Chapter 52 It’s better to be lacking than to be indiscriminate
“No! The mark you gave us has perfectly deterred those guys with bad intentions. Even the guards only asked us symbolically and then let us go.”
While saying these words, Fangus lowered his head and gently touched the secret mark on his chest with his fingers, his eyes and tone revealing his excitement.
Because this is the first time since she was born that she has not been discriminated against and excluded because of her identity as a werewolf.
You can even walk in the sunshine openly without worrying about being driven away or killed.
It feels so good to have a strong and kind master to protect her...
The werewolf girl couldn't help but have such an idea in her heart.
Noticing the other party's "Stockholm Syndrome"-like reaction, a very strange expression suddenly appeared on Zuo Si's face.
Although he can understand how much a marginalized group like lycanthropes, who are excluded from civilized society, yearn to live like normal people, even if the price is to become someone's private property.
But to have a strong dependence on the mark that symbolizes the status of a slave, and even to be grateful to the master who left the mark, isn't it a little too shaky?
According to the point of view of modern medicine, this is a mental illness that requires long-term treatment.
But soon, Zuo Si threw away these thoughts that suddenly popped up in his mind.
After all, Faerûn is not the Earth, and the two worlds have completely different values.
In Faerun, the relationship between master and servant is widespread.
Even in the home of a noble paladin, there will be several male servants or maids.
What's more, he is not a professional psychiatrist, and he does not have the time or energy to spend months or even years correcting the wrong ideas of a group of werewolves.
Hearing that his secret mark was useful, Zuo Si immediately continued to ask: "Did you find anything interesting in the pet market?"
Fangers hurriedly pressed harder. He nodded: "Yes!
Excluding ornamental pets and ordinary animals without any special abilities, I saw a small magical beast called Nika Dragon on the market.
< br>According to the seller, although it looks about the same size as a cat, it has deadly fangs and can become a very good familiar for mages and warlocks. It sells for 500 gold coins.
There are also adventurers selling wyvern babies that have just hatched from eggs, each selling for 300 gold coins.
If you spend another 2,000 gold coins to buy a training guide, you can train the flying dragon into a mount and combat partner. ”
“Only Nikasaurus and wyvern cubs? ”
Zuo Si frowned subconsciously, obviously very dissatisfied with these two magical creatures.
Because compared to these messy creatures, he hopes to get one like Pixie, Pseudo dragons, little devils, quasai demons, any kind of magic bats, or small elemental creatures can be used as familiars for one's mage profession
Yes!
Zuo Si, who had just obtained the LV1 mage level, had already begun to consider getting a better magic pet to deal with potential dangers.
Of course, high-level familiars like this often require at least a LV5 mage level and corresponding professional knowledge of advanced familiars.
But this is not a big problem for him who has the [Thinking Library].
“There are only two types of smaller ones.
In addition, I also saw people selling warg cubs and some cats that were mixed with unknown magical creature blood.
The latter will hide themselves like a chameleon by changing the color of their fur when frightened. ”
Fangers told everything she saw and heard at the pet market.
When she mentioned the warg cubs, her tone and eyes obviously changed.
After all, werewolves have the innate ability to communicate with wolf creatures
As long as he is strong enough, a werewolf can even become the leader of any wolf pack, commanding other members of the pack to assist him in hunting and fighting.
"Okay, I understand, you go have breakfast first."
Zuo Si waved his hand in disappointment, indicating that the werewolf girl could retreat.
Obviously, the pet market in Calimport cannot meet his minimum requirements for a magic pet. In line with the principle of preferring nothing to nothing, Zuo Si would not make do with ordinary animals such as bats, cats, snakes, and ravens like most ordinary mages.
As for the "item familiar", it obviously overlaps with the "awakening creation" of the creator profession, and has been abandoned from the beginning.
I realize that I may not be able to find my favorite magical pet for a while.
He quickly picked up one of the spell books and began to concentrate on identifying the spells composed of symbols, columns, notes and passwords, thereby identifying the name and function of the magic.
Only after you have thoroughly identified a magic spell can you start learning and memorizing it.
The learning difficulty of one-level arcane spells is several times higher than that of zero-level spells, and the number is much greater than that of zero-level magic spells.
So after Zuo Si completed the identification of the first ring of magic, he first selected a few commonly used ones.
For example, [Mage Armor] that can last for a long time;
[Shield] that can create a circular shield invisible to the naked eye and block [Magic Missiles];
[Grease] and [Sleep] are essential for field control;
The caster's next attack is almost certain to hit [Kill the enemy first]...
Zuo Si has already formed his own unique opinions on the order of learning spells.
Because he has planeswalker cards and a large number of magic items, wands, potions and scrolls as protection, he does not lack attack methods.
Just the opposite!
What he lacks are protection and control spells.
After a while, the room was filled with the sound of chanting spells and the occasional flash of magical light.
Due to the excessive concentration, even lunch was brought into the room by the soldiers and dealt with casually by two people.
This state of addiction to learning lasted until the evening, when Apke and his men came to the door in person, which finally came to an end.
"Lord Soth, we have already got everything you want. And tonight, I am going to have a face-to-face talk with the rat leader. I hope you can prepare in advance."
The leader of the Thieves Guild got straight to the point and stated his intention.
"Oh? You mean... if the negotiation breaks down, just launch an attack to kill the other party?" Zuo Si had a look of surprise on his face.
He couldn't believe that the fat bald man in front of him was so decisive and wanted to use a sharp knife to cut through the mess and get rid of the rat men in the sewer first.
Apke grinned and nodded: "Yes!
According to last night's investigation, I have learned that the leader of the rat men in the sewer is called Lanni, and he is a hunter. A follower of the god Mara.
This guy is a lunatic, trying to turn the sewers of Calimport into his own territory.
He doesn’t understand this city at all, let alone the guild. The seemingly chaotic but actually orderly rules of engagement.”
"I see. Then I really need to make some preparations. You must know that there are many complicated and tedious steps required to make those nasty little rodents into usable tools."
After that, Zuo Sihe He picked up the spell book in his hand, stood up and followed the other party to a secret warehouse used by the Thieves Guild to store stolen goods.
As soon as they walked in the door, everyone heard a harsh squeaking sound coming from inside, as well as the friction sound of teeth gnawing on something unknown.
Through the faint light of the evening, you can vaguely see several huge iron cages densely packed with black-haired mice of different sizes.
The total number is more than two thousand, and just looking at it makes people feel goosebumps all over their body.
Some of the big rats in the cages even brutally bit the little rats to death and were gnawing on the corpses of the same kind with relish.
Even Apke, who was used to seeing big scenes, couldn't help but shuddered when he saw this scene, and cursed in a low voice: "Damn it! So many rats gathered together, it made me covered all over. I feel uncomfortable all over.”
“Sir, if you don’t mind, can you tell me what the use of so many rats is?” Magical Advisor Courant asked curiously.
"Don't worry, you will know soon."
Zuo Si slowly took out four humanoid skulls and a small piece of liver soaked in a glass container from his satchel , six-segmented humanoid finger bones, a handful of black jade used to guide magical energy, two candles that exude the smell of corpses, and finally a jar of soil from the tomb where the dead were buried...
Seeing these creepy materials, even people who don't understand magic realize that this must be a magic ritual related to the necromancy.
(End of this chapter)