Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 200 The Temple of Melikai

To the east of Pushang Town, less than [-] kilometers away, there is an almost primitive jungle: the Forest of Tranquility.

The north of this forest is connected to the stretching Great Sword Mark Mountain Range, and the south directly extends to the Shadowmoon Inner Sea. It is the only way from Pushang Town to Shuangta Town.

The Forest of Tranquility and the Black Pearl Forest face each other across the sea. The Hobgoblin Heruk living in that forest was forced by the pressure of Winter City, so he had to take a boat and move his family to the Forest of Tranquility. While there was a serious threat, it also caused a certain degree of damage to the forest.

Facing the afterglow of the setting sun, Thorne finally came to the Forest of Tranquility, walked along the path lined with weeds, and gradually walked into the depths of the woods.

In this forest with almost no traces of civilized activities, there is no sign of a road at all, and there are dense canopy branches and leaves everywhere.

Fortunately, Thorne possesses the ranger's special ability "Pierce the forest", and an invisible natural atmosphere enveloped him. Whenever he passed the dense branches and leaves, these bushes seemed to come alive, gently shaking the branches and leaves for this person. The nature-loving half-elf ranger stepped aside.

Thorn's half-elven blood is exactly the wood elves, who are not as inclined to the study of magic as their close relatives, they are the naturalists closest to the wilderness, the strongest elves of the elf race, they are more inclined to physical abilities The pursuit, especially good at archery, and the talent profession is ranger.

Wood elves also have keen perception and quick steps, and can quickly and covertly walk through familiar forests. Thorne's wood elf blood also inherited the ability of "wild mask", which is why he chose wood elf blood The main reason.

Whether he is walking in the bushes, heavy rain, snowfall, fog or other natural phenomena, his concealment ability will be enhanced under the blessing of the "wild mask".

A true ranger would integrate into nature and experience its sacredness, and then be touched by the sacred nature like a paladin. Thorne is still far away from this step, at least he does not even have the ability to cast the second-ring ranger magic.

So he came here mainly because there is a temple of forest and knight-errant goddess Melika at the northernmost part of this forest. He intends to perform a natural transformation ceremony in the temple to obtain the second-ring magic of the ranger.

All kinds of small animals and birds can be seen everywhere in the woods. It can be seen that under the protection of the Melikai Temple, this is a forest full of vitality.

Through the weedy undergrowth, Thorne faded away from the leafless alder and birch, and finally disappeared into the shadow of the huge maple and towering oak.

Before he knew it, Thorne had come to the northernmost edge of the forest.

Looking around, you can find that the forest in front of you seems out of place with the whole forest. There are old and old trees everywhere, and one of the tallest and tall oak trees stands in the middle of the forest, which is particularly dazzling.

A large number of small animals and birds gather around, running and playing carefree, which looks like a harmonious natural scene.

A cool breeze blew by, and the trees swayed gently, exuding a strong natural atmosphere. Feeling the oncoming natural atmosphere, Thorn suddenly felt comfortable all over his body, and his tense expression gradually relaxed.

However, when Thorne looked at the oak trees vaguely surrounded by the bushes, his expression flashed in a trance, as if recalling some unpleasant memory, and his face twitched slightly.

——"Shadow Hand Pie (Enhanced Skill): Shadow Cloak!"

In the end, he stood still for a moment, waved his hand lightly, and his whole body was wrapped in a wave of shadow energy and disappeared without a trace.

Thorn, who had entered the invisible state, was still not at ease, and activated the "stealth" skill again, carefully walked through the surrounding ancient oak trees, and walked towards the center of the temple.

"It's not that easy to sneak away."

When Thorn's figure was about to pass by an oak tree beside him, the branches and leaves of the oak tree swayed slightly and let out a burst of laughter like silver bells.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Immediately afterwards, countless crazily growing vines surged from both sides of the path, covering Thorn's hidden figure.

"Can this be discovered?"

Looking at the dense vines winding towards him, Thorne's expression flashed a little helpless, and then he did not resist, but stood quietly and looked in the direction of the oak tree.

"Thorn, you are finally willing to come back. After disappearing for so long, you are still like a piece of wood. It's not fun at all, it's too boring." A clear and pleasant voice came from the oak tree next to Thorn.

As soon as the words fell, an extremely beautiful creature came out from the oak tree.

Her appearance is very similar to that of an elf girl, her delicate appearance seems to be delicately carved out, her head full of emerald green hair hangs down to her waist, her pair of crystal clear dark green eyes sparkle in the shadows of the trees With an eye-catching look, a loose and simple light green coat floats in the wind, and her slender body is looming under the clothes, making her look even more charming.

Thorne, whose hands and feet were all entwined with vines, looked helplessly at the prank-loving dryad girl who appeared in front of him.

Dryads are a kind of tree elves living in hidden forests. They are beautiful and intelligent, and their camps are mostly chaotic and good. The chaotic neutral lake sprites take lives like that.

Although dryads seldom appear in front of the world, when they become interested in certain opposite sexes, they like to tease them very much.

There are many dryads living in the oak trees of the Melikai Temple. They serve as guards near the temple and observe the intruders from a distance in the trees.

Moreover, they have the ability to talk to animals and plants. In a critical moment, they can even charm humanoid creatures to be fascinated by themselves, so as to turn enemies into allies. They are a group of fine creatures favored by nature and know a lot of natural magic. .

However, the only downside is that each dryad is bound to a huge oak tree by a mysterious force, so that they cannot leave their oak tree more than a certain distance. If any dryad does this, they will die in a few hours get sick and die.

In the same way, as long as the tree remains healthy, the dryad can remain charming and youthful, but if the tree is harmed, she will suffer, and if the tree is destroyed, the dryad will gradually fall into madness and eventually die.

"It's still the same. If you want to pass here, you have to beat me. Then, do you choose boxing or riddle?" The tree spirit girl walked to Thorne with light steps, and gently put the sword he wore on her head. The hood was lifted off, and he stroked the messy hair on his forehead. There was a sly light in the dark green pupils, and he looked at his face and said with a smile.

"Let's guess the punch." Thorne sniffed the scent of grass exuded by the tree spirit girl, lowered his eyes, and did not want to meet her gaze, so he forcibly replied calmly.

The other party is a dryad with a challenge level of 12, and all the plants around her are her eyes and ears. As the darling of the Temple of Melikai, few people pay attention to their pranks. Thorn knows that he can't escape the opponent's palm , can only follow the other party's wishes, and wait for her to have enough fun, so that she can leave as soon as possible.

"Whoosh!"

The dryad girl watched Thorne's funny facial expression and enjoyed it very much. Then she waved her hand lightly, and the vines wrapped around his left hand disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Okay, just like before, as long as you win once, I will let you enter the temple, and I will add another magical buff to your holy emblem." The dryad girl took Thorne's arm and leaned halfway on her body. Smiling on him, he said:
"Is the [Strength] Entanglement technique that I blessed you last time very useful?"

"Forget it, I'll guess the riddle." Seeing that one arm was moving again, Thorne relaxed, and forcibly endured the tree spirit girl leaning on him, and then changed his mind.

"Then you have to listen carefully. I have been thinking about this riddle for a long time before I figured it out."

The dryad girl blinked her dark green eyes, and suddenly leaned in front of Thorne, and whispered in his ear as a prank, and when she saw the other party's expression of trying to keep calm, she immediately appeared not far away like a butterfly. At the place, holding back a smile, he recited:
"Ye'erfen is small, with a bulging body,

Grows in the clay, with streams near by,
The little buds grow long, the buds are sad,
If you see a cat, you must hide it,
It sees it and eats it whole.

well, what is it?guess it. "

"..." Thorn pondered for a long time, but couldn't figure it out, so he quietly moved his left hand, which had resumed action, to the position of the dagger, and casually guessed, "Is it a pea?"

"No, I'll give you another chance." The dryad girl sat on the branch of the big tree, dangling her calves, resting her fragrant cheeks with one hand, and gently nodding her delicate cheeks with the other hand, with a deep smile that was not a smile. Green eyes carefully looked at Thorne's facial expression, and shook his head triumphantly.

"Then I can't help it. Let me go." Thorn, who couldn't figure out the riddle, dropped a sentence, and immediately drew out his dagger at a very fast speed to cut off the vines wrapped around his legs and right arm.

——"Shadow Hand School (Teleportation Skill): Shadow Walk!"

Immediately afterwards, a shadow energy cloud enveloped him, and disappeared in front of the dryad girl who stomped her feet angrily after reacting.

(End of this chapter)