"Mage Midsummer."
Master Karl, who was squatting in front of the stone portal and operating the communication device in his hand, saw Zhao Xu approaching and immediately closed the box. After there was no gap at all, he stood up and said hello to him.
Master Carl's robe is actually wearing the badge of a core member of the "Portal Strategy Team", and a series of portal completion awards on his resume show his rich experience.
When many cities in Arthur need to build portals, members of their team need to go and access them in person.
Otherwise, even if the president of the association branch in this town is a nine-ring mage, it will not help.
Therefore, although Master Karl is only a fifth-ring mage, who is regarded as a top figure by the outside world but is only a middle-level person in the association, he still receives great respect and hospitality in the towns he goes to.
Not to mention, he is only in his early forties, so he can definitely break through and reach a higher level before entering old age.
It's just that no matter how arrogant Master Karl is, he will not look down upon the "Mage Zhongxia" who is only in his early twenties.
Even if the other party is just an "Earth player".
At the age of 20, Wuhuan is already a legendary strongman who represents an ironclad destiny.
Or "improvised".
Before coming over, he had already been greeted by no less than three senior members of the association, including his direct boss.
The content is only one sentence. As long as Zhong Xia's request is not too excessive, try to satisfy him.
However, this "satisfaction", Karl definitely did not include the "contact device" in front of him.
Only through this set of devices can this portal be successfully connected to the current network, otherwise it will be separated from the isolated island outside the network.
Otherwise, Zhao Xu's teleportation gate would be one-way, and it would be teleported to a designated location and then disappear.
If he had to make it two-way, he would have to build an extra portal at a designated location, and at the same time, he would have to station personnel there. Otherwise, as long as someone breaks into the portal on the other side, he would be able to directly reach the portal in Falling Star Town. That is the core area where the association resides.
"You guys continue to be busy. I have been quite curious about the subject of 'teleportation' recently, so I came here specifically to take a look." Zhao Xu said.
But on the other side, his eyes were constantly scanning the more than ten alchemy craftsmen and Master Karl in the venue.
Hearing what Zhao Xu meant, Master Karl didn't say anything more. He just took another look at the box of the communication device, which had been closed to cover up the secrets inside, and continued to calculate the values on a drawing board.
Karl, who has been working for many years, already has enough experience to deal with these "curious" mages.
Zhao Xu also grinned at this, and his sense of confidentiality was indeed strong enough.
In fact, most of the work on the portal network has been completed in Mystra, and Karl is just building an "interface".
Normally, the construction price of a one-way portal is 50,000 gold coins in material fees and requires sufficient life energy. The market price is 100,000 gold coins.
As for Zhao Xu, a portal that only accesses the network, he only needs to pay half the price, which is 25,000 gold coins for materials and a market price of 50,000 gold coins.
Normally, this fee is paid by the local mages association itself, so Zhao Xu was exempted from it all this time.
Basically, the daily construction progress is about 1,000 gold coins. Based on the market price of 50,000 gold coins, it will take about 50 days to complete.
It's just that Zhao Xu has more than one destination planned this time. An additional destination will cost 25% more gold coins, so it will be completed in about sixty days, which is exactly the time when the earth travels.
In reality, standard portals with sufficient materials are not mainstream.
Most organizations don't use portals very frequently, so many things are cheaper limited versions, such as portals that limit the number of times per day, or can even be used once every few days, which is even cheaper.
"Mr. Zhongxia, your portal has multiple destinations. Will it be activated by password?"
"Okay." Zhao Xu nodded.
"Do you need to set up a passwordless system to teleport to other locations, such as the abyss and purgatory?"
"That's not necessary."
Zhao Xu declined.
But his eyes were locked on the box under Master Karl.
The access points of the Mage Association are restricted to towns that currently have portals.
Therefore, Zhao Xu could not choose the "land of arrival" where the earth traveled as the transmission target, and the association would not agree.
Because this is the risk of exposing the entire teleportation network to the Land of Arrival.
But if he re-establishes a standard 100,000 gold coin portal, the day lily will be cold in 100 days.
Therefore, Zhao Xu was bound to use the portal of "The Land of Arrival" as an auxiliary gate of the Falling Star Town portal, so that he could control the 50-day manufacturing period of 50,000 gold coins.
This means that he needs the key to the "contact device" in Master Karl's hands.
As long as he does not connect to Mystra, the portal between "Falling Star Town" and "Land of Arrival" will be a secret two-way passage and will not disturb the Magic City.
The problem is, Master Carl seems to value that device more than his life.
For ordinary people, the operating principle of the portal is extremely mysterious and complicated, and cannot be deciphered at all.
But for Zhao Xu, a five-ring mage with 29 intelligence and potential points, that's not a problem.
Give him these devices, and he can do them even better than Master Karl.
After taking a deep breath, Zhao Xu continued to focus on Master Karl.
Now Zhao Xu is no longer Wu Xia Amen. He has always considered defeat before winning.
If it really fails this time.
At that time, he will have to find a way to use the nine-ring "Teleportation Circle" in the "Place of Arrival".
Thinking of this, Zhao Xu smiled slightly.
He glanced at his current dynamic bar prompt.
[Adventurer Zhongxia, you cast the four-ring paladin magic, "Martyr's Mercy".]
[Adventurer Midsummer, "Martyr's Mercy" takes effect. You are immune to bruises, charm, and coercion effects. You are immune to dizziness, exhaustion, fatigue, nausea, nausea, trance, and shock effects. Duration: 60/64 minutes ( Spell delay)]
Phantom Sound Technique!
A strange sound suddenly sounded at the door, as if someone was approaching and peeping there.
Master Karl, who was already tense, suddenly turned his head and shouted, "Who!"
At this moment, Zhao Xu made an extremely slight sound from his throat -
"Swift burst!"
In an instant, this four-ring spell caused Zhao Xu's whole body to enter bullet time, as if time was borrowed from him from the future, and everything around him stopped at this moment.
The magnifying glass thrown by an alchemist to his apprentice was suspended in the air.
Zhao Xu glanced at the entire audience, and no doubt most of them were attracted by the strange noise just now.
At this time, he was beside Master Karl, and this mysterious box with the key to the portal escaped Master Karl's attention for the first time.
Just for a moment.
But Zhao Xu stretched it to a full standard movement time.
Enough for Zhao Xu to cast another spell.
But Zhao Xu squatted down gently, unfolding the device and scanning it as if nothing had happened.
It wasn't until a few seconds later that he closed the box and stood up again.
That is to say, when Master Karl was working on the project, he could open the box without arousing suspicion.
Otherwise, Master Karl will definitely make various secret notes before sleeping, and Zhao Xu may be exposed if he is not careful.
After simulating the "Create Portal" expertise through potential points and reading a large number of classics on the subject, Zhao Xu didn't feel unfamiliar at all when he looked at the contents in the box.
Knowledge is the driving force for all the mage's actions.
Immediately, the time Zhao Xu borrowed from the "future" came to an end, and the flow of time returned to normal.
The thrown telescope also fell firmly into the hands of the apprentice craftsman.
After being distracted, no one noticed what just happened here.
Even if Zhao Xu is stronger, he can directly use the most effective spell "Time Stop" and look at the box for five rounds.
It would be useless for everyone to stare at the box at that time.
Master Karl, who turned around and saw that there was nothing unusual, immediately turned around and stared at his "contact device".
This box made of winter wood still stayed firmly in the same position and was closed tightly.
There is no way it could have been opened in an instant.
Master Karl was relieved, but also a little embarrassed, feeling that he was too suspicious.
At this time, Zhao Xu directly said, "I'm going to see what's going on outside, and send a few more guards over to patrol."
Zhao Xu succeeded in his goal and left with a smile. ���
"Did you succeed?" Wang Ningwei asked curiously as she watched Zhao Xu reappear in the wooden room.
"That's for sure."
Zhao Xu nodded and handed over the "key content" that he had just memorized.
Wang Ningwei also sighed at this time, "This Master Karl is too cautious."
"Every time you use that box, use the True Sight Gem. Although this high-end rare item worth 75,000 gold coins can only be used for 30 non-consecutive minutes a day, it is enough to cover it." Zhao Xu agreed, "Otherwise, I will be alone The secret eye is enough to peek behind him."
"And he also uses ten minutes a day to cast a five-ring spell 'Mage's Chamber', just to prevent detection spells."
"Even the treasure box is not allowed to be seen by other craftsmen, otherwise I would have succeeded long ago by using memory reading."
Regarding Master Karl's caution, Zhao Xu couldn't help sighing while holding his forehead.
The mage has enough means to learn the secrets.
However, when the other party is also a mage, he will easily hit a wall.
Unless he is a stronger mage.
"But it's good that we didn't use the magic control spell to obtain the information. Otherwise, when Master Karl returns, we won't be able to hide this information. This way we don't have to worry about the other party knowing the key change at any time and taking up time."
Zhao Xu said, looking at the copied note in his hand.
"So, Zhongxia, have you made up your mind?"
Suddenly Wang Ningwei said in a low voice, "Let whoever pass through the portal first come to the safest Falling Star Town."
Wang Ningwei's voice was clear, but it revealed a bit of cruelty.
Today the group limit of 500 people is full and has been raised to 1,000 people. Everyone is welcome to join the group 191645033. If you cannot complete the 24 updates and time travel during the National Day, you will be given a big red envelope in the group.
(End of chapter)