A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

"Looks like today is my lucky day."

Zuo Si bluntly motioned to the soldiers to pack the two spell books in their bags, together with the books they had bought before.

It's easy to tell from the lack of surprise on his face.

The reason why he was able to select two books worth more than 5,000 gold coins from many spell books had nothing to do with luck.

The woman was obviously very interested in this and asked very curiously: "How did you judge the value of those two spell books?

tell me! I can give you a Holy Grail worth 850 gold coins for free.

It can produce three cups of holy water with the effect of [treating minor injuries] every day. "

Hearing that there was an advantage to be taken, Zuo Si immediately smiled happily and replied: "It's actually very simple. The first spell book was in tatters and even the edges of the pages were damaged. The original owner must have gone through a lot before he was killed. A fierce battle.

Around the frayed edges of the books I found many traces of burns and acid corrosion.

No matter who is able to destroy a spell book with protective magic like this, his magical power must be quite powerful.

This also means that the master of the spell book who is his opponent will definitely not be too bad. "

"That's it! It seems that you have keen observation skills and a strong level of logical reasoning." The woman nodded slightly and praised.

However, Zuo Si did not feel complacent because of the other party's praise. Instead, he continued to explain: "As for the second book, although there are too many low-quality gems worth less than 10 gold coins inlaid on the pages, the first impression gives people a self-consciousness. A big, vulgar impression.

But in fact, as long as you study the conjuration-type summoning magic carefully and deeply, you will notice that all these gems are arranged in a very strange and regular way.

In other words, the cover of the second spell is actually a small magic circle used to strengthen summoning spells.

So I concluded that its original owner must be a very high-level magician specializing in conjuration. "

"Wonderful! You are truly extraordinary for being able to notice so many details and possessing a rich reserve of knowledge. This Holy Grail is now yours."

The woman fulfilled her promise directly and placed a sparkling golden cup inlaid with four round transparent crystals on the counter.

Judging from the blurred holy symbol on the cup, this thing should be the work of a certain priest.

Normally, things like this that involve the blessing of gods should be placed in the temple for believers to admire and use, and must not be sold casually.

The reason why it appears on the market is that most of its original owners, like the original owners of those spell books, have been killed.

The valuable items on his body were plundered by the murderer or other thieves, and then appeared in the magic item shop in Calimport several times.

Zuo Si even felt that more than one-third or more of all the magic items sold in this building were "stolen items" of unknown origin.

But what does it matter?

Anyway, he just came to buy what he needed.

After putting away the Holy Grail, Zuo Si selected a book from another bookshelf that introduced the main towns, specialties and customs of the west coast of Faerun. It was an adventure book with illustrations and detailed introduction to common monsters and weaknesses in the wild.

Finally, I bought a magic map with zoom-in and zoom-out functions.

It is said that many unknown hidden paths, underground entrances and caves are recorded on the map.

The former two books together only cost 460 gold coins.

And the price of the latter is as high as 8,000 for just one map...

Yes!

In Faerûn, the price of maps is so outrageous.

In order to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, some cities or organizations even go so far as to prohibit anyone from drawing maps within their own sphere of influence.

Therefore, drawing maps often requires a high degree of professional skills and memory, and also risks execution if caught.

It is inevitable that prices will remain high.

Even the scrawled map of Sword Sea and Sword Coast in the hands of businessman Bernard cost several hundred gold coins when purchased.

In the end, Zuo Si only got back 2893 [Dante] gold coins issued by Amn from the woman.

When he walked out of the dazzling magic shop and returned to the noisy streets, he couldn't help but sigh slightly: "I just bought two popular science books, a large magic map, and some basic knowledge necessary to learn the magic knowledge of this world. I spent more than 30,000 gold coins on books. Magic... is really expensive."

"Master, where are we going now? Should we go back to the hotel directly to rest?" the soldier asked, carrying a much lighter bag.

"Well, let's go back. I happen to be a little tired and want to have a good sleep."

After that, the two of them returned to their residence along the way they came.

With [Frozen Pearls] continuously cooling the environment, the room that was originally as stuffy as a steamer quickly became comfortable and pleasant.

Zuo Si took a bath, lay on the soft big bed and read the books he had just bought for a while. After a while, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

…

At the same time, the Thieves Guild headquarters was three blocks away from the hotel.

Apke was sitting in his seat, listening carefully to the report of his thieves.

After a full minute, he touched Q Bomb's double chin and asked: "You mean, Lord Soth took his servant to the largest spell shop in Calim Port. And bought A ton of books and an interesting magic item for sale?”

The thief with short brown-black hair nodded quickly: "Yes! I saw them stacking countless gold coins on the counter during the transaction. It made people have an urge to get involved. .”

"Don't be stupid! We can't afford to offend that magic shop stall owner." Apke immediately scolded him severely.

But soon, the fat bald man turned his attention to the middle-aged mage standing on his right side: "Kulang! Tell me, what do you think of this Lord Soth?"

The middle-aged mage, whose hair volume has obviously developed towards the Mediterranean trend, thought for a few minutes before shaking his head with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, leader.

It's hard for me to make an accurate judgment until I see him in person.

But since he can easily transform a large number of low-level undead and can also control them to a certain extent, his spellcasting level should not be lower than level 13.

Maybe there are also priests who work part-time for some evil gods and have the ability to [rebuke undead creatures].

As for age, it is indeed possible that, as your businessman friend inferred, he used the five-ring necromantic magic [Magic Soul Pot] to occupy a new body.

But it cannot be ruled out that it is the result of some transformation magic.

All in all, this is an absolutely dangerous person.

His strength should be far above mine. "

"Then do you think...can we hire him in the upcoming guild war?" Apke asked in an uncertain tone.

“Hire a powerful necromancer?

So what price are you going to pay?

You know, he spent more than 30,000 gold coins in one purchase today.

With such a lavish spend, ordinary prices cannot satisfy his appetite. "

The middle-aged mage known as Culang obviously didn't care about his leader's wild ideas.

He didn't think that a truly powerful mage would easily accept employment from others.

If he hadn't realized that his potential had been exhausted and he couldn't go further on the path of magic, he wouldn't have "fallen" to associate with a group of dirty and low-level thieves.

"How will you know if you don't try. I think Mr. Soth is pretty easy to talk to."

Apke obviously did not give up, but planned to find an opportunity to test it out.

As for the price...

As long as you can win the guild war and expand your territory, you can pay with the money plundered from the enemy, magic items and slaves.