……

"You know me?"

Matthew looked at Viscount Fan with some wariness.

This guy gave Matthew a subtle feeling, his whole being shrouded in a cloak, and the cloak itself seemed to blend in with the night.

He was standing there.

But if you don't perceive it in detail, people tend to ignore his existence.

It's not even a matter of perception of high or low.

Matthew speculated that he probably had some kind of spell or ability in him that was constant enough to be subconsciously ignored by him.

Therefore, when talking to him, it will also give people a very unnatural feeling.

It's as if ......

Talking to the air.

Viscount Fan laughed and took a step forward.

That moment.

Matthew was able to truly perceive his presence.

It was as if he had suddenly changed from air to a real creature!

"I'd like to talk to you about a collaboration."

Viscount Fan got straight to the point.

Matthew frowned:

"But I don't know you at all."

Viscount Fan smiled lowly:

"It doesn't prevent us from building a partnership, and I bet you'll be willing to work with me after listening to what I'm talking about."

Matthew looked at it with a look of reluctance.

Viscount Fan's voice was full of confidence:

"You should have heard my name, I have a small force in the Raven Pavilion Demon Domain."

"But as an emissary of the underworld, it is always inconvenient for me to enter the main material realm, so when I need to carry out activities in the main material realm, I have to find some suitable partners."

"I'm sure you've guessed it, you're not the first partner I'm looking for, and you're not the last."

Matthew pursed his lips subconsciously.

A small force?

The Crow Pavilion Demon Domain is the largest force in the underworld, and Viscount Fan's "Spirit Touch Hall" is the overlord of the Crow Pavilion Demon Domain, if he only has a small force, then there are few organizations in this world that can talk about it.

Previously, when he entered the Eclipse Realm, Matthew had heard of Viscount Fan's name.

After that, he made up a lot of knowledge about the underworld.

I also have some general understanding of the current situation in the underworld -

Long before the ascension of Tianlun Palace.

Because of the conflict with the Scourge Mage, the Grim Reaper was beaten into a strange state of checkmate but not death.

Correspondingly, the realm of the Grim Reaper has also become stormy, and has been in a state of collapse for many years.

And the underworld, as the realm of death in a broad sense, has also been greatly affected, and many laws have fallen apart.

Hundreds of years followed.

Udir, the eldest son of the god of death, inherited his bronze underworld, and barely managed to stabilize the order of the underworld and the underworld by using long-sleeved dancing methods to move between the gods and demons.

But the situation is not stable.

According to the information found by Matthew, in order to repair the loopholes and stabilize the rift caused by the collapse of the Grim Reaper, Udir signed a harsh contract with the painful girl and the Lust Sister of Tianlun Palace, as well as powerful beings such as Gailan, the creator of Dusk, and Babasha, the evil queen.

This severely affected the authority of the Bronze Underworld.

The most unfortunate bird Udil, the eldest son of the god of death, are the messengers of the underworld who were divided by the god of death in the early years.

Viscount Fan is one of them.

These envoys of the underworld are similar to the princes of the secession, most of them operate the laws of the underworld on their own territory, and completely ignore the orders of the bronze underworld.

Fortunately, the laws of the underworld are relatively perfect, and the dead are easier to manage than the living.

Therefore, although the underworld has always been in a relatively loose state, there has not been much chaos over the years.

And in the process of consulting relevant information.

Matthew also learns the whereabouts of the other two of the three sons of the Grim Reaper -

After failing to fuse the two realms of nature and death, Mai Balon, the second son of the god of death, sealed himself in his fiefdom "Eternal Death Domain" in a state of almost madness, and has not yet communicated with the outside world.

The third son, Tress, was the most capable of all, and he firmly believed that the Grim Reaper did not really die.

Therefore, while organizing believers in the human world to continue to preach the belief in the god of death and maintain his fire in the material world, he continued to go deep into the astral realm, looking for the location of the collapse form of the god of death projected on the astral plane, and actively seeking a way to save him.

However, in this case, he did not have the energy to help his eldest brother Udir rectify the phenomenon of the mountains of the underworld envoys.

There are hundreds of "domains" within the underworld itself.

Among them, the "Raven Pavilion Demon Domain" was used to hold the spirits of the most heinous people.

The repressed spirits in the prison were at least ruthless people who started out in legends.

From this, it is not difficult to speculate on Viscount Fan's strength.

After all, the Raven Pavilion Demon Domain under his rule had never heard of a powerful prisoner escaping.

The thought quickly crossed Matthew's mind.

He calmly looked at Viscount Fan:

"I'm not averse to working with people from the underworld, but I've heard that one of your collaborators has a notorious existence, which makes me a little apprehensive."

Matthew's reference is naturally to the "Scarlet Hunter Sener".

The legendary wanderer who has been confirmed to be the creator of the "Bander City Massacre", and the "Poplar Village Massacre" in the Jade Court is also closely related to Sen'er.

Furthermore, Sen Er is also the mentor of the "Setrenk", who is suspected of being a Thousand Changelings.

All kinds of coincidences filled Matthew with doubts.

Viscount Fan thought for a moment and replied:

"If your concern is the thief named Sen'er, I can only say I'm sorry."

"But I'm not a living person, and I can't measure a thing or a person by your living values or your views of good and evil."

"All I care about is the order of the underworld, and my cooperation with Sen'er is limited to this, I am not interested in the tragedy he caused in the material world, that is something that you living people should deal with, and it has nothing to do with me, a dead man in the underworld."

Matthew instinctively frowned.

Viscount Fan's words can only be said to be sincere.

Matthew asked:

"Isn't there the most basic good and evil in the underworld?"

Viscount Fan replied without hesitation:

"Yes, but it's not my job to judge good and evil in life."

"As you can see, I just want to get my job done."

"My perception of the world is very simple, as long as everyone can do their part and don't overstep, the world won't be too bad."

Matthew nodded imperceptibly.

It's not that he agrees with Viscount Fan's philosophy, it's just that he can barely understand the way the other party sees things from the standpoint of the messenger of the underworld.

"So, you're looking for me to work with the same content as Sen'er?"

Matthew asked.

Viscount Fan nodded:

"I hope you can fight for me against the phenomenon of "soul theft" or "soul retention" that is increasingly rampant in the main material world."

"Soul theft?"

Matthew was a little surprised.

This thing sounds like a necromancer's professional counterpart, but if anything, isn't a necromancer the biggest soul thief?

After all, ghosts need to be transformed by spirits.

He looked at Viscount Fan puzzled.

The latter explains:

"I know you might be surprised, but soul theft isn't what you think.

We know that the underworld is the destination of all beings after death.

Under normal circumstances, the soul of a person after death will be attracted by the underworld to cross the River Styx and arrive in the city of Hades.

Except for three cases.

The first type is the believer who is devout and blessed by the gods.

These believers have a chance that their souls will enter the kingdom of the gods after death.

They will be transformed into "contenders."

In fact, becoming a merger may not be much better than returning to the underworld, but this is a contract made between Lord Death and the gods in the Age of Enlightenment, and it is not convenient for me to comment too much.

The second type is a person who has signed a contract with demons, demons, evil spirits, and other creatures before his death.

The most typical example is the sorcerer.

After their death, their souls will not go to the underworld, but will be taken by their suzerain.

The fate of this type of soul will be worse than that of the "invokers" of the gods.

If the invokers are lucky, they can live a good life in the realm of the gods for a few years, and if they are not warlike gods, their sense of self can even survive for thousands of years.

But once the soul is in the hands of the demons, it will quickly become delicious food.

Of course, the underworld rarely asks for souls from these people, for reasons similar to those of the gods.

The third is to be transformed into a ghost by your necromancer.

This type of spirit is theoretically something we are going to ask you for on a regular basis.

But considering that the number of necromancers is actually not very large, the underworld has always turned a blind eye.

And the act of "soul theft" I am talking about refers to the behavior of the soul that appears in the main material realm outside of the above three situations, which is more rampant and does not conform to the laws of the underworld.

As far as I observed.

In the past hundred years, only one-tenth of the souls in the southern region should enter the underworld.

Behind this phenomenon is someone who maliciously hinders the soul from entering the underworld! ”

Matthew frowned:

"You want me to find the person behind the theft of the souls of the underworld?"

Viscount Fan shook his head:

"If you can, that's naturally the best, but the other party is very cunning, and we haven't found a specific candidate for decades in the Psicotouch Hall, but we are vaguely sure that the mastermind behind it is related to the "Pluto Cult" that has risen on the East Coast in recent years."

"The Cult of Pluto has a large scale in various strongholds in the south, and a few years ago, they performed an evil ritual that completely cut off the call of the underworld to the spirits."

"Originally, after a person dies, the soul will naturally return to the underworld, but now it is not, a large number of souls do not feel the call of the underworld, they are forced to stay in the material world, some are transformed into ghosts, and some are scattered out of thin air and can't even leave a brand."

"In the long run, there will definitely be big problems with the order of the underworld."

"What I want your help at the moment is to regularly guide lost spirits back to the underworld."

Between words.

He looked at the army of corpses behind Matthew and said:

"For example, these dead people behind you, their spirits were brought back by me myself a few days ago."

"They are actually very pitiful, if I didn't happen to come over, their imprint could only drift in the material world in vain, and there would be no chance to be reincarnated again."

Matthew's heart moved:

"Is there really a rebirth in this world?"

Viscount Fan smiled:

"There should be, but I'm just an emissary of the underworld, and I don't know more about the Rootless River than you do."

The river without roots, also known as the river of the birth mother.

Legend has it that it is the origin of all things, and after all the "imprints" are cleansed in the underworld, the final destination is a river without roots.

It is the end of death and the beginning of life.

There are fewer rivers in this world where you can find rootless rivers than the sea of trees in all worlds.

Legend has it that the Grim Reaper found a part of the rootless river back then, and only then did he have the divine power and realm in the future.

Viscount Fan said again:

"I'm not asking too much, you can keep some of the spirits you want to make into ghosts or other undead, as long as the number is not too exaggerated, I can accept it."

"And the remaining spirits, I want you to return them to the underworld."

"It's good for you, too."

Matthew hesitated:

"I'm just a little necromancer, how can I guide souls back to the underworld?"

Viscount Fan felt out a green lantern from behind him, exuding a quiet glow.

He let go.

The lantern flew automatically in front of Matthew.

"The guiding light emitted by this lantern will automatically attract souls closer, and you just need to walk around the neighborhood regularly at night with the lantern."

"Every time you collect a certain number of souls, I will direct you to send them to the underworld, and after that, I will give you a certain reward according to the number of souls."

"And this lantern itself is also a good magic item, in the era when the god of death is still there and the laws of the underworld are still perfect, the underworld walker is carrying such a lantern to walk in the material world, guiding the confused soul to the underworld."

"Unfortunately, this is not the same as it used to be."

Viscount Fan said with some emotion.

Matthew heard something extraneous, but he didn't intend to ask in detail, just curious:

"That's giving me the lantern?"

"Are you sure I'll work with you?"

Viscount Fan smiled:

"Of course."

"Putting this aside from your benefits, I have a bigger card to play."

Matthew looked straight at him.

Viscount Fan said in a low voice:

"Mai Baron, the second son of the Grim Reaper, you should have heard of his name."

"Before I was locked up in the Eternal Dead Realm, Maibalon wrote his life's knowledge on a stone tablet, and the contents of that tablet were considered nonsense because they were too absurd, and finally I collected them."

"I guess you're also interested in what's on the slate, right?"

His voice was full of cunning.

Matthew didn't say anything.

But he was really interested.

Maibalon tried to merge the two worlds of nature and death, but eventually fell into madness due to failure.

Matthew, of course, wanted to see what paths the second son of death had traveled back then.

Obviously.

Viscount Fan had done his homework before he came.

"How can I get that slate?"

He asked directly.

Viscount Fan smiled and said:

"Extradition a thousand souls, and I will show you the contents of the tablet, as for the tablet itself, sorry, I myself have a collector's habit, and I can't cut my love."

Matthew is also not pretentious:

"Deal."

"But I declare in advance that our partnership is limited to the normal extradition of souls, and it may be terminated at any time."

Viscount Fan spread his hands and made a void hug pose:

"Just what I want."

"Honestly, I don't like to have too much to do with you living people."

"I don't like the smell of you."

"I don't think you need me to show you how to use this lantern, so goodbye!"

said.

His figure disappeared into the night without any obtrusion.

It's like he's never been there.

Matthew silently stared at the lantern.

data bar.

……

"Hint: You have obtained the 'Lost Lantern.'

You have reached a preliminary cooperation intention with Viscount Fan (Raven Pavilion Demon Domain).

Power Opinion (Soul Touch Hall) +1;

Regional Legend (Raven Domain) +0.5;

Lost Lantern: A light that guides the dead back to the underworld.

Effect 1: Guiding Light (the natural glow emitted by the lantern will give guidance to the deceased and spirits, and they will subconsciously follow the direction of the lantern's movement)

Effect 2: Shelter (The Lost Lantern can inhabit up to 2000 souls)

Effect 3: The Raven's Court Alliance (Carrying the Lost Lantern is considered a friendly collaborator of the Raven's Court, so no two people carrying the lantern can hurt each other)

Effect 4: Wings of Dusk (You can summon a "Wings of Dusk" from a lantern to work for you, it is the best mount in the underworld)"

……

Viscount Fan was right.

The Lost Lantern is a magical item in its own right, and its ability to naturally attract the dead is a dream for necromancers.

Just look at this one ability.

Matthew is willing to work for this messenger of the underworld.

Not to mention that he still has the experience written by the second son of the Grim Reaper.

The only thing that worries him is.

Is the relationship between Viscount Fan and Sen'er really as light as he says?

But his own situation should not allow a legendary wanderer to join forces with the overlord of the Raven Pavilion Demon Domain.

Matthew thought for a moment.

If you feel that you have the opportunity, you still have to go to Surreel, whether it is under the guise of repaying the money or paying tribute, you have to let her take a look.

Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years.

"If only Teacher Isabel would ignore me......"

Matthew smiled wryly.

After all, Surrell has to spend money, and it costs a lot of money, and he is really a little reluctant.

The good news is that Count the days and Lyra is coming back.

She should have a large sum of money in her hand, plus the underwater breathing medicine she brought from the city of Cordor.

After this shipment is cashed.

Matthew would have a lot more money on his hands.

Suriel there.

It's not completely unaffordable!

At that moment, he carried a lantern and rode a pegasus, slowly moving forward according to the established route.

In the middle of the night.

The march of the army of the dead was silent.

Matthew had originally planned to take away the dead from all seven villages overnight, but the team was too large to continue to drag and procrastinate, and he might not be able to finish tonight.

As soon as the sun comes out, the dead will all lie on the ground.

In case it happens to lie near the South Trade Post, it will be troublesome.

So he could only take the more than 1,000 corpses in Honghe Town with him first.

Fortunately, the lost lantern worked.

The prop itself has a similar effect to the return of a cold night, and it greatly shares the pressure of Matthew.

Finally before sunrise.

Matthew sent the bodies to the cemetery.

And in the burial area of the cemetery.

Matthew enlists the mother of coolies, Myosaqi, and asks her to help direct the zombies to dig holes in the ground so that the dead can rest temporarily.

Under the influence of negative energy.

These dead will have a certain chance of becoming zombies naturally, and will not decompose as quickly as normal corpses.

They are the most reliable reserve force of the cemetery.

When Matthew needed it.

He could transform them into immortals at any time.

As long as there is enough space in the cemetery to bury the deceased.

Matthew's undead army will have a steady stream of living force.

That's the scariest thing about necromancers!

Miao Saqi said yes.

Matthew asked the ghost leader Ali to assist him.

After a busy night, he yawned and went back to sleep.

The result was the next morning.

He was soon woken up by Rhaegar's voice—

This guy is instructing Siph to use the Holy Grail of Sin to complete the awakening.

It's just that the actions of the father and daughter are mysterious.

The whole process takes place in a stone house.

Matthew couldn't even hear Seve See's voice.

All you could hear was Rhaegar screaming.

At lunchtime.

Matthew only met Seve Sif.

Her face was indeed much better than it had looked before.

According to Rhaegar.

It's just that everything is going well.

At the current pace.

Sif will complete her final awakening in two weeks, and she has the potential to master many incredible abilities.

Rhaegar was incredibly excited as he described this.

He vividly told how he awakened back then, and what powerful abilities he awakened.

However, according to Matthew's observations.

Sif herself doesn't seem to care much about the power of awakening.

She even looked a little repulsed.

Furthermore.

I don't know if it's Matthew's delusion.

Sif's lips seemed to darken.

It turned out to be a very healthy red.

During illness, it is a little whitish.

It's been a bit of a black and purple smell lately.

"Did you change your lipstick?"

Matthew felt strange in his heart.

The change in lip color gives Seve a touch of coldness.

Matthew couldn't help but take a few more looks.

Then he sneered away under Rhaeggar's sensitive gaze.

In the oak forest.

After planting the tree, Ma Xiu thought about where to find an animal to talk to.

But at this time.

Suddenly there was a whisper in his ears.

"Here...... It didn't seem like there was such a hole before? ”

Matthew found an inconspicuous hole in the ground.

Weeds grew outside the cave entrance.

These weeds were also born under the action of the sanctuary of life.

Matthew has no plans to curb weeds for the time being.

However, according to Obest's advice, if the weeds continue to grow, they must be contained.

The whispers I heard earlier came from the mouth of the cave.

Matthew followed the voice.

It seems that a man and a woman are the ones who found the conversation.

"Can we start work today?"

The female voice urged.

"The sun hasn't set yet! Let me sleep a little longer. ”

The man said lazily.

"Sleep, sleep, sleep, I know sleep, I'm hungry, and my children are hungry! Can't you just go get something to eat and come back? ”

The woman looked angry.

The man was stunned and said:

"Isn't the child still in the egg? How could he be hungry? ”

The woman immediately said:

"I don't care! He was born to me, can I not know if he is hungry or not? ”

"Hurry up and find something to eat, I'll be robbed by that pesky grouse when it's late!"

The man said reluctantly:

"Okay, then I'll go out and have a look......"

The voice fell.

A little guy with a probe in the brain appeared at the mouth of the hole.

Seeing Matthew's curious gaze.

The little fellow immediately got into it, and shouted as he did:

"Mommy, Mommy!"

"My wife is a pervert outside!"

Matthew bent down curiously and looked inside the cave.

He found that the hole was not very deep, only about forty or fifty centimeters.

At the bottom of the cave there are two burrowing owls shivering.

There are also a few eggs on the side.

"Hello, I'm not a pervert, I'm a human."

Matthew greeted the two little animals in a friendly manner.

Who knew that they seemed even more scared-

"Mommy, Mommy!"

"There are humans out there, wife!"

The male burrowing owl yelled.

Matthew hurriedly made his position clear:

"I am the master of this wood, and I have no ill will towards you, you can rest assured."

"I'm not going to hurt you."

The female burrowing owl looked at Matthew suspiciously:

"You're the owner of this oak grove?"

Matthew nodded.

The female burrowing owl asks:

"Then you're the Father of the Oak Tree, aren't you?"

Matthew thought for a moment:

"You can also understand it this way, in short, I am a peace-loving human being, and I always maintain a high level of goodwill towards the inhabitants of this wood."

The female cave owl nodded as if she didn't understand:

"So you're here to collect rent today, right?

I've heard this word in the human world, and it is said that humans are immune to this everywhere.

Useless things, don't hold my feet and tremble, go and give what we found in the field to the Father of Oaks! ”

At the urging of the female burrowing owl.

The slightly larger male burrowing owl reluctantly rubbed at the bottom of the cave for a while, and then came to the entrance of the cave with several small objects in his mouth.

Then he ducked back as fast as he could.

Matthew looked curiously at the small particles on the ground.

Most of them are agate.

And mixed with agate.

There's even a six-sided dice!

……

"Hint: You've got the Prophecy Dice.

Prophecy Dice: Before using a prophecy spell, you can judge the success rate of this prophecy spell by throwing this object.

Throwing Result –

1: Extremely low success rate

2: Low success rate

3: General success rate

4: High success rate

5: Extremely high success rate

6: Don't prophesy, you will lose your life!!

……

Matthew picked up the dice, thinking it was funny, just wanting to try out the probability of his prophecy spell.

But at this time.

A clip of the image flashed before his eyes.

A stream of red blood rolled upside down.

It was as if it was about to slap on his body!

data bar.

……

"Hint: Your ability "World Events" is in effect.

You've got a message for a private channel!

Private: Your friend Margaret and Lutithea, the queen of the BloodBanner Kingdom, fought a battle at the Citor and lost both, and Margaret fell into the river of blood!"

……

(End of chapter)