The Truth of Magic

Chapter 38 The first battle with skeletons

Zhao Xu, who logged in to Arthur again the next day, felt refreshed.

For the first time in two weeks, he got eight hours of sleep.

When a mage prepares spells, he must sleep for eight hours, regardless of the difference between light sleep and deep sleep. This has been complained by many people in previous lives.

But none of this hinders the strength of the mage profession.

The place where Zhao Xu went offline yesterday was the obelisk, and he also appeared on the obelisk when he went online again.

Only when he dies will he be resurrected by the Temple of Creation and sent back to the vicinity of the temple in the last town he passed through.

There was a player who lost his way in Arthur's wilderness and couldn't find any direction to go back. He had to commit suicide at the price of a resurrection stone and return to the city.

Later, after everyone knew the preciousness of the resurrection stone, maps and "survival" skills slowly entered the player's list.

When Zhao Xu went online, Antinoya was already standing there.

She looked at Zhao Xu and said, "Sit down and start preparing the spell."

Zhao Xu followed Antinoya's instructions and sat down quietly on the spot cross-legged, as if he was practicing enlightenment.

Zhao Xu had already previewed how to prepare spells when he was learning spells the day before yesterday.

However, Antinoya looked at his state and made some suggestions.

The obelisk where Zhao Xu was located was the highest point in the entire floating city.

But he still couldn't feel the wind, which was the same as his state of mind.

Ordinary mages are preparing spells, and at this time they are busy flipping through spell books.

It was enough for Zhao Xu to quietly look at the spell models engraved in his heart.

His current process is casting spells in advance.

The spell is ready in this hour, and then, which spell to use, just spend the corresponding "quick", "standard", "full round" or even more time to cast the spell according to the requirements of the spell.

Generally, the mainstream of Arthur's spells is to mark time.

Only a very small number of spells are born with fast time.

Such as "Feather Falling Technique", which can be released with a single thought, will be compressed into "quick" time.

In actual combat, the "full round" is easy to be targeted because the time span is too long, so ordinary mages are not inclined to use it.

In one round, even if a "swift" time spell is released, then even if a "speed" time spell is released next, the speed will be pulled to nearly a full round.

So you throw a spell, and I throw a spell is basically the normal battle of low-level mages.

After more than half an hour, Zhao Xu suddenly discovered that his spell slots were ready.

After he woke up, he had these spell slots, lying on his character card.

All he had to do was to spend an hour filling these blank spell slots with specific spells.

But he still has three spell slots that can be used by "Strange Seeer", so there is no need to prepare.

This also saved Zhao Xuri some time in the continuous preparations for the battle.

At this moment, Zhao Xu stood up directly. He looked at Antinoya and said, "Teacher, I'm ready."

Antinoya glanced at him and said, "Are you sure?"

Zhao Xu nodded.

This time, Antinoya still flickered directly, and swayed in front of him. After reaching out to grab him, he used teleportation again.

"You are about to be sent, do you agree?"

This time, Zhao Xu finally saw this sentence appearing in his mind on the dynamic panel at the bottom of the character card.

This is also their privilege after becoming a level 1 professional.

The whole world has begun to digitize them.

But after he finished the ceremony yesterday, he just asked him if he agreed with the action the other party was about to perform, and didn't say it was teleportation.

Because of this panel, the source of information is him.

He thought it was teleportation, so it was displayed as teleportation.

He could not use this information panel as supporting material in turn.

Zhao Xu didn't make a choice either, everything was decided according to the same behavior as yesterday - that is, he agreed by default.

Zhao Xu's whole body was teleported from the obelisk to an empty and airtight place.

The surroundings are empty, until the high wall at the edge, like a huge cage.

There were torches of inextinguishable flames all around, illuminating him and Antinoya so much that they couldn't even hide their shadows.

"This is the original arena. Generally, mages will perform spell duels here." Antinoya said.

"Your task is to destroy the summoned creatures that appear next."

"You don't need to have psychological pressure, it's just a projection. But if you can't do it, then I suggest you go back and do research honestly."

Zhao Xu didn't care about Antinoya's words at all. In his previous life, he had chopped down more goblins than Antinoya had ever seen.

Blood is more sensitive for the first time.

I saw Antinoya pointing casually - "level one summon undead creature".

A medium-sized human skeleton warrior appeared directly in front of Zhao Xu.

It exuded an evil aura all over its body. A big iron shield directly covered the front to block the main attack, and it brandished a scimitar in the other hand, and its hollow eye sockets were aimed at Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu looked at the skeleton warrior in front of him, and suddenly he was determined.

In his previous life, he had participated in some battles against the army of undead.

It is quite difficult for a commoner to deal with skeletons, but as long as he is a first-level fighter, it is not a problem at all.

Just as Zhao Xu was judging, the skeleton warrior, who had no intelligence, followed Antinoya's instructions directly and rushed up, treating him as an enemy.

Zhao Xu held his breath.

He kept recalling the opponent's data in his mind.

The health value of a medium skeleton is 1D12, which is 1-12 health points (average 6hp).

The attack is only level 1, and he relies on dodging, and the dodging probability is more than 50%.

But the skeleton's defense level is level 15, and the basic defense that exceeds the natural 10 points is almost level 5, which is very difficult for him who is now unarmed.

The advantage is that they are proficient in the first strike feat, and they are very fast first, and they can often hit the enemy first.

Just as he was thinking this way, the skeleton had already drawn closer.

Maybe before he finished casting the spell, the other party had already bluffed and attacked him.

Zhao Xu had to decide what to release with his first spell.

This was Antinoya's test for him, and the choice he made would definitely determine his score.

Protection from evil, colorful spray, magic missile, mage armor, ray of enfeeblement, Apparatus?

Six first-level spells came to my mind.

But which one to choose?

The magic missile can release a force field missile, causing 1D4+1 (that is, 2-5 points) damage, but it may not be fatal in one shot.

Protecting against evil is just aimed at the evil camp of the skeleton, but it only treats the symptoms but not the root cause.

Mage armor increases the armor defense bonus by 4 points, ensuring that the skeleton's hit rate drops to 40%?

In the end, Zhao Xu gritted his teeth and chanted the spell directly.

A missile with condensed energy flew out of his hand.