Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 301 The Dark Maiden
In the dark area, there is a clearing deep in the dense forest full of Zeke wood mushrooms. A bright but non-blinding blue-white light quietly floats in the forest, combining the silver-white long hair of three slender female drow The delicate cheeks of ebony color are clearly reflected.

This is the moonfire of the dark girl Eilistraee. It is a magic spell exclusively for the followers of the dark girl. It can not only be used as a light source for reading, a way to find someone, and guide others and a specific location.

It will even be used as moonlight by his followers in the Underdark, a place where sunlight can never reach.

All in all, the role of moonfire in all aspects is undoubtedly the strongest moonlight.

The bright moonfire suspends quietly in mid-air, shining with soft blue and white light, casting all its selfless light on a drow girl wearing the robe of the priestess of Lolth.

At the same time, two other drow elves wearing a translucent silver-white veil stood quietly in front of the drow girl against the light.

Under the long silver-white hair fluctuating in the wind, there is a cheek with a gentle smile, an expression that gradually relaxes the restless drow girl.

They looked devoutly at the blue and white light like moonlight, slowly put their hands together in front of their chests, and then gently opened their arms, as if they were opening their arms to the light to the drow girl under the blue and white light , singing:

"On the surface of the Realms, in the Great Land of the Sun, a Promised Land awaits you.

Come in peace and live again in the sun where the trees and flowers grow.

Spread happiness everywhere, use words, humor, songs and laughter to sublimate the soul...May the brilliance of the dancing lady selflessly pour on your shoulders. "

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Thorn, who was sitting cross-legged under a tall Zeke wood mushroom, put the messenger stone in his hand close to his body, glanced at the sacred ceremony not far away, and then signaled the crouching dragon beast prostrate beside him to stay away from this open space. .

Through the summoning conversation with the sorceress Anderina just now, he learned in detail about this dark girl of the chaotic and good camp.

The dark girl Eilistraee can also be called: dancing lady or silver-haired lady.

This is a very special deity, because he is the only deity of the good alignment among the drow elves.

The Dark Maiden is a drow woman filled with melancholy and sorrow, a lover of beauty and peace.

In addition to protecting all the kind drow elves, he also protects those drow elves who are eager to live on the surface again, and who are eager to experience the forest breath that has long been forgotten by their compatriots.

And the ceremony held by the followers of the two dark maidens is a sacred ceremony to welcome the priestess players of Rose back to the surface.

As for why this female player who devoted herself to Rose, the queen of the spider god, risked losing all her abilities and became a follower of the dark girl, what happened to it, in fact, it only needs a little guessing to know.

After all, as a priest of a chaotic and evil god, it is not surprising that some things that destroy the three views happen.

It is precisely because of the ideal of the dark maiden that most of the evil drow are burning with anger against this good goddess, because this is a war between faith and faith.

Whenever a drow who is willing to pursue the goodness in his heart becomes a follower of the Dark Maiden, it is equivalent to the loss of one person's faith by Rose, the queen of the spider god.

As gods based on faith, competing for believers is an endless feud.

However, for those drow hoping to escape the spider queen's snares, the Dark Maiden is a welcome ray of light in the underworld.

Although the Dark Maiden is naturally beautiful and peaceful, she also burns within with a rage against the evil that most drow harbor, and when her followers are harmed, this rage explodes into wild action.

Whenever and wherever, the followers of the Dark Maiden are encouraging the drow elves to return to the surface world, and are committed to promoting the harmonious relationship between the drow clan and the surface races, making the drow a legal and kind person in the surface world. resident.

Help the weak as well as the strong.

It is necessary to help gentlemen as well as brutal men.

To love peace, but also to fight evil.

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To protect and support all people and to promote harmony among all races.

Help outsiders, shelter the homeless, and relieve those in deep trouble.

This is the teaching of the Dark Maiden, which speaks volumes of the goddess's benevolent, gentle and kind nature.

Although the Dark Maiden has blazed her own path, one that welcomes people of all races to live happily and be free in all necessary respects, there are very few individuals—dark elves or not—who appreciate this path. few.

Because whether in the dark regions or in the light places on the surface, the followers of the dark maiden are always prejudiced and superstitious, rude and wrongly suspected.

The inhabitants of the surface regard them as the evil vanguard of the Spider Queen who will drag the entire continent into darkness.

And those drow who follow the way of Lolth or other evil gods regard them as invaders disguised as dark elves, and they are all preparing for the upcoming extermination war.

This feeling of being excluded is very similar to that of mixed races on the mainland, and Thorne has a deep understanding of this.

Dark Maiden is the goddess in charge of song and beauty, kindness and light. Her followers always like to present a song or dance in a forest or under the moonlight at night (the less clothes they wear, the better) Come and worship Him.

Thorne at this time finally understood the last solemn reminder from Anderina, why he was told to stay away from the followers of the dark girl as much as possible.

Just dance if you dance, so what are you doing exposing, and you need to put a light above your head, Thorne is really puzzled by the hobby of this good goddess.

Is it the same for male drow who believe in dark maidens?If this is the case, will the passers-by who saw him beat him to death?
Thorne involuntarily popped up this question in his heart, and then felt a chill for no reason.

So in order to avoid being misunderstood as a voyeur, he immediately took his animal companions to the depths of the Zeke wood mushroom forest.

Zeke wood mushroom is a huge mushroom that can grow more than ten meters. In addition to serving as a canopy, the spores the size of a human head can also be crushed and used as grain.

In fact, the more important application value of this mushroom is the hard wooden stem.

As one of the rarest wood resources in the Underdark, Zekwood can be used to craft furniture, containers, bridges, platforms, and more.Those skilled craftsmen can also use processes such as dyeing, sanding and polishing to produce various exquisite patterns on the surface of Zeke wood.

Moreover, in the Underdark Region, wanton deforestation will not attract the natural wrath of the druids, and the only thing to worry about is the hidden underground monsters.

Thorne dragged his tired body and sat on the cold rock, thrust the long sword upside down in front of him, leaned his whole body against the mushroom handle behind him, and thought about some things that gave him a headache.

Because he is in a bit of trouble now, if he wants to ask the Dilro dwarves in Lighthouse Town to help him forge weapons, he must kill at least 100 drow.

For him, this task was originally thought to be very simple. With his stealth ability, as long as he guarded the edge of the sphere of influence of Rezim King City, a large number of stupid drow patrol teams would come spontaneously to give him the head every day.

However, the reality is so skinny. After he personally tried an ambush, he finally understood why some people think that as long as surface adventurers can enter the Underdark and go back and forth once, it is a small achievement worth recording.

After ambushing a patrol team, it was like stabbing a hornet's nest. Even if they finally killed the two tauren, after a while, a large group of vicious bats and dormant pseudo-monsters came along with the smell of blood. Like a dinner party, they arrived almost at the same time.

Then, just like a street fight in the underworld, they fought together, and more and more people joined in the fun. Of course, they are not a melon-eating group to watch the fun.

In the end, they took advantage of the multi-party melee to get rid of the tracking of the underground monsters and came to this hidden place established by the followers of the dark girl.

Moreover, this place is still within the sphere of influence of the Rezim King City, and there are often drow patrols to wipe out the surrounding monsters. What if it is those mazes and tunnels that no one has set foot on?

Thorne didn't know, and didn't bother to think about it, because he didn't dare to try it with curiosity.

Originally, he thought that the task given to him by the Dilo dwarf who had a bitter hatred for the drow elves was very simple.

Now it seems that it is obviously impossible to complete it in a short time.

So he thought that if he wanted to complete the task as soon as possible, the stupid method of ambush was not advisable at all, and he had to try other methods.

After thinking about it, Thorne finally felt that he still needed to go to the underground bar in Lighthouse Town to find out some information. Perhaps the people there had a better understanding of the living habits of the drow.

However, when he thought of seeing that troubled girl who wanted to keep him as a pet again, he had a headache again.

So after Thorn calmed down, he sat cross-legged here and began to slowly recover his strength, preparing to wait until his state returned to full before going to Lighthouse Town.

Suddenly, a slight sound of footsteps caused Thorn, who was meditating, to open his eyes suddenly, and then his right hand involuntarily touched the position of the hilt of the sword, and it seemed to have become an instinct for him to draw the sword if there was a disagreement.

Since there is no sunshine or stars in the entire underground world, he can't tell what time period it is, and he doesn't have a sense of time, and he doesn't know exactly how long it has passed.

However, he can still hear the faint singing voices of several dark girl believers in the distant forest, let alone whether it sounds good or not, even if he listens to it, he can't tell whether it is good or bad.

At least it proved that those exhibitionists should still be practicing their voices there, so the footsteps approaching here are likely to be someone else.

So Thorne signaled the Volcano beside him not to act rashly, while he held the long sword in his hand tightly, and soon his body disappeared into the darkness under the blessing of the power of shadow.

"Huh, what about people?"

After the drow player Majia finished praying to the dancing lady, she suddenly found that the magical half-elf ranger had disappeared, so she stood there and thought for a while, then followed the direction where the other party disappeared.

Why is it called the Fantastic Ranger?
In fact, she herself doesn't quite understand it, maybe because the other player is different from other players, so she thinks this name may be more accurate for him.

And the character of this ranger can be seen from the sudden disappearance of the other party.

As a follower of the dancing lady, she is naturally very clear about the holy days and important ceremonies of the dancing lady, and as a devout believer and good at singing and dancing, she will also perform it seriously.

However, whenever they gather in the Black Pearl Forest on the surface to hold important ceremonies, there will always be some sneaky players sneaking in, making people very uncomfortable.

This incident made her feel very distressed for a long time, and even her firm belief was almost shaken.

However, the ranger player they met today, in addition to being very strong, obviously has a relatively good character.

Recalling the ranger's unnatural expression when he treated the ranger with divine magic, Majia couldn't help but want to laugh, and the way he calmly responded to the enemy was completely different.

If only the ranger could say a few more words now and then, and take off the hood that he always wore on his head, and see his shameful appearance.

As for why she took the initiative to look for him, she couldn't figure it out even more. Maybe it was because the other party, like her, belonged to a compatriot from another world, so it made people feel an inexplicable sense of intimacy. a reason that he thought was more appropriate.

In the tall Zekemu mushroom forest, the drow elf Majia searched back and forth with her pale red eyes, looking for the figure of a certain ranger.

When she found an adult-sized crouching dragon beast lying on the ground, her keen perception suddenly sensed that someone was standing behind her, and she immediately tensed up, not daring to make a sound.

"What's the matter?" Thorne looked at the sneaky back in front of him and asked, then put the long sword in his hand into the scabbard, walked to the side of the crouching dragon, and then sat on a rock.

"No...it's nothing, I just saw that you disappeared, and thought you had already left, so I came here to make sure." The drow elf Majia was startled, she pinched the corner of her clothes, feeling a little guilty Said.

"Then just sit down, I just need to ask you something."

Thorn looked at this strange drow with strange eyes. When he noticed that the other party was wearing a translucent silver-white long veil, he immediately looked away and pointed to another rock on the ground.

Since this woman is also a drow and a player who has traveled to and from the surface, she also knows something about the drow, so he just took this opportunity to inquire.

"Were you also the Priestess Rose of Rezim before?" Thorn saw that the other party did not refuse, and after thinking about it, he didn't know how to open his mouth to break the awkward atmosphere, so he asked directly.

In fact, he was very surprised what these female players were going for when they chose the drow.

Do you think they are good-looking? At least in terms of his aesthetics, they always feel that their ebony skin looks very awkward, and it is full of the teachings of destroying the three views of the Spider God Queen.

"Actually, I don't like this race. When the game first started serving, I only stayed in the Warlock Academy for less than a month, and escaped under the guidance of Ms. Melissa." Majia thought for a while, Choose to tell the truth.

"Since you don't like this race, why did you choose her at that time, and you can delete the account and retrain at the beginning of the game, just choose another one." Thorn leaned on the mushroom handle behind him, expressing his doubts .

"The game is a new life for me. It may be that the game is too real, so deleting the account and re-practicing for me is undoubtedly destroying another life of myself. I can't bear to do it."

Majia noticed the ranger's drooping eyes, her expression gradually became relaxed, and she expressed her opinion to Thorn.

Weird idea.

This is Thorne's evaluation of the woman in front of him. At the same time, he thought of the racial experiencer in Horn Town who liked to feel emotional about life, and finally turned himself into a war troll.

"As for choosing the drow... I was fooled by my friends." After Majia finished speaking, she took a peek at Thorne, and found that the other party's expression was calm all the time, so she was slightly relieved.

"Did you get fooled?" Thorne became interested, so he straightened up and cast a puzzled look.

"...They say that the drow race is a matriarchal group, and women have a very high status, and male drow can be beaten and scolded like slaves, so I am very curious and want to try it."

I think you want to try the pleasure of beating and scolding men. Thorne glanced at this seemingly innocent female drow, and complained in his heart.

Seemingly aware of Thorne's strange gaze, Majia smiled unnaturally in response, and continued:

"Although the status of women in the drow elves is indeed very high, but the spider queen's doctrine of destroying the three views is too speechless, I really can't compliment it, and then I sneaked out.

My luck was very good. Under the guidance of the female owner of the underground bar, Katerina, I got to know the followers of the dark girl. "

"That friend just fooled you?" Thorne tentatively guessed.

After listening to the other party's words, he immediately understood the reason why many women chose the drow without hesitation. It turned out that it was to better squeeze their poor male compatriots.

Are the female players in the Rezim Royal City a group of female boxers?

"That's right, in fact, she is still very adaptable to life in Storm King City. As a priestess of Rose, she also has an attribute template. As long as she has a firm belief, her status is quite good.

But what happened recently made her aware of the danger, so she had to leave as soon as possible, so she asked me to help her take an adventure to the surface. "

After Majia finished speaking, there was a hint of worry in her expression. Although the disciple of the dancing lady is to help those kind drow return to the surface, she is not optimistic about her friend.

As a priestess of Rose, she has lived in the city of Rezim for more than two years, and she has long been accustomed to the ubiquitous conspiracy and betrayal. Is it really easy for her to suddenly change her camp to good?

"What changes happened to Rezim's royal city?" Thorn's expression changed, and he became interested, so he continued to ask.

"Two days ago, there was a black dragon disaster in a small town, which caused heavy damage to the Wan Ruide family, which was ranked last. And our players' forces in the city of Rezim took this opportunity to unite and prepare to eliminate Wan Rui. The German family will take the place of this family and become the upstart of the Royal City of Rezim."

Although Majia didn't know why the ranger from the surface was so concerned about these things, she didn't ask too much, but patiently answered his questions:

"And my friend is not optimistic about this matter. She thinks that our players do not have the strength to overthrow the Wanruide family, so in order to save their lives, they risked relegation and prepared to dedicate their beliefs to the dancing lady. "

"So that's it." Thorne showed a look of surprise.

At the same time, he began to think secretly in his heart. He felt that if he could contact the players in Rezim King City, it might be easier for him to complete his task.

Hearing this, he felt that it was necessary to get in touch with the group of female boxers to see what kind of monsters and ghosts they were. The upstart in Wangcheng sounds like he's doing well.

"Then where do the followers of your dark maidens live on the surface?"

Having got the answer he wanted, Thorne originally wanted to end the conversation, but he didn't know how to end it, so he asked casually.

"Black Pearl Forest." Majia noticed that the ranger in front of her seemed to be very interested in the city of Rezim.

After all, it is impossible for a ranger on the surface to come to the dangerous Underdark region for no reason, and then think of the drow elves killed by the other party, she seems to have guessed something, but she tactfully did not ask too much.

"It turns out that the Black Pearl Forest also has an entrance leading to the ground." Thorne glanced at the other party and continued: "I heard that the east of the Black Pearl Forest is the Silver Pine Plain, and there is also a glorious city there: Deep Stone City .”

"That's right, Deep Rock City is located in the Silver Pine Plain, which is the safest place for our players, but because of this, many people have almost turned into salted fish." After Majia finished speaking, her pale red eyes stared at Ranger asked curiously; "Are you nearby?"

"I live in the Emerald Fields to the west of Winter City, only separated from the Black Pearl Forest by the Shadowmoon Inner Sea." After Thorn finished speaking, he looked away from the other party's curious eyes a little unnaturally.

"Emerald Field." Majia recalled some uncomfortable memories, because she saw many players who fled from the Emerald Field in the Silver Pine Plain, and heard many unbearable experiences.

Now in the eyes of this drow, the Emerald Field is simply the cemetery of their player group. I didn't expect the ranger in front of me to come from there. No wonder the opponent's strength is so strong.

"I heard from the followers of the dancing lady that since the hobgoblins of Hruk were defeated by the army of Winter City, these surviving hobgoblins migrated to the more northern forest of tranquility. Is it true?"

"That's right." Thorne didn't deny it.

"If you really can't resist the hobgoblin, I suggest that you players in the Emerald Fields can migrate to the Black Pearl Forest." Majia received a positive answer from the other party, and kindly suggested:

"Since the hobgoblin Hruk was driven out of the Black Pearl Forest, there is no fatal threat, and the players in the Silverpine Plains have set their sights there.

Under the leadership of more than a dozen leaders, they all joined together and planned to build a city of our own near the Black Pearl Forest. "

Are you going to build a city?
Thorne was stunned. He didn't expect the players there to be so powerful, and they all had the ability to build a city.

But after thinking about it carefully, there is no surprise. Since the hobgoblins in the Black Pearl Forest were driven away, there are only some wild beasts and ferocious animals left in the forest, as well as a few humanoid races. The command of the human race does not produce any fatal threat.

The main reason why there are no humanoid races is that the Druids in the Emerald Garden are strictly controlled. After all, it has almost turned into a deserted area, so they naturally don't want the tragedy to happen again.

If it wasn't for the hobgoblin's own death and extreme ambition, he wouldn't have fled to the Forest of Tranquility in embarrassment under the attack of Winter City and the druids, adding new threats to them.

"If they want to build a city, do the druids agree?" Thorne asked doubts in his heart. Building a city is not just a play, and the resources consumed are unimaginable. He doesn't think the conservative druids will let them mess around. Come.

Moreover, the Silver Pine Plain and the Black Pearl Forest are nothing compared to the unowned land in the Emerald Field. The land there is all named, unless the other party grants you a territory, otherwise it is a naked invasion.

"We're still negotiating, and I don't know about the rest." Majia shook her head slightly. She is a believer of the dancing lady, and she is not very clear about these trivial matters.

After Majia's words, Thorn, who had nothing to talk about, found that the drow had no intention of leaving, and he didn't know how to continue the chat, so he almost had the word embarrassment written on his face. Simply keep silent.

The two suddenly fell into silence.

"I've been chatting with you for so long, and I still don't know your name."

After a while, Majia broke the silence. She glanced at the ranger who was staring at the cold rock as if in a daze, stood up and extended her palm generously: "Let me introduce, I am Majia from Oak Village, the sword of the dancing lady." dancer."

Thorne looked at the generous drow, hesitated for a moment, got up and shook her palm, and said calmly: "Falling Town, half-elf ranger, Thorne."

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(End of this chapter)