……

Matthew looked at the goblin quietly:

"You're a believer in the mad second hand?"

The goblin nodded sincerely:

"Yes, yes!"

"Hello, my name is Little Stream, and I used to be a gardener working for the Ice Empress, and I was in charge of the strange flowers and plants in the garden in the fairy garden, mainly watering the flowers.

I'm good at squirting spells.

So my work has always been highly praised by the Queen.

But one day.

The Empress is missing, and the priestess has kicked us all out.

So I lost my job.

Do not water flowers and grass.

I felt like my life had lost its meaning.

Until one day.

I met the mad second hand. ”

This little leprechaun named Little Creek has a broken mouth.

Matthew said a word.

She can tweet more than a dozen sentences, and she looks like she can't stop talking about herself just by introducing herself.

It seems to have noticed the concern in Matthew's eyes.

The little stream said very seriously:

"You don't have to care about Mr. Secondhand about him being evil—

Yes, he's a little bit crazy.

But we goblins have been crazy for thousands of years, and we haven't found much of a problem so far.

So madness is not the same as evil.

In fact.

Mr. Miaoshou is a very gentle and kind person.

Even in the twilight creation, He is the most special one. ”

Hear the words of the little stream.

Matthew wasn't surprised.

After all, with Piapia Zhuyu in front of him, he would feel reasonable for the little goblins to say crazy words.

But he couldn't help but interject:

"You know He is a creature of the twilight, and you are willing to continue to believe in Him?"

The little stream looked up at the little face, and the expression was innocent:

"Or else?"

"The Twilight creations are also part of the great creations, they are not inferior to the gods of their time, and some of the Twilight creations are far more noble than the gods in their individual character."

"In this case, it is also a reasonable choice to greet the great Mr. Mister Seconds in a hug."

"I've heard that in some worlds, some people even worship some demons and monsters with low moral character and no great power to speak of, that's weird, isn't that?"

Matthew didn't refute.

He just said very calmly:

"But as far as I know, the obsession of the Twilight Creation is to destroy the world."

The stream corrected:

"It's a duty, not an obsession."

"I admit that some twilight creatures naturally like to destroy, but Mr. Miaoshou is different, he likes to save."

"As I mentioned before, He's not just a Twilight creature, He's a thinker, would you like to take a moment and let me tell you His story?"

"It won't take long, 10 minutes!"

said.

She looked at Matthew with that expectant look on her face again.

Matthew subconsciously relented.

Can be a second.

His heart was on high alert!

……

"Warning: Feeling the contamination of the Dusk Creation 'Mad Second Hand', once you listen to the story of the Mad Second Hand Believer, your will will be inclined to chaos and madness to a certain extent!"

……

Matthew hurriedly stopped:

"Sorry, I'm a little tired today, I'll talk about it next time."

The little stream looked disappointed.

She asked reluctantly:

"Isn't it okay for 10 minutes? Is that 5 minutes, no, 3 minutes okay? ”

Matthew insisted on refusing:

"I'm sorry, I'm really tired, I can't hold on for a minute."

As he spoke, he still looked tired.

The main reason why he didn't forcibly drive out this little goblin was because Matthew didn't want to completely offend the mad second hand.

This guy has already touched the fairy flower garden.

Whatever the purpose of the other party.

Matthew didn't want to fight with him for the time being.

"Okay."

There was a look of loss on Xiaoxiliu's face, but then she regrouped and looked full of energy:

"Next time you have time, be sure to listen to me tell the story of Mr. Secondhand."

Matthew said perfunctorily.

The little goblin was also interested, and disappeared in place.

After the stream flows away.

Matthew's face turned serious.

The crazy second hand came uninvited, which is a bit contrary to common sense-

Could it be that he was wandering in the fairy flower garden before and was targeted by the crazy second hand?

Or maybe the priestess has a problem with her princess two-piece suit?

Otherwise, the stream would not have been able to locate itself so precisely.

In order to find out the ins and outs.

Matthew began to flip through the battle records like crazy -

It was too intense when I fought before.

He didn't look at a lot of records.

Many details of this product are exposed at a glance.

Matthew looks at it from the early days of the battle.

Until the dust settles.

It took 6 hours!

In the process.

He simply did the battle review with him.

At the same time, the traces left by the crazy second hand in this battle were also discovered!

"Rhaegar was actually saved by the mad second hand?"

"But according to the gold coin, isn't it the so-called favor of fate that saved him?"

"I actually have the brand of the crazy second hand on my body, when did this brand be left? It seems to have something to do with the favor of fate! ”

Matthew looked closely.

He noticed that he had a faint second hand imprint that could disappear at any moment.

And when he stared at the imprint for more than 10 seconds.

A new prompt has been sent to the data bar.

……

"Hint: Do you accept the gift of the crazy second hand?

After accepting, you will enter the realm of madness and luck at the same time!

You've got the mantra of the crazy second hand: the crazier, the luckier!

Knowledge of the Gods: You have obtained a secret story about the mad second hand, which is said to have died when it was sealed by the gods.

Today's mad second hand is a new dusk creation replaced by the god of luck Loa after killing the mad second hand.

He has the independent will of Loa, the god of luck, who controls the authority of the realm of luck, and the madness and duty of the mad second hand."

……

"And this kind of story?"

Matthew was an eye-opener.

The ability of divine knowledge is really somewhat useful.

Therefore, the favor of fate is essentially the improvement of short-term luck, because it involves the field of luck, so the favored person is easily targeted by the crazy second hand...... Oh broke, I've got to go and inform Rhaegar! Let him be careful! ”

Think so.

Matthew hurried to the Lord's Mansion, just as Rhaegar had been busy with work all night.

Matthew took him out and looked him up and down, only to be surprised to find that Rhaegar didn't have the mad second hand on him!

This amazed him.

Rhaegar wondered about the situation.

Matthew explained the ins and outs.

Rhaegar touched his chin after hearing this:

"Maybe it's because my will is too strong for the Twilight Creation to corrupt me."

Zeller, who was also busy next to him, heard this and commented casually:

"It's also possible that the value is too low, and the Twilight Creation is not interested in you."

Matthew felt that this sentence might be close to the truth.

After all, the last time the Dusk Creation Gaylan Tolera made an appeal to himself and Lee Wedge, Rhaegar who was present at the scene was also ignored.

Maybe that's the luck of mediocrity!

Matthew breathed a sigh of relief.

As for the imprint on his body, there is no need to worry, because the imprint is very faint and fades away in a few days.

In fact, it is.

That same evening.

Matthew sensed the imprint of the mad second hand leave his body.

However, Matthew did not receive gifts from the other party.

But after the imprint disappears.

The mad second hand still left something permanently in his body.

……

"Hint: You've gained the ability from the Lucky Realm, "Every Three Must Win".

Win every three: When you're gambling or using gambling tricks, you can always win every time you come across a round of three or multiples of three."

……

The limited scope of this ability is very dead, and it can only be effective in gambling in the narrow sense, and I feel that the application scenario is not large.

It should be a small easter egg left for himself under the strategy of crazy second hand casting a wide net.

Matthew didn't take it to heart.

And among the choices about the three abilities in the field of celebrities.

In the end, he chose the "Wife Killer".

It's not that Matthew has any special preference for wives.

It's that all three abilities are very weak.

Only the ability of the wife killer has a certain application scenario.

In case one day one of the enemies you need to deal with has a wife attribute.

Maybe this ability will come in handy?

It's the same as winning every three days.

Matthew also classifies the Wife Killer as an Easter egg ability.

This ability takes effect once and is not a loss.

He didn't think much of it, either.

For the next period of time.

The office hall of the Lord's Palace is constantly busy.

To cope with the hectic paperwork.

Zeller had to enlist two assistants to help, one of whom was Little Paton, who had been working on electrical circuits and lights in Matthew's cemetery.

There is indeed a lot of work to be done in Rolling Stone: the integration of Gao Yeling's army, the formal acceptance of Gao Yeling's surrender, and the dispatch of officials, especially tax collectors, to Gao Yeling to inspect or govern......

After more than a week of overtime.

The High Leaf Collars officially became part of the town of Rolling Stone.

There are many refugees who are happy about this.

Because they had fled from the High Leaf Realm, and now that Rhaegar had promised to return them to their homeland, it was naturally great news.

Gao Ye Ling and Rolling Stone Town have been close to each other, and merging together is nothing more than a matter of changing the lord.

So overall it went pretty smoothly.

But if you want to swallow the Red Earth Mountain and the Golden Fertile Fields in one go, as Suriel suggests, I'm afraid it will take a little more effort.

Rolling Rock is currently in the limelight, and Rhaeggar's reputation is also very high, wrapped in the power of the mossy hills to win, if you insist on taking these two territories, you will also have a lot of certainty.

But the yang and yin in the secret must be indispensable.

Even if you swallow all these territories.

On a practical level, a variety of problems can also be encountered.

The humans of the South are theoretically of the same culture, but each territory has its own unique customs, and there is a chain of contempt for each other.

For example, the residents of Rolling Rock often discriminate against the people of the high leaf collar as a group of cotton growers.

The Golden Fertile Fields are their wheat storehouses.

The people of the Red Soil Mountains discriminated equally against other poor territories, believing that southerners in other territories were hillbillies.

Discrimination and hostility between territories are difficult to reconcile.

And the contradictions and conflicts within the territory are everywhere.

In this case.

If you want to start a Rolling Stones Kingdom.

It is certainly not enough to rely on violence or buy people's hearts.

Rhaegar needs to introduce a series of regulations, decrees, and systems to coordinate the interests of the various realms and quickly facilitate the integration between the realms.

However, no matter how clever the ruler is.

In this process, we will inevitably face an extremely difficult period of pain.

This is also why the mages are reluctant to go down and run their own country-

This thing is so troublesome!

It's so troublesome that I get late every day, leave early, and sleep in the afternoon, and I feel that Rhaegar is starting to work overtime like crazy.

Matthew sees it all.

I felt a lot of emotion in my heart.

But I couldn't help but increase the intensity of touching the fish, and by the way, I was secretly happy, fortunately I was a mage!

Leave the trouble to Rhaegar and Zeller.

He only needs to take care of his own one-third of an acre of land, which is not a difficult task for him, after all, the undead are always more obedient than the living.

The other two were busy with business.

Matthew has begun to take stock of what he's gained in this war.

First up is the corpse of 6 dragons!

In accordance with the previous distribution principle.

Matthew was given priority over the six bodies.

Dragons are treasures all over.

Their skeletons can be used to craft bone dragons.

Flesh, internal organs, scales, fascia, etc., are also useful.

Among them, Dragon Blood Matthew alone collected more than a dozen barrels.

These dragon's blood can be used to craft alchemy items or to craft powerful dragon-blooded warriors in bulk.

Even growing mushrooms seems to be a good use.

He planned to entrust the alchemists within the alliance to handle the other things.

After a series of high value-added production.

The corpses of these 6 dragons will give Matthew a good batch of dragon gear and a lot of cash gains.

Among them, the income from the corpse of the red dragon Kushules is exclusively enjoyed by Matthew.

The proceeds from the corpses of the remaining five dragons will be equally distributed among each of the Special Operations Team members.

Matthew is a particular person.

He was never shy about sharing his wealth with others.

And except for the dragon corpse.

Matthew's undead suffered a lot in this war.

But the damage was a little small compared to the new corpse he had obtained.

The days immediately after the end of the war.

Matthew rode a flying horse every day and hung a lantern given by Viscount Fan to pull corpses into the cemetery.

This wave of operations down.

The cumulative number of corpses in the cemetery exceeded 5,000!

Matthew had previously made it impossible to bury the two large graves dug by the ogre Sinwak in order to store the corpses.

It can only be said that the development of the cemetery cannot be delayed.

Except for corpses.

Matthew also received a large amount of war dividends, mainly including the following three contents -

First, cash. The properties found in their respective territories by the Red Dragon Kusules and the Black Dragon Meonogas are worth around 800,000 gold coins.

Matthew took 380,000, and the rest was the dividends of Rhaegar and other friends;

And 300,000 of the 380,000 gold coins are used to repay Surier's interest-free loan, and 50,000 of the 80,000 yuan that Matthew actually got is the principal, so it can only be said that the spell that costs capital does cost capital!

Luckily, he still has cashback!

The 150,000 gold coins are real positive gains, making up for the trauma in Matthew's heart.

Furthermore.

Both High Leaf Collar and Red Soil Mountain are facing war reparations from Rolling Stone.

The money is currently being negotiated within the Alliance.

As long as it is processed.

Matthew and his Special Ops team can also receive a large dividend.

This part of the income is the real profit!

It's just a matter of waiting.

Second, taxes.

As Rhaegar had promised, Matthew received 15% of the tax revenue for the next 30 years.

Take it a step further.

Rhaegar also suggested that for every new territory acquired in Rolling Stone, Matthew would receive the same amount and number of years in tax revenue.

It's also a reward for Matthew becoming a registered mage in Rolling Rock during the frenzy of war.

Obviously.

Rhaegar is also well aware.

Without Matthew, Rolling Rock would not have won this war!

The third aspect is the gift of territories.

Previously, Rhaegar had only given a piece of his land to Matthew as a private gift.

And the mossy hills after the end of the First World War.

Through the town hall, Rhaegar officially issued an announcement to give Matthew a larger area of land northeast of Rolling Stone and north of the farm area in the name of a war reward.

And that's not all.

Matthew also gained absolute autonomy over the land.

This treatment is on the same level as Ronan's mage district in Rolling Stone.

The land area given by Rhaegar this time is really exaggerated.

That's almost 10 times the area of land that was given before!

Its northernmost fort is almost enveloped in the Ghost Po Fort near the border.

This area is named the Forest Zone.

Matthew is the master of the forest area.

On this land.

Even if Rhaegar came over, he had to look at Matthew's face.

It shows the sincerity of the former.

In fact.

Rhaegar also asked Matthew if he wanted to build a mage tower in the forest.

Matthew refused for the time being.

He is a necromancer and a part-time tree mage, and there is not much demand for mage towers.

The Necropolis and the Sanctuary of Life also replaced the role of the Mage Tower in a sense.

However, Rhaeggar's reminder also made Matthew realize that he really needed to build a more comprehensive and comprehensive experimental center.

Besides.

Matthew also received a number of additional rewards from Rhaeggar.

Most of them Matthew changed hands directly to his friends.

He himself did not leave much.

The victory, and the far more than expected rewards that followed, also gave Matthew's action squad a better vibe.

They lived in the forest or in the cemetery for more than a week.

We get along with each other quite well.

However, the time of happiness is always short-lived.

Everyone has their own things to do.

A week later.

One after another, the crowd offered to leave.

Lorain returned to Deep Blue Harbor, where his cousin, Lady Alena, needed his support, and he himself enjoyed the lights of Deep Blue Harbor even more;

Lee Weiqi plans to travel to the north in search of an opportunity to break through the legend;

Clegg and Samantha also plan to go north, but their destination is the plains north of Feilai Island, where it is said that many orcs live, and Clegg plans to make contact with the local orcs before considering whether to mobilize them to counterattack Sturuk;

The cloud elf Emilia has returned to Cloud City, and she will return to Lady Bobo;

Lumière, on the other hand, was invited by the lord of the Lion City to visit there.

Matthew certainly guessed the ambition of the Golden Lion.

He told Lumière that he could arrange a job for him here.

But Lumière smiled and refused.

"I have a family to raise, a dozen women, and a lot of children, which is a lot of expenses, and I don't want to trouble you."

"This war has given me a little inspiration, I think I am still quite suitable for the mercenary industry, I plan to go to the Lion City first, and then decide whether to accept the invitations of the major city lords to participate in various battles."

"In the future, I will also consider bringing a group of warriors from the tribe out to participate in the war in the south, I'm sorry, the war may be a disaster for the territory in the south, but for us, it seems to be an opportunity to get out of trouble."

Matthew didn't dissuade him this time.

Although Lumière looks honest, he is also stupid at times.

But he's actually quite smart and quite assertive.

Once he identified the matter.

It's hard to change yourself.

Perhaps becoming the king of mercenaries is also a necessary path for the future king of the rainforest.

"Then I wish you to become the strongest mercenary in the South!"

Matthew smiled and sent his blessings.

After sending most of them away.

The cemetery suddenly became a little deserted.

But fortunately, there is no shortage of companionship by Matthew's side -

Layla, Richard, Changeling Akika, Obest, Argus, Peggy, Bing......

Unconsciously.

He was surrounded by so many people all the time.

And more than half a year ago.

He was also a bitter necromancer who planted trees alone every day and had to go to school during the day.

Think of it.

Matthew always had a feeling of being out of this world.

He calmed down.

Back to the ordinary daily life.

Every day is nothing more than planting trees, digging graves and talking with animals, occasionally planting mushrooms to make wine, chatting with Peggy, accompanying Rhaenysme to lose dice, and learning some spells by the way, and life is also fulfilling.

A month is fleeting.

When September comes.

The weather in Rolling Rock is a little less hot.

Matthew could clearly feel an abundant vitality returning to the earth.

The constraints of planting oak trees on a daily basis have also disappeared.

Matthew began to plant trees more diligently.

this day.

Just as he placed a small sapling in the pit.

A brand new hint appeared in front of his eyes.

……

"Hint: You have obtained a new side quest "Autumn Carnival"

Autumn Carnival: Choose a brand new tree to plant on a large scale, and for every 40 trees planted, you will earn one Spell Enhancement Point.

You can choose a spell as your "signature spell".

After that, you can use Spell Enhancement Points to increase the effect of your signature spells with no limit!"

……

(End of chapter)