Chapter 464 Ether Core and the Power of Stealing

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Matthew hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help laughing:

"Dragon Worship, huh?"

"Very interesting test, is it a temporary tattoo or a trick?"

His idea was very simple.

Even if Butterfly was really a member of the Dragon Worship, as the current lord of the City of Order, he would never tattoo the pattern of the Dragon Worship on such a conspicuous place as his wrist.

This would bring him a lot of unnecessary trouble and controversy.

Then the answer was very simple.

Whether it was a trick or a tattoo, it was probably done by Butterfly before meeting Matthew.

The purpose might just be to test the relationship between Matthew and the Dragon Worship.

Thinking from this perspective.

Butterfly's words about order just now became more subtle.

This guy might not be telling the truth at all.

He was testing Matthew's position on these topics.

He was playing tricks on him right from the start.

Matthew's good impression of Butterfly disappeared immediately.

He stared at the other party intently, to see how Butterfly was going to respond.

However, the other party was not embarrassed.

He rolled up his sleeves and covered the pattern and said:

"I have heard of the teachings of the Dragon Worship Cult. Although I cannot fully agree with their ideas, there is a paragraph about life and death that I personally agree with."

"What I just said is of course not a test, but just a discussion that is free and unrestrained. It can neither be taken seriously nor false. I am sorry to make you laugh."

He is worthy of being the city lord.

This guy is really thick-skinned...

Matthew can understand Butterfly's worries.

Perhaps in the eyes of these people, the sudden arrival of the necromancer Matthew is actually no different from a lawless terrorist.

It is quite courageous for Butterfly to come here in person to negotiate.

Testing is inevitable.

Matthew realized that as his power gradually grows, he will encounter more and more similar situations in the future-

People's words when they first meet him may be against their will.

Because they are afraid of their own power.

"This can be regarded as one of the distortions brought by extraordinary power, but it is not me who is distorted, but the people around me..."

Matthew sighed softly in his heart.

Then he said seriously:

"I foresee that the City of Order will soon erupt into an unprecedented storm of chaos."

"And I came here to solve this chaos."

"Your Excellency does not need to worry too much."

Butterfly's expression also became serious:

"But there are many ways to solve chaos."

"Among them, there are also some extreme ones that I just mentioned..."

Matthew said with a smile:

"Are you worried that I will turn everyone in Canning City into undead?"

Butterfly blinked:

"What do you think?"

Matthew was silent.

It seems that the most impressive deed he left to the world was the undead disaster he launched in the sampan plane.

Maybe this kind of thing gave people too much shock and fear.

No wonder the stereotype of necromancers is so deeply rooted.

Matthew became a little impatient:

"If I really want to do that, you can't stop me."

"But I can tell you that I don't have such an idea for the time being, so don't impose the idea of ​​possible persecution on me, understand?"

Butterfly bowed her head respectfully:

"I believe in your promise."

"But this is exactly the problem."

"In this world, there are too many transcendent beings like you."

"Every thought of yours is fatally dangerous to ordinary people."

"The only thing that can restrain your behavior is your own moral character, or even your mood on that day."

"This is too terrifying for ordinary people."

Butterfly's face showed deep helplessness.

He spread his hands and his tone became firm:

"The original intention of those who founded the City of Order was to build a country where everyone is equal and orderly."

"They hope that in this city, the lives of most people will not be affected by the power of an individual."

"But this concept is too idealistic. They encountered many problems in practice. One of the most difficult problems is how to face or treat individuals with extraordinary power like you?"

"The founders of the City of Order found that even if these individuals are kind by nature and willing to communicate, their existence will still cause a lot of trouble."

"What's more, most extraordinary individuals are naturally unruly. Their hatred of order is deep in their bones. Any rules that have a chance to prevent them from destroying it at will will be regarded as shackles by them."

"Therefore, in the early days of the city's establishment, the so-called "City of Order" was like a joke or a mockery. Most of the time, it was turbulent and full of battles that broke out for various reasons. "

"At that time, the Truth Church was still a group of idealists, and the Ingram family was just an insignificant member of that group."

"According to the development trend at that time, this city-state will soon be like other city-states in the north without Alliance mages, entering an endless cycle of chaos, turmoil, destruction, reconstruction, short-term tranquility and then entering chaos again..."

"Throughout the Truth Sect and the Ingram family, they encountered a group of elemental beings that escaped from the elemental plane."

"That's when things turned around."

Matthew looked at Butterfly with some confusion, wondering why the other party suddenly began to explain the history of the City of Order to him.

However, there will still be some time left in the chicken-eating competition below to determine the final outcome.

So he listened patiently.

Butterfly continued:

"They rely on signing contracts with elemental life to establish a more universal order in Canning."

"Elemental beings are not supposed to be the maintainers of absolute order, but in Canning, they are synonymous with order."

"The reason is also very simple. Limited by a single natural element, elemental life does not have the authority to actively enter the material world."

"And entering the material world is the common desire of almost all inner and outer living beings."

"The founders of Canning took advantage of this desire. They signed contracts with the major elemental tribes and allowed these elemental beings to stay in the material world in the form of long-term summons. In return for their stay, they must become Canning. The maintainer of order in this city.”

"Most elemental beings are very powerful, far more powerful than ordinary people, and the elemental elders are legendary level beings, enough to suppress ordinary legends."

"Canning has now entered a period in which extraordinary individuals gradually cease and order is gradually established."

"Look, this is the cleverness of human beings. We can always find the blind spots in the rules and create negotiation conditions that are beneficial to us."

"For the founders of Canning, it is extremely satisfying to let the elements born in the ether and chaotic in nature build the city of order in their own minds."

"But for me, the current situation is not enough."

"This is also an important reason why I ran away from home for a long time when I was young."

Matthew said thoughtfully:

"Do you want to establish a more extreme order?"

Butterfly shook his head:

"Not so."

"In the eyes of outsiders, Canning, with its powerful elemental creatures protecting and maintaining order, is already a perfect enough city."

"But only those who have lived here for a long time know that the so-called order is based on the superiority of elemental life forms." "

"The Elemental Law Enforcement Team has overwhelming power in the city, which makes the Ingrams who serve as city lords infinitely expand their power."

"Although the elemental beings will abide by the agreement signed with us in most cases and maintain order as much as possible, in many details, their discretionary decision-making will appear to be absurd or ruthless."

"I realized many years ago that fire elements are prone to rage, and if they catch them committing petty theft, they may be severely punished——

The most typical case is a home invasion and robbery.

The person who led the arrest team was a fire elemental creature. During the law enforcement, he did not find the person who broke into the house and robbed the house. Instead, he stumbled upon a strange adultery.

The fire element is smart.

He immediately realized that he was being taken advantage of.

So the furious fire element burned the adulterer, adulterer, and the informant who deliberately made false reports of home invasion and robbery without saying a word.

Afterwards, the law enforcement team ruled that there was nothing wrong with the fire element's behavior, but it was a bit excessive, and he should not have burned down the neighbor's house next door..."

Speaking of which.

Butterfly's face showed a deep self-mockery:

"You may think this is ridiculous, but believe me, similar cases abound in Canning City over the past few decades."

"The fire element is just irritable, but overall we can get along with it."

"The air element is evil and cunning. He often accepts bribes and likes to take advantage of both sides. It is very common for him to turn his back on others after the incident."

"The water element is cold and changeable. The standards of law enforcement vary from day to day. They often like to overturn their previous on-the-spot rulings, resulting in a lot of ineffective work."

"The earth element is domineering and arrogant, but forgets things easily, is a bit illiterate, and has made a lot of jokes."

He sighed:

"I can understand the original intention of our ancestors to introduce elemental life to manage humans and other intelligent life."

"Compared to intelligent life in the material world, elemental life is indeed much simpler, and it is generally fair. Canning's appearance in the North is already considered a brilliant progress."

"But for me, this is not enough, far from enough!"

"For Canning now, if you want to take a step closer, you need to do at least the following two things -"

“First, it is important to better control the elemental beings and allow them to ensure that their actions comply with the law while enforcing the law.

The agreement signed between the Truth Sect and the Elemental Life is relatively equal, and the time limit is a bit long, and its effectiveness is gradually losing its effectiveness.

I plan to sign a new contract with them.

This is not an easy task.

Fortunately I'm almost done. "

"The second point is actually the prerequisite for achieving the first point. In addition to elemental life, we Canning must also have super power. It is best that this power is not owned by individuals, but by an elite decision-making group. controlled -

But it is still too early to say this.

all in all.

In order to better control the elemental life in the city and deal with powerful beings like you, I made a little gadget..."

The words fell.

Butterfly suddenly took out a small ball shining with bright starlight from his sleeve.

The appearance of the small ball is silver-white, and the structure inside is very complicated, with at least seven or eight layers.

There is a large amount of nebula-like dust material floating between the layers.

Matthew stared for a moment.

It was like seeing the very depths of the multiverse.

at the same time.

A familiar scent came to my face.

That's...

Extremely dangerous explosion signal!

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Warning: You have discovered the legendary explosive "Aether Core"!

Ether core: After activating this object, a series of legendary spells that originally broke out in the ether layer (meteor destruction, malicious distortion, reality reshaping, destruction ray, chaos catastrophe, etc.) can be mapped into reality, thereby achieving Devastating explosion effects!

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"you……"

"Not a summoner?"

A hint of astonishment finally appeared on Matthew's face!

Butterfly suspended the ether star core in the palm of his left hand, and a smile appeared on his fair face:

"Now, allow me to formally introduce myself."

"I, Butterfly Ingram, occupy the honorary seat of the Cyber ​​Dragon Tower of Invincibility."

"Of course I am not a summoner, but a legendary artificer."

That moment.

In Matthew's perception, the butterfly's body turned into a warm color like the sun!

This guy is one of the biggest sources of chaos in the future of the City of Order!

During the days when he left the Ingram family, he actually went to Cyber ​​Dragon!

Matthew looked at the other person's thin figure and short stature, and some of the doubts in his heart were relieved.

"This figure is indeed in line with the style of an artificer..."

"No, what on earth do the Ingram family think?"

"Let a legendary artificer be the city lord of the City of Order?"

Matthew felt that the world was really going crazy.

His eyes gradually became less calm——

joke.

Matthew is not afraid of the Dragon Worshipers or anything like that.

And the Artifact Master is a more unstable and terrifying factor than the Necromancer!

Butterfly obviously noticed the change in Matthew's expression.

He showed a hint of helplessness:

"Just like people often have huge misunderstandings about necromancers, outsiders also have a lot of prejudice against artificers."

"Most artificers are good-natured people. Our vision is to make the world a better place through the power of elements and machines."

"As for the explosion, it's just a small twist in the road ahead."

"No one can change our will to continue to explore and move forward despite twists and turns, what do you think?"

"Mr. Matthew?"

"I have met Ms. Bobo Wilkins several times, and she is full of praise for you. Compared to others, I believe you will be much less prejudiced against artificers, right?"

Matthew stared at the ether star core intently, with an unnatural smile on his face:

"Of course."

"I've always gotten along well with artificers."

"Why don't you put the star core away first?"

Butterfly shook his head:

"No."

Matthew frowned slightly:

"If you want to use this thing to threaten me, you are totally wrong."

"Even if you activate this star core right now, even if the entire City of Order is razed to the ground, I myself will not be harmed at all."

What Matthew said is true.

He can now escape into the Lost Paradise anytime and anywhere.

This is an almost invincible evacuation effect.

Except for the divine mage.

He was confident that no one would be able to find any trace of the existence of Paradise Lost.

Not to mention disasters like an ether star core explosion that would nearly destroy all surrounding matter.

"I don't mean to threaten you. In fact, in addition to being a super-large legendary bomb, this ether star core can also be used to command all elemental beings to behave more disciplined."

Butterfly said gently:

"You have to believe in the artificer's technology. This is not a product designed for destruction. It is an authority, an authority used to control and restrain the elemental creatures in the city."

Matthew was outwardly relieved.

Deep down, he was even more wary.

The thought of taking refuge in Lost Paradise was ready at any time.

"So what exactly do you want to do?"

"Or what do you want to tell me?"

he asked bluntly.

Butterfly smiled and said:

"I believe you must have heard the rumors about the Seven Cities Federation. The agreement negotiated by the Lotus Sword Master for me has harmed the interests of many people in the north. Many people are secretly trying to destroy our cooperative relationship."

"The City of Order bears the brunt."

"First the Dragon Cult took over the underground palace, then there was the leprosy virus epidemic, and now the descendants of the God of Murder started killing people wantonly."

"According to my original plan, I wanted to lure out all possible saboteurs, and then use this star core to carry out a final shock."

"But now, I have changed my mind. Maybe it would be a better choice for me not to come forward."

Speaking of which.

Butterfly suddenly moved his index finger, and the small white ball suspended in his palm flew swaying in front of Matthew!

Matthew took a deep breath:

"You want to lend me a hand to do this?"

Butterfly smiled and said:

"Isn't that what you were planning to do?"

"I just gave you the official authorization and commission from the City of Order. You should be happy to see it succeed."

"As long as you can intimidate Xiaoxiao to the greatest extent, no matter whether you want to use this star core in the process, it will be yours."

"Attention, if you inject any mana into it, it will explode immediately. The time will be about two to three seconds. The specific data depends on the temperature of the day..."

Who knows he hasn't finished speaking yet.

Matthew suddenly grabbed the star core, and then injected a trace of mana into it.

A few seconds later.

He looked at the butterfly expressionlessly:

"Why hasn't it exploded yet?"

Butterfly's face froze, and he murmured in disbelief:

"You actually injected mana into it?"

Matthew raised his eyebrows:

"What if?"

Butterfly said:

"All right."

"It seems that you are indeed not afraid of the explosion of the star core."

Matthew shrugged:

"I just know that one of the common faults of artificers is that they love to joke."

"I also know that you can't possibly design a startup mechanism that is so easily triggered by mistake."

"Of course, I'm not afraid of it exploding now..."

Butterfly looked at Matthew deeply.

These latter sentences contain a lot of information——

This not only shows that Matthew not only has a way to save himself from the explosion of the ether star core, but also has the ability to control the extent of the star core explosion.

This gave Butterfly's eyes a strange look.

Only Matthew knows.

Even if the ether star core explodes now, he can throw it into the Lost Paradise as soon as possible, thereby minimizing the harm caused by the explosion.

At most, it's just a waste of the founder's authority and spiritual power.

Right.

I might have to torture Lao Tai and die again...

Nothing else.

This was one of the reasons why he dared to accept the star core.

After binding Paradise Lost.

Matthew's confidence is indeed much stronger.

"Then, I'll leave this chaos to you."

"All elemental life forms in the city will be at your disposal. If there are other aspects that require cooperation, you can also send someone to notify me."

"Mr. Vinings is one of the most promising newcomers in the Innocence Scale. How about he be responsible for the liaison between you and me?"

Butterfly was silent for a while, and then implicitly expressed his intention to end the meeting.

Matthew was fine with that.

The new Canning City Lord has given him enough surprises.

The only regret is that I didn’t see the legendary Lotus Sword Master.

He nodded and prepared to leave.

but.

before boarding the magic balloon prepared by Winings.

Matthew suddenly turned to look at the butterfly and said in his ear using sound transmission magic:

"This is actually a commission from the witch, isn't it?"

Butterfly's expression froze.

Then he whispered:

"I won't admit it."

Matthew smiled, turned around, boarded the magic balloon, and left slowly.

Butterfly's reaction undoubtedly confirmed his suspicion.

The witch, of course, refers to the witch from the Dragon Worship Cult.

The composition of Butterfly, the legendary weapon master, is really complex, but there is no doubt that his decision to hand over the solar core to himself was probably due to Isabel's instruction.

He may not have joined the Dragon Cult.

But he must have come into contact with Isabel through other channels, and then became a pawn of the Alliance or Isabel herself in the City of Order.

At the beginning, he worshiped the emblem of the Dragon Cult.

It is both a temptation and a hint.

This conversation between Butterfly and Matthew may be a test of Isabel's will.

Or it might just be his own struggle before handing over the etheric core.

But no matter what.

It is a foregone conclusion that the top leaders of the alliance, or Isabel herself, want to intervene in the City of Order.

Matthew knew it.

Things that can attract great attention from the Divine Mage must not be simple.

There may be far-reaching implications behind it.

The first thing he thought of was——

"Ship of Gold!"

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Return to the ruins in a magic balloon.

At this moment, the chicken-eating battlefield has reached its final stage.

To Matthew's expectation, the red dragon druid has not been destroyed by others!

This guy became more and more courageous as he fought, and it seemed that he was almost reaching his limit, but every competitor who impulsively attacked ended up being the miserable corpses at the feet of the red dragon!

Around the ruins.

There are only about forty descendants of the God of Murder left.

Except for the red dragon druid.

Several other strong contenders that Matthew was previously optimistic about are also still alive.

It's just that they are all in bad shape.

The red dragon looked like it had only one breath left.

Even a magic missile can knock it down.

But no one dared to go up and try again.

final.

The hobgoblin assassin who was gritting his teeth and taking risks was slapped open by the red dragon druid and his chest was torn open. The latter swallowed the hobgoblin's body wholeheartedly.

Then he could no longer maintain his wilderness form and turned into a savage who drank blood like hair.

He collapsed onto a pool of blood, looking like a devil returning from purgatory.

He looked extremely weak.

But even so.

The people around him were fighting with each other, saying that they dared not go up again.

They hid in the distance in a tacit understanding.

It seems that we can only expect the Red Dragon Druid to die——

But this is obviously impossible.

The druid's breath is very weak, but he is recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

A large number of murder elements were focused on his chest.

The faint red light is like a lantern in a rainy night, giving it a hazy and miserable beauty.

Waves of shocking aura rippled around like ripples.

That's a sign that he's about to become a demigod!

"Give you a chance to surrender to me!"

The red dragon druid panted heavily and ordered towards a thin human assassin.

All of a sudden.

The human assassin's body glowed red, and his expression was full of resistance, but his body involuntarily walked in the direction of the Red Dragon Druid!

"I, I surrender..."

The human assassin came to the druid and spoke in horror.

However, the latter just grabbed the opponent's shoulders impatiently, and then twisted his hands hard to twist off the human assassin's head!

The red dragon druid lay on the neck of the headless corpse, greedily sucking blood and energy like a vampire.

Along with this process.

The aura of the Red Dragon Druid has become much stronger!

The demigod personality on his chest is almost taking shape!

Above the demigod status.

Red lines radiate out in all directions, connecting the red dragon druid and other descendants of the murder god!

The remaining descendants lost the ability to escape and did not dare to risk their lives. They could only watch as the Red Dragon Druid became the final winner!

Some of them closed their eyes in despair.

But at that moment.

A mage in clean robes suddenly appeared in front of the Red Dragon Druid.

That mage is surprisingly handsome.

It's heartbreaking to look like a god under the moonlight.

"Give you a chance to surrender to me."

"By signing this blood contract, you will murder the demigod."

The mage handed a glowing contract to the Red Dragon Druid, his voice calm and calm.

The druid, with his mouth full of blood, sat there breathing heavily.

He didn't seem to have completely lost his mind, but looked at Matthew with vigilance:

"Are you the mage who threw the holy weapon tonight?"

Matthew nodded.

"Okay, I am willing to surrender to you..."

The Druid reluctantly stood up from the ground, as if he wanted to catch the contract——

Between the lightning and flint.

He accelerated suddenly, the short sword in his hand flashed with cold light, and his eyes were filled with violent colors!

"Go to hell!"

Just for a moment.

The druid rushed in front of Matthew, and the dagger almost stabbed into Matthew's arms.

pity.

The next second.

A huge rock suddenly hit the druid!

Almost no one else could see how the stone came out.

Only a muffled sound was heard.

The red dragon druid was smashed into pulp by the heavy cosmic bedrock before he could even scream.

But the mage less than half a meter away from him was not affected at all.

Even the robe is still unstained!

"I was a little too irritable, so I woke up after being hit by a brick."

Matthew smiled calmly.

Then he turned to look at the other descendants of the God of Murder:

"Which of you wants to be a murder demigod?"

"Sign this blood contract."

"This is your last chance..."

While talking.

The blood contract floated out.

A few guys who reacted quickly rushed towards the blood contract, but others also reacted one after another.

soon.

A battle for the blood contract of Quinlan begins again.

Matthew sat on the bedrock of the universe and watched indifferently.

before changing.

He may still be touched by these scenes.

He might have pity on the berserkers whose hearts have been changed by the power of the murdered god.

And now.

He just wanted to do what he wanted to do quietly.

He wasn't sure if this was part of his twisted mind.

He can only follow his own principles to the best of his ability and do everything necessary.

For example...

Make sure this demigod of the God of Murder does not fall into the hands of others.

"Um?"

The next second.

Matthew suddenly closed his eyes.

He sensed abnormal fluctuations from under the boulder——

The demigod personality that was originally suppressed by the stone.

It suddenly disappeared!

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"Warning: Someone used the "stealing authority" to steal the demigod person (murder)!"

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Matthew opened his eyes, with a hint of joy in his eyes:

"Finally can't hold it in any longer?"

"Let me see, who are you?"

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