Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 67 Ghost
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After a kobold skeleton holding a mining pick was smashed apart by Thorne, all the little skeletons wandering in the hall in front of him were completely cleaned up by Thorne.

Cleaning up this naturally awakened skeleton is an extremely simple matter, and it has no threat to him.

The only purpose of these skeletons is to scare the faint of heart.

When Thorne was bored, he heard a player chat about an interesting story about skeletons.

Several players drove their carriages to other villages to do business, and something unexpected happened, and they took a break halfway.

In the grass of the wilderness, a goblin skeleton walked out with unrecognizable steps.

The goblin skeleton holds a dagger covered in rust, and wears a torn linen coat.

This skeleton's occupation in life may have been a road robber, so he stopped in front of the player's carriage in a daze, smashing his mouth and making a rattling sound.

The three players screamed in fright and fled. When they found something was wrong, they turned to wait and see.

Then I saw the pack horse leading them on the road kick lightly, and then the goblin skeleton fell apart in an instant.

After the packhorse dealt with the goblin skeleton, it subconsciously looked back at the three of them, as if saying something...

After seeing that there are no wandering skeletons in the hall.

Thorne began to carefully look at the surrounding environment.

The area of ​​this lich's lair is not small.

Of course, as a lich's secret lair, it is impossible to just dig a hole in the ground like ordinary beasts, and just lie down there to rest, and the cards still have to be discussed.

The maze-like passages, as well as various monster guards and deadly traps are not normal.

In the world of Toril, these near-immortal liches prefer to live in isolation, interacting only with the servants and guards in their lairs.

Insidious and insane, liches crave lore and chilling secrets lost to time.

These lonely technical geeks often like to plan for years, decades, or even hundreds of years to achieve the greatest results.

After all, the lich has escaped the shadow of death.

But the time is long, the world is changing, and sometimes major events that happen outside will make the Lich recall the past when he was a living being.

As a result, he temporarily stopped pursuing power, began to be interested in the present world, and then went out for a while, and then there was nothing more...

There is only a lonely lair left, waiting for another group of adventurers like him who like to die to explore.

For example, there are many fragmentary and decaying corpses under Thorne's feet.

Thorne held his long sword and randomly rummaged among these weathered corpses, trying to find something of value.

However, it was obviously to disappoint him, except for some rusty daggers, long swords and other weapons, there was nothing of value left.

It's like it's been cleaned up.

In other words, if you want to find good things from this place that has been trampled by countless adventurers, you can only go deeper.

So Thorn turned his gaze to the only passage in the hall and walked over.

As it gradually went deeper into the cave, the eerie feeling became more intense.

The ring of the paladin can help him resist the erosion of negative energy breath, but it can't help him resist the cold brought by the cold and humid air.

After Thorne walked along the footsteps of the former adventurer for a while, he finally discovered the abnormality.

On the ground in front of him there were traces of the trap being dismantled.

Thorne carefully pulled out a crossbow bolt from the wall, and then looked at the remaining trigger pits on the ground and the missing crossbow holes on the wall.

"Very skilled in dismantling traps."

Thorne looked at the remaining trap trigger on the ground. From the traces of destruction, it could be seen that this trigger was solved by an expert in dismantling the trap.

Just fiddle with a sharp blade, and the trigger bar of this crossbow trap will be directly abolished.

"Is it a player? Or an original resident?" Thorne couldn't help being curious.

From the traces of various footprints on the ground, Thorne can find that this lich's lair has been explored by an unknown number of adventurers in the past half a year.

In other words, most of the dangers and opportunities are likely to have been occupied by others.

So he ignored it and continued to walk forward. Sure enough, he found many dismantled traps along the way, but it also saved him a lot of trouble.

The most common is the crossbow drop trap, and occasionally there are some acid and explosive traps.

Thorn glanced at the large circular crater not far away after the explosion trap was triggered and dismantled, and was secretly startled. This power was already comparable to the wizard's three-ring fireball technique.

From the layout of this lich's lair, it can be seen that this place has been abandoned for at least a hundred years. Don't these magical traps such as strong acid and explosive flames have a shelf life?

In this way, in this dark and cold passage, after Thorn walked for a while, a fork finally appeared in front of his eyes.

At the same time, many corpses of adventurers were found, and most of them died within half a year. The strong smell of corpses filled this narrow passage, making people sick.

Thorne resisted the disgusting smell and carefully inspected each corpse.

"No fatal wounds? When he died, his face was full of ferocity and fear? And all the belongings on his body were looted."

After Thorne checked each corpse, he found several similarities.

Woo!
At this time, a gust of wind blew by, and Thorne suddenly felt a chill down his back.

what! ! !
Immediately afterwards, the ring of the paladin in Thorne's hand trembled slightly, and then a shrill scream echoed in the narrow passage.

Thorne clenched the long sword in his hand without hesitation, turned around and slashed out violently.

Then I saw a hazy shadow emerge, a miserable smile appeared on the ferocious ghost's face, and disappeared with a strange cry.

It turns out that these adventurers all died at the hands of ghosts.

Thorne was not surprised to see the ghost disappear after he missed the attack.

Ghosts are spirit-like undead creatures with a special ability: incorporeal!

Creatures with this ability can only be harmed by other incorporeal creatures or by enchanted weapons, spells, spell-like abilities, or supernatural abilities.

Even if hit by a spell or enchanted weapon, there is still a half chance of avoiding the damage.

And it can pass through solid objects at will, and attacks can penetrate natural defenses, armor and shields.

When moving, there is no sound.

Apparently, the ghost planned to attack Thorne just now, but the moment it touched his body, the holy power emanating from the ring of the paladin blocked it.

Jie Jie Jie!

Weird laughter emerged, and the ghost's phantom appeared again.

Unmoved, Thorne gently drew out another dagger, then shook slightly, and a ball of flame ignited on the dagger.

——"Desert Wind School (Strike Skill): Flame Star!"

Thorne turned around abruptly, and a group of dazzling glare exploded in the dark passage.

what! ! !
The ghost screamed again.

Because of the phantom's own physique, they would appear weak and weak under the glare of the glare, unable to make any attacks, so Thorne chose to use this trick to take the lead in making the phantom incapacitated.

Immediately afterwards, the long sword in Thorne's right hand shook slightly.

——Desert Wind Sect (Enhanced Skill): "The Sword of the Red Lotus!"

Fiery flames burst out from the long sword, and then Thorne flashed a fiery light towards the place where the ghost appeared.

Under the burning of the flames, the ghost's figure melted rapidly, and finally disappeared as a shadow.

Target is dead!
Extract the soul energy of the target and get 500 experience points!
Get 20 practice points through understanding the battle!
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(End of this chapter)