After two months of contact with NPCs, players already know that dealing with NPCs may indeed trigger "missions".
However, this kind of "mission" is the same as the "mission" verbally entrusted by the players themselves. There is no mandatory requirement from the system, and there will not be a pop-up box asking "Do you accept this old man's commission to find his granddaughter?" .
Therefore, players often have their rewards stolen by the cunning and insidious Arthur NPCs.
Complaint posts about this aspect have also become Nikkei posts on the forum.
After this period of education, the players themselves have also summed up experience. The higher the job level and the tendency of their own camp to be lawful or kind, most of them will not miss the mission rewards.
Therefore, when the members of the Adventurer's Guild saw the Storm Mage revealing his official identity in front of them, they all felt that they were involved in Arthur's key history.
Players in Winter City are still bragging about the former Starfall Lake to this day. Because they changed history. The future local records of Winter City and Falling Star Town in the game will record everything that happened that day.
Even the "Mysterious Priest", the goddess of magic who performs many magical arts, and the player "Starry Sky Reflection" have been erected in Falling Star Town.
After hearing this, several people who came down together looked at Zhao Xu with their eyes intently, waiting for his next assignment.
As the president of the association, Shuang Jian is one of the few players present who has dealt with Mystra officials.
He was very aware of the position of the "Rosicross" in the violent sector of the city of Mystra.
When he saw that Zhao Xu had issued the certificate, he did not have the slightest doubt and said directly with respect: "Mr. Kuangfeng, if necessary, we will cooperate with your actions."
Zhao Xu said politely, "No, it's me who is troubling you. This is mainly because some clues reminded me of a case about demons. I'm sorry that I can't disclose it to you in detail due to confidentiality reasons. I just hope that you can get it when necessary. It’s just your assistance.”
Listening to Zhao Xu's explanation, Shuangjian felt relieved, although he knew that "Rose Cross" had a good reputation and was unlikely to use its power to bully them.
But at this time, he heard personally that Zhao Xu had just accidentally discovered the relevant clues, and he had already realized that the so-called clue was the surname "Erol", which made him half happy and half worried.
And Zhao Xu did not lie. The seven notebooks themselves were also related to the devil blood incident of the Andy family. At this time, he also took precautions in advance to avoid changes in the ownership of the handwriting.
At this time, the mage Chen Nuo asked in confusion: "Mr. Guangfeng, why did the trap disappear?"
Zhao Xu thought without hesitation: "This is the effect of the second-level spell 'Phantom Trap'. The only function of this spell is to mislead others into thinking there is a trap on the lock or mechanical device."
"If you search for traps or use the detect trap spell, you will think there is a trap there. This spell can be used on everything from door lock hinges, window catches, corks, closures to ratchets. In fact, the illusion itself is It has no power, it just delays the rogue's cracking time."
Shuangjian suddenly slapped his head: "I see." As if he was the one who asked the question.
If Zhao Xu hadn't known this, who would have dared to touch the mechanism without permission if they were in this secret room.
Even Shuang Jian cannot bear this responsibility.
There have been too many examples on the forum of players accidentally touching the trap and being locked up in a secret room, only to be able to commit suicide and be resurrected in the end.
Everyone present listened carefully to Zhao Xu's explanation, which was an adventurous experience in itself.
"But Mr. Guangfeng, didn't you cast a spell to dispel the illusion just now?" Chen Nuo was still confused.
Zhao Xu smiled, "This is a new improvement in spells in recent years. If you release a 'Phantom Trap' within a 15-meter range, it can replace the original spell. So when you see the trap on the original door lock, I can tell that after I cast the spell and disappear.”
In fact, Zhao Xu couldn't use the "True Knowledge Technique", so naturally he didn't dare to say 100% that the trap was fake.
The intelligence of the mages makes the traps they set extremely cunning. They often take into account various reactions of people and then target them.
Zhao Xu once encountered Master Lane's "spell turret" in a dungeon, and the other party had set up a trap door trap to prevent them from retreating.
After getting Zhao Xu's answer, the two wanderers stepped forward, took out the thin wire hooks and the like from their backpacks, and used the "disable device" skill to open the door lock.
At this time, Shuang Jian had already put down his worries, but when he saw Chen Nuo still frowning, he quietly walked over to the other party and whispered: "Is there anything else strange?"
Chen Nuo said cautiously, "President, what do you think of the 'Phantom Trap' spell?"
When Shuangjian heard this, he almost laughed out loud, "This is completely unpopular. I didn't expect that Master Guangfeng could actually prescribe the right medicine to relieve it. Look at the way everyone is looking at him now. They have directly replaced you and become our strongest Spell consultant."
Originally, everyone thought that Zhao Xu only had powerful magic equipment and did not dare to take it lightly.
But the opponent actually knew the low-level spells clearly. He was obviously not just a second-generation magician, and no one dared to underestimate his spell skills.
The opinions he expressed next about magic, even if Chen Nuo was contrary to them, everyone would mostly listen to Zhao Xu.
Chen Nuo continued: "President, if I put it on you, will you prepare such an unpopular spell? That is the second level, not the zero level."
Shuang Jian suddenly felt an awe-inspiring chill all over his body, and looked at Zhao Xu's back with disbelief. For a moment, he didn't know who he was.
Then the stone door was slowly pushed open, revealing a more spacious hall with a square and empty layout.
The hall is about four meters high and covers an extremely large area. Even if you run fast for five or six seconds, you may not be able to reach the other side. The walls and floors are all made of the same blue bricks, and the gaps are completely filled with cement. There are no gaps or abnormalities at all.
Everyone slowly walked into the hall and couldn't help but look up and around, but no strange traces could be seen. This kind of room layout is exactly the same, as if copied and pasted, which will greatly blur everyone's attention.
"I'll use the secret door detection spell to search first." The mage Chen Nuo said at this time. At the same time, the two wanderers also used search skills to find clues in the field.
Zhao Xu glanced at Chen Nuo and thought that the other party might have prepared to learn this spell in advance for this purpose.
Counting the day it took for the mage to learn spells, and the association waiting for another whole day to issue tasks, there was at least a two or three-day window for Frost Sword to get the map.
This also means that the enemy may have been preparing for two or three days.
The Frost Sword had been in Mystra City before, and was guarded by the Magic Guard and the Goddess Church. Most people did not dare to take action without permission.
Then everyone began to leave and use their own half-empty search skills to search. The main reason was that the entire area was too large and it was unsustainable for just two wanderers.
Zhao Xu did not delay and also used the "Detect Secret Door" spell.
But this time Chen Nuo saw him casting spells without any doubts. It was normal for a mage to go to the mage tower to explore and prepare to detect secret door spells.
Suddenly, Zhao Xu's eyes flashed with electricity, as if his eyes directly emitted a cone-shaped invisible light with a radius of 20 meters, and in an instant, mysterious magical energy directly filled the area in front of him.
"Detecting Secret Doors" is a minute-level spell, and it also requires "concentration", which means that he cannot release other spells during this process.
Zhao Xu, who uses an alternative "secret door sensor flashlight", can basically determine whether there is a secret door in front of him in the first round.
Then in the second round, the specific number of secret doors can be determined. If it exists, he can analyze the situation of a secret door in each subsequent round.
This was how he had determined in that dungeon that there was a secret door behind the demon altar, otherwise they would not have been able to search if there was a trap on the altar.
At this time, Zhao Xu directly switches to an area every round (6 seconds). Basically, any secret door, secret room, or cellar will be invisible under the irradiation of this spell.
This is also the powerful effect of prophecy detection spells.
Suddenly, while Zhao Xu was looking around, he stopped and stared straight ahead.
At the beginning of the risky tactical deduction, several other people who had heard Chen Nuo explain the principles of magic all understood that Zhao Xu had gained something, and immediately turned their attention to the area in front of him.
After a while, Zhao Xu raised his hand, pointed to a spot on the floor five meters away in the corner of the front hall, and said, "Here."
The two wanderers hurriedly stepped forward and lay down on the floor tiles pointed by Zhao Xu. Then they tapped the ground gently, and then carefully checked the surrounding ground conditions, but shook their heads, "No response? Didn't look either. To the cracks of any secret doors?”
At this time, Chen Nuo also looked here and said the same: "I also saw it. There is a door. It should be a cellar."
But after the information feedback was turned on, he showed an embarrassed look, "You have to use the blood of direct blood relatives of the Errol family to drip on it to remove the seal. Otherwise -"
"Otherwise what happened?" Shuang Jian said nervously at this moment.
The previous descendant of Errol had died long ago and was buried on the spot. At this time, there was nowhere to collect blood.
"This brick has induction magic applied to it, and only family blood can shield it. It's not that you can't destroy the bricks with brute force, but once the strength of the disassembly is imbalanced, the mechanism above will open, and then the deep well we came down from will be It will fall and seal it." Chen Nuo said with astonishment as he talked about the feedback the detection spell gave him.
For a moment, everyone who heard this sentence felt extremely troubled.
Shuangjian didn't expect that there was such a magical magic. If the entire floor tile was not destroyed with uniform force, it would directly trigger a trap.
A wanderer who worked on the project said: "If it were on Earth, it could be crushed evenly using impact drilling."
"Don't be stupid, it's true. You can't move the drilling well here." Another player retorted.
Shuangjian took a deep breath and frowned at this scene. Apparently, the mage had eliminated the possibility of them using a heavy hammer to forcefully break the ground.
"Is there any magic that can achieve this?" asked the poet Kelu, who was also considered a skilled player.
"No, I heard that your mage has a very famous routine called 'Fossils to Mud'?" asked a soldier.
"That's a five-ring spell, and it can only work on natural stones. This is a magic stone, so it won't work." Chen Nuo said helplessly.
After hearing this, everyone understood that even the Mage Guangfeng behind him might not be able to solve this problem.
Zhao Xu, on the other hand, had a little headache.
He didn't have a headache how to break this trap, but he had a headache. Later he took out the spell and solved the problem directly. How could he explain to everyone that he would deliberately prepare such an extremely unpopular non-core spell
Zhao Xu could only sigh. If outside players knew that there was a way to cast spells at will, then the mage profession would probably go crazy.
(End of chapter)