Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 285 Temple of Tiamat
"Did you find anything unexpected?" Anderina looked at Thorn who was frowning and thinking about the parchment, and asked softly in front of her.

"Why does the text written in Dragon Language look so awkward, it feels like it was scratched by a cat's paw." Thorn, who was not on the same channel, stared at the text recorded by Anderina, expressing his inner doubts.

The last time he was at the tower in Waterfall Town, he also saw the words recorded by the dragon-born lord in the dragon language, and he was puzzled by the awkward-looking characters.

But because he didn't master the dragon language at that time, he simply thought it was because of the poor handwriting of the dead dragon lord.

Now, seeing the dragon language recorded by Anderina again, this kind of puzzlement suddenly surfaced from the heart again.

"..."

After listening to Thorne's complaints, Andelina gave him a helpless look, her eyes flashed, and she pointed at the burly figure behind her: "Look at the palms of our paladin teammates, and you will understand why."

The paladin Peo, who was inexplicably lying on the gun, immediately stretched out his palm consisting of one thumb and three claws, and looked at it for a long time, a series of question marks appeared on the lizard's head.

"The so-called dragon language is naturally created by the dragon itself, and the size of the dragons gradually grows with age. With the flexibility of their small claws, let them write with a quill pen, Wouldn't it be too embarrassing for them?"

Malvisa glanced at the paladin who was still staring at her palm incomprehensibly, and explained to Thorne and Kutaig with a smile.

"You mean, when they record something, they never record it with a pen, but scratch it out on the stone with their little claws."

The orc sword master suddenly realized his guess: "That's why the words handed down by them look like they were scratched out by claws."

"You are the one who scratched it out with your little claws. Although my dragon claws are sharp, I swear in the name of the God of Justice, I have never used them to do such a barbaric act. I am a civilized dragonborn. "

The paladin Peo walked up to Kurtaig, bumped him with his shoulder, and explained to him seriously.

"I didn't expect you to be able to react to the root cause of the problem so quickly, Kutaige, what is your intelligence attribute?" At this moment, Malvisa cast her eyes on the orc sword master and asked casually.

"...10 points." Kutaige looked embarrassed, and then hurriedly explained: "I originally had 14 points of intelligence, but because of the natural punishment of the orc race, in order to gain 4 points of extra strength, I can only endure 4 points." Intelligence attribute penalty."

"Compared to most people with only seven or eight points of intelligence, you are already above the rank of officer in the orc race." After Malvisa finished speaking, she turned her gaze to Pao, the paladin, and said with a smile: "Then, What about you? There should be no intelligence penalty for the dragonborn race."

"Uh...of course not, my intelligence attribute is 11 points...." Paladin Peo awkwardly stretched out his claws and scratched the scales, but he still answered the question honestly.

"What about you? Half-elf ranger." Then, Malvisa shifted her smiling light red eyes to Thorne.

"Ms. Malvisa, the intelligence attribute represents a person's exuberant curiosity, rich knowledge, and learning ability. It has little to do with a person's IQ, so it is not what you imagined at all."

Seeing that he had only 12 points of intelligence, Thorne calmly and seriously explained to the goblin wizard in the eyes of the sorceress.

"Master Qingchen, do you think my analysis is correct?" Suddenly, Thorn noticed Master Qingchen with a calm expression, and immediately asked for his opinion.

"...That's right, little friend Thorn's analysis is quite correct." Master Qingchen didn't react for a while, when he did, he subconsciously glanced at his 13-point intelligence attribute, then smiled and nodded in response One sentence.

"Actually, I didn't say anything. I just wanted to satisfy my curiosity. Look at how excited you all are." The goblin wizard glanced at the druid behind him, and then brought the topic back:
"Okay, let's get down to business. Everyone has heard the message of this ancient dragon-born wizard. Although it was just a simple last word, and it died directly at the critical moment recorded, we can still analyze it. the cause of the destruction of the holy city of the ethnic race.”

"It was the five-colored evil dragon, the followers of the evil dragon, and the devils from Baator Hell that caused the destruction of this holy city." According to the recorded text, Thorne expressed the doubts in everyone's mind:
"Moreover, the mastermind behind the simultaneous participation of evil dragons and devils, as well as the ancient enemy of the dragon-born race and metal dragons, is only the evil dragon god Tiamat entrenched in Baator Hell."

"So, now I doubt very much whether there is really a temple of the dragon god Tiamat in the depths of this secret passage." After listening to Thorne's analysis, Malvisa said directly inference:
"Just now, Thorne also mentioned to us that he sensed the aura of demons here, so it is very likely that the power of demons still remains here."

"That's just right for us to go down together and purify all these devils." The paladin walked to the broken corpse of the dragonborn and said.

As soon as the words fell, he took out a silver holy emblem, first stuck it on his chest, and bowed gently to the corpse.

Immediately afterwards, amid bursts of magical light, the decaying corpse of the dragonborn turned into a pile of inconspicuous ashes, and was finally wrapped in a piece of cloth by the paladin Peo and put away solemnly.

"What do you think?" Malvisa didn't refute the paladin's words, but cast her eyes on the few people who didn't speak, asking for their opinions.

Thorne noticed that Master Qingchen, Kutaige, and Andelina beside him were all looking at him, as if they were asking him to make a decision, so he directly expressed his thoughts:

"The relics of the ancient times may have been forgotten by the world, otherwise they would not have been hidden here so quietly for so long. Since they are all here, I naturally want to go in and find out."

"Then let's go. After this is over, I will go back to Bugle Town as soon as possible to see how the batch of little goblins planted last year are doing." Malvisa waved her hand, signaling everyone to prepare to go.

"Ms. Malvisa, did you plant those little goblins yourself?" As soon as the goblin wizard finished speaking, the paladin Peo turned around and looked at her in surprise. Feeling a little unbelievable, he subconsciously blurted out.

"..."

Thorn glanced at Anderina beside him, and met her gaze, and immediately they looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

For the paladin in front of him, Thorne thought that the first impression he gave him was that he was serious, rigid, serious and stubborn.

But after these two days of contact, after everyone got to know each other well, he finally discovered that this paladin, the God of Justice, still had a bit of... a sultry attribute.

"If you have time, just find a girlfriend and don't deny yourself. The world is so big, there will always be other races who discover your sincere inner beauty and fall in love with you wholeheartedly."

Malvisa was not angry when she heard the paladin's reckless voice, but smiled lightly, and said to him with a sincere tone.

"Really?" The paladin Peo, who didn't realize the slip of the tongue, heard the words, his eyes lit up, he touched his crown made of small horn-like scales, and stared at the goblin wizard.

"Of course, in our Emerald Fields, there have been many enviable love stories between ogres, trolls or bear goblins.

After all, the race of the Appearance Association actually only occupies a very small part of the mainland.So don't lose heart, little lizard, you still have hope of finding your true love. Malvisa looked at the curious paladin and comforted her with a smile.

Thorne glanced at the paladin, secretly glad that he didn't choose any strange race at the beginning, then ignored everyone, and led Anderina, who was holding back a smile, to the depths of the secret passage.

"Brother, I think you should accept your fate. For me, a woman will only affect the speed at which I draw my sword."

Kutaige walked up to the paladin, gave him a sympathetic look, then reached out and patted his shoulder, left a word, and chased after the figure of the goblin wizard.

"I don't need to practice drawing swordsmanship." Paladin Peo muttered depressingly, strode forward and chased after him.

Under Thorne's leadership, the crowd walked along the dark secret path for nearly half an hour without seeing the bottom.

While walking, Thorn suddenly stopped.

He looked at the gradually increasing luminous flora around him, and immediately said to Anderina beside him, "Do you feel that the air around you is slowly becoming humid?"

"I can feel it." Andrina pondered for a moment, as if remembering something, and said to Thorn: "It seems that there may really be a temple of the dragon god Tiamat ahead."

"Why are you so sure?" Thorne looked at Andelina.

"Because in the main material plane, almost all of Tiamat's temples are built in natural caves, especially the lairs of giant dragons that have died for a long time. As we gradually go deeper, we can already feel the fresh air flowing from here, that is, It is very likely that we will reach a huge natural cave." Andrina explained to him.

"There is another possibility." Malvisa, who walked closer, glanced at Thorne's sheathed sword hanging around his waist, with a slightly dignified expression:
"As Tiamat's secret temple, especially the most prominent large-scale temple, it usually contains a permanent door to another world that can lead to Avernas, the first floor of Bator Hell."

"It's not that serious." Thorne looked into the depths of the passage: "If there were any, I'm afraid the devils here would have already flooded."

"Have you forgotten the dragonborn wizard who died at the door?" Malvisa reminded Thorne.

"You mean to say that the gate to another world deep in the temple is sealed?" Thorn immediately understood what the other party meant, but he was still a little puzzled: "Then why does my weapon still sense the breath of demons?"

"Instead of making wild guesses here, it's more practical to go in and have a look." At this moment, the slightly impatient paladin answered a sentence and walked towards the secret passage first.

"Be careful of the trap!" Thorne looked at the paladin who had already set off, frowned slightly, and reminded him out of good intentions.

Because he was now approaching the sphere of influence of the temple, he didn't think there were any traps or unknown guards here, so he subconsciously reminded him.

"thump!"

Sure enough, not long after Thorne's words fell, the paladin who was striding forward accidentally fell into a pit full of rusty steel needles, and the howling of wolves followed, embarrassingly echoing in the secret passage.

"..." Kutaige heard Peo yelling, and immediately ran over to help.

Seeing Kutaige dragging the flustered paladin up from the pit, Thorne walked over, pulled out a rusty steel needle from the opponent's butt, and said helplessly:

"You should be thankful that this is a trap from ancient times. Otherwise, your body would have been completely corroded by this long-expired strong acid. I really don't understand how you have survived until now. Let me lead the way."

"Are you okay, will you get tetanus?" Kutaige patted the dust on the paladin and asked.

"It's okay, I didn't break the defense, what's the tetanus, besides, I'm a paladin, and I'm born with the ability to remove diseases." The depressed paladin didn't care, and followed Thorn's pace with Kutaig .

In this way, under the leadership of Thorne, everyone came to the temple deep in the secret road without any danger.

"Thorn, I feel an aura here that is very similar to the Emerald River." Andrina looked at the deep darkness around her and the deep passage, and told him her feelings.

"In that case, there must be a secret passage leading to the surface hidden here, and I will investigate it carefully when I have time." Thorne kept this sentence in his heart, and then began to look at the surrounding environment.

In the entire spacious hall, apart from the snow-like dust, the most conspicuous thing is the Tiamat sculpture in the center of the hall, as well as the murals dominated by Tiamat on the walls.

In the murals, Tiamat, the dragon god, is surrounded by countless male consorts and worshiped by countless humans, demihumans, and humanoids.

In the teachings of the God of Dragons, Tiamat is the only being powerful enough to resist the gods and overthrow all tyranny.Therefore, all believers of the Dragon God are working hard and looking forward to the day when their Dragon Queen will drive the gods out of the main material plane and unify the kingdoms under the rule of the Dragon God.

"Do you want to destroy this statue?" Thorn looked at the statue of Tiamat, remembered the scene in Twin Towers Town, and expressed his thoughts to everyone.

"If you want Fallstown to be used as a novice dungeon by the dragons, it's up to you. By the way, Tiamat, the god of dragons, is the most vengeful. This is obviously a large temple. As long as If you dare to destroy it, you will be immediately sensed by the other party."

Malvisa didn't quite understand why Thorne was so keen on destroying the statue, but she still reminded him solemnly.

"Forget it then." Thorne immediately lost interest when he heard this.

"There is a secret door here." At this time, Kutaige, who was carefully inspecting in the temple, appeared from behind the statue and told everyone what he had found.

So a few of them rushed over immediately.

"I sensed the demons in this stone gate, but judging from the reaction of the weapon, the strength should not be that strong." Thorn, who walked to the stone gate, clenched the hilt of his sword, closed his eyes and meditated, and said Come up with your own ideas.

"This is a stone door sealed by magic prohibition, but people outside can open it." Malvisa walked to the stone door, felt the imprint of the magic rune, and said: "It was carved with dragon claws, it seems It should be left by the dead dragonborn wizard."

"My animal companion sensed the smell of jewels inside. I suspect that this is the secret room where the wealth donated by believers to Tiamat is stored." At this time, Master Qingchen, who had remained silent all along, answered a sentence abruptly.

"Then open it. A large temple left over from the ancient times must have unimaginable wealth." Thorne thought for a while and replied.

"However, if you think about it clearly, there may also be a gate to another world leading to Bator's Hell. Are you sure you want to open it?" Malvisa reminded again kindly.

"If the gate to another world in ancient times is really not damaged, it is impossible for the devil lords to break through this forbidden stone gate, so I still suggest opening it." Thorne thought for a while and insisted on himself the opinion of.

"What do you mean?" Malvisa no longer tried to dissuade her, but turned her eyes to other people, asking for their opinions.

"I can sense the evil in it. As a paladin, it is my duty to eliminate the evil." The paladin Peo took the lead in expressing his point of view.

"I have no opinion." Master Qingchen smiled and shook his head, not caring.

"Okay then, come here, little lizard, raise your long sword and cut at this rune, the restriction of this stone gate will almost be broken." Seeing this, Malvisa directly ordered the paladin.

(End of this chapter)