The Truth of Magic

Chapter 359

359 headband of intelligence

The wizard Association was powerless to restrict some of the widely spread spells, such as invisibility and flight spells, which had strategic value. They were already well known and could not be banned from being passed down.

among the eight major factions, the ‘beguiling and controlling’ faction involved spells that affected people’s hearts, so they were very cautious in imparting them.

This was because the favorability could be changed starting from the first circle of charm human.

Zhao Xu still couldn’t cast the four-circle poet’s spell, dominate humans, which could forcibly control a person’s actions.

However, in the third-circle, he could already cast the third-circle poet arcane spell, ” secondary command, ” which could force people to follow orders. back in the final scroll, when zhao xu had received the shards of truth in the trial, he had destroyed a family with the eighth-circle spell, family command, which was even more powerful than the sixth-circle spell.

But this time, Zhao Xu wasn’t trying to force Madam Betty to do anything against her will. In fact, he wasn’t even trying to hypnotize her and make her completely lose consciousness so that she would be under his control.

he simply wanted to get information about frostdew town, so he used the suggestion spell that he had been keeping hidden before.

The summoning spell allowed the target to follow the actions of the summoning spell for the duration of the spell. If the purpose was achieved in advance, the effect of the spell would also be terminated in advance.

The only restriction was that the “request” of the “hint” had to be reasonable. Actions that required self-harm would only cause the spell to fail directly.

even if zhao xu wanted this still-attractive madam betty to sleep with him, the content of the suggestion spell had to be reasonable. for example, he had to say that sleeping with her would allow zhao xu to help her.

when the will immunity of the subject failed, and the spell resistance did not take effect, the will of the subject would be affected by the ‘suggestion’, and many of the original persistence could easily be vaguely given up.

‘suggestion’ was a level 2 spell for poets and a level 3 arcane spell for wizards.

Zhao Xu had been able to cast a second circle divine spell when he was at Level 4, but he hadn’t really done much about it.

On the one hand, this spell was ineffective against players who had shields in this year. On the other hand, he was also cautious of his own behavior.

It was still fine if everyone was just a projection now. Once they transmigrated and became real humans, they could manipulate and control humans with any spiritual spell.

This sort of illusion that normal people couldn’t resist was very easy to get addicted to, and Zhao Xu had heard many examples of this in his previous life.

There were even some who ended up angering the heavens and the people, forcing the local churches to punish these mages who had fallen into evil.

And Zhao Xu had just used a ” concealment spell ” technique, so Zheng xinyun and Ellington couldn’t see through it. They continued to chat with Madam Betty without realizing it.

slowly, madam betty began to reveal her next plan.

madam betty’s maiden family was in frost dew town and could be considered a powerful family in the town.

She was going to arrange for her youngest son to go home, and then she would return to Mystra with her family’s power to compete with her eldest son, Harry, for the ownership of the Redbud Business Guild.

From just a few words, Madam Betty could tell that Zhao Xu and the others had come to frostdew town to help a certain believer settle some karma.

” mr. zhongxia, i see that your two members are very outstanding. i just so happen to have two scrolls for them. are they suitable? ” Madam Betty was smiling at Zhao Xu at this moment, but her eyes fell on him as she said this.

at this moment, zhao xu had already opened up a book he had borrowed from the legendary library and was reading it.

in reality, ever since madam betty had gotten on the carriage, zhao xu had been very quiet and didn’t say much.

At this moment, he raised his eyebrows and said noncommittally, ” “you should ask them that.”

that’s just as well. I don’t need these scrolls anyway. The effect will be better if I give them to you. She took out two divine spell scrolls from her pocket and handed them to the two of them.

Ellington opened the scroll and said in surprise, ” “it’s the 2nd circle ‘strength of the bull’ scroll.”

“Then why didn’t you use this scroll just now?” Ellington immediately asked.

If it wasn’t for Zhao Xu’s help, it could be said that Madam Betty would have become a prisoner a long time ago.

as for whether she could let bygones be bygones and use zhao xu’s name to take in the cavalry, that was her own ability.

on the other hand, madam betty smiled bitterly. ” it’s precisely because i can’t do it. ”

when zhao xu saw this, he explained to the two of them, ” the power of the bull is a minute-level spell. it can increase strength by 4 points. in theory, it’s enough to make a melee attack stronger by two levels. it’s quite powerful. it’s just the same logic as why you didn’t use the shield spell scroll in the beginning.”

ellington then understood.

If they used magic scrolls, or if they were people like Zhao Xu who could cast that spell, they would be able to use magic scrolls without any problems.

If a non-spellcaster wanted to use the scroll, they would have to undergo training in the skill of ” using magic devices.

it was quite difficult to do so.

Just like a knowledge check, one had to pass the test before they could communicate with the source of magic and activate the power within.

The difficulty of simulating the use of the scroll was the corresponding level of the spellcaster for 20+ spells.

For example, if the caster of a second-circle magic scroll was at Level 3, the final skill must be over level 23 in order to connect to the magic source and activate the scroll’s effect.

even 2nd-circle divine spells required 12 points of perception to cast. if the person using the scroll did not have this attribute, they would have to use skills such as ‘use magic equipment’ to ‘simulate attributes’ first.

therefore, although the price of scrolls was much cheaper than magic items such as staffs and scepters, which were not difficult to use, most of them were used by the spellcaster himself or the rogues with enough skill points.

this also highlighted how precious the eternal magic wand in zhao xu’s hands was, which he could use two fireballs every day.

As for level 2 spells, there was a series of spells that could increase the six major attributes, all of which could increase the enhancement by 4 points.

They were also the source of current equipment that enhanced attributes, so the two could not be stacked.

however, compared to wearing a magic item like the headband of intelligence, which could be effective for 24 hours, the spell itself only lasted for a few minutes, which was actually too short to make much sense.

if ordinary people really wanted to experience the joy of increasing their attributes by 4 points in a short period of time, potions would be a faster and more convenient channel.

“but if you go out, even if you can’t use it, you should at least bring a scroll like ‘fireball’.”

Zhao Xu didn’t finish his sentence.

However, the people present understood what he meant. The bull’s strength spell, even if it was cast on the strongest guard under Madam Betty, was nothing.

how could a warrior or martial artist of a similar level fight against fifty cavalrymen?

Unless he could raise his own defense to the point where it was difficult to break through, then there was still hope of exhausting the others to death.

“Sir, a scroll like the fireball spell can only be purchased by a mage to learn. It’s not easy for ordinary people to purchase it from the Association without a good reason.” madam betty explained.

That made sense, but Zhao Xu’s eyes were still fixed on Madam Betty, and he was almost starting to doubt her identity.

Madam Betty was a little surprised. She immediately explained with a smile, ” that’s right. My Chamber of Commerce deals with magic scrolls. I can afford a few ‘fireball’ scrolls, but Harry has his eyes on them, so I only brought the ones I’ve accumulated over the years.

when zhao xu heard this, he roughly understood the current market situation, so he nodded to show that he understood.

at this moment, madam betty saw that zhao xu had lowered his head and was going back to reading his book again, but she couldn’t bring herself to ask for his next request right away.

when she felt the warmth of her son in her arms, madam betty thought to herself that she would definitely fight for this business for him.

she did not care about the existence of women like zheng xinyun in the carriage. it was as if she felt a little hot. she did not care about the current cold winter and gently unbuttoned her fur coat, revealing her graceful figure inside.

However, she immediately felt a little strange. It was as if she had lost the charm of a mature woman and no one was looking at her.

She could understand why Zheng xinyun did not look at her. Why was it that this young and energetic Ellington and the captain of this team of priests, Mr. Zhongxia, were not interested in her figure at all? they did not even bother to look at her.

Madam Betty, who had been frustrated from the scroll until now, knew that it wasn’t that Mr. Zhongxia was as firm as a rock, but that she didn’t play to his liking.

after thinking for a while, she continued to joke, ” “there’s an auction going on in frostdew town these few days. it’s about excavating a mage’s grave, but because it’s a sensitive topic, we didn’t dare to do it in mystra. however, in two days, many people will be heading there.”

” i also heard that a +6 headband of intelligence was unearthed. it’s a pity that the priests can’t use it. otherwise, i’d definitely pay more attention and inquire about it. ”

A headband of intellect?

when zhao xu heard this, his fingers that were just about to flip through the pages of his book suddenly stopped.

The source of the headband of intelligence was the Fox’s Cunning spell, which increased his intelligence by 4 points.

After mastering this spell and the ” making strange items ” specialty, coupled with the formula, he could successfully make this kind of ” small divine artifact ” that could be called a wizard’s key tool.

Even though Zhao Xu had received a five point increase in intelligence from the ” wish ” spell, and combined with the one point he had gained from leveling up, his intelligence had increased from 16 points to 22 points.

however, a mage’s intelligence could never be too much.

Intelligence determined the difficulty of a spell’s immunity, and it also determined the extra spell slots a mage had.

In fact, the first obstacle that prevented the people of Arthur from becoming Wizards was that 10 intelligence points were not qualified to understand first-circle spells.

for a mage to cast a 1-circle arcane spell, they had to have 11 intelligence points. similarly, a priest druid had 11 perception points, and a warlock had 11 charm points.

when zhao xu was at level 5, he had gone to ask around and found that there was no magic item like the headband of intellect that was publicly available for sale in the market of mystra.

The “headband of intellect” was too popular, and the supply simply couldn’t meet the demand in the market.

For example, the strength attribute’s strength belt and the charm attribute’s charm cloak could still be seen in the market from time to time.

Most mages, if they wanted to get a ” headband of intellect, ” first, they had to make it themselves. Even here, other than spending a lot of time, most people didn’t have any extra expertise to learn ” making wondrous items.

the other way was to make a quota purchase from the association and then line up.

Using the headband of intellect to get extra spell slots and then selling them as a spell-casting service would definitely earn back the money in less than a year and a half, so this kind of queue was basically done by everyone.

just like the ” car lottery ” in the big cities on earth, if you can’t buy it, you can’t lose it. if you get it, you earn it.

zhao xu’s current quota allowed him to purchase a +2 headband of intellect from the association at a price of 4000 gold coins. if he added the mithril badge, the grade of the headscarf could be directly increased to a +4 headband of intellect worth 16000 gold coins.

but after seeing antonya’s ” +12 legendary headband of intellect, ” zhao xu was still a little unwilling to waste his quota to choose a ” +4 headband of intellect. ”

Therefore, he had been waiting for an opportunity to pay attention to the market news.

At this moment, when he heard Madam Betty mention the unearthed “+6 intellectual headscarf,” he immediately became interested.

Once he put on the +6 headband of intellect, his own intelligence would directly soar to 28 points, and basically no player would be able to catch up with his progress before transmigrating.

Even wizard Arthur would only be at this level if he didn’t have special connections.