The Truth of Magic

Chapter 400

400 The black market

Zhao Xu immediately took out a letter with a Red Seal on it and revealed the magic seal on it.

“the wizard association of mystra will be dispatched here.” as he spoke, he showed off his mage badge.

“Let me see.” The captain of the guards said with a heavy expression.

as a guard at the city gate, he had been trained in the interpretation of documents. he could roughly identify the seals of general official documents.

However, he had to be careful when it came to things related to magic.

He was even considering calling the mage who was resting in the attic next to the city gate to come over and identify it.

zhao xu’s letter wasn’t forged, so he naturally handed it over to her.

After the guard looked at it several times, he still didn’t have the courage to open the red mud for inspection, so he let the two enter the city.

The two of them were dressed in traditional mage clothing, wrapping themselves up tightly, as if they would be scalded by the air if their skin was exposed.

If they had not received orders to conduct a strict inspection in the morning, he would not have dared to ask too many questions when he met these spellcasters, and would have been directly at ease.

if he really angered those noble mages, the city guards would not take the initiative to stand up for a small figure like him.

This was the survival experience of the northern Alliance guards.

“Just because we’re dressed like this, you’re not going to ask?”

if it was the chaotic abyss, vivian would not be surprised to see such a scene, as there was no order in the abyss.

But now, just because the two of them were wearing mage robes and handed out a letter, they actually passed the level so easily, which was more or less beyond her expectations.

the ” culprit ” who had caused the entire atmosphere in zhenyu city to become so tense was standing right in front of the guard.

” of course. at that time, we had been restraining our use of close-combat abilities. the other party would at most think that it was another or even a small team of soldiers with outstanding combat strength who killed us. it could even be some mysterious monster. ”

“naturally, they would not suspect us two mages.” zhao xu explained.

After the battle last night, Zhao Xu and Vivian had fought until they were almost completely exhausted.

Those cavalrymen were not the ordinary bandits that they had encountered.

From uniform training to the momentum of a collective charge and the style of combat techniques, they were all from the military.

Zhao Xu could tell with one look that this person was definitely from the regular army of the northern Alliance.

Even though they weren’t the most elite Knights of glory who guarded the capital, Zhao Xu could still recognize the similarities in their training.

this meant that he had caused quite a bit of trouble. when he thought about how he still had to work in the wizard association of the northern alliance, zhao xu felt that it was better for him to keep it a secret.

Moreover, the other party had clearly seen that they could fly without wings, so it was very likely that they were third-circle mages. Even so, they still refused to talk properly. It was as if they were going to kill them.

It was obvious that the skeletal corpses that were hanging in the sky and the five brass treasure chests were not trivial.

It was enough for them to suppress their fear of mages.

especially the last two young men who had extraordinary backgrounds, they both took out several powerful magic items.

only zhao xu didn’t want to cause any trouble, so he took the three treasure chests that the other party had collected.

He didn’t take the remaining magic items that the other party had used.

Sometimes, if you took away the magical items of adventurers from big families and didn’t get rid of them in time, it was likely that they would be traced back to you.

at this moment, zhao xu couldn’t help but turn around and look at the blue sky in the distance.

“is there anything strange?” at this time, vivian was also wearing a long robe, and she even deliberately covered her face with a hood to cover her charming face.

with nearly 30 points of charm, coupled with a face that fit human aesthetics, he was completely invincible. at the moment, this was the only way to conceal it.

“It’s nothing,” Zhao Xu laughed.

From what he could remember, there had only been one major incident in Zhenyu city in the next few years.

It couldn’t really be related to the Holy breath that would destroy the entire Duskwood five years later, right?

zhao xu’s head started to hurt. he wasn’t around at the time, so he didn’t know much about the thing that had fallen from the sky and destroyed the entire forest and several small towns.

he only heard that countless adventurers had rushed over to explore the mysterious fortress that had fallen from the sky.

“Vivian, you really don’t want it?” zhao xu asked.

Vivian immediately shook her head. I have my own limitations on the use of magic items. I can only use those very special equipment.

out of the five brass treasure chests, the first one zhao had obtained was a strength runic magic staff.

The second chest he opened was a monk belt.

as for the remaining three treasure chests, the secret runes involved were much more complicated. zhao xu’s third-circle dispel magic wasn’t strong enough to dispel them.

He could only rely on his powerful mental calculation ability of 28 intelligence to crack the arcane password.

But Zhao Xu had estimated the scale of the calculations, and it would take at least a few days to open it and take out what was inside.

As for the monk’s belt in the second chest, it looked extremely ordinary. It was just a thick rope.

It didn’t feel like anything even though it was tied to Zhao Xu’s undergarments. It didn’t look as cool as a magic item.

the market price of this magic item was only about 13000 gold coins, which was not a rare treasure.

wearing the monk belt could strengthen the monk’s abilities.

for people like zhao xu who weren’t even at the level of a monk, they could do what level 5 monks did. they could strengthen their defense and their sense of danger, and at the same time, they could also deal a lot of damage with their bare hands.

as a typical representative of bare-handed combat, monks had a unique sixth sense to dodge attacks.

it was reflected in the fact that the perceptive sense adjustment value could be stacked on defense like agility.

At this moment, he was walking on the street, and he could almost see the rhythm of the pedestrians ‘movements in his mind.

zhao xu’s defense on his character stats had also been increased by two levels (perception), and it was now at level 20.

they were level 10 (basic), level 6 armor (advanced mage armor), level 1 agility, level 2 luck (strength rune staff), level 2 perception (monk belt), and-1 (flaw).

If he cast a shield spell on himself, he could still reach level 24.

but after zhao xu saw vivian’s +2 floating mirror shield, he realized that he had overlooked one point.

he couldn’t wear the armor because of the failure rate of arcana.

however, he didn’t lose anything by bringing a shield.

This was because enchantment effects could be stacked on top of it, especially with the +2 value ” float ” effect. He could free his hands and not affect his casting movement. The rest of the enchantment could naturally be combined with other enchantments.

an adventurer equipped with two round shields wouldn’t be able to increase his defense much because they were cumbersome, but it meant that he had an additional defensive shield that could be enchanted, which naturally had additional enchantment effects.

Vivian’s could reverse the magic effect of mirror enchantment once a day. As long as they had the money, they would not suffer a loss.

if he was not careful, he could even reflect the finger of death and kill the enemy mage.

“Guild leader, where do we continue to go now? are we going to head directly to winter city?” vivian asked.

“no, we’re going to the black market.” Zhao Xu laughed.

“Black market?”

In his previous life, Zhao Xu didn’t come from a wealthy family. He didn’t even go to the famous black market in Zhenyu city, which was said to contain countless magical items for underground transactions.

It was rare for him to come here, so he naturally had to buy a few pieces.

he had helped the temple trap the succubus and help wang ningwei and ashvich escape from the demiplane. he had indeed gotten a fortune of gold coins.

on top of that, antonya had also given him a living allowance as a member of the final scroll when she saw that he was going on a long journey, as well as a ” consolation money ” that she pitied for zhao xu’s poverty.

right now, it wouldn’t be a problem for zhao xu to buy one or two magic items.

go to the black market and see if there are any magic items suitable for you. ” zhao xu said.

“The battle last night?” vivian said with a hint of self-blame.

“It’s fine. I do need to replenish my magic equipment.”

zhao xu sighed. he had already realized that as a succubus, vivian wasn’t like the other demons who were born to be warriors.

Her attack methods were limited, and the spell-like abilities she had mastered were mostly supportive. Only hint and advanced teleportation were somewhat useful.

it was rare for his own supernatural ability to absorb other people’s ” energy absorption ” ability, but it was also by ” kissing ” or ” force holding. ”

now, as a noble paladin, vivian naturally could not do such a thing.

this ability would also become half useless.

And Zhao Xu’s own spell slots were also a big problem.

after the intensity increased, even he, who had the most spell slots among the players, couldn’t keep up.

That was why he had no choice but to convert his magic ability into melee combat ability when he went to conquer the nest yesterday.

He wanted to see if he could find the wizard ring on his trip to the black market.

this magic item could double a wizard’s natural spell slots for a certain level. zhao xu had just sold the ring of invisibility in exchange for the rights to the wizard tower, and he had no spell slots left on his fingers.

I’ll take you to the black market later. You’ll communicate with me telepathically the whole time and don’t speak. Zhao Xu ordered.

“alright,” he said. Vivian immediately got into the rhythm.

“That lousy place has a lot of rules.” Zhao Xu laughed coldly and said, ” I’ll explain it to you slowly later.

in his previous life, zhao xu had learned the rules of the northern alliance’s black market, but he didn’t use them in the end. it was also a type of dark humor.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but have a headache.

From his parents to Zheng xinyun, Wang Ningwei, asvich, Zhang Qi, and the others, whenever he encountered a suitable magic item, he had to be careful and get one for them.

it was a pity that the capital he had gained from the mithril mine in the fallen star lake was still in the church in winter city, and he had not officially collected it yet.

zhao xu, who was originally one of the richest players in the game, suddenly felt the heartlessness of life.