Chapter 277 Conspiracy (a 10,000-Word Chapter, Please Subscribe)

In the early morning, the breeze blowing from the sea gently blew over the city, bringing slightly salty and humid air.

Since the sun has not yet fully risen, you can vaguely see the white and hazy fog filling the sea level and the dock area.

Normally, when visibility is so low, ordinary ports will not allow ships to approach the plank road.

However, due to the busy maritime trade with the Maztec continent and the opening of new routes with Luskan in the north, the entire Amn is in an economic boom with extremely expanded wealth.

The most direct manifestation is that the loading and unloading of cargo at the dock is many times more busy than before, so much so that the plank road responsible for loading and unloading of cargo has to be risked to operate around the clock.

Not to mention the mere morning fog, even at night it is busy day and night.

The wages of porters have more than quadrupled in less than half a year.

Due to the shortage of young and middle-aged male labor, some chambers of commerce even used their influence to get parliament to pass a bill to arrest all beggars in the city who are able-bodied and capable of working and force them to work at least ten hours a day.

Of course, since slavery is legally prohibited in Amn, these beggars will receive the same salary as dock workers.

But this group of guys who were used to living off donations from the rich still complained. Finally, with the intervention of some Good God Church and the Knights of the Hot Heart, the six-person council had to terminate the bill.

Instead, a large number of pulleys, booms, primitive cranes and other tools were put into use, and the influence of Gond, the god of craftsmen, began to expand rapidly.

However, these relatively primitive tools alone obviously cannot completely replace the huge gap in labor.

As a last resort, Zuo Si raised and bred werewolves and goblins underground in the mage tower, which became his only choice.

Because even the paladin, who symbolizes goodness and order, will regard goblins as destroyers of civilization and order, a nasty pest that cannot be eradicated.

Even if they would never agree with such an act that is obviously slavery because of their beliefs and ideas, they would not show too strong opposition.

At present, the entire dock has "employed" five thousand goblin workers in two shifts to ensure that as soon as a ship docks, the cargo will be loaded and unloaded in a very short time, and berths will be made available for subsequent ships.

Otherwise, if there are obstacles or long queues, it will cause huge losses to the merchants.

Likewise, the Amn government will lose a substantial amount of tax revenue and parking fees.

In order to prevent the dock workers' jobs from being taken away by capable werewolves and goblins, Zuo Si specially offered a relatively high price, which was almost the same as hiring a human or dwarf.

In this way, unless there is a real shortage of manpower, most businessmen would definitely prefer to hire their own kind at the same price.

Of course, the so-called "commission" paid to these werewolves and goblins was naturally put into Zuo Si's pocket.

Although at first, this combination of lycanthropy and goblins caused panic among many local residents, some even strongly demanded that all these monsters be killed or driven out.

But as time went by, with the high degree of obedience produced by more than a dozen times of artificial genetic intervention and iteration, people began to gradually discover that these seemingly dangerous lycanthropic goblins did not seem to be as scary as they imagined.

Just the opposite!

Not only are they never lazy, but they work extremely efficiently, and they don’t complain privately about being too tiring and poorly paid like human porters from time to time.

It’s just that these people don’t know that all goblins who are inefficient at work, like to be lazy, and always complain in private have no chance to reproduce and are “consumed” in a short period of time.

Now the rest are selected from the best, and the word obedience is deeply engraved in my bones.

If we use the theory of evolution to explain it, the goblins were forced to choose an unimagined path in order to better survive and continue their genes.

They are just like the modern human intervention that has created special-purpose poultry and livestock such as dairy cows, laying hens, pigs, and purebred horses.

Similarly, the Masked Mage Guild quickly increased its purchase quantity after realizing the benefits and conveniences these farmed werewolves and goblins could bring.

Naxikai, a town that developed through mining and metal smelting, even signed long-term contracts to hire hundreds of werewolf goblins to do the most dangerous excavation work deep in the mines.

Because such exploration and excavation of deep tunnels often causes collapse accidents if not careful, causing dozens or even dozens of miners to be crushed to death or blocked inside.

The pensions and compensation paid to the families alone are a large amount of money.

Not to mention the staggering cost of organizing rescue operations after a mining accident.

But what about now?

You only need to pay twenty-five gold coins as compensation for the death of one goblin, and only twenty-five hundred gold coins for one hundred.

There is no need to carry out rescue at all afterwards, and there is no need to worry about the negative impact of human absenteeism and death. It is simply killing two birds with one stone.

If they weren't afraid that goblins would suddenly riot and occupy the entire mine, some mine owners would even want to hire more to expand production capacity.

In short, it is the same as Zuo Si originally imagined.

Breeding goblins, an industry that has never been involved in the entire Faerun continent, not only has amazing development potential, but is also very easy to be accepted by businessmen.

After all, from the perspective of cost control, apart from undead creatures, there is no other thing that can compare with goblins in terms of fertility, growth speed and harsh environment tolerance.

Seeing hundreds of goblins transformed into werewolves carrying boxes and barrels like ants, walking back and forth between the ship deck and the warehouse, Paladin Kaidong couldn't help but sigh slightly, and said with a very helpless expression He asked in a tone of voice: "Grand Commander, am I getting old? Why do I always feel that this city is changing so fast recently that I am completely confused about the situation."

"No, it's not that you are getting older, it's just that Ascatra is undergoing an unprecedented drastic change. Although I don't know whether this change is good or bad, at least the income of civilians is increasing, and there is food on the table. It’s getting richer and richer,” Witherland comforted with a smile.

He actually admired this senior paladin who had served the Knights of the Burning Heart conscientiously for decades and never betrayed the sacred oath he swore.

Because there are too many temptations in the gold coin city of Ascatella, so many that only less than one-tenth of the members can stick to their hearts until retirement.

The remaining ones basically either made unforgivable mistakes during the execution of tasks, or went astray due to various temptations.

Although some of these people will wake up and become paladins again by participating in the Trial of Atonement.

But from the perspective of the Knights of the Burning Heart, their honor and purity have been stained, and they will never be able to clean it off in this life.

"But what about these goblins? They look like slaves in disguise. Whether it is Tom, the god of loyalty and courage, or Tyr, the god of justice, they all teach us to challenge all the injustices in this world." Kaidong He questioned with furrowed brows.

“I also know that this is a form of slavery in disguise.

But the problem is that Amn's laws have never recognized goblins as a legally protected race, or there are only a few countries and cities in the entire Faerûn continent that will treat them as intelligent creatures.

This also means that we have no legitimate reasons to interfere or intervene.

And do you know what these goblins wrote in the city registration list? "

Captain Witherland asked back with a bitter look on his face.

"What is it?" Kaidong asked subconsciously.

"They are livestock. Like cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, donkeys and mules, they are all livestock raised and bred artificially. Not to mention being used as laborers, even if they are all slaughtered, it does not violate any laws."

When he said these words, Captain Witherland had strong resentment in his tone.

Because he knew that this was the six-person Council of Amn deliberately taking advantage of legal loopholes, and their behavior was no different from the devils in Baator Hell.

And this is not the first time something like this has happened.

But the Knights couldn't do anything about it.

Because they are paladins, they must abide by rules and laws, unless the laws of the country and city are hopeless.

Obviously, Amn is still far from the standard of "incorrigible".

What's more, whether they are government officials, businessmen, nobles, or civilians from the lowest level of society, they have all tasted the benefits and formed a huge interest network that cannot be shaken by the power of the Knights alone.

The former can reduce some operating costs, make its goods more competitive, and at the same time reduce the negative impact and economic losses caused by accidental death of workers;

The latter can also be liberated from those very dangerous heavy manual labor and do easier work with the same salary, such as working as a supervisor or technical director.

In short, in this magical world where there is no large-scale machinery to liberate productivity, if you want to make the lives of civilians a little better, you must have a huge exploited class.

In most countries, this class was the lowest class of peasants, serfs, or slaves.

In the Nelanthal Islands and Luskan, this class is a large number of low-level undead creatures.

In Amn, this class is special goblins that can be cultivated and reproduced in large quantities.

The latter two have one thing in common and their source - Zuo Si.

Thinking of this unpredictable young elect, Kaidong couldn't help but sigh: "Oh - I really hope this is not the beginning of some kind of corruption. By the way, the Knights didn't send people to follow them some time ago. Did the merchant ship go to Luskan together? How is the situation there now?"

Captain Witherland hesitated for a moment, and then answered in an uncertain tone: "I can't say it's good, but I can't say it's bad either.

Soth launched an unprecedented great purge there, completely destroying its original social structure and killing all pirates, thieves guilds, unscrupulous merchants, and rat-men in the sewers.

All human, elf, half-elf, halfling and dwarf slaves were also freed.

And they also used very rough methods to transfer all the residents of Mintan Island to Luskan.

Through these actions, he successfully proved to the Northland Lords Alliance that he would transform Luskan into a completely new look, so many towns in the Northland began to resume trade with the City of Thousand Sails.

Coupled with the addition of merchants from Amn and Baldur's Gate, the entire city is recovering at an extremely fast speed, and it is foreseeable that it will become very prosperous in the future.

At least it is more orderly than under the rule of the Arcane Brotherhood, and the people's living standards will continue to improve.

But just like the problems that occurred in the Nelanthel Islands, Soth converted and used undead on a large scale as laborers to engage in agricultural production, mining, logging, quarrying, road construction, and water conservancy.

Sometimes I really can't understand what is going on in his mind.

If the God of Tyranny had not fallen in the Year of Turbulence, he might have become the first person in the history of Faerûn to be given the status of a chosen one by three gods at the same time. "

There is no doubt that according to the standards of this world, what Zuo Si did in the Neransir Islands and Luskan can definitely be regarded as standard tyranny.

He ignored all opposition and used powerful violence to force the social transformation he believed to be correct.

This is why Fuzuoer Chamberry firmly believes that Zuo Si has the potential to become the greatest tyrant.

You must know that the tyrant defined by the Benn Church is not the kind of supreme ruler that most people think makes the country miserable for the people, and then unscrupulously collects wealth and enjoys all kinds of luxurious life.

Just the opposite!

In their eyes, a tyrant is someone who is powerful enough to suppress all opposition and carry out his or her will.

Forcing others to obey you through violence, intimidation, threats, etc. is the only criterion for measuring a tyrant.

This can be seen from the slogan "Only Ben obeys" shouted by the Church of the God of Tyranny.

In addition, even under the rule of a tyrant, a country can become very prosperous and wealthy, and the people's living standards are far better than those in other regions.

"So you think this young voter is going to be a terrible tyrant in the future?"

Kaidong seemed to realize something, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

"Sorry, I don't know, old friend. But our duty and task is to prevent things from getting to the worst. I hope you can go to Neverwinter first, get in touch with the Church of the God of Justice there, and then Then go to Luskan to establish a branch of the Knights." Captain Witherland stated his thoughts straightforwardly.

"Establishing a branch of the Knights? In Luskan?" Kaidong raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Captain Witherland nodded seriously: "That's right. I have talked to Soth before, and he agreed that as long as he does not object to the use of undead labor, he will allow us to enter and give us corresponding law enforcement and trial rights."

"I don't understand. Why would he do this?" Kaidong asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"His own answer is that he hopes we can reshape the chaotic nature of Luskan and make the locals no longer wary of each other on a social level and have a certain degree of confidence in the law." Captain Witherland gave the answer without hesitation. Got the answer.

"Like cooperation on the Maztec continent?"

Kaidong suddenly remembered the invitation Zuo Si sent to the Knights of the Burning Heart half a year ago, and the law enforcement team sent half a month later.

"Absolutely. As long as it is within the general framework of the law, we have judicial power independent of the administrative system. No matter what Soth's real purpose is, I think this is a good opportunity."

Captain Witherland expressed his truest thoughts with serious words.

"Well, I hope you are right. Give me two days to prepare. I will leave for Neverwinter in two days."

Kaidong was silent for a moment and finally chose to agree.

Although he preferred to stay in Ascaltra to be with his wife and newborn child, his strong sense of responsibility and mission made this young paladin embark on the journey to the far north again.

However, these two paladins of the Knights of the Burning Heart did not know that the entire conversation they just had was projected onto the mirror on the top wall of the mage tower.

Looking at Kaidong's retreating back in the mirror, Zuo Si quickly turned off the magic detection and fell into deep self-doubt.

Because he really couldn't figure out how he was like a tyrant.

Whether it is using undead labor to engage in production activities or providing goblins to fill the labor gap in Amn, it is obviously benefiting society, liberating more ordinary people from boring and tedious manual labor, and at the same time providing a large amount of basic living supplies to ensure Price stability of grain, salt, etc.

What's more, the person who really rules the Neransir Islands and Luskan is not Zuo Si, but Vanessa, the second-in-command in the organization, and the bureaucracy controlled by him.

He has never been very interested in power, and he is even less willing to waste precious time and energy on it.

But now it's better, he is labeled as a tyrant for no reason.

Just when Zuo Si was very confused about this, Mage Tower suddenly notified through telepathy: "Master, two strangers appeared outside the secret door of the sewer and asked to meet you."

"Stranger?" Zuo Si was stunned for a moment.

"That's right. According to my detection, one of them is a vampire, and the other is a human with amazing divine power in his body. It is very likely that he is the chosen one of a certain god."

The Mage Tower consciousness explained while projecting a magical influence on the mirror.

"Xi Manmeng!"

Zuo Si just glanced at it and immediately called out the name of one of them in surprise.

He was too familiar with the actual controller of the Zhentarim's dark intelligence network.

There have been more than one contact and cooperation between the two.

But it all culminated in hostilities when Manshon launched an ambush on himself in Luskan.

However, Xi Manmeng looked obviously a little abnormal at this moment. Not only was his face very pale, but his eyes were also gloomier than before.

Zuo Si was sure he had never seen the man with long blond hair who finally stood next to him.

After thinking about it for a few seconds, he immediately ordered: "Let them in. I want to see what other tricks this guy wants to do."

"As you wish."

The consciousness of the Mage Tower immediately opened the hidden secret door.

At the end of the originally sealed passage, a wall suddenly disappeared out of thin air, revealing an entrance to the underground floor of the tower.

The two of them walked in without even hesitating.

Soon, led by a golem, they walked through the long and narrow corridors and stairs, and finally came to a secret reception room.

Zuo Si, who had been waiting here for a long time, joked directly in a slightly sarcastic tone: "I can't believe that you can still muster the courage to appear in front of me. I thought you would avoid me in the future."

"Luskan's actions were all planned by the teacher, and they have nothing to do with me. What's more, the teacher has paid a heavy price for this, and you have also paid a heavy price to Zhentil Castle and the Dark Castle. A series of important strongholds retaliated. Even if there was anger, it should be almost gone by now."

Xi Manmeng decisively distanced himself from any direct connection with the whole incident and put all the responsibility on Mansong.

I have to say that his attitude instantly made Zuo Si smell something unusual. He immediately narrowed his eyes and asked, "Is there any problem within the Zhentarim?"

Xi Manmeng quickly denied it: "We don't have any problems, at least not yet."

"Not yet? Does that mean there will be in the future?" Zuo Si instantly grasped the key.

Just when Xi Manmeng was still about to explain, Fuzuoer Chamberry suddenly stood up and interrupted: "Okay, don't play these boring word games, let's talk straight to the point. First of all, I Let me introduce, my name is Fu Zouer Chambery, I believe you should have heard of it. Nice to meet you, young voter."

Having said that, this man who was filled with strong confidence stretched out his right hand.

But Zuo Si just glanced at him and did not choose to shake hands with the other party. Instead, he questioned in a very indifferent manner: "Tyrant of the Moon Sea? I don't know what advice you have here? Don't tell me that you are here to make peace." , persuade me to give up revenge on Mansong.”

"Hahahaha! No, of course not." Fuzoul Chamberry laughed wildly. "On the contrary, I'm here to seek cooperation with you. Unlike that short-sighted fool Manson, I can see the bright light emanating from your soul. As long as we join forces, we will definitely be able to do something earth-shattering. Of course, to show my sincerity, I am willing to help you get rid of Manson once and for all.”

"I really want to know, what do you mean by the earth-shattering event?" Zuo Si pretended to be interested.

"For example, against our common enemy Dark Sun and his church." Fu Zouer Chambery said meaningfully.

Zuo Si sneered and asked, "Why do you think I would take a huge risk to fight with you against one of the most powerful evil gods in the world?"

Fu Zouer Chamberry pursed his lips and replied with a half-smile: "Because we are all voters, you can't lie to me at all.

From your time in Calimport, you have shown an unabashed hostility to the Dark Sun and its followers.

Moreover, both Talona, ​​the goddess of poison and disease, and Midnight, the newly appointed third-generation goddess of magic, have a hostile relationship with Cyric.

So we are naturally allies, but they were destroyed by this short-sighted idiot Manson. "

"So what? The person who controls the Zhentarim and Zhentil Keep now is Manson, not you." Zuo Si provoked unceremoniously.

“That’s why we need to work together to get rid of Manson.

In fact, over the years, I have been secretly investigating several locations where he used to store clones, and now I have some clues.

If Xi Manmeng's help is included, I believe it won't take long to figure out all of Mansong's trump cards.

At that time, as long as you and I join forces to launch a surprise attack, we will definitely be able to defeat Mansong and then destroy all the clones before they wake up.

So what, is this a good plan? "

As he said that, Fuzuoer Qianberry raised his hand and patted Xi Menmeng's shoulder next to him, with a sinister expression on his face.

If you want to find one person in this world who wants to kill Manson the most, it must be him.

Even long-standing enemies like the Harpers had to step aside.

As the saying goes, there is naked hatred between peers.

Since the founding of the Zhentarim, Fuzor Chambery has been trying to seize control, but has always been suppressed by Manshoon.

Because Bane, the god of tyranny, holds the priesthood of "Dispute", he is very happy to see the two factions under his command fighting each other and will not favor any party.

This was later perfectly inherited and carried forward by Cyric, creating a powerful god of extreme evil and chaos.

So now that he has the opportunity to get rid of Manson, Fuzoul Chamberry will naturally not let it go easily.

Moreover, in the face of powerful external threats, the church he leads can no longer withstand too fierce internal fighting, and must be completely unified to confront the increasingly powerful Cyric.

Zuo Si undoubtedly felt the other party's strong intentions and quickly began to consider the gains and losses in his mind.

After about two or three minutes, he spoke at a leisurely pace: "In principle, I agree to cooperate with you. Not only can we cooperate, but we must also expand the scope to allow more forces to join in."

"You mean..." Fuzuoer Qianberry's eyes shone slightly.

"What I mean is to completely inspire the crazy nature of Dark Sun and make him the public enemy of the gods in this world. Even if he cannot be killed or sealed, he must be pulled down from the throne of powerful divine power. Compared to this For this matter, Mansong’s life and death are simply insignificant.”

When Zuo Si said these words, Xi Manmeng was in a state of extreme shock and panic, unable to extricate himself.

Although he had long known that the young man in front of him had an inexplicable dislike for Cyric, he never expected that there was such a terrifying thought hidden in his heart.

You must know that even Manson and Fuzor Chambery, who believe in Bane, the god of tyranny, have never dared to pull down Cyric, who is already a powerful god. They are more trying to find ways to save the dark monarch from death. Return, that's all.

"How to implement it specifically? It's not easy to make a god crazy."

Fuzoul Chamberry was obviously very interested in this plan, and his tone even had a hint of urging.

"It's very simple! Send people into the interior of Cyric's church and induce his fanatical and abnormal-minded guys to launch indiscriminate attacks against other gods' churches.

And he loudly preached that Dark Sun is the only true god in this world, and other gods are false gods.

With Cyric's arrogant and narrow-minded character, he would definitely not deny it.

Therefore, it is natural that there will be more and more intense contradictions and conflicts with other gods, until they develop into public enemies of the gods.

When his power is weakened, the god of tyranny you serve will naturally have an opportunity to be resurrected. "

Zuo Si straightforwardly gave an extremely insidious and very executable plan.

According to his original plan, he wanted to wait for the famous artifact "Cyric Sutra" to be released before taking action.

But now it seems that the whole plan can be moved forward a little bit.

After all, the Zhentarim's intelligence network is spread all over the continent of Faerûn, and even if only a part of it is mobilized, the destructive power produced is quite astonishing.

In addition, this strategy takes advantage of the flaws and weaknesses in Cyric's character, so the probability of success is very high, and the "Cyric Sutra" may even be created in advance.

"What a great idea! But before that, we must get rid of Manson and use all our resources and power together."

Fuzor Chambery instantly realized that this plan had a very high success rate, and could also alleviate the Cyric Church's infiltration of the Zhentarim and Zhentil Keep.

When the damage and threats caused by these guys reach a certain critical point, other churches will naturally unite to form an "anti-Cyric encirclement network."

No matter what measures the gods will take by then, Cyric's faith and influence in the mortal world will inevitably be on the verge of collapse under the successive blows.

According to the new rules set by the god Io after the end of the Year of Turbulence, the size and influence of believers are directly linked to the strength of divine power.

Therefore, Cyric's fall from the throne of powerful divine power became an inevitable result.

As the tyrant of the Moon Sea, Fuzor Chambery has never lacked courage, courage and resourcefulness, and he is also not afraid of becoming a thorn in the side or flesh of a certain god.

In fact, from the moment he became a chosen one, he knew that he would face threats from hostile gods.

In comparison, Xi Manmeng was almost frightened.

You must know that if this plan is leaked, it will definitely be hostile to many gods, and the consequences will be absolutely disastrous.

He can already see himself being struck alive by divine lightning falling from the sky in the future, just like Sammaster, the founder of the Dragon Cult.

The only difference is that Sammaster transformed himself into a lich, so he can be resurrected through the phylactery.

But he transformed into a vampire, and he would definitely die if he was shot.

Unfortunately, Xi Manmeng has already boarded the pirate ship and cannot escape. He can only join in and do his best to use his wisdom and experience to make the entire operation more complete and secretive.

The three of them hid in the mage tower and discussed for several hours before finally finalizing some details.

Perhaps he was looking for a way to defeat Cyric, so Fuzor Chambery looked very happy, stroking his not-so-thick beard on his chin and praising: "Thos, you are the funniest person I have ever seen in my life." , the most special person. I am very much looking forward to the future cooperation and the profound impact you can have on this world. Believe me, if the Dark Lord really returns because of this plan, you will receive unimaginable rewards."

"Forget it. I personally don't agree with Ben's teachings and ideas at all." Zuo Si shrugged indifferently.

"Kill all those who resist and use pure violence to implement your will. Don't you find that what you are doing is perfectly in line with the ideas advocated by Ben? Perhaps you have not realized that you actually have great potential to become a The name is a powerful tyrant that makes the whole world tremble." There was strong temptation in Fuzoul Chamberry's tone.

But Zuo Si retorted dismissively: "Don't act like you understand me very well.

The most typical characteristic of a tyrant is his endless thirst for power, but I am not very interested in power.

Whether it's the Nelanthel Islands or Luskan, others are usually responsible for managing them.

As long as nothing big happens, I won't even bother asking.

As for the behaviors you mentioned, they are just means used to quickly achieve the goal and have nothing to do with any bullshit tyrant.

In my opinion, governance is a very rigorous and complex social science, including the two most important parts of economics and politics.

It's just that the centralized use of power is closer to the concepts of tyranny and dictatorship.

It's like I can use poison and plague as weapons, but I don't agree with Talona's teachings at all.

I am who I am, uniquely me, and no god is qualified for me to worship and believe in.

Even the current voter status is nothing more than a transaction.

So please don’t think that you and I are the same person. "

As these words came out of his mouth, Fuzuoer Chamberry's expression finally changed.

He was not sure whether this was Zuo Si's bluff or his true thoughts.

If it is the latter, it means that Zuo Si himself has a very strong self-awareness and will not be easily influenced and incited by others. It will be very difficult to turn him into a tyrant.

If it is the former, there is most likely an unimaginable huge ambition hidden behind it.

In the end, the first trial ended like this.

Anyway, the two parties have already established a cooperative relationship, and there will be many opportunities to observe slowly in the future.

After seeing off the two top Zhentarim members, Zuo Si immediately issued a summons to the lichs in the organization.

After a while, they all used teleportation magic to appear in the mage tower, and every one of them had eyes shining with excitement and anticipation.

Jeffrey was the first to stand up and put his hand on his chest and bowed deeply: "Your Excellency, we have completed the assembly according to your request. When will we set out to recover the floating city that belongs to us?"

"It's now."

Having said that, Zuo Si activated the power of the planeswalker's spark at the huge portal that stood in the center of the teleportation room, while frantically drawing on the reserve energy of the mage tower.

Since the previous floating city had been sealed by powerful magical power, it was not easy to open a rift.

As a terrifying energy vortex with astonishing destructive power formed in the middle of the portal, a crack connecting the towers of the floating city was finally slowly torn open.

A dozen undead on the other side seemed to have noticed something, and they immediately wanted to rush over like crazy. However, they were swallowed up by the sudden vortex of energy just halfway through, leaving not even a bit of bone or residue left.

"Now! Immediately apply energy protection spells to yourself and rush over." Zuo Si gave the order to set off without hesitation.

"I'll take the lead!"

After getting permission, Vanessa was the first to rush over, carrying a box filled with undead army and constructs.

Several other lichs followed closely behind, without the slightest fear of the energy vortex that was likely to swallow them up.

When the last one also crossed the unstable portal, Zuo Si grabbed the holy sword on the table, which was made from the fusion of Day Star and Casomire. He jumped deep and disappeared into a blue vortex. middle.

As soon as he stepped forward, the portal without spark support quickly closed.

Isadora, who ran over specifically to follow suit, only saw a fist-sized gap that dissipated in less than a second.

Looking at the portal with only the square metal frame left, she immediately complained angrily to the Furu cub floating near her shoulders: "Damn it! Soth must have disliked me as a burden, so he left me behind again. !”

Gulu gulu!

The little fur immediately spit out some gas, and its body turned green, symbolizing curiosity.

Since it signed a magic contract with the human in front of it and became a demon pet, it has completely lived a life without worries about food and clothing. Not only can it eat spiritual energy openly, but it can also read a lot of interesting memories and emotions from other people. And knowledge is simply the dream of a better life.

Perhaps sensing that the girl was emotionally unstable, the Furu cub immediately danced its tentacles in an attempt to appease its master.

But unfortunately it is too small and its capabilities in this area are not outstanding.

As a result, Isadora grabbed him and kneaded it repeatedly like dough, sometimes into an oval shape, sometimes into a long strip, obviously venting her inner dissatisfaction.

Fortunately, Furu doesn't have a single bone in its body and is an out-and-out soft-bodied creature. Therefore, this behavior will not cause any damage to it. Instead, it makes the little guy mistakenly think that its owner is playing with him, and his body quickly becomes... A light pink color that symbolizes joy.

After a while, the girl, who was not very physically strong, sat on the ground panting tiredly. She poked her magic pet with her finger and asked, "What do you think I can do to become stronger in a short time and catch up with Suo?" Si’s footsteps?”

Gulu!

Little Furu blew out some gas again, and then showed his master some pictures of the mind flayers cultivating giant mind bugs through a telepathic connection.

"You mean I can also try to cultivate a giant heart-stealing insect of my own?" Isadora subconsciously clenched her fists.

Since there is a huge shell ship under the mage tower at the moment, as well as the mastermind placed in the brain pool, and a small number of mind flayers, there is no difficulty in cultivating a giant mind flayer in theory.

The only problem is that she doesn't think that with her current level of psychic powers, she can control such a monster that even the mind flayers are moved to fear and fear.

But Little Furu quickly waved his tentacles to show that he didn't mean it, and at the same time telepathically enlarged some details of the picture.

After repeated observations, Isadora was shocked to discover that the giant mind-stealing worm located in the deep sea on the seventeenth floor of Leyline City was not simply cultivated from one tadpole, but multiple tadpoles were cultivated at the same time, and then let them eat each other. In the end, the most powerful one devours the rest of the tadpoles.

Combined with the human cloning technology she saw in the library before, she suddenly came up with a bold idea, that is, self-cloning, and then implanting the fragments of personality split in her mind into these clones to turn them into another version of themselves.

When the time is right, they will kill each other and devour each other's psychic powers. The one who wins in the end will gain power that is as powerful as the mastermind.

Of course, there is a very high risk in doing so, as the main personality may be replaced by derived secondary personality fragments.

But Isadora didn't care.

Because she had done this more than once in her mind when she was very young.

Just do it!

Since Zuo Si, who has the highest authority, and the lichs with partial authority have already gone to another world, no one can stop the girl's crazy behavior.

It didn't take long for her to start trying to grow her own clone in a giant glass jar in the basement according to the description in the book.

Under the influence of magical power, the embryo quickly developed into the shape of a baby in just a few hours.

If nothing else goes wrong, these clones will soon start to have a heartbeat and develop into girls exactly like Isadora...