The Truth of Magic Chapter 219: Market leaks (one/three)
Zhao Xu, who walked out of the tavern slowly, couldn't help weighing the bag of coins in his hand.
The five players who greeted him with greed, it is estimated that a deal is really going to happen today, otherwise they wouldn't be able to put a whole bag of coins on purpose.
That Volan did not lie. The bag of coins in Zhao Xu's hand was worth nearly a thousand gold coins.
However, it contains platinum coins ten times the value of gold coins, and there are about hundreds of them in total.
Generally, this currency is used by caravans, and a higher level is the "golden ticket" guaranteed by the magic association or temple.
It's just that Zhao Xu hasn't seen it before.
When Zhao Xu walked on the familiar "Strolling Street" again, he was still thinking about the scene that just happened in his mind.
In Floating City, the average intelligence of those high-ring wizards is more than 20+, and even his tutor Antinoya is still the kind of 50+ existence, and there is basically no room for him to play.
So many times, Zhao Xu simply learns passively, and sometimes thinks too much and is easily educated.
But when he arrived in this "Winter City", he couldn't help but not carefully think about his every step of the action, just like the previous **** experience in the Tianbei Commercial League.
Sometimes, one missing link in thinking means everything is wrong.
It stands to reason that the "star cloak" he is wearing cannot be recognized by the other party, but he may guess that it is a magic item.
And the "+1 Nether" giant scythe on his back, because of the looming characteristics of Nether itself, it is easy to be observed to be a magic weapon.
However, the "Nether" feature is a good way to fight ghosts, and if you hit the player, it is a free gift.
At this time, Zhao Xu had already reacted, and he had acted "recklessly" this time.
Since the bartender in the tavern refused to pay any attention to him, he should have reacted to this "Winter City" as an outsider.
Is a "black household" who has no resident certificate and has not paid any entry tax.
So he disappeared suddenly, and even the city guards and the entire security system didn't even know that such a thing had happened.
Especially their players themselves are used as projections, and they don't even need to deal with the corpses.
In addition, players like to kill each other in one breath, so unless there are players in Winter City, the general security system will not intervene.
Combined with the mage, the highest is 1 level 4, 4 level 2, and most of them are level 1. What he did just now is equivalent to a child holding gold and walking into trouble.
If you don't do it to him, the local folk customs are honest to a certain extent.
It was not the first time that Zhao Xu, who knew that he had just made a mistake, didn't feel too much upset. Anyway, it was not the first time that the five people saw that they did this kind of business, so he directly slashed the five people.
In the beginning, he directly shot the second ring of "Flash Dust", which was actually a disguised control spell, paralyzing the combat power of several people on the spot, and also achieved the purpose of getting him out of the battlefield first.
After the flash dust erupted, Zhao Xu also used "invisibility" on himself.
If Zhao Xu activates the invisible ring first and then releases the shining dust, then his whole body will be covered with those golden particles, which is a complete deception.
After Zhao Xu was invisible, he actually avoided the group and tried to find a safe and reasonable position.
Allow him to cover five people with a wave of fireballs and clear the field directly.
Among level 1 players, the barbarian with the highest hit dice in the initial stage is D12. Combined with the feature that can be full of 1 level health, it is 12 HP. Even if the physique is 18 points full, the adjustment value is +4.
The initial HP of such a barbarian who did not use any special methods in the early stage was 16 HP, which was already equal to Zhao Xu's HP at level 3.
And the "Barbarian" is superimposed with the "Rage" ability, and the HP will be piled up to 18HP.
Still under the threat of Zhao Xu's 18-point fireball desired damage.
The five players and four guards, basically none of them at level 2.
So Zhao Xu chose the spot where the fireball technique landed on the spot when those people were suspicious and gathered together desperately to open the door and prepare to escape.
Then a targeted bombing spell with a radius of six meters—"fireball", was used to clear the field directly on nine people.
Even if there are still people who are still lingering, they can’t stand Zhao Xu’s final "Magic Missile". When his caster level reaches level 5, there are already three magic missiles in one spell. Wait until level 9. At the caster level, the number can reach as much as 5, which is also the upper limit.
The selection of spells is also a headache for spells in the future.
Arthur’s magic is prepared in his mind in advance, so the radius of the area of effect of the spell is set to death at the beginning.
So in many cases, it’s not that the “colorful jet” is not fragrant, or that the “fireball technique” is not fierce, but that everyone really doesn’t care about throwing them up, and that’s the rhythm of taking away teammates and enemies together.
Zhao Xu used to be in the canyon melee, regardless of the fact that he released a "colorful jet" against his 50-50 teammates and enemies. After knocking everyone down, he leaned on the four people around him who were not involved in the battle. Players intervene to form a comeback situation where more people beat fewer people.
If you want to avoid hitting your teammates, the only way for general mages is to learn "spell shaping", which is the super magic speciality that changes the area affected by spells.
If you have more abilities, you can use the advanced professional abilities of the "Archmage" to "Shape Master", which can also change the form of spells on the spot.
Of course, Zhao Xu waited until he advanced to the "Spell Guard" in the future. When he learned the ability of "Selective Spells", he was able to release spells, allowing his teammates to ignore the effects of the spells and make the spells only take effect on the enemy.
This is the most powerful and versatile ability.
After Zhao Xu briefly reviewed the gains and losses of his previous battle, he returned to the "Grocery Plaza".
He suddenly got 1000GP, so he can naturally seize the opportunity again to fill up his shortcomings.
Especially, some secrets may be circulated among these hawkers who wander the wild all year round.
Get close to them, and you can get inside information.
The layout of the "Grocery Plaza" in Winter City is similar to the layout of the vegetable market stalls on the earth, basically one area for one person.
The owners of the goods are mostly busy with their own affairs at the stalls, and even some of them bring the diners to sell while rushing to work, that is, the quality of the rushing work is compromised.
The square is full of people, even if there is no demand for it, they are circulating in front of these stalls to see a novelty.
The things in the grocery square can be roughly divided into several categories. The rarest one is definitely holding magic items, ranging from scrolls to magic weapons, but these valuable items are generally owned by specialized store elites. Most of the products that can be obtained from the grocery market are defective products that are not easy to sell.
Many of the remaining items are excavated from various ruins and ancient tombs.
Because those who dig, even though simple methods can not detect the effects of those items, most of them are processed cheaply, and the cost of comparing 100 gold coins is still very high.
In fact, many people use magic items, and even before they die, it is not always clear whether they have used all the effects of magic items.
If you can save, you can save, which is the mainstream of Arthur's low-level adventurers.
Not everyone is like Zhao Xu with "mechanical goggles" and enough spell slots to cast "detection magic" spells.
The remaining items in the square are "alchemy items", which have the clearest effect and are also the most sold.
A set of "alchemy tools", sufficient alchemy materials, a schematic diagram of alchemy, and enough craft (alchemy) skills, you can rely on this craft to mix and eat.
This is also the reason why Arthur's current "alchemy" has become the mainstream skill of part-time work, and the "weapon-making" technique has not succeeded in catching up.
After all, it is more self-sufficient than other job skills, such as profession (coachman), profession (cook), and profession (farmer).
Many players choose to sell their own alchemy items in the grocery store ~ IndoMTL.com~ because of the stable supply and quality of the alchemy shop itself.
Because of their uneven quality, individual customers like them can’t sell at a good price before making a monument.
Zhao Xu’s trip is to supplement some "alchemy items" for himself, and by the way, see if he can do treasure hunting with his "appraisal skills".
After all, in Mystra, a per capita apprentice of a mage, an ancient coin fell on the ground, and the people watching around were able to explain the ins and outs of the coin perfectly.
Although the one-link appraisal technique is expensive, after using appraisal skills to guess 80 to 90%, everyone feels that they are willing to take a gamble.
Because of Mystra, you can really find a shop that can perform the "identification technique" at any time within 100 meters.
On the contrary, in this winter city, if you want to find a mage who is preparing for the "Appraisal Technique", you have to make an appointment in advance so that the other party will specially prepare for the "Appraisal Technique" tomorrow.
Zhao Xu's gaze directly crossed the dazzling spots occupying the most mainstream of the grocery square. The wool came out of the sheep, and the rental fees were not paid by buyers like them.
Because of the large flow of people there, the probability of trying to successfully pick up the leak is also very low.
Zhao Xu scanned from house to house, but he was not looking at the merchandise on the table, but at people.
Zhao Xu, who has been a sheriff, can tell who has come to the grocery plaza for a long time to sell ancestral treasures, who are only second-door dealers doing price difference transactions, and who have just come back from the tomb and the treasures in their hands are hot .
It's just that Zhao Xu's gaze suddenly froze, and he stayed on a player wearing a warlock.
Zhao Xu didn't expect that he would meet an acquaintance, the kind of acquaintance who would eventually become a senior in Winter City.