"How about it, you idiot, I told you a long time ago that Thorne will definitely win this battle, that lunatic Albert is not my elder brother's opponent at all, you still don't believe it, now you are dumbfounded. "

In the crowd of onlookers, Ashmore, who was leading a kobold as a dog for a walk, glanced at Albert the Storm Lord, who was trampled by Thorne in the battle field, and said proudly to the people around him: "Hurry up and close your surprised mouths, and be willing to admit defeat."

"Bah! Now I'm licking my face again to recognize my big brother. What a **** storm lord, the savings I've saved for half a year are cheap, you orphan. It's over, this winter is going to be hard."

A warrior player in a simple leather armor took out three gold coins and threw them to Ashmo, saying: "However, today I can see this arrogant and domineering lunatic in the town on weekdays being beaten so badly, it's inexplicable in my heart. I feel very comfortable.”

"The irritable brother Albert fought the lonely ranger Thorne. It is surprising that the lonely ranger was even better. In the lower city, someone could finally subdue him by force." Another elf player retracted his gaze. exclaimed.

"I'm still a lonely ranger. After I didn't see others go out and come back, there was a beautiful woman by my side. Now there are two people. We single Wangs can't compare. Adventure to go."

Ashmo unceremoniously took the three gold coins handed over by the warrior player, then rubbed the filth on the surface with his sleeve, and pocketed it with satisfaction, saying:

"You're not having a good time, so why don't you join the guards in Waterfall Town? In addition to the basic salary of two gold coins per month, those who have been employed for one year can also share a permanent residence in Waterfall Town for free. How can the original residents have such treatment, so don’t pretend to be arrogant here, lowering your arrogant head is the most correct choice.”

"Then you have to spend your life, let me work for them and think beautifully." The warrior player pouted with disdain: "When I save enough money, I will follow the caravan to Saiput City in the spring of next year. With your current strength, isn't it good to find a porter's job in the city, and live in peace?"

"Porter? It's a great ideal. I'm different from you. When I get to Sept City, I'll find a way to part-time work as a priest of Tyr, the **** of justice, and then retire in the temple." Another elf The player sneered and said his thoughts.

"Pastor's retirement? Naive child, your ideals are greater than mine." The warrior player sneered at the words, and then asked unexpectedly: "So, you really decided to quit the guards in Waterfall Town? "

"What do you think, the humanoid creatures in the wilderness are about to use the waterfall town as a copy of the game. Regardless of their strength, they will come to harass them every now and then. I've had enough of this precarious day." Elf players complained road.

"It seems that after the business road between Pushang Town and Sept City was opened up, it was the first to provide convenience for you salted fish." Ashmo listened to the chat between the two, while wiping the filth on the gold coins. Tucao casually.

As soon as the words fell, he suddenly noticed a falcon crossing the sky, and his expression was startled, so he immediately got up and ran out of the town.

...

In the battle field between Albert and Thorne.

Thorne didn't care about the **** angry eyes of the other party, and stepped on his chest, preventing him from getting up and fighting back.

At this time, Albert looked embarrassed. The enchanted armor was full of traces left by the flames, and the places that were not wrapped by the enchanted armor were full of burns of various flames.

Moreover, because of the sequelae after the madness, he fell into a weak state.

However, although the irritable Albert was unable to get up after being stomped on the chest by Thorne, he was still struggling to resist, and the crackling lavender arcs kept surging around him.

Thorne felt the damage caused by the arc, causing a faint tingling sensation from the soles of his feet, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a light flashed from the wooden holy emblem in his palm.

- "One Ring of Magic: Resist Energy Damage (Lightning)!"

The almost invisible protective force field quickly enveloped Thorne's body, and the arc that jumped from Albert's body suddenly did not pose a threat, and was completely isolated from the energy barrier.

"Don't you give up your resistance? Our storm lord Albert!" Looking at Albert's embarrassed appearance, but still struggling frantically, the strength of Thorne's feet couldn't help but exert a little force, and the long sword in his hand immediately fell across him. on the neck.

Noticing Thorne's icy gaze and the pain from the scorching flame on the dark red blade from his neck, Albert snorted coldly, turned his head to give up his struggle, and lay motionless on the ground in silence.

"Brother Thorne, it's just a discussion, and Albert has paid the price for his arrogance, let him go, don't make him too embarrassed." In this stalemate, Torvey left Come over and persuade Thorne.

Thorne glanced at Torvey, and then glanced down at Albert, who remained silent. He didn't say anything, but chose to withdraw his foot from the opponent's chest.

Just as he was about to turn and leave, Albert, whose pressure had dropped, suddenly stood up, roared angrily, and the war spear in his hand suddenly jumped into a crackling arc, and smashed at Thorne with all his strength.

"I'm still so immature and I can't afford to lose, so I knew you would do it." Thorne glanced at the other party without any accident, and hurriedly threw out the already condensed, hidden by him in his sleeve. Shadow rope.

I saw that the rope in his hand was gently thrown at Albert, and this rope, which was completely composed of shadow energy, wrapped his body at an extremely fast speed.

The cold shadow energy immediately paralyzed the weak Albert, and the raised spear was frozen in mid-air as if the pause button had been pressed.

- "One level spell: sleep spell!"

At the same time, the spell cast by Torvey, who was standing beside Thorne, had just been prepared. A spell flashed, and Albert lay on the ground again and fell into a state of coma.

Seeing Albert in control, Torvey smiled awkwardly at Thorne, and then motioned for Chris, who came over, to take him away quickly.

Seeing this, Thorne's thoughts moved, and the shadow rope wrapped around Albert's body immediately turned into a little light and dissipated in the air.

"I hope you don't remember what happened today. After all, this is just an insignificant discussion. When I go back, I will take good care of my younger brother." Seeing the rope disappearing from Albert's body, Torvey was full of apologies. Said to Thorne sternly.

"Don't worry, I still know Albert's character fairly well, and I won't take it to heart. I just hope he doesn't add unnecessary trouble to me in the future, as well as the idea of ​​going to the city." Thorne took the long sword Slowly into the sheath, said calmly.

Although Albert believes in the Lord of Storms of the chaotic evil camp, his camp is also biased towards chaos and evil, but his irritable and irritable character does not uncontrollably kill innocent people in the player group, or else Waterfall town can't accommodate such a person.

However, this guy is always full of hostility towards the half-elves in Shangcheng, and he is completely unaware of who is the real master here and who is the kind-hearted outsider in the entire waterfall town. This is what he can't see The main reason for getting used to Albert.

"I promised you a long time ago, that kind of thing will never happen, you can rest assured." Torway looked relieved, and then turned and left with Chris who supported Albert.

"Are you okay?" Andrina asked concernedly when she walked to Thorne.

"It's okay." Noticing the other's gaze, Thorne's tense expression loosened, and he said while shaking his arm, which still had a slight tingling sensation.

"Is this the town you described in the waterfall?" Andrina and Thorne stood side by side, looking at the noisy crowd gradually leaving.

"What, is there any problem?" Thorne heard the inexplicable meaning revealed in Anderina's words, looked startled, looked at her pretty face, and asked subconsciously.

"Chaos." Anderina pondered for a moment, not knowing how to express it, and finally spit out two words. After thinking about it, she added:

"The people in Falls Town are not comparable to those in Twilight Town. In Twilight Town, when I saw them gather to deal with the gnoll tribe, I felt serious and dignified, and there was a sense of danger in the face of danger A sense of urgency, a visceral sense of crisis.

But here, most people give me the feeling that I don't care about it, and a kind of mentality that I don't care about myself. The mentality that people who come down should have, on the contrary, the half-elves in the upper city appear more real. "

"Even you can see it, in fact, the atmosphere of Waterfall Town half a year ago is no different from Twilight Town, so when I left for half a year, the moment I stepped into Waterfall Town again, I clearly felt everything here. Everything has changed, not only the half-elves in the upper city, but also the people in the lower city."

After listening to Andrina's story, Thorne was silent for a moment, looking in the direction of the Emerald River and continued:

"The reason why people in Twilight Town are in such a situation is mainly because they have no way out. All around them are threats from humanoid creatures. It is precisely because they are isolated and helpless that they are forced to temporarily suppress To avoid internal contradictions, we have to unite closely together to defend against foreign enemies.

But what about Pushang Town now, about 500 kilometers to the east of it is a prosperous port city: Saiput City, within the sphere of influence of Saiput City, the closest to Pushang Town is the Twin Towers The distance between the two towns is less than 50 kilometers. There are indigenous forces, so they have many different choices.

Through the people coming and going on the street, it can be found that the road to the city of Sept has been opened, and most of the humanoid tribes entrenched there have been driven and destroyed. Players want to leave the town of waterfalls and go to other places. The place becomes much easier, which makes them not blindly staying on the waterfall.

Moreover, Waterfall Town suffered a joint invasion by Hobgoblins and Lizardmen half a year ago, and it was almost in a state of semi-destruction, making it even more difficult for people to feel a sense of belonging to this town.

Today, apart from those who were originally founded by those who still have unforgettable feelings for them, other foreigners are no longer so persistent. Even if they fall, they can live in another place. The world is so big, and there is always a place that suits them. , which is the difference between having a retreat and no retreat.

If Winter City suddenly one day becomes a lawful city suitable for our development, then soon, Twilight Town will gradually degenerate into what it is today. In the final analysis, there is nothing in the current waterfall town that makes them worth protecting with their lives. "

The current players have been adapting to this cruel world for a year. Those who cannot adapt have long since disappeared into the dust, and those who survived have their own way of survival.

Players in Twilight Town may struggle to resist when faced with a humanoid invasion because they don't step back.

But Waterfall Town, as long as they walk along the Twin Towers Town, they can go all the way to Saiput City, giving them many different choices. This is the fundamental reason for the change of Waterfall Town.

Although the road to Seput City has been opened up, and many players from other places have been injected into Waterfall Town, there are two sides to everything. Similarly, there are also many players who originally lived in Waterfall Town. leave and go somewhere else.

The current crisis facing Pushang Town is not only from the outside, but the cohesion of the internal staff is also the most troublesome problem for the two lords of Xiacheng District. After all, infighting is something engraved in the bones of human beings.

And they manage a group of people who hardly care about anything in this world.

After listening to Thorne's analysis, Andrina fell into a brief contemplation, and after a while, she looked at Thorne and said, "The lower part of the town on the waterfall is too chaotic, I don't want to participate in this trip. In muddy water."

"This is your own choice, and I have no right to interfere with you." Thorne replied without thinking.

If he had just seen Andrina's strength, he would have had the idea of ​​wooing the opponent to help him defend the town of Falls.

But when he really brought Anderina to this town and saw such a complicated and chaotic situation, even he himself felt a headache. Outsiders get involved.

"Then what are your plans in the future?" After a moment of silence again, Thorne finally asked his inner doubts.

"Plan?" Andrina said to herself subconsciously. After thinking for a while, she smiled at Thorne: "I plan to live in seclusion in that tower in the future."