"Using magic requires a bit of imagination and creativity? This is truly the most thought-provoking thing I have ever heard in my life." Kulang couldn't help but sigh.

As a "wild wizard" with no background or powerful teachers, his journey on the path of magic was full of bumps.

Especially in terms of theoretical knowledge and foundations, the gap between them and those "academic mages" who have received systematic education is extremely large.

Many times, Courant needs to study alone for several months or even years to summarize the experience, while the latter often only needs to attend a class or listen to a few words of advice from the instructor.

This is also why he barely became a wizard who mastered the third-ring arcane magic after middle age, and was full of confusion about his future.

He is not even comparable to ordinary academic mages, let alone a "genius" like Zuo Si who was personally trained by the Grand Necromancer Asta.

In fact, if Zuo Si sorted out all the books and magic-related knowledge in his brain's [Mind Library], it would probably fill up an entire room.

Because during the time he lived in the tower of the floating city, one of his biggest hobbies was collecting books, scrolls and notes that he had never read.

Although this was only to satisfy some weird personal hobby, many books, scrolls and notes that were not temporarily needed were not read carefully at all, but were simply stored in the [Mind Library].

But once the need arises, it can be retrieved and reviewed immediately.

To some extent, Zuo Si himself is equivalent to a mobile library, automatically recording everything he sees and hears anytime and anywhere.

Just when Kulang wanted to ask for more details about this magic ritual, Apke suddenly interrupted and said, "Sir Soth, if we get close now, those zombie rats will not attack us, right?"

Needless to say, this bald fat man couldn't wait to go over and see if there were any survivors among the pile of corpses who could provide him with some useful information.

For example, who is secretly supporting the ratman leader named Lanny? What is the purpose of the other party doing this? And what are the possible back-up plans? Zuo Si was obviously not interested in this kind of open and covert fighting between thieves' guilds. He answered directly: "Be careful not to get contaminated by the tomb soil scattered on the corpses and the ground. However, the negative energy content in the passage is very high at the moment, which may cause certain damage to the body."

"I see. Thank you very much."

Apke turned around and pointed at the two men closest to him and ordered: "You, and you, go and see if the rat leader named Lanny is dead. If he is not dead, drag him to me."

Although the two men obviously did not want to get close to the sewer ahead, they did not dare to disobey the orders given by the leader of the Thieves Guild.

He had no choice but to cross the gap in the iron fence, stepping carefully for fear of disturbing those horrible zombie rats.

After about a few minutes, they finally found Lanny, who was unconscious but not yet dead, among a pile of ratmen corpses.

Since this guy carries the holy emblem of Mara, the goddess of hunting, it has a deterrent effect on small undead creatures to a certain extent.

So he was not eaten to death by zombie rats like other ratmen.

In Faerun, holy symbols are symbols of the deity's majesty and power.

Priests can not only use the holy symbols of their gods to pray and obtain divine spells, but also use them to disperse or control undead creatures.

Although Lanny is not a priest, otherwise he should have used the ability of [Rebuke the Undead] when facing the attack of the zombie rats just now.

But he is also a devout believer of Mara, the goddess of hunting, so the holy emblem he wears may contain some special power, or it may be a magical item itself.

Out of caution, the assassin Bosney pulled the holy emblem off the ratman leader's neck.

This rough action obviously pulled the wound, causing the latter to groan in pain, and then slowly opened his eyes.

But before he could figure out the situation, a sharp scimitar was placed at his neck.

"We can have a good talk now, don't you think?" Apke grinned, revealing his white teeth.

"Uh... I think I can explain. Everything that happened just now was a misunderstanding..."

Realizing that his life was in the hands of the enemy, Lanny quickly raised his hands and at the same time released his beastly state.

In the blink of an eye, he changed from a big furry rat into a 30-year-old adult man who was about 1.65 meters tall and slightly thin.

Very similar to its beastly image, this guy also has one blind eye and a bitten hole on his ear.

"Misunderstanding?" A cruel smile appeared on Aipke's fat face. "If it's a misunderstanding, then come back with me and explain it. Don't worry, I will clear out the best torture room in the guild to entertain you."

Without saying a word, the assassin Bosney raised his leg and kicked the ratman leader right in the temple.

The latter couldn't even utter a word to beg for mercy, and his eyes rolled back and he fainted again.

The bodyguards and thugs around him tied him up tightly with ropes with extremely skilled movements and stuffed him into a dirty sack.

It goes without saying that what awaits Lanny will be inhumane torture and torment.

Given the powerful healing effects of the various potions, magic items, and divine arts on the continent of Faerun, it might be a luxury to want to die quickly.

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

At this moment, he was obsessed with the improvement of his physical attributes brought about by absorbing life energy.

As more and more half-dead ratmen died, both agility and physique broke through the critical point, and each improved to a certain level on the original basis.

[Strength: 6+2 (8)]

[Agility: 11+5 (16)]

【Constitution: 8+5 (13)】

[Perception: 12+2 (14)]

[Intelligence: 16+3 (19)]

【Charm: 11】

In addition, after the mage level is upgraded to LV2, the number of first-ring spell slots increases from 2 to 3.

If he were to level up one more level, Zuo Si would be able to learn and memorize more powerful second-ring magic.

But before that, he decided to fully master all the contents and techniques of the book "On Casting Spells without Materials".

As for the reason…

Just look at the strange materials needed to cast these spells, and the way they are stuffed into your mouth and swallowed, and you'll understand why.

For example, the [Spider Walk] technique where you have to eat a live spider is not a big deal! At most, you can just choose a smaller one, close your eyes and bear it.

Anyway, it will be digested into protein when it enters the stomach.

But the problem is that some spellcasting materials are really not acceptable to normal people.

Take the transformation magic that adds six basic attributes to the second-level spells as an example, it is simply "Old Eighth's Ecstasy".

Whether it is [Bear's Perseverance], [Bull's Strength], or [Fox's Cunning], the corresponding casting materials are the feces of the corresponding animals.

The most famous of the three-ring arcane spells, Fireball, also contains bat droppings.

Zuo Si would rather stay in the basement of the floating city's tower and dissect corpses every day than walk around the city with a bag of feces from various creatures, let alone taste these things.

Therefore, [Casting Spells without Materials] must be learned first no matter what.

Otherwise, he would definitely temporarily exclude some magic from his range of choices.

No matter how practical and amazing the effects of these magics are.

Moreover, it is quite troublesome to find materials every time to cast a spell.

If you accidentally forget to replenish when passing through a town, you are likely to fail at a critical moment.

(End of this chapter)