The Truth of Magic

Chapter 182

182 the most powerful detection and perception of position

When Zhao Xu heard this, he knew that Reyan wasn’t just curious. He was also trying to determine what he was thinking.

In fact, if not for his recent increase in knowledge, he might not have been able to sort out his entire train of thought.

at this moment, zhao xu really did need reyan to verify his suspicions, so he handed the notebook in his hands to reyan.

The notebook was no longer as complicated as it had been at the start. It was like it had become a tablet that Zhao Xu could control, and there were only three lines of warnings left on it from ancestor Andy.

at the very beginning, zhao xu had already told the priest what had happened, including the origin of this diary.

And when the priest from Rose Cross saw the Holy emblem on Zhao Xu’s chest, he didn’t dare to say anything about taking it away from him.

He had only done a few tests on Zhao Xu in passing. After confirming that it wasn’t a demon’s item, he had returned it to him.

you’re saying that Andy’s ancestor met the devil in the tomb and was then haunted? ” reyan asked, following zhao xu’s line of thought.

however, zhao xu shook his head and said, ” it was andy’s ancestor. he discovered the problem with his own bloodline in his tomb. ”

” or rather, he already knew the ill omens his bloodline would bring, which was why he warned him in his notebook. ”

reyan’s brows furrowed slightly. ” what do you mean? ”

there’s a saying on earth,’unless necessary, do not gain a physical body’.

why couldn’t Andy’s ancestors speak properly? why did they have to deliberately write a few words and leave a mark on the notebook? they didn’t even dare to say those three sentences in the notebook? ”

Zhao Xu’s eyes met Reyan’S. this means that the other party has no choice.

“Kid, it’s not that your knowledge has increased, it’s that your IQ has increased.” Reyan couldn’t help but get closer to Zhao Xu and keep checking out his head.

zhao xu couldn’t be bothered to respond to reyan’s jokes. he usually relied on his magic equipment, so when faced with a situation that he could handle, he would naturally crush it. what was he thinking?

but when he was in a disadvantageous position, for a mage, intelligence was a weapon that was even more powerful than spell slots.

” so, the only explanation is that andy’s ancestor had already discovered that there was a devil hidden in their blood that could awaken at any time. he even had to be on guard against the devil and did not dare to leave any obvious warnings. ” Zhao Xu said with a sigh.

it was a pity that he hadn’t noticed those three lines of words the moment he saw the notebook. otherwise, this tragedy wouldn’t have happened.

floating city has such a mirror that can see through disguises and bloodline genes. andy’s ancestors had taken a similar picture and saw the face of a demon, so they naturally reacted.” Reyan gave Zhao Xu some background information that he didn’t know.

“that’s why i suspect that andy’s frightened attitude at that time was not a disguise by the devil. it’s just that the demon in his body is still in a latent stage, but it can already quietly change his state and even his memory. that’s why andy said that the ritual was copied from the stone slab.”

“after they were far away, the devil that gained power from the ritual revealed its true appearance and occupied andy’s body.”

zhao xu squatted down a little and picked up a stone that had been stained with blood not long ago. “i’ve confirmed the ritual. it’s really just a ritual to summon creatures from another world. however, if it was cast by someone like andy who has the devil’s bloodline, the established channel between worlds would also transfer the devil’s power over, strengthening the devil’s genes in their bloodline and thus awakening the devil.”

reyan also couldn’t help but look at zhao xu in surprise. most people would guess that the ritual was basically to summon a demon and then the demon would take over andy’s body.

He didn’t think that Zhao Xu would still be able to stick to his own beliefs and think that the summoning ritual was just to summon creatures from another world.

“I’ve just received a notice. That Andy’s entire clan is being monitored. the experiment proved that their bloodline was indeed the bloodline of the devil. I only knew about it from the information that someone else sent me after they took action. What about you? Don’t tell me you guessed it so accurately.” Reyan couldn’t help but ask.

The premise of a reasonable deduction was that there would be enough chain of speculations.

zhao xu shook his head. ” i’ve told you before that the ancestors of the andy family had drawn a lot of useless rituals in that little book, which proves that they were very interested in mysticism. but after so many years, there hasn’t been a single piece of information about magic. that’s why i suspect that their race doesn’t even dare to become mages.”

Because of their own spells, it was common for mages to come into contact with creatures from other worlds. however, if one had a bloodline, the risk would also increase exponentially.

In comparison, priests were still under the care of God, so they were not in such danger.

“if you find out, i’ll have to let you stay in this dangerous situation for a while longer, so that your brain can work more.” Reyan said jokingly.

“Then what do you want to do next?” reyan continued to test him.

naturally, it’s to dig out that demon. Zhao Xu’s expression was serious, and the aura he exuded was completely different.

he had called reyan over to get rid of any future trouble.

when zhao xu saw reyan’s expression, he continued to analyze the situation, ” devils are creatures from another world that abide by the laws of evil. they tend to use deceptive contracts to steal the souls of their prey. this kind of killing on the spot is more like a demon’s method. ”

this also means that the demon is in a hurry. It urgently needs to gain power through killing.

at this moment, zhao xu turned around and looked in mystra’s direction. ” there’s only one possibility that could make the demon give up on going back to mystra to hide and fall out with us on the spot. ”

“There’s a place nearby where it can live and develop its strength.”

At this time, a breeze suddenly blew in the night, causing the faint smell of blood in the air to disappear without a trace. It also caused waves to form on the surface of the stream.

the old priest in the blue high-collared robe walked over and bowed to reyan. ” Captain Reyan, since Mr. Zhongxia is able to make such an analysis and is also a priest, I think we should recruit him into our Rose Cross? ”

Reyan’s eyes immediately lit up and he couldn’t help but nod at Zhao Xu. do you want to join our group of righteous people who can kill evil and dispel demons? I see that every time you face death, your serious attitude is like that of a different person. It’s a good time to join us, and I guarantee that you’ll be extremely serious every day.”

The elderly wizard, on the other hand, had an awkward expression on his face. It was as if Reyan was being sarcastic when he said anything good.

“Sure.” zhao xu wasn’t in the mood to joke around.

what he wanted to do most now was to kill that demon.

“then i’ll cast the spell.” reyan said in a serious tone. then, he took the midsummer’s spell journal in zhao xu’s hand and weighed it in his hand.

Zhao Xu nodded and said, ” it definitely doesn’t have a ‘mental barrier’ right now. If we use ‘position perception’, we’ll definitely be able to find its actual location.

reyan smiled contemptuously. ” i just hope that it’s at least a pit fiend. if it’s not a level 20 challenge rating devil like this, my level 8 spells will be wasted. ”

‘position perception’, a level eight arcane spell, was one of the most powerful spells to determine the position of living things or objects.

the caster only needed to have seen the target creature or had something that the target creature had touched.

For example, the notebook that Zhao Xu handed over to him. Andy had used it to perform a ritual before.

After the spell was cast, the caster would be able to sense the location of the target creature, unless the target had the same level eight spell,’mind barrier’, or divine power to interfere.

in the field of magic, the beguiling and controlling elements had always been famous, because they could change people’s attitudes, or directly control people’s minds and alter their memories.

However, just like the truth spell, which could break all illusions, the spells of this school were also restrained by the level eight spell, ” mind barrier.

Reyan began to chant a spell. The spell ‘location detection’ originally took 10 minutes to cast, but Reyan used the special ability of ‘spell guard’,’ selective spell’, and completed the spell in just one round.

however, reyan immediately frowned after he finished casting the spell.

Zhao Xu was surprised. They hadn’t used the level 5 spell detect to find out where that demon was because detect could easily be blocked by spells, so they had used detect, which was even less affected, and they had still failed?

reyan shook his head. ” it’s so strange. after this spell notebook became your possession, it lost contact with andy. furthermore, he’s probably become a devil now, so it’s less connected to his predecessor. that’s why this thing is useless. ”

Zhao Xu was looking at the ground at this moment. The goat that had been wrapped up earlier had also disappeared. It was obvious that the demon had taken it away.

since that was the case, there was only one other way.

they were now teleporting back to find the things that andy had used, but they were not sure if they would work on the devil.

at this moment, zhao xu looked at reyan and said,”use the level 9 spell ‘visual recall’.”

Reyan looked at Zhao Xu in surprise. that’s a little too strange. How did you know that I just happened to have this spell? ”

“It would be strange if a Department like you, who is responsible for investigation and capture, didn’t master this spell, right?” zhao xu retorted.

visual recall was a level 9 wizard spell, but it was also a level 6 bard spell, so zhao xu could cast it when he was level 12.

spells were divided into several scales: day, week, year, and century. with the precision of the ” day ” level, one could clearly see what had happened in this area and the specific content of the conversation.

Therefore, through this spell, one could see if the other party had maintained Andy’s form or had become a devil.

This also fulfilled another condition of the ‘position perception’ spell-meeting the other party.

At this time, Reyan continued to use his ‘selective spell’ ability and spent a round of time to cast ‘visual recall’.

suddenly, the scene of the massacre was displayed in front of zhao xu and the others.