The Truth of Magic

Chapter 140 Fear (44)

The weird laughter was accompanied by the piercing sound of fingernails scratching the blackboard from time to time, which was shrill and deep, as if it was about to tear the barrier of people's hearts.

After going on for nearly 6 seconds, the sound seemed to slowly move away, only the echo still reverberated in this forest from time to time.

[Adventurer Zhong Xia, you have successfully saved against the fear effect. 】

Suddenly, Zhao Xu saw this post flashing across his panel.

And because he didn't know the source of the sound, this dynamic didn't show the ins and outs of the test.

"Wind." Lu called Zhao Xu eagerly.

When Zhao Xu heard the tone was wrong, he turned around quickly, only to find that the female mage Ying was shaking all over at this moment, and it was by no means a trivial matter.

Zhao Xu's expression changed immediately.

If the female mage Ying continues like this, I am afraid that the player protection function of the vr brain control device will be activated, and she will be forced to disconnect directly.

It stands to reason that even if the save fails, Ying will not be so depressed because of the protection of divine power.

And now that quirky smile is clearly gone.

"She was disturbed by the failure of the save." The female mage Lu said quickly.

It's just that she has no way to help Ying for the time being.

Zhao Xu suddenly realized that that weird laughter was the first attack.

He and Lu passed the powerful will save, but Ying failed, so he was affected by fear.

When Zhao Xu saw the giant dragon, he was suppressed by the other party's supernatural ability of Longwei's "violent momentum".

At that time, after he failed the save, although he was not afraid, the negative effect of the save failure has been disturbing him, and even affected his normal spellcasting performance.

Stay up until the time of fear has passed before recovering.

And it was the same with Shiying at this time, the negative effect after failing the save magnified her original mental state which was somewhat wrong.

It made her feel as if she was really frightened at this moment, and she was in a state of complete anxiety.

Ordinary players mostly get through the duration of fear before being able to return to normal.

It's just that this solution obviously doesn't apply to shadows.

"Recovery." The female mage Lu reminded Zhao Xu softly.

Zhao Xu's eyes were slightly focused. He didn't expect Lu to remind him so bluntly of what spell to use.

Sure enough, he was too arrogant when using spells.

Zhao Xu's "Heart of the Lion" that he had cast in the corridor on the eighth floor was actually a spell that was immune to fear.

The only cost is that the duration is too short.

Now Ying has fallen into fear, and releasing the immune spell is useless to her at all, it has gone the opposite direction.

The "recovery" that Lu suggested was a spell similar to stop loss.

As an extended divine spell for priests and paladins, it is not in the category of standard god-given divine spells, and generally requires extra chances to obtain it.

The biggest function of recovery is to allow the subject to make another save after failing the save.

It is equivalent to giving another chance to gamble in a life that has already failed to roll the dice.

Although the difference in strength is too great, it will still be difficult to save.

But for some people who are just unlucky, it is indeed a life-saving opportunity.

The current shadow is exactly like this, as a mage herself, her will save is not low.

Zhao Xu and the others could pass the immunity test, so Ying would naturally be able to pass the pain.

Zhao Xu immediately used the vacant spell slot of his dossier scholar, relying on his uncanny foresight ability, to cast the spell of "resurrection".

Slowly, a pure recovery energy condensed in Zhao Xu's palm.

This is a touch spell, and like a healing spell, one needs to be touched to transfer the spell's effect.

Zhao Xu immediately pressed his palm to Ying's forehead, which was already cold to the touch.

At this time, Ying's entire body was only able to squat with Lu's reluctant support, otherwise he would have to fall completely to the ground.

When the energy beam entered the opponent's body through Ying's forehead, it took a full three seconds for the female mage Ying to say in a weak voice, "Thank you, I'm fine."

It's just that the voice is hoarse, like a patient recovering from a serious illness.

"Do you want to forget?" Lu bent slightly, lowered her head and asked.

Zhao Xu also lowered his head, trying to see Ying's face.

It's just that the dark red sky that seemed to be dyed by the blood moon didn't reflect much light.

It made Zhao Xu feel a little itchy to cast a "eye of ebony" spell on himself.

In this way, he will gain dark vision, so that he can see through the darkness caused by ordinary and even magic.

He didn't need to think about this Forest of Lying Words to know that it came from the darkness created by magic.

That stern smile just now is probably one of the special effects of this forest.

"I'm fine." Shi Ying barely stood up.

Usually, to others, she showed a very reliable image, but this was the first time she was so weak in front of others.

"Thank you very much." Ying nodded slightly and thanked Zhao Xu.

"No, it was Lu who told me to use resuscitation."

Zhao Xu said with a little embarrassment that his first reaction at the time was that he missed the opportunity to cast a spell that was immune to fear, but he forgot that there was a "resuscitation" spell that could end the state.

In fact, at a higher level, there are more spells that can fight against various negative effects, but now Zhao Xu can only use these ordinary first-level spells and get by.

After hearing Zhao Xu's words, Lu smiled and shook her head, "It was Ying who pinched his leg and told me the second before he fell into fear."

After Zhao Xu heard it, he thought highly of Ying's way of leaving a distress signal even when he fell into a pit.

With this kind of teammates, anyone will be much more at ease.

"I know you won't be able to remember, that's why I made a special reminder, ahem... But thank you very much, otherwise I must have been disconnected just now."

Zhao Xu accepted the other party's thanks, but it sounded a bit harsh.

He smiled and said, "Thank you so much, don't secretly communicate behind my back in the way you draw and guess, and don't think that I didn't hear the sound of the robe rubbing."

Immediately, the two female sorceresses who were originally tough showed embarrassment.

After Zhao Xu got the +4 listening enhancement, he suddenly exploded and heard the voices they made when they were secretly communicating.

Ying continued to say stubbornly: "You can hear it, why didn't you hear me when I told Lu about recovery."

Zhao Xu also laughed after hearing this.

Ying didn't really ask him, but told him a fact.

When he heard that weird laughter, Zhao Xu was also in a state of mental fuzz, so he didn't even hear Ying's prompt.

On the contrary, Lu, who is also a girl, heard it.

"Let's go." At this moment, Zhao Xu stood up and said.

The two female mages also stood up after hearing the words.

The three of them also started to move forward, while analyzing the cause and effect of what happened just now.

In a few words, the whole incident was almost pieced together.

According to Lu's speculation, the strange sound belonged to an area sound wave attack, and it should have been swept over one after another.

They felt strange at first, but they were actually suppressing the terror of sound waves in other areas.

Later, when the terrifying sound wave hit their area, they listened intently and were almost exempted from adverse punishment.

Finally, everyone's will saves were strong, and two of them survived.

If the entire army is wiped out, they are basically waiting to die.

Because of the fear effect that Shadow said, the continuous effect is 120 rounds (12 minutes).

That's why they suspected it was an area effect, otherwise, how could such a perverted spell or monster effect last for so long.

When Zhao Xu got to the dragon's might, it only took 5d6 (5-30) rounds of time.

This may also indicate that 12 minutes later, the sound will attack again.

So Zhao Xu and the others hurried forward, crossing a thorny forest on the way. Even though the three of them were protected by the mage's armor, their robes were still a little tattered.

It's just that before the three of them had time to look at each other and smile, they discovered the magnificent vision ahead.

A huge moat cut through the middle of the originally flat ground in front of it, revealing a deep abyss with no bottom to be seen.

Looking at the cliff in front of them, the three of them approached silently after adjusting the direction of the invisible servant.

At this time, the bright red blood moon seemed to be zoomed in countless times, and the entire moon image was half a mirror stuck on the flat ground opposite the abyss, looking at them from afar.

Zhao Xu kicked a small stone lightly and went down into the abyss. After making sure that he couldn't hear the echo at all, he stepped back three meters decisively.

"There's a stone tablet here." Lu squatted not far away and said, Zhao Xu and Ying walked over quickly.

The stone tablet was less than half a meter high, and it was inserted into the ground like this. There were already several cracks on it, like spider webs.

"Whoever solves the incantation of the inscription can see the bridge to the other side." Ying Nian said aloud.

This moat spans at least a hundred meters in the middle, and it is really difficult for ordinary people to pass without wings.

"Then interpret the inscription." Ying suggested at this time, this is what she is good at.

The female mage Lu stared at the abyss ahead, nodded slowly and said, "Let's do this first."

Generally speaking, if you follow the problem-solving ideas, it is easy to fall into the trap preset by the other party.

Even if the interpretation is successful and the suspension bridge emerges, there may be chasing soldiers on both sides of the way.

So at this time, skip the questioner's thinking and fly when encountering a bridge, sometimes the effect is better.

Especially people like them in the game.

It's just that the spell of the floating disc will dissipate if it exceeds 1 meter above the ground, so it cannot be used as their flying cushion.

At this time, the three of them also began to look at the mysterious text under the inscription, ready to interpret it.

"I'm afraid the level of knowledge (mystery) is very high." Ying, who was reading intently, quickly came to a conclusion.

As the three players with the highest player level among Arthur players.

Although everyone only has a shabby level 2, it also means that their knowledge (mysterious) skills are unique to level 5.

If they're also tricky, there really aren't many players left.

"Help, save us quickly."

Suddenly, a cry for help came from behind Zhao Xu and the others.

All three of them looked back.

I saw three blood-stained people running out of the Lying Words Forest. They were the three mages who were sitting opposite the bonfire at first.

Finish work and go to bed, and ask for a few monthly tickets to live on, a few are enough.