After handing over to the Shen brothers and sisters, Zhao Xu accelerated his pace and went to the six sisters' lair that he had secretly learned about in his previous life.
Compared with the plain terrain of the Alliance below, the environment above the Icefield Mountains is more cruel.
Even because of the heavy snow in the twelfth lunar month of winter, all the scenery melted into the same color. Most people would become snow-blind after looking at it for a long time, let alone distinguish the direction and location.
A ranger without a sufficient survival level would not be able to find the correct path forward in this snowy weather.
But Zhao Xu couldn't resist it and easily used the ranger's first-level magic "Earth Vein Detection".
The green aura constructed a map of the nearby terrain in his mind, showing cities, villages and famous ruins within fifty kilometers.
Even after the aura disappeared, these images were still firmly reflected in his mind, letting him know how far he was from his goal.
This also eliminates the need for Zhao Xu to use the Six Rings to "find shortcuts" or "teleport".
And he also needs to leave enough time for the Shen brothers and sisters to contact each other.
Finally, when the next day came, about the time when his carriage should arrive at its first destination, Zhao Xu also found the six sisters' lair.
There is a very hidden gap in the Juefeng Valley, which is indistinguishable from the surrounding snow scene. When he gets closer, Zhao Xu has already put on the invisibility spell. Under the surrounding wind and snow, it is difficult for outsiders to detect him in the invisible state.
After observing for a while, Zhao Xu found that there was no movement around him, it was just an ordinary snow scene.
If Zhao Xu hadn't known this location, most people would have been unable to imagine that this was the six sisters' lair.
As a mage, Zhao Xu would naturally not wait until someone came in or out before opening the door.
After pacing around for a while, he silently approached the wall of a cave and directly waved the staff in his hand.
Suddenly, a mysterious golden light shot out from his hand - "Wall Penetrating Technique".
This mage's five-ring spell turned all the city walls and fortresses set up in the dungeon into a joke.
The wall penetration technique can create a passage guaranteed to be 3 meters deep on a wooden wall, plaster wall or even a stone wall. On the basis of being able to cast 5th-level spells at level 9, it can be deepened by an additional 2 meters for every 3 additional levels.
In the end, he directly created a 6-7 meter passage with his level 17 staff. Without any delay, Zhao Xu rushed in and immediately used an illusion to temporarily cover the outside of the wall.
After only a few steps, he realized that the direction he was looking for was wrong, and he did not stick to the exact location of the hole. Therefore, the wall within six meters was not penetrated, but only a short tunnel was formed.
If he mastered the six-ring spell "Transformation of Spirit Body", he would be able to float all the way in on the spot.
Zhao Xu naturally didn't think too much and continued to use the wall penetration technique to clear the way.
The power of the spell was like a burning candle, melting the road ahead in an instant, and the bright light suddenly came in.
"who is it?"
Suddenly there was a burst of screams.
Zhao Xu was stunned on the spot.
its not right
Obviously when he was invited here before, except for the main entrance, there was no ambush in the middle passage, otherwise Zhao Xu would not have wasted two "wall penetration skills" to break in.
"Boom."
"Boom."
Then a deafening sound came, and even if Zhao Xu was hiding in the tunnel, he could hear it extremely clearly.
Zhao Xu couldn't help but let out a breath, and the air flow directly caused the hair on his forehead to fly away.
It was clear that he wanted to play in the latent mode, but in the end, it turned into a forced entry mode.
You know, if he washes the ground with a fireball directly outside the door, he can reveal the door.
At this time, a warrior holding a machete and wearing simple armor blocked the final passage that Zhao Xu had made with the wall penetration technique. His figure was faintly illuminated by the light from behind.
Zhao Xu didn't talk nonsense, he just walked up and rushed forward.
As a mage who gained 8th level caster level and 16 points of unknown power from the "Realm of Decay" spell, he is now more like a powerful warrior.
"Who is it? Kneel down quickly." The patrolling warrior scolded. Relying on the light behind him, although he did not see any figure, he was still aware of the cold wind in front of him, as if the ice and snow outside the cave entrance penetrated in.
However, Zhao Xu in front of him raised a "black jade" wooden stick that didn't look strong and struck him on the head.
The original invisibility technique also disappeared immediately.
The guard guard in the lair couldn't help but exclaimed. It was difficult to understand that a man in a robe was waving a wooden stick in his hand towards him.
"Bang bang." The two sounds stopped abruptly.
The screams also stopped.
Although Zhao Xu is a mage, he relies on the shameless characteristic of dual elite professions to take advantage of both sides.
Under the condition that the 7th level mage only has a third-level attack level, he has reached a fifth-level attack level and has successfully awakened the combo ability of his previous life.
From then on, Zhao Xu had to study the level 6 attack by himself, which also meant that as a mage, he began to learn basic martial arts skills.
As for this unlucky guy who came on patrol, he would never understand until his death why his armor looked like paper and couldn't block the opponent's weapons at all.
How could even this mage's club look so huge like an illusion
The wooden stick that seemed to be less than one meter hit him, but it felt like a wall pressing against him.
And Zhao Xu nodded silently as he looked at the warrior who fell to the ground and passed out with bleeding from the corner of his mouth.
"How can it be?"
"Hurry up and inform the adults."
At this time, a patrol team came from behind. In addition to the felt on the inside, they also wore rawhide armor on the outside. They didn't look much more advanced. They looked at Zhao Xu with extremely wary eyes.
It is difficult for anyone to understand why after two clear sounds, the guard who could sound the alarm would be knocked down face to face, especially since the other person seemed to be a mage carrying a wooden stick.
At this time, Zhao Xu was smiling and waving the wooden stick in his hand carelessly, choosing the target in front of him.
It is not difficult for him to understand the reason for the other party's strangeness.
Because no one could have guessed that Zhao Xu's power went from 8 points to 24 points after adding 16 points of power brought by the death power of the "Death Realm".
In front of everyone, he easily reached level 12 (5 occupations + 7 strength adjustment + 2 weapon enchantment - 2 defects) with the simplest attack power without relying on any other status superposition.
In terms of damage, "Advanced Extraordinary Blow", which can turn the power of a weapon into "giant" level damage, is itself an hour-level spell.
In the past, Zhao Xu had to cast it only when fighting, but now his caster level has easily reached level 23. Naturally, it has become a wake-up buff, covering him 24 hours a day.
When he strikes down, 7 points of strength also brings 1.5 times the additional damage, which is almost 10 points.
This is also the first time that Zhao Xu has enjoyed the additional damage of strength. Before, he did not have enough strength to hit someone because of his 8 strength, so the damage was reduced.
Therefore, these people could not imagine that Zhao Xu in front of them was essentially a warrior of about level 7.
Looking at a group of second- and third-level minions, Zhao Xu showed no mercy and continued to charge forward, knocking them down one by one like a strong wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
Suddenly, in this tunnel, which was originally designed to be narrow and conducive to defense, screams echoed one after another, echoing each other.
"The violent mage feels pretty good too."
After Zhao Xu felt a little sweat on his body, he looked back and saw that the artificially dug tunnel behind him was as dark red as blood stains. The corpses had been poured all over the ground, and blood was seeping out.
"No, it should be said that being a mage with equipment is too rogue."
Zhao Xu commented silently to himself.
Having just come all the way, he slightly regained the feeling of being in Asili in his previous life, where he would get into a group fight at a bar if he didn't agree with him.
Of course, at that time, they were punching each other, and it was a collision of bones and muscles.
But this time, everyone was holding a sharp weapon, but Zhao Xu, who was relying on a blunt weapon and a wooden stick, was the most conservative.
It was just this level of struggle that didn't even make him nervous at all.
A group of ordinary guards without magic weapons, not to mention his "Star Cloak", even his most basic "Mage Armor", "Shield Technique", the 8th level force field armor shield bonus cannot break through.
"Phew." A voice came.
Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows, but did not activate any magic to dodge.
A pitch-black arrow just landed on him, and even penetrated all the defenses around him on the spot.
Strong!
Zhao Xu twisted his body slightly, and saw the sharp arrow of the triangular arrow bounced away and fell to the ground.
[Adventurer Zhongxia, your "Evasion" saving throw is passed, the star cloak effect is activated, and you dodge the remaining 50% damage.]
After all, after Zhao Xu reached level 7, he would intuitively apply the fortune of the four-ring spell Relic Explorer every morning when he woke up, which successfully gave him the reflex dodge ability of a rogue.
Relying on this ability, he also increased the effect of Star Cloak to avoid 50% damage to 100%.
As long as his reflex dodge doesn't fail, most people wouldn't even think of hitting him in this way.
"Huh? You still have some skills."
On the high platform in the empty grotto in front of me, I saw a woman with long hair wearing a chain mail shirt, looking at Zhao Xu in surprise.
"Get out of the way." Zhao Xu said coldly.
Looking at this woman who was about 60 or 70% similar to Zheng Xinyun, Zhao Xu decided to take action without even meeting her, even though he knew that there would be a lot of blood on her hands.
After all, he is not a completely righteous defender. ���
"Sister Ningwei, how long do we have until we arrive."
Zheng Xinyun, who looked like an innocent girl, asked as he looked at the quiet woman beside him who was comfortably flipping through the magic books in his hands.
"At least a week, right? Are you starting school soon?" Wang Ningwei asked, "The road after entering the Northern Alliance is covered with heavy snow, so it's not that easy to walk."
"No, but luckily I met my sister. Otherwise, I don't know how long it would have taken me to go on this mission trip to Falling Star Town." Zheng Xinyun said with a smile. For some reason, she felt that she was sitting next to this female mage. It just feels so comfortable to be around.
No wonder she heard the other party's name countless times when she was training in Mystra.
"Since they both came out of the portal in Lucca City and have the same destination, then the meeting is destined to happen." Wang Ningwei also beamed, looking at the girl who also looked like she walked out of the painting, her heart was filled with excitement.
(End of chapter)