Eat, sleep, read, study...

In the next few days, Zuo Si stayed in his room at the "Happy Time" Hotel, living a life of not going out of the door.

Except for the next day, when he took the time to take Hallett to meet his trusted subordinates and the two sides discussed the ransom issue face to face, he never moved again.

After all, Zuo Si was originally a very "homebody" person who could endure loneliness.

Even when he was in the tower of the floating city, he could go for a whole month or two without speaking or communicating with anyone except the Grand Necromancer, Asta.

Compared with those extremely boring social activities and intrigues among apprentices, he would rather devote his precious time and energy to learning and studying profound magical knowledge.

Because the continuous acquisition of knowledge that can be transformed into wealth and power at any time gives them an inexplicable addiction and satisfaction.

In particular, the unique arcane spellcasting system and magic network of the continent of Faerun that I am currently studying can almost perfectly make up for my current flaws and shortcomings.

Coupled with the wide variety of spells in the arcane spellcasting system, it is much more interesting than the previous creator profession which could only study magic rituals and make magic items, artifacts and potions.

In addition, you can also use the massive amount of knowledge collected in the floating city tower for comparison and reference.

Moreover, through continuous in-depth study, Zuo Si discovered that the difference between the magic systems of the two worlds was much smaller than he had imagined.

Although many spells with the same or similar names may have slightly different structures due to the casting environment, their principles and essences are almost the same.

He could completely combine the research results of another magical civilization with the [Mage] to delete and modify the known advanced professions and create a new arcane spellcasting profession that is more suitable for himself.

Just like the arcane advanced professions such as the Red Robe Mage, Super Spellcaster, Arcane Follower, Archmage, etc.

"Hmm...how about I use [Mimicry] to make a Level 5 mage first. Otherwise, I'll just be studying theory all day without any practical experience." Zuo Si muttered softly, stroking his chin.

Relying on the photographic memory ability of the [Mind Library], he had already memorized all the magic books he bought.

If we simulate it now, the upper limit of the mage profession should be LV10 or LV11, which should be enough for a long time in the future.

But the problem is that mimicry means having an extra big mana consumer.

He had originally planned to upgrade the Planeswalker class to Level 4 first, and then find an opportunity to complete the task of making the first creature card.

"Oh, it's a headache. I never have enough mana. I really want to refine all the magic items, scrolls, wands and potions in my bag that I don't need for the time being."

Zuo Si began to feel like "ruining the family fortune" again.

After all, there are only so many stable mana sources right now. If we give more to this profession, other professions will have to give less.

Apart from extracting energy from various magical items, the only way to obtain more at once is by killing various monsters and bandits.

Just as he was staring at his mana pool value hesitantly, a rapid knock on the door suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

Bang! Bang! Bang! "Sir Soth, are you in the room? I'm Pike, the waiter in the lobby on the first floor. There's a lady who claims to be your friend and wants to meet you."

A familiar voice came from the crack in the door.

Zuo Si was stunned for a moment, then he quickly remembered that a few days ago, he sold the crystalline energy storage device to a female sorceress who was suspected to have fire giant blood. He immediately put away the "legacy" and signaled the soldiers guarding the door to open it.

The latter understood what he meant, and stood up from the chair, pulled the latch and pushed open the heavy wooden door.

moment!

Two figures appeared at the door.

One of them was naturally the male (anti-harmonious) waiter who had just knocked on the door, and the other was the female owner with a veil and black cross-shaped pupils.

However, the latter was different from the pride and arrogance she showed when they met last time. She now looked very manic and obviously had not slept well for some time.

The moment she saw Zuo Si, the woman threw a gold coin to the waiter, then walked into the room without any courtesy, completely ignoring Pike who was constantly bowing and thanking her, and slammed the door.

She even ignored the soldier beside her, raised the energy storage device in her hand, and asked through gritted teeth: "How did you do it?"

"What and how?"

Zuo Si blinked, confused by this inexplicable question.

You know what? In the past few days, I have failed more than 60 times in a row, without a single success.

At least two-thirds of the materials you use here are ones I have never seen before.

But this doesn’t bother me!

Because I quickly found some alternatives that worked just as well.

But stability is the key point that cannot be broken through no matter what! "

When saying this, the woman had lost all her previous composure and was just like a madman.

Especially when she was excited, she would tear off her veil, revealing an exquisite face that was particularly exotic even in Calin Port.

Just as Zuo Si guessed, this female sorcerer should be the offspring of human and fire giant.

However, considering that almost one twentieth of the human population in the entire Calishite region may have a thin stream of fire giant blood flowing in their bodies.

Some warlocks who have awakened their bloodline power may experience a reversion to their ancestral appearance, which is not unacceptable.

What's more, people here are generally more accepting of non-human races.

For this, just look at how popular domesticated orc, orcs, kobolds, goblins, gnolls, ogres, and troll slaves are in the slave markets.

"So... you admit that you failed to crack the code, right?" Zuo Si asked directly.

moment!

The woman closed her mouth and fell silent.

Yeah, she failed.

He paid a heavy price for his arrogance.

In order to produce a similarly stable energy storage device, more than 100,000 gold coins of materials and gems were invested, but all went to waste.

The closest one to success so far only managed to maintain stability for less than ten seconds.

Then it exploded with a loud bang, releasing all the lightning energy stored inside and wantonly destroying everything around it.

If it weren't for the magic that protected against energy damage in advance, people would probably be seriously injured or even die.

After a long silence, the woman took a deep breath and said, "Name your price! I need the full set of technology to manufacture this energy storage device!"

But Zuo Si smiled and shook his head: "No, ma'am, I think you made a mistake.

In fact, it is impossible for anyone other than me to make this kind of energy storage device.

Just like the stability mentioned earlier, do you think the entire cylindrical crystal is achieved through some kind of transformation magic? It is made through my unique ability, like this..."

While speaking, Zuo Si picked up two empty potion bottles on the table and activated his [Shaping] ability.

I saw that the two originally completely independent potion bottles seemed to melt under the influence of some mysterious force, slowly merged together, and then were reshaped into a statue of an adventurer holding a shield and a sword.

No spell!

No gestures!

And no magic materials were used! The woman was completely stunned by this ability to change the form of matter. She took the glass statue and examined it again and again.

It was several minutes later that she realized that the entire statue was a seamless whole, without even the slightest trace of splicing or stitching.

It's as if the glass statue was fired like this from the beginning.

Moreover, even the bubbles contained in the two medicine bottles disappeared...

(End of this chapter)