The Truth of Magic

70 The path of return

As Zhao Xu stood in Hurricane city, he once again felt the familiar feeling of a bustling commercial town without any traces of magic.

this was more like the world where the people of arthur lived.

hurricane city was considered the hub city to the north of the broken sky mountain range.

This city, which was said to have been destroyed by a storm spell cast by a legendary wizard, had become extremely prosperous after nearly a hundred years of reconstruction.

Every day, countless caravans would set off or return from the city, transporting the materials from the dozens of towns under the jurisdiction of the Tianbei Business Alliance.

But after the sense of familiarity passed, Zhao Xu looked at the map of the entire sky broken mountain range in his hands and felt a slight headache.

the mission antonya had given him was very simple-

she had thrown zhao xu from mistra, which was south of the broken sky mountains, to hurricane city, which was north of the broken sky mountains.

he wanted him, a level-1 character, to return to the city of magic, mystra, without teleportation.

the distance between two big towns was hundreds of miles in a straight line, not to mention the huge risk of crossing the broken sky mountain range.

even with the power of the tianbei merchant union, they had not been able to open up a safe relay road.

Zhao Xu estimated that by the time he returned to Mystra in half a month, he would have already become a level 2 wizard, and he would be able to advance to become an archivist with his other class.

In the last six years of his previous life, Zhao Xu had participated in countless outdoor adventures, so he wasn’t worried at all when it came to his experience.

the only problem was that his health points were not high enough to allow for mistakes.

after zhao xu had become a cleric, his health dice had become d6, which was the same as a cleric’s. even though it wasn’t as good as a traditional cleric’s D8, it was still enough to make a wizard’s D4 look bad.

His health points were now at 8 HP, which was a huge increase of 2 points, and his back was also tougher by two points.

a legendary wizard with only 1 hp dared to run amuck in arthur because they were immune to all kinds of damage.

With Zhao Xu’s 8 HP, just the aftershock of the attacks would be enough to send him to the Temple of Life creation, let alone taking a round of concentrated fire in the wild.

But dying was another way for Zhao Xu to complete his mission. He would just be resurrected in Mystra anyway.

However, he was afraid that he would not get any good rewards in the future, and it would greatly delay the progress of his own upgrade.

after thinking about it for a while, zhao xu decided to carry his howard sack and walk into a secret alley in the north of the city.

This was the latest message that appeared on Zhao Xu’s character stats.

[ adventurer zhongxia has performed a priest ‘knowledge’ check. Check result =1 (priest) +3 (intelligence)+D20=1+3+8=12, greater than difficulty DC10, received ‘generally widespread legend’. the details are as follows:

compared to traditional priests, priests who practiced taoism were weaker in martial arts than in culture.

[ knowledge ] was a special ability that a cleric had. It was similar to the Bard’s [ obscure knowledge ]. Zhao Xu’s knowledge skill level was low, and it was more focused on specific problems.

Therefore, it was not as fast as the ability ‘literacy’ to directly understand the local legends.

he immediately knew the most convenient place for him to go through those ordinary rumors.

the location of the secret alley in the north of the city was very remote. the surrounding buildings were densely adjacent to each other. the entire area lacked direct light, and the ground was somewhat damp.

A few people who looked like lackeys were standing at the end of the street and chatting. They glanced at what Zhao Xu was wearing and didn’t pay any more attention to him.

However, Zhao Xu’s target was none other than them. He walked straight over to them and said in a low voice, ” I need a ticket to the southern capital.

The southern capital was located in Hurricane city, which referred to the Magic City of Mystra.

mystra’s reputation was so great that ordinary people didn’t dare to rashly mention her real name.

One of them was a tall, skinny man who was wearing a linen shirt. He looked at Zhao Xu’s robe and said disdainfully, ” “what capital do you have?”

“Spell caster, Take Me To Your Leader.” Zhao Xu said calmly.

the contemptuous attitude of the people around him suddenly froze. the leader lowered his eyebrows and said, ” “My Lord, please follow me.”

Zhao Xu didn’t say anything and just followed them.

After returning to the town of these mortals, Zhao Xu’s experience from his previous life came in handy again.

He was no longer acting like a student who was being taught by Antonya.

He could tell at a glance that these people dressed like minions were mostly ordinary people who had not received professional training, which meant that they were Class 1 civilians.

He wasn’t even at the level of a class one martial artist.

and martial artists were already the weaker version of warriors.

Being unable to become a warrior and turning to a martial artist with lower requirements was the ecosystem of the most common people in Arthur.

zhao xu walked for about ten minutes before he arrived at a lively bar. this was also where the leader of the underground forces in the secret alley, caesar, was located.

When he was going upstairs, Zhao Xu took a look at his surroundings and realized that all the sentries, both in the open and in the dark, had indeed been set up.

but when zhao xu went to a place he was unfamiliar with, he would probably first figure out the route he would take to break out of the encirclement.

He had three of the killer moves that Antonya had given him in his bag, and his reward would be deducted for every move he used.

however, if it was really inappropriate, he would use it without hesitation.

Caesar, who had been sitting in the corner and chatting with his friends, sat up straight when he heard his subordinate’s report. He sized up Zhao Xu and said, ” you’re the one who’s going to the southern capital? ”

Zhao Xu nodded.

“Earth players?” An ordinary person like Caesar would be able to tell at a glance.

After a month of exposure, the Arthur natives were used to calling these earth adventurers players.

It was the aura that Zhao Xu was giving off that made Caesar think that he was a resident of Arthur just like them.

“that’s right.” Zhao Xu said.

currently, the players had yet to get involved in too many organizations, and many organizations liked to arrange for players to be their peripheral fighters.

They dared to risk their lives and not fear death, and it was very practical.

“Oh, you earth players should know more about the situation in the Tian Nan mountain range.”

I know that the two towns at the foot of the North Mountain are trying to break away from the business union. Basically, regular business travelers have given up on their plans to cross the southern mountain range in the near future. That’s why I came to you.

At this time, only these underground forces “smuggling groups still dared to risk crossing the sky broken mountain range.

They were the only ones who weren’t afraid of backstabbing and dared to bring outsiders along.

it seems that you’ve inquired about it before. Then, Mr. Spellcaster, how much are you willing to pay for such a ticket? ” Caesar said after thinking for a while.

As a public security officer in his previous life, Zhao Xu had raided the hideouts of these underground organizations more than once, and he had killed more than three of them on the spot.

In addition, he had a trump card in his backpack, which gave him a psychological advantage.

if he really wanted to haggle, he could even charge a escort fee.

however, these were all worldly possessions. reaching mystra was more important to him.

“When we encounter a battle, I’ll join in and provide magical support. However, if the situation doesn’t look good, I’ll leave the battle on my own.”

after hearing the other party’s words, caesar was relieved. this was his bottom line.

It would not be difficult to kill this spell caster if they really turned hostile, but the subsequent troubles would be too great.

a few days ago, a player from the neighboring power had stolen the wallet of a player from earth and was discovered.

On the spot, thief’s head gathered his men to drive the players away.

who knew that that night, the female adventurer would be able to gather dozens of adventurers of various professions to besiege and kill the thief organization?

the players in the alleyway nearly paled at the mention of this incident.

they were here to earn money, not to cause trouble.

” the few adventurers from earth in the bar are also going to the southern capital. i think you’re probably of the same status as them. later on, you’ll join their team and act together. ”