A "Devil's Book" from the bottomless abyss?
Zuo Si figured out the origin of this book almost effortlessly.
Just like the name, the so-called "Demon Book" does not refer to just one book, but to all such books written by powerful demon books.
Such books usually have one thing in common, which is that they record a large number of ways to obtain powerful power through sacrifices to the devil or the abyss itself.
As long as mortals cannot resist the temptation, their souls will be controlled by these powerful demons, and they may even become their obedient slaves.
This is how many warlock families came to be.
They serve those evil and powerful demons as their masters in exchange for the power of darkness, evil and filth.
Some of the "Books of Demons" were even written by some not-so-famous abyss lords, and even mages can learn some amazingly powerful spells from them.
In addition, you can summon various powerful demons to serve or fight for you.
Therefore, although the "Book of Demons" is regarded as taboo in many places, and will be immediately destroyed and sealed by the church of kind gods once discovered, it still has a very high value.
Especially in the book in Zuo Si's hand, there are dozens of "blasphemous words" that can have a wide-scale impact on all life.
This is a language that contains powerful magical power.
Some can cause a strong stun effect, some can make the person who hears it feel extremely weak, some can paralyze the target for up to ten minutes, and some are so powerful that they can directly kill a creature or even destroy it instantly.
A swarm of undead creatures.
In addition, "Blasphemy" is also very restrained in summoning creatures and can expel them back to their original plane, where they will not be able to come back for at least a day.
"How, how much is this book worth?" the dwarf thief asked curiously.
It can be seen that he has no idea what this book is, and he just took it out for a "free" appraisal with the attitude of giving it a try.
This also means that Zuo Si's asking price cannot be too low, otherwise the other party may take it back.
But similarly, the price cannot be too high, otherwise this adventure team will inevitably realize the true value of "The Book of Demons".
So he deliberately pretended to be embarrassed and replied: "To be honest, I don't understand what the mysterious symbols on this book mean. But considering that they do contain magical power, so I will give you a thousand gold coins."
Let’s buy it at the price.”
"One thousand gold coins? Sounds pretty good. What do you think?"
The dwarf thief had obviously accepted the price and immediately turned around to ask for his teammates' opinions.
"I don't think there's any problem. Anyway, the book is a burden for us to carry." The woman shrugged her shoulders indifferently.
"Then sell it. By the way, take out all the unsold things that we collected during our adventure. I really want this Sword of Sour Fire." The man stared at the thing he had just put back.
Chang Jian said.
No warrior can resist the temptation of a good weapon, and he is no exception.
After a while, the five members of the adventure team took out their "treasures" one after another.
Although most of them were worthless junk, Zuo Si still found a few valuable items.
For example, an ioun stone that is damaged but can be repaired, or a magical talisman that is suspected to be able to summon the construct-the Shield Guardian.
In short, this adventure team should have been to many places and experienced many adventures.
This directly resulted in their loot being numerous and messy.
There is even a set of armor made of gold wire, which has basically no defense. It should be specially used between the bed and the bed, revealing the "interesting" armor of temptation.
In the end, Zuo Si accepted the things he thought could be used, plus some valuable gems, and handed the Sword of Sour Fire to the other party without charging any gold coins.
Because unlike gold on Earth, which is the hard currency that best preserves its value, in the magical world, especially in Faerûn, gems are the hard currency that truly preserves its value.
Their role is not only decoration, but also precious materials that are indispensable for almost all magic.
Whether it is casting spells or making magic items, a large amount of gems are consumed.
Zuo Si is not even sure whether the colorful gems on the earth and the gems containing magical power in Faerun are the same type of material.
But this does not prevent him from hoarding crazily.
After setting up a stall at the Adventurer Market for three days in a row, Zuo Si finally managed to scrape together some more money to pay for the trip to Candlekeep.
On the day of departure, he only brought Davian and Huntington as his escorts, as well as Isadora, who had become seriously attached to him.
This girl with serious psychological problems will immediately start looking around like crazy if she doesn't see Zuo Si for two or three days.
As for the others, they all stayed to look after the house.
After all, this journey was originally carried out with the envoys. Not only were the army and masked mages responsible for escorting them, but the probability of being attacked was also very low, so there was no need to bring so many people.
And for someone like Alena who is afraid of chaos in the world, Zuo Si would never dare to take her to a place like Candlekeep.
Otherwise, if he accidentally sets several bookshelves on fire, he really can't afford the compensation.
The half-orc Rhett is simply not interested in places like the library. He would rather stay in Ascaltra and go to the Copper Crown Inn in the slums to have two drinks and gamble a little money every day.
As for the young werewolves, they have to learn all kinds of knowledge in the morning and conduct combat training in the afternoon. They are so busy every day that they don't touch the ground. They also have to take time to take care of the pups of wargs and winter wolves and cultivate relationships with them. How can they find time to travel far away.
The red dragon Wilmes and Strange Object are responsible for controlling the huge mutated hound, as well as the goblin werewolves working day and night underground in the mage tower, and the growing and growing ground worms.
With the expansion of power, many places need someone to keep an eye on them.
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After everything was arranged, Zuo Si got on the carriage prepared for him by the six-person Council of Amn.
When passing through the city gate area, I took a look at the renovation progress of the Crooked Crane Hotel.
After reuniting with the envoys, Sir Crispian, who was mainly responsible for the negotiations this time, immediately complimented with a smile: "Welcome, distinguished Sir Soth. Please rest assured that you do not need to say a word on this journey.
, and you don’t need to do anything, just show up before the negotiation begins.”
"Oh? Just showing up? Then these 40,000 gold coins are quite profitable." Zuo Si joked casually.
"Hahahaha! Please believe me, your current deterrence is no less than those of the powerful legendary mages, or even better. Especially for a port city-state with a dense population that relies on trade to maintain itself, like Baldur's Gate, a large-scale
An outbreak of plague can lead to its complete decline. What's more, Baldur's Gate has no decent magical power at all."
Sir Crispian laughed and told the secret.
This man, who is about forty years old, has no intention of taking Baldur's Gate seriously in his tone.
Because the latter is just an independent city-state at the moment, it can only affect the surrounding areas such as Belgost and Friendly Arm.
It is still early to bring the entire West Hartland area under the jurisdiction and establish a country.
So although Baldur's Gate gained a certain advantage in the war, it was essentially fighting against the entire Amn with the power of one city.
Maybe it won't be a big problem in a short period of time, but once a stalemate begins to consume each other, both finances and people's hearts will slowly collapse and disintegrate.
As a chosen one of Talona, ​​the goddess of poison and plague, Zuo Si will become the catalyst for all this, forcing the alliance of dukes and merchants of Baldur's Gate to bow their heads as soon as possible.
"I see. Then let's set off quickly."
After that, Zuo Si took the people back to his carriage.
Following Sir Crispian's order, this team of fifty people officially set off.
Among them, thirty-five elite cavalry are the main defense force.
In addition, there are two accompanying masked mages, four priests of the guarding god Heim, and a paladin sent by the Knights of the Hot Heart.
As for the rest, they are all servants who serve important members of the mission in their daily lives.
Since the envoys took the main road, and the carriage was blessed with a levitation spell, they didn't feel any bumps at all.
Zuo Si, who was sitting in the car, took advantage of the time he was on the road to take out the damaged piece of ioun stone and carefully repaired it with topaz.
Then I discovered that this thing was actually the legendary [Spell Absorption] Ioun Stone, which can absorb targeted spells for the wearer.
This thing is quite rare and precious, and with the demise of the Netherese civilization, it is almost difficult to see it on the market now.
Only from those ancient ruins and tombs can one and a half pieces be found occasionally.
There is no doubt that with just this Ioin Stone, Zuo Si can be sure to make a fortune from the deal with that adventure team.
Taking the spell to absorb the Iron Stone into his control, he quickly set his sights on the magical talisman that was suspected to be able to summon the construct - the Shield Guardian.
Due to its age, the magic runes and some markings on the surface of this amulet have been blurred to the point of being difficult to identify.
Moreover, there are obvious traces of flame burning and strong acid corrosion on the surface.
To be continued...