The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 159 Are you going to borrow money from me?
……

After seeing the details on the list, Matthew immediately understood that this was Suriel's overt conspiracy.

placed in front of oneself.

It's not a consumer trap.

And pies falling from the sky!
It's just that the pie is too big and the quantity is too much.

If you eat it in one breath, it is easy to support yourself to death.

Spell empowerment.

This is an opportunity that every mage dreams of. As Margaret said earlier, it would take a very high price to solidify a certain spell into an ability through regular training.

The first is the time cost. A training cycle is 14-24 days, usually 2-3 training cycles to achieve initial results.

That is to say, it takes one month at the fastest and three months at the slowest to achieve the initial goal.

At first glance, it doesn't seem like much time is consumed, but the time here refers to day and night training.

Every day during the training period, the caster must drain his mana and mental power, and cast the same spell repeatedly.

This will also cause great loss to a person's will and mental strength.

The second is the cost of materials. Training needs to be combined with specific potions to be effective.

The most important of these is the potion that breaks the limit on the number of spells cast per day.

Take "spell knowledge" as an example.

The material cost of this spell is around 25000 gold coins.

Compared with the fully automatic Suriel construction technique, the price is only half cheaper.

Third, because in the process of spell ability, it is necessary to take potions that break the limit on the number of spellcasting times every day, so the trainer will have a certain probability of contracting "spellcasting addiction".

The follow-up treatment of this problem is very expensive, and there is no special treatment method within the alliance.

Therefore, there is usually a period of time between each training cycle, which increases the time cost in disguise.

However, this method is already a manifestation of the great progress of the magic civilization.

Before this.

A mage can usually only be capable of one spell in his lifetime——

And most of them are commonly used spells such as Mage's Hand and Illumination.

But it's different now.

You only need to spend money on the spells on the list in front of you, and you can get them at your fingertips.

50000 gold coins for each "spell counter".

Matthew didn't think it was expensive at all.

He even thought it was ridiculously cheap!

At the moment, Matthew took a deep breath, and his heartbeat gradually calmed down.

In this process.

There has been no wave in the field of temperance, and there is no tendency to call the police.

This is enough to explain Matthew's current state.

His brain is actually quite calm.

It's just that Suriel's name card was too tempting, and there was a certain physiological reaction.

No wonder Suriel is so confident that she dared to say in advance that she would squeeze you dry. It turns out that she is sure that no one can refuse what she offers!
Matthew looked up at Suriel:

"Is your price different for everyone?"

Suriel said with a smile:

"You're pretty smart."

"If you are a fourth-tier mage, the price of this price list will generally be doubled;
If it is the fifth level, it will be tripled.

The legend is another price tag. Not only does it require money, but it also owes me a lot of favors. "

"To be honest, I didn't intend to earn money from little mages like you at all. The money is barely paid back. My labor costs are all given away for nothing."

Matthew took her word for it.

Suriel really didn't intend to earn his money.

Her purpose is completely public——

She simply wanted to be everyone's creditor, including Matthew!
Therefore, she gives different prices for different groups of people. Anyway, the purpose is to drain your pockets and put you in debt.

Matthew secretly smiled bitterly.

He is actually a person who hates being owed money.

"Don't worry, you pick slowly."

Suriel's voice was very gentle. She sat across from Matthew, with her knees slanted together, holding a cup of coffee elegantly in her hand, her movements and demeanor were very similar to a tutor who was making up lessons for students.

Matthew bit his lip and began to think about what he needed.

After a while.

He took a pen and started ticking off the list——

……

"-Spell Rebound-
man of Steel-
Spell Nullification Barrier (with yourself as the center, create a spherical space with a radius of 18 meters, in which all non-legendary spells cannot take effect)
Price: 100000 gold coins-
Spell upgrade (except for summoning and prophecy, all the spells you cast will have their effects increased by one level)
Price: 100000 gold coins-
Instant cast spells (when casting spells of the same level, your spell effects will appear synchronously with your singing;
When casting spells lower than the second level of your own level, your channeling time is shortened to 0.02 seconds. )
Price: 100000 gold coins-
Any door (you can open a portal within your field of vision, the other end of the portal must not be more than 150 meters away from this door, and your brain must have a strong enough impression of the space at the other end of the door.

Warning: The accident rate of any door is 100 times that of the wall penetration technique, please try to use it within the range of vision.

Available 20 times per day)
Price: 100000 gold coins"

……

Each of the spells he chose was carefully considered.

"Spell Rebound" and "Man of Steel" are pure instant combat power. The former, together with Spell Counter and "Spell Invalidation Barrier", constitute the three qualities of Matthew's ability to deal with mages;

The latter, together with the "immortal body", made Matthew's physical body safer.

"Instant Spell" and "Spell Upgrade" are options with great potential, and their effects will increase with the improvement of Matthew's strength.

Even in the future, these two abilities will be very useful.

As for "Spell Nullification Barrier" and "Anywhere Door".

They are also notorious panacea spells, and early learning always comes in handy.

With this set of combat spells as a foundation, Matthew only needs to make up the foundation a little bit, and then he can devote all his energy to the necromancy spells and the exploration of the domain.

Check the last tick.

Matthew only felt a little tightness in his wrist.

He glanced at the list of spells on the list again, his eyes slightly reluctant.

But Matthew resisted the urge to continue ticking boxes.

Krypton gold is a bottomless pit.

He doesn't want to work for others all his life.

Suriel construction technique is indeed one of the channels to quickly become stronger.

Matthew is willing to use this shareholder style to further strengthen his own shortcomings.

But he is also very clear.

I am not Fei Capital, not Suriel, not even Margaret.

This road belongs to them, not their own.

Matthew has his own path to walk.

He joined the alliance to learn from each other's strengths, not to completely abandon his own legendary way!

"After this period of time passes, it's time to settle down. The knowledge of spells in the alliance has disturbed my eyes."

"I should return to the ordinary woods and cemeteries."

"Nature and immortality, that is my path!"

Matthew's will gradually became firmer.

"Have you chosen?"

Suriel's gentle voice changed a rare tone:

"Are you sure you only need these six?"

Matthew nodded:

"My money should be enough, right?"

Suriel put it bluntly:
"Not enough, you only have 47 gold coins in your storage items, you need to pay 50 here, and you still need to borrow [-]."

Matthew quickly said:
"I don't need to borrow [-] gold coins. I can go back to Rolling Stone Town to collect some and send them to you soon."

Suriel did not make things difficult for him:
"can."

"But are you sure you don't want to choose more? You only have this chance. Next time, even if you kneel at the alliance headquarters and beg me, I won't serve you for free."

Matthew's emotions have calmed down now.

He was still in the mood to smile:
"For me, these are enough, and we will talk about the future."

Suriel looked at him with interest:
"You are the most reserved mage I have ever met."

"Margaret was already in debt of more than 200 million when she was your age.

As a result, she herself transformed from a very ordinary little mage into a champion of three consecutive battle mage competitions.

This is the charm of Suriel's construction.

Let me remind you one last time, once the list is confirmed, it cannot be changed after that.

If you choose more spells, you can make yourself more powerful.

And being strong is the foundation of making big money.

Look at Margaret, she repaid more than 100 million yuan at a young age, and she only needs to work for me for a few decades before she can repay the remaining interest.

If she didn't have the courage to burn the boat back then.

I'm afraid that I don't know which corner is being used as a human battery by some intermediate mages. "

Suriel's words were straightforward.

Her advice is also very sincere.

But Matthew still chose to decline.

"Very well, it seems that you are really resistant to making me your creditor."

A trace of displeasure flashed in Suriel's eyes.

Matthew hurriedly said:
"You are willing to help me solidify the spell for free. I am very grateful for this. I will always keep this favor in my heart. As long as you need me, I will not dare to refuse."

His words reached Suriel's heart.

She probably just likes the feeling that others owe her—whether it's favors or money.

Suriel smiled, stood up and greeted Matthew:

"Okay then, let's go to the studio with me."

talking.

A portal appeared in front of the two of them.

Matthew walked in.

I came to a place surrounded by glass, with the feet hanging in the air and the sky above my head.

He looked around, and suddenly found a huge city floating in the sky on the left.

The architectural style on that floating city is very fashionable.

From time to time, there is a streamer flying over it, which seems to be a small aircraft?
The composition of the whole scene gives people a taste of a sci-fi blockbuster.

"Don't be nervous, you can't see it from the outside."

Suriel said softly.

Matthew asked curiously:

"Is that the alliance's floating city?"

Suriel shook his head:
"That's Cyberdragon, inhabited by a bunch of paranoid artificers."

Matthew was startled:
"Your residence is next to Cyberron?"

Suriel nodded:
"No way, someone has to keep an eye on Cyberron, lest Artificers blow up the world. It just so happens that I am the best mage in the field of enchantment and protection in the alliance, so this job is my turn."

"Quick, take off your clothes, I want to check your body."

Matthew instinctively wanted to take off his shirt.

But his movements froze instantly:

"Why are you undressing?"

Suriel urged:

"Because it is necessary to select the site where the constructing spell is implanted, the human body is very mysterious, each organ has a different function, and the same is true for the skin.

Although the Suriel structure is buried in the subcutaneous fat layer and rarely affects the human body itself, if the best part can be selected for curing, the effect will be better. "

As she spoke, she seemed a little impatient, and flicked her fair index finger lightly.

The clothes on Matthew were swept away immediately!

"Hold your hands up, open your thighs, don't cover them, let me take a good look."

Suriel's tone didn't fluctuate.

Matthew told himself repeatedly that it was all about getting spells.

Gradually, his slightly restless heart calmed down.

Suriel walked around him for a week and asked suspiciously:

"Is your body not in good health?"

Matthew thought about it.

Turned off the moderation field.

After a while.

Suriel nodded in satisfaction:

"Well, it looks healthy."

"Next, I will conduct a round of magic tests on you to determine the final implantation site."

talking room.

Circles of colorful magic runes surrounded Matthew's body, wrapping him tightly like a huge silkworm chrysalis.

5 minute later.

The brilliance of magic dissipated.

Suriel took a magic pen, first grabbed the wrists of Matthew's two hands, and drew a cross on each of them.

Then she turned Matthew around and drew a cross on the inside of his back shoulder blade.

Then she opened Matthew's thigh.

Draw three crosses in a row on the inside of his thigh.

Matthew could feel the skin touched by the magic pen, as if it was being burned, there were bursts of pain.

But the pain didn't last long.

He felt some mischievous magical energy creeping in, but in a form he hadn't seen before.

The nature is also more stable than normal magical energy.

"It's done, that's it."

Suriel said.

The clothes that had been stripped off suddenly appeared on Matthew.

"Pay the money, I have already reserved a hole in your body for spell solidification. After three days, come here with the remaining [-] gold to find me, and I will perform the spell solidification ceremony for you."

Suriel issued an order to evict the guest.

Matthew reluctantly paid the money.

Then with the help of Fat Cat Aggie, he left Suriel's Crystal Castle.

……

"Hint: Relying on your willpower, you resisted the temptation from Suriel's construction technique. This is a shocking feat, and you are stepping into the field of temperance again.

In return for getting involved in the field, you can choose one of the following three abilities-

1. Deception meal (Every ten days, you can choose a day to practice in the temperance field in the form of self-deception. On that day, no matter how indulgent you are, it will not affect the accumulation of elements in the temperance field, and instead have may speed up the progress of field exploration)
2. Ascetic Monk (You can choose to eliminate a worldly desire to obtain a more powerful attribute bonus)
3. Flexible bottom line (restraint or indulgence, this is a question. After obtaining this ability, you will have the opportunity to gain a very low probability of getting involved in the indulgence field through behavior in the temperance field.)”

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"Spending 50 yuan a day, is this considered a success in temperance?"

Matthew was a little surprised.

He took a look at the three abilities.

First of all, ascetic monks are excluded, which is probably not even chosen by Li Weiqi.

He tossed back and forth between "cheat meal" and "flexible bottom line."

Finally chose the former.

Matthew is very confident in his "talent" in the field of development. Even if he wants to master the field of indulgence, there is no need to use this ability to develop it.

Instead, cheat meals can make him less self-restraining at times.

Occasional indulgences contribute to physical and mental well-being.

Even if you can't use it now.

It will definitely come in handy in the future.

Subsequently.

The temperance field of the second exploration also blessed Matthew with a permanent state.

……

"Absolute Concentration: Your Concentration is permanently +1"

……

The instructions are simple.

The effect is powerful.

Almost all of the "focus" buffs that Matthew received before were temporary.

Permanent plus focus is too fragrant for mages!
"It seems that as long as you face a temptation once and complete a restraint, you can smoothly enter the restraint field and ask for it. Isn't this another kind of tauren?"

"It's a pity that there are too few temptations that can trigger domain judgments."

Matthew left the Crystal Palace thinking wildly.

He intends to return to Rolling Stone Town as soon as possible to find someone to borrow money.

But in the teleportation hall in the cauldron.

Matthew accidentally bumped into Ekmond and another old mage with a kind face and a little out of focus eyes.

When Ekmond saw Matthew, he smiled and said:
"Come back from Suriel?"

Matthew nodded.

Ekmond immediately looked at the old mage gloatingly:
"It's said that you are slow. Suriel has been eyeing this kid for a long time, and specially arranged for Margaret to be his teacher, so she pushed the boat along the way and snatched the lead without any trace."

The old mage shook his head and sighed:
"No one in the league is better at making money than those two women. I thought I'd come fast enough."

Ekmond smiled and introduced to Matthew:

"This is the Guardian of the North, Mr. Roderick. He is famous for divination spells, the manufacture of magic items, and the imitation of ancient artifacts. Of course, he is even more famous for the high-quality imitations that come out of Roderick's factory. You Should have heard of it."

Matthew hurriedly saluted.

Eckmond said again:

"Roderick heard that you made a lot of money, so he came here from the north to sell you a batch of products. Unfortunately, it seems that his high imitation semi-artifact may not be sold."

See Roderick sighed.

Matthew was very surprised.

Are these legendary mages engaged in some competition?

Do you have to squeeze out the newcomers who have just got a lot of money?

And what about Eckmond?

It is said that?

Who else knows that I made a fortune but you?
Secretly slandering.

On the surface, Matthew laughed along with him, and by the way gave him the gold coin that he lost to Eckmond.

"I just said, within three days you will definitely spend that money."

Eckmond said with a smile.

At this moment, Roderick suddenly said:

"Eckmond, let's make a bet."

"This kid just came out of Suriel, so we bet how much Suriel's debts are on him?"

"Both of us don't use divination. How about seeing who can guess more accurately?"

Ekmond looked at him with a smile, glanced at Matthew, and suddenly said decisively:
"I bet he owes at least 50!"

Roderick shook his head and said:
"You are too conservative, I think it is at least 100 million!"

"You and I both understand Suriel's ability. Before that, the lowest debt record of a mage who came out of the Crystal Palace was 30."

"It seems you want me to win."

Watching two legendary bosses make a bet in front of his face.

Matthew's forehead was sweating immediately.

He asked cautiously:
"What if the actual number is far from what both of you guessed?"

Eckmond suddenly became serious:

"You don't owe more than 200 million, do you?"

Matthew didn't know what to say.

Roderick immediately stopped him:

"Don't follow the child's words, just say what to do."

Eckmond said casually:
"If the real answer is really different from what we guessed, then put our two bets on him."

Roderick nodded to express that he had no opinion.

Under the common eyes of the two.

Matthew said with difficulty:
"I temporarily owed [-] yuan on credit, but I didn't borrow any money. I can pay it off when I go back and collect a little."

The two legendary mages looked at each other with expressions of disbelief.

"Silly boy, how can you let go of the opportunity to reach the sky in one step?"

"Do you know how many people begged Suriel to cure her, but they couldn't even see Margaret because they had no way out?"

"Although we always tease not to be in debt with her, that's just teasing. Even Teacher Isabel will encourage you to solidify a few more spells with Suriel. This is a rare opportunity."

Eckmond looked a little anxious.

He seemed to genuinely feel that Matthew had wasted a great opportunity.

Matthew could only keep smiling at this, and explained in a low voice that the matter was a foregone conclusion.

finally.

In the regretful eyes of the two legendary mages.

Matthew also received bets from two legendary mages——

Those were two spell gold coins with their portraits printed on them.

There is a unique magic in gold coins.

The two didn't say how to use them, and Matthew could only put them in his pocket as ordinary gold coins.

After bidding farewell to the two legends, Matthew was finally able to return to Rolling Stone Town.

He rushed to the Lord's Mansion in a hurry.

"Rega, I have something to do with you."

He went straight to the point.

Rhaegar, who was reading a newspaper in pajamas, did not lift his head:
"There is no need to talk about practicing spells, and there is no need to talk about borrowing money."

"I need [-] gold coins, it's urgent."

Matthew said.

Seeing his serious attitude, Rega didn't make any jokes, he just frowned and said:
"Didn't you just get a sum of money a few days ago? You squandered it so quickly?"

"It's not impossible if you want to borrow money, but we must make it clear in black and white. In addition, I will charge you some symbolic interest. After all, it is Kujin from Rolling Stone Town."

Matthew asked in a little surprise:

"Didn't you just get a sum of money a few days ago? This is all squandered?"

Rega didn't wait for an answer.

A cute little head poked out from the corridor:
"Matthew, do you want to borrow money from me?"

"I got a lot of pocket money recently."

"I don't charge you interest."

Sif looked at him with big eyes shining brightly.

behind the desk.

Rhaegar's expression suddenly became painful.

……

As he wished, he got a [-] interest-free loan from the Lord's Mansion.

Matthew's steps back to the oak forest became brisk.

He happily finished planting today's oak trees.

Kacha Kacha made the tombstone again.

Noon.

A little black cat jumped into the cemetery.

He came to Matthew and turned into a human form.

"Eli?"

Matthew looked at the other party with some surprise. He looked around, but found no trace of the little white cat.

Eli said to him with a complicated expression:

"Matthew, I have to tell you something."

"A very important thing."

……

(End of this chapter)