The Truth of Magic

Chapter 181: Game in the Game (34)

Fortunately, there were no more death squads attacking this remote tomb at this time, otherwise, seeing a colorful light suddenly appearing in front of a tombstone, one would have to be scared to death on the spot.

The way to open this tome with infinite pages is to give it a name on the cover.

That's why Zhao Xu wrote it down by hand, which is also the powerful effect of the first-level spell "Appraisal".

Otherwise, the most common way for ordinary adventurers to figure out the effect of a piece of magic equipment is to wear it and feel the specific enhancements it brings, such as Zhao Xu's star cloak.

However, for some activation-type magic items, there needs to be a designated way to activate them. Generally, most magic items will indicate the activation method on the item. For example, Zhao Xu's "Invisible Ring" has "" Hit "two words.

As for those that are not specified, it is up to the user to find out by himself. For example, the "jumping" ring that strengthens the jumping ability, and only when you wear it and try to jump, can you experience the lightness in the air.

At this moment, after the colorful light disappeared, Zhao Xu touched the classic book he named Notes again, and he felt a sense of harmony.

Zhao Xu gently opened the notebook, looked at the records left by the Andy family's ancestors, and directly erased them.

In the future, whatever Zhao Xu himself wrote on it would gradually disappear, but when he read it, the words on it would automatically reappear.

Zhao Xu had the impression that the library also had the ritual that Andy performed before, so naturally he eliminated the specific content of the ritual by the way.

It's just that when he dispelled to Andy's ancestor who brought back the notes, he hesitated for a while, squinting and studying the words left by the other party.

Looking at the content, it can be analyzed that when the other party got this notebook to record, he had already left the tomb. Most of the recorded content was some distant scenery and longing for his relatives' hometown.

But what caught Zhao Xu's attention was the other party's description of the tomb. The diary records that the tomb has already been explored by adventurers, and even the corpses of former adventurers are left on many traps.

In this way, Andy's ancestors were able to get back a magic notebook, and even read the other party's description. The rewards that time were extremely high, otherwise there would be no need for a carriage to carry them.

Generally, if a large tomb with burial objects can still be found, and the casualties of the explorers are not small, it means that there are still unexplored treasures in that tomb.

In particular, the approximate location of the tomb and a simple sketch of the entrance to the tomb are left at the back of the diary.

Zhao Xu looked at the sketch and fell into deep thought.

He had seen the mysterious symbol at the entrance of the tomb.

At that time, he was teleported back to the Dark Age by Antinoya. When he saw the priest who made a barbaric sacrifice, this symbol was painted on the face of the other party.

It can't be the tomb of the ancient elemental gods, right?

Zhao Xu looked at the direction, and the tomb was a month's walk away from Mistra light. It wasn't too far away, but it wasn't something he would be able to go anytime soon.

However, Zhao Xu didn't think too much about it at this moment, and directly hid the rough map and the picture of the tomb entrance in the invisible page of the notes.

Then I plan to erase the records of the scenery along the way.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu's eyes froze.

Ordinary people may not be able to see it yet, but Zhao Xu, as the owner of this notebook, can clearly feel the difference between each word on it.

In these two pages, there are some words that were written down with special effort, but each page of the notes is very thick, and the traces cannot be seen from the back.

But if you spread a thin copying paper, apply a light layer of charcoal on it, and you can judge which words are the darkest based on the color of the charcoal on the copying paper.

Zhao Xu naturally didn't use this method at the moment. He clearly felt the structure and texture of each character in this book, so he could naturally understand which characters the other party was using too much force.

At this time, Zhao Xu also slowly pieced together the scattered words, in order——

"I am cursed."

"Don't use the summoning ritual passed down in the family!"

"That would call forth the real devil!"

Zhao Xu suddenly felt a chill behind him. How could there be so many summoning ceremonies in this world.

This means that the man, Andy, is deceiving him, and that ritual is not at all what he saw from the slate in the mysterious shop.

Zhao Xu stood up abruptly and ran towards the direction where the five young men disappeared.

At the same time he took out of his pocket the little-burned candle.

If someone appeared in this night cemetery, they would hear a sudden "swish" of the wind, accompanied by a gust of air blowing past them, as if someone was sprinting in front of them.

In the end, Zhao Xu ran until his 14 physique was a little out of breath.

He saw four corpses lying on the ground in front of the stream he had passed by when he came.

At this moment, Zhao Xu was completely invisible, holding a protective staff in one hand and a candle in the other. He first added some protective spells to himself, and then slowly approached.

Before Zhao Xu could take a few steps closer, his hand holding the staff tightened even more.

It was the four men and women who sat around to assist the ceremony before.

And Andy, the man who lied to him, is missing.

Zhao Xu was extremely vigilant at the moment.

Even looking at the corpse in front of him, he remained silent and did not move forward to investigate.

His only action was to keep rubbing against the wick of the "Prayer Candle", which had already been sprinkled with flammable sulfur. Later, as long as he gently twisted it, the "Prayer Candle" would naturally be ignited.

In the end, Zhao Xu decided to use a "fate watching technique" on himself.

As a good priest, this priest-level necromancer evil element spell cannot be used, and can only be cast through the dossier spell slot.

The effect of the spell was similar to that of "detection magic". After he released the spell, a fan-shaped diffuse area with a radius of 10 meters appeared in front of him, immediately covering the four people who came to the end.

Immediately, the spell fed back to him one by one the information of whether each target in the area was alive, what the specific state was, and whether it was an undead creature.

There were no surprises for Zhao Xu, and there were only four dead bodies left in front of him.

At this moment, Zhao Xu no longer acted rashly, and he couldn't even guarantee whether that Andy was still hiding nearby.

Zhao Xu took out a gem that Leian gave him directly from his backpack, and then squeezed it lightly. "

Leian stood beside the stream with a drowsy look on his face. Two priests and a paladin were squatting there nearby. At the same time, there were also three "magic guards" from the floating city. They were all from the same department—— "Rose Cross".

The "Rose Cross" jointly organized by the Association of Mages and the Church of the Goddess is responsible for hunting down the evil alien creatures that invaded Arthur, especially for the devil and demon affairs.

"I said, brother, you are too lucky. You can also encounter such a thing when you come out to escort and monitor those rookies." Leian yawned.

This "Rosie Cross" involves the union of two organizations. As the association's liaison officer in the church, Leian naturally holds an important position in it.

At the beginning, he gave Zhao Xu a gem, and as long as Zhao Xu crushed the gem, he could get the message and send it to Zhao Xu.

He didn't expect Zhao Xu to give him such a great credit for using this gem for the first time.

Although waking him up in the middle of the night did make him a little sleepy, but thinking of this rare and major case, Leian's tired mind was put down again, and he couldn't help counting the specific meritorious deeds.

"Are all these people saved?" Zhao Xu asked.

Leian shook his head: "The souls have been taken away. Unless the gods intervene, no one will be able to do anything. This devil's method is also cruel enough. I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen around Mystra."

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhao Xu, "It's only been a few days since you're so strong now, the devil doesn't dare to do anything to you on the spot. Otherwise, after the other party kills you on the spot, they can use these four men and women as carriers later, Continue the ceremony."

Zhao Xu shook his head, "You don't need to comfort me, after all, I'm not strong enough."

At this moment, Zhao Xu looked deeply at the four corpses that had been restrained.

"To tell you the truth, I'm too lazy to comfort a brat like you." Leian turned his head and looked at those subordinates who were replaying the game with magic hands.

"It's useless for you to be strong, can you protect these four people for the rest of your life?" Leian said contemptuously, "People who can perform this dangerous summoning ceremony have half their feet on the cliff, and you can't help but pull them." It's useless. As long as they are with that Andy, they will die after all. When I came, I couldn't see anything abnormal, otherwise the devil would have been driven out by us long ago."

Leian, who is the deputy of the "Rose Cross" department, said these dejected words with a look of indifference.

The pastor who was standing a little closer couldn't help frowning after hearing this, but just thinking of Leian's usual style, he still endured it.

Lei An suddenly looked at Zhao Xu curiously, "I didn't explain it to you, but you can already guess the ins and outs?"

"No, logically, the direction of the stream here is not the way back to Mystra. How do you judge that the other party didn't go back to Mystra first. After all, it should think that it is hiding it well, so it dares to kill people so recklessly nearby. gone."

Leian couldn't help showing the look of "Scholars will treat each other with admiration for three days", "You players, logically, can't really improve your knowledge."

Zhao Xu also looked at Lei An angrily, "I've been reading in the library every day during this time, okay?"

"I'll go." Leian also lowered his voice at this time, "I have forgotten your old identity, so it seems that you are also very diligent in watching, how long have you been watching in a day?"

He already understood which library Zhao Xu was talking about.

"18 hours." Zhao Xu said, basically he was reading a book borrowed from the library when he was free.

"Then tell me, how did you guess?" Lei An suddenly thought about it and asked Zhao Xu.

I'm sorry, the writer's assistant collapsed, and it has been delayed until now. Tonight's Jiageng is a pity for being late. I'll go have a supper first. The fourth chapter is estimated at 3 o'clock, don't wait.