Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 429: The Inheritor of the Nine Swords

In the dimly lit box, two maids were busily busy, their dresses rustling, and arranging all kinds of tableware on the dining table.

Andrina looked at Thorne opposite, smiled, gracefully created a flame with her thumb and forefinger, and lit the candles on the candlestick.

The golden and red candles flickered endlessly, reflecting a little bit of light in the crystal clear wine glass.

"Guests, your dishes are ready. Please serve slowly. I wish you a pleasant meal." A rather pretty maid twisted up her skirts and bowed to the guests on the table, then walked out of the candle The fire swayed in the box, and closed the door.

"Not used to it?" Seeing the ranger who was sitting on pins and needles opposite, Anderina put away the smile on the corner of her mouth and cast a caring look.

The lunch is full of delicacies and a variety of dishes.

There are fresh trout and the newly opened wine in the cellar, fat sausage and green vegetable roll roast venison, burnt red lobster, etc., as well as buttered toast and nut pudding, as well as fresh fruit.

"Very unaccustomed." Thorne gestured with the fork, then tapped the dinner plate in front of him lightly, jingling, and said truthfully.

After finishing speaking, he directly pushed all the tableware that was neat and orderly in front of him but felt that it was in the way, to make a place for him, and then unceremoniously reached out to grab all the food that could be reached, and the number of times was very frequent.

Work for a while.

Lamb chops, roast venison, crayfish, sausage slices, and other rich foods were piled up in front of him like a hill.

Facing such an abundance of food, he didn't waste any time, and immediately ate it. In just a moment, he finished all the food piled up in front of him.

Of course, it doesn't mean how much he eats or how fast he eats, mainly because these foods are dominated by useless decorations compared to their portions.

Anderina looked at Thorn who didn't restrain herself from eating at all, smiled helplessly, pushed the food in front of her into his attack range, and then used a fork to find a medium-fat meat on the dinner plate, and ate it in small bites.

The golden and red candle flames kept jumping and trembling in the dark box, and wax tears flowed on the candlestick like a small waterfall.

Thorn hiccupped carefully, looked at the half glass of red wine in the crystal goblet, hesitated for a moment, finally picked it up, and quickly drank the wine in the glass under Anderina's gaze. Not a drop left.

Andrina chuckled, wiped her fingers with a napkin, glanced at the cleaned up food, cast her eyes on Thorne, and asked with a smile, "How does it taste? Is it better than the one you ate in Fallstown?" Much more delicious."

Thorne nodded silently.

Although the taste of the food was very good, the atmosphere made him feel a little constrained. If he was given a choice, he would prefer to go to the tavern in the town of Falls.

After all, he is not that picky about food. In his opinion, as long as he can fill his stomach, it is enough.

Then Thorne lowered his eyes slightly, thought for a moment, then raised his eyelids, looked at Anderina who was full of smiles, and asked puzzledly: "What do you mean by the 'idea' you mentioned in the Temple of Knowledge?" , I don't quite understand."

Under the flickering candlelight, she looked even more...beautiful and moving. Thorne, who couldn't find the right words to praise, could only use his most familiar words to think in his heart.

"Idea?" Anderina rested her elbows on the table, fiddled with the hair hanging down her cheeks with her slender fingers, thought for a while, as if organizing her words, and explained to him:

"In the whole world, all the thoughts, concepts, concepts and laws that are summarized or summarized by people can be called: ideas. For example, our life philosophy, plane cognition concept, arcane knowledge concept, etc."

Seeing Thorne frowning slightly, still puzzled, Andrina added: "Oghma, the God of Knowledge, represents the highest and most primitive form of knowledge, which is the so-called 'idea'. Ideas must exist before anything exists."

"That's why the believers of the God of Knowledge firmly believe that knowledge is the greatest tool for mortals, better than anything created by human hands, right." Thorne rubbed his forehead and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Ou Gemma is also an existential philosopher, a bit like Platonism."

"That's right, so believers in Oghma will try their best to spread and preserve knowledge. At the same time, eliminating illiteracy is also an important task of the Oghma Church."

Anderina nodded, brushed her hair lightly, and continued: "However, the Oghma Church's extreme maintenance and protection attitude towards knowledge has caused them to often have conflicts and conflicts with other churches and forces."

"What conflict?" Thorne asked curiously.

"The Church of Oghma believes that no knowledge should be destroyed. Knowledge itself is not a problem. Therefore, believers in Oghma believe that all knowledge should be spread, and hiding knowledge will definitely not bring any benefits." Ender Lina patiently told Thorne who was interested:

"Because no matter how illusory and crazy an idea looks, it cannot be hidden or covered up. It should be judged by the public. This makes the temple of knowledge usually contain a large amount of 'forbidden knowledge' identified by other churches and organizations."

"It seems that the existence of this God of Knowledge is a bit anti-god." Thorne commented, then got up and said: "Let's go."

"Of course." Anderina stood up and nodded.

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In the dilapidated lower city, there are many bleak stone houses, most of which look crumbling, as if they will collapse at any time.

The familiar sea breeze blows from the closed port, adding a little bit of saltiness and less stench.

Thorne led Anderina to a dilapidated residential area. Looking at the nearly decayed door in front of him, his hand that was about to open the door suddenly hesitated.

At the same time, a certain sentence that impressed him once again echoed in his mind: "All the gifts given by fate are secretly priced."

"What's the matter?" Seeing the hesitant Thorne, Andelina asked concerned: "I heard a voice from the courtyard just now, which means that your premonition is right, there is indeed someone you want to find here. "

"I heard it too." The silent Thorne sighed slightly, and said, "It's because I heard the movement inside that I suddenly felt a little overwhelmed."

At this moment, he was sure that the old man who taught him the Nine Swords was inside, and at the same time, he recalled the secret he had learned from the goblin wizard Malvisa.

These secrets made him understand that he seemed to be being manipulated by some big hand to do what they wanted.

So, why would they choose themselves?Thorne thought, maybe after entering, everything will become clear.

"Let's go." Thorn pretended to be relaxed and smiled, greeted Andelina, and stretched out his hand to push the almost decayed door.

"Crench!"

With a soft sound, the scene in the courtyard was clearly displayed in front of the two of them.

"Little girl, I'm right, someone will definitely bring me wine today." Immediately afterwards, an old voice full of laughter sounded instantly.

"You old man must have secretly contacted the wizard tower again. You cheated, this time it doesn't count." What followed was a child's voice that both Thorne and Anderina felt inexplicably familiar.

Thorne looked at the old man leaning on the wicker chair, and bowed silently to him.

As for the other little loli standing next to the old man, he wasn't too surprised.

The little loli in front of him was the red copper dragon who was making trouble in Iron Horse Town. Thorne naturally knew that she was fooled by the goblin wizard to Winter City.

When he guessed that the old man who had gone and returned appeared here again, he already knew that the only one who could keep the red copper dragon from making trouble was this old man who had taught him the Nine Swords.

Andrina first glanced at Little Lolita in surprise, then took a step behind and stood quietly behind Thorn in silence.

"Hey! Half elf, why aren't you surprised to see me appear here?" Little Lolita saw the two people entering the courtyard, and immediately jumped up and down in front of them, chirping and shouting:
"That dead old man said that someone will bring him wine today. Did he mean you guys? Tell me honestly, did he use the wizard tower to send you a voice transmission to let you come here? Let me tell you, this dead old man But it's bad, don't let him fool you, this old guy not only likes to cheat food and drink, but also keeps thinking about my little treasure, and forcibly occupied the wizard tower that originally belonged to me. ..."

As she was talking, Little Lolita saw that Thorne had turned her head aside, looking too lazy to talk to her, and suddenly felt bored, so she turned her eyes to Anderina who had already hidden behind Thorne, her round eyes Liu Liu's big eyes stared at her swollen breasts:
"Huh? The beautiful human lady is here too. It turns out that you two are really a couple. No wonder I smell so strongly on you. Since you two are a couple, I'm going to tell you about this." I'll tell you about the half-elf molesting me..."

Little Lolita forcibly grabbed Anderina's hand. Before she could finish her sentence, Thorne made a lightning move, directly grabbed her by the collar, and then ignored her yelling and screaming, without any hesitation. He mercilessly threw her out of the courtyard and onto the hard ground.

"boom!"

The three patrolling soldiers who happened to pass by were stunned for a moment when they saw the little loli being thrown out. When they saw the appearance clearly, they immediately showed a frightened expression as if they saw some terrible monster like face-changing masters, and stood up. just run.

In a blink of an eye, he disappeared into the alleyway of the residential area.

"Is... is it really all right?" Andrina looked worriedly at the expressionless Thorn.

Although Thorn's behavior made her feel inexplicably happy, she couldn't help but start to worry again when she thought of the rambunctious character of this loli dragon.

"It's okay." Thorne smiled confidently at her, signaling that there is no need to worry.

Then, he glanced at the little loli who rushed over angrily, ignored him, but turned his gaze to the skinny old man in front of him, and said, "Why did you guide me here?"

Originally, he wasn't quite sure whether it was the other party who attracted him to this place, but he just heard a series of complaints from the little loli, which finally confirmed his thoughts.

"Be quiet first." The old man didn't answer Thorne's question, but straightened up and leaned on the recliner, looked at the little loli who came over angrily, and stretched out his hand. This little loli is like Being immobilized, he couldn't move, and he didn't speak.

"Little guy, relax and don't be afraid, come over a little bit." Then the old man smiled kindly at Thorn and waved.

Thorne hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward.

"That's right, the life essence of Balor the Fire Demon King is perfectly fused." Seeing the figure of Thorne approaching, the old man stretched out his right hand to the air, closed his cloudy eyes and meditated for a while, and then opened them with satisfaction. looking at him:
"It seems that your strength has reached the bottleneck of the extraordinary level. If you want to achieve a perfect advanced level...you still need to settle. If this is the case, then take advantage of the time of precipitation to practice moves from other genres."

After the old man finished speaking, a book appeared out of thin air in his withered right hand, and he threw it to Thorn.

Stone Dragon Sect, one of the Nine Swords schools.

Seeing the title of the book, Thorne looked surprised, then put it away, and asked, "What is the medium of this genre."

If one wants to cultivate the Nine Swords School inherited from the Karatu Continent, one must first use Qi energy as the foundation, but if one wants to activate this school, one must rely on a special medium.

For example, his desert wind school sword moves need spars filled with fire element energy to help him activate the supernatural ability from the flames, while the shadow hand school sword moves need shadow energy to activate.

The Stone Dragon School swordsmanship relies on the power of the earth and rocks.

Then, it means that some kind of earth element spar is needed.

Although he had already guessed the medium for cultivating the Stone Dragon Sect, he was still a little uneasy and wanted to confirm it again.

"You don't have to worry about this." The expression on the old man's face was obviously prepared for him long ago. He waved his hand and turned his gaze to the motionless little red copper dragon Lolita who was opening her angry mouth:

"The red copper dragon is born with the power to manipulate rocks and the earth, so if you want to practice the sword moves of the Stone Dragon School, the blood of the red copper dragon is the perfect match."

"You mean the baptism of dragon's blood?" Thorne recalled bad memories in his mind.

"That's right." The old man nodded slightly, and then he was surprised: "I didn't expect you to have done it once, so it would be even better. After all, the sword moves of the Stone Dragon School rely on strong physique and strength."

After the old man finished speaking, he waved his hand at the little Lolita's motionless body.

"Damn old man! I don't agree! I object! You gave my blood to this half-elf casually without my permission, and you also helped him practice the sword moves of the Stone Dragon School, so that I can't let him go!" What kind of tauren charge does he imitate, you think it's beautiful! I won't agree to it even if I'm killed!" The little loli who recovered her action angrily walked to the side of the old man, pinched her waist with both hands, and said viciously.

A blood?

Hearing Little Lolita's yelling, the corner of Thorn's mouth twitched, and he turned his head away speechlessly, just in time to see Andelina's half-smile expression at him.

"If you agree, I'll help you take back the wizard tower." Looking at the little loli who was yelling wildly, the old man rubbed his forehead with a headache, and said unhurriedly.

"Is that true?" Little Lolita's tone was full of doubt and distrust.

"really!"

"Hmm... then let me think about it." Little Lolita, who had fixed the lie detection spell, didn't notice any reaction, so she pouted her mouth, looked at the seagulls flying past in the sky, and thought about it seriously.

"Okay, I agree." Little Lolita only thought about it for three seconds, and immediately nodded excitedly like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Wait a minute!" Suddenly, Thorne interrupted the conversation between the two: "There is no free lunch in the world, so I want to know what the purpose of doing this is, and what obligations I need to fulfill."

Getting so many benefits for no reason made him feel uncomfortable, so he wanted to ask why.

"Because you are the only one who passed all the tests and became the inheritor of the Nine Swords that I recognized. The Nine Swords Temple on the Supreme Road of Karatu Continent cannot be broken." The old man stared at Thorne with cloudy eyes, and said slowly: " It's that simple, what else do you want?"

"Then, before me, how many people failed the test, and how many people failed to withstand the chaotic will of the demon power." Thorn was silent for a long time, and his tone was very calm.

The dilapidated small courtyard suddenly became quiet, and the voices of patrolling soldiers came from outside the courtyard. They were arguing, pushing, and repeating the same swear word over and over again. It seemed that when they were running away, one person accidentally tripped over the other.

"Is there any wine?" The old man sighed and looked at Thorne.

"I have it here." Noticing Thorne's gaze, Andrina took out a sealed exquisite wine bottle and handed it to him.

Thorne took it and threw it directly to the old man sitting on the wicker chair.

"Elf Moon Dew Wine, this unparalleled wine can only be brewed by those who master alchemy. This unusual brewing process even involves fresh rain dew and bright moonlight..."

The old man stared at the wine bottle and sighed a few times, showing an expression as if he was remembering the past, then looked at Anderina and thanked him politely, then unscrewed the cork and drank the fine wine.

The dilapidated small courtyard became quiet again, only the sound of the old man drinking wine like drinking water.

Even the most rambunctious little loli became silent, and she stared curiously at the old man's face with her big round eyes, making an appearance of thinking hard, which was really cute.

"During the 200 years of my search for the descendants of the Nine Swords, even I myself can't remember how many people failed the test, and how many people failed to withstand the erosion of the will of the abyss." The old man leaned back on the reclining chair On, the tone is very calm.

"Then why did you choose me, and then let the light from the Wizard Tower suggest that I was going to Winter City." Thorne asked the deepest doubts hidden in his heart.

"Because of your despair... without a qualified night, there is no so-called real dawn." The old man was silent for a while before slowly opening his mouth: "In this world, the warmest place is home, and the most desperate place is the tomb. That bit of heart at home falls under the ground, it is a suffocating grave."

After listening to the old man's answer, Thorne was reminded of two extremely painful memories in a trance.

The first section was about being unable to return home, and the second section was about the tomb in Pushang Town. His body trembled and he took two steps back.

"I see. Thank you for guiding me and giving me hope." Thorne bowed deeply to the old man in front of him, his tone slightly heavy.

"No need to be like this, this is something you have won yourself, and you should also be clear that failure means death." The old man waved his hand and didn't care: "My only request is that you can find the Nine Kingdoms of Karatu Continent in your lifetime. Sword God Palace, don't let the inheritance be broken in your hands, that's all."

"I will definitely complete this task." Thorne nodded solemnly.

"Take these two pieces of ancient equipment as a gift from me. I hope you can live a good life." The old man smiled when he saw Thorne's serious look, and a pair of pure black gloves and a pair of black gloves appeared in his hands out of thin air. A belt, threw it directly into his hand, and reminded:
"Remember, from now on, you are the true inheritor of the Nine Swords. As for us... nothing. I will not inquire about your origin and past, and you do not need to know my true identity. We just They are just strangers from time and space, and no one owes anyone any kindness.

In short, follow your heart. "

"I...understood." Thorne put away the two pieces of equipment given by the old man, and bowed deeply to him full of respect.

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(End of this chapter)