"Capitalist's Ecstasy"

The two brand-new cards greatly eased the predicament of the Creator class, which was unable to cast spells.

They also increased the number of cards he possessed to fifteen.

Excluding support types like Mimicry and Mind Library, which could not play a role in combat, only eight could truly be used to fight enemies.

Among them were three Creature Cards and five Magic Cards.

Two of them had been secretly created by Zuo Si based on what he had learned in this world, while avoiding everyone else.

Of course, aside from the Planeswalker class's card system, he had also used the Creator class's traits to make some Magic Items, potions, and Wondrous Items.

Together with the Spell Scrolls he had accumulated over time, as well as the useful things stripped from corpses while disposing of the dead after the plague outbreak, they should theoretically be enough.

Just as Zuo Si considered using his extraction ability to draw energy from some less useful Magic Items and slightly replenish his empty Mana Pool, the Undead Creatures wandering the streets outside the tower suddenly became restless.

The zombies and skeletons that had originally attacked the living solely on undead instinct suddenly seemed to have been provoked. They let out low growls toward the tower and began gathering at a speed visible to the Naked Eye.

As for the ghouls, who retained their language abilities and a degree of intelligence from life, their eyes gleamed as they stared at Zuo Si standing by the window, causing an involuntary, bone-chilling sense of dread.

Beyond that, the shadows of the street vaguely concealed wights evolved from ghouls, ghosts born from souls, and other dangerous undead that had yet to reveal themselves.

There was no doubt that these undead had been drawn by the tremendous commotion caused by the card he had just created.

Fortunately, less than two months had passed since the plague erupted and people began dying in droves.

Therefore, some powerful spellcasters, warriors, knights, monsters, and magical creatures who had died had not yet had time to transform into higher forms of undead.

Otherwise, this place might truly have become a kingdom of the undead.

"Damn it! I knew something was bound to happen."

Realizing that these Undead Creatures intended to gather and assault the tower, Zuo Si finally could no longer hold himself together.

Since he did not have control over the tower, he had no way at all to deal with the tide-like undead rushing toward him.

He could only wait for the tower's passive defense system to activate on its own.

And with the magical energy stored in a Mage Tower, it might be able to unleash lightning, fireballs, ice cones, and positive-energy spells to kill vast numbers of undead.

But once that energy was exhausted, the remaining undead would smash through the sealed entrance and pour inside, killing every living thing they encountered.

Survivors in other towers had already experienced this scenario more than once.

Thus, Zuo Si knew perfectly well the danger and predicament he was facing.

He could not keep waiting any longer.

Otherwise, there was only death ahead.

Damn it!

The mission that rewarded three Card Draw opportunities really was not so easy to complete.

Just as he repeatedly considered whether the escape plan he had devised contained any fatal flaws, a group of roughly thirty zombies of varying sizes and six ghouls finally reached the vicinity of the entrance first, triggering the warning runes placed around it.

The next second...

The previously dim tower top suddenly released a dazzling blue radiance.

Before the undead could approach the sealed gate, a Chain Lightning bolt descended from the sky.

Crash!

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!

Dazzling Silver Lightning continuously leaped between the Undead Creatures.

Every target struck had its body instantly turn black before collapsing onto its back uncontrollably, releasing black smoke and a pungent burnt smell.

With just one strike!

One ghoul and several zombies were killed.

Immediately afterward, a series of fireballs as large as washbasins followed.

They exploded continuously amid the densest clusters of undead.

The deafening explosions and scorching flames devoured everything.

When the magical flames faded, every undead within twenty meters of the tower's entrance had been cleared away.

The Mage Tower's formidable defensive capabilities were displayed to the fullest at that moment.

As for Zuo Si, who was watching the show from above, he took the opportunity to absorb some of the negative energy released after the Undead Creatures were destroyed and poured it into his Mana Pool for use as black Mana.

At the same time, he casually destroyed two Magic Items and extracted roughly thirty points of Universal Mana in case of emergencies.

Seeing that the undead would not be able to break in anytime soon, he could not be bothered to remain there and profit further. He immediately ran toward his own room on the east side of the third floor without looking back.

Moving his two short legs through narrow passageways and corridors, empty workrooms, and a library lined with bookshelves, Zuo Si quickly arrived at the apprentices' dormitory.

However, unlike most ordinary apprentices,

his room was not a crowded common lounge that could fit only four beds, two tables, and a few chairs. Instead, it was an independent bedroom located at the very end.

The instant he pushed open the door, the first thing he saw was two Undead Creatures assembled from all manner of incomplete corpse parts, bound and secured to racks, pedaling atop a wheelless device whose structure closely resembled a bicycle.

As they pedaled day and night without ever stopping, the transmission chains drove the shafts below into a frantic spin, producing a steady buzzing noise.

The shafts were densely wound with orderly coils of copper wire.

Two enormous ring-shaped magnets were positioned around the coils.

Anyone who had studied middle-school physics could tell at a glance that this was a primitive generator with a simple structure.

The copper wire at its end connected to a Cylindrical Crystal roughly half a meter long and about as thick as a drinking cup.

Through its somewhat murky Outer Wall, Silver Lightning could clearly be seen flashing continuously inside.

It's obvious that this device's purpose was to store the electricity produced by the generator in the form of pure energy.

Simply put, it was a product combining technology and magic.

Aside from the cylindrical crystal storage unit, which was a magically crafted Wondrous Item, the rest relied entirely on the principles of electromagnetic induction.

As for the power source that generated the electricity, it was naturally the two low-level undead driven by negative energy.

Because no such thing as "conservation of energy" existed in the Magical world,

he only needed to replenish the two undead with a little negative energy at intervals for them to continuously produce electricity.

Zuo Si had even given this device a highly meaningful name—"Capitalist's Ecstasy."

He dared to guarantee that if capitalists on Earth saw the Undead Creatures of the Magical world, their first reaction definitely would not be fear. They would leap up in excitement and shout that this was the labor force they needed.

No need for rest!

No need to breathe!

No need to eat or drink!

No need to date or reproduce!

No fear of corrosion from toxic substances!

And no need to pay them any wages!

With only a tiny bit of negative energy, these "Little Cuties" would continuously create value like perpetual-motion machines.

What were 996 and 007...

Even slaves would have to step aside before Undead Creatures capable of working twenty-four hours without interruption.

By then, Necromancers who could resurrect corpses and control the undead would definitely become the most sought-after profession in the world.

Might Cause corpses to become more valuable than living people...

Walking over to the Cylindrical Crystal connected to the copper wire, Zuo Si carefully disconnected it with insulated tools, removed the device storing the electrical energy, and secured it to the belt at his left side.

Aside from storing the electrical energy generated by the generator, this Wondrous Item could also release it as lightning whenever needed.

Under normal circumstances, it could release thirty ordinary lightning bolts at targets no farther than ten meters away, or one tremendously powerful super lightning bolt.

The former dealt consistent damage.

The latter released all of its stored electricity at once.

Its power depended on how much electricity remained inside the Wondrous Item.