The Truth of Magic

Chapter 365 God's Step

Most of the items in this auction come from a recently unearthed hidden mage burial.

Under the prestige of the Mystra Mage Association next door and the shock of the Goddess Church, the auction did not even dare to be held in Mystra, and could only be quietly arranged in the middle of the night in Shuanglu Town.

Buying and selling magic items unearthed from the cemetery will naturally be difficult to obtain official protection.

The son of a daughter can't sit still, so basically, most of the people who come to tonight's auction are agents sent by noble and wealthy merchants.

Most of the team is also composed of butlers with bidding authority and guards, and some even directly entrust adventurers for protection.

Zhao Xu had done similar transactions several times in his previous life, so he knew how deep this kind of auction was.

Even players who currently have a numerical advantage still can't afford it.

But he is an exception.

The "old hag" was able to swagger and escape in front of him before, because the other party could rely on the heart-shaped stone he carried to cast the magic-like ability of "traveling in the spirit world" with nine rings.

He really has nothing to do with this, he can only wait for the next opportunity.

After a group of them arrived in Shuanglu Town, Zhao Xu, Zheng Xinyun, and Elleton waited all afternoon at the intersection of the market described by the middle-aged woman, but they did not wait for the old woman dressed as a witch. Appear.

Later, Zhao Xu relied on the "suggestion technique" and heard the legends and inside stories from Mrs. Betty.

It made Zhao Xu realize that there was not only one "old witch" in Shuanglu town.

Perhaps it was because of the disturbance in the dilapidated house that they became jittery, so Zhao Xu didn't wait in Shuanglu town until the target appeared.

Just about this topic, the town itself is also secretive, involving an unbearable secret history of many families in the town.

At first, Mrs. Betty thought that Zhao Xu was coming to investigate, so her first reaction was to hide it and wait to report back to the family.

Zheng Xinyun has a party tonight, and will not be online again at night.

Elleton happened to have a distant relative in Shuanglu Town, so he also stopped by to visit.

So after Zhao Xu stuffed the invitation letter back into his backpack, seeing that it was still early in the morning, he began to cast spells, preparing to go to the auction alone tonight.

In his spare time these two days, Zhao Xu reviewed the list of spells from the first to third rings that he currently mastered.

After some thinking, he realized that he still underestimated the "Super Magical Control" ability of the Super Magic Sculpture Envoy. Combined with the "Durable Spell", how powerful is it.

In general, while the duration of most spells is tied to the caster level, a few have a fixed duration.

The time scale is mostly hour level, minute level, round level or even one or two rounds of fixed time.

Like an hour-level spell, it can barely be prepared before the battle begins.

Most of the wheel-level spells can only be cast after the battle, but the strength itself is not bad.

Once the spell with a duration of "round/level" matches the format, it can be combined with the "Spell Persistence" feat, and after it lasts for 24 hours, its power will start to become extremely terrifying.

It was even equivalent to Zhao Xu exchanging a fixed spell ring for some 24-hour abilities.

For one-ring spells such as "mage armor" and "shield", ordinary mages can mount hour-level "mage armor" for themselves.

As for the "shield technique" at the round level, only Zhao Xu, who can last for 24 hours, can wear it on his body.

At this time, Zhao Xu spread out another architectural drawing in his hand. He asked Mrs. Betty to find the completed architectural drawing of the auction site tonight for him.

After a few glances, Zhao Xu judged a few routes that he could retreat calmly.

It's just that he didn't intend to stop there, and immediately turned his attention to "flying ability".

Mages generally don't walk on their own feet after they reach level 5.

For long distances, there is a mount spell called "Summon Mount" and three rings "Phantom Horse".

In the air field, it is "flying".

It's a pity that flying is a "contact" and "minute-level" spell that cannot last. Therefore, most of them can only be used for temporary flight and escape, and cannot be used for long-distance travel.

The spells that can be applied to the duration of spells must be "self" or "fixed distance", that is, spells that can only be cast on themselves, so they can last.

As for the "contact" spell, although it can be cast on other people, like "mage armor" and "brilliant armor", it has lost its permanent qualification and is blocked.

However, Zhao Xu was covered by the "greasy technique" by the other party during the trial of invisible stalking and others.

At that time, he used the "swift flight technique" that could only be cast on himself, and the duration was only 1 round.

Originally unable to use the third-ring flying spell, he relied on this "disabled version" of the second-ring spell to fly away from the area of ​​the greasy spell.

But the scope of action of this spell is itself, not a spell that touches, but it just meets the spell's persistence requirements.

Therefore, Zhao Xu could only last about ten minutes with the three-ring flying technique.

On the contrary, it is the second-ring "Fast Flying Art" of the spell persistence, which can fly for a full 24 hours.

It is equivalent to, from now on, as long as he sacrifices a fixed second-level spell slot every day, he can get the "flying" ability that makes countless soldiers drool with envy.

Zhao Xu's current spell slots, mage, priest, and dossier combined, have a total of 11 zero rings, 13 first rings, 9 second rings, and 5 third rings.

In addition, he can fuse two low-level spells into one high-level spell, so his battery life is far superior to that of ordinary level 6 spellcasters.

A mere second-ring spell slot will not make Zhao Xu feel distressed.

However, after Zhao Xu thought about it, he was not in a hurry to cast a spell.

At this time, yesterday's snow had just melted, and there were still bursts of chill in the air. The afterglow of the setting sun radiated on Zhao Xu's body, making him feel warm.

It also made his choice instantly clear.

Under normal circumstances, the "quick flight technique" is not bad.

But in the face of tonight's special situation, Zhao Xu turned to cast another three-ring magical technique "God's Step" on himself.

God's Step is a spell that grants the subject a new way of moving and a new speed.

The spell itself corresponds to different movement methods according to different gods, ranging from climbing, flying to digging. If you choose not to believe in gods, the duration will be halved.

But Zhao Xu wasn't bothered. He wanted to choose the goddess of magic.

Corresponding to "flying ability", "normal speed 7 km/h, full speed 28 km/h".

This three-ring spell, on the one hand, the maneuverability of the flying ability is "perfect", which is better than the good maneuverability of the "flying spell".

And it is faster than the average speed of 5 (full speed 20) km/h.

The only problem is that the duration of this spell is "round/level".

It's just that priests can only rely on this spell to obtain flying ability when they don't have the channel to obtain the three-ring arcane flying spell.

And this was not a problem for Zhao Xu, whose low-cost spells lasted forever.

Even his choice of this spell was based on another extremely powerful factor.

Under the duration of the spell, if you choose to terminate the spell early, you can gain an inhuman explosive speed all at once.

For every additional round of the remaining time of the spell, Zhao Xu could gain an additional 1.8 (full speed 7.2) kilometers per hour in the next 6 seconds.

It looks very small, because the speed of a car on the earth is about 30 km/h in the urban area, and nearly 100 km/h on the highway.

After all, the average person only lasts a few rounds. Even if 10 rounds are consumed at one time, it is only 25 (full speed 100) km/h.

Although it is comparable to a vehicle galloping at high speed, this effect can only last for one round.

In other words, it can fly up to 166 meters in 6 seconds, which is equivalent to three times the human record for a 100-meter sprint.

Barely not bad when you need to escape in an emergency.

But Zhao Xu was different. He immediately cast the spell on himself.

As the spell took effect, his whole body gradually became extremely light. Even though his back hadn't spread his wings, he still felt the air supporting him slowly.

To soar into the sky like a sprint.

[Adventurer Zhong Xia, you cast "God's Step" on yourself (the spell lasts), gaining a flying speed of 7 (full speed 28) km/h, duration: 24 hours/14400 rounds (originally 12 rounds)]

At this time, after casting spells one after another, on the information panel, the words remaining time of 14400 rounds almost blinded Zhao Xu's eyes.

This means that now that he dispels the spell, he will be able to gain a speed of 25,000 (100,000 at full speed) km/h.

Although it is far away from the speed of light of 300,000 km/s, it is also extremely terrifying.

Even when Zhao Xu soared his wings on the earth, let alone a speed of sound of 1,000 kilometers per hour, he could even leave the earth on the spot.

Because the first speed of the universe of 8,000 km/s is less than one-third.

However, Zhao Xu didn't dare to die like this, and didn't dare to use this accelerated 6 seconds to fly a terrifying distance of 170 kilometers.

The creatures on the earth have a linear rotation speed of 1000-2000 km/h. Only when we keep still with the ground can we not realize that we are actually moving.

But if he hastily reached this speed for Arthur's land now, he might become a meatloaf on the spot.

He could only suppress his speed and fly within the limits of his armor and physique.

If there was a big battle tonight, as long as Zhao Xu could successfully break through to the open sky, he would be able to show those people how fast a priest was.