The Truth of Magic

Chapter 359 Intellectual Turban

The Mage Association has no power to restrict some widely spread spells, such as invisibility, flying and other spells with strategic value, which have already been widely known and cannot be banned from inheritance.

And one of the eight major factions, the "Confused Control" department, involves spells that even affect people's hearts, and they are very cautious in teaching them.

Because starting from the first link of "charming humans" can change the degree of favorability.

Zhao Xu was currently unable to use the four-ring poet's arcane technique, the "dominate human being" that could force and simply control actions.

But in the category of the third ring, he can already cast the third ring poet's arcane "inferior commanding technique", which can force people to carry out orders. Once in the final scroll space, in the trial where Zhao Xu obtained the "fragment of truth", he destroyed a family by using the eighth-ring "family commanding technique", which was stronger than the six-ring "commanding technique".

But this time, Zhao Xu didn't want to force Mrs. Betty to do something against her heart, and he didn't even want to fascinate the other party so that the other party would completely lose consciousness and be under his control.

He simply wanted to obtain information about "Shuanglu Town", so he directly used the "suggestion technique" that had been sealed up before.

Suggestion allows the subject to follow the suggested action for the duration of the spell. If the purpose is achieved early, the effect of the spell will end accordingly.

The only restriction is that the "requirement" of this "hint" must be reasonable, such as some behaviors that require self-harm will only directly invalidate the spell.

Even if Zhao Xu wanted the still charming Mrs. Betty to sleep in, the content of the hinting technique had to be described reasonably, such as adding that serving in bed would allow Zhao Xu to help her.

When the subject's will save fails and the spell resistance does not take effect, one's own will will be affected by the "suggestion", and many original persistence is easily given up vaguely.

"Suggestion" is a poet's second-ring spell, and it is also a mage's third-ring arcane spell.

Zhao Xu was able to use the second-ring magic spell when he was able to cast it at level 4, but he hadn't done much.

On the one hand, this spell is invalid for players who have shielded this year, and on the other hand, he is also cautious about his own behavior.

It's okay that everyone is a projection now, once it's time to travel and become a real human being, any spell can manipulate human beings and dominate others.

This kind of illusory illusion that ordinary people are powerless to resist can easily become addicted to it. Zhao Xu has heard many examples of this in his previous life.

Some even made the heavens angry and people complained, forcing the local church to take action to sanction this kind of mage who had fallen into evil.

And Zhao Xu just used the technique of "covering the spell", but Zheng Xinyun and Elton couldn't see it through. They continued to chat with Mrs. Betty without noticing it.

Slowly, Mrs. Betty also began to reveal her next plan.

Mrs. Betty's natal family is in Shuanglu Town, which can be regarded as a powerful family in the town.

Her trip was to arrange for her youngest son to return home, and then she would return to Mystra with the power of the family to compete with the eldest son Harry for the ownership of the Bauhinia Chamber of Commerce.

With just a few words, Mrs. Betty also found out that Zhao Xu and the others had come to Shuanglu town to settle a karma for a certain believer.

"Mr. Zhong Xia, I think you two players are very good. I happen to have two scrolls here that I want to give to them. I don't know if it's suitable?" Mrs. Betty smiled at Zhao Xu at this time, and said to give him a look. But it fell on him.

At this time, Zhao Xu had already spread out a book borrowed from the legendary library and was looking at it.

In fact, from the beginning when Mrs. Betty got into the carriage, Zhao Xu had been very silent and didn't say much.

At this time, the corners of his eyebrows were slightly raised, and he said noncommittally: "You should ask them about this."

"That's just right, my sister won't need these scrolls, so I'll leave them to you, and the effect will be better." As she spoke, she took out the two magic scrolls from her pocket and passed them to the two in turn.

Elton turned over the scroll at this time, and couldn't help being surprised and said, "It's the 'Power of the Bull' scroll from the second ring."

"Then why didn't you use this scroll just now?" Elleton asked immediately.

In the situation just now, if Zhao Xu hadn't acted, it could be said that Mrs. Betty had already become a prisoner by now.

As for her ability to ignore the past and use her methods instead, it was her personal ability to use Zhao Xu's tiger skin to absorb the cavalry.

Mrs. Betty smiled wryly, "It's because I can't do it."

Seeing this, Zhao Xu explained to the two of them by the way, "The power of the cow is a minute-level spell that can increase the strength by 4 points. In theory, it is enough to make the melee attack two levels stronger. It is not small. Only But it’s the same reason as why you didn’t use that shield scroll in the first place.”

Elleton understood.

If you use a magic scroll, or someone like Zhao Xu who can cast that spell, there is no obstacle to using the scroll.

If a non-caster wants to use the scroll, he needs to have been trained in the skill "use magic device".

In doing so, the difficulty itself is not small.

Just like the knowledge test, using a magic device requires passing the test to communicate with the source of magic and activate its power.

The difficulty of simulating the use of scrolls is the caster level corresponding to 20+ spells.

For example, if the caster level of the second-ring scroll is level 3, then the result of using the final skill must exceed level 23 difficulty, in order to be able to successfully connect to the source of magic and guide the effect of the scroll.

Even the second-ring magic requires 12 points of perception attribute to cast spells. If the person using the scroll does not have this attribute, he must first use the skills of "use magic device" to "simulate the attribute".

Therefore, although the price of scrolls is much cheaper than magic items such as "staff" and "scepter" that are not difficult to use, most of them are used by the casters themselves, or 'rogues' with enough skill points. Take your chances.

This also highlighted the preciousness of the eternal magic wand in Zhao Xu's hand, which was rated at two fireballs per day.

In the second-ring spells, there are a series of spells that increase the six major attributes, and they can also increase the enhancement bonus by 4 points.

They are also the source of the current enhanced attribute equipment, so the two do not stack.

It's just that compared to the magic item that can last for 24 hours like wearing an intellectual turban, the spell itself lasts for a few minutes, which is actually too short to make much sense.

Ordinary people really want to experience the pleasure of increasing attributes by 4 points in a short period of time, but potions are a faster and more convenient channel.

"However, if you travel, even if you don't need it, you should bring a scroll like 'Fireball' with you."

Zhao Xu didn't say the rest.

However, the people present could understand what he meant. Even if the power of the bull was blessed on the body of the strongest bodyguard under Mrs. Betty's subordinates, it was nothing more than that.

Can a warrior or martial artist of similar level be able to shake the sky against fifty other cavalrymen?

Unless he can improve his own defense to the point where it is difficult to break through, there is still hope to kill others.

"Sir, scrolls like Fireball Art, unless they are masters of mages who apply for the purchase and buy them for learning. Ordinary people want to buy them from the association, without a suitable reason, it is not easy to achieve." Mrs. Betty explained.

That's right, but Zhao Xu continued to stare at Mrs. Betty at this moment, almost doubting her identity.

Mrs. Betty was slightly stunned, and when she realized it, she immediately explained with a smile: "That's right, my concubine's chamber of commerce deals in magic scrolls, and a few 'fireball' scrolls are indeed affordable, but these things are all seen by Harry. It’s dead, so when I came out, I only brought what I had accumulated over the years.”

After Zhao Xu heard this, he roughly understood the current market situation, so he nodded directly to express his understanding.

At this time, Mrs. Betty saw Zhao Xu lowered her head and began to study the book again, and it would be difficult for her to elicit the next request for a while.

Feeling the warmth of the youngest son in her arms again, Mrs. Betty thought to herself that she would definitely fight for this inheritance for him.

She also didn't care about the existence of women like Zheng Xinyun in the carriage, as if she felt a little hot, and regardless of the current cold winter months, she gently unbuttoned the fur coat on her body, revealing the graceful figure inside.

It's just that she felt a little strange immediately, as if she had lost the charm of a mature woman, and she didn't cast any eyes on her.

Zheng Xinyun didn't look sideways at her and understood why this young and vigorous Elleton, and Mr. Zhong Xia, the captain of the pastor team, were also not interested in her figure, and even glanced at her Lazy at first glance.

Mrs. Betty, who has been frustrated from the scroll to the present, knows that it is not that Mr. Zhong Xia is as firm as a rock, but that she does not like him.

After thinking about it for a while, she continued to joke: "There happened to be an auction house in Shuanglu Town these days, which was unearthed from a mage's cemetery. Because it is more sensitive, I dare not put it in Mystra. But In two days, many interested people will rush there."

"I also heard that there seems to be a +6 intelligence turban unearthed, but it's a pity that several priests and adults can't use it, otherwise I must pay more attention to it."

Intellectual hood?

Hearing this, Zhao Xu's fingers, which were about to turn the pages of the book, suddenly stopped.

The source of the spell of the Intellectual Turban is the "Fox's Cunning" spell that increases the intelligence attribute by 4 points.

Mastering this spell and the "Wonderful Items" feat, together with the formula, can successfully produce this "little artifact", which can be called a key prop for a mage.

Although Zhao Xu obtained a full 5 points of intelligence enhancement from the "wish technique", coupled with the 1 point attribute obtained from his upgrade, his intelligence directly increased from 16 points to a full 22 points.

But the master's intelligence has never been too much.

Intelligence determines the difficulty of saving throws for spells, and it also determines the wizard's bonus spell slots.

Even the first hurdle to stop Arthur's people from becoming a mage is that 10 points of intelligence are not eligible to understand a ring of spells.

To cast a ring of arcane spells, a mage needs to have 11 points of intelligence. Similarly, a priest druid has 11 points of perception, and a warlock has 11 points of charm.

When Zhao Xu was at level 5, he had inquired about it. The magic item "Intellectual Turban" was not on sale in Mystra's market at all.

"Intellectual turbans" are so sought after that they are in short supply in the market.

For example, the power belt of the strength attribute and the charm cloak of the charm attribute can be seen circulating in the market from time to time.

Most mages want to obtain the "intelligence turban", one is to make it by themselves, and besides spending time here, most of them don't have any extra specialties to learn "making strange things".

Another way is to apply for quotas from the association and then queue up.

Relying on the intellectual headband to obtain extra spell slots, and then selling the acquired spell slots as a spell-casting service, it will definitely pay back in less than a year or a half, so this kind of queuing is basically done manually.

Just like the "car lottery" in big cities on the earth, if you can't buy it, you can't lose money and you can't buy it. You can't be fooled.

Zhao Xu's current quota allowed him to apply for the "+2 Intellectual Turban" priced at 4,000 gold coins with the association. If the "Mithril Badge" was added, the grade could be directly upgraded to the "+4 Intellectual Turban" worth 16,000 gold coins.

It's just that after Zhao Xu had seen Antinoya's "+12 Legendary Intelligence Hood", he was somewhat unwilling to let him waste his quota and choose the "+4 Intelligence Hood".

So he has been waiting for the opportunity and paying attention to the news of the market.

At this moment, when Mrs. Betty mentioned the unearthed "+6 Intellectual Turban", he immediately became interested.

Once he puts on the +6 intelligence hood and his own intelligence directly soars to 28 points, basically no player can catch up with his progress before crossing.

Even if it is Master Arthur, if there is no special connection, the senior mage is only at this level.

The rest will be written tomorrow morning. By the way, py is a fantasy novel about building a magic system from scratch