One Sneeze Destroys A Magical Civilization

Chapter 37 High EQ

The reason why I say "thrilling" is because the eyes have no whites at all, only a ball of red light.

The pupils are like crossed black crosses with an inconspicuous white spot in the middle.

There is no doubt that this is not an eye that humans can have at all.

Demigods!

Zuo Si confirmed the identity of the woman in front of her almost instantly.

You must know that the descendants of gods and demons are the collective name for the hybrid offspring born of the combination of humanoid creatures and alien creatures.

These include aasimar (human-celestial hybrid), half-elemental (human-elemental hybrid), tiefling (human-purgatory or abyssal hybrid).

In addition, there are demon tauren, demon elves, demon orcs and so on.

In this magical world where there is almost no reproductive isolation, hybrid intelligent creatures like this can be said to be quite common.

Some of them don't look much different from humans in appearance, but there will be some mysterious patterns on their bodies, or they will awaken certain spell-like abilities after they reach adulthood.

But there are still some, which will be very obvious in appearance.

For example, the hair of the descendant of the fire elemental will be like a burning flame;

Tieflings may inherit the horns, tail, hooves, wings, and red or blue skin of one of their parents;

When living in the high tower of the floating city, Zuo Si had seen many descendants of demon gods, and they were basically forcibly created by the intervention of mad mages.

He even personally dissected more than a dozen of them and made them into high-level undead guards with special spell-like abilities.

However, considering that the land of Calimshan has been ruled by Djinn and Fire Djinn for thousands of years, it is not surprising that there are some hybrid descendants of humans.

Noticing Zuo Si's reaction, the veiled woman immediately asked with a smile, "What, did my eyes scare you?"

"No, no, I'm just attracted by its unusual beauty."

Zuo Si showed extremely high emotional intelligence at critical moments.

Because he could already feel the amazing magical power contained in the opponent's blood.

"Hehe, you are very good at talking." The woman's mouth hidden under the veil let out a sweet laugh.

After all, no one doesn't like hearing good things about themselves.

But soon, she pointed to the various books, scrolls, rings, wands, gloves, and other things that were in a mess on the counter in front of her and said: "Come on, pick and choose. I promise , no matter what you want to buy, you can find the right one here.”

"what are these?"

Zuo Si pointed to a row of densely packed books arranged vertically on the table and asked.

Because he could feel that these books made of different materials exuded a faint magical atmosphere.

And there is a sign on it, which reads in common language: 5000 gold coins once.

Most importantly, this is the only commodity with a clearly marked price in the entire magic market, so it is particularly conspicuous.

The woman replied meaningfully: "These are the wizard's spell books.

Each book contains at least a dozen or as many as dozens of spells.

I cracked the protective magic blessed by the original owner, and now anyone can open it and read it.

Of course, if you are a mage and have enough spell recognition level, you can buy it and use it directly as your own spell book. "

"Where are the original owners of these spell books?" Zuo Si asked curiously.

You must know that in Faerun, if a mage loses his spell book, it is as deadly as a soldier on the battlefield with a gun but no bullets.

Generally speaking, mages regard spell books as something as important as their own lives.

"Dead! The owners of all these spell books are dead. After all, Calim Port and the Calim Desert are very dangerous and chaotic places. Isn't it normal for several mages to die every year?"

The woman stretched out her slender fingers and gently scratched the spine of the book, her plain tone revealing a chilling smell of blood.

You must know that there are as many as thirty or forty of these spell books!

Behind each one hides the ghost of a mage.

For this result, Zuo Si was not surprised at all, just nodded slightly, and then asked: "Then why are all spell books priced at 5,000 gold coins? Shouldn't they be priced according to the number of spells recorded and then sold?" ?"

"No, I think you misunderstood.

That sign means that as long as you pay 5000 gold coins, you can choose any one of these spell books.

But the prerequisite is that one cannot open the pages of the book to see what is inside, and only judge the value of the book by its appearance.

To put it bluntly, it is a kind of gambling in disguise.

If you are lucky, the selected spell book contains spells worth more than 5,000 gold coins, and you will naturally earn money.

But if you are unlucky, and the spells recorded in the spell book cost less than 5,000 gold coins, you can only consider yourself unlucky.

I think this reflects the impermanence of fate.

Well, it's interesting, isn't it? "

The woman explained with a smile.

Blind box of spell books?

OK!

Zuo Si secretly lamented that Calimport really deserves to be one of the largest and most prosperous port cities in Faerun.

The magic item merchants here are really not ordinary people who can play, and they really understand the psychology of most people's gamblers.

Although he also had the urge to try his luck, he finally held back and asked straightforwardly: "I want something that can adjust the temperature of the body. Do you have any good recommendations?"

"Well—let me think about it."

The woman quickly turned around twice on her counter, and then used the [Mage Hand] to take down three palm-sized boxes from the top of the shelf, opened them one by one and placed them in front of Zuo Si.

"The first box is [Patience Environment Amulet]. With it, you can basically deal with all kinds of hot and cold environments, and the price is 2,500 gold coins.

The second box is 【Bracelet of Spring】. It can keep the temperature of the annular area around the wearer's body constant at 20 degrees Celsius, making it as comfortable and pleasant as spring. The price is 3,500 gold coins.

The third box is [Frozen Pearl]. As long as it is simply placed, it will automatically reduce the ambient temperature within 15 meters around, and the price is 800 gold coins. "

"I want the [Frozen Pearl] in the third box."

Zuo Si chose the cheapest one without even thinking about it.

This is not because of stinginess, but the price of magic items is really outrageous.

Even though he had almost 30,000 to 33,000 gold coins in hand, he couldn't actually buy a few things at all.

Take the "Blind Spell Book Box" as an example, only six books can be opened at most.

If it was replaced by a magic weapon, a +2 scimitar without any additional attributes would be worth 4,000 gold coins, and one like Harlett's with extra lightning damage after hitting would probably be in the early 8,000s.

yes!

The price of magic equipment is so outrageous that ordinary adventurers or mercenaries can't afford it.

Therefore, Zuo Si can only save if he can, and spend the limited funds on the key places first.

"No problem. Give me 800 gold coins and it will be yours."

While speaking, the woman waved her hand, and the other two boxes closed instantly, and then flew back to the previous position.

The soldier opened the bag without saying a word, counted out 800 gold coins from inside, and piled them on the table.

About half of them are [Dante] issued by Amn, and the other half are [Bikanta] issued by Calimshan.

Obviously, he is using this method to test which gold coin is more popular in Calimport and has higher purchasing power.

Unfortunately, the woman did not show any reaction to these two gold coins.

I just roughly counted the quantity and confirmed that there was no problem, then threw all of them into a bottomless pocket next to me.

This also means that the difference in the purchasing power of the two gold coins is so small that it is almost negligible.

(end of this chapter)