Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 171 The Battle to Defend the Faith

"I haven't seen Albert for half a year. I didn't expect that your head has been struck by lightning and there is no cure, poor child." Thorne met Albert's fighting eyes, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone meaning.

"There is no cure? You ignorant fellow, all of this is a blessing from Talos, the God of Storms." Albert first glanced at Thorne with some disdain, and then tightened his grip on a lavender lightning flash from his hand. From the bottom to the top, the flashing spear said angrily:
"Thorn, don't talk to me. I will never forget the revenge at the foot of the mountain. I didn't want to argue with you, but the most sacred annual thunder ceremony of the God of Storms was destroyed by you, so Today we simply calculate the new and old accounts together, so that you can feel the anger from the storm."

"Lightning Ceremony? That's how it is."

After listening to Albert's irritable and familiar words with a bit of a two-tone tone, Thorne thought for a while, and immediately understood the whole story.

Every year, the Day of Green Grass is called a holy day by the priests of Talos. In order to praise and please Talos, the god of storms, these priests will hold a grand celebration.

And this so-called celebration is actually destruction and killing.

Followers of Talos broke into the settlement of intelligent races, summoned storms and lightning, and then personally used the summoned lightning to kill the most powerful intelligent creatures in the settlement, and sacrificed them to Talos to obtain Talos gifts and blessings.

Generally speaking, the stronger the intelligence race that sacrifices, the more gifts and blessings it will receive. Priests of indigenous residents generally show a significant increase in strength, while priest players get a lot of experience and blessings. practice point.

Of course, if your performance is particularly outstanding, you can attract the attention of the gods, and it is common to get unexpected surprises.

At this moment, Thorne instantly understood the main reason why Albert came to him aggressively.

What he has done in the past few days, the only ones who can affect Albert's lightning ceremony are the leader of the wolf man tribe and the ogre wizard of the skull-kicking tribe.

Then the other party is obviously because he beheaded the leader of the gnoll and the ogre wizard.

What surprised him was that he hadn't seen Albert in half a year. He had a hard time dealing with a small goblin tribe. Now that he met again, his strength had grown to the point where he could single out a medium-sized ogre wizard tribe.

Whether it was the other party's blind self-confidence, or his pious belief that really got the extra attention of the Storm God, only after the two of them fought would it become clearer.

"The lightning-falling ceremony on the Day of Green Grass took place in the middle of May at the beginning of spring. It seems that your belief in that one-eyed eye is not deep enough. They say that your brain was broken by lightning, and you still refuse to admit it, even for such an important thing. I can remember the festivals wrong, it’s really you.”

Thorne watched Albert curl his lips in disdain, and said to him in a preaching tone.

The most conspicuous feature of the incarnation of the storm god Talos on the material plane is that there is only one intact eye, and the other eye is wearing a black patch.

Some wizards who like to study gods believe that the reason for wearing blindfolds is mainly because Talos' hollow eye sockets are filled with violent and destructive energy. , Hail, flood, drought, lightning and other natural disasters.

However, for Thorne, this feature became his words to ridicule Albert.

During Thorn's combat career, he deeply realized that only the enemy in a state of rage is the easiest for him to deal with.

Impulse and anger, for fighters and barbarian professionals, although they can improve their combat effectiveness, they often fail to grasp the details and skills.

And Thorne's profession is a ranger and part-time swordsman. He is two agile professions. He uses his agility and attack skills to catch the enemy's weak point and deliver a fatal blow. Therefore, he is particularly good at dealing with those enemies who lose their minds.

The most effective way to try to anger a pious priest is to tease their deity or question his pious beliefs.

For this point, Thorne has a good grasp of it. Whenever he faces Albert, who is naturally irritable and irritable, he always has an absolute advantage in every verbal confrontation between the two.

This is also the main reason why his "taunt" skill has never been deliberately trained, and it can be raised to 5 points without knowing it. To put it bluntly, it is completely brushed from the storm lord in front of him.

Because this violent and irritable storm lord, often a few simple words can completely arouse the anger in his heart and become furious.

However, among the players in Waterfall Town, most people don't dare to try it desperately, and basically choose to stay away from Albert when they see Albert.

When a player with high "taunting" skills passed by Albert, Albert heard him talking to himself unconsciously, so he immediately thought narcissistically that the passing player was mocking him , was struck by his crackling lightning so that the hairs all over his body stood on end.

"Carlos, get out of the way quickly, don't get in the way here." Albert, who was successfully aroused by Thorne's simple words, suppressed his inner impulse, and drove away Carlos who was standing beside Thorne angrily.

"Just say a few words." Carlos saw that Thorne was about to speak provocatively, and immediately interrupted him, then frowned and looked at Albert, and said lightly in an unquestionable tone: " Albert, do you want to run wild in my yard?"

"boom!"

Albert raised the spear in his hand and smashed it hard on the ground, and said in a serious tone: "This is my personal grievance with Thorne, let me get out of the way for everyone else, I was accidentally injured, don't blame me for not reminding you. "

"Nonsense, Albert, hurry back to me!" As soon as Albert's voice fell, Torvi, who came from the crowd, immediately scolded him.

"No, Thorn has ruined the lightning strike ceremony that I have been preparing for a long time. This is the most sacred ceremony in the year. Under the watchful eyes of the God of Storms, if His most devout believers are indifferent to this, I will not be afraid of the storm." The firm belief of the God of God will be shaken, and Talos will be very disappointed in me."

Hearing the familiar voice, Albert suppressed the anger in his heart, but still pointed the spear in his hand at Thorne who was not far away, and explained to Torvi: "So I have to fight him today, because this is a battle. A battle to uphold the dignity of the gods."

The reason why Albert's strength can surpass all the players in Waterfall Town, apart from the powerful professional characteristics of the advanced professional Storm Lord, the most critical factor is his firm belief in the God of Storms.

But this is like a double-edged sword. When you get great power, you often have to pay another price.

Talos, the God of Storms, gives people the impression of a lunatic full of desire for destruction in the main material plane, so Albert, who is a devout believer, will naturally not be able to go there.

"There are so many humanoid tribes in the Emerald Field. If you destroy them, you can just find another one. Why are you so rigid?" After listening to Albert's explanation, Torvi's originally tough tone softened.

"The ogre wizard of the Kicking Skull tribe is the most suitable choice for the lightning strike ceremony for me now. It is difficult for other weak tribes to attract Talos' attention, or other tribes are too strong for me to fight."

Albert finished explaining to Torvi beside him, and seeing that he had no objection, he stared at Thorne again with angry eyes and shouted loudly:

"Thorn! Are you afraid? You are a ranger who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Half a year ago, when the town of Pushang was almost in ruins, you sneaked away. Now that it has finally developed through our efforts, you are holding your face again. Don't you feel ashamed when you come back? Do you still have the face to come back?"

Albert's scolding sound was very loud, and the crowd who watched the excitement could hear it clearly. Suddenly, many people who understood the meaning of Albert's words revealed some inexplicable meaning in their eyes when they looked at Thorne.

"Don't you just want to fight? Why are you looking for so many reasons?"

Hearing the harsh words, and feeling the whispering and pointing of many people outside the courtyard, Thorne moved his hand to the hilt of the sword and said calmly.

"Be careful, Albert, a lunatic, has fully mastered the characteristics of thunder weapons, and most of the equipment has been replaced by Torvi with excellent quality, so don't be careless."

Carlos looked at the indifferent Torvi not far away, noticed Thorne's expression, and understood that the battle between the two was inevitable, so he kindly reminded Thorne.

Regarding Thorne's general strength, Carlos knew a little bit through the narration of the ranger Ashmore, but he had seen the strength of Albert the Storm Lord with his own eyes. The shocking strength of both sides was naturally seen with his own eyes. Albert is tougher.

"Have you fully mastered the Thunder weapon?" Thorne said to himself, "I see, thank you for reminding me."

The reason why the Storm Lord was dubbed by him as the person whose brain was struck by lightning was precisely because this advanced profession had a special baptism ceremony.

This kind of ritual is to baptize the body through lightning damage, so that in addition to generating strong resistance to electricity, it also has the ability to summon lightning. This special ability can make all the weapons in the hands of storm lords have lightning damage. .

The flame energy of the Thorne Desert Wind School and the shadow energy of the Shadow Hand School rely on the transformation of special Qi energy, but the Stormlords do not have the ability to master Qi, so the way they quickly master Thunder and Lightning is to use lightning damage to the body baptism.

For Albert half a year ago, his attack only produced weak arc damage, so now that he has mastered the characteristics of the thunder weapon, Albert's attack is accompanied by rapid lightning. What is thunderbolt.

"Thorn, among the three most conspicuous pieces of equipment of this storm lord, the dark purple lightning gemstone on the headgear is enchanted with the powerful "Summon Lightning Art", and the spear in his hand is permanently enchanted with the magical art of "Thunder Slash". The enchanted armor looks like, It should be like the "flying technique" of the third ring. "

Andrina, who was standing beside Thorne, carefully looked at the mysterious runes carved on Albert's equipment, and after thinking for a moment, she took Thorne's arm and whispered to him, "Anyway, you have to be more careful."

"Don't worry, I have my own measure." Noticing the concern in Anderina's eyes, Thorn patted the palm of her hand gently, and after the other party let go, he walked in Albert's direction unhurriedly go.

"Albert is young and ignorant, why don't you fool around with him." Noticing Thorn walking over, Torvi said with a helpless expression.

"Since he's not sensible, I'll help you educate him." Thorn glanced at Albert, and said to Torvi with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll be merciful."

Albert is Torvi's younger brother, and he obeys Torvi's words. Thorne is naturally very clear about this. If Torvi's attitude is tougher, the battle between the two will definitely be defeated. abort.

But Albert also said just now that Thorne destroyed the thunder-falling ceremony to please the God of Storms. As a devout believer, if Albert did not express something to the destroyer, his firm belief would probably be destroyed. shaken.

Faith is sometimes really hard to explain clearly.

Albert's situation is like a paladin encountering an evil creature. If he chooses to retreat, his beliefs will be affected. If he doesn't handle it well, his strength may stagnate.

As Albert's elder brother, Torvi naturally didn't want his younger brother's strength to be unstable.

Thorne is well aware of this. Even if there is no reason at this level, he will also choose to make a move in the face of Albert's provocation. This is a professional attitude towards challengers. It is not his style to retreat from the provocation of others.

"Actually, I was afraid that he would hurt you by mistake..." Torvi sighed and said to Thorne.

"Old friend, what you said is a bit harsh." Thorne patted Torvi on the shoulder with a relaxed expression when he heard that, and then ignored him and walked forward.

(End of this chapter)