The Truth of Magic

Chapter 546 Transmission Security Quota

"Mage Zhongxia."

Squatting in front of the stone portal, Master Karl, who was operating the communication device in his hand, saw Zhao Xu coming, and immediately closed the box. After there was no gap, he stood up and greeted him.

Master Karl's robe is really wearing the badge of the core member of the "Portal Strategy Group", and a series of awards for the completion of the portal on his resume shows his rich experience.

When many cities in Arthur need to build portals, they need these team members to go to access them in person.

Otherwise, even if the president of the town's association branch is a nine-ring mage, it will not help.

Therefore, although Mage Karl is only a five-ring mage, who looks like the sky to the outside world, but the status of the middle-level in the association, he still receives great respect and generous hospitality in the towns he goes to.

Not to mention, he is only in his early forties, so he can break through himself to a higher level before entering old age.

It's just that no matter how arrogant Mage Karl is, he will not underestimate the "Mage Zhongxia" who is only in his early twenties.

Even if the opponent is just a "earth player".

Wu Huan's 20-year-old is already a legendary powerhouse that means certainty.

Or "imperial".

Before coming here, he had already been greeted by no less than three senior members of the association, including his immediate superior.

The content is only one sentence, as long as Zhong Xia's request is not too excessive, try to satisfy him as much as possible.

However, this "satisfaction", Karl definitely does not include the "communication device" in front of him.

Only through this set of devices can this portal be able to successfully access the current network, otherwise it will be considered an isolated island outside the network.

Otherwise, Zhao Xu's portal would be one-way. It would be sent to the designated location and then it would disappear.

If he had to make it two-way, he would have to build an extra portal at the designated location, and at the same time, he would have to send personnel there to guard it. Otherwise, as long as someone from the opposite side broke into the portal, they would be able to directly reach the portal on the Falling Star Town side. That is the core area where the association resides.

"You guys keep busy. I'm also quite curious about the subject of 'Teleportation' recently, so I just came here to have a look." Zhao Xu said.

But on the other side, his eyes kept scanning the dozen or so alchemists and mage Karl in the venue.

Hearing what Zhao Xu meant, Master Karl didn't say much. He just glanced again that the box of the communication device was closed and the secret inside had been covered up, and then continued to calculate the value on a drawing board.

Karl, who has worked for many years, already has enough experience to deal with these "curious" mages.

Zhao Xu also grinned at this, and his sense of secrecy was strong enough.

In fact, most of the work on the portal network has been completed in Mystra, and Karl's side is more about building an "interface".

Normally, the construction price of a one-way portal is 50,000 gold coins and requires enough life energy. The market price is 100,000 gold coins.

Zhao Xu, on the other hand, only needs to pay half of the price for a portal that is only connected to the network, which is 25,000 gold coins for materials, and the market price is 50,000 gold coins.

Usually this fee is paid by the local mage association itself, so Zhao Xu was exempted from it this time.

Basically, the daily construction progress is about 1,000 gold coins. Based on the market price of 50,000 gold coins, it will take about 50 days to complete.

It's just that Zhao Xu didn't delineate more than one destination this time, and an additional destination would cost 25% more gold coins, so it would be completed in about 60 days, which happened to be the crossing node of the earth.

In reality, standard portals that use this kind of material are not mainstream.

Most organizations don't use portals very frequently, so many things are cheaper limited versions, such as portals with a daily limit, or even one that can only be used once in a few days, which is even cheaper.

"Mr. Zhong Xia, you have set up multiple destinations for this portal, will it be activated by a password?"

"Yes." Zhao Xu nodded.

"Does it need to be set to teleport to other locations without a password, such as the abyss and purgatory?"

"That's unnecessary."

Zhao Xu declined politely.

It's just that his eyes were locked on the box under Master Karl.

The access point of the Mage Association is restricted to the towns that currently have portals.

So Zhao Xu couldn't choose the "land of descent" that the earth traveled through as the teleportation target, and the association would not agree.

Because this is the risk of exposing the entire teleportation network to Landfall.

But if he rebuilds a standard 100,000 gold coin portal, the day lily will be cold in 100 days.

Therefore, Zhao Xu was bound to use the portal of the "land of descent" as an auxiliary gate of the portal of Falling star town, so as to control the 50-day manufacturing period of 50,000 gold coins.

This meant that he needed the key to the "communication device" in Master Karl's hand.

At that time, as long as he does not connect to Mystra, the portals of "Falling Star Town" and "Falling Land" will be a secret two-way channel, which will not disturb the magic capital.

The problem is, Master Karl seems to value that device more than his life.

For ordinary people, the operation principle of the portal is extremely mysterious and complicated, and it is impossible to decipher it at all.

But Zhao Xu, a five ring sorcerer with 29 intelligence and potential points, was not a problem.

Give him these devices, and he can do better than Master Karl.

After taking a deep breath, Zhao Xu's eyes continued to fall on Master Karl.

The current Zhao Xu was no longer Wuxia Amon. He had always considered defeat before winning.

If it really fails this time.

At that time, he will have to find a way to use the "Teleportation Circle" of the Nine Rings in the "Land of Arrival".

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu smiled slightly.

He glanced at his own dynamic bar prompt at this time.

[Adventurer Zhong Xia, you cast the magic spell of the four-ring paladin, "The Mercy of the Martyrs". 】

[Adventurer Zhong Xia, "The Mercy of the Martyr" takes effect, you are immune to bruising, charm, and coercion effects, immune to dizziness, exhaustion, fatigue, nausea, nausea, trance, and shock effects, duration: 60/64 minutes ( Spell delay)]

Ghost sound!

A strange sound suddenly sounded at the door, as if someone was approaching and peeping there.

The originally tense Mage Karl suddenly turned his head and shouted, "Who!"

At this moment, Zhao Xu made an extremely soft voice from his throat——

"Fast Explosion!"

In an instant, the four-ring spell put Zhao Xu's whole body into bullet time, as if he had borrowed time from the future, and everything around him stopped at this moment.

The magnifying glass thrown to the apprentice by an alchemist was just suspended in the air.

Zhao Xu glanced at the audience, no doubt most of them were attracted by the strange noise just now.

At this time, he was beside Master Karl, and this mysterious box with the key to the portal also escaped Master Karl's attention for the first time.

Just for a split second.

But Zhao Xu stretched it to a full standard action.

It was enough for Zhao Xu to cast another spell.

On the other hand, Zhao Xu squatted down lightly, and just spread out the device and scanned it as if nothing had happened.

It was not until a few seconds later that he closed the box and stood up again.

That is to say, when Master Karl was constructing, he would not arouse others' suspicion when he opened this box.

Otherwise, Master Karl would definitely make all kinds of secret notes before going to sleep, and Zhao Xu might be exposed if he didn't pay attention.

And through the potential point to simulate the "manufacturing portal" specialty, coupled with reading a lot of classics on this subject, Zhao Xu looked at the contents of the box without feeling strange at all.

Knowledge is the driving force for all actions of a mage.

Immediately, the time Zhao Xu borrowed from the "future" came to an end, and the flow of time returned to normal.

The thrown telescope also fell into the hands of the apprentice craftsman.

After being distracted, no one noticed what happened here just now.

Even if Zhao Xu was stronger, he could directly use the extremely effective "time stop" spell to watch the box for five full rounds.

At that time, it would be useless for everyone to stare at the box.

And when he turned his head and saw that there was nothing unusual about Master Karl, he immediately turned around and stared at his "communication device".

The box made of winter wood was still firmly in the position just now, and it was tightly closed.

It is impossible to be opened in an instant.

While Master Karl was relieved, he was also a little embarrassed, feeling that he was too suspicious.

At this moment, Zhao Xu said directly, "I'll go see what's going on outside, and send a few more guards over to patrol by the way."

Zhao Xu, who had succeeded in his target, smiled and left. "

"Successful?" Wang Ningwei asked curiously as she watched Zhao Xu reappear in the wooden board room.

"That's for sure."

Zhao Xu nodded, and handed over the "key content" that he had just memorized.

Wang Ningwei also sighed at this time, "Master Karl is too cautious."

"Use the True Sight Gem every time you use that box. Although this high-level rare item worth 75,000 gold coins can only be used non-stop for 30 minutes a day, it is enough to cover it." Zhao Xu agreed, "Otherwise, I will be alone The secret magic eye behind him is enough to peep."

"And he also uses ten minutes a day to cast a five-ring spell 'Mage's Chamber of Secrets', just to prevent detection spells."

"Even that treasure chest is not allowed to be seen by other craftsmen at all, otherwise I would have succeeded in reading it with memory."

Zhao Xu couldn't help sighing while holding his forehead for Master Karl's caution.

A mage possesses sufficient means to learn secrets.

However, when the opponent is also a mage, he is easy to run into a wall.

Unless you are a stronger mage yourself.

"But that's good, we didn't use the enchantment spell to obtain the information. Otherwise, when Mage Karl returns, we won't be able to hide it. In this way, we don't have to worry about the other party knowing the key change at any time and rushing for time."

Zhao Xu said, looking at the copied note in his hand.

"So, Zhong Xia, have you made up your mind?"

Suddenly Wang Ningwei said in a low voice, "Let someone go through that portal first and come to the safest town of Falling Star."

Wang Ningwei's voice was crisp, but it revealed a bit of cruelty.

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