The Truth of Magic Chapter 182: Ritual talent (one/four)

Seeing Andy and the other four people suddenly appeared in front of him, Zhao Xu was slightly surprised.

　　

　　, Zhao Xu, who used to cast this spell in the final scroll space, knew that this spell only allowed the caster to see the specific history.

　　

　　 is the same as when he casts "detection magic", the specific aura can only be seen by him, the caster himself.

　　

　　 And now that they can still see this scene, it is natural that Lei An used illusion at the same time to show what he saw.

　　

　　 The result was not what Zhao Xu expected. The five people finally reached the stream and were about to step on the stone pier. Suddenly the four young people showed a look of horror and fell directly to the ground, unable to move.

　　

　　 And the man named Andy, with a hideous look, went up to kill his former friends one by one.

　　

　　 Among them, the slightly fat man who tried to invite Zhao Xu to visit, whose father was the clerk of the Mistral Administrative Office, suddenly fled forward with a look of horror.

　　

　　 It's just that the man didn't run a few steps, he was frozen like a statue.

　　

　　 is like giving birth to a curse of restraint.

　　

　　 Seeing this scene, Zhao Xu couldn't help frowning.

　　

　　This kind of effect is naturally the ability released by the devil who has passed through it.

　　

　　 Generally, more powerful monsters have special abilities, supernatural abilities, and spell-like abilities in addition to their own characteristics.

　　

　　 Like Zhao Xu once transformed into the target Blazing God Servant, it itself has the spellcasting ability of a 19th-level priest, but it also has spell-like abilities.

　　

　　 These spell-like abilities correspond to the spells of the same name, but there are restrictions on the frequency of use, such as random cast, once a day, and once a year.

　　

　　Like the 20th-level **** fiend mentioned by Lei An, it has the ability to cast spells—the ninth-level spell "Wish Spell", but it can only be cast once a year.

　　

　　Like the Hell Fiend does not have the ability to teleport to other worlds. If you think of Arthur's main material plane, you can only use the once-a-year "pray technique" to simulate teleportation to reach Arthur.

　　

　　 But this also means that the opponent's body will not be able to return until such spell ability is restored after a year.

　　

　　 This also means that the devil possessed by Andy has a spell-like ability similar to the hold spell.

　　

　　 The lowest level is naturally the priest’s second-level magic, and the mage’s third-level arcane "human hold art". The next higher level is the seventh-level arcane "group human hold art" and nine Grade arcane "group monster fixation".

　　

　　 Finally, after a simple killing and sacrifice ritual, Andy fled to the other side of the stream with blood all over his body.

　　

　　 After showing this scene, Lei An is also equivalent to obtaining Andy's portrait information, and he once again used the eight-ring arcane magic of IQ "Perceive Position" on the spot.

　　

　　After he finished casting his spell, he had a solemn expression on his whole body.

　　

　　 After a while, Lei An raised his eyebrows, looked at Zhao Xu, and asked, "Do you have any guesses?"

　　

　　 Zhao Xu was lost in thought, "The most common demons with the ability of fixed body spells are naturally the spiked demon who challenged level 11, and the infernal fiend who challenged level 20."

　　

　　Because the devil maintained Andy's human form from beginning to end, and did not transform into the body, it cannot be judged directly.

　　

　　 "Then which one do you guess?" Lei An continued to ask.

　　

　　 "Deep Purgatory." Zhao Xu said with a slightly hesitant expression.

　　

　　 "Well, congratulations, you got the right answer. Judging from the remaining traces of the scene and the feedback from our staff in Mystra, it is ‘deep **** purgatory’." Lei An laughed.

　　

　　"Moreover, he is still a'deep fiend' with a high level of status. He just killed the four people specifically for the purpose of covering up its subsequent traces through a ritual." Lei An said.

　　

　　 Hearing this, Zhao Xu's eyes also crossed the stream, looking at the terribly dark depths in the shade of the trees ahead.

　　

　　 Those bushes sway gently with the night breeze from time to time, as if it was the "deep fiend" standing there staring at them.

　　

　　 And Zhao Xu also has a heavy face.

　　

　　 is able to have special rituals, and even pay attention to resisting the devil who perceives the position. It can be said that in Purgatory, you are definitely not an unnamed person.

　　

　　 This means that the opponent may not only be 18 HD, but may even be the kind of expert who has evolved Hit Dice and has a class level.

　　

　　 is the ordinary "deep **** fiend" can cast several spell-like abilities at will every day, including the seven-ring negative and the death spell "blasphemy".

　　

　　This spell does not consider anything, and only determines the effect of the spell based on the difference in Hit Dice between the caster and the subject.

　　

　　 Like Zhao Xu, he only has 3 levels, that is, three Hit Dice or 3 HD. Compared with the opponent's Hit Dice of at least 18 HD, the difference is more than 10 HD.

　　

　　In the spell effect of Blasphemous Words, the HD gap is zero, that is, falling into a stun state, just like Zhao Xu's previous swift burst.

　　

　　 But the difference is more than 10 HD, that is, it is obliterated on the spot, and there is no even the most basic save for the death spell.

　　

　　 So if Zhao Xu rushed to find the other party to reason, if the other party had no idea to cover up, it would be a spell to kill him in seconds.

　　

　　 "They just finished collecting information, now let's take a look?" Lei An suggested at this time.

　　

　　 Zhao Xu also nodded. After all, this is not the scene of a famous detective, so he didn't go forward to join in the fun at first.

　　

　　Even before Lei An and others arrived, he did not step forward in order to avoid being cursed or even destroying the scene.

　　

　　At this moment, Zhao Xu finally observed up close that Andy, who was possessed by the devil, used the blood of four innocent victims to draw a simple ritual circle on the ground.

　　

　　 At this time, a middle-aged mage who has just collected and depicted information here, who looks mature and belongs to a spell guard, is about to come forward and briefly report the results of their analysis with Lei An.

　　

　　 However, Lei An did wave his hand slightly and stopped the other party from speaking.

　　

　　"Is this an anti-prophetic ritual?"

　　

　　 Although Zhao Xu does not recognize the effect of this ritual itself, he is no longer Wu Xia Amon at this moment. He has some concepts about the rune marks used in some rituals.

　　

　　Such as summoning rituals, runes that involve planes, teleportation, coordinates, energy transmission, etc. must be used a lot.

　　

　　 And the rituals in front of me are not all about detecting prophecy, but this does not mean that it is a prophecy ritual.

　　

　　On the contrary, the layout of the ceremony is in the pattern of an inverted star palace, which is completely counter-prophetic.

　　

　　 "Yes." Lei An verified Zhao Xu's judgment.

　　

　　 And the wizard who was about to report couldn't help but stare at Zhao Xu in surprise.

　　

　　 At the beginning, Zhao Xu's cloak with a shining star trail and silk thread had already attracted his attention, and when he saw the badge against the archbishop on his body later, he didn't think much about it.

　　

　　 It’s just that the other party now has research on rituals at this age? It stands to reason that the mages of Mystra don't have much research on the ceremony itself.

　　

　　Only some senior mages dedicated to the study of rituals will know a little bit about this aspect.

　　

　　 Combined with Captain Lei'an's courteous demeanor to the opponent, the spell guard guessed that the opponent must be an expert in rituals.

　　

　　 At this time, Zhao Xu stared at the ground formation and fell into deep thought.

　　

　　 Then he took out his magic notebook again, and by manipulating his own consciousness, copied the crude sketch of the ritual magic circle in front of him on the notebook.

　　

　　 This made the "spell guard" who recognized the action of the opponent surprised to see. Generally, most of the scenes involving the devil and the killing of the devil are strictly sealed to prevent the power of the devil and the devil from leaking. causing panic.

　　

　　 For the first time in so many years, he saw someone so showy, so he copied the contents of the scene directly in front of them.

　　

　　 At this time, Lei An still noticed the look of his subordinates, and explained: "He is our future team member, so this time the information is shared with him."

　　

　　 At this moment, Zhao Xu has fallen into a state of no distraction. He took out a book of "Details of Hundred Rituals" borrowed from the Legend Library, and then turned to one of the pages. Obviously, he had read the heart before. There are counts.

　　

　　 Zhao Xu had stayed up late to read this book before, and then read the book "Transport Ritual: The Journey of Hrosga" according to the recommendation in the book.

　　

　　 At the legendary library, he stayed up late at night and kept reading various rituals, and even his mind was full of various ritual symbols flying around.

　　

　　 Even going out to protect the twenty mages this time can be said to be a journey of relaxation.

　　

　　 Suddenly, Zhao Xu's gaze fell directly on a certain key node in the ceremony, and the spell notes in his hand suddenly appeared at that location like waves of water on a calm lake.

　　

　　 Slowly that position enlarged on the book.

　　

　　 Zhao Xu knew that this place of ceremony was not complete.

　　

　　 Actually, the ceremony does not need to be complete.

　　

　　 It's just that the "Deep Purgatory" has the ability to let the incomplete rituals also exert their own abilities, and they use their own spirituality to make up for it.

　　

　　 Zhao Xu started to reconstruct the missing key link of the ritual in his mind.

　　

　　 is like a broken and broken into ten pieces~IndoMTL.com~Zhao Xu has to visualize the original intact vase with only half of the pieces.

　　

　　In the process of thinking, Zhao Xu's eyes fell on the body bag that had converged.

　　

　　's heart suddenly shook, and some unspeakable thoughts emerged all over the body.

　　

　　"The ‘Infernal Demon’ must center here and hide around. This killing scene is the center of the ceremony."

　　

　　 Zhao Xu asserted.

　　

　　 At this time, Lei An also looked at him with a strange expression.

　　

　　 This kid, shouldn't it be a case that I have read a similar case before, and deliberately pretended to deceive him here?

　　

　　 However, Lei An immediately denied his guess.

　　

　　 Those files are still hidden in the Rosicrucian archives.

　　

　　 At this moment, Lei An couldn't help but look at Zhao Xu seriously.