Fourth, Sura Old Knowledge
Since the war in Tyre, Muhati has been eager to improve his strength. In his heart, he thought that this would prevent him from being in danger again, so that he could avoid being controlled by the primordial warlock.
After the collapse of the Three Witch Kings' coalition forces, it seems that there is no direct threat to Tyr. Despite his disadvantages in the past, Tessian's political skills and military abilities were top-notch, and he quickly restored the smooth flow of trade routes in the chaos of the post-war period. Shatiri and Ricas, with Ekis overseeing his actions as a member of parliament. Muhadi felt that staying in Tyre at this stage should not be dangerous. At least no more dangerous than the vast unfamiliar area of Attas.
After leaving the guild, Muhati began to think about the question, does Atki have a hotel for people to stay? There doesn't seem to be much of an outsider here, so he can't set up a tent himself.
Most of Atki City is buried underground, and naturally there is not much light, which may not be a big problem for psychic magicians, but it is worthy of fame for ordinary people. Therefore, the ordinary people living in this city are generally used to spend the night in camps set up on the surface.
As he walked, Muhadi kept an eye on the buildings in Atki City. On both sides of the narrow underground tunnel, there are some cave-like houses for human habitation, most of which are abandoned, but there are also some traces of human habitation. After a long time, he saw a strange building, which seemed to be a shop, with many strange objects in the display window, but it had no signboard and no one greeted it.
The Psychic Wizard walked inside the building and was immediately attracted by the array of displays. There are all sorts of strange crystals, human skin decorations, and some equipment of unknown use. With a variety of goods blocking the view, Muhadi saw the smoke first, and then the shopkeeper in the innermost part of the room, lying on his side on a stack of soft cushions.
The shopkeeper was a bearded old man, wearing a huge wrap around his head, wearing a loose robe of ordinary style, holding a hookah in one hand and a comfortable side with the other. Opposite the merchant was a tall Muor, muscular and terrifying.
"Muscle Daddy?" Muhati said in disbelief as he recognized the man's thoughts swinging.
"Who?!" the sturdy Moorish man heard someone calling him, and immediately turned his head and glanced around exaggeratedly. "Where are you? Why can't I see it!"
Then the man lowered his head, "It's you!
Dahan's joy was heartfelt, and he hugged Muhadi. "But you're too short, and that's the same as before. Then he took one of Muhadi's hands, "There is no muscle in his arm." Do you want to disguise yourself as a woman and sell meat for a living?"
Muhadi's size is standard, but it is naturally far inferior to the Muir who have dwarven blood. The Muir are half-human, half-dwarf hybrids, taller than normal humans, and have inherited the strength and strength of the dwarves, making them the best candidates for gladiators. The Moor, known as Muscle Daddy, was once a gladiator in Yurik City, but he had long since been freed and had ventured with Muhadi.
"I thought you were killed by ants. Muhadi greeted the other man, "It seems that you are too big for the ants to bear." β
"Well," Muscle Daddy slapped his thigh exaggeratedly, "it's sad to say, but I've been caught by a horde of Ant-Man, and they really want to eat me." But the Ant-Man who dared to bite me rolled all over his body, convulsed and died. Looks like I'm too poisonous for them!"
"What about your companion?" Muhati said, referring to Daddy's fellow adventurer.
"Oh, they didn't come this time, this time I'm on an adventure with another group of people, and we're buying psionic items in Atki. Muscle Daddy didn't hide it and explained straightforwardly. "Where's your wife? β
"She's staying near Tyre, and she's not my wife. β
"Unfortunately, she's pretty. You should beat her harder, ride her more, and turn her into your wife. Otherwise, you should stay away and don't delay her time. The Moors sighed.
"Are you still going to buy this crystal?" said the merchant who was lying on his side. "Don't waste my time!"
Muhadi was taken aback, because his voice did not come from the merchant's mouth. In fact, the merchant lying on his side did not move at all, and did not even open his lips at all.
"I bought it!" replied the Moors, "this, this, this and this." I pay with the best lizard skins. β
"I don't take lizard skins. If you have skin, I might as well consider it. This time Muhadi observed, and the voice came from a jewel ornament worn around the merchant's neck.
Muhadi now had a much better understanding of psionic powers, and he immediately recognized the effects of this ability. The change of state can transform a psyker into any monster, or even any inanimate object. If you become a monster, you can have various abilities of a monster, such as turning into an eye demon to use an anti-magic force field, and if you become a normal animal, you can even mate and give birth to normal offspring. Turning into an inanimate object can be unlimited in size and type, such as an ornament or a weapon, no problem.
It turned out that this gemstone ornament worn around his neck was the body of this merchant psychic warlock, and this bearded old man was just a spokesperson who used his psionic energy to control zhì. Although it is strange, Muhathir is not unheard of the saying that "psychic warlocks are not human, and it is easy to get on the road with a bag". Turning into a gem form is not affected by many magical effects, such as drowsiness, charm, blindness, etc., and fire, strong acid, and sound waves cannot damage specially enhanced gems. Some psychic warlocks who often fight mages are accustomed to turning into objects rather than living forms in battle, relying entirely on psionic powers to perceive the world and communicate with the outside world. However, it was the first time Muhadi had seen a psychic warlock who usually maintained this appearance.
"Don't want lizardskins?!!," the Moors shouted, "we have amber coins, but they're minted in different city-states, do you want them?"
The merchants bargained with the Murs again, and Muhati seized the effort to appreciate the goods.
Here is a book with a variety of tattoo designs for people to choose from. These tattoos are infused with psionic powers that can help draw them to their owners.
Muhadi browsed the introduction in the book, and the spirit pattern here can create effects similar to the abilities "Shock Wave" and "Energy Beam", as long as the owner has a thought, he can provoke an attack, once a day, which is quite practical.
There are also round gems, which are displayed in glass-topped display cases, which are also very practical equipment. These gems can be used in the same way as psionic crystals, creating one ability at a time. Brain-locked gems can be targeted by their wielder at any target, as long as they are within a 130-foot field of view. If the target's will is not enough to resist, the pearl will have an effect on the target, temporarily paralyzing them as if they are locked on.
The Plague of Breath gem can prevent any enemy within 150 feet of the will to resist from breathing, which is equivalent to the Plague of Breath ability. The Personality Parasitic Gem works by means that an intelligent creature around the Manifester is able to transform into a human being in a short period of time. The brave can become timid, the conservative can become aggressive, and when used at the right time, this gemstone can work wonders.
As for boots, masks, and so on, there are countless here. Muhati picked and chose and observed for a long time, and finally picked a time boot and a crystal heart mask. The boots were made of fine lizard skin, with a lining made of sand eagle fluff. It is exquisitely crafted and has metal spikes on the soles of the boots, making it very strong and durable. Along the way from Tyre to Atki, Muhadi realizes that many psionic abilities are not as useful as a good pair of boots, and that the worst enemies in the desert are not the Witch King and the Templars, but most of the time the endless desert itself. So make up your mind to buy a pair of incomparable boots to match your identity.
In addition, adding boots at this time can also excite once a day and add time to the effect, which can be worth a few dollars. The time plus ability of psionic energy is not as exaggerated as the mage's time stop ability, but it can also add the user to a state where the world seems to be suspended. It's still useful when fighting.
As for the mask, there is a lizardskin note on the hook that says it can resist a certain level of psychic attack. However, the telemancer also took a fancy to it because the pattern of this mask was the most beautiful, and it had the air of a work of art. He tried to put the mask on his face, and it automatically resized and clung to the skin on Muhadi's face.
It's great, Muhadi thought, and it's useful.
"How much money are you willing to give me to dispose of this garbage?" Muhati asked the merchant.
The bearded merchant immediately threw down the muscular father, "Time plus boots 21,600 calamity coins, that mask is considered a good addition, and you will be charged 22,000 calamity coins." "To clarify, the standard price of time plus boots in EPH is 432oo gold coins, and Atas has several times the purchasing power of metal coins due to the lack of metal.
"What?" Muhati wondered what the Doom Coin was.
"Disaster Coins, don't you know?" the bearded merchant shook his head, "It looks shrewd, but it turns out to be a paddler again." β
"Calamity coins are gold coins, Barley. For the price here, I ask you to pay me 19,000 gold coins, or 15,000 Yuric gold coins, or 12,000 Ankara gold coins, or the equivalent in other currencies. I want any gold, and if you want to have MΓΆbius coins, magnet coins, or heaven coins, I will also take them. The merchant looked at Muscle Daddy and added. "I don't take amber coins!"
The amber mouhati knew what it was, it was an alloy of gold and silver, minted by some merchant families and small city-states themselves. Many merchants did not accept it as a means of payment at all, and the common people mostly saw it as a pretty trinket, rather than a coin. Here's why: it's too easy to fake. Most people simply don't see the ratio of gold and silver blending, and the difference between an 80 percent silver amber coin and an 80 percent gold amber coin is too great.
"What?" Muscle Daddy's eyes widened in anger. "How dare you not take Lao Tzu's money?"
"You can use it if you want. "The Psychic Warlock Merchant does not eat the threat of warriors at all. "But it can only be regarded as the equivalent of silver coins!" and the muscle daddy quarreled again.
Muhati was taken aback, he had divided up a large amount of spoils of war after the war, and the water plant had made money for himself, but the two together would never have been able to come up with more than 10,000 gold coins. According to the conversion standard, one gold coin of Tyr can be used for one and a half gold coins of Ulric, and the money on Muhadi is only a few thousand at most.
"More than 10,000 gold coins, that weigh dozens of pounds. Muhadi picked up his boots and shook them in between the quarrels between the merchants and the Muer warriors, "I don't think this thing weighs more than a pound." Its price is dozens of times higher than that of the same weight of gold?"
"You can't eat gold, you can't wear it. If it weren't for the fact that the fools like gold, these metals wouldn't be of any use to my ass. Boots make you at least a little more comfortable to wear. The bearded merchant replied as he argued with the muscular daddy. His voice is psionic and can converse with two or more people at the same time.
"It's too expensive, can I pay for it with something else?" said Mohamadi said.
"What can you have?" the bearded merchant squinted.
"Memory, can it be done?" Muhadi tentatively asked, what do psychic warlocks want money for, they should be interested in something strange.
"What memory do you have, worth more than 10,000 gold coins?" said the merchant again.
"I went to the depths of the desert some time ago and had an amazing adventure, and I can show you. You yourself say whether it's worth the price or not. β
"What if I read it and say it's not worth it?
"Then I'll consider myself unlucky. Muhadi said lightly.
The bearded merchant nodded, "Then open your heart, you can block the rest of the body and only expose that experience." β
Muhadi met the Primordial Warlock in the desert, but he still didn't remember the details. The Magician had locked up that memory, and no one, not even Muhati himself, could meet it. So the Psychic Warlock now asks this merchant to try it and see how he reacts.
"Hehe, I'll take a look. The bearded merchant happily unfolded his psionic tentacles and came into contact with Muhadi's mind. "Let me find, desert ......"
Ahh The gemstone ornament he was wearing around his neck snapped, and two splintering lines appeared. Then he froze, motionless.
Muhadi didn't know how the primordial warlock used to seal his memory, but it was obviously quite violent. This not weak psychic merchant was obviously shocked, so much so that he lost control of that body.
Muhadi put away his mask and boots, walked around the shop again, saw some equipment, knew it was good, and accepted it. At the end, he left a dollar and said to the muscular daddy, "Take what you want to buy, let's go." β
"Good means!" the Muorish warriors exclaimed. "How often do you play this hand?"
"I've played it once or twice. Mohamadi modestly explained. "He's just amnesiac, but he's not dead. I can recover in a while, let's go. β
The two of them fled in a puff of smoke, and when they fled back to the surface. "Why did you get to Atki?"
"I have a mission, a task from the Council of Tyre. In addition, I want to come here to increase my knowledge. Muhadi replied. "And what about you? What are you buying?"
"Warrior equipment, the best goods!" the muscular daddy slammed into the chest. "Daddy is going to join the army to fight!"
"What, you're going to join the army?" Muhati was amused. "Didn't you take risks everywhere, why did you join the army?"
"When he hears danger, the boy will run away, and the man will run!" said the stout Moor, boasting, "Daddy, I am the man of men, and I am a danger to myself." β
"Then you don't have to buy so much, do you?" The Moorish man took a lot of equipment from the store, at least a few dozen, and he would never use it alone.
"I'm going to open a mercenary group now! There are hundreds of them! These equipment make my boys a hundred times more powerful!"
"I see. β
"There's only one problem, all my ex-employer gave me was amber coins, which were hard to spend. The muscular daddy scratched his bald head and said worriedly.
"I'll show you a way to identify the gold and silver content of these amber coins. "Muhadi sued the Mur gladiators. "The next time you make a big deal, find a water tank, pour water, record the water level, then pour all your amber coins into it, and record the rising water level. Then you will know the total volume of the money, and then weigh the money, and you will be able to calculate the proportion of gold and silver. β
The Moorish waved his hand, "It's too troublesome, I don't understand." Why don't you follow our mercenary group and act together, and next time there is a big deal, you go and count the money!"
The Psychic Warlock laughed. "I'm going back to Tyre, but I can't walk around. Where are you going to go?
"Go to Ram, it's close to Tyre. β
Ram's Witch King is Abella Chili, the plague god of the orcs, and Muhati thinks that although she has not participated in the previous Witch King Alliance, her attitude towards Tyr is definitely not friendly. Muscle Daddy said that he was going to join the army with the mercenary group, could it be to join Ram's army?
"You're going to join the Witch King's army?" said Muhadi with a laugh, "Does Ram also want to attack Tyre?
"Attack Tyr?" Instead, the muscle daddy was taken aback. "How is that possible!"
"Aren't you the Tyre, haven't you heard that Tyr knows a weapon of murder that can make the witch king insane and kill each other?" "And there are rumors everywhere that the mortal has appeared in Tyre. Although he didn't know where he went after that, but now everyone knows that Tyr has a cover, where does the witch king dare to attack?"
What a mess of the mortals? Muhadi asked, "In that case, what are you doing in Ram?
"Beware of the Tyr's calling!" asked Muscle Daddy in disbelief. "Do you really not know, or are you pretending to be stupid and lying to me? You Councillor Rikas in Tyre have called for jihad to carry the revolution to the end. He will not stop until he kills the last witch king. Now the witch kings are worried that one day Tyr's holy war army will be killed at their doorstep, so they are all recruiting. β
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