Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 425 Going to Winter City
Dusk fell, and in this fading light, the Emerald River rushing through the whole town was glowing with silver light, and the distant sky was dotted with a touch of pink by the sunset.

Andrina, who was on the 12th floor of the tower, opened the curtains and opened the blinds, looking around the bustling market in the lower city. Most of the merchants were busy packing up their eye-catching products and gradually dispersed.

From time to time, there was a bark of dogs in the small town filled with the smell of fireworks, and the patrolling soldiers on the city wall were also changing shifts. The new round of guards continued to maintain vigilance, watching the endless wilderness.

With the Hruk hobgoblins occupying the Forest of Tranquility, the situation of the town of Falls has become more and more difficult, because they have cut off the trade route to Sept City, resulting in many goods in the town being unable to be sold. .

Many scarce materials are also in short supply, especially food.

Fortunately, this place is on the edge of the wild, can hunt to satisfy hunger, and has the entrance to the dark region, so it can barely survive.

But if this continues, the development of the entire town will stagnate.

At this time, a long motorcade caught Andelina's attention.

From the flying flag on the carriage, it can be seen that they came from Twilight Town, which is the farthest away, and she can easily judge the heavy cargo on the carriage, all of which are weapons and equipment.

As the five small towns in the Emerald Fields formed an alliance of lords, in order to completely expel the hobgoblins in the Serene Forest, they finally decided to take the initiative to issue a letter of war to the leader of the hobgoblins after the discussions of all the lords, and prepared to fight against the hobgoblins outside the Serene Forest. The open land of the world brings a fateful battle.

Therefore, Anderina could see the war supplies being continuously delivered to Waterfall Town from the other four small towns every day.

In addition to weapons and equipment, strong bows and crossbows, there are also various war equipment suitable for field battles and some powerful magic items.

Of course, there are also constantly assembled combatants.

A big battle is slowly approaching as time goes by. The war is like the dark sky at this time, making everyone in the wilderness feel heavy involuntarily.

"The war is over, and I don't know how many people will die." Looking at the orderly rows of stone houses in the lower city, Anderina sighed slightly in her heart, and reached out to stroke her hair, feeling a little inexplicably sad.

Thinking of this, Thorne's figure suddenly appeared in her mind, then she closed the blinds, turned around and sat on the chair beside the marble table, staring at the crystal ball floating in mid-air in a trance.

It has been half a month since Thorne returned to Fallstown with the old housekeeper and the little wizard.

But what made her depressed was that on the day he came back, he directly discussed a very important matter with Malvisa.

As for what was discussed, she didn't know the details, she only knew that it should be about the seer, and the two of them stayed in the room for a long time.

They worked from dusk until dawn the next day, and Malvisa came out from the No.12 floor of the tower.

It can be seen that the expression of this mysterious goblin wizard seems a little relaxed. It seems that she and Thorne had a pleasant conversation that night.

But Thorn's expression was very dignified. When he walked out of the room, he just confessed to himself that he needed to find a quiet environment for a while, and then he never returned, and he hasn't come back until now.

During this half month, he did not attend the meeting of the five towns against the hobgoblins, nor did he attend the ceremony held by the priests of the Mother Earth Goddess to establish the temple.

In short, he has disappeared for half a month. Although Andelina can easily determine his location through Taring, she knows that Thorne is a measured person, so she doesn't want to actively disturb him unless it is absolutely necessary. .

The strange person is also the goblin wizard Malvisa. When she saw Thorn leave, she spent a day making the tower spirit of the wizard tower overnight, and after giving her the correct way to use it, she also chose to leave the waterfall. Go to town and return to your own Horn Town.

Before leaving, Anderina also saw the goblin wizard standing on the top of the tower and staring in the direction of Winter City for a long time, sighing slightly from time to time.

The silent back reminded her of the scene when Malvisa shed tears in the Sword Tomb in the upper city.

This scene is so similar that they even overlap together.

Seeing the strange behavior of the two of them, Anderina felt inexplicably that something big was about to happen, but she couldn't figure out what it was.

Today, there are still more than ten days left before the decisive battle with the hobgoblin, and Thorne has been alone for half a month, so Andelina thinks it's time to find him back.

After all, Guan launched a war against the hobgoblins in the Forest of Tranquility, and the entire wizard tower had to practice a set of tactics with his cooperation.

"Taling, help me search for Thorn's trace." Andelina tapped her finger on the table lightly and ordered.

Immediately afterwards, a mechanical cold metal sound sounded: "Searching for the target... The target has been found... The target is near the Emerald Tower... Coordinates x13, y56..."

"So I'm hiding here for leisure." Anderina glanced at the picture that flashed in the crystal ball, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and then she got up and walked downstairs.

There are not many people in the entire wizard tower. Apart from his magic pet, the only permanent residents are the elf banshee, and of course the half-elf ranger who rarely returns home.

The rest are the old troll butler who can come and go at will, as well as the little wizard Pardo, the mind flayer Vel'Koz, and the new drow elf Alamir who are limited to activities on the first three floors.

Andrina did not choose to use the teleportation spell, but walked towards the outside of the tower on foot.

When she walked to the fourth floor of the planting garden, which was like daytime, her footsteps paused, and she found that the old troll butler had actually appeared here.

"Old housekeeper, why did you come back suddenly?" Anderina stepped forward and asked.

Seeing that the old troll butler was about to salute to herself, she remembered Thorne's reminder to herself, so she hurriedly stopped it, so as not to let him see it and say that she was feudal.

"The work of the gray dwarves in the city of ruins has been settled by me. The three little guys, Pardo, Alamir, and Vel'Koz, are also helping to engrave runes for the constructed creatures. There is nothing to do today. Just come here and take care of these flowers and plants."

The old troll butler held a small hoe in his hand and dug out all the flower seedlings and reclassified them, and then replanted the flowers: "I don't know who planted these flowers, there is no pattern at all, it's too messy, every time I pass by here, It hurts me to look at it.”

"..."

Andelina was a little speechless for a while, because the old housekeeper was right, and she felt uncomfortable watching it, but she didn't know gardening, so she could only let it grow, and then said a little embarrassedly: "Thorn planted it. "

"Rangers are masters of wilderness survival and rangers who love forests, but this Thorne, in my opinion, doesn't even know the most basic cultivation techniques and cooking food, no, he probably doesn't know anything about it."

Hearing Andelina's answer, the old housekeeper recalled the scene that Thorne set fire to the birch forest and was attacked by a black bird that night. While arranging the flower seedlings, he laughed and complained.

"Actually, I won't either." Anderina thought to herself, but she didn't say it out, but chose to explain for Thorn:

"That's because he is not good at this aspect of knowledge. As you can see, he is used to being a loner and has no interest in managing affairs. Therefore, the source of funds for the Wizard Tower can only rely on your old man Yes. Of course, if you want to beat someone, you can find him, and he is still the best at this."

"I've seen it a long time ago. When we escaped from Winter City together, I saw the general character of this person." The old housekeeper smiled and pondered: "It's not bad."

"Then take your time, I'm going out for a while." After Anderina finished speaking, she continued to walk down.

The old troll butler looked at the back of his lady leaving, and finally swallowed all the words that came into his throat.

In fact, he wanted to mention Thorne's unclear relationship with the half-elf girl to her, which made her a little defensive.

But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was not appropriate, so I suppressed this idea again.

Young people, they always have their own way of life, which is not something that old people should worry about.

Andrina walked through the woods on a not-so-flat path. The twilight shimmer cast on this ancient forest. The rose-colored light reminded her of the first time she explored the tower with Thorn, the corner of her mouth Involuntarily evoked a smile, and quickened his pace a bit.

After a while, she saw his figure in a relatively open area deep in the forest.

I saw him lying on the green sloping grass with his head in his hands and his legs crossed, with a small grass in his mouth, looking at the dim sky, the sun disappeared on the uneven horizon, and the sky appeared a dark orange light.

"How long are you going to lie here?" Andrina feigned displeasure sitting next to Thorn and complained, and then asked with concern: "How is it, have you figured it out?"

"Not yet." Thorne sat up, spit out the grass in his mouth, shrugged helplessly, and said with a smile.

"Then what should I do?" Anderina looked into his eyes, and she found that his face was full of smiles, and there was no trace of incomprehensible expression hanging there, which made her a little annoyed that the other party was lying. she.

So Andelina glared at him angrily, then turned her head away, showing a look of being too lazy to talk to you.

"Seeing you coming, I figured everything out."

Thorne looked at the sorceress who was pretending to be angry, patted her shoulder, and explained with a smile.

Noticing the other party's relaxed expression, he stood up straight away, and stretched out his hand to pull Anderina up: "Come here, watch something with me."

"What are you looking at?" Anderina's curiosity was successfully aroused.

After speaking, they were pulled by Thorne to a small hillside.

"Do you know what that shining spot is?" Thorne pointed to the south.

"Isn't it the Wizard's Tower in Winter City? What's so strange about it? I can see it every day from our tower." Andrina looked at Thorne in confusion.

Thorn met Andrina's gaze, nodded at her with a smile, then pulled her to sit on the lawn together, took her body into his arms, and gently stroked her cat-like soft back Back, while looking up at the wizard tower light, told her:
"A year ago, the lower town of Waterfall Town was attacked by hobgoblins. Although the people in the town relied on the terrain of the upper town to successfully kill the hobgoblins, the half-elves and our compatriots in the entire town suffered heavy losses. In this battle, not only did I lose many friends, but I also sacrificed my dearest ranger mentor."

Andrina put her head on Thorne's chest, grabbed his other hand with both hands, and listened quietly.

"It was also that tragic battle that made me realize that the pure ranger profession is too powerless. At that time, after I buried my ranger mentor, I sat alone in this place for a long time."

"Now you are no longer alone, and I am by your side." Andelina held Thorne's hand tightly, and answered softly.

Thorne kissed Andrina's forehead, and then said: "Now I still remember very clearly how much I longed for great power when I was sitting here alone. At that time, the wizard tower of Winter City The light suddenly became brighter in my eyes, and that feeling was like seeing a ray of bright dawn in the deep darkness, which was constantly guiding me towards Winter City."

"Then you went to Winter City." Anderina nodded gently.

"That's right, under the guidance of the light from the wizard's tower, I set off overnight and headed towards Winter City, and met the old man who taught me the Nine Swords and you."

Thorn continued: "However, in the past few days, I don't know whether it is my illusion or what is going on. I always feel that the light of the wizard tower is driving me towards Winter City again."

Hearing this, Andelina got out of Thorne's arms and looked up towards the direction of Winter City.

Seeing this, Thorne also looked over.

Suddenly, he found that the wizard tower seemed to sense his gaze, and the light became a little brighter, exactly the same as what he saw a year ago.

"I didn't find anything special." The two were silent for a long time, and Andelina shook her head slightly.

Except that this light is a little brighter than the stars, there is really nothing special about it.

"I want to go to Winter City." Thorne thought for a while, and finally said his long-considered decision.

Because he was not only familiar with this feeling, but also very impressed, he had to face it squarely. He thought that something was definitely going to happen in Winter City, and he wanted to go and have a look.

"I'll go with you. With the help of Ta Ling, I can now activate the long-distance teleportation array. This way, it will be faster and will not delay time." Anderina thought about it seriously, and turned to look at the To Thorne.

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(End of this chapter)