Li Wei remembered Sammaster especially clearly.
Even though the Church of the Goddess of Magic had repeatedly and explicitly banned it, the tale of this Chosen of the Goddess of Magic betraying love still circulated widely among the common folk.
But for Li Wei, the most direct impact was the Cult of the Dragon founded by this big shot himself, along with the dragon-lich transformation method controlled by the cult.
What particularly gave dragons headaches was that these Cult of the Dragon followers were like pyramid-scheme hustlers from Blue Star. They would approach dragons whose whereabouts they knew by offering all manner of free services. Once they had grown familiar with one another, they would tempt them with a bewitching line:
"Have you heard of the Cult of the Dragon?
"Do you want to become an existence beyond death?
"Do you want to gain eternal, undying power?
"Then try the dragon-lich transformation ritual!
"From then on, you'll never have to worry about dying of old age again!"
Of course, that was merely the fucked-up scene Li Wei had imagined.
But there was no denying that quite a few dragons—especially Chromatic Dragons—maintained this sort of sordid relationship with Cult of the Dragon followers, secretly joining them in deceiving and persecuting those Metal Dragons that were still young.
Fortunately, Sammaster had died early. Otherwise, the scene would most likely have taken on an entirely different art style:
This legendary big shot, empowered as a Chosen of the Goddess of Magic, would directly descend before a dragon, abduct it by force and toss it into a little dark room. Whether it agreed or not, he would turn it into a dragon-lich first, then discuss terms afterward.
So when Li Wei heard from Fischer that this big shot might return to life once more,