Apke personally escorted the captive back to his lair, intending to have his chief interrogation expert pry open the captive's mouth.

Before leaving, he not only promised to send a gift that would satisfy Zuo Si soon, but also sent some men to deal with the corpses.

Obviously, the leader of the Thieves Guild does not want too many people to know what happened in the sewer at midnight tonight.

However, dealing with more than 300 rats that are as tall as a person is undoubtedly not an easy task.

Even if they were thrown into the sea, they should at least be slightly dismembered.

Otherwise, it will soon be discovered by someone with ulterior motives.

At this critical moment, Zuo Si once again stepped forward and conquered everyone present, including the magic consultant Courant, with his superb anatomical skills.

With only a two-finger-long, extremely thin knife in his hand, he easily drained the blood, skinned, boned, and dug out the internal organs of a ratman's corpse in less than a few minutes, and cut it into pieces of meat of different sizes according to the muscle texture.

The delicate movements that seemed like art, as well as the understanding of the body structure of humanoid creatures, were simply breathtaking.

I guess even butchers who specialize in slaughtering pigs, cows, sheep and other livestock would not be able to help but give a thumbs up after seeing this.

Most importantly, these Thieves Guild members did not see any uncomfortable reactions such as fear, nausea and disgust on Zuo Si's face.

Just the opposite!

He showed no expression as he dismembered the ratmen, and took the opportunity to collect some specially processed bones, internal organs, eyeballs and blood as materials for casting spells and research.

At this moment, no one dared to doubt that the boy in front of them, who looked about ten years old, was a powerful necromancer.

Because apart from the necromancer who deals with corpses all day long, no one can be so calm and dismember hundreds of corpses in one breath without changing their expression.

Even the veteran in the guild who had been in charge of dismembering corpses for years couldn't help but hide in a corner and vomit after doing it for a while.

Of course, these people had no idea that the main reason why Zuo Si chose to stay and help was that he wanted to have close contact with these newly dead bodies and drain the last bit of magical energy from the ratmen.

After several hours of hard work, he obtained an average of 5 points of universal mana from each ratman.

Three hundred equals 1,500 mana points.

In addition to this, zombie rats also contribute a lot of extra black mana.

After waiting for more than two hours, all the ratmen's corpses were dismantled into "parts" and thrown into the sea. Then everyone crawled out of the sewer and stood under the night sky, greedily breathing the fresh air without the smell of blood or stench.

After a full minute, Kulang smiled bitterly and said, "Well, now I finally understand that I am probably not suitable for studying necromancy magic. Especially facing a large number of corpses all day long is definitely not something that ordinary people can endure."

“No, you are wrong.

The essence of necromancy magic has never been to awaken and control the undead.

Instead, it is about exploring the mysteries between life and death, breaking the boundaries between the two, and even gaining eternal life for oneself.

As for the creation of undead creatures and flesh puppets, and the research of various curses, plagues, instant death and negative energy spells, they are just by-products of the exploration process.

If you get this wrong, you will be nothing more than a second-rate necromancer your whole life."

Zuo Si corrected solemnly.

This sentence is also the core concept that the Grand Necromancer Asta repeatedly and clearly explained in the first lesson of "Introduction to Necromancer".

"Explore the mystery between life and death? Gain eternal life for yourself!"

Courant's eyes sparkled slightly, as if he was imagining himself mastering the great power between life and death.

But he soon smiled bitterly and shook his head: "That is too far away for me now. If possible, I hope to obtain the full set of magic rituals for you to make zombie rat negative energy bombs tonight through a transaction. This is the magic knowledge and skills that I can actually learn and use at this stage."

"No problem! But what do you plan to exchange for it?" Zuo Si asked with interest.

"I think this should be enough."

As he spoke, Kulang took out a very unique copper lamp from his waist bag.

The only difference is that it obviously has a very strong magical fluctuation.

"A magic lamp? There must be a giant imprisoned in it!"

Zuo Si seemed to have guessed something, and an expression of great surprise appeared on his face.

Since ancient times, the Calishite region has been almost entirely dominated by wind giants that came from other dimensions, and fire giants that also came from other dimensions, and the two sides have been fighting endlessly.

So here, a lamp or bottle containing magical power is likely to be an unlucky giant that was captured and sealed.

Kulang nodded with a complicated expression: "That's right! There is a giant spirit sealed in this lamp.

However, it is not the fire giant, wind giant, earth giant, or water giant as most people think, but a rare little giant.

This is the smallest and weakest of all the djinns.

Both height and weight are very close to humans.

And possesses some spell-like abilities."

"I don't understand. Since there is a djinn sealed in the lamp, its value must be very high. Why don't you keep it for yourself or sell it in the magic item market?"

Zuo Si narrowed his eyes and asked a question.

He has always been alert to everything around him and doesn't believe that a pie in the sky would fall on his head.

"because……"

There was a flash of embarrassment in Kulang's eyes, and he explained sheepishly: "Because the maker of this lamp set very complicated rules.

Anyone who wants to use it must correctly answer three riddles asked by the little giant in a row, otherwise she has the right to refuse any of your requests.

In addition, if all three riddles are answered incorrectly, the sealed little giant will be freed.

I have failed twice before, and now I have only one last chance."

"That means I only have one chance left after I get this lamp?"

Zuo Si's expression quickly showed what he had expected.

He had predicted long ago that if there really was a giant spirit in the lamp that could be controlled by people, even if it was the weakest little giant, the other party would not be able to take it out so easily as a bargaining chip.

However, when he thought about how a valuable magical item was ruined by this idiot in front of him, Zuo Si couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

"Yes. But I believe that with your strength and wisdom, Lord Soth, you can definitely deal with the little giant inside." Kulang said the compliment carefully.

He also knew that the value of this magic item, which was originally worth at least tens of thousands of gold coins, had greatly decreased due to his two failed challenges.

Even the merchants in the magic market are unwilling to purchase such a rubbish with absolutely no margin for error at a low price.

Zuo Si stared at the golden oil lamp with invisible magic runes all over its surface and pondered for a moment, and finally nodded: "Deal! But I have to make it clear in advance! Regarding the technique of using zombie rats to make negative energy bombs, it is best not to use it in front of a priest.

Because of their ability to disperse and rebuke the undead, they are likely to instantly purify these small undead creatures, or turn around and control them to attack you."

Courant responded without hesitation: “Please rest assured about this.

Although I am just a wild mage, I know that guys like priests and paladins who are favored by gods are born to be the nemesis of undead creatures.

Now, let's hurry up and complete this deal.

You know, staying up late is not a good habit for a mage..."

(End of this chapter)