……

"What's the matter, you say."

Matthew wondered.

"A World Tree has appeared in your woods! Didn't you notice? ”

Eli's tone was full of excitement.

Matthew was silent.

It's been a long time since you've been to the oak forest!

As for the reaction now?

He wanted to ask the other party a rhetorical question.

But in the end, Matthew replied calmly:

"Noticed, I planted it, what's wrong?"

Eli took a deep breath:

"That's the World Tree! Matthew, why didn't you tell me earlier. ”

Matthew said helplessly:

"I haven't seen your figure lately, and I haven't thought of bothering you."

Eli grinned:

"Don't be so polite, if you need help, just call me."

As he spoke, his face became serious again:

"There's one more important thing."

Mattheun snorted and motioned for the other party to continue.

Eli Road:

"The other day, when I was at my saddest, I had a little white cat with me.

I had a lot of fun with her.

For a while, I forgot the fact that I was born as a human being.

Sometimes I even think it's good to be a kitten just like that.

I like her a lot.

She liked me too.

I was sure we were in love.

And yet just yesterday.

She turned into a human in front of me, and confessed to me that she was a spy sent by the Blight Order!

That moment.

My heart is unacceptable. ”

Matthew was a little surprised.

The little white cat actually revealed its identity by itself? What kind of trick is this? Do you want to get away with it?

Immediately, Matthew asked:

"Can't you accept that she's a spy of the Blight Order?"

Eli sighed:

"I can't accept that she's a human being more than that. At the moment when the little white cat turned into a human, I completely lost interest in her, let alone talk to her, and I didn't even want to look at her! ”

"Matthew, I'm a little worried right now, am I in a tendency to be a pervert?"

Matthew blinked:

"It doesn't have to be a tendency."

"It probably already is."

Eli's eyes widened.

Matthew smiled lightly:

"Just kidding, it's normal for you to like kittens more than humans, after all, cats are so carefree, but humans are much more complicated."

Eli nodded:

"You have a point, and I think so."

Then he asked, somewhat surprised:

"Wait, why aren't you surprised? She's a spy sent by the Blight Order! Did you already know? ”

Matthew shrugged:

"Not only did I know about it for a long time, but I also killed all the people of the Blight Order along the way. You can tell the little white cat to stay if she wants to, but don't do anything stupid, the people of the Blight Order are a lesson from the past. ”

Eli looked at Matthew with complicated eyes.

Half a day.

He muttered:

"So you always knew."

"So Brother Loran, too, you asked him to come over to accompany me."

"So from beginning to end, it's not the little white cat who accompanies me, it's you who accompanies me."

Matthew thought for a moment:

"That's pretty much it, I'm worried about your emotional state, but now it seems that your ability to withstand it is far stronger than I imagined, worthy of the legendary Ancient Tiger!"

His eyes were full of encouragement.

Eli smiled and scratched his head embarrassedly:

"I've chased the little white cat away.

I really wasn't interested in her becoming human.

I don't know why, but this disillusionment didn't cause me much pain, but a sense of relief.

Perhaps I have learned how to control my emotions and how to be free in the midst of emotional fluctuations.

I already have the potential to become a mature man in the mouth of Boss Loraine.

I don't think I'll ever fall in love with another woman from now on.

I've learned how to bury my emotions deep inside.

It's a great way for me to be legendary. ”

Look at Eli's confident and eloquent appearance.

Matthew was relieved for him again, and he felt that this scene was similar.

"By the way, Boss Luo Lan went to Gao Yeling, and he asked me to say hello to you."

Eli Road.

Matthew nodded:

"I see."

Eli is a Lolan boss, Matthew is not unusual, with Lolan's experience and means, it is really easy to grasp an Eli.

It seems that Loren also taught a lot of his scumbag experience to Eli.

I just don't know if Eli really understands the essence of it.

"By the way, I'm going to find something to do now, and after seeing the descendants of that World Tree, I think the problem we discussed before must be solved immediately."

Eli said seriously:

"We must arrange a ritual of a sanctuary of life for the oak forest, and although the World Tree draws its power directly from the sea of trees, its very existence will bring a burden to the land, and together with the single problem of the species, a series of minor problems will erupt in three years at most."

Matthew was equally distressed by this:

"I know, and I'm always mindful of that, but aren't you incompetent in the Sanctuary of Life?"

Eli Road:

"It's not completely impossible, if someone helps me, I can barely make a little effort, and there is a chance to make it."

Matthew's eyes rolled:

"Someone to help you?"

Eli smirked:

"Matthew, I'm going to introduce you to a master!

If I join forces with him, I am confident that the preliminary layout of the Sanctuary of Life will be completed within a month.

That's a big man from the Sea of Ten Thousand Worlds.

You'll definitely thank me!

By the way, when you see him in a while, you have to be respectful.

The big guys have more or less tempers, and you have to endure a little.

Do you understand? ”

Matthew nodded oddly.

Eli led Matthew to the north of the oak grove.

There, a centaur was walking back and forth in a small circle with anxious steps.

"This is Matthew, Mr. Obester, the lord of the oak grove here, and although he is a necromancer, he is unexpectedly a lover of peace and nature, and you must not be prejudiced against him because of this."

Eli said earnestly.

Obest hurriedly said:

"Don't dare, don't dare, no prejudice."

Seeing this, Eli sighed with emotion:

"The Sea of Ten Thousand Worlds is worthy of being the source of nature, I used to hear that the creatures there are full of pride, but now it seems that it is all rumors, Mr. Obest is very kind!"

said.

He looked back at Matthew and saw that Matthew was standing far away with a calm expression.

Eli was a little anxious and said:

"Matthew, come here."

However, at this moment, there were four consecutive kneeling sounds behind him.

Eli looked back and saw that Obest was on all four of his legs.

"What's wrong with you, Mr. Obester?"

Eli was shocked.

Obest's head was buried deeply:

"I've seen Master Matthew!"

Eli hurriedly stepped forward and tried to pick him up, but found that he couldn't help Obest.

He turned back and complained:

"Matthew, why are you still standing there and doing what is rude."

Obest hurriedly pulled Eli and said:

"It's okay, it's okay, the big guys are more or less a little tempered, I can bear it."

Eli looked at Obest's expression in a daze, and realized that there seemed to be a story between the two men.

At this time, Matthew walked over slowly:

"I do need a sanctuary of life, but this oak forest can only have one owner."

Obester pressed his head deep into the ground.

"If you will, then from now on, you are my master."

The haughty centaur said.

Matthew turned away noncommittally:

"Get up, get the ritual out with Eli first, and I'll decide whether you want to stay or go based on the results."

Obest is grateful on the ground.

watched this scene.

Eli's face was full of confusion, and his heart trembled.

He glanced up at the towering canopy.

Only then did a glimmer of enlightenment rise in my heart.

……

The Sanctuary of Life was left to Eli and Obest to prepare.

Matthew just made a small amount of money -

Compared with the tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of expenses within the alliance, the rituals of the natural system are really too economical.

When Eli cautiously suggested that the Sanctuary of Life might cost hundreds of gold coins, Matthew almost thought he was wrong about a few million.

But that's just the way it is.

Freed from the League's pompous style, Matthew regained his serene state of mind when he planted trees and repaired graves on a daily basis.

In the blink of an eye, two days have passed.

On the third day, it was the eve of going to the Crystal Palace to receive the curing of the spell.

Matthew sat in a chair in the cemetery's workshop, his right thumb flicking two gold coins non-stop.

The figures of Ekmund and Roderick were bounced into the air in a loop, and then fell with a whirl.

Syllable!

Matthew stretched out his left hand and placed two gold coins on the back of his right hand.

He didn't try to guess which side it was.

Just think they're hot.

Three days earlier, Ekmond had made a bet to deliver the gold to Matthew's hands.

Or in front of another legendary mage.

This leaves Matthew no room to refuse.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't have doubts about these two coins.

He could sense the extraordinaryness of these two gold coins, but what was the mystery contained in them, with Matthew's strength, he obviously couldn't find out.

What to do with these two spell coins became a puzzle for Matthew.

"It's not like there's no solution."

Between thoughts.

He pulls out a magic bag that was designed to store large amounts of gold coins.

There were 30,000 gold coins in it, and the balance that was to be delivered to Surreel.

Matthew took out two gold coins from them, and then threw the spell coins with the heads of the two legendary mages inside.

And so it goes.

They are in Soulel's hands.

She is probably one of the few people in this world who is not afraid of Ekmund at all.

But it didn't take a few seconds.

Matthew took out the two spell coins again.

"No."

"Legendary mages are all human spirits, and divine mages are almost omniscient, it is too risky to be clever in front of her, it is better to be sincere."

Matthew rubbed his temples.

Ultimately.

He put the two spell coins in his jacket pocket.

After this action.

Matthew hesitantly stared at the magic bag containing 30,000 gold coins.

After staring at it for more than a minute.

Matthew placed the bag in a cabinet in the corner of the workshop.

He thought of another solution.

……

"Huh? You're going to borrow money from me? ”

Crystal Palace, reception room.

Today, Suriel wears a beige suit, which gives a sense of autumnal freshness.

She smiled and crossed her hands above her knees:

"Didn't you say that the 30,000 gold coins would be scraped together when you went back?"

Matthew said in a sincere tone:

"I'm sorry, I couldn't make it up, so I can only borrow it from you."

Suriel's eyes narrowed with a smile, but she still reminded him:

"You have to pay interest on borrowing money from me, are you sure you want to do it?"

Matthew said calmly:

"I'm sure."

In addition to the interest to pay, there are many potential benefits to borrowing money from Soulrell.

The most direct point is that the two parties have formed an unbreakable creditor relationship.

Unlike the fact that there is no chance to communicate with each other after a spell solidifies a service, once this account is owed, Matthew has no intention of paying it off in the near future.

With this bond, the relationship between the two parties is at least not strangers.

And being able to get in touch with a mage, even if you owe money, is actually useful.

If Matthew understands this interest as Surier's public relations fee.

If you think about it.

He felt less uncomfortable in his heart.

Soulel looked at him contentedly:

"Clever lad."

"Anyone who owes me money will come into my sights, and that will do more good than harm to you young people."

"But you didn't think that way three days ago, what changed your mind?"

Her gaze scrutinized Matthew unscrupulously.

A few seconds later.

Suriel smiled:

"It turned out to be them!"

Matthew only felt a heat on his chest.

The two spell coins flew out of their pockets and landed in Surreel's hands.

"Ekmond and Roderick?"

Suriel snorted softly:

"I probably understand your concerns, you kid is too cautious, is even the beloved mage master the object of your suspicion?"

Matthew hastened to deny:

"I didn't."

"But you're right, Ekmond isn't a good thing."

Surrell tapped one of the gold coins, and the latter thuded into a golden voucher:

"There is a voucher hidden in the spell gold coin that Roderick gave you, which can be used in any magic item shop produced by Roderick's factory, and the amount is 500,000 minus 50,000, this old man is still as slamming the door as always."

Then she flicked Ekmond's gold coin again, which immediately turned into a dark green gem:

"This is the back door that Ekmond left for you - Dark Emerald, with this token, you can enter the secret organization of the "Snake Mountain Society", this organization is full of mage talents that Ekmond has snare everywhere, they do things for Ekmond, and Ekmond will also give them enough benefits."

Matthew mused:

"Do these people include Blinken of the Dragon-Worshipping Cult?"

Suriel nodded:

"The Snake Mountain Club needs someone who does black work, and Blinken is the former vice president of the Snake Mountain Club."

"Joining this organization, Ekmond will help you grow rapidly, aren't you excited?"

Matthew shook his head:

"I just want to go my own way."

Surrell snapped his fingers:

"Understood, in return for your initiative to borrow money from me, I will dispose of this dark emerald for you, and if Ecmond comes to you later, you will say that I took the initiative to steal your spell gold."

"He doesn't dare to do anything to you."

Matthew thanked him again and again.

"Actually, if your moral bottom line is a little lower, joining Snake Mountain will be a good choice, I don't know how many mages in the alliance want to join, but they don't have a chance.

I mean, there are so many people in the Snake Mountain Society working for Ekmond.

But Blinken has only one.

As long as you can get through the level in your heart, this secret organization can help you become stronger. ”

Surrell said in a tone of pity for Matthew.

Matthew remains steadfast:

"Joining other organizations too early will only distract me, but now the daily routine is enough for me, I just want to go step by step, and I never expect to be able to climb to the sky."

Suriel nodded:

"It's good to have your own ideas, you're not attracted to my constructs or Ekmond's organization, and I'm sure you'll have your own achievements in the future."

"But you don't have to be too hostile to Ekmond, he's not as bad as you think.

Well, I'll admit I know he's done a lot of bad things, but it's not bad yet.

Ekmond's existence is the epitome of this alliance.

For the sake of money, for the sake of power, for the sake of knowledge, the mages do everything.

This is also the reason why many taboo experiments are also repeatedly banned within the alliance.

A sense of morality is a luxury for mages.

Only when a mage is strong enough can he have enough room to have mercy on mortals.

Like me.

I don't agree with what they do, but I can understand them.

After all, not everyone can eat by proper craftsmanship like me.

I'll say so.

You might think the alliance is hopeless.

But whenever this world suffers a change, it is also this group of hopeless mages in the alliance who stand up and support it.

Also take Ekmond as an example.

As far as I know, he instigated Blinken to defect, collected taboo materials such as Longshan ash under the banner of the Longjiao cult, and was also implicated in several cases of human trafficking.

It's all about propping up his bullshit sorcery research.

There's nothing to wash these on.

It's just inhumane.

Even the worst crimes.

But forty-nine years ago, when the star beast Dorola invaded the continent of Aiindor and pierced the dimensional barrier, it was also Ekmund who was on the front line.

That battle was fought very fiercely in the astral plane.

A large number of mages died in the battle.

Ekmund himself was also seriously injured, his chest was torn open by the tail of the Star Beast, and his heart was completely crushed, and he still cannot heal.

At that time, even the Legendary Restoration Technique almost failed to save him.

Even after repelling Dorolla.

The remnants of the Star Beast's power still haunt Ekmond's nerves to this day.

It is said that he has completely lost the ability to sleep.

I haven't closed my eyes for forty-nine years.

His soul was permanently scarred by the Star Beast.

But that day forty-nine years ago.

What's happening on this continent?

It's just that the northern ice sheets have been blowing ice storms for months on end.

There were several heavy rains on the southern coast.

No one knew what that star beast's success in breaking through the dimensional barrier would mean to the continent of Aiindor.

We only know.

After the ascension of Tianlun Palace, many mages died in external battles every year.

Astral Plane, Abyss, Evil Spirit, Purgatory...... There are too many monsters eyeing our world.

And the world is still at peace.

Isn't it? ”

After Matthew listened, he was speechless for a long time.

Surrell looked at him with sparkling eyes:

"I'm not telling you this to tell you how great Ekmund is or how great the mages are, it's not like that.

Before the ascension of Tianlun Palace.

The gods have also done a lot to protect this world.

It's just that now the responsibility is on us.

No matter how strong you are.

It's still small for the world.

The only thing we can do is find our place and do our part.

The world is like a filthy fishbowl.

We are like fish in a tank.

If you don't like the dirty water, you can choose to stay alone.

If you don't have a bottom line, then joining in is just a carnival.

But if you're really ambitious and want to jump above the water and have a look.

Then you have to work hard, learn to distinguish the way forward in the dirty water, and accumulate strength.

Only then will you be able to get a glimpse of the fish tank in its entirety one day.

Until that time.

You might even want to change this tank of water for another tank.

And if you want to do that.

Do you know what is needed? ”

Matthew said seriously:

"Please advise."

"Money!"

"Money!"

"It's still money!"

Suriel snapped his fingers and happily got up and said:

"Let's go, let's go to the workshop."

"Let's take off our clothes first."

……

(End of chapter)