Fortunately, there were no more suicide squads attacking this remote tomb at this time. Otherwise, if he saw a colorful light suddenly appearing in front of a tombstone, he would have been frightened to death on the spot.
The way to open this infinite-page tome is to give it a name on the cover.
That's why Zhao Xu specially wrote it by hand. This is also the powerful effect of the first-level spell "Appraisal Technique".
Otherwise, the most common way for adventurers to figure out the effect of a piece of magic equipment is to wear it and feel the specific enhancements it brings, such as Zhao Xu's Star Cloak.
However, some activated magic items need to be activated in a designated way. Generally, most magic items will indicate the activation method on the item. For example, Zhao Xu's "Invisible Ring" has "Invisible Ring" written on the inner circle of the ring. The word "knock".
As for those that are not marked, it is up to the user to figure it out on their own. For example, the "jump" ring that enhances jumping ability can only feel the lightness in the air by wearing it and trying to jump.
At this moment, when the colorful light disappeared, Zhao Xu touched the book he named Notes again, and suddenly felt a sense of harmony.
Zhao Xu gently opened the note, looked at the records left by the ancestors of the Andy family, and directly deleted them.
Whatever Zhao Xu writes on it in the future will slowly disappear, but when he reads it, the words on it will automatically reappear.
Zhao Xu had the impression that the ritual performed by Andy before was also found in the library, so naturally he dispelled the specific content of the ritual.
It was only when he understood that Andy's ancestor brought back the notes that he hesitated for a moment and squinted his eyes to read the words left by the other person.
Looking at the content, it can be seen that the other party had already left the tomb when he got this notebook to record. Most of the recorded content was about distant scenery and longing for his relatives' hometown.
But what caught Zhao Xu's attention was the other party's description of the tomb. The diary records that the tomb has been explored by adventurers, and even many of the traps have corpses of former adventurers.
In this way, Andy's ancestor could get back a magic notebook, and even looking at the other party's description, the harvest was huge, otherwise there would be no need to use a carriage to carry it.
Generally speaking, if things can still be found in a large tomb containing tomb objects and the explorers suffer a lot of casualties, it means that there are still treasures in that tomb that have not yet been explored.
In particular, the back of the diary contains the general location of the tomb and a simple sketch of the entrance to the tomb.
Zhao Xu looked at the sketch and fell into deep thought.
He had seen the mysterious symbol at the entrance to the tomb.
At that time, he was teleported back to the Dark Age by Antinoya. When he saw the priest who was performing a barbaric sacrifice, this symbol was painted on his face.
It can’t be the tomb of the ancient elemental gods, right
Zhao Xu looked at the location. It took a month to walk from the tomb to the Mystra Light. It's not particularly far, but it's not something he can go to anytime soon.
However, Zhao Xu didn't think too much at this time, and simply hid the rough map and the scene at the entrance of the tomb in an invisible page of the notes.
Then I plan to erase the records of the scenery along the way.
Suddenly, Zhao Xu's eyes narrowed.
Ordinary people may not be able to see it, but Zhao Xu, as the owner of this notebook, can clearly feel the difference in each word on it.
There are some words in these two pages that were written with special effort, but the paper of each page of the notes is very thick, and the traces cannot be seen from the back.
But if you lay out a thin copying paper and apply a light layer of charcoal on it, you can judge which words are the most intense by tracing the color of the charcoal on the paper.
Zhao Xu naturally didn't use this method at the moment. He clearly felt the structure and texture of each word in the book, and he could naturally better understand which words the other party used force.
At this time, Zhao Xu also slowly pieced together the scattered words, in order -
"I'm cursed."
"Don't use the summoning ritual passed down in the family!"
"That calls out the real devil!"
Zhao Xu suddenly felt a chill behind him. How could there be so many summoning rituals in this world.
This means that the man Andy deceived him, and the ritual was not what he saw on the slate in the mystery shop at all.
Zhao Xu stood up suddenly and ran in the direction where the five young men disappeared.
At the same time he took out the candle with a small end burned out of his pocket.
If someone appears in this cemetery at night, they will hear a sudden "swish" of wind, accompanied by a stream of air blowing past them, as if someone is sprinting in front of them.
In the end, Zhao Xu ran until he was out of breath with his 14th constitution.
He saw four corpses lying on the ground in front of the stream he passed by when he came.
At this moment, Zhao Xu was completely invisible. He was holding a protective staff in one hand and a candle in the other. After applying some protective spells to himself, he slowly approached.
Before Zhao Xu could take a few steps closer, his hand holding the staff tightened.
It was the four men and women who were sitting around assisting in the ceremony.
And Andy, the man who lied to him, is missing.
Zhao Xu was extremely vigilant at this moment.
Even looking at the corpse in front of him, he remained silent and did not move forward to explore.
His only action was to keep rubbing the wick of the "God Candle", which had been sprinkled with flammable sulfur. After a while, as long as he gently twisted it, the "God Candle" would naturally be lit.
In the end, Zhao Xu decided to use the "Fortune Observation Technique" on himself.
This priest-level necromancy evil element spell cannot be used by him as a good priest, and can only be cast through the spell slot of the archive.
The effect of the spell was similar to "Detection Magic". After he released the spell, a fan-shaped diffuse area with a radius of 10 meters appeared in front of him, immediately covering the four people at the end.
Immediately, the spell fed back information to him one by one about whether each target in the area was alive, what its specific status was, and whether it was an undead creature.
There was no surprise for Zhao Xu, there were only four dead bodies left in front.
At this moment, Zhao Xu no longer acted rashly, and he couldn't even guarantee whether Andy was still hiding nearby.
Zhao Xu directly took out a gem given to him by Lei An from his backpack, and then squeezed it gently. ���
Leian stood beside the stream with a sleepy look on his face. There were two priests and a paladin squatting nearby. At the same time, there were three "spell guards" from the floating city. They were all from the same department - " Rose Cross”.
The "Rose Cross" jointly organized by the Mages Association and the Goddess Church is responsible for hunting down evil alien creatures that invade Arthur, especially the devil and demon affairs.
"Brother, you must be so lucky. Even those rookies who come out to escort and supervise will encounter this kind of thing." Leian said with a yawn.
This "Rose Cross" involves the union of two organizations. As the association's liaison officer in the church, Leian naturally holds an important position in it.
He gave Zhao Xu a gem at the beginning. As long as Zhao Xu crushed the gem, he would be able to get the message and send it to Zhao Xu.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Xu used this gem for the first time and it actually gave him such a great contribution.
Although waking him up in the middle of the night did make him a little sleepy, thinking about this rare and major case, Leian's tired mind put it down again and couldn't help but calculate the specific merits.
"Are all these people saved?" Zhao Xu asked.
Leian shook his head: "The souls have been taken away. Unless the gods intervene, no one can do anything. This devil's methods are cruel enough. I didn't expect that such a thing could happen around Mystra."
As he spoke, he glanced at Zhao Xu, "You have become so strong in just a few days, and the devil would not dare to do anything to you on the spot. Otherwise, after the other party kills you on the spot, he can use these four men and women as carriers later. Let’s continue with the ceremony.”
Zhao Xu shook his head, "You don't need to comfort me. After all, I'm not strong enough."
At this time, Zhao Xu looked deeply at the four corpses that had been restrained.
"To be honest, I'm too lazy to comfort a little brat like you." Leian turned his head and looked at the men who were using magic hands to review.
"It's useless for you to be strong. Can you protect these four people for a lifetime?" Leian said scornfully, "People who can perform such dangerous summoning rituals are already half-footed on the cliff. You can't help them." It’s useless. As long as they stay with that Andy, they will eventually die. I was here at that time, and I couldn’t see anything unusual, otherwise the devils would have been driven away by us.”
As the deputy of the "Rose Cross" department, Lei An said these dejected words with an indifferent expression.
The priest who was standing closer to the side couldn't help but frown after hearing this. He just remembered Leian's usual style and endured it.
Lei An suddenly looked at Zhao Xu with curiosity, "I haven't even explained it to you, but you can already guess the whole story?"
"No, logically, the direction of the stream here is not the way back to Mystra. How can you tell that the other party is not going back to Mystra first? After all, it should think that it is hiding it well, so it dares to kill people nearby so unscrupulously. ”
Leian couldn't help but show an expression of "I'm looking forward to seeing you after three days of separation", "Logically speaking, you players can't really improve your knowledge."
Zhao Xu looked at Lei An angrily, "How about I read in the library every day during this period."
"I'll go." At this time, Leian also lowered his voice, "I have forgotten your old identity. It seems that you are also very diligent in watching. How long have you been watching in a day recently?"
He already understood which library Zhao Xu was talking about.
"18 hours." Zhao Xu said. Basically, he spends his free time reading a book borrowed from the library.
"Then tell me, how did you guess it?" Lei An suddenly had a plan on his mind and asked Zhao Xu.
Sorry, the writer's assistant collapsed and it has been delayed until now. Tonight's extra update is considered late. I apologize for being late. I'm going to have a late-night snack first. Chapter 4 is estimated to be 3 o'clock, so don't wait.
(End of chapter)