The Truth of Magic

Chapter 220: Picking up Leaks in the Market (13)

Zhao Xu, who walked out of the tavern slowly, couldn't help but weigh the bag of coins in his hand.

Those five players who were greedy for him probably really have a deal to do today, otherwise they wouldn't have packed a whole bag of coins on purpose.

Na Wolan did not lie, the bag of coins in Zhao Xu's hand was worth nearly a thousand gold coins.

However, it contained a platinum coin worth ten gold coins, with a total of about several hundred pieces.

Generally, this kind of currency is only used by caravans, and it is a "golden ticket" that is guaranteed by the magic association or the temple.

It's just that Zhao Xu hasn't seen this stuff before.

When Zhao Xu walked on the familiar "walking street" again, he was still thinking about the scene that just happened in his mind.

In the Floating Void City, the average intelligence of those high-level mages is above 20+, and even his mentor Antinoya is still a 50+ existence, so there is basically no room for him to develop.

So in many cases, Zhao Xu simply learned passively, and sometimes he thought too much and was easily educated.

But when he came to this "Winter City", he couldn't help thinking carefully about his every step, just like the escort experience in the Tianbei Business League before.

Sometimes, if there is one missing link in thinking, it means that everything is wrong.

It stands to reason that the "star cloak" he is wearing cannot be recognized by the other party, but they may guess that it is a magic item.

And the "+1 Nether" scythe on his back, because of the looming characteristics of Nether itself, it is easy to observe that it is a magic weapon.

However, the characteristic of "Ghost" is good at fighting ghosts, and it is free to fight players.

At this time, Zhao Xu had already realized that he acted "recklessly" this time.

Since then, the bartender in the tavern refused to pay any attention to him. He should realize that he is a foreigner to this "Winter City".

He is a "black household" who has no resident certificate and has not paid any city entry tax.

So he disappeared suddenly, and even the city guards and the entire security system didn't even know that there was such a thing.

Especially since the players themselves act as projections, they don't even need to deal with corpses.

In addition, players like to kill each other for the sake of one breath, so unless the player has a position in Winter City, the general security system will not intervene.

Judging from the fact that the highest mage is 1 level 4, 4 2 levels, and most of them are 1 level, what he just did is equivalent to a child holding gold and going into trouble.

If you don't do anything to him, the local folk customs are simple and honest to a certain extent.

Zhao Xu, who realized his mistake just now, didn't feel too upset. Anyway, it wasn't the first time those five people had done this kind of business, so he directly used magic to kill those five people.

At the beginning, he directly cast the second-ring "Flash Dust", which is actually a disguised control spell, which paralyzed the combat power of several people on the spot, and also achieved the purpose of letting him leave the battlefield first.

After the flashing dust erupted, Zhao Xu also cast the "invisibility technique" on himself.

If Zhao Xu activates the invisible ring first and then releases the flash dust, his whole body will be covered with those golden particles, which is completely deceptive.

After Zhao Xu succeeded in stealth, he actually avoided the crowd and tried to find a safe and reasonable position.

Let him cover five people with a wave of fireball and clear the field directly.

Among level 1 players, the barbarian with the highest Hit Dice in the initial stage is D12. Combined with the feature that the life value of level 1 can be fully filled, it is 12HP. If the constitution is also full of 18 points, the adjusted value is +4.

The initial life value of such a barbarian who did not use any special means was 16 hp, which was already equal to Zhao Xu's life value at level 3.

And the "Barbarian" is superimposed with the "Rage" ability, and the health value will be piled up to 18HP.

Still under the threat of Zhao Xu's 18 fireball expected damage.

Of the five players and four guards, basically none of them were level 2.

So when those people were suspicious and gathered together to open the door desperately to escape, Zhao Xu chose the spot where the fireball technique would land on the spot.

Then, a fixed-point bombing spell with a radius of six meters - "Fireball" directly completed the clearing effect on the nine people.

Even if there were still people left, they couldn't stand Zhao Xu's final "Magic Missile". When his caster level reaches level 5, the number of magic missiles is already three, and when he reaches level 9 caster level, the number can reach as many as five, which is also the upper limit.

Large-scale spell selection is also a headache for mages in the future.

Arthur's magic is prepared in his mind in advance, so the radius of the area of ​​effect of the spell is set tightly at the beginning.

So in many cases, it's not that the "Colorful Jet" is not fragrant, it's not that the "Fireball" is not fierce, but that everyone really throws it regardless, that is the rhythm of taking away teammates and enemies together.

Zhao Xu once released a "colorful spray" at the 50-50 friendly followers and enemies in the canyon melee, and after knocking everyone down, he relied on the four players around him who did not participate in the battle Intervention, forming a comeback situation in which more people beat fewer people.

If you want to avoid hitting your teammates, the only way for ordinary mages is to learn "Spell Shaping", a super magic feat that changes the area affected by spells.

Even more capable, through the advanced professional ability "Shaping Mastery" of "Great Mage", it is also possible to change the form of spells on the spot.

Of course, when Zhao Xu advanced to "Spell Guard" in the future, when he learned the ability of "Selective Spells", he would be able to release spells so that his teammates could ignore the effects of the spells, so that the spells only took effect on the enemy.

This is the most powerful and widely applicable ability.

After Zhao Xu briefly recounted his gains and losses in the battle just now, he returned to the "grocery plaza".

Having suddenly obtained 1000 GP, he naturally had to seize the opportunity to make up for his lack of strength.

In particular, there are some secrets that may be circulated among these peddlers who roam the wild all the year round.

Getting close to them is also more able to get the inside story.

The layout of the "Grocery Square" in Winter City is similar to that of the stalls in the vegetable market on Earth, basically one area per person.

Most of the owners of the goods are busy with their own affairs at the stalls, and some even bring food guys over to sell while rushing to work, but the quality of the rush work has to be compromised.

On the other hand, the plaza is full of people, even if they don't have any needs, they all walk around in front of these booths to see what's new.

The things in the Grocery Square are roughly divided into several categories. The rarest ones must be those magic items, ranging from scrolls to magic weapons, but these valuable items are generally operated by special stores. Generally, the ones that can be obtained from the grocery market are mostly defective products that are not easy to sell.

As for the rest, many of them were items excavated from ancient ruins and ancient tombs.

For those unearthed objects, after simple methods cannot detect the efficacy and usage of those objects, most of them can only be dealt with cheaply. After all, the cost of 100 gold coin identification is still very high.

In fact, many people use magic items, and even before they die, they don't necessarily know whether they have exerted all the effects of the magic items.

Make do with it, save as much as you can, is the mainstream of Arthur's bottom adventurers.

Not everyone has "organ man goggles" like Zhao Xu, and has enough spell slots to cast "detect magic" spells.

The last major category of items left in the square is "alchemy items", which have the clearest effect and are also the most sold.

With a set of "alchemy tools", enough alchemy materials, a schematic diagram of alchemy, and enough craft (alchemy) skills, one can make a living by relying on this craft.

This is also the reason why Arthur's current "alchemy" has become the mainstream skill of part-time workers, while the "weapon making" craft has failed to catch up.

After all, compared with other part-time job skills, such as professional (driver), professional (chef), professional (farmer), it seems to be more self-sufficient and independent of the sky.

And many players choose to sell their alchemy items in the Grocery Square, partly because of the stable supply and quality of the alchemy store itself.

Due to the uneven quality of individual customers like them, they can't sell at a good price before making word of mouth. , can't get into the opponent's line of sight

Zhao Xu's trip was more or less to replenish some "alchemy items" for himself, and by the way, to see if he could find treasures with his "identification technique".

In Mystra, where the average mage is an apprentice per capita, an ancient coin fell to the ground, and the onlookers around were able to explain the ins and outs of the coin clearly and logically.

In addition, although the identification technique is expensive, everyone is willing to take a gamble if they can get their money back after guessing 80% or 90% with the valuation skills.

Because of Mystra, it is really possible to find a shop that can perform "identification" within a hundred meters at any time.

On the contrary, in this winter city, if you want to find a mage who will prepare the "appraisal technique", you have to make an appointment in advance so that the other party will prepare the "appraisal technique" tomorrow.

Zhao Xu's gaze directly crossed the most mainstream and dazzling positions in the grocery plaza. The wool comes from the sheep, and those lease fees are not paid by buyers like them.

And because there is a large flow of people there, the probability of successfully picking up the leak is also very low.

Zhao Xu scanned the house from house to house, but what he looked at was not the products on the table, but the people.

Zhao Xu, who used to be a magistrate, could tell who came to the grocery store once in a long time to sell their ancestors' treasures, who were just second-hand dealers doing price difference, and who just came back from the tomb with their treasures in their hands.

However, Zhao Xu's gaze suddenly froze, staying on a player dressed as a Warlock.

Zhao Xu didn't expect that he would meet an acquaintance, the kind of acquaintance who eventually became a high-level person in Winter City.