Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 420 Night Watch
The wind was blowing so hard that it rippled the meadows among the ruins and rustled the birch groves and tall nettle bushes.

Clouds flitted across the surface of the moon, and the moonlight fell on the desolate ruins from time to time.

A bonfire was lit in the night, the birch branches were burned red, crackling from time to time, bursting out blue flames, accompanied by splashing sparks, the air was gradually filled with the smell of fireworks.

The old troll steward who was sitting by the campfire glanced at the carriage parked to one side. An adult-sized crouching dragon was lying on the bottom of the carriage. Its dark black scales seemed to merge with the darkness.

Through the rays of light scattered through the gaps in the carriage, it can be seen that the interior is shining with soft white light. While tossing his package, the old troll butler muttered to the little wizard sitting opposite:

"Pardo, you said that this person was fine when he set off in the morning. He seemed to be fine, why did he suddenly become like this?"

After finishing speaking, the troll old housekeeper kept taking out some daily necessities from the dimensional bag hanging on his waist like a magic trick.

Boiling pots, smoked pork, beef jerky, salted herring, sun-dried mushrooms, and concoctions like horseradish, juniper, and plantain.

"How can it be so easy to guard against something that involves the demons of the abyss. After all, the bottomless abyss itself represents absolute chaos and destruction. If you want to control the power of demons without following this consciousness, you must be mentally prepared to go Meet the erosion of the will of the abyss full of chaos and destruction."

Pardo closed the book between his legs, looked at the carriage worriedly, and then lowered his voice: "If he really can't resist, his soul will be sent to the bottomless abyss along with the devil , turning into the weakest abyss worm."

"Is it so serious?" The old troll butler looked shocked, and the hand that threw the seasoning towards the cooking pot trembled a few times involuntarily.He thought for a while, then wondered:

"Since it's so serious, why is the spell summoner from the Black Pearl Forest still obsessed with pursuing the power of demons, and why is there nothing wrong with her?"

"In this world of the main material plane, if a mortal wants to obtain the power of the bottomless abyss, there are usually two ways." Pardo put aside the book introducing the abyss demon in his hand, and said patiently to the old troll steward :
"The first is to use a very special sacrificial ceremony to reach an agreement with the abyssal demon. In the process of fulfilling this agreement, the abyssal demon will continue to bestow power on the trader. The black-robed woman in the Black Pearl Forest is did so.

This method seems to be safe and worry-free, and will not be backlashed by the will of the abyss.But after death, one's soul is very likely to be completely dominated by the devil, which is the so-called "cannot be reborn forever".So except for those who desperately desire great power and pay any price for it, few people are willing to deal with demons.

The second is to obtain the blood of the abyssal demon. As their strength continues to grow, they will awaken the special ability of the demon's blood like a warlock.That's how the tiefling player in Stallman Town, who has 50% of Barlow's blood, mastered the Flame Shield and Fireball.

But the disadvantages are also very obvious, as you can see, in addition to their own appearance will be very similar to the demons with this blood, they will also be like warlocks (more serious than warlocks), often unable to control the overflowing power to hurt innocent people people.In short, the demon descendant with the blood of the demon will live in painful torture all his life. "

"What about him?" The old troll butler subconsciously pointed to the carriage not far away.

"His method of mastering demon power is actually the safest and most secure method compared to the first two." Pardo looked up towards the direction of Winter City, and found that the light of the wizard tower should be blocked by a dense birch forest. So he withdrew his disappointed gaze and continued:
"This is a way for a strong-willed mortal to successfully fuse the demon's soul, and then steal the demon's power without paying any price. It is the safest and mature method developed by the great arcanists during the Arcane Empire period by combining the first two methods. fusion technology."

"The safest?" The old troll butler repeated, and the meaning was self-evident.

"It is indeed the safest, because what they fuse are the souls of some low-level demons. For example, cowardly demons, if they successfully fuse this kind of demon spirit, they can easily master the magic-like "smelly cloud" and "group Fear".

But it was limited to this. Compared with the huge resources spent on improving mortals, the gains outweighed the gains. Without breakthroughs, this research would eventually come to nothing. "

Pardo naturally understood the question raised by the old troll steward, and explained to him knowingly: "If what is fused is a fifth-order legendary Barlow flame demon spirit, if its own strength and willpower are not strong enough, it will also Will be killed by the backlash of the devil.

Therefore, most of the fusions during the Arcane Empire period were low-level demons.As for mid-level and high-level demons, they couldn't even think about it.After all, demons, especially high-level demons, represent the will of the abyss. If a mortal wants to control it easily, it means that he is distorting the rules, which is obviously impossible to achieve. "

Pardo was talking, and suddenly fell silent.

Seeing this, the old butler stopped asking questions, but continued to cook the canned food.

The little wizard Pardo got up slowly and continued to look in the direction of Winter City. Unfortunately, due to the low terrain here, he still couldn't see the light projected by the Wizard Tower of Winter City.

At this time, he remembered a record he had seen in the Wizard Tower, which described the latest research results of a great arcanist who was obsessed with researching demon fusion technology on the eve of the Arcane Empire's demise.

As we all know, outside the bottomless abyss, demons are not afraid of death. Even if they are lucky enough to be killed, as long as their souls are not imprisoned, they will turn into filthy pus and slowly reshape themselves in the abyss.

Powerful demons use arcane techniques combined with abyssal metals to create a talisman that stores part of their life essence as insurance.Once killed outside the abyss, this amulet can allow him to slowly accumulate strength in the precipitation of time and regain his new life.

The latest research result of that great arcanist is to use the life essence transformed from these demons after being killed, combined with the mysterious Qi refining technique passed on from Karatu Continent, so that mortals can combine this extremely weak life essence with themselves. The souls are completely fused together.

Then, with the continuous improvement of his own strength, he used Qi refining to suppress the chaotic will of the bottomless abyss, and gradually absorbed the power of demons until he inherited all the abilities of the abyss demons.

If this method is really feasible, not to mention mid-level demons, even high-level demons have a chance of success.It's a pity that the Arcane Empire has been destroyed long ago, and this research result has not been able to be implemented in the end.Pardo thought.

"Could it be..." Immediately afterwards, the little wizard was startled, and looked in the direction of the carriage in disbelief.

Fulong Beast seemed to have sensed the unfriendly gaze of the little wizard, then raised his head and gave him a cold look with the eyes of a predator, causing him to shrink back quickly in fright.

By watching the battle between Thorne and the spell summoner, he really saw the strength of the opponent.In particular, the summoned abyssal demons and large fire elementals, as well as animal companions and natural allies, were able to overwhelm the conjuration summoners who specialized in summoning.

What impressed him the most was the phantom of Barlow that flashed from his body when Thorne resisted Alice's "blasphemy".

At first he thought this phantom was an ordinary Barlow flame demon.

But as the phantom flickered in his mind like a slideshow, he instinctively realized that this was probably not a simple fifth-order legendary demon, and it might even be a certain demon lord.

Thinking of this, the little wizard sat down on the stone in a daze, looking at the dancing flames, wondering what he was thinking.

Time passed slowly with the big and small campfires, and the cold moon hanging in the night had already shuttled mischievously through the clouds many times.

When the pile of branches picked up by the old troll butler from the birch forest was about to burn out, there was a light knock on the door of the carriage, which shocked the two of them, and turned their gazes over.

Fulong Beast lying on the bottom of the carriage also straightened up and walked out.

"Little girl, how is Thorn doing now?" The old troll butler looked at the half-elf girl who was coming, and asked first.

The sleepy little wizard Pardo also looked over worriedly.

"This... I don't know too well, but I can feel that his breath is very stable, so it should be all right." Lilia stood there and hesitated for a while, twirling a strand of hair with her fingers, and said truthfully.

"No problem...that's fine." The old troll butler smiled comfortingly, and then said to the half-elf girl: "Anyway, I still want to thank you for taking care of Thorne, or let me, a carefree old man, come here , I really don’t know what to do.”

"It's okay, actually I didn't do much to help, I just cast a few magic spells to calm my mind." Lilia replied politely.

She didn't quite understand what the relationship between this very kindly smiling troll and Thorne was.

Although she could feel that the other party cared sincerely, what made her most depressed and puzzled was that the troll spoke as if Thorn belonged to his family, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

However, she did not express this dissatisfaction.

"It's getting late, you two should go to bed early, and I'll be on guard tonight. We will set off tomorrow morning. If we don't delay, we will arrive at Fallstown at the earliest afternoon." Lilia put the hood of her cloak on On the head, said to the two.

"How can I let you, a weak woman, come to watch the night? It's not appropriate. Let's do it together." The old troll butler quickly refused with a smile.

The little wizard who was yawning and opened his mouth enough to stuff an egg also nodded in agreement.

"Weak woman? I am not only a ranger, but also the priest of the forest goddess. The two of you together are not enough for me to fight alone." Lilia frowned while holding the long sword with sheath hanging on her waist.

"..." The old troll butler and Pardo looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

"You all go to rest, I will watch the night tonight." Suddenly, another voice sounded from behind Lilia, and the Volcano who just came over also roared.

The three of them looked through the dimming campfire, and found that Thorn had walked in front of them silently at some point.

(End of this chapter)