Standing in Hurricane City, Zhao Xu once again felt the familiarity of a prosperous commercial town without any trace of magic.
This is more like the world that the majority of Arthur's citizens live in.
Hurricane City is considered the hub city north of Tianduan Mountain Range.
This city, which is said to have been destroyed by a legendary mage using storm spells, has become extremely prosperous after nearly a hundred years of reconstruction.
Countless caravans depart or return here every day in the city, transferring supplies to dozens of towns under the jurisdiction of the entire "Tianbei Merchant Alliance".
But after the familiarity wore off, Zhao Xu still felt a little headache looking at the map of the entire Tianduan Mountains area in his hand.
The task Antinoya gave him was very simple—
She threw Zhao Xu from Mystra, south of the Tianduan Mountains, to Hurricane City, north of the Tianduan Mountains.
Let him, a level 1 character, return to the magic city Mystra without teleporting.
The distance between the two big towns is hundreds of miles just by stretching it, not to mention the huge risk of crossing the Tianduan Mountains.
Even with the power of the "Tianbei Merchant Alliance", they have not been able to open up a safe post road.
Zhao Xu estimated that by the time he really spent half a month returning to Mystra, he would have been promoted to level 2 mage, and he would be able to advance to dossier scholar in another career line.
In the last six years of his previous life, Zhao Xu participated in countless outdoor adventures, and he was not worried at all when talking about his experience.
The only problem is that his health and error tolerance are not enough.
After Zhao Xu was promoted to a monk priest, his life dice had become D6 of a monk priest. Although it was not as good as the D8 of a traditional priest, it was still enough to dislike the D4 of a mage.
His current health value is 8hp, which has been greatly increased by 2 points, and his waist has also become two points stronger.
The legendary mage with 1HP dares to run rampant in Arthur, because others have the capital to be immune to all kinds of damage.
With Zhao Xu's 8 HP, not to mention receiving a round of concentrated fire in the wild, the slight aftermath was enough for him to go to the Creation Temple.
But death is another way for Zhao Xu to complete his mission. Anyway, he will be resurrected in Mystra.
Just like this, I'm afraid he won't get any good rewards in the future, which will greatly delay his own upgrade progress.
After thinking for a while, Zhao Xu still carried his Howard convenience bag and walked towards the secret alley in the north of the city.
This latest piece of information is currently appearing on Zhao Xu's character card information panel.
[Adventurer Zhongxia performed the 'knowledge' test of the monastic priest. The test result = 1 (priest) + 3 (intelligence) + D20 = 1 + 3 + 8 = 12, which is greater than the difficulty DC 10, and obtained 'generally widespread rumors and legends'. details as follows…]
Monastic priests are weaker than traditional priests in terms of force and culture.
"Learning" is the unique ability of the monastic priest. Similar to the "anecdotal knowledge" of the bard, Zhao Xu's knowledge and skill level is not to mention low, and he is more focused on specific issues.
Therefore, directly understanding local legends is not as fast as the ability of "knowledge".
He immediately knew the most convenient place for him to go through those general rumors.
The secret alley in the north of the city is located in a very remote location. The surrounding buildings are densely packed together. The entire area lacks direct light and the ground is somewhat damp.
A few gangster-looking people were standing at the street corner chatting. They glanced at Zhao Xu's clothes and stopped paying attention.
But Zhao Xu's target was them. He walked straight over and asked in a low voice, "I need a ticket to Nandu."
Nandu is located in Hurricane City, which refers to the Magic City of Mystrana.
Mystra is so famous that ordinary people dare not mention her real name easily.
One of the leaders was tall and thin, wearing a linen shirt. He looked at Zhao Xu's robe and said disdainfully: "What's your talent?"
"Spell caster, take me to see you." Zhao Xu said lightly.
The originally contemptuous attitudes of the people around him suddenly became stern, and the leader lowered his eyebrows and said, "My lord, please come with me."
Zhao Xu followed without saying much.
Returning to these mortal towns, Zhao Xu's experience in his previous life became useful again.
No longer like facing Antinoya, he was just a student who could be taught.
These people dressed as minions, he could tell from their physical appearance at a glance that most of them were ordinary people who had not received professional training, that is, first-level civilians.
Not even the most basic first-level warrior.
The warrior is already a weakened version of the warrior.
Unable to find a job as a warrior, turning to a warrior with lower requirements is Arthur's most common civilian ecology.
Zhao Xu walked for about ten minutes and came to a lively tavern, where the leader of the underground forces in the secret alley, "Caesar", was located.
When going upstairs, Zhao Xu assessed the surrounding environment and found that both light and dark sentries were indeed in place.
However, when Zhao Xu went to a place he was unfamiliar with, he always first estimated the route to break out of the encirclement.
There are three trump cards given to him by Antinoya in his backpack, and each time he uses one, a reward will be deducted.
But if it's really inappropriate, he won't hesitate to use it.
Caesar, who was sitting in a corner chatting with his buddies, sat up slightly after hearing the report from his subordinates, and looked at Zhao Xu, "Are you going to Nandu?"
Zhao Xu nodded.
"Earth player?" Caesar, an ordinary person, could tell the difference at a glance.
After a month of cultivation, the Arthur natives are now accustomed to calling these earth adventurers players.
It was the temperament that Zhao Xu revealed that made Caesar hesitate to think that he was an Arthur resident like them.
"That's right." Zhao Xu said.
Players currently do not have too many forces involved, and many forces also like to arrange players to be peripheral thugs.
Dare to fight hard without fear of death, and it is very affordable.
"Oh, you Earth players should know what's going on in the Tiannan Mountains right now?"
"I know that the two towns at the foot of the North Mountain are trying to break away from the business alliance. Basically, the regular business travelers have given up their recent plans to cross the Tiannan Mountains. This is why I came to you."
At this time, only these underground smuggling teams dared to risk crossing the Tianduan Mountains.
They are the only ones who are not afraid of gangsters and dare to bring outsiders on the road together.
"It seems that I have asked about it first, Mr. Spellcaster, how much are you willing to pay to buy such a ticket?" Caesar said after thinking for a while.
Zhao Xu, who was a police officer in his previous life, visited the lair of such underground forces more than once, and he killed no less than three people on the spot.
In addition, he still has a trump card in his backpack at the moment, which gives him enough psychological advantages.
If he really wanted to bargain, he could charge an escort fee in return.
It's just that these are external things, and what's more important for him is to reach Mystra.
"When encountering a battle, I will join in and provide spell support. However, if the situation is not right, I will leave the battle on my own."
After hearing what the other party said, Caesar felt relieved. This was his bottom line.
It is not difficult to really turn around and kill this spell caster, but the subsequent troubles will be too great.
A few days ago, someone from the neighboring force stole the wallets of players all over the world and was discovered by the other party.
On the spot, the leader of the thief summoned people to drive those players away.
Who knew that that night, the female adventurer would be able to summon dozens of adventurers of various professions to surround and kill the stealing organization.
The entire secret alley almost turned pale when it came to players.
They are here to make money, not to cause trouble.
"Those Earth adventurers under the bar are also going to Nandu together. I think you probably have the same status as them. You can join their team and act together."
(End of chapter)