A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

"No! The mark you gave me has perfectly deterred those with bad intentions. Even the guards only asked us symbolic questions and then let us go."

While saying these words, Fangus lowered his head and gently touched the secret mark on his chest with his fingers, his eyes and tone revealing his excitement.

Because this is the first time since she was born that she has not been discriminated against and excluded because of her identity as a werewolf.

You can even walk in the sunshine openly without worrying about being driven away or killed.

It feels so good to have a strong and kind master protecting you…

The werewolf girl couldn't help but have such an idea in her heart.

Noticing the other party's "Stockholm Syndrome"-like reaction, a very strange expression suddenly appeared on Zuo Si's face.

Although he can understand how much a marginalized group like lycanthropes, who are excluded from civilized society, yearn to live like normal people, even if the price is to become someone's private property.

But to have a strong dependence on the mark that symbolizes the status of a slave, and even to be grateful to the master who imprinted the mark, isn't it a little too shaky?

According to the point of view of modern medicine, this is a mental illness that requires long-term treatment.

But soon, Zuo Si threw away these thoughts that suddenly popped up in his mind.

After all, Faerûn is not the Earth, and the two worlds have completely different values.

In Faerun, the relationship between master and servant is widespread.

Even a noble-born paladin's family would have several male servants or maids.

What's more, he is not a professional psychiatrist, and he does not have the time or energy to spend months or even years correcting the wrong ideas of a group of werewolves.

Hearing that his secret mark was useful, Zuo Si immediately continued to ask: "Did you find anything interesting in the pet market?"

Fangus nodded vigorously: "Yes!

Excluding ornamental pets and ordinary animals without any special abilities, I saw a small magical beast called Nika Dragon on the market.

According to the seller, although it looks about the same size as a cat, it has deadly fangs and can become a very good familiar for mages and warlocks. It sells for 500 gold coins.

There are also adventurers selling wyvern babies that have just hatched from eggs, each selling for 300 gold coins.

If you spend another 2,000 gold coins to buy a training guide, you can train the flying dragon as a mount and combat partner. "

"Only Nikasaurus and wyvern hatchlings?"

Zuo Si frowned subconsciously, obviously very dissatisfied with these two magical creatures.

Because compared to these messy creatures, he hopes to get a magic pet like a pix, a pseudo-dragon, a little devil, a quasai demon, any kind of magic bat, or a small elemental creature as a magic pet for his mage profession.

Yes!

Zuo Si, who had just obtained the LV1 mage level, had already begun to think about getting a better magic pet to deal with potential dangers.

Of course, high-level magic pets like this often require at least a LV5 mage level and corresponding advanced magic pet expertise.

But this is not a big problem for him who has the [Thinking Library].

“These are the only two species that are smaller in size.

In addition, I also saw people selling warg cubs and some cats that were mixed with unknown magical creature blood.

The latter will act like a chameleon by changing the color of its fur to hide itself when frightened. "

Vangels recounted everything he had seen and heard in the pet market.

When she mentioned the warg cubs, her tone and eyes obviously changed.

After all, werewolves have the innate ability to communicate with wolf creatures.

As long as he is strong enough, a werewolf can even become the leader of any wolf pack, commanding other members of the pack to assist him in hunting and fighting.

"Okay, I understand, you go have breakfast first."

Zuo Si waved his hand in disappointment, indicating that the werewolf girl could retreat.

Obviously, the pet market in Calimport could not meet his minimum requirements for a magic pet.

In line with the principle of preferring nothing to nothing, Zuo Si would not make do with ordinary animals such as bats, cats, snakes, and ravens like most ordinary mages.

As for the "item familiar", it obviously overlaps with the "awakening creation" of the creator profession, and has been abandoned from the beginning.

Realize that you may not be able to find your favorite magical pet for a while.

He quickly picked up one of the spell books and began to concentrate on identifying the spells composed of symbols, formulas, notes and passwords, thereby identifying the name and function of the magic.

Only after you have thoroughly identified a magic spell can you begin to learn and memorize it.

The learning difficulty of first-level arcane spells is several times higher than that of zero-level spells, and the number is much greater than the number of zero-level magic spells.

So after Zuo Si completed the identification of the first ring of magic, he first selected a few commonly used ones.

For example, [Mage Armor] can last for a long time;

[Shield Technique] that can create a circular shield invisible to the naked eye and block [Magic Missiles];

[Grease Technique] and [Sleep Technique] are essential for field control;

The caster's next attack is almost certain to hit [defeating the enemy first]...

Zuo Si has already formed his own unique opinions on the order of learning spells.

Because he has planeswalker cards and a large number of magic items, wands, potions and scrolls as protection, he has no shortage of attack methods.

Just the opposite!

What he lacks are protection and control spells.

After a while, the room was filled with the sound of chanting spells and the occasional flash of magical aura.

Due to the excessive concentration, even lunch was brought into the room by the soldiers and dealt with casually by two people.

This state of addiction to learning lasted until the evening, when Apke and his men came to the door in person, which finally came to an end.

"Lord Soth, we have already got everything you want. And tonight, I am going to have a face-to-face talk with the rat leader. I hope you can prepare in advance."

The leader of the Thieves Guild got straight to the point and stated his intention.

"Oh? You mean... if the negotiation breaks down, just launch an attack to kill the other party?" Zuo Si had a look of surprise on his face.

He couldn't believe that the fat bald man in front of him was so decisive and wanted to use a sharp knife to cut through the mess and get rid of the rat men in the sewer first.

Apke grinned and nodded: "Yes!

According to the investigation last night, I have learned that the leader of the rat men in the sewer is called Lanni, and he is a believer of Mara, the god of hunting.

This guy is a lunatic, trying to turn the sewers of Calimport into his own territory.

He didn't understand this city at all, let alone the seemingly chaotic but actually orderly rules of engagement between guilds. "

"I see. Then I really need to make some preparations. You must know that there are many complicated and tedious steps required to make those nasty little rodents into usable tools."

After that, Zuo Si closed the spell book in his hand, stood up and followed him to a secret warehouse used by the Thieves Guild to store stolen goods.

As soon as they walked in, everyone heard a harsh squeaking sound coming from inside, as well as the grinding sound of teeth gnawing on something unknown.

Through the faint light of the evening, you can vaguely see several huge iron cages densely packed with black-haired rats of different sizes.

There are more than two thousand in total, and just looking at them makes people feel goosebumps all over their bodies.

The big rats in some cages even brutally bit the little rats to death and were gnawing on the corpses of the same kind with relish.

Even Apke, who was used to seeing big scenes, couldn't help but shudder when he saw this scene and cursed in a low voice: "Damn it! So many rats gathered together make me feel uncomfortable all over."

"Lord Soth, if you don't mind, can you tell me what the use of so many rats is?" Magical Advisor Courang asked curiously.

"Don't worry, you will know soon."

Zuo Si slowly took out four humanoid skulls, a small piece of liver soaked in a glass container, six humanoid finger bones, a handful of black jade used to guide magic energy, and two pieces of radiant Candles that smell of corpses, and finally a jar of soil from the grave where the dead were buried...

Seeing these creepy materials, even people who don't understand magic realize that this must be a magic ritual related to the necromancy.