……

Feel the hot pain coming from the lower back.

Matthew couldn't help but take out a mirror and take a look.

The so-called prey branding.

It resembles a scar scratched by the three claws of a wild beast.

It's different from ordinary scars.

The three scars were still glowing with dark red blood.

Matthew covered it with his hand.

It's pretty hot.

It's been a long, long time.

The hot scar slowly faded and gradually turned into a tattoo-like existence.

Matthew frowned.

He could feel that it was a bit like Surreel's enchantment, permanently part of his body.

It seems a bit difficult to get rid of.

Meanwhile.

He also perceives the hidden properties of the prey brand.

……

"Extra Effect: When Prey Brand is active, your resistance to other Commands and Charms of the opposite sex is increased by 100%!

At the same time, your resistance to Siv, the Daughter of Purgatory's command and seduction, has been reduced to 10% of what it normally would!

When any person of the opposite sex has intimate physical contact, mucosal contact, or bodily fluid communication with you.

The brand will be automatically activated.

At this time, you can feel a slight pain, and you will receive an attribute boost of "Temporary Focus +1"!"

……

Matthew's expression gradually became subtle.

Sif ......

"Is this purely treating me as a private property?"

There was an offended resentment in his heart.

But vaguely.

He was also intrigued by Seve who had changed so dramatically.

"Maybe I'm also a strong person in my bones, and I will inevitably be a little interested in strong power......"

Matthew chuckled bitterly.

If you can't get rid of this brand, then you will definitely bow your head when facing Sifu in the future.

"Barto's blood is one of the most powerful sources of power in Purgatory, so it's no wonder I couldn't resist her commands just now."

Matthew has mixed emotions.

This power is terrifying, no wonder Rhaegar is so restless.

His well-behaved and gentle daughter is suddenly at risk of getting out of control, but she can't control it at all, and it's uncomfortable for anyone to change.

But for Matthew.

The biggest reminder of what happened to him just now was-

"In the future, we must put those two divinities in a place where they can be obtained at any time and at any time!"

"If I had held those two divinities just now, Sif's command technique would definitely not succeed, and I wouldn't be as embarrassed as I am now."

Matthew scratched his head, suddenly unsure of what to do next.

According to the plan he had originally discussed with Vilien.

He planned to secretly escort Sifu to the Far North Floating City, but now that this kind of thing happened, Matthew was suddenly a little embarrassed to go.

So he sat on the magic carpet.

I quickly picked up the pen and wrote two letters.

One of them was for Hibbert and the other for Felivin.

Give Feliven more words.

The main thing is that Matthew also saw that no matter what help he entrusted Hibbert to help, it is estimated that it will be Feliwen who will make the move.

Rather than that.

It's better to trouble Feliwen directly.

Hibbert of the province also told what was wrong.

The content of the letter is actually relatively simple.

It was to give a general explanation of Sif's situation, and then hoped that Hibbert and Feliwin could find a good teacher for Sif.

As for the cost aspect.

Matthew said they had something to offer, even though they spoke.

He'll send them when the time comes.

Of course.

The money must have been added to the grain.

One thought of Rhaeggar.

Matthew couldn't help but have a headache again.

But there must be a beginning and an end to doing things, I have already promised it, and now I have sent Siv away, and I still have to explain it over there.

Half an hour later.

Lord's Palace, Office Hall.

"So, you just let her go?"

Rhaegar jumped up from the couch.

"Or else?"

Matthew licked his wounded lips unnaturally:

"You've got to teach her to be independent, right?"

Rhaegar clenched his hands into fists:

"Doesn't she have anything else to tell me but to apologize to me?"

Matthew thought for a moment:

"Seve is now equivalent to a child who has just entered the rebellious period, and her emotions fluctuate a lot, and she would rather bury many things in her heart than say them publicly, which is normal."

said.

He licked his lips again.

Rhaegar frowned, then sighed deeply:

"But it always hurts to let her go like this."

Matthew licked his lips for the third time.

No way.

It hurts a little.

Purely an unconscious move.

He continued to reassure Rhaegar as he licked:

"You have to let her go out and see the world, maybe the real world is far from as beautiful as she imagined, maybe she can remember her father when she is in trouble?"

Hear this.

Rhaegar nodded slowly.

"You have a point."

But then he looked at Matthew with suspicious eyes:

"What's up with your lips?"

"Don't tell me I fell off the magic carpet?"

Matthew instinctively wanted to hide it.

But he thought about it.

Siv has changed so much, as Sif's father, as his own friend, Rhaegar seems to have the right to know all this.

So Matthew said calmly:

"Seve bites."

Rhaegar was stunned for a moment.

Then, without saying a word, he went into the back room.

Soon.

Then he came out with a great sword in his rage:

"You brute, you actually bullied my daughter!"

"I'll kill you......!"

Matthew was quite calm at first.

He threw a human immobilization spell at Rhaegar and explained:

"You calm down first......"

Can be a second.

A red glow erupted from Rhaegar's body.

His eyes burned with scarlet flames, too!

That moment.

He was exempt from Matthew's immobilization!

"Wait!"

"This kind of thing won't open a second form to cut me, right?"

"Is this the resistance of the Devil Bloodline?"

Matthew was stunned.

He hurriedly took a few steps back, pulled an arbitrary door, and then instinctively flicked a shot.

Taking advantage of his rage, Rhaegar was caught by any door

Matthew hurriedly distanced himself.

Throwing a malicious transfiguration at Rhaegar who is madly venting his anger on any door!

OK!

Matthew's Malicious Transfiguration is still very good.

In the process, he was even forced to use the effect of Spell Upgrade.

This succeeded in turning Rhaegar into a goat!

However, this is not the case.

Regar, who turned into a goat, also did not lose his aggressiveness.

He was silent against the pair of sharp goat horns.

Straight to Matthew's lower body!

In between hastiness.

Matthew couldn't dodge, and the chickens and dogs that were chased by Rhaegar jumped.

The desk in the office hall fell to the ground.

The vase and other objects were broken into a large piece.

Mrs. Wesley, who heard the voice, peeked out of the hallway:

"Boys, if you feel too energetic, go to the little girls to vent instead of messing with each other......"

"Rhaeggar, do you think my work is too idle?"

However, no one could answer her complaints.

This moment.

Rhaegar apparently vented her pent-up frustration on Matthew.

A pair of giant goat horns are rambling wildly.

Matthew wasn't used to him either.

After being chased for a while, he simply turned into a moon bear and slapped the goat to the ground!

The goat stood up in place and continued to charge.

After being slapped on the wall twice by Matthew, the effect of the Malicious Transfiguration disappeared.

Rhaegar rushed again with his great sword.

Matthew fought him hand-to-hand for a few rounds, and finally managed to subdue him.

By this time he was sweating profusely.

Rhaegar was also out of breath.

He was pressed to the ground by a huge bear paw, and his eyes gradually regained their composure.

Matthew slowly let go of his hand.

He knew that Rhaegar actually just wanted to vent, and if he really wanted to fight, his Moon Bear form should not be able to take the other party.

But on the surface.

He still didn't have a chance to get angry and said:

"Have you calmed down?"

"Can you hear me explain what happened?"

Rhaegar was silent.

Matthew said slowly:

"It was Siv who took the initiative to do it, and I was passive the whole time!"

"I'm the victim!"

Seeing that Rhaegard's eyes widened.

Matthew pressed the bear paw back again, and then continued:

"She's like a different person, full of aggression, it feels very dangerous, and I don't have the ability to fight back at all!"

"Although it sounds a bit false to say this, your daughter does have the strength to fight against a fifth-order mage now!"

"And you know me, I can't do anything to bully a little girl!"

The killing intent in Rhaeggar's eyes faded away.

It's been a long time.

He pushed Matthew's bear paw away and sat down on the couch again.

"So, she kissed you on her parting?"

Rhaegar's voice was full of gloom.

Matthew corrected:

"It's a bite, not a kiss!"

"Well, although it's a kiss for a moment, most of the time it's biting."

Rhaeggar's eyelids jumped wildly, and his right hand involuntarily pressed against the great sword again.

Matthew hurriedly changed back into his human form and showed his lower back to Rhaeggar:

"You see, she also left this humiliating imprint on me, and it was all your daughter's doing!"

"I haven't settled accounts with you yet!"

Seeing this, Rhaeggar's face changed drastically.

There was really a hint of guilt in his eyes.

"This brand is called the slave brand in purgatory."

"Generally speaking, only the Devil Queen's lover or male slave is eligible for this mark......"

"And once you do, you won't be able to escape her control for the rest of your life......"

"Siv, how did she become like this?"

Rhaegar held his head in his hands.

Matthew was calm.

He didn't believe that a brand could do anything to himself.

Now that he is a famous mage, how can he not escape the control of a little girl?

He said calmly:

"Now Siv is full of contradictions, but at least we see the dark side of her hidden in the depths of her heart, she may hate these from the bottom of her heart, but she may also vaguely look forward to these, whether she is gentle and well-behaved or wild and domineering, they are all part of Siff."

"I hope she can reconcile with herself as soon as possible, but it will take time and chance, as well as her own efforts."

"We've done everything we can, nothing is perfect, Rhaegar look at it."

Rhaegar took a deep breath.

"I understand, I understand the truth."

Then he looked at Matthew:

"So, did you come to me specifically to say this?"

"Going to a father to show off and being forced by his daughter?"

"Huh?"

Matthew shook his head:

"No, it's not."

As he spoke, he pointed to his lips and waist, and then said solemnly:

"I just want to tell you that both of these are work-related injuries."

"You'll have to reimburse me."

Rhaeggar's eyes widened in disbelief, and his trembling right hand pressed against the hilt of the great sword again.

Matthew laughed.

Escaped.

On the way back to the cemetery, Matthew was still recalling the expression on Rhaeggar's face at the time.

No way.

Who told him that he was really bullied by Siv?

I couldn't get back on my daughter.

can only bully and bully her father.

"Why does this plot sound weird......"

Matthew shook his head with a smile.

After returning to the cemetery.

He ate something and meditated for a while before he had enough energy to continue exploring the realm.

After the fox fake tiger won the god war.

Matthew gained a small portion of the reproductive realm.

This field gave him a new ability.

……

"Aura of Prosperity: The fertility rate in your area will be significantly improved.

People will be more eager to have offspring, the pregnancy rate will be higher with a single fluid exchange, and the probability of contraceptive failure will be tripled.

Influenced by the aura, the child born will inevitably become closer to you as he grows up.

They will at least become your advocates.

Some will want to recognize you as a godfather from the bottom of their hearts.

This will help to elevate your fatherly authority.

But at the same time.

It is also possible that you yourself may be slightly affected by the aura.

Warning: Detected that you have a temperance domain.

There is a slight conflict with the Breeding Realm, please coordinate within three hundred and sixty days, otherwise you will lose at least one of the two realms!"

……

This exuberant aura, how to say it.

Matthew felt he was still valuable.

In troubled times, or when the population is insufficient, this aura will help increase the population in the province.

Although it also has an impact on himself.

But the good news is that this aura can be turned on or off freely by authority.

"At present, the influence range of the aura is an area within a radius of a hundred kilometers, and Rolling Stone Town does seem to be quite short of population, so let's open it first......"

Matthew thought so and happily made a decision.

As for the conflict in the realm, Matthew is not surprised.

The realm of moderation itself is in conflict with many domains.

Can be used as an equalization messenger.

If he can't settle this way, then he doesn't have to think about entering several conflicting areas in the future.

Matthew was in no hurry to coordinate the field.

Instead, continue to choose the opening of the Minotaur field.

In the past.

He chose to develop vertically, that is, to dig deep into a single element.

But this time the Divine War, when he launched the war, he was based on the Minotaur Domain, and what he launched was a declaration of domain expansion.

And so it goes.

Matthew had no choice.

He can only expand horizontally.

……

"Hint: Your Minotaur Realm has officially annexed the Breeding Realm and expanded horizontally to the Pillage Element!

The current Minotaur realm contains the following elements:

Reproduction (Twist)

Plunder (Full)

Minotaur (race)

Rebellion (Undead)

Others (seduction, depravity, seduction)

……

Your Minotaur domain is given a broader definition power, and you will have a higher priority in the broader domain.

In the process of horizontal development.

You have gained a new ability, "Blade Grabbing", from the Looting Element

Snatching Blade: You can use a hand, a mage's hand, or an equalizing hand to perform a tactical move to snatch your target's weapon.

Prerequisite: To use the Snatcher, you must have no weapons on your hands, except for the gloves.

Note: When the target launches a close-range attack on you with a weapon in hand, the success rate of Capture the Blade will increase to over 95%!

The closer you are, the higher the success rate!

Detect that you have a similar ability in the field "Lend Me to Play!" Do you choose Ability Fusion?"

……

Matthew thought for a moment.

In the end, there was no choice for fusion.

These two abilities are indeed similar, both are aimed at the enemy's weapons, but their usefulness is actually different.

To borrow me, you need to prepare the same type of weapon in advance, which is more suitable for taking the initiative.

Snatching the Blade is different, it's more of a defensive counter-attacking ability.

The convergence of domain competencies is a serious matter.

If one is not fused well, it may lose the respective characteristics of both abilities.

It's better to keep it.

In this way, no matter what situation he encounters in the future, Matthew has his own ability to deal with it.

Generally.

The ability to capture the blade gave Matthew a more comfortable way to deal with melee professionals, especially Assassins.

"I'm a mage, it's normal for me to learn to grab a white blade empty-handed, right?"

When I think of that kind of picture.

Matthew couldn't help but look forward to it.

This is the end of the field development.

The next period of time.

Matthew first checked the development of the half-plane.

Not seen for a few days.

The half-plane has barely changed.

Matthew knew it was because he had entered the precipitation period.

The only thing that surprised him was.

At the edge of the half-plane, where the beach resembles, several wooden chests have appeared.

These wooden boxes come in both new and old.

The oldest ones have been corroded to the point of decay, and there are obvious signs of soaking in seawater.

And the new one seems to have just been made, and the quality looks pretty good.

Matthew checked.

Whether the boxes were old or new, they were empty, which made him a little disappointed.

"These boxes must have stumbled along the plane turbulence to the edge of my half-plane, and this situation is also normal, the planes are full of turbulence that comes and goes, some of the things in the turbulence come from the collapsed half-plane, some are from the garbage thrown by unqualified mages, but most of the drift is worthless."

"With the continuous expansion of Biosphere One, there may be more and more of this garbage, and someone may have to find a full-time person to clean it up in the future."

Matthew put the boxes away.

I chatted for a while with the natural spirits from the other holy oak seeds.

Return to the cemetery.

He began to continue refining his umbrella program.

Matthew hadn't forgotten his promise with Ran in the Winter Moon.

The problem of the traces of the dead in the Jade Court is also prominent.

This time.

As a result of his success in writing the deed of the realm.

Matthew intends to upgrade his original plan.

The umbrella he used in Rolling Stone—

That is, the death scorched earth full of negative energy will actually have a risk of spreading.

But after Matthew's research during this time.

He thought that this could be alleviated by planting a large number of black locusts around the perimeter of the umbrella.

Meanwhile.

He plans to add a tree wall and a mushroom garden to the perimeter of the new umbrella to greatly alleviate the expansion of negative energy.

In the midst of this.

Matthew even intends to wield the power of the bag of corruption.

This thing is a big sucker of negative energy, and it can effectively delay the automatic expansion of the death scorched earth.

"Then grow a lot of mushrooms in the mushroom garden, and you can even ask Hasman how to do a further equilibrium ......"

Rustle.

Matthew's pen flies.

He loved the feeling of making a plan.

Of course.

Execution is also important.

Normally, when Matthew is engrossed in something, others don't dare to disturb him.

But today is different.

Centaur Obest made a rare break into the cemetery.

He shouted as he marched:

"Lord Matthew, Lord Matthew!"

"We've spotted a gang of demons at the edge of the oak grove!"

Obest's voice alarmed Matthew.

He hurriedly put down his pen and activated the Oak Domain.

The next moment.

Countless whispers poured into Matthew's ears.

His face changed slightly.

Half a minute later.

Matthew appeared in the eastern part of the oak grove.

On a buffer strip between the oak grove and the farm area further afield.

One demon after another died on the ground screaming.

Matthew rushed over.

The last demon was slicing its neck by a sluggish shadow.

Matthew looked at the demon corpses on the ground, a look of surprise and heartache on his face.

But the figure turned slowly.

His face was covered in blood, and his expression was extremely tired.

His eyes were originally full of wariness.

It wasn't until I saw Matthew that I suddenly relaxed, and my eyes became red.

"Matthew, I've finally made it to you......"

His voice was very hoarse, as if he hadn't closed his eyes for days and nights.

Matthew gritted his teeth.

He looked at the empty sleeve under the other party's right arm in disbelief:

"Who made you like this?"

Hear this.

The man's eyes were even redder.

He silently turned around and laboriously pulled a small cart out of the pile of demons' corpses.

On top of the cart lay the corpses of seven Jango.

The faces of these corpses were all young.

But the death was particularly tragic.

"I'm fine, even though I lost an arm, I'm still alive after all."

The voice of the future king of the rainforest had a faint hint of crying:

"But they, they can't survive......"

"It's all my fault!"

"I thought it was a very profitable business, so I deliberately called them out of the tribe, who knew that I overestimated my own strength and underestimated the intensity of the war."

"All are dead, they are all dead...... I didn't dare to go back to the tribe, I didn't know how to deal with it, I didn't know how to deal with the women, children and the elderly. ”

"When we set off, I told them we were going to make a lot of money, but now what about ......"

"I don't know, I don't know, Matthew!"

With that, he sat down on the cart.

Lying with the corpses of the Jango people.

The body twitched and sobbed lowly.

Looking at the grief-stricken Lumière.

Matthew's healing aura slowly unfolded in the oak realm.

A moment later.

Lumière's sobs grew quieter.

Matthew asked softly:

"You took them to the Wolf Mountain battlefield?"

"You ran into that demon lord head-on?"

Lumière did not answer.

Matthew leaned over to take a look.

The other party was already asleep.

Matthew sighed softly, and immediately ordered his subordinates to dispose of the demons' corpses and move them away.

Then he himself turned into a moon bear, slowly picked up the sleeping Lumière, and walked step by step to the oak forest of sunlight and shadow.

……

(End of chapter)