Zuo Si walked straight up to the soldier, bent down and looked at this summoned creature that had followed him for a second longest time after the leopard.

The soldier struggled to open one eye and said in a very weak voice: "Master. I... I feel very hot! Very, very hot! It's as if there is a flame burning in my body."

"It seems that you inserted the blood-sucking sword into the upper jaw of the red dragon when you exhaled, and absorbed his blood containing a large amount of fire elemental energy. If nothing unexpected happens, you will probably become a dragonborn creature."

Zuo Si took a quick look at the soldier's physical condition and immediately gave his own diagnosis.

Because the boiling dragon blood and fire elemental energy in his body cannot be faked.

In fact, simply using the blood-sucking sword to attack a red dragon generally will not produce such a result.

At best, it would be nice to temporarily increase resistance to fire a little bit.

But for the final blow, the soldier rushed forward with his fiery breath and plunged the blood-sucking sword into Beltogas's upper jaw.

Under the effect of the dragon's breath, the energy contained in the blood vessels around the upper jaw was many times greater than that in other places, and ultimately it was a coincidence that led to this result.

Of course, the price he paid was that the priceless blood-sucking sword was destroyed in the dragon flames, and now it had turned into a lump of cold metal containing a little magical aura, and all the magic attached to the sword body and hilt was scrapped.

"Dragonborn? Sounds like a good idea."

The soldier smiled a little.

But just a second later, he slowly closed his eyes and took his last breath.

Immediately afterwards, the corpses and equipment quickly turned into nothingness.

There will be no way to summon again within at least three days.

Since the cards had already entered the graveyard, Zuo Si was temporarily unable to see the changes in the soldier's attributes, so he had to activate [Healing Hand] first and heal Rhett next to him.

When the dazzling positive energy entered the body and began to repair damaged organs and broken bones, the orc immediately opened his eyes and subconsciously wanted to grab the weapons around him to fight.

But when he saw Zuo Si's face clearly, he immediately relaxed his tense nerves and asked hurriedly: "Where is the dragon? Is he dead?"

Zuo Si smiled and replied, "Relax. I have already skinned Beltogas and put him in a dimensional bag. When I have time, I will use his skin to make you a red dragon armor as a reward."

"Red Dragon Armor?!"

Hearing this name, Rhett became excited instantly.

As a barbarian warrior, he knew better than anyone what it meant to have armor made from the hide of the most powerful red dragon among chromatic dragons.

Not to mention the fire magic resistance brought by the dragon scales themselves, the hardness of the scales, which is comparable to that of adamantium full body armor, is enough to render most non-magical weapons ineffective.

No warrior can resist such a temptation! "That's right. Red Dragon Armor. And I will make you a magic two-handed axe." Zuo Si promised without hesitation.

Through this dragon-slaying operation, Rhett has proved his bravery with practical actions and also won his trust.

After all, for most warriors, it would be considered a pretty good performance if they didn't get scared and turn around and run away when they saw a mature dragon.

Not to mention rushing forward against the "dragon's might" and tearing the dragon's wings apart with a magic-enchanted axe.

From this moment on, this half-orc was officially accepted by Zuo Si and trained as a member of the future core team.

Rhett seemed to realize something, and immediately grinned and said, "Hehe! Thank you, Master. From now on, my life will be handed over to you."

"You're welcome. I promise that you will soon have a set of enviable magic equipment."

After saying this, Zuo Si directly threw the almost full dimensional bag in his hand to the orc, indicating that he should return to the city alone first.

He took another empty dimensional bag, walked straight to Wilmes, and asked meaningfully: "You should know where Beltogas's lair is, right?"

"Of course. So, are you planning to rob his treasure?" Wilmes asked with shining eyes.

If there weren't two wounded people who needed care, she would have taken action long ago.

"Is that even a question? I hope the treasure in Beltogas' lair won't disappoint me too much."

“I want half this time!”

Wilmes made the request with a greedy look on his face.

Zuo Si rolled his eyes in annoyance. "You are the only one who has the nerve to ask for half? Use your underdeveloped brain and think carefully. Who am I covering for with all this? And if you hadn't wasted a crucial minute in the tower of the floating city, would there have been such a big mess? I didn't settle accounts with you. Confiscating the treasure in your nest is already a mercy beyond the law."

"Damn it! I didn't cause any of this trouble! It's all because of that thing you put in my head! It's all its fault!" Wilmes tried to argue by shifting the blame.

Unfortunately, Zuo Si didn't buy it at all and rejected it bluntly, "Give up that idea as soon as possible.

The treasure of Beltogas has no share for you.

If you make a mistake again next time because of greed or other reasons, I will deduct from your treasure according to the extent of the mistake.

But if you perform well enough, I will consider taking a portion of the spoils as your personal benefit."

"Vile! Shameless! How dare you spy on the treasure that belongs to me?"

Realizing that the treasure he had collected over the years might change hands, Wilmes immediately couldn't help but burst into curses.

At this moment, Qiwu suddenly asked through the mental connection: "Master, do you need me to tell her to shut up?"

moment!

Wilmes then remembered that his life was still in the hands of the other party, so he immediately shut up and honestly performed his duties as a "mount".

Seeing the "cowardly" look of the female red dragon, Zuo Si raised his lips slightly with a playful expression, and responded casually: "Forget it. She is just talking anyway. I am a very tolerant person most of the time. Oh, by the way, have you given yourself a name?"

"name?"

Qiwu was stunned for a moment, then quickly replied, "A name is just a code name, used to distinguish one tool from another. I am a tool myself, so I don't need a name."

"Do you think you are a tool?" Zuo Si suddenly became interested.

Because from the time he was awakened until now, he has not had any in-depth communication with this strange object that is closely connected to him.

They don’t even understand the other person’s thinking patterns, or their perceptions and values ​​of the world as a whole.

"Yes! I am a tool you created to control more powerful creatures. My duty is to obey your orders and clear all obstacles and enemies on your way forward."

Qiwu expressed his understanding of himself without hesitation.

"Then how do you think you can think about this? Don't you have self-awareness? Don't you want to get anything, or have any ideas about the future?"

Zuo Si continued to try to explore the way.

After all, since the strange creature could strengthen itself by eating the brains of intelligent life, he had already determined that this thing had an extremely amazing growth potential.

Especially the psychic powers inherited from the Mind Flayer, if used properly, it can definitely be a powerful weapon.

It’s a pity that Zuo Si has no knowledge about psychic powers.

Because apart from the mind flayers and the Githyanki, only the gray dwarves living in the Underdark know a little about this thing.

Of course, if you are not afraid of death or becoming an idiot, you can also try to merge your soul and consciousness with the master lich and become Iolumn, the only great archmage of Netheril who is proficient in both psychic power and arcane magic in the entire continent of Faerun.

Only he knows how to advance to the special profession that combines arcane magic with psionics - [Psionicist].

In the real world, it is often very difficult to obtain secret knowledge that is unknown to others.

This is completely different from just clicking the mouse when playing games, or opening a few expansions to easily get the professions, specialties and spell lists you want.

(End of this chapter)