Chapter 176: Midnight Shadows

Then, when Zhao Xu followed, the whole journey was very peaceful.

It wasn't until night fell, when the three blood moons slowly rose and everyone could no longer hurry, did they stop and set up camp.

Most of the new mages who were sent by the Floating City to exterminate the bandits had never traveled far before.

The legends about Arthur in the wild are basically based on the knowledge of the forum and the descriptions of other Arthur mages.

This time it was difficult to come out, so everyone shoveled out an open space, piled up the shape of a furnace with stones, and then lit the dead branches and leaves picked up around with flint, and suddenly a warm bonfire appeared in front of everyone.

Even if the two players went offline in advance, the remaining eighteen people were still too dense, so everyone divided into two piles and sat around a campfire.

As players gather around the campfire, they make small talk about what they've seen, from the mysterious giants behind the Floating City to the mystery of the game as a whole.

"Hey, it's a pity that our birthplace is a little remote, and we can't gather with the big army, so we didn't come out until today." A new mage grumbled.

"Don't think so, maybe if you weren't born to Mystra, you wouldn't be able to become a mage yet."

"Not really." The man at first retorted.

"Who says no, you look at the conditions that Mistra has provided you, even the mage academies in big towns can't compare. It's just that the various lecture coupons and test coupons are too pitiful, and I hope that one day I will have endless coupons. ”

"You say, what is a powerful mage like?" At this time, Jiang Shan, who was standing in a corner, interjected.

"According to the speech I listened to that time, those high-ring spells are very strong, and they can't destroy the world, but with one block of ten, that's more than enough."

Sartre, one of the more active players, said.

"With one block ten, other ordinary players just say that, you've been in Mystra for so long, and you still only have this kind of insight?" The other immediately retorted.

Luo Lei, who was relatively silent just now, also spoke: "According to what I know about those high-level mages, I'm afraid you can turn ten upwards. ”

"Twenty?"

"A hundred." Luo Lei Zhengse said.

Immediately, several other novice mages looked at him in surprise. After all, no matter how you look at it, those first-level spells in their hands can't turn the sky upside down.

Even if it is a more brilliant "colorful spray", it is not a trick that will be tried and tested.

And Zhao Xu, who was also squatting in the corner, looked at this group of chatting mages with a strange expression.

Even the first-level mages who graduated from the magical holy capital of Mystra did not have a clear understanding of the strength of their profession in the future, let alone other cities, no wonder the number of mages was so small.

Now the player and Arthur's local adventurer, the overlap of adventure missions is not high, so there are not many high-level mages that everyone has seen.

Even when I saw those mages throwing earth-destroying spells, I only thought it was an NPC's unique special effect.

"One against a hundred." A player mage in a blue robe said enviously, "Does TC really allow their family's game to go up to this point?" ”

"Won't the warriors and barbarians protest? Even if it is true that mages are difficult to practice in the early stages. ”

"Heh, TC can manage so much, you see so many protest posts on the forum. In particular, there are some cases of obvious violations of online game protection, such as players being captured and slaughtered, and some people have deleted the game to protest, but TC has not come out to respond. ”

"It's as if the game wasn't represented by their family."

"It's true that you say that, especially the buyout system of this game, which only relies on re-buying accounts to create high-talent characters to make money, which is indeed the opposite of TC's consistent style."

"So guess we're going to be, in fact, in a real world?" Eswig, who was sitting next to Wang Ningwei, suddenly said this.

Suddenly, the bonfire was filled with cheerful smiles, so that the people in the other bonfire couldn't help but poke their heads to see what was going on.

"Moreover, the strength of the mage is not just one or two spells thrown out, which can kill efficiently."

Suddenly, Eswig said, "You haven't discovered Arthur's character card system, health, skill bonuses, attack levels, and immunity levels all make this game itself dominated by values. ”

"So, once a mage reaches a certain point in a spell slot, they can stack these values to an unimaginable extent. At that time, there will be a scene in a traditional online game, where a high-level player lets a low-level player attack, but relying on its own numerical attributes, the high-level player has not lost blood. ”

At this time, Zhao Xu listened to Eswig's words, and couldn't help but nodded, finally saying a little right.

It's a pity that it's just a little bit.

Sure enough, the genius of the era is still trapped by the imagination of this era.

Perhaps Eswig knew that there were other aspects of mage, especially the strategic spells of flying and invisibility.

But Eswig certainly didn't expect that there was still a spell in the world called "Swift Burst", which spelled the first opportunity.

There is also the "Wings of Protection", a spell that dodges an attack, which is equivalent to conceptual defense.

In terms of defense alone, warriors are still struggling to achieve stronger armor, and mages have gone beyond "numerical defense" to the point of "conceptual defense".

After chatting for more than an hour, someone finally needed to go offline, and Wang Ningwei took the opportunity to suggest that everyone go offline and wait for tomorrow to go online.

At this time, everyone no longer had the interest of setting up tents to spend the night in the wild, so they went offline according to Wang Ningwei's suggestion.

After Zhao Xu sighed, he also stood up.

Although there will basically be no greater risk after dawn, Zhao Xu feels that it is best for him to go to the mines for this group of novices who don't know how to patrol and eliminate risks before going offline, and go to the surrounding area to explore the wind.

Antinoa only mentioned that he could only strike when these new mages were unable to defend himself against the bandits, not that he could not strike until he encountered the bandits.

Speaking of which, Zhao Xu protected the mission targets and successfully arrived at the mission location and helped them clean up the nearby Xiaoxiao, which was not considered to be a task for them.

Zhao Xu walked to the bonfire at this time, looking at the stones that were still hot and hot although they were extinguished, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Most of the people just went straight down the line by this campfire, and they didn't even think about it.

It's not impossible, but at least we have to get rid of the bonfire.

Otherwise, the two bonfires still have residual warmth, and there is no one around, everyone knows that there are Earth players offline.

If he had the intention to calculate or not, as long as there were two more people, he would be able to make a large trap around this area.

Then when these people go online the next day, they will fall into these pits in turn.

As long as Wang Ningwei and Eswig can still be cautious and stand far apart, they will not end up in the same pot if something happens.

But now that there is Zhao Xu, the problem is not so big, as long as he finds a good place to go offline, and squats in this area earlier tomorrow, it will not be a big problem.

At this time, the whole sky beside the tree-lined path was covered in a thick night, and without carrying a torch, it was impossible to see the details from a few meters away.

In the night sky, from time to time, there was one or two animal howls.

Zhao Xu didn't think much about it, and planned to do a circle around the surroundings before going offline.

He pulled some black gem powder out of his backpack, the powder he scraped off when he helped Antinoa round the black gem beads.

The black gem powder can't be sold for much money, but it is a spell material for the first-level arcane "Ebony Eye".

Zhao Xu took the gem powder and gently pressed it on his forehead, feeling the coldness of the powder, while starting to chant the spell of the spell in his mouth.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu's forehead was hot, and the original powder disappeared directly, transforming into pure energy and penetrating into Zhao Xu's eyes.

In the next moment, Zhao Xu opened his eyes again, and he directly obtained the "dark vision".

The "Ebony Eye" could not expand Zhao Xu's vision, but it could allow him to see through the darkness, even if it was created by magic.

If he had learned this spell in the first place, the dark spell unleashed by Mage Ryan would not have been able to block his vision.

The scene beside the tree-lined road became as gray as day, allowing Zhao Xu to see clearly, and he could clearly see the specific outlines of the trees and grass.

Zhao Xu can only do this, otherwise with the blessing of the invisibility technique, the light source of the torch will be invisible, but the light will not, others will see a bright light moving, and those who don't know will be scared to death.

Ordinary people, walking in this wild jungle, even if they are very courageous, can be scared to death.

However, Zhao Xu is blessed with invisibility techniques, and for other creatures, an invisible creature like him is a more terrifying existence.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu noticed a shadow flashing in a bush, even if he had dark vision, it was difficult to capture.

Immediately, Zhao Xu directly took out the "Fireball Technique Eternal Magic Stick", two shots a day, and it expired and became invalid if it was not used.

So he didn't feel distressed at all when he used it tonight.

Including his spell slot.

Zhao Xu tightened the star cloak on his body and confirmed that the functional effects of the cloak were all behind.

Step by step, he slowly approached the shadow.