Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 162

On the fourth floor of the tower, a chaotic thick fog enveloped the entire space and dissipated at an extremely slow speed.

After finishing off the last giant elephant guard, Thorn took Anderina and disappeared into the thick fog, and set off for the upper floor.

"Do you know all these herbs?" Andelina followed closely behind Thorne, looking at the various plants with strange shapes under her feet, and asked curiously.

Thorne frequently swung his long sword as he walked, cutting off the activated vines that were trying to intercept them. Hearing Andelina's curious inquiry, he paused slightly, glanced at the plants growing under his feet and replied:

"This orchid-like plant is called Shilancao. It has the effect of dispelling negative energy in the body. It is the favorite of wizards who are proficient in necromancy. Although it tastes bitter when eaten directly, as long as a necromancer with a little common sense, they This herb is routinely added to our diet.”

Necromancers are a group of spellcasters who like to immerse themselves in manipulating corpses and dealing with undead creatures. Therefore, in order to understand the true meaning of death, they have been in contact with negative energy all year round.

If they do not take medicines or ingredients made from Shilancao for relief, their physical bodies will not be able to withstand the erosion of negative energy, and they will gradually be assimilated into undead creatures.

However, the effect of this medicinal herb is only to relieve the time of death qi eroding the body, it cannot completely eradicate it.

This is also why among the wizarding community, necromancers have the highest percentage of transforming liches.

In addition to the near-eternal life and immortality of the Lich, which makes people greedy, one of the important reasons is that the physical body cannot withstand the erosion of negative energy breath.

Seeing the Shilancao, Thorne seemed to think of something, so he reminded Anderina beside him:
"Also, your physical banshee is an undead creature, and they are born with the ability to touch negative energy. Before she is proficient in controlling this ability, you'd better not have too much physical contact with her , these stone orchids may be of some help to you."

After hearing Thorne's reminder, Andelina nodded slightly to him, and then looked at the stone bluegrass that was almost everywhere in this area, and said her inner guess:

"So, so many stone bluegrass grow here, does it mean that the wizards in the tower are mainly spellcasters from the necromantic school?"

"Not necessarily. The best growing environment for Shi Lancao is moist soil and sufficient light. Obviously, there is no personnel here to control the temperature difference and climate all year round, resulting in the most favorable environment for them. It is normal to reproduce too fast. " Thorne said in disapproval.

Of course, there is another main reason, that is, the two of them walked from the first floor of the tower to the present, except for a few banshees, they have not encountered other undead creatures, even the underground secret passages and the second floor are full of undead creatures. None of the corpses were successfully transformed into skeletons.

At the beginning, when he explored the cave left by the Lich, it was precisely because of the exuberant negative energy in the cave that he encountered many naturally transformed skeletons.

If this tower is really dominated by the Necromancer School, it is impossible that there are no naturally awakened skeletons.

"That's true." Anderina no longer struggled too much with this issue.

I saw her looking at the ecological environment covered by thick fog and looming, her eyes flickered slightly, as if thinking of something, and then a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth to tell Thorne her thoughts:
"After we have explored all of this tower, I plan to build this botanical garden into a garden of my own."

"Aside from being beautiful, the garden is useless at all. It's better to plant some practical herbs. In the Emerald Field, where the four seasons alternate frequently and the cold wave is too long, the annual output of herbs in this greenhouse environment is also a lot of money. money."

Thorne stopped in his tracks and directly objected without thinking.

"Growing herbs is time-consuming and labor-intensive, let alone the annual output of this area alone, at most a few hundred gold coins. Are you short of that money?"

Andelina glanced at the space filled with thick fog, and seriously analyzed Thorne.

"..."

Thorn had nothing to say, because after thinking about it carefully, he found that what the other party said was indeed somewhat reasonable. In the final analysis, his vision was too low, and he still had to admit this.

The original intention of the wizards to establish the planting area was not to make money, but mainly to cultivate some rare plants or to facilitate the experimentation of their own research results.

Asking him to grow herbs here is like a farmer in the countryside accidentally discovering a researcher's laboratory. A flash of inspiration flashes in his mind, thinking of a way to get rich, and starting to grow cheap Chinese cabbage here for sale.

Noticing the teasing eyes of the other party, Thorn suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Didn't you say you didn't plan to live here? You started to pay attention to this place so soon."

"Suddenly change your mind, can't you?"

"Okay, as long as you're happy."

Looking at the playfulness in Anderina's beautiful smiling eyes, Thorne shrugged helplessly, not bothering to argue with her on this issue, motioned the other party to follow, then turned and continued to the spiral Go in the direction of the stairs.

Stepping on the steps of the spiral staircase, you gradually walk to the upper floor of the tower, and the thick fog gradually thins and disappears as it rises.

When Thorn led Anderina to approach the entrance of the fifth floor, he stopped suddenly.

"What's the matter?" In the dim passage, Andrina noticed Thorne's pensive expression, her heart tightened, and she immediately approached her and asked.

After meeting in Winter City until now, she discovered one of Thorn's characteristics, probably because his profession is a ranger, and he has a keen sense of danger and vigilance. Whenever he shows a contemplative look, then There are always unpleasant things that happen.

"I'm wondering what area the fifth floor will be." Thorne said, looking in the direction of the passage.

"Instead of standing here in a daze, it's better to go in and have a look." Andrina gave Thorne a beautiful roll of eyes.

Thorn shook his head slightly, and said with a solemn expression: "The first floor belongs to the hall of the tower, which is very empty, only guarded by two clay golems, it should be the place where the master of the tower and the apprentices gather.

Although there was a fierce battle on the second floor, most of the buildings were damaged, but it can still be judged from the broken marble columns and some collapsed ruins. The second floor is the area where wizards and apprentices impart knowledge.

The third floor is the laboratory. Based on the crude equipment and various discarded materials on the table, it can be deduced that this is a public place for apprentice wizards to practice and study.

The fourth floor is the plantation established by the wizard, with three plantation guards. Obviously, it is the private laboratory of the owner of the tower. When we stepped into the area, we were immediately noticed by the guards inside. Early, it is very likely to be successfully attacked by them.

So, what area is the fifth floor?Are there other guards or unknown dangers hidden inside? "

"For wizards, they all like to live on the top floor of the tower, which means that the higher they go, the more dangerous they go." Andrina glanced at Thorne and guessed:
"The teaching area, the laboratory, and the plantation arranged for the care of relevant personnel, then the fifth floor is likely to be the living area of ​​the apprentices, and then above, it should be the private area of ​​the tower owner, which belongs to the forbidden area of ​​others. "

"That's right." Thorne nodded slightly, agreeing with the other party's guess: "It means that when we step into the fifth floor, we will not encounter any danger, but there may be unknown guards at the entrance of the sixth floor. "

Thorne, who wanted to understand the problem, waved for Anderina to follow, and walked towards the entrance of the fifth floor of the tower.

The fifth floor of the tower.

Thorne looked at the silent space, and indeed, as he guessed, there was no danger.

In the area where wizard apprentices lived, Thorne saw a dusty corridor with habitable rooms on both sides. Judging from the number of rooms, there can only be up to 20 people living here. about.

The corridor is very quiet, and there are still many oil paintings hanging on the walls that only have outlines due to the age. The magic power of the magic lighting source of the light source has long been exhausted, and it is embedded on the ceiling, which can only be used as a decoration.

"Buzz!"

Andrina followed behind Thorne, slightly pointing the staff in her hand, and the bright and soft light filled the space, enveloping the figures of the two of them.

Then, under the leadership of Thorn, they walked cautiously in the passageway covered with heavy dust, and walked cautiously towards the sixth floor.

"Crench!"

Standing in the distance, Thorne gently pushed open a decaying wooden door with the tip of his sword. In the not-so-spacious room, there was nothing extra except for a bed, tables and chairs that could not be eroded by the years.

"What happened to make the owner of this house leave in such a hurry." Thorne glanced at the messy furnishings and couldn't help but wonder.

"Could it be related to the tragic battle on the second floor of the tower?" Anderina looked at the layout of the room and expressed her thoughts.

"It must be related to that battle." Thorne nodded and said, "I mean something unexpected happened to this tower, which made these people leave in a hurry."

Then, Thorne rummaged through the room again, turned around and left after finding nothing, and continued to explore.

Unfortunately, he pushed open all the doors in the corridor, but found nothing of value except dust.

Finally, when Thorne and Anderina were about to walk to the end of the corridor, they noticed something strange, and there was a corpse scattered on the ground not far ahead.

This corpse should have been a warrior before his death. Apart from the scattered longswords on the ground, he was also wearing a rusty armor. On the chest of the armor was carved an indistinct flower crown, like some kind of noble emblem.

Looking at the corpse lying quietly on the ground, Thorne pondered for a moment, motioned Anderina not to move around casually, and walked carefully to the corpse with his sword in hand.

When he got close to the attack range of the long sword, he used the sword to gently turn over the scattered corpses, trying to find the cause of the soldier's death.

After all, the strange appearance of a soldier's corpse in the apprentice wizard's residence made Thorne wonder whether it was related to the battle on the second floor of the tower.

After opening the armor, Thorne also found a rotted light crossbow and a short sword at the warrior's waist, as well as an iron-inlaid shield behind his back, and even hidden in the rotten leather boots on the legs a dagger.

After careful inspection, Thorne found that there were two wounds on the soldier's body, and the bones in his chest collapsed, as if he had been hit hard by some kind of hard object.

However, this kind of injury was not fatal. The real fatal injury was at the throat, which was cut by some kind of sharp blade. The deadly sharp weapon was extremely sharp, and at the same time it cut his throat, it also left a gap on his neck bone.

After the general inspection, Thorne was about to carefully check the style of the armor, so he used the tip of the sword to pick up the upper body of the armor, and when he was about to move it to his side, a piece of folded yellowed paper slipped from the gap in the armor.

Seeing the paper that had fallen to the ground, Thorne was taken aback. After looking carefully, he immediately recognized the material of the paper.

This is a kind of high-grade paper commonly used in the mainland. The main material is animal bones that are ground into powder and made by alchemy.

Because they are waterproof, moisture-proof, durable and can be preserved for a long time, they are sought after by most low-level wizards. They are mainly used to make spell books and write dusty history. Usually, the price of a book is 50 gold coins.

Then Thorne cautiously picked out the paper with the tip of his sword out of curiosity, took it in his hand and opened it for inspection. Andrina, who was standing behind her, saw the paper in Thorne's hand and immediately moved over.

Hats off to you!

Great wizard sir!I am your most loyal ally. The town of Fallshang is in desperate need of help. I implore you to lend a helping hand.

The love of my life: Kevra Jolenov, afflicted by an evil so deep that even the kindest priests are not strong enough to protect her, this pain has left her haggard, I swear I will save she.

I have a lot of wealth here, and I promise to provide you and your companions with all the help I can. Please answer my desperate request, great wizard!
Please come as soon as possible, because her time is running out!Everything I have will be yours!

Lord of Falls

Viscount Adal

……

"A distress letter that hasn't been sent." Andrina said after reading the paper that Thorne handed over.

"That's right." Thorne didn't deny it, and at the same time expressed his inner doubts:
"Leaving aside how this warrior from Fallshang Town reached the fifth floor of the tower, what I am most puzzled about now is why he died here, and whether the beloved Viscount Adal mentioned in the letter will be Is it related to the battle on the second floor of the tower?"

"Being deeply tormented by an evil, even the priest can't do anything about it." Anderina looked at the contents of the letter: "So, the reason why the town of Falls fell more than 100 years ago was targeted by some evil. "

"The so-called evil is also very likely to be in this tower. Don't forget, there are more than 100 dwarf skeletons in the underground chamber." Thorne looked at the direction leading to the sixth floor in a daze.

(End of this chapter)