Chapter 782: Life Refining (Asking for a Monthly Pass, Asking for a Subscription, Asking for a Recommendation)
After leaving the elf clan, Chara Nona didn't want to collect those forbidden knowledge, but unfortunately, although this kind of knowledge is not strictly forbidden like in the elves, it is explicitly forbidden, so it is very difficult to collect, which is why Chara Nona will join the Masked Mage Guild, any spell casting organization will have such knowledge, even if the appearance is upright, the mage's sullen heart makes them not willing to be ordinary at all.
But even with the help of the guild, the forbidden knowledge that was submerged in the ancient times was very difficult to find. Over the years, Chara Nona could not be said to have gained nothing, but these gains could not be compared to the Book of Sagade.
"How do you have this?" Zalannona's gaze was drawn to the black cover, but the legendary mage's strong willpower still allowed her to respond to Osvid with a little energy.
The Book of Sagad was almost destroyed by those gods when the elven gods rose, at least for so many years, there was no news about this book. I didn't expect Oswid to come up with this kind of thing today.
Oswider didn't care about Chara Nona's expression, he was also a mage, and of course knew that a spell was in search of knowledge. In fact, in the eyes of the vast majority of mages, knowledge is knowledge, there is never any evil or good, evil is only human, and knowledge is worth pursuing anyway. So Oswi didn't know how Chara Nona was feeling right now.
"There's nothing I can't say about this, I found this book in the black market in the Bridge District." Oswight shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly.
"Black ...... City? Amoy..... Coming? Chara Nona, who had been staring at the book, raised her head in surprise when she heard this, and looked at Oswid with a surprised expression, and even spoke a little uncomfortably.
How could something so important come from a dirty place like the black market? Also, Osvi was a legendary mage, and he was too embarrassed to go to that kind of place?
The arrogance of the Fa Ye is not a joke.
"I've lived in this city since I was a kid, I've been to every corner of the city, and in fact, my first pot of gold was in the black market. So what's so strange about me going to the black market? ”
The black market in the Bridge area of Ascatra is very famous, but unlike the black market that is commonly understood, this black market is not only not hidden in the slightest, but even very famous.
This black market is actually a mixed flea market, where many scammers and antiquities dealers mingle to eat, and as for the things sold, there are all kinds of things, there are legendary artifacts, and there are also some cultural relics that sound very nonsensical, such as Queen So-and-so's night pot or something.
All in all, it's basically synonymous with Xibei goods, and to put it mildly, it's a trading street that simulates art. But every year, there are many cases where people buy real goods for the price of Xibei goods, and this is the reason why this black market is so famous.
After all, people tend to think that they are the protagonists, and naively think that that kind of good thing will fall on their heads, so many people with dreams of making a fortune will go there to try their luck. Of course, the real lucky ones will always be in the minority.
And Oswid liked to mix in the black market in the Bridge District since he was a child, not that he liked to pick up leaks, but he liked that kind of atmosphere, when he saw those antiquities dealers fooling people with their mouths hanging over the river, and those buyers were also bargaining hard, Osvede could really feel the vitality of the city, which was Oswid's unique way of relaxing. In addition to that, Osvede also liked to wander around the city, really lounging, just the kind of aimless wandering.
And this book is really the product of Oswigh's relaxation. At that time, he once again wandered around the black market in the Bridge District, and sold some things according to his habits, which was Oswig's hobby for so many years, and he would buy some things every time he entered the black market in the Bridge District, and he didn't want to pick them up, just a simple hobby.
And that habitual action actually attracted an unexpected gain. That is, the Book of Sagard, when he actually opened the book, he was simply stunned, if it were not for the content of the book, he would have thought it was a prank played by the boring mage. (The text above is all ancient elven language, a language that only mages go back to learn)
It was also this adventure that gave Oswig the confidence to recruit Chara Nona. He knew that Zaranona's research direction had always been "life refining", and in this regard, the ancient elves were definitely at the forefront.
As mentioned earlier, the ancient elves were militarists, and all their knowledge and technology at that time were biased towards the military. And the elves have always been known for their small population, so using alchemy life to replenish the army has become the best way. So in the ancient elf era, the elves were obsessed with the exploration of alchemy life on the battlefield.
For example, war behemoths, multi-armed giants, war trolls, and various alchemical synthetic monsters are all products of the ancient elves' reckless warfare.
(War Behemoths do not refer specifically to some kind of giant monsters, but to the products of ancient elves who use magical power to distort and transform some originally huge beasts or monsters, or even some huge monsters synthesized by spells.) These behemoths tend to have violent personalities, super vitality, and obedience to elves.)
(The Giant is ten meters tall, with two legs thicker than a stone pillar and four or more arms, and its gray skin is covered with thick, hard armor that looks like raised spikes, and its head looks like a hollow shoulder in the middle.) Strictly speaking, the multi-armed giants are not counted in the category of giants, these behemoths weighing more than ten tons are completely different from other subspecies of giants such as fire giants, frost giants, storm giants, cloud top giants, hill giants, and sand giants, they are completely magical creatures, with a cold and stubborn personality, perhaps because they were created to attack the city in the first place, so they have an unusual desire to destroy buildings)
(War trolls are the product of the whims of elves after seeing the tenacious vitality of trolls, and they hope that their slaves can be like trolls, fearless of death, and super regenerative ability.) So he used spells to transform the trolls. After the transformation, the war troll will have an independent personality and mind, and will even be full of wisdom, can learn martial arts and military skills, and is absolutely loyal to the creator, and will never betray. They are magical creations made for war and killing, and they are not interested in anything else)
But in modern times, the skills of life refining have been completely degraded, and now in Faerun, life refining has been completely banned, and many churches feel that the creation of life is a forbidden area for gods, and mortals should not touch it.
And the content of the Book of Sagad records a lot of knowledge about the refining of life.