A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

"Lord Soth, where are you planning to go?" Bernard stepped forward and asked.

Zuo Si answered straightforwardly: "I want to find a hotel, eat a delicious meal with local characteristics, and rest in the best room for a night. In addition, this guy also needs to send a message to ask his men to come down Raise ransom."

"If it's just these, you can leave it to me to arrange it. My name is Epke, and I am the leader of a thieves guild in Calimport." The fat bald man quickly took the opportunity to introduce himself.

Although there are a lot of arcane spellcasters in Calimport, almost half of the royal guards are mages or sorcerers.

But that is all under official and royal control.

For an underground organization like the Thieves Guild, which has a gang-like nature, it is quite difficult to recruit a powerful spellcaster.

Generally speaking, only those unskilled mages would choose to give up continuing to learn and explore esoteric magical knowledge and start serving the leader of the Thieves Guild.

Apke has a mage who can cast third-level arcane spells under his command, so he knows very well how amazing power an advanced spellcaster can unleash at critical moments.

Not to mention anything else, just the method Bernard just described to resurrect hundreds of undead at once is enough to directly change and reverse the outcome of a guild war.

So he wanted to take this opportunity to see if he could get closer and find a new ally for himself.

"Oh? Is that okay? No trouble, right?"

Zuo Si deliberately pretended to be ignorant and blinked.

He was not a fool, so he naturally saw the intention of the fat bald man in front of him.

But it doesn’t matter.

Anyway, Zuo Si had no intention of staying in Calim Port for a long time.

After receiving the ransom, he would set off north.

Go to Amn first to see if you can't help Bernard solve the problem of the Chamber of Commerce's inheritance, and then go to Candlekeep or Waterdeep to learn magic knowledge.

"No! Of course not! It is an honor for me to have the honor to meet such a powerful spellcaster like you. What's more, Captain Bloodhand and I are also old friends."

With that said, Apke turned his attention to Hallet, who looked decadent and exuded a sour smell.

The latter rolled his eyes angrily: "Don't be so affectionate. We are just using each other at best, and we are not friends at all."

"It hurts me so much to say that."

Apke clutched his chest and looked heartbroken.

But soon, he couldn't help laughing and jokingly said: "But you look really embarrassed now! Hahahaha!"

Facing the ridicule from his old acquaintance, Hallett was so angry that he cursed angrily: "Damn it! You bastard, just laugh as much as you want! You cry when you want."

Just wait and see, I'll be able to make a comeback soon.

By the way, help me deliver a message.

Tell Eric to come to Calimport with enough gold, plus all the books and scrolls in his collection, to ransom me.

You should know how to contact him. "

"Don't worry, I'll bring it to you for free."

Apke agreed without any hesitation.

From this alone, it can be seen that the relationship between the two is much better than what was shown just now.

At least the leader of the Thieves Guild did not add insult to injury, nor did he intend to arrest the person directly and send him to Amn in exchange for a reward after paying the ransom.

After paying port fees, berthing fees and a small amount of bribes to the dock officials, so that they could completely ignore the contraband in the cargo, everyone left the noisy and smelly dock and handed the ship over to a dozen thieves guilds. Guarded by thugs.

After passing through several busy main roads with a lot of traffic, Apke soon stopped in front of a hotel called "Happy Hour".

Through the ajar door, you can vaguely hear the music coming from inside, as well as the excited screams and shouts of the guests.

When he opened the door with his own hands and walked in, the originally lively atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

Zuo Si could even see that the woman standing on the table and dancing in tulle, her whole body muscles tensed up in an instant, and she froze in place, not daring to move.

And those guests who were still in a state of excitement one second, all closed their mouths and sat down to keep quiet the next second.

Because everyone knows that the fat bald man who walked in and his thieves guild are the real rulers of this street, controlling everyone's life, death and destiny.

no doubt!

This is the deterrent effect of rights.

It is also the case that more than a dozen thieves guilds, large and small, in Calim Port are fighting each other and fighting each other, trying to grab something no matter what.

Apke undoubtedly enjoyed this scene very much, and deliberately walked very slowly. It took him half a minute to walk up to the bar owner and directly gave the order: "I will use the second floor to entertain a few important guests now. I’ll give you three minutes to clear out the entire second floor, and then ask the chef to stop what he’s doing and prepare the best dish for me.”

"Ming...understand! Please don't worry, I will go and make arrangements right away."

The boss, who looked to be in his fifties, was clearly frightened. He hurriedly ran up to the second floor and kicked out all the guests who were dining without even charging them.

At the same time, the male employee in charge of serving food also got into the kitchen and informed the busy cook to immediately give priority to the guild leader's request.

The whole process was indescribably efficient.

In just about fifteen minutes, a group of people were sitting around the table by the window on the second floor, tasting the restaurant's most unique delicacies while admiring the busy scene on the street outside.

Apke even called the dancer downstairs to come up and feed Harlett, who was unable to eat on his own.

During the meal, whether it was Bernard, Apke, or Hallett, who had become a prisoner, they were secretly observing Zuo Si's eating movements, habits, and reactions to various dishes with different flavors and ingredients.

From these details, they want to find out where this "Necromancer" who always gives people an enigmatic feeling comes from, whether he has received education in ritual use, and what preferences or weaknesses he has. Can be used and so on.

But unfortunately, Zuo Si's performance was almost impeccable.

In terms of dining etiquette, he received professional training when he was on earth, and he used the three tablewares of knife, fork and spoon in a pleasing way.

During the entire process, he neither touched the food with his fingers nor allowed any soup to remain in the corner of his mouth.

And they are very careful to completely separate the public tableware from their own tableware, eliminating any possible direct contact.

Not only that!

After finishing the meal, ask the waiter to soak and disinfect the used tableware, bowls, plates, etc. in boiling water.

Her elegant manners, movements, and hair-tingling hygiene habits made even Hallet, who was born into a noble family, couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of herself.

In the eyes of the pirate captain, the etiquette displayed by Zuo Si would not be rude at all even if he went to dine in the royal court.

Apart from that, no matter what flavor and ingredients he ate, his face always remained normal, without any trace of surprise, joy or other similar reactions.

Many dishes that were already considered delicious in the eyes of others, he just tasted and stopped touching them again, obviously because he disliked the taste.

Even if these dishes contain many expensive spices and condiments, they are no exception.

You must know that in Faerûn, spices are out-and-out luxuries.

A small bag of relatively expensive spices is equivalent to the total income of an ordinary person without eating or drinking for almost half a month or even a month.

Those who can often eat spices definitely belong to the noble or wealthy class.

Putting the above together, the three people who observed in secret can basically conclude that Zuo Si not only has a very privileged background.

And the requirements for food quality are very high, almost to the point of being harsh.

They had no idea that the dishes that Zuo Si didn't eat were just random spices that made the whole dish taste very weird, which was not in line with the taste of modern earthlings.