The elf mage hurriedly put one hand on his chest and bowed deeply, then turned towards the troops who were landing along the dock road.

Since they had already said hello before, the dock officials had known for several days that the elves from Evermeet Island would land in the next few days.

In addition, they used a newly built military port instead of a cargo port, so the whole process did not cause any commotion.

On the contrary, many businessmen and civilians were curious about this, and asked around why this elven army suddenly appeared in Askatra, and whether the emperor of the empire had reached an agreement with Yongju Island, and the two sides wanted to form an alliance to deal with a certain

A country or force goes to war.

A few minutes later, Zuo Si himself teleported directly over, first hugged the elf archmage who was about to become the lord and queen of Cormanthor out of etiquette, and then greeted with a smile: "Welcome to Ascatla.

I hope you haven’t been too surprised by the changes here.”

"In fact, my jaw dropped. Did you make those Mythra cores?"

After saying that, Silinxi raised her finger and pointed at the crystals floating in the sky.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although these energy sources blessed with permanent invisibility are not visible to ordinary people, under magical vision they are as dazzling as small suns.

"Ah, yes, it is my work.

In fact, making the Mythra Core is not as difficult as outsiders imagine.

It's just that the deep magic network is closed, which prevents several key eleven-ring magics from being cast.

But fortunately, the generous goddess gave me some privileges, so I can bring this interesting alchemical creation to the world again.

With them, I can make all the cities in the empire shrouded in more intense magical energy, reduce the difficulty of learning arcane magic, and further increase the number of mages and warlocks exponentially in a short period of time.

In a few years, the number of mages in the empire will exceed 200,000, and the number of apprentices will be countless.

With these spellcasters as a foundation, I can cooperate with the Gond Church to invent various popular magic technologies, and ultimately benefit more civilians.

In addition, the popularity of magic will also bring additional faith to the goddess, won't it?"

Zuo Si enthusiastically introduced his recent research results.

In his opinion, those powerful ten-, eleven- and even twelve-ring spells and the floating cities floating in the sky in the Netherese era are certainly amazing.

But it was the Mythra Core and the temporary magic items built around it that truly brought the entire civilization to glory.

These relatively low-cost things have successfully transformed magic from a privilege enjoyed only by a few elites to a place where everyone with a little money can enjoy the benefits.

Therefore, all Netherese people living in the floating city without exception support the research and development of magic, forming a general understanding and consensus among the people.

This is just like the modern technological explosion on earth. Essentially, it is because the common people have enjoyed the benefits and conveniences brought by technology, so society has reached a consensus that developing technology is the most important thing.

In the same way, if Zuo Sisi wants to build an empire with highly developed magical power, he must first change people's wariness, disgust and distrust of magic itself, so that everyone can feel that the development of magic can actually bring benefits to them.

It's a pity that the great arcanists have been away from the bottom for so long that they didn't realize the foundation of Netheril's ability to transform from a few small fishing villages into a powerful magical nation.

He did not continue to develop magic technologies that could benefit more low-level civilians. Instead, he became obsessed with the pursuit of becoming or even surpassing the gods.

This directly led to the fact that after the collapse of Netheril, no one wanted to rebuild it except for Undead Ovo and the City of Shadows.

However, Zuo Si obviously knew the importance of this aspect, so he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to make several Mythra Cores to provide cheap magic energy to the residents of Askatra.

In this way, cheap magic lamps, vehicles, running water and other miscellaneous inventions will enter the homes of ordinary people, providing a higher quality of life for a long time.

Similarly, the threshold for creating inventions and making these temporary magic items is also very low. Even apprentices can get a share of the pie, preventing them from causing trouble because they can't find a suitable job and can't make money.

Don't underestimate this.

All educated elite groups tend to think highly of themselves.

In particular, mages would never work as farmers or craftsmen, jobs they regarded as "lowly", and at worst they would have to be scribes.

If a large number of mages and apprentices are trained, but there is no way to provide them with enough jobs, then just wait until war breaks out throughout the empire.

After all, even if a low-level mage is determined to cause trouble, he can easily cause hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of casualties, as well as unimaginable economic losses.

They are not college students who are unemployed after graduation in modern society. They can only say a few weird words on the Internet, but they really dare to take practical actions to vent their inner anger and dissatisfaction.

So this is why magical civilizations are often extremely fragile. They will collapse instantly after experiencing internal and external troubles, and then completely disappear in the long river of history.

The biggest difference from technological civilization is that the destructive power of mages in magic civilization is many orders of magnitude higher than that of scientists in technological civilization.

Once scientists leave a large number of advanced instruments and expensive resources, it is basically unlikely to cause any devastating damage to the existing social system.

But what about the mages?

They can summon demons and devils from other planes, use necromancy magic to poison and raise an army of the undead, and even more, they can directly bring in gods and ancient evils to destroy the world.

Therefore, Zuo Si has always paid great attention to providing sufficient welfare benefits to the mage group, and at the same time, through arcane magic and secret techniques, he will attract the smartest and most talented people into the inner circle.

He knew very well that these people were the ones he really needed to win over and unite with, not the bureaucrats, businessmen and civilians.

"Okay, now I understand why you are the most favored electorate today.

If this continues, the belief and influence of the Magic Goddess will soon spread to every corner of the west coast of Faerûn.

The number of believers will explode to millions.

The most important thing is that the development of magic theory and technology will explode, and thousands of novel magic and items will be invented.

Compared with you, we voters are just a bunch of bastards who don’t do anything serious.”

Silinxi couldn't help but sigh.

There is no doubt that voters like Zuo Si who can not only practice the doctrine, but also bring more faith and greatly expand their influence are the ones who are most in line with the gods' intentions.

As for herself, let alone practicing the teachings and bringing more believers and influence to the goddess, she simply evaporated without any news for hundreds of years.

Other voters are pretty much dawdling.

Elminster is famous for being nosy. Unless he encounters the fall of the goddess in the Year of Turmoil, he simply does not do anything serious. He has never actively taught magic knowledge to young people, let alone large-scale training.

apprentice.

Lyra and Kelburn are quite competent, at least they train a lot of apprentices, but their main focus is still on protecting and promoting the development of Waterdeep.

Alustriel stayed in Silvermoon City and devoted all her efforts to realize her political ideals and ambitions, but she never fulfilled her duties as a constituent.

Storm Queen Xinbu spent most of her time fending off the attacks of the red-robed mage. Although she invented the famous sequencer magic, that was all.

As for Storm Silverhand, Dove Hawkhand, Silen, and Kui Lu, their contributions in the field of magic are basically zero.

Therefore, it can be said that among the voters created by the second-generation magic goddess, except for the first Azuth who has become the God of Mage, there is not even a single qualified one left.

Look at the chosen people of Bane, the god of tyranny. In order to resurrect the god they serve, they promote the idea of ​​tyranny and are even willing to sacrifice their own lives;

The voters of Tempus, the god of war, are even more keen to participate in every war and expand the god's influence through fighting and killing.

Among the many voters of the Magic Goddess, Zuo Si is definitely an outlier, and the only one who does what the voters should do.

Based on this alone, Silinxi felt that it was not unreasonable for the other party to receive so much attention and love from the gods.

Likewise, she also felt a little embarrassed.

Zuo Si responded in a half-joking tone: "This is also what I find strange.

What principles did the previous generation of magic goddess follow when looking for voters?

talent?

ability?

Or is it simply pleasing to the eye?

Especially Elminster, I really don't understand how someone like him who advocates restricting the use of magic became a voter.

Because no matter from which angle you look at it, he has a counterproductive effect on the development of magic."

"The second-generation magic goddess is a very special and interesting person. How to describe her? She is a little bit carefree and greedy for pleasure."

Silinxi gave the answer meaningfully.

As the oldest electorate in existence, she knows everything about what happened that year, and can even name out the long list of goddess lovers like the names of dishes.

You must know that the second-generation magic goddess not only likes men, but is a standard for both men and women.

Elminster is just the most famous one.

There are countless people like Sammaster who had a "lucky moment" and immediately forgot about it.

"But that's not a reason for her not fulfilling her duties, is it?"

Zuo Si obviously didn't even have the slightest favorable impression of the second-generation magic goddess, so his tone was particularly rude.

"Maybe."

Silinxi shrugged her shoulders, then quickly locked her eyes on the heart on Zuo Si's chest, narrowed her eyes and asked, "You used your heart as the core of the mystery lock?"

Zuo Si shook his head gently: "No, not the heart, but the soul.

I used a magical technology that is not available in this world to engrave my soul.

Now, most magic and divine spells can be performed with just a thought, without the need for any spells or spellcasting actions.

Even some legendary spells."

"Soul imprint?!"

Silinxi raised her eyebrows in disbelief.
To be continued...