One Sneeze Destroys A Magical Civilization

Chapter 278 Returning to the Floating Void City

The gray sky, the air full of decay, and the extremely cold negative energy in the environment...

When Zuo Si passed through the portal and reappeared in the high tower of Plantia Floating City, he immediately felt a strong physical and psychological discomfort.

Obviously, this place has become a complete undead kingdom, and is rejecting him, the only living person.

Through the window, one can vaguely see that the streets outside are no longer as chaotic as when they fled. The streets are full of low-level zombies and skeletons wandering aimlessly.

Just the opposite!

Along with the corpses of those powerful spellcasters being eroded by negative energy and transformed into higher-level undead creatures, the entire floating city has been divided into large and small "territories", each of which is ruled by an undead creature lord.

Possessing extremely high intelligence, they not only occupied the mage towers with very high value, but also used their magical power to transform the place more and more suitable for the dead to live in.

The fog that hangs over the head and can completely block the sun is the best proof.

What's even more frightening is that the mutated viruses and bacteria that accidentally spread did not disappear, but instead formed an unbelievably long-term symbiotic relationship with these undead creatures.

Some large undead creatures formed by gathering together many corpses even grew rotten cysts full of stench.

If anyone accidentally punctured these things, they would be infected by the black and light yellow mucus inside and die quickly within minutes.

Looking at the doomsday scene in front of her, Vanessa, who is a lich, couldn't help but gasped, and asked in a trembling voice: "Your Excellency, you destroyed this floating city with the plague." of?"

"Strictly speaking, this is just a serious consequence of an accident. And not only the floating city of Plantia, but also several other floating cities and the cities and villages on the continent below were almost completely destroyed by the raging plague. Destruction." Zuo Si explained helplessly.

"It's an unimaginable terrifying and destructive power." Jeffrey couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

At this moment, he finally realized why the Imascar Empire, which possessed such powerful magic skills, would eventually collapse due to the outbreak of the plague. He could only open the cross-plane portal to plunder slaves in another world to replenish its own population. insufficient.

Without the help of gods, ordinary people are basically helpless in dealing with this kind of crisis.

When the lower class people die in large numbers under the ravages of the plague, it will have an unimaginable impact on the entire country and social structure.

What's more, no matter what kind of magic civilization, there must be a huge bottom population as economic support.

Otherwise, the entire society will stop functioning, and there will be a series of serious problems such as extreme shortage of materials.

In the end, even if those high-level mages survived by chance, they would not be able to complete the reconstruction of civilization.

Because the foundation of civilization is people first.

If people are gone, how about civilization and the mysteries of magic.

In fact, when Zuo Si fled, there were still some survivors in the Floating City of Plantia.

But by now, they should be almost completely dead.

Excluding the central tower protected by the most powerful magic power, the other ordinary mage towers were successively captured by the undead and turned into lairs occupied by lords.

Looking into the distance, it can be seen very clearly that most of the knights who used to patrol the streets on horseback to maintain order have now become skeleton knights or higher-level death knights.

The magic weapons in their hands have been covered with a layer of gray color under the erosion of negative energy, obviously with a curse effect.

"How many people did this floating city have before it was destroyed?" Vanessa asked a question that he was most concerned about.

Zuo Si immediately replied: "About 15,000 mages, and more than 100,000 servants, slaves, and family members. Especially slaves and some creatures that were captured for experiments, there is no way to count the exact number." .The first thing we need to do is to clear this mage tower, and then seize control and use it as a forward base."

"No problem. Leave this to me."

"And I."

The other two liches immediately took over the task.

For them, it is undoubtedly very attractive to explore the mage tower in this different world and find out the difference between its internal structure and design concept.

Soon, the two liches brought six steel golems and more than fifty large undead creatures made of corpses, and began to clean up the tower from top to bottom.

Due to the fact that the gate has been breached, all areas in the tower are filled with undead creatures that flooded in at the beginning.

Some of them have already developed self-awareness and wisdom, and are trying to transform and control this place, using it as their own territory.

In particular, an undead spell caster transformed from a high-level mage even broke out a fierce spell confrontation with two liches.

The former took a lot of work to get it right.

The aftermath of the battle completely destroyed everything in the room, even the precious instruments and research notes on the table.

After getting rid of this suspected "lord", the remaining low-level undead creatures will naturally not be able to cause any trouble.

Soon it was either destroyed, or turned into a slave under the control of the Tome of the Undead.

When all potential threats disappeared, Zuo Si activated the defense mechanism of the mage tower through the core controller.

moment!

The entrance that was still open in the last second will be closed again under the action of magic power in the next second.

At the same time, a faint light flickered on the top of the tower again.

Several cleaning structures that fell into hibernation woke up one after another and began to perform their duties. They threw all the messy limbs and broken arms in the rooms, corridors and stairs to the special place in the basement for cleaning garbage, and then tried to clean up those Repair where damaged.

Since they are not designed for combat, they do not respond to foreign intruders.

The rest of the liches immediately took over the library, packed up all the books and notes inside, and took away not even a piece of paper.

After finishing all this, Zuo Si created a three-dimensional map of the floating city out of thin air with the help of illusion magic, and introduced to all his subordinates: "The floating city of Plantia is the pinnacle of magic civilization in this world. The floating city of the era is different, its power source is not the ubiquitous magic net or the original magic energy, but the planet itself under our feet."

"The planet itself?" Tyrantir's eyes shone slightly.

Zuo Si nodded slightly: "That's right, it's the planet itself.

There was once a very powerful mage who was good at earth element magic. When he was exploring the depths of the earth, he accidentally discovered a crystal with a unique structure like obsidian.

They range from the size of a fist to the size of a house.

These gems seem to have a very close relationship with the magical energy flowing in the veins, so they are called "hearts of the veins".

After a long period of research, the mage found that these stones seem to be able to continuously extract energy from the veins of the earth, and also allow the holder to gain the ability to manipulate gravity, so they are also called "energy stones" or "gravity stones" 】.

Since the batches of [Earth Vein Hearts] mined in the early days were generally not large in size, at the beginning, mages only used them to make some aircraft, mage towers and magic fortresses that could float in the sky.

Until one day, a super [Earth Vein Heart] with a diameter of more than 20 meters was discovered, and the crazy idea of ​​building a floating city was proposed by another high-level mage.

Therefore, the core of every floating city in this world is a giant [Heart of Earth Veins] buried under the central tower.

It is not only the source of energy for the entire city, but also a powerful weapon.

Whoever masters it is equivalent to mastering gravity, and can easily lift huge stones ranging from tens to hundreds of tons to a height of thousands of meters, and then throw them down towards the designated location.

In the face of this kind of power, all resistance seemed so pale and powerless.

With the establishment of the first floating city, the Council of Mage quickly conquered the entire continent, slaughtering all rebels through brutal suppression.

Under the order they established, only spellcasters are the most advanced existence, and the rest are basically servants or slaves.

Because the power of the floating city is so amazing, in the next few hundred years, the Mage Council frantically searched for those [Hearts of Earth Vein] that were big enough, and built several other floating cities.

Therefore, if we want to capture the Floating Void City of Plantia, the first goal is to capture the central tower and ensure that the [Heart of the Earth Veins] is under our control. "

"Can I use flying or teleportation magic?" Jeffrey stared at the three-dimensional map of the floating city and asked in an uncertain tone.

Obviously, since the mage tower they are currently in is located on the floating island at the edge of the city, it would be very time-consuming and laborious to fight all the way there.

So it would be best if you could avoid those undead creatures.

But Zuo Si did not hesitate to give a negative answer: "Impossible. The teleportation magic has been completely banned when the blockade took effect. Even if I can forcefully tear a hole, it is impossible to ensure the accuracy and stability of the teleportation. The same The truth is, whether it is magic or other forms of flying, as long as the feet are not on the ground, they will be captured and pulled down by strong gravity immediately."

"Damn! Then this is going to be troublesome." Jeffrey couldn't help complaining in a low voice.

For mages, not being able to fly and teleport means that they will lose a very large advantage, and they can only be forced to go head-to-head with the unknown number of undead creatures outside.

"From here to the central tower, there are almost sixty mage towers. In order to ensure safety, each of them must be controlled in our hands. It seems that this will be a very difficult and long battle." Vane Sa touched his chin and gave his own judgment.

Tylan Tyr nodded approvingly: "Yes. When teleportation and flying magic are completely banned, it is the most basic military common sense to ensure that the rear roads are clear. However, the constructs and undead creatures we brought Is it enough to maintain this high-intensity combat consumption?"

"If there are really more than 100,000 undead in the floating city, and there are at least a thousand spellcasters with self-awareness and wisdom among them, I'm afraid they will be exhausted after advancing to about two-thirds. But since this is a floating city, There must be a considerable amount of materials stored. We can use these materials to continuously create more cheap constructs to make up for it.”

While saying this, Vanessa raised her head and cast her eyes on Zuo Si.

For only he knows which buildings are stacked with materials that can be used to make iron golems, stone golems and clay golems.

However, Zuo Si was not in a hurry to mark the locations of the warehouses of spellcasting materials on the projected map. Instead, he lowered his head and meditated for a few minutes, and quickly created another one on the ground far away from the floating city. The port city then said: "I think it's too dangerous to rashly attack the central tower without knowing the specific situation of the city, especially whether there is a superior-subordinate relationship among the undead lords. .In contrast, I think it is better to take Hull first as a logistical supply point."

"Is this city worth anything?" Jeffrey asked with a puzzled expression.

"Before the outbreak of the plague, all the things transported to the Floating City of Plantia had to pass through this place. It can be said to be one of the most important transportation hubs on the ground. And later the central tower closed the connection with the outside world, so Hull must There are a lot of supplies in the backlog, and it is much easier to obtain than the Floating Void City. Most importantly, I want to confirm whether there are any survivors in this world." Zuo Si patiently explained.

Hull is the place he has visited the most times in this world besides the floating city.

Especially those magnificent and tall stone buildings, as well as numerous fountains, gardens and vines covering the walls, all make people feel like they are in a fairy tale world.

And also established a good relationship with some local people.

If it wasn't for the sudden outbreak of the plague, Zuo Si would have considered buying a house in this city as his home, and would come and live there for a few weeks every year to relax.

When he was in danger before, he naturally didn't have time to think about it, but this time he came back, of course he had to see what was going on there.

Have everyone I knew died?

Or did they get away with it?

"But the floating city has been sealed. According to what you said, if our feet are not on the ground, they will be captured by gravity immediately, so how can we descend to the ground?" Tyrantier questioned.

"Hehe, it's very simple, just send a low-level undead to jump off with this device. It only needs to throw it upwards at the moment it hits the ground, and it can ensure that the thing that records the coordinates will not be damaged. Then I can Tear a small space rift."

As he spoke, Zuo Si took out a metal disc studded with emeralds from his satchel.

Obviously, he had made quite sufficient preparations in advance, and he had already thought of how to bypass the obstruction of the seal and go to the ground.

Due to the strong gravity to capture, there is only one final result for magic like climbing down a rope or floating, and that is to fall hard and become a puddle of flesh.

As for transforming into weightless spirit bodies and solid constructs, they will also be hit by anti-magic rays the moment they jump off, and then instantly return to their original shape.

So after thinking about it, Zuo Si still thinks that it is the safest and safest way to use the power of planeswalker sparks to tear apart the space.

And it is obviously very easy to send a device with coordinate points down.

Soon, under Vanessa's control, an orc zombie without any sanity took on this crucial task.

It didn't even hesitate for a second, and jumped off the edge of the floating island where the mage tower was located, and the moment its legs were about to touch the ground, it threw the metal disc it held in its arms upwards. out.

next second...

boom!

Accompanied by a muffled sound, the zombie instantly collided with the ground and was smashed to pieces. A large amount of flesh and blood became a bloody mixture on the spot under the action of several times the normal acceleration of gravity.

Three to five seconds later, the disc also fell from the sky, and it happened to land in the middle of the mixture, gaining some cushion.

After another ten minutes or so, the gemstones on the surface of the disc began to shine brightly.

After a while, an unstable portal was opened, and several liches including Zuo Si quickly walked out from the other side.

They ignored the zombies that were trampled under their feet, they just recovered the coordinate disk, and then blessed themselves with flying magic and headed straight for the port city of Hull.

Since Zuo Si didn't know the situation over there, Zuo Si didn't use teleportation magic rashly.

After flying for more than a day, the towering city wall finally rose slowly from the horizon.

As expected, there was no sign of any living people on the city wall, only some reanimated corpses wandering aimlessly.

They were still wearing the armor they had when they were alive, but they had become rusty and stained under the corrosion of rain and humid air, and they would make creepy growls from time to time.

"Is it really fallen... I really shouldn't have any hope for such a densely populated place."

Zuo Si couldn't help but sighed slightly, and flew directly over the city wall into the urban area.

Similar to the situation in Plantia Floating Void City, the streets and alleys here are almost all occupied by all kinds of dead and resurrected undead.

It's just that the number of mages is relatively small, and the level is not as high as that of the floating city, so the overall threat is not too great.

Several death knights led hundreds of low-level undead creatures to kill the enemies who invaded their territory, but they were overwhelmed by fireballs, lightning and other large-scale attack spells falling from the sky.

Vanessa, who is a necromancer specialist, also captured one of them, and planned to take it back to find some time to study it.

After the battle was over, they opened the closed door of one of the warehouses.

moment!

Mountains of iron ingots, gold bars, various rare magic metals, and a large amount of blood, bones, fur, gems, etc. that can be used as materials for making magic items and casting spells immediately appeared within sight.

In some cages, you can even see dead and resurrected slaves and the corpses of various rare and exotic animals.

Since the floating city of Plantia has a very large ruling area, with a population of 10 to 20 million, and it continuously sucks blood from the subordinate city-states and villages, its material consumption and reserves are far from those of Faerun, which only have a few It is comparable to a small country with a population of one hundred thousand or even one or two million.

"Unbelievable! How prosperous was this world before it was destroyed by the plague?"

Jeffrey bent down to pick up several types of gems he had never seen before, with undisguised shock on his face.

Zuo Si responded casually: "Because there is no relationship with any gods, this world does not have severe divisions and opposing beliefs like Faerun.

There are no messy and meaningless battles between good and evil.

The mage is the absolute master above all living beings.

Although they are very indifferent and cruel, they continue to improve various technologies with rational thinking and apply magic to all aspects of production.

What's more, the supplies you see are the result of tens of millions of people supporting 15,000 mages in a floating city. "

"I see. The mage living in this environment is really happy." Jeffrey revealed strong envy in his tone.

There is no way not to be envious!

You must know that most mages in Faerun will be troubled by materials and funds, even the most powerful legendary mages.

But the mage of the floating city of Plantia, who controlled a large area of ​​land and a population of 10 to 20 million, did not have such troubles.

Because no matter what they want, as long as it is available in this world, countless people will go forward to get it for it.

"Happiness? Maybe."

Zuo Si smiled noncommittally, and then changed the topic and said: "But it is precisely because no gods were born that their civilization eventually perished in a sudden outbreak of plague.

In my opinion, God is a double-edged sword for mortals.

On the one hand, they will continue to spread their own ideas, leading to serious cognitive confrontation among the people, and causing various social problems at the same time.

On the other hand, they can stand up and keep the fire when civilization encounters a crisis.

As far as I know, at the end of the Netheril era, when Carl Sass caused the magic net to go out of control and countless floating cities fell from the sky, the second generation of goddesses of magic once rescued the last three floating cities that had not yet fallen to the ground.

If there were gods in this world, it wouldn't be like this now. "

The voice has not yet fallen!

A black shadow suddenly flashed behind the warehouse, and then disappeared.

Although the shadow's speed is very fast and its way of action is very hidden, it was still keenly captured by Zuo Si's eyes blessed with many permanent magic visions.

In a tendency of curiosity, he immediately passed through the piles of iron ingots, gold bars, and other supplies to the rear where the grain, cured meat, and jerky were stored.

It turned out that there were indeed a few unclear footprints on the dusty ground.

The nearby shelves were also missing several bags full of wheat, as well as salt, spices, cured meat and jerky, etc., which are necessary for daily survival.

All of a sudden, even Vanessa and other liches showed surprised expressions.

As we all know, the undead do not need to eat, only the living need to eat.

There is no doubt that the black shadow just now is not some kind of mutated undead, but a living person.

This also means that the residents of this city are not completely dead, and a small part of them escaped by hiding.

Just when Jeffrey was about to use the detection spell to find out where the person who came to get the food just now came in, Zuo Si had already discovered the secret passage hidden behind the shelf through [True Seeing], and opened a mouthful directly. A jar for sauces.

As a result, when the cover of the jar was lifted, a narrow tunnel that could only accommodate a thin person was exposed.

From the potholes on the surface and the height at which people can only crawl on the ground, it can be basically judged that it was excavated bit by bit by hand.

Not to mention undead creatures with swollen and enlarged bodies, it would be very difficult for Zuo Si to climb over with his current height and size, and he might get stuck in the narrowest places.

"It's a smart approach. Even if those undead creatures find out, they won't be able to get in to find the survivor's hiding place." Vanessa commented in a low voice with great interest.

"What do you plan to do with these survivors? Give them asylum, or let them become residents of the floating city in the future?" Jeffrey asked Zuo Si bluntly.

"Well—in short, let's find them and see the situation first. If there are still living people left in this world, it's best to gather and protect them, and then slowly multiply and expand around a city."

After all, Zuo Si quickly performed a simple transformation technique, changing from the appearance of a teenager into a flexible domestic cat, jumped into the entrance, and quickly walked along the narrow passage.

As for the accompanying liches, they released an army of undead and constructs, and began to clean up and capture nearby undead creatures centered on the warehouse, especially those lords who gave birth to wisdom and self-awareness.

Their purpose is very simple, that is to establish a stable rear, and prepare sufficient soldiers and cannon fodder for the resistance and fierce battles that may be encountered in regaining the floating city of Plantia.

As for Zuo Si who got into the underground passage, he ran along this narrow passage for almost 20 minutes before he found that the width and height of the tunnel in front of him began to increase, and the entrance and exit were enough for adult men to walk upright.

Four heavily armed guards, wearing armor and holding shields and axes, seemed to be talking to a boy who looked only about ten years old and was carrying a heavy sack.

"Lepp! How's it going? Have you got the food?" A bearded man asked impatiently while swallowing his saliva.

Through the dim light, one can vaguely see that this strong man, who is nearly two meters tall, has deep sunken eye sockets and protruding cheekbones. His broad frame has almost no muscles, and he is almost skinny.

Not only him, but several other adult guards were also similar, obviously due to malnutrition caused by long-term undereating.

"I brought back a sack of wheat, and a few catties of salt, bacon, and jerky. It should be enough for two meals for everyone."

The boy opened the pocket on his back to show his harvest, and also kept swallowing his saliva,

Seeing that there was food, the eyes of the four guards suddenly glowed green, as if they would turn into wild beasts and rush to snatch it in the next second.

You must know that human beings in a state of extreme hunger have no sense at all.

The strong desire to survive and the desire for food will overcome everything, and the morality that restrains self-behavior on weekdays is not even a fart in front of instinct.

Just when Zuo Si thought that there would be a drama about the dark side of human nature, the leader with a beard suddenly put down his shield, raised his hand without warning, and slapped himself hard on the face.

Snapped!

Accompanied by the clear sound and the high swollen cheeks, the green light in his eyes quickly receded, replaced by a mixture of sobriety and guilt, he stretched out his big bony hand and touched the boy's head: "Sorry, kid, I just now I’m scaring you. Take these foods back to the camp area, add more mushrooms and moss to make porridge, and give those who are about to die of starvation a drink first.”

"Ok!"

The boy nodded heavily, picked up the heavy sack and continued to walk deeper.

After he walked away completely, another guard couldn't help but asked: "Captain, why don't you keep some of the food? Even if it's just a piece of dried meat or a handful of wheat! We haven't eaten for three days." decent food, just a bowl of mushroom and moss soup with a little salt every day."

"Shut up! Do you think I don't want to? But the question is, if we start this bad idea, what will the people in the gathering place think? The world is so difficult now, and those of us who survived the doomsday judgment must unite to survive Get over it. Don't forget, there are a lot of people in the camp that eat less than us," the bearded man snapped.

"Damn it! If things go on like this, we don't need those undead creatures to do anything. We all have to starve to death."

Another soldier directly threw the weapon and shield aside, then bent down and grabbed a handful of dirt on the ground and stuffed it into his mouth, then chewed and swallowed frantically, hoping to get a little bit of satiety from it.

People who have never been hungry will never be able to imagine how hard it is to feel the intense burning in the stomach and the feeling of not being able to use a little bit of strength all over the body.

Not to mention eating dirt, they would even eat their hands and feet when they were so hungry.

Just as the bearded man was about to imitate his companion and grab a handful of soil to satisfy his hunger, he suddenly saw a fat and beautiful cat coming out from the depths of the cave.

You don't need to ask to know that this cat was changed by Zuo Si.

Without any hesitation!

This man, who was preparing to eat dirt one second, dropped the black mud he was holding in his hand the next second, and a idiot-like smile appeared on his face, drooling as he approached cautiously, with a still in his mouth. He muttered: "Little kitten! Cute little kitten! Don't be afraid! Come into my arms! I promise to kill you in the fastest and painless way, and then put you in a pot and stew with mushrooms into soup. "

After the other three guards found out, they also joined the ranks of the encirclement from other directions.

Because of the extreme lack of food, almost all edible things around the camp were swept away.

Whether it's the rats once seen as a source of filth and disease, the cockroaches that make women squeal, or the white maggots born from rotting things, they've all become delicacy.

Anyone who can catch a fat rat gets instant adoring looks from others.

Even those aristocratic ladies and wives who were originally unattainable would lift up their skirts and spread their thighs to be able to drink a bowl of rat broth.

Even though Zuo Si had seen many big scenes, she was still unavoidably startled by the eyes of these four refugees. She immediately accelerated suddenly, turned sharply, and drifted, and got out from between the four with extremely sensitive movements.

The man with the beard was instantly furious, and immediately ran after him, shouting at his companion, "Spread away! Scatter and block all the exits! No matter what, don't let this kind of cat run away!" "

"Don't worry! Even if I catch Tianya cape today, I will catch it and throw it into the pot." Another guard responded viciously.

In this way, under the pursuit of several refugees, Zuo Si quickly slipped into the deepest camp under the cover of darkness.

As expected, this is not a natural cave, but a burial chamber under the cemetery for burying the dead.

However, when the plague broke out, some people hid in with their families, and this gathering place was formed over time.

Later, when the undead began to appear in large numbers, they put down the stone gate and completely sealed off the connection with the outside world, so they managed to persist until now.

As for the tunnels extending in all directions, most of them were dug out by thieves in the past to facilitate the theft of funerary objects. Later, after simple transformation and expansion, they were connected to the interior of several warehouses in the city.

In order to prevent undead creatures from finding and killing everyone along these passages, they specially made the first half of the passage very narrow, and only children under the age of ten can pass through.

In this way, refugees can make these children steal some food from time to time to eke out a living.

As for drinking water, there is a small fountain connected to the Water Elemental Plane in the center of the tomb.

This magic device was originally used to decorate the rich to make their tombs look more luxurious.

But now, it has become the source of life for the entire gathering place.

Refugees use the water to grow moss and mushrooms in all available spaces.

As for why they were not infected with the plague, the most likely reason is that they were quarantined relatively early, and it is not ruled out that some kind of antibody or immunity has been produced.

All in all, the one or two hundred survivors may not be the exception, and there may be other survivors in other large tombs around.

no doubt!

The food that the boy managed to bring back immediately sparked cheers among the refugees.

Hungry people filled several large cauldrons with water like a festival, and then poured a small amount of wheat into them in an extremely pious gesture, and then boiled them on the eternal magical flame beside the coffin.

After the pot is opened, a lot of shredded mushrooms, green moss, and a little cured meat and jerky will be added.

After it is thoroughly boiled into a thick paste, it will be sprinkled with salt and distributed to everyone.

Among them, children around ten years old received the most, with two spoonfuls.

Because they are the only ones who have the ability to obtain food from the outside world, they will naturally receive preferential treatment.

Although the scene looked a little chaotic, things like robbing the old, weak, sick and disabled for more food did not happen after all.

The person in charge of allocating and maintaining order is a woman in her forties, who has obviously received a good education, and what she has done has won everyone's respect and conviction.

I just don't know why, but Zuo Si always feels that the other person's eyes look familiar, but she can rely on her photographic memory to confirm that she has never seen them before.

In order to figure this out, he waited for the meal to be finished, followed him secretly into a very small independent compartment on the west side of the main tomb near the entrance.

Generally speaking, places like this are often the places where the tomb owner's favorite servants, slaves and concubines were buried.

Of course, these poor people were not buried voluntarily, or even died naturally at all, but were buried alive.

I saw this familiar-looking woman slowly take off the black veil and headscarf, revealing a face that was six points similar to that of Necromancer Asta.

Varena!

The name popped up in Zuo Si's mind instantly.

Although as an old monster who has lived for more than three hundred years, Asta has left countless descendants.

But Varenna is undoubtedly the most special one among them, and the one that worries the Necromancer the most.

He even takes a few days to go to Hull every year to live with his descendant to maintain his relationship.

As for the specific reason, no one knows.

But Zuo Si thinks there are only two possibilities.

One is that Varena may look very similar to Asta's long-dead wife or first love, so it is an emotional transfer.

The other is that he did some unknown magic experiments on his offspring, so he needs to observe and draw conclusions at intervals.

Just when Zuo Si was about to get closer to knock the woman out, and then do a simple inspection, the other party suddenly turned around vigilantly and asked sharply, "Who? Who is hiding there!"

"Your perception is unexpectedly sharp, Ms. Varenna."

Zuo Si stepped out of the shadows with an elegant and authentic "catwalk".

"A talking cat! Do you know me?" Varena's eyes widened in shock.

"Of course I know you. You are the most beloved descendant of the necromancer Asta, and also the person he cares about the most." Zuo Si said pretending to be mysterious.

In order to get some secrets out of the other party's mouth, he didn't rush back to the human form, but kept the cat's form.

Because such a furry animal form can lower the vigilance of others to a certain extent.

Hearing the name "Asta", Varena stood up abruptly, and asked with joy, "Are you sent by my great-grandfather to save me? How is he now? Can our world be saved?"

Zuo Si pretended to be sad and lowered his head: "I'm sorry, I have to inform you of the unfortunate news that Master Asta is dead, just like the other mages in the Floating Void City. But Before he died, he entrusted me to come to you, and also said that you kept a very important thing for him."

"What? Great-grandfather is dead! How is this possible! Absolutely impossible!"

Such bad news immediately caused Varenna to collapse, and began to yell hysterically.

You must know that the reason why she has been able to support herself until now is that she is looking forward to the omnipotent "ancestor" being able to rescue herself from the sky one day.

"Nothing is impossible. What's more, Master Asta's age is already close to the limit of human beings, and his death is predictable."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zuo Si approached quietly and released a cloud of colorless and odorless gas at lightning speed.

After Varena smelled it, she immediately rolled her eyes and lost consciousness.

Obviously, the petite size of the cat successfully lowered her vigilance.

After she succeeded, Zuo Si returned to her human form, picked her up and placed her on a simple wooden bed made of coffin lids, and began to examine her from beginning to end.

As a result, he soon found an area in the woman's brain that was sealed with necromantic magic.

Judging from the techniques and techniques, it was 100% done by Asta.

As for what was sealed in this area, it was still unclear for a while.

Because the brain is so complex that even Zuo Si dare not try it lightly.

Otherwise, if something unexpected happens, no one will be able to know the secrets sealed inside.

(end of this chapter)