Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 298 The Chaotic Underground Fight
In the staggered forest of stalactites, the cold wind howled. In the shadows that the underground monsters could not detect, a patrol team composed of drow warriors from the stalactites quietly walked out of the stalactites. through.

On the outskirts of the drow-dominated city of Rezim, there are maze-like tunnels and caves everywhere, hiding countless ferocious underground monsters and evil humanoid races.

They lurk in every corner outside the royal city, quietly hunting those ignorant adventurers and underground caravans coming and going.

Full of conspiracy and betrayal, the rulers of Rezim's royal city are a group of drow who believe in the chaotic and evil god Rose. In addition to maintaining their own powerful rule, they also need to ensure the safety of the outer areas.

And these underground patrols composed of drow warriors are to eliminate the underground monsters that are hiding outside the king's city and trying to hunt.

Therefore, in this place where the sun can never reach, the scene of the identity exchange between the prey and the hunter is being performed all the time.

The patrol captain of the drow warrior led the four members behind him to walk cautiously in the shadows made of stalactites.

All of them wore a pure black standard drow cloak, and the hoods behind them also covered their heads, completely covering their long withered white hair.

On the flexible body wrapped by the cloak is a piece of light and soft drow-style chain armor, and the scimitar or rapier, as well as the crossbow are firmly fixed on both sides of the waist, without making any collision sound.

Moreover, they all wear special black soft boots made by the drow, which can help them move quickly and silently, and at the same time, their soles will not be cut by the strange rocky ground of the underground world.

In this world where everything is silent in darkness, even creatures with dim vision have no way to see the way forward in such an environment.

But for the drow elves, the impact is not great, because in addition to their dark vision of more than 40 meters, most elite fighters have keen hearing and strong spiritual perception.

In the complex tunnel, even if they knew that this place was not far from the city of Rezim, they would still be affected by the silent environment around them, so they were very careful with every step they took.

The patrol leader walked forward slowly with the help of shadows, and the surrounding team members were as concealed as him, and they were as silent as ghosts.

They couldn't hear the footsteps of their teammates around them, nor could they see their figures. Only the occasional drow sign language from the cracks in the rocks reminded them that they were not alone.

Experienced patrol captains expertly led them through the complex tunnels one after another, and they formed scattered formations in the relatively wide tunnels and cave halls.

They swept through the dark corners like a sieve, hoping to find hidden underground monsters or those who were hiding in the dark trying to act as hunters.

"stop!"

At this time, in a place where the terrain was relatively narrow and the passage was full of dwarf flora, the patrol captain used sign language to signal everyone to stop.

Sensing everyone's puzzled pink eyes, the patrol captain didn't know how to explain it.

Because when he was about to lead everyone across the terrain in front of him, an inexplicable palpitation suddenly came to his heart. Although he didn't know where the danger came from, he always believed in his perception.

He is the elite warrior of the Wan Ruide family who ranks last among the 56 families in the Royal City of Rezim. In a sudden but not surprising black dragon disaster, the Wan Ruide family lost their mistress and family. Two high priests.

Lolth, the Spider-Queen, instigates chaos in drow society and keeps the drow clan in perpetual kin war for her own pleasure, to prevent the growth of complacency and runaway pride, or to stave off the rise of rival faiths.

Therefore, in this royal city of Rezim, which is full of conspiracy and betrayal, it is not too unexpected for the war between families to start.

Every few years, there will always be some families secretly planning to eliminate another family in order to increase the ranking of their own family, because only the top six drow families have the ruling power in the city of Rezim.

This is also why those families at the bottom of the ranking will always try their best to weave countless conspiracies secretly to please the Queen of God Rose and gain a symbol of power.

Although the Rezim family is at the bottom of the list, it doesn't mean they can rest easy, because in the drow society, there is no shortage of commoners who try to overthrow the nobles.

The appearance of the black dragon disaster directly caused the Wan Ruide family's vitality to be seriously injured, and indirectly gave those civilians a chance to stand up.

"The fourth natural disaster? May the sun always shine on your heads." When he heard the surname of this family formed by drow civilians, the patrol captain cursed them with a mocking tone.

Although he didn't know what this weird family name meant.

However, he confidently believed that it would be a bit too much for them to try to annihilate the remaining forces of the Wan Ruide family with their little ability.

The patrol captain led the four people behind him to carefully check the surroundings for a long time. When they found that there was no danger, the whole group breathed a sigh of relief.

Because as long as they go forward about 100 meters, they will reach the boundary of the Rezim King City. As for the deeper part, they don't need to worry about it.

Afterwards, the patrol captain used Drow's sign language to signal everyone to continue patrolling.

However, the accident really came.

Just as a group of people stepped forward on the pale blue-glowing fungus, there was a sudden sound like a thousand sharp knives being unsheathed on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, all the flora under their feet grew sharp spikes, and at the same time changed into the appearance of thorns, swinging wildly and wrapping around the whole body of all the drow.

"Druid?" The patrol captain's expression changed suddenly.

He is an elite drow warrior with a lifespan of more than 200 years, and he has followed Priest Rose many times to the surface to ambush humans and elves, plundering captives and bringing them back to the ground.

So he is naturally very familiar with the attack methods of surface creatures, and Druid is the surface spellcaster he has come into contact with.

But it's a pity that the fragile plants summoned by the Druid he met on the surface couldn't even stop his running speed, so he easily broke free.

The thorns in front of him are obviously different from those fragile plants, because he has already felt the pain of the sharp thorns piercing into the flesh after being wrapped around his legs by the thorns.

His reaction was very quick, and he saw the two scimitars hanging from his waist unsheathed in an instant, accompanied by two flashes of cold light, all the sharp thorns wrapped around his legs were cut off, and he was free again .

The patrol leader who got rid of the entanglement was about to leave the attack range of the thorns, and suddenly his keen hearing allowed him to detect a slight echo of the bowstring, followed by a roar that tore through the air.

Just as he was stunned suddenly, the crazy thorns on the soles of his feet spread again, entangled his legs tightly, and at the same time, the sharp spikes pierced deeply into his flesh and blood again.

"Pfft!"

The patrol leader, who was blocked from moving, was unable to dodge in time, and was directly shot through the drow chain armor by the arrow shot from the stalactite gap, revealing a sharp arrow from the front chest.

The light orange flames and jumping dark purple arcs on the arrows also quickly spread to his whole body, as if sending off the drow patrol captain for the last time.

The moment the patrol leader fell down, the other four patrol members had already broken free from the entanglement of thorns.

After all, they are all drow warriors who successfully graduated from the Warrior Academy in Rezim King City. It is not difficult for them to deal with a group of thorns without self-consciousness, it is nothing more than a problem of cutting a few more knives.

The rest of the patrol members didn't even look at the dead man, and one even sneered gloatingly. They immediately dispersed and fled in the direction of Rezim King City.

"Pfft!"

Suddenly, a patrol team member who escaped the fastest was the first to be killed by the secret death arrow. Seeing this, the other three team members secretly rejoiced and continued to flee without looking back.

"Roar!"

At this time, a figure the size of an adult appeared in the shadow of the stalactites, and then the black figure let out a low growl, flapped the two leather wings on its back that were extremely disproportionate to its size, jumped up, and instantly caught a fleeing patrolman The team members fell to the ground.

When its sharp fangs were about to taste the blood of the drow's neck aorta, it suddenly paused, and its powerful jaw changed direction, biting the drow's shoulder.

A wave of neurotoxin was also injected into the drow's body from the teeth, causing the terrified drow to freeze instantly and unable to move.

The black shadow left the surviving drow, flapped its disproportionately small wings, and rushed towards another fleeing drow.

At the same time, another galloping black figure suddenly appeared on the staggered stalactite pillars. His balance was maintained so well that such frequent jumps did not make him fall to the ground.

When the drow who fled in panic found the hunter chasing overhead, a sharp blade shining with a pale orange flame had already fallen from the sky.

Caught off guard, the drow panicked, and immediately crossed two sharp scimitars, trying to resist this condescending fatal blow.

"clang!"

The moment the sharp scimitar touched the sharp blade that fell from the sky, in the deep darkness, it wiped out a flash of dazzling fire.

The turbulent force instantly spread from both arms to the whole body, and the resisting drow held on tightly to the scorching blade that was approaching the door.

He struggled to hold the long sword with two scimitars, and his whole body fell to his knees with a plop, trying to counterattack effectively by rolling.

However, when his knee was about to touch the ground, he suddenly felt the pressure from his whole body recede like a tide.

Immediately afterwards, his expression changed suddenly, and when he was about to roll to the side on the spot, the familiar sword blade came again with a scorching breath, piercing his heart precisely from the gap where the scimitar crossed.

The drow who was kneeling on the ground pulled out two scimitars from his hands, and his whole body fell on his back the moment the sharp blades were pulled out.

Thorn took away the booty from the corpse, passed over the dead corpse, and came to another drow who was paralyzed by the poison. A splash of warm blood caused the howling drow to stop his futile struggle immediately.

"Roar!"

Immediately afterwards, a ferocious black shadow floated in mid-air, and with a low growl, a drow descended from the sky. Amidst screams of terror, it happened to meet Thorn's raised sword.

A battle ended like this, Thorne didn't dare to waste time, and immediately started to search for spoils.

Just when the loot was halfway through the search, there was a faint sound of knocking and scratching suddenly echoing from the cracks in the stalactite pillars, which was caught by Thorne instantly.

"The underground world is indeed full of crises." Thorne paused slightly when he heard the voice, and immediately threw away the half of the drow chain armor he had just removed, preparing to stay away from this place of right and wrong.

After all, this is the first time he has wandered into the real Underdark to fight, so he must always be on guard against those enemies who act as orioles.

However, his movements were a little slower, and just as he was about to turn around and leave, a terrifying figure waved two giant claws and rushed towards him condescendingly.

"boom!"

Thorn, who couldn't dodge in time, turned around suddenly, and with the strength of turning around, the long sword in his hand slashed out with a pale orange flame.

The strong force collided, causing his body to retreat five or six steps in a row, until he hit a stalactite pillar before he stabilized his figure.

Thorne ignored the pain in his back, and immediately turned his attention to the enemies who came in surprise.

Dreadclaws!
A creature mutated due to the strong radiation and weird ecology underground.

They walk on two feet. They are strange creatures with a pair of sharp claws and a vulture-like head. A pair of compound eyes are extremely sensitive to actions, and their hearing is also very developed. There is also a gray hard exoskeleton attached to their bodies. It can be said that they are A creature that evolved entirely for hunting in underground caves.

They rely on their keenest hearing in the Underdark to hunt, and the Dreadclaw that appeared in front of them was probably attracted by the fight just now.

This Dreadclaw stood upright and was a full 3 meters high. The moment it collided with Thorn, the sharp Demon Slayer sword directly left a gap and burn marks on its sharp claws.

Its vulture-like head first glanced at several dead drow bodies on the ground.

Then, while screaming at Thorne who was not far away, he swung his two front paws and knocked on the hard exoskeleton of his chest, making a piercing noise echoing in the darkness.

"It seems that there are others of the same kind hidden nearby, and we must fight quickly." Thorn immediately understood that the Dreadclaw was staring at him, but had no intention of launching an attack for a long time.

Although it seems to be knocking on the hard exoskeleton of the body unconsciously, as if making noise, it is actually a complex language that only the Talon can understand, and this knocking rhythm can even be transmitted several kilometers away .

"Roar!"

At this time, the Volcano, which had been lurking behind the Dreadclaw, let out a low growl, jumped down from the stalactite pillar, and landed on the Dreadclaw's back, its two front paws firmly grasping the Dreadclaw's strong body. A gap.

The Dreadclaw desperately wanted to fight back, but its bulky armored body made it impossible to turn around, and the powerful upper and lower jaws of the Drake took advantage of the situation to bite the Dreadclaw's neck covered by the armor.

At the same time, Thorne had already put away his long sword, and a sharp armor-piercing arrow shot out from the composite longbow.

"Pfft!"

The sharp arrow pierced through the Dreadclaw's armor and sank into its throat, making its neighing stop abruptly. With the flickering of flames and electric arcs, the Dreadclaw wailed and lay dead on the ground.

The moment the Dreadclaw died, a dark blue flame the size of a fist flashed from another direction, and it hit Thorn's body directly.

Thorn immediately realized that there were other enemies hidden in the darkness, and instinctively rolled on the spot, avoiding the howling strange light.

However, to his surprise, the flame followed directly like a maggot attached to a bone.

And lightly hit his body, and then turned into a little light and dissipated, but the outline of his body was clearly outlined by this dim light in the darkness.

At this time, he was like a lighted candle in the deep darkness, so conspicuous.

"It's the drow's magic-like ability "demon fire". "Feeling that his whole body was enveloped in flames, but he didn't suffer any damage, Thorne immediately judged the spell being cast.

The main function of this spell is to make the target more conspicuous in the dark. Even if the target enters the invisible state, it cannot completely dispel the flames covering the whole body.

Immediately afterwards, a black cloud that did not exceed Thorne's expectations instantly engulfed his shimmering body, causing him to fall into darkness. Even with "dark vision", he still couldn't see anything clearly.

This is another innate talent spell "Darkness" of the drow elves, and it is also their best attack method when hunting in the Underdark.

——"Mage Armor!"

Therefore, Thorne, who guessed the opponent's next attack, immediately activated the protective barrier on the protective ring.

Arrows shot out from the crossbow roared.

"Ding! Ding! Ding!"

However, when these crossbow bolts were about to hit Thorne's body, they were all blocked by the force field and fell to the ground.

"It seems to be another patrol team. There should be six of them. Five of them are attacking from a distance. There must be one of them waiting outside the dark barrier." Through the density of crossbow bolts, Thorne judged the approximate number of enemies and Purpose.

So he put away his longbow at an extremely fast speed, drew out his long sword again, and was about to cooperate with the Fulong beast hidden in the dark to break out of the encirclement.

On the rock wall behind him, there appeared two Dreadclaws climbing up, as if to support their dead companions.

One of the Dreadclaws that approached Thorne first, with its keen sense of hearing, it easily locked the figure hiding in the dark barrier.

I saw its legs kicking off the rock wall violently, and the Dreadclaw screamed and swung two heavy giant claws towards Thorn's head.

"Damn it! It's really time to come!" Thorne cursed inwardly. At this moment, he was surrounded by two Dreadclaws and at least six drow.

Noticing the increasingly dimmer protective force field, he didn't dare to take the attack of the direclaw, and immediately used the telepathic connection ability to drive the crouching dragon to attack the drow who was shooting with the crossbow, helping him disrupt the formation.

Hidden in the dark, the crouching dragon leaped forward and threw down an unaware drow. Its powerful jaws also found the target, and its teeth sank deeply into the enemy's neck. The drow swallowed the last Without a chance to take a breath, he feebly dropped the crossbow in his hand and lost his life.

But Thorne chose to roll on the spot. While avoiding the sneak attack of the Dreadclaw, he also opened the distance from it, and also escaped from the shadow of the dark enchantment, and there was no darkness in front of him.

However, the drow elves didn't make him feel so good.

The moment Thorne left the dark barrier, the drow elves who had been wandering nearby immediately spotted this conspicuous figure enveloped in demon fire, and rushed towards him with a sharp long sword ready to go.

"clang!"

Thorn, who was lying on the ground and had no time to get up, held the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands, and swung the sword with all his strength.

The powerful blow directly lifted the long sword that the drow was stabbing at his vital point, and also caused the owner of the long sword to stagger back.

At the moment when the drow was still in shape, Thorn took the opportunity to stand up and prepare to fight back.

"Pfft!"

However, another Dreadclaw that he didn't expect happened to climb behind him along the rock wall. While smashing his protective force field, the powerful giant claw also made a slash on his shoulder. , hooked his cloak, and blood flowed out.

Regardless of the pain in the wound, Thorn immediately twisted his body forcibly, dodging the pursuit of the Dreadclaw's other giant claw.

Then, before the drows could entangle him in close proximity, they kicked off the rock next to them, jumped more than ten meters away, and directly evacuated from the battlefield of the melee, leaving the drows and the Dreadclaw staring at each other .

——"Deflection field!"

The moment Thorne landed, another protective barrier of the protective force field was activated immediately.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

Helplessly, the speed of the protective barrier was still a little slower. Two galloping crossbow arrows, which had already predicted where he would land, hit his thigh and abdomen respectively, causing his figure to sway and almost fell to the ground. .

The drow elf who was closer to Thorne gave a grin, and immediately threw away the crossbow, drew out the rapier from his waist, and went up to him.

"Roar!"

The figure of Crouching Dragon Beast emerged from mid-air, throwing the drow who was about to attack Thorn to the ground.

"Pfft!"

Thorn, enduring the pain of his injury, charged forward, stabbing out the long sword instantly, and directly harvested the drow who fell to the ground.

——"Spell-like ability: Fireball!"

Then he didn't care about the crossbow shot from a distance, and another drow who rushed over, a fireball the size of a washbasin directly smashed into the drow who was entangled with the two Dreadclaws.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by the roar of the fireball explosion, the staggered stalactite pillars collapsed directly, raising a large cloud of dust, and also buried the three enemies who were ravaged by the flames.

At the same time, another charging figure jumped up, and two sharp scimitars slashed at Thorne's shoulders on both sides at the same time.

"clang!"

When the scimitar approached, it was immediately tilted by the deflection force field, and Thorne took advantage of the situation to stab with his sword, a stream of blood splashed, and the drow fell directly into the pool of blood.

Seeing the death of their companion, the remaining two drow elves holding crossbows looked at each other, and immediately turned and retreated, preparing to disappear into the complicated tunnel.

Seeing this, Thorne stopped the Fulong Beast who was about to pursue.

However, something unexpected happened to him again. A sharp sword floating in mid-air suddenly appeared on the retreat route of the two drow elves who were about to disappear from his sight.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

Two cold lights flashed, and a bloodstain appeared on the necks of the two drow elves, and they immediately fell to the ground clutching their necks.

(End of this chapter)