Chapter 15 Money over Life



After leaving the storage room, Zuo Si quickly inspected the rooms in the upper area and soon confirmed his guess.

There is no doubt that this wizard tower has been abandoned by its owner.

Although no one knows why Asta would give up his enormous power and social status above all other living beings in the Magic Council of the Floating City and disappear from the face of the earth.

But the gems that evaporated out of thin air, the rare spellcasting materials, high-level magic items, equipment, scrolls and potions, as well as the magical pet that had been dead for a long time and turned into a mummy in the bedroom, all proved that the great necromancer had really left.

Especially the act of abandoning a magical pet and leaving it to fend for itself is definitely not something a normal wizard can do.

Perhaps he really found a way to transform into a lich, so he decisively drew a line between everything in his life and embraced death and eternal life.

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

Because he was already standing at the entrance of the room where the space-time gate was located, looking at the huge metal door frame inlaid with gems that stood in the center not far away.

"Is this our destination?"

Wilmes stared with wide eyes at the precious metal coins piled around the room that were shining with gold and silver.

For an evil five-colored dragon, nothing can trigger the greed deep in their soul more than this scene.

Obviously, these treasures that are priceless in the eyes of ordinary people are far less important to Asta, who has decided to turn himself into an undead creature, than gems, spellcasting materials, magic items and other useful things.

What's more, after he successfully transforms into a lich, he will probably hide for a long time to adapt to his new identity.

However, if general equivalents such as gold and silver cannot be spent and exchanged for what you need, then they are just a pile of cold and useless precious metals.

After realizing this, Zuo Si immediately patted his cheeks, forcing himself to wake up from his crazy obsession with gold and silver. He then pointed to the monster-like statues in the room and said, "Did you notice those black statues? They are all disguised as gargoyles. Many adventurers and merchants who were attracted by the treasures piled on the ground fell under the unexpected sneak attacks of the gargoyles."

"Gargoyle?"

The red dragon took a quick glance at the scattered black statues near the piles of gold and silver coins, and immediately curled his lips in disdain.

"They are just a bunch of little bugs that can be easily crushed."

"Maybe that's the case for you! But it's still quite deadly to me. Because these guys are not only fast, but can also fly and jump. So clean them up for me." Zuo Si gave the order directly.

Although he still had a few protective scrolls in his scroll box that could deal with the current situation, he didn't want to waste them on unimportant things.

You have to know that the forgotten realm - Faerun, is a typical dangerous world where red-robed wizards are as numerous as dogs, liches, dragons and various monsters are everywhere.

Controlling an adult red dragon did not give Zuo Si much sense of security.

So save as much as you can now and save it for later use to save your life at a critical moment.

"As you wish!"

With a bang, Wilmes collapsed the door frame, like a speeding truck rushing forward, crushing all the black statues passing by into pieces.

The other gargoyles realized that they had been exposed, and they all broke free from their static state, transforming into something that looked a bit like winged demons and launched an attack.

Unfortunately, their attacks are no different from tickling an adult dragon.

In less than a minute, the broken wings, limbs, head and torso were scattered all over the ground.

Since the gargoyle is a typical earth elemental subspecies, the broken limbs quickly turned into hard stones.

After the last one was dealt with, Zuo Si immediately brought the human soldiers guarding him to the huge door frame and connected to the energy reserve of the Mage Tower with extremely skillful movements.

Not only that, he also released the power of his sparks towards the middle of the door.

moment!

A gray and chaotic vortex emerged in the empty door frame.

Although Zuo Si had tried very hard to stabilize the transmission channel.

But the problem is that the confinement magic surrounding the floating city is too powerful, and it keeps interfering and destroying things.

Helplessly, he could only shout at the red dragon who was frantically stuffing gold and silver coins into wooden boxes and sacks: "Don't worry about those damn gold and silver coins! Hurry over! The energy reserves of the Mage Tower have reached the bottom and can't last much longer."

"Damn it! Give me one more minute! Just one minute!"

Wilmes had clearly lost his mind, showing an attitude of valuing money over his life. He opened his mouth wide and spewed out a deadly breath of flames forward, melting all the remaining gold and silver coins that had not yet been put into the container into boiling liquid.

Then he used his claws to dig a few grooves in the ground, allowing the precious metal solution to flow down along the grooves, and finally all flowed into a large jar that he found from somewhere.

After doing all this, she was satisfied and took the sacks, boxes and pottery jars full of gold and silver coins and dived into the portal.

As soon as the red dragon left, a violent vibration came from under the mage tower.

Needless to say, activating and maintaining this portal increased the consumption of the tower's energy reserves.

If nothing unexpected happens, those undead creatures outside will rush in soon.

At the same time, the portal became extremely unstable due to insufficient energy supply, as if it could be closed at any time.

The crazy flashing white light is the best proof.

"Let's go!"

At this time, Zuo Si didn't dare to stay any longer and let the human soldiers summoned nearby pull him in.

The next second...

Both eyes were covered by white light and could not see anything at all.

I could only vaguely feel my body being squeezed and deformed by an invisible force, and then spinning madly as if it were thrown into a washing machine.

The moment his feet felt the ground again, he lost his balance and fell to the ground with a thump, vomiting stomach acid and bile in large mouthfuls.

"Master, are you okay?"

The human soldier in chain mail quickly took off the water bottle hanging from his waist and handed it over.

Feeling dizzy, Zuo Si subconsciously took the kettle, rinsed his mouth with clean water, then drank some, and finally he slowly came to his senses.

The moment he raised his head, he saw a white sand beach and an endless blue sea, and he was stunned.

"Where are we? And where is Wilmes?"

"Judging from the surrounding temperature, climate, and plants, this should be an uninhabited island to the south. Obviously, the dragon's landing point after passing through the portal should be different from ours."

The soldier took a quick look around and quickly made his own judgment.

Although he is just a summoned creature, he has an IQ that is no different from that of a normal human, and he has certain common sense and life skills.

Damn! Zuo Si realized his current situation and immediately greeted all the female members of Hong Long's family and eight generations of ancestors in his heart.

If this bastard hadn't valued money over his life and wasted a precious minute, this accident wouldn't have happened in the end due to insufficient energy supply of the portal.

Now, just after escaping from the floating city that was about to be destroyed, I immediately fell into the survival mode on a deserted island.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the island is located in relatively warm waters, so there should not be a shortage of food and drinkable fresh water.

(End of this chapter)


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