With the capture of the Skaven leader Lanni alive and the tragic death of more than 300 Skaven, the brief battle, or rather a one-sided massacre, that took place in the sewers of Port Calim finally came to an end.
Apke personally escorted the prisoner back to his home lair, intending to have the chief torture expert pry open the prisoner's mouth.
Before leaving, he not only promised that he would soon send a gift that would satisfy Zuo Si, but also sent some men to deal with the corpses.
Obviously, the leader of the Thieves Guild does not want too many people to know what happened in the sewer at midnight tonight.
However, dealing with more than 300 large rats that are as tall as a person is undoubtedly not an easy task.
Even if they are thrown into the sea, they must at least be slightly dismembered.
Otherwise, someone will soon find out.
At this critical moment, Zuo Si stood up again and used his superb anatomical skills to conquer everyone present, including magic consultant Culang.
With only a two-finger-long, extremely thin knife in his hand, he could easily bleed a rat-man corpse, skin it, remove the bones, dig out the internal organs, and cut it into small pieces according to the muscle texture in less than a few minutes.
Different pieces of meat.
The delicate movements that look like art and the understanding of the body structure of humanoid creatures are simply breathtaking.
It is estimated that even butchers who specialize in butchering pigs, cattle, sheep and other domestic animals will not be able to help but give a thumbs up after reading this.
The most important thing is that these Thieves Guild people couldn't see any uncomfortable reactions such as fear, nausea and disgust on Zuo Si's face.
Quite the opposite!
He showed no expression when dismembering the rat-men, and he also took the opportunity to collect some specially processed bones, internal organs, eyeballs and blood as materials for spellcasting and research.
At this moment, no one dares to doubt that the boy in front of him who looks about ten years old is a powerful necromancer.
Because except for the necromancers who deal with corpses all day long, no one can dismember hundreds of corpses in one breath without changing their expression.
Even the veteran in the guild who has been responsible for shredding corpses all year round couldn't help but hide in the corner and vomit after working for a while.
Of course, these people have no idea that the main reason why Zuo Si chose to stay and help was because he wanted to have close contact with these recently dead corpses and drain the last remaining magical energy from the rat-men.
After several hours of tossing, he got almost an average of 5 points of general mana from each ratman.
Three hundred equals 1,500 mana points.
In addition, zombie rats also contributed a lot of extra black mana.
After waiting for more than two hours, all the rat-man corpses were dismantled into "parts" and thrown into the sea. Then everyone crawled out of the sewers and stood under the night sky greedily breathing in the fresh air without the smell of blood or stench.
After a full minute, Courang smiled bitterly and sighed: "Okay, now I finally understand that I am not suitable for studying necromancy magic. Especially when facing a large number of dead bodies all day long, I am definitely not an ordinary person.
Tolerable."
"No, you are wrong.
The essence of necromancy magic has never been to awaken and control the undead.
Instead, explore the mystery between life and death, break the boundaries between the two, and even allow yourself to gain eternal life.
As for creating undead creatures, flesh and blood puppets, and studying various curses, diseases, instant death and negative energy spells, they are just by-products obtained during the exploration process.
If you mess up even this, you will be nothing more than a second-rate necromancer for the rest of your life."
Zuo Si corrected him seriously.
And this sentence is also the core concept that Asta, the great necromancer, clearly stated repeatedly in the first lesson of "Introduction to Necromantic Magic".
"Explore the mystery between life and death? Let yourself gain eternal life!"
Courant's eyes shone slightly, as if he was imagining himself mastering the great power between life and death.
But soon he smiled bitterly and shook his head: "That is too far away for me now. If possible, I hope to obtain your complete set of magic rituals for making zombie rat negative energy bombs through trade tonight.
.This is the magic knowledge and skills that I can actually learn and use at this stage."
"No problem! But what are you going to use in exchange?" Zuo Si asked with interest.
"I think this should be enough."
As he spoke, Courant took out a very unique copper lamp from his pocket.
In Calimshan, almost every household has an oil lamp with this shape.
The only difference is that it obviously has strong magic fluctuations.
"A magic lamp? There shouldn't be a giant spirit trapped inside it!"
Zuo Si seemed to have guessed something, and an extremely surprised expression appeared on his face.
Since the Calishan region in ancient times was almost dominated by the djinn that came from across planes, and the efreet that came from across planes as well, the two sides have a history of endless battles with each other.
So here, a lamp or bottle containing magical power has a high probability of being an unlucky giant spirit that was captured and sealed.
Culang nodded with a complicated expression: "That's right! There is a giant spirit sealed in this lamp.
However, it is not the fire giant, wind giant, earth giant, or water giant that most people think of, but a rare small giant.
This is the smallest and weakest of all giant spirits.
Both height and weight are very close to humans.
And he has some magic-like abilities."
"I don't understand. Since there is a giant spirit sealed in the lamp, its value must be very high. Why don't you keep it for yourself or sell it to the magic items market?"
Zuo Si narrowed his eyes and asked a question.
He has always been vigilant about everything around him, so he doesn't believe that something will happen to fall on his head.
"Because..."
A trace of embarrassment flashed in Courant's eyes, and he explained a little sheepishly: "Because the maker of this lamp has set very complicated rules.
Anyone who wants to use it must correctly answer the riddles raised by three little giants in a row, otherwise she has the right to reject any of your requests.
In addition, if all three riddles are answered incorrectly, the sealed little giant will be freed.
I have failed twice before, and now I only have one last chance."
"In other words, after I get this lamp, I only have one chance left?"
Zuo Si quickly showed an expression that was just as expected.
He had already predicted that if there really was a giant spirit in the lamp that could be controlled by people, even the weakest little giant spirit, the other party would not be able to use it as a bargaining chip so easily.
But when he thought of a valuable magic item being harmed by this idiot in front of him, Zuo Si couldn't help but feel a burst of sadness.
"Yes. But I believe that with your strength and wisdom, Mr. Soss, you will definitely be able to deal with the little giant spirit inside." Culang said his compliments cautiously.
He also knew that this magical item, which was originally worth at least tens of thousands of gold coins, had its value greatly reduced due to his failure in two challenges.
Even the merchants in the Magic Market are unwilling to purchase such a piece of rubbish at a low price with absolutely no fault tolerance.
Zuo Si stared at the golden oil lamp covered with invisible magic runes and pondered for a moment, and finally nodded: "Deal!
But let me declare it in advance!
Regarding the technique of using zombie rats to make negative energy bombs, it is best never to use it in front of a priest.
Because of their ability to disperse and rebuke the undead, it is very likely that these small undead creatures will be purified instantly, or they may turn around and control them to attack you."
Courant responded without thinking: "Please rest assured about this.
Although I am only a wild mage, I also know that priests and paladins, who are favored by the gods, are naturally the nemesis of undead creatures.
Now, let's hurry up and complete this deal.
You know, staying up late is not a good habit for a mage..."