……

Margaret's funeral?

Matthew hesitated for a moment, and then quickly reacted -

The vast majority of people in the alliance have only heard of Margaret's death, but they don't know that Margaret has been reborn!

"Yes, the whole process was kept secret by Surrell with a spell, and the only vision that circulated was also intercepted by Lorraine, not only adding fuel and vinegar, but also completely concealing Margaret's existence!"

Matthew was stunned.

In this way, those who follow this incident can probably only know that Matthew and the evil queen have had a confrontation with the divine embryo.

As for the specific content, I'm afraid no one knows.

After all, all the gods could pay attention to was the battle that took place in the land of the gods.

As for the evil queen Babasha herself.

It was already related to the local gods of Aindor, and after suffering such a big loss, it was unlikely that the news would be spread.

Look at it this way.

Matthew's scumbag image not only successfully launched his popularity, but also provided space for Margaret's secondary development.

Come back to your senses.

Facing Lele's doubts.

Matthew quickly put on a low expression, then shook his head:

"I haven't received an invitation yet, but there's a good chance I'll go."

Lele nodded and said:

"Maybe the invitation hasn't been sent yet, after all, the incident happened suddenly, and the funeral committee has just been formed, but it is said that this funeral will be presided over by Ms. Surier herself, which makes me feel a little drum......med in my heart."

"Huh?"

Matthew looked at Lele with some confusion

Lele wiped away his tears and said in a low voice:

"You don't know, do you?"

"This kind of funeral usually has a fund collection box above, if it is Surier, it must be the kind of sound box!"

"That is, how much everyone donates, it will be heard by the whole audience, in this way, too little will definitely not work, how embarrassing it is!"

"I'm worried about it now, how much are you going to donate?"

Matthew scratched his head and kicked the ball back aggressively:

"I haven't even received the invitation yet, what about you, how much are you going to do?"

Lele was in trouble for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said:

"Based on my relationship with Margaret, I plan to donate 10,000 gold coins, just to commemorate her!"

Ten thousand gold coins?

Matthew was startled when he heard the number.

He carefully looked at the array mage in front of him again, this guy was richer than he had imagined!

No wonder Surel had a funeral.

The relationship is to take the opportunity to get the money back, right?

"Do you know anyone else who has received invitations?"

Matthew asked quietly.

Lele said a lot of names in one go, most of them were fifth-order mages who were well-known within the alliance.

Matthew was surprised to find.

There's even Blinken on this list of people who will attend the funeral!

"Isn't Blinken a wanted man for the Cult? He can also go? ”

Matthew asked, confused.

Lele thought for a while:

"He's also Margaret's ex-boyfriend, and it's not too much to be invited to the funeral, but with an identity like his, I think it's less than 50,000, at least 80,000......"

Matthew was convinced.

In terms of the ability to make money, I really have to learn from Surier!

At that moment, he chatted with Lele about Margaret's funeral.

Twenty minutes later.

The two got down to business.

Lele's professionalism is still very high, and after listening to Matthew's needs, he muttered:

"So you need a magic array that can envelop the entire territory of Rolling Stone, and the functional aspects require the fog of war, anti-stealth, anti-prophecy, anti-voyeurism, anti-positioning, anti-directional ultra-long-range spells...... That's probably it, right? ”

Matthew nodded slightly.

After a little calculation, Lele took a pen and made a list on the paper, and wrote a general number at the end of the list.

"It's not a difficult thing, this is the required material, and the cost of this is about 1.2 million gold coins."

He handed the list to Matthew.

Matthew was silent on the surface, but he trembled lightly inside.

One and two million?

Or is it just the cost of materials?

He looked at the names of the hundreds of magic materials on the list, and eighty percent of them he didn't recognize!

"Don't worry, the price of my business is absolutely fair."

As if sensing Matthew's concerns, Lele clasped his hands to his chest and said seriously:

"You can purchase these materials yourself, and then in the construction process, you only need to pay me for labor."

Lele's demeanor does not seem to be fake.

Matthew thought to himself that this number was too much more than the budget, and it seemed that the coverage area had to be reduced.

"Wouldn't it be cheaper if I only asked for the initial effects to be achieved near the core area of Rolling Stone, and the other areas only needed to achieve relatively easy effects such as the Fog of War?"

He asked.

Lele nodded:

"Of course, the reason why we need relatively expensive materials is because the territory to be covered is too large, and the price of materials can be at least half cheaper if we only arrange the core area for multiple functions, and reduce the functions of the peripheral areas!"

Matthew frowned:

"Is it only half cheaper?"

Lele patiently explained:

"There's a part of the material that's a fixed expense, and no matter how much area you're covering, it's a must, so there's no way to cut that part of the fixed cost."

"I can customize a relatively mature plan for you, this plan is called Fairy Veil, and it is a relatively large magic array that is more common in the alliance."

"After the fairy veil is completed, the entire territory of Rolling Rock will randomly generate a fog of war that shields perception, which will greatly increase the difficulty of spy infiltration and the cost of obtaining intelligence."

"And in the core area, I will add a valley to the fairy veil, the so-called valley, which is a powerful ritual field that will be silently swallowed up by any sight that penetrates.

Within the confines of the Glen.

Neither the gods nor any other mage could spy on the inside of the surveillance spell or the prophecy spell.

Meanwhile.

You yourself as the maintainer and presiding officer of the fairy veil.

You can monitor the situation in the area covered by the fog of war with two misty beasts.

As for the effect of the valley.

You can also choose to remove it at any time.

Because this is already a very mature business plan, you don't have to worry about running into impersonal situations when you use it......"

Lele gushes about the Fairy Veil Project.

To make it easier for Matthew to understand.

He even took out a map of Rolling Stones and wrote and drew on it.

At first, Matthew was able to understand a little.

But later.

When a large number of words that are unique to the field of spells begin to pop out of the other person's mouth.

Matthew could only smile and nod his head.

After all, it's normal for him, a necromancer, not to understand this.

"So, how much does the fairy veil cost?"

"I'm talking about the cost of materials."

Matthew asked.

Lele began to calculate on the paper again:

"According to the territory of Rolling Rock Town depicted on this map, as well as the demarcation of the core area, about 600,000 is already the limit, and if you cut the cost further, it may lead to the failure of the formation, which will outweigh the losses."

Six hundred thousand.

It's just the material fee.

Matthew's heart ached.

But he knew it couldn't be saved.

He forgot it himself.

The two ceremonial arenas and the Star Weaver Robe can more or less block the view of the outer creatures.

But the whole of Rolling Rock is now completely exposed to the sight of countless potential enemies.

This is in these turbulent times.

It's a very insecure thing.

"After the material fee is over, are there any other expenses?"

Matthew asked.

"There's also patent licensing fees and labor fees."

Lele expertly introduced:

"The Fairy Veil is part of Isabel's library of spells, and if it is used commercially, it requires a large license fee; But this is for personal use, so you only need to pay a symbolic two thousand gold coins, of course, with your identity and title, you can communicate with the person in charge of the spell library, and maybe you can reduce it even more. ”

"All that's left is the labor costs, and in the process of arranging the fairy veil, I need to hire four apprentices and four assistants, and a construction team of twenty mortals, and the whole construction process will last five to eight days.

The cost incurred per day is around 100 gold coins.

So the cost of this part is about five hundred to eight hundred. ”

Matthew secretly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

Labor costs are cheaper than you think.

But he soon reacted:

"And yourself?"

The array mage smiled slightly:

"My labor cost is 100,000 yuan, for Margaret's sake, I can give you a ninety-fifty discount."

"That is, all the labor costs add up to about 95,500."

After listening to this, Matthew subconsciously touched his forehead, which was not sweaty.

The difference in labor costs is too big!

However, he actually knew very well that top array mages were already very popular within the alliance.

This class requires mages to be proficient in the field of spells, and the direction of specialization is not very compatible with combat, so the number of array mages is relatively scarce.

However, many of the super-large ritual arenas have high requirements for mages.

This led to the fact that the top formation mages were indeed soft on receiving money.

Labor costs of 95,000.

It's really not too expensive.

But Matthew still spoke:

"Could it be cheaper?"

It's not that I can't afford it.

Just hope it's more cost-effective.

However, hearing this, Lele suddenly became a little unhappy:

"I never bargain in business, didn't Margaret tell you that?"

"Alas...... The thought that Margaret is dead makes me feel like this world is ridiculous, such a powerful battle mage......"

He began to babble again.

The words are full of regret for Margaret's unexpected fall and for not being able to confess in time.

Listen, listen, listen.

Matthew's heart suddenly moved:

"If you can compromise on the cost a bit, then I can tell you a secret."

When it comes to money.

Lele quickly changed his face and said with a cold expression:

"Is it you and the Evil Queen?"

"I'm a little interested, but only a little."

"And one yard to one yard, even if you tell me some secrets, it will be difficult for me to make big concessions on price, this is a matter of principle."

"But then again, did you really give birth to the Evil Queen's child?"

"I mean, sneeze?"

Speaking of the back.

There was a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

Matthew looked at the other party with interest, but still pretended to be lost in his tone:

"Unfortunately, since it's a matter of principle, I won't talk about it much."

Lele was a little unhappy.

But he replied very professionally:

"That's right, no matter how curious I am, I won't lower my value, this is my livelihood, this is non-negotiable, sorry."

Matthew said with a regretful face:

"It seems that Margaret's secret, I can only rot in my stomach."

"Margaret?"

Lele's voice suddenly raised an octave.

"You're not lying to me, are you?"

He looked at Matthew suspiciously.

Matthew Stall:

"I think I have a pretty good reputation in the league?"

Lele thought for a while:

"Okay, I choose to believe you, but you'll have to reveal the secret about Margaret first, or I won't be able to give you a discount."

Matthew smiled slightly:

"Margaret wasn't actually completely dead."

Lele's pupils shrank instantly, and his eyes stared at Matthew.

He maintained this demeanor for a long, long time.

A moment later.

He shook his fist vigorously and said in an excited tone:

"I knew it, I knew it!"

"I can give you a 7% discount!"

Matthew said slowly:

"I can also tell you about some of the things that happened after Margaret was killed, and something even more secretive."

Lele hesitated:

"That's 50% off, that's the bottom line."

Matthew walked the way:

"Don't you want to know how Margaret came back from the dead?"

Lele was even more shocked:

"Has she been resurrected? I'm not ready for this! ”

"Well, three folds on labor costs, this is really the bottom line of the bottom line!"

Matthew took a deep breath and said slowly:

"Don't you want to know where you can find Margaret from the dead?"

Lele slapped his thigh with a little collapse:

"Tell me all, tell me all!"

"I want to know everything about Margaret!"

"Not only is the labor cost free, but I try to purchase through my own channels, and the material cost is about 550,000 yuan!"

Smack.

Matthew put a contract that had been drawn up a long time ago in front of Lele, and filled in other figures such as zero labor cost and 550,000 material cost in front of him.

The latter looked at the contract with a quick breath, and his hands trembled slightly.

"Promise me, you can't reveal this deal!"

"Otherwise, even if it's for Margaret, I won't take it!"

His attitude looked struggling.

Matthew hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and swore a promise.

The two parties signed a contract in this regard.

And at the moment when the contract was signed, a new reminder came up on the data column.

……

"Hint: You signed a contract of entrustment with a human mage, did you use the contract field ability "Overlord Contract" to make minor modifications to the contract?"

……

Matthew quietly chose no.

The Overlord contract is still used to deal with the devil or the devil.

Nearly 150,000 costs were saved through Margaret's Secret.

Matthew was already content.

At that moment, in Lele's expectant gaze, Matthew lost a soundproof spell and began to describe in detail the true beginning and end of the matter of "The evil queen wants to have a child, and Matthew deceives the fetus".

The most important of these is, of course, the part where Margaret was reincarnated.

After listening.

Lele was dumbfounded.

It took him a long time to recover from the shock.

"So, you're Margaret's father now?"

"And Margaret is her own mother?"

"Well, in this case, am I not suitable to confess to her again?!"

He looked a little dizzy.

Matthew smiled:

"It's really not suitable, because Margaret is still very young now."

"If you really want to express your heart, you have to wait at least three or five years."

Lele was taken aback:

"Is it okay to do three or five years?"

"Your Excellency...... Forget it, I respect your personal orientation, but I can't understand it and can't do it! ”

His expression was full of loneliness.

Matthew quickly realizes that the other party has misunderstood, so he further explains Margaret's growth cycle.

“…… That's about it, if you want to visit her, you'll have to apply to go to Cyberdragon. ”

"But according to Mistress Suriel, it's better for us not to disturb her in the near future."

"In the end, this matter has to be kept strictly confidential, and you should understand the importance of this."

Matthew summed it up.

Lele nodded solemnly, he looked a little depressed and a little shocked.

It's been a long time.

He just adjusted from his dizzy state:

"Thank you for telling Margaret her secret, otherwise I'm afraid I'd still be in the dark right now."

"Speaking of which, I actually didn't lose anything."

Matthew looked at Lele inexplicably.

The latter's face flushed slightly:

"The 10,000 gold coins just now lied to you."

"I was going to donate 100,000 gold coins at Margaret's funeral!"

"Well, now that I'm not going to attend this funeral, I can completely save the money."

He seemed to be in a much better mood.

Although Matthew felt that there must be something wrong with the logic, the other party was willing to enlighten himself like this, and he was naturally very happy.

"So, when will it start?"

He shook Lele's hand.

The latter said firmly:

"Tomorrow starts!"

……

Lele's professionalism is still undoubted, and the next morning, he took Matthew to make a big purchase in the alliance mall, and spent 500,000 gold coins like flowing water, in exchange for a lot of incomprehensible materials.

In the afternoon.

He personally took his apprentices and assistants and began to measure the base point of the Quadrangle Ritual Arena in Rolling Stone Town.

Matthew accompanied him around.

Because he really couldn't intervene, he left silently.

During this time, he went to the office hall.

Reported the Fairy Veil Project to Rhaegar again.

He applied for a subsidy from Rhaegar in the spirit of giving it a try, thinking that this guy might not give it if he was in a bad mood recently.

Who knew that the other party just glared at Matthew.

In the end, it was agreed to bear half of the cost of the fairy veil.

This made Matthew secretly refreshed.

It's also more and more pleasing to the eye.

With that out of the way, Matthew went back to ask Zeller about the Shadow Leopard in the Jade Garden.

The reply received was:

The latest batch of Shadow Leopards were approaching Riptide City when they stumbled upon a robbery by the Silverfrost Brotherhood.

The two sides started a tug-of-war over this.

The Wood Elves really hated the Brotherhood of Frost, and the matter got bigger and bigger, and the members of the Shadow Panther simply joined the hunt for the Brotherhood of Frost with the Wind Chasers.

This coincided with the outbreak of the Riptide Demon Rift Incident.

Now this force is fighting alongside Hood, trying to rid the city of demons.

Naturally, there is no time to get out of Rolling Stone, and the arsonist is accepted.

Hear this answer.

Matthew couldn't help but find it funny.

The people of the Jade Court tried to come over and suppress this group of people again and again, but Rolling Stone's side was quite eager to send the arsonist over to receive the bounty at first.

As a result, it went both ways for more than half a year.

Shadow Leopard has always only heard its voice and seen people.

In the end, not even a single arsonist was sent away!

This made Matthew very emotional:

"Looks like these arsonists are related to me!"

But at the same time.

There was another thought in his heart.

Escorting prisoners was originally a very simple matter, but the people of the Jade Court just couldn't do this, was it really the elves who were too vegetable? Or is it just a coincidence?

Or is there another reason behind it?

When I think of that distorted equilibrium contract.

Matthew's heart couldn't help but be more vigilant.

He hadn't forgotten.

Setrenk is the leader of this gang of arsonists!

If these arsonists were a pawn that the other party deliberately left in his own cemetery.

Things can go badly!

However, considering that this group of people is under the surveillance of the ghosts twenty-four hours a day, their energy is mostly empty.

It's hard for Matthew to imagine what this group of people can make.

"Don't startle the snake for the time being, just strengthen your observation."

"If they are really Setrenk's shadows, then sooner or later there will be a day when they will be exposed, and I can use them instead, make some articles, and counteract them......"

"Coupled with the fatherly authority, I must have a way to get rid of that balance contract......"

Matthew calmly calculated the countermeasures.

Afternoon.

The brutal Sanger appeared in front of Matthew.

The Minotaur messenger brought back a surprising piece of news -

"Huh? Ai Lan said that he had a little trouble? ”

"The Willow Leaf Mechanism is still going through the procedure?"

"Jade Court is considering whether to allow me to enter?"

Matthew's face was full of surprise.

The Minotaur Messenger shrugged:

"That's probably it, I eavesdropped on the outside of the Willow Leaf Mechanism for a while after I delivered the letter, and those elf girls didn't have a good heart!"

"They've been slandering you during the discussion!"

"A few girls also said that you are a necromancer and are not qualified to enter the Jade Garden......"

Matthew frowned.

Are these wood elves corrupt or stupid?

From Ailan's request for help for him, and Isabel's special concern, it is not difficult to see that the problem of the scars of the dead in the Jade Court must be very serious.

They can't figure it out on their own.

And Matthew has a ready-made success story here.

I took the initiative to help, but the other party still disliked it?

Matthew had a look of confusion on his face:

"How do these elves have brains?"

The brute Sanger scratched his head:

"It's hard to say."

"If you have a little brain, you won't let your own queen give birth to a child to an extraterritorial evil god.

It's okay to give birth to a trace of the dead.

I can't handle it myself, and I refuse to help the owner.

My assessment is that maybe the elves are already in the form of evil gods......"

Matthew looked at his messenger with interest:

"You also know a lot about the Traces of the Dead?"

The minotaur spirit nodded:

"I've heard some ancient ghosts in the underworld talk about these things, and one of them is an old woman who goes crazy every time she hears the traces of the dead, and I suspect that she is the elf queen who gave birth to the traces of the dead, but it's a little wrong, after the elves die, their souls will quickly reincarnate into light demons, so they won't hook up with us in the underworld."

Matthew was curious:

"You have a lot of connections in the underworld?"

Sanger modestly said:

"That's definitely not as good as Viscount Fan."

Matthew's heart moved.

He had only known that Sanger had a territory in the underworld called the Land of the White Sun.

Now it seems.

The power of this messenger in the underworld is not small.

After all, the object of the other party's comparison was Viscount Fan, the overlord of the Crow Pavilion Demon Domain!

"If you have time, can you take me to the Land of the White Sun?"

Matthew asked.

"Gladly!"

Sanger's eyebrows flew and danced:

"If you can bring the High Priest with you, I guarantee that you will experience the beauty of the Land of the White Sun like never before!"

Matthew smiled:

"It's a deal."

After sending Sanger away.

Matthew went about his daily routine.

If Jade Cangting really refused to enter the country, then it would not be him who lost.

What's more, Isabel attaches great importance to this project.

Matthew couldn't imagine that Jade Court would be able to say no to Isabel.

"That's crazy, isn't it?"

Matthew thought so as he instructed the zombies to plant trees.

Ever since the Mother of Coolies transformed some of the zombies into farmer zombies.

Matthew discovers that these farmer zombies can not only be used to cultivate farmland and crops, but also master the important skill of planting trees!

And so it goes.

Matthew's tree planting efficiency has been greatly improved!

He found that as long as he led the act of planting trees, it was still approved by the will of nature.

As long as the zombies are not idle while planting trees, it's fine.

Of course.

The benefits of the zombie tree Mathew are a little lower.

The zombies have five trees of each.

Matthew can gain a little XP.

But even so.

It also greatly liberated Matthew's productivity.

Looking at the group of diligent zombies following him.

Matthew looked north.

A wave of pride and ambition suddenly emerged in my heart!

"It won't be long."

"The endless wasteland between Rolling Rock and Riptide will be transformed into a continuous forest!"

"Wherever the farmer zombie goes, it is the radiating range of the Sanctuary of Life!"

Think of it.

The shovel in his hand swung faster!

From late evening until dark.

From night till dawn.

Matthew never sleeps, and the zombies follow suit.

In this way, they wielded their shovels and buried in one pit after another the seedlings of oak or pine trees that had accumulated some time ago!

Then came the rapid growth and sowing of the ripening green liquor recently purchased from the Earth Society.

Soon.

Oak trees rose from the ground.

That's two days and one night.

Matthew worked tirelessly, as if he had returned to the time when he first came to Rolling Stone.

Until all the saplings have been consumed.

Matthew stopped planting.

And yet at this very moment.

He suddenly felt a wonderful power welling up in his body!

That power is full of vitality.

It was the oak realm he knew so well!

……

"Hint: You've done an explosive tree-planting act!

You've planted more than 3,000 oak trees!

The current number is: 3032

You have completed the hidden progression objective of the main quest "Planting Trees"!

You have gained recognition from the Realm of Natural Will and Oak!

You've explored more deeply in the Oak Realm!

You have received the "Force of Nature", the common reward of the Will of Nature and the Oak Realm!

Force of Nature: This power will grant you a random item on you, making it a demigod in the natural realm!"

……

Matthew was surprised to feel the force of nature wrapped around his waist.

He was still figuring out what to come up with to contain the power.

The next second.

A large amount of green light shone in front of Matthew.

These green lights resemble countless whispering elves.

They fly and fly.

Suddenly, his head sank down.

Followed by.

All the green light poured into the notched shovel in Matthew's hand!

……

"Hint: Nature's Force Infusion Successful!

Your item "Broken Shovel" has been upgraded to a demigod artifact, "Tree Mage's Shovel"

Tree Mage's Shovel: +1 Strength/+1 Perception

When you dig a pit with this object, the speed is 3 times faster than normal;

In addition, this shovel has the following special effects -

Indestructible: When you use this shovel to collide violently with other objects, most of the time it will shatter the other items directly!

Notes: This shovel has a texture of 33 points, which is much higher than the average 20 points for demigods.

Note 2: This effect is equivalent to physical dissociation, please use it with caution!

Note 3: Theoretically, you can use it to directly smash the Godhead (the average texture of the Godhead is 30 points)

Justice Immunity: You can use the metal side of your shovel to block or forgive most physical, directed, and magical damage.

Notes: Theoretically, it can be used to block all impenetrable texture33 damage.

……

Hint: Now that you have your first self-cultivated demigod, did you compile an origin story for it and spread it to the general public?

This will increase the chance that the "Tree Mage's Shovel" will become a legendary weapon.

You can also commission a bard to polish and artistically process the origin story......

……

Continue to ask for a guaranteed monthly pass, this month is very stressful, and I will continue to work hard to update, woo.

(End of chapter)