Half-elf Ranger

"Squeak..."

From the depths of the darkened hallway, the rattling of the floor and the irritable screeching of rats seemed to herald a terrifying danger imminent.

"Thorn, look at the group of mice..." Andrina with a dignified expression came close, pointed to a large group of mice that sprang from the room not far away, and whispered beside him.

This group of mice is much smaller than the two terrifying mice that appeared just now, about 20 centimeters in length, more like ordinary mice in the ruins, but what is strange is that they are not afraid of strangers, and they move towards the crowd without any scruples. The direction moves quickly.

And the rolling eyes were still looking at them curiously in the dark, exuding a blood-red light, revealing a gloomy taste.

"It seems that the enemy hidden in the dark has no patience. There may be a battle next. Everyone should be vigilant and pay attention to the ceiling!" Thorne said solemnly, his voice was not too small, but it clearly fell on everyone ear.

After Thorne finished speaking, he immediately took out the obsidian sculpture of Fulong Beast and threw it towards the ground. With a flash of black light, the adult-sized Fulong Beast appeared in front of everyone with dissatisfaction.

Just when it was about to snort to brush its presence, it found the dignified atmosphere around it, and then flicked its stout tail a few times, and locked its scarlet gaze on the rushing mice.

"It's best not to use extremely destructive attack spells, otherwise we will all be buried in the ruins."

Thorne glanced at the approaching rat group, and whispered to Andrina beside her, he held the sword in front of her, and at the same time used the animal companion's spiritual connection ability to signal the Fulong beast to be alert to the safety of the surrounding .

Before setting off, the six of them discussed how to deal with the battle. Since there are three caster professions among the six of them, he is responsible for the safety of Anderina, and the orc swordsman guards the goblin wizard. Beside you, don't take the initiative to attack.

In the end, the two highest-ranked dragonborn paladins and druids are always there to take care of everyone.

"Don't act rashly, I'll clean up these mice." Seeing the black mice, Thorne immediately stopped several people from preparing to clean up the mice.

The sorceress Andrina, who was closest to him, heard Thorne's instructions, looked at him with a smile, and immediately put down the staff she just raised.

And the goblin wizard Malvasia remained silent about this encounter, as if it had nothing to do with herself.

Although the other three were confused by Thorne's decision, none of them were out of character. They all stopped the movements in their hands and looked at Thorne in front of them with puzzled eyes.

After all, there were at least a hundred rats rushing in from the corridor. As a ranger, they really couldn't figure out how Thorne could clean it up quickly.

Although they have also seen the flame power he casts, that skill is extremely destructive, and the slightest carelessness will cause the area to collapse. The opponent is definitely not such a reckless person.

- "Desert Wind Sect (Strike Skill): Flame of Young Dragon!"

Just as a large group of mice was about to approach, Thorne's thoughts moved, and the flames transformed from the energy of Qi all condensed on the tip of the sword.

Then he raised his sword and slammed it towards the group of mice, and a scorching cone of flame shot out from the tip of the sword.

Under the control of Thorne, the raging fire wave was shrouded from the left side to the right side of the corridor. It was like a sea of ​​burning fire blocking the way of the group of mice, and instantly turned red into the deep darkness. The screaming screams of the rats dancing in the flames.

Skilled in using the energy of qi, he can already control the power of fire when casting moves. The move he just cast was caused by the fact that he weakened the power of the flames and expanded the attack range. After all, these ordinary mice were a little more flexible, and their vitality was still very fragile.

When all the sounds were calm, and all the red firelight disappeared into the darkness again, there was no accident in the wide corridor except for the smoke and stench, and the ashes left by the burning bodies on the ground.

"Why is there only such a group of mice, it's too strange." Anderina looked ahead with her mouth and nose covered, wondering.

"This should be the rat man's test." Thorne looked at the dark passage and replied casually.

Obviously, these rat people are more cunning than he imagined. Their original plan was to use a large group of little rats with low combat effectiveness to attack, trying to disrupt their formation, and then launch a general attack.

After all, there are so many mice, and if a group of six people don't have powerful spells, it will definitely take a lot of effort to clean them up.

But what surprised them was that this large group of mice was completely burned by Thorne's sword, and it had no effect at all.

"Boom!"

Just when everyone's expressions were about to relax, a huge rumbling sound swept from the depths of the corridor. This sound was more like the effect of dense footsteps stacked together.

Thorne, who had a keen sense of hearing, immediately noticed the movement in the distance, his expression sank, and he said to the people behind him, "A large group of enemies are rushing over, ready to fight!"

As soon as Thorne's voice fell, layers of shadows poured out from the half-closed doors on both sides of the corridor.

Sure enough, it's a ferocious rat!

Although dire rats are the weaker beings among the ferocious animals, with the word 'violent' in their names, they are destined to be incomparable to ordinary dire rats.

The average length of the dire rats is about 1.5 meters, and the weight is at least 40 kg. The most important thing is that the rats with a challenge level of about 2 live in groups.

If there are more than 50 ferocious rats charging together, the scene will be too terrifying. A group of high-sensitivity monsters with almost all agility attributes above 17 points charge past, just like locusts crossing the border.

At this time, Thorne and the others encountered such a terrifying scene, because hordes of violent rats are a nightmare for ordinary adventurers, and they will bite and chew their opponents with their sharp front teeth.

In addition, the teeth also have disease effects. Even if they are lucky enough to escape, if they fail the Fortitude save, they are likely to lose their lives because of the rot fever, which has an incubation period of about three days.

Seeing the densely packed ferocious rats and the countless pupils shining with scarlet rays in the dark, everyone's expressions were very solemn. After all, they have no way out, and because of the terrain, they dare not use large-scale area spells at will.

The only thing fortunate is that this corridor does not allow the Dire Rats to fully utilize their numerical advantage, otherwise they would rather risk a collapse and blast a gap to escape.

"Roar…"

Watching the densely packed vicious rats crowding together and charging towards the crowd, the Fulong Beast unconsciously flapped its small wings to stop in front of Anderina and let out a roaring low roar.

The goblin wizard Malvasia, who was originally the most calm among the crowd, no longer remained silent. She reached out her hand to gently soothe the sobbing Warg, and the other small hand appeared from the wide sleeve, as if in the What spells are you preparing for.

The Orc Sword Saint Kutaig tightened the long sword in his hand again, and did not act rashly, still standing in front of the goblin wizard.

The dragonborn paladin Peo immediately put a protective technique on himself, and the long sword and shield were already in his hands, ready to attack at any time.

The Druid Master Qingchen kept a distance from everyone, and then unhurriedly took out a large number of finely divided small seeds from the pocket of his clothes, and swayed them all on the ground.

The little crow hidden in his sleeve had already landed on his shoulders, and his small round eyes looked around vigilantly.

"Destroy all the invaders!" At this moment, a sharp sound in the common language of the continent echoed in the corridor and was caught by Thorne.

Immediately afterwards, within the range of his gaze, he found more than a dozen rat-man cavalrymen armed with shields and machetes and riding vicious rats.

"Are there only a dozen ratmen?" Thorne subconsciously looked up at the ceiling again, his face suddenly changed, and he immediately drank: "Everyone, be careful, there are a large number of ratmen wanderers climbing over from the ceiling."

Rat people are also a kind of beastmen. They also have three forms: human, half-human, half-rat, and giant rat. At this time, these rat people are transformed into giant rats, using the characteristics of rats to climb walls, from The ceiling attacked, intending to surround the six of them together with the Dire Rats.

Hearing the words, everyone looked up, and sure enough, on the ceiling, they saw a black shadow sneaking through the shadows, climbing over the ceiling at an extremely fast speed, rushing towards their camp.

"You all focus on dealing with the Rat Man rogues that are about to rush over. Let me deal with all these vicious rats." Thorne instructed again, and then directly locked his gaze on a large group of vicious rats that were immediately approaching his attack range.

A group of rat people who can take up rogues means that there must be high-level professionals among them. Otherwise, if there is no professional tutor training, it is difficult to train a complete occupation based on their own abilities.

So when Thorne noticed a large group of Rat Man rogues climbing over from the ceiling, his calm heart finally swayed a little, because he felt a little trouble.

- "Desert Wind Sect (Strike Skill): Serpent of Fire!"

Thorne's eyes narrowed, and the Demon Slaying Sword was instantly inserted into the ground by him, the energy of surging Qi surged, and the dark red scorching flames were sprayed from the ground to the ceiling at a very fast speed.

Immediately, five or six rat-men wanderers who could not escape were ignited, and with a whimper, they soon fell to the ground like dumplings in the burning flames, losing their breath of life.

At the same time, when the flames were sprayed to the ceiling, the flames fell to the ground again, and all gathered together to form a sinuous snake of flames.

Under Thorne's precise control, the 20-meter-long fiery snake slid back and forth among the ferocious rats in the corridor at an extremely fast speed.

Wherever they passed, all the vicious rats were ignited by the scorching flames, screaming in the smoke.

Although the "Flame Snake" can attack the enemy without control, but for the dense group of mice, only by personally controlling its movement direction, in its short existence, can its lethality be maximized to the greatest extent. .

Suddenly, Thorne, who was concentrating on controlling the flaming snake to attack the ferocious rat group, saw a black shadow appear on the ceiling above his head, and he swooped down instantly.

"Go to hell!" The rat-man rogue in the animal skin armor noticed Thorne, who didn't seem to react, and shook the rat whiskers with the jagged corners of his mouth, revealing a cruel smile.

Just as his dagger was about to pierce Thorne's neck, Shadow Hand's "Blade Shell" immediately played its due role.

A turbulent shadow energy suddenly erupted from Thorne's body, wrapped in icy cold air and swept directly towards the rat-man wanderer. The rat-man wanderer, who was caught off guard, exclaimed, and immediately twisted his body in mid-air and rolled. to the ground.

- "Three-level spell: Law, Weakness!"

At this time, Andrina, who noticed the situation here, narrowed her eyes and snorted, a powerful dragon language word echoed in the corridor.

With the staff in her hand pointing directly at the rat-man wanderer who rolled to the ground, an invisible force instantly submerged into the wanderer's body. The rat-man, who had already stood up and was about to flee, showed a strange look of sluggishness, and his entire body was once again. Weakly fell to the ground.

"Roar!"

The Fulong beast, who was waiting for the battle, let out a low roar, turned into a black shadow and rushed in front of the rat man. The two sharp fangs on the upper jaw mercilessly sank into the rat man's neck. .

When the Flaming Serpent disappeared, Thorne glanced at the dozen or so vicious rats and three or four rat-man cavalry that remained, and was about to go up to them with a sword and clean them all up.

Suddenly, a burly figure with pale white light flashed around him.

"boom!"

Immediately afterwards, this figure directly collided with a charged Rat Man cavalry. The Rat Man riding on the back of the vicious rat was stabbed to death by paladin Peo, and his mount was also hit. Fly ten meters away.

- "Desert Wind Sect (Enhanced Skill): The Flame of Chaos!"

Thorne glanced at the figure of the paladins fighting, and with a wave of the long sword, the light of a summoning circle flickered, and a two-meter-high figure of a medium-sized fire element appeared in the corridor, and its own lighting characteristics immediately reflected the surrounding like a daytime.

Then Thorne's thoughts moved, and he commanded the medium-sized fire element to join the battle with the dragonborn paladin, and immediately turned to face a group of rat-man rogues who jumped down from the ceiling and were ready to attack.

"No matter where you are adventurers from, if you break into the territory of our rat people, you will be killed! Kill all these intruders!"

A shrill voice came from the top of the corridor, echoing in everyone's ears, and just as Thorne was about to search for the other person's figure, he disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

As soon as the high-pitched voice fell, more than two dozen rat-men wanderers galloped down from the ceiling, and then disappeared into the shadows, forming an invisible enveloping force for them.

- "Shadow Hand School (Enhanced Skill): Shadow Cloak!"

Looking at a group of rat-man rogues who were wandering not far away ready to raid at any time, Thorne's figure immediately disappeared without a trace.

In this chaotic fight, he did not intend to take the lead, because the Rat Man who was commanding just now never appeared in his sight.

The Rat Man's natural occupation is rogue, and there are many rogues who specialize in assassination. If the wanderer who just shouted belongs to the strength of Tier 3 or above, then he is hidden in the dark and is the most deadly threat to all of them.

Therefore, he must maintain a high degree of vigilance and always pay attention to this imminent deadly threat.

"Boring little trick!"

In the confrontation between the two sides, Malvasa's pale red eyes hidden in the pointed hat flashed a cold light, and she reached out and pointed at the shadow.

- "One Level Spell: Arcane Missiles!"

The two magic missiles disappeared into the shadows at an extremely fast speed. With a scream, a rat-man wanderer with two blood holes in his chest appeared in front of everyone. He groaned and dropped the two The dagger, lying softly on the ground, motionless.

When the Rat Man hidden in the shadow fell to the ground and died, the other Rat Man wanderers no longer waited, and took advantage of the shadow's cover to wave their sharp blades and attacked the crowd.

Master Qingchen, who was a little farther away, felt two figures attacking him one after the other, and his expression remained very calm.

- "One Ring of Magic: Entanglement!"

At the moment when the rat-man rogue who was trying to attack from the front appeared, the seeds that had been scattered on the ground by him suddenly grew a cane with sharp spikes at an extremely fast speed.

When the opponent's attack is not yet approaching, it is tightly wrapped, and drops of blood seep out from the spikes of the rattan.

At the same time, the rat-man wanderer behind Master Qingchen sneered, and two daggers took the opportunity to stab him behind him.

— "Spell-Like Ability: Fright!"

Suddenly, the inconspicuous little crow on the shoulders of Master Qingchen suddenly turned around and let out a piercing scream. The Rat Man wanderer immediately showed a deep fear, throwing away his weapon and holding his head in mourning.

- "One Ring of Magic: Claw of the Giant Bear!"

Then, what greeted the wanderer was a heavy bear paw, which slapped heavily on his chest. With the sound of cracking bones, the rat-man wanderer fell to the ground and died.

In the face of the four rat-man rogues who had raided again, Druid Qingchen's expression remained unchanged.

Along with the green holly branches in his hand flashing green awns, the small seeds that had been sprinkled in front of him all turned into thorny vines and entangled all the enemies who tried to get close.

And he took the opportunity to wave his hands that had already turned into bear paws, and slapped mercilessly on each of the trapped rat people. The shrill mourning and the sound of broken bones sounded one after another.

- "One spell: Colorful Jet!"

A colorful beam of light shot out from the fingertips of the goblin wizard, and instantly enveloped the Rat Man wanderer who had attacked. Before the terrified wanderer could react, he was cut off by a sharp blade.

- "One level spell: greasy spell!"

- "Second-level spell: cobweb!"

— "Zero Ring Trick: Frozen Ray!"

With the casting of every low-level control spell of the goblin wizard, it will accurately hit a rat-man rogue who came by surprise, and the sharp blade in the hands of the orc juggernaut guarding him took the opportunity to cut out the most severe attack, ending the attack. the life of the enemy.

The two sides fought for only a moment, and around the goblin wizard lay the corpses of seven or eight rat-man rogues.

On the other side of the battle, Andrina and Fulongmon quickly cleared out five or six raiding rogues.

And paladin Peo, with the help of the medium fire element, is nearing the end of the battle.

- "Second-level spell: Yoof Ma's acid arrow!"

Andrina pointed at the staff, and a strong acid arrow flashing with a faint green light sank into the rat man wanderer who turned into a giant rat. .

- "Shadow Attack!"

At this moment, Anderina suddenly felt an inexplicable heart palpitation, and then she noticed a trace of cold shadow energy fluctuations behind her.

Just when she realized that this force was about to shatter the protective force field shrouded in her body and cut her life into despair, with a crisp collision sound, the icy shadow energy quickly disappeared without a trace.

"Are you alright?" Thorne held the sword in one hand and the pale-faced Andrina in the other. He secretly said in shock that if he had reacted a little slower just now, the attack of the rat-man rogue above the third rank would be true. succeeded.

However, after this cunning rogue's sneak attack failed, he used his shadow ability to disappear without a trace.

Andrina, who was on the brink of life and death, wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, shook her head slightly, and then showed a slight smile, and gave Thorne a reassuring look.

"Everyone is vigilant, this rat-man wanderer has not left!" Seeing that Andrina was all right, Thorne breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the battle that had ended, and said solemnly to everyone.

Because he practiced the shadow hand sect's moves, he was extremely sensitive to the fluctuation of shadow energy, so he could feel that the rat-man wanderer who used the shadow force to hide did not leave.

Moreover, in the face of the Rat Man sneak attack of Tier 3 or above, since they have no specific spell restrictions, they don't seem to have any good countermeasures except for defense.

Thorne shook Andrina's cold sweat-soaked palm, then clenched the sharp blade in one hand, and began to prepare for the move with the other hand, watching every corner of the shadow vigilantly at the same time, trying to find the rat wandering. place to hide.

Suddenly, Thorne really sensed a wave of shadows not far in front of him, so his expression condensed, and he immediately waved his long sword and made a sound of breaking through the air like lightning.

A sword strikes the air!

Thorne, whose expression changed slightly, immediately guessed the reason why the rat-man rogue was deliberately seducing him. He understood the reason and knew that there was only one way to really attract the other party.

So he looked ruthless, and in the face of the opponent's sneak attack, he had no intention of dodging.

- "Shadow Attack!"

"Pfft!"

The sharp dagger broke through his protective field, pierced into his back, and he turned around to dodge the key point. The dagger just got stuck in the muscle and couldn't take an inch.

When the short sword stabbed, the "blade shell" that enveloped Thorne immediately turned into a surging shadow energy and launched a counterattack.

At the same time, the shadow rope that Thorne had already condensed in his left hand wrapped around the emerging rat-man wanderer at a very fast speed.

The moment the Rat Man rogue drew out his dagger, an icy shadow energy swept through him like a frigid wind, eroding his entire body, causing him to turn around and flee for a moment.

In this short pause, a tricky shadow rope directly wrapped tightly around his wrist holding the dagger. Under the erosion of shadow energy, the rat-man wanderer fell into a state of temporary paralysis.

And his thief-eyed face suddenly showed a look of horror, because he saw a scorching blade that had torn through the air and headed towards his soft neck.

"Pfft!"

A sharp blade slashed through the dim air, and a head flew off into the dust.

From the rat-man wanderer appearing and stabbing Thorne, to Thorne's beheading of the rat-man, it only happened in an instant. When everyone reacted, they saw a head of flying dust and a splash of five or six. Mi Yuan's blood column.

Seeing the death of the Rat Man, Thorne, who looked slightly relaxed, immediately noticed that the poison smeared on the opponent's blade was spreading to his body, and his breathing began to become rapid, and his body gradually fell into a state of stiffness.

- "Steel Soul School (response skill): Spiritual Body!"

Thorne gritted his teeth and used his last strength to immediately activate the Steel Soul Sect's countermeasures, using the energy of Qi to resist these toxins.

Andrina, who had reacted, came over immediately, and helped him sit cross-legged on the ground and began to slowly recover.

After a while, under the divine treatment of the paladin, Thorne, who had regained a touch of vitality, opened his eyes and looked at Master Qingchen not far away and said, "How is it? Can you see what the toxin is?"

"The poison of this extraordinary dagger comes from the Underdark." Master Qingchen handed the dagger to the goblin wizard who was driving the warg.

"It is indeed from the craftsmanship of the drow elves in the Underdark." Malvasa frowned at the spider pattern carved on the dagger.

"So the rat people who besieged us just now are likely to have come into contact with the dark elves." Thorne's expression sank. If this is the case, then the chances of the surviving red dragon player dying are relatively high. .

"That's not necessarily. Maybe this weapon was only acquired by the Rat Man." Noticing the change in Thorne's expression, Andrina said aloud.

"Leave here first. After all, this is the territory of the Rat Man, and if you stay for a long time, it is likely to be besieged again." Thorne glanced at her and instructed the crowd.