This Necromancer Just Wants to Plant Trees-Chapter 1988 - 572 Wish Spell and Tributaries of the River Styx_2

"Many years ago, she once told me, if she were to die someday, she hoped it would be in the garden of the fortress, and not anywhere else."

Her tone was very sorrowful.

But she soon adjusted herself.

She glanced at Lulu, who quietly flew back from the corner, and a sincere smile appeared on her face:

"I was planning to wait for you to return, then let one of you take my place, but now it seems the situation is not ideal."

"This sceptre represents the power and authority of the female priest. There is another sceptre belonging to the fairy queen, which the Ice Empress took to the wilderness. It might not be retrieved easily, so I used this one as a substitute."

"You may decide among yourselves who will become the queen, and who will be the priest."

"In any case, from today onward, the authority of the Fairy Flower Garden will be in both of your hands..."

As she spoke.

Two miniature staffs, one glowing yellow and the other blue, flew out from the cabinet, hovering in front of Matthew and Lulu.

These two staffs, one large and one small.

Respectively represent the status and authority of the fairy queen and the fairy priest.

Matthew could feel the immensely powerful strength contained within them.

Lulu, without a second thought, took the smaller, yellow staff:

"Matthew, you take the big one, I’ll take the small one."

Matthew wasn’t pretentious, he directly took the blue staff.

"I can accept this staff, but to be honest, I have no intention of becoming the fairy queen. I am merely temporarily keeping this item. If a more suitable fairy for the role of queen appears in the garden, I promise to hand over the staff to her."

He promised.

The female priest nodded, moved.

Then she took a deep breath.

As if preparing for some kind of determination.

Matthew had already guessed her next move.

He gave his last piece of advice:

"Even if I can’t completely separate madness from your body, I can extract your soul and spirituality. If you wish, you can continue to survive in my domain, in the form of my clan..."

The female priest shook her head with a smile:

"Thank you."

"But in this life, I have only ever pledged allegiance to the queen, sorry."

"I’m a bit tired, could you help carry me to that fireplace over there? I’d like to sleep well."

Her voice was filled with calm and contentment.

Even Lulu, usually oblivious, sensed a certain inclination.

She subconsciously opened her mouth:

"No..."

But under the female priest’s resolute gaze.

Matthew had no choice but to lift her up.

Then he placed her upper body, along with the mud on the floor, all into the dark fireplace bottom.

Besides some bricks.

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The female priest quietly leaned against the black wall of the fireplace.

Her head was tilted back, and her face gradually blurred:

"Heh..."

"Never has the feeling been so strong as now, how wonderful it is to be alive!"

Bang!

A bright flame abruptly ignited everything within the fireplace.

Lulu covered her eyes with both hands, not daring to look.

Matthew watched the flames on the female priest’s body with respectful eyes.

At the most painful moment.

She still screamed once or twice.

But soon that sound faded into nothingness.

As the flames engulfed the fireplace.

The entire building seemed to come alive suddenly.

The weeds and spider webs outside all receded.

The scattered bricks and furniture also regained a brand-new appearance.

The immense magic power made the entire fortress look renewed.

In the next second.

An even more surging burst of power erupted from the fireplace.

Matthew flew outside.

He saw a rainbow-colored storm burst from the chimney top.

The storm, full of seven colors, swept every corner of the Flowerheart Fortress.

Every place touched by it was restored to its original pristine state.

Ultimately.

The storm continued sweeping downwards.

Amidst the sorrowful gaze of the cricket captain.

The seven-colored light submerged into the vortex of the planes.

In less than five seconds.

The vortex that caused immense damage to the Fairy Flower Garden disappeared.

Feeling the commotion.

The little fairies in the forest all gathered around.

They cheered as they celebrated the improvement of the forest’s situation.

The grass spirits also chattered about this good news.

The entire garden seemed to come alive at that moment.

Filled once more with vibrant vitality!

Everyone immersed themselves in this rare joy.

Unaware that some had already departed forever.

"Such a powerful wish spell."

"This was her final strength..."

Matthew sighed softly.

Lulu clutched the yellow sceptre in her hand with sorrow, as if trying to hold onto the hands of the departed female priest:

"I don’t know..."

"I always thought the female priest was a very dangerous person."

"But she was always kind to us."

"I was just so happy, but now I don’t know if I’m worthy to hold this sceptre."

Matthew ruffled her hair:

"There’s no such thing as worthiness, is there anyone else in this garden qualified to hold this sceptre?"

"If not, then you must force yourself to bear this responsibility."

"The female priest was indeed very great."

"By the way, what kind of creature was she before becoming the female priest? She didn’t seem much like a fairy."

Lulu thought for a moment:

"I’m not really sure about that."

"But once, Daredevil told me that the female priest was originally a very ordinary grass spirit, but right after he said that, other little fairies laughed at him, and they even got into a fight on the spot..."

A grass spirit, huh?

Matthew looked at the sceptre in his hand, recalling that grass woman.

A grass woman has left.

And another grass woman is born.

Is it a coincidence?

Or an inevitable destiny?

Matthew did not know.

However, he now had a new candidate for inheriting the queen’s sceptre in his mind.

"Let’s go."

Observing the celebratory scene below the fortress.

Matthew and Lulu felt no attachment.

They greeted the cricket captain and then used the female priest’s sceptre to instantly arrive at the back garden.

Traversing a deserted and complex courtyard.

Climbing over massive towering walls.

They crossed a seemingly endless lake.

Finally, they left the Fairy’s Garden and reached the extremely sensitive border.

Here.

The danger level increased significantly.

Matthew saw many golems roaming in the wilderness.

And many Mechanical Undead Hunters carrying large gun barrels.

As well as a number of well-arranged campsites.

This environment was extremely dangerous for any little fairy.

If discovered.

They could lose their lives in an instant!

Although Matthew was not afraid of them, he was very careful to remain low-profile along the way.

It took them a full two hours to get through Storluk Industries’ blockade.

Soon after.

They reached a small river with black waters flowing through it.

On the opposite bank stood a small hill.

At the top of the hill hung a huge curtain.

No matter where you went.

The curtain followed you, elusive and mysterious.

Matthew knew that behind that curtain lay the legendary Arcane Wilderness!

But to get there.

They first had to cross this river in front of them.

"This is no ordinary river, it’s the boundary river Between Planes, also the gaze of underworld power, a tributary of the River Styx."

Matthew felt the river’s strength.

Flying over the River Styx was forbidden.

Ordinary boats couldn’t make it across.

It was extremely dangerous for the average person, let alone the tiny fairies.

"I heard Daredevil say, you can conjure a hollow pumpkin and float across on it; if you’re lucky, you’ll get to the other side..."

Lulu acted boldly for once.

She flew to the riverside and cast a cantrip, creating a hollow pumpkin lantern on the riverbank.

They pushed the pumpkin lantern onto the water, and unlike other boats, it did not sink.

They sat on the pumpkin lantern and drifted with the current.

Their luck was quite good.

A dozen minutes later.

The pumpkin lantern was about to reach the other shore.

"What Daredevil said isn’t all nonsense!"

Lulu said happily.

Matthew was about to say something.

But the next second.

He couldn’t help but cast his gaze upstream the River Styx—

There.

Countless spectral boats carrying ghosts were drifting toward them!

And several Netherworld Soldiers riding towering Bone Nightmares were approaching rapidly!

"They’re coming toward us!"

Lulu said nervously:

"Are they going to take us to the underworld?"

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