Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 220 Meeting the Paladin Again

The underground passage of the Tower of the Dead.

Thorne turned on the enhancement technique of the Shadow Hand faction to enter the invisible state, carefully avoiding the perception of wandering skeletons, ghouls, or liches, and walked towards the hidden altar behind the stone platform.

Ever since he mastered the supernatural ability of shadow power, he has begun to subtly believe that he prefers the dark and cold late night to the sunny day. Can't do him any harm.

Now, after nearly two years of living in another world, his eyes have long been used to seeing pictures in the dark. In this environment, he can still clearly observe any fine stones, insignificant dust, and wandering traces of prey in the underground passage.

In the dark underground passage, the only source of light is the flickering light of the will-o'-the-wisps floating in mid-air.

In fact, ghost fires are not a natural phenomenon, they are also a kind of miniature undead creatures.

It is composed of a group of 30cm wide semi-solid gaseous spheres, weighing about 1.5kg, and the light they emit is roughly equivalent to a torch in brightness. Although they have no vocal organs, they can produce ghostly sounds through vibration the sound of.

They consist primarily of evil spirits who wander the abandoned lands permeated with powerful magic, transformed after dying in agony and misery.

Imprisoned by dark fate and black magic, they survive by ingesting the cold breath of negative energy, fear and despair.

When viewed, the will-o'-the-wisps appear to be floating in mid-air, constantly shaking lanterns, occasionally emitting weak or distant whispers that are creepy.

This undead creature can easily be mistaken for a guiding light in the middle of the night. When Thorn saw the will-o'-the-wisp for the first time in the emerald field, he was almost lured to the muddy death swamp.

In the middle of the night, their most common method is to use their own light to bring hope to some lost travelers, and use their magical powers to suggest that the other party follow it to a safe place.

Lost and unwary travelers are then lured to quicksand pits, monster lairs, or other dangerous places, where they feast on the pain of these travelers' torment and even the screams of their death.

They love to hover above them, snatching the breath of the living as they struggle for the last time, savoring the feeling when the last gleam of life fades from their eyes.

When these vile creatures fall prey to will-o-wisps, they may become new will-o-wisps, their hapless spirits coalescing into flickering flames around their lifeless corpses.

And the will-o'-the-wisps have a challenge level of at least level 5, have the supernatural ability "Ingest Life", and the special abilities "Spell Immunity" and "Natural Invisibility". The current counterattacks.

However, ghost fires generally do not take the initiative to attack. When they are frightened or frightened, they will immediately extinguish the light on their bodies, become invisible immediately, and disappear without a trace.

The vigilance of the will-o'-the-wisps is even higher than that of the most vigilant Lich, so whenever Thorn encounters the will-o'-the-wisps floating above his head, he always involuntarily raises his hanging heart a little bit, showing extra caution, Don't dare to make the slightest mistake.

After all, this is the old lair of undead creatures, and there are many corpse witches with the ability to cast spells around. If they are besieged without preparation, it will be very troublesome. He is not as powerful as a priest or a paladin with the ability to disperse undead creatures. .

The distance from the entrance of the cave to the hidden altar is about 300 meters. In order to prevent accidents, Thorne sneaked very slowly all the way. Fortunately, he had enough patience and finally arrived at the altar safely.

"It's the statue of the undead king Otis." Thorn whispered in his heart when he noticed the statue on the bloody altar that was emitting a stench.

The physical form of Otis, the undead king, is a fat, demonic creature with a goat-like head, spiraling goat horns, and goat hooves, with huge, powerful arms wielding a wicked skull-headed wand, two huge Its bat wings stretched out from behind, and a long snake-like tail with sharp barbs trailed behind it.

"Could this be a secret temple of Otis?" Thorne glanced at the spiritualized ghosts and liches around him, and finally locked his eyes on the thirteen coffins placed on the stone platform and one surrounded by large coffin.

Although he didn't detect spells such as magic, he could still detect the more vigorous negative energy on the large coffin with his keen senses.

Moreover, those humanized ghosts and Liches, every once in a while, would linger on the coffin with vicious and crazy eyes. Obviously, their mission of staying here is more like guarding these things.

At this time, Thorne suddenly noticed that the wandering undead creatures were commotioning, so he immediately hid his figure in the corner of the cold rock wall and looked at it secretly.

"Roar!"

A ferocious demon roared, as if giving orders, and the ghouls wandering unconsciously not far from it immediately received the order, and all staggered and gathered around it.

There is no significant difference in the appearance of the goblin except that it is stronger, taller and more ferocious than the ghoul.

This is an advanced monster formed by ordinary ghouls injected with abyssal energy on a whim by Odyssey. If the IQ of ghouls is like wild beasts, then the IQ of ghosts is like having the cunning of adult humans, even a little high. IQ ghosts will also follow the undead king Odyssey and gain the spellcasting ability of priests.

The ghost led more than 20 ghouls to block near the entrance of another cave, lying on the ground with all four limbs, making a posture like a wild animal preparing to pounce, opening its mouth full of disgusting mucus and screaming:

"Dragonborn who is overconfident, you have broken into the territory of the undead king Otis and offended the majesty of our lord, you must die today!"

"Dragonborn?" Hearing the roar of the ghost, Thorn's eyes narrowed, and he looked curiously in the direction of another hole.

When the ghost called out the other party's dragonborn name, the first thing Thorne thought of was the dragonborn paladin player he met in the tavern during the day.

As soon as the demon's voice fell, a dragon-born paladin dressed in silver-white heavy armor, holding a silver holy emblem, and shining pale white protective aura came out of the cave.

The paladin first glanced at the large number of wandering undead creatures in the space, as well as the ghosts and ghouls blocking him, frowned wildly, and said solemnly:

"Evil is spreading, justice must come, accept the punishment, evil undead creatures!"

- "Supernatural Ability: Turn Undead!"

The dragon-born paladin closed his eyes, holding the silver-white holy emblem in front of his chest, and the imprint of the shield and the warhammer balance was accompanied by high-spirited incantations, flowing with sacred brilliance.

Just when the goblins and the ghouls were about to approach the dragonborn paladin, the paladin suddenly opened his majestic eyes, and two holy flames flashed away in his eyes.

Immediately afterwards, the pale golden light array centered on himself and spread around, enveloping all the ghosts and ghouls that approached him.

"what……"

The goblin and more than 20 ghouls all let out a mournful howl, and turned into a pile of black ash with scorching smoke.

"You are a priest!!!"

The leading demon was not killed, but the fog of carrion and scorched flesh was all over his body. It looked at the paladin with fear, turned around and screamed, and was about to run away.

"Pfft!"

However, as soon as the ghost took two steps, it was overtaken by the following paladins, and a sharp sword exuding holy light instantly beheaded it. The ugly body of the ghost was like a severed Falling down like a dead tree.

A weird and distorted Lich, leather-like dry skin tightened on the bones, covered by a simple cloth robe, when it noticed the movement at the entrance of the cave, there was a vicious gleam in its wild and frantic eyes, looking towards The dragon-born paladin opened his mouth full of jagged fangs and said viciously:
"It's such a disgusting light, the undead land where my king sleeps unexpectedly broke into an outsider, kill him for me!"

Liches are undead creatures with memories of a previous life and driven by their former self-awareness.

They obey the orders of any dark beings that transform themselves into undead creatures, and while retaining their autonomy, they will also swear to serve their new masters. In the group of undead creatures, the existence of Lich generally acts as the middle-level leader and commander.

Moreover, with the continuous growth of their own strength, these corpse witches will gradually master some necromantic spells and have certain spellcasting abilities.

The angry roar of the leader Lich echoed throughout the underground space, and all low- and middle-level undead creatures, such as skeletons, zombies, ghouls, etc. wandering consciously or unconsciously, all gathered in the direction of the dragonborn paladin.

Facing the dense crowd of undead creatures, the expression of the dragon-born paladin did not change at all. He just stood there quietly, holding a sword in one hand and a silver holy emblem in the other. The high-spirited divine spells kept ringing, and the shining holy spirit Light swirls on the holy symbol.

Thorn, who was hiding in the dark, noticed that the will-o'-the-wisps had all disappeared after being frightened, and immediately took out the composite longbow behind his back, and moved closer to the direction where the dragon-born paladins were fighting the undead creatures.

Although the priests are the strongest weapon against undead creatures, their dispersing ability is not endless. The densely packed undead creatures cannot be dispelled by a paladin at all, not to mention there are more than a dozen people with certain spellcasting abilities behind them. ability Lich.

In the entire underground space, under the command of the Lich, all the undead creatures without self-awareness rushed towards the dragon-born paladin who was shrouded in the sacred light without fear of death.

The narrow intersection can't give full play to the advantages of the sea of ​​undead. The space where the dragonborn paladins stand, accompanied by the "dispelling undead creatures" is performed, and the mist that rises after the carrion is scorched continues to permeate, and the black ash on the ground also spreads. is constantly thickening.

——"Three-ring spell: Necromancer Torch!"

——"One-ring spell: Debilitating Ray!"

——"One-ring spell: Death Scream!"

——"Second-ring spell: stench ray!"

……

At the same time, wisps of negative energy emerged from the sharp claws of the corpse witches hiding at the back of the team, condensing into a series of necromantic spells to cover the dragonborn paladins.

Facing the attacks of various negative energy spells, the dragon-born paladin never broke even though the protective aura flickering all over his body flickered.

Moreover, the long sword in his hand has long been replaced by a shield shining with magical aura, and every negative energy ray of Lichs can always be easily offset by the shield.

Just like that, when the last dispersing spell of the paladin was used up, he quickly put away the holy emblem and took out five or six bottles of holy water filled with holy aura.

"boom!"

The bottle was smashed straight onto the rock wall above, and exploded in the air, and a large pool of holy water poured down one after another.

"Zizzizi..."

The dense undead creatures around were like piles of raw meat being thrown into a hot oil pan, and the place where the holy water was sprinkled quickly emitted a smoky smoke, which became charred and then spread to other parts.

The dragon-born paladin who had finished throwing the holy water handed over the shield from his right hand to his left without pausing, and then took the opportunity to draw out a long sword exuding a sacred aura.

He let out a low cry, and the dim protective aura flashed around him, becoming dazzling again, and then rushed towards the group of half-disabled undead creatures in one quick step, and began to kill frantically.

"Pfft!"

At this time, a sharp arrow with jumping arcs and flames tore through the air, and accurately hit a Lich who was about to cast a spell. With the arc and flames jumping on the Lich's head, the Lich twitched a few times, and then Lying on the ground lifeless.

"There are enemies behind!" The Lich, who noticed the abnormality next to him, roared angrily, and more than 20 skeletons holding swords immediately turned around and greeted him behind him.

Seeing the skeleton in simple leather armor and holding a sharp blade walking towards him shaking his head, Thorne remained unmoved, and still frequently pulled the composite longbow in his hand. Every whistling arrow could always take away a The life of a Lich.

Just when the skeleton was about to approach, the longbow in Thorn's hand had already been put away, replaced by a sharp long sword. Under the blessing of the holy warrior's ring "Sanction against Evil", Demon Slayer was shrouded in a faint sacred aura.

Although these skeleton soldiers have significantly enhanced their strength compared to the skeletons in the wilderness due to being silent in the strong negative energy atmosphere all year round, and they are much more flexible in action, they still cannot resist the slashing of Thorne's sharp blade.

Every time Thorne swung the scorching blade, the skeletons would fall down in smoke. In just a moment, more than 20 skeletons turned into a pitiful amount of experience.

Obviously, the level of undead creatures in the entire underground passage is not very high, otherwise he would not have dealt with it so easily.

The moment the skeleton was cleaned up, a bright fireball dancing in the darkness condensed from Thorne's palm.

"Boom!"

The explosion of the fireball echoed in this underground passage, and the skinny bodies of the last few remaining Lich were blown to pieces and turned into a pile of burning ashes at a speed visible to the naked eye.

(End of this chapter)