"Sir, how about I go to the surrounding neighbors and ask first?" Eliton saw Zhao Xu frowning and quickly gave his own advice, "Because there are too many fallen leaves piled on the paths in the garden. It seems that there have been no leaves for a while. There are people, maybe they have traveled far away."
"No." Zhao Xu shook his head, "With the breakthrough and promotion approaching, no matter how irresponsible parents are, they will not let their children travel far away."
Unless you have been unable to break through for many years, you will choose to go out and take a chance.
Otherwise, most people will stay honest and stay where they can ask for advice and help in a timely manner, which is the safest way to make a breakthrough.
In fact, even for players like Zhao Xu and others, as long as they successfully advance to level 1 mage, it is worth posting on the forum to celebrate and receive congratulations and envious looks from mage apprentices.
This behavior has not become outdated two or three months after the service was launched.
It is even more difficult for an Arthur to become a mage.
Even a mage family full of talents will specially arrange a banquet to entertain relatives and friends after their descendants become mage.
The emphasis on mages is one of the reasons why Mystra has become the most developed place of magical civilization.
Eliton watched Zhao Xu size up the height of Peter's iron gate, thinking that the other party was going to climb over it, so he quickly said, "Sir, if you want to climb over, it's up to me. Your status is not suitable."
As he spoke, he also looked around the streets and alleys to see if there were any sentries patrolling.
"What are you thinking about?" Zhao Xu looked at Eliton. Could this kid be an addict
Zhao Xu glanced at the spell slots on his body in an instant, and found that they were basically all complete.
The fourth ring of the mage is also the detection skill of the third ring of the poet, which allows him to directly perceive Peter's situation with a certain amount of intelligence.
However, Zhao Xu is not at level 6 yet and cannot cast the three-ring divine spell. Naturally, he cannot cast the divine version of the poet's spell.
As the next best thing, he could choose to secretly check if anyone was in the room.
The third-ring "Eagle Eye Technique" can do this for him.
Eagle Eye and Sharp Ear, as the best among the three-ring prophecy (detection) spells, are not junk spells that enhance his vision or hearing on paper.
Instead, you can directly place a magic induction field for him in a designated place at a long distance, within a radius of about 200 meters based on his caster level.
He doesn't even need to see the place, as long as he knows the specific coordinates or understands the place.
If the obelisk did not block detection spells, Zhao Xu could use this spell to peek into Antinoya's office without entering the tower.
Therefore, the method of shielding the detection system has become a standard feature in some secret places. Many mages' associations have similar rooms for confidential conversations.
Naturally, Zhao Xu couldn't directly use the "Eagle Eye Technique" to spy on his student Peter.
Even if he hadn't been worried and suspected something was wrong, he should have turned around and left at this time, waiting for the next visit.
After thinking about it, Zhao Xu decided to do the next best thing.
He directly rolled up the cuffs of his coat, freed his hands, and directly used the professional ability of "Versatile Spellcaster".
Immediately, Zhao Xu's two second-level spell slots merged into the third-level "Sharp Ear Technique" in his hands, which also avoided the 10-minute casting time.
Zhao Xu, who had no intention of peeping, also decided that as long as he couldn't hear the breathing sound of someone in the room, he would turn around and leave.
Eliton noticed that Zhao Xu was casting a spell, and stood quietly beside him, alerting him to any abnormalities around him.
As Zhao Xu's spell was released, an invisible and traceless magical energy flew directly into the house, ignoring any blocking walls.
Then an invisible magic induction field spread out at the location selected by Zhao Xu, and began to follow Zhao Xu's will to collect sound information in the room.
Eliton noticed that Zhao Xu's expression became a little strange, and quickly asked in a low voice, "Mr. Zhongxia, what's wrong?"
"It's strange, it's the sound of dripping water." Zhao Xu felt a little surprised.
"And the sound of heavy breathing?"
"But there was no moaning."
Zhao Xu's expression became a little strange.
But at the same time, Eliton also looked at Zhao Xu with a strange expression.
Zhao Xu, however, had no time to pay attention and hurriedly called his soul-prisoning demon to come over.
If an evil undead creature like the "Soul Prisoner" dares to show its face openly in Mystra, it will be killed to pieces by the passing magic guards and then taken away to collect the reward.
Fortunately, the soul-capturing demon itself is a cross-dimensional alien creature. Its usual habit is to hide in the "spirit world" or "star world" and follow travelers, waiting for the Yin people at any time.
Therefore, the soul-prisoning demon usually lies dormant. When Zhao Xuyou orders it, it rushes over from other external planes such as the spiritual world or the star world that are intertwined with the main material plane, and then appears in the main material plane. .
In fact, after Zhao Xu obtained the "Death Godhead Fragment", he already understood that the legendary necromantic staff in his hand had become a little different.
For example, the original sixth-level spell "Advanced Evocation of the Undead" originally only created advanced undead creatures. He had to go through a command process to do it, and the spell itself could only be released at night.
But that day, in the hands of the mutated necromantic staff, these were no longer a problem.
This also made Zhao Xu wonder whether the fragment of the Death Godhead in his hand would just be combined with the Necromancer Staff and evolve into an artifact.
In the end, it became the real first artifact in Zhao Xu's hands.
Rather than being like Lux, who has been in a state of freeze recently and unable to respond to his call.
"Teacher, let me go find the patrolman." Eliton said nervously.
Mystra's "Spell Guard" is essentially used to deal with the same mages, and most disputes between ordinary people are resolved by the Security Department.
But Zhao Xu shook his head, "Calling them here will probably lead to death, and it will be too late later."
It was as if the mysterious breathing sound noticed him, and then miraculously held it, disappearing.
Only the sound of water drops is still flowing quietly, falling to the ground and reverberating.
Zhao Xu silently pinned a "Senior Inspector" badge with a "Rose Cross".
With this important status, he would not be held accountable even if he forced his way into a mage's family, let alone an ordinary house.
"Can you open locks?" Zhao Xu asked tentatively.
Eliton immediately shook his head.
However, when he saw Zhao Xu turning his head back, he thought that the other party was disappointed with him, so he quickly said: "Sir, I will learn this skill when I go back."
"No, we mages can use magic to open locks."
As soon as Zhao Xugang finished speaking, the spell he had already memorized in his heart immediately came out casually.
He waved the scepter in his hand and lightly hit the bolt on the iron gate.
The gate suddenly shook, and the original lock seemed to be moved by a shrapnel by an invisible hand, and the lock cylinder was rotated and unlocked.
At the same time, the bolted door bolt automatically bounced back to its original position. In this way, an iron gate that could only be opened with brute force was opened by Zhao Xu using a second-level magic "knocking technique".
When Eliton saw this scene, he lowered his head.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Xu asked.
"No, I just remembered that my toy box was locked when I was a child, and that person also cast a spell to open it for me." Eliton said with a hint of weakness in his tone, while clenching his fists tightly.
When Zhao Xu heard this, he just sighed lightly.
"The front may give you bad memories, otherwise you shouldn't go in."
"Sir, please let me follow you." Eliton already somewhat understood the meaning of Zhao Xu's words, but he still mustered up his courage.
"Then come in."
Zhao Xu had already passed through the garden in front and walked to the mahogany door of the house. The family crest pattern engraved on it could still be seen from the extremely exquisite carpentry skills.
Zhao Xu continued to use the scepter in his hand to push open the wooden door in front, accompanied by the third babbling sound he heard today.
However, what caught his eye was a bright red, as if they had mistakenly entered a bloody battlefield where blood was everywhere.
The strong pungent smell immediately lingered, making Eliton's face behind Zhao Xu turn extremely pale, as if he was recalling the lifelong nightmare he had suffered more than ten years ago.
But when he encountered this scene, he could only grit his teeth and pinch his thigh hard. He knew that the moment he came in, Zhao Xu's test on him was also going on. Because he took the initiative to give up choosing other assessment methods.
He could only restrain himself and stare at the still cruel world ahead with his eyes wide open.
Above the hall, which was originally decorated with luxurious lights, there were also several corpses hanging indistinguishable, swinging slowly even if there was no wind.
The sound of dripping water that Zhao Xu heard was from them.
And on the blood collected from the drippings below, stood a man, or rather a male creature.
Black scales had grown on his exposed skin, even covering most of his face. Only the scales on the neck part fell off, revealing the bright red and disgusting rotten flesh inside.
The man's eyes glowed red, and he looked at Zhao Xu and Zhao Xu with extremely ferocious murderous intent. A pair of bat-like black wings that seemed to have been carbonized were constantly opening and closing behind his back.
"Peter, Peter, how did he turn into a devil?" Eliton covered his mouth and exclaimed. He had noticed the horns emerging from Peter's head.
"This is a semi-purgatory creature." Zhao Xu said indifferently, "A good person must take such a wrong path."
After that, Zhao Xu gently snapped his fingers and released his own illusion.
Suddenly, the cashmere coat he was wearing disappeared.
Instead, a cloak with a trail of sparkling stars that kept shining was draped over his shoulders, fluttering in the wind.
Peter, who had turned into a semi-purgatory creature, roared and sprinted towards Zhao Xu.
(End of chapter)