Inside the advancing carriage, Rhodes took a few deep breaths and tried to adjust himself to the best condition.
After a night's rest, Rhodes' mental state was restored.
Rhodes planned to take this opportunity to try deep meditation.
Rhodes didn't know how long the business group's trip would take, but for him who had soul mission restrictions, no matter how much time the journey took, he had no way to waste it. Instead, he had to seize all the time to improve himself. Strength.
For the current Rhodes, the only way to improve his strength is to practice deep meditation.
Some time before, Rhodes had meditated many times, but these meditations that Rhodes had done were all shallow meditations, which were very different from deep meditations.
The main purpose of shallow meditation is to increase the maximum mana value and increase the speed of mana recovery. Shallow meditation can be easily quit under any circumstances without the risk of backlash, and can even replace sleep to a certain extent, but deep meditation is completely different.
The first thing to do in deep meditation is to radiate mana to establish a connection with the surrounding magical elements, and then continue to deepen this connection through your own spiritual exploration.
During the process of deep meditation, one's own spirit should be concentrated at all times, and one should constantly feel and explore the magical elements around him. During deep meditation, the mage's connection with the magical elements is generally maintained by the uninterrupted supply of mana.
Once deep meditation begins, as the connection with magical elements deepens, the whole person will fall into a state and lose perception of the outside world. Unless the mana is exhausted, it cannot be easily lifted.
Once this state is forcibly broken by external forces, those who enter deep meditation will suffer backlash based on the remaining mana. The more mana remaining, the greater the backlash on the body. The Archmage's backlash will even directly cause his body to collapse.
This is why the average mage will choose an absolutely safe environment when conducting deep meditation. In addition to reducing the impact of the external environment on himself, the more important thing is to prevent such backlash from happening.
Rhodes knew the backlash of deep meditation, but Rhodes still chose to meditate deeply here.
The reason why Rhodes did this was not only to seize all the time to improve his strength, but more importantly, the experience accumulated in his previous life as a mage gave Rhodes a unique understanding of deep meditation.
If the Silver Seal Merchant Group chooses to attack him while he is in a state of deep meditation, Rhodes can also use some special means to avoid the damage caused by the backlash. Although the mana may be gone, for Rhodes' close combat Strength has no impact.
Rhodes did not tell other people in the business group not to disturb him. According to the information provided by the maid, there is a spellcaster of unknown strength in the business group.
Due to the need to establish contact with the surrounding magical elements, the mana fluctuations caused by deep meditation are easily detectable by spellcasters of any level.
Although Rhodes' behavior was not stated explicitly to the business group, it was still a signal.
Rhodes believed that based on the previous behavior of the business group, he would not maliciously interrupt him after he noticed that he was starting to meditate deeply. Instead, choose not to interfere with each other.
The business group wanted to safely transport the soul crystals in their hands to Diya without provoking powerful enemies, and Rhodes did not want to snatch the soul crystals from the business group.
Since the space in the carriage was not spacious, Rhodes placed his hands flat on his legs and at the same time changed the achievement he was wearing to that of a beginner, preparing to enter a meditative state.
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While Rhodes was meditating, the Silver Seal Merchant Group was moving along a road with dense forests and tall trees on both sides of the road.
The road the carriage traveled on was specially chosen by the business group. Although the ground was piled with dead branches and leaves, the road was wide and there were no obstacles to block it, which was conducive to the carriage's progress.
It was already bright, but due to the obstruction of the surrounding dense forest, the light on the road was still dim.
In the center of the business group, User was standing next to the largest carriage, directing the progress of the business group.
Different from yesterday's casual clothes, User was wearing a set of silver-white armor and riding a brown horse. He did not carry a weapon, but he had a space ring on his hand.
At this time, User was listening to his scouts' report on the surrounding situation.
This scout is already quite old. Compared with other scouts who rely on their skills to make a living, the scout in front of him is obviously unable to defeat them. But this scout has rich experience in investigating the surrounding situation, and this scout is very familiar with the road to the City of Lament.
The scout could see from the way Yose looked in one direction one after another that Yose's attention was not on the situations he reported. Anyway, nothing unusual happened. The scout quickly finished explaining the situation and then returned to the front of the convoy to investigate.
Yose still looked in the direction next to the business group. In Yose's mind, the safety of the business group is obviously more important.
The two necromancers of unknown origin are obviously what User cares about. Yesterday, he had no choice but to let them become passengers in order to avoid the leakage of intelligence. Now Yose is thinking of a way to deal with it.
Although he has asked his best thieves to monitor them at all times, Yose still feels uneasy.
It wasn't until the scouts left for a while that User looked away. Just as he was about to give some instructions to his scouts, he realized that his men had already reported the situation and had already arrived at the front to start investigating.
User was helpless and could only turn his attention to the carriage again.
Last night, Rhodes could sleep peacefully on the carriage, but for the Silver Seal Merchant Group, the preparations had just begun.
Unlike Rhodes, because Rhodes entered the Silver Seal's residence and what he said, User had to change his plan and pack up everything overnight, regardless of the fact that others might find something unusual. , we set off early this morning.
At this time, the business group was already on its way, and User began to feel a headache for the two necromancers in the team.
Yose understands that necromancers understand the value of the necromancers better than anyone else. If there may be dangers on the road, the biggest hidden danger comes from the necromancers in the business group.
Although the two necromancers did not make any demands for themselves and just wanted to go to Diya, Yose really couldn't believe that the necromancers, who were always known for their conspiracy, would not have any thoughts about the soul crystal.
Even though they were under his surveillance and there was no movement, Yose couldn't feel at ease. Instead, he thought they were planning something.
Since he didn't know the opponent's strength, Yose didn't dare to act rashly. The only thing he could do was to increase surveillance of them.
(End of chapter)