Stone Fire Pub, guest room on the second floor.
Victor sitting in the chair was meditating deeply, restoring his physical and mental fatigue.
After arriving at St. Naburg, the capital of the Babatler Kingdom, Victor bid farewell to the reluctant Cecilia, Old Locke and others, and left the northern caravan that had been getting along for more than half a month.
According to the instructions in the mission, Victor used the spell "Charming Humans" to control a local bastard. Under his leadership, he came to the stone fire tavern, the secret joint location.
"Although my high-profile behavior will bring risks, it also makes it convenient for people who come to the joint..."
Victor, who had finished his meditation, examined his previous actions, and after he was sure that it would not cause too much danger, he focused his energy on the summary.
Based on the experience of many battles, Victor made a preliminary summary of the profession of mage.
The mages are not like people imagine, there are all kinds of powerful spells between their gestures. Most mages, especially low-level and mid-level mages, generally do not use spells in a less dangerous environment, and their melee ability is not much inferior to that of warriors and barbarians (especially low-level mages). condition).
For example, when encountering a team of miscellaneous soldiers, Victor can cast the spell "Colorful Jet", after controlling the enemy, use weapons such as daggers to kill him... This method is far more than a frontal battle of an intermediate fighter. Much easier.
Based on past experience, Victor believes that the mage’s fighting style is mainly reflected in two aspects: control of the field and one hit kills.
Controlling the field means that the main role of the mage should be to help him and his team cope with the ever-changing situation. For example: "protective energy" is used to reduce specific damage such as strong acid, fire, and freezing, or use control spells such as "hypnotism, cobweb, and greasy" to help themselves and their companions reduce the number of enemies they face , Or use "flying technique" to help the team overcome complex terrain, and "wind movement" to help the team improve maneuverability.
And one hit kills, it is a powerful embodiment of the mage profession! For example: Death Cloud, Death Finger, Split, Time Stop, Meteor Burst... These powerful spells can all be used to win with one blow!
Therefore, reverse derivation based on the above two aspects shows that the shortcomings or weaknesses of the wizard are "pre-war preparations"!
How to understand
First of all, the mage's ability to cope with sudden attacks and sudden changes is often extremely poor! Because the spells prepared by each wizard are all specific and strongly targeted... In the face of emergencies, these targeted spells are often not useful!
Fortunately, any mage has this kind of crisis awareness, so they will set aside the necessary mental power to cast life-saving spells such as "any door", "oil on the soles of the feet", and "Maddencan Mansion". Therefore, if you want to kill a mage, you must make careful preparations and a complete plan.
Secondly, when the wizards cast spells, in most cases it takes a certain amount of time to cast! If a mage is too close to his enemy, no matter how many and best spells he has, but no time to cast them, everything is wasted!
Based on this, wizards often trigger spells on their equipment constantly and permanently, for them to face unprepared events. For example, a mid-level mage has a constant spell "any door" on his robe, and its trigger condition is to encounter a sudden, instantaneous attack. In this case, suppose a high-level assassin approaches him invisibly and suddenly initiates a backstab! Then once the trigger condition takes effect, this mid-level mage can be teleported and escaped by the spell "any door" without even reacting to it himself.
The above two points boil down to the so-called "pre-war preparation."
In other words, when the strength of the enemy and ours is not much different, a wizard with sufficient preparation is invincible.
In response to this weakness of the mage, Victor used the newly born illusory universe in his soul space to transform the talent "data analysis" that can be actively opened into a brand-new, passively effective spell "eye of omniscience."
During the time to Saint-Naubert, in addition to teaching Cecilia, Victor spent the rest of the time on the construction of this exclusive spell.
Fortunately, he succeeded!
"Eye of All-Knowing", an exclusive spell, passively effective. The effect is to digitize the rule system of the plane.
For example, if an arrow shoots towards Victor, then the specific structure, trajectory, lethality, flight time of the arrow... all kinds of information will be converted into data and presented in Victor. Many visions.
Due to the level of the mage and spiritual power, the effect of the "All-Knowing Eye" is limited to 10% of the normal effect (Viktor's speculation). Perhaps this limit will only be available after Victor becomes a legendary mage. Get completely relieved.
Even so, for Victor, a mid-level mage of the fourth ring, this is enough!
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Standing up, Victor moved his body slightly.
Ever since Greenland was destroyed by the Temple of Eternity, since the war fortress of the Magic Society arrived in the north, and since the fire in Carter City, Victor has been thinking about a question from time to time: Why did he cross? Was it just an accident
Was there any connection between the Walstad continent he traveled and the game world in his previous life? Why does the "history" he determined to have disappeared reappear? Will this situation be the result of space-time correction
If this is the case, then after the "Northern War", "Undead Scourge", "Demon Invasion", "Holy Man"... Will it still happen
"Since I don't understand what's going on, let's go with the flow!"
Victor sighed long after his thoughts were getting messy, and his divergent pupils refocused.
At this moment, a soft knock on the door rang.
Out of caution, Victor did not deploy any detective spells, so he could not determine who knocked on the door.
"My God is eternal! Who is it?"
According to Uncle Leo's twenty-odd years of experience in the temple, Victor, disguised as a low-ranking priest, asked in a low voice, "What made you disturb a servant of God?"
"Big... Your lord calms down! The little guy is George, the owner of the tavern..."
There was a solemn voice from outside the door, "... That's it, there is a pious nobleman who wants to see you... I wonder if you have time?"
"Noble?" Victor's mouth curled slightly. "How did he know that I was here?"
"Ah! My lord, when you were dining... you punished the villain, and this delightful thing has spread... So..."
"knew!"
Victor interrupted the tavernkeeper's explanation in an impatient tone, "In that case, I will see this uninvited guest..."