Most of the items in this auction come from a recently excavated hidden mage burial site.
Due to the reputation of the Mystra Mage Association next door and the intimidation of the Goddess Church, the auction did not even dare to be held in Mystra and could only be quietly arranged to be held late at night in Frost Dew Town.
Naturally, it would be difficult to obtain official protection for buying and selling magic items unearthed from cemeteries.
The son of a rich man cannot sit down in court, so most of the people who come to tonight's auction are agents sent by nobles and wealthy businessmen.
Most teams are composed of stewards with bidding authority and guards, and some even directly entrust adventurers with protection.
Zhao Xu had done several similar transactions in his previous life and knew how deep the water in this kind of auction was.
Even players who currently have a numerical advantage still cannot afford it.
But he is an exception.
The "old hag" was able to escape in front of him in a swagger before. That was because the other party could rely on the heart-shaped stone she carried to display the nine-ring spell-like ability of "traveling with the spirit world".
He really had no choice but to wait for the next opportunity.
After a group of them arrived at Shuanglu Town, Zhao Xu, Zheng Xinyun, and Eliton waited all afternoon at the market street entrance described by the middle-aged woman, but they did not see the old woman dressed as a witch. Appear.
Later, Zhao Xu relied on the "suggestion technique" and heard legends and inside stories from Mrs. Betty.
Zhao Xu realized that there was more than one "old witch" in Shuanglu Town.
It was probably because of the disturbance in the dilapidated house that they immediately became jittery, so Zhao Xu did not wait for the target to appear in Shuanglu Town.
However, the town itself is very secretive about this topic, and it involves an unsavory secret history of many families in the town.
Mrs. Betty initially thought that Zhao Xu was coming to investigate, so her first reaction was to hide it and wait to report back to her family.
Zheng Xinyun has a party tonight and will not be online again tonight.
Eliton happened to have a distant relative in Frost Dew Town, so he also stopped by to visit.
Therefore, after Zhao Xu stuffed the invitation letter back into his backpack, seeing that it was still early, he started casting spells and prepared to go to the auction alone tonight.
In his spare time these two days, Zhao Xu reviewed the list of one to three ring spells that he currently mastered.
After some thinking, he realized that he still underestimated the power of the Meta-Magic Shaper's "Meta-Magic Control" ability, combined with the "Persistence of Spells", how powerful it would be.
Generally speaking, while the duration of most spells is tied to the caster's level, a few have a fixed duration.
The time scale is mostly hours, minutes, rounds or even one or two rounds at a fixed time.
For example, hour-level spells can barely be prepared on the front line before the battle begins.
Most of the round-level spells can only be cast after the battle, but the strength itself is also good.
Once a spell with a duration of "round/level" meets the format, it can be combined with the "Spell Duration" feat. After it lasts for 24 hours, its power begins to become extremely terrifying.
It's even equivalent to Zhao Xu using a fixed spell ring position to exchange it for some 24-hour abilities.
For first-level spells such as "Mage Armor" and "Shield", most mages can equip themselves with hour-level "Mage Armor".
As for the round-level "shield skills", only those like Zhao Xu that are durable can be worn 24 hours a day.
At this time, Zhao Xu unfolded another architectural drawing in his hand. It was the completed architectural drawing of the auction venue tonight that he asked Mrs. Betty to find for him.
After a few glances, Zhao Xu judged several routes through which he could retreat calmly.
But he didn't intend to stop there and immediately turned his attention to "flying ability".
Mages generally cannot walk on their own feet after reaching level 5.
For long distances, there are mount spells such as one-ring "Summoning Mount" and three-ring "Phantom Pony".
In the anti-air domain, it is the "flying technique".
It's a pity that the flying spell is a "contact" and "minute-level" spell that cannot last long. Therefore, most of them can only be used for temporary flight and escape, and cannot be used for long-distance travel.
The spells that can be applied for long-lasting spells must be "self" or "fixed distance", that is, spells that can only be cast on oneself can be long-lasting.
As for the "contact" spell, although it can be cast on other people, like "Mage Armor" and "Glory Armor", it has lost its lasting qualifications and is blocked.
However, Zhao Xu was once covered by the "grease technique" when he was following Eswig and others invisibly for a trial.
At that time, he used the "Swift Flying Technique" that could only be used on himself, and it lasted only one round.
Originally unable to cast the third-level flying spell, he relied on this "disabled version" of the second-level spell to fly away from the greasy spell area.
However, the scope of effect of this spell is itself, not the contact spell, but it just meets the spell's durability requirements.
Therefore, Zhao Xu can only use the three-ring flying technique for about ten minutes.
On the contrary, the second level of the spell "Swift Flight" is a long-lasting spell that can fly for a full 24 hours.
Equivalently, from now on, as long as he sacrifices a fixed second-level spell slot every day, he can gain the "flying" ability that makes countless warriors drool with envy.
Zhao Xu's current spell slots, combined with the three professions of mage, priest, and dossier, have a total of 11 zero-level spells, 13 first-level spells, 9 second-level spells, and 5 third-level spells.
Combined with this, he can fuse two low-level spells into one high-level spell, so his battery life is far longer than that of an average level 6 spellcaster.
A mere second-level spell position would not make Zhao Xu feel distressed.
However, after Zhao Xu thought about it for a while, he didn't rush to cast the spell.
At this time, yesterday's snow had just melted, and there were still bursts of cold air in the air. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on Zhao Xu, making him feel the slightest warmth.
It also made his choice instantly clear.
Under normal circumstances, "Swift Flying" is okay.
But facing the special situation tonight, Zhao Xu turned to cast another three-ring magic "God's Step" on himself.
The God's Step spell gives the subject a new way of movement and a new speed.
The spell itself corresponds to different movement methods according to different gods, ranging from climbing, flying to digging. If you choose not to believe in a god, the duration is halved.
But Zhao Xu didn't hesitate, he wanted to choose the goddess of magic.
Corresponding to "flight capability", "normal speed is 7 km/h, full speed is 28 km/h".
This three-ring spell, on the one hand, has "perfect" flying ability and mobility, which is even better than the good mobility of "flying technique".
And it's faster than an average person's speed of 5 (full speed 20) kilometers per hour.
The only problem is that the duration of this spell is "round/level".
It's just that priests who don't have access to the third-ring arcane flying spell can often only rely on this spell to gain the ability to fly.
And this is not a problem for Zhao Xu, who has long-lasting low-cost spells.
Even his choice of this spell was based on another extremely powerful factor.
Within the duration of the spell, if you choose to terminate the spell early, you can gain an inhuman burst of speed all at once.
For every additional round of remaining spell time, Zhao Xu can gain an additional 1.8 (full speed 7.2) km/h increase in the next 6 seconds.
It looks very small, because the speed of cars on earth is about 30 kilometers/hour in urban areas and nearly 100 kilometers/hour on highways.
After all, most people only have a few rounds of duration. Even if 10 rounds are consumed at one time, it is only 25 (full speed 100) kilometers per hour.
Although it is comparable to a speeding vehicle, this effect only lasts for one round.
Converted, that is, it can fly 166 meters in 6 seconds. This speed is equivalent to three times the human 100-meter sprint record.
Not bad at all when you need to escape in an emergency.
But Zhao Xu was different. He immediately cast this spell on himself.
As the spell took effect, his whole body slowly became extremely light. Even if his wings were not spread out on his back, he still felt the air slowly supporting him.
It's like soaring into the sky.
[Adventurer Zhongxia, you cast "God's Step" on yourself (the spell is long-lasting) and gain a flying speed of 7 (full speed 28) kilometers/hour, duration: 24 hours/14400 rounds (originally 12 rounds)]
After casting spells one after another at this time, Zhao Xu's eyes were almost blinded by the words "14,400 rounds of remaining time" on the information panel.
This means that now that he has released the spell, he can gain a speed of 25,000 (full speed 100,000) kilometers per hour.
Although it is far away from the speed of light of 300,000 kilometers per second, it is also extremely terrifying.
Even if Zhao Xu flapped his wings and flew like this on the earth, he could even leave the earth on the spot, let alone the mere speed of sound of 1,000 kilometers per hour.
Because the first speed of the universe, 8,000 kilometers/second, is less than one-third.
However, Zhao Xu did not dare to commit suicide like this, and did not dare to use the 6 seconds of acceleration to fly a terrifying distance of 170 kilometers.
The living things on the earth themselves have a linear rotation speed of one to two thousand kilometers per hour. Only when we remain stationary with the ground do we not realize that we are actually moving.
But if he rashly reaches this speed for Arthur Earth now, he may turn into a meat pie on the spot.
He could only suppress his speed and fly within the limits allowed by his armor and physique.
If a battle really breaks out tonight, as long as Zhao Xu can successfully break through to the open sky, he can show those people how fast a priest can be.
(End of chapter)