Seeing the heavy security ahead, Zhao Xu's breath tightened slightly, but he didn't make any big movements.
If he were a high-defense warrior with full riding skills and riding a celestial horse, he could still evade these guards.
But now, it would be better for him to be more honest.
Although Zhao Xu is also confident that after using the mage armor and shield, his defensive ability will not be much worse than that of the guards who cover their heads tightly.
Since he became a mage and could no longer apply his previous warrior experience, Zhao Xu would unconsciously start to simulate battle scenes when faced with various situations, secretly analyzing how he should carry out spell attack and defense.
But facing the situation in front of him, Zhao Xu discovered that only the colorful jet could defeat a group of people. For group control like hypnosis, the other party would not give him one round of time to cast the spell.
Zhao Xu, who had been recruited, knew that there was no point in defeating the person in front of him. This level was just the first level.
Not to mention the group in front of me, there were countless scouts lurking around. Once the iron pot in the corner was ignited, and the thick smoke started to rise, hundreds of people would gather here within a short time.
After thousands of years of drills, basically everyone is experienced in this kind of arrangement of fronts, both in search and counter-search.
"Adventurers on the opposite side, dismount and come over for inspection." A guard who looked like a captain shouted loudly. Only his armor was the most dazzling in the scene, and it was inlaid with additional metal plates.
At the same time, there were three adventurers dressed similarly to him, all squatting in the corner with their hands tied, obviously waiting for the next wave of people to change defenses to arrive before sending them away.
However, Zhao Xu couldn't care about too many passers-by, so he dismounted and stood by.
On the opposite side, three people were walking towards him. They were holding light crossbows. The crossbow arrows glowed with a blue cold light, and they looked like they had been poisoned.
After Zhao Xu reached level 2, he obtained the life dice of a level 2 mage. The result of 1D4 (1-4) was 3 points. After adding his 2 points of physical fitness, his health increased from 8hp to 13hp. Calculate Go up to Xiao Neng.
Nowadays, the mainstream first-level mage has only 5hp if he has 12 constitutions.
Even level 1 warriors may not have as much health as Zhao Xu at this time.
He already had the capital to survive being hit by two light crossbows without falling unconscious. This was the ability that his health gave them.
"Who are you? Where are you from? Where are you going?"
The leading guard had a stern look on his face. For them, if they dared to show up here at this juncture without going through official procedures, they would definitely be unjust if they were killed, but if they killed half of them, they would definitely slip through the cracks.
When Zhao Xu heard this tone, he suddenly thought of a lot.
Having served as a border guard, he knew that if everyone was treated as a prisoner, he would get into trouble sooner or later.
His eyes couldn't help but fall into the distance. Roja might have underestimated the difficulties on the border.
There must have been some unknown changes between the Tianbei Business Alliance and Kasuo and Butan.
Zhao Xu knew that when he took out the mage badge, the other party would definitely not recognize Os's name behind it, but they would send him off respectfully after confirming that he was a registered mage of the association.
But North Carolina ahead, he definitely can't get past it.
And even if you go to other towns through the Nanyu Forest, it's still a three-day distance.
Compared with the current group of players, Zhao Xu has been playing in Arthur for ten years, so he still knows a lot about some rules, whether openly or privately.
He immediately took out the certificate issued by the Crescent Town Mage Association.
Although Zhao Xu didn't want to admit it, this letter proved that he was indeed confident enough to wander in the wilds of Nanyu Forest.
The Tianbei Merchant Alliance, which originally surrounded and suppressed his caravan, suddenly became his logistics teammate.
The leader of this guard team may not recognize the signature of the North Carolina City Mage Association, but he definitely cannot recognize the signature of the nearby Crescent Town, a key resource supply town.
Although Zhao Xu didn't understand why the executive officer of the association also had the signature of the Crescent Town Government Affairs Department.
The county magistrate is not as good as the current one, even in Arthur.
When the three guards who came over to take precautions saw Zhao Xu taking out something, they had already raised their weapons to knock Zhao Xu down.
After seeing a document, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief and looked a little more relaxed.
A certificate with a blue cover and a gold edge would be very costly even if it was faked.
The leading guard raised his eyebrows, secretly wondering if it was the nephew of some big shot who came here to have some fun.
Thinking of this, he took off his helmet, slightly bent his originally straight waist, and took the initiative to reach out to Zhao Xu, preparing to take the certification document.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, an arrow came like a gust of wind and penetrated directly into the eyebrow of the guard standing at the front.
Along with it, there was also the disbelieving look from the other party.
Just like that, a cold corpse fell directly, like a storm that directly swept through the hearts of everyone present.
At the moment when the arrow only penetrated the opponent's eyebrows, accompanied by the sounds of enemy attacks and screams, Zhao Xu, in addition to secretly cursing the bandits for tricking him like this, hurriedly started to cast spells defensively.
At this time, he had yellow mud falling out of his crotch. It wasn't just poop, it was poop.
The time to cast spells is extremely precious in this face-to-face mortal situation.
Just when Zhao Xu gritted his teeth and was about to say the last word of "Mage Armor", one of the two remaining guards standing in front of him had already turned around and ran away, while the other reacted decisively and let go with regret. Fire the trigger of the light crossbow.
In this chaotic moment, the guards didn't even see where the attack was coming from, but Zhao Xu, who was standing at the front, definitely missed the target.
This is also the reason why Zhao Xu cast the spell immediately. Those who still want to explain may have to go back to the Creation Temple to explain to the statues.
"Bang." The second arrow pierced through.
[Adventurer Zhongxia, your defense check failed and you suffered 1D8=3 damage.]
The guard's crossbow arrow hit Zhao Xu's thigh directly, and the pain hit him directly.
At this time, Zhao Xu could only grit his teeth and be thankful that it only hit his thigh, which only caused 3 HP of damage.
If it hits him in the head, that's all.
Even if he is unlucky and hits a critical hit directly, then he can really sing a song of returning to the city with sadness.
It's just that Zhao Xu was at the last moment of chanting a spell. This was not a fatal injury, but the pain hit his consciousness, and even the rhythm of his original chanting was disrupted.
[Adventurer Zhongxia, perform a spellcasting concentration check 4 (skill level) + 2 (physical fitness) + 4 (combat reflex) + D20 = 10 + 10 = 20, greater than difficulty 14 = 10 (basic) + 3 (damage) + 1 ( spell level), pass the check, Concentration succeeds.]
Immediately from his character panel, a force came directly from the focus skill, driving Zhao Xu's whole body to continue to maintain the spell.
This unconscious driving force allowed Zhao Xu to successfully cast the spell.
An invisible armor appeared directly on Zhao Xu's body, as solid as a rock.
Seeing that the spell was successful, Zhao Xu immediately grabbed the mount he had summoned. Relying on the memory of his riding skills in his previous life, he turned over and jumped on it. Then he lowered himself and pulled the horse and sprinted away with all his strength.
At this time, seven or eight meters of warriors wearing light armor also rushed directly from the distance. They waved the scimitars in their hands and rushed towards the checkpoint. The few people who were captured lying on the ground at the checkpoint also took advantage of the distraction of everyone. Run as hard as you can.
[Adventurer Zhongxia, your defense level is level 14, you were attacked, your test was level 13, and your defense was successful.]
With a "ding" sound, a crossbow arrow aimed at Zhao Xu's back was removed by the power of the mage's armor.
Zhao Xu, who was running away on horseback, couldn't help but look back to see who was desperately chasing him.
(End of chapter)