Half-elf Ranger

Thorne and Andrina walked side by side on the streets of the lower city, the fresh sea breeze blowing, dispelling the dullness he fell in the dilapidated courtyard, and his mood gradually became relaxed.

Then, 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 Malvasia once 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."

Just follow your own heart and do what you want. As for the godslayer, contempt for the era, and god-building plans, as long as it doesn't affect me, you can do whatever you like, Thorne thought to himself. .

At this time, after he learned too much the truth, although the idea of ​​going to Sigil City has not disappeared, the intensity has faded a little, and he is no longer as persistent as he is.

However, he is very clear in his heart that it is difficult to completely get rid of the control of an invisible big hand hidden in the dark. In the end, he will have to wait until he has the ability to go to Sigil City before he can understand the truth.

Just for a short while, the distracted ranger suddenly felt that he had bumped into some soft body, followed by a familiar exclamation.

Thorne's expression changed, and he instantly realized what mistake he had made, so he stretched out his right hand at the fastest speed and took the delicate body that was about to be knocked to the ground by him into his arms.

"You... are you all right?" Thorne, who stabilized his body, smiled awkwardly, looking at Anderina, who was leaning in his arms and was frightened.

In fact, what he wanted to ask was, "Why did you suddenly stop when you were walking?", but subconsciously told him that it was very inappropriate to ask, so he hurriedly changed his mind.

Andrina rubbed the shoulder that was hurt by Thorne, glared at him angrily, looked at his unnatural smile, and smiled angrily, and then asked a little helplessly: "I'm still thinking about it. Those headaches?"

"Actually, these things don't need to worry so much." Andrina reached out and patted Thorne's dishonest right hand, seeing him shrink back, and then broke free from her arms:

"Whether it is contempt for the era or some distant restart of the world, does it have anything to do with us now? It has nothing to do with it. I think that what the old man said is right at all, and walk his own way frankly, Do what you want to do, that's enough."

"Then, my dear Mr. Ranger, please tell me, what is the thing you most want to do now?" Andrina smiled charmingly at Thorne, and stretched out her hands to side his cheeks very affectionately. The messy hair brushed behind his ears, then placed it on his shoulder, and looked into his eyes affectionately.

The streets of Xiacheng District were empty, but all kinds of noises filled it. During the period, there were the screams of wild cats fighting, the barking of dogs in the depths of the alley, the laughter and shouting from the hotel, and a flute playing in the distance. mournful tone.

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

When he found her looking at him, the smile in his eyes had quietly leaked to his lips, revealing his white teeth.

The charming smile was gentle and kind, Thorne thought.

Originally wanting to do something, he immediately remembered that the location of the two of them was the street of Xiacheng District, so he directly suppressed the urge to go back.

Immediately afterwards, he noticed the sly smile on Andersina's mouth.

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

"Where to go?" Andrina, who retracted her hands, was taken aback for a moment.

"You didn't say you were going to see your tavern."

"Here it is."

"..."

Thorne looked up at the sign of the house behind Andrina, and sure enough, the two had reached their destination.

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

Andrina walked to the door, looked at the small and delicate lock, and a faint magical light flashed across her fingertips. She seemed to sense a familiar aura, and whispered unexpectedly: "It turned out that 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?"

"It's easy." Thorne nodded and stepped forward.

I saw him stretch out his hand and swipe towards the air, and in the surprised eyes of the sorceress, a sheathed long sword appeared in his hand.

"Clang!"

The light orange sword light flashed, and the door and the lock were split open by his sword, which was easily fixed.

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

Andrina followed behind him honestly.

"Om!"

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

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

Looking at the messy scene, Andrina looked dazed, and the light on her fingertips also trembled a few times with the owner's mood.

She once again recalled the scene of a group of people rushing out under the siege of the sahuagin, thinking of those who died, and couldn't help sighing.

Thorne patted Andrina on the shoulder in silence and comforted a few words, and then carefully cleared the broken glass on the ground and the tables and chairs in the way, clearing a path for her to pass.

When he noticed a familiar footprint on the ground leading to the backyard, he couldn't help but stunned and muttered uncertainly, "Did she come back?"

"Let's go upstairs and have a look. My room is set up with magic restrictions, so it shouldn't be a problem." Andrina sorted out her slightly lost mood, took out a magical amulet, and waved it to Thorne He waved and dragged him towards the stairs.

When the two walked to the stairs, Thorne stretched out his hand 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, Andrina breathed a sigh of relief, and then put the magic amulet on it.

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

Andrina smiled slightly, turned the door handle, pushed open the door and walked in.

The dark cabin exuded a smell very similar to Andrina's body fragrance, Thorne raised his foot and planned to follow him into the house.

"You can't go in for the time being. I have to clean up first, and I will notify you when I clean up, okay?" Andrina stood in front of the door and pursed her lips at Thorne, her smile was both reserved and subtle Shy meaning.

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

As soon as the words fell, Anderina unceremoniously closed the door tightly.

Facing such a strange move by the sorceress, Thorne was just stunned for a moment. After trying to understand the reason, he laughed and turned away.

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

——“One Ring Divine Art: No Trace!”

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

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 to his senses put away the green light in his eyes, sat on a chair, leaned his body against the wall casually, put his legs on the table, sat there comfortably, and began to check his state.

[Dragon Blood Baptism lv2 (Background Specialty): You have undergone two special baptisms with true dragon blood. This baptism ceremony not only strengthens your body, but also allows you to inherit some of the dragon's abilities. You permanently gain 4 points of natural armor, 2 points of strength, 2 points of strength, and 4 points of constitution, and additionally gain the "Greater Acid Resistance" and "Dragon Power Resistance" feats. This ability can be gradually improved with the number of dragon blood baptisms. 】

[High acid resistance (personal expertise): In the process of fighting against strong acid corrosion, you gradually get used to this extremely corrosive damage. Therefore, when you receive a spell with acid or corrosive effect, it will reduce the damage by 6 points. 】

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

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Thorne looked at the new ability acquired by the attribute panel and nodded with satisfaction.

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

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

The next step is to increase the strength attribute of 2 points that he is very recognized by.

As for why the strength attribute increases so little.

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

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

Of course, if he finds another giant dragon with similar strength to the red copper dragon for the baptism of dragon blood at this time, his strength attribute will not even increase at all.

Although the two dragon blood baptisms increased his physique attribute by 4 points, the weakest physique was greatly improved to 18 points. But after he went through the activation ceremony of the ancient equipment twice, his physical attribute was permanently reduced by 2 points again, 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 looked at his hands involuntarily.

His hands appear to be empty, with nothing on.

In fact, the glove that fits the shadow hand faction very well has been worn by him for a long time.

The material for making this glove is an extremely precious silkworm from the continent of Karatu, which is then captive and grown in the shadow plane until it spit out a kind of spider silk full of shadow energy, which is a very rare type.

Shadow player

Type: Legacy equipment

Equipment requirements: Hide level 10, base Fortitude check +3

Ancient Ritual: Shadow Touch (Completed)

Ancient Ability:

Shadow Light: When the user's kendo level reaches level 5, after wearing the Shadow Hand, the effect of your "Hide" and "Sneak" skills will be increased by 30%.

Shadow Death: When the user's kendo level reaches 7th level, after wearing the Shadow Hand, you can randomly add shadow damage of 3 + Wisdom modifier to any attack.

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

Shadow Hand: When the user's kendo 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 disappears like a shadow, and will not affect any battles at all.)

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Although this pair of ancient gloves added a lot of special abilities to him, 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 gently swipes 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 behind his back all day, and switch weapons at will during the battle, which is extremely convenient.

Of course, he did not choose to store the two sharp swords hanging from his waist, because Thorne believes that the speed of drawing swords in an instant is faster and more convenient than the speed of taking out weapons from the shadow space. People are hard to guard against.

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

According to the description of the old man, the production process of this belt not only incorporates the power of earth elements, but also possesses the power of stone giants in the giant family.

Belt of Stone Dragon Power

Type: Legacy equipment

Equipment Requirements: Balance Level 10, Base Fortitude Check +5

Ancient Ritual: Binding of the Heart (Completed)

Ancient Ability:

Footsteps of the Mountain: When the user's kendo level reaches level 5, the wearer can make his legs dig deep into the ground like tree roots,

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

Leyline Wave: When the user's Kendo level reaches 7th level, the wearer can use the "Leyline Wave" spell three times a day to cause area damage to enemies standing on the ground.

Strength Enhancement: When the user's kendo level reaches 9th level, the wearer gains +2 strength enhancement value. This bonus becomes +4 at 13th level and +6 at 17th level.

Vibration Sense: When the user reaches kendo level 10, the wearer gains the ability to sense ground vibrations 60 feet away.

(Note: When the user wears this belt, regardless of whether they are in the sky or the sea, your body is as stable and balanced as if you are standing on a flat land.)

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