All the Necromancer Wants is to Plant Trees

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"Wild Transformation: You have mastered the basic skills of a shapeshifter, allowing you to transform into a creature favored by the wilderness without the need for casting or chanting.

You can choose one of the following animals as your wild form:

Skunk;

Raven;

Dugong Dragon."

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Isn't Wild Transformation the specialty of the Druid?

Matthew was quite surprised.

This is probably another trick created by the two conflicting game systems.

In the end, Matthew chose the "Raven" as his wild form.

This was done to make up for his weaknesses.

All three animals are small beasts and do not occupy a high ecological niche in the food chain, so their combat abilities are average.

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The skunk is more agile.

Transforming into a skunk might help with escaping in complex mountainous or forested areas, but other than that, it doesn't have many advantages.

Matthew wouldn't transform into a skunk just to squeeze musk for himself.

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The Dugong Dragon is a small dragon-like creature with a body shape similar to a hunting dog.

However, the dragon bloodline in this small creature is even weaker than that of a kobold.

There is no dragon power or magic to speak of.

The Dugong Dragon has a certain storage capacity, with a natural dimensional space inside its belly.

The size of the space is linked to the Dugong Dragon's level.

A newborn Dugong Dragon hatchling has one grid of dimensional space, and each level increase adds another grid.

Each grid of dimensional space is about the size of a medium-sized pumpkin and can hold a lot of things.

If it were to choose an animal companion, Matthew would not hesitate to choose the Dugong Dragon.

But this is Wild Transformation.

Turning into a mobile storage space would make Matthew feel insecure instead.

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Compared to the other two animals, the advantages of the raven are obvious—

It can fly!

And it's fast!

Matthew thought it would be worthwhile to use the raven solely for traveling or escaping, not to mention that the raven also has excellent scouting abilities.

The only drawback of this animal is its weak constitution.

The raven only has 1 point of health.

Once it is discovered by an enemy with anti-air capabilities, it is very easy to be knocked out of its wild form.

"There's no perfect option..."

Matthew was quite satisfied with his new ability.

In his impression, many powerful mages would transform into a raven.

This is a good sign.

He checked the taskbar.

The reward for "Wild Transformation" comes from "Subsequent Task 2: Maintenance is also important!".

In addition to the new ability, he also gained 200 XP.

And the task itself hasn't changed.

This means it is a long-term, repeatable task, just like planting trees.

"As long as there is a threat and I successfully defend against it, I can get a reward. Can I deliberately attract threats... and repeatedly farm rewards?"

Matthew just thought about it.

After all, he couldn't determine the system's judgment criteria.

If he messed up, it would be a loss.

And in terms of personality, Matthew actually doesn't like fighting, killing, or engaging in any tricky operations.

He prefers to slowly plant trees and passively defend.

Being able to harvest stable happiness is enough.

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"Chirp chirp!"

The oak fairies appeared.

They surrounded Matthew and sang loudly, praising his heroic deeds of driving away the arsonists.

The fairies disliked the skeleton soldiers, but they liked Matthew.

Perhaps it was because of Matthew's extremely high affinity with nature.

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"You have received the blessing of Fairy Princess Lulu!

You have obtained the semi-permanent state: Jungle Eye!

You have obtained the semi-permanent state: Oak Wind!

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Jungle Eye: When you are in the jungle, your vision is greatly enhanced, and you can see things behind you.

Oak Wind: When you actively approach an oak tree, it will release natural power to heal your wounds, soothe your soul, and greatly accelerate your mana recovery.

When there are oak fairies living on this oak tree, the effect of Oak Wind is doubled.

..."

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Fairy Princess?

Matthew curiously looked towards the pile of fairies.

But all he saw was a flickering shadow—

Lulu was very shy.

Matthew had only heard her name from other fairies before, but had never seen her appearance.

Even tonight, when Lulu appeared and bestowed blessings upon Matthew, he still couldn't see her face clearly.

"Thank you."

Matthew expressed his gratitude towards the place where the white light disappeared.

"Jungle Eye" and "Oak Wind" are both very useful states.

And the prefix "semi-permanent" means that as long as Fairy Princess Lulu is still alive,

they will remain in effect.

According to Matthew's speculation,

Lulu should have just been promoted to Fairy Princess.

She is still young.

And there is a chance for her to be promoted to a more powerful and longer-lived Fairy Queen.

As long as the oak forest remains safe,

these two states are no different from being permanent.

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Matthew calmed the frightened fairies a little before walking down the hill.

At the edge of the farm,

the flames gradually subsided.The skeleton soldiers dragged the bodies of the arsonist and his followers slowly.

Peggy was wiping her bone blade.

Meanwhile, not far away.

A blue halo was drifting aimlessly.

It was a specter with a bewildered expression.

It wasn't until Matthew approached that the specter's eyes gradually regained their luster.

"Matthew... it was you who helped me."

The specter realized what had happened.

Matthew raised his withered wooden staff, and a stream of negative energy flowed into the specter's body. Its originally almost ethereal spirit regained some luster.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Famar, I couldn't come earlier."

Matthew sighed softly.

Famar was the owner of this farm.

He and his family were supposed to have died at the hands of those villains.

When Matthew planned to chase after the arsonist earlier.

He felt a powerful resentment coming from the direction of the farm.

This resentment continued to grow despite the raging fire.

It sensed Matthew's presence.

And begged him for a chance for revenge.

Naturally, Matthew wouldn't refuse.

If such a powerful resentment was left unattended, it would undoubtedly give birth to a ruthless ghost that killed without hesitation.

He responded to the plea with the summoning spell of the undead.

In the end, Famar's spirit was transformed into a powerful specter.

The strength of the specter depended on its own resentment.

After a successful revenge.

Famar's spirit was greatly weakened.

Without external interference.

He would soon disappear.

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"...Yesterday was Anthony's (Famar's son) birthday. Our family went to the town and spent half a day there, buying many things that the children liked: desserts, candies, butter bread, and frosty sugar strawberries..."

"In the morning when we left, I felt something was wrong. The old dog Hunter kept barking, but I found him annoying and locked him in the warehouse... I should have known that Hunter wouldn't bark for no reason. He's very smart..."

"...Those people rushed in directly. They tied up Lena and Anthony, killed the others. I only had a pitchfork in my hand, and the other men were also unprepared. We relied on the warehouse to resist for a while... I couldn't even buy them time to escape into the cellar. I'm really sorry!"

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Famar rambled on.

Matthew listened silently.

He was a middle-aged man with a strong sense of responsibility.

Almost everything he mentioned in the conversation was about his family, brothers, and hired workers.

His face was full of attachment to life.

But even with the negative energy Matthew injected to sustain him, his life as a specter was coming to an end.

Unless--

"Do you want to continue existing in this form? I can help you."

Seeing Famar's condition worsening, Matthew couldn't help but mention it.

Famar was taken aback.

He shook his head:

"No, thank you, Matthew. Thank you for your kindness, but I don't need it."

"Lena and the children are waiting for me. I should go with them."

As he spoke.

He glanced in the direction to the east.

Matthew followed his gaze thoughtfully.

His vision suddenly turned gray--

Outside the burnt black stone house.

Six or seven souls gathered together.

They gazed affectionately at Famar.

They were his family.

Matthew also saw the cute little girl.

She looked dazed.

Seemingly unaware of what had happened.

"I'm leaving, Matthew... In the cellar behind the mill, there are some of my savings. Please take them."

Famar's figure gradually faded into nothingness.

"I have only one wish--don't let our bodies be exposed in the wilderness, okay?"

The gray vision suddenly disappeared.

Famar and the other souls instantly vanished.

And Matthew's temples were still throbbing violently.

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"You have gained a new ability, 'Novice Spirit Sight,' through your encounter and conversation with the specter.

Novice Spirit Sight: You can catch a glimpse of the ghost world.

Note: Using this ability will greatly consume your mental power."

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"Phew~"

Matthew let out a long sigh.

Under normal circumstances.

Ghosts can only be seen when they transform into specters or powerful ghosts.

Ordinary ghosts cannot be seen by humans.

Necromancers can use the spell 'Spirit Perception' to capture traces of spirits.

But Spirit Perception is a third-tier spell.

So necromancers below level 8 rarely have specters as summoning creatures.

Famar actually had the opportunity to become a powerful specter.

But his resentment dissipated too quickly.

If Matthew were an evil necromancer, he could have forced Famar to make a contract with him and then not kill Blackwood or continue deceiving Famar that Blackwood was not dead.

In this way, he could have obtained a remarkably powerful specter.

But given a thousand chances, Matthew would never do such a thing.

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Next is the process of cleaning up the battlefield and counting the spoils.

Matthew first turned his gaze to the body of Blackwood, the arsonist.

He walked over.

And without any politeness or dignity, he frantically searched!

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"You have obtained spoils--

400GP & 80SC;

Blazing Glue *3 (set);

Fierce Dragon Oil *2 (bottle);

Molotov Cocktail *1 (bottle);

Ring of Invisibility (unidentified);

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Silver Frost Brotherhood's Token *1;

Secret Letter *1;

Muscle Enhancement Scroll *6, Height Enhancement Scroll *10"Sorry, there is no text provided for translation. Please provide the text you want to be translated.