Most of the upper town of Pushang Town is surrounded by mountains, which form a rugged valley.

In this valley, except for a few roads for people to pass and some special buildings, unknown weeds and odd-shaped trees grow in other places, which is in sharp contrast with the dense stone houses in the lower city.

Among the dense trees, most of the houses of half-elves are built around trees, and there are also many dense tree holes dug under the evergreen trees, and high and low suspension bridges are connected between the trees for people to pass.

With the permission of the half-elf leader, Thorne walked with Andrina on the road of Uptown.

However, after listening to the insights of the half-elf leader just now, Thorne, who was leading the way, seemed a little lost.

He repeatedly recalled the countless large and small incidents that had occurred in the past year and a half, from the moment he came into contact with the game and stepped into the town of Waterfall, until he left alone half a year ago.

Just after entering the game, facing the curiosity of the too real world, when he has a general understanding of the world, he yearns to become a wilderness ranger.

In order to become a real ranger as soon as possible, he took almost all his free time and devoted it all to the game. In the training ground of Waterfall Town, he worked hard day and night to exercise various skills of the ranger and master natural knowledge. .

And the ranger mentor Bartley Moonblade, who was guiding his training at the time, also praised him for having the heart of a ranger, which made him happy for a long time.

Addicted to the game and unable to extricate himself, he has been questioned.

What is he playing games for?

And his answer was short: because he loves change.

What do you want to change?

For this question, Thorne was silent for a long time, and then slowly revealed his own voice: what he wants to achieve in the game cannot be changed in the real world, at least there is hope here.

In reality, his life was unsatisfactory. He wanted to seek some stability in the game. This place was like his second life, nothing more.

Sometimes Thorne even thinks that it would be a good choice to live in the game forever.

After Thorne spent a year in Waterfall Town, this kind of accident really happened, and everyone couldn't go back, so many people panicked, including himself.

The originally peaceful and peaceful Pushang Town was surrounded by a large number of homeless players, who just wanted to find a stable settlement here.

When the half-elf leader nodded and agreed, the maple forest in the town of waterfalls was occupied by the players, where they fell trees, built houses, cleared fields and built walls to protect themselves.

Everything is developing towards the form of a civilized settlement.

But with the arrival of the players, as the half-elf leader just said, evil humanoids began to appear frequently in the town of waterfalls, just like smelling delicious food.

There are multiple frictions with them almost every day, and players are killed in battle every day.

However, in the end, with the help of the half-elf original residents with rich combat experience, the settlement of the players was finally established bumpily.

With a house that shelters from the wind and rain, you don't have to sleep on the wasteland all day long, you have a tall and thick city wall, and you don't have to be afraid when you sleep at night.

Everything seems to be going in a good direction, as if to open a new chapter for these homeless players.

However, an accident still occurred, and the Hobgoblin group and the Lizardmen jointly launched an all-out attack on the town of Falls.

So the tragedy happened, and the originally peaceful and peaceful waterfall town became like a purgatory on earth.

Are the players at fault?

They are not wrong, they are just a bunch of poor homeless people trying to survive.

Likewise, there is nothing wrong with half-elves, they refuse to interact with players in order to survive.

In the battle to defend the town of waterfalls, the original number of half-elves was more than 300, but in the end less than 200 people survived, and a full one-third of the population was lost.

It was precisely because of the tragic battle six months ago that the half-elf leader realized that the source of all the troubles was their players.

He believes that without the presence of players, Waterfall Town will continue to develop steadily and peacefully as before, and then continue to gather those half-elf people who have been rejected.

Today, although the concepts of the two sides are different, they are both for survival, and they are also for the protection of the waterfall town.

And Thorne is the same, he is also to survive, but also to protect the town of waterfalls.

Thorne, who had thought about everything clearly, was no longer so distracted, and his piercing eyes began to look at everything he was familiar with.

The upper town of Pushang Town is full of dense trees, which makes the air here seem very cold, and there is a faint translucent mist floating around.

The gentle birdsong floated from the fog with a crisp ending, and the jumping figures of various small animals also appeared and disappeared from the branches.

Everything is still the familiar scenery of Thorne. Although he has gone through so many twists and turns, these have not changed, of course, including his original intention hidden deep in his heart.

"Brother Thorne, you are really back, my bamboo dragonfly is hanging on the tree, can you help me take it down?"

A little half-elf girl emerged from the bushes and saw the surprise in Thorne's eyes, then walked up to him, raised her innocent head and pointed at the small toy on the treetops.

Feeling those innocent big green eyes, Thorne smiled at her, and was about to instruct the Ferocious Eagle hovering above to fetch it, but found that the bamboo dragonfly hanging on the treetop was guided by an invisible wave of magic, slowing down. Slowly floating in front of the half-elf little girl.

"Be careful next time, this kind of toy can't be played in the woods." Andrina walked over to the little girl and touched her pale blue hair, and said with a smile.

"Thank you eldest sister." The little girl excitedly took the bamboo dragonfly into her hand, tilted her head and glanced curiously at Andrina's ears hidden in her hair, and then touched her pointed ears subconsciously. She thanked her, twisted again and disappeared into the thick bushes.

"Did you make that bamboo dragonfly before?" Andrina said with a faint smile, looking at the little girl's disappearing figure.

"I don't have the spare time for children's things." Thorne denied directly.

...

As the sound of the rushing water of the waterfall gradually approached, Thorne and Andrina finally came to his long-awaited cabin.

The rushing waterfall not far from the hut is like a sharp sword with a cold light piercing straight into the bottom of the water from a thousand miles above, and the white mist that it arouses is like the smoke of gunpowder rising after the "fireball" explosion. .

The rising water vapor was blown by the cold wind, raising countless dense Mercury stars, and rushing towards Thorne, feeling a little cool breath, he involuntarily took a deep breath, and suddenly felt inexplicable comfort in his dull heart.

"Thorn, you're back." Just as Thorne focused on the waterfall in front of him, a soft voice sounded behind him.

"Chirp!"

The ferocious eagle hovering in the sky uttered a long cry of joy, flapping its wings and descending rapidly towards the direction of the source of the sound.

"Why are you here?" Looking at the half-elf girl who walked out of the cabin, Thorne looked surprised, and then asked a little puzzled.