness.

And in the direction of Riptide City and Jade Garden, there is the shadow of a green dragon.

Like the black dragon, the dragon heads of these two dragons are facing Rolling Stone!

"What's going on?"

Matthew put down his binoculars and asked solemnly.

"Don't be nervous, the direction of the faucet doesn't say much, it's just a reminder of the threats we may face in our neighborhood."

Rhaegar took the binoculars.

That being said, his expression was not relaxed.

"It's a strategic artifact, and I've used it to win two of the most critical battles. The current situation in Rolling Rock is not the worst, but it is not easy to sit back and relax. These dragons weren't necessarily coming at us, but I always felt like we'd clash with at least one of them. ”

Rhaegar said.

Matthew was silent for a long time.

After seeing it.

He spoke slowly:

"Tell me, Rhaegar, how much support can you get from Purgatory?"

Rhaegar stared into his eyes, and after half a minute, he looked sideways at the clouds in the distance:

"I can get an endless army of devils if I want to."

"But I can give you a clear answer right now, I don't want to."

"I'm not going to open that portal completely.

As long as I'm alive.

That will never happen.

I know very well what kind of creature the devil is, and I know how my decisions may affect the world.

Matthew.

I have witnessed so many deaths in my life, innocent or inevitable, and I am tired of the withering of each life.

I know that war is inevitable, and I know that he is not subject to my will.

I just don't want to, and I don't want to, be the king with blood on my hands.

You might think my idea is ridiculous.

Actually, I think it's ridiculous myself.

Ever since I returned to Rolling Stone, and become Lord here, I've lost all aggressiveness.

It is precisely because of this that my wife, who was originally very affectionate to me, finally chose to leave me.

She is an ambitious person who is eager to build a career.

And I just want to guard my Rolling Stones town and the people of the town.

I just want to watch Seve grow up, get married, and have children in peace.

Ten or twenty years later.

Maybe I'll have a few grandchildren, and they will fight around the lord's mansion every day, and the noise will give me a headache.

Maybe I'll retire early, hand over Rolling Rock to the next generation, go fishing in the river, and live a quiet life.

Maybe my son-in-law will make my daughter sad, and at that time, I think I will put on my battle robe and teach him a vicious lesson.

Maybe my old age will be happy, my children and grandchildren will be full, and Rolling Rock will be more and more prosperous.

After my death.

People who come to mourn will cry sincerely at the funeral.

They will write a few similar words on the epitaph -

Resting here is Rhaeggar, the second lord of Rolling Stone.

He is incompetent, cowardly, childish, and ridiculous.

But a good lord.

That's enough. ”

Matthew nodded.

He could understand Rhaegar's final decision.

"Do you think my idea is unrealistic?"

Rhaegar turned to him and asked:

"Give up opening the gates of purgatory, and when I tell the others about this decision, they have a grain of salt."

"Zeller, Asma, Brynn, Richard...... Even Lee Weiqi advised me that if I didn't open this door, maybe someone else would open another door. The world is going to suffer, and maybe one day I'll regret it. ”

"I know they're right."

"But I don't want to hurt anyone else, I want to use our own power to protect Rolling Stone, not the devil."

Rhaegar watched him silently.

There was a hint of hope in his eyes.

Matthew understood what he was craving.

So he spoke:

"I don't think they're wrong, but I think you're doing the right thing."

"Everyone has the potential to regret it, and if you make a decision because you might regret it in the future, many of the decisions will lose their original meaning."

"I'm in your place, and maybe I don't want to open that door, but in short, I'm for you."

Rhaegar looked moved.

But soon, he smiled and asked:

"So you should give me an account, right? What is your relationship with the Seven Saints Alliance? ”

Matthew mused:

"I'm just a newcomer to the league, and Ekmond is here just because he gave my mentor face.

Now a lot of people in the league think that I have a bright future, and joining A1 seems to be a good thing for a while.

But only I know.

All this is like a castle in the air, flashy and lacking foundation.

At the slightest change, they will shatter like bubbles.

If the war does start, all I can guarantee is that I will do my best.

As for the mages in the Alliance, there's a good chance they're not going to end up, and I wouldn't expect more from them. ”

Matthew was telling the truth.

He never felt like he had a good relationship with the league.

Are Isabel's students beautiful?

Ronan thought so before he was thrown into the astral plane.

Throughout, Matthew never forgot her moodiness and mental worries.

He knew very well that everything about himself came from Isabel's whim.

His identity is not a gold medal for avoiding death.

Isabel's students are spread throughout the Union.

Blinken is a case in point.

Did Isabel manage when the league's hidden bigwig tried to wipe out Blinken?

The answer is clearly no.

She doesn't care about the lives of her students at all.

Or rather.

In the eyes of a mage of her level.

Only those who survive and grow into legends are eligible to be her students.

Matthew was deeply aware of his situation, and he knew that the only thing he could do was to use the influence of the other party as much as possible to increase his power before Isabel lost interest in him.

During this time, he must stick to his heart and walk on thin ice.

He told Rhaegar all these things in his heart.

Hearing this, Rhaegar nodded solemnly:

"I see, you don't have to look very stressed, Rolling Stones has not been able to stand until now, and it doesn't rely on the strength of one or two people.

It's up to all of us, you, me, Zeller, and Liverwich, Richard, Brad, old Fallon, your undead, and that little druid brother...... There are many, many others.

We are not alone, we have a lot of partners.

As long as we're all here, Rolling Stones will be there.

Because it's the town of Rolling Rock for all of us.

I'm sure you think so too. ”

said.

He generously stretched out his right hand and said with a bold smile:

"Well, it's nice to officially meet you, a necromancer who loves to plant trees."

Syllable!

Matthew slapped him hard:

"Glad to meet you, peace-loving Prince of Purgatory."

After speaking.

Together, they turned into the distance.

The midday sun shines through the ruins above the clouds.

Nearby clouds reflect a halo of colorful light.

"It's beautiful."

Rhaegar sighed.

Matthew quietly admired the view and did not speak.

A moment later.

Rhaegar suddenly asked:

"How are we going back?"

Matthew's voice suddenly changed pitch:

"Rhaegar? Do you want to play something exciting? ”

Rhaegar's complexion changed:

"Don't!"

However, before he could finish speaking, a huge force came from behind him, and he turned his head suddenly, only to find Renesme standing behind him and giving him a kick!

"Matthew !!!!!"

Rhaeggar's howl can be heard from beneath the platform.

His body plummeted.

Next to my ears is the sound of the whirring wind.

However, the next second.

A strong force held his body firmly.

The Anemo Pterodactyl controlled the air current, and the redgar with his hair and face flying for a distance.

Followed by.

He suddenly threw it upwards, dropping the terrified Rhaegar on his back.

Then he scurried away in the direction of Rolling Stone.

Soon after.

Pterodactyl lowered the altitude.

The wasteland and woods become visible.

The red-walled and black-tiled buildings in the distance also come into view.

To avoid alarm.

Matthew quickly landed on top of the Northern Wastelands.

He put Rhaegar down and asked:

"How does it feel?"

Rhaegar covered his mouth and held it for a long time, only holding back one sentence:

"Damn necromancer!"

……

Two days later.

In the cemetery.

Matthew carefully dragged a corpse out of the mud tank.

After carefully examining the soaking of the corpse.

He took out the Dark Divine Oil.

The second step in making the Black Samurai began-

Anointing.

……

(End of chapter)