One Sneeze Destroys A Magical Civilization

Chapter 40 Expensive Magic

"Looks like today is my lucky day."

Zuo Si unceremoniously signaled the soldiers to pack the two spell books together with the books they bought before in their luggage.

It is not difficult to see from the expression of no surprise on the face.

The reason why he was able to choose two books worth more than 5,000 gold coins from many spell books had nothing to do with luck at all.

The woman was obviously very interested in this, and asked very curiously: "How did you judge the value of those two spell books?

tell me! I can send you a Holy Grail worth 850 gp for free.

It can create three cups of holy water with the effect of [cure light wounds] every day. "

Hearing that there is a bargain to be taken, Zuo Si immediately replied with a happy smile: "It's actually very simple. The first spell book that was tattered and even the edge of the page was damaged, the original owner must have gone through a lot of troubles before he was killed." A fierce battle.

On the torn edges around the book, I found many burn marks and strong acid corrosion.

No matter who can destroy a spell book with protective magic like this, its magic power must be quite powerful.

This also means that the owner of the spell book as his opponent is definitely not too bad. "

"I see! It seems that you have keen observation skills and a strong level of logical reasoning." The woman nodded slightly and praised.

However, Zuo Si was not complacent because of the other party's praise, but continued to explain: "As for the second book, although there are too many low-quality gemstones worth less than 10 gold coins on the pages, the first impression gives people a kind of Arrogant, vulgar impression.

But in fact, as long as you have studied the conjuration magic in depth, you will notice that all these gems are arranged in a very peculiar and regular way.

In other words, the cover of the second book is actually a small circle used to strengthen summoning spells.

So I conclude that its original owner must be a fairly high-level magician specializing in conjuration. "

"Wonderful! You are really extraordinary for noticing so many details and possessing a wealth of knowledge. This Holy Grail belongs to you now."

The woman fulfilled her promise straightforwardly, and put a gleaming golden cup inlaid with four round clear crystals on the counter.

Judging from the blurred holy emblem on the cup, this thing should be the work of a priest.

Normally, things like this that involve the blessings of the gods should be placed in the temple for believers to admire and use, and it is absolutely impossible to sell them casually.

The reason why it appeared on the market is that its original owner, like the original owners of those spell books, has probably been killed.

The valuable items on his body were looted by murderers or other robbers, and then appeared in the magic item shop in Calimport several times.

Zuo Si even felt that more than one-third or more of all the magic items sold in this building may be "stolen goods" of unknown origin.

But what does it matter?

Anyway, he just came to buy what he needed.

Putting away the Holy Grail, Zuo Si picked another book from another bookshelf that introduced the main towns, specialties and customs of the west coast of Faerun, an adventure book with illustrations and detailed descriptions of common monsters and weaknesses in the wild .

Finally bought a magic map with zoom in and zoom out.

It is said that many hidden paths, underground entrances and caves are recorded on the map.

The former two together only cost 460 gold coins.

And the price of the latter is as high as 8000 just for a map...

yes!

On the continent of Faerun, the price of the map is so outrageous.

In order to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, some cities or organizations go so far as to prohibit anyone from drawing maps within their sphere of influence.

Therefore, drawing maps often requires high technical skills and memory, and at the same time, you have to run the risk of execution if you are caught.

It is inevitable that the price will remain high.

Even the scribbled map of the Sea of ​​Swords and the Bay of Swords in the hands of the merchant Bernard cost hundreds of gold coins when he bought it.

In the end, Zuo Si only got back 2,893 [Dante] gold coins issued by Amn from the woman.

When he walked out of the dazzling spell shop and returned to the noisy street, he couldn't help sighing slightly: "I just bought two popular science books, a large magic map, and some basic knowledge necessary for learning magic knowledge in this world." Books, I spent more than 30,000 gold coins. Magic... is really expensive."

"Master, where are we going now? Shall we go directly back to the hotel to rest?" the soldier asked with his much lighter luggage on his back.

"Well, let's go back. I just happen to be a little tired, and I want to have a good sleep."

After all, the two returned to the residence along the way they came.

With the continuous cooling of the environment by [Frozen Pearl], the room that was originally stuffy like a steamer quickly became comfortable and pleasant.

Zuo Si took a shower, lay on the big soft bed and flipped through the books she had bought for a while, closing her eyes and falling asleep after a while.

...

At the same time, the headquarters of the Thieves Guild was three streets away from the hotel.

Epke was sitting in his own seat, listening carefully to the report of his thieves.

After a full minute, he touched the double chin of the Q bomb and asked: "You mean, Lord Sous took his servants to the largest spell shop in Calimport. And bought A bunch of books, and an interesting magic item for sale?"

The thief with short brown-black hair nodded hurriedly: "Yes! I saw them pile up countless gold coins on the counter during the transaction, which makes people feel the urge to make a vote .”

"Don't be stupid! The owner of the magic shop is not something we can afford." Epke immediately reprimanded him severely.

But soon, the bald and fat man cast his eyes on the middle-aged mage standing on his right hand side: "Kuran! Tell me, what do you think of this Lord Sous?"

The middle-aged mage whose hair volume has clearly developed towards the Mediterranean trend thought for a few minutes before shaking his head with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, boss.

It's hard for me to make an accurate judgment until I see him in person.

But since he can easily transform a large number of low-level undead, and can also control it to a certain extent, his spellcasting level should not be lower than level 13.

Maybe there are some priests who work part-time for some evil gods and have the ability to [rebuke undead creatures].

As for the age, it is indeed possible that, as your business friend deduced, a new body was occupied by using the five-ring necromancy magic [Magic Soul Pot].

But it is not ruled out that it is the result of some transformation magic.

In short, this is an absolutely dangerous figure.

His strength should be far above mine. "

"Then do you think... can we hire him in the upcoming guild war?" Epke asked in an uncertain tone.

"Hire a powerful necromancer?

So what price are you going to pay?

You must know that he spent more than 30,000 gold coins at a time today.

Such a spendthrift like water, the ordinary price tag can't satisfy his appetite. "

The middle-aged mage known as Courant obviously didn't care about his leader's open mind.

He didn't think that a truly powerful mage would easily accept the employment of others.

If he hadn't realized that his potential had been exhausted, it would be impossible for him to go further on the road of magic, and he would not "voluntarily degenerate" with a group of dirty and lowly thieves.

"How will you know if you don't try it. I think that Mr. South should be pretty easy to talk to."

Epke obviously did not give up, but planned to find an opportunity to try it out.

As for the price...

As long as you can win the guild war and expand the territory, you can use the money, magic items and slaves looted from the enemy to pay.

(end of this chapter)