The Truth of Magic

177 shadow in the night

after zhao xu caught up to them, the entire journey was very peaceful.

it was only when night fell and the three blood moons slowly rose that they stopped to set up camp.

most of the novice mages sent by the floating city to eliminate the bandits had not traveled far before.

The legends about Arthur’s wilderness were basically based on what he had seen on the forum and the descriptions of other Arthur’s Wizards.

since it was rare for them to come out this time, everyone shoveled out an open space and piled stones into the shape of a stove. then, they used flint to light up the dead branches and leaves that they had picked up around them. suddenly, a warm bonfire appeared in front of everyone.

even though the two players had logged off early, the remaining 18 players were still too close together. thus, everyone split into two groups and sat around a bonfire.

The players gathered around the bonfire and chatted about what they had seen and heard, from the mysterious Big Boss behind the floating city to the mystery of the game.

” sigh, it’s a pity that our birthplace is a little remote and we couldn’t gather with the main force. we only came out today. ” A new mage complained.

don’t think that way. If you weren’t born in Mystra, you probably wouldn’t have become a mage yet.

“I don’t think so.” the first person retorted.

“who says it’s not that bad? look at the conditions mystra has provided you with. even the mage academies in big towns can’t compare. It’s just that the various Lecture tickets and test tickets are too much of a scam. I hope that one day I have an endless supply of tickets.”

what do you guys think a powerful mage is like? ” Jiang Shan, who was standing in the corner, interrupted.

according to the speech I listened to last time, those high-circle spells are very powerful. They can’t be said to be destructive, but they’re more than enough to take on ten of them.

said a more active player, sate.

one against ten? it’s fine if other normal players say that, but you’ve been in Mystra for so long, and this is all you can say? ” Another person immediately retorted.

thunder, who was silent just now, also said, ” according to my understanding of those high level mages, I’m afraid you can increase the number to ten.

“Twenty?”

“One hundred.” Luo Lei said seriously.

Immediately, the other novice mages looked at him in surprise. after all, no matter how one looked at it, the first-level spells in their hands were not enough to overturn the heavens.

even the more outstanding ‘seven color spray’ was not a foolproof move.

zhao xu, who was also squatting in the corner, was looking at the mages who were chatting with each other with a strange expression.

even a level 1 mage who had graduated from mystra, the holy capital of magic, didn’t have a clear understanding of the future strength of his class, much less the other cities. no wonder there were so few mages.

The players and the local adventurers in Arthur did not have many overlapping adventure quests, so everyone did not see many advanced Wizards.

even when he saw the destructive spells that the mages cast, he thought that they were only special effects unique to npcs.

“One against a hundred.” A mage player wearing a blue robe said enviously, ” did TC really allow their game to go this far? ”

“Won’t the Warriors and barbarians protest? Even if it’s hard to become a mage in the early stages.”

“Heh, TC doesn’t care so much. Look at all the protest posts on the forum. “in particular, there were some cases of obvious violations of online game protection, such as players being captured and slaughtered like prisoners. some people deleted the game in protest, but tc didn’t even respond.”

” it’s as if this game isn’t their company’s agent. ”

you’re right, especially in this game where the buy-off system only allows players to buy new accounts and create characters with high talent points to make money. It’s the exact opposite of TC’s style.

so, do you think we are actually in a real world? ” Ashvich, who was sitting next to Wang Ningwei, suddenly said.

Instantly, the bonfire was filled with cheerful laughter, causing the people from the other bonfire to look over to see what was going on.

” moreover, the strength of a wizard isn’t just about casting one or two spells that can kill with high efficiency. ”

suddenly, ashvich said seriously, “you haven’t discovered arthur’s character card system, health points, skill bonuses, attack order, and immunity level. all of these make the game itself dominated by values.”

“so, once a wizard has reached a certain level in their spell slots, they can stack these values to an unimaginable level. Then, there will be a scene in traditional online games where a high-level player lets a low-level player attack him, but by relying on his own attributes, the high-level player will not lose any health.”

Zhao Xu listened to what asvich said and couldn’t help but nod. He was finally a little right.

unfortunately, it was only a little.

as expected of a genius of this era, he was still limited by the imagination of this era.

Perhaps ashvich knew that mages had other areas to expand in, especially the spells with strategic significance such as flying and invisibility.

However, ashvich would never have thought that there was a spell in the world that relied on the initiative and movement like ‘Swift burst’.

there was also the wing of protection, which could avoid an attack and was equivalent to a conceptual defense.

in terms of defense alone, warriors were still struggling to pursue stronger armors, while mages had already surpassed ‘numerical defense’ and reached the level of ‘conceptual defense’.

After chatting for more than an hour, there were finally people who needed to go offline. Wang Ningwei took the opportunity to suggest that everyone go offline together and come back online together tomorrow.

At this time, no one was in the mood to set up tents and spend the night in the wild, so they all went offline as Wang Ningwei suggested.

zhao xu sighed and then stood up.

Even though there wouldn’t be any more danger after dawn, Zhao Xu still felt that it would be best for him to help these newbies who didn’t even know how to patrol and eliminate any danger before they went offline by taking out the mines and scouting out the wind.

antonya had only requested that he only attack when the new wizards were unable to defend against the bandits, but she had never said that he couldn’t attack before the bandits appeared.

Speaking of which, Zhao Xu had protected the mission target and successfully arrived at the mission location. He had also helped them clear out the nearby thieves and Rascals, so he wasn’t really helping them complete the mission.

zhao xu walked over to the bonfire and looked at the burning stone even though it had been put out. he couldn’t help but shake his head.

Just now, most of them had logged off directly beside the bonfire without thinking.

It wasn’t impossible, but they had to at least get rid of the bonfire first.

Otherwise, with the two bonfires still warm and the empty surroundings, as long as someone passed by or had been secretly observing just now, they would know that a player from earth had gone offline.

If he had been more careful, with just two more people, he would have been able to create a large pit around this area.

Then, when these people came online the next day, they would fall into these traps one by one.

Only Wang Ningwei, asvich, and a few others could subconsciously stand far away from each other. If something happened, they wouldn’t all be killed.

but now that zhao xu was around, the problem wasn’t that big. As long as he found a good place to log off, he would be able to log in early the next morning and wait in this area. There would basically be no accidents.

at this time, the entire sky was covered by the dark night. without a torch, it was impossible to see the details of what was happening several meters away.

in the night sky, there would be one or two animal howls from time to time.

Zhao Xu didn’t think too much about it and just took out some black gemstone powder from his backpack. this was the powder that he had scraped off when he had helped antonya round the black gemstones.

the obsidian powder was not worth much, but it was a material for the first-level arcane spell, eye of ebony.

zhao xu took the gemstone powder and gently placed it on his forehead. he could feel the coldness of the powder as he started to chant a spell.

suddenly, his forehead heated up, and the powder that had been on his forehead disappeared. it turned into pure energy and seeped into zhao xu’s eyes.

The next moment, Zhao Xu opened his eyes again. He had received the darksight ability.

The eye of ebony couldn’t expand Zhao Xu’s field of vision, but it could allow him to see through the darkness, even if it was darkness created by magic.

if he had learned this spell back then, wizard ryan’s darkness spell would not have been able to block his vision.

the scenery around the tree-lined road became gray and white, allowing zhao xu to see clearly. he could see the exact outline of the trees and grass.

Zhao Xu could only do this. Otherwise, with the invisibility spell, the torch would be invisible, but the light would not. other people would see a ball of light moving, and those who didn’t know would be scared to death.

An ordinary person would be scared to walk in the jungle in the wild, even if they were very brave.

But Zhao Xu had invisibility cast on him, so to other creatures, invisible creatures like him were even more terrifying.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu noticed a shadow flash past a Bush. Even though he had night vision, he couldn’t catch it accurately.

Zhao Xu immediately took out the eternal wand for the fireball spell. He could use it twice a day anyway, and it would expire if he didn’t use it.

He had used it all tonight, but he didn’t feel the slightest heartache.

this included all his spell slots.

zhao xu tightened the star cloak around his body and touched the talisman on his chest to confirm that the functions and effects of the equipment were all there.

step by step, he slowly approached the black shadow.