The Truth of Magic

Chapter 316 Earth Passage

Hearing Lin Qi's words, Zhao Xu also smiled, but he was in a happy mood.

From the moment he entered the game, most of the people in the Floating Void City he came into contact with were very polite to him, and sometimes even gave him resources directly, and all who could cooperate.

For example, the goddess priest Sos Archbishop he met in the Sacred Heart cathedral, the other party directly gave him the holy emblem that he had worn for decades, and Zhao Xu later used that holy emblem to avoid the trouble of explaining his identity.

Even for the minerals in Falling Star Town, he entrusted Archbishop Sos to directly put in the mithril crystal for him to increase the mithril output of the silver vein.

And Lynch in front of him, who had been very polite to him before, now showed a shrewd side, allowing Zhao Xu to regain the familiarity he had when he met Arthur's residents in his previous life.

"Master Lynch, what reward do you need?" As long as the other party's request is not too excessive, Zhao Xu will naturally agree.

Now he is also an equivalent level 5 mage, and the two sides have enough resources to communicate and complement each other.

When the fat mage Lynch heard that Zhao Xu didn't object, he said happily, "Well, Mr. Zhong Xia, can you show me the badge on your chest first?"

When Zhao Xu heard it, he thought that the other party's next request was related to this aspect, but he didn't say much, just took it off and handed it over.

As long as any sorcerer who appeared in this floating city could run away from the monk but not the temple, Zhao Xu didn't have to worry about the funny thing about grabbing the badge and running away.

After Lin Qi picked it up, he noticed that Zhao Xu's sorcerer's badge had changed into three concentric circles, which meant that the other party had registered as an official three-ring sorcerer.

In order to take over the task issued by Frost Sword, Zhao Xu updated his identity information to the latest status in the affairs hall of the association.

At that time, he also received the corresponding mage benefits by the way.

The Mage Association can become the largest mage organization in Arthur's continent. In addition to being the organization with the largest number of Arthur's legendary mages, it also has a benefit that attracts countless ordinary mages.

When all mages level up, they can apply to the association to copy the two spells with the highest level that can be cast at present.

So Zhao Xu received the promotion benefits from level 2 to level 5 at one time, which were two first-level spells at level 2, four second-level spells at level 3 and 4, and two third-level spell transcription qualifications at level 5.

According to the association's current transcription price, 50 gold coins per ring, and 150 gold coins for a third-ring spell transcription.

Zhao Xu got a total of eight spell transcription borrowing fee deduction coupons worth 800 gold coins from the first ring to the third ring.

And he himself has mastered all the first to third ring spells, so he can resell the discount coupon, anyway, the association also recognizes the coupon.

Even if Mage Lynch just asks for spell transcriptions or money later, Zhao Xu can use those spell transcriptions as a reward.

However, Lynch, who was sitting opposite, saw Zhao Xu's badge, but his whole body shook suddenly. The three concentric circles directly shocked him like a mysterious spell.

At the same time, after being touched by him, these concentric circles began to fluctuate one after another, showing their own authenticity.

A cold sweat broke out on Lynch's back. After transforming the forum that day, he already understood that the other party was an adventurer from Earth.

It's just that this mage Zhong Xia only had one ring at that time, and he became a mage with three rings in just over a month?

Even if the players themselves take the quick route, this method is a bit too fast.

According to what he heard from the elders in his family, even if these earth adventurers have enough talent, it will take a year to reach the third ring.

Someone showed him to become a three-ring mage for a month now?

If he releases this news, I'm afraid the low-ring mages in the entire Floating Void City will be overwhelmed.

The mages of the Floating Void City are well aware of the reasons why players on Earth can crash, and also know the hidden dangers behind this method.

Players have skipped several years or even ten years of accumulation, unless they have outstanding talents, they will need to pay a huge price to repay the previous jump in the future.

The most obvious point is that it will be much more difficult to break through the level in the future, especially when the fifth and sixth rings are involved.

It's just that the man in front of me got three rings in two months, so maybe five or six rings won't be too difficult a year later, right?

Lynch immediately thought of countless conjectures of great importance.

In the Mage Association, there is also a genius Arthur who completed the training and promotion in a few days and a month.

And these candidates will be taken care of and become the key training targets for future legendary mages.

Lynch also secretly sighed at this moment, no wonder the association handed over a shining mithril badge to a player.

It turned out that the high-level executives of the association had seen through the talent of the man in front of them as early as a month ago.

No wonder they are giants and he is the younger brother.

After Lin Qi thought it over, he respectfully handed back the badge in his hand to Zhao Xu, and said politely, "That's it."

"Master Zhongxia, our association has not held a meeting these two days. How about this? Are you free the day after tomorrow? If so, you can go with me to the association to extract the file. If it is really inconvenient, I will transfer it to your dormitory. That's fine too."

Lynch looked at Zhao Xu eagerly as he spoke.

"This? Remuneration?" Zhao Xu was wondering why the other party skipped his question about remuneration.

"Oh, you just gave me a careful look at the magic of this badge, which is already the biggest reward." Lynch said and made a standard mage salute.

"..." Although Zhao Xu didn't understand why Master Lin Qi's attitude suddenly changed so much, he could only keep silent.

It stands to reason that the other party knew from the beginning that he had the Shining Mithril Badge.

After knowing that he was a player and not from Mystra's mage family, his attitude calmed down a lot, but why did he become so respectful all of a sudden.

As for the other party's suggestion, Zhao Xu considered that the place where he lives now is in the Obelisk, and it might not be easy for the other party to come in, so he said directly, "Master Lynch, I'll go find you the day after tomorrow."

Lynch nodded in satisfaction after listening, and handed over the note with his contact address on it.

After Zhao Xu took it, Antinoya's voice suddenly came from next to his ear.

"Zhong Xia, do you have a spell research related to you to look at?"

After a while, Zhao Xu appeared in a mysterious research hall.

This location is located at the bottom of the "Palace of Truth", the core building in Floating Void City. It was here that Zhao Xu lifted the Molin Stele and obtained the corresponding advanced secret.

The Hall of Truth above the head is said to be the place with the highest density of mages in Arthur's legend.

The highest authority of the Masters Association, the "Council", is also permanently established in the Hall of Truth.

According to everyone, only in that place can the seven giants of the Mage Association appear together at the same time.

When Zhao Xuchu saw this research hall, he almost thought it was a football field without stands.

However, they are all in the corridor on the second floor, and there is only a row of simple anti-fall railings in front of them, which is very simple, or they did not consider having bystanders at the beginning of the design.

At the bottom of the field, only a quarter of the place was placed with mysterious alchemy devices, many of which were tightly wrapped, and the most mysterious metal spheres in the field.

Above the research hall is the alchemy lifting device, which can mobilize those heavy alchemy devices at any time, although the mage himself can solve it with spells.

At this time, there were dozens of casters in the field who were debugging, but Zhao Xu was secretly shocked, because the researchers below the field were at least mages above the seventh ring.

The work of some assistants is carried out by the golems and invisible servants in the field.

Feeling the dignity and seriousness of the atmosphere in the venue, Zhao Xu also stood quietly beside Antinoya. At this time, there were also spell casters on the corridor on the second floor equal to the number of researchers below.

It's just that they, like Zhao Xu, were all dressed in robes and hoods, hiding their appearance.

Zhao Xu even suspected that there were giants of the association among those mysterious people.

However, he paid more attention to the eight full metal drawing boards erected at the front of the field, all made of Mithril. The eight panels are finely engraved with complex ritual circles, and many parts are even micro-carved with high precision.

Obviously, the rituals involved are extremely complicated and profound.

"Mentor, the spell research below seems to be of a very high level." Zhao Xu communicated with Antinoya through a mind link.

Even the lowest-level researchers are Qihuan, and other support staff would rather use golems than let middle and low-level mages intervene. Even when Antinoya gave him the passkey, he had to go through three or four checks before coming in here.

"Of course, they will build a temporary passage to other multiverses later," Antinoya said.

I see.

It was such a generous move.

Zhao Xu could only feel that way at this moment.

To be honest, Arthur probably only has the capital of the Mage Association to undertake this research work.

Zhao Xu already understood that the research was basically for the national time travel in a year's time.

And when he looked at those micro-carved ritual circles, he already had some guesses. But after listening to what Antinoya said, he had new questions.

"But I think this ceremony is more like reawakening the channel, rather than directly creating the channel?"

Antinoya raised her eyebrows slightly, "That's right, because there has always been an energy channel, and now we are just going to use this energy channel to materialize into a material channel."

After Zhao Xu listened, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, which further confirmed his own thoughts.

If they can project it, it means that there is an energy channel between Arthur and the earth itself.

There is even a 20-minute cooling time limit for going online after going offline, probably because of the limitation of this energy channel.

Since there is an energy channel in itself, the Mage Association can easily use it.

Then, at this time, a researcher in charge of the project below made a questioning gesture to a certain mysterious figure in the corridor on the second floor.

"It's time to start the charging trial," Antinoya reminded.

Zhao Xu's eyes widened immediately, and he carefully observed the condition of the eight mithril panels. Later, all energy channels must be activated through this ritual circle.

Suddenly, countless starbursts began to gather and fall on the first version of the mithril panel, and the energy began to fill the carved hollows of the entire magic circle like a trickle.

In the end, the mithril panels lit up one by one, and they rushed to the seventh panel.

It's just that Zhao Xu felt a shock all over his body for an instant, and then his vision began to blur.

[Adventurer Zhongxia, you have been disconnected from Arthur's world, and reconnected. Cooldown time: to be determined. 】