The Truth of Magic

Chapter 313 The Missing Mage Tower

After the initial shock, it was not until Zhao Xu interjected to explain that everyone realized that they had been linked together by Zhao Xu's magic.

It's not the "mind link" of the fourth and fifth rings, but just a second-ring "alliance conversation technique".

It is the group version of the zero-ring spell "Communication", and it can also prevent the content from being interpreted by moving the lips.

For a while, after Zhao Xu's magic encryption method, the entire watchman union excitedly discussed, and everyone pointed to their target to speak.

Finally, Shuangjian rearranged the discipline later, and it was not so chaotic for a while.

And considering that there may be a strong enemy on the side, it is even more impossible for them to escape after reaching this step.

Therefore, Shuangjian continued to arrange the manpower according to the previous deduction, but compared to before, he specially focused on explaining the personnel stationed on the lake.

Gradually, when the high-level labor union continued to speak, the arrangement meeting turned into an exchange meeting.

In the end, it was not until Zhao Xu's spell duration was almost exhausted for a full 70 minutes that everyone finished talking.

According to the original arrangement, their group consisted of warrior Shuangjian, barbarian Judun, ranger Accumulated Snow, wanderer Pirates, poet Ke Lu, priest Qingkong, mage Chen Nuo, and Zhao Xu, a total of eight people. The first batch to launch.

After Zhao Xu took the "Underwater Breathing" scroll of level 5 caster level handed over by Frost Sword, he spread out the approximately 30 cm long parchment, glanced at the arcane text on it, and guided him to cast the spell Come.

Gradually, a cloud of blue light began to appear in Zhao Xu's palm, like a floating spring.

Immediately, he walked up to everyone who was about to go into the water, touched each other lightly, and transferred the energy of the light cluster to them.

Originally, the duration of "water breathing" was 2 hours per level, a total of 10 hours. On average, everyone got a full 1 hour and 15 minutes of breathing time.

After finishing these, everyone took an alchemy lighting staff worth 2 gold coins in turn, and then tied stones and jumped into the water.

It is impossible to light oil lamps at the bottom of the lake, so Frost Sword prepared a large number of lighting sticks from the beginning.

The surface of Jingyue Lake was very clear, but after sinking for a certain distance, Zhao Xu's vision and senses were greatly suppressed.

At the same time, the water pressure also squeezed his body, especially after a deep dive, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

According to the content recorded in the notebook, the mage tower directly hit the mud at the bottom of the lake. The group of them had to explore the bottom first before they could find the mage tower.

So in the first wave, everyone dispersed first, in groups of two and two, and according to their own abilities, began to look for the entrance of their mage tower at the bottom of the lake here.

It's just that Jingyue Lake itself is extremely wide, and its area alone is equivalent to the sum of two or three football fields.

However, when Zhao Xu reached the bottom of the lake, he found that the bottom structure of Jingyue lake was mostly hard rock in nature, but the top was covered with a layer of silt over time.

If the mage tower fell down abruptly, it would probably break open the rocks at the bottom of the lake, and it should be exposed abruptly, but he didn't see anything, some raised gray things, Zhao Xu tapped it with the scepter in his hand. It was basically the sediment at the bottom of the lake, not the top of the mage tower.

Until an hour later, everyone followed the agreement at the beginning, and when the time was almost up, they would automatically float back to the surface.

In the end, when Zhao Xu and his entourage emerged together, they all looked at each other in blank dismay with the other seven.

Everyone shook their heads, saying that they did not find any suspected mage towers.

After listening, the president Shuangjian's face became a little gloomy.

It was indeed a problem for him to find the ruins of the mage tower. No one can guarantee that no one will raise the mage tower within a hundred years.

But after seeing the detailed records in the notebook, Shuang Jian is basically sure that the mage tower still exists and has not been excavated.

"What should I do?" The poet Ke Lu was also a little frustrated.

Originally according to Frost Sword's plan, when they used "water breathing" for the second time, their entire team entered the tower neatly.

Who ever thought it was this situation.

"Mr. Kuangfeng, what do you think?" Shuang Jian was also a little upset at this moment, and hurriedly asked Zhao Xu for advice.

Zhao Xu didn't expect the ball to be kicked at his feet, but his thinking was very clear, "Continue, try to expand the scale. If it doesn't work, let's try again tomorrow."

Seeing Zhao Xu's serious expression, Shuang Jian nodded heavily.

Next, Zhao Xu did not go down again, but used his spell slots to cast "Water Breathing" twice in a row.

This time he divided the time evenly between 20 people, allowing each to allocate just over an hour's worth of breathing.

It's just that after an hour, when everyone surfaced one after another, they all shook their heads, expressing that they hadn't gained anything.

For a moment, the members of the entire trade union looked at each other in blank dismay, and there was no time to wipe off the dripping water all over their bodies.

God seemed to have made a huge joke with them.

At this moment, Shuangjian finally panicked. He directly took out the remaining three "Water Breathing" scrolls and gave them to Zhao Xu, withdrawing all the shares that their core team had used to enter the tower.

"Mr. Kuangfeng, please cast a spell to let everyone go down." Shuang Jian panted at this moment, and even his neck was already bulging with blue veins.

"30 people?" Zhao Xu frowned as he looked at the three "Water Breathing" scrolls that increased by 350 gold coins each.

Originally, he just suggested to try another wave. They couldn't find it after 30 people searched for an hour, which already showed that this method was not reliable.

He already felt that if he went on, he would get nothing, but from this point of view, Shuangjian was not reconciled at all. Even if he consumed another thousand gold coins and supplies, he would have to check again.

At this time, Zhao Xu, as the party accepting the entrustment, naturally would not pretend to persuade the other party to give up.

Shuang Jian agreed, but the group of players behind him who also had red eyes refused to agree.

And after Zhao Xu cast the "water breathing" spell three times in a row with the scroll, this time a total of 30 members of the watchman union were allocated shares. Head towards the center of the lake.

Shuangjian also sank to the bottom of the water, while Zhao Xu continued to sit by the lake.

At this time, the night breeze was slightly cool, and the three moons in the sky had slowly risen, and the soft moonlight also poured on the lake, creating a hazy sense of unreality.

This time, Frost Sword was overwhelmed, and Zhao Xu also asked his soul prisoner followers to follow him to supplement him with the effect of True Sight at any time.

However, less than 50 minutes had passed, and when there was still time left, Zhao Xu saw players who usually did not participate pour out of the lake,

"It's all gone." Shuang Jian's whole body was already soaked, and he didn't have the slightest strength to wipe himself clean even as the lake water continued to drip on his temples.

"How could it be? Why is it like this?" The rogue beside him kept mumbling to himself, as if he couldn't believe the difference.

His younger sister also went down together just now, looking at his elder brother nervously.

She knew that for the ruins of the mage's tower this time, the family property of their entire trade union was basically emptied.

"Perhaps in the beginning, this mage tower itself was nothing more than a mirror." Shuang Jian said lonely.

A total of six "breathing in water", adding up to no less than 60 hours of searching the bottom of the lake, could not find the mage tower under the bottom of the lake.

Either they are currently out of human reach, or they simply don't exist.

And even if it exists, there are still mysterious forces nearby who are watching closely, ready to intervene at any time. This adventure has cast a shadow from the very beginning.

It was just rashly letting everyone go home, but it was really not reconciled.

"President, let's forget it."

"But we have mobilized too many resources this time, and I am afraid that the trade union will not be able to continue to operate when we go back empty-handed."

"That's better than wasting time here."

The president, Shuang Jian, sighed, walked directly in front of Zhao Xu, and said helplessly, "Sorry, Mage Kuangfeng, we might have to have a meeting first."

After Zhao Xu nodded, he consciously walked to the lake far away from the large army, and stared at the night of Xifeng Valley that had become extremely quiet in front of him.

Under the slight moonlight, the outline of the daytime can only be barely seen, but it is even more mysterious.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu noticed a green phosphorescent light coming from the side of Shuangjian. Although he was far away, Zhao Xu barely recognized that it was the big "fierce" character.

His heart tightened immediately, and he understood that it was the effect of the "divination" magic technique unique to the priest's second ring.

I'm afraid it was the other party's priest holding the second ring's "divination" scroll to cast a spell. Divination can only judge the future within half an hour, so only this approaching moment can cast spells.

Don't think too much, the other party must be asking whether it is useful to find the mage tower after searching.

And the gods and even the servants of the gods gave a very direct answer, which is "fierce" that will bring bad results.

Not even the neutral "flat".

Zhao Xu was very calm in his heart. I'm afraid he was the only one who had something to gain from all the people present, as long as he could get the notebook in the future.

As for how to get this notebook from Shuangjian, I still have to think carefully.

As for the mage tower, the target of this trip, no matter what mission he participates in, he will definitely be able to get what he wanted at first.

In the end, after the meeting, Shuang Jian led the union members over.

To his surprise, Shuangjian immediately told Zhao Xu the result of his divination, and at the same time told Zhao Xu that they were about to give up.

"Mr. Kuangfeng, all we want to do now is stop the loss, so I want to ask you if you would like to buy the ruins information of this mage tower."

As he spoke, Shuang Jian handed the "lead box" with the notebook in front of Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu also discovered for the first time that he had encountered the dilemma of buying a box and returning the pearl.

All he really wanted was the notebook.

It's just that Shuangjian and the others did not hide anything from telling him the result of the divination, and the information about the mage tower also attracted the attention of outsiders, so Shuangjian and the others did not have too high expectations.

And when Zhao Xu paid the gold coins, Shuangjian and the others would quit, which was one of the best ways for them to stop the bleeding.

After all, they just didn't find the mage tower.

"Promise them." Suddenly, Antinoya's voice sounded in Zhao Xu's ear.