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nThe Eye of the Jungle and the Wind of the Oak Tree

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n” Wilderness Transformation: You have mastered the basic skills of Shapeshifters. You can transform into an animal blessed by the wilderness without casting a spell or chanting.

n“You can choose one of the following animals as your wilderness form–

n“Skunk;

n“Raven;

n“Douglon.”

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nWasn’t shapeshifting the unique skill of Druids?

nMatthew was pleasantly surprised.

nThis was most likely caused by the two gaming systems that were fighting against each other.

nIn the end.

nMatthew chose the ” Raven ” as his wilderness form.

nThis was to make up for his shortcomings.

nAll three animals were small beasts and did not occupy a high ecological position in the food chain, so their combat ability was very average.

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nSkunks were more agile.

nIn some more complicated mountains or forests, skunk transformation might help escape, but other than that, it had no other advantages.

nMatthew wouldn’t go so far as to turn into a skunk and squeeze some musk for himself to sell.

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nThe Douglon was a small dragon that looked like a hound.

nHowever, the dragon bloodline in these small animals was even thinner than that of the kobolds.

nDragon’s Might and spells were naturally out of the question.

nDouglon had a certain storage ability, and there was a natural dimensional space in its abdomen.

nThe size of the space was linked to Douglon’s level.

nNewborn Douglon Dragon cubs had one-dimensional space, and each subsequent level would add one more dimensional space.

nEach dimensional space was about the size of a medium-sized pumpkin and could store many things.

nIf he had to choose an animal companion, Matthew would choose the Douglon without hesitation.

nBut this was his own transformation.

nTurning himself into a mobile storage space would instead make Matthew lose his sense of security.

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nCompared to the two animals.

nRaven’s advantages were self-evident.

nIt could fly!

nAnd it was very fast!

nIt was worth it just to travel or escape, not to mention that the raven also had excellent reconnaissance abilities.

nThe only weakness of this animal was its low HP.

nRaven only had one HP.

nIf you were discovered by an enemy who had the ability to deal with the air, you would easily be knocked out.

n“How can this be so perfect?”

nMatthew was quite satisfied with his new ability.

nIn his impression, many powerful mages would turn into ravens.

nThis was a good sign.

nHe looked at the mission pane.

nThe reward for Wilderness Transformation came from Follow-up Mission 2: Maintaining it is also very important!

nOther than the new ability, he also received 200 XP.

nThe mission itself had not changed.

nThis meant that this was a long-term and repetitive task, just like planting trees.

n“As long as a threat appears and the defense succeeds, I can obtain a reward?! Then, could I attract a threat myself? To farm the rewards?!”

nMatthew was just thinking about it.

nAfter all, he had no way of determining the system’s judgment criteria.

nIf he messed up, it would be a huge loss.

nIn terms of personality, Matthew actually didn’t like to fight and kill.

nHe preferred to plant trees slowly and defend passively.

nIt was enough to obtain stable happiness.

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n“Chirp, chirp!”

nThe Oak Tree Fairies appeared.

nThey surrounded Matthew and sang praises in a high-profile manner, praising his heroic feat of expelling the arsonists.

nFairies hated skeleton soldiers.

nBut they liked Matthew very much.

nThis might be the effect of Matthew’s extremely high affinity with nature.

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nYou have received the blessing of Fairy Princess Lulu!

nYou have obtained a semi-permanent status: Eye of the Forest!

nYou have obtained a semi-permanent status: Wind of the Oak Tree!

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nEye of the Jungle: When you are in the jungle, your vision will be greatly improved, and you will be able to see what is behind you.

nWind of the Oak Tree: When you approach an oak tree, it will release the power of nature to heal your wounds and soothe your soul. Your mana recovery speed will also be greatly increased.

nWhen an Oak Tree Fairy lives on the Oak Tree, the effect of the Wind of the Oak Tree will be doubled.

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nFairy Princess?

nMatthew looked curiously into the fairies.

nIn the end, he only saw a flickering shadow.

nLulu was very shy.

nMatthew had only heard of her name from other fairies, but he had never seen her face.

nHowever, that night, Lulu took the initiative to show up and give Matthew a blessing.

nBut Matthew still couldn’t see her face clearly.

n“Thank you.”

nMatthew expressed his gratitude to the place where the white light disappeared.

nEye of the Jungle and Wind of the Oak Tree were both very practical.

nThe ‘semi-permanent’ meant that as long as Fairy Princess Lulu was still alive, they would take effect.

nAccording to Matthew’s deduction, Lulu should have just become a fairy princess.

nShe was still very young.

nThere was also a chance for her to become a more powerful and long-lived Fairy Queen as long as nothing happened to the oak forest.

nIn a way, these two semi-permanent statuses were no different from permanent statuses.

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nMatthew comforted the frightened fairies.

nThen, he walked down the hill.

nAt the edge of the farm.

nThe flames gradually died down.

nThe skeleton soldiers dragged the bodies of the arsonist and his followers together.

nPeggy was wiping her bone blade.

nNot far away.

nA blue halo was floating in a daze.

nIt was a ghost with a blank expression.

nUntil Matthew walked over.

nOnly then did the ghost’s eyes gradually regain their luster.

n“Matthew…You helped me.”

nThe Spectral Soul realized what had happened.

nMatthew raised his withered wooden staff, and a stream of negative energy surged into the ghost’s body. The ghost’s originally almost intangible spirit body regained a little luster.

n“I’m sorry, Mr. Farmar, I couldn’t come earlier.”

nMatthew sighed softly.

nFarmar was the owner of this farm.

nHe and his family should have died at the hands of those villains.

nPreviously, Matthew had planned to chase after the arsonist.

nHe felt an extremely powerful resentment in the direction of the farm.

nThis resentment was actually growing stronger against the raging fire.

nIt sensed Matthew’s presence.

nSo it begged him for a chance to take revenge.

nMatthew naturally wouldn’t refuse.

nIf such a powerful resentment were ignored, it would definitely give birth to a malicious ghost that would kill without blinking.

nHe used the Dead Summoning to respond to the other party’s plea.

nIn the end, Farmar’s spirit body was transformed into a powerful specter.

nSpectral Soul’s strength depended on his resentment.

nAfter his revenge was successful, Farmar’s spirit body was greatly weakened.

nIf there was no external interference, He was going to disappear soon.

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n“.. Yesterday was Anthony or Farmar’s son’s birthday. Our family went to town for half a day and bought a lot of things that children liked: Desserts, candies, butter bread, and strawberries with frost sugar…

n” When I went out this morning, I felt that the omen was bad. My old dog, Hunter, kept barking, but I found him noisy, so I locked him in the warehouse…I should have known that Hunter wouldn’t bark for no reason. He’s very intelligent…

n“.. The group of people rushed in. They kidnapped Lina and Anthony and killed the others. I only had a pitchfork in my hand, and the other men were defenseless. We relied on the warehouse to resist for a while… I couldn’t even buy them enough time to escape into the cellar. Damn it!”

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nFarmar rambled on.

nMatthew listened in silence.

nThis was a very responsible middle-aged man.

nAlmost all he talked about were his family, his brothers, and the farm laborers.

nHis face was full of longing for life.

nHowever, even with Matthew injecting negative energy into him, his life as a ghost was about to come to an end.

nUnless…

n“Do you want to continue existing in this form? I can help you.”

nFarmar’s condition was getting worse and worse.

nMatthew couldn’t help but mention it.

nFarmar was stunned.

nHe shook his head.

n“No, thank you, Matthew. Thank you for your kindness, but I don’t need it.

n“Lina and the children are waiting for me. I should go with them.”

nAs he spoke, he looked towards the east.

nMatthew looked over thoughtfully.

nHis vision suddenly turned gray.

nOutside the charred stone house.

nSix or seven souls were clustered together.

nThey gazed lovingly at the Farmar.

nThat was his family.

nMatthew also saw that cute little girl.

nShe looked dazed.

nIt was as if she did not know what had happened.

n“I’m leaving, Matthew… There are some of my savings in the cellar behind the mill. Please take them.”

nFarmar’s figure gradually disappeared.

n“I only have one wish. Don’t let us die without a proper burial, okay?”

nThe gray field of vision suddenly disappeared.

nFarmar and the other souls instantly disappeared.

nMatthew’s temples were pounding violently.

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nYou have mastered a new ability, Elementary Spirit Vision, during your encounter and conversation with a ghost.

nElementary Spirit Vision: You can see a corner of the ghost world.

nRemark: Using this ability will consume a lot of mental energy.

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n“Phew ~”

nMatthew heaved a sigh of relief.

nUnder normal circumstances, ghosts could only be seen by people when they turned into strong corporeal forms, such as malicious ghosts.

nOrdinary ghosts couldn’t be seen normally.

nNecromancers could use the spell ‘Spirit Body Perception’ to capture the traces of souls.

nHowever, Spirit Body Perception was a Tier 3 spell.

nTherefore, necromancers below Level-8 rarely had ghosts as their summons.

nFarmar actually had the chance to become a powerful specter.

nIt was just that his resentment dissipated too quickly.

nIf Matthew was an evil necromancer, he could have forced him to sign a contract with him and not kill Heiss or continue to lie to Farmar that Heiss was not dead.

nThis way, he would be able to obtain a spirit with astonishing combat strength.

nBut Matthew wouldn’t do something like that.

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nNext was to clean up the battlefield and check the spoils of war.

nMatthew first cast his gaze at the body of the arsonist, Heiss.

nHe walked over.

nHe touched it without any courtesy or dignity!

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nYou have obtained the spoils of war

n400GP&80SC;

nBlazing Glue x3 (set);

nFiery Dragon Oil x2 (bottle);

nMolotov Cocktail x1 (bottle);

nRing of Invisibility (Unidentified);

nSilver Frost Brotherhood’s token x1;

nSecret letter x1;

nMuscles Scroll x6, Heightening Scroll x10.

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