The city of Thépan sits on the edge of a cliff from which the River Kirch cascades into the sea.

At the top of the cliff stands a huge silver boulder, surrounded by the stone pillars of the Cathedral of Avacyn.

Long before the cathedral was built, and even before the first human settlement was established in Thébain, the monolith stood on the cliff.

It is believed to be a fragment of the moon brought by Avacyn (the moon on Innistrad is made of some kind of special silver particle) that was used as a prison for the enemy.

But in fact, this monolith was not created by the archangel Avacyn, and even Sorin Markov does not know its specific origin, only that the "moon silver" in the monolith has a magical power that can resist and weaken the power of werewolves and vampires, and also gives Archangel Avacyn similar abilities.

Later, Sorin made a series of reinforcements and modifications to the monolith, especially to strengthen its magical properties of bondage and imprisonment, so that Avacyn could put those enemies that were not so easy to kill into it.

And this stone is the famous "prison cellar".

All creatures thrown into the prison cellar will inevitably fall into a state of mental stagnation, where the body and soul are completely separated and bound in a superdimensional space.

During this time, the imprisoned creatures have only a very vague perception of their surroundings and the passage of time, but are exceptionally sensitive to strong emotions.

In other words, if a large number of twisted and evil creatures like demons are sealed in the prison cellar, and a human with a normal mind is thrown in, then the latter may be polluted and assimilated little by little in the long years of erosion.

Zuo Si had every reason to believe that the reason why the lithomancer Nahiri became so crazy after escaping the prison cellar must have something to do with the fact that she saw her hometown Zendikar being ravaged by the Eldrazi to the point of collapse, and it must also have something to do with the twisted and extreme thoughts of too many demons she came into contact with while in captivity.

When Zuo Si followed the pilgrims from afar into the cathedral, he immediately felt a faint energy force field emanating from the center of the prison cellar.

There is no doubt that Innistrad's moon silver is not ordinary silver, but a magical substance with powerful energy.

As for what exactly it is, it's hard to say for sure until you examine it yourself.

But one thing is certain, the weapons made from this moonsilver are definitely the nemesis of vampires, werewolves, demons, and other evil undead creatures.

In particular, the Holy Sword, which was formed by the fusion of Daylight Star and Kasomir, has been emitting a strong resonance signal, as if calling and thirsting for the power of Moonsilver.

"Interesting...... Could it be that Innistrad's Moonsilver could strengthen the power of the Holy Sword once again? Zuo Si had a curious expression on his face.

As far as he knew, the spear in the Archangel Avacyn's hand was made of moonsilver, and it was a perfect match for his divine white positive energy from the perspective of his combat record.

In addition, Innistrad itself is a relatively resource-poor world, so there isn't much to collect.

So far, the only targets have been the knowledge and magical powers in the mind of the Ancient Brigade mage Sorin Markov, and the mad genius of the necromantic wizard Ludvi.

Now it seems that there is a special magical substance called moon silver.

The reason why Zuo Si wanted to get the necromantic wizard Lu Dewei was mainly because of his attainments in necromantic research and his crazy but talented mind.

This guy was even able to create a large number of corpse-embedded creatures comparable to high-level necrons with just this pitiful magical energy and a small amount of knowledge, technology, and resources in the Innistrad environment, and also pioneered the production line of corpse-embedded creatures.

Yes!

You heard it right!

It is a 100% pure industrial assembly line!

It's still the kind that is fully automatic and doesn't need to be supervised!

If he was born in Ferron, a genius like Lu Dewei could definitely become a legendary necromancer worthy of the name.

All Zuo Si had to do was to take him to the floating cities of Faeron or Plantia, teach him more esoteric necromantic magic knowledge and techniques, so that he could be reborn and grow into the talents he needed, and build a powerful army of corpse-embedded undead from scratch.

Anyway, the world where the floating city is located lacks everything now, that is, there is no shortage of corpses and low-level undead who have come back from the dead.

Just when Zuo Si was secretly wondering whether to cast an invisible magic, directly bypass the barrier of the cathar knights, and take a small piece of moon silver back to study it first, he suddenly saw a bloodied guard rushing in from outside, shouting like crazy: "Lord...... Your Excellency! Oh no! Yes...... There was a large group of corpses and a large number of awakened corpses, pouring towards the Holy City. They have already captured several towns and towns, and all their inhabitants have been slaughtered mercilessly. ”

"What?!"

The bishop, who was still explaining the history of the Archangel Avacyn and the Church to the pilgrims, changed his face drastically.

Not only him, but also the other pilgrims and cathars present also showed shocked and incredulous expressions.

Because since the establishment of the city, the city of Thraben has never been attacked from outside, let alone besieged by such an army of the undead.

In addition, from the perspective of stance, the one who can control so many undead creatures must be a very powerful ghoul shepherd, and the hordes of corpse-embedded creatures mean that there are splicers involved.

Coupled with the fact that the attack was launched just in time when Archangel Avacyn no longer answered prayers, anyone with a little brain will realize that this attack was definitely not a temporary idea, but a long-planned plan.

"Gather the cathars and get ready to get out of the city! Don't let those damn spirits defile the Holy City in any way! ”

The bishop made what he thought was the most correct judgment.

As a city that rises with religion at its core, the supreme rulership of Thrapan has always been the church of the Archangel Avacyn.

So when he gave the order, the warning bell, which had never been sounded for hundreds of years, finally echoed over the city for the first time.

When it was first opened, many people didn't even understand what was going on, and they stopped to look at the location of the bell tower.

But soon, hordes of soldiers rushed out from all sides and assembled in the small square near the city gates.

In a short time, an elite cathar army of 3,500 men, led by four high-ranking inquisitors, set out with the intention of directly destroying this disgusting group of undead in the middle of the road, and by the way, arresting the ghoul shepherd and splicer master for misdeeds and executing them to death.

But what they didn't know was that the two people who did the thing this time were not ordinary people.

Instead, Kisha and Kiraf, who were born in the city of Thraben and were banished and exiled for their obsession with necromancy and corpse splicing techniques.

The former is a once-in-a-century necromantic wizard who can easily get corpses within a radius of hundreds of meters to work for him with a wave of his hand, summoning and controlling an army of zombies and ghouls on his own.

The latter has been instructed by the necromantic wizard Lu Dewei, and belongs to the rising star of the splicer industry, and is very good at creating various corpse-embedded creatures with different functions.

The most important thing is that these two siblings are not normal people.

While most of the children were still playing rag dolls and playing house games, her older sister Kisha began to secretly practice necromancy from the corpses of cats and dogs, while her younger brother Kiraf was responsible for stitching up the broken corpses and burying them.

As a result, Kisha has developed an excellent necromancy from the corpses of cats and dogs, while Kiraf has developed a masterful stitching skill that will put many splicers to shame.

Until one day at the funeral of a relative, Kisha, who had a neurotic attack, suddenly woke up the body, and then staged a good show of grave jumping in front of the gaze of countless people.

Not to be outdone, Kiraf immediately released the first corpse-embedded creature he had created, intending to settle the grievances between the two over the years with his sister.

Although theoretically the modified and strengthened corpse mosaic creatures are far more powerful than ordinary zombies, Kisha is obviously not a vegetarian either, and directly pulls up several old ancestors in the cemetery to beat them together.

The fight between the siblings directly led to the fire of the family's ancient house, and his parents were also killed in the fire.

Normally, as a parent whose child accidentally kills him, he should always feel sad and painful, right?

But this pair of filial sons and daughters does not have the slightest sense of sadness and remorse.

After being expelled from the city of Thraben, he intensified his efforts and began to collect corpses to expand his power, and actually broke out of his own world in Innistrad, where demons and monsters are rampant.

And the purpose of their attack on the city of Thraben this time was also very simple, that is, for the mountains of corpses piled up in the huge cemetery.

In Innistrad, corpses affected by its negative energy don't decompose easily.

Even if it is dug up after a few decades or even one or two hundred years, it can still be as alive as a zombie that has just died not long ago.

Shortly after the cathars departed, a woman with long black hair, a sexy purple dress, and a metal headdress like a sheep's horn on her head entered the city of Thraben through the city gates.

No one noticed that when her eyes began to glow, a very strange pattern appeared on her entire face and neck.

There is no doubt that this human woman is none other than Liliana Weiss, a dangerous figure who can charm a smart man like Jace Beleren.

Although she looks to be in her early twenties, exuding an indescribable charm all over her body, and interpreting the word "elegant" in her every move, her actual age has long been more than a hundred years old, and the reason why she can maintain her youthful state is entirely because she has signed a contract with the four demons and received extra power from each other.

Of course, the price is that if she dies one day, then her soul will be divided among the four demons.

Today, Liliana appeared in Thraben City to find one of the four demons who had signed a contract with her, Thornze.

But just as she was pondering where to start, she suddenly saw a cloaked figure on the high platform in the distance looking at her condescendingly, and writing a small line of small words in the air with her finger.

"Welcome to the city of Thraben, Lady Liliana Weiss. If you want to know the whereabouts of the demon Thorn Ze, please come to the garden outside the cathedral at midnight and meet me. ”

Moment!

Liliana's eyes sharpened, and she subconsciously wanted to use necromancy to keep this stranger of unknown origin behind.

Because the other party not only clearly revealed her identity, but also saw through the purpose of her trip.

Unfortunately, before the idea could be put into action, the figure on the high platform in the distance disappeared out of thin air.

"Damn! What's going on here? Could it be that my intentions have been exposed? Or did the demon perceive something in advance? ”

Liliana's mood instantly hit rock bottom.

After all, the most taboo thing about an assassination plan like this is to leak information in advance.

But she's not someone who gives up easily.

After a brief thought, I decided to meet first.

No matter who the other party is, as long as you dare to stop yourself from killing Thorn Ze, then you can die with this demon.

On the other side, Zuo Si, who had just pretended to send a mysterious appointment message, had completely left the confines of the cathedral at this moment, sitting on a park bench, eating orange-flavored shaved ice bought from a roadside stall, and enjoying a moment of leisure in a very lazy manner.

After about two or three minutes, a large bowl of shaved ice was completely wiped out, and he smiled and asked the diary he was carrying: "Do you think I went to meet Liliana tonight, will she start fighting as soon as we meet?" ”

"It's hard to say. Liliana is a very complex person, she sometimes acts irrationally because of her emotional impulses, but she can also choose to betray herself at any time. With such a woman, you need to be fully psychologically prepared and never give her the slightest opportunity. The journal warned in a serious tone.

"That's right. However, I'm curious if the legendary artifact [Chain Veil] is really as powerful as it is rumored. Zuo Si's tone revealed a hint of eagerness.

"Humph! You'd better not expect too much, the so-called [Chain Veil] is most likely a necromantic magic item with a strong curse effect, and it doesn't even deserve the word artifact. It's just that Liliana's own sacrifice is relatively strong, so the effect obtained is particularly amazing. If it weren't for the longevity and youth granted by that contract, she would have been turned into a dry mummy in the overload of sacrifices. ”

The diary has no disguise, and directly expresses his contempt and disdain for [Chain Veil].

After all, among the many artifacts owned by the traveling mage, the abilities and effects of this thing can be said to be the most rubbish, and there is no one.

With the exception of Liliana, who specializes in necromancy, there is no second Brigade Mage who can handle this cursed item.

"Well, I'll admit, this time you make more sense."

Zuo Si casually threw the wooden bowl used to hold shaved ice into the trash can next to him, and then raised his hand and beckoned to the Elven Brigade mage who was carrying a pile of bags and packages not far away.

One second, Nissa, who was wandering aimlessly, ran over the next and stacked the things she had bought next to the chair.

Because there were so many things to buy, and they were quite heavy, her whole body was already soaked with sweat at the moment, and her robes and clothes were clinging to her skin, outlining the beautiful curves unique to elves.

Especially on the chest, it is almost pulled to a very low level for better heat dissipation, and Zendikar's elves are not as thin as Faerun's surface elves, but belong to the bodybuilding type of lordosis and backwards, so Zuo Si can only be forced to feast his eyes.

But Nissa, who has a somewhat natural personality, apparently didn't notice this, but happily introduced what she bought.

Among them, there are as many as ten rolls of beautiful silk and calico.

After all, in Zendikar, cloth is a truly scarce commodity, especially fine silk and calico, which can only be produced in a very small number of large gathering places, so it is the kind of good thing that you don't necessarily have money to buy.

In addition to this, there are a large number of porcelain, tea sets, musical instruments, and a variety of daily necessities, tools, and so on.

In short, it's pretty much something that's common and cheap on Innistrad, but very scarce at Zendikar.

Seeing that this elven brigade mage looked elated, thinking that he had taken a big advantage, Zuo Si couldn't help but interrupt with the corner of his mouth twitching: "You have recorded the coordinates of Innistrad's time and space, and you can go back and forth between the two places at any time in the future to exchange scarce materials, how can you buy so much at once?" And...... Don't you even have a dimensional bag to store your belongings? ”

"Huh?!"

This sentence immediately made Nissa dumbfounded.

Because although she has also traveled through time and space for a few short times, she has never thought of using the power of the traveling mage to buy and sell between the two worlds.

As for the dimensional bag, she had never even heard of it.

"Alas, it seems necessary for me to teach you some common sense about the application of the traveling mage's abilities. Otherwise, with your current state, I'm afraid you don't know when someone sells you and you're still helping people make money. ”

Zuo Si held his forehead and sighed helplessly.

Although at the beginning, he always had a considerable prejudice against the culprit who released the Eldrazi, and even once had murderous intentions.

But as he got along these days, he found that this was actually an innocent girl who had no scheming and always wrote all her joys, sorrows and sorrows on her face, and she didn't have much defense against outsiders.

Of course, it was this naivety that led Nissa to free the Eldrazi, nearly leaving Zendikar in ruin.

If you train well, you may not be able to become a good traveling mage companion.

At least in terms of loyalty, Nissa is definitely much better than Jace Beleren, who has eyes all over her body.

And the green mana she's good at is more in line with Zuosi's style than Gideon Yura, who uses white mana.

With the mentality of giving it a try, Zuo Si used the afternoon to teach this traveling mage who was more novice than himself a lesson, and imparted some experience, and finally gave a large dimensional bag as a gift.

Nissa was visibly moved, as she had been trying to suppress the power since she had automatically ignited the spark, blending in with the clan as a "normal" elf.

But no matter how you integrate, you can't gain real trust, and that strong sense of loneliness will always be with you.

And Zuo Si's current teaching and concern is something she has never felt since she was expelled from the tribe for the first time, and she can't help but feel a warmth in her heart.

In particular, the dimensional bag, which is relatively common in Faeron, is also regarded by Nissa as some kind of rare treasure......

(End of chapter)