Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 403 Night Chat
"Crack!"

The bright bonfire burns dry wood, sputtering sparks in bursts of crackling, bringing a ray of light and warmth to this hidden and dark corner.

"It seems that my guess is correct." Thorne, who was sitting on the stone, threw a few dead branches to the fire, looked at the little wizard Pardo on the opposite side and said, "The nine swords that killed the incarnation of the wolf man that night The Grandmaster is indeed the former guardian of Cold Winter City."

"Then why didn't he come into contact with the people in the wizard's tower, but instead hid in a very inconspicuous small courtyard in the lower part of Winter City, it's so strange." Then, Thorne asked the little wizard about his second doubt.

For this question, he had actually guessed a rough idea, but he wanted to hear a detailed explanation from Pardo from the Wizard Tower of Winter City.

After all, the other party has lived in the wizard's tower for so long. He has never eaten pork and has always seen pigs walking. If he is familiar with it, it is very possible that he knows something that he has not mastered.

"Because their identities are godslayers, they are terrorists in the eyes of the gods. Therefore, their tracks have always been what the enemies hidden in the dark want to know most, including Winter City. If these godslayers and Winters If the descendants of the city are discovered, it will cause unnecessary trouble."

Pardo seemed to feel that the temperature of the flames was too high, moved his body back, and continued: "Their enemies are the gods. Perhaps because of their own powerful strength, they can make their every move undetectable. But the enemy can deduce the traces of the godslayer through the relevant personnel they have contacted.

After all, their existence is too great a threat to the entire main material world, just like time bombs.As long as they are willing, they may bring disaster to the main material plane at any time, and it is almost impossible to stop it without any preparation.

This kind of disaster is something that many gods don't want to see, so the only way to know their whereabouts and find a way to suppress them is the safest way. "

"Is the war that happened in Winter City half a year ago the result of their secret fueling? Then what is the purpose of them deliberately luring these invaders to besiege Winter City?" Thorne stared at the bonfires where sparks splattered and remained silent for a long time. Said with a slightly dignified tone.

"I can't guess the specific purpose of their doing this. Perhaps you can infer something based on the changes in the Emerald Field after the war."

Pardo glanced at Thorne and found that his heart seemed a little heavy, then shook his head slightly and reminded him.

"Changes in the situation in the Emerald Field?" After being reminded by the little wizard, Thorne was taken aback, rubbed his forehead with his hand, and began to bow his head in thought.

Seeing this, Pardo also remained silent, not disturbing Thorne's thinking.

Although he didn't know why Thorne was so interested in the Godslayer, and how much he knew about the Godslayer, he knew very well that the other party definitely had an indistinct relationship with the Godslayer.

Because he holds the inheritance of Nine Swords.

As the highest inheritance in the Nine Swords Temple in Karatu Continent, he is destined to pay a corresponding price for it one day in the future.

As for the price, perhaps a little clue can be found from the Nine Swords Grandmaster who appeared half a year ago.

Thorn, who was one of the people involved in the disaster of the siege of Winter City half a year ago, is still fresh in his memory.

It would be relatively easy for him to infer the situation of the Emerald Field based on the changes after the disaster.

After all, anyone who lives in the Emerald Field knows a little bit about what happened in the wilderness, let alone a ranger who has personally experienced everything.

The hobgoblin Hruk of the Black Pearl Forest failed to attack Cold Winter City, and the final result was that the whole family migrated to the Tranquil Forest on the west coast of the Shadowmoon Inner Sea, which made Fallshang Town fall into the threat of hobgoblins.

And the consequences of Jackal's failure are even worse.

Not only did they lose their dominance over the Great Sword Scar Mountain Range, but even Yenogu, the king of the wolf man, fell into a deep sleep in order to accumulate strength when his avatar was crushed to pieces.

The final result was the counterattack of the hill giants, and there was a tendency to drive them out of the Great Sword Scar Mountain Range.

Thankfully, though.

The war between the gnolls and the hill giants had virtually saved the territory of the Emerald Fields from a lot of trouble and gave them a chance to breathe.

Otherwise, in the wilderness after the ice and snow melted, the wolf man would surge out from the Great Sword Scar Mountain Range like a tide.

"So that's what they wanted."

Thorn, who wanted to understand the reason, said to himself in his heart, his light orange eyes illuminated by the firelight also brightened a bit, as if the fog that shrouded his heart had lifted a lot.

Thorne believes that if he wants to truly understand the reasons and details of the process, he will only be able to understand it when he returns to Fallstown.

The goblin wizard Malvisa is definitely a participant in the god-making plan, and he thinks it's time to have a serious talk with her about the matter leading to the demiplane.

If the two sides can't reach an agreement, he would rather abandon the development of the wizard tower and have nothing to do with her.

When he went to Horn Town, he heard the other party admit that his dream was to change the title of goblins from "one" to "one".

The difference of one word is the difference of heaven and earth.

Perhaps many people in their real world think 'one' is not demeaning.

For example, many people who are more funny like to call: "a girl paper" or "a cute blue boy paper" or something.

But in this magical alien world, if a race does not have the title of 'one', it definitely means derogation.

To change this situation, the fastest shortcut is to let the goblin race have its own race god, instead of choosing to worship the goblin-like patron saint because of fear, the so-called Mighty Magrubie, and then become the god of the earth. A slave that can be driven by goblins or bear goblins.

It can be seen from this.

The purpose of the goblin wizard Malvisa choosing the goblin race is definitely to go to the god of the goblin race.

At first, he also had this association, but after thinking about it carefully, he found it impossible.

After all, it is too difficult to become a god alone, without the support of a huge backer, it is impossible.

I just laughed it off at this absurd idea.

However, through the demiplane and his party, Thorne saw the potential of the godslayer and the inheritance of the arcane empire, as well as the so-called "God-making plan", he really confirmed that the dream of the goblin wizard was not just a casual talk.

She is really going to be a goblin race god.

Therefore, Thorne must ask her to find out.

No one wants a catastrophe similar to Winter City to happen in the Emerald Fields.

Of course, if the goal of the goblin wizard Malvisa is really to protect their troubled compatriots from other worlds, then there is no harm in supporting them.

"Then do you know what the God-Creating Project is?" Then Thorn set his eyes on the little wizard and asked tentatively.

If everything was as he expected, the wizard tower in Winter City would definitely be involved in the god-making plan, and this little wizard might still know something.

Sure enough, the young wizard did not disappoint Thorne.

Pardo first glanced at him in surprise, apparently surprised that Thorne knew so many secrets, then sat up straight and replied seriously:
"The purpose of the god-making project is to establish a god system of our own, and then we compatriots from other worlds will grow up under the protection of the new gods until we replace the entire world.

They originally carried out a relatively radical plan to kill the gods, and finally found that it is almost impossible to succeed in killing the gods only with the power of mortals, so they have the plan to create gods and the Church of the Guardian, because they finally realized the failure. root cause. "

"The Guardian Church?" Hearing this name, Thorne was stunned for a moment, and repeated it in doubt.

"The Guardian Church's duty is to guard the growth of the New God. If necessary, they can pay any price for this, including... sacrificing everything."

After the little wizard explained to Thorne, the sadness that the legendary wizard Kaladna showed when he told him suddenly appeared in his mind.

sacrifice everything!
When Thorne heard these words, his expression was shocked, but a simple sentence made him feel an inexplicable chill.

At the same time, the desolate land of the seer's half-plane, the golem legion discarded like garbage, the last obsession of the diamond golem, and the ruins of the floating city that lost its balance and fell to the ground one by one came to his mind .

Clearly, these were victims of a failed plan.

"Brother Thorne, why are you so interested in Godslayer? Do you know any secrets?" Seeing Thorne's changed expression, Pardo finally couldn't help asking.

"You will understand later." Thorn replied perfunctorily, waved his hands with a smile, and changed the subject abruptly:

"It's okay not to mention these things that have nothing to do with us in the future. To be honest, I'm really surprised that you raised the Arcanist's level to level 6 in just half a year."

It's not that he didn't want to say it, but because before he left, the plane merchant specifically told him not to mention a word about the demiplane.

Of course, for Pardo's strength, he actually praised him sincerely.

Arcanist, a so-called greatest spellcasting system in history.

They are not only the pioneers of casting legendary spells, but also the pioneers of arcane arts dedicated to mastering the secrets of those extraordinary spells.

Moreover, it has also experienced two glorious eras of Netheril and Arcane Empire.

Generations of powerful arcanists have already fully exploited the potential of the arcanist profession.

The only downside is that the starting point for employment is too high.

This cannot be changed by anyone.

Most of the people who failed to meet the employment requirements in the early stage can only become wizards first, and then try to become Arcanists as their strength improves.

Those who can directly work as Arcanists are undoubtedly geniuses among geniuses.

Well known.

The system of wizard professionals can be divided into eight major schools, and each wizard's path will eventually focus on specializing in a certain school.

But arcanists are different from wizards. The spells they master are mainly divided into three magical areas: mind, creation and transformation.

Every successful arcanist specializes in one of the three major areas of magic.

The fewer divisions in the field of magic, the greater the arcane knowledge they have mastered.

This is like a piece of cake, most wizards with limited energy can only eat one-eighth of it, but arcanists can directly eat one-third of it.

Of course, a profession with such a strong basic ability means that it is very difficult to improve.

Just like the Nine Swords genre he has mastered, without the practice points given by "Sword Intent", Thorn believes that it is impossible for him to master a large number of Nine Swords moves so quickly, and it is impossible for the profession of Kendo to improve so quickly.

The main reason why basic occupations such as warriors, rangers, and rogues can be passed down for a long time is that they are suitable for the general public, and almost everyone can successfully take up a job.

Even some humanoids have class traits that naturally fit into these base classes.

Once, he heard that Master Qingchen and his master Deadwood Master wanted to create a profession similar to that of a monk.

The first thing they think of is not how powerful this occupational characteristic is, but how to improve this 'ascetic' occupation so that it can meet the minimum job requirements and make it a subject like a 'warrior'. Welcome to base careers.

Thorne believed that if the master and apprentice were really successful and spread this profession widely, it would be possible to meet the conditions for becoming a god.

Of course, if it was really that easy to succeed, someone would have already taken the lead. How could it be possible to wait for the two of them to innovate? It can only be said that there is a long way to go.

Comparing the two spellcasting professions of wizard and arcanist.

The former lowers the lower limit for an ordinary person to become a spellcaster.

The latter increases the upper limit of spellcasters, and at the same time increases the difficulty of employment and growth.

Therefore, when Thorne knew that the level of the little wizard in front of him had been raised to level 6, he was naturally surprised.

"The main reason why I can improve so quickly is that there is a small world similar to a copy in the Wizard Tower of Winter City." The little wizard Pardo threw a few dry sticks into the fire and said to Thorne .

"I still know a little bit about the small world like a trial copy, but I heard that it is very dangerous inside, and if you are not careful, you will lose your life or be trapped in it forever." Thorn gave him a slightly surprised look. , said.

Obviously, what he didn't expect was that there was such a magical world of trials in the Wizard Tower of Winter City.

"It's not as serious as you said. If you die in the small world, you will consume a little mental power at most, and you will recover in a day. Moreover, you can enter and exit inside, and you will not be trapped to death." The little wizard was stunned. After a moment, he explained to Thorne:

"Of course, these are nothing, the most important thing is that the small world time passes very slowly, and five days is equal to one day in reality, so I was able to improve my level so quickly.

It is said that the destruction of the Arcane Empire is related to some kind of forbidden research. I suspect that they have researched the field related to time, so that they were jointly attacked by the gods. "

"Could it be that the manager of the demiplane hasn't told him the truth?" After hearing Pardo's explanation, Thorn murmured in his heart.

He didn't care about the Arcane Empire, but couldn't help asking curiously: "Then what kind of world did you enter?"

"Waterdeep City along the Sword Coast of the Northland was once one of the core areas of Faerun Continent, known as the 'City of Miracles' and the 'City of Glory'.

The population of a single city in Waterdeep City is equivalent to that of a country. In this city, I saw the fall of a god, and I also saw a god being resurrected here, and even witnessed the process of a mortal becoming a god.

It's a pity that the current Waterdeep City has long since been turned into ruins, and among the many famous cities in the former Faerun Continent, only Silvermoon City remains. "

"This is the so-called Yangtze River. The waves behind push the waves ahead, and the waves before die on the beach. Now is our era. As for how long this era will last..."

Thorne smiled, and was about to continue talking, when his expression suddenly changed, as if he sensed something unusual, so he immediately said to the little wizard beside him in a deep voice: "Stay here and don't move rashly, an unexpected guest has come outside."

After speaking, he got up and disappeared into the shadows.

(End of this chapter)