Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 52
The night is like water, and the ground is full of silver.

The icy negative energy permeated Talan Village, making the already frigid air even colder.

Dead bodies were everywhere on the blood-stained ground. As if they were summoned by a blasphemy spell, they slowly got up, picked up the weapons they had used before, and moved their stiff bodies.

As the flesh and blood on the corpse fell off inch by inch, it turned into blood-red skeletons, dragging long bloodstains, looking for the breath of all living people around.

Although these skeletons awakened by negative energy retain most of their strength in life, they are more durable than ordinary people because they have no flesh and blood.

But under those clumsy movements, the skeleton, which can only act on instinct, appears to have no threat against these experienced players.

Under the counterattack of the players, there was an ups and downs of clicking and clicking, and the uncontrolled wandering skeletons fell down one by one like cutting wheat.

At this time, Anderina, who was hiding in the ruins, suddenly opened her closed eyes, and there was a hint of expression in those watery eyes, and then she whispered: "It was resolved so quickly, but I underestimated him."

Anderina's familiar is a little devil summoned from the Nine Hells.

This special magic pet from hell has the ability to establish a spiritual connection with its master. When the distance between the two is within one kilometer, its master can share the little devil's various senses.

So all the battle scenes seen by the little devil who secretly followed Thorne were clearly conveyed to Anderina.

This was also the main reason why Anderina insisted on keeping up with the little devil.

"With the Gnoll Priest gone, these uncontrolled skeletons do not pose any threat to them at all. It seems that they are going to help him."

Anderina looked towards the direction where the Gnoll priest disappeared and whispered to herself.

After all, a Gnoll priest who can cast five-ring magical spells must be at least level 9 or higher.

Anderina didn't think that Thorne, a melee professional, had much chance of winning against a spellcaster whose level was almost half higher than him.

Just now, she was a little apprehensive because of the large number of gnolls, but now that there is only the other party left, the threat does not seem so great.

So Andelina got up and said to the troll Trundle who was still on guard, "Let's go, I think it is necessary to help that ranger."

Trundle was stunned, and said in a deep voice, "The other party is at least a level 9 or higher Gnoll priest. If he is not careful, he will lose his life."

"Hey! Actually, I just don't want to be a salted fish anymore, because I suddenly feel that this kind of exciting adventure life is quite good."

Anderina brushed the hair on her forehead, looked into the dark night and sighed.

If there hadn't been a crisis in Winter City, then she might have spent an ordinary life in the small bar.

After speaking, he quickly walked deep into the dense forest.

Hearing this, the troll Trundle grinned with relief in his eyes, and then he tightened his pure metal mace and quickly followed.

Druigst, who was hiding in another corner, breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Anderina's disappearing figure.

After all, with the help of a Warlock and a troll, the chances of killing the Gnoll Priest with Thorn will increase somewhat.

Otherwise, when the Gnoll Priest frees up his hands, the remaining players in Yuanshan Town like them will be the next target to be hunted down.

Looking at less than one-third of the players left, Gerst suddenly felt that his decision this time was really stupid.

They are just a group of people who are tired of fighting in the wilderness and want to spend the rest of their lives in Winter City, that's all.

……

Call ~
Seeing the last Flynn gnoll fall down, Thorne wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and let out a light breath.

He glanced at the three scratches on his chest that were still oozing blood, and was about to be bandaged.

Ok?
Thorne's expression changed suddenly, and he noticed the slight sound of footsteps coming from the direction of Taran Village.

"It came quite quickly." Thorne whispered to himself.

The Gnoll Priest was marked with the hunter's mark by Thorne before he left, so his actions were easily noticed by Thorne.

Besides, it is less than one kilometer away from Talan Village at most.

So Thorne temporarily ignored the wound on his chest, but chose to take out a small bottle of potion from the dimension bag, unscrew the cork, and gently sprinkle it all over his body.

This is a magic potion that can temporarily remove one's own smell. Although the potion is colorless and odorless, it has a special function of absorbing smells.

After spraying on the body, it can quickly cover all the breath around the body.

He smelled strongly of blood because of his injuries, and he was easily targeted by the Flynn Gnoll, who had a keen sense of smell.

But it's a pity that the duration of this potion is very short, only about 1 minute. When the time is over, the smell absorbed by the potion will all burst out.

The god of hunting - Mara!
He is in charge of part of the tracking priesthood. This tracking ability is different from that of Gwaeron Storm, mainly because of the smell of blood and the special body odor of the prey.

First of all, the racial characteristics of the wolf man race itself has the ability to track the smell of blood.

However, this ability's memory of blood can only last for half a day at most, and the range is only about one kilometer.

But among Mara's believers, there are many powerful bloodthirsty hunters, who can even track the smell of blood for more than ten kilometers.

Gwaeron Storm's ability to track priests is based on the footprints and activity traces of prey.

As long as there are creatures walking on the ground, even in the past few months, under the blessing of divine magic, traces of past activities will quickly emerge.

A powerful legendary ranger, if he uses some items on the prey as a medium, he can even trace back the scene at that time.

The conflict of clergy is the main reason for the outbreak of conflict between the two sides.

If this Gnoll Priest had a powerful blood tracking ability, it would be difficult for Thorne to get rid of him even if he chose to escape.

So Thorne could only use this one minute to sneak up on the Wolf man priest.

There was no other way. In a head-on confrontation with the Gnoll Priest, Thorne knew that he was not yet an opponent.

The opponent is not only a powerful spellcaster, but also a fighter with excellent melee ability.

In Toril, a world dominated by gods, these priests who have Godfather as their backer are undoubtedly very powerful.

Perhaps because the armor affects the success rate of casting arcane spells, wizards rarely choose melee combat.

But priests don't have such restrictions, and they also master many powerful buff spells.

This has caused many priests to like to focus on melee combat. When they are not practicing divine arts, they will choose to constantly practice their melee skills.

This kind of pious belief and the need to train the profession of melee ability also indirectly make most players stop the profession of priest.

When priests are fighting, the most common fighting method is to take the lead in applying various buffs to themselves.

Then, wearing heavy armor and carrying heavy weapons and shields, under the cover of various magical buffs, he shouted, breaking into the enemy group and rushing left and right for his own god.

It sounds tempting, but it's true.

So facing this Gnoll Priest, Thorne could only choose to sneak attack and attack head-on. Without a magic-breaking weapon, it was almost difficult for him to break through the protective force field surrounding the opponent with one blow.

When you attack multiple times in a row and break the opponent's shield, during this free time, the Gnoll Priest can cast at least three deadly spells.

That's how powerless most melee professionals are against spellcasters, unless you're above legendary.

(End of this chapter)