Ever since he accidentally saw how the farmers in Dagger Ford processed various grapes and wheat under the command of the winemaker, Zuo Si swore that he would never drink any wine produced on the continent of Faerûn.

Because he has confirmed with his own eyes that those responsible for trampling grapes are not "beautiful girls" at all.

Not even a woman at all!

They are a group of men who have not even washed their feet and reek of sweat all over their bodies.

After all, grape stepping is a laborious job, and women will be exhausted after a short time.

Moreover, a lot of messy things will be mixed in during the pedaling process.

For example, various insect corpses, foot skin, hair, dandruff, cow dung, bird droppings...

Because the brewing process is primitive and there is no concept of hygiene, the taste of wine from different places is very different.

In addition to the effects of climate, land, water quality and grape varieties, these "additives" are also one of the very important reasons.

After getting the information he wanted, Zuo Si sat at the bar in the lobby on the first floor of the hotel and chatted with Imogen for a while, then found an excuse and turned back to the guest room upstairs.

As soon as he walked in the door, he saw a stable light ball on Isadora's hand.

Zero Ring Trick [Light Technique]!

Without a doubt!

This means that the girl has passed that hurdle and officially became a real mage apprentice through study.

"Soth! Look! I succeeded!" Isadora raised the ball of light in her hand and shouted excitedly.

"Well done! Just in time, I have a book here that is very suitable for you now."

With that said, Zuo Si took out "From Apprentice to Mage, Tricks You Should Master" from his satchel and handed it over.

It can be said that no other book on apprenticeship can compare with this one.

Because by learning a large number of zero-level spells, apprentices can have a more intuitive and keen understanding of the eight major factions of magic.

And based on your interest in certain factions and the deviation of your perception of the magic network, you will finally choose the specialized faction that best suits you when you become an official mage.

"Thank you!"

Isadora held the heavy and thick book in her arms, her eyes showing excitement and joy.

Of course, what excited and delighted the girl was not the books, or the knowledge and spells recorded in them, but the fact that Zuo Si personally gave her the "gift" itself.

"You're welcome. I'm looking forward to the day when you can become a master of both psychic and arcane arts." Zuo Si smiled and encouraged the girl by stroking her hair that hung down from her ears.

Isadora solemnly promised: "I swear, it won't be long before I can provide some help in the battle like Davian and Huntington did."

When the dragonborn knight heard this, he immediately couldn't help but smiled and responded: "No, Miss Isadora. With your current ability, you can also play a significant role in many battles. It's just that the master doesn't

I hope you will encounter danger, so you are not allowed to face those enemies that are too powerful."

"That's right! With Miss Isadora's mind interference and control, my arrows can often shoot more accurately." Archer Huntington also added.

Because the summoned creatures of the [Soldier] category often have the strongest obedience and the character of being loyal to the planeswalkers.

Therefore, both of them were full of affection for this girl who was willing to devote everything to Zuo Si without reservation.

"Thank you for your affirmation! I will work harder in the future!" Isadora blushed with the praise.

Through her innate psychic ability, she can clearly feel that Davian and Huntington are not being polite, but recognize her from the bottom of their hearts.

This made the girl who had been living in the darkness and malice of adults since childhood feel some warmth for the first time.

With such joy and satisfaction, Isadora quickly got into bed, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

From the slightly raised corners of her mouth, it is easy to see that she is having a sweet dream, not the horrific nightmare like before.

Compared with the slightly sleepy girl, Zuo Si, who has an adult soul, has always slept very regularly, that is, eight hours a day, no more, no less.

Especially after gaining divine power and becoming a chosen one, you won’t feel the slightest fatigue even if you haven’t slept for a long time.

Therefore, sleep has long become a necessary "ritual" purely to restore spell slots, not to meet physiological needs.

What’s more, due to the recent rapid increase in arcane spellcasting levels, there are a large number of fourth- and fifth-ring magic that require time to learn, and metamagic skills—spell potentiation and spell maximization—also require repeated practice.

This made Zuo Si inevitably feel that no matter how much time he had, it would never be enough.

Likewise, he is increasingly able to understand those mages who transform themselves into lichs.

Compared with the long-term magic learning and research that can take weeks, months or even years, the human life span of just a few decades is too short, and the body is too fragile.

Even if you can avoid the explosion, random teleportation, soul stripping and other terrible disasters caused by the failed experiment, you will die suddenly due to fatigue if you are not careful.

In contrast, the lich, an undead creature, has no such troubles at all.

And compared with profound knowledge and magical power, human beings' low-level desires are really nothing to mention.

No wonder the Talisman of Entanglement can make so many talented mages voluntarily transform themselves into lichs and join the organization to become one of them with just one "Book of the Dead".

If he hadn't ignited a spark to become a planeswalker, or if he hadn't gained divine power and become a chosen one, Zuo Si wasn't sure whether he would have followed the same path in the end.

But now that he has a better choice, he naturally looks down on the lich, an undead form with huge flaws.

Using the time before going to bed, Zuo Si learned another five-ring magic [Bigby's Protective Palm], and used the mana harvested from killing lizardmen during the day to make this magic into a LV3 level card.<

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Its effect is to create an invisible hand about three meters long and wide, which always floats beside the caster to block attacks from enemies.

Because it is pure force field protection, it is very similar to [Force Wall Technique].

Not only can it withstand almost all forms of physical attacks, it can also block magic missiles, the impact of the Ram Ring, and the touch of various incorporeal creatures.

But the difference from [Force Wall Technique] is that this palm can move freely within a range of dozens of meters according to the needs of the caster.

This means that Zuo Si can completely thrust the [Bigby Protective Palm] into the enemy's face as a means of surprise attack, and then use it with the [Force Wall Technique] to attack from the front and back to force the opponent to be locked in place and unable to move.
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In addition, the five-ring magic [Weapon of Destruction] is also very practical.

It allows melee weapons to gain astonishing positive energy in a short period of time, instantly destroying undead creatures that are not strong enough.

Similarly, the five-ring magic [Resurrection of the Dead] also allowed Zuo Si to obtain the first spell that can truly "resurrection from the dead".

However, it is limited to those who died not long ago (each casting level is extended by one day), and the body is well preserved and has not been desecrated by any evil magic or negative energy.

Moreover, the process of being resurrected must obtain the consent of the target soul, otherwise the spell will fail.

If the soul is destroyed or imprisoned, there is no way to resurrect it.

In addition, this magical spell cannot resurrect undead creatures, constructed creatures, elemental creatures, alien creatures and people who have died.

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The most important thing is that each casting must consume a flawless diamond worth more than five thousand gold coins as casting materials.

Its high cost alone determines that 99% of ordinary people will never enjoy it.

But no matter what, Zuo Si is still quite interested in this resurrection magic that can bring the dead back up.

He even specially selected six or seven diamonds from his gem bag that could be used as materials for the [Resurrection of the Dead] spell, planning to try them out himself if he had the opportunity.

When the time came to about ten o'clock in the evening, he reluctantly closed the spell book and lay on the bed to rest.

Early the next morning, Zuo Si and his men said hello to Pyle Kuangxiao, the "Duke of Dagger Beach" who was patrolling with his men, and then took a ferry to the north bank of the Delimbier River.
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As for the carriage, which was inconvenient to get to the ship, it was carried directly by a ten-meter-high giant stone element.

Anyway, for this big guy weighing dozens or even hundreds of tons, the river water of only five or six meters deep can barely cover the waist, so it won't cause much trouble at all.

After arriving on the other side, Davian immediately harnessed his horse and galloped north along the road.

Since the north of Dagger Ford is already under the influence of Waterdeep, there are almost no bandits or monsters along the way.

Just when passing through the Adip Forest, I accidentally encountered a magical creature with the head of an owl and the body of a bear - an owlbear.

It is said that this creature was originally created by a crazy mage who used powerful transformation magic to cross-species hybridize an owl and a bear.

Due to their ferocious, aggressive and violent temperaments, encountering them in the wild often means dire consequences.

But in Zuo Si's eyes, this is just another "cute" little pet.

He directly asked Isadora to control the owlbear with psychic power, and then made it into his favorite summoned creature card.

Faerûn "Pokémon Master" Collection Illustrated Book 1.

Counting this, as well as the four-ring and five-ring magic cards produced recently, the number of cards Zuo Si holds has reached an astonishing one hundred and twenty.

While he was still some way away from Waterdeep, he directly summoned "Legacy" and checked his taskbar.

[The total number of cards held reaches 120 (reward one chance to draw a card, completed)]

[Create five treasure cards (reward two card drawing opportunities, completed)]

[Collect at least five or more advanced professions and corresponding knowledge related to mages in the current world (reward two card drawing opportunities, completed)]

Counting the one given once when the number of cards held reaches 100, now there are six more opportunities to draw cards.

With some expectation and anxiety, Zuo Si started the card draw wheel again.
To be continued...