Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 279 Blonde Girl
In the dark underground ruins, Thorne followed the footprints of the Ratman cavalry, sneaking carefully all the way, and finally reached the relatively well-preserved city ruins in front of him, which is the so-called area occupied by the Ratman tribe.

He hid in the corner of the ruins, cautiously looking at the passage leading to the Ratman area ahead.

It was found that a low wall nearly three meters high surrounded the entire area, and around the low wall, besides a dozen ratman guards and dire rats patrolling back and forth, there were also arrows made of bricks. Tower, the only access to the interior is an open iron fence.

"Fifteen Ratmen plus six Dire Rats, if we want to kill them quietly without alarming any Ratmen, it's quite difficult and time-consuming. Forget it, let's sneak in. "

Thorne looked at a group of listless ratman guards, frowned, and immediately activated the enhanced skill "Shadow Cloak" of the Shadow Hand faction, and he disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Although most ratmen are born with the special ability of "keen sense of smell", Thorne's "stealth" skill level is very high, and he also masters the shadow power of the shadow hand faction. It is not difficult for him to get in.

The reason why he chose to sneak into the Ratman camp alone was that apart from investigating the details, the main reason was that the animal companions he summoned found kobold captives inside.

If he can find out information about the Red Dragon players from the kobold captives, then their mission is at least half completed, and if they encounter an irresistible threat, they can return to the surface with peace of mind.

Inside the quiet Ratman camp, only the relatively complete buildings were lit with dim torches, making the camp no longer look so depressingly dark.

Ratmen are a group of cunning and greedy lycanthropes. Due to their relatively weak bodies, their individual strength is very weak.

From the complex terrain formed by various artificial caves and half-collapsed ruins in this area, it can be seen that they prefer ambush tactics when dealing with the enemy.

Thorne had also been in contact with the Ratmen for a long time in the sewers of Winter City, so he was very familiar with these cunning lycanthropes.

Thorne walked quietly while carefully looking at the various giant dragon reliefs left on the surrounding walls, as well as some scattered ratmen or dire rats wandering on the road.

As he gradually penetrated into the Ratman camp, through various remaining architectural ruins, he understood that his position at this time should belong to the living area of ​​the dragon-born nobles before Kimbatur City disappeared.

Because he can see all kinds of gorgeous mansion remains here, although most of them are in a state of collapse, but those remaining reliefs with magnificent artistic conception are obviously not something that ordinary people can support with financial resources.

Moreover, most of the buildings that existed in ancient times still maintain their original appearance, which directly shows that the strength of these mansions is not comparable to that of civilian areas, otherwise these ratmen would not be entrenched here.

At this time, Thorne's keen sense of hearing caught the sound of knocking, and his heart moved, and he sneaked away along the source of the sound.

Thorne hid at the door and looked into the bright room, and found a huge forging furnace in the center of the room. The burning coals in the furnace brought light to the room and made the cold underground ruins look warm. pleasant.

Around the furnace, half a dozen skaven bustled about under the command of a bald, gray-skinned dwarf.

However, these ratmen seem to be very inexperienced. Although the bald dwarf who took a sip of wine from time to time taught these ratmen how to forge weapons, there are still many metal objects with poor workmanship that are thrown away like hills. Stacked in the northwest corner.

This drunk-looking dwarf was so angry that he always had the urge to smash the rat man's head with a hammer.Obviously, it was a bit too embarrassing for the Ratman to learn to forge weapons.

"A gray dwarf teaching the ratman how to forge weapons does seem a bit inexplicably funny." Thorne murmured inwardly, then stopped wasting time and walked directly towards the destination where the kobold captives were held. .

Then, after avoiding several groups of Ratmen who passed by unintentionally in the camp, Thorne quietly entered a half-collapsed mansion and came to a corridor.

Both sides of the corridor are full of sundries such as wooden barrels and boxes, but there is a clean passage in the middle, apparently people often walk around.

When he walked along the corridor to the end, he found that the corridor was cut off by a fault, which seemed to be the result of geological activities. The entire corridor was torn apart by natural forces, and it deflected forward by about three meters. A bottomless cave.

Thorne didn't hesitate, and walked down the fault of the slope carefully, because this bottomless cave was probably the core area of ​​the Ratmen's camp.

As the fault gradually widened, an underground cave was finally formed. There were four bright torches planted around the cave, the walls were covered with glowing fungi, and there were two ratman guards dangling around. go.

Thorn, who was hiding in the dark, looked at the wandering ratmen. Since the hole was only three meters high and two meters wide, the two ratmen were almost blocked by the cave entrance, which meant they wanted to lurk silently. Get in, it's hard to achieve.

So Thorne slowly drew out the dagger at his waist, and before the eyes of the two ratmen met, he quickly covered the mouth of one of the ratmen. Under the light of the torch, a cold light flashed, instantly slitting the Rat Man's throat.

When the other rat man turned around, scarlet blood splashed directly on his face. This rat man looked at the wound on his companion's throat that was still bleeding out, and the long and narrow rat man flashed a look of horror. , Just as he was about to speak, he saw a black shadow flash past, and then he felt the tingling pain of a sharp knife piercing his flesh from his neck.

Thorne grabbed the Ratman's neck tightly, and did not let go until the corpse stopped convulsing. Afterwards, he took care of the two corpses and walked in through the hole.

After walking along the passage of the cave for more than ten minutes, Thorne finally came to the cave hall after solving two waves of ratman guards again.

In this slightly bright hall, he saw some relatively well-preserved stone pillars and the giant dragon reliefs wrapped around the stone pillars.

"It turned out to be a hidden temple here." Noticing the stains that had accumulated over the years, Thorne couldn't help being surprised when he saw the complete murals.

It may be due to the fact that the hall is deep underground, so the murals here are relatively intact except for some stains left by the rats.

There are five carved murals on the walls of the hall.

In the middle is a huge dragon with a strong body, five dragon heads and a wyvern-like tail. Beautiful stripes are scattered on the torso of the dragon. Seeing this image, Thorne immediately recognized it as A portrait of Tiamat, the god of dragons.

On the left of Tiamat is a black dragon hovering in the swamp to attack adventurers, on the right is a red dragon soaring in the sky, breathing out flames, and preparing to burn down a castle, and on the outermost side is a entrenched forest slaughtering elves A green dragon and a blue dragon attacking a caravan in the desert.

"Could it be that this is the temple of the Dragon God secretly built by an evil dragon-born nobleman in ancient times." Looking at the reliefs on the wall, Thorn guessed the doubts in his heart.

Then, without further delay, he walked directly towards one of the rooms in the hall.

The moment he entered the room, he found that the walls and floor of the room were occupied by unknown fungi, emitting a faint purple light, which made the room look a little weird.

Then Thorne walked through this room and came to another spacious hall again.

In the center of the hall, a huge dragon-shaped sculpture was destroyed horribly, leaving only a pair of relatively intact longan eyes. This tragic dragon-shaped sculpture lay quietly on the ground, becoming a climbing tree for several young ratmen. plaything.

Obviously, this place is more like a playground for young Ratmen. Dozens of young Ratmen gathered in the hall, playing and having a good time.

The debris in the corner of the hall was piled up like a hill.

Broken armor, rusted weapons, wooden boxes, unknown figurines, animal bones, etc., are piled almost from the ground to the ceiling, looking precarious, as if they will collapse at any time.

In order not to attract the attention of these mouse people, Thorn deliberately avoided the place where they played, and walked inward from the corner of the hall.

Then Thorne gently pushed open a dilapidated wooden door, and disappeared into the hall under the unaware eyes of the mice.

In the end, Thorne walked through this complex underground passage, walking cautiously while eliminating the ratmen blocking the way, and finally arrived at the destination: the place where the kobold captives were held.

There was a tragic atmosphere in the room, and the three kobolds were tightly bound with ropes, and the other end of the ropes was tied to a large iron nail near the door.

Thorn looked at the three skinny and weak kobolds, thought for a moment, and then directly appeared and said: "I was entrusted by your red dragon leader Argotus to come to rescue you, little guys, don't Scared, tell me what happened?"

Thorn talked to the Kobold in Dragon Language, which he specially asked Professor Anderina to give him before he set off.In order to quickly master this language, he directly spent 500 practice points. At the same time, he also learned the Underground Common Language from Malvisa.

Since the dragon language contains a lot of hard consonants and the sound of teeth rubbing, while it sounds harsh, Thorne's speech is also very blunt.

However, when he saw the dim pupils of the kobolds gradually regaining their spirits, he immediately realized that these miserable kobold captives not only understood his dragon language, but also indirectly proved that the red dragon player Agotu Si, that is, Carlos' uncle is still alive.

"Wow, woof, woof..."

When the kobolds heard that their leader sent someone to rescue them, these poor little guys were so excited that they were incoherent, which made Thorn sound like a puppy barking, and didn't understand what they were talking about What.

"Wang, woof... Master Argotus... finally remembered his most loyal servant... sent someone to rescue us... woof, woof, woof..."

Finally, a kobold who was so excited that he was the first to stop his tears said something that Thorne could understand.

Afterwards, Thorne directly untied their ropes, and then took out some dry food from the dimension bag, signaling them to replenish their strength.

So these poor little guys told him about the Red Dragon player while eating dry food, and finally gave him a general understanding.

The only thing that surprised him was that the three kobolds in front of him were all warlocks.

This also made him understand why the Ratmen still kept them here without eating. It turned out that they were trying to bribe the three kobolds by means of coercion and temptation.

However, these three little guys are very loyal to the Red Dragon player who hasn't met yet.

In the end, the Ratmen had no choice but to throw them here and let them fend for themselves. Otherwise, they wouldn't cry with excitement when they heard that the Red Dragon player specially sent someone to save them .

Afterwards, Thorne chatted with the three kobolds for a few words, then turned and left.

As for whether they can escape, it depends on his own good luck, and he still needs to go deep and continue to explore the core area of ​​the rat people.

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In the underground ruins, in a well-preserved temple.

The magic lighting with the constant "Light Art" emits a soft light, illuminating every corner of the room, and at the same time clearly reflects the well-preserved giant dragon reliefs.

In the deepest part of the temple, there is a spacious room about 10 meters high. The ceiling of the room is supported by more than a dozen wooden pillars carved into dragon shapes.

In the room, the boiling fireplace is emitting heat and light, and the walls of the room are decorated with the heads of various underground monsters: including the heads of three tauren, a horror claw, and the heads of aboleth and mind flayers .

On a comfortable sofa in the room, sat a quiet-looking blond girl, wearing a conservative black dress, holding a sharp long sword in her hand, gesticulating from time to time, as if she was practicing a A peculiar fencing skill.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

At this time, a hasty knock on the door broke the silence of the room.

The pale green eyes of the blond girl flickered, and she let out a soft and crisp voice: "Come in, Reiss."

"Crench!"

The voice fell for a long time... The door of the room was gently pushed open by a kobold in a black robe.

The kobold warlock named Reesus first glanced at the blond girl lazily leaning on the sofa and wielding a sword in fear, then stood there and hesitated for a while, then walked in gently.

Then he gently closed the door halfway, with a cautious look as if he was afraid of disturbing the owner of the room.

"How about it, are the ratmen willing to cooperate?" the blond girl asked casually without even looking at the kobold, her pale green eyes still staring at the long sword in her hand.

"Sigrid..." The kobold warlock hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly noticed a gentle smile in the pale green eyes of the blond girl, and quickly changed his words: "My lord Black Dragon Queen, those ratmen colluded with the dark elves." Together, I have completely betrayed you."

"Then how did you come back alive? Since they have already betrayed me, why didn't they kill you to sacrifice the flag." The long sword in the blond girl's hand paused for a moment, with a slight smile.

"That's right, those despicable ratmen were indeed planning to attack me, but under the desperate resistance of all my guards, I was the only one who escaped back alone." The kobold warlock recalled the death of more than a dozen elite soldiers. The kobold warrior couldn't help feeling a pain in his heart.

"You didn't tell the truth, because it is impossible for your two short legs to run past the four legs of Dire Rat." The golden girl leaned on the sofa, gently stroked the blade, and looked at the delicate cheek reflected on the blade , the voice is very soft.

"..." The kobold warlock looked helplessly at the blond girl, and said truthfully, "A man from the surface who claimed to be a half-elf ranger suddenly appeared and helped me resist the attack."

"A half-elf ranger from the surface?" When the blond girl heard about the half-elf ranger, her expression froze for a moment, a look of curiosity flashed in her pale green eyes, she immediately sat up straight and looked at the kobold warlock: "He looks like ....Is he an original resident or a player?"

"..." The kobold warlock noticed the blond girl who suddenly became a bit of a nympho, and didn't know how to answer.

"Tell me the details of that half-elf ranger. Tell me the truth, Resus, you should know what happens when you lie." The blond girl was embarrassed for a moment, her expression regained her composure, she stood up and looked at the kobold warlock, and said lightly .

"This half-elf ranger looks quite strong and can cast spells. As for whether he is a player, I'm not sure, but..." the kobold finished speaking, and glanced at the long sword in the blond girl's hand.

"But what?" It seemed that she noticed that the kobold warlock's gaze was on her sword, so the blond girl walked up to the kobold warlock and handed the long sword to his eyes.

"That's right. The long sword in that ranger's hand looks very similar to yours. The blade is all eight-sided grinding." After confirmation, the kobold warlock said truthfully. The long sword pointed at his heart threatening, it was hard not to remember it.

"If nothing else happens, the ranger who rescued you should be a player just like us." The blond girl stared at her sword blade, trying her best to keep calm.

"However, Resus, I am very dissatisfied with your performance." After a while, the blond girl suddenly looked at the kobold warlock, with a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone: "The half-elf ranger sacrificed his life to save you, but you abandoned him." I don’t care about my savior, so a coward like you must accept punishment.”

"Sigrit, you crazy woman! Idiot girl! I think you want to be crazy about Dragon Knight, you! I am your most loyal teammate. We are from the same camp. You can't come here for an outsider. Find an excuse to target me." Hearing that he was going to be punished, the kobold warlock, who knew he couldn't escape, couldn't help shouting excitedly.

"It's been so long, why don't you have a long memory?" The blond girl gave the Kobold Warlock a light green eye, and snapped her fingers.

Immediately, two kobolds over 1.5 meters tall pushed open the door and walked in, and then dragged the shouting kobold warlock out with ease.

Looking at the gradually disappearing figure, the blond girl walked to the window, opened the curtains, looked at the dark scenery outside the window with a melancholy expression, and muttered to herself:
"It turned out to be a ranger from the surface, so he must know the passage to the surface. He has been hiding here for hundreds of years. It's time to go to the surface world."

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