The name Demogorgon may still be a little unfamiliar to everyone, but together with the 88-layer saltwater swamp of the abyss, it is enough to be said to be earth-shattering.
An ordinary demon is enough to destroy the lives of infected ordinary people and scatter their wives and children.
This demon who suddenly appeared and even claimed to be the messenger of the demon lord ignited fear deep in everyone's hearts.
But at this time, Zhao Xu didn't stop at all, and the extremely bright "silver fire" burst out directly from the deepest part of his body!
Accompanied by the bright and blue "silver fire" light, the six-armed snake demon in front of him instantly screamed in pain.
"Lord Midsummer!"
"I'm just trying to get in touch with you in this way. I don't really want to offend you!"
"If you are dissatisfied, I can commit suicide afterwards to apologize, but please give me a chance to explain my Lord's promise and agreement to you!"
However, Zhao Xu just sneered and shook his head.
At this moment, he finally discovered that both "exorcism" and "dispel magic" were methods that could "exorcise demons".
But only the most original "silver fire" from the goddess is the most absolute guarantee of expulsion.
Before anyone could blink, Zhao Xu drove the blazing silver fire around him to sweep through all areas within the elastic ball.
The elastic magic ball can be called the most powerful defense method for mages below the fourth ring.
But on the other hand, it is also one of the most resolute means of imprisonment!
At this time, the six-armed snake demon's incorporeal body could originally shuttle between the main material plane and the spiritual world at will, entering important places as if it were nothing.
But at this moment, it finally discovered that this thin layer of "force field" was an insurmountable barrier.
"ah!"
Everyone outside the barrier could only hear this scream.
Heartbreaking, miserable wailing.
The burning light of the silver fire reflected on everyone's face, reflecting different states of mind.
In other words, this was also the first time they saw the real power displayed by Zhao Xu, who had been silent during the past New Year holidays.
The so-called two countries do not kill envoys when they are in a relationship. This is not purely moral, but killing even envoys means giving up the last channel of communication, which will only result in a fight to the death.
Therefore, two forces of similar size will not rashly give up the possibility of potential communication.
But no one expected that Zhao Xu could cut it off so cleanly.
Even the last word of the six-armed snake demon, "Lord of the World," was still lingering in everyone's ears.
Eventually, as the barrier's confining power fades.
The silver fire filled with warm power also faded away and slowly regrouped back into Zhao Xu's body.
At this moment, Zhao Xucai said with a hint of indifference, "If you want to negotiate a deal with me, let Demogorgon come in person."
Then he looked at the people who were frightened by the power of the silver fire and said, "Xiao Nuan has been purified by my silver fire and will no longer have any effect. She will recover after a period of rest."
"Mom, just find a room for her to rest during this period, and ask the church's pastor to check on her every day so that she can recover."
Mother Zhao suddenly nodded.
Zhao Xu also looked directly at Xiaonuan's mother, "Aunt Liu, you have traveled through time anyway, so there should be no commemorative things. Then turn in all your things and screen them first. My mother will help you with the latest daily necessities. Make up.”
After that, Zhao Xu opened his legs and left in a hurry.
The whole process was like a passer-by.
But everyone knows that the topic during this period cannot be separated from what happened today.
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After making an appointment with Antinoya to meet again when the moon is above the willow trees, Zhao Xu held an enlarged meeting in the next half day and had no other arrangements.
By the way, he signed some reports that had been backlogged for a while, and then stood silently in the room, deep in thought.
Everyone knows that the higher you climb, the more smiling faces you can see, instead of looking up from the bottom and seeing nothing but red buttocks.
And Zhao Xu also came into contact with the power of "leadership" and realized what it meant to have the "discretionary power" to chase photos.
Your own rights and responsibilities are linked, and you have to bear joint and several liability if something goes wrong if you decide to do something.
But now he is the person with the highest authority in Yanan, and he has even assumed the status of "chosen". Even the divine power that can restrict the monarch's power can only stay away from him.
According to the rules of the Goddess Church, the electorate has considerable power over the cardinal who controls a large diocese.
At this moment, no matter what he said, he would only clap his hands and cheer.
Even those who want to point out some imperfections must first lay a lot of groundwork before they can point out the minor improvements that can be made up. Finally, they must add some words of affirmative praise that "the flaws do not hide the advantages".
No matter how mediocre a person is, if he has been in this position for a long time, he will really think that he is an omnipotent god.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xu shook his head calmly to make himself more awake and returned to the current "difficult situation".
At this time, he was standing on a soft plush carpet. In front of him was a square table several meters long covered with knitted fabric. On it were placed various daily necessities brought back from Liu's place.
It has to be said that Zhao Xu's mother still takes good care of Aunt Zheng's house, providing everything such as winter blankets, lanterns, kettles, and soap.
At this moment, Yanan's production level is still barely producing, the quantity is not large, and there is no place to buy it.
Basically, it was allocated to the most important departments. There is no doubt that Mother Zhao allocated her share.
At this time, every item above was inquired by the people below, and a note was attached, clearly indicating their respective sources.
Soon, Zhao Xu walked to another table, and the things on it were not gifts from Zhao Xu's mother.
But what Aunt Zheng's family gets from exchanging with other people is basically obtained through the hands of players.
Two or three weeks ago, all the people on Earth, except for players, were basically naked, with nothing else but a piece of clothing.
If Zhao Xu hadn't wasted the second "Miracle Technique", everyone wouldn't even have a change of clothes that they could take turns to wear.
This is why countless people are grateful to Zhao Xu to this day.
Unexpectedly, in this little time, Aunt Zheng's family would have enough supplies to barter.
Zhao Xu just smiled at this. No wonder everyone had to climb up. Sure enough, one person could ascend to heaven like a chicken or a dog.
After being inspected by the priest of the temple, the review of these items should have come to an end.
However, thinking that the other party had sneaked into the family's base camp openly this time, if it weren't for the big fish waiting for him, he was only a few meters away from Zhao Xu's parents, which would have been enough to take action.
So Zhao Xu decided to examine these items personally, trying to find any clues.
Demonic possession itself is not limited to possessing "people", it can also possess "things".
In the process of human contact with objects, transfer occurs.
Therefore, this "possession" effect is completely impossible to prevent.
The six-armed snake demon who finally had time to introduce his purpose to Zhao Xu could not even name him, but the six-armed snake demon itself was not low in the abyss.
They are large alien creatures that look like beautiful human women with six arms.
At least as far as the waist, this is true.
As for the lower body, it confirms the name "Snake Demon". It is a snake-shaped coiled body with green scales.
The six-armed snake demons, as existences with a challenge level of 17, also have the status of generals and tacticians in the abyss. Their wisdom and strategy are comparable to those of the Balor Balrogs.
At that time, Zhao Xu didn't even let the other party say a word, so he killed them all.
On the one hand, they are also afraid that the demon king Demogorgon will come here based on his position as a snake demon.
On the other hand, I am also worried that the other party will say more confusing words and confuse the people listening.
At this time, Zhao Xu picked up Xiao Nuan's personal belongings one by one.
Naturally, he would not look through the clothes close to him, but would rather look at items such as "parchment" and "wooden boxes".
Generally, these things can easily bear the emblem of the devil, making it easier to possess them.
Suddenly, Zhao Xu's eyes fell on a painting.
He then remembered that Xiaonuan had switched to art to study painting in high school, and later went to the Academy of Fine Arts.
I just didn't expect that the other party would actually travel through time for two or three weeks, and then switch to a picture of Arthur with the player.
Is this an exchange of painting techniques from another world
With doubts in mind, Zhao Xu picked up the oil painting in front of him. The cover in the center showed the appearance of a female angel, who was the highest rank among angels, the "Servant of the Blazing Sky".
In the painting, the "golden armguards" on the angel's arms, the extremely exquisitely crafted composite long bow on his hands, and the tail arrow on his back are all drawn in such a profound way that they are very similar to each other.
wrong
Suddenly, Zhao Xu felt a string in his heart.
Although it was very faint, he still saw a faint trace of "magic aura" in the painting.
Immediately, Zhao Xu concentrated his attention, used the power of concentration, and the "secret vision" in his eyes began to unravel the picture in front of him and spread it out in front of him.
Then Zhao Xu opened the sticky note on the painting -
"This painting was obtained from an exchange with a wanderer player a week ago. The other party was short of food, so he exchanged this painting with Zheng Nuan for 10 kilograms of meat."
10 pounds of meat
Zhao Xu reacted immediately when he saw this data.
At this time, the players in Yanan did not carry much food, and even if they wanted to purchase it, they could not find channels, so most of them had to rely on supplies from the outside world.
Naturally, it is not strange for players to take out the items they carry and exchange them for food with people who have channels.
And Arthur is not as industrialized as Earth, so the price of meat products is naturally not much cheaper, and most people mainly live on whole grains.
In the Northern Alliance, one pound of meat is worth 6 silver coins, and ten pounds of meat is worth 6 gold coins.
A painting that is not by a famous artist is expensive enough for 6 gold coins in the Northern Alliance.
Not to mention Yanan, who was "short of supplies" at this time.
Aunt Zheng dotes on her daughter to this extent
No matter how extravagant Zhao Xu is, 20 pounds will definitely be enough for the future.
In an instant, Zhao Xu opened the second posted note and understood.
Aunt Zheng is willing to spend money to buy this saying, naturally it will emit "magic aura".
And that player would bring a painting for no reason because the painting had "magic aura", but he didn't know what kind of magic item it was.
However, it can be said that magic items such as paintings are not ordinary. To exaggerate, they can cost tens of thousands of gold coins.
At this time, Zhao Xu silently unfolded the third note attached to the scroll, and it was just as he had guessed.
It's really like the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind.
At that time, Aunt Zheng wanted to take advantage of the situation and make a fortune.
After all, the temporary food and clothing is only temporary, so she is willing to take advantage of the high price of food to buy an oil painting that exudes magic aura.
It's a pity that the wanderer painter they replaced is not an easy person either.
Aunt Zheng and her family were able to spend a week relying on the Zhao family's connections to find someone to find out the details of the painting.
Naturally, the player may have figured out the truth of the painting during such a long period of time, and then took the opportunity to get rid of it.
One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. After the transaction, both parties called each other stupid, but no one can blame them.
At this time, Zhao Xu couldn't help but laugh out loud as he looked at the oil painting where the magical aura began to become more intense.
Because this painting is just an ordinary oil painting that exudes magical aura.
If leaks could be picked up by "detection magic", then there would be no legends about mages buying fake magic items and picking up leaks on the market.
The process of making magic items is inherently complex and prone to errors, so it is only natural that some "magic items" are defective.
Sometimes it can even be discovered after years of use.
Even magic items that are perfect when they leave the factory may undergo wonderful changes over time or due to the influence of some magical fields, realm channels, mysterious creatures or effects.
Generally speaking, such negative magic items are not necessarily intentionally created to harm people, but because of Arthur's cherished magic items, they are still collectively referred to as -
Cursed Item.
Generally refers to all magical items with flaws.
As far as Zhao Xu knew, there were some well-known beings among the cursed items.
The most common one is the legendary "terrifying crystal ball", which looks just like an ordinary crystal ball. The detection spell can only detect magical auras, but no signs of evil.
But if it is really used, the target will be hypnotized and receive a "suggestion" effect, allowing the user to see the results they want to see.
In fact, it is influenced by a powerful mage, lich or alien creature. With use, it will eventually be controlled and reduced to a servant.
There are similar broomsticks for beating people. The result of the magic test will only be "flying broomstick", but once you use it, you will be attacked by the broom, and you will be slapped four times in a row.
Zhao Xu had seen this thing on the black market. It cost 5,200 gold coins. He didn’t know who would buy this if they were crazy enough.
Cursed items are divided into six categories: fakes, counter-effects, defects, additional requirements, side effects, and aliasing.
The oil painting in front of me is a "fake".
It has no magical power at all, but it can make people feel that it is a magic item, and it may even trigger some special effects with magical power when held.
Only with the "Remove Curse" spell can the final truth be seen clearly.
It was not difficult for Zhao Xu to imagine the wanderer's ecstatic expression when he got the painting, but it was a pity that he could only exchange it for six pounds of meat later.
The moment Zhao Xu was about to put down the painting.
Suddenly, the blazing god in the oil painting opened his originally closed eyes, and at the same time he began to wave his arms as if casting a spell.
The next moment, behind the angel in the painting, a "light door" shining with magical light, like a condensed and entwined lightning, appeared - the door to another world.
An "alien passage" hidden in the painting!
(End of chapter)