Chapter 198 The Life-Destroying Curse, Five Dragons Alliance
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"Tip: Your current level is LV16. If you want to continue to improve your level, you must continue to invest more XP and consume legendary practice points.
(Current status: There are still enough XP points and insufficient legendary points, so you cannot continue to upgrade)
Your attributes have been improved: Intelligence +1 & Perception +1;
Your contract slot +4;
You have gained new abilities "Negative Energy Transformation" and "Life-Killing Curse";
Negative energy transformation: You can transform yourself by injecting an appropriate amount of negative energy into certain parts of your body. The parts transformed by negative energy will gain additional natural armor, additional body strength, additional negative energy affinity, and additional
Overall casting speed bonus;
Warning, the bottom line of negative energy transformation cannot exceed 60% of the whole body, otherwise your body will irreversibly transform towards the undead.
Death Curse: Creates a pale energy chain between you and a target. This energy chain cannot be interrupted by terrain structures and can be extended up to 30 meters.
When the target is held by the chain, the opponent's resistance to instant death will be greatly weakened.
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Your ability "Summon Necromancer" is upgraded to "Multiple Summon Necromancer".
Multiple Summoning of the Undead: When you use the Summoning of the Undead, you can maintain a greater number of summons with lower concentration and control them more precisely;
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In view of your painstaking study in the path of the Necromancer, you can choose one of the following three areas -
Soul/Pale/Netherworld Weapon."
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Dense messages flashed across the screen in front of Matthew.
Compared with the last advancement, this time there is one less professional feature, but the overall improvement is still real.
Matthew first focused on field selection.
These three realms are all sub-fields of death, among which the soul is broader and grander, but also the most attractive.
"Pale" and "Netherworld Weapon" are relatively narrow.
Pale refers to a very special area in the underworld and a general term for a type of undead that are dominated by ghosts.
Nether weapons represent a field of weapon specialization that is highly related to negative energy.
Matthew hesitated.
First, "Netherworld Weapons" were excluded.
As a spellcaster, Matthew believed that he did not need to get too involved in weapons-related fields after already possessing the Skull of Augustus.
And between "soul" and "pale".
Matthew once tended to the former.
But after thinking about it for a while.
He still chose "pale".
The reason for not choosing "Soul" is very simple. The fields brought by advancement can only be passively endured and cannot be actively explored.
In this case, the randomness in the soul realm is relatively large, and Matthew is not sure what he can gain.
The pale field is much narrower and has a very clear direction.
Matthew could even guess what he would get by choosing the Pale Realm.
The next second.
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"Hint: You obtained the "Pale Realm".
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Your once temporary ability "Pale Hands" has been solidified into a permanent ability, retaining all its previous characteristics.
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You gain favor with pale creatures (ghosts, ghosts, pale horses, pale knights...) -
You have gained permission to enter the "Pale Land (Underworld)" at any time."
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really.
The pale hand naturally became a permanent ability.
This made Matthew secretly happy.
This ability is different from "Asdra's Claw". The key is that it does not require too much concentration to maintain, which gives him room to operate the bow left and right.
As for the permission to enter the underworld at any time, it is a little surprise.
Matthew thought it would be good to get some things related to the Pale Land, but unexpectedly he turned a remote place in the underworld into his own back garden!
No matter how remote it is, it is an underworld that strangers are not allowed to enter.
This means great strategic value to many mages.
As for the favorability of the pale creature, it's just a bonus.
He had no intention of becoming the "Pale Lord".
It would be fine if the ghosts under his command could work for him without any worries.
Compared to areas that have become commonplace, the two newly acquired abilities are the biggest gains from this upgrade.
Generally speaking, negative energy transformation and life-killing curse tend to be auxiliary abilities.
But both are of considerable value.
The former can strengthen Matthew's physical body at the cost of a certain amount of physical activity.
However, Matthew is very curious, if he uses the vitality of life to neutralize the erosion of negative energy, will he have the opportunity to gain the physical strength transformed by negative energy, and at the same time prevent his body from losing too many life elements?
And the latter is even more significant.
Matthew currently possesses many spells and abilities with instant death judgments, but due to the low probability of judgment, these abilities are often not on the table.
The Curse of Death will have a certain probability of reversing this situation.
As long as it is locked by Matthew's energy chain.
When the time comes, throw an instant death spell at the enemy.
If the opponent is unlucky, he will die suddenly on the spot.
This is undoubtedly a new trump card for Matthew.
In general.
The strength improvements brought by upgrading include:
But it's not as significant as imagined.
Matthew knew this very well.
The reason why he made the choice to upgrade was not to obtain a short-term improvement in combat power, but to ensure that he could play a greater role in the next battle.
After all, the Black Dragon has already secretly attacked Rolling Stone Town.
The next friction with the dragon is essential.
He just wants to develop in peace.
But some people don't allow it.
So he could only find a way to kill these people who were hindering him first.
That battle just now.
One of the reasons why the black dragon Maenogas was able to escape smoothly in the end was that Matthew's spell was exempted too much.
He made his own estimate.
At least 80% of the spells were exempted by the black dragon.
This is also the reason why Matthew just switched to melee mode.
Level is indeed not everything about combat effectiveness.
But it's also part of it.
When a third-level Matthew uses spells to attack a fifth-level black dragon, there will be an 80% chance of being directly exempted;
But now that his level has reached level four, the probability of immunity will drop directly to about 40%.
This is not only because of the unique talents of the Dragon Clan, but also because of the extra saving throws caused by excessive level differences.
Now Matthew's level has reached level 16.
He believes that the next time he faces the black dragon.
Your own spells will play a decisive role.
But it's a pity.
Because the resting period ended early.
My childish skills in the field of self-control have been broken.
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"Hint: You have broken the self-restraint in the control field, and your control factor is -10;
You gain the element greed*5;
You have entered the "indulgence period" in the realm of moderation.
During the period of indulgence, you cannot obtain temperance elements, and you can obtain double the greed-related elements."
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Matthew is quite interested in the special existence of the indulgence period.
This thing is different from cheat meals, it seems to have completely exited the realm of moderation.
The domain abilities "Heart as Still Water" and "Cheat Meal" also turned into flashing gray.
At present, it seems that these two abilities can still be used.
But there is already a hint of warning.
"If I gain a lot of the element of greed during my indulgence, will I completely lose the realm of moderation?"
Matthew was just thinking this.
A new message flashed in front of him.
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"Tip: Your balance field is taking effect.
You obtain a temporary state of "relaxation" from the equilibrium realm.
Relaxation and Moderation: When you are in the indulgence period of the Temperance Domain, you can obtain double the elements of the Greed Domain without suffering any penalties from the Temperance Domain."
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Matthew's eyebrows lit up with joy.
Is this the way to balance?
He usually feels that the balance field is posted back and forth between more than a dozen fields, without any formality and no effect.
I didn't expect it to have such an effect this time.
It seems so.
Matthew will not have to worry about the side effects of having two opposing realms at the same time.
Temperance and greed can definitely go together!
"I can even use these two small areas as an experimental subject. Before I balance life and death in the future, I can balance temperance and greed first. Maybe I can gain more experience."
Matthew thought secretly.
The above thoughts actually only happened within a minute.
A blink of an eye.
Matthew's attention returned to the outside world.
The three of them looked at Matthew like they were looking at monsters.
Zeller couldn't help but said:
"You seem to still have some strength left?"
Matthew waved his hand:
"A little more, but not much."
He told the truth.
The current XP is enough, but on the road to the fifth level, people like him who have started the legendary path in advance must accumulate enough practice points.
Matthew has none at the moment.
Therefore, it is a long and difficult road to reach the fifth level.
But even so.
Matthew's growth rate is enough to drive others crazy.
In just over four months.
He was promoted from the second level to the fourth level.
This was done under the eyes of everyone in Rolling Stone Town, how could they not be shocked?
Richard looked at Matthew deeply:
"I thought I had found out your details, but I didn't expect you to hide it so deeply."
Rhaegar even scratched his head:
"Honestly, if you were a devil or a warlock, I would be more accepting of it."
Matthew smiled and didn't explain much.
As the saying goes, the more you accumulate, the less you gain.
The accumulation of experience had already been completed when he planted trees day and night.
If it weren't for the goal of moving towards a more perfect legend, he might have reached level 20 by now.
It's just that that artificially high level doesn't mean much.
Now.
He carefully took out the equality dagger from his bag and handed it into Richard's hand.
The latter took the dagger and his expression changed:
"Named weapon? Are you sure it's that one?"
Matthew nodded slightly.
Rhaegar looked at the dagger curiously:
"Why does this thing look familiar?"
Matthew quickly changed the topic and asked Richard:
"With this weapon in hand, how confident are you that you can kill that black dragon?"
Richard couldn't put it down and played with the equality dagger, and he estimated:
"If I attack in a safer way, I can kill him in ten minutes at most;
If no matter what the cost, he can be beaten below the death line within three minutes;
But as you just saw, if the black dragon wants to escape, without a ballista, there is almost nothing we can do against him."
Matthew nodded:
"You only need to be responsible for providing enough damage burst when necessary, and leave the other things to me to figure out a way."
After that, the four people discussed the next situation.
Richard said that the black dragon's approach was silent, which was inconsistent with common sense. He was not even aware of such a powerful perception, which showed that there must be a more powerful force commanding behind Mae Nogath.
In order to prevent this, they must expand the scope of warning and be ready to deal with dragon disasters at any time.
They started to get busy.
Matthew quickly returned to the workshop in the cemetery.
He took out a blank piece of paper and began to write a review of this battle.
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"The biggest difficulty in fighting dragons is that they have huge bodies that far exceed those of ordinary creatures, with matching muscle density and natural armor.
This makes it impossible for ordinary swords and guns to break through the dragon scale's defense.
Ordinary ballistas pose a certain threat to dragons, but they are also difficult to kill.
There is only one dragon crossbow that really scares the dragon, and it is very difficult to move, requiring the cooperation of seven or eight soldiers to operate it.
The huge size and terrifying density of musculoskeletal scales give the dragon an unusually high error tolerance in battle.
Maenogas was twice the size of Philoleus, but his weight was more than twenty times that of the latter.
This gives them irresistible destructive power when charging.
At present, it seems that only the black warrior Argus can confront the black dragon head-on without it being activated.
Other units cannot hinder his freedom of movement..."
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Matthew stopped writing, sometimes flipping through books, sometimes stopping to meditate.
The dragon's natural armor is a powerful advantage that can be targeted.
In this battle, Matthew's dissociation technique played an outstanding role.
But the problem is that while having powerful physical advantages, the dragon also has good intelligence and mobility that far exceeds that of ordinary creatures.
If this guy chooses to fight head-on.
I'm afraid he has died countless times.
He has been avoiding the attack range of the dragon crossbow from the beginning to the end, and he is very cunningly active in areas with residents.
This leaves Matthew and others at a loss when playing at home.
This is not even the result of Black Dragon's deliberate thinking.
Maybe it's just a fighting instinct that comes from the true dragon heritage.
Have to admit it.
The dragon is indeed a creature favored by God.
Even if it's just a fifth-level dragon.
Only legendary strong men can fight against it.
"It would be great if there was a legendary warrior or legendary mage in Rolling Stone Town."
Matthew sighed softly.
Unfortunately, there is only one legendary thief named Richard in Rolling Stone.
The thief is most embarrassed when facing the dragon.
Can it cause effective damage?
able.
But not much.
The legendary thief is theoretically the most powerful against other legendary professions of the same size.
But faced with this giant.
There really isn't much they can do.
Fortunately, the equality dagger lent by Matthew can make up for this to a certain extent.
But no matter what.
When ordinary people fight against giant dragons, they will die if they are not careful.
This means Matthew has to do more homework to avoid this.
There was silence in the workroom.
There is only the rustling sound of the quill as it slides across the paper.
In addition to the staged summary of the battle.
Matthew also recorded two anomalies.
The first point is what Richard mentioned. The black dragon's sneak attack was so sudden that even the silver snake, which is good at perception, did not give advance warning. This is completely contrary to common sense.
And want to achieve this effect.
It requires at least a legendary level of advanced invisibility, or several levels of the same type of spells above level 5 superimposed on each other.
Considering that black dragons don't know any magic.
Then someone must have hidden his figure for him.
The second point is that when the black dragon escaped, a wave of air erupted from his body.
That layer of air waves looks very similar to dragon's breath.
But they are completely different in nature.
At least Matthew didn't see any bulge in his chest and abdomen.
That air wave is more like a magic-like ability.
But black dragons are natural magic insulators.
Spell-like magic is also impossible to exist.
Then there are only two explanations left -
First, there is some kind of treasure on the black dragon that can release air waves similar to those that resist the ring of fire.
The probability of this is low, because Matthew did not see him taking out treasures when he used Qi Wave.
Secondly, the black dragon has the blessing of a high-level powerful person, and this blessing may exist in the form of divine magic.
This possibility is much greater.
Two unusual circumstances come together.
There must be at least one powerful being proficient in divine arts behind the black dragon Mae Nogas!
But in this era, the gods have been exiled to Tianlun Palace, and it is difficult for the power of divine magic to reach the mortal world.
Who is it that secretly extended its tentacles to the surrounding area of Rolling Stone Town?
Matthew frowned, thinking deeply.
After a while.
He exhaled a long breath:
"It's not completely impossible."
"For a mage, as long as he can grasp enough information, he will have a chance to kill the opponent no matter how powerful he is."
Think so.
He quickly pulled out a brand new piece of parchment and started writing.
If you want to kill the black dragon Mae Nogas, you must first strangle his mobility...
One night passed.
Matthew made a preliminary plan to deal with the black dragon.
During the day.
He sent all his letters through the Crucible House channel.
Considering that some friends have no fixed place to live, Matthew even adds money for a magical service called paging letters. With the blessing of this noble and noble magic, as long as he is in the main material world, within a maximum of seven days,
Everyone can receive these letters.
besides.
Matthew also wrote two letters and delivered them to Isabel and Suriel through the alliance channels.
Although he didn't have much hope in these two divine mages.
But the necessary attempts are still necessary.
Next few days.
Rhaegar led everyone in Rolling Stone Town to rebuild houses and appease the victims.
Fortunately, the total number of people affected by the disaster this time was not large.
Under Rhaegar's reputation over the years.
Most people want to believe that Rolling Stone can fight off the dragon.
But even so.
The atmosphere in the town has also become much more depressed.
In the afternoon three days later.
An owl came to the office hall of the Lord's Mansion carrying a thick letter in its mouth.
Matthew happened to be there at this time.
When he saw the owl from the Alliance, he thought it was his letter.
Unexpectedly, the owl didn't even look at him.
Instead, he flew to Rhaegar's side.
Under Rega's somewhat astonished gaze.
The owl dropped the thick letter.
boom!
There was a slight trembling sound on the desk.
The owl flew away quickly.
Matthew and Zeller walked over curiously.
Rhaegar just happened to open the envelope at this time.
The outermost parchment roll suddenly flew out automatically.
There is a title like this written on it——
"Secret Order of War (in person from the Lord of Hundred Cities and the major lords)"
The three of them looked at each other.
They were all shocked.
The secret war order finally arrived.
The town of Rolling Stone received the secret order.
Does this mean that all territories throughout the South received the same content?
Matthew quickly looked over the secret order.
Confirm that the content above is almost exactly the same as what Margaret revealed.
Except for the registration time of the mage.
In the officially announced secret order.
The alliance requires mages from all regions to complete registration within two months.
And in these two months.
Private fighting is not allowed in each territory.
Even if there is a dispute.
A battle application must also be submitted to the alliance.
That is to solve the problem in an aboveboard way.
"The good news is that the black dragon is unlikely to attack us again within two months, otherwise he will suffer revenge from the Seven Saints Alliance."
"The bad news is that our dragon-slaying plan seems to be delayed?"
Matthew was a little helpless.
Unexpectedly, Rega shook his head, his eyes flashing with a firm fighting spirit:
"That's not necessarily the case."
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at the same time.
Where high leaf collars meet golden fertile fields.
Inaccessible misty hills.
In the thick fog that fills the sky.
The two behemoths were violently pushing each other.
"you cheated me!"
"Those humans are not easy to deal with!"
"That necromancer chewed off the scales from my entire tail!"
The black dragon Maenogas roared angrily.
Not to be outdone, the red dragon Kusulus pushed back with his head:
"Are they difficult to deal with, or are you too weak?"
"You'd better be polite to me if you don't want to be torn to pieces by me!"
Black Dragon seemed to be unable to suppress his anger.
He violently pressed his head against the red dragon's chin:
"Cusulus! You are a coward! You only hide behind the scenes and control everything! I want to see how powerful you are to tear me into pieces!"
Cysulus was furious.
He opened his big mouth and bit the black dragon's neck.
But at this moment.
A sinister voice came from the fog, instantly calming the two giant dragons:
"You are part of the great Dragon God's revival plan, there is no need to quarrel with each other over such trivial matters.
The red dragon Kusulus, the black dragon Mae Nogas, the green dragon Fatina, the white dragon king Algalon, the blue dragon Wilcox——
The five of you have signed the Five Dragons Contract and will become the "Five Dragons Alliance" from now on.
Within the alliance, fighting is prohibited. People must cooperate with each other and complete the orders of Lord Dragon God as soon as possible.
Or do you think Rolling Stone Town is a tough one and you need me to dispatch the other three Dragon God electors so that the five of you can join forces to capture Rolling Stone Town?"
It was a man wearing a weird mask.
He even looked a little too thin.
But when he came out of the fog.
These two arrogant dragons actually lowered their heads slightly.
"We don't need help!"
"We can take Rolling Stone ourselves!"
The two giant dragons expressed their stance one after another.
The red dragon Kusulus expressed it in an almost flattering manner:
"The reason why we are still waiting here is because the Seven Saints Alliance's war order has not yet been issued."
"As long as the Alliance of Seven Saints loosens its grip, I can conquer Rolling Stone Town by myself and fulfill Lord Dragon God's wish!"
"Please rest assured, Lord Thousand Changes."
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Brothers who are impatient, please take care of yourself. I definitely won't be able to finish writing this paragraph at once. I can only say as soon as possible. I'm sorry.