One Sneeze Destroys A Magical Civilization

Chapter 55 On the Importance of Casting Free Materials

"Using magic requires a little imagination and creativity? These are really the most thought-provoking words I have ever heard in my life." Courant couldn't help expressing emotion.

As a "wild mage" who has no background and powerful teachers, his magic path can be described as stumbling.

Especially in terms of theoretical knowledge and foundation, the gap with those "academic mages" who received systematic education is simply not so big.

In many cases, Courant needs to study alone the experience that can only be summed up in months or years. The latter often only needs to attend a class, or listen to a few casual pointers from the instructor.

This is also the reason why he barely became a mage who mastered the three-ring arcane art until he was in middle age, and he was full of confusion about his future.

It can't even compare to ordinary academic mages, not to mention "geniuses" like Zuo Si who were trained by the necromancer-Asta himself.

In fact, if Zuo Si sorted out all kinds of books and magic-related knowledge in the brain [Thinking Library], it would probably fill a whole room.

Because during the time he lived in the high tower of the floating city, one of his greatest hobbies was to collect books, scrolls and notes that he hadn't read.

Although this is just to satisfy some weird personal hobby, many books, scrolls and notes that are temporarily unused have never been read seriously, and are simply stored in the [Thinking Library].

But if necessary, it can be retrieved and consulted immediately.

To some extent, Zuo Si himself is equivalent to a mobile library, which will automatically record everything he sees and hears anytime, anywhere.

Just when Courant wanted to ask more details about this magic ceremony, Epke suddenly interrupted: "Your Excellency South, if we approach now, those zombie rats won't attack us, right?"

You don't need to ask, this bald and fat man can't wait to go over and see if there are still people alive in the pile of corpses, so that he can provide himself with some useful information.

For example, who is the leader of the Ratmen named Lenny who got the secret support?

What is the purpose of the other party doing this?

And those possible backhands?

Zuo Si was obviously not interested in this kind of open and secret battle between the thieves' guild, and replied directly: "Be careful, don't contaminate the soil of the tombs scattered on the corpses and the ground, and you'll be fine. But right now, in the passage The negative energy content is very high and may cause certain damage to the body."

"Understood, thank you very much."

Epke turned around directly, pointed to the two men closest to him and ordered: "You, and you, go over and see if the leader of the Ratmen named Lenny is dead. If he is not dead, give him I'll drag it over."

Although these two obviously didn't want to get close to the sewer ahead, they didn't dare to disobey the order given by the leader of the Thieves Guild.

Only to bite the bullet and step across the gap in the iron fence, he walked lightly for fear of disturbing those terrifying zombie rats.

After a few minutes, they finally found Lanney, who had fallen into a coma but hadn't died yet, among a pile of ratman corpses scattered about.

Since this guy wears the holy emblem of the hunting god Mara, it has a deterrent effect on small undead creatures to a certain extent.

So he was not eaten alive by zombie rats like other ratmen.

In Faerûn, a holy symbol is a symbol of a deity's majesty and power.

Priests can not only pray and obtain magic spells with the help of the holy symbol of the gods, but also use it to disperse or control undead creatures.

Although Lenny is not a priest, otherwise he would have used the ability of [Rebuke Undead] when facing the impact of zombie rats just now.

But he is also a devout follower of Mara, the god of hunting, so the holy emblem he wears may contain some special power, or it may simply be a magical item itself.

Out of caution, the assassin Bosney pulled the holy symbol from the neck of the ratman leader.

And this rough action obviously touched the wound, the latter couldn't help but groaned in pain, and then slowly opened his eyes.

But before he could figure out the situation, a sharp machete was resting on his neck.

"We can have a good talk now, don't you think?" Epke grinned, showing his white teeth.

"Uh... I think I can explain. Everything that happened just now was a misunderstanding..."

Realizing that his own life was in the hands of the enemy, Lenny hurriedly raised his hands and at the same time lifted his animal state.

In the blink of an eye, he transformed from a big furry mouse into a slightly thin 30-year-old adult man with a height of about 1.65 meters.

Very similar to the lycanthropy, this guy is also blind in one eye and has a bitten nick in his ear.

"Misunderstanding?" A cruel smile appeared on Apke's plump face. "Since it's a misunderstanding, go back and explain it to me. Don't worry, I will empty the best torture room in the guild to entertain you."

After all, the bald fat man winked at his subordinates.

Without further ado, the assassin Bosney raised his leg and just kicked the Ratman leader in the temple.

The latter couldn't even utter a word of begging for mercy, so he rolled his eyes and passed out again.

The surrounding bodyguards and thugs tied it up firmly with ropes with extremely skilled movements, and stuffed it into a dirty sack.

You don't need to ask to know that what awaits Lenny will be inhumane torture and torture.

With the powerful healing effects of the various potions, magic items, and divine spells in Faerun, I am afraid that it is a luxury to want to die happily.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Zuo Si.

At this moment, he is obsessed with the improvement of physical attributes brought about by absorbing life energy.

As more and more half-dead Ratmen died completely, both agility and physique broke through the critical point, and each improved to a point on the original basis.

[Power: 6+2 (8)]

[Agility: 11+5 (16)]

【Physique: 8+5 (13)】

[Perception: 12+2 (14)]

[Intelligence: 16+3 (19)]

【Charm: 11】

In addition, after the mage level is raised to LV2, the number of spell slots in the first ring has also increased from 2 to 3.

If it is upgraded to another level, Zuo Si can learn and memorize the more powerful second-ring magic.

But before that, he decided to fully master all the content and skills of the book "On the Elimination of Materials for Casting Spells".

As for the reason...

Just look at the exotic materials needed to cast these spells, and how often they are stuffed into the mouth and swallowed, and you will know why.

Like [Spider Walk], it’s nothing to swallow a live spider alive!

At worst, choose a smaller one, close your eyes and endure it, and it will pass.

Anyway, it will be digested into protein when it enters the stomach.

But the problem is that some spell-casting materials are really not acceptable to normal people.

Take the transformation magic that adds six basic attributes to the second-ring spells as an example, it is simply "old eight ecstasy".

Whether it is [Bear's Endurance], [Bull's Power], or [Fox's Cunning], the corresponding casting materials are the feces of the corresponding animals.

The most famous [Fireball] among the three-ring arcane arts also has bat feces.

Zuo Si would rather stay in the basement of the tower of the floating city and dissect corpses every day, but also can't bear to walk around the city with a bag of feces of various creatures all day long, let alone taste the taste of these things.

So [Spellcasting Free Material] must be learned first no matter what.

Otherwise, he would 100% temporarily exclude part of magic from his choice.

No matter how practical and amazing the effects of these spells may be.

Moreover, it is quite troublesome to find materials every time a spell is cast.

If you accidentally forget to replenish it when passing through town, it is very likely that you will lose the chain at a critical moment.

(end of this chapter)