The Truth of Magic

142 chapter 141/my choice

“your knowledge (mysterious) skill bonus is already 4 points lower than mine. with the 5 points of performance bonus from reading, you have a 9 point difference.” shadow said as he looked at zhao xu.

I have 19 skill points and 8 points of origin feedback. I failed with a total of 27 points.

For most players, skill bonuses were adjusted based on their level and the corresponding attribute. For example, knowledge would correspond to intelligence.

Zhao Xu’s knowledge (mys) was one level lower than Shadow’s, and his Intelligence modifier was three points lower than Shadow’s, so his knowledge (mys) bonus points were four points lower than Shadow’s, leaving him with only seven points.

after shadow stacking was completed, it reached a peak of 19 points, but it failed.

this was also why she was so suspicious of zhao xu’s decision to try again.

“i have a spell called ‘song of knowledge’. it can give my skills +5 performance.” Zhao Xu explained.

Suddenly, shadow took a step closer to Zhao Xu and asked in an urgent tone, ” “All the skills?”

She asked the key question in an instant.

Zhao Xu nodded and admitted to this.

There was no point in lying to these players who would become high-level mages in the future, because they were not ordinary people.

“i knew it, i knew it.” Even though shadow was usually extremely confident and proud, at this moment, he couldn’t help but stomp his feet.

“i almost went through all the spell illustrations to find a powerful spell related to this skill, but i couldn’t find it. i thought it was just a random novel about mages.”

As soon as shadow finished speaking, she couldn’t help but stare at Zhao Xu. But with her personality, she couldn’t bring herself to say things like “little brother, please teach me this spell.

After taking a deep breath to calm his emotions, shadow tentatively asked, ” how many bonus points can I increase after increasing the effect of the spell? ”

zhao xu looked at shadow, who had started to get a little excited after seeing this spell, and said, ” “starting with 4 points, after that, every 2 spellcaster levels will add 1 point.”

If Zhao Xu was a level 10 spellcaster, then this spell would be able to increase his skill level by almost nine points, and it would be able to completely crush Shadow’s advantage over Zhao Xu.

“mr. feng,” lu suddenly said,”can you evaluate the value of this spell with the person who taught you it?” If you’re willing to copy it after discussing it, I can pay for the borrowing fee.”

ying was about to say no, but lu waved her hand and stopped her. “don’t worry, you can just use the gold coins in that bag. i’ll pay for it first.”

Zhao Xu didn’t think that Lu and Ying’s relationship would get this good.

he could only wonder why he didn’t see any rich young ladies providing for him.

but after hearing that zhao xu was confident, shadow still handed over the “headband of intellect” that she had been wearing earlier to zhao xu.

The moment Zhao Xu took the “headband of intellect “, he was indeed a little moved.

as long as he had this thing with him for 24 hours, the attributes provided by the equipment would take effect, and his intelligence would be saved.

After Zhao Xu put on the headband of intellect, he immediately started casting the song of knowledge.

Song of knowledge was one of the few spells that took more than one round to cast. It was not as long as appraisal, which took an hour, but it still took a minute.

so zhao xu just looked at the long incantations in his mind and repeated them word by word.

Finally, at the moment the spell was completed.

zhao xu suddenly had a new feeling in his mind.

it wasn’t something like the luck bonus that would always be right, and it wasn’t something like the environment bonus that would help to correct it.

For Zhao Xu, the performance bonus was an extreme increase in his personal performance.

He even felt a strong sense of confidence that he would pass the appraisal perfectly.

Zhao Xu was completely focused on the stone slab. Right now, his knowledge (mysterious) skill had a bonus of 15 points.

but zhao xu knew that he still wasn’t good enough.

He needed more power to help him break through the current predicament.

Suddenly, on Zhao Xu’s character stats, the potential points that he had received when he reached Level 2 started to surge.

zhao xu could only get five potential points for every level he reached. if he didn’t use them after he reached level 9, they would become useless. so, before he reached level 9, he treated this ability as air.

but now, the last bit of potential points that he had left were beginning to turn into a helping hand according to zhao xu’s wishes.

Potential points were the power of a hero.

Any hero who could run amuck in the world and burst out with power that ordinary people couldn’t do, all of them had extraordinary potential.

in that instant, zhao xu noticed that his knowledge (mystical) bonus had increased from 15 points to 19 points under the effect of his potential points!

“Check!”

zhao xu shouted in his heart.

in an instant, his consciousness began to connect with the origin of knowledge.

A 20-sided die appeared in Zhao Xu’s sea of consciousness and it kept spinning.

The final number would be the amount of help that Zhao Xu would be able to get from the source of knowledge.

the dice suddenly stopped, and the spinning pace came to an abrupt stop. a cruel number 1 was facing the top.

zhao xu’s knowledge (mystical) skill was at 19 points, and with this one point from the origin, he had almost 20 points.

However, it was far from enough to cover the stone tablet’s cognitive barrier and successfully communicate with the origin.

zhao xu’s face fell. the final result of their communication hadn’t come out yet.

However, at this critical moment, he knew that he had basically failed.

With Ying’s 19 points and the 8 points on the die, he still couldn’t pass even with 27 points, so Zhao Xu’s 20 points were obvious.

At that moment, Zhao Xu looked at the die that had already landed on the ground and was no longer changing.

Mages could reverse fate.

Strictly speaking, it was a spell that could reverse fate.

“Immediately assist!”

Zhao Xu suddenly cast that mysterious spell again.

This Level 1 arcane spell was something that only required one’s intuition to cast. Zhao Xu used up two level 0 spell slots as a multi-talented spellcaster and successfully cast it.

Suddenly, the die, which was originally calm, started to spin again.

[ adventurer zhongxia, re-performed knowledge (mystery check)=19+ 1d20 =19+11=30 points, passed dc30 difficulty, check successful. ]

the die fell again, but this time it was 11.

Zhao Xu’s knowledge (mysticism) check had a result of 30 points. He had crossed over the 30-layer barrier and successfully connected to the source of his knowledge.

suddenly, the mysterious symbols on the stone tablet began to construct in front of his eyes, turning into content that he could understand bit by bit.

“This is a spell that can be used three times.”

“It can protect myself once, save a living being once, or reach the other side of the world once.”

after zhao xu finished reading the prayer, a mysterious ring of light suddenly appeared around his body.

He couldn’t help but reveal a confused expression. He had only used it once?

suddenly, the stone tablet’s cracks spread all over the surroundings, becoming densely packed. an endless aura of death began to gush out from within.

zhao xu immediately wanted to tell the two women to hide.

However, after the stone tablet exploded, an evil power that seemed to have come from the abyss and purgatory burst out instantly. It was mixed with the light of death and terrifying destruction.

it destroyed an area of a hundred meters.

zhao xu only regained his vision after the black light dissipated.

He looked up and saw that the already desolate cliffs had become deathly silent.

The ground seemed to have been plowed with countless ravines.

The forest closest to them was covered by the black light, and the outermost layer of the forest was completely rotted and fell to the ground.

in front of zhao xu, the two women had already fallen to the ground, and their bodies were already starting to fade in and out of view. this was a sign that they were about to head to the sacred palace of life creation.

Zhao Xu quickly walked over. When Lu and Shi Ying fell to the ground, the two women’s faces were revealed.

But when Zhao Xu saw this scene of her perishing, it was as if he was thinking back to the past.

He clenched his fists tightly!

“Save one. Let’s continue.”

“life is about making choices. this is the cruel world of mages.”

Reyan’s familiar voice rang out once more, but this time, it was different. It reverberated throughout the entire space.

“Of course, you can also leave behind that one revival chance and choose to travel alone. This way, you’ll naturally have one more chance to resurrect in the future than others.”

“this is the real reward for this trial.”

” take action. the choice that will determine your true fate is still up ahead. ”

after reyan’s voice disappeared, the entire cliff fell into silence once more. the only sound left was zhao xu’s heavy breathing.

zhao xu turned around and looked at the blood moon in the endless darkness.

In front of him, after the stone tablet exploded, a floating bridge could be seen above the broken abyss.

According to the last part of the inscription and Reyan’s words ...

the spell had given him three chances, and the first one had been used to protect himself.

One of them would have to be used to activate the floating bridge, in order to gain true power.

as for the remaining time, he could use it to save one of the two women.

he could even give up and leave behind the incantation as an extra chance for resurrection in the future.

zhao xu took a deep breath.

he looked at the blood-red sky and mocked, ” ” go to hell! only kids make choices. i’m going to save them all! ”

After saying that, he activated the incantation twice.

two holy rays of light shot out from the mark on his arm and fell into the bodies of the two women.

the bodies of the two women, which were about to dissipate, condensed again and transformed into solid bodies.

After a while, Lu and Ying slowly woke up. Although they were still in a dark red world, they could finally breathe the air of this world again.

“Get up. The mission has failed. We have to go back.” zhao xu laughed as he squatted down and sized up the two women who were lying down in an unsightly position.

It was only then that Lu and Ying noticed that their hoods had fallen off, and Zhao Xu had finally seen their true faces.

Ying looked at Zhao Xu with a strange expression, then she stood up and walked over to where the stone tablet had exploded. There was still half of the stone tablet left.

after zhao xu received the incantation, the real words were already revealed on it.

“you should’ve gone over by yourself.” Ying said in a low voice.

“although we were unconscious, we still vaguely knew what happened before we died. i didn’t expect mr. feng to be so kind.” Lu bowed slightly to Zhao Xu and thanked him.

Zhao Xu didn’t plan on telling the two girls what had happened, but the two girls ‘intelligence was enough for them to figure out the truth by themselves.

“But we can’t go over now. The mission should have failed.” zhao xu knew reyan’s style very well, and he wouldn’t leave any sneaky loopholes for them to exploit.

“Mr. Feng, that might not be the case.” Suddenly, Lu smiled.

“That’s right.” at this moment, ying was also attentively looking at the floating bridge in front of them.

“But before we go, I’m afraid we’ll have to introduce ourselves again.”

at this moment, lu walked over and pulled ying over. she stood in front of zhao xu and introduced herself. “wang ningwei, level 2 wizard.”

Shadow pursed his lips. asvich, Level 2 mage.

Zhao Xu scratched his head. zhongxia, 2, huh? A level 3 wizard?”