The Truth of Magic

287 Chapter 286

After Zhao Xu was done, he put away his dagger and didn’t say anything more. He just turned around and left.

ever since the fall of nairo, the god of death, the land of the sleeping had been divided into half bitwalls and floated in the astral world. for thousands of years, edmund might not be the only one who came here, but the total number of people would definitely not exceed two digits.

After Zhao Xu left, this place would be sealed up by the wizard Association for good. They would use their own methods to restrict the existence of the compressed divinity.

until the gods personally took action.

It was easy to imagine that no one would come here for the next thousands of years, let alone see the line of words that Zhao Xu had left.

This was also the reason why Zhao Xu had specially left a message with the God of Slaughter.

at this moment, zhao xu was feeling a little emotional as he wondered how that “edmund” had managed to get a divinity.

as a prisoner who had been locked up for more than ten years, even if he had not given up hope and still insisted on training his body in prison, he was at best at the level of a level one or two warrior. even so, he was still able to find the divinity that was guarded by many layers in the kingdom of the dead, and finally successfully break out of the prison to become the god of slaughter.

Zhao Xu was thinking about this as he slowly walked down the stairs.

Having played many Triple-A games, he knew that the first thing to do when entering a strange place was to check the inventory first. Only then could he ensure the safety of the area he was in.

at this time, it was chaotic outside. even if he made a sound, it would not attract any attention for a while.

When everything went silent, even the slightest sound could attract the attention of the undead creatures.

“yiya,” With a loud bang, Zhao Xu stepped on the wooden stairs that had some signs of corrosion. It was as if he had stepped on nothing and his entire foot had sunk in.

He immediately froze, and at the same time, his eyes vigilantly looked ahead at the darkness. Compared to the second floor, which still had a window that allowed light to pass through, there seemed to be no windows below. It was completely dark.

however, even though zhao xu’s darksight and undead shroud had been dispelled after he touched the statue, undead creatures had the ability to see in the dark, so he could still see in the dark.

After a while, Zhao Xu saw that there wasn’t anything out of the ordinary, so he continued walking down.

In fact, there were also many strange sounds of running and hitting outside the building, so it was not strange that it covered his voice.

So, Zhao Xu didn’t think that there were no undead creatures on the first floor. Instead, he continued to be on high alert.

When he reached the last level and turned around to face the main hall below, Zhao Xu’s entire body froze.

In the center of the hall in front of him, there were more than 20 undead creatures as if they were hanging in the air. Their feet didn’t touch the ground, and their upper bodies were barely human while their lower bodies were virtual. Their facial features were extremely distorted with pale eyes and they were mumbling to themselves.

Especially with his night vision, he could only see completely black and white scenes. Even Zhao Xu was shocked by this horror-like scene.

However, he was also half an undead creature at the moment and could be considered the ‘same kind’ as the other party, so he suppressed his fear.

zhao xu gently took a step forward.

suddenly, a series of ” grumbling and painful ” sounds entered his ears. it was like some kind of mental attack, constantly attacking his willpower.

but in the land closest to his soul, zhao xu’s undead characteristic divine power was still tightly protecting it.

Adventurer zhongxia, possesses undead characteristics, immune to hypnosis.

zhao xu knew that he had almost been hit just now, and he stopped in his tracks.

he immediately used his knowledge (religion) skill to search for the undead creatures in front of him.

“Master, this is a ‘vengeful spirit’,” Lacus, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up. At the same time, she told Zhao Xu everything she knew about wraiths.

and zhao xu was also cross-checking with the information he had retrieved.

Zhao Xu didn’t know if he was lucky or not, but he only ran into a vengeful spirit that only had a challenge rating of Level 3.

Arthur’s ” monsters ” had their own system. For example, if a level 1 Ghoul wanted to evolve further, it would have to increase its health dice or choose a secondary profession level.

for example, the ancient dragons were level 19 warlocks, so they could continue to multi-profession as warlocks, raise their warlock level, and even become legendary warlocks.

at the same time, there was another route, which was ” template. ” monsters and adventurers could be equipped with ” templates. ”

Among the undead creatures, except for a few standard monsters such as ” ghouls ” and ” mummies, ” they were basically carved from the same board.

the other group were undead creatures with templates such as skeletons, zombies, liches, and ghosts. many of them were professionals before they died, so their ability level and strength fluctuated greatly.

Some of the ” Templates “, such as ” skeleton “, inherited very few abilities from their previous life, while ” Lich ” and ” specter ” could inherit most of their previous abilities.

that was why ghostly sorcerers and lich mages were the most terrifying existences among the undead creatures.

The ” vengeful spirit ” that Zhao Xu was facing right now was a standard undead creature, and the only thing that had a lower challenge rating than it was a Ghoul.

there was a look of hesitation in his eyes. generally speaking, the formation of undead creatures in the standard system had a lot to do with the cause of death in front of them.

The rumors of ghouls were at most transformed from the corpses of people who had overindulged themselves or done too many bad things.

wraiths were spirits that committed suicide after being driven mad. they only wanted to take revenge on the person who forced them into a dead end, even if they couldn’t cause any real harm.

The hypnosis that Zhao Xu had been immune to just now was the effect of the other party’s supernatural ability.

Anyone who stepped within 20 meters of the Wraith would be attacked by the mumbling.

If he did not pass the will immunity test, he would be affected by the level 1 spell ” hypnotism ” for several rounds.

However, ” hypnosis ” itself was an element spell of ” coercion ” among the confusion and control spells, so it was directly immune to the undead creatures that were immune to affecting the mind.

This was also the reason why the 20 vengeful spirits were able to coexist peacefully in mid-air without hypnotizing each other.

this also allowed zhao xu to dodge this attack. this was also one of the effects of his undead characteristic. the undying shroud from before didn’t make him immune to this effect that affected his mind.

If Zhao Xu hadn’t been paying attention at that time and attracted the attention of the 20 wraiths, he would have had to take on 20 mumbling attacks at the same time.

Only when he successfully got immune once would he be immune to this supernatural ability for 24 hours.

and the problem returned to the beginning.

For example, the Level 4 wizard spell ” corpse control ” could also summon template undead creatures such as zombies and skeletons.

The level 6 spell, ” summon the dead, ” could summon standard undead creatures such as ” ghouls, ” ” mummies, ” and ” demonic corpses.

Vengeful spirits themselves were too unpopular, and their cause of death was also very harsh. Most of them were naturally formed, and there would not be more than 20 of them appearing here so suddenly.

even though this was the land of the sleeping, it was the same.

At this moment, Zhao Xu’s gaze turned to the wall at the edge. He suddenly noticed the reason for the lack of light here. The places where the doors and windows used to be were all nailed shut by wooden boards, and not a single ray of light could pass through the windows.

And most of the wooden boards were carved with mysterious spells to dispel the undead, even though Zhao Xu didn’t think that they would be of any use at all.

but when he thought about the characteristics of this city, he suddenly felt a sense of irony.

but immediately, zhao xu felt the back of his head go numb.

bloody handprints suddenly appeared on the sealed wooden boards and floor, as if an invisible creature was gradually imprinting them.

zhao xu almost decided to use his ” fireball first if you can’t make up your mind ” strategy, but in the end, he saw the bloody handprints fade away one by one.

“This is the scene of the tragedy?” Zhao Xu couldn’t help but ask Lux in his mind.

“Hehe, master, it seems like the ‘land of the sleeping’ has disappeared for too long, and even you mages have forgotten its name. Master, do you think this city appeared out of nowhere?” Said Lux.

Zhao Xu started to recall the entire view of the town he had seen in the tunnel.

the entire town looked as if it had been swept by a sandstorm, and every part of it was covered in yellow dirt.

But Zhao Xu suddenly remembered something and couldn’t help but say, ” the style of many buildings isn’t actually the same. It’s like they were forcefully pieced together.

that’s right, master. The land of the sleeping is a city dominated by the god of death, Nairo. It’s a city that gathered most of the deathtraps in Arthur where most of the undead creatures had erupted.

“That’s why it’s also called the city of Terror. the house you’re looking at is numbered: low-0365, the missing visitor’s cabin.”

“there was once a group of tourists who were kidnapped by a group of teenagers when they were playing. in the end, they were brutally executed. The place where it happened was in this originally dilapidated house. After the incident, the house was haunted.”

later, the priests and believers of death arrested the few perpetrators and locked them up in this house. They even nailed all the doors and windows. Then, they launched a ritual, which caused this house to appear in anta city.

after hearing lux’s explanation, zhao xu finally understood what had happened. he looked at the vengeful spirits floating above the hall and thought that the murderers were probably here as well.

But Zhao Xu started to focus on listening to what the 20 wraiths were saying to themselves.

there were all kinds of voices, and the content was complicated. when an ordinary person heard a few sentences, not to mention the influence of ” hypnosis, ” just the messy content itself was enough to give them a headache.

after a while, zhao xu opened his left eye, which had been closed together with him just now. only his right eye, which had the power to sense death, was still closed.

“lacus, i’m afraid there’s more to what happened back then.”