It has to be said that as one of the earliest intelligent creatures in the world to create civilization on land, and also the creator of all scaly creatures such as lizardmen and snakemen, the Sarruk witches' theoretical research on arcane magic can indeed be regarded as reaching the pinnacle.
Even the once-glorious Netheril civilization was nothing more than an extension and transformation of some spells and applied technologies from the results of the former's basic theoretical research, and nothing more.
As for inventions and creations, although it cannot be said that there are none at all, there have not been any commendable breakthroughs in basic theoretical research.
Moreover, the magical characters used by the witches when writing these scrolls are also original, and even their compatriots who have not learned the arcane may not be able to understand them.
The most notable feature is that the meaning expressed by a magic rune is very complex, often equivalent to a dozen or even dozens or hundreds of words in the common language of the continent of Faerun.
It is just like ancient classical Chinese, which has been simplified to the extreme.
Especially in the opening part where the most basic theory is explained, any misunderstanding will affect all the subsequent parts.
fortunately!
With the guidance of Midnight, the magic goddess, Zuo Si finally completed the most difficult and dangerous first step without any danger.
Once you understand the theoretical basis and outline at the beginning, then there will not be too much problem in learning the subsequent classified knowledge.
Of course, as a reward for reading a scroll of Netheril, Zuo Si's understanding of magic became more profound, and the surging arcane energy in his body was about to burst out.
You can increase the level of any arcane spellcasting class at any time if you wish.
However, he did not rush to use it. Instead, he planned to upgrade the [Mystic] profession to LV8 first, obtain a seventh-ring spell slot, and then add all the rewards obtained from reading these scrolls to the [Archmage] profession.
After all, [Mystic] is not just a pure arcane spellcasting profession, it also includes divine spells.
So you cannot enjoy the benefits of reading the scrolls of Netheril.
In this way, you can get the five-level archmage profession for free.
Great profit! Just as Zuo Si was happily thinking about how to optimize the existing spellcasting professions, Midnight casually put the first golden scroll back into the box and said with a slightly approving tone: "You finished reading all the contents of a scroll in just one week. Your intelligence level and comprehension ability really surprise me. You know, even the Chosen Ones such as Elminster and some other legendary wizards may need a month or even longer."
"This is all thanks to your teachings and this pair of [Eyes of Knowledge]. It has given me observation skills and speed of understanding that are unimaginable to others." Zuo Si responded very humbly.
"No! This is not just my teaching, but also the credit of the eyes given to you by the God of Knowledge. If you don't mind, can you tell me the secret of your abnormal physical condition and super high intelligence?" Midnight asked with interest.
Zuo Si didn't say anything, just smiled and shook his head slightly.
"Okay, I think I understand what's going on."
Midnight did not dwell on it too much and decisively classified it as the unique means and special professional abilities of a planeswalker.
After all, in the description of Oghma, the God of Knowledge, this is a special group that can be compared with gods.
One can even skip the astral plane and the etheric plane as a transit, and directly cross the gap between spaces to enter the "dark void" where even gods cannot set foot.
Therefore, it is not surprising to master some special powers that can continuously strengthen oneself.
Compared to these, the Magic Goddess is actually more interested in the energy channel on Zuo Si's body that connects to another world.
Because through observations over the past few days, she could feel that the original magical energy was constantly surging in the body of the little guy in front of her, and at the same time, it formed a coexistence phenomenon with the magic network within a radius of hundreds of meters without interfering with each other.
This is also the reason why Zuo Si can still use them normally even though she clearly did not allow those magic systems to enter this world.
"What are you looking at?"
Zuo Si felt a little frightened by the goddess' strange eyes and subconsciously touched his face.
Midnight smiled and shook his head: "No, nothing. Now I finally understand why so many gods are interested in you.
Because your existence itself is like a miracle pieced together by countless coincidences.
That brilliant soul is like a flawless gem that will attract every life that sees it.
Well, now that you have successfully read the first scroll, you should be able to handle the rest by yourself, and there is no need for me to stay and waste my time.
But remember, if you experience tingling in your brain or loss of consciousness while reading other scrolls, call on me with the holy symbol."
After saying this, the incarnation of the Magic Goddess opened a portal and disappeared without a trace.
Zuo Si felt confused and puzzled by the goddess's final inexplicable words.
But he did not hesitate for too long. After a few minutes, he put away the box containing the scrolls of Netheril and immediately set off for the Tower of Order in Waterdeep, intending to use the share of the adventure income sent by the dwarf Luger a few days ago to buy some materials and magic items.
Calculating the time, it has been almost several months since I left Askatla. It's time to go back.
After showing the guard at the door the membership badge that Khelbourne had obtained for him, Zuo Si was qualified to enter the Tower of Order.
Of course, this huge building is more like a magic fortress than a tower.
In fact, "Mage Tower" is essentially a very abstract concept and does not necessarily have to be in the shape of a spire.
Because as long as there is an elemental pool that can collect and store energy, the surrounding walls and ceiling are reinforced with magical energy, and some special function rooms are built, they can be collectively called a "Mage Tower."
And unlike the quietness of most wizard towers, this one is as noisy as a market.
Countless guys dressed like adventurers were bargaining fiercely with the apprentices in charge of selling magic weapons, equipment, potions, scrolls and props at the stalls.
Because of the "consignment" method, when some mages hand over their own products to the Tower of Order for sale, they will give a "lowest price".
The apprentices' task is to sell them at the highest possible price.
Starting from the "base price", for every 10% increase in the sales price, the stall manager can receive a commission, which can be as high as 50% of the net profit after deducting the base price, which is almost half.
I have to say that the person who invented this incentive policy is definitely a "genius".
He mobilized the subjective initiative of every apprentice in charge of sales by bundling interests.
Whether it is to earn the high cost of learning magic or to please the great wizards and get them to give them some advice, apprentices must give full play to their intelligence and trick those adventurers into taking out the last gold coin in their pockets.
"It looks like it's going to be fun."
Davian looked around with interest and comments.
"Yes! The administrator of the Tower of Order directly transformed this place into a trading market for various magical items. However, it seems that non-guild members need to pay a deposit before entering."
Zuo Si obviously noticed that when the adventurers came in, they would hand a bag of gold coins, at least five hundred or more, to a woman who looked like a cashier at the door.
But it's not surprising when you think about it.
After all, even the cheapest items sold here cost hundreds of gold coins, which is unaffordable for ordinary people.
What's more, the composition of adventurers is quite complex.
Especially those thieves with dishonest hands, they often take away some "souvenirs" when the store owner is not paying attention.
After paying the deposit, if they want to steal something again, they have to consider whether the cost outweighs the gain.
Just as Zuo Si was about to skip the finished products and look for valuable raw materials, he suddenly heard a fierce quarrel in the distance.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an adventure team selling their "trophies", two relatively intact corpses of beholders.
The leading barbarian waved his sturdy arms, spitting madly from his mouth, and roared in a stern tone: "Only two thousand gold coins? What a joke! This is not one of those small-sized Gaussian beholders, but a real beholder that can release anti-magic force fields and various terrifying rays. Look at its huge main eye and the stalk eyes surrounding it. This thing is worth at least five thousand gold coins."
"If they were alive, let alone five thousand gold coins, even tens of thousands would be no problem. But the problem is that these are just corpses, and with my authority, I can only give you two thousand gold coins at most. If you are not satisfied, you can choose to take them back."
A young man who looked to be about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, wearing a wizard's robe, shrugged nonchalantly.
As a member of the Anmin Mage Guild, he is not afraid of a few adventurers who want to act tough.
Not to mention the barbarians who are over two meters tall, even if a hybrid of a giant and an ogre comes, he has to behave himself and follow the rules.
Otherwise, all kinds of powerful control and charm magic can teach those ignorant guys how to behave themselves in a cowardly manner in a matter of minutes.
Just when the barbarian was beginning to lose control of his emotions, Zuo Si suddenly walked up to him, pointed at the two beholder corpses on the ground and said, "Sell them to me. I'm willing to pay 5,000 gold coins for each corpse."
"You? Really!"
The strong barbarian warrior who was about to fight with his fists in the last second stopped all actions in the next second, with undisguised surprise in his eyes.
It is not difficult to tell from the simple equipment without any arcane aura and the numerous scars on their bodies that he and his teammates are quite poor and are most likely members of a primitive tribe around Waterdeep.
Their motivation for going out on adventures was very simple. They probably wanted to earn money to buy some food, salt and warm clothes for the tribes who were short of food and clothing to survive the winter.
As the cold winter is approaching, land transportation will be forced to be interrupted after the snow falls, so people are so impatient.
As for the purpose of Zuo Si spending a high price to purchase these beholder corpses, it was of course to create a powerful undead creature - the "Dead Eye Tyrant".
This is the zombie form of a beholder.
Although it has no intelligence, it can retain most of the magical abilities that the Eye Demon had in his lifetime.
Including deadly charm rays, dissociation rays, fear rays, death rays, petrification rays, negative energy rays, sleep rays, slow rays, telekinesis ability, anti-gravity flight ability...
In terms of capabilities, it is simply a super mobile energy ray turret.
Moreover, it can be used unlimited times every day, without having to consider the issue of spell slots like other spellcasters.
If these two corpses with their main eyes well preserved were made into "Dead Eye Tyrants", they could even retain their forty-five-meter-long conical anti-magic force field.
It can even be said that apart from having no intelligence, the "Dead Eye Tyrant" is a complete beholder with the characteristics of an undead creature.
No! Maybe it's even scarier than the beholder.
Because in addition to the original abilities of the Eye Demon, these guys also have a lot of immunity to undead creatures.
In the Book of the Dead, there are very detailed and specific methods for transforming this undead creature.
Before going on an adventure to the Underworld, Zuo Si wanted to capture a few eye demons or get some corpses.
It’s a pity that we didn’t meet him along the way.
Now that I happen to see it, I won’t let it go easily.
Not to mention a mere 5,000 gold coins, even if there was another zero added, he would buy it without hesitation.
Because the power and value of a "Dead Eye Tyrant" cannot be measured by just a few thousand or even tens of thousands of gold coins.
Thinking of this, Zuo Si waved his hand towards the Dragonborn Knight and said, "Give him 10,000 gold coins!"
Without saying a word, Davian took out a small leather bag from his pocket, counted out ten bills worth a thousand gold coins and handed them over.
"Here, this is a note for 10,000 gold coins. You can take it to any temple of the Goddess of Wealth to exchange for an equivalent currency, or you can directly buy what you want in any store in Waterdeep."
"Hehe! Thanks, man. I knew there would be someone who knows what they are worth. Now these two beholder bodies are yours."
This tall and strong barbarian warrior was obviously not entering a big city for the first time. He understood the value of these small pieces of paper printed with the profile portrait of the goddess of wealth, Waukeen, and grinned kindly.
Because of their straightforward personality, they will always show their likes or dislikes for someone directly on their faces.
After watching this adventuring team composed entirely of barbarians walk out of the Tower of Order, Davian quickly stuffed the heavy fleshy body of the Eye Demon into the dimensional bag, and then walked away under the stunned gaze of the young wizard.
Needless to say, this young man had no idea of the value of the Eye Demon's corpse, let alone the specific process and craftsmanship of making the "Dead Eye Tyrant".
It is estimated that the reason for spending 2,000 gold coins is probably that he intends to use those eye stalks to make magical equipment such as eyeball robes.
Continuing to walk around the market, Zuo Si discovered that the spellcasting materials sold by the Tower of Order were more than one level higher than those in Askatla, the capital of Amn, in terms of both variety and rarity.
On the one hand, the attitude towards magic here is more open and inclusive. Not only are there a large number of spellcasters, but their average level is also very high.
Even in the noisy lobby on the first floor, one could still occasionally run into high-level mages and warlocks passing by.
As for the other aspect, of course, Waterdeep is located in the dangerous north, and most of the area is still wild and undeveloped.
Adventurers can often find good things in ruins, wastelands and forests.
There is also a maze of underground veins and a skull port underfoot that engages in various slave trades and illegal transactions.
Therefore, there is no shortage of "supply channels" and the prices are relatively cheaper.
After a brief stroll, Zuo Si spent almost all the cash he had.
He then led his men out of the Tower of Order, opened a portal in an inconspicuous alley in Waterdeep, and returned to the Mage Tower which he had been away from for a long time.
"You finally decided to come back?!"
The moment the group passed through the portal, Wilmes, who remained in the form of a dragon, suddenly opened his eyes with a surprised expression on his face.
Apparently, Zuo Si was as insidious as the Githyanki in the starport, and chose to fix the location of the portal in the dragon's lair under the high tower.
"Nothing happened while I was away, right?" Zuo Si asked as he looked around.
Wilmes answered nonchalantly, "Except that your dark elf slave ran away, basically everything went according to plan. Oh, by the way, I locked up the female dragon you captured with the giant mutant hound in the restraint room next door."
"The drow ran away? When? How did she run away? Wasn't she wearing an upgraded slave collar around her neck? Didn't the little idiot stop her?"
Zuo Si subconsciously frowned and asked a series of questions.
Because he had no idea how a prisoner who was under mental control all day could escape from the heavily guarded wizard tower.
“That damn drow is apparently very resistant to mind control.
I don't know when, but she managed to break free from control but didn't show it.
Then he stole a wire saw and quietly cut off the collar around his neck.
Finally, use the time of meal delivery to trick the awakened mage tower consciousness and go directly into the intricate waterway.
Since there was no obstacle between the lower level of the Mage Tower and the sewers of Askatla some time ago, the entire escape process was extremely smooth.
After this incident, I had the goblin servants seal the passage, leaving only a hidden secret door."
Wilmes hid nothing and told the whole story openly.
It is not difficult to tell from the nonchalant tone and attitude that the red dragon did not take this matter to heart at all.
"What about the goblins? Didn't any of the goblins digging under the Mage Tower escape?" Zuo Si continued to ask.
Even though he had captured and crafted several Dark Elf creature cards in the Underworld, he didn't care as much about just one prisoner as he did before.
But the problem is that it wasn't just that a prisoner escaped, but that there were huge loopholes in the management and defense of the Mage Tower.
Otherwise, even if the female drow had mental resistance and successfully sawed off the collar around her neck, she would not be able to escape.
Wilmes responded without hesitation: "The goblins have no chance to escape. Because I have arranged a collective responsibility system for them. If one of them escapes, the whole team will die. What's more, there are a large number of undead creatures following them."
After hearing this answer, Zuo Si's originally serious expression finally relaxed a little, and he began to communicate with the consciousness of the tower through mental connection.
After a while, he roughly knew everything that had happened during his absence, as well as the current progress of excavation and construction of the underground part.
Since the goblins are not natural masters of digging holes like the kobolds, many collapse accidents are inevitable during the excavation.
More than a thousand unfortunate people were crushed to death or suffocated as a result of this.
Although the corpses that were later excavated were resurrected by necromancy magic and continued to work tirelessly in undead form, it still affected the overall progress.
Later, as a last resort, they had to invite a few kobold digging experts from the other side of the portal to provide technical guidance, and the collapse accident rate gradually decreased.
In addition, there is another bad news: the goblins are almost extinct in the mountains south of Zazesipo.
Because almost all the goblins in the surrounding areas were captured and turned into laborers under the Mage Tower.
If labor is needed again, we may have to turn our attention to creatures that are difficult to manage, such as orcs and gnolls.
However, the consciousness of the Mage Tower did give a suggestion, which was to kill them all first, and then bring back only the corpses to transform them into low-level undead.
Zuo Si thought about it for a moment and immediately agreed.
After all, the biggest advantage of the undead is that they don't need to rest or eat, and can work twenty-four hours a day.
In comparison, from the perspective of pure labor efficiency, the cost-effectiveness of the goblin werewolves is really not that high.
If some experiments did not require a large number of living bodies, they would have no value at all.
In addition, after learning that Zuo Si had put live goblins up for sale, the Masked Mage Guild immediately sent people to purchase several hundred of them. They were probably either used for necromancy experiments or as guinea pigs to test the effects of various new potions.
In short, they not only offered a relatively high price, but also signed a long-term purchasing contract.
This amount of money alone is enough to buy food to feed thousands of goblins for a full year or two.
You should know that the feed that Zuo Si carefully prepared for the goblins is very "scientific" and "nutritious".
This included a main course of ridiculously cheap aged shelled barley and beans, served with a thick soup made from a variety of seaweed, small fish, shrimp and crabs, plus some equally cheap raw salad of kohlrabi, radishes, onions and mushrooms.
Not only is it a combination of meat and vegetables, but the nutritional intake is also very comprehensive.
There are also plenty of fish, shrimps and crabs with shells and bones, so you will definitely not lack calcium.
The only drawback is that the taste is definitely not very good. Since the thick soup does not contain any seasoning, it is inevitably full of sea smell.
The steamed rice made from aged hulled barley and beans was a bit tooth-breaking and difficult to swallow.
If you eat for a long time, your teeth will wear out very quickly.
fortunately!
Zuo Si had no intention of letting these goblins live for more than five years, and successfully avoided the tragedy of old goblins having difficulty eating due to bad teeth.
How thoughtful and kind!
He couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up for being a "kind-hearted person".
From birth to burial, and then to becoming a tireless undead, the life of a werewolf or goblin is clearly arranged.
After roughly checking the current number and fertility status of goblins, Zuo Si showed a satisfied expression on his face: "Not bad! It seems that the attempt to raise goblins has achieved initial success.
The time from birth to adulthood can be shortened to two months and fifteen days through the effects of magic and hormones.
Although the price is that their lifespan will never exceed fifteen years, it doesn't matter anymore.
What we need to do next is to strictly control the number and ensure that the total number remains in a relatively balanced state."
“I think so too.
The artificial intervention plan you proposed earlier seems to have achieved good results.
This new generation of goblins are indeed more obedient than their parents.
I think it's time to castrate the original ones and then select the more obedient ones from the new generation to breed the second generation.
If things continue like this, within a few years we will have a completely domesticated and obedient subspecies of goblins.
I have to admit that you are indeed a genius in this area.
You know, before this, no one had ever thought that useless goblins could generate such high economic returns."
While saying this, Wilmes did not hide his envy for this "business".
Because in her opinion, those were not goblins at all, but gold coins that made jingling sounds.
Apart from a little money for food, there is basically no other upfront investment and operating costs.
In fact, this greedy red dragon has begun to consider whether it is possible to rent out the completely domesticated goblins as laborers to merchants, manor owners, and mine contractors to do some dangerous and heavy physical labor.
If this business is successful, she can really lie on the pile of gold coins and count money all day long.
Zuo Si had a deep understanding of Wilmes' greedy nature, so he saw through his thoughts immediately and sneered, "Don't think about how to get more wealth all day long.
In this world full of dangers, if you don't have the power to match it, no matter how much wealth you have, it will only be fat meat in the eyes of others.
Instead of wasting time on this, you might as well take the time to develop your magical talent."
"You mean...let me learn magic?"
Wilmes asked back in an uncertain tone.
"No, no, no, with your intelligence and reckless personality, it is almost impossible to become a wizard." Zuo Si raised his right index finger and shook it gently. "What I mean is that you can try to become a warlock who relies on bloodline to cast spells. And I recently figured out an interesting magic ritual that allows you to draw life and magic energy from other dragons and their dragon eggs to strengthen yourself."
"Swallowing dragon eggs! Isn't that what Klaus, the ancient red dragon of the North, does?" Wilmes opened his mouth in shock.
"Yes! I have just read some interesting knowledge recently, so I have a deeper and more thorough understanding of the vicious magic contained in this glove.
Now, I can do something similar.
How about it, do you want to try it? We just happen to have a half-hatched red dragon egg on hand."
Zuo Si tempted with a meaningful tone.
Needless to say, this was the result of his enhanced knowledge and understanding of magic after reading the scrolls of Netheril.
Wilmes was obviously moved and lightly vigorously: "Of course! Please use this method to make me stronger."
"Very good, then I will fulfill your wish. Now, go get the dragon egg first. I will spend some time drawing a permanent magic circle."
As he spoke, Zuo Si quickly contacted the consciousness of the tower, asked the demon bats and undead creatures to fetch some materials from the warehouse, bent down and began to draw complex and precise arcane runes.
Different from the magic runes currently popular in Faerun, these runes are ancient runes used by the Sarrukh witches, which are the magical characters used to write the scrolls of Netheril.
Only this original magic hairwriting can replace the magical power used by the dragons to a certain extent.
Relying on the powerful ability of the creator profession, Zuo Si completed the drawing of the giant magic circle with a radius of more than fifteen meters in less than an hour and a half.
Next, he spent another two or three hours checking over and over again. After confirming that there were no mistakes, he signaled Wilmes to place the dragon egg in the container in the center.
After completing this step, the red dragon immediately asked impatiently: "What should I do next? Swallow the egg?"
"You don't need to do anything, just stand there quietly."
As he spoke, Zuo Si walked straight to the dragon egg, and with the help of the energy stored in the Mage Tower, he got some magma from the Fire Elemental Plane and covered the entire dragon egg.
Because red dragon eggs are originally designed to be hatched in a high temperature environment.
Therefore, after the embryo feels the temperature of the magma, it immediately becomes unprecedentedly active.
Unfortunately, before the little life in the dragon egg could be happy for long, it was completely enveloped by a terrifying magical energy.
Along with the low sound of chanting a spell, a scarlet thread connected Wilmes and the dragon egg.
Before the former could figure out what was going on, a surge of vitality and magical energy poured into his body.
In just a few seconds, her body grew a whole circle larger.
Not only that!
His innate spell-like abilities were also strengthened, and he even learned several new spells in one go, including [Acceleration], [Dispel Magic], [See Through Invisibility], and [Resist Energy Damage].
Just when Wilmes was feeling extremely excited about this, he suddenly discovered that the dragon egg in the center of the magic circle had completely shriveled up at some point, without any signs of life, and even emitted a rotten and smelly smell.
Out of curiosity, she immediately walked closer and observed carefully, and took the initiative to ask: "What did you do just now?"
"It's simple. I transformed everything in this dragon egg, including the soul, into energy and transferred it into your body.
Since you are all red dragons, there is no waste in the energy conversion process.
If it were any other type of dragon egg, the effect would be greatly reduced.
Besides, according to the age group unique to dragons, you are now almost entering middle age.
But don't worry, this process will not affect your lifespan.
Just the opposite!
It will add extra life to your life.
In other words, as long as you keep swallowing like this, you will never die from aging.
How about that? Interesting and at the same time vicious magic, isn't it? "
Zuo Si gave a brief explanation with a smile on his face.
He now finally realized why this magic was considered taboo even among evil chromatic dragons.
Not to mention the attitude of the evil dragon god Tiamat towards this, the gods and major forces alone would never allow the existence of an evil dragon that is immortal and can become infinitely stronger.
That's why Sapherakta was forced to become a dragon lich. It is estimated that Klaus, the ancient red dragon in the North that has already aroused public anger, will not live long.
However, it was obviously impossible for Wilmes to figure this out. Instead, he widened his eyes and asked excitedly, "So, we can let the imprisoned Ashtalanse become pregnant and lay eggs, then hatch these eggs until they are about to hatch, and then I will devour them all, and eventually I can gain power as powerful as those dragon kings?"
"That's true in theory. But are you sure you want to do this? In other words, have you thought about the serious consequences that may arise from doing so?" Zuo Si asked meaningfully.
"Consequences? What will be the consequences?" Wilmes curled his lips in disdain.
In her cognition, only power and wealth are everything.
As for other things, just put them aside.
Even including the belief in Tiamat.
Unlike most evil dragons who at least maintain respect for the evil dragon god, this weirdo Vermes has no faith at all. He even thinks that Tiamat is a greedy, insidious, cunning and powerful evil dragon who only covets his treasures.
"In that case, I will grant you your request. Here, here is a little bit of Beltogas' life essence. If used sparingly, I think it should be enough to make Ashtelanthe pregnant dozens of times."
After saying that, Zuo Si threw a small bottle of viscos liquid that he had prepared in advance to the red dragon.
Vermes instantly used the magician's hand to catch the small bottle steadily, and grinned with a cruel smile: "Great! With Ashtelanser as the mother, I have an endless supply of dragon eggs to devour.
It won't be long before my strength increases through devouring to the point where I can compete with those dragon kings.
When the time comes, you and I will be able to kill them together and seize the huge wealth they have accumulated for centuries or even thousands of years."
"As long as you are happy."
Zuo Si did not break the naive delusion of the guy in front of him.
joke!
If those ancient dragons with the title of "Dragon King" were really that easy to kill, they would have died countless times already.
For example, a certain red-robed wizard once successfully gave Ivyklathagra "Sharpfang" a deadly alchemical poison that was enough to kill ten adult dragons.
But what is the result?
The former just felt a little discomfort, which would be restored after a few hours.
From this, it is not difficult to see that the gap between ordinary adult dragons and the dragon kings is probably more terrifying than the gap between ordinary people and legendary figures.
At least most of the poisons that can kill ordinary people can also have a significant impact on some legendary figures.
After leaving the basement of the Mage Tower, Zuo Si quickly returned to his own private room on the upper floor and counter-summoned the Dragon Knight and the Archer, intending to use the safe period in the Mage Tower to upgrade these two cards.
In addition, he also re-planned the space inside the Mage Tower that had not been effectively utilized, intending to organize all the knowledge and spells collected so far and create a comprehensive library comparable to Candlekeep.
He also plans to build a special inter-dimensional portal room so that he can travel freely between different worlds in the future.
Anyway, there are plenty of free goblin and undead laborers now, so why not use them?
Upon learning that the organization's supreme leader had returned, the liches put down what they were busy with and gathered together again to hold a meeting of core members.
As the person in charge of the coastal islands expansion plan, Vanessa used a rigorous report to explain the changes that have taken place in the Nelanther Islands in recent times, and the progress of the integrated forces in imposing trade sanctions on Baldur's Gate.
When Zuo Si learned that Baldur's Gate's maritime trade had shrunk by almost one-third in just over a month, he was so shocked that he was speechless.
He originally thought that it would be good enough to have some results in a year or two.
But I never dreamed that the lich in front of me would act so quickly. In just a few months, everything was on track.
Not only that!
Vanessa also did not fall behind in learning magical knowledge.
Not only did he successfully obtain the LV1 [Archmage] profession level, but he also learned [Counter Spell Control], a powerful skill that allows him to react to the enemy after successfully countering a spell.
He made full use of the advantage that the lich did not need to rest. He dealt with various trivial matters on the Nalanther Islands during the day, and returned to the Mage Tower alone at night to conduct his own research and study.
There is no time left for rest, relaxation and entertainment at all.
It is truly a model of the "King of Scrolls" in the magical world.
The other liches were also busy.
Three of them formed a team and successfully hunted four dragons in a row.
There is one black dragon, one green dragon and two blue dragons.
Not only did they obtain a large amount of wealth and some magical items, but they also harvested four relatively complete dragon corpses.
Jeffrey reported two core members who passed the test and were willing to join the organization.
After reading the specific information and spellcasting level, Zuo Si readily agreed.
Because he has realized that although he has basically done nothing since the establishment of the [Arcane Mystic Society], the entire organization is running quite well.
Not only did it not cause any major trouble, but it also continued to provide a steady stream of various resources.
Especially after becoming liches, most core members have undergone very big changes in their concepts of knowledge and wealth.
They no longer obsess over hoarding wealth and hiding precious and rare knowledge and spells from everyone.
Instead, start learning to share it with others and speed up the progress of learning and research by studying and discussing together.
Obviously, the atmosphere deliberately created by Zuo Si has gradually begun to take effect.
Although all the liches who joined in handed over their life boxes without exception, none of them felt like a slave or that they were being controlled.
On the contrary, I have a growing sense of identification and belonging to the organization.
After all, they really gained huge benefits from it.
However, out of caution, Zuo Si did not reveal to these liches that he had ten Netheril scrolls with complete chapters each.
But in other ways, he presented some of his knowledge through notes.
For a moment, the eyes of the seven liches present revealed naked and undisguised greed and desire.
Because even a little bit of knowledge in the scrolls of Netheril is so valuable to them that it cannot be measured by money.
After passing it around, Vanessa immediately asked impatiently, "Sir, where did you get this notebook? Its explanation of the basic principles of magic is simply amazing. If you study it thoroughly, you may be able to break away from the magic network and directly control and shape the original violent magic energy."
"Calm down, don't be so anxious. In fact, I already have some ideas about this research, and I will teach you the rest gradually. But there is one thing you need to pay attention to, that is, this knowledge must not be passed on to others, even to your most trusted apprentices."
Zuo Si issued a serious warning.
"Of course! Only the most core members who have made great contributions to the organization are qualified to learn such a priceless treasure. I think a contribution system similar to that for peripheral members should be established for core members." Vanessa proposed solemnly.
"agree!"
"I agree!"
"Knowledge that is too precious should not be obtained easily."
“That’s right!”
It was outrageous that the seven liches unanimously passed this rule which was extremely disadvantageous to them.
Zuo Si was stunned by the high level of his enlightenment and was amazed by it.
This self-management awareness and enthusiasm are simply amazing! (End of this chapter)
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