Chapter 199 Legendary Flying Technique

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 Rolling Stone Town after the Dragon Disaster.

 The atmosphere of war is becoming increasingly intense.

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

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

Due to the outstanding terrain characteristics of the Gold Prospector Basin, a huge underground fortress was built northwest of Rolling Stone Town as early as the time Rhaegar's father was in power.

 Only 1/6 of the area of ​​the fortress is developed, which can accommodate the daily living of the entire population of Rolling Stone Town in a short period of time.

This fortress is usually closed.

 Now that it has been launched, it is natural to reorganize and allocate various areas so that they can be used in time in future wars to protect the residents.

 The second step is the establishment of a wartime outpost system.

The black dragon's surprise attack was certainly an accident.

However, Rhaegar and others still clearly realized that the setting up of mobile sentries must be strengthened—since Matthew used the protective umbrella to solve the Mark of the Dead, the frequency of patrols by the garrison has dropped significantly.

 After the dragon disaster.

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

 Focus on monitoring the western and southern borders.

In this regard, Matthew also sent ghosts to monitor the situation in the northeast to ensure that Rolling Stone Town would not be attacked from both sides.

 The third is to quietly expand the army.

 The expansion of the army mainly involves recruiting more men to improve the number of garrison and its reserves.

 To be fair.

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

 In line with Zeller and Rega's estimates.

After this round of military expansion, the permanent army stationed in Rolling Stone Town can only touch the edge of 1,000 people at most.

 Only 200 members of the Lord's Guard are elite.

  In the "Secret War Order" formulated by the Seven Saints Alliance, the details of the battle are included.

  For the lowest level battle, the number of unilateral participants is set at 500.

 Generally speaking, the number of people on either side of the battle shall not be less than 1,000.

   This can be seen.

As long as there is a large-scale battle, all the troops of Rolling Stone Town must be invested.

 This is quite stressful for Rega and the others.

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

 These days.

Zeller has been studying the details of the secret war order.

 The number of details given by the Alliance in the official version is dozens of times that Matthew got from Margaret.

 It stipulates in detail the reasons for applying for a battle:

 Territory friction/territorial dispute/private grudge/merger of territories/his dog glared at me...

All of these will not be mentioned one by one.

 It is very easy to initiate a battle under the existing conditions.

 Only in principle.

 Battle requires the consent of both parties.

During this process, the alliance sent referee mages to intervene in flexible rulings.

 For example, if Gao Ye Ling submitted a battle request for 2,000 people to Rolling Stone Town and the Alliance.

Once the Alliance sees that there are only 1,000 troops in Rolling Stone Town, it may reject the high leaf collar's request for a battle on the grounds of unequal combat strength, or change the number requirement to 1,000.

If High Leaf Collar accepts the battle scale of 1,000 people, then it will be Rolling Stone's turn to make a decision.

 With the agreement of both the High Leaf Collar and the Alliance.

If Rolling Stone Town chooses to refuse the battle, then it needs to meet part of the "winner's reward" proposed by Gaoye Ling in the "Battle Application".

 The contents of the winner's reward are also negotiated by both parties with the intervention of the alliance.

 The main contents are territorial cession, war reparations, territorial privileges, etc.

 Reject war under such circumstances.

 In fact, it is equivalent to taking the initiative to cede territory and pay compensation.

 Between the two territories, there is also the term "battle protection period".

 Specifically, after one territory declares war on another and wins, it must wait another six months before the next battle application can be initiated.

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

But this does not mean that the Alliance does not encourage annexation between territories.

 In the details of "territory negotiation".

 The Alliance has given the option of merging territories without resorting to force.

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

 Given the enthusiasm of many people in Ain for negotiations, I am afraid that this item will become the mainstream in the future.

 But war is certainly inevitable in general.

 The rules of the alliance are more detailed.

 There will also be many loopholes.

 For example, the term "battle protection period" only exists between two territories that have just ended a battle.

 There are no restrictions on other territories.

 This means that Rolling Stone can declare war on all surrounding territories at the same time.

And all surrounding territories may also declare war on Rolling Stone Town at the same time.

   In this way.

What Rolling Stone Town will face is likely to be a wheel battle level battle!

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

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

The Big Three of Rolling Stone Town exchanged views on this.

 Three of them all believed that the details of the "Secret War Order" were one of the important factors that determined the future fate of the territory.

 Before the Alliance loses control of the war situation.

 The legendary mages who can intervene in wars and subvert the government at any time are the guarantee of the effectiveness of the rules.

 How to effectively exploit rules or even loopholes in rules.

 This is the goal that Zeller needs to study wholeheartedly next.

to this end.

The coughing sounds in the Lord's Mansion late at night became more frequent again.

 Matthew asked about Zeller's physical condition.

But the latter's mental state is not bad.

He told Matthew that his cough was related to the warlock bloodline and was not a physiological disease, so there was no need to worry too much.

Matthew can only be doubtful about this.

Rhaegar and Zeller were busy on their own.

Matthew was naturally not idle. In addition to writing letters and calling friends, he selected two key breakthroughs from the spells that could be learned at the fourth level.

 These two spells are of great significance for the upcoming war.

They are "Isabel's Flying Technique" and "Dragon Holding Technique" among the monster holding techniques.

Ordinary flying skills can be learned at the third level, but the effect of this kind of flying skills is very average. The starting and landing movements are very slow, and the lateral movement speed is a little faster than running at full speed.

 The cost-effectiveness of learning is not high.

 So Matthew didn’t learn Isabel’s improved flying technique until the fourth level.

 After studying all night.

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

 It is well known.

 Flying is actually a spell that changes the field.

Ordinary flying techniques are all about trying your best to change part of your body to simulate the characteristics of flying species.

in this case.

Even if the flying spell is cast, the mage himself is sometimes at a loss.

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

 And it’s time for Isabel to fly.

She proposed to deceive the change field and make the local change field think that human beings are a special flying unit.

As long as the field recognizes it.

Then humans can fly freely in the sky like birds.

 There is no cost to learn this spell.

As long as you can understand Isabel's deceptive spirit and learn the corresponding spell.

 However, this is also the difficulty of this spell.

Matthew went back and forth over all the theoretical knowledge about Isabel's flying technique several times, but he still couldn't figure out how to achieve the deception field.

 Fortunately, he has accumulated some elements of deception.

 Once you break through the difficulties.

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

 The effect of this spell is much more powerful than the ordinary flying spell.

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

 The only disadvantage may be that it requires a higher level of concentration to maintain.

 After all, it is very difficult to continue to deceive the field.

 After entering the advanced level.

Matthew also further demonstrated the importance of concentration at a practical level.

 Many high-level spells require extremely high concentration to maintain.

 Spells are also very different from spells.

 For example, Esdrael'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 higher concentration.

 Discovered through Matthew’s experiments.

 While using the Death Curse, he can only use at most one additional spell of a slightly higher level.

 A little more.

 His mental strength will be at risk of collapse.

 In various spells.

 There are also those with more flexible concentration requirements.

 One of the representatives is the summoning of the dead.

 You can use higher concentration to maintain the summoning of the undead, in which case you can micromanage each undead unit;

You can also use lower concentration to maintain this spell.

 In this case, the movement trajectories of the undead will have a certain degree of randomness.

 You can only give them a rough order.

 As for what we can accomplish in the end, it’s up to God.

And Isabel's flying skill requires more concentration than the life-killing curse.

 This means that it is difficult for Matthew to cast spells while flying at high speed.

However, Matthew saw this relatively clearly.

 Flying is for quickly avoiding danger and reaching high places.

 Casting spells while flying is a privilege reserved only for legendary mages or gold-rich warriors like Margaret.

He can't hope for the time being.

Matthew's mental strength and concentration are actually top-notch among mages of the same level.

However, these high concentration spells are so unreasonable and seem to be specially prepared for real geniuses.

in this case.

 He could only envy Lorraine's plump book.

 Just by reading briefly, you can gain two points of temporary concentration.

This means for Matthew that he can still maintain a life-killing spell while casting Isabella's flying spell.

 The effect is also so fragrant.

 “I hope Lorraine can show up.”

"If that doesn't work, you can mail the little yellow book to me and lend it to me."

Matthew patted his head and planned to write a letter to Lorraine later.

 In addition to the flying technique that he is learning.

 Matthew has made great progress in the monster holding technique.

 It only took half a day.

 He has conquered all the contents of the dragon's immobilization technique.

 This was a great surprise to Matthew.

  After all, monster immobilization is a spell in the field of enchantment, and it belongs to Suriel's domain.

 He has achieved nothing in the field of enchantment.

 I didn’t expect to learn this spell so easily.

Perhaps this is also related to the fact that he has mastered the human body-holding technique before.

“It’s also possible that I have some talent in spells related to immobilization.”

Matthew thought secretly.

It's just a type of spell such as immobilization.

 It is a relatively rare spell that can grow on its own.

 The success rate will not be too high at the beginning, and the immobilization time will not be too long.

There may even be an embarrassing situation where the person freezes but ends in a few seconds.

 In order to make yourself more durable.

 Matthew intends to seek the resources of the Alliance.

 See if you can find someone who can practice the Dragon Holding Technique.

 It was in Matthew's plan after all.

This spell is crucial.

 As long as the enemy can be immobilized for a moment, even if it only lasts for three seconds, there is a chance to put him into a near-death state.

 At that time, the surrounding layout will be completed.

 Slaying a dragon is by no means a foolish dream.

 In addition to learning spells and deducing the dragon-slaying plan.

Matthew is still integrating the undead in the cemetery to practice micro-management and command in a war situation to a certain extent.

 Because the upper limit of undead he can control has been increased.

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

   In this way.

 The number of skeletons and zombies in the cemetery has reached 360.

They are lined up together, giving people a sense of terror with no end in sight.

 At this time.

It was only then that Matthew truly realized the concept of numbers.

　　Hundreds of undead people can be as oppressive as the ocean.

 Thousands of words.

I'm afraid it's even more frightening.

But Matthew still encountered some obstacles in controlling the undead.

 The main reason is that there are too many people.

 He is not a professional general.

 Just fight small-scale battles.

 In a large-scale decisive battle, Matthew estimated that he would only be able to swarm in, wait in place, and evacuate quickly and other stupid instructions.

 More detailed operations are somewhat difficult for him.

 He is a mage.

 You can't just study military tactics or something on the spur of the moment.

 Even if necessary.

 It seems that there is too little time.

 What makes Matthew feel even more helpless is.

  None of the contracted immortals under his command are talented generals.

A Bing is a pure lone wolf who only knows how to fight alone and spread the hip-twisting virus;

Renesmee does have certain leadership skills, but the number cannot exceed twenty. If there are more, she will become in a daze.

 Xiao Fei does have the ability of a general, but once a war begins, he will appear more often beside Matthew as a personal guard or mount;

 As for Paige…

 Her cooking is very good.

 And in several high-level units in the cemetery. The black warrior Argus is a real general.

But it’s a flaw that this guy can’t stray too far from the cemetery.

 Elite Ghost Ali is also good.

 He has no choice but to command his own people;

 As for the new coolie mother.

This guy is purely an internal affairs talent. He can build a zombie construction team, but fighting is funny.

   In this way.

Matthew's dilemma of having too many soldiers and few generals was fully exposed.

 He thought about the candidate for most of the day.

 Suddenly I thought of a person.

 That’s Centaur Obest!

 As a tree shepherd, Obest actually has considerable commanding abilities.

It’s just that the creatures he commands are usually natural creatures, tree spirits and the like.

“Wouldn’t it be wrong to have a nature-loving centaur command an evil undead army?”

Matthew hesitantly found Obest.

 Speak out your thoughts.

as expected.

Mr. Centaur was shocked:

 “You want me to command those dirty undead?”

 He began to swallow furiously.

Matthew is smiling:

 “I’m just here to discuss this issue with you, you don’t have to be particularly nervous.”

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

“Sorry, Mr. Matthew, I know I am not qualified to refuse you, but I really can’t convince myself to get mixed up with a group of zombies or skeletons, even if they are no longer as hateful as they were in my eyes now, I’m sorry.”

  Matthew got the expected answer and was not particularly disappointed.

 At that moment, he patted Obest on the shoulder, then turned and left.

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

 It happened to be at this time.

 A white light flashed around him.

 A lively and cute little light demon emerged from the inner layer.

 “Dang, Dang, Dang!”

 “The little pineapple is here!”

 “Dear Mr. Obest, on behalf of everyone in the world of trees and seas, the little pineapple says hello to you!”

The little light demon flew onto Obest’s shoulder:

“Everyone is very concerned about the progress of immigration. How is the situation here?”

Obest’s face tightened, and then he sighed:

"Hello little pineapple, I'm afraid this is not a suitable place to move to. I have communicated with the lord here. A few days ago, a giant dragon attacked the small town near the woods. This place will soon be involved in a war. You are now If you come here, I’m afraid you’ll also be affected by the war.”

Unexpectedly, Little Pineapple stared with big eyes and said:

 “Is there a war here too?”

“But beyond the sea of ​​trees, we have been involved in a war—

 The ancient basin that we used to avoid danger has been flooded with a large number of twisted astral creatures.

 Many people were injured.

Those astral creatures are too powerful. Is this place more dangerous than the Ancient Basin? "

Obest became even more nervous.

 He asked quickly:

“How is everyone doing? Why are 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. At present, the only one who supports everyone to continue fighting is Lord Obest.”

"If there is only one giant dragon with two heads, it can be driven away with everyone's strength, right? It's better than dealing with a large number of twisted astral creatures. What do you think, Mr. Obest?"

Obest gritted his teeth.

Four hooves pacing back and forth in place.

   After a while.

 He resolutely said to Little Pineapple:

 “Get some of the people ready, and I will pick you up soon!”

Little Pineapple looked at Obest suspiciously:

"is that true?"

　　"Master Obest, aren't you trying to coax me?"

The centaur said firmly:

 “My words are a promise!”

 As he spoke, he ignored the little pineapple who was happily there.

Instead, he stepped forward and caught up with Matthew.

 “Mr. Matthew.”

“I am willing to become the general of the undead army. As long as you give me the authority to command them, I promise to give you a brand-new army!”

Obest said with a serious face.

Matthew looked at him in surprise:

 “Why did you change your mind?”

Obest said honestly:

"My people have been violated, and I hope to find a safe place for them in your oak forest—especially on the edge of the descendants of the World Tree. To do this, we must build a stable portal that communicates with the sea of ​​trees. , which may cost a lot of gold coins.”

 The more you talk about it, the more it comes to the back.

 His voice gets quieter.

Matthew didn't hear the word "gold coins" clearly at all, he just made it up in his head.

 “How many people are there in your tribe?”

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

Obest thought about it and said:

“The first batch, about 100... no, 50 people are enough!”

Matthew asked curiously:

“Are they all centaur tree herders like you?”

Obest explained:

“They are centaurs, but not necessarily tree shepherds, there are also spearmen, archers and magicians.”

“We centaurs are better at long-range attacks.”

Matthew almost drooled after hearing this.

 Centaur archers?

That is the top long-range unit in the multiverse!

Rolling Stone Town is currently particularly short of archers.

 What is there to hesitate about now?

At this moment Matthew waved his hand:

“How many people are there in your clan, I’ll take care of them all!”

Obest was shocked:

"is this real?"

"Are you really willing to accept all of us? My people are quite edible..."

“And it also costs a lot of gold coins to establish a stable tree sea portal.”

Matthew waved his hand:

 “A little thing.”

  Anyway, the money can be reimbursed by Rega.

How to say that recruiting archers is also a contribution to Rolling Stone Town, right?

Obest was almost moved to tears on the spot.

 He bowed deeply to Matthew:

 “Thank you for your generosity and kindness!”

 On the data column.

  …

“Tip: Your follower Obest’s loyalty to you increases to 85.

Obest shared his ability "Eagle Eye" with you;

 Eagle Eye: You can see distant images clearly;

Your long-range aiming ability is increased by 100%"

  …

 Can followers also share abilities?

 Matthew was greatly surprised.

 Obest actually belongs to the name of the Sanctuary of Life ceremony venue.

 He is indeed a follower of Matthew.

 Perhaps the Sanctuary of Life plays a role similar to the Pact of the Dead.

Matthew was very interested in this.

“If I recruit more followers through the Sanctuary of Life in the future and then ensure their loyalty, wouldn’t it be a continuous source of free prostitution power?”

“Even this kind of free prostitution ability can be directional...”

   Now.

 Matthew discussed with Obest for a while.

 The two of them confirmed some details about the Sea of ​​Trees portal.

Afterwards, Obest went into the cemetery with great interest.

 This is the first time he has entered the cemetery since he settled in Oak Grove.

That moment.

Matthew could feel that the elements between the two ceremonial venues were beginning to blend further.

  …

 Three days later.

Matthew, who was trying his best to explore the secrets of flying, suddenly received a message from Isabel!

 When that beautiful face lights up in the crystal ball.

 Matthew almost thought he was hallucinating.

He hurried to the starry sky cabin of the Crucible House to meet Isabel.

 The latter was wearing a mercury dress today. His eyes were slightly swollen and his eyes were very groggy, as if he had just woken up from a long sleep.

 “Are you going to slay the dragon?”

 Isabel asked straight to the point.

Her tone of voice was 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 on your own.”

Matthew pursed his lips:

"I can not do it."

Isabel raised her eyebrows, with a hint of contempt in her expression:

 “Do you have that ability?”

that moment.

 Matthew was under tremendous pressure.

 It seems like countless people are laughing at me in my own ears.

In the midst of the invective and ridicule.

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

"I am trying…"

 “But I will try my best!”

Matthew said with sweat.

 The pressure disappears instantly.

Isabel commented with both salt and mildness:

"madness."

 “But still somewhat human.”

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

“Finally reached the fourth level...are you learning flying skills?”

Matthew nodded and said:

"Yes, it is the flying technique you created."

Isabel said decisively:

 “Stop learning it, it’s a second-rate version for mediocre people.”

Matthew was shocked.

 Soon he smiled bitterly in his heart.

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

How difficult would it be to prepare a first-class version for geniuses?

 But what I need now is time!

 Hence before Matthew could speak.

Isabel looked at him with burning eyes:

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

 “How about it, do you dare to do this deal?”

Matthew’s heart trembled.

 He did not question whether Isabel could really directly teach herself how to fly.

 After all, Suriel also has this method.

There is no reason why Isabel, who is also a divine mage and is even more powerful, cannot do this.

 But the problem is.

 “What is that promise...?”

Matthew asked cautiously.

Isabel said coldly:

“I will tell you only if you agree to the deal.”

Matthew smiled bitterly:

 “Isn’t that just gambling?”

 Isabel raised her eyebrows:

"The question is whether you have the courage. Opportunities always come once in a blue moon. Even if you are my student, you may not always be able to catch me when I am in a good mood."

 Matthew gritted his teeth.

Isabel's words are quite similar to Suriel's.

 He ​​quickly realized that this might not be the time for him to consider cost-effectiveness.

 But Isabel is testing her loyalty.

 So he made a decision in his mind:

 “I do!”

"good!"

Isabel doesn’t have much nonsense.

Her body actually passed directly through the dark starry sky and the distance of hundreds of thousands of miles in time and space to arrive at Matthew's side.

  In an instant.

Matthew only felt that his body became extremely relaxed!

Isabelle held his shoulder with a hand.

 Carry him fiercely towards the dome of the starry sky cabin!

 Before Matthew could react.

 He seems to have traveled through time and space.

He has traveled through countless galaxies and planes.

 When he came to his senses.

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

In my ears was Isabel’s lazy voice:

“I have some minor achievements in the field of transformation, so it is easy to share a few spells with you.”

 On the data column.

  …

　　　　Tips: You have been granted the "Legendary Flying Technique" by the divine mage Isabel! "

 Legendary Flying: You have mastered legendary flying, but the consumption of mental power and mana is 5 times that of ordinary flying;

 You can use the spell downgrade ability to cast the legendary flight spell. In this case, you will obtain the fifth-level flight spell effect and the corresponding consumption. "

  …

 Legendary flying skills!

 Matthew could hardly believe his eyes.

 I am only at the fourth level.

　　He unexpectedly learned the legendary level of flying?

 Is this the power of a divine mage?

 He looked at Isabel in shock.

 The latter said calmly:

 “Now I can tell you what that promise is.”

“Then after you become legendary, you must assist me in killing Ekmund.”

These words rang in Matthew’s ears.

 It’s like an earth-shattering surprise!

Matthew looked around and realized that Ekmund, who had been inseparable from Isabel, was not there.

His heart was pounding.

 And Isabel in front of her.

The infinite glory and splendor of the divine mage are quickly fading away.

 Transformed into a ruined mummy at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"how?"

 “Don’t want to?”

Mummy Isabel asked quietly.

  …

  (end of this chapter)