Next, Antinoya explained to Zhao Xu which demons in the abyss had a good foundation, not because they could resist fighting, but because they could withstand their exploitation.
For example, the giant bull demon with a challenge level of 16 has a strength of thirty-four points in its most basic version. It can easily increase to fifty or sixty points, thereby transferring more than ten attributes.
There are only about a hundred species of demons in the abyss that are well-known and clearly recorded. This is already within the scope of what the most knowledgeable demonology experts can understand.
But in fact, the real types of demons are simply difficult to count, even if "ten thousand" is used as a quantifier.
Zhao Xu listened to Antinoya's analysis, and even the names of those "devil species" that sounded very unpopular, he could not find much relevant background after dozens of steps, as if they were just a flash in the pan in the long history of the abyss. .
This made Zhao Xu grin. I'm afraid that Antinoya had done a lot of harm in the abyss in order to find a suitable target for the "Extraction Gift".
He even had a slight misconception. Compared with the nine-level Baator Hell, which was full of dangers and even Antinoya needed to wear the "Pale Justice" artifact to go there, the more sinister abyss seemed like a back garden. General.
In addition to attribute transfer, the "Extraction Gift" can also transfer "skill bonuses", and the benefits in this area can be said to be even more amazing.
The status of skills in Arthur is unquestionable. Even after the majority of earth players came to earth with nothing, the only thing they could rely on was their respective "skills".
It can be said that skills dominate all aspects of life, even playing a prominent role in battle.
According to Arthur's consensus, the most basic configuration of an ordinary adventure team is the "tactical herdsman".
The warrior serves as physical input and human shield, the mage controls the field and magic output, the priest serves as a healer and part of the warrior function, and the rogue, also known as the rogue, is responsible for skill duties.
Rogues don't seem to stand out in anything, and they can only rely on one-handed sneak attacks to survive in battles. However, the existence of this profession is indispensable for eliminating traps, sneaking to search for intelligence, forging documents to deceive the enemy, and various means of "super-traveling".
The main reason is that Arthur does not just have a simple "battle" part. A long adventure is likely to spend most of the time communicating and collecting information, and the real final life and death battle only takes a few minutes.
Therefore, rogues can firmly break through the restrictions of the eleven basic professions and join the "Iron Four".
This was until broken by a "spell".
The reason why rogues can act as skill masters is that each level of this profession can get 8 skill points from the profession, which is completely different from the 2 points of the mage.
But no matter how strong a wanderer is, when he meets a dossier scholar, he can only kneel down and call him daddy.
The poet can serve as the second-in-command of the skill warrior, which is derived from the poet's spells that can stack skills.
The dossier scholar has the spells of poet, mage, priest, and ranger, which can be said to be a complete body.
Improvisation, 1st level, increases skill caster level/2, luck bonus.
Skill enhancement, level 1, improves skill by 2 + caster level/2, environment bonus.
Song of Knowledge, 1st level, skill upgrade 4 + caster level/2, performance bonus.
Just these three first-level spells, which are linked to the caster's level, are enough for a "Dossier Scholar" who has slightly improved the caster's level to easily break through the upper limit of the skill.
This is especially true for the "Gift of Extraction" at this moment. It can permanently transfer half of the skill bonus of the caster's level, and only requires that the corresponding demon has twice the skill bonus.
For example, a Balor Balrog can transfer the 10th level bluff bonus if his bluff exceeds level 20.
Six attributes are relatively small, but there are dozens of categories of skills.
In the past, Zhao Xu had suffered for a long time in the mage apprenticeship stage because of his "knowledge" level and "spell recognition" level.
When he really completes this round of swiping cards in the abyss, it can be said that he is omnipotent.
After all, those spells are all targeted at one skill, and the bonuses covering multiple skills are not too high, so Zhao Xu is not crazy enough to constantly use skills and spells. Most of them require re-casting on the spot.
As the two discussed various demonic goals, Nyarlathotep, who was closest to a "demon" and could also be called the incarnation of "chaos", finally couldn't stand the conversation between the two and exploded the dream on the spot, expelling the two.
Zhao Xu was also dazed for a while, feeling the dull air around him and the majestic rain and fog above the sky again, and then realized that he had returned to the tower of Yanan.
As for Antinoya, she woke up at the same time as him and looked at him with a smile on her face.
"Teacher, how long have I been in a coma?"
"If I told you that it only took less than 1 minute, would you believe it?"
"It's natural."
Zhao Xu also had lingering fears about this, and looked at the glow of the "Gate to Another World" in the scroll with deep vigilance.
At this moment, the original Seraph's appearance on the scroll was transformed into a brand new girl's style, but the gaze in his eyes was still extremely deep, like the chaotic mist in the endless void.
"Um?"
Antinoya also noticed the changes in the painting and explained, "This image is the incarnation of the outer god who once visited the earth."
"It seems that in addition to paying full attention to the earth's journey this time, he is probably also involved in a lot, quietly laying out backhands. Maybe this encounter with the 'Scroll of Darkness' is also in his plan."
Zhao Xu felt dizzy instantly.
At this time, the earth-traveling forces, in addition to the peeping eyes of the abyss and demons, the surrounding Arthur forces are also eyeing, and the gods trying to collect faith have penetrated into countless sands, and now there are actually "foreign gods" from the terrifying world intervening
However, he also noticed the word incarnation mentioned by Antinoya and asked, "Teacher, is the one we just met a real person or an incarnation?"
Antinoya shook his head, "I don't know either. As an alien god known for his deception, my understanding of him is limited to knowing that he often takes the form of a human and walks around the world, usually appearing as a tall , the image of a slim, cheerful, dark-skinned man.”
"As for the incarnations, there is the Night Roarer who looks like an ugly giant, the faceless god who looks like a two-winged sphinx, and the Lenoggi who looks like a two-headed bat-like creature..."
Zhao Xu was a little shocked when he heard the dozens of incarnations of Nyarlathotep that Antinoya was chanting and praying all the way.
None of Arthur's gods can have incarnations that exceed the level of godhead, so the maximum limit is 20.
Even Antinoya didn't mention the incarnation of the girl walking on the earth with long silver hair, super long hair and green eyes on the scroll.
Zhao Xu couldn't help but wonder, "Teacher, what is this person's name again?"
"This one seems to be called Nayako."
“…”
Zhao Xu always felt that it sounded familiar.
"By the way, Zhongxia."
Suddenly Antinoya turned around to face the town with an extremely wide view. In the smoke rising in the distance, the gryphon transport team passed by from time to time. The sound of their arms flapping could not help but arouse the curiosity of the children below.
"What's wrong?"
"It seems that you have never doubted my authenticity since I appeared. You must know that the foreign god in the dream is the 'false' version of me that was completely based on your impression."
"Even that false existence is more in line with your imagination and impression than the real me. Is it possible that you really have the means to judge whether I am true or false?"
Antinoya's slim body leaned against the railing, her eyes sparkling and she spoke softly.
"This is a secret." After Zhao Xu said this, he lightly pursed his lips and raised his index finger.
"Ah."
Antinoya didn't bother, she looked at Zhao Xu more like she was appreciating it.
"very good."
"Originally, I wanted to take you directly to the abyss for a quick battle, but now I have changed my mind."
Then with a wave of his sleeve, Antinoya put away the "Scroll of Darkness" scroll on the table and hid it.
This magical item involves the prying eyes of the alien gods in the terrifying world. It is no longer suitable for Zhao Xu to collect, so she will naturally take care of it.
With the relationship between the two of them, Antinoya didn't even need to explain more.
Zhao Xu is not an ignorant person.
He knew that Antinoya definitely did not make this decision rashly. In fact, the scroll had just been confiscated, and he did not dare to say it, otherwise he would just dig a hole to fill for himself next time.
The outside god couldn't figure out his real identity, so he wouldn't rashly change his role to someone else.
Zhao Xu even realized that Antinoya deliberately stayed in the dreamland of the foreign god and had a long and in-depth conversation with him about the "Rite of Extraction", which seemed to be a "layout".
Waiting for the response from the outer god "Nyarlathotep".
Could it be that it was expected that the outer god would definitely send an avatar here
She wanted to "prepare" for this situation, so she put the trip to the abyss on hold for now
Just when Zhao Xu was lamenting the twists and turns in his journey to the abyss, Antinoya suddenly spoke.
"Zhongxia. In fact, these words are what I want to warn you. The power of the outer gods in that terrifying world is beyond your imagination. Even if you put the three great creation dragons who once created Arthur , it can also be understood as being on the same level as the outer gods."
"Generally speaking, because ordinary people and alien gods are not on the same scale, any exploration of these mysterious unknowns will most likely lead to a catastrophic outcome."
Hearing this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but sweat on his back, "Teacher, I know curiosity kills the cat. I won't even recall this name in the future, and I promise I will never provoke him again."
But after hearing these words, Antinoya smiled softly.
"I'm sorry, Zhongxia."
"Most of these unimaginable and indescribably powerful beings are not interested in humans, but—"
"The outer god Nyarlathotep, because of the characteristics of chaos, prefers to intervene and even stare at ordinary people. From the moment He chooses to let you fall into a dream and meet you, you can no longer escape this fate."
Hearing this, Zhao Xu could only accept the reality.
He complained, "Teacher, didn't you say that it is an extremely mysterious world where Arthur rarely interacts with you? Why do you know so much about it?"
"That's natural."
Antinoya tapped her lips slightly, and her white forehead was covered by the cloak at this moment.
"midsummer."
"Have you forgotten what our profession is?"
"boom!"
Suddenly, a thick blue arc appeared in the sky that was already covered with black clouds, and the thunder was deafening.
It seems to indicate that the scale of the coming storm will be beyond human imagination.
When the residents below the town saw this scene, many of them put down what they were doing and headed to a nearby place where they could take shelter from the rain.
However, at this moment, there are only a few people who can enter the building made of stone and cement. Those who can enter the tent made of canvas are already considered lucky.
But Zhao Xu's mind was no longer focused on the outside world. He just stared at Antinoya's delicate face, which was bright and dark because of the lightning.
"Aren't we mages? There are mages who are not curious about exploring other worlds—"
Zhao Xu's words stopped suddenly and he couldn't say the next words.
They are also a "dossier scholar".
Search and delve into cursed tablets, searching for secrets and powers from strange and forbidden sources...
No matter from which perspective, dossier scholars seem to be searching for the secrets of these alien gods and looking for their traces.
Even the dossier scholars came from that terrifying world where evil gods existed.
In Zhao Xu's mind, it seemed as if a downpour had fallen, which was constantly shaking his mind and making it difficult to stop him from uttering any words.
To become a dossier scholar, you must have seen that "ancient stone tablet"!
Is it possible that this profession itself comes from some external god
"It seems you guessed it."
Antinoya smiled slightly at this, "It was also many years after my teacher left Arthur that I suddenly woke up to this one morning and realized that the Outer God is the 'end' for us file scholars. "
"Who is he?" Zhao Xu asked in surprise.
He even has a consciousness that the existence mentioned next will definitely involve him deeply!
Even after he left the dreamland of the outer god, he had a subconscious feeling that one day, he would return to that terrifying world again—
To uncover the unknown secret.
"I have told you this name at the beginning. Please forgive me, I cannot mention Him now. Because it is inappropriate, or in other words, when you hear it again now, you may fall into some kind of Crazy state.”
"Its real name, pronounced as Arthur, would have been beyond the boundaries of what we know."
"That one?" Zhao Xu guessed at this time.
Zhao Xu was deeply impressed by the other two foreign gods mentioned by Antinoya at that time, so he guessed them right away.
"Um."
"Then next, Zhongxia, you need to go find Zheng Xinyun."
"Um?"
Zhao Xu was a little surprised.
"Because you can find Lux through Zheng Xinyun, who is essentially an alien god who has lost his memory."
(End of chapter)