Half-elf Ranger

"No?" Thorne sat on a chair in the library, picked up a book and looked at Andrina.

"It's over." Andrina handed it to Thorne.

"It feels like a lot of information." Thorne folded the dragon skin and put it in the dimensional bag, and said after a moment of thought.

"The evil wizard Evandel, the dragonborn lord Viscount Arda of the town of Falls, the vanished city of Gimbatul, and the descendant of the lord who escaped after the disaster, Sammash Norixius, are really not an ordinary little boy. Town, twists and turns."

Andrina put out the main contents of the record one by one, sighed, and then continued: "Do you think the descendants of this dragonborn lord will come back?"

"The lifespan of a dragonborn is the same as that of a human being, at most a hundred years, and it may have turned into a pile of dead bones somewhere." Thorne opened a book called Brave the Wizard's Tower that he picked up from the table. novel, said.

At this time, a note similar to a bookmark suddenly slipped from the page, Thorne looked startled, and immediately checked the message on it: Ignorance mortals are trying to challenge the dignity of wizards, and they will die!

"So is there any hope of finding Jinbatur City? When the continent has not changed, it seems to be near Waterfall Town." Andrina asked Thorne again.

"So what if I find it, but I can't live in it. I know the terrain of the town on the waterfall for hundreds of miles. It should be impossible to have ancient city relics."

Thorne looked at the message on the bookmark thoughtfully, and then said his thoughts to Andrina without hesitation:

"I guess it sank into the underground world or disappeared into the depths of the sea. Only in this way can I explain why it disappeared without a trace. Otherwise, it is impossible not to leave a single brick."

"Why did the wizard from the high tower destroy Waterfallshang Town? After destroying Waterfallshang Town, where did the evil wizard go?" Andrina nodded slightly in agreement with Thorne's analysis after listening to Thorne's analysis. Then he asked two questions in his heart.

"You will probably understand after reading this book." Thorne pondered for a moment and handed the book in his hand to Andrina.

"Brave the Wizard's Tower?" Andrina's eyes flashed with doubts, and then with a thought, she performed the zero-ring trick "reading magic" commonly used by spellcasters.

"Reading magic" is a spell most commonly used by spellcasters when reading books.

This spell can make the caster speed up the reading of books, especially easy-to-understand novels. For Andrina, in just a moment, all the contents of the books will be displayed in her mind.

"This is a story with twists and turns." Andrina gave Thorne a strange look and continued:

"The evil wizard took away the wife of a brave man. In order to save his wife, the brave man broke into the wizard's tower alone. feet, and the wizard and the hero's wife lived happily ever after."

"...You mean that the conflict between the wizard of the tower and the lord of the Falls is because of a woman?"

After Andrina finished speaking, she came back to her senses and said to Thorne: "Is there any basis for judging their grievances just based on a novel?"

"Don't you see that the last few pages of this novel have been rewritten?" Thorne pointed to the book and said:

"It was the owner of this tower who rewrote the last few pages. As a sensible spellcaster, to be so bored to rewrite the content of the novel itself shows that there is something wrong with the wizard's brain, and this kind of **** plot appears. It's not impossible."

"According to what you said, the reason why the owner of this tower disappeared was because he ran away with the wife of the dragonborn lord." Andrina threw away the boring book and said her guess with a smile.

"This is your own brainstorming, not what I said." Thorne quickly denied it, and then deliberately diverted the topic: "Do you think the books in this library will help you."

"I am very interested in this "Golem Handbook", which records the production methods of clay golems, stone golems and steel golems, and even rune guards and construct shield guards in the branch of constructs. There are records."

Andrina took out a book from the bookshelf and flipped through it, and said with some regret: "Unfortunately, I chose the Warlock profession at first, and the sixth-level "Activate Constructed Creature" spell cannot be obtained casually. "

"Runeguard?" Thorne instantly became interested and asked, "Let me take a look."

He once heard people mention the Rune Guard by chance. It is said to be a powerful construct that protects the caster. No matter where the caster is, that is, other planes, as long as the mind moves, the Rune Guard will immediately appear in in front of its owner.

Andrina turned the book to the page that recorded the Runeguard and handed it to Thorne.

Then Thorne took it directly and started to check.

after awhile.

Having a general understanding of this constructive creature, Thorne immediately got up and said to Andrina, who was still reading books on the bookshelf: "Let's go, this tower is almost finished, and I will look at it when I have time."

The two continued to walk towards the eighth floor.

"Be careful, there's a good chance that rune guards will appear on the eighth floor." When the two were about to approach the passage on the eighth floor of the tower, Thorne said solemnly to Andrina beside him.

Noticing Thorne's dignified expression, Andrina couldn't help but whisper in doubt: "Why do you think that this wizard must have a rune guard?"

"Because the Golem Handbook has the most pages that record the Clay Golem, the Plantation Guard, and the Rune Guard." Thorne explained to Andrina: "We haven't seen the first two. It's over, so be careful."

After speaking, Thorne clenched the long sword in his hand and walked out of the passage first.

At this moment, on the eighth floor of the tower, what appeared in front of the two of them was a wide hall and five or six rooms with closed doors.

When Thorne noticed a nearly three-meter-tall construct standing in the center of the hall, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he really guessed that it was a rune guard who appeared in front of the two of them.

"The minimum challenge level of the Rune Guard is 10, do you really decide to fight?" Andrina noticed that Thorne was not flinching, and gently tugged at the corner of Thorne's shirt and said.

The Rune Guard is a construct creature created by spellcasters to protect itself. The Rune Guard in front of him has a burly human shape. The head and body are made of steel. In order to cause more deadly damage, The limbs are made of hollow stones filled with lead.

And when the Runeguard was made, it was assigned a single owner, and it only obeyed this one master, and they were associated with a specific talisman, which was worn by the owner of the Runeguard when it was made. of.

No matter how far away, or even on different planes, the owner of the Runeguard can summon it back to his side through the talisman.

The Runeguard can also tell if the holder of the amulet is its true owner, and will kill the impostor on the spot.

That is to say, the Rune Guard in front of him has no tricks at all other than killing it.

"It's already on the eighth floor. This Rune Guard was not taken away by the owner of the tower. It is very likely that an accident happened. The strength of the Rune Guard without the master's control is at least half of it."

Thorne glanced at the rune guard in the center of the hall, and said to Anderina with a solemn expression.

If it was an intelligent creature with a challenge rating of around 10, he would turn around and leave with Andrina without hesitation.

But the rune guard in front of him was nothing but a rigid creature that had no master control and could only rely on the last command. With the strength of the two of them, they should still be able to handle it.

When the two of them noticed the Rune Guard, the other party also noticed the two of Thorne. They saw that the Rune Guard, who was standing still, was hidden in the pupil of the horn helmet, and suddenly two scarlet light spots flashed.

"You should step back and don't do anything. If this kind of rigid thing is not controlled by the master, it will only attack the first person without thinking." Thorne noticed the scarlet light of the Rune Guard and said to Andrina beside him. .

"Then be careful yourself." Andrina added a protective field to Thorne without any hesitation, then immediately stepped back, away from the rune guard's sight.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Although the Runeguard can understand all languages, it can't speak, and the only sound it makes is the dull footsteps as it faces the invaders.

Looking at the slowly approaching Rune Guard, Thorne felt the flickering protective power around him, but he still didn't dare to be careless.

What is scary about the Runeguard is not its powerful defenses and lead-filled fists, but what is truly scary are the spells stored by wizards in their limbs, heads, and bodies.

On the premise that Thorne doesn't know what attack spells the other party has, his heart can only be kept on, and only when all his spells are exhausted can he truly be reassured.

——“Desert Wind Sect (Strike Skill): Fire Bomb!”

- "Spell-like ability: Fireball!"

Seeing the rune guard approaching, Thorne threw the two attack skills out of his mind, regardless of whether he would destroy the tower's building or not.

"Boom!"

Two dark red fireballs exploded on Rune Guard's three-meter-tall body, and the sound in the enclosed hall was particularly loud.

The exploding fireball stopped the rune guard's progress, and at the same time left traces of burning flames on its body densely covered with mysterious runes.

However, the damage caused by the two fireballs is not enough to kill the Rune Guard. At most, it leaves patches of mottled marks on its steel body. As long as the inner core is not destroyed, it will completely destroy its entire body. Take it apart, it's useless.

- "Spell-like ability: Dimensional Step!"

- "Spell-like ability: Bigby's Assault Fist!"

When the smoke of the fireball dissipated, the runes covered with magic metal suddenly burst into colorful rays of light, dazzling the eyes.

"boom!"

A luminous rune mark appeared at the foot of the bulky Rune Guard, and as the light of the rune flourished, the huge body suddenly disappeared in the billowing smoke.

The moment it appeared, a human-sized, brightly-colored fist appeared in Thorne's line of sight, getting bigger and bigger, until it gave him a powerful blow that knocked him away, who had no time to react in the future.

"boom!"

Thorne, who was flying in the air, fell heavily to the ground, and the protective force around him could not withstand the strong impact and shattered.

——“Shadow Hand School (Teleportation Skill): Shadow Walk!”

The moment Thorne landed, disregarding the pain from his body, he quickly activated the teleportation technique, and the moment the Rune Guard used "Dimensional Step" and "Bigby Strike Fist" again to appear behind him.

His figure was wrapped in a cloud of dark energy and gradually disappeared, barely dodging a fatal blow, and finally appeared in front of Anders Lena.

Thorne's figure disappeared, and the two scarlet eyes hidden in the Rune Guard's horn helmet flashed slightly, re-locking Thorne who disappeared from sight again.

- "Spell-like ability: force field missiles!"

Immediately afterwards, the metal rune formation engraved around the Rune Guard's body burst out with colorful dazzling eyes again, and two powerful magic missiles galloped out from the Rune Guard's horn helmet.

"Force Missile" belongs to the fourth-ring evocation spell in the wizard's spell list.

No matter whether the target is concealed, covered or in melee combat, this attack spell will accurately hit the target, so if you want to avoid this crisis, you can only resist the damage.

——“Second-Level Spell: Wings of Sanctuary!”

Under the signal of Thorne's eyes, Andrina's staff, who had been ready to go, raised slightly, and the broken translucent dragon wings stretched out from behind her, completely wrapping the bodies of the two.

"Bang! Bang!"

The two fist-sized magic missiles hit the energy barrier that Andrina casted spells, splashing two splashes, but they never made an inch.

"Boom!"

Immediately afterwards, the second attack effect of the two "force field missiles" followed, instantly bursting, and a dazzling white light erupted. The powerful impact caused the entire tower to tremble slightly.

At this time, Thorne and Andrina, who were in the center of the explosion vortex, did not suffer much damage because they were in the protective force field shrouded by the "Wings of Asylum", but they were only hit by the air waves and took a few steps back.

After Thorne helped Andrina to stabilize his figure, he looked at the rune guard not far away, his expression became more and more solemn.

Through the test just now, he has a general understanding of the spell-like spells of the Rune Guard.

When runeguards are created by wizards, they can add up to six spells to them, each spell can be cast only once, and to be cast again, it must be recharged for up to a day.

As the rune guard just now had no master's control, only one of the six spells in his body had been cast by him.

The first is the second-level spell "Bigby's Assault Fist" with two arms and the third-level spell "Dimensional Step" with both legs.

The teleportation was combined with the impact of his own lead-filled giant fist. If it wasn't for the protective power added by Anderina, Thorne would have been killed in the first attack.

The Rune Guard's second combo was avoided by him in advance, and the four spells of the Rune Guard were directly abolished.

Then there was the fourth-level spell "Force Missile" that was just cast from the inside of the horn helmet, which was blocked by Andrina's "Wings of Sanctuary".

Now, the rune guard in front of him only has the last spell in the steel body, and it is also the most deadly five-ring spell. As long as the two successfully resist it, this rune guard will no longer pose any threat.

"Can your "Wings of Sanctuary" resist the attack spell of the fifth ring? ' Thorne said to Andrina.

The second-level spell "Wings of Sanctuary" was acquired by him inadvertently when he was exploring the lich's cave.

As a force field protection spell that can only be cast with the blood of the dragon family, in the face of any long-range, short-range, magic or even psionic attack, it can be resisted by the dragon-wing-shaped translucent force field barrier created by Anderina. The disadvantage is that the duration is very short.

"It should be fine." Andrina pondered for a while, and then replied directly to Thorne.

"Then hurry up and prepare." Thorne glanced at the Rune Guard who was shining with colorful lights in the distance, and instructed her.

- "Spell-like ability: strange sword!"

In the hall, colorful rays of light flickered on and off, and for a moment, a pale-white force field sword of about two meters floated in front of the Rune Guard.

The Rune Guard stood still, the scarlet eyes hidden in the horn helmet locked directly on Thorne's body, and then extended his lead-filled arm to point at him.

"call out!"

The force field sword in front of the Runeguard stabbed at Thorne with a piercing whistling sound.

It wasn't a one-time attack spell. Noticing the force field sword coming from the sky, Thorne glanced at the Rune Guard unexpectedly.

The fifth-ring spell "Eerie Sword" is also an attack spell of the evocation system. However, the explosive power of this spell is not very strong, and it is stronger in continuous attacks.

As long as the spell of the caster Runeguard is not interrupted, the force field sword summoned by it can continuously slash and stab Thorne frantically under its control.

Moreover, the attribute of the force field sword belongs to an extraordinary weapon with +2. With only Thorne's own defense, he can't even hold a sword.

"boom!"

When the force field sword was about to approach Thorne, it was blocked by Andrina's "Wings of Asylum" again.

However, the attacking action of this force field sword was only a slight pause. Under the control of the Rune Guard, it launched a continuous slashing and stabbing attack again, and there was a tendency to never give up until the protective barrier was broken.

"Prepare the 4th-level spell "Charge Explosion" to attack the Runeguard's legs, only in this way can his spell be completely interrupted. "Seeing the crumbling protective barrier, Thorne clenched his long sword and instructed Anderina.

With the rune guard's own powerful protective ability, it is obviously impossible to rely on physical attacks to interrupt the spell.

If this Runeguard were under the control of its master, this five-level spell would definitely be deadly enough for everyone, but now it's just executing the last order. If you want to deal with it, come to Thorne. It's not that hard to say.

Andrina didn't hesitate, and quickly began to prepare spells.

Thorne looked at the force field sword floating in the air, his eyes condensed slightly.

——“Steel Soul School (Stance Skill): Bright and Pure Body!”

At the moment when the stance technique was activated, all the attacking movements of the force field sword were instantly locked by him. As the protective barrier was broken, the force field sword carried a cold light to Thorne's head.

"clang!"

The Demon Slayer Sword in Thorne's hand collided with the Force Field Sword, making a harsh metal friction sound.

The Rune Guard's scarlet eyes noticed Thorne's figure, standing still in the hall, the two lead-filled arms kept changing various postures.

With the flexible command of the Rune Guard's arm, the force field sword entangled with Thorne continued to attack him.

"Clang clang!"

Accompanied by the sound of metal collisions, the force field sword was locked in Thorne's "Clear Body", and the speed of the gallop was completely unable to exert its original advantages.

As an extraordinary weapon with a natural +2, under the Demon Slayer Sword in Thorne's hands, it is also for any advantage.

With the continuous collision of the two long swords, the light of the force field sword, which is completely constructed of energy, gradually dimmed at an imperceptible speed. Similarly, Thorne activated the steel soul stance, and his physical strength was also rapidly declining. .

"Get out of the way!" At this time, Andrina's 4th-level spell was finally recharged, and a basketball-sized lava fireball exuding terrifying flame energy floated in front of her.

After Andrina finished speaking, seeing that Thorne had already resisted the force field sword and kept away from the Rune Guard, his heart loosened slightly, and he swung his staff vigorously, and straightened his fingers to the Rune Guard who kept controlling the force field sword.

The terrifying lava fireball carried violent flame energy, causing the temperature of the entire hall to rise as if by a section.

"Boom!"

The fiery flames bloomed, and the entire tower seemed to be screaming, and the three-meter-high body of the Rune Guard was directly drowned in the flames of the explosion.

The force field sword entangled with Thorne also trembled slightly, turning into a little light and dissipating in the air.