The Truth of Magic

Chapter 174

174 Control the situation and counterattack

After seeing that wizard fall, Zhao Xu couldn’t help but feel his heart tighten.

according to what antonya had told him, if any of these 20 people were killed or injured, his invisibility ring and eternal wand for fireball would be canceled.

zhao xu could only hope that the arrow wasn’t a critical hit.

after players obtained their character level, their health points would only reach-10 hp before they died. therefore, without a single shot that dealt 10 to 20 damage, it was not enough to instantly kill a level 1 wizard.

after that arrow, several more arrows and javelins came from the forest, heading toward the mage players ‘camp.

after coming to their senses, the new players shouted angrily and retreated.

At this time, almost 20 orange and even a little dark red gnomes rushed out from the woods.

these gnomes were only a little over a meter tall, and most of them were holding simple javelins or spiked hammers. a few of them were dark gray in color and were even holding single-handed shields.

These goblins looked slightly different from the green-skinned goblins in fantasy movies, and their eyes were as dull as glass balls.

the last of these gnomes was a goblin. as a cousin of the goblin, it wore a blood-red leather armor with black stripes. the longbow in its hand glowed faintly, showing that it was well-maintained.

it was obvious that it was the one who had fired the arrow. the goblin bared its stinky yellow teeth and shouted, ” “kids, kill these mages and take their equipment.”

in the face of such an emergency, all the mage players, especially the ones with higher physiques standing in the front row, hurriedly cast mage armor on themselves. even their toads, ferrets, and raven magic pets were in chaos.

it wasn’t that they didn’t want to cast it in advance during the journey, but a level 1 wizard’s spell could only last for an hour without upgrading the spellcaster’s level.

It wasn’t like Zhao Xu, who could last for six hours. Zhao Xu even had a level 2 spell slot, which could be combined with the delayed spell specialty to make his spell armor last for 24 hours.

at this moment, zhao xu quickly led his horse to a corner. at the same time, the moment the arrow hit the player, he took out a piece of beef oil from his bag as a spell material.

zhao xu immediately cast a grease spell in the direction of the gnomes ‘attack.

as the incantation was completed, the wild path that was filled with broken rocks and dried leaves was immediately covered with a layer of smooth oil.

Immediately, a few gnomes that were rushed over by their leader were tripped by the thick layer of oil and fell heavily.

A few other gnomes also fell to the ground.

At that moment, the dozen or so gnomes who were still in a rush suddenly stopped in their tracks. Their eyes were filled with fear as they looked at the place where their companion had fallen, as if there was an invisible strangulation trap there.

although the gnomes had 10 intelligence points similar to that of ordinary humans, they were timid by nature and never had the instinct to fight in groups. they always relied on the threat of stronger creatures to maintain a unified attack.

after seeing this scene, the earth spirit at the back shouted angrily, ” it’s grease. If you rush over, you won’t die from the fall.

As he spoke, the Goblin began to wave the long sword in his hand, as if he wanted to kill a few Goblin to establish his might.

after being intimidated, the nearby gnomes noticed that the ground in front of them was three meters thick with oil.

after zhao xu cast the spell, he realized that the invisibility spell on his body hadn’t been dispelled, so he was relieved.

it was only a level 2 spell, invisibility. when trying to cast it on an enemy’s area, the invisibility effect would be canceled.

zhao xu had just cast the spell on the road where the goblin was about to arrive, so he had managed to avoid that.

the gnome that only knew how to cast grease was also just staring at the novice mages who were retreating in front of them and didn’t look in zhao xu’s direction.

Arthur’s spell ranges were divided into a few types. Above the contact distance were close-range, mid-range, and long-range spells.

grease was a close-range spell, and its standard casting range was 7.5 meters. above this, every two levels of spellcaster could extend the distance by an additional 1.5 meters.

Zhao Xu was now a level 6 spellcaster, so he could cast spells up to a distance of 12 meters. Otherwise, he would have had to walk a few more meters before he could cast.

Otherwise, he would only be able to reach the area where the novice mages were, and that would be killing his allies in the opposite direction.

At this time, except for the few mages in the front row who were hit by javelins in the process of casting spells, which caused the spell to fail, the mages in the back had already regrouped.

they followed wang ningwei’s initial plan. after they were attacked, the one in the middle ladder would cast an attack spell first.

At this time, asvich also followed up, passing through the first row of retreating people, and directly released a “rainbow jet” spell.

suddenly, a few gnomes fell to the ground after being covered by the rainbow-like cone-shaped spells.

The mages in the front row who had cast mage’s armor also turned around and swung their wooden clubs at the Goblin.

When Zhao Xu saw this, he felt a lot more at ease. He knew that this battle was basically over.

The fighting power of goblins was not as strong as that of a normal Level-1 human warrior, and they were not much different from the weak mages.

In the team, the most dangerous wave was naturally the mysterious attack just now.

at that time, the gnomes fought against the mages in groups. if the mages were not able to release the first wave of spells, they would be killed.

and the grease spell that zhao xu had cast was to give these new mages of mystra some time to recover.

as long as they could survive this ambush, they would have 40-60 level 1 spell slots left. naturally, they would be able to eliminate the 20 goblins.

thinking about this, zhao xu couldn’t help but let out a long sigh of relief.

he also began to feel the power of the control spell. a three-meter grease spell was enough to stop these goblins, who had no long-range means after throwing their javelins.

if he had taken out the spider web as a spell material and used the wild trees as a fulcrum to cast the ” spider web ” spell, the gnomes would have been even more difficult to move. they could only wait to be killed by the mages who were more or less equipped with bows and arrows or magic bullets.

this was also wizard arthur’s characteristic. his spells were powerful enough, but his spell slots were limited.

After more than half of the gnomes were knocked down, no matter how angry the big Goblin was, it couldn’t stop the remaining ten or so gnomes who were scared out of their wits. They all fled in all directions.

wang ningwei stopped the mages who wanted to kill her, and the group turned around to clean up the battlefield.

The spiked maces, leather armors, and javelins of the dead gnomes were also better than nothing in this battle.

Zhao Xu tied the horse to a spot further away and used his invisibility to slowly approach it.

he was indeed more worried about the players who had fallen.

later on, he would have to cast a ‘minor healing’ spell to lift the other party.

if one’s hp was less than 0HP after being injured, if they did not receive good treatment or their physique could not stabilize the injury, they would continue to lose their hp and finally die when their hp reached -10.

this was also the significance of a priest with healing spells to every adventurer team.

Meanwhile, Wang Ningwei leaned over and looked down at the mages who had been shot down by arrows or javelins.

“I have a healing belt that can cast healing spells.” Wang Ningwei let out a sigh of relief after making sure that the three new Wizards had only fainted.

Zhao Xu clicked his tongue as he watched Wang Ningwei cast the spell from her belt. She was indeed the chosen one.

In his previous life, Wang Ningwei already had the “healing belt,” the best low-level healing equipment, at this early stage.

this belt was only 750 gold coins, but it had three shots of energy every day. it could consume 2d8 (2-16) HP for one shot, 3d8 (3-24) HP for two shots, and 4d8 (4-36) HP for three shots.

the amount of healing 2d8 was already the amount of healing for a priest’s level 2 divine spell, treat moderate injuries. however, the divine spell could also add an additional healing amount equal to the spellcaster’s level.

therefore, wizards in arthur depended on the level of their spellcasters, from the distance of their spells to the effects of their spells.

Naturally, Wang Ningwei chose to heal the three people on the ground, which pulled them back from the brink of death.

Thunder walked to the front and touched the ground where the gnomes had fallen, but he found nothing.

“grease can be dispelled on its own.” Ashvich said from the side.

zhao xu’s grease spell could last for six rounds, but after seeing the players fight back, zhao xu naturally canceled the layer of grease he had summoned so that he wouldn’t trip his own people.

“Who released the grease spell just now?” the cold-looking thunder asked.

Since they had been selected to study in Mystra, their IQs were normal. At most, they just didn’t have enough emotional intelligence.

hearing what luo lei said, they also reacted.

at that moment, it wasn’t magic armor that protected him, nor magic bullets that attacked the gnomes. instead, it was the player who cast grease to stop them.

however, the players present were silent.

jiang shan, who was standing in the corner, felt his throat dry up. he wanted to speak, but he did not dare to claim the credit.

no one was a fool. he had learned some spells, so he had shared the information on the first day.

this is really amazing. That’s our team, and we have the 21st member. Ashvich slowly walked to the back of the team.

However, in front of her was a chaotic forest without a single person.

at this moment, asvich’s eyes fell on the gravel ground, trying to analyze something.

Zhao Xu was getting a little nervous from being stared at like this. His invisibility only allowed him to hide his body, but it couldn’t cover up his scent, voice, or sense of touch.

he couldn’t help but look down to see if he had really left any footprints.

At this time, he also knew that it was best not to act rashly. A total of twenty pairs of eyes were looking in this direction.

even if a mage’s detection skill was activated, they would still be able to detect his presence.

it was a pity that the wizards in front of him didn’t have a divine spell called detection net. otherwise, if they had a level 40 bonus on top of their detection skill, zhao xu would have no way of hiding.

“Grease,” Suddenly, ashvich started to read out to where Zhao Xu was.

Zhao Xu suddenly realized that a layer of grease was starting to form on the soles of his feet.

He was going to be exposed!