The Truth of Magic

Chapter 8 Archivists

Zhao Xu looked at the majestic floating city towering above the clouds.

Even though he had heard about the mystery and magnificence of Mystra, the magic capital, in his previous life, Zhao Xu still couldn't hide his inner turmoil at this moment.

The world of Arthur possesses the unfathomable and extraordinary power of magic and even divine power.

But for ordinary people, what they can rely on the most is still the primitive power-manpower, water power, and animal power.

Traveling far away was by foot or carriage. With Zhao Xu's level 5 fighter before his death, he could be called the top combat force in a small town.

But in his ten-year adventure career, he has only experienced the treatment of the portal once or twice.

The rule of the ancient empire was limited by the means of communication.

In Arthur's world, there is no means of transportation on the earth, and almost most people's range of activities is limited to where their legs can go.

Even the players in Arthur's world are the same. It's not that there are no teleportation scrolls, but teleportation is a fifth-level arcane spell.

Although it is not like the fifth-level resurrection spell that has an additional cost because of the special effects of resurrection, those who can cast fifth-level spells are all mages or priests with a level 9 or above.

This kind of spellcaster who can cast fifth-level spells can only be easily accessed or found in the metropolis.

Only these metropolises have various professional guilds.

Ordinary mages really want to do research, and they stay in unknown places to avoid being disturbed.

Poor has distant relatives in the mountains, not to mention Mr. Fa.

The untouchable floating city above Zhao Xu's head was the research place for mages.

The floating city is at a very high altitude, and basically only portals or teleportation spells can go up.

Zhao Xu relied on his legs when he went out in his previous life. Even if he spent six years of revenge, he had never been to Mystra, the holy land of mages.

At that time, most of his activities were confined to the Northland.

Like the majority of players, he has been moving around his city all his life.

In Zhao Xu's previous life, their class guild could be formed because Arthur allocated birth points, which were generally divided by region.

Students from the same university will basically be divided into similar cities.

That's why Zhao Xu was so stunned when he knew that Mistra in the south was in front of him.

He is equivalent to being out of the group. He will not get help from his classmates when he is doing tasks to upgrade and fight monsters.

If Faye wants to be called a master, that is after level 5.

Level 1 mages can cast level 1 spells, level 3 mages can cast level 2 spells, level 5 mages can cast level 3 spells, and so on.

Spells from level 1 to level 4 have obvious level strength improvements.

Zhao Xu didn't have a team in the early days, and the sorcerers only had a few spell slots in the early days.

It won't be too easy until you get to level 5.

The only thing he can rely on is probably the priest professional ability he also possesses.

At least his spell slots have more divine spells, doubling the number.

At this time, Zhao Xu read the recommendation letter carefully, and it already attached a rough map of the city, directly marking the location of his current birth.

Zhao Xu took a quick look at the map and found that the headquarters of Mystra's mage association, the Gate of Arcana, was actually next to the cathedral and main shrine of the goddess of magic, Sisylvina.

It made sense after he thought about it, Sisylvina herself was a powerful divine power achieved by a legendary mage.

Even many high-level mages who are defiant will believe in the goddess of magic and regard her as the first person and forerunner on the road of magic.

Looking at his recommendation letter, Zhao Xu began to feel hot.

This mage training academy can be called the number one in the mainland.

Not to mention that there are as many legendary mages as dogs, at least high-level mages that are rare in big cities should be as many as dogs here.

At the same time, most priests are trained in the temple, and he is also recommended to the Sacred Heart Cathedral for training.

Isn't it just a person who is escorted by Qingbei at the same time when he is sent to the country?

Zhao Xu knew that the people who took the job recommendation test, the more suitable they were for the initial job training location, the more advanced they would be recommended.

But the place pointed to by these two letters of recommendation cannot be described as advanced at all, it should be said to be top-notch.

It's no wonder that the number of players on this street is relatively rare, because everyone is not high enough to be recommended here.

Even after a year in Mystra, not many players can set foot on it.

As Zhao Xu accelerated his pace, the number of pedestrians on the entire street gradually increased.

Various inns, scroll shops, and material shops for mages and adventurers are also gradually gathering.

From time to time on the street, a group of guards in robes roared past on their mounts, patrolling the entire capital.

Looking at the other party's dark blue and dark robes, Zhao Xu slowly remembered who they were - the magic guards of Mystra city.

This is the only team on the main plane of Arthur's world that can afford the luxury of a mage as a guard.

In other words, their advanced profession "Spell Guard" is even more famous.

Advanced occupation has always been the dream of countless Arthur players.

In particular, the advanced profession of mage is rare, and it is impossible to teach it if you don't join the organization and make enough contributions.

There was once a player who went through untold hardships and finally got enough merit points in Mystra to be able to advance to "Spell Guard".

Later, that player made a post for this reason, and the whole article can be summed up in two words - persuasion.

Also relying on the revelations in the post, Mystra became famous among countless mage player groups.

For Zhao Xu, the most beneficial thing about being in Mystra, the metropolis of Arthur, was the most accessible advanced occupations here, and even the secret inheritance of some basic occupations.

And powerful specialties that are impossible to learn elsewhere.

Zhao Xu's list of specialties was still empty.

At the same time, Zhao Xu was searching for his package as he walked.

In the end it actually flipped two badges for him at the bottom.

He picked it up and saw that he could still read the lingua franca on it: "Mystra/Gate of Arcana/Apprentice/Midsummer."

Zhao Xu pinched it lightly, and immediately realized that it was actually made of Mithril. This material, added to armor, can reduce the failure rate of arcane spells, and it is more expensive than gold.

Casting spells requires gestures and actions. The higher the protection level of the armor, the more enemies it can cast arcane spells. It has a 25% arcane spell failure rate. Therefore, mages generally walk around the world with a robe.

The other badge is the medal of the trainee priest. His identity and name are tattooed on the smooth and clear mirror surface.

Zhao Xu brought them both at the same time. After receiving a period of professional training, many players found that they were not suitable for them, or they were still not sure that they wanted to start this career path. They usually took other training at the same time.

Anyway, in the end, the system must meet the requirements before the system will recognize and give such a level 1 professional level.

Before that, it doesn't really matter how many vocational trainings you like, this is why the system directly selects occupations.

Don't try it with your head, try it with your body.

At this moment, Zhao Xu's mind was focused on nothing but the two badges. Could it be that the texture they gave him was really a magic item?

Most of Arthur's magic items require identification to know what they are.

However, no identification will not affect the use.

Like this kind of attribute bonus, it will take effect after 24 hours.

He's not blind, he'll know by looking at the property values ​​on the panel tomorrow.

After only a few steps, Zhao Xu patted his head, +2 enhanced attribute equipment, the market price was 4000 gold coins, and it would fluctuate in remote areas.

How could the system open the server and send myself 8000GP?

Zhao Xu, who wanted to understand this, continued to walk towards his destination, which was not far away at this time.

But Zhao Xu didn't know yet.

Only when only the statues of the mage and the priest are left in the Hall of Creation are bright, can these two badges be obtained at the same time.

As long as the owners of these two badges are born in Mystra, they can take up Arthur's most mysterious basic profession, the magic version of the mage-archivist.