The Truth of Magic

655 Cursed item, gate between worlds

The name ‘Demogorgon’ might be unfamiliar to many, but the salt water swamp on the 88th level of the abyss was enough to shock the world.

An ordinary demon was enough to destroy the families of ordinary people.

This demon who suddenly appeared and claimed to be the demon Lord’s envoy ignited the fear in everyone’s heart.

But Zhao Xu didn’t stop at all. An incredibly bright silver Fire burst out from the depths of his body!

Accompanied by the bright and blue “Silver Fire” light, the six-armed Naga in front of him instantly let out a painful cry.

“Lord zhongxia!”

“I’m just using this method to get in touch with you. I don’t really want to offend you!”

“If you’re not satisfied, I can commit suicide to atone for my sins. But please give me a chance to explain the promise and agreement my Lord has made to you!”

But Zhao Xu just laughed coldly and shook his head.

At this moment, he finally realized that both ‘expel’ and ‘dispel magic’ could be used to ‘exorcise’.

However, only the most original “Silver Fire” that came from the goddess was the most absolute guarantee of expulsion.

Without waiting for anyone to blink, Zhao Xu controlled the burning Silver Fire around him and swept it all over the area within the bouncy magic ball.

The elastic magic ball could be considered one of the most powerful defensive means for mages below the fourth circle.

But on the other hand, it was also one of the most resolute imprisonment methods!

The six-armed Naga’s current illusory body could originally shuttle between the Prime Material Plane and the spiritual realm at will, entering important places as if they were non-existent.

However, at this moment, it finally realized that this thin layer of ‘force field’ was an insurmountable barrier.

“Ah!”

The crowd outside the barrier could only hear this scream.

they wailed in pain.

The silver flames shone on everyone’s faces, reflecting their different states of mind.

Or rather, this was the first time they had seen Zhao Xu, who was usually silent during New Year’s, display his true power.

The so-called ” when two countries befriend each other, do not kill the messenger ” was not purely out of morality. If even the messenger was killed, it meant that they had given up their last channel of communication, and there would only be a result of a fight to the death.

Therefore, the two forces of similar size would not rashly give up the possibility of such a potential communication.

But no one had expected Zhao Xu to cut it off so quickly.

Even the last words of the six-armed Naga, ” Lord of the World “, were still lingering in everyone’s ears.

In the end, as the barrier’s sealing power receded ...

The silver Fire that was filled with a warm power also dissipated and slowly gathered back into Zhao Xu’s body.

Zhao Xu then said coldly, ” if you want to make a deal with me, let the Demogorgon come personally.

Then, he looked at the crowd, who were still in shock from the power of the silver Fire. Xiao Nuan has been purified by my Silver Fire. She won’t be affected in any way. She’ll recover after a period of rest.

” mom, let’s find a room for her to rest for the time being. also, ask the church’s priest to take a look at her every day. she’ll be fine after she recuperates. ”

Mother Zhao nodded in realization.

Zhao Xu also looked directly at Xiao Nuan’s mother. Auntie Liu, you’ve transmigrated here anyway, so there shouldn’t be anything to commemorate you with. Then turn in all your things and screen them first. My mother will help you make up for your recent living supplies.”

After he said that, Zhao Xu left in a hurry.

The whole process was so simple that he was like a passer-by.

However, everyone knew that the topic of this period of time could not be separated from what had happened today.

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After agreeing to meet Antonya again on the moonlit night, Zhao Xu had another meeting for the expansion of his plans for the next half of the day. After that, he didn’t have any other plans.

He also signed some of the reports that had been accumulating for a while. Then, he stood in his room and pondered.

everyone knew that the higher one climbed, the more smiling faces one could see, and not the bottom level, where one would only see a red butt when looking up and chopping.

And Zhao Xu only realized what it meant to have the ” decision-making power ” of having to follow up on a shoot when he came into contact with the power of a ” leader.

Power and responsibility were linked. If one made a decision and did something, they would have to bear joint responsibility if they made a mistake.

But now, he was the one with the highest authority in Yanan, and even had the identity of an ” elector “. Even the theocracy that could restrain the monarchy could only avoid him.

According to the rules of the church of the goddess, the chosen one had a lot of power over the red-robed bishops of a large parish.

at this moment, no matter what he said, he would only clap and cheer.

Even if someone wanted to point out some of the imperfections, they would have to lay down a lot of foreshadowing before pointing out some minor areas that could be made up. In the end, they would have to add some positive words of praise that said, ” the flaws do not obscure the pros.

No matter how mediocre a person was, after being in this position for a long time, they would really think that they were an omnipotent God.

Thinking about this, Zhao Xu shook his head even more calmly to clear his mind and return to the ” difficult situation ” he was in.

At this time, he was standing on a soft, long velvet carpet. In front of him was a square table several meters long with knitted fabric. On it were all kinds of daily necessities that his subordinates had brought back from aunt Zheng’s place.

It had to be said that Xu Zhao’s mother had taken great care of aunt Zheng’s house. There was a winter blanket, a portable lamp, a water bottle, and soap.

at this moment, yanan’s production level was still barely producing. there were not many of them, and there was no place to buy them.

They were basically assigned to the most important departments, and there was no doubt that it was Mother Zhao who assigned her share.

At this time, every item on the list had been inquired by the people below and attached with a note, indicating their respective origins.

Soon, Zhao Xu walked over to another table, and none of the items on it were from Zhao Xu’s mother.

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Instead, it was obtained by aunt Zheng’s family after trading with other people. Basically, it was also obtained from the players.

Two to three weeks ago, all the people on earth were basically naked except for the players. They had nothing else except for their clothes.

If Zhao Xu hadn’t wasted the second divine miracle, everyone wouldn’t even have a set of clothes to change into.

This was also the reason why countless people were grateful to Zhao Xu.

However, he didn’t expect that in such a short time, aunt Zheng’s family would have enough supplies to barter with.

Zhao Xu just laughed at this. No wonder everyone wanted to climb up the ladder. When one person achieved success, his entire family would rise to the heavens.

After the inspection by the priests of the temple, the inspection of these items should have come to an end.

But when he thought about how the other party had already sneaked into his family’s base camp, if they weren’t waiting for him to catch a big fish, and if they weren’t only a few meters away from Zhao Xu’s parents, they would have been able to make a move.

So, Zhao Xu decided to go through these items personally to try and find some clues.

A monster’s possession was not limited to ‘people’, but also’ things’.

during the process of human contact with objects, it would be transferred.

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Therefore, this kind of ‘possession’ effect was completely impossible to guard against.

In the end, the six-armed Naga only had time to introduce itself to Zhao Xu. Even though it didn’t even get its name wrong, the six-armed Naga itself wasn’t a low-ranked creature in the abyss.

They were large Otherworld creatures, and their true forms looked like beautiful human women with six arms.

at the very least, it was valid all the way to the waist.

As for his lower body, that confirmed the name “devil snake.” It was a snake-shaped body with green scales.

Six-armed snake demons, as a level 17 challenge rating existence, were also generals and tacticians in the abyss. Their wisdom and strategy were comparable to that of the Balor.

And Zhao Xu didn’t even let the other party say a single word before he killed them all.

On one hand, he was afraid that the demon Lord Demogorgon would descend here by using his snake demon identity.

On the other hand, he was also worried that the other party would say more bewitching words and confuse the people who were listening.

At this moment, Zhao Xu was picking up Xiao Nuan’s personal belongings one by one.

Of course, he didn’t look through the close-quarter clothes. Instead, he looked at the parchment and the wooden box.

Usually, these things would easily carry the emblem of the evil demon, making it convenient for the other party to possess them.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu’s eyes fell on a painting.

Only then did he remember that Xiao Nuan had transferred to the arts and studied painting in high school, and later on, she had even gone to the Academy of Fine Arts.

however, he didn’t expect that the other party would really switch arthur’s painting with the players after two or three weeks of transmigration.

Was this an exchange of painting techniques in another world?

Zhao Xu had his doubts as he picked up the oil painting in front of him. On the cover of the middle of the painting was the image of a female angel, and it was the highest-rank Angel, the ‘blazing God’s servant’.

The ” Golden Arm guards ” on the Angel’s arms, the exquisite composite longbow in her hands, and the arrow tail on her back were all drawn very well.

Wrong?

Suddenly, Zhao Xu’s heart jumped.

although it was very weak, he could still see a faint trace of “magic aura” on the painting.

Zhao Xu immediately focused all of his attention and used his power of concentration. The ” secret sight ” in his eyes also started to unfurl the picture in front of him.

Then, Zhao Xu pulled away the note that was stuck on the painting.

this painting was exchanged with a rogue player a week ago. The player did not have enough food, so he used this painting to exchange for 10 pounds of meat with Zheng Nuan.

10 pounds of meat?

Zhao Xu immediately realized what was going on when he saw the numbers.

At this time, Yanan’s players didn’t bring much food, and they couldn’t even find a channel to buy it, so most of them had to rely on supplies from the outside world.

naturally, it wasn’t strange for players to take out their own items and exchange them for food with people who had channels.

arthur didn’t have the level of industrialization on earth, so the price of meat products wasn’t cheap. most people lived on coarse grain.

in the northern alliance, a pound of meat was 6 silver coins, and 10 pounds was 6 gold coins.

A painting that wasn’t made by a famous artist would cost 6 gold coins even in the northern Alliance.

Not to mention Yanan, who was in a ” resource shortage ” at this time.

Auntie Zheng doted on her daughter to this extent?

No matter how extravagant Zhao Xu’s mother was, 20 pounds would definitely be enough for her to do things in the future.

Zhao Xu immediately flipped open the second piece of paper and understood what was going on.

Aunt Zheng was willing to pay for this sentence because it would naturally emit “magic aura.”

the reason why the player would bring a painting with him for no reason was also because the painting had a ‘magic aura’. it was just that he didn’t know what magic item it was.

However, magic items such as paintings were not ordinary. To exaggerate, they could cost thousands or tens of thousands of gold coins.

At this moment, Zhao Xu quietly opened up the third note on the scroll, and it was just as he had guessed.

It was really like the Mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the Oriole behind.

At that time, aunt Zheng wanted to take advantage of the situation and make a fortune.

After all, food and clothing were only temporary, so she was willing to exchange for an oil painting that emitted magic light while food was still at a high price.

Unfortunately, the Rogue artist they exchanged with was not an easy person.

Aunt Zheng’s family could use a week’s time to find out the details of the painting through their connections with the Zhao family.

naturally, it was possible that the player had found out the truth about the painting and sold it after carrying it for such a long time.

One was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer. After the deal, they called each other idiots, so no one could be blamed.

Zhao Xu looked at the oil painting that was starting to glow with a magical aura and couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

This was because this painting was just an ordinary oil painting that was emitting magic aura.

If it was possible to pick up scraps by relying on detection magic, then there would not be any legends of mages buying fake magic items and picking up scraps on the market.

The process of making magic items was delicate and complicated, and it was easy to make mistakes. Therefore, it was normal for some ” magic items ” to have flaws.

Sometimes, it could only be discovered after years of use.

Even a perfect magic item could change after being used for a long time or under the influence of some magic force field, boundary passages, mysterious creatures, or effects.

Usually, such negative magic items weren’t deliberately created to harm people, but because of how precious Arthur’s magic items were, they were collectively called-

A cursed item.

It refers to all magic items with flaws.

As far as Zhao Xu knew, there were also some well-known existences among the cursed items.

The most common one was the legendary ” heart terrorizing crystal ball. it looked like an ordinary crystal ball, and detection spells could only detect magic aura, but no signs of evil.

However, if it was really used, the target would be hypnotized and receive a ” hint ” effect, allowing the user to see the result they wanted to see.

In reality, it was influenced by a powerful mage, Lich, or Otherworld creature. As it was used, it would eventually be controlled and reduced to a servant.

There were also brooms used to beat people up. The result of magic identification would only be a ” flying broom, ” but once it was used, it would be attacked by the broom and hit four times.

Zhao Xu had seen this item before at the black market. It cost 5200 gold coins, and he didn’t know who would be stupid enough to buy this.

There were six types of cursed items: Counterfeits, flaws, additional requirements, side effects, and out-of-shape.

The oil painting in front of him was a ‘fake’.

It had no magical power at all, but it could make people think that it was a magical item. When holding it, it might even trigger some special effects with magical power.

only the ” curse removal ” spell could reveal the final truth.

It wasn’t hard for Zhao Xu to imagine how ecstatic the Wanderer would be when he received the painting. But it was a pity that he could only get six pounds of meat in the end.

just as zhao xu was about to put down the painting ...

Suddenly, the blazing sky god servant in the oil painting opened his originally closed eyes. At the same time, he began to wave his arms as if he was casting a spell.

The next moment, behind the angel in the painting, a ‘door of light’ that was shining with magical brilliance and wrapped like electric light appeared-the door to the alternate world.

a ‘passageway between worlds’ that was hidden in a painting!