Since returning to the Mage Tower, Zuo Si has begun to improve his strength in an orderly manner according to the plan.
He first spent some time, with the help of the lich, to make the corpses of two beholders into "Dead Eye Tyrant", and sealed them in the card as a creature that can be summoned at any time.
Immediately afterwards, he summoned the Blue-footed Dragon Snake and studied the arcane mark left by the "mad mage" Halaster Blackrobe.
Finally, I completed the anatomy of the aboleth with my own hands, and found out the strange physiological structure of this ancient creature, as well as their incredible way of inheriting memory.
Of course, these are the results obtained by the aboleth himself while conducting vivisection.
Otherwise, if we rely solely on dissection, naked eye observation and magic detection, it will be absolutely impossible for outsiders to figure out some of the mysteries.
The reason why aboleths are classified as "abnormal" is because their body structure is very different from other "natural" creatures.
Many organs, especially the brain located behind the eyes and protected by the hard skull, are not simply composed of nerve cells, but are wrapped in a mass of dark red blood.
If someone tried to remove brain tissue from the blood, it would quickly melt into a puddle of viscous liquid within seconds.
This is why some powerful mages who wrote the "Book of Strangeness" dissected and studied many aboleths, but never described in detail the structure and use of the brain.
According to the aboleth's own narrative, their brains are derived from the blood of the ancient evil creature-Pescaisesis, which is something that mortals and even gods cannot understand.
Therefore, no one can figure out what is going on in the brain of the aboleth, and why it can accumulate and pass on memories infinitely until the end of the world, or the end of time, even they themselves are no exception.
In addition, Zuo Si also extracted a large amount of the lost history and secrets of the ancient world of Toril from the brain of this aboleth, some spell models that may be outdated now, but still have learning and reference value, and
Knowledge of magic and psychic powers.
Finally, there are more than a dozen aboleth cities hidden in the deep sea and even the underworld "Glimmer Sea".
Yes!
These ancient races, which are so ancient that even most gods cannot compete with them, are still maintaining the civilization they created, and they have never been interrupted no matter how many disasters and changes they have experienced.
"The aboleth is really an incredible creature..."
After reading the experimental notes he had written these days, Zuo Si couldn't help but sigh.
Similarly, he also developed a strong interest in those existences beyond the gods - ancient evil beings.
Because if the power of God comes from spirit and belief, then the power of ancient evil things comes from the indescribable chaos and distortion deep in the universe.
Of course, just as there is a huge gap in divine power between gods, ancient evil creatures also have strengths and weaknesses.
Some can only cause certain threats and troubles to gods, but some have the terrifying power to easily destroy a world and even kill all the gods in that world.
The "Blood Queen" Paiscaisexis, who created the aboleth, is undoubtedly one of the best.
It is said that some cultists once summoned this terrifying ancient evil creature in other worlds.
As a result, the latter just appeared and left quickly, causing the death of billions of living things.
And the entire world will fall into complete madness for a long time in the future. A large number of living things will be corroded and transformed by the blood that was inadvertently left behind. It will take at least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years to repair before it can slowly return to normal.<
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Just when Zuo Si closed the note and put it back on the bookshelf, he immediately saw Jeffrey running in from outside and shouting excitedly: "Your Excellency! After many days of sleepless research, we finally figured out the madness.
What happened to the mark left by the mage Halaster Blackrobe on the blue-footed dragon-colored scales?"
"Oh? Tell me." An expression of interest appeared on Zuo Si's face.
Since he focused mainly on studying the aboleth, he temporarily handed over the Green-footed Dragon Snake to a few lichs who were best at rune research.
Jeffrey hurriedly explained: "Based on several detections and analyses, we found that the mark is actually composed of more than twenty complex runes mixed together. It is a bit like the magic tattoo of a red-robed mage.
It’s a bit like magic constancy, or something in between. In short, through this method, some spell effects can be permanently added to the surface of living things.”
"What about the cost?"
Zuo Si quickly raised the issue he was most concerned about.
Because it is indeed not difficult to maintain magic in living creatures in Faerûn.
The only restrictions are the spellcasting level and the various rare materials needed to cast magic.
For example, a second-level [Dark Vision] will cost almost five thousand gold coins in materials to maintain, and the caster must have at least a LV10 casting level.
As for the constant cost of other high-level spells, there is no need to say more, it is just "expensive".
Of course, in addition to being able to immobilize magic on people, you can also immobilize magic on some objects, so that they can produce permanent magical effects.
Many high-end magic equipment are made in this way.
In comparison, the cost of the magic tattooing technology of red-robed wizards is relatively cheaper.
And you can have up to three tattoos.
In order to accommodate as many more powerful magical tattoos as possible on their bodies, some red-robed mages even shave their heads to increase the amount of skin available for tattoos.
This is also the reason why most images of red-robed wizards are bald.
If the "mad mage" who is a remnant of the Imasca Empire has better technology, then Zuo Si would not mind taking it as a reward and distributing it to those peripheral members who have contributed the most.
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I believe that many mages and adventurers will do their best to complete those dangerous missions for a secret mark that can release a specific spell indefinitely.
Jeffrey pondered for a moment and immediately responded: "Sorry, we don't know much about these runes yet. We can only manage limited low-level magic such as constant [Invisibility], [Colorful Jet] and [Sleep]."
.If nothing else happens, the cost including the casting materials should not exceed one thousand gold coins."
"In other words, Halaster Blackrobe should have a complete set of magic constant technology at a lower cost?"
Zuo Si touched his chin with a thoughtful expression.
"That's right! I think this should be a unique skill that he summed up bit by bit when using magical power to build the huge leyline maze.
It may even be part of the huge magic structure like a magic lock in Leyline City.
Otherwise, even for a legendary mage, it would be an impossible workload to apply constant magical effects to an area that is as large as several cities combined."
Jeffrey expressed his inference enthusiastically.
Compared with his ambitious friend Vanessa, he is obviously a typical scholar-mage, preferring to stay in the tower for a long time to study topics of interest to him.
"Interesting... Let's first put the constants of these spells up for exchange. I think there will be many people interested in this. By the way, how many peripheral members are there in the organization now?" Zuo Si asked casually.
A sentence.
"Excluding the pirates who are already under control and the adventurers who are simply hired, the current number of members on the periphery of the organization is about four hundred.
Seventy of them are the apprentices and disciples we have accepted before, and they form the most trustworthy part of the peripheral members.
Then there are some elite adventure teams that have cooperated for a long time, and two mercenary groups of about eighty people.
Finally, there are three succubi, two enchanted demons, and a six-armed snake demon, who can serve as temporary commanders for some actions and plans.
However, the scope of activities is limited to the area around the Kingdom of Tethyr and the area between the Sword Sea and the Sword Coast.
Since the uninhabited Korin Islands in the northern part of the Moon Shadow Sea have been captured, all pirate ships heading south from the north have been completely blocked.
So whether it is the pirates of the Whalebone Islands or the Luskan pirates controlled by the Arcane Brotherhood, they now regard us as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh."
Jeffrey briefly introduced the situation.
Because many of these peripheral members are directly developed from the original apprentices, collaborators and private armies of the core members.
As the leader of the organization, Zuo Si must not be very clear.
Yes!
In the continent of Faerûn, almost every high-level mage has more or less some personal weapons of his own.
Among them, the top-level red-robed wizards who hold the highest power in the Serre country have dozens to hundreds of legal "private armies", which can also be called "followers".
You must know that these armies are not ordinary soldiers without professional levels, but are composed of at least LV3 or above warriors, thieves, mages, warlocks, druids, priests, etc.
Some of them accept employment purely for money;
Some of them or their family members have received favors from the mages, so they want to repay this kindness;
Some want to get some methods to make themselves stronger from the profound knowledge of high-level mages, or to get some powerful magic items and equipment;
Others are in awe and worship of the power of magic, so they resolutely choose to become a follower.
If it is a mage from the evil camp, his personal weapons may also include monsters such as orcs, hobgoblins, bugbears, gnolls, trolls, ogres, giants, as well as demons and demons summoned from other planes.
, even a dragon controlled and enslaved.
To be continued...