Planeswalker

Without a doubt, this book that shimmered like the stars was the reason Zuo Si had been able to travel to the Magical world, and also the reason he had survived in this cruel world.

He did not know who the book's previous owner had been or how that person had died.

But one thing was certain: before dying, a Planeswalker had used their still-burning Spark and some powerful magic to shape this book.

Originally, it had merely been something like a card album. Only after being activated had it taken on its current form.

It was not some kind of system. It merely presented information in the way its holder found easiest to understand.

Moreover, the thick pages contained all the cards and property that Planeswalker had created while alive.

As long as Zuo Si completed a guided task, he could gain a Card Draw opportunity and draw cards of various types and grades from it.

The spells Mimicry and Mind Library were the reward card effects he had received after completing the first and second tasks.

"Is the Mana Pool finally about to fill up? That wasn't easy! I can finally make my first Land Card." Zuo Si's voice carried undisguised delight.

Through his previous experiments, he had already learned that there were generally only three ways to acquire Mana.

Needless to say, the first was naturally to slowly draw it from the surrounding environment.

The advantage of this method was that it required little effort and was calculated entirely according to the level of one's spellcasting class.

For example, in this Magical world, Zuo Si had gained an LV5 Creator class through Mimicry, so after getting sufficient rest each day, he could gain at least 5 points of Universal Mana.

If his primary attribute—Intelligence—was relatively high, he would receive additional bonuses as well.

As long as he did not use the class's special abilities or spend Mana to brew potions and create Magic Items, he could store it all in the Mana Pool before going to sleep.

Besides that, he could also obtain some energy every day from the allotment the Mage Tower gave each apprentice.

If he did not use it all that day, it could likewise be stored in the Mana Pool.

The stored Mana could be used to create and use cards from the Planeswalker class, or invested into a class like experience points in a game to raise its level.

The second method was to obtain it by killing creatures that contained Mana.

After all, in the Magical world, even ordinary people had a small amount of magical energy in their bodies.

Warriors and spellcasters with classes, as well as all kinds of magical creatures, possessed several or even dozens of times more than ordinary people.

The instant such beings died, their magical energy and life energy began to dissipate.

As long as he was close enough, Zuo Si could absorb a little of the residual energy.

Of course, the best results came from touching them at zero distance.

The magical energy would be stored in the Mana Pool.

The life energy, meanwhile, would slowly accumulate inside his body as a byproduct. Once it reached a certain threshold, it would transform into points for one of the six basic attributes.

However, so far, most of the increases had gone to Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution. The truly useful Perception and Intelligence attributes had increased very little.

Part of the outrageous bonus values behind Zuo Si's base attributes came from the benefits he had gained over nearly two years of performing live dissections day and night under the Necromancers' orders.

With his current familiarity with the bodily structures of humans and other humanoid creatures, he could absolutely serve as a lead surgeon if he returned to modern society.

As for the third method, it was naturally the Creator class's special ability—Extraction.

It drew out the magical energy contained within potions, Magic Items, weapons, armor, and Wondrous Items.

But doing so usually meant completely destroying the potion or Magic Item, making it an outright wasteful act.

Unless he was in a desperate and dangerous situation, Zuo Si would never do such a thing.

As for the so-called "Land Card," it was a fourth method beyond those three.

It was also the most stable method.

It used the unique power of a Planeswalker Spark to establish a permanent transmission channel for magical energy.

This channel would be closely connected to the Planeswalker and could not be cut off by any force.

Whether across planes, crystal walls, or universes, it could continuously deliver magical energy into the Mana Pool.

In other words, only a Planeswalker with a Land Card could be considered a true Planeswalker.

In fact, Zuo Si had wanted to make a Land Card for a long time.

But the problem was that creating a Land Card was different from creating other cards.

First, even the lowest-grade Land Card required at least 100 points of Universal Mana in the Mana Pool, or twice that amount of Mana of other colors.

That required raising the Planeswalker class to level two.

Because a level-one Planeswalker's Mana Pool had a maximum capacity of only 50 points.

Zuo Si, who had frequently used his abilities in the past, simply could not save much Mana.

It was not until the plague erupted and people began dying in droves throughout the Mage Tower and even the Floating City that he finally received a massive influx of Mana.

Second, creating a Land Card would inevitably cause an enormous disturbance.

Zuo Si had no desire for anyone to discover the secret he had worked so hard to conceal.

Even the Archlich—Astar—who had pulled Zuo Si out of that unknown space and formed an alliance with him merely believed that he possessed some rare "talent."

He did not know that Zuo Si was actually a novice Planeswalker who had ignited his Spark and traveled here from a New World, much less that a Planeswalker's Spark could be taken.

Otherwise...

Who knew what actions that old monster—gloomy, cruel, violent, and obsessed with obtaining "eternal life"—might take.

In order to better control Zuo Si, Astar had deliberately guided him toward the rare and special Creator class when he had first begun teaching him Magical Knowledge.

His purpose was to make Zuo Si completely lose his spellcasting ability, ensuring that he could never pose any threat to him or escape his control.

After all, while Creators could make and use all kinds of Magic Items and Wondrous Items, and could even use scrolls, they were ultimately only powerful research and support classes.

In terms of combat power, they could never compare to true mages.

No one with the talent to become a mage would willingly give up their spellcasting ability and turn themselves into a full-time support tool.

If not for the hidden Planeswalker Card system, Zuo Si would most likely have been toyed with by that sinister Necromancer.

Although their relationship appeared to be that of master and apprentice, as well as allies, they had secretly tested one another more than once.

Fortunately!

Zuo Si had remained vigilant all along and had never trusted Astar from beginning to end.

While carefully learning Magical Knowledge and secretly crafting magic weapons and Wondrous Items to build up his strength, he had also been planning to pass directly through that Teleportation Gate at the right moment and flee to Faerûn on the other side.

Unfortunately, all of that had been interrupted by the outbreak of the terrifying plague.

What Zuo Si needed to do now was quickly make a Land Card and bind it to the Creator class.

Then, he would use every resource available to break through the blockade of the constructs and various guardian monsters above, rush into the room containing the Teleportation Gate, activate the sealed gate, and escape this Floating City that was destined to be destroyed.

Of course, if possible, he would rather go to a relatively safe Magical world.

For example, the magical version of Earth where the Harry Potter story took place, then honestly stay there until his body reached adulthood.

In fact, the reason Zuo Si had become the way he was could be traced back to the instant he ignited his Spark and became a Planeswalker.

For some unknown reason, his own Spark and the lingering Spark embers within the inheritance had erupted into an unprecedentedly violent resonance.

His Entire Person had been instantly dragged into an unknown space.

After his body touched a mass of gray mist, it regressed at an astonishing speed from an adult to a child under ten years old.

Had he not happened to encounter Astar conducting interplanar exploration and been pulled into this world, he might have turned into an infant, a fertilized egg, or perhaps disappeared forever.

Unfortunately, the tempting idea of going to the relatively safe Harry Potter world and staying there until his body matured could not be put into practice at all.

Changing the Teleportation Gate's destination was simply impossible to accomplish in a short time.

It required continuous exploration for days, weeks, or even months.

Otherwise, if he activated the teleportation rashly, who knew where he might end up.

If it was the cold, airless vacuum of outer space, he would definitely die on the spot.

Moreover, Zuo Si felt that his unstable teleportation ability was very likely related to that resonance.

After all, a normal Planeswalker should have only one Spark at work, while he had two.

He had tried using his Planeswalker abilities to open a Teleportation Gate to Earth, but there had been no response at all.

This meant that the universe containing the Earth where he had been born possessed no magical energy whatsoever.

But if the universe containing Earth had no magical energy, how had the "inheritance" appeared on Earth and happened to be bought by him as a craft item?

And after igniting his Spark, how had he entered that strange space?

Too many questions and mysteries plagued Zuo Si, leaving him unable to uncover the truth.