Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 431 Harvest
Thorn walked side by side with Andelina on the streets of the lower city, and the fresh sea breeze blows in his face, dispelling the dullness that he had fallen in the dilapidated small courtyard, and his mood gradually became more relaxed as a result.

Afterwards, he began to savor the last words left to him by the old man who taught him the Nine Swords.

Thinking about it, in a trance... In his mind, he recalled the words that the goblin wizard Malvisa had said to him in the same tone as the Guardian of Winter City:

"Just follow your own heart. In fact, this world is not as complicated as you think. You just need to remember that this is a multiverse full of miracles."

Follow your own heart and do what you want. As for godslayers, contempt for the times, and god-making plans, as long as they don't affect me, you can do whatever you want, Thorne thought to himself .

At this time, after he learned too much of the truth, although the idea of ​​going to Sigil City has not disappeared, but the intensity has weakened a bit, and he is no longer as persistent as the stunned young man.

However, he knew very well in his heart that it was very difficult to completely get rid of the control of a certain invisible big hand hidden in the dark. In the end, he had to wait for him to go to Sigil City when he had the ability to understand the truth.

Just in this moment of ecstasy, the distracted ranger suddenly felt that he bumped into some soft body, followed by a familiar exclamation.

Thorn's expression changed, and he instantly realized what mistake he had made, so he stretched out his right hand as quickly as possible, and embraced the delicate body that was about to be knocked to the ground by him into his arms.

"Are you... are you okay?" Looking at the terrified Anderina leaning in his arms, Thorn, who was steadying his body, smiled awkwardly.

In fact, what he wanted to ask was 'why did you suddenly stop while you were walking', but his subconscious told him that it was very inappropriate to ask, so he hurriedly changed his words.

Anderina rubbed the shoulder hurt by Thorne, glared at him angrily, looked at his unnatural smile, then smiled angrily, and then asked helplessly: "Still thinking about it?" Those headaches?"

"Actually, these things don't need to be so worrying." Andrina stretched out her hand to pat Thorn's dishonest right hand, saw him shrink back, and then broke free from his arms:
"Whether it's contempt for the times, or some unreachable restart of the world, does this have anything to do with us now? It has nothing to do with it. I think what the old man said is right, go your own way frankly, Just do what you want to do, and that's enough."

"Then, my dearest Mr. Ranger, please tell me, what is the thing you most want to do now?" Andrina showed Thorne a charming smile, and stretched out her hands to kiss the sides of his cheeks very affectionately. The messy hair brushed behind his ears, then hung on his shoulders, and looked into his eyes affectionately.

The streets in the lower city were empty, but they were filled with various noises. There were screams of stray cats fighting, dogs barking deep in the alley, laughter and shouts from the hotel, and a flute playing in the distance. sad tone.

Thorne looked at the woman in front of him, just in time to see the long black hair like a waterfall slipping from his shoulders, swinging slightly in front of and behind him, shining with a silky soft luster under the moonlight.

He found that when she looked at him, the smile in her eyes had quietly flowed to her lips, revealing her white teeth.

That charming smile is soft and kind, Thorne thought.

Originally wanting to do something, he immediately remembered that the location of the two was a street in the lower city, so he directly suppressed this impulse.

Immediately afterwards, he noticed the sly smile on the corner of Anderina's mouth.

"Let's go." Thorn glanced at the arms on his shoulders, shrugged slightly, and said depressedly.

"Where are you going?" Anderina, who withdrew her hands, was taken aback by the question.

"You didn't mean to go and see your tavern."

"Here it is."

"..."

Thorne looked up at the signboard of the house behind Andelina, and sure enough, he found that the two had arrived at their destination.

"It seems that my luck is quite good. The whole house was not damaged, and it was locked and protected by kind people."

Anderina walked to the door, looked at the small and exquisite lock, and a faint magical aura flashed across her fingertips. She seemed to feel some familiar aura, and whispered unexpectedly: "So she helped me lock the lock." .”

Then, she turned to look at the ranger beside her: "Thorn, is there a way to open this lock?"

"That's easy." Thorn nodded and walked forward.

He stretched out his hand and swiped towards the air, and in the surprised eyes of the sorceress, a long sword with a sheath appeared in his hand.

"Bang!"

A pale orange sword light flashed, and the door and the lock were split open by his sword, which was easily done.

"Let's go." Thorne greeted with a sharp sword in his hand, focused his attention, raised his vigilance, pushed open the door first, and walked in.

Anderina obediently followed behind him.

"Buzz!"

In the dim bar, the only source of light was a ray of light from Anderina's fingertips.

Through the soft light, it can be seen that this not very spacious bar room is in a mess, with overturned tables and chairs, broken wine glasses and bottles, and bloodstains that have dried up on the ground, everywhere.

Looking at the messy scene, Andelina looked dazed for a moment, and the light on her fingertips trembled a few times according to the owner's mood.

She once again recalled the scene of a group of people rushing out surrounded by sahuagin, thinking of those dead people, she couldn't help sighing.

Thorn patted Andrina's shoulder to comfort her in silence, and then carefully cleaned up the broken glass on the ground and the tables and chairs blocking the way, clearing a path for her to pass through.

When he noticed a familiar footprint leading to the backyard on the ground, he couldn't help but startled, and muttered uncertainly: "Could it be that she came back too?"

"Let's go upstairs and have a look. My room is set with magic restrictions, so there should be no problem." Andrina sorted out her slightly disappointed mood, took out a talisman with magical aura, and waved it at Thorne. Waved, and pulled him to the stairs.

When the two reached the stairs, Thorn reached out to stop Andrina's footsteps, looked down at the mixed footprints and a thin layer of dust on the steps, and found that no one had set foot here for at least three months.

However, he still carried the long sword and walked ahead to open the way.

"Sure enough." Seeing the intact magic restraint, Anderina secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and then put the magic amulet on it.

The moment the magic talisman touched the mark, a light blue magical aura suddenly appeared, and the sound of the magic lock being opened immediately came from behind the door.

Anderina smiled, turned the doorknob, opened the door and walked in.

The dark hut exuded a smell very similar to Andrina's deodorant, Thorn raised his footsteps and planned to walk into the house together.

"You can't go in for the time being, I have to clean up first, and I'll let you know when I'm done, is that okay?" Anderina stood in front of the door and smiled at Thorn with a reserved and a little smile Meaning of shyness.

Thorne didn't notice the slight change in her expression, when he heard that the other party refused to let him into the house for the time being, he immediately thought of what to do next, so he nodded to her: "Okay, then I'll go down first. "

As soon as the words fell, Anderina closed the door tightly without any politeness.

Faced with such a strange behavior by the sorceress, Thorne just froze for a moment. After trying to understand the reason, he laughed and turned to leave.

Then, he went straight down the stairs and followed the footprints he had just discovered towards the secret room.

——"One ring of magic: no trace!"

In the small, dark room, there was no light other than the faint green light in Thorne's eyes.

Thorne, who has "dark vision", looked at the footprints on the ground, lost in thought.

I do not know how long it has been……

The ranger who came back to his senses put away the green glow in his eyes, sat on the chair, leaned his body against the wall casually, put his legs on the table, sat there comfortably, and began to check his status.

[Dragon blood baptism lv2 (background expertise): You have performed two special baptisms with true dragon blood. This baptism ceremony not only strengthens your body, but also allows you to inherit part of the dragon's ability.You permanently gain 4 points of natural armor, 2 points of toughness, 2 points of strength, and 4 points of constitution. At the same time, you also gain the feats of "higher acid resistance" and "dragon resistance".This ability can be gradually improved with the number of dragon blood baptisms. 】

[Advanced Strong Acid Resistance (Personal Specialty): In the process of fighting against strong acid corrosion, you have gradually adapted to this extremely corrosive damage.Therefore, when you receive a spell with acid or corrosive effects, the damage will be reduced by 6 points. 】

[Dragon Might Resistance (Personal Specialty): There is a faint trace of true dragon blood flowing in your blood, which can better help you resist the terrifying majesty from the real dragon.When you are attacked by the dragon power of the real dragon family and need to make a Will saving throw, you get a +4 saving throw value. 】

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Thorne looked at the new ability obtained in the attribute panel, and nodded in satisfaction.

4 points of natural armor means that his skin is already as strong as a normal chain shirt in the equipment store.

If you encounter kobolds, goblins, or other weak humanoid creatures in the wilderness, as long as the enemy has no spellcaster, and only the swords, guns and sticks in their hands, there is almost no threat to him.

The next step is to increase the strength attribute by 2 points, which he very much recognizes.

As for why the strength attribute has increased so little.

The main reason is that his original strength has already reached the extraordinary attribute of 21 points. If he wants to continue to improve, ordinary means are no longer possible.

Even if this kind of strength reaches the true dragon blood of the legendary dragon, the rate of improvement is not very great.This is also the reason why his two baptisms only increased his strength by 1 point.

Of course, at this time, if he finds another giant dragon that is similar in strength to the red copper dragon for dragon blood baptism, the strength attribute will not even be improved at all.

Although the two baptisms of dragon blood added 4 points to his physique attribute, which greatly improved his weakest physique to 18 points.However, after he experienced two activation ceremonies of the ancient equipment, his physical attributes were once again permanently reduced by 2 points, becoming the current 16 points.

In this regard, Thorne did not have any complaints or regrets.

Compared with 2 points of physical attributes, it must be the most cost-effective two pieces of powerful ancient equipment.

Thinking of this, Thorne couldn't help looking at his hands.

His hands appear to be bare, not wearing anything.

In fact, the glove that fits very well with the Shadow Hand School has been worn by him a long time ago.

The material of this glove is an extremely precious silkworm from the Karatu continent, and then it is raised in the shadow plane to grow until it spits out a silk full of shadow energy, which is a very rare type.

shadow hand
Type: Ancient Equipment

Equipment Requirements: Hide Level 10, Basic Fortitude Check +3
Ancient Ritual: Touch of Shadows (Completed)
Legacy Abilities:

Shadow Mang: When the user's swordsman level reaches level 5, after wearing the shadow hand, the effect of your "Hiding" and "Sneaking" skills will increase by 30%.

Shadow Death: When the user's swordsman level reaches level 7, after wearing the shadow hand, any of your attacks can be randomly attached with shadow damage of 3+perception adjustment value.

Shadow Thorn: When the user's swordsman level reaches level 9, after wearing the Shadow Hand, the effect of any of your Shadow Hand skills will increase by 20%.

Shadow Hand: When the user's swordsman level reaches 10, after wearing the Shadow Hand, you will get a tiny shadow space.

(Note: When the user wears the shadow hand, this equipment will disappear into the invisible like a shadow, and it will not affect any battle at all.)
……

Although these ancient gloves gave him a lot of special abilities, what really surprised Thorne was the shadow hand ability obtained by reaching level 10.

This ability allows him to have a tiny shadow space that he carries with him.

As long as his hand is lightly drawn against the void, the weapons and equipment stored in the shadow space will be instantly taken out by him.

In this way, he can store the longbow and quiver that he carries on his back all day in it, and switch weapons at will during the battle, which is extremely smooth.

Of course, he would not choose to keep the two sharp swords hanging at his waist inside, because compared to the speed of taking out weapons from the shadow space, Thorne believes that the speed of pulling out the sword in an instant is faster and more comfortable. People are hard to defend against.

Then he took out the stone dragon power belt that was very similar in color to the rock.

According to the old man's narration, the production process of this belt not only incorporates the power of the earth element, but also has the power of the stone giant among the giants.

Stone Dragon Might Belt
Type: Ancient Equipment

Equipment Requirements: Balance Level 10, Basic Fortitude Check +5
Ancient Ritual: Binding of the Heart (Completed)

Legacy Abilities:

Mountain Steps: When the user's kendo master level reaches level 5, the wearer can make his legs deeply rooted in the ground like tree roots,

It is difficult to shake your body when resisting any physical or magical attack that forces the subject to move willingly, such as grappling, pushing, overrunning, and blocking.

Earthline Waves: When the user's swordsman reaches level 7, the wearer can use the "Earthline Waves" spell three times a day to cause ranged damage to enemies standing on the ground.

力量增强：当使用者剑道家等级达到9级时，佩戴者获得+2力量增强值。此加值在13级变为+4，17级变为+6。

Tremor Sense: When the wearer reaches kendo level 10th, the wearer gains the ability to sense vibrations from a distance of 60 feet.

(Note: When the user wears this belt, no matter whether you are in the sky or the sea, your body will be stable and balanced as if standing on flat land.)
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(End of this chapter)