……

Rolling Stones after the Dragon Apocalypse.

The atmosphere of war is getting stronger and stronger.

Although Rhaegar did not officially announce his preparations for war, in the days that followed, a series of abnormal lordship orders were issued one after another.

The first is to restart the underground fortress located north of Rolling Stone.

Due to the exceptional topography of the Gold Prospector Basin, a large underground fortress was built northwest of Rolling Rock during the reign of Rhaeggar's father.

The fort is only 1/6 of the area developed to accommodate the entire population of Rolling Rock for a short period of time.

The fort is usually closed.

Now that it has been activated, it is naturally necessary to reorganize and allocate various areas so that they can be used in time to protect the inhabitants in future wars.

The second is the establishment of a wartime sentry system.

The Black Dragon's surprise attack was certainly an accident.

However, Rhaegar and the others were well aware of the need to strengthen the mobile sentry posts - since Matthew used the umbrella to solve the traces of the dead, the frequency of garrison patrols has dropped significantly.

And after the dragon plague.

The members of the garrison, headed by Brad, not only strengthened the system of patrol in shifts, but also greatly broadened the scope of patrols.

Focus on the western and southern borders.

In this regard, Matthew also sent the Wraiths to keep an eye on the situation in the northeast direction to ensure that Rolling Stones would not be attacked from the back.

The third is to silently expand the army.

The expansion of the army was mainly to recruit more men to improve the number of garrisons and their reserves.

In all fairness.

With the population of Rolling Stone, the war potential is not sufficient.

In Zeller and Rhaeggar's estimates.

After this round of expansion, the permanent army of Rolling Rock can touch the edge of 1,000 people at most.

Of these, only 200 members of the Lord's Guard are elite.

And in the detailed rules of the "War Secret Order" formulated by the Seven Holy Alliance.

The lowest level of the battle, with a unilateral number of participants, is set at 500 people.

As a general rule, the number of players on each side of a battle must not be less than 1,000.

Thus.

All it takes is a large-scale battle that requires the entire force of Rolling Stone.

This is still quite stressful for Rhaegar and them.

Fortunately, Matthew's army of the undead can barely fill the void in this regard.

These days.

Zeller has been working on the fine print of the war order.

The number of detailed rules given by the alliance in the official version is dozens of times that Matthew got from Margaret.

It spells out in detail the reasons for applying for the battle:

Territorial friction/territorial disputes/personal vendettas/merging territories/his dog glared at me......

All of this is not to be said.

It is easy to start a battle under the existing conditions.

In principle, though.

The battle requires the consent of both sides.

During this process, the league sent a referee to intervene in the flexible adjudication.

For example, if the High Leaf Leader submits a request for 2,000 men to Rolling Stones and the Alliance.

As soon as the Alliance saw that there were only 1,000 troops in Rolling Stone, it was possible to reject Gao Yeling's request for a battle on the grounds that the combat strength was not equal, or change the number requirement to 1,000 people.

If Gao Yeling accepts the scale of the battle of 1,000 people, then it will be Rolling Stone's turn to make a choice.

In the case that both the high leaf collar and the alliance agreed.

If Rolling Stones chooses to decline the battle, then he needs to satisfy a portion of the "Winner's Reward" proposed by Gao Yeling in the "Battle Request".

The content of the winner's reward is also negotiated by the two sides with the intervention of the alliance.

The main contents of them are territorial cession, war reparations, territorial privileges, and so on.

Rejection of war in this case.

In fact, it is equivalent to taking the initiative to cut the land and pay compensation.

And between the two territories, there is also a saying of "battle protection period".

Specifically, after one side declares war on the other side and wins, it will take another half a year before the next battle application can be initiated.

This did slow down the annexation of weak territories to a certain extent.

But that doesn't mean that alliances don't encourage provinces to annex each other.

In the fine print of the "Territorial Negotiations" section.

The alliance gave the option of merging territories without the use of force.

That is, the two sides can hold negotiations under the mediation of the alliance.

With the level of enthusiasm for negotiation among the Aindo, I am afraid that this item will become the mainstream in the future.

But war in general is certainly inevitable.

The rules of the alliance could not be more detailed.

There will also be a lot of loopholes in it.

For example, the term of protection for a battle only exists between two provinces that have just finished a battle.

There are no restrictions on other realms.

This means that Rolling Stones can declare war on all surrounding provinces at the same time.

It is also possible that all surrounding territories will declare war on Rolling Rock at the same time.

And so it goes.

Rolling Stone's face is likely to be a Wheel War-level battle!

This undoubtedly puts forward higher requirements for the political and diplomatic level of independent territories.

How to unite vertically and horizontally has become one of the major tests faced by many small territories in the new era after the mystery of civilization is broken.

The Big Three of Rolling Rock exchanged views on this.

All three of them believe that the details of the "War Order" are one of the important factors in determining the fate of the territory.

Before the alliance lost control of the war situation.

The legendary mages who are ready to intervene in wars and subvert regimes are the guarantee of the validity of the rules.

How to effectively exploit rules and even loopholes in rules.

That's what Zeller needs to focus on next.

For this.

The late-night coughing of the Lord's Mansion became frequent again.

Matthew asked Zeller about his physical condition.

However, the latter is in a good mental state.

He told Matthew that his cough had something to do with the Warlock's bloodline and was not a physiological lesion, so there was no need to worry too much.

Matthew can only be skeptical.

Rhaegar and Zeller are busy.

Matthew was naturally not idle, in addition to writing letters to call friends, he picked two key breakthroughs from the spells that could be learned by the fourth order.

These two spells are quite meaningful for the rest of the war.

They are the "Isabel Flying Technique" and the "Dragon Fixation Technique" in the Monster Fixation Technique.

You can learn the third order of ordinary flying art, but the effect of this kind of flying art is very average, the starting and landing movements are very slow, and the speed of lateral movement is a little faster than when running with all your might.

It's not cost-effective to learn.

So Matthew didn't come until the fourth order to learn Isabel's improved flying technique.

After an all-night study.

Matthew roughly figured out the characteristics of Isabel's flying technique, and the key point was "deception".

As everyone knows.

Flying is actually a spell in the realm of change.

Ordinary flying techniques are all about changing parts of one's body as much as possible to simulate the characteristics of a flying species.

In this case.

Even when flying is used, the mage himself is sometimes tied.

When flying in the air, you may feel more like a bird than a human.

And in the Isabel Flying Technique.

She proposes to deceive the field of change into thinking that humans are a special unit of flight.

As long as the field is recognized.

Then humans can also fly freely in the sky like birds.

It doesn't cost anything to learn this spell.

All you need is to be able to comprehend Isabel's deceptive spirit and learn the corresponding spells.

However, this is also the difficulty of this spell.

Matthew went back and forth through all the theoretical knowledge of Isabelle's flying skills several times, but he didn't understand how the operation of the deception field was achieved.

Fortunately, he has accumulated some elements of deception.

Once the hurdle is broken.

He still has a chance to quickly master Isabel's flying skills.

The effect of this spell is much more powerful than that of normal flight.

The most important thing is that it can go straight up and down like a hummingbird, and it is also more than three times faster than ordinary flying.

The only downside may be that it requires a high level of concentration to maintain.

After all, it is quite difficult to continue to deceive the realm.

And after stepping into the advanced level.

Matthew also further demonstrates the importance of concentration at the practical level.

Many high-level spells require a great deal of focus to maintain.

Spells are also very different from spells.

For example, Estro's Claw is a spell that requires low concentration.

Matthew can use this spell while freeing up more mental energy to prepare several other spells.

The Curse of Death requires much more concentration.

It was discovered by Matthew's experiments.

While using the Requirition Spell, he can only use a slightly higher level spell at most.

A little more.

His mental power would be at risk of collapsing.

And in the midst of all kinds of spells.

There are also those who are more flexible in their focus requirements.

Among them, necromancy is a representative of this.

You can maintain Necromantic Summoning with a high level of focus, in which case you can micro-manipulate each undead unit;

You can also use a lower focus to maintain this spell.

In this case, the movements of the undead will have a certain randomness.

You can only give them a rough order.

As for what he can do in the end, it is up to fate.

And the focus requirements of Isabel's flying technique are still above the curse of life.

This means that Matthew is very difficult to cast spells while flying at high speeds.

However, Matthew still sees this relatively clearly.

Flying is all about quickly avoiding danger and reaching high places.

Casting spells while flying is a privilege reserved for a legendary mage or a kryptonite warrior like Margaret.

He can't count on it for the time being.

Matthew's mental power and concentration are actually superior among mages of the same level.

However, these high-focus spells are so unreasonable, and they seem to be specially prepared for true geniuses.

In this case.

He could only envy Loraine's book of abundance.

Just a short reading can add two points of temporary focus.

For Matthew, this meant performing Isabella's flying spell while maintaining a life-requiring spell.

The effect is also too fragrant.

"Hopefully Loren will show up."

"It's really not good, it's okay to mail the little yellow book over and borrow it for me."

Matthew patted his head and planned to go back and write another letter to Loraine.

And in addition to the flying art that is being learned.

Matthew has come a long way in his monster fixing technique.

It only took half a day.

He conquered the entirety of the dragon's immobilization.

This came as a great surprise to Matthew.

After all, the Monster Immobilization Technique is a spell in the enchantment realm, and it belongs to Surreel's territory.

He has achieved nothing in the field of enchantment.

I didn't expect this spell to be so easy to learn.

Maybe it had something to do with the fact that he had mastered the human immobilization technique before.

"It's also possible that I have some talent in immobilization-related spells."

Matthew thought to himself.

However, there is a spell like immobilization.

It belongs to the relatively rare spell that can grow on its own.

The success rate of using it at the beginning will not be too high, and the fixing time will not be too long.

There may even be an embarrassing situation where it must be frozen, but it will be over in a few seconds.

And to make yourself a little longer.

Matthew intends to seek the Alliance's resources.

Let's see if you can find one that can practice the dragon immobilization.

After all, it was in Matthew's plan.

This spell is crucial.

As long as you can freeze the enemy for a moment, even if it is only for three seconds, you have a chance to send them to a near-death state.

When the time comes, the perimeter layout is completed.

Slaying dragons is not a dream.

And in addition to learning spells and deducing dragon slaying plans.

Matthew is also integrating the undead in the cemetery, conducting a certain degree of practice for micro-manipulation and command in a state of war.

Due to the increase in the maximum number of undead he can control.

As a result, some of the dead who had just been buried in the grave were transformed into skeletons and zombies.

And so it goes.

The number of skeletons and zombies in the cemetery has reached three hundred and sixty.

They are lined up together, giving a sense of horror that is dense and has no end in sight.

By this time.

Matthew was truly aware of the concept of numbers.

A few hundred undead have an ocean-like oppressive force.

Thousands of words.

I'm afraid it's even more terrifying.

It's just that in terms of the manipulation of the undead, Matthew still encountered some obstacles.

The main thing is that there are too many people.

He is not a professional general.

It's just a skirmish.

In a large-scale decisive battle, Matthew estimated that he would only rush up, wait in place, and quickly evacuate and other foolish orders.

The more detailed operations are difficult for him.

He's a mage.

You can't just go to study the art of war or something right now.

Even if necessary.

It seems that it is too late in time.

What made Matthew feel even more helpless.

None of the contract immortals under his command were generals.

Ah Bing is a pure lone wolf, who can only fight alone and spread the crotch twisting virus;

Renysme does have some leadership skills, but the number cannot exceed twenty, and if there are more, she will be in a daze;

Xiao Boiling does have the ability to be a general, but once the war starts, he will appear more often by Matthew's side as a personal escort or mount;

As for Peggy......

Her stir-fried dishes are very good.

And in several high-level units in the cemetery.

The Black Samurai Argus is a true general.

But this guy can't leave the cemetery too far is a hard wound.

Elite Ghost Ali is not bad either.

He had no choice but to command his own people;

As for the mother of the new coolies.

This guy is purely an internal affairs talent, it's okay to engage in a zombie construction team, and it's funny to fight.

And so it goes.

Matthew's dilemma of having many soldiers and major generals in his hands was exposed.

He thought about who to choose for most of the day.

Suddenly a person came to mind.

That's Centaur Obest!

As a tree herder, Obest actually has considerable command ability.

It's just that the people he commands are generally natural creatures, tree spirits or something.

"Wouldn't it be inappropriate to have a nature-loving centaur command an evil army of the undead?"

Matthew hesitated to find Obest.

Put your thoughts and ideas out there.

Sure enough.

Mr. Centaur was taken aback:

"You want me to command those filthy ...... The undead? ”

He began to swallow frantically.

Matthew smiled:

"I'm just here to negotiate with you, you don't have to be particularly nervous."

Obest hesitated for a moment, but finally shook his head:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Matthew, I know I don't have the right to turn you down, but I can't convince myself to be in the midst of a bunch of zombies or skeletons, even if they don't look as odious in my eyes now, I'm sorry."

Matthew got the expected answer, and he wasn't particularly disappointed.

He patted Obest on the shoulder, then turned to leave.

On the contrary, Obest looked at Matthew's back, and his expression became very complicated, with dissatisfaction, discomfort, and a hint of shame.

It was at this time.

There was a flash of white light around him.

A lively and cute little light demon came out of the inner layer.

"Dangdang, dang!"

"Little pineapple has arrived!"

"Dear Mr. Obester, the little pineapple greets you on behalf of everyone in the sea of trees in the world!"

The little light demon flew onto Obester's shoulder:

"Everyone is very concerned about the progress of the move, how is the situation here?"

Obest looked tight, and then he sighed:

"Hello little pineapple, I'm afraid this is not a suitable place to move, I have communicated with the lord here, a few days ago a dragon attacked the town near the woods, this place will soon be involved in the war, you come here now, I am afraid that it will also be affected by the war."

Who knew that the little pineapple stared at the big eyes and said:

"Is there a war here too?"

"But on the other side of the sea of trees, we're already drawn into the war—

The primeval basin we used to hide from danger was flooded with twisted astral creatures.

A lot of people have been injured as a result.

Those astral creatures are too powerful, could this place be more dangerous than the Ancient Basin? ”

Obest was even more nervous.

He hurriedly asked:

"How's everyone doing? Why are there astral creatures invading the sea of trees? ”

Little Pineapple sighed:

"Little Pineapple doesn't know, everyone's situation is getting worse day by day, everyone wants to leave the Taikoo Basin, and the only one who supports everyone's idea of continuing to fight is Lord Obest."

"If there were only one or two dragons, with everyone's strength, they would be able to drive them away, right? It's better than dealing with hordes of twisted astral creatures, don't you think, Mr. Obest? ”

Obest gritted his teeth.

Four hooves paced back and forth in place.

A moment later.

He resolutely said to the little pineapple:

"You get some of them ready, and I'll pick you up soon!"

Little Pineapple looked at Obest with some suspicion:

"Is it true?"

"Lord Obest isn't trying to coax me, is he?"

The centaur said firmly:

"My words are promises!"

As he spoke, he ignored the little pineapple who was rejoicing in place.

Instead, he opened his hooves and caught up with Matthew.

"Mr. Matthew."

"I am willing to be the general of the army of the undead, as long as you give me the authority to command them, I promise to give you a new army!"

Obest said with a serious face.

Matthew looked at him in amazement:

"Why did you change your mind?"

Obest honestly said:

"My people have been invaded, and I hope to find a place for them to live in your oak groves, especially at the edge of the World Tree's descendants, and to do so, we must build a stable portal to the sea of trees, which can cost a lot of gold."

The more you talk about the back.

The quieter his voice.

Matthew didn't hear the word gold coin at all, it was purely made up by his brain.

"How many of your people are there?"

Matthew was happy in his heart, but his face was still quite cold.

After thinking about it, Obest said:

"The first batch, about 100 ...... No, 50 people is enough! ”

Matthew asked curiously:

"Are they all centaur tree herders like you?"

Obest explains:

"It's centaurs, but not necessarily tree shepherds, but also spearmen, archers and magicians."

"We centaurs are good at long-range attacks."

Matthew almost saliva didn't come out of his heart when he heard it.

Centaur archers?

That's the top ranged class in the multiverse!

Rolling Stones is particularly short of archers at the moment.

What is there to hesitate about?

At that moment, Matthew waved his hand:

"How many people are in your clan, I have covered them all!"

Obest was taken aback:

"Is this true?"

"Are you really willing to accept all of us? My people are pretty good at eating......"

"And it also costs a lot of gold to build a stable sea of trees portal."

Matthew waved his hand:

"A little thing."

Anyway, this money can be reimbursed by Rhaeggar.

How can you say that recruiting archers is also contributing to Rolling Stone, isn't it?

Obest was almost moved to tears on the spot.

He bowed deeply to Matthew:

"Thank you for your generosity and kindness!"

data bar.

……

"Hint: Your Follower's loyalty to you has been increased to 85.

Obest shares with you his ability "Eagle Eye";

Eagle Eye: You can clearly see the picture in the distance;

Increases your ranged aiming ability by 100%."

……

Followers can also share abilities?

Matthew was surprised.

Obest actually belongs to the ritual field of the Sanctuary of Life.

He was indeed a follower of Matthew.

Perhaps the Sanctuary of Life serves as something akin to a necromantic pact.

Matthew was intrigued.

"If I recruit more followers through the Sanctuary of Life in the future, and then guarantee their loyalty, wouldn't it be the ability of endless prostitution?"

"Even this ability to engage in white prostitution can be targeted......"

Present.

Matthew discussed with Obest for a while.

The two finalized some details about the Jukai portal.

After that, Obest went into the cemetery in high spirits.

It was the first time he had entered the cemetery since he settled in the oak grove.

That moment.

Matthew could feel the elements between the two ceremonial fields begin to blend further.

……

Three days later.

Matthew, who is trying his best to explore the mystery of flying, suddenly receives a message from Isabel!

When the crystal ball lit up that beautiful face.

Matthew almost thought he was hallucinating.

He hurried to meet Isabel in the Starry Sky Hut, in the Crucible House.

The latter was wearing a mercury dress today, with a slight swelling near his eyes, and his eyes were also very worried, as if he had just woken up after a long sleep.

"You're going to slay the dragon?"

Isabel asked straight to the point.

Her tone and tone are still so domineering and direct, giving people an unquestionable feeling.

Matthew replied:

"As I wrote to you in my letter, the dragon has threatened our survival......"

Isabel interrupted him unceremoniously:

"You can be left alone."

Matthew pursed his lips:

"I can't do it."

Isabel raised her eyebrows, and there was no lack of contempt in her expression:

"Do you have that ability?"

That moment.

Matthew was under tremendous pressure.

It seems that countless people are laughing at themselves in their ears.

In the midst of the invective and ridicule in the sky.

It seemed that it was so difficult for him to even speak.

"I'm trying to ......"

"But I'll do my best!"

Matthew Khan said with a slush.

The stress disappears in an instant.

Isabel commented nonchalantly:

"Stupid."

"But it's a bit human."

As she spoke, she stared at Matthew for a while, and snorted softly:

"It's finally the fourth order...... Are you learning to fly? ”

Matthew nodded:

"Yes, it's your flying technique."

Isabel said decisively:

"Don't learn it, it's a second-rate version for mediocre talents."

Matthew was taken aback.

Immediately, he secretly smiled bitterly in his heart.

The second-rate version for mediocre people is so difficult to learn by yourself.

And how hard should it be to have a first-class version for geniuses?

But what I need now is time!

Didn't wait for Matthew to speak.

Isabel looked at him with burning eyes:

"I can let you learn this flying technique directly, but you'll owe me a promise for it."

"How about it, do you dare to make this deal?"

Matthew's heart trembled.

He didn't question whether Isabel could really teach herself how to fly directly.

After all, Surreel also has the means.

There's no reason why Isabel, who is also a divine mage or even more powerful, can't do this.

But here's the problem.

"That promise...... What is it? ”

Matthew asked cautiously.

Isabel said coldly:

"I'll only tell you if you agree to the deal."

Matthew smiled bitterly:

"Isn't that gambling?"

Isabel raised an eyebrow:

"The question is whether you have the courage or not, the opportunity is always once-in-a-lifetime, even if you are my mentor, you may not always bump into me when I am in a good mood."

Matthew gritted his teeth.

Isabel's words were similar to those of Surreel.

He quickly realized that this might not be the time to consider the value for money himself.

It's Isabel who is testing her loyalty.

So he made up his mind:

"I do!"

"Good!"

Isabel doesn't have much nonsense.

Her body actually came to Matthew's side directly through the pitch-black starry sky and the distance of 108,000 miles of time and space.

In a flash.

Matthew only felt that his body had become extremely relaxed!

Isabel grabbed him by the shoulder with one hand.

Fly with him towards the dome of the Starry Sky Hut!

Before Matthew could react.

It was as if he had traveled through time and space.

Traveled countless galaxies and planes.

When he came back to his senses.

He was still standing on the floor of the Starry Sky Hut.

In my ears was Isabel's languid voice:

"I've had some minor achievements in the field of transformation, so it's easy to share a few spells with you."

data bar.

……

"Hint: You've been granted the Legendary Flying Technique by the Divine Mage Isabel!"

Legendary Flight: You have mastered Legendary Flight, but your mental power and mana consumption is 5 times that of ordinary Flight;

You can use the ability to downgrade your spells to cast Legendary Flying Spells, in which case you will gain a fifth-tier Flying Effect and the corresponding cost."

……

Legendary Flying!

Matthew could barely believe his eyes.

I'm only at the fourth order.

Actually learned the legendary level of flying skills?

Is this what a divine mage is capable of?

He looked at Isabel in shock.

The latter said calmly:

"Now I can tell you what that promise is."

"That is, after you are legendary, you must assist me in killing Ekmond."

This sentence rang in Matthew's ears.

It's like a rock breaker!

Matthew looked around, only to realize that Ekmond, who had been inseparable from Isabel, was not there.

His heart was pounding.

And Isabel in front of her.

is rapidly fading away from the infinite glory and glamour of the god mage.

Turned into a ragged dried corpse at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"How?"

"Don't want to?"

Dry corpse Isabel asked faintly.

……

(End of chapter)