……

Margaret's news was shocking.

On the one hand, Matthew was surprised by her powerful combat power, and she really fought with a true legend with a fifth-order body;

On the other hand, Matthew also admires her stubbornness.

It stands to reason.

With Margaret's magical ability, it was really uncomfortable, and escaping was definitely not a problem.

But it turned out that she hit her to the point of falling into a river of blood.

This shows that she didn't want to run at all.

From the beginning.

She wanted Lutia to be a stepping stone to her advanced legend.

It's a pity that the legend of the Blood Banner family is not a water legend either.

In the territory of the Blood Banner Kingdom, Margaret has already won, but the risk she faces is much greater.

Matthew is still quite concerned about Margaret's situation.

He unconsciously rubbed the dice in his hand.

Suddenly it occurred to me:

"Shall I try prophecy?"

"Anyway, you can use the dice in advance to judge the success rate of the prophecy spell."

Do what you think.

Matthew threw the prophecy dice to the ground.

The uneven muddy ground quickly gave the answer -

1 point.

Matthew's face darkened.

"It must be because the ground is uneven!"

So he took a piece of cardboard out of his bag, placed it on the ground, and threw it again.

This time, the dice swirled around on the cardboard for a long time before they gradually stopped.

However, the results were as true as ever.

Or 1 point.

"Forget it, it seems that the meaning of the existence of this dice is to tell me that the prophecy spell has nothing to do with me."

Matthew smiled wryly and put everything away.

Then he talked to the cave owls in the cave for a while.

Seeing Matthew's kind attitude and gentle tone, the two little ones dared to talk to him near the entrance of the cave.

It soon became clear to Matthew that the burrowing owl couple were named Goo and Twitter.

The husband is goo, and the wife is twitter.

And not long after.

Matthew also realizes that the two timid creatures and the nest of eggs are the first species to move into the oak forest.

Earlier than Mr. Grouse.

And when Matthew asks why they are here.

Mr. Cave Owl replied:

"We heard that there was an oak forest in the north, that it was safe and vast, that there were no terrible predators, and that there were countless small uninhabited caves, so we moved here with the intention of giving it a try."

Matthew was curious:

"Heard? Listen to whom? ”

Mr. Cave Owl said:

"Falling leaves and wind, we don't know when we can hear the whispers of fallen leaves and wind, they always bring us news from afar."

Matthew instantly realized that these two burrowing owls were not simple.

Being able to read the messages of fallen leaves and wind means that they have the innate potential to ascend to the Soul of Nature.

They have a lot of spirituality in them.

Much more powerful than grouse.

"Also, if you are not spiritually deficient, you can't be attracted to the sanctuary of life so early."

"In fact, the proportion of small animals attracted in the early stage of the Sanctuary of Life will be very high."

Thinking so, Matthew paid more attention.

He and the Cave Owl couple had a lively conversation.

But in the process.

Matthew also noticed that the burrowing owl's wife didn't seem to be very willing to talk to him.

On the contrary, Mr. Cave Owl is very fond of sharing all kinds of things with him.

The two talked for a long time.

And when Matthew left the mouth of the cave owl cave, the words already appeared on the data bar -

……

"Hint: You and Mr. Cave Owl were quite speculative, and after this conversation, you became true friends.

You've got an animal companion.

+1 Minotaur element."

……

"This can also add minotaurs?"

Ma Xiu wondered.

Faintly, from the cave came the angry rebuke of the cave owl's wife:

"I told you I was hungry a long time ago, and you still talked to that man for a long time!"

"Do you still have me in your heart?"

Then there was a flurry of chickens and dogs.

Coo-coo emerged from the mouth of the cave in a comical manner, jumping and jumping in search of food.

Matthew smiled dumbly.

In his opinion, the spirit of the cave owl's wife may be stronger.

But it doesn't look like it's going to get along.

There is also only one place for Nature's Soul.

Let's see who it will be for later.

Night falls.

A drow warrior with a large bag on his back stepped out of the Moonhaze Glade.

When she came to the cemetery, she was startled by the lively scene of the cemetery.

For a moment, Layla even suspected that she was in the wrong place!

But I saw that one zombie after another, under the guidance of the mother of coolies, Miao Saqi, was vigorously reclaiming the ground.

Next to it were the corpses.

Dig a pit every time.

The zombies clumsily stuffed the corpses in and hurriedly filled them in.

This process is actually not easy, but fortunately, the zombies are hard-working and resentful, and they are generally competent.

Zombies bury the dead.

This scene is bizarre enough.

However, as Lyra passes through the Workshop District with her luggage brought back from Cordo City.

I was even more stunned by the hot working atmosphere inside.

But I saw that the prisoners were making fiery glue very consciously.

In the blink of an eye, the raw materials that run like an assembly line have become bottles of semi-finished products in their hands.

After being processed by those arsonists, it became a perfect blazing glue.

Their movements are very skilled, and it can be seen that they are already skilled workers.

What struck Leila the most was their enthusiasm for their work.

"As it belongs, Lord Matthew, these evil criminals are willing to change their ways and work hard under him."

Leila was very emotional.

Inadvertently, she stumbles upon the salivating ghosts next door and the Black Knight Argus, who is patrolling and thirsting for the arsonists' flesh.

She seemed to understand something.

Until the second half of the night.

Matthew led another group of dead people from the golden village to the cemetery.

After handing over the newly arrived dead to Myo Saqi.

Matthew was pleasantly surprised to find the Shadow Oathbreaker, the president of the Oak Chamber of Commerce, who was waiting quietly.

"How?"

Matthew said hello.

Lyra smiled shyly:

"It's going well."

Then she handed Matthew the goods in the large and small bags, the underwater breathing drugs in the storage props, and the payment and account book for the goods she had received in Cordo City.

Matthew didn't rush to look at these.

Instead, he dragged Leila to sit in his studio for a while.

The two chatted about what she had seen and heard about her trip to the south.

"So most of the rainforest is closed?"

Matthew handed over a glass of milk.

Leila took the milk but didn't drink it:

"Yes, at least three-quarters of the rainforest we crossed before was locked down.

I guess it's the Soul of the Rainforest's self-protection measures-

The rainforest is covered by vast swaths of thorns, and only a tiny minority of Aboriginal people can traverse them.

When I was passing by, I noticed some outsiders.

They come from Zeshui City or some small settlements in the northwest.

These people all showed severe symptoms of voodoo curses when they approached the rainforest, and I suspect that something has happened in the rainforest recently, which has forced the spirit of the rainforest to take more extreme measures to counter it.

Fortunately, I was not targeted by the Spirit of the Rainforest, and I arrived at the Gold Coast relatively smoothly.

As for Ciudad Cordo, a lot has happened since we left.

I secretly inquired, and one of the biggest things was that Yu Kao united many forces inside and outside the city to force the former lord of Cordor City to step down, and then he himself became the new lord of Cordor City.

During this period, the city of Cordo was in turmoil, and the shops of the Oak Chamber of Commerce were forced to close for a long time.

Fortunately, our products are indeed in demand on the Gold Coast, and they have sparked hot sales not long after they hit the shelves.

Sulfur essence is the fastest selling;

This is followed by the Ice Storm Scrolls and the Dust of Vision;

Green herbs in general;

The most unmarketable thing is the sword oil you shoehorned into me. ”

Matthew smiled helplessly, not explaining too much about the origin of the sword oil.

"Yu Yao became the lord of Kordo City? That dead fat man didn't embarrass you, did he? ”

He asked.

Leila shook her head:

"Yu Yao still respects you on the surface, and the operation of the Oak Chamber of Commerce has not been affected.

Secretly, though, I still felt a little inappropriate, so I fired the clerk he had recruited for us.

After that, I hired two more Jango hybrids to temporarily take charge of the store's security and sales.

Their abilities may not be as strong as those introduced by Yu Kama, but they are more reliable.

I've thought about it, our products don't really need to be very skillful, and the scarcity itself is enough to attract a large number of customers.

Most of the time our shelves are empty.

Instead of opening the door every day, it is better to open it regularly. ”

Speaking of which.

She said with some trepidation:

"I'm sorry for the dismissal of the clerk without reporting to you."

Matthew shook his head:

"You are the president of the Oak Chamber of Commerce, I may have promised you before, your salary will be highly related to the profits of the Chamber of Commerce, I believe that you will do your best and make a choice that is in the interests of the Chamber of Commerce."

"Yu Yao is indeed not such an easy guy to deal with, he is an out-and-out careerist and conspirator, it is normal to beware of him, if I do it too, you have done a great job. In addition, I was impressed to think of a more suitable business strategy. ”

Faced with such a naked compliment from Matthew, Leila seemed a little overwhelmed.

Just pursed his lips vigorously, forcing a smile that was not so obvious.

Matthew then counted the accounts and cash.

On this trip, Leila brought back 6,000 gold coins in cash, 30,000 gold coins to purchase underwater breathing potions, and some local products from Cordor City.

Among them, this batch of underwater breathing drugs is to be sold at the trading post, and it is expected to return about 240,000 gold coins assuming that everything goes well!

In addition, there are shops in Cordor City that have a market value of about 12,000 that are slowly being sold.

At the current cycle rate.

As long as Leila makes two or three more trips.

The assets on the books of the Oak Chamber of Commerce will quickly swell by more than one million!

Of course.

Matthew also knows that this rate of expansion is unsustainable.

In fact, just this batch of underwater breathing agents is enough for the southern market to digest for a long time.

If it is cleared all at once, the price will be knocked down quickly, after all, the demand and purchasing power of the market are there.

But Matthew isn't in a hurry.

The Oak Chamber of Commerce has set up a frame, and the next step is to try other varieties of reselling.

and even intervene in the operation of some commodities that are not highly profitable but have a larger volume.

In this case, it may be necessary to build your own caravan.

As long as Matthew doesn't completely turn his face with the Moonlight Goddess.

This pattern can be sustained.

This is a unique advantage of the Oak Chamber of Commerce.

Layla, on the other hand, also reported some of the business difficulties she foresaw:

"When I purchased this batch of breathing agents, it had already triggered a trend in the price of breathing agents in Cordor City."

"In addition, Naga's civil war is not over yet, and in the next period of time, the Gold Coast's underwater breathing agents will be very scarce, unless we can find a more stable supply, otherwise the cost of procurement will increase exponentially."

Matthew nodded.

The dilemma of the second-lane dealers is here, it is easy to make a quick profit in the early stage, and the difficulty is how to maintain this profit efficiency.

Matthew is certainly well prepared for this.

On the demand side, he plans to advertise in Torrent City, Jade Garden, White Rock City, and even Deep Blue Harbor.

This is especially true on the East Coast, where the demand for high-quality underwater breathing agents is higher.

As long as the reputation is out, it is natural to worry about a stable source of customers.

In terms of procurement, Matthew only plans to let Leilar run a few more Gold Coast cities to make up for this.

If he wants to solve the problem fundamentally, he has to go to the Gold Coast again to seek in-depth cooperation with Naga.

But business is not his main business.

It would be good to ensure the healthy and good operation of the Oak Chamber of Commerce and to provide a certain amount of financial guarantee for its own tree planting business.

At the moment, what is more important to him is to learn and plant trees.

Look at the numbers that keep pouring on the books.

Matthew suddenly sighed.

"In three months at most, the number on this will exceed 200,000, I wonder how Lumière will feel when he sees this?"

"I don't know where he's going north now, I hope he won't be pitted to mine again."

After a preliminary inventory of the goods and cash.

Matthew let Leila go to rest.

He arranged a big vacation for Leila - the market needs time to digest these high-level magic items, and people also need time to rest.

Matthew didn't plan to use Leila as a donkey.

Three or four trips a year was the limit he expected.

The only thing that made Matthew feel a little embarrassed was.

When Leila came back late at night, she had to go to live in a house in the town, and the cemetery was too crowded.

Although Leila has no objection to this.

Matthew also felt that it was time for a second expansion of the cemetery!

After just two or three hours of rest.

Early the next morning.

Matthew went to the Crucible House with sleepy eyes.

Then teleported to the Crystal Palace in Surreel.

He was a little disappointed with the results.

Outside the Crystal Palace, he ate behind closed doors.

It seems that Suriel hadn't exaggerated before, and the Divine Mage was indeed not something he could see if he wanted to.

Matthew wanted to use the excuse of repayment to probe Surel and inquire about Margaret's situation, but now it seems impossible.

When he tries to suggest that he needs more reinforcement.

The cat in charge of the reception told him coldly:

"Prepare more than a million gold coins, and I will make an appointment for you."

Matthew had no choice but to leave in silence.

But on the way back to the Crucible House, Matthew had some good news.

David the Mechanical Gnome tells him that the second group of mage visits will arrive in Rolling Rock at the end of August.

In the meantime, he can make a lot of money again.

But at the same time, it also means that it is getting closer and closer to the official launch of the S-class project that Matthew used to draw the pie.

In order to comprehensively solve the cancer of the traces of the dead.

Matthew must work hard to improve his strength, while at the same time taking care of tackling difficult problems in professional topics.

This made Matthew's burden a little heavier.

For the next period of time.

Matthew's daily three items have been upgraded to six daily items, and the new items are-

chasing out corpses;

Basic skills (including learning spells);

further study of the Traces of the Dead;

Besides.

Matthew's July calendar also has two major events on his calendar, the first being the "Potato Dog Fight" on July 17th.

This is the only traditional event held in Rolling Stones during the summer months.

Name implies.

The content of the event is dog fighting.

Any family with a fierce dog in Rolling Rock can sign up.

The event got its name because the winner of the first dog fighting contest was rewarded with a cart of potatoes.

The prizes for the winners of the following editions have become more and more generous.

In addition to the indispensable potato.

Trophies and bonuses are also produced at the town hall.

Matthew wasn't thinking about going to a dog fight.

Rather, Rhaegar put the annual Outstanding Citizen Proclamation before the Dog Fighting Contest.

It's just that in the past few years, there have been no truly outstanding citizens in Rolling Stone.

This year is different.

Matthew will be the first de facto recipient of the award since its inception.

And this link is actually Rhaegar's attempt to dispel the residents' rumors and stereotypes about Matthew.

Matthew naturally can't afford to slack off.

At the very least, the residents should be reassured.

And the other thing is in the late July.

It was the most intense time of the heat.

Rolling Stones will celebrate Seve on her sixteenth birthday, which is also her bar mig.

And about the selection of Sif's birthday gifts.

Matthew has also been having a headache lately.

And that's just the big thing.

A series of small things are densely written on the calendar, and Matthew's days are naturally extremely fulfilling.

Time passed like water.

By mid-July, the whole town of Rolling Rock is like an oven, and the oak trees are rolled up by the sun.

Only the cemetery is always refreshing.

Sif's awakening was nearing its end, and it stands to reason that Rhaegar should be planning to move back.

Judging from his tone in the past few days, he didn't mention this matter at all.

Matthew is happy to see it happen.

After all, you have to pay for staying here for a long time, and Matthew can discount the accommodation fee, but the food and beverage expenses-

Peggy has the final say!

After dinner on this day.

Matthew went for a walk in the oak woods, and Ollie, who had always been shy and incontacted, was close to his shoulder, rubbing Matthew's cheek with his soft mane from time to time.

The forest breeze in the evening is still very hot.

Can be faintly between.

Matthew smelled a strong odor from the wind.

The flavor is quite strong, with a distinct recognition and a subtle pungency.

Matthew put one hand on Ollie's top of her and slowed his pace.

He closed his eyes and quietly felt the source of the smell.

But I was surprised to find that it came from all directions.

A familiar feeling welled up in my mind.

Matthew's experienced eyes closed.

That moment.

He saw two frogs hugging each other in a small puddle three hundred meters away;

In the grass on the left-hand side, crickets are crowning;

Among the oak trees, there are fireflies rising up, and the male fireflies are trying to show their light, emitting a strong courtship signal;

Five hundred meters away, Mr. Grouse was riding another shorter of his kind, and the scene was full of the smell of vitality!

Sou.

All the visions converged in Matthew's mind in an instant.

A slight throbbing tugged at his heartstrings.

data bar.

……

"Hint: Your ritual ground, the Sanctuary of Life, has recruited another batch of species, and the current Oak Forest species are currently thriving at 13.

In the early summer, an amazing reproduction recital is going on in your Oak Domain, and with your accumulation in the Oak Domain, you not only get a third chance to explore the Oak Domain, but also enter another sub-realm of nature, "Breeding".

In return for your involvement in the field, you will gain one of the following three abilities –

1. Vitality (you can slightly increase the mating rhythm of animals within your domain and increase the reproduction speed of the corresponding species)

2. Mother of Desire (you can make a target temporarily blinded by lust and turn into a beast that only knows how to reproduce and estrus, which can be used three times a day)

3. Cutting off offspring (you can permanently deprive a target of their ability to reproduce; You can use this ability on up to 10 targets)."

……

Fields of reproduction.

This is a rather special subfield, which is the intersection of the natural realm and the realm of life.

Matthew didn't expect that he would be able to master the reproduction field horizontally through the oak realm.

This is a very valuable leap.

And among the three abilities.

Matthew first ruled out the vitality of life, and the effect of this ability was relatively average, and the Sanctuary of Life itself had such an effect.

To forcibly bring an area to life is, to a certain extent, against the will of nature.

Therefore, this ability is actually quite weak.

As for the cutting off of children and grandchildren.

It's quite bluffing to look at, but if you think about it, it's actually just like that, which is equivalent to a curse with a very low return.

Matthew isn't the kind of guy who likes to hurt people in secret.

So he finally chose the mother of desire.

This ability can be used as a control ability, similar to the effect of the Cough Staff.

But just after he chose.

This ability has changed again.

……

"Hint: You have gained the new ability "Mother of Desire".

The spell you have mastered is tripled by the effect of the spell Confusion (from the Spellbook Pink Chapter)!

In return for stepping into the field, you also gain a permanent status "Reproductive Penetration".

Reproductive Penetration: Your genetic material has a powerful penetrating property, and you will gain the ability to break through reproductive barriers when you reproduce with different species.

That is, you can create a race of your own."

……

This permanent state.

Matthew can only say a word.

He's not a dragon, why is he always trying to create his own race?

And after withdrawing from the field of reproduction.

Matthew was then inspired by another force.

At the moment, he adjusted his spirit, let that force pull his soul, and entered the mysterious and wide world.

A few seconds later.

As soon as Matthew opened his eyes, he saw the nasty face of the hawkface.

He stared at Matthew indifferently:

"This is not the ...... you can get into"

However, he was not finished.

Matthew slammed into him:

"Fuck you!"

……

"Hint: You're in the Oak Realm for the third time!

You had a violent confrontation with the Guardian of the Realm, the Eagle Guard......

……

(End of chapter)