Chapter 399: Black Market
Zhao Xu directly took out a letter with a red clay seal from his arms, revealing the magic mark on it.
"Mystra Mage Society, assigned to station." As he spoke, he showed off his mage badge in passing.
"Hand it over." The captain of the guard said with a heavy face.
As a gatekeeper of the city, he himself was trained in the interpretation of documents, and he was able to roughly identify the seals of ordinary official documents.
But this kind of related to magical forces can't help but be careless.
He even considered whether to call the mage, who was resting in the attic by the city gate, to come and check it.
Zhao Xu's letter itself was not forged, and he handed it over generously.
And after the guard looked at it several times, he still didn't have the courage to open the red mud and inspect it, so he handed it back and let the two of them into the city.
The two of them in front of them were dressed in traditional mage attire, wrapping themselves tightly as if their exposed skin would be burned by the air.
If it weren't for the fact that they received an order to investigate it strictly in the early morning, he would not dare to ask too many questions when he encountered these spell casters, so he would have been directly relieved.
It really annoyed those noble mages, and the city guards would not take the initiative to stand up for a little person like him.
This is also the survival experience of the vast Northern Alliance guards.
"Just because we're dressed like this, we don't have to ask at all?"
If it was an abyss of utter chaos, Vivien would not be surprised to encounter such a situation, there was no order in itself.
But now, just because the two of them were wearing the magic robes dressed as mages, and at the same time handed out a letter, it was somewhat unexpected for them to succeed in the level so easily.
The "culprit" who made the atmosphere of the entire town was solemn, but he was standing in front of this guard.
"That's natural, we've been refraining from using melee abilities at the time, and the other party thinks at best that it's another or even a small group of fighters with excellent combat power to attack and kill, or even some kind of mysterious monster."
"Naturally, I can't suspect the two of us mages." Zhao Xu explained.
In last night's battle, Zhao Xu and Vivian can be said to have almost run out of oil.
Those cavalry were not at all the bandits of the ordinary stragglers they had encountered.
Completely from the regular army, from the unified training norms, to the momentum and combat skills of the collective charge.
Zhao Xu was sure at a glance that the other party was definitely from the regular army of the Northern Alliance.
Although it was not the most elite of the Brilliant Knights in the capital, Zhao Xu also recognized the similarities in its training.
It means that the basket he poked was not small, and thinking that he still had to work in the Mage Association of the Northern Alliance, Zhao Xu felt that it was better for him to hide it honestly.
Moreover, the other party obviously saw that he and the others could fly without wings, and it was likely that they were the three-ring mages, so they refused to talk about it properly, and it was completely to the point that they would be killed when they came up.
It was revealed that the corpses that had been turned into skeletons hanging from the sky in the lair, as well as the five brass treasure chests in total, were not small.
It was enough for them to suppress the fear of the mage in their hearts.
Especially in the end, the two young men with extraordinary backgrounds sacrificed several powerful magic items.
Zhao Xu didn't want to cause trouble, so he took the three treasure chests recovered by the other party.
He didn't take the rest of the magic items that the other party used.
Sometimes, if you take away some magic items from adventurers from big clans, and don't get rid of them in time, you are likely to be located and traced back afterwards.
At this time, Zhao Xu couldn't help but look back at the blue sky in the distance.
"Is there anything unusual?" At this time, Vivien was also wearing a slender robe, and she also deliberately covered her cloak and covered with a scarf to hide her outstanding and bewitching appearance.
Approaching 30 charm points and matching a look that conforms to human aesthetics is completely killing, and it can only be covered up like this at present.
"Nothing." Zhao Xu smiled.
I have the impression that in the next few years, there will be a big event in Zhenyu City.
It probably has something to do with the "Divine Breath" that destroyed the entire Twilight Forest five years later, right?
Immediately, Zhao Xu had a headache, and he was not nearby at that time, and he didn't know much about the falling object that fell from the sky and destroyed the entire forest and several small towns.
I just heard that at that time, countless adventurers flocked to explore the mysterious fortress that fell from the sky to the ground.
"Vivien, you really don't?" Zhao Xu asked.
Vivien immediately shook her head, "I have my own restrictions on the use of magical items, and I can only use those very special equipment. ”
Among the five brass treasure chests, the first Zhao opened the "Power Rune Staff".
The second treasure chest, he opened the "Warrior Monk's Belt".
As for the remaining three treasure chests, the secret runes involved are much more complicated, and Zhao Xu's three-ring "Lifting Magic" is not powerful enough to be forcefully lifted.
For a while, he could only rely on the powerful mental arithmetic ability of 28 intelligence to crack the arcane code above.
However, Zhao Xu estimated the scale of the calculation, and it didn't take a few days to open it and take out the contents inside.
And the "warrior monk's belt" in the second treasure chest looks extremely ordinary, just a thick rope.
Tied to Zhao Xu's underwear and pants, he didn't feel anything, and he didn't have the cool feeling of the magic item itself at all.
Moreover, this magic item is only sold for about 13,000 gold coins on the market, which is not a rare treasure.
Wearing the Monk's Belt strengthens the Monk's abilities.
Like Zhao Xu, who does not have the rank of a warrior monk, he can strengthen his perception and evasion ability in defense like a level 5 warrior monk, and at the same time get good unarmed damage.
Warrior monks are the archetypal exponents of empty-handed combat, and they have a unique sixth sense to dodge attacks.
This is reflected in the fact that the Perception modifier stacks on defense in the same way that Agility does.
At this moment, he is walking on the street, and he seems to be able to see the rhythm of the movements of pedestrians in his mind.
Zhao Xu's defense ability on the character card panel has also been increased by 2nd level (perception), reaching the level of 20th level.
They are Tier 10 (Basic), Tier 6 Armor (High Mage Armor), Tier 1 Agility, Tier 2 Luck (Strength Rune Staff), Tier 2 Perception (Warrior Monk's Belt), and -1 (Defect).
If he stacks up shield spells on himself, he can even go up to level 24.
It's just that after Zhao Xu saw Vivian's "+2 Floating Mirror Reflection" big steel shield, he had already realized a point that he had neglected.
He can't wear armor because it has an arcane failure rate.
But he will not lose money by carrying a shield like this.
Because the enchantment effect can be stacked on it, especially as long as it is paired with the "floating" effect of +2 value, he can free his hands without affecting the casting action, and the rest can naturally be combined with other enchantments.
An adventurer who assembles two round shields can't improve much defense because of the cumbersomeness, but it means that he has an extra defensive shield that can be enchanted, which naturally has an additional enchantment effect.
Vivien's side can reverse the spell effect "Mirror Reflection" enchantment once a day, and as long as you have money, whoever brings it will not suffer.
Even if you are not careful, you can reflect the "death finger" and kill the enemy mage.
"President, where do we go now? Straight to Wintertown? Vivien asked.
"No, let's go down to the black market." Zhao Xu smiled.
"Black market?"
In his previous life, Zhao Xu's net worth was not rich, and he hadn't even seen the famous "black market" in Zhenyu City, which was said to contain countless underground transactions of magic items.
This time it was rare, so he naturally had to purchase a few pieces.
Assisting the temple in trapping the succubus and helping Wang Ningwei and Eswig escape from the half-plane, he did get a fortune of gold coins.
In addition, Antinoya saw that she was far away, and she also gave him a living allowance for the members of the "Final Scroll", as well as a "condolence money" for her sympathy for Zhao Xu's poverty.
Now that Zhao Xu buys one or two magic items, it is not a big problem.
"Go to the black market and see if there's a magic item for you." Zhao Xu said.
"Last night's battle?" Vivien felt a hint of self-reproach.
"It's okay, I do need to add some magic equipment."
Zhao Xu sighed, he had realized that Vivian, as a succubus, was not a natural warrior like other demons.
Her attacks are limited, and the spell-like abilities she has mastered are all supportive, which is why "Hint" and "Advanced Teleportation" are somewhat useful.
The rare supernatural ability of oneself can suck out the "energy absorption" ability of other people's level, and it is also by "kissing" or "forcibly grabbing".
Now, as a noble paladin, Vivien naturally can't do this kind of behavior.
This ability has also become half-useless.
And Zhao Xu's own spell position is also a big problem.
After the strength is high, he, the existence with the most spell slots among the players, is also a little unable to keep up at this time.
That's why he went to fight that lair yesterday, and he had no choice but to convert his spell ability into melee ability.
This time he went to the black market, and he also wanted to see if he could find the "Wizard's Ring".
This magic item can double the innate spell position of a certain ring of the mage, and it just so happened that after Zhao Xu sold the invisible ring in exchange for the ownership of the mage tower, his finger was empty.
"Wait a minute, I'll take you to the black market, you communicate with me with your heart throughout the whole process, and avoid opening." Zhao Xu commanded.
"Okay." Vivien immediately got into the rhythm.
"That place, there are a lot of rules." Zhao Xu sneered, "I'll talk to you slowly later." ”
In his previous life, Zhao Xu learned the rules of the black market of the Northern Alliance, but in the end he didn't use it, which is also a kind of black humor.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but have a little headache.
From his parents to Zheng Xinyun, Wang Ningwei, Esweig, Zhang Qi and others, once he encounters a suitable magic item, he has to pay attention to finding one for the other party.
It's a pity that the harvest capital of his Mithril Mine in Falling Star Lake is still in the church of Winter City at this time, and has not yet been officially collected.
Zhao Xu, who originally belonged to the top few wealthy players, suddenly felt the ruthlessness from life.