The Truth of Magic

Chapter 539: The Lost Number One Player

After the group of "Chimera" who attacked the training militia were killed by Zhao Xu and his team, they were transformed into skeleton undead creatures and brought back.

Zhao Xu's personal reputation reached its peak again.

No matter how terrifying the legend of the mage is, it is false to the residents of these small towns.

Only when this kind of naked strength is put in front of the face, can everyone understand the crushing situation.

If he tried to be true to Zhao Xu again, he would only hit a stone with an egg, and even be ransacked and exterminated.

No matter how domineering the players were, they all realized how powerful Zhao Xu was, who had a "White Dragon" pet in his hand.

After Zhao Xu established the "lord's mansion" department in the city hall, he pasted his "declaration" on the bulletin board on the outer wall.

This is also the place where the town announces and issues various policy orders. It is only officially legal if it is pasted on the top and made public.

Zhao Xu's first announcement clearly stated that the player "Priest Yun'er" was the first to find the Chimera's lair by relying on the divine power of the believers.

So she gets a "tome of comprehension" with a +5 intrinsic bonus to Wisdom related to the cleric's primary attribute.

Strictly speaking, a war priest may have a higher need for strength than perception, especially when the melee ability of priests is discovered by players and the promotion of "divine grace" and "war domain" and other directions.

Players also began to appear 16 power 14 sense of war animal husbandry start plan.

Basically, caster players no longer pursue the ultimate 18-point main attribute like they did at the beginning of the game.

Judging from the perception ability of 15 to cast five ring magic, everyone realized that the five rings are too far away, and it is better to live in the moment, and it is not too late to supplement with equipment and upgrade attribute points when it is really needed in the later stage.

At this time, the warrior players were also embarrassed to find that they didn't have a war priest to fight, so the barbarians could barely save some face by relying on their berserk posture.

As for Zhao Xu's announcement that the 100,000-plus gold coin was obtained by a level 1 priest, although it aroused suspicion to some extent, Zheng Xinyun, who participated in it, was also a kind priest, which greatly strengthened his persuasion.

Being able to become a "priest" must have integrity in line with the camp and the will of the gods, which is basically recognized by the majority of players.

It's not that everyone doesn't know how to do it, and they don't know how to choose a priest, a powerful profession that can play and milk.

But really can't do it.

The level of belief and the level of integrity are fundamentally combined obstacles.

No matter how sneaky and sneaky a warrior is, the long sword in his hand is still sharp.

But for a priest who has abandoned his own faith and conviction, the brilliance of divine magic in his hands will never shine again.

Therefore, the "mission" released by Zhao Xu has indeed been "verified". This mission worth more than 100,000 gold coins is not at the same level as the difficulty of finding the lair, which greatly stimulated the adventure team.

In particular, the adventurer team who provided information on other unregistered lairs also received a certain amount of information fees, so they didn't make a trip in vain.

This made everyone stare at the bulletin board, all the "task information" about the Lord's Mansion.

After several positive feedbacks later, everyone also faintly regarded the player "Zhong Xia" as a kind of NPC in the game.

In other words, the opponent is already a great god who has left the ranks of their players.

With the arrival of early spring, the construction of the "Mage Association Residence" in the small town is also in full swing, and the top is about to be completed, waiting for the follow-up casters and arcane craftsmen from the capital to join.

During this time, apart from occasionally downloading dungeons and participating in the player's actions, Zhao Xu also quietly cultivated his own candidates.

Basically, most of the people he knew in his previous life had more or less met Zhao Xu after his rebirth.

He is like an adventurer who has wandered around for many years, suddenly wakes up one morning, sees the dewdrops on the white orchid outside the window sill, and immediately returns to his hometown and resumes his original peaceful life.

During this period of time, as players exchanged resurrection stones for experience, some lucky ones also began to successfully break through to a new level.

It also made Zhao Xu's level 8 status not so dazzling.

At the same time, as the number of divine favors bestowed by the gods increased, news appeared on the forum from time to time that a certain adventurer had been favored by the gods.

Even a few days ago, there were rumors that a certain half-orc player in the orc kingdom, who was favored by the god of war, almost broke through level 8 during a hunt against more than a dozen wyverns with a challenge level of level 6.

In the sixth month of server opening, no less than 300 players have successfully climbed to level 7.

Among them, the first 20 players to reach the top may break through to level 8 at any time.

Professional spellcasters such as mages and priests are even rumored to have appeared at level 6.

The three-ring spell "Fireball" also began to shine in the hands of the top twenty top mage players in the game.

Although it cannot cause absolute damage to fighters and barbarians of the same level, it is enough to cause a "clearance" effect on players of level 1 and 2 and low-level monsters.

This is also the first time that Arthur has made players feel "cool".

Finally, he felt a bit of the refreshing feeling of wantonly killing monsters in traditional online games.

At this time, everyone also began to realize that these top players are only one step away from the player Zhong Xia who is above the altar.

They have not worked so hard to catch up with each other and avoid triggering the gap contract.

Rather, as long as these top 20 level 7 melee players strive for a little bit.

They can be equal to Zhong Xia.

Even if the opponent breaks through to level 9, they still cannot trigger the gap again.

Players are also able to save face for the first time.

It's just that Zhongxia spent every day at the construction site of the association, as well as between the falling star lake and the mining area, and the frequency of going out to fight monsters was only once a week.

Sometimes he fishes in the unremarkable lake, and he spends an afternoon fishing.

Or holding a generous book with complicated patterns, rippling in the boat on the lake, and the women on the boat are changing from time to time.

It was as if he had regarded "Arthur" as a health game.

Zhao Xu's situation of not being able to advance to level 1 for two months was completely different from the terrifying gap of level 2 in one month and level 8 in four months, which crushed the second place by a full three levels.

If it weren't for Zhao Xu's occasional shot, and the ability to crush and shock everyone with the four-ring spell, there would be a backlash in the town.

Most of the players are also mourning.

Especially with the simultaneous opening of the three servers of "US server", "Asian server" and "European server", and the merger of foreign server players into Arthur, this anxiety has deepened.

Although most of the birth points of players on other servers deviate from the common towns of the current national server.

But Zhao Xu's move of being stuck at level 8 for two full months also made everyone worry whether the scenery at level 9 was like a natural moat, which was difficult to cross to see.

"Mr. Zhong Xia, you are very leisurely."

Zheng Xinyun struggled to row the oars of this small boat, pushing away the waves, and slowly drifting on the dreamlike Lake of Falling Stars under the setting sun.

From the perspective of outsiders, Zhao Xu didn't even do any physical work. He just held the book in his hands and read it while letting Zheng Xinyun, a girl, paddle.

"Not convinced?" Zhao Xu said jokingly.

Zheng Xinyun puffed her mouth a little, but didn't make a sound.

"I just want you to know that although the gods are largely the product of faith and the personification of priesthood, and many parts of the original human heart have been worn away, it is still undeniable that they still know how to make deals in essence."

As he spoke, Zhao Xu looked at Zheng Xinyun, "As long as I am more valuable to the god you believe in, he will rely on me."

Not to mention, He is me.

Zhao Xu thought to himself.

Zheng Xinyun held her breath, and paddled the somewhat heavy wooden handle of the oar, "I knew, Mr. Zhong Xia, you will definitely call your wife around in the future."

"Haha, let's talk, let's talk." Zhao Xu suddenly couldn't help laughing, and suddenly felt a sense of elation in his heart.

But Zheng Xinyun looked at Zhao Xu strangely, "But Mr. Zhong Xia, you are quite interested."

Obviously, Zheng Xinyun, who was obsessed with preaching, slowly rose to level 3 after two months, which was unprecedented.

This also made her raise her chin unconsciously when she thought of it.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Xu couldn't help laughing. The believers who Zheng Xinyun worked so hard to preach, accumulated the power of faith that was fed back to him, but Zhao Xu basically didn't save a penny, and gave all of them back to Zheng Xinyun.

Otherwise, can she advance to level 3 so quickly?

As a result, at this time, he despised him instead.

Zhao Xu held back a smile and said, "What's the matter, don't you think this 50 gold coin rowboat is not magnificent enough?"

"If you have this elegance, I can invite you to take a bigger boat."

Zheng Xinyun frowned, "Mr. Zhong Xia, this is what I want to tell you."

"Sister Ningwei told me that you ordered a three-masted sailboat worth 30,000 gold coins from the capital shipyard. Mr. Zhongxia, are you planning to start a cargo trade around the Yongdong River?"

At present, many players in Arthur have realized that they can still rely on the characteristics of the earth to engage in corresponding industries without upgrading.

The old line of commerce on this earth is flourishing among the players.

Several giant-level large-scale chambers of commerce also began to appear among the players, and even came into contact with the power class in the town, monopolizing the trade of some materials.

When Zheng Xinyun thought that Zhao Xu had already favored business purchases instead of simply buying magic equipment to improve himself, he also had various doubts in his heart.

I thought Zhao Xu also wanted to make "money" that was easy on earth.

However, Zhao Xu shook his head and said, "The three-masted sailing ship is nearly 40 meters long and 5 meters wide. In addition to the three masts, there are 70 oar positions on each side of the hull. It requires a total of 200 crew members and can carry 150 tons of cargo or 250 soldiers. Don't you think the ship is a good deal?"

In fact, Zheng Xinyun didn't know that Zhao Xu paid an extra 8,000 gold coins to remodel the sailboat, adding a broken hammer and three shooting towers at the front, middle and rear.

"A man's dream is the stars and the sea." Zhao Xu fooled.

"Hmph, don't think I don't know, this ship can't cross the ocean, it can only go down the river or paddle." Zheng Xinyun corrected.

This means that this ship can flow along the Northern Alliance, the river of eternal winter that runs through the entire Northland.

Zhao Xu suddenly felt that Zheng Xinyun in front of him became a little smarter, and he made it clear that he had done enough homework before mentioning it to her.

This shows that the other party's suggestion to him is not just Zheng Xinyun's idea.

Perhaps, it represents the views of many people.

It's just that Zhao Xu couldn't explain it. In addition to preparing food on the one hand, he was also preparing sufficient transportation capacity for deployment on the other hand.

The Yongdong River, which runs through the entire Northland, can reach the "wilderness land" where the earthlings appear after crossing.

As long as a port is built there, it will be able to obtain a steady stream of supplies from the entire Northland.

Of course, the premise is that you have enough money.

So Zhao Xu has arranged manpower to go to some shipyards to buy large sailboats.

"call out--"

Suddenly, a sharp whistle came from the lake.

When players discovered that the movements on the earth could be perfectly reproduced by Arthur, many players who couldn't whistle mastered this skill with their more dexterous fingers.

Seeing Zheng Xinyun's frowning, Zhao Xu looked over from afar and realized that a group of unfamiliar players noticed what the two of them were doing on the Panbo lake, and whistled from a distance.

"It's a spring tour group."

Zhao Xu glanced at the banner leading the team and confirmed the identities of everyone on the spot.

"Don't think about making progress." Zheng Xinyun muttered to himself.

On the post road from Winter City, there are seven or eight warrior players in full body armor at the front.

Even if the server has been opened for half a year, those who can own this kind of equipment can be said to be the best among players. Ordinary civilians have no way to deal with this kind of fighter who is like being under a can.

This is why knights in armor in the Middle Ages were nobles.

And behind these warriors serving as guards, there are rangers, priests, and rogues. It can be said that their ten-member team escorted a mighty "sightseeing group" of nearly forty or fifty people.

As Arthur's reputation became more and more obvious, many players who were difficult to obtain and complete the training turned to focus on the scenery in the game.

They are also the most famous "Gold Coin Sightseeing Group".

As long as the money is in place, adventurers who are not afraid of death even dare to take these sightseeing groups to the dragon's lair in person, and then enjoy a day trip to the dragon's breath.

Because this group of sightseeing players who just want to see the scenery, most of them are desperate people with 18 constitutions and double strength specialties (+3 health points).

Just to save one life to see the great rivers and mountains of the entire Arthur Kingdom.

Therefore, they also dared to challenge the strong.

The big deal is to re-register the account.

It is precisely because Zheng Xinyun knows this, and understands that she has nothing to do with the thick-skinned players in these sightseeing groups.

"If he blows it again, I'll make him regret it."

At this moment, Zhao Xu continued to flip through the classic in his hand - "Mystra's Magic Guard: A Secret History, Song of Blood and Fire".

However, for Zheng Xinyun's act of turning his head and turning a blind eye, it even stimulated the slick men in the sightseeing group who had just made a fuss, and they laughed on the spot.

Immediately, the people next to him hurriedly shouted, "Don't be dead, someone else is the lord of this small town."

"Oh, that's the missing number one player?" The man who just whistled said with a smile.