One Sneeze Destroys A Magical Civilization

Chapter 210 Returning to the Mage Tower

Under the guidance of Midnight, the third-generation goddess of magic, it took Zuo Si a whole week to finally finish reading the first subsection of the first chapter of the Netheril scroll, which is the first of the ten scrolls.

It has to be said that, as one of the earliest intelligent creatures in this world to create civilization on land, and also the creators of all scaly creatures, such as lizardmen and snakemen, the theoretical research of the Sarukh witches on arcane magic is indeed true. It can be regarded as the pinnacle.

Even the Netheril civilization, which was later brilliant for a while, was nothing more than extending and transforming some spells and application technologies from the results of the former's basic theoretical research, nothing more.

As for inventions and creations, although it cannot be said that they are completely absent, there are no commendable breakthroughs in basic theoretical research.

Moreover, the magical characters used by the shamans when writing these scrolls are also unique, and even their compatriots who have not learned arcane arts may not be able to understand them.

The most notable feature is that the meaning expressed by a magic rune is very complicated, often equivalent to a dozen or even dozens or hundreds of words in the Common Language of Faerun.

Just like ancient classical Chinese, it has been simplified to the extreme.

Especially in the part that explains the most basic theory at the beginning, if there is a little bit of misunderstanding, it will have an impact on all the following parts.

fortunately!

With the guidance of Midnight, the goddess of magic, Zuo Si finally completed the hardest and most dangerous first step without any risk.

After understanding the theoretical basis and outline of the opening chapter, then there will be no major problems in learning the knowledge that is divided into categories next.

Of course, as a reward for reading a Netheril scroll, Zuo Si's understanding of magic has become more profound, and the surging arcane energy in his body is ready to come out.

You can increase the level of any arcane spellcasting class at any time if you want.

However, he was not in a hurry to use it, but planned to upgrade the [Secretist] profession to LV8 first, obtain the seven-ring spell slot, and then add the rewards obtained from reading scrolls to the [Archmage] profession.

After all, [Secretist] is not a pure arcane spellcasting profession, it also includes divine spells.

So you can't enjoy the benefits of reading Netheril scrolls.

In this way, you can directly prostitute the five-level archmage profession for free.

Earn blood!

Just when Zuo Si was thinking about how to optimize the existing spell-casting classes, Midnight casually put the first golden scroll back into the box, and said in a slightly appreciative tone: "It only took me a week to finish reading one scroll." I am amazed at your level of intelligence and comprehension of all the contents of the scroll. You must know that it may take a month or even longer for the chosen ones such as Elminster and some other legendary mages."

"It's all thanks to your teaching, and this pair of [Eye of Knowledge]. It endowed me with unimaginable observation and understanding speed." Zuo Si responded very modestly.

"No! This is not only my teaching, but also the credit given to your eyes by the God of Knowledge. If you don't mind, can you tell me the mystery of your abnormal physical state and super-high intelligence?" Midnight Rao Interested to ask.

Zuo Si didn't speak, just smiled and shook her head slightly.

"Okay, I think I understand what's going on."

Midnight didn't bother too much, and decisively classified it as the unique method and special ability of the planeswalker.

After all, in the description of Oghma, the god of knowledge, this is a special group that can stand shoulder to shoulder with the gods.

It can even directly cross the gap between spaces without going through the astral world and the ether plane as a transit, and enter the "dark void" that even Shendu can't set foot in.

So mastering some special powers that can continuously strengthen oneself is not worth making a fuss about.

Compared with these, the goddess of magic is actually more interested in the energy channel on Zuo Si that connects to another world.

Because through these days of observation, she can feel that the original magic energy is constantly surging in the body of the little guy in front of her, and at the same time, it has formed a coexistence phenomenon with the magic net within a radius of hundreds of meters. .

This is also the reason why Zuo Si can still use it normally even though she clearly did not allow those magic systems to enter this world.

"What are you looking at?"

Zuo Si was a little hairy from the goddess' strange eyes, and subconsciously touched her face.

Midnight smiled and shook his head: "No, it's nothing. Now I finally understand why so many Shendu are interested in you.

Because your existence itself is like a miracle pieced together by countless coincidences.

That radiant soul is like a flawless gem, which will attract every life that sees it.

Well, since you have successfully read the first scroll, you should be able to handle the rest by yourself, and there is no need for me to stay and waste time.

Remember, though, if you experience a tingling in the brain or a trance while reading the other scrolls, use the holy symbol to ask me for help. "

After saying these words, the incarnation of the goddess of magic opened a portal and disappeared without a trace.

Zuo Si was puzzled and puzzled by the goddess' last inexplicable words.

But he didn't dwell on it for too long. After a few minutes, he put away the box used to store the Netheril scrolls, and immediately set off for the Tower of Order in Waterdeep City, intending to use the adventure proceeds sent by the dwarf Ruger a few days ago. Go buy some materials and magic items.

Calculating the time, it has been almost a few months since I left Askatra, and it is time to go back.

Zuo Si was qualified to enter the Tower of Order by showing the member badge that Kelben had made for him to the guard at the gate.

Of course, this huge building is more suitable to be called a magic fortress than a tower.

In fact, the "mage tower" is a very abstract concept in essence, and it doesn't have to be in the shape of a minaret.

Because as long as there is an element pool that can collect and store energy, the surrounding walls and ceiling are reinforced with magical energy, and some rooms with special functions are built, they can all be collectively referred to as "Mage Tower".

And unlike the quietness of most mage towers, the noise here is like a market.

Countless guys dressed like adventurers are bargaining fiercely with the apprentices in charge of selling magic weapons, equipment, potions, scrolls and props at various stalls.

Due to the "consignment" method, some mages will give a "lowest price" when they hand over the things they made to the Tower of Order for sale.

And the task of these apprentices is to sell them as high as possible.

Starting from the "reserve price", for every 10% increase in the sales price, the booth manager can get a part of the commission, up to 50% of the net profit after the reserve price is removed, which is almost half.

It has to be said that the person who invented this incentive policy is definitely a "genius".

He mobilized the subjective initiative of every apprentice in charge of sales by bundling interests.

Whether it is to earn the high cost of learning magic, or to please the archmages and let them give advice, the apprentices must give full play to their ingenuity and fool the adventurers into taking out the last gold coin in their pockets.

"Looks like a lot of fun."

Davian looked around with great interest and commented.

"That's right! The manager of the Tower of Order directly transformed it into a trading market for various magic items. However, it seems that non-guild members need to pay a deposit to enter."

Zuo Si obviously noticed that when the adventurers came in, they would hand a bag of gold coins to a woman who looked like a cashier at the door, at least five hundred or more.

But it's not surprising to think about it.

After all, even the cheapest items sold here cost hundreds of gold coins, which ordinary people simply cannot afford.

What's more, the composition of the group of adventurers is quite complicated.

Especially those thieves with dirty hands and feet will often take some "souvenirs" while the shopkeeper is not paying attention when shopping.

After paying the security deposit, if they want to steal something, they have to consider whether the gain outweighs the loss.

Just when Zuo Si was about to skip the finished products and look for valuable raw materials, he suddenly heard a fierce quarrel in the distance.

Taking a closer look, it turned out that an adventure team was selling their "trophy", two well-preserved beholder corpses.

The barbarian headed by waved his thick arms, spitting out froth from his mouth, and roared in a stern tone: "Only two thousand gold coins? Are you kidding me! This is not those small Gaussian beholders, but those who can really A real beholder that releases anti-magic force fields and all kinds of terrifying rays. Look at its huge main eye and the eye stems around it, this thing is worth at least five thousand gold coins."

"If it is alive, let alone five thousand gold coins, even tens of thousands are fine. But the problem is that these are just corpses. With my authority, I can only give up to two thousand gold coins. If you are not satisfied, you can choose to bring go back."

A young man in his mid-twenties, wearing a mage's robe, shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.

As a member of the Anmin Mage Guild, he is not afraid of a few adventurers who want to play tricks.

Let alone a barbarian who is over two meters tall, even a hybrid of a titan and an ogre has to follow the rules honestly.

Otherwise, all kinds of powerful control and charm magic can teach those who don't know how to live and die in minutes how to behave with their tails between their legs.

Just when the mindless barbarian's emotions started to get a little out of control, Zuo Si suddenly walked up, pointed at the two beholder corpses on the ground and said, "Sell it to me, I'm willing to pay five thousand gold coins for each corpse."

"You really!"

One second he wanted to talk about the strong barbarian warrior who punched someone, but the next second he stopped all movements, his eyes revealing undisguised surprise.

From the simple equipment without any arcane aura and a large number of scars, it is not difficult to see that he and his teammates are quite poor, and they are most likely members of a primitive tribe around Waterdeep City.

Their motivation for going out to take risks is also very simple. It should be to make money to buy some food, salt and warm clothes for the tribes who lack clothing and food for the winter.

Because the cold winter is coming, the land transportation will be interrupted after the snow falls, so he is so impatient.

As for the use of Zuo Si to buy these beholder corpses at a high price, of course it is to create a powerful undead creature-"Dead Eye Tyrant".

This is the zombie form of a beholder.

Though lacking in intelligence, beholders retain most of their magical abilities in life.

Including deadly charm ray, dissociation ray, fear ray, death ray, petrification ray, negative energy ray, sleep ray, slow ray, telekinesis ability, anti-gravity flight ability...

From the perspective of ability, it is completely a super mobile energy ray fort.

And it can be used in unlimited amounts every day, without having to consider the issue of spell slots like other spellcasters.

If these two well-preserved corpses with main eyes were made into "Dead Eye Tyrants", they would even retain their forty-five-meter-long cone-shaped anti-magic force field.

It can even be said that apart from having no intelligence, the "Dead Eye Tyrant" is a complete beholder with the characteristics of an undead creature.

Do not!

It might be even scarier than a beholder.

Because in addition to the original abilities of the beholder, these guys also have a lot of immunity characteristics of undead creatures.

In the "Book of the Dead", there are very detailed and specific transformation methods about this undead creature.

Zuo Si wanted to capture a few beholders or get some corpses before going to the Leyline Lost City for an adventure.

It's a pity that I didn't meet them along the way.

Now that I happen to see it, I naturally won't let it go easily.

Let alone five thousand gold coins, he would buy them without hesitation even if he added a zero.

Because the power and value of a "dead-eyed tyrant" cannot be measured by a mere few thousand or even tens of thousands of gold coins.

Thinking of this, Zuo Si waved at the dragon-born knight neatly: "Give him ten thousand gold coins!"

Without saying a word, David took out a small leather bag from his close pocket, counted out ten money orders worth one thousand gold coins and handed them over.

"Here, this is a bill of 10,000 gold coins. You can take it to any temple of the Goddess of Wealth to exchange for equivalent currency, or you can directly buy what you want at any store in Waterdeep City."

"Hey! Thanks, buddy. I knew there would be someone who knew. Now the corpses of these two beholders are yours."

This tall and strong barbarian warrior was obviously not the first time to enter a big city. He understood the value of these small pieces of paper with the profile picture of the Goddess of Wealth Woking on it, and grinned kindly.

Because of their straightforward personality, they will always show their likes and dislikes directly on their faces.

Watching this adventurous team composed entirely of barbarians walk out of the Tower of Order, Davidian quickly stuffed the beholder's heavy meatball corpse into the dimension bag, and then walked away under the stunned gaze of the young mage.

Needless to ask, this young man doesn't know the value of the beholder's corpse at all, let alone the specific process and craftsmanship of making the "Death-Eyed Tyrant".

It is estimated that the reason for paying two thousand gold coins is probably to use those eye stalks to make magical equipment such as eyeball robes.

Continuing to stroll along the market, Zuo Si found that the spellcasting materials sold by the Tower of Order, no matter in type or rarity, were more than one grade higher than that of Amn's capital, Askatra.

On the one hand, the attitude towards magic here is more open and inclusive. Not only are there a large number of spellcasters, but the average level is also very high.

Even in the noisy lobby on the first floor, you can still occasionally meet high-level mages and warlocks passing by.

On the other hand, it is natural that Waterdeep City is located in the dangerous Northland, and most of the area is still in a wild and undeveloped state.

Adventurers can often find good things from some ruins, wastelands and forests.

Moreover, there is also the Lost Land Leyline City and the Skull Harbor, which is engaged in various slave trades and illegal transactions.

Therefore, there is no shortage of "supply channels" at all, and the price is relatively cheaper.

After walking around for a while, Zuo Si spent almost all the cash on her body.

Afterwards, he led the people directly away from the Tower of Order, opened the portal in an inconspicuous alley in Waterdeep City, and returned to the Mage Tower after a long absence.

"You are finally willing to come back?!"

The moment the group passed through the portal, Wilmes, who was in the shape of a dragon, suddenly opened his eyes with a surprised expression on his face.

Apparently, Zuo Si was just as insidious as the githyanki on Starport, choosing to fix the location of the portal in the dragon's lair beneath the tower.

"Didn't anything happen during my absence?" Zuo Si asked, looking around.

Wilmes replied casually: "Except for your dark elf slave running away, basically everything is proceeding according to the original plan. Oh, by the way, the female dragon you captured, I took her with the giant dragon." The Mutant Hounds are locked together, in the next-door bondage room."

"The drow ran away? When? How did she run? Didn't she wear an upgraded slavery collar around her neck? Didn't Xiaozhi (handicap) stop her?"

Zuo Si frowned subconsciously and asked a series of questions.

Because he couldn't figure out how a captive who had been under mind control all day escaped from the heavily guarded mage's tower.

"That damned drow obviously has strong mind control resistance.

I don't know when, she managed to break free from control but didn't show it.

Then he stole a wire saw, and quietly sawed off the collar around his neck.

Finally, use the meal delivery time to trick you into awakening the awareness of the mage tower, and go directly into the intricate waterways.

Since there was no obstacle between the lower level of the Mage Tower and Askatra's sewer some time ago, the entire escape process was extremely smooth.

After this incident, I had the goblin servant seal the passage, leaving only a hidden secret door. "

Wilmes didn't hide anything, and told what happened openly.

From the indifferent tone and attitude, it is not difficult to see that the red dragon didn't take this matter to heart at all.

"What about the goblins? Didn't the goblins dug under the mage tower escape?" Zuo Si continued to ask.

Although he had captured and made several dark elf creature cards in Leyline Lost City, he didn't care so much about a single captive.

But the problem is that this incident is not just about a captive running away, but a huge loophole in the management and defense of the mage tower.

Otherwise, even if the female drow had mental resistance and successfully sawed off the collar around her neck, she shouldn't be able to escape.

Wilmes responded without thinking: "The goblins have no chance of escaping. Because I have arranged a continuous sitting system for them. If one escapes, the whole team will die together. Not to mention that there are a large number of undead creatures following."

Hearing this answer, Zuo Si's originally serious face finally relaxed a little bit, and began to communicate with the consciousness of the tower through a spiritual connection.

After a while, he roughly knew what happened during the time he was away, as well as the progress of excavation and construction of the underground part.

Since goblins are not natural hole punchers like kobolds, many collapse accidents inevitably occurred during digging.

Just because of this, there are more than a thousand unlucky people who were crushed to death and smothered to death.

Although the corpses excavated later were resurrected by necromantic magic and continued to work in the form of undead, it still affected the overall progress.

Later, as a last resort, we had to invite a few kobold digging experts from the other side of the portal to give technical guidance, and the rate of collapse accidents gradually dropped.

In addition, there is another bad news that the goblins are almost extinct in the mountains south of Zhazesibo.

Because almost all the goblins in the surrounding area were caught and turned into coolies underground in the mage tower.

If labor is needed again, they may have to turn their attention to creatures that are not easy to manage, such as orcs and jackals.

However, the consciousness of the mage tower gave a suggestion, that is to kill them all first, and then bring back only the corpses and transform them into low-level undead.

Zuo Si thought about it for a while, and immediately agreed.

After all, the biggest advantage of the undead is that they don't need to rest, eat and drink, and can work 24 hours a day.

In contrast, from the perspective of pure labor efficiency, the price/performance ratio of goblin werewolves is not very high.

If it weren't for some experiments that required a large number of living organisms, they wouldn't even be worth existing.

In addition, ever since Zuo Si was listed for sale live goblins, the Masked Mage Guild immediately sent people to purchase hundreds of them, probably either for necromancy magic experiments or as guinea pigs to test the effects of various new medicines. .

Of course, it is not ruled out that it is a one-time consumable for apprentices to practice how to maintain focused spellcasting skills in battle.

In short, they not only gave a relatively high price, but also set a long-term purchase contract.

This amount of money alone is enough to buy food to feed thousands of goblins for a whole year or two.

You must know that Zuo Si's carefully formulated feed for goblins is very "scientific" and "nutritious".

These include insanely cheap old shelled barley and beans as a main course, paired with a stew of various seaweeds, small fish, shrimps and small crabs, plus some equally cheap raw kohlrabi, radishes, onions and mushrooms .

Not only the combination of meat and vegetables, but also the nutritional intake is very comprehensive.

Moreover, there are a large number of fish, shrimp and crabs with shells and bones, and there is absolutely no lack of calcium.

The only downside is that the taste is definitely not very good. Since there is no condiment in the thick soup, it is inevitably full of fishy smell.

The steamed rice of aged husk barley and beans was a bit toothless and hard to swallow.

If you eat for a long time, your teeth will wear down very quickly.

fortunately!

Zuo Si didn't intend to let these goblins live for more than five years at all, and successfully avoided the tragedy of those old goblins who had trouble eating because of their bad teeth.

You are so careful and kind, aren't you?

He couldn't help but praise himself as a "benevolent person".

From birth to burial, to becoming a tireless undead, the life of the werewolf and goblin was clearly arranged in this way.

After roughly checking the number and birth status of goblins, Zuo Si showed a satisfied expression on his face: "Not bad! It seems that the attempt to raise goblins has achieved initial success.

From birth to adulthood, under the influence of magic and hormones, it can be shortened to two months and fifteen days.

Although the price is that it is absolutely impossible for them to live longer than fifteen years, but it doesn't matter anymore.

The next thing to do is to strictly control the quantity to ensure that the total number remains in a relatively balanced state. "

"I think so too.

The manual intervention plan you proposed earlier seems to have achieved good results.

The new generation of goblins does have better obedience than their parents.

I think it's time to castrate the original ones, and then select the more obedient ones from the new generation to breed the second generation.

If we continue to develop like this, within a few years, we will be able to obtain a group of goblin subspecies that are completely domesticated and obedient.

I have to admit that you are indeed an out-and-out genius in this regard.

You must know that before this, no one had ever thought that the useless goblins could generate such high economic benefits. "

When speaking these words, Wilmes did not hide his jealousy for this "business" at all.

Because in her opinion, those ones were not goblins at all, but gold coins that would jingle.

Except for a small amount of money to buy food, there are basically no other upfront investment and operating costs.

In fact, this greedy red dragon has already begun to consider whether it is possible to use the fully domesticated goblins as laborers and rent them out to merchants, manor owners, and mine contractors to do some dangerous heavy physical labor.

If the business was successful, she could literally lie on piles of gold coins all day counting money.

For Wilmes' greedy nature, Zuo Si had already had a very deep understanding, so he saw through the other party's thoughts at once, and said with a sneer: "Don't always think about how to get more wealth.

In this world full of dangers, if you don't have the power to match it, no matter how much wealth you have, it's just fat in the eyes of others.

Instead of wasting time on this, it is better to take the time to develop your own magic talent. "

"You mean... let me learn magic?"

Wilmes asked in an uncertain tone.

"No, no, no, with your IQ and reckless character, it is almost impossible to become a mage." Zuo Si raised his right index finger and shook it gently. "I mean, you can try to become a warlock who casts spells with blood. And I recently figured out an interesting magic ritual that allows you to draw life and magic energy from other dragons and their eggs to strengthen yourself .”

"Swallow dragon eggs! Isn't that what Klaus, the ancient red dragon of the Northland, did?" Wilmes opened his mouth in shock.

"Yes! I just read some interesting knowledge recently, so I have a deeper understanding of the vicious magic contained in this glove.

Now, I can do something similar.

How about you want to try it?

Right now we just happen to have a half-hatched red dragon egg on hand. "

Zuo Si said meaningfully and seductively.

He knew without asking, that this was the result of his knowledge and understanding of magic after reading the Netheril scrolls.

Wilmes was obviously moved, and hurriedly nodded vigorously: "Of course! Please use this method to make me stronger."

"Very good, then I will grant your wish. Now, you go and get the dragon eggs first, I will spend a little time to draw a permanent magic circle."

As he said that, Zuo Si quickly got in touch with the consciousness of the tower, asked the mephit and undead creatures to fetch some materials from the warehouse Curry, bent down and began to draw complex and precise arcane runes.

Different from the magic runes currently popular in Faerun, these runes are ancient runes used by Sarukh witches, that is, the magic words used to write Netheril scrolls.

Only this original magic hair text can replace the magic power used by the dragons to some extent.

Relying on the powerful ability of the creator profession, Zuo Si completed drawing the giant magic circle with a radius of more than fifteen meters in less than an hour and a half.

Next, he spent another two or three hours repeatedly checking, and after confirming that there were no mistakes, he signaled Wilmes to place the dragon egg in the container at the center.

After completing this step, the red dragon immediately asked impatiently: "What should I do next? Swallow that egg?"

"You don't need to do anything, just stand where you are."

With that said, Zuo Si went straight to the dragon egg, and with the help of the energy stored in the mage tower, got some magma from the elemental plane of fire to cover the dragon egg completely.

Because the eggs of the red dragon were originally to be hatched in a high temperature environment.

Therefore, after the embryo felt the temperature of the magma, it immediately became unprecedentedly active.

It's a pity that before the little life in the dragon egg was happy, a terrifying magical energy completely enveloped it.

Accompanied by the deep voice of chanting a spell, a scarlet thread connected Wilmes and the dragon egg.

Before the former figured out what was going on, a surging vitality and magical energy rushed into his body.

In just a few seconds, her body grew a whole circle.

Not only that!

The innate spell-like ability has also been strengthened, and even learned several new spells such as [speeding], [dispelling magic], [seeing through invisibility], and [resisting energy damage] in one go.

Just when Wilmes was very excited about this, he suddenly found that the dragon egg in the center of the magic circle had been completely shriveled, without any sign of life, and even emitted a rotten smell. smell.

Out of a tendency of curiosity, she immediately walked up to observe cautiously, and at the same time took the initiative to ask: "What did you do just now?"

"It's very simple, I transformed everything in this dragon egg, including the soul, into energy and sent it to your body.

Since you are all red dragons, there is no waste in the process of energy conversion.

If it is other types of dragon eggs, the effect should be greatly reduced.

In addition, according to the unique age group of dragons, you are almost entering the prime of life now.

But don't worry, this process doesn't affect longevity.

Just the opposite!

It will increase your lifespan additionally.

In other words, as long as you keep swallowing like this, you will never die due to aging.

How about, fun and wicked magic at the same time, isn't it? "

Zuo Si gave a simple explanation with a half-smile.

He now finally realized why this magic was considered taboo even among evil chromatic dragons.

Leaving aside the attitude of the evil dragon god Tiamat, the gods and major forces would never allow an immortal and infinitely stronger evil dragon to exist.

That's why Sappherakta was forced to become a dracolich. It is estimated that the ancient red dragon Klaus in the Northland who has already angered everyone will not live long.

However, with Wilmes' mind, it is obviously impossible to understand this, but he asked with wide eyes and excited tone: "In this way, we can completely make the imprisoned Ashtelantha keep pregnant and lay eggs , and then hatch these eggs until they are about to break out of their shells, and then I will devour them all, will I finally be able to obtain the power as powerful as those dragon kings?"

"In theory, that's right. But are you sure you want to do this? Or, are you ready to bear the serious consequences that may result from doing so?" Zuo Si asked meaningfully.

"Consequences? What are the consequences?" Wilmes pouted dismissively.

In her cognition, only power and wealth are everything.

As for other things, all stand aside.

Even the belief in Tiamat.

Unlike most evil dragons who at least maintain their respect for the god of evil dragons, Wilmes, a weirdo, has no beliefs at all, and even thinks that Tiamat is a greedy, insidious, cunning and powerful evil who only prys out his own treasures. dragon.

"In that case, then I will satisfy your request. Here, here is a little life essence of Bell Torgas. If you use it sparingly, I think it should be enough to impregnate Ashtelancer dozens of times."

After all, Zuo Si threw a small bottle of viscous liquid prepared in advance to the Red Dragon.

Wilmes instantly used the mage's hand to catch the vial firmly, and grinned with a cruel and cruel smile: "Great! With Ashteranth as my mother, I have a source of energy." A dragon egg that can be devoured constantly.

It won't be long before my strength will grow to the point where I can compete with those dragon kings through devouring.

When the time comes, you and I will be able to kill them together and seize the huge wealth they have accumulated for centuries or even thousands of years. "

"as long as you are happy."

Zuo Si didn't break the innocent delusion of the guy in front of him.

joke!

If those ancient dragons with the title of "Dragon King" were really that easy to kill, they would have died a long time ago.

For example, a certain red-robed wizard once successfully administered a deadly alchemical poison to Ivy Kelasagran's "sharp teeth" that was enough to poison ten adult dragons.

But what happened?

The former just felt a little uncomfortable, and it returned to normal after a few hours.

It is not difficult to see from this that the gap between ordinary adult dragons and dragon kings is probably even more terrifying than the gap between ordinary people and legendary figures.

At least most of the poisons that can kill ordinary people can also have a considerable impact on some legendary figures.

Leaving the basement of the Mage Tower, Zuo Si quickly returned to his private room on the upper floor, and unsummoned the Dragonborn Knight and Archer, intending to use the safe period of staying in the Mage Tower to upgrade these two cards.

In addition, he also conveniently re-planned the space that has not been effectively used in the mage tower, intending to sort out all kinds of knowledge and spells collected so far, and create a comprehensive book comparable to Candlekeep museum.

Moreover, he also plans to build a special interplanetary portal room so that he can travel freely in different worlds in the future.

Anyway, there are a large number of free goblins and undead workers, so there is no need for them.

Knowing that the top leader of the organization had returned, the liches put down their busy work one after another, and gathered together again to hold a meeting of core members.

As the person in charge of the expansion plan of the coastal islands, Vanessa used a rigorous report to explain the changes that have taken place in the Neilanthel Islands in the recent period, and the progress of the forces formed after the integration are imposing trade sanctions on Baldur's Gate .

When Zuo Si learned that Baldur's Gate's trade at sea had shrunk by almost one-third in just over a month, she was immediately shocked and speechless.

He originally thought that it would be good to have a result in a year and a half.

But he never dreamed that the Lich in front of him moved so fast, and everything was on the right track in just a few months.

Not only that!

Vanessa has not lagged behind in learning magic knowledge.

Not only did he successfully obtain the LV1 [Grand Mage] professional level, but he also learned [Counter Spell Control], a powerful skill that can counteract a spell successfully on the enemy.

He made full use of the advantage that the lich didn't need to rest to the extreme. During the day, he dealt with all kinds of trivial matters on the Nelanthir Islands, and at night, he returned to the Mage Tower alone to conduct his own research and study.

There is no time for myself to rest, relax and entertain at all.

It can be called a model of the "roll king" in the magical world.

The other liches were not idle either.

Three of them teamed up and successfully hunted four dragons in a row.

Among them is a black dragon, a green dragon, and two blue dragons.

Not only got a lot of wealth and some magic items, but also harvested four relatively complete dragon corpses.

Jeffrey reported two core members who passed the test and were willing to join the organization.

Zuo Si readily agreed after reading its specific information and casting level.

Because he has realized that since the establishment of the [Arcane Society], although he has basically done nothing, the entire organization has been functioning quite well.

Not only did it not cause any major trouble, but it also continued to provide various resources.

Especially after becoming a Lich, most of the core members have undergone great changes in their knowledge and wealth concepts.

They are no longer obsessed with hoarding property, hiding those precious and rare knowledge and spells from anyone.

Instead, start to learn to take it out and share it with others, and speed up the progress of learning and research through research and discussion together.

Obviously, the atmosphere created deliberately by Zuo Si has gradually begun to take effect.

Although all the liches who joined them handed over the phylactery without exception, none of them felt that they were slaves or controlled.

On the contrary, there is a growing sense of identity and belonging to the organization.

After all, they really got huge benefits from it.

However, out of caution, Zuo Si did not reveal to these liches that he had ten Netheril scrolls with a complete chapter in his hands.

But in other ways, he showed some of his knowledge through notes.

All of a sudden, the eyes of the seven liches present showed naked and undisguised greed and desire.

Because even a little bit of knowledge on the Netheril scrolls is worth nothing to them in money.

After passing it around, Vanessa immediately asked impatiently: "Your Excellency, where did you get this notebook? Its explanation of the basic principles of magic is simply amazing. If you study it thoroughly , maybe we can break away from the magic net and directly control and shape those primitive and violent magic energy."

"Calm down, don't be so anxious. In fact, I already have a clue about the research in this area, and I will teach you the rest of it one after another. But there is one thing to note, that is, this knowledge must not be passed on to the outside world, even if it is Your most trusted apprentice is no exception."

Zuo Si issued a serious warning.

"Of course! For this priceless treasure, only the core members who have made great contributions to the organization are eligible to learn. I think that the core members should also establish a contribution system similar to that of peripheral members." Vanessa solemnly said suggested.

"agree!"

"I agree!"

"Knowledge that is too precious should not be obtained easily."

"That's right!"

The seven liches unanimously passed this unfavorable rule unanimously.

Zuo Si was stunned and amazed at the high level of awareness.

This self-management awareness and enthusiasm are simply against the sky!

(end of this chapter)