The Truth of Magic

304 The spell to break the situation

After two months of contact with NPCs, the players knew that dealing with NPCs could indeed trigger a ” mission.

However, these ” quests ” were the same as the ” quests ” that the players themselves had verbally requested. There were no system mandatory requirements, and there would not be a pop-up asking whether you would accept the request of this old man to find his granddaughter.

as such, many of the players had their rewards stolen by the cunning npcs of arthur.

the complaint posts about this also became the daily posts on the forum.

after this period of education, the players had also concluded that the higher their position level and the more they were aligned with order or kindness, most of them would not refuse to accept the mission reward.

Therefore, when the members of the Adventurer’s Guild saw the gale wizard revealing his official identity, they felt as if they had stepped into a key part of Arthur’s history.

the players of winter city were still bragging about the fallen star lake. because they had changed history. In the game, everything that happened on that day would be recorded in the local Chronicles of winter city and Starfall town.

even the statues of the mysterious priest of the goddess of magic and the player starry sky reflection had been erected in starfall town.

when the other people who had come down with him heard this, they all looked at zhao xu with interest and waited for him to assign them tasks.

as the guild leader, frostsword was one of the few players present who had dealt with mystera’s officials.

he was well aware of rose cross’s position in the violence department of mystra.

when he saw zhao xu show him proof of his identity, he didn’t have any doubts at all. he immediately said respectfully, ” Mr. Gale, if there’s a need, we’ll cooperate with you.

zhao xu said politely, ” no, i’m the one who should be troubling you. it’s mainly because of some clues that made me think of a case related to demons. forgive me for not being able to disclose the details to you due to confidentiality reasons. i only hope to receive your assistance when necessary.”

After hearing Zhao Xu’s explanation, frostsword felt a lot more at ease. He knew that Rose Cross had a pretty good reputation and it wasn’t likely that they would use their power to bully them.

But now that he heard that Zhao Xu had only found the clue by chance, he realized that the clue he was referring to was the surname Errol, and this made him feel both happy and worried.

and zhao xu wasn’t lying. the seven notebooks were also related to the andy family’s demon bloodline incident. he was just giving them a heads up in case the handwriting of the notebook changed.

Mage Chen nuo asked, ” “Mr. Gale, how did the trap disappear?”

Zhao Xu replied without thinking,”this is the effect of the level 2 spell, Phantom trap.” The only use of this spell is to mislead others into thinking that there is a trap on the lock or mechanical device.”

“If you search for traps or use a trap detection spell, you will think that there is a trap. this spell could be used from door lock hinges, window buckles, cork corks, sealed covers, and even gears. but in fact, this illusion itself has no power, it’s just delaying the time for the rogues to break it. ”

“i see,” frostsword suddenly smacked his head. It was as if he was the one asking the question.

If Zhao Xu didn’t know about this, no one would have dared to activate the mechanism in this secret room.

Even frostsword couldn’t bear this responsibility.

On the forum, there were already too many players who accidentally triggered the mechanism and ended up being locked in the secret chamber. In the end, they could only commit suicide to resurrect.

Everyone listened carefully to Zhao Xu’s explanation. This was a type of risky experience in and of itself.

“But Mr. Gale, you didn’t cast the spell to dispel the illusion just now.” Chen nuo was still confused.

Zhao Xu laughed. this is a new spell that has been improved in recent years. If you cast a Phantom trap again within a 15-meter radius, it can replace the original spell. so when i saw the trap on the door disappear after i cast the spell, i was sure of this.”

in reality, zhao xu couldn’t really use his truesight spell, so he didn’t dare to say that the trap was a hundred percent fake.

the mages “own intelligence made the traps they set extremely cunning. they often took into account the various reactions of people and then targeted them.

zhao xu had once encountered wizard leo’s rune cannon tower in the buried city. wizard leo had set up a trapdoor trap so that they wouldn’t be able to retreat.

after getting zhao xu’s answer, the two rogues went up to him and took out the thin iron wire hook and other things from their backpacks. they used the disarm skill to unlock the door.

Frostsword was no longer worried, but seeing Chen nuo still frowning, he quietly walked over to him and whispered, ” “what else is strange?”

Chen nuo, on the other hand, said seriously, ” President, what do you think of the use of the ‘Phantom trap’? ”

Frostsword almost laughed out loud when he heard that. this is completely unpopular. I didn’t expect the gale mage to be able to cure it. look at the way everyone is looking at him now. he’s directly replaced you as our strongest spell consultant.”

at first, everyone thought that zhao xu only had some powerful magic equipment and didn’t dare to underestimate him.

however, the other party actually knew even low-circle spells in his heart. obviously, he was not just a second generation mage, and no one dared to underestimate his spell foundation.

when he gave his opinions on spells, even if chen nuo was the opposite, most of the people would still listen to him.

chen nuo continued, ” president, if i had left it with you, would you have prepared such an unpopular spell? That’s the second ring, not the zero ring.”

Frostsword suddenly felt a chill run down his spine and he looked at Zhao Xu’s back in disbelief. He didn’t know just who this person was.

then, the stone door was slowly pushed open. inside was an even more spacious hall. it was squarish and very empty.

the hall was four meters high and took up a large area. it would take five or six seconds to reach the other side. the walls and floor were made of the same green bricks, and the cracks were completely filled with cement. there were no cracks or abnormalities.

everyone slowly walked into the hall and couldn’t help but look around, but they couldn’t see any strange traces. this kind of room with the exact same layout was like a copy and paste, and it would greatly blur everyone’s attention.

“I’ll use the spell to detect the secret door first.” Mage Chen nuo said. At the same time, the two rogues also used their search skills to search for clues in the field.

Zhao Xu looked at Chen nuo and thought to himself that he had probably learned this spell in advance just for this.

Taking into account the time it took for the mages to learn spells, and the whole day waiting for the Association to release the mission, frostsword would have at least two to three days of blank time before he could get his hands on the map.

this also meant that the enemy might have been preparing for two or three days.

Frostsword had always been in Mystra city, guarded by magic guards and the church of the goddess, so most people would not dare to act on their own.

then, everyone began to go off the stage and used their half-baked search skills to search. the main reason was that the area of the entire field was too large, and it was difficult to continue with just two rogues.

Zhao Xu didn’t waste any more time and also used the spell detect the secret door.

this time, chen nuo didn’t suspect anything when he saw him casting the spell. it was normal for a mage to prepare a spell to detect a secret door when he was exploring the mage tower.

suddenly, zhao xu’s eyes flashed with a faint electric light. it was as if his eyes were emitting a cone of invisible light with a radius of 20 meters. in an instant, a mysterious spell energy filled the entire area in front of him.

” detect the secret door ” was a minute-level spell, and it also required ” concentration, ” which meant that he could not cast any other spells during the process.

zhao xu, who had used a special ” secret door-sensing flashlight, ” could basically tell whether there was a secret door in front of him in the first round.

then, the second round would determine the exact number of secret doors. if it existed, he would be able to analyze the situation of a secret door in the next round.

This was how he had determined that there was a secret door behind the demonic altar in the underground city. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to search for the trap at the altar.

Zhao Xu would switch to a different area every six seconds, and basically, any secret door, secret room, or cellar would be exposed to this spell.

this was also the powerful effect of divination-type detection spells.

Suddenly, as Zhao Xu was looking around, he stopped in his tracks and looked straight ahead.

the others had already listened to chen nuo’s explanation of the principles behind the spells when they first started to go through the risky strategy. they all knew that zhao xu had gained something from this, so they immediately turned their attention to the area in front of him that he was looking at.

After a while, Zhao Xu raised his hand and pointed at a spot on the floor in the corner of the hall five meters away. He said, ” “it’s here,”

The two rogues quickly walked forward and lay down on the floor tiles that Zhao Xu was pointing at. Then, they tapped the floor lightly and carefully checked the situation around them. They shook their heads and said, ” there’s no reply? i don’t see any cracks in the secret door?”

At this moment, Chen nuo also looked over and said, ” ” i saw it too. there’s a door. it should be a cellar. ”

However, after receiving the feedback from the activation, he had a troubled look on his face.’I have to drip the blood of a direct descendant of the Errol family on it to remove the seal. otherwise ...”

“Otherwise what?” frostsword said nervously.

Errol’s descendant had long since died and was buried on the spot, so there was no blood to be collected at this time.

“This brick has a sensing spell on it, and only the blood of the family can block it. It’s not that we can’t use brute force to break the bricks, but if we don’t balance the force, the mechanism above will be activated, and the deep well we came down from will fall and be sealed.” chen nuo was stunned as he spoke of the feedback from the detection spell.

for a moment, everyone who heard this felt that it was extremely troublesome.

Frostsword had not expected such a magical spell to exist. If the entire floor tile was not destroyed with a uniform amount of force, it would trigger a trap.

A rogue who had done engineering said, ” if it was on earth, we could still use impact drilling to crush it evenly.

don’t be silly, there really is. You can’t move the well down in this place. another player retorted.

frostsword, on the other hand, took a deep breath and frowned at the scene. it was obvious that the mage had prevented them from using their heavy hammers to smash the ground open.

“is there any spell that can achieve this?” the poet, kelu, asked. he was also considered a skilled player.

” that’s not right. i heard that you mages have a very famous set of spells,’stone to mud’? ” One of the soldiers asked.

” that’s a fifth-circle spell, and it’s only effective on natural stones. this is a stone with magic, so it’s useless. ” Chen nuo said helplessly.

upon hearing this, everyone understood that even the wind mage behind them would not be able to deal with this.

But Zhao Xu was having a headache.

He wasn’t having a headache over how to crack this trap, but how could he explain to everyone that he had specially prepared such an extremely unpopular non-core spell when he took out his spell to solve the problem?

zhao xu could only let out a sigh. if the players in the outside world knew that there was a way to cast spells as they pleased, then the wizard class would probably go crazy.