Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 287 The King of Baloo Flame Demons
The ratman camp was as quiet as death, and the dark corners were covered with all kinds of shimmering fungi, reflecting the corpses of the ratmen lying on the ground faintly, so that this dark dungeon looked extraordinarily weird.

The kobold warlock Resus's eyes gleamed with scarlet light, and he wandered among the piles of corpses bitten by dire rats, dire rats, and scavengers.

Looking at the deadly sword wounds on the corpse, Resus couldn't help recalling the scorching blade of the sword and the half-elf ranger covered by a cloak in his mind.

He couldn't help shivering, tightened his clothes, and muttered something in a low voice, as if wondering why the dungeon looked so cold today.

Then he didn't shy away from the rancid and bloody smell from the surrounding corpses, and stretched out a pair of small hands to rummage through the corpses.

When he pulled out a stained silver coin from the pocket of a rat man's corpse, he grinned and wiped it clean with his sleeve immediately.

Suddenly, when he was about to throw this coin into his pocket, ready to collide with other coins to make a pleasant 'jingle' sound, the dragon-shaped pattern full of magnificent artistic conception on the silver coin reflected a light blue light, which flashed away .

The kobold warlock Lessers stared at the silver coin where the light blue light had disappeared, his expression was filled with doubts, and then he turned to look at the blond girl sitting on the edge of the roof with her legs dangling.

Seeing the blond girl who was holding a sword in one hand and stabbing at will, the kobold warlock turned his attention to the long sword in her hand again.

I saw this long sword exuding light blue light, and every time it swung it in the night, it left a flash of blue light trace in the air, as if telling the opponent how sharp its blade was, how sharp it was. How sharp is the arc floating in the air.

"I think male drow elves look very handsome." Kobold warlock Lessers noticed the blond girl with a smirk at the corner of her mouth, and couldn't help expressing her inner doubts:

"That's why I'm very surprised. Haven't you picked up a handsome drow in hundreds of years? Even if you trained them from a young age, you can at least form a reinforced company now."

"I'm not interested in black skin. This kind of disgust penetrates deep in my soul, and I instinctively feel disgusted whenever I see it." The blond girl gave the kobold a sideways look, and replied seriously.

Then she held the long sword horizontally in front of her body, stretched out the index finger and middle finger of the other hand, stuck it to the light blue light emitting from the sword body, and swiped directly from the hilt to the tip of the sword. Become unpretentious.

"Look forward, don't bow your head!" The blond girl looked at the drow characters engraved on the sword, and couldn't help but whispered.

Then, she sheathed the long sword, leaned her elbows on her thighs, rested her cheeks on her hands, and dangled her calves on the eaves, letting the cold wind blow her slightly curly long golden hair.

Suddenly, a magical light flashed in the pale green eyes of the blond girl, as if she saw something beyond her sight, so she couldn't help muttering: "The workmanship of his long sword looks too rough."

"Why do I always have a feeling of Chinese cabbage running out of the vegetable garden by itself, looking for the feeling of being hugged by a pig." The kobold warlock didn't dare to speak out, and only slandered in his heart.

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The underground secret passage, the deepest part of the Temple of Tiamat.

With the wild rage of the orc sword master, the sharp blade in his hand instantly split the last male bully demon who was entangled with the paladin into two pieces, and the encounter with the devil also ended.

However, the joy of victory did not wash away the gloom on everyone's faces.

They all focused their worried eyes on a figure sitting cross-legged on the ground in the corner.

"This is a test of one's own will. No one can interfere. If you want to carry it, you can only rely on yourself."

The goblin wizard Malvisa glanced at Thorne who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, as if trying to endure great pain, and said slowly.

Then she patted the warg's head lightly, walked up to Thorn, and first glanced at the long sword Slaying Demon that he stuck upside down on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the goblin wizard locked his eyes on the demon mark shining with a strange red light on Thorne's left palm. Suddenly, her expression hidden in the pointed hat suddenly changed color.

So she immediately jumped off the wolf's back, walked to the front, first glanced at Anderina beside her, then directly raised Thorn's palm, and carefully observed the lines and changes of the palm imprint.

After a while.....
Malvisa, who wanted to understand the reason, seemed to be frightened, her petite body trembled slightly, she took a few steps back, and said in a voiceless voice: "It turned out to be the soul imprint of Callum, the king of Balor."

"Baro the Lord of the Fire Demon?" Andrina looked at Thorne worriedly, and turned her puzzled eyes to the goblin wizard.

"So, the immortal evil hidden in this piece of abyss iron is a demon lord from the abyss, not an ordinary Balor demon."

Suddenly, Thorne, whose expression gradually became more relaxed, heard the goblin wizard talking to himself, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, got up and asked.

"I'm fine, I've successfully suppressed it." Then, he noticed Anderina's worried expression beside him, patted the back of her hand, and said with a smile.

He had a deep understanding of the impact of the increase in the level of "Devil Power" last time in Shuangta Town, so he was not surprised this time.The only thing that surprised him was that this invasion of chaotic will actually made him struggle a little bit, as if he would fall into a desperate situation if he relaxed a little.

And as soon as he recovered, he immediately heard the goblin wizard talk about the King of Ballow, so Thorne immediately became very interested in the origin of this piece of deep iron.

"Isn't it thanks to the person in Winter City that you obtained this ability?" Malvisa did not answer Thorne's question directly, but glanced at his palm and weapon, and asked again.

"That's right." Thorne nodded.

"It's really too messy. How can the will of the abyss be so easy to resist." Malvisa was affirmed by Thorne, finished speaking with a reproachful tone, and reminded him solemnly: "Thorn , do you know? If you continue like this, you will die sooner or later."

"Is it that serious?" Thorne could tell from the tone of the other party that she was not joking.So looking at the imprint on the palm restored to its original shape, he said to the goblin wizard:
"Although the process of obtaining this ability is indeed impressive, I think that now I have fully adapted to this ability and can freely control the invasion of chaotic will."

"That's because you don't know how terrifying the will of the abyss is." Malvisa mounted the wolf on the back again, pressed down on the brim of her hat, and a trace of fear flashed in her pale red eyes:
"Many scholars who have done countless studies on the bottomless abyss believe that the bottomless abyss is not a simple plane, it has a very unique will. However, unlike the will understood by ordinary people, the will of the abyss does not have the ability to think, it is more It is more like a collection of pan-consciousness, because this will acts completely according to instinct, and its instinct is chaos and evil."

"You mean that the will of the abyss is similar to a god, but the difference is that it does not require belief, and no one will believe in it. It more represents the abyss itself, representing absolute chaos and destruction." Anderina After pondering for a while, he expressed his guesses that he had understood.

"That's right, so when a demon is promoted to become a demon lord, the will of the abyss will favor this demon and randomly endow him with a unique form or some kind of evil and powerful knowledge.

This is why, many demons have been living in killing and destruction since birth, and have no time or interest to learn, but they can acquire a lot of knowledge that even the most knowledgeable wizards are amazed by. "

"I understand what you mean. That is to say, the abilities obtained by the demon mark in my palm are all gifts from the will of the abyss." Thorn, who finally understood the cause of the problem, said slowly with a heavy expression : "In other words, what I am fighting against is more like the will of the abyss."

Obviously, the demon imprint on his palm is condensed from the life essence of the abyssal demons. After being fused by him, this imprint will draw energy when slaughtering demons. Like a warlock, he will gradually awaken various abilities for him to use.

But every time he improves, he will face the erosion of the will of the abyss full of chaos and destruction.If he is a little careless and fails to resist, then the demon in the imprint will escape again, and he will fall into a place of eternal doom.

Therefore, what he needs to do is to improve his willpower so that he will not be eroded and affected by the will of the abyss while gaining this ability.

"Now that you understand, I hope you will pay attention to this issue in the future." Malvisa's expression was still unprecedentedly dignified. She gently stroked the fur of the warg to relieve her uneasy heart, and said to Thorne:
"If this is just an ordinary Barlow Balrog, you may be able to resist it because of luck. Even if you can't resist it, you can choose not to improve this ability and keep it as it is.

It's a pity that what you have in your hands is the life essence of Callum, the Balor Lord of the Balor. This Balor Lord of the Balor is the sixth pyre from the 21st floor of the Abyss.

I don't know how the messy guy in Winter City found this piece of demon metal, but I know very well that as a demon lord, they almost have the ability to be immortal.

Callum, the former king of Balor, was buried in the deepest part of the Doomsday Volcano in the sixth cremation pile for thousands of years, but he failed to kill him.

Even though due to unknown reasons, his strength has dropped sharply now, and it was only then that you tricked him into fusing it and obtained part of his abilities, but it is by no means something you can control.

Perhaps his hidden deepest consciousness is accumulating strength, ready to attack you at any time. "

"It turns out that the problem is so serious, I thought it was just an ordinary Barlow." After listening to the goblin wizard's explanation, Thorne, who realized the seriousness of the problem, said to himself, and then his expression immediately became firm:
"But I have no way out now, so the only thing I can do is to improve my strength as soon as possible, suppress the imprint's backlash, until it is completely integrated into my own ability."

"You can only do this, because you really have no way to escape." Malvisa saw Thorne with a firm expression, and said with emotion: "It's too crazy to blame only those people, crazy It’s starting to get desperate.”

"Since the doomsday volcano on the 21st floor of the bottomless abyss, the sixth funeral pyre, can suppress the Lord of Balor for thousands of years. Then, when you have the ability to go to the abyss, you might as well go check it out, maybe you find something unexpected .”

Suddenly, Malvisa seemed to remember something, looked up at Thorne, and reminded him.

"Having the ability to go to the abyss..." Thorn looked at his own professional level and the mark on his palm that made him feel hot, and his eyes became firmer again.

He understood that his road ahead might really become very difficult, because he felt an invisible pressure that was forcing him to keep walking until all threats were eliminated by him.

Thorn, who had pondered for a moment, knew that it was useless to dwell on this question now, so he came back to his senses and began to check the new abilities obtained through the upgrade of "Demon Power":
Demon power lv3 (20/2500)

Charisma +1, Intelligence +1
Skill: Knowledge (demonic) 10
Spell-Like Ability: wall of fire (2/2/day)
Special Ability: Flame Bloodline lv1
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[Blood of Flame (lv1): You have inherited the powerful power of fire from the immortal evil of the Ballow King of Fire Demons. This power gradually begins to penetrate into the deepest part of your blood and soul, allowing you to gradually possess Harness the destructive and destructive power of fire.

Regardless of any fire powers you use, your attacks deal (your Charisma modifier) ​​fire damage that ignores all resistances, and you take 5 less damage from any fire-effect spells. 】

"Wall of Fire is a good spell." Thorn glanced at the newly acquired spell-like ability, and he was relieved, because he was actually a little worried about getting the "Burning Body Explosion" that Balor Balrog was born with. ability…….
"Fire Wall" belongs to the wizard's four-ring evocation spell. Its ability is just like its name. It can summon a wall of burning flames. For him, it is a good spell.

He was not surprised by the increase of 1 point in the charm attribute, but what made him a little depressed was the increase of 1 point in the intelligence attribute, because among his six-dimensional attributes, only the intelligence attribute seemed to play the lowest role.

As for this demon knowledge skill, after mastering it, it will be directly raised to 10 points, which makes him feel very useful, so that when he encounters demons or demons in the future, he can easily recognize the names of these demons and the various characteristics he has mastered , it will be more convenient to deal with.

At this time, Thorne finally understood why Malvisa would let him kill the two Anzu demons first when encountering the devil.

The main reason is that in addition to the powerful offensive spell-like ability of "Fireball", this kind of devil also has the specialty of "Instant Spell-like Casting".

If An Zumo hadn't been killed by him first, then the group of them might have been hurt by the bombardment of "Fireball".

Thorne believed that the reason why he was able to acquire this knowledge and skill was mainly due to the rich knowledge of the Lord of Balor.

Ultimately, Thorn set his sights on his newly acquired special ability, "Blood of Flame."

Based on his 17 points of charisma, this ability can strengthen all fire-type skills by 3 points of damage, which doesn't seem like a lot.

But what really made him value was that these 3 points of damage ignored all spell resistance.Moreover, this special ability, in addition to increasing its damage with the gradual improvement of its own charm attribute, is also a special ability that can upgrade its level, which represents infinite possibilities in the future.

Generally speaking, this ability inherited from Balor's demon did give him great strength, but it also brought a lot of dangers, so that he had to take his future plans seriously and use it to guard against the abyss. Erosion of will.

Now he knows the method, except to improve his will attribute as much as possible, for the remaining methods, Thorne thinks that the improvement of Qi refining is the most critical factor.

So when he calms down, he must take the time to study how to improve quickly.

At this time, the pensive Thorne noticed Andrina who was close to him, so he couldn't help taking a deep breath, smelling the intoxicating fragrance, he resisted the urge to take her into his arms, but a touch of With a smile, he said softly: "I'm fine now, don't worry, there won't be any problems in the future."

Anderina looked at Thorne's slightly pale face with a nonchalant expression and a faint smile, and lost her mind for a while.

In the end, he swallowed all the worried words brewed in his heart, and chose to stand beside him quietly, bowing his head slightly, and remained silent.

Because she is very clear that as the relationship between the two gradually rises, there are many words that can be understood instantly with just one look. This is the so-called tacit understanding.So all she needs to do is to let him know that she has been standing quietly by his side all the time.

Seeing that Thorne was fine, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to go about their business.

Kurtiger sat cross-legged on the ground to recover from the aftermath of the berserk just now, while Malvisa walked to the gate of another world erected not far away, lost in thought.

Master Qingchen had a wound on his back due to the fight with the demon Xiongba just now. At this time, he was sitting cross-legged on the ground, and Peo stood behind him and used the unique "Lay Healing" ability of the paladin to heal his injury.

"Master Qingchen, didn't you say that your little crow felt the breath of jewels, so where are these hidden treasures?" After healing Master Qingchen's wound, the paladin Peo asked with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Master Qingchen first thanked the paladin Peo, then waved his sleeve lightly, and the little crow flew out instantly, heading towards a dark passage in this natural cave.

"That's the passage." Master Qingchen pointed to the paladin and said to everyone.

Soon, everyone followed the guidance of the little crow to the deepest part of the cave.

Then what appeared in front of everyone was a pile of treasures shimmering with golden light under the illumination of the light technique. Although it was not exaggerated to fill the entire cave, it was still full of visual shock at first glance, especially the scattered gold coins and nuggets.

Among the group, apart from Malvisa and Anderina who remained calm all the time, Master Qingchen had a calm expression on his face. Seeing so many visually shocking things, his eyes couldn't help but twitch.

"Such a big cave, but there is only a small pile of treasures. It is obvious that these are leftovers." Thorne, whose expression regained his composure, stepped forward to check, and found that almost all of them were made of gold and silver. There are very few precious items such as gemstones left.

"It would be nice to leave you a little change, what else do you want." Malvisa walked forward with a faint smile, waved her hand lightly, and a magic light flashed: "Not bad , worth a total of more than [-] gold coins."

When everyone cleaned up the treasures in the cave, the group came to the statue of Tiamat again.

"Mr. Thorn, I'm very sorry. I think I may have to go back for the time being." At this time, the paladin Peo was the first to break the silence and explained to everyone:
"Because there is a temple of the evil dragon god and a very dangerous gate to another world, I need to go back and report it to the archbishop of the temple of Tire immediately and ask them how to deal with it."

"Okay, then you can withdraw first, there is nothing else going on here anyway." Thorn said without paying much attention to what the other party said.

Under the suggestion of the goblin wizard, they did not choose to destroy the gate to another world leading to Bator's Hell, because the portal had already been sealed, and the strength of the few of them did not have the ability to analyze the portal.

In order to prevent space chaos caused by forcibly destroying the portal, it can only be left here temporarily.

The paladin Peo reported it to the Temple of Tyr, which just helped them solve this hidden danger, and also took advantage of the opportunity to completely destroy the Temple of the Dragon God.

Then the paladin Pao bid farewell to everyone, then tore up a teleportation scroll and disappeared into the light of the magic circle.

"It seems that the Temple of Tyr attaches great importance to this paladin, and specially equipped him with a city return scroll." Malvisa joked with a smile as she watched the paladin disappear.

Then, everyone did not intend to stay here, and was going to the Red Dragon player's lair.

"Thorn, if I plan to move some of the people in Horn Town here for development, do you have any objections?" The group of people walked, and Malvisa, driving the wolf, caught up with Thorne and asked. .

"This underground relic is not my personal property, so what can I say?" Thorn froze for a moment, then said with a smile:

"Besides, since the territory here is so large, there is no need to worry about the lack of room for development. However, the only thing that needs attention is the black dragon entrenched in the east. After all, these ratmen were forced by the black dragon to seek refuge with the dark elves. Do you think you Can the people here continue to develop stably?"

"The black dragon is indeed a headache."

Reminded by Thorne, the warg under Malvisa involuntarily slowed down, and she also bowed her head and fell into deep thought.

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