The Truth of Magic

Chapter 367 The Bride in Red (4K)

For example, the "Necromantic staff" worth millions of gold coins was placed in Zhao Xu's backpack, although the halfling wanderer opened the side pocket where he put the spell-casting materials.

But this still made Zhao Xu angry, so he gave a small warning to the player who was trying to "multiple hands". Even if it was in Mystra, he might have called the patrolmen on the spot to lock these players in and punish them.

But Zhao Xu quickly put the matter behind him and concentrated on wandering around the market.

In the end, it also made him a small harvest. He directly found a few slightly damaged alchemy items. After a little repair, it would not be a problem to sell them for a few hundred gold coins.

After walking around, it was already dark, so Zhao Xu picked a tavern near the auction, planning to sit there now and inquire about it.

Just when he stepped into the tavern and pushed open the half-closed loose-leaf door, he found that by the nearby willow tree, there were several children clapping their hands and playing games with the light of the tavern, one of them was regarded as the selected "ghost" .

Another group was clapping and singing nursery rhymes:

"The bride is dressed in red, la la la, she enters the mountains and lakes."

"The bride is dressed in white, la la la, she follows in your footsteps."

"La la la, who is left behind, la la la, who is dragged away."

"You'll all dream of her, you'll all belong to her."

The crisp child's voice slowly spread the song to Zhao Xu's ears, but he had already walked into the tavern, and the loud shouting and drinking inside directly covered up the outside voice.

However, Zhao Xu didn't intend to go back and listen to it again. For some reason, according to Zhao Xu's knowledge, the nursery rhymes in some places were very evil, and even directly hidden local legends.

At this time, the two strong men in the tavern were clasping their wrists vigorously. After drinking the malt wine, their faces were already a little rosy, but now they worked hard all over their bodies, and the blood flow accelerated, and their faces turned completely red.

As a rookie of 8 powers, Zhao Xu naturally found a corner to sit down and watch the show quietly. If he mounts a minute-level second-ring "Bull's Power" on himself, and after instantly gaining 4 points of strength, he is barely qualified to participate in the game of arm wrestling.

It's just that he has long since lost the mentality of a group of friends sitting together drinking and spanking in his previous life.

Now, he has an invisible barrier when looking at Arthur's people.

At this time, one of the strong men suddenly exerted strength, pressing down the opponent's thick arm and holding it tightly. He directly looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, and the atmosphere in the tavern reached a climax at this moment, clinking glasses and applauding continuously.

Zhao Xu also felt the "tentacles" behind him faintly move slightly.

The attack level of the tentacles is determined by superimposing the strength attribute on his own basic attack, and the knock damage is 1-8 points, and then superimposed on the strength adjustment.

So as long as Zhao Xu increased his "strength attribute", he could easily make his tentacles unleash a strong attack power, but the damage increased slower.

"Wow, it's the Sword Disease team." Suddenly, the atmosphere in the tavern, which had just calmed down, became noisy again.

All eyes were on an elite team that had just walked into the tavern.

This "Sword Disease" team has a total of seven people, covering a wide range of occupations, and there are even spellcasting occupations such as warlocks in the team.

The young scarred warrior who walked ahead showed the tiger tattoo on his chest, and the two-handed giant sword in his hand emitted a mysterious magical light.

Even if it is a magic weapon, after it is made, only 30% of it will have this light effect.

"Didn't the Sword Disease team take over the mission to destroy that weirdness? Why did they come back suddenly? Could it be that they haven't fought before?"

"Keep your voice down, even if they really can't beat the bride in red, it's still easy to teach you and me."

After the few people discussing quietly noticed the gazes of the members of the Sword Disease team, they immediately fell silent.

Zhao Xu listened for another round before he realized that this "Sword Fighting Squad" could be regarded as the star adventurer team in the area near Mystra.

For the mages of the floating city, most of them are conducting research on the floating island.

As for the other low-level mages who graduated, many of them came from other cities in Arthur, so they returned directly after graduation, and those who had no influence were directly absorbed into the research team.

Only those who are not talented enough will be exiled, so that these forces have the opportunity to get into their pockets. This has also led to the embarrassing situation that Mystra, a town with a high proportion of "mages" and "priests", is still very small in the number of these two professions participating in adventures.

Therefore, this "Sword Ailment Squad" became famous under such conditions. They first relied on completing several reward tasks for the Mage Association, and obtained a lot of magic items, which slowly snowballed. Accept more advanced tasks.

In the end, it evolved into the current adventure team with an average of over six or seven levels. If it weren't for the fact that Mystra, a place where dragons and tigers occupy, put other small towns, they would have been the guests of the local rulers.

Even so, the Sword Disease team is still the target of the low-level adventurers in the tavern, and even those who fear the world will not be chaotic, dare not whistle to the hot and revealing female ranger in the team.

"We didn't seem to have so many people last time." Latil, the female ranger of the Sword Fighting Squad, said in surprise when she saw the tavern full of seats.

"I guess they all come to the auction tonight. There are indeed a lot of people." Captain Warlock Mo Luo said. He was wearing a high-necked emerald green cloak, and he was holding a slender magic wand tightly as he glanced across the tavern. After everyone glanced at it, they didn't care much.

At this time, the owner of the tavern also specially came up to him, and led the team to a small semi-open box that was a bit more spacious.

At this time, Zhao Xu directly approached an elderly mercenary who was half drunk and looked at his well-maintained body with leather armor, letting Zhao Xu know that he was a veteran.

Coupled with age, it means rich experience and broad knowledge.

Zhao Xu asked in a low voice, "Did the Sword Disease team take on any missions a few days ago? Why do you feel strange about their return?"

The old mercenary glanced at Zhao Xu and realized that he was not from the local area. He muttered, "Just go and catch the bride in red."

The bride in red?

For the second time, Zhao Xu remembered the nursery rhyme he heard when he first came in, and asked, "What is that?"

As he spoke, he handed over a whole bundle of undrinked malt wine in front of the bar.

To be honest, Zhao Xu was not very interested in Arthur's ordinary brewing techniques in his previous life because he usually drank too much Corona, but he didn't have the luxury to consume those wines that were said to be added with magical techniques.

The old mercenary who was originally trying to whet Zhao Xu's appetite, and then hinted that the other party would order some wine, saw that Zhao Xu was so upbeat, he turned his head and looked around, and found that the center of the tavern was already leaning toward the person who had just come in. In the Jianji team, many adventurers who thought they were capable went up to greet them.

There was even an adventure team from the same place, because they had met the Sword Ji team before, and at this moment, they went over to fight the table on the spot, and then started to drink together.

Compared with the general banquet scene, the tavern at this moment was a little more excited under the dim light of the lamps.

The old mercenary realized that no one was paying attention to this side, so he was relieved. He continued to bring another bar of malt wine from Zhao Xu's table, "Put it down, the next inside story is worth two bottles of wine."

Speaking of which, the old mercenary directly lowered his voice, "The bride in red refers to a terrifying existence in our Shuanglu Town."

"Recently, it robbed a young girl again, so the family entrusted the Sword Ji team who just came to Shuanglu Town to perform a mission to search for a few days. Heh, most of the people in this tavern pretend to understand."

"The Jianji team was originally invited to be the security guard for tonight's auction, but they are high-ranking, so they only need to show their faces during the official auction. At this time, the other party is naturally in tonight's official auction Before, I came here to relax and inquire about the information by the way. You see, a group of flattering people rushed forward to tell them the information."

Zhao Xu didn't expect that he would ask such crucial information with two shots of malt wine. It is true that sometimes simply relying on the abilities of knowledge, skills and anecdotal knowledge, the retrieved information will be relatively old, and the latest information cannot be obtained.

"Then why do you call that terrifying existence the bride in red?" Zhao Xu held back the word monster.

In his opinion, this kind of demon thing is either an evil camp or a brainless monster, and it can be killed with a stick.

"Heh, in the area around Mystra, there is no custom for brides to wear red clothes when they get married," said the old mercenary.

At this time, he took out a pipe, lit the tobacco in the nearby kerosene lamp, and took a deep breath. Then he showed a lazy expression, and then slowly said: "It——".

Suddenly there was a "bang", and the door of the entire tavern was kicked open forcefully.

Immediately, there were a few sounds of "swish, swish", and several adventurers who were usually in charge of guarding the tavern directly pulled out their weapons, and looked at the person who broke into the door with a vicious look on their faces.

They didn't mind giving such an abusive alcoholic a lesson he'd never forget.

However, after a few people hurried in, most of the warriors who were the first to react and draw their swords sat down obediently.

There was no other reason, a young man walked in with a look of no scruples and a little arrogance. It was already snowing in midwinter outside at this moment, and the cold night wind kept blowing the cheeks of passers-by.

But the young man's whole body is thin at the moment, and he doesn't care about the rain and snow outside at all, which means that just the ordinary magic robe on his body is equipped with spells that can resist the cold.

It's just that all the adventurers who want to fight against injustice, and even like to teach others what it means to be human with their tails tucked up, sit down obediently because this young man in fine clothes is followed by a mage who bows his head and says nothing.

Although the other party covered up the number of gold rings that he could cast spells on, the aura of a powerful mage still made everyone in the entire tavern feel like walking on eggshells, and even lowered their voices a bit.

Only then did Zhao Xu notice that after the young man came in, there were four guards behind him, and this time the style of painting was more normal.

However, the equipment of those attendants is not only complete, but also very luxurious, and even the weapons of the four of them are all magical weapons that emit white light.

"Oops, something big is going to happen. Young man, I owe you this time, but I suggest you leave immediately." The old mercenary didn't care to explain Zhao Xu's doubts at this time, and even the remaining malt wine Didn't even drink, just pulled away and left.

He didn't even dare to go through the most obvious front door, but slipped quietly to the back door of the tavern.

Hearing this, Zhao Xu immediately took out his scepters and staffs, and was also ready to deal with the next change.

At this time, the young man in Chinese clothes walked up to the original Sword Ji team, and sat down swaggeringly.

He looked contemptuously at the only female ranger in the team present and commented: "The figure is quite hot, plus the usual exercise, the physical fitness must be good."

Although the words used by the young man did not have any special color, but combined with the other party's attire and the location of the tavern, everyone recognized the meaning of the young man at this time.

"What do you mean?" Captain Warlock Mo Luo yelled loudly.

He, who has a very high charisma attribute, looks more like a halo to outsiders at this time.

"That's what it means." The young man in Chinese clothes directly took out a file from his pocket at this time, and polished his nails boredly, as if he didn't care about the people in front of him at all.

In an instant, the entire Jianji team was in a tense posture, everyone pressed their hands on their weapons, and looked at the young man in Chinese clothes with murderous intent.

But he couldn't help looking at the extraordinary mage and the four guards who were not weaker than them.

Suddenly, the young man in Chinese clothes paused, and slapped the file on the table hard, "When the auction commissioned you a few days ago, didn't you give you an ordinary magic item as a reward?"

"That's right." Captain Mo Luo said, at this time he already had a faint guess.

"It's a relic of my ancestors. Do you think it has anything to do with me?" At this time, the young man in Chinese clothes gritted his teeth and said.

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone in the entire tavern fell silent, constantly thinking about the waves that the other party's words would bring.

Mo Luo, the captain who had originally reprimanded the opponent with righteous words, thought about several possibilities at this moment, his face turned pale, and he said decisively: "In this case, we can return the magic item that Ling Xian left intact. Then we withdrew from Shuanglu Town and never intervened again. Afterwards, we will go to the manor to make amends."

Mage family!

From the mage following behind him, he had some guesses. Until now, he realized that the seemingly unattended tomb actually had an owner, or the owner of that powerful force.

When the families of the hundred great mages are outside, they always use their fists in one place.

Their team seemed to be beautiful, but they couldn't stand the gentle slap of such a huge wave.

So Captain Mo Luo made a decisive decision and gave up all the mission gains. As long as the young man in Chinese clothes let go a little bit, he would even apologize on the spot, creating a harmonious atmosphere.

But the young man in Chinese clothes sneered, and at this moment he showed fiery eyes, looking at the exposed female ranger Latil, "Well, let you, a member of the team, come to accompany me for a night, what happened this time? Let it be revealed."

Everyone in the entire tavern was not a fool. Hearing the words of the captain of the Sword Disease team, they already understood that this young man in Chinese clothes who came suddenly had a lot of background.

The name of the Mystra Mage Family, a powerful force capable of intimidating the young people around, immediately appeared in everyone's mind, even if they were drunk, they would be alert and half awake.

It's just that even the most domineering adventurers dare not say no to the demands of young people in Washington.

On the one hand, they knew that tonight's auction might have to be abandoned halfway, and on the other hand, they also knew that the mage who took advantage of the truth was extremely terrifying.

Robbing the graves of the ancestors, once they meet the next victim, it will naturally be a situation of endless death.

This means that it is reasonable for the other party to kill so much.

A mage with a legal license to kill is an unimaginable doomsday scenario for them.

At this moment, everyone couldn't help but mourn for the organizer of the auction for half a minute. I am afraid that the accumulation of half a lifetime will wither tonight.

"My friend, there is no need to make things so embarrassing." Captain Mo Luo didn't know why the young man in Chinese clothes on the opposite side didn't settle the accounts with the auction first, but with a group of peripheral personnel like them, but when things came to an end , he had no choice but to endure the humiliation and explain it nicely to the other party.

Suddenly Zhao Xu stood up, the tentacles on his back were numb, and he was about to change his position.

It's just that he didn't expect that the stool under him didn't have any soundproof pads.

There was a sudden crash, tearing the tranquility of the entire tavern at the moment.

In an instant, all eyes were focused on him, many of them showed admiration or even admiration.

They all admire him for being the first to risk his life to stand up.

"Oh, here's the helper?" The young man in Chinese clothes mocked back, leaning directly on the sofa behind him, looking at Zhao Xu for the rest of his life.