There is no doubt that Zuo Si has complicated emotions towards the Necromancer Asta.
Because when he almost degenerated into a fertilized egg, the other party used powerful magical power to pull him out of the unknown space, and also imparted countless knowledge and experience to him, so that he finally embarked on the principle of magic.p>
He has fully fulfilled his duties as a qualified "mentor".
But similarly, Asta also forced Zuo Si to do many things against his personal wishes.
For example, corpses and living people are dissected, and others are thrown into inaccessible labyrinths, tombs, and wilderness to participate in dangerous and deadly trials.
They even have bad intentions and deliberately guide them to the special profession of creator who cannot cast spells.
Through these almost cruel methods, Asta forced Zuo Si to abandon many habits developed in modern society, especially the lazy, weak and kind parts of human nature, and subversively reshaped his character and behavior patterns.
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The most representative of them is strong utilitarianism and pragmatism.
For a period of time, Zuo Si was deliberately planning to find an opportunity to kill this "mentor".
But in the end, because of the other party's cautious character, we had to let it go.
It's obvious that Asta has never truly trusted anyone but himself.
He really carried out the sentence "The only person a mage can rely on is himself".
When I decided to start transforming the lich, in order to avoid possible troubles and enemies, I secretly ran to the mainland of Faerûn alone to complete the entire ritual.
Even Zuo Si, who was fooled, had to admit that Asta is a truly perfect mage role model.
In this way, the two of them maintained a certain degree of mutual vigilance. They entered this building that looked like an ordinary house in a slum, but in fact had been transformed into a magic laboratory inside. They sat together and talked for about an hour.<
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During this period, Zuo Si told everything that happened after the other party left the floating city tower, as well as how he became the chosen one of Talona, ​​the goddess of poison and disease.
Because he knew that there was no point in lying to the undead archmage in front of him.
In return, Asta recounted his experience of coming to Amn and choosing to settle in Askatra.
Even joining the "Emerald Society", a secret organization that resists the Masked Mage Guild's monopoly on arcane power, there is no concealment at all.
From the moment he decided to come to Faerun, the Necromancer had given up the idea of ​​going back and planned to integrate into the magic system of the new world.
Because he understood that this apprentice was no longer what he used to be. He was no longer the "little guy" who could be manipulated by him, but a chosen one favored by God.
You must show enough sincerity to eliminate the dissatisfaction and resentment accumulated between the two people in the past and finally reach a cooperation agreement.
Yes!
Asta wants to cooperate with Zuo Si on equal terms to explore and adapt to this world with gods and greater magical heritage.
In fact, he has been secretly observing Zuo Si for several days, and today he finally found an opportunity to make contact without alerting other people or forces.
"So your body has been hiding and carrying viruses and bacteria from the original world?
And they mutated under the influence of magical power?
Then why did it suddenly happen after a year and a half?
Why have you not been infected by the viruses and bacteria of the New World?
This is obviously against common sense.
I think it should be caused by other reasons."
Asta frowned and expressed the doubts in his heart.
As a top necromancer, he has conducted in-depth research on plague, and even personally used plague to kill a huge nomadic tribe with a total population of hundreds of thousands.
So we know very well the limits of mutation that viruses and bacteria can produce when they are directly exposed to magical energy.
Zuo Si shrugged helplessly: "If you ask me, how do I know?
Everything happened too suddenly and too quickly. At the beginning, I didn’t even realize that it was myself.
By the time it was noticed, the entire floating city had become littered with corpses, and a large number of corpses affected by negative energy turned into zombies and roamed the streets.
I can only understand the situation a little bit by dissecting the corpses of dead creatures.
The next step is to confirm whether you are still contagious."
"What about now? What's going on with the viruses and bacteria in your body now?" Asta asked with interest.
"My body is now like a furnace, injected by the goddess with all the viruses, bacteria and toxic substances in the world.
As long as you incorporate a little bit of divine power, you can turn it into a pure energy form to kill all living things.
If you want to research this, give up on this idea as soon as possible.
Because divine power is not any known magical energy, but more like a thing born from the fusion of spirit, will, philosophy, beliefs and rules.
Even just a tiny bit can produce unparalleled power and destructive power.
Besides, I won’t make fun of my own life.”
Zuo Si bluntly put an end to the other party's delusion.
On the one hand, it is too dangerous to do so, and not many mortals in Faerûn have conducted research in this area, so it is better to slowly use sparks to transform it for safety reasons.
On the other hand, he has long had enough of being a "guinea pig" for the other party.
But Asta did not give up, and continued to try and seduce: "How will you know if you don't try? If we can understand the nature of the power of these gods and what kind of existence they are, we can also become gods.
One of them."
"Become one of the gods?"
Zuo Si pursed his lips, revealing naked and undisguised disdain.
"Sorry, I'm not interested in becoming a god.
And you don’t know what God is, so why do you think you have such qualifications and confidence?
Dear mentor, I am no longer the apprentice who is at your mercy, so I hope you can recognize this as soon as possible.
Otherwise, I don’t mind dying a few times to wake you up.
By the way, I would like to remind you, don’t think that becoming a lich will make you truly immortal.
In fact, finding the phylactery is not as difficult as imagined."
"Is this a threat?" Asta's eyes suddenly became dangerous.
Because no one had ever dared to speak to him in this tone and attitude when he was in the floating city tower.
Zuo Si stood up bluntly and responded with a sneer: "Threat? No, I'm just advising you to give up your original arrogance.
This world is more dangerous than you think, and there are also countless beings who can crush you to death like a bug.
Of course, if you insist on giving it a try, I can always accompany you.
But once the battle begins, it must end with the death of one of us.
Fighting means killing, fighting means dying, this is what you taught me."
As the last word fell, the surrounding environment and air suddenly became tense and depressing.
Especially the Archmage of the Necromancer Asta, he never dreamed that the apprentice who once obeyed his orders would seem to be a completely different person after not seeing him for just a few months.
His whole body exudes strong confidence and a chilling aura of danger.
The most important thing is that he doesn't know anything about divine power and the elect.
In other words, few people in the entire Faerûn continent really understand it.
After all, the number of voters is already very rare.
In addition, most of them are priests and do not even have the courage and guts to study divine power.
It is estimated that only a few legendary mage voters of the Goddess of Magic know a little about this, not to mention related books and research notes.
The First Chosen One, like Elminster, who has conducted in-depth research on the power of "Silver Fire" and even temporarily kept the divine power and priesthood for the dead Magic Goddess in the Year of Turmoil, will not share his research results with anyone.<
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So Asta has no idea what kind of power Zuo Si, as a voter, will burst out.
He was not even sure whether his body would be reborn next to the phylactery after it was destroyed by divine power.
The two of them faced each other like this for three to five minutes, when the Necromancer suddenly laughed: "Hahahaha! It's really incredible!
The apprentice who showed extraordinary obedience in the floating city tower was indeed the disguise you used to protect yourself when you were weak.
Now this rebellious and ruthless Soth is his hidden nature.
You know? When you said you were going to kill me, the look and momentum in your eyes were impressive.
Congratulations, my dear apprentice, you can finally start your apprenticeship.
To be continued...