One Sneeze Destroys A Magical Civilization

Chapter 183 "The Star of the Day"

Late at night, Askatla is still as lively as it is during the day.

In particular, Woking Mall, which is the largest market on the west coast of Ferenc, is open 24 hours a day almost all year round, and there is no so-called "rest" at all.

Its oval-shaped wall was fifteen meters high, covering an area more than twice the size of the market in Deepwater City, and it was still brightly lit even at night.

Guests from all over the world or from different planes flowed here in an endless stream, and the flow of people showed no signs of decreasing at all.

Just the opposite!

Because many merchants secretly sell some contraband in order to pursue profits at night, there are more customers than during the day.

In those unknown corners, there are quite a few shop stalls selling magic scrolls, staffs, wands, books and various spell-casting materials.

The merchants of Amn fully embodied the phrase "money is everything".

As long as the profit is enough, there is nothing they dare not buy or sell.

You must know that these things are strictly prohibited from sale by law.

Once caught by the masked mage, he will pay several times the fine, or he will be imprisoned for a period of time.

In addition to serious businessmen, various black market businessmen also suddenly appeared in the streets and alleys, or in hidden alleys as night fell, selling the stolen goods they obtained through various channels.

However, unlike Calimport, all criminal forces in Amn are managed by the Shadow Thieves Guild.

Therefore, fierce conflicts and vendettas will not break out between large and small gangs, and even if there are conflicts between them, certain rules must be followed.

So in the capital of gold coins, even if you go out in the middle of the night, as long as you are careful to avoid the most dangerous areas, it is still safe in theory.

At least Zuo Si didn't encounter any trouble on the way to the Crooked-necked Crane in Chengmen District.

Even if you occasionally see an adventurer passing by, the other party is not as aggressive as the counterparts in Calimport. They either nod their heads, or turn a blind eye and walk away.

This overly friendly attitude made Rhett, a half-orc who is used to sinister people, a little uncomfortable. He asked in an uncertain tone, "Are all the adventurers in Amn in the north so friendly?"

"Friendly? What gave you this illusion?" Zuo Si raised her eyebrows and asked back.

"But those people in the past obviously didn't show any aggressiveness, which is almost impossible to happen in Calimshan." Rhett gave his reasons.

After all, in Calimport, it is very common to wake up every morning to find blood and corpses on the street.

It would be amazing if there wasn't a single murder or violence for an entire night.

Zuo Si shook his head with a smile and explained: "No, you misunderstood.

It's not that the adventurers in Amn are friendlier, it's just that they don't want to do anything in the city.

After all, in this city, there are not only guards who maintain order on the surface, but also shadow thieves who secretly maintain order in the underground world, and masked mages who specialize in managing arcane spellcasters.

It was not as chaotic and disorderly as Calimport. Once it was on the wanted list, it would mean that it would not be possible to step into Askatra, let alone accept those high-paying commissions.

Most adventure teams are unwilling to bear such serious consequences. "

"I see. Damn it! I thought I'd met a nice guy."

Rhett couldn't help but whispered something.

Although in Faerun Continent, the "nameless adventurer" has solved huge crises more than once.

But in fact, more than 90% of the adventurers tend to be benefited. The basic behavior pattern is very similar to that of the players in the game. They have no stand and morality at all. Whoever gives more money will work for them.

In many cases, I don't even mind being a guest robber, robbing the businessman and his peers.

Occasionally, killing the employer because of dissatisfaction with the salary also happens from time to time.

After all, adventure is the industry with the lowest threshold for obtaining wealth, power, knowledge and status in the wizarding world, and there are all kinds of people.

Even "Witch Queen" Igwell once joined a fairly famous team to take risks.

While the two were talking, the team had arrived at the gate of Crooked Crane Hotel.

This is a slightly dilapidated two-story brick and stone building. There is a shed for storing carriages and livestock next to the main entrance. On the second floor, there are windows for several guest rooms, and a balcony that is so simple that it looks dilapidated.

It can be concluded from the appearance alone that the previous feature of this place should be that it is mainly cheap and cheap.

Not far in front of the hotel, there is a huge city gate and a towering and strong city wall.

Since the closed door sign had been put up, the entire hotel was empty inside and out, not even a single person was there.

Zuo Si took out the key to open the locked door, and was the first to walk in.

With the creaking sound of their feet on the rotten floor, everyone finally came to the lobby on the first floor of the hotel.

As a heavy drinker, Alena rushed to the bar without saying a word, picked up a bottle filled with Amber-colored liquid, unscrewed it, and poured it into her mouth.

In the end, in just a second, she spit out all the wine she drank, cursing while spouting: "Shit! What the hell is this? Is it really wine? It's so horrible to drink." !"

Zuo Si suppressed a smile and pretended to be kind to remind: "There is no wine in this shop that costs more than two silver coins. Moreover, the boss Grokaner will also add water in it. Except for those wines that are only Poor people with a few coppers left, otherwise people with normal tastes would not pour those messy bad wines into their mouths."

"Huh? Then don't you remind me earlier!"

Alena dropped the wine in her hand angrily and rolled her eyes.

"This is to give you a longer memory, so that you don't have to pour it into your mouth every time you see a liquid that looks like wine. Look at Rhett, he also likes to drink, but he never loses his mind because of it."

After saying this, Zuo Si quickly chanted a spell and released a 【Detection Secret Door】.

moment!

A piece of ground next to the wall took on an unusual color.

You don't need to ask, this is the entrance to the Lich's Chamber.

Without any hesitation, he added another [Knocking Technique], directly opening the secret door that was sealed with magic.

Davidian smashed open the rotten floor with his shield, pulled hard on the heavy stone door hidden below, and finally revealed a step leading to the depths of the ground.

It may be because no one has been there for a long time, so the wind blowing from inside exudes a strong stench and decay.

The astonishing negative energy does not even need to be detected, it can be clearly felt by the body alone.

"It's unbelievable! There are actually liches making their home in a place with such a high traffic flow in the gate area of ​​Askatla."

Vanessa opened her mouth in shock, expressing her incomprehension.

As a necromancer, he is very clear about the attitude of the people in most countries and cities towards undead creatures.

So since becoming a lich, Vanessa has been extra careful even when summoning her apprentices, hiding in the mage's tower all day long, never going out unless necessary, for fear of being noticed by the people around her.

But this "senior" was lucky, he directly settled down in the downtown area, and he didn't seem to worry about the consequences of being exposed at all.

You must know that the secret door just now did not bless any protective things at all except for hiding and closing it with magic.

Not even the most basic traps to ward off intruders and sound the alarm.

"Maybe when he made his home here, Askatla was not as prosperous as it is now, and it's not even sure whether there is this city. Let's go, let's get this thing done quickly and go back to sleep."

After all, Zuo Si took out four [Fireball], four [Advanced Strike Undead], four [Scorching Radiance], one [Silence], and one [Eliminate Invisibility].

You don't need to ask, you know, this is definitely an intention to directly give the Lich a set of "hard work".

Immediately afterwards, he began to chant spells again, and quickly blessed the combatants present with various protective and beneficial spells. At the same time, he distributed the holy water made by himself to the soldiers to smear on their armor and weapons.

It didn't take long before everyone began to glow with amazing magical auras.

Since obtaining five priest levels, the protection and buff magic that Zuo Si can bless are no longer pure arcane spells, but also a large number of divine spells.

Especially the [Blessing Technique] in the first ring, not only is the effect very good, but it also takes effect within the group.

Before the start of the battle, the team's morale will be fully boosted immediately. Whether it is attacking or resisting the Lich's [Fear Aura], it can have a very good effect.

After all the preparatory work was completed, everyone walked down the steps in a mighty manner.

In a few minutes or so, a basement of at least 200 square meters below the gate area appeared in front of them.

With the lighting provided by [Light Art], one can vaguely see a Calishite-style sarcophagus in the center of the basement.

There are more than 20 human-shaped coffins standing on the walls on all sides.

Due to the age, part of the wood has decayed, revealing one after another dry mummies inside.

The four stone pillars serving as supporting structures are densely carved with exquisite reliefs.

Two huge statues stood beside the sarcophagus, motionless like guards.

There is no doubt that this is a typical Calishite Shorn tomb.

Because only the cruel and cruel Calishite nobles like to make slaves into mummies for themselves.

At that time, the Amn region happened to be the border of the huge empire.

The city of Askatra was not founded until shortly before the collapse of the Shorn Dynasty.

The moment Vanessa tried to get closer to the sarcophagus to see what was going on inside, the human face mask hanging on a pillar next to it suddenly shone with dazzling light.

Next second!

A lich in tattered robes appeared out of nowhere.

He first stared at the two gloomy lights in his eyes and pondered for a while, and then said in an extremely low and hoarse voice: "For a long time, I have slept here, guarding this sacred tomb, and have never been awakened. Now, you stupid interlopers will pay the price for your stupidity, your greed, your recklessness, and your disturbing my sleep. Generations of death..."

Before the Lich could finish speaking, Zuo Si sent out the big gift package prepared in advance in an instant.

boom! boom! boom! boom!

Accompanied by the violent explosion of [Fireball], the deadly positive energy rays of [Advanced Strike Undead] and [Scorching Radiance] immediately surrounded the opponent.

Not to mention undead creatures, even living people were blinded by the blinding white light.

Vanessa, who is also a lich, backed away in fright, for fear of being accidentally affected.

Before everyone recovered from Zuo Si's sneak attack of "not talking about martial arts", he also threw out [Silence Technique] and [Eliminate Invisibility].

moment!

The place where the Lich was located became silent, as if the mute button had been pressed.

No matter how I opened my mouth, I couldn't make a sound, let alone chanting spells to release spells.

The most frightening thing is that the Lich activated the [Invisibility Ring] to hide and temporarily avoid the edge, but was immediately cracked by the [Eliminate Invisibility].

Vanessa, who hid behind him, also completed the [Dimensional Anchor], raised her hand and shot a beam of light that hit the opponent accurately.

As a result, all teleportation magic will be unavailable.

It can be said that in just a few seconds, this poor lich was targeted and stood there at a loss.

His whole body was severely injured by the first round of saturated blows, and there were signs of breakage and scorching everywhere.

Half of the skull was shattered by positive energy rays, and it looked abnormally bleak and miserable from a distance.

"Ahhh! Go to hell! Monster!"

Seeing this, the half-orc Rhett immediately activated his berserk ability and rushed up, leaped forward and made a jumping chop.

The dragon-born knight Davidian charged from the side, swung the flaming long sword strengthened with [Advanced Demonic Weapon], and stabbed fiercely.

The archer Huntington aimed at the opponent's eye socket, and shot out an enchanted arrow that was also strengthened with [Advanced Enchanted Weapon] and coated with [Holy Water].

Three people hit the poor lich almost at the same time.

Alena didn't even have time to make a move, and the opponent was dismantled into a pile of broken bones on the spot.

From the beginning to the end, the Lich didn't even release a single spell, but only used the [Invisible Ring] worn on his hand once.

Not to mention releasing spells, there was no chance to sing a single syllable of the spell.

"This... is this the end?"

Vanessa opened her mouth slightly, her face full of disbelief.

Because he could feel that the lich in front of him who had been smashed to pieces was definitely not weak. Maybe he had already mastered the nine-ring magic and was about to listen to the spell, carefully observe the opponent's casting movements, and then "counter" the spell. ".

But in the end, the preparations made before were useless at all, and the enemy was taken away by one set.

The aggrieved way of death is hardly like a high-level mage.

Moreover, the large number of spells that Zuo Si poured out in an instant reminded the new lich of a name that resounded throughout Faerun.

She is one of the chosen ones of the goddess of magic, the nightmare and mortal enemy of the red-robed mage Sel, the Seven Sisters of the Northland, and has an unclear relationship with Elminster, the great sage of Shadow Valley.

Her name is Ella Silan Silverhand, but more people prefer to call her "Storm Queen" Simbu.

Just like the nickname "Queen of Storms", this powerful arcane spellcaster invented the terrifying "spell chain", and was once known for being able to pour a large number of destructive spells on opponents in a very short period of time.

It is said that in order to deal with this difficult enemy, the red-robed mage of Serre dispatched a large number of high-level mages at once, hoping to use the advantage of numbers to eradicate him once and for all.

But in the end, they were defeated after only one face-to-face meeting.

In that battle, a dozen or so "Ring Magic Instructors" were blown to pieces on the spot, and the rest of them were like bereaved dogs, and they never dared to think of Simbu again.

Obviously, the planeswalker's completely instant card system gave Vanessa many unnecessary associations.

He even mistakenly thought that this might be a special ability bestowed by the Goddess of Poison and Disease on her chosen ones.

"Otherwise? This lich may have been asleep for too long, and it has forgotten how a mage should fight. When it found an intruder, it didn't bless itself with protective magic immediately, but talked a series of nonsense there."

Zuo Si's tone was full of disdain and contempt.

Although spellcasting levels are very important in spell duels, there are many examples of low-level mages defeating high-level mages.

Just now, he thought that the lich dared to boast, because he had magic protection that could bounce back low-level spells, or he was wearing a [mirror cloak] that could bounce back magic damage, so he paid close attention to it for a while.

But in the end, it was found that the other party had no protection at all.

If he had known that the result would be like this, Zuo Si would never waste time using the magic detection of the prophecy system and preparing so many backhands.

It's as if a certain dragon slaying warrior put on the best weapons and equipment, drank the potion enough to resist the dragon's breath, and finally discovered that the dragon had slept like a fool for hundreds of years, and was easily defeated by himself. cut off his head.

No sense of accomplishment at all!

"Master, this guy is carrying a cane, three magic wands, and a magic ring."

Davidian quickly found five items from the lich's remains that hadn't been destroyed by the fireball and positive energy rays.

"let me see."

Zuo Si took it and roughly recognized it.

"Hmm - a magic wand with four rings [Ice Storm], a wand of [Fireball], a wand of [Lightning], and an [Invisibility Ring] that can make the wearer invisible for up to twelve hours after use. , a staff that is equivalent to a +3 magic weapon, and has a certain chance of making the opponent fear when it hits. Huh? What is this? Damn it! This thing also has a curse effect..."

After discovering that the unknown cane would cause the user's external image to be distorted or even disfigured by evil forces, Zuo Si immediately activated the creator's ability to directly transform the magic item and remove the cursed part.

After finishing all this, he turned his gaze to the sarcophagus not far away.

The loyal dragon-born knight Davidian keenly noticed the master's gaze, and immediately strode over, pushing open the lid of the sarcophagus.

moment!

A completely decomposed corpse with only bones left appeared in front of him.

Due to the fact that it was too old, the dead inside could not be identified at all.

But a long sword placed beside him attracted everyone's attention.

Because this sword exudes a dazzling golden radiance like the sun, and its powerful sacred power is even enough to suppress the astonishing negative energy contained in the entire tomb.

"this is……"

The half-orc Rhett's eyes widened.

Even he, a magic idiot and purely illiterate, could see the extraordinaryness of this sword.

"[Sun Blade: Star of the Day], a magic long sword with +2.

A powerful magical weapon against the undead once wielded by paladins loyal to Torm, the god of valor.

Whether it is a lich or a vampire, they are as fragile as a thin layer of paper in front of this sword.

Moreover, it can also allow the holder to release a spell-like ability like the eight-ring evocation magic [Yang Yan Blast] once a day, instantly destroying all undead creatures within a radius of five meters, and can also cause amazing damage to living people .

Against evil creatures, a day star is equivalent to a +4 magic weapon, and it deals double damage against undead.

With it, it will be quite easy to deal with liches, dracolich, vampires, or other undead creatures in the future..."

While talking, Zuo Si took out the sword from the coffin.

Although this is a sacred weapon, it has no camp and occupation restrictions.

Anyone, as long as they are not undead, even the evil camp can use it.

In fact, Zuo Si planned to kill the Lich, just to get this amazingly powerful magic weapon.

Everything else is secondary.

"Do you know that the Daystar is hidden here?" Vanessa tentatively asked in an uncertain tone.

Because Zuo Si's hand didn't touch the sword at all just now, and he didn't release the [Appraisal Technique], so he suddenly felt that this action tonight was not that simple.

Zuo Si didn't deny it either, but nodded meaningfully: "That's right. The main purpose of coming tonight is to get it. With this powerful weapon, I've made up for my last shortcoming."

【Blade of the Sun: Star of the Day】The restraint against undead creatures is just perfect to make up for Zuo Si's lack of means to deal with undead creatures at this stage, especially high-level undead with wisdom.

After all, his powerful electorate abilities are all aimed at living creatures. Apart from killing them suddenly in a burst when they have no defenses like just now, there is no good way to take high-level undead creatures at all.

But now with the Star of the Day, combined with the [War God Possession] card, even if it is besieged by several liches and vampires, it has the ability to turn the tables.

Carefully inserting the long sword shining with golden light into the sheath prepared in advance, and then fastened it to the belt, Zuo Si then took out the hammer that destroyed Asta's phylactery and handed it to Davidian, pointing at The mask on the pillar said: "This thing is the phylactery of the Lich, destroy it for me now."

"clear!"

The dragon-born knight with extremely high obedience didn't say a word, and smashed it hard with the hammer.

boom! boom! boom! boom!

boom!

Accompanied by the violent negative energy impact, the mask was smashed to pieces.

At the same time, the lich soul kept inside also let out a desperate scream, and quickly dissipated into the air.

On the other side, Rhett and Alena, who liked to search for treasures and trophies, had already carried the emptied dimension bag and began to sweep away all valuable things in the tomb.

Although it is not clear who the owner of the tomb is, the number of funerary objects is indeed considerable.

Although the number of gold and silver coins is not very large, there are a lot of various arts and crafts.

In Amn, where the social atmosphere is flamboyant and likes to show off, one piece of these things can often be sold for a high price of thousands of gold coins.

Whether they are nobles or wealthy businessmen, they desperately collect these things and display them in their family's collection room.

"Your Excellency South, what to do with the unawakened mummies in the surrounding coffins?"

Vanessa obviously has no interest in the funerary objects, but instead takes a fancy to these well-made ancient mummies that have been deposited with negative energy for at least a thousand years.

"It's very simple. For this kind of undead with little intelligence, you only need to use this magic item to control it."

With that said, Zuo Si took out the [Scroll of Controlling the Undead] from the scroll box that he had found from the remains of his mentor, and activated it at the mummies in the coffins.

moment!

An astonishing energy swept through the entire basement.

All the living people who were swept by this cold energy would involuntarily shudder.

After a while, the sleeping mummies woke up one by one, and came to Zuo Si with slow steps, there were as many as twenty-four in number.

As a powerful necromancer, Vanessa almost noticed the powerful necromantic magic emanating from the [Scroll of Controlling the Undead] at a glance, and immediately asked: "What is that scroll?"

"Its name is [Tome of Controlling the Undead].

It is a prop made by my teacher who scalped hundreds of slaves, strengthened them repeatedly through necromancy magic.

The biggest effect is that it can control undead creatures without intelligence without restriction.

As for intelligent high-level undead, they can be controlled a little by forcing themselves to write their names on the scroll.

But this kind of control ability is not strong, so the practical value is not high. "

Zuo Si straightforwardly stated the function of [Tome of Controlling the Undead].

Because when Asta originally designed and manufactured this thing, he didn't consider advanced undead with intelligence.

Therefore, high-level undead creatures who are smart enough can use various methods to get rid of control.

Not to mention a lich with powerful spellcasting ability.

"Can you show me?" Vanessa's eyes shone slightly.

Zuo Si handed it over without hesitation for even a second: "Here, take it, remember to return it to me after researching it. I will point to it in the future to control more undead creatures as coolies and laborers."

"Thank you very much! Don't worry, I will study it for a week or two at most and return it to you."

Vanessa hurriedly took the [Scroll of Controlling the Undead] with both hands, and gently stroked the surface of the scroll to feel the unbelievable material. The whole person was immersed in a strong sense of happiness and joy that he couldn't extricate himself from.

Just when he was about to release some identification spells to get more information, Alena suddenly held up a slightly thick book and shouted: "Master, look what I found!"

"It's that Lich's spell book?!"

Undisguised surprise immediately appeared on Zuo Si's face.

You must know that the spell book of a high-level mage is an out-and-out "baby".

As long as one or two spells with eight or nine rings are recorded in it, its value far exceeds the sum of all other funerary objects combined.

"You guessed it right! But there are a lot of protective magic on it, and it probably takes a lot of effort to open it." Saying that, Alena threw the book in her hand over.

Fortunately, Davidian had a quick eye and took the initiative to step forward and catch it steadily.

Otherwise, with Zuo Si's small body, he might be smashed and sit on the ground.

After a little detection of the protective spells on the surface of this book, he impatiently used the [Spell and Barrier Destroyer] ability of the creator profession to forcibly drain all the energy that sustains these spells, and then opened it to deal with those spells. Identify mysterious symbols, words and patterns.

As a result, after identifying it, it was discovered that this lich was really a mage who mastered the nine-ring spell.

After Vanessa's preliminary judgment, the nine-ring spells include: [Time Stop], [Meteor Burst], and [Wishing Art].

The eight-ring spells include: [Law: Shock], [Secret Soul Art], [Death Emblem], and [Death Art].

The seven-ring spells include: [Spell Reversal], [Law: Blindness], [Delayed Explosion Fireball], [Simulation], [Finger of Death], and [Undead Enlightenment].

As for those below the seventh ring, there are more.

Moreover, there are hundreds of pages in the whole book, which is beyond the reach of ordinary spell books.

"Your Excellency South, we have made a lot of money this time." Vanessa said in an extremely excited tone.

Especially the three nine-ring magic, 100% can benefit all members of the organization a lot.

"Clean it up quickly, we'll go back to the Mage Tower right away."

Zuo Si gave the order straightforwardly.

Because he saw many very rare three-ring magic in the spell book.

You must know that the magic system of Faerun has been changing from ancient times to the present, and has undergone several version iterations and rule changes.

In addition to those classic and common spells, there are many less well-known spells, which eventually became lost because fewer and fewer people knew them.

This spell book from at least a thousand years ago contains many such spells.

Zuo Si can't wait to learn it and make it into a magic card.

Similarly, Vanessa couldn't help but want to copy all the magic of the seventh, eighth, and ninth rings into her spell book.

Just when a group of people came back to the door of the mage tower with a full load, a slightly thin figure suddenly jumped out of the darkness.

Davidian, who was always very vigilant, immediately raised his shield to block in front of his master, and asked sharply, "Who is it?"

"Hey! Relax! Don't be so nervous! I mean no harm!"

The woman in the black cloak took off her hood, then raised her hands to signal that she was not a threat.

Through the faint light, it can be vaguely seen that this is not a human being, but an elf with pointed ears.

But what is different from ordinary elves is that her hair is bright red, and exotic black patterns can be vaguely seen on her face, neck and arms, and there is a slender and sharp tail behind her buttocks swinging from side to side.

Demon elves?

Zuo Si recognized the other party's identity at a glance.

After all, as early as nearly 10,000 years ago during the Crown War, some elf families had combined with succubi to give birth to hybrid offspring to obtain more powerful power, and then trained them and put them into battle.

At present, the most famous demon-born elf family in Faerun is "Della Gadges" from the ancient elf city-Comanthor.

"Good evening, Honorable Elector. My name is Fei De, and I am formally extending an invitation to meet you on behalf of Ellen Linville."

The demon-born elf bowed gracefully while resting his chest with one hand, and at the same time expressed his intention of coming.

Needless to ask, "Fed" is definitely a pseudonym.

It can be seen that she is very cautious and always stands closest to the shadow.

If attacked, it only takes a moment to escape into the shadow disappearing without a trace.

"Ellen Linville? Shadow Thief!" Zuo Si raised her eyebrows subconsciously.

Because this is not the first time that the other party has sent him an invitation to meet. He had also mentioned it through Bernard once before, but he was mercilessly rejected.

The reason is very simple!

Zuo Si's most hated god, Cyric, is currently rapidly expanding his faith among Shadow Thieves.

Although there are still a little more high-level executives who believe in the god of thieves, Musk, it is only a matter of time before the former takes a place.

At that time, based on the grievances between him and Cyric Church, it is hard to say whether the Shadow Thief will become an enemy or a friend.

The demon elf smiled and nodded: "That's right. The time and place are up to you. After all, my boss is very sincere."

"Is there anything he wants from me?" Zuo Si tentatively touched her chin.

"Sorry, I'm just an insignificant person, how can I know the thoughts of the boss above. The only thing I can be sure of is that this is definitely not a bad thing for you." Fei De assured.

"In this case, let's set it at eight o'clock tomorrow night. The location is in my mage tower, if Ellen Linville dares to come."

After saying this, Zuo Si ignored the other party, turned around and walked into the tower without looking back.

The demon-born elf stood there until the gate was closed, then let out a long breath, and quickly returned to the headquarters of the Shadow Thieves Guild in the dock area under the cover of the shadow.

After layers of checks and a rigorous body search, she quickly came to the room located in the deepest part of the ground, and reported to the man sitting on the sofa: "I talked to that elector. My mage tower will meet you."

"Mage Tower?"

Hearing this news, Ellen Linville's face suddenly became a little ugly.

Because it takes a considerable risk to meet alone with the chosen ones of the goddess of poison and disease Talona.

It is very likely that the other party can poison him or contract a terrible disease that cannot be cured by ordinary magic with a look or a movement.

Now with the addition of a mage tower, the titular leader of the shadow thief is basically no different from the fish on the chopping board.

As long as Zuo Si wanted to, he could easily take his life at any time.

"Yes, the Mage Tower. And I noticed that he doesn't seem to have much interest in working with us."

The demon elf spoke out what he had observed.

Ellen Linville couldn't help complaining in a low voice: "Damn it! This time the above really gave me a big problem. Through these days of observation, do you know what this elector likes?"

"Favorites? I think it's something related to magic..." The last descendant elf replied uncertainly, rubbing his chin.

"Something related to magic? Then it seems that I have to prepare a slightly more expensive meeting gift." Ellen Linville sighed helplessly.

He originally thought that this contact would go well.

After all, in Amn, no one would not want to cooperate with the Shadow Thief.

Even those powerful families and chambers of commerce will buy information from Shadow Thieves, hire thieves and assassins to attack competitors in other countries and city-states.

But Zuo Si's performance surprised Ellen Linville.

The former not only turned down his first invitation, but even the second one clearly wanted to turn it down.

"Um...boss, why do you have to meet with the other party? If it's just for cooperation, wouldn't it be enough to just find someone to send a message?" The demon elf asked very puzzled.

Alan Linville touched his chin and explained patiently: "This Lord South is not an ordinary little character, we must show enough sincerity."

...

At the same time, far away in the private room of the headquarters of the Masked Mage Guild.

Zeranora has just been promoted to one level, officially becoming the top executive of this organization of spellcasters who monopolize Amn.

Looking at the mark on the robe that symbolized her identity and status, she immediately pursed her lips and said in a mocking tone: "A group of greedy idiots still want to use me as a pawn in the internal faction's struggle?

I really don't know whether to admire their courage or laugh at their ignorance.

But it doesn't matter.

Anyway, now I've climbed to where I want to be.

The next thing to do is to slowly infiltrate and develop until the entire Masked Mage Guild is in the hands.

But before I do that, I have to win over this funny little guy, South.

If the entanglement symbol can use him, why can't I? "

Thinking of this, Zelanora directly waved to another mage standing not far away.

The latter didn't even say a word of nonsense, and went straight to the front and said in an extremely fanatical tone: "Great master, what are your orders?"

"Is everything that South ordered from us finished?"

Zeranora asked straightforwardly.

"Of course! According to your instructions, all are made according to the highest quality, and all have been stored in the warehouse." The mage quickly gave an affirmative answer.

Zeranora nodded with satisfaction: "Very good. I will send all these things over tomorrow, and give some extra magical creatures as gifts. If I read correctly, he seems to be trying to breed a new population of magical creatures. "

"As you wish, master."

The mage knelt on one knee and performed a five-body salute on the ground in the ancient etiquette of the Calishite court.

Generally speaking, only the emperor, who is the supreme ruler of the country, is eligible to accept such worship.

But Zelanora accepted the other party's gift calmly, picked up a book on the modern history of Faerun from the shelf next to it, and read it with relish.

At this moment, the powerful aura she unintentionally exudes is obviously completely different from her usual self.

The whole person is full of self-confidence, pride and majesty.

And the behavior is not at all like an elegant female moon elf, but like a human male who has been in a high position for a long time.

But unfortunately, apart from the mage who just left, no one saw this scene at all.

Otherwise, those young mages who pursued Zeranora as the lover of their dreams would be heartbroken in an instant.

But Zeranora herself apparently doesn't care about that.

After reading the history books for a while, he quickly chanted spells in the room and continuously cast various powerful summoning spells.

Whether it is a devil from Bator Hell, a demon from the bottomless abyss, or a powerful monster from another plane, they are all as obedient as a puppy under her control.

This move alone is enough to make those so-called "arch mages" in the organization feel ashamed.

You must know that two years ago, Zeranora was only a low-level mage of LV3.

But now, she can easily cast the powerful nine-ring spell.

Soon, these summoned creatures were under her control, quickly sneaked into the rooms of the young mages, killed them, and then used spell-like abilities to disguise themselves as the dead to take their place.

The whole process went so smoothly that no one even noticed.

After all, only some humble low-level mages and apprentices died.

The higher-ups of the masked mages are too lazy to care about their lives...

(end of this chapter)