Generally speaking, what Antinoya wants to teach him is mostly given to him personally on the spot.
This time, he was specially arranged to take classes elsewhere, which was a bit unexpected.
Zhao Xu followed the directions given by Antinoya and went to a mysterious classroom in the Palace of Knowledge.
The Hall of Knowledge is the main place where all mage apprentices in Floating City receive training. Zhao Xu has never been here because he has been receiving training from Antinoya alone.
Most of those apprentices receive training on the first to third levels.
As soon as Zhao Xu entered the eighth floor, he found that the entire corridor was empty.
Compared to the lower floors, the entire eighth floor was sealed, opaque, and deserted.
Only in the corner, every twenty steps, was a faint candle.
As Zhao Xu walked along, there were many murals hanging on the walls sealed by piles, but most of them were very abstract, as if they were some kind of mysterious ritual symbols.
Zhao Xu knew that some paintings could easily be trapped or even controlled by careful observation, so he did not look carefully.
There was only the sound of footsteps in the entire corridor, and it even seemed like there was one more person.
Zhao Xu suddenly stopped several times, but the sound of his footsteps also stopped at the same time.
Finally, after passing through seven or eight classrooms with caution, he finally found that numbers began to appear on the classroom doors, so he was not far from the classroom 101 that Antinoya had told him.
Contrary to the oversized halls of academic lecture halls, the classrooms in the Hall of Knowledge are smaller than Zhao Xu's university classrooms on Earth, and some are even just a small conference room.
As Zhao Xu walked along, he found that most of the classrooms looked dilapidated. The seats had not even been straightened up and were just dumped on the ground. There were even some broken mirrors piled in the corners.
The layout of the entire eighth floor, from the floor to the murals painted on the ceiling, has no bright colors at all, and is all extremely dull and dark gray.
A scene that has been abandoned for a long time.
As a mage, Zhao Xu is not afraid of any strange phenomena.
Compared to ordinary people, his "magic missiles" are able to restrain many things that ordinary people cannot deal with.
But after he took a few steps, he felt like there was someone following him behind him, which made him feel a little strange.
But whether Zhao Xu looked back, relied on listening or reconnaissance skills, he showed that there was nothing unusual.
"Protect against evil!"
Zhao Xu thought for a while, and then used a protective spell he often used to apply it on his body.
Suddenly he felt a little more courageous.
At this time, he had already reached classroom 93, and it seemed that he was not far from room 101.
Suddenly, a "beep" sound came from behind.
Zhao Xu turned around sharply, and the wooden door of Classroom No. 92 slowly opened.
Zhao Xu stared for half a minute, his spells were ready to go, but nothing came out of the Ninety-Two Good Classroom.
It seemed like it was just a half-rotted wooden door that had been blown open by the wind due to years of disrepair.
The only question is, where does the wind come from here
Thinking of the depressive surrounding environment, Zhao Xu knew that he had begun to overreact mentally and could easily become suspicious.
He directly reached into the side pocket of the convenience bag, thinking about the lion's hair. Suddenly he poured one of the materials in the bag, and the lion's hair appeared in his hand.
While Zhao Xu finished releasing the iron stone in his hand, he directly grabbed the lion's mane and began to chant a spell and cast a spell.
"Heart of a Lion!"
Then, when the spell was completed, he pressed the warm spell energy in his palm directly into his body.
Suddenly, Zhao Xu mustered up infinite courage!
At this moment, no matter what supernatural situation occurred, he was not afraid.
Zhao Xu gritted his teeth and rushed directly towards the 101 classroom.
If he encounters any strange situation in the wild, he will definitely cast a spell and go over to see it without saying anything.
But as this is a floating city, no one knows there are any special mechanisms.
The "Lion's Heart" that Zhao Xu cast on himself is a unique divine spell of the paladin, which can make him immune to fear effects for 2 rounds (12 seconds).
When he encountered the giant dragon before, he did nothing. He even had difficulty raising his head. He fell into a trembling state, one of the effects of fear.
Now that he has cast this spell on himself, whether it is the true feelings in his heart or the pure effect, at least he who is immune to fear will not be too passive.
Ten classrooms away, Zhao Xu quickly finished the sprint before 12 seconds came.
Just as he was counting the numbers silently, he realized that the classroom after 100 was classroom 102.
Classroom 101 disappeared out of thin air for no apparent reason.
In this way, Zhao Xu stood on the wall between the two classrooms, lost in thought.
If Antinoya asked him to come here, she would definitely not trick him.
But Zhao Xu didn't understand why everything on the eighth floor of the Palace of Knowledge was so weird.
Suddenly, all the candles in the entire corridor went out.
Darkness suddenly came over him, and cries mixed with laughter rang in his ears.
"Lighting Technique." Zhao Xu took out the fireflies in his pocket in an instant and cast this spell.
Suddenly, the robe that Zhao Xu had used the light spell began to shine directly, and he was about to break through to dispel the darkness ahead.
In just a moment, a deeper darkness enveloped him like a wave.
The light spell failed in an instant, and the strange sound also disappeared.
In this way, Zhao Xu listened to his own heartbeat in this dark environment.
Boom, boom, boom.
It's just that the "Heart of a Lion" spell that immunizes him from fear has reached its last second.
The fear of deep darkness surged in Zhao Xu's heart again.
Zhao Xu didn't think much. He took out another lion's mane from his backpack.
He needed to maintain his inner composure at the moment.
"That's it." Suddenly, a cold voice came from behind Zhao Xu.
Immediately afterwards, a bonfire broke out in front of him.
Ahead is an extremely dilapidated forest scene.
Five mages wearing robes and cloaks were sitting in front of a bonfire in a forest clearing. There was still an empty spot, waiting for him to sit down.
"The last person to come will always be extra intimidated. Since you are not scared to tears, just go and sit down."
If Zhao Xu hadn't recognized Lei An's voice at this time, he would have cursed on the spot.
But at this time, he still walked over and sat in the vacant seat in front of the campfire.
Only then did Zhao Xu notice that Leian blinked at him specifically.
"Don't you know how to disperse? I set up this scene so that you can be cool." Suddenly, Lei An's spiritual link came over.
"There aren't even half an undead creature here, why should I use the ability to dispel the undead?" If Leian hadn't mentioned it, Zhao Xu would have almost forgotten that he had such an ability.
Now that he encounters problems, he tends to use his own spells more.
"You are stupid too. The positive energy emitted by the dispelling ability has the effect of warming people's hearts."
"I wanted you to show off your strength, so I arranged a more terrifying plot for you. Is this illusion going to explode?"
Only when Zhao Xu heard this did he realize, "Isn't your illusion technique too strong?"
"Nonsense, this layer is the mirror of illusion. The control core is in my hand. I can control the space and illusion on this layer at will."
At this time, Zhao Xu had also sat down in the corner. He noticed that the two companions beside him looked like they were both girls.
Thinking that the other party must have been threatened by Lei An in a bad way just now, Zhao Xu couldn't help but show sympathy.
"Are you okay?" At this time, the female mage on Zhao Xu's left asked him with concern.
Zhao Xu nodded, "It feels okay."
"Some of these illusions exceed the scope of normal illusions." The female mage on Zhao Xu's right also spoke up at this time, "I just tested it, and some things do have a real touch."
Zhao Xu leaned against the bonfire and vaguely noticed that the eyes under the hood of the other party were purple.
"Haha, who told you these are illusions?" Suddenly Leian walked directly to the bonfire and looked around at the six mages.
"Welcome to the Forest of Whispers." Leian's voice was low and hoarse.
Zhao Xu guessed that it should be imitated by the phantom sound technique or something like that.
"Aren't you here to teach me the ability to 'disguise spells'?" Zhao Xu asked Leian while relying on the mind link spell.
"That's the reward for passing the level. You idiot, do the test first. If you cause your teammates to lose, you will be taught, but they will not be qualified." Leian warned with ill intentions, "Do you think everyone can agree with you? Teach everything the same?"
As Lei An thought about it, he began to feel angry. He had to wait until almost level 10 before he could learn this technique.
"The eighth floor of the Hall of Knowledge is actually an invisible portal. When you step out, you will be transported to the designated place, which is here - the Forest of Whispers."
"I think you all heard it before coming here, right? Only by passing the test can you obtain the ability that has never been passed on to others."
There is nothing more attractive than abilities that other players cannot learn.
Even though Zhao Xuming knew that he could obtain this ability, he still couldn't help but listen to Lei An's words.
"You will be divided into two teams later, and then you will each think of your own code name, and you will use the code name to refer to each other in the team."
"The test is very simple. I placed something in the Forest of Whispers. If you find that thing, come back to the bonfire and you will pass the test."
Leian said word for word.
"What is that thing?" A mage opposite Zhao Xu asked.
"You ask me, who am I asking?" Leian showed his true nature within a few words, but he immediately pulled back: "You will know it when you see it."
"Okay, using this as the dividing line, you are divided into two teams. Stay thirty meters away from me within two rounds, otherwise I will activate the instant death spell." Leian said in a cold tone.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Xu and the two female mages beside him quickly stood up and retreated to the side.
It wasn't until the three of them ran under a withered tree that they stopped.
By this time, the bonfire where Leian was was had disappeared.
"Introduce yourself first?" said the girl who spoke to Zhao Xu at the beginning, "Code name, Lu, level 2 mage, player."
"Code name, Shadow, level 2 mage, player." The purple-eyed female mage said.
At this time, both of them looked at Zhao Xu.
Zhao Xu was silent for a while and then said: "Code name: Feng, a level 2 mage and a player."
The three of them looked at each other a little bit.
God knows when Arthur will show up with three level 2 mages.
Will pay back tomorrow with 4 more updates.
(End of chapter)