More than half an hour later, when Zuo Si left the only wizard tower in Mailatma with satisfaction, the old wizard's face was full of shock, confusion, puzzlement and disbelief.

Because the boy in front of him, who looked only about ten years old, had just drained the energy reserves of the entire mage tower.

Moreover, there was no leakage or abnormal reaction at all during the entire process; it was so calm as if nothing had happened.

The old wizard had no idea where the other party had gone all this energy.

You must know that according to the magic theory of the continent of Faerun, energy is something that cannot appear out of thin air, let alone disappear out of thin air.

Unless one is creating a legendary magic item or artifact, it is almost impossible to drain all the energy of a wizard tower.

Those remaining parts will inevitably manifest in the form of fire, sound waves, negative energy, positive energy, lightning and ice.

But what about now?

Zuo Si merely walked in and stayed there for a while, and then the huge reserve energy of the entire Mage Tower evaporated into thin air.

Even though he had several powerful magical items with arcane auras that were bright enough to blind people, he was still far from being a legendary item, or a sub-artifact or artifact.

So now comes the question!

Where did the lost magic energy go? The old wizard, who was in his sixties or seventies and whose hair and beard looked gray, fell into deep thought.

If there had not been a holy warrior of Ilmater, the god of suffering, following him, he would even suspect that Zuo Si in front of him was the transformed "Felin Demon Sunflower".

Because apart from the "Felin Magic Sunflower", there is no other creature on the continent of Faerun that can so simply and crudely absorb so much energy in a short period of time.

Seeing that the old wizard looked as if he had seen a ghost, Zuo Si immediately pretended to say, "Thank you for your help. Don't worry, we will definitely deal with those monsters outside the city, as well as their master, the red dragon."

"Uh...you're welcome. This is what I should do."

The old wizard responded absentmindedly.

If possible, he really wanted to ask Zuo Si directly where all the reserved energy in his mage tower had gone.

Unfortunately, it is rather taboo for arcane spellcasters to ask each other's secrets.

If they are close friends or allies, you might be able to find out more indirectly.

But if it is a stranger, doing so often means that he has ulterior motives, and turning hostile on the spot would be the least of his worries.

If you are not careful, you may even make an enemy for yourself.

In this way, the old wizard could only watch Zuo Si and his team disappear silently into the darkness.

After a full minute, an apprentice asked cautiously, "Teacher, what should we do now?"

"We don't need to do anything, just wait patiently for the result. Remember, we are mages. We have no need and no obligation to live and die with this city. If Mylatma is really destined to be destroyed, we will leave at the last moment."

After saying this, the old wizard turned and walked into the magic tower behind him, continuing his research as usual.

When the assistants and apprentices heard that they didn't have to fight the monsters outside the city, they were obviously relieved and continued to do what they were supposed to do.

As for the lives of the civilians in the city, what does it have to do with them?

In Faerun, although there are some good-aligned mages, the vast majority of them are either cold and neutral, or evil, and will do anything to achieve their goals.

…

On the other side, Zuo Si, who had created a sufficient number of magic cards, temporarily left the rest of the team in the city.

He summoned a manticore through communication magic, and the manticore carried him over the city wall and landed near the monster camp that looked a bit messy.

Due to the use of the [Invisibility Wand] and the spraying of a special potion that could cover up one's own scent, neither the gnolls with a keen sense of smell nor the wargs who were good at tracking noticed that an uninvited guest had just passed by them.

After all, in the subconscious of these monsters, the night is their world.

To be precise, compared to the humans who are shivering in the city, they are more worried about other races in the camp.

For example, the gnolls who, once they are hungry, will kill and eat all living things around them; the trolls who are low in intelligence but extremely difficult to kill;

Or maybe a stupid goblin who's always making noise and causing all kinds of trouble.

In short, there are all kinds of contradictions between monsters of different races.

It's just that now there is a red dragon master suppressing him, so there is no big noise for the time being.

Relying on the advantages of "invisibility" and "small size", Zuo Si passed through one monster tribe after another with almost no effort.

If he encounters a more vigilant guy, he will order the Shadow Legion to attack.

In an instant, negative energy far exceeding the limit of its body's endurance is injected into it, ensuring that it will turn into a cold corpse before making any sound.

You should know that if the shadow's touch damage is expressed in numbers like in the game, it means drawing 1 to 6 points of strength attribute from the target's body.

Most medium-sized humanoids rarely have a Strength attribute exceeding 20 points.

This means that as long as about 10 shadows touch a target at the same time, the target will immediately die because its strength attribute will be reduced to zero.

What's more, the touch damage of a high-level shadow is even higher than that of an ordinary shadow.

The more Zuo Si understood the shadow creatures, the more he felt that the shadow army built around the card [Shadow Servant] had great potential.

If used well, it can instantly kill many seemingly powerful enemies, even overlord-level creatures like dragons that are at the top of the food chain.

Of course, if it is not used properly, a breath of dragon's breath will probably destroy the entire Shadow Legion.

In addition, this card has another drawback, which is that it is completely ineffective against undead creatures and enemies blessed with the fourth-ring magic [Anti-Death Barrier].

But the flaws do not outweigh the merits.

As a LV2 card with extremely low consumption, the wide range of uses it demonstrates is already eye-catching enough.

Following the messy camp all the way towards the depths of the woods, Zuo Si soon saw a giant beast covered with red scales all over its body, crawling on a cleared space.

She was none other than Wilmes who had been separated when passing through the portal earlier.

In front of the dragon, there were two half-elves with dull expressions, who were obviously controlled by magic.

One of them was a man wearing metal armor, probably a melee fighter or something like that.

The other one was a woman who had taken off all her clothes and was standing there naked. It looked like she was about to become food in the red dragon's mouth.

Because the evil red dragons are all carnivores, they especially like to eat the meat of young women.

So usually, when young and beautiful girls fall into their hands, their fate is dozens of times worse than that of men.

Some particularly cruel red dragons will even deliberately chew the flesh repeatedly in their mouths, listening to the painful screams and wails of the victim before death, and they think that it tastes more delicious this way.

Seeing that a tragedy was about to happen in front of him, Zuo Si immediately lifted his invisibility, walked out of the darkness, and interrupted with a smile: "Long time no see, Wilmes. You really made quite a fuss."

moment!

The red dragon, who was about to enjoy the food in the last second, stopped in the next second, staring at the "little thing" in front of him with wide eyes in disbelief.

Surprise and emotion appeared on that ferocious face, and tears almost flowed out of his eyes.

Because she knew that Zuo Si's appearance meant that she no longer had to worry about her brain being eaten by that terrifying creature...

(End of this chapter)