Zhao Xu, who slowly walked out of the tavern, couldn't help but weigh the bag of coins in his hand.
The five players who were greedy for him probably really had some transactions planned for today, otherwise they wouldn't have packed a whole bag of coins.
Wolan was indeed not lying. The bag of coins in Zhao Xu's hand was worth nearly a thousand gold coins.
But it contained a platinum coin worth ten gold coins, a total of hundreds or so.
Generally, this kind of currency is only used by caravans. The next level up is the "golden ticket" guaranteed by the magic association or temple.
It's just that Zhao Xu hasn't seen this thing before.
When Zhao Xu walked on the familiar "Wandering Street" again, his mind was still thinking about the scene that had just happened.
In the floating city, the average intelligence of those high-level mages is more than 20+, and even his mentor Antinoya is still a being with 50+, so there is basically no room for him to perform.
So many times, Zhao Xu simply learns passively, sometimes thinking too much and easily being educated.
But when he arrived in this "Winter City", he couldn't help but think carefully about every step of his actions, just like his previous escort experience in the Tianbei Merchant Alliance.
Sometimes, missing one link in thinking means everything is wrong.
Logically speaking, the other party wouldn't be able to recognize the "star cloak" he was wearing, but they might guess that it was a magic item.
As for the "+1 Netherworld" giant scythe on his back, because of the looming nature of Netherworld itself, it can easily be observed to be a magic weapon.
However, the characteristic "Ghost" is good for fighting ghosts, but it is a waste of time to fight against players.
At this time, Zhao Xu had already realized that he acted "rashly" this time.
Ever since the bartender in the tavern refused to pay any attention to him. He should have realized that he was a foreigner to this "Winter City".
He is a "black householder" who has no resident certificate and has never paid any city entry tax.
So he suddenly disappeared, and even the city guards and the entire security system didn't even know that such a thing had happened.
Especially since the players themselves are projections, they don't even have to deal with the corpses.
In addition, players like to kill each other just for a breath, so unless there are players who hold positions in Winter City, the general security system will not intervene.
Judging from the fact that the maximum number of mages is 1 level 4, 4 level 2, and most of them are level 1, what he just did is equivalent to a child walking into trouble with gold.
If you don't do anything to him, the local people are simple and honest to a certain extent.
Zhao Xu, who understood his mistake just now, was not too upset. Anyway, it was not the first time that the five people had done this kind of business, so he directly used magic to kill the five people.
At the beginning, he directly fired the two-ring "Flash Dust", which was actually a disguised control spell. It paralyzed the combat power of several people on the spot, and also achieved the purpose of allowing him to escape from the battlefield first.
After the flash dust exploded, Zhao Xu also used the "Invisibility Technique" on himself.
If Zhao Xu activates the invisible ring first and then releases the glitter dust, his whole body will be covered with those golden particles, which is completely deceptive.
After Zhao Xu succeeded in becoming invisible, he actually avoided the crowd and tried to find a safe and reasonable position.
This allows him to cover five people with a wave of fireballs and clear the area directly.
Among level 1 players, the barbarian with the highest initial Hit Dice is D12. Combined with the characteristic that the level 1 HP can be fully obtained, it is 12HP. If the constitution is also 18 points, the adjustment value is +4.
The initial health of such a barbarian who has no use of special means is 16 HP, which is already equal to Zhao Xu's health at level 3.
And when the "Barbarian" is added with the "Rage" ability, the health value will be piled up to 18HP.
Still under the threat of Zhao Xu's fireball technique of 18 points of expected damage.
Those five players and four guards were basically none at level 2.
So when those people were suspicious and gathered together to open the door and prepare to escape, Zhao Xu chose the spot where the fireball technique would land.
Then a fixed-point bombing spell with a radius of six meters - "Fireball", directly cleared the nine people.
Even if there are still those left who are still alive, they can't withstand Zhao Xu's final "magic missile". When his caster level reaches level 5, there are already three magic missiles in one spell. When his caster level reaches level 9, the number can reach as many as 5, which is also the upper limit.
Selection of large-scale spells will also be a headache for mages in the future.
Arthur's magic is prepared in advance in his mind, so the radius of the spell's area of effect is set tightly from the beginning.
So many times, it's not that the "Colorful Jet" isn't great, or that the "Fireball" isn't powerful, it's that everyone just throws it at them regardless, which is to take away the rhythm of teammates and enemies.
Zhao Xu was once in the melee in the canyon. He didn't care about releasing a "colorful jet" at the 50-50 friendly followers and enemies. After knocking everyone down, he relied on the four players around him who were not involved in the battle. Intervene to create a comeback situation in which more people beat fewer people.
If you want to avoid hitting your own teammates, the only way for an average mage to do so is to learn "Spell Shaping", a metamagic specialty that changes the area affected by a spell.
For those who are more capable, the professional ability "Shape Mastery" advanced through the "Arch Mage" can also change the form of spells on the spot.
Of course, when Zhao Xu advances to "Spell Guard" in the future and learns the ability of "Selective Spells", he will be able to cast spells so that his teammates can ignore the effects of the spells so that the spells only take effect on the enemy.
This is the most powerful and widely applicable ability.
After Zhao Xu briefly reviewed his gains and losses in the battle just now, he returned to the "Grocery Plaza".
After suddenly gaining 1,000 GP, he naturally had to seize the opportunity again to make up for the shortcomings in his strength.
In particular, some secrets may be spread among the mouths of these vendors who travel in the wild all year round.
If you get close to them, you can get the inside information more easily.
The layout of the "Grocery Plaza" in Winter City is similar to the layout of vegetable market stalls on Earth. Basically, there is one area per person.
Most of the owners of the goods were busy with their own business at the stalls, and some even came with people eating to rush in the work and sell at the same time. However, the quality of the work was compromised due to the rush.
The square was full of people, even if they didn't have any needs, they were milling around in front of these stalls to see what was new.
The items in the grocery store are roughly divided into several categories. The rarest ones are definitely those magic items, ranging from scrolls to magic weapons. However, these valuable items are usually operated by specialized stores. Most of the products that can be brought to the grocery market are defective products that are difficult to sell.
Many of the rest are items excavated from ancient tombs in various ruins.
For those unearthed objects, after simple methods cannot detect the functions and uses of those items, most of them can only be dealt with cheaply. After all, the cost of 100 gold coin identification skills is still very high.
In fact, many people use magic items, and even before they die, they may not know whether they have used the full effect of the magic items.
Making do with what you can and saving when you can is the mainstream for Arthur's low-level adventurers.
Not everyone has "mechanism goggles" and enough spell slots to cast "detection magic" like Zhao Xu.
The last major category of items left in the square is "alchemy items", which have the clearest effects and also have the largest sales volume.
With a set of "alchemy tools", enough alchemy materials, an alchemy schematic diagram, and sufficient craft (alchemy) skills, you can make a living by relying on this craft.
This is also the reason why Arthur's current "alchemy" has become the mainstream skill for part-time work, while the "weapon making" skill has not succeeded in catching up.
After all, compared with other job skills, such as professional (car driver), professional (chef), and professional (farmer), it appears to be more self-sufficient and does not depend on the weather for food.
Many players choose to sell their alchemy items in grocery plazas, partly because the alchemy stores themselves have stable supply channels and stable quality.
Because of the uneven quality, individual customers like them cannot sell their products at a good price until they get a good reputation. , and can’t enter the other party’s line of sight
Zhao Xu's trip was more or less to replenish some "alchemy items" for himself, and to see if he could use his "appraisal skills" to find treasures.
In Mystra, where everyone has a mage apprentice, if an ancient coin falls on the ground, the bystanders around will be able to explain the coin's ins and outs.
In addition, although the appraisal skill is expensive, after everyone guessed 80% to 90% using the appraisal skill, they felt that they were still willing to take the gamble if they could get their money back.
Because of Mystra, you can really find a shop where you can use the "identification technique" within a hundred meters at any time.
On the contrary, in this winter city, if you want to find a mage who can prepare the "appraisal technique", you have to make an appointment in advance so that the other party can specially prepare the "appraisal technique" tomorrow.
Zhao Xu's gaze went directly over the most mainstream and dazzling locations in the grocery store. The wool comes from the sheep, and the rental fees are not borne by buyers like them.
And because there is a lot of traffic there, the probability of successfully picking up a leak is very low.
Zhao Xu glanced from door to door, but what he was looking at was not the products on the table, but the people.
Zhao Xu, who had been a police officer, could tell which people had come to the grocery store for a long time to sell their ancestors' collections, which people were just second-rate dealers doing price difference trading, and which people had just returned from tomb robbery and were warming up to the treasures in their hands.
However, Zhao Xu's gaze suddenly froze and rested on a player dressed as a warlock.
Zhao Xu didn't expect that he would meet an acquaintance, the kind of acquaintance who would eventually become a high-level executive in Winter City.
(End of chapter)