Around eight o'clock the next morning, the masked wizard under Zelanora brought his men to the door to deliver all the things and asked his men to complete the installation and debugging in the shortest time possible.
With these things, the entire mage tower can truly operate.
Although the mage was very curious why Zuo Si would order energy storage element pools for ten large mage towers at once.
You have to know that in order to fill up an element pool like this, you need to at least continuously draw energy from the surrounding environment and the magic network, and store energy for two or three months without using it at all.
Generally speaking, one such element pool is enough to sustain the daily use of a dozen or twenty mages and a hundred apprentices.
Even a place like the headquarters of the Guild of Masked Mages only has two large elemental pools installed.
Anything more would be a complete waste.
Of course, this masked wizard didn't know that the inside of the wall of the tower built by Zuo Si was engraved with "energy-absorbing magic arrays" from another world.
The speed at which it absorbs energy is several times or even dozens of times that of an ordinary wizard tower, and its coverage area directly covers the entire Askatla.
Draw arcane energy from the Ley Line;
Water element energy can be drawn from rivers and oceans;
You can draw earth element energy from the ground beneath your feet;
You can absorb wind energy from the sky above your head; you can absorb positive energy from the sunlight;
Negative energy can be absorbed from the cemetery not far away;
Finally, open a permanent portal to the dragon's nest, draw fire element energy from the boiling magma, and then draw natural energy from the surrounding forest, and the entire mage tower can obtain all the energy attributes.
This is very important for Zuo Si, a planeswalker.
He also planned to use his ability as a creator to directly awaken the Mage Tower into an intelligent tower with thinking ability.
Then, with the Mage Tower as the center, it continued to expand deep underground with the help of the extensive sewers.
Unfortunately, the masked wizard in front of him was unaware of these plans and just waved to his men behind him.
Immediately afterwards, a young man dressed as an apprentice pulled open the black cloth covering the carriage next to him, revealing several huge cages.
Some of the cages contained a dozen or so Warg and Winter Wolf cubs, which were whimpering.
Some contained some small-sized earthworms that had not yet fully grown up and looked extremely ferocious; some contained young shapeshifting cat pets that could change themselves into various forms from time to time and looked like black cats; some contained bats with different attributes from the elemental planes, which were crowded together and kept quarreling and fighting; even in the last cage, there was a dryad with a beautiful appearance and a big tree that was closely connected to her life.
Apparently, the poor creature had been captured by the masked wizards.
Because of the tree, she couldn't even run away.
Because once the tree spirit leaves the big tree to which its life is closely connected, it will soon become weak and eventually die.
Seeing such a scene, Zuo Si, who hadn't slept all night, rubbed his dry eyes and immediately asked in an uncertain tone: "What is this..."
"This is a small gift that Ms. Zelanora asked me to give to you privately. She hopes to establish a good personal friendship with you." The wizard replied with a smile.
"It is an honor to have the friendship of Lady Zelanora. Express my gratitude to her, and congratulate her on her official promotion to the upper echelons of the Masked Mage."
Zuo Si accepted the olive branch extended by the Moon Elf Mage without hesitation.
After all, the Masked Mages Guild is not a Shadow Thief. It is basically composed of some typical "selfish" arcane spellcasters. Although they have faith in God, it is barely enough to prevent their souls from being used to paste walls after death.
It is common knowledge throughout the continent of Faerun that it is difficult for a mage to become a qualified believer.
Therefore, there was no conflict of interest between the two parties from the very beginning.
It is definitely a sure win to have a good relationship with a high-ranking masked wizard who holds power and resources.
"I'll help you pass on the message. I'm sure Zelano will be very happy to hear it. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first."
After saying this, Zelanora's confidant placed one hand on his chest and saluted, then left the carriage and the magical creatures in the cages and turned away with his men.
After the other party was completely gone, Alena walked to the cage, stretched out a finger and gently poked the dryad's forehead and asked: "What are you going to do with these magical creatures?"
"It's very simple. Leave the winter wolf and warg cubs to the young wolves to raise, throw the diggers to the bottom of the Mage Tower to dig tunnels, and the shapeshifting cats and demon bats are very intelligent, so they can be raised freely in the Mage Tower. As for this dryad lady, let her be responsible for taking care of the plants in the Arcane Park."
After thinking for a moment, Zuo Si quickly made a decision.
When the werewolf girl Fangus heard that the wolf cub would be handed over to her tribe to take care of, she immediately assured excitedly: "Master, please rest assured, we will definitely be able to train a strong wolf pack for you."
You must know that both Wargs and Winter Wolves are authentic magical creatures with extremely high intelligence levels that are not inferior to humans.
It can even learn several languages including Common, Goblin, and Giant, making it the most suitable pet and combat partner for werewolves.
Especially when feeding from cubs, when they grow up, whether they are winter wolves or pack wolves, they will regard the feeder as their own relative or pack leader and have extremely high obedience.
"No, my purpose is not to let you train and cultivate wolves, but to let you get to know the nature better and learn how to become a druid or ranger by spending time with these wolf cubs."
As he spoke, Zuo Si opened the cage and took out the wolf cubs one by one, then handed them to the little wolves behind him.
I have to say, no matter how powerful and terrifying an animal is, it often gives people a very cute and adorable feeling when they are young.
Even these evil winter wolves and wargs are no exception.
And because they are still cubs, their hair is not hard like when they are adults, but very, very soft.
The former can feel a slight coolness when touched.
No wonder a complete winter wolf pelt can be sold for a high price of five hundred to one thousand gold coins in the market.
If he had the time to take care of it, Zuo Si would have wanted to raise one himself.
After watching the little wolves carrying their cubs to the second floor of the Mage Tower to start building a wolf house, he quickly came to the cages holding the demon bats and communicated with these small elemental creatures with spell-like abilities.
Although they are called "demon bats", in fact, these guys look more like devils and quasers, and their bodies are composed of a mixture of elements of different attributes, so like elemental creatures, they have no lifespan limit.
They have an innate curiosity and a rather mischievous character, and do not mind being servants of arcane spellcasters.
With his excellent "eloquence (deception)", Zuo Si easily persuaded these little guys to stay in the Mage Tower and serve him.
As for the reward, it is to build a comfortable home for them.
For example, wind bats like places with fast air flow, magma bats and fire bats like high temperatures and flames, earth bats like to stay in dark caves, and ice bats like cold places...
In short, the preferences and personalities of bats with different elemental attributes vary greatly. Some of them have a very good sense of humor and occasionally tell jokes that normal people can hardly understand.
The most important thing is that with these magic bats, all the miscellaneous tasks in the wizard tower can be done by them.
Compared to the noisy demon bats, the transformed cat pet kittens that had long been tamed by spellcasters were much quieter.
After confirming that Zuo Si was their master, they quickly showed extraordinary obedience and followed the instructions to the lounge on the third floor. After eating some cooked meat and milk, they lay down on the sofa and fell asleep.
Although these black kittens are only the size of domestic cats now, it won't be long before they grow to the size of a leopard.
Its innate ability to transform is almost exactly the same as that of a devil, and it can transform into any medium or small creature.
As for the digging worms, they were thrown into the bottom floor of the wizard tower connected to the sewer, and were controlled by charm magic to dig tunnels.
After settling all these magical creatures, Zuo Si finally moved the dryad and her tree to the Arcane Garden on the fourth floor of the Mage Tower.
Although this place is still bare, there is nothing here except the special soil that has just been transported up.
But the moment the tree was planted, this natural creature with the appearance of a beautiful human female was obviously much more relaxed. At least, she was no longer as nervous as before, and a hint of curiosity appeared in her two emerald green eyes.
Suddenly, without any warning, she released an innate spell-like ability [Charm Human] towards Zuo Si.
As expected, the voter's strong immune system easily blocked the attack.
Just as the tree spirit was puzzled and tried to continue to release a higher level of [Suggestion], Zuo Si turned around and interrupted, "Okay, stop, your magic is of no use to me."
"Why...why?" the tree spirit asked in a slightly awkward common language.
"Because I am the chosen one of Talona, the goddess of poison and disease. The power she gave me is enough to resist all kinds of charms, mind control, and emotion-based magic. In addition, you don't have to worry about me doing anything terrible to you. On the contrary, I hope you can help take care of this arcane garden and ensure that those delicate magical plants can grow healthily."
After saying that, Zuo Si handed over all the seeds he bought from the Masked Mage Guild to the other party.
The dryad took it and opened the bag carefully.
When he saw the seeds containing the power of life, an expression of joy suddenly appeared on his face, and he immediately grabbed a handful and sprinkled them on the surrounding soil.
It didn't take long for all the seeds to be planted.
With the power given by Mother Nature, the tree spirit quickly made the seeds take root and sprout.
When the green seedlings broke through the soil, she suddenly smiled with an innocent smile like a child.
"From now on, this is your home. You can do whatever you want. If you need anything, just tell me directly." Zuo Si said bluntly.
Dryads are known to be nature's best gardeners.
For them, caring for plants is like an instinct engraved in their bones.
Although not all wizard towers have arcane gardens, for example, Asta's Necromancer Tower does not have one, otherwise Zuo Si would not have almost starved to death.
Any wizard tower with an arcane garden will try its best to get one or two tree spirits to help take care of the plants.
Of course, in addition to taking care of plants, the beautiful tree spirit can also meet some of the physiological needs of the young and energetic wizard.
At least it's much safer than summoning a succubus.
Not to mention that while enjoying the pleasure, you don’t have to worry about whether you will faint or die due to being drained of too much energy.
However, this "special function" will not be used for the time being.
After confirming that the tree spirit had accepted his new home, Zuo Si immediately activated four small elemental plane interfaces.
The water element plane is the source of water for life and experiments in the entire Mage Tower; the fire element plane mainly provides heat for furnaces, kitchens and other places that need fire;
The power of the Earth Elemental Plane can be used to repair and reinforce the Wizard Tower, and to provide sufficient nutrients for the Arcane Garden so that all plants can grow quickly and healthily. The strong airflows and storms in the Wind Elemental Plane can be used to drive large wind turbines, and on the other hand, can also provide power for the magical machine "Quarish Device".
With the connection of the four elemental planes, the Mage Tower not only has a stable source of energy, but can also summon elemental creatures as guards and servants.
Feeling the power of elements beginning to flow in the tower, Zuo Si quickly came to the most solid core area in the middle level of the Mage Tower.
This is not only the center of all "energy absorbing arrays", but also the place where the energy storage element pool is stored.
There are a total of ten large mage towers with elemental pools, which are closely arranged one after another in the middle of the circular crystal pillars.
Through arcane vision, one can clearly see the numerous magical runes inside and outside the pillars, as well as the energy transmission channels.
Vanessa, who had been waiting here for a long time, immediately asked Zuo Si after seeing him, "Sir, can we activate this Mage Tower now?"
“Let’s get started!”
Zuo Si gave a straightforward and affirmative answer.
Without saying a word, he opened all the energy-absorbing arrays and extracted energy from the environment of the city beneath his feet.
Then, after being guided and transmitted by Vanessa, it is continuously injected into the element pool for storage.
Because the speed was too fast and too intense, a strange energy vortex appeared in the sky of Athkatla.
Not only that!
The rivers and oceans also became turbulent, with waves hitting the embankments violently one after another.
Even the ground beneath my feet began to tremble slightly for some reason, as if there was an earthquake.
The sunlight that was originally evenly distributed on the earth was also madly absorbed by the crystal device on the top of the Mage Tower, resulting in a dusk-like scene in the morning.
Most of the intense and active negative energy in the cemetery was drained away in an instant.
Some of the undead creatures that were once active now looked listless and were clearly in a state of extreme weakness.
In addition, all arcane spellcasters noticed that their connection with the magic network was weakening, and the power of the spells they cast became much smaller. Some low-level wizards could not even cast any magic.
"Damn it! Can anyone tell me what happened?"
"I don't know. Is something terrible going to happen?"
“It feels like the end of the world has come!”
"Goddess of Fortune Waukeen, bless you! I hope it's not some terrible disaster!"
"Quick! Go to the temple area and ask the priests what this strange sight means."
…
For a moment, the whole of Askatra was in panic.
The Council of Six and all the major churches had to step forward to reassure the people, telling them that this was not the end of the world and that no terrible disaster had occurred.
Only the top leaders of the Masked Mage Guild knew that all this was caused by the terrifying energy siphon effect after the activation of Zuo Si's mage tower.
They never dreamed that a mere wizard tower could extract so much energy in such a short time.
The energy flowing in from other places is far from enough to replenish the part that is absorbed, resulting in the continuous decrease of energy in the environment.
Looking at the incredible and spectacular view of the sky outside the window, a masked wizard could not help but exclaimed: "Is this the magic skill from another world? It's simply amazing! No wonder he ordered ten large wizard tower energy storage element pools at once."
"Zelanora, you have the most contact with this Chosen One. Tell me, is it possible for us to obtain this magical technology from him?"
Another senior executive's eyes flashed with undisguised greed and desire.
If he had previously regarded the titles and stories such as "Son of Plague", "Man of Disaster" and "World Destroyer" preached by the Church of Talona as jokes, now he really began to believe that Zuo Si came from another world and possessed a lot of powerful magical knowledge.
"I'm very sorry, I'm afraid I have to disappoint you. So far, I have only negotiated with him once on behalf of the Masked Wizard and the Council of Six. I don't know much about Soth and cannot make any judgment." Zelanora responded calmly.
"Can't we force him to hand over these magical knowledge and techniques in the name of the Masked Mages Guild?" another senior executive suggested cautiously.
But before anyone else could speak, the old woman sitting near the window sneered and said sarcastically, "Forcing the chosen people of the goddess of poison and plague?
Could it be that your brain was eaten by the mind flayer?
If you want to die, don't take us with you.
Putting aside the fact that the agreement has clearly emphasized that Soth has only joined the Masked Mage in name only, and is not actually under the jurisdiction of anyone, nor does he bear any responsibilities or obligations.
Just his horrific plague that destroyed one world was enough to easily destroy the entire Athkatra and even Amn.
Besides, you have already seen how powerful this Mage Tower is. Are you sure he has no other cards? Don't forget, none of the chosen ones of the gods are easy to deal with.
Otherwise, why do you think the Council of Six would go to such great lengths to win him over? "
"So what do you say we should do?"
The senior executive who had just spoken asked back in anger.
"In fact, the method is very simple. Let Zelanora continue to maintain a good relationship with him, and then test him when the time is right. I believe that as long as the increase we offer is enough, Mr. Soth should not refuse a deal that is beneficial to him."
The old woman gave her solution without hesitation.
As a typical Amnian, she believes that everything in this world has a price.
As long as you offer a price that is attractive to the other party, you can buy what you want.
Of course, the old woman was not the only one who had similar thoughts.
If there is anything about the Guild of Masked Mages that makes it comparable to or even superior to other spellcasting organizations, it must be the large annual grant given to them by the Council of Six and the lucrative profits brought by the monopoly of the entire arcane spellcasting power of Amn.
换个简单点的说法就是有“钞能力”！ 非常非常非常的有钱！ 别的不说，光是给每个正式成员配备一套包括魔法长袍、兜帽、面具、徽章，以及可以再阿斯卡特拉范围内随意传送的戒指，就不是一般组织能够办到的事情。
看着这些愚蠢而又短视的家伙，泽拉诺拉眼睛里闪过一丝不易被察觉到的嘲弄，就仿佛高高在上的君王欣赏宫殿中正在表演滑稽戏的小丑。
只可惜，在场的蒙面法师高层一个都没有察觉到，这位年轻“后辈”不经意之间流露出来的轻蔑与不屑。
……
金币之都天空和海洋那诡异的状况持续了好几个小时，直到临近下午的时候一切才终于恢复正常。
就在民众激烈讨论的时候，位于法师塔核心的左思终于长长的出了一口气：“呼——终于搞定了。”
“是啊！如此剧烈的能量虹吸效应我这辈子还是第一次见到。您建造的这座法师塔真是太了不起。”瓦内萨毫不吝啬自己的赞美之词。
虽然他并不清楚左思收集这么多能量有何用，但一座法师塔的能量越强，往往就意味着防御力越强大。
至少在耗光这些储能之前，外面的人别指望能轻易打进来。
尤其是这种大型法师塔，其坚固的外墙甚至能够抵挡巨型投石器的正面攻击。
可左思却不以为意的摇了摇头：“不过是知识和财富堆砌的结果而已，没什么大不了的。现在的我还只不过是个魔法的使用者，远远称不上是它的主人。”
说话的功夫，他直接把手按在那根贯穿高塔的柱子上，直接启动创造者的能力将其唤醒。
瞬间！
这座法师塔仿佛被注入了灵魂一样，所有元素池中的能量都开始变得沸腾。
随后一个强大且清晰的意识迅速接管了每一个角落，无论是入口处的大门，还是那些安置在不起眼角落的秘门锁、观察眼、反隐形和警报系统。
才短短几分钟的功夫，就把一切都管理的井井有条。
与刚刚被唤醒时的奇物一样，这个法师塔暂时还只有非常低的智力水平，根本不具备自我思考能力，仅仅是机械式执行主人下达的命令。
通过两者之间建立起来的心灵连接，左思随时都可以知晓高塔每一个角落发生了什么。
同时也能够下令让其封死出口、隔断某个走廊，亦或是消耗储备能量召唤异位面生物、释放大范围杀伤和控制类魔法对入侵者发起攻击。
总之，现在这座高塔总算是百分之百属于他了，任凭谁来也抢不走。
更不会出现离开一段时间后回来一看，发现被盗贼或者冒险者偷家的尴尬情况。
为了方便跟奇物区分开，左思给这座塔的意识起了个名字，叫做“小智（障）”。
因为它实在是不怎么聪明，跟地球上那些“人工智障”非常相似，一旦下达的命令太过复杂就会不可避免的出现错误和混乱。
只能寄希望于能通过学习来变得聪明一点。
不过唤醒了法师塔的意识，并不意味着所有的工作就完成了。
刚好相反！
左思又在瓦内萨的协助下，快速在地下二层搭建起一座通往龙巢的永久性传送门。
随后又传送到另外一边，在龙巢靠近熔炉和岩浆不远的地方，搭建起了另外一个传送门。
当它们启动的瞬间，一道能量旋涡迅速在门框内高速旋转，渐渐浮现出另外一边的景色，只是画面看起来有些模糊。
幸好在空间稳定装置的作用下，很快变得越来越清晰，直至彻底建立起稳固的通道。
当左思穿过传送门抵达另外一边的时候，等候多时的半龙狗头人酋长立刻恭恭敬敬的鞠了一躬：“主人，您的仆从听候吩咐。”
“最近部族怎么样？没出什么乱子吧？”左思十分随意的问道。
“没有。按照您的命令，我一直在让部落中的雌性受孕，目前半龙狗头人的蛋已经突破了一百三十个。其中第一批应该用不了多久就要孵化了。现在唯一的问题是，我们的食物储备不足，可能养不起那么多能吃的幼崽。”
半龙狗头人酋长语气中明显带着一丝担忧。
毕竟光靠在地下种植苔藓、蘑菇，养殖一些虫子和适应黑暗环境的牲畜，是很难养活太大规模人口的。
这也是为什么，狗头人部落几乎很少有超过一两千的情况。
“别担心，我会给你们准备足够的食物。”
左思直截了当给对方吃了颗定心丸。
先不说安姆本身的气候条件就非常适合农作物生长，几乎每年都会出现粮食大丰收的情况。
光是伯纳德送给他那块土地产出的粮食和饲养的家禽、家畜，就足以轻松养活整个狗头人部落。
而且阿斯卡特拉靠海，各种鱼类和水产也相当便宜。
再加上有永久传送门，不仅可以让那些半龙狗头人吃饱，还能确保它们营养充足，能够快速且健康的生长。
“那就没问题了。请您放心，我会竭尽所能让那些半龙狗头人快点长大，成为您的好帮手。”半龙狗头人酋长信誓旦旦的保证道。
看着这个秘密巢穴内巨大的岩浆熔炉，还有正在有条不紊熔炼矿石的狗头人部落，瓦内萨十分惊讶的问：“这里是您的秘密基地？一座隐藏在深山中的矿脉和一个狗头人部落？”
“没错。怎么样，这里不赖吧。”
左思饶有兴致扫了一眼远处那堆越来越多的金属锭，脸上浮现出了满意的表情。
很显然，在他离开的这段时间里，狗头人们又挖出了不少的矿石，并且进行了初步的熔炼。
有了这些粗铁，无论是日后用来制造钢铁魔像，还是给地精和亡灵奴工打造干活用的工具，基本都不用愁了。
不知不觉间，左思已经在费伦建立起了属于自己的势力。
尽管还远远算不上强大，可麻雀虽小五脏俱全。
不管是稳定的资金来源，还是可靠的后勤补给，又或是主要由巫妖组成的秘密施法者小团体，都经有了点雏形。
瓦内萨随手拿起一块粗铁锭掂了掂分量，一脸认真的评价道：“的确相当不错。
要知道在这个世界上，谁掌握了矿脉和钢铁，谁就掌握了强大的武力。
配合您之前提出的饲养狼人地精计划，还有利用死后地精的尸体大批量制作亡灵生物，我们很快就会拥有一支数量庞大且全副武装的军队。
等过几年那些半龙狗头人长大并觉醒成为术士，这支军队还会有数量足够的施法者。”
“你忘了幽影军团。其实我现在就已经有了一支属于自己的军队。”左思意味深长的提醒道。
“哈哈哈哈！没错！我忘了还有那些幽影。”瓦内萨开心的大笑起来。
因为他突然意识到，自己效忠的对象虽然表面上对权力没什么兴趣，但是却一直在暗中扩张势力。
无论是招募年迈的高阶法师，以帮助其转成为巫妖作为交换条件换取对方的效忠，还是这座隐藏在深山中的矿脉与金属冶炼中心，又或是未来的地精养殖计划，都无一例外说明了一点。
那就是左思并没有甘于现状，而是在不停的壮大自身力量。
瓦内萨相信，当这股势力发展到一定程度后，迟早会跟其他组织爆发冲突。
到时候，不管左思对权力有没有兴趣，以他的性格都必然会进行猛烈反击。
一旦成功干掉对方，自然就能占据对方的地盘和势力范围，然后一点一点完成蜕变。
就这样，两人简单参观了一下狗头人的巢穴和矿脉后，很快便通过永久性的传送门返回法师塔。
临走前，左思还用卡牌召唤了一队六名感染了兽化症的大地精，命令他们去深山中尽可能多的捕获地精，然后带到法师塔地下去从事挖掘工作。
等安排好一切，时间已经来到了晚上八点左右。
忙碌了一天的左思甚至还没来得及吃完饭，安姆影贼名义上的首领艾朗·林维尔，便带着几名护卫依照约定来到了法师塔的大门口。
无奈之下，他只能先放弃去吃饭这个诱人的想法，命令“小智（障）”打开门把对方清了进来。
大概两三分钟后，两人终于在一楼客厅碰面了。
“晚上好，尊敬的索斯阁下。非常感谢你能在百忙之中抽出宝贵的时间来跟我见面。初次登门拜访，一件小小的礼物不成敬意。”
说着，艾朗·林维尔将手上拿着的盒子轻轻摆放在桌子上，然后面带微笑做了个请的手势。
不得不说，这家伙能成为影贼名义上的首领并不是没有道理。
首先这份圆滑跟口才就不是普通人能够比拟的。
Although he is not good-looking, and even a little ugly, his words and actions give people a sense of politeness.
Zuo Si opened the box and took a look, and found that it was actually a jewel brooch. Not only did it stabilize the [Voice Spell], but it also allowed the wearer to slightly speed up their casting speed. It was a typical piece of equipment used for spell battles.
Among them, [Voice Spell] can counter [Silence Spell] and effectively prevent the situation where the spell cannot be chanted.
Increased casting speed means your spells can be completed faster than your enemy's spells.
A few experienced mages can even use this advantage to quickly determine the magic their opponent is casting and then counter it in just a few seconds.
The so-called magic countermeasure refers to the use of the same amount of magic to interrupt the stability of the opponent's spell structure, thus preventing it from being released.
For example, if one person releases [Fireball], then the other person must also release [Fireball] to offset it.
Certain special techniques also allow high-level spellcasters to counter low-level spells by consuming a higher-level spell of the same faction.
In short, spell counter is a very profound subject.
Only a few "practical" mages who engage in spell duels with others all day long can master it.
Although Zuo Si has the instant card system of the Planeswalker and doesn't care about silence or spell counterspell, the Pyromancer Alena needs it very much.
So he immediately chose to accept the gift, smiling and saying, "A very wonderful magical item, thank you."
"As long as you like it."
Seeing that the gift-giving had taken effect, Ailan Linville's tense nerves finally relaxed a little.
"Excuse me, what urgent matter do you Shadow Thieves want to talk to me about?" Zuo Si asked tentatively, touching his chin meaningfully.
Without even thinking, Ailan Linville spat out two words directly from his mouth: "Poison!"
"poison?"
Zuo Si was slightly stunned.
If the other party's request was only to buy poison, he would be very happy to agree.
Because it was not difficult for him to make this thing, and he could have as many as he wanted.
Anyway, it’s a waste not to make money that comes to your door.
Ailan Linville nodded quickly: "That's right. We have learned in Kalin Port that you are a master of making poison.
And he is good at making more than one kind of poison.
Although we Shadow Thieves have trained several professionals, their output is too low and far from enough to supply the entire guild.
So I hope to sign a long-term agreement with you to provide sufficient poison for all assassins and thieves in the guild."
"What type of poison do you need? A neurotoxin or blood-clotting toxin that kills people quickly? Or a chronic toxin that accumulates in the internal organs and kills people invisibly? Or a paralytic toxin that causes blindness, deafness, inability to speak, and immobility? What's the dosage?"
Zuo Si asked several questions at once, instantly confusing Ailan Linville.
Although he claimed to have some knowledge about poisons, he did not know that there were so many types of poisons. He immediately felt great respect for Zuo Si.
He is truly worthy of being the chosen one of Talona, the goddess of poison and disease, and the ceiling of the entire toxin refining and manufacturing industry.
After thinking for a while with his head down, the nominal leader of the Shadow Thieves immediately spoke: "We need at least two liters of neurotoxin or hemagglutinating toxin, one liter of chronic toxin, and finally six and a half liters of paralytic toxin every four months. As a reward, the guild will pay you a one-time payment of 70,000 gold coins, as well as magic items, scrolls, and books with a total value of no less than 20,000 gold coins."
"Deal! But you are responsible for providing the raw materials."
Zuo Si agreed without hesitation.
Perhaps for others, making so many poisons would definitely be a very troublesome task.
But for him who has the LV11 creator level, it is as easy as eating and drinking.
Not to mention that it itself is a "source of poison".
Because most people in Furen who are engaged in making poisons mostly extract ready-made toxins from nature.
It is either extracted from highly poisonous animals such as snake venom glands, scorpion tail stings, spider venom sacs, or from the fruits, leaves, and rhizomes of some highly poisonous plants.
They had no idea what was actually working and simply judged whether it was toxic and how severe the toxicity was based on the test subjects' reactions when the poison took effect.
However, Zuo Si was able to use his creator's ability to filter out all impurities and directly extract the highly toxic substance with a purity of up to 99 percent.
This is also why the ricin he extracted was still able to poison a large number of pirates even after being boiled in a high-temperature soup pot for half a day.
Because the dosage is too high.
Even if 70 to 80 percent of them are destroyed by high temperature, the remaining 20 to 30 percent can still poison the opponent without any effort.
As the saying goes, talking about toxicity without considering the dosage is just nonsense.
Zuo Si always believed that "great force can bring about miracles" when poisoning, so he just had to poison the person to death.
"No problem. Please give me a list, and I promise to deliver all the raw materials in three days at most. Besides, we Shadow Thieves very much hope to maintain a long-term and good cooperative relationship with you. As you know, we have many special channels that can get good things that ordinary merchants can't get."
When saying this, Ailan Linville's tone was full of naked and undisguised temptation.
"Oh? What good stuff is it?" Zuo Si asked calmly.
"After I get the first batch of poison, I will give you a list. Then you will understand how powerful our Shadow Thieves are." Ailan Linville boasted proudly.
"Haha, I hope so."
Zuo Si smiled indifferently.
Shadow thief is powerful?
That depends on who you compare with!
For most ordinary people, the Shadow Thief is indeed a daunting behemoth.
But to a red mage like Theil, the Shadow Thieves are just a small-time criminal group.
All of the organization's powerful appearances were built through underhanded means such as threats, intimidation, kidnapping, and killing.
In a few years, when the vampire Badi and her descendants begin to hunt down Shadow Thieves on a large scale, the world will see how fragile the once-mighty Shadow Thieves Guild is.
The latter's old nest in Askatla was almost uprooted by the former.
Therefore, in the face of truly powerful forces, all of Faerun's thieves guilds are nothing but a joke.
Those who can truly be called strong are always the casters of arcane and divine spells such as mages, warlocks, priests, and druids.
If an organization does not have a powerful spellcaster, no matter how well it develops or how powerful it appears to be, it is nothing more than a castle built on the beach that will collapse with a slight impact.
(End of this chapter)