Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 194 Ceremony
On the steep hillside and the edge of the cliff, the Emerald River ran southward, and the starlight shone around the rushing water. On the other side of the river was the camp of a large wolf man tribe.

The little sika deer walked to the edge of the cliff and turned around slowly, its eyes gleaming shimmeringly glanced at the half-elf ranger behind him, then turned around again, jumped lightly, and its petite body landed steadily on the other side of the Emerald River , I saw it standing quietly on the rough stones, not aware of the slightest sound.

"The way to hunt?" Looking at the small sika deer guiding him, Thorn whispered to himself, and then took firm steps, and drew out the double blades with both hands steadily.

Gwaeron Storm is known as: the master of tracking, the master of interpreting forest traces, and the tracker who never gets lost.

Although Gwaeron Storm is widely respected among rangers, most of his believers expect themselves to follow the master of tracking as an example and emulate, instead of truly worshiping him, including Thorne back then, becoming the god of tracking A believer can not only improve his own tracking ability, but also allow him to quickly master the ability to cast divine spells.

Although most of the followers of the Tracking God do not really worship Him, the silent Tracking God does not like to use empty words to teach his followers, and always likes to lead by example.

And it often appears in the material plane as a group of demon fire aura surrounding a certain forest trail, providing vague clues for beginner rangers, and sometimes manifesting as some woodland creatures, so that those who are depressed or confused Followers face their own path and see where they are headed.

Thorn's eyes stared into the distance, following the cheerful footsteps of the little sika deer, galloping under the starlight, and the flickering bonfire in the wolf camp in the distance seemed to invite him, promising that a new battle was waiting for him.

In the depths of the night, the cold moon hangs high, and the biting cold wind covers the sky, whizzing past the treetops in the jungle, and the shadows of the trees sway violently.

On the edge of the Great Sword Scar Mountain Range, in the camp of a large wolf man tribe, there were bonfires flickering, and the passionate howls of wolves came out frequently, echoing in the deep night sky.

Accompanied by a circle of guards, the new gnoll leader came to the center of the camp, and all the gnolls bowed down in front of the new leader.

The strong and burly leader of the gnolls had had the closest contact with the ferocious warg, and paid a heavy price for it, so he has no nose, a torn lip and a mouth that is yellow and crooked. Tooth, but by the standards of the Gnoll tribe, this is more like an honor.

At this time, a skinny Gnoll priest walked out of the worshiping crowd. Under the bright bonfire, one could find that the skinny priest was wearing a black-brown robe mixed with yellow and dirty animal hair, as well as clotted blood and hair all over his body. Bad stench.

The neck and wrists are also covered with all kinds of horrific bone ornaments, so that when he walks tremblingly, there is a clanging sound.

"The most devout people of the king of jackals, the strongest leader of the tribe, go to receive the greatest blessing under the watchful eyes of our lord!" The jackal priest raised his arms, and a hoarse roar came from him He let out a gasp from his thin and small body, and then gasped a few times, before prostrating himself deeply in front of a crude statue of the wolf king Yeenoghu.

"My lord, the great demon lord, the king of the gnolls, for the prosperity of the gnolls, your most devout people desire the greatest blessing." The ugly gnoll leader roared from his torn lips issued, and then also bowed deeply before the statue of Yeenoghu.

for a moment...

In the pupils of the humble wolf man statue, emerald flames were burning strangely, and a little bit of divine light slowly emerged.

More than 1000 jackals gathered around the statue of the jackal king in the dark night, waiting respectfully according to the instructions of the jackal priest.

They whispered and pushed and shoved, trying to find the closest position to the demon lord, but these movements were kept to a minimum, because the gnoll leader had warned them that if someone sabotaged the demon lord from the king of gnolls. The blessing ceremony, they captured it as a sacrifice and first gave it to Yeenoghu, the king of gnolls.

In order to strengthen the credibility of this warning, the sharp claws of the abyss gnolls acting as guards around them have torn apart more than a dozen gnoll miscellaneous soldiers.

Thorn hid in the shadows of the bushes and noticed the emerald flames burning in the pupils of the Wolf Man statue. In order to prevent his hiding place from being discovered by the Wolf Man guards, he tried to stay away from the statue as far as he could clearly observe.

The large wolf man tribe in front of him was the tribe whose leader he killed, but what he didn't expect was that they would elect a new leader so quickly.

In fact, Thorne also wanted to see what the blessing ceremony that made all the gnolls crazy looked like.

Among all humanoid creatures, although he had the most contact with and killed the most jackals, it was the first time he saw the blessing ceremony of the jackal leader after he took office.

He was even thinking about what interesting things would happen if he suddenly destroyed the statue of Yeenoghu, King of the Gnolls.

However, in the end, his calm reason overcame his inner curiosity. He could only choose to take out the composite longbow behind him, draw out an arrow that shone with cold light, and quietly wait for the best time to attack.

The blessing ceremony of Yeenoghu, the king of the gnolls, has begun.

The gnoll priest next to the statue began to ask for silence, and the chaotic and evil wolves naturally didn't obey immediately, because they all wanted to see the glory of the great gnoll king.

So a few abyss gnolls responsible for maintaining order were dispatched, and their pupils covered by the black mane suddenly flashed a strange red light, and after only a moment, the abyss gnolls helped them quiet down.

At the same time, six Yeenogu's fangs transformed from demon spirits stepped out from the crowd, and surrounded the statue with half-bowed bodies.

The skinny Gnoll Priest jumped to the center of Yeenoghu's fangs. He held up his hands, holding a torch in each hand, and the dark orange flame danced in the night wind.

Gnoll Priest's ferocious face was full of fresh scratches, and the scarlet blood was still dripping down his cheeks. His arms were also covered with terrifying bracelets, and the crashing sound followed his movement. Lean body and frequent rumors.

"Ow!"

The jackal priest let out a hasty cry, and raised his arms higher, all the torches around the statue were instantly lit.

The Gnoll Priest began to rotate slowly beside the statue, and the surrounding Yeenoghu's fangs also began to rotate, and they also moved around the statue while rotating themselves.

Gradually, the wolf man priest began to speed up, and Yeenoghu's fangs also speeded up. Every step seemed to be given life, every step seemed to be dancing, and the light of the torch in his hand was erratic in motion.

A few minutes later, the Gnoll Priest stopped suddenly, and all the surrounding Yeenoghu's fangs also stopped moving at the same time, standing still in place.

Then they began to shake their bodies and slowly straightened up, holding the torch tightly in their hands.

Then the ugly leader of the gnolls appeared.

The ugly wolf man leader had his chest bare, five shocking scratches were still oozing blood, and his ferocious face was also blood red.

Seeing this, the wolf man priest immediately waved a torch in front of him a few times, and the first lizard man slave was escorted up by the wolf man guards and pressed to the ground.

The lizardman slave let out a shrill howl, but the sound was quickly covered by the wolf man priest and Yeenoghu's fangs, because they were calling the name of Yeenoghu, the king of the wolf man.

The shouts spread rapidly, from the front row of the crowd to the last row, the voices of more than 1000 gnolls joined in the summoning of Yenogu, the king of gnolls.

The frenzied shouting lasted for a while, and the Priest Gnoll crossed his torch in front of him, the sound stopped suddenly, and all the Gnolls focused their eyes on the new leader of the Gnoll.

At this time, the leader of the wolf man already had a sharp curved blade in his hand. He slowly raised the knife above his head, and with a scream, the head of the lizardman slave was chopped off.

The jackals were boiling.

A second bugbear slave was brought up and knelt beside the body of the first.

The blessing ceremony of Yeenoghu, the king of gnolls, continued. The procedure of calling and beheading was repeated alternately. Ten slaves were all killed. Every time a slave was killed, the wolves burst into a burst of praise for the king of gnolls. The cheers were louder and louder.

Every cheer made the leader of the wolf man stronger, and the wounds all over his body were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When the killing was over, the gnoll priest and Yeenoghu's fangs began to dance again, and the gnolls began to call the name of the gnoll king again.

Another creature was brought up, a gigantic buffalo, stumbling about with ropes attached to its feet, and the gnoll warriors surrounded it and drove it with spears to the presence of the gnoll leader.

The leader of the wolf man and the bison looked at each other, and then the leader of the wolf man reached out and grabbed the horn of the bison, and then continued to look at each other.

The wolf man priest led Yeenogu's fangs to surround the wolf man leader and the buffalo, and began to chant spells, praying for the blessing of their gods with every sentence.

Thorne, who was hiding in the dark, heard the meaning of these spells. It was the spell of the second-ring magic spell "Power of the Bull". It was a magic spell that could temporarily increase the recipient's strength attribute by 4 points, but the actions of casting the spell were different.

Although Thorne didn't quite understand it, he knew that the power of this divine spell was very powerful, because he could feel the fluctuation of magic. This spell of buffing power should be permanent, which is why the power of the leader of the large wolf man tribe The main reason for the high attributes.

A strange light appeared around the bison and the leader of the gnoll. More and more light came out from the body of the bison, approached the leader of the gnoll, and was absorbed by his body. Each beam of light carried some power, and soon the bison His legs began to tremble, and each beam of light made the gnoll leader stronger.

When everything fell silent, the gnolls looked at the leader of the gnolls expectantly.

The leader of the gnoll and the bison continued to look at each other. The leader of the gnoll suddenly exerted force and turned the head of the bull downward. The head of the bull was turned over. The leader of the gnoll continued to twist, turning the whole body of the bison 360 degrees.

The chief gnoll held this position for a while, then let go, and the bull fell.

"The great king of the gnolls!!!" the leader of the gnolls raised his hands into the deep night sky and shouted.

A force emanated from him, sweeping through the silent crowd of wolves.

The wolf man priest and Yeenoghu's fangs began to circle around Yeenoghu's statue again, and soon, the call sounded again.

A second creature was brought up, a huge wildcat with a noose around its neck, which growled and approached the leader of the gnolls, ready to attack him.

But the leader of the wolf man didn't care. He even waved his hand confidently to let the guards around him leave. Then he bent down and stared coldly into the wild cat's eyes.

The leader of the gnoll and the wild cat looked at each other, and suddenly the wild cat rushed over without warning. It growled in its mouth, separated its claws, and jumped forward suddenly, but the leader of the gnoll easily grabbed it in his hand.

The wild cat struggled frantically, but its claws and teeth could not attack its opponent.

The leader of the gnolls stood up and easily lifted the struggling wild cat over his head.

He held this position for a long time, called out the name of the King of Gnolls again, and started to move.

His speed was getting faster and faster, maintaining a perfect balance while tossing and turning, and then he stopped suddenly and twisted forcefully. The wild cat let out a scream and collapsed. The leader of the gnolls casually threw the body beside the bison's.

"Could it be an enhanced version of the second-ring divine art "Cat's Elegance"? Thorn, who was hiding in the depths of the dense forest, couldn't help expressing his doubts in his heart, and then continued to look at the jackals who started cheering again, and the jackal priests who were singing and dancing.

The Gnoll Priest was surrounded by six Yeenoghu's fangs, and the strange rotation reached its peak.

At this time, the skinny wolf man priest looked at the statue of Yeenoghu with a pious and crazy look, and as the emerald flames burning in the pupils of the Yenoghu statue became brighter, the wolf man priest let out a hissing cry , fell to the ground and twitched a few times, motionless.

Everything seemed to be at peace, the emerald flame of the statue of Yeenoghu disappeared, and the calling wolves became silent, only the astonishing changes in the burly body of the leader of the gnolls seemed to be telling something.

"Ow!"

A loud wolf howl sounded, and the peaceful wolves looked at the leader of the gnolls with longing expressions, and then they all rushed towards the leader of the gnolls regardless of the obstruction of the abyss gnoll guards.

Looking at the rioting Gnoll camp, the hidden Thorne finally got his chance.

Although the leader of the gnolls has received the blessing ceremony, there is still one last link, which is to use absolute power to suppress all the rioting gnolls.

If the leader of the gnolls is killed by other gnolls during the riot, the wolf who killed the leader of the gnolls will regain this power.

This is why it was said at the meeting in Fallstown that when the Wolf Man tribe elects a new leader, it is the best time for them to attack the Wolf Man tribe.

(End of this chapter)