After more than half an hour of integration, the entire smuggling caravan finally recovered the lost carriages. After another hour or two, the followers with professional skills repaired several damaged carriages.
Seeing that there were no casualties, Roja also knew that the spell was the last warning from the Druid of Otmar.
If Roja still dares to try to take the original forest path, what greets him next time will not be a single-target lightning strike that does not hit anyone, but a direct area-killing spell.
Compared with the various roads on the earth that are as dense as a network, Arthur, which is more primitive and closed, does not have so many good roads for carriages to travel on.
Those virgin forests that have not been opened up, let alone carriages, ordinary people may not be able to walk through them with a mountain axe.
After some discussion, Roja and the others had no choice but to adopt the alternative plan given by the original leader and go around the Yite Wilderness.
Compared with the Beiyu Forest guarded by druids, the biggest problem in the entire Yite Wilderness is that monsters gather more densely and are more vulnerable to attacks.
This time was also a trial for Roja after he took over, and he could only continue to grit his teeth and persevere.
The entire smuggling caravan spent most of the restful time after setting off again. It was not until nightfall that the caravan found a place near a stream to build a bonfire and set up a tent.
Zhao Xu and several other players took the opportunity to go offline to eat and take a shower, and then hurried back online.
If the team is attacked and leaves during this window period, it will be really difficult for only a few players to survive in the wild. Even if they are only one day away from the town, they may not be able to return smoothly.
Passing the resurrection stone to passively return to the city has become a way of treatment for many players who are exhausted mentally and physically.
This is also the reason why early players should try to stay in groups and not go deep into the wild.
Late into the night, everyone sat around the campfire and chatted with each other. After the emergency escape during the day, the original feeling of strangeness had dissipated a lot.
The rogue enthusiastically recalled what he saw during the day, and the other three players also burst into laughter at the right time, as if everything was just an episode.
Zhao Xu sat aside and quietly reviewed his mistakes today.
Roja's group of men didn't have any spellcasters. They were basically level 1 warriors and even level 1 civilians. At best, they were only one or two levels higher than Roja himself.
Naturally, they couldn't be like Zhao Xu, who had level 4 spell recognition, and could identify on the spot that the spell was an upgraded version of the level 5 spell 'Summon Thunderstorm', which was the level 3 spell 'Thunder Summoning Technique'.
Zhao Xu could recognize at the first glance that although the spell was a continuous attack, it would only hit one place in each round. Unless they were very close, they would all be sent away one at a time.
There were nearly fifty people present, so Zhao Xu's probability of hitting was actually very low.
This is also the reason why he is looking for these smuggling caravans. With more people, there are more targets. When encountering risks, he also has the opportunity to divert the enemy's attention.
It's just that Zhao Xu was completely panicked at the time, and his hope of survival rested on the three trump cards given to him by Antinoya.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but call himself stupid.
Facing that kind of scene, his first target should be those tree people.
At that time, if he put on mage armor and his defense level could reach level 14, it would really be useless to face these tree men whose attack power reached level 12.
Only when the defense level exceeds the attack power by more than 10 levels can the hit rate be reduced to less than 50%.
But he can equip himself with a first-level divine magic, the Holy Domain Technique.
If he is blessed with the Ioin Stone and the Sanctuary spell that can be superimposed to reach 4 rounds of spell delay, those trees will have to pass Zhao Xu's spell saving throw if they want to hit him. In this way, nearly one-third of his existence will be natural. possible miss.
Even if it doesn't work, he can also release the first-level divine skill Hidden Mist to suppress the enemy's vision.
Although if he had cast a spell at that time, it is very likely that he would immediately become a priority target for elimination.
But whether or not you can take action is one thing; whether you can react and make a reasonable plan is another.
After summarizing, Zhao Xu also knew that he was a novice mage after all. Everyone knew some battle experience, but the difficulty was to choose between the lightning and flint and make the best choice.
Zhao Xu also understood that the plan he made at the beginning was still incomplete and did not achieve the goal. He could only continue to make adjustments in the following days.
Later in the night, Lark told them that there would be a permanent vigil, and that it would be their turn a few days later.
Several players returned to the temporary tents to rest.
Zhao Xu did not consume any spell slots today, so he did not need to rest for another 8 hours to recover his spell slots.
And the spell slot will not be refreshed at a certain moment. If he is attacked and releases a spell 8 hours before preparing a spell, it will still be counted into the next day's spell quota.
Therefore, mages hate night attacks in the middle of the night, but this is the hobby of wild monsters.
Although Zhao Xu didn't need to sleep, he quietly took out the books Antinoya gave him and read through them.
Rainbow, the wanderer on the side, couldn't help but glance over, "Mr. Zhongxia, I didn't expect that your backpack is quite flat, but you can still pretend to understand things."
"Visual effects." Zhao Xu said haha and dealt with it.
The book in Zhao Xu's hand was the tutorial on the "Persistence of Spells" specialty that Antinoya stuffed for him. He had taken the time to read it these days, but he always got confused every time.
On the other hand, he now has almost the same skills in preparing spells, and is basically able to match his spells with a "spell delay" effect.
Slowly, when the last magic word disappeared from the page, Zhao Xu had read the entire description of the specialty.
It's just that this specialty still doesn't appear on his character card panel.
Zhao Xu was not discouraged. He closed the book gently, turned around and added a drop of blood, and the contents would reappear.
If he still hasn't realized it after three times, then he may have to find Antinoya to find a solution.
It was almost midnight, and three of the four players were getting into their sleeping bags and falling asleep.
Pastor Youyou, on the other hand, lit a candle and continued to read her theological classics without any distraction, just like a student taking the college entrance examination.
Letting go of his past life, according to Zhao Xu's sense of responsibility, he should at least educate the other party with a few words: academics should be the main thing and games should be supplemented.
But now, Zhao Xu can only hope that the other party can withstand the pressure and focus on the game.
People tend to appreciate those who work hard towards their goals.
After Zhao Xu sighed, he continued to pull out the magic scroll in his backpack - the first-level arcane "Summoning Mount".
He was busy studying that specialty before. Looking at the recent rhythm, he might have to go to the rhythm of death on this plain.
Then he should treat his legs better and remember this spell in his heart.
Originally, these spells required 24 hours of dedicated research to master the transcription. However, Zhao Xu had the ability of "Intelligent Spellcaster", and his knowledge (mystery) level and spell recognition level were both raised to level 4. He could study the spells again. It won't take so long.
Only if you are really unlucky, you will have to read it completely for 24 hours.
After Zhao Xu applied an ointment on his temples to stimulate the spirit and facilitate memory of spells, he began to read the scroll.
The lamp oil under the candlelight slowly burned and turned into light smoke. The entire tent was very quiet, with only the snoring of the three male players and the sound of Zhao Xu turning the pages of books.
Suddenly, there was a howling sound, accompanied by the whistle and buzzing of an enemy attack, rapid and sad.
(End of chapter)