177 led Matthew toward the east room on the top floor.
As he walked, he introduced:
"Don't worry, that child is very well-behaved now.
Under my guidance, he has become a complete vegetarian. You have to be careful not to let him come into contact with the smell of blood or fresh meat, as he will vomit.
Usually you only need to provide him with a certain amount of rice and wheat, and he will eat stones when he is hungry.
Of course, in order to ensure the intake of protein and fat, you'd better provide him with a bucket of milk every week to ensure his health.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have one, the troll’s body is strong and it will still be strong and durable even if it has been starved for several years.”
During the conversation.
The two of them arrived near the room where the troll was imprisoned.
Matthew noticed that the rooms here were essentially made up of individual fence structures.
In this area, as long as 177 wants to, he can build the building he wants by controlling various forms of basic structures here.
He claims to be the emperor of the Crucible House, which is correct in this regard.
After entering the room, Matthew saw at a glance the hill-like Sinwak lying on the ground and sleeping soundly.
He seemed to have lost a small amount of weight. Apart from that, the only difference from before was the appearance of a slender collar around his neck.
177 pointed to the collar and said:
"Did you see that the remote control in your hand is used to control the shock collar?
I set three levels for the remote control, each representing different strengths of current stimulation.
If he is disobedient, you can push the remote control to the first level, and the current that runs through the neck and spine will give him mild punishment.
If he does something wrong, then you push it to the second gear and he will quickly realize that you are warning him.
But in most cases, try not to use third gear."
Matthew reasonably speculated:
"Is it because the current in the third gear is very high? Is it possible to hurt him?"
177 nodded first, then shook his head:
"The first half of the sentence is correct, but the second half is wrong. In fact, the current in the third gear is so strong that he will think you are rewarding him."
Matthew was full of questions at that time.
"Xinwa!"
177 shouted softly, while not forgetting to explain to Matthew:
"This is the pet name I gave him. Sinwak is too difficult to pronounce and not intimate enough. What do you think?"
Sinwak, who was lying on the ground, suddenly woke up and hurriedly walked over, rubbing his sleepy eyes.
Matthew complimented:
"Your name-making skills are much better than mine."
177 Dali:
"I've known for a long time that I'm very talented at naming! Otherwise, Matthew, when you have children in the future, let me help you name them! It's best to have more children, so that I can maximize my potential.
talent."
Matthew's smile suddenly became awkward.
Fortunately, he has become very good at handling embarrassing situations recently.
He pretended that nothing happened, walked quickly towards Xinwak, and looked at the troll's body curiously.
After a few seconds, Matthew gently stretched out his index finger and flicked the skin of Xinwak's heel!
"Ah, Master doesn't want it!"
"it hurts!"
Who knows the next second.
The troll actually fell to the ground wailing!
Xinwak looked in great pain, covering the place where Matthew had hit him with his hands, and kept twitching on the spot.
Matthew looked at this scene in surprise:
"How is this going?"
177 came over and explained:
"At first, when I was training Xinwa, I found that he was too insensitive. Even if I gave him a punch, he would just groan twice and fall asleep. This situation annoyed me, so I used magic to adjust it.
How's that for his sensitivity? It's not bad, right?"
Matthew asked curiously:
"But his reaction is too exaggerated. Wait, how much sensitivity have you adjusted?"
"1000 times!"
177 said proudly.
Matthew gasped inwardly:
"Why 1,000 times?"
177 answers as a matter of course:
"Because I think 10,000 times is too cruel."
Matthew was stunned when he heard this, and felt that what the other party said seemed reasonable.
177 added:
"Of course, the training has been initially completed. If you want to take him away, I will cancel the sensitivity spell effect. I just don't know if he will feel regretful. After all, Xinwa is probably the first person in history to have
A troll with such a sensitive constitution, this alone is enough to be remembered in history."
Seeing the fearful look on the troll's face.
Matthew couldn't bear to ask anymore what happened in the past month.
He said on the spot that he was ready to take him away.
Upon hearing this, 177 immediately pointed to the largest button on the remote control and said:
"Then click this and try."
Matthew did as he was told.
After pressing the button, a burst of white light enveloped the troll's body, and suddenly, only a collar was left in place.
177 walked over, picked up the collar, and handed it to Matthew:
"You didn't expect it? I also added a dimensional space to the collar. This space is enough to accommodate two trolls. This is a design made to prevent Xin Wa from getting fat and unable to absorb it in the future. Oh, I am really a
genius!"
Matthew took the collar with a smile and found that there were words engraved on the inner ring——
"177's love necklace (made for Matthew, the other founder of "Ronan Must Die", I would like to use this to commemorate our friendship)"
Seeing this, Matthew was both moved and worried.
If Master Ronan found out that he had this thing, would he really not slap himself?
But the practicality of this collar is indeed very high.
In the end, he had to accept 177's kindness.
Later, Matthew took out a set of pottery from his luggage and gave it to 177 as a gift after returning from the south trip.
These things are everywhere in the abandoned kilns on Junliu Island. Matthew brought back more than a dozen sets, and he gave one set each to Rhaegar and Sif. The latter seemed particularly happy after receiving the gift.
177 As Ronan’s confidant.
Naturally, Matthew cannot be left behind.
He originally thought that the well-informed 177 would look down on this gift, but who knew that the latter actually cried after receiving the pottery:
"Oh, Matthew, I can't even remember the last time I got a gift!
That guy Ronan is busy outside every year and doesn't even remember my birthday.
The last time I received a gift was five years ago. At that time, he went to Purgatory and looted the lair of an ancient red dragon, killed several young red dragons, and made a fortune.
Before setting off, he promised me that he would distribute some of the red dragon's corpses to me after the event was completed.
However, what ended up in my hands was a large piece of red dragon intestines!
What's even more outrageous is that the red dragon seemed to have just eaten food not long ago.
Damn Ronan!
Is he suggesting that I eat shit?
Woo woo woo.
These pottery pieces are interesting, their shapes remind me of some ancient structures.
It’s a pity that it lacks some inner spirituality. I’ll go back and study it, maybe I’ll be surprised.”
Farewell to 177.
Matthew takes the elevator to the market area.
He wanted to visit the magic props market here, buy a few bottles of growing green liquid, and see if he could buy some equipment for himself.
After returning from the south this time, aside from the funds used to establish the Oak Chamber of Commerce, Matthew had more than two thousand gold coins in cash on hand.
In the past, he didn't even dare to come and see the magic props here.
But today is different from the past.
This time when Matthew walked into the official magic mall, his waist was straighter.
…
The official mall in the market area consists of a series of dazzling magic windows.
This is a store under the name of Archmage Ronan, and the items produced in it either come from Ronan's mage tower in Gemstone Bay, or from the properties of other archmages in the Seven Saints Alliance.
Matthew had just walked in.
It was surrounded by a pair of forks, a dinner plate and a magic broom.
"Do you need service, sir? We can help you quickly find what you want to buy, thus saving you a lot of time. You know, time is the lifeblood of a mage."
The three magical creatures said hurriedly.
Matthew declined their self-recommendation as a shopping guide.
Because these magic shopping guides also require additional service fees.
Although he is no longer poor, he is not the biggest victim either.
See Matthew is determined.
The three magical creatures dispersed in great disappointment.
Before leaving, I heard them muttering:
"It's okay. Those who don't want to hire a shopping guide are usually poor people. This kind of little mage doesn't have much luck."
"You're right, but I haven't opened for a month."
"There is no way, who forced several nodes in the north to close down? Since the mages from those wealthy cities can't come to the Crucible House, business here has become increasingly difficult..."
Matthew looked thoughtfully at the retreating figure of the magical creature.
"The node from the Crucible House to the northern city is closed? Does this mean that Master Ronan's situation in the star realm has deteriorated again?"
It’s useless to think too much.
Matthew withdrew his attention and walked alone among the windows.
But walk, walk.
There was something wrong with his face!
Matthew never expected that those magical creatures were right. Compared with the prices here, he was indeed a poor man!
Come along this way.
He actually had his eye on several magic props.
However, their prices are prohibitive.
…
"Advanced body bag: can store 25 corpses at the same time (only corpses), and only has 1/3 the size of a normal body bag.
Price: 200 gold coins.
Dragon Fire Amulet (Intelligence +1): Activate the dragon fire on this amulet, and you can instantly clear all legendary and lower buff spell effects on the target unit.
In particular, when the target has "Counter Spell", Dragon Fire can not only break the Counter Spell, but also apply the "Mana Ignite" effect to the target depending on the level of "Counter Spell".
Mana Ignite: Causes the target's mana to burn rapidly to the bottom in a short period of time.
Price: 5000 gold coins.
Shadow Staff (Intelligence +1): When you use this staff to cast a spell, you will summon three shadow images around you. In addition to having the effect of confusing the eyes and ears, these three shadow images can also
Accelerate your spell singing, increasing your spell casting speed to 4 times the original speed!
In addition, this spell also provides a large number of metamagic skill bonuses for shadow-type spells.
Price: 8,000 gold coins."
…
If Matthew could grit his teeth and still afford a high-end body bag.
Then the more coveted "Dragon Fire Talisman" and "Shadow Staff" have to be embezzled from public funds.
Go through the shop windows.
Matthew's expression became increasingly numb.
Later.
He simply ran to the display window of a legendary item.
Anyway, it doesn’t cost any money to take a look!
Only three props are displayed in this window.
…
"Oklo's Guardian Light Ball: After activating a specific spell, the effect of "Absolute Defense (Sixth Level Spell)" will be formed within a spherical range of 3 kilometers with a radius of 3 kilometers from the center of the light ball.
Price: 200,000 gold coins.
Oklo's Twin Angels (statue): After activating the statue with blood, you can summon two lower angels (LV21~LV24) to fight for you.
Price: 200,000 gold coins.
Ronan's cane: The cane used by Master Ronan when he was young to travel around the world. It does not have very strong magic power, but it has unique commemorative value.
Selling price: 100,000 gold coins."
…
Maybe I was blinded by too many zeros, or maybe I was completely numb.
Matthew actually didn't realize how expensive the first two props were.
It was just the last one that confused him.
"How can a mediocre walking stick be sold for 100,000 gold? No matter how black-hearted Ronan is, he can't do such a thing, right? Could it be that this staff has another secret?"
Unfortunately, whether there is another mystery or not has nothing to do with Matthew.
With his current net worth, unless he could find a way to kidnap Rhaegar for ransom, he would never be able to raise 100,000 gold coins.
Leaving this row of magic windows.
There was a raging fire in Matthew's eyes.
He can't wait to make money!
"At the very least, I have to get the "Dragon Fire Amulet". With it, I don't have to worry about the enemy's magic counterattack and buff effects. But the enemy still has to be afraid of my magic counterattack. If I go in and out, don't worry.
He is said to be a fourth-level mage, but I dare to fight even a fifth-level mage!"
Matthew walked to the cashier counter with high spirits and said to the staff:
"Here are three bottles of "Growth Green Liquid"."
However, when he got closer, he discovered that the staff member was actually the female mage he had met while waiting for the elevator.
She still wore thick black-rimmed glasses, and her dirty mage robe was replaced by the work clothes of the Crucible House, making her look younger and brighter.
"There is no green growth liquid for sale in the mall, only the higher-level "Quick Growth Potion". Sir, are you... eh, is it you?"
The female mage obviously also recognized Matthew.
She looked a little shy, but she still mustered up the courage to say to Matthew:
"Hello, my name is Rosita. I didn't even have a chance to thank you for your reminder that day - I was applying for a position here. I later learned that the Supreme Lord 177 liked to joke around when we were riding in the elevator. It is said that he was
Anyone who has been induced to accelerate will be scared to death, so thank you very much anyway!"
Matthew smiled and waved:
"It's just a small thing."
"Stop calling me Sir, just call me Matthew. Um, can you bring me the "Quick Life Potion"?"
"I probably need 3 bottles."
Rosita ran away happily:
"no problem!"
After a while.
She came over carrying a large drawer.
Rosita opened the box in one of the drawers, took out a bottle of dark green potion, and handed it to Matthew.
Matthew took the potion and glanced at the label in the drawer calmly.
"Quick Growth Potion: Powerfully increases the growth rate of plants (the effect is approximately 15 times that of "Spell: Rapid Growth").
Price: 200 gold coins/bottle"
See prices.
Matthew's facial muscles couldn't help but twitch.
"Matthew, is this what you want?"
Rosita asked.
Matthew nodded slightly.
"Does that mean three bottles?"
Rosita asked again.
Matthew blinked, thinking:
"No, two bottles are enough. I suddenly remembered that there is another bottle at home."
Rosita had no doubt that he was there, and she quickly put it on for Matthew.
"Here, a total of 380 gold coins."
she says.
"Is there a discount?"
Matthew asked unexpectedly.
Rosita blushed and nodded, she whispered:
"I can use my employee card to give you a 15% discount. This is our internal shopping price. If I can be promoted to supervisor, I will have the opportunity to get a 10% discount."
"Thank you, Rosita."
Matthew suddenly felt much happier:
"Where are you a mage?"
Rosita said sheepishly:
"Gem Bay, I was originally a third-level apprentice in Lord Erwin's mage tower, but Lord Erwin's assistant kicked me out because he thought I was too stupid. Fortunately, I successfully applied for the job that day, Lord 177
Give me a job, otherwise I will become a wild mage with no fixed abode."
Come to the last sentence.
There was deep fear on her face.
Gem Bay.
That's Ronan's base camp.
After Matthew paid the money, he put the potion in his bag, and then said to Rosita:
"I'm from Rolling Stone. If you have time next time, we can chat. I'm very curious about Gem Bay."
Rosita's face turned red again.
She was just about to tell Matthew that she only worked half a day on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays every week.
It's a pity that Matthew has left.
…
After leaving the Crucible House, Matthew returned home in a hurry.
His schedule was very full on this day.
At eight o'clock in the morning.
Matthew led Laila to a house in a civilian area.
Then he knocked on the door and visited.
The owner of the house is named Jin Li. She is a teacher of language, humanities and art at Silver Public School.
Jin Li is enthusiastic, responsible for her work, and is very good at communicating with others.
Except for her weight of 200 pounds, she has almost no shortcomings.
After learning that the purpose of Matthew's visit was to ask him to spare time after school to tutor his friend.
Jinli readily agreed and gave Matthew a 20% discount on the supplementary tuition fee.
Laila, who was originally confused, found out that Matthew actually wanted to pay someone to teach her how to read and write, and she became a little uneasy.
Take advantage of Jinli's opportunity to go to the toilet.
Laila protested softly:
"I can read! Common language, Underground Common language, even the language of the gray dwarves, I can...a little bit."
Matthew smiled and said to her:
"The president of the Oak Chamber of Commerce needs to know more than just a little bit."
"Jinli is a very good person. I hope you can learn more about human society from her. This is very important to me. Do you understand?"
Laila originally wanted to protest a few words.
But I heard Matthew say this.
She was silent for a while and then said firmly:
"I see."
After entrusting Laila to Jinli.
Matthew rushed to the Lord's Mansion non-stop to clock in for work.
Come down in the first half of the day.
He and Rhaegar were sitting in two offices doing nothing.
Zeller still didn't show up.
But since Rhaegar didn't say it explicitly, it shouldn't be a big deal.
Matthew didn't ask.
After having lunch at the Lord's Mansion.
Matthew found an excuse to escape, ran all the way to the oak forest, and started today's tree planting business.
Before planting.
He spent a lot of money to buy the "quick-growing potion" and tried different proportions of water-diluted effects, and roughly found a range with the best value for money.
He just started working officially.
With the help of zombies, planting trees itself does not actually take much time. It is mainly the wait and see afterwards that takes up more energy.
It's dark on this day.
Matthew successfully planted 24 oak trees on land further north.
This number is basically the maximum he can achieve without overdrafting the area.
If there are more, not only will the saplings be unable to keep up, but the life elements in the land will further deteriorate.
Although Matthew wants to get as many strengthening points as possible.
But the realm of temperance warned him.
Everything should be done in moderation.
At least that's what he planned to do until he got a lot of high-quality oak seeds.
…
Late at night.
After a quick dinner and a hot shower, Matthew poured himself a cup of strong coffee.
Then tonight's spell-making session began.
Due to the fast upgrade speed, his spell foundation is not solid and he needs to work harder than others to catch up.
And after entering the third level.
The spells he can learn are several times more than before.
Matthew spent a lot of effort to come up with a brand new spell learning list and schedule.
It’s just that the spell that ranks first on this list is unexpectedly not in the realm of necromancy, but a magical skill in the general realm, closer to the realm of change——
Malicious Transfiguration.
The reason why Matthew listed it first is simple.
Because this is a spell highly recommended by Master Ronan and must be learned after entering the third level.
It is said to be very difficult.
Matthew himself has been curious about it for a long time. Now that he had the opportunity to get started, he naturally chose to face the difficulty.
But before officially starting to learn the "Malicious Transformation Technique".
Matthew must first identify his own "malicious transformation target".
Generally speaking, there are three options here, which also represent different difficulties of malicious transformation——
1. Frog (or toad)
2.Wild Boar
3. Goat.
Matthew listed the names of these three animals on the paper and fell into deep thought.