Just when the underground dragon lair in the mage tower started to get busy, Zuo Si had already taken a large number of life-protecting gems and super breath potions from the treasure of Ivicola Sagram's "Sharp Tooth", and made them into traveling

Keep the mage cards with you for emergencies.

At the same time, I also took the time to meet with several high-level mages and warlocks who had passed the examination and were preparing to transform into lichs, and helped them complete the most difficult part of making the phylacteries.

As its sphere of influence continues to expand, the Arcane Society has become the most reputable spellcasting organization in the mainland.

Although ordinary people know very little about this, it has long been spread among the circles of high-level mages and warlocks.

Although joining it requires transforming into a lich and handing over one's phylactery, it is still very attractive to old mages whose lifespan is coming to an end.

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At least so far, the success rate of lich transformation in the Arcane Society is 100%, and no one has died or turned into a crazy lich due to accidents.

This is much less risky than messing around in the mage tower without direction.

Unfortunately, the threshold for entry is a bit high, even the minimum arcane spell casting level of LV13 is required.

Some who are not strong enough to meet the minimum threshold even lower their status and engage in various jobs as peripheral members in exchange for knowledge that can improve their spellcasting level.

After reaching LV13, you can apply to become a core member.

Moreover, the Arcane Society is different from guys like the Red-robed Wizards and the Arcane Brotherhood who always show strong aggression.

Although this group is composed entirely of lichs who are considered evil in most people's minds, they act in an extremely low-key manner and rarely affect the lives of ordinary people.

Quite the opposite!

They are mainly engaged in various magical researches, while at the same time arresting and attacking creatures that may cause harm within their sphere of influence. Occasionally, they will also use thunderous means to deter serious corruption and abuse of power in the bureaucracy.

You must know that the lichs will not talk about evidence or legal procedures. Instead, after getting some news and intelligence, they will go directly to the door to read the memory of the person involved.

After the real deal, the other party's family and friends who will benefit from it will immediately disappear.

As for where exactly he was sent to and what kind of pain and torture he went through, no one knows.

To be precise, most people in the bureaucracy are not even aware of the existence of lichs. They only know that there is a powerful and mysterious force that will suddenly appear when necessary and perform unknown "dealings" with colleagues who cross the red line.<

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It is precisely because of this that the local government under Zuo Si's rule is extremely efficient and clean, even leaving Neverwinter, a city-state dominated by the Church of the God of Justice, far behind.

Of course, this kind of direct disposal without investigation, evidence collection and trial has undoubtedly made the paladins and many good and lawful churches quite dissatisfied, and they have made strong protests more than once.

But unfortunately, all these protests fell on deaf ears.

After all, the nominal king Eric is just a puppet, with no administrative power at all. He is only temporarily given command of part of the army during wars.

On weekdays, he is either holding banquets and enjoying the flattery of the guests, or he is hiding in his palace and creating people like crazy.

Not long after this, his legal wife gave birth to a son.

If you include the illegitimate sons and daughters born from your lover, the number of offspring will probably exceed double digits.

In addition, due to long-term overeating and not exercising, his body is gaining weight at an incredible speed, and it goes without saying that his strength will definitely decline accordingly.

If nothing else happens, in another three to five years, he will be completely destroyed and turned into a rotten and degenerate fat pig. His external image will probably be comparable to that of Robert Baratheon.

Of course, Eric doesn't care at all about this change.

Because back then he chose to tuck his head in his waistband and become a pirate in order to live such a decadent and depraved life one day in the future.

Now that your dream has come true, what else is there to be dissatisfied about?

As for the Church of the Good God and the Holy Warriors, if you like to protest, just protest. Anyway, you won’t lose a piece of flesh on your body.

No matter how much you protest, with the strong sense of mission and social responsibility of the other party, you will still do the work that needs to be done, and will not just leave or secretly sabotage like the guys from the neutral and evil camps.

At worst, during the New Year and holidays, just give these people some bonuses to comfort them, just to appease them.

There is no way, who makes people from the lawful good camp so easy to fool? They are labeled as the best tool people all over their bodies.

As long as they don't go too far, they rarely really fall out or get angry.

What's more, the lichs don't take action very frequently. Generally speaking, they mainly focus on intimidation.

But it’s not like there aren’t other churches of God who want to cause trouble.

For example, the Church of Lathander, the Lord of the Dawn, which hates the undead extremely, has more than once wanted to organize believers to destroy lichs and low-level undead creatures farming in the farmland.

As a result, the most interesting scene appeared!

What stops them is neither the army nor ordinary law enforcement officers hired by the government, but the Church of Tire, the God of Justice, who is also in the good camp.

The reason is also very simple!

According to the law, all these low-level undead creatures are valuable property of the government, and they are also the basis for providing free food and welfare guarantees to the elderly, children and disabled people who are unable to work.

As we all know, the greatest characteristic of the Church of the God of Justice is its ruthlessness in law enforcement, and once relevant laws are approved by them, they will inevitably be implemented and executed.

Although the large-scale use of undead creatures is not a good thing in the eyes of the God of Justice, the problem is that the output of their labor is used in the right place.

If helping and protecting the weak in society cannot be called justice, then there is no justice in this world.

Therefore, this law initially triggered heated discussions within the church, and in the end the chief priests of each temple agreed that it should be strictly enforced.

As expected, the priests, paladins, and a large number of believers of the Lathander Church were arrested mercilessly, and later received a hefty fine.

After several times, even the Church of the Lord of the Dawn, which is famous for its wealth, can no longer bear it.

Especially those believers who participated in the troubles. Many of them were punished and were left bankrupt and living on the streets. How could they dare to respond to the call?

Some simply hated Lathander because of this and directly converted to other gods. As a result, the influence of their churches and the number of believers plummeted, and some even simply couldn't maintain their closure.

What's even more frightening is that through this method of killing the chicken to show the monkey, Zuo Si successfully showed other churches and even the gods his skill in managing religion.

From beginning to end, he did not use violence, nor did he kill or execute anyone, nor did he throw people into pits or other places to work to death. It was just a simple fine.

However, the Church of the Lord of the Morning, which had strong influence in Faerûn, collapsed within its own control, making it very difficult to maintain its existence.

In addition, believers who were supposed to be devout and firm actually gave up their faith in droves just because they lost a little money. This made many gods feel frightened and unable to understand.

Only Ogma, who has gained a lot of knowledge from the earth from Zuo Si, understands that all of this comes from the application of something called social psychology.

Those seemingly normal and random arrangements are actually carefully calculated, and can be said to be one link within another.

Whether it is using the Lord of the Dawn's hatred of the undead to provoke a conflict between his church and the followers of the God of Justice.

Or by exaggerating this matter, let the benefited lower-class people know that the former actually wants to destroy their own life security, thereby completely ruining the reputation of Lathander and the church.

Or in the end, high fines may be used to cause the believers of Lathander to lose a lot of money, or even go bankrupt completely, creating a strong psychological imbalance, causing them to turn to the arms of other gods in panic and anger.

All of this is an extremely subtle way of manipulating people's hearts.

During the whole process of the Lord of Dawn Church, the mute couldn't tell the pain of eating Coptis chinensis, and he was extremely frustrated.

As long as you are willing, similar methods can even be used on any divine church.

Sometimes Ogma even feels that Zuo Si's coming to Toril is not a coincidence, but that Io, the God of Gods, did it on purpose, just to make those gods who like to cause trouble be afraid and restrained.<

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However, the God of Knowledge is still very happy to see these theories in books being used in practice.

As for the loss of Lathander, Lord of the Dawn...

He doesn't care.

In fact, except for the earth mother goddess Chantia, who is in a relationship with Lathander, few of the gods really like this impulsive god.

Even Tyr, Thom, and Ilmat from the same camp all felt that Lathander was naive and superficial, and was not worthy of being their ally.

Of course, Zuo Si was not very interested in the complex relationships and grievances between these gods.

After finishing the messy chores at hand, he walked through the giant portal that was always open and arrived at the floating city.

As a result, as soon as I came out, my whole person fell into a sluggish state.

It hadn't been long since my last visit, but Zuo Si almost didn't recognize this place. Whether it was the location of the mage tower or the houses, the buildings had been moved and renovated on a large scale, and many seemingly-looking additions had been added.

It's a very strange device.

The most eye-catching thing is that there are four more islands around the floating city.

Each island is equipped with a super cannon with a length of more than 500 meters and an adjustable direction.

The black hole in the muzzle, as well as the "cannonballs" of equally staggering size placed nearby, are simply stunning.

You must know that the largest cannon produced by human industrial civilization - Gustav - is only "merely" less than 43 meters in length, seven meters in width, and 11.6 meters in height.

The gun can launch armor-piercing shells of more than seven tons or high-explosive shells of less than five tons to a distance of 28 to 60 kilometers.

But now, just one "cannonball" placed on the ground far exceeds the size of the Gustav cannon itself.

In addition, behind each of these super cannons are connected several cables that are thicker than humans, and the other end is connected to the mage tower that has been moved to the floating island.

Weapons designer Bohr is standing next to the super cannon in high spirits at this moment, talking excitedly with mechanical engineer David, chemistry expert Camus and geology and materials expert Monte.

Driven by curiosity, Zuo Si directly cast a short-distance teleportation magic and instantly appeared next to these senior talents. He asked in an extremely curious tone: "What are you discussing? Also, can anyone explain to me these super talents?"

What happened to the giant cannon?"

"Ah! Your Excellency, you are finally back. Look, according to your previous request, I have successfully created a weapon that can be delivered remotely, the first-generation behemoth-level electromagnetic gun."
To be continued...