The sun was shining in the sky, but the cruel cold wind dispelled the warmth of this bright light, making people feel no warmth.

What's more, it is still the end of the year, and the cold wave is gathering in the Neverwinter Sea, and then climbs the rolling Dajianken Mountains, and is about to cover the emerald field with frost and snow.

Two ogre guards stood lazily on the sentry tower, using their condescending gazes from time to time, vigilantly surveying the vast field.

Their upper bodies are covered with rough metal armor that can't even shine under the sun, their shoulder pads and iron wrist guards are also inlaid with spikes, and their lower bodies are a pair of trousers sewn from animal skins. Ugly mace and thorn shield, fat figure dangling in the sun.

The rudimentary sentry tower is built with rough stone mixed with rammed earth, and then the top is covered with a layer of thatch to shelter from the wind and rain.

"Boneshattering ogre warriors hate standing guard."

An ogre guard muttered, first glanced at his conscientious companion, then sat down casually, leaned his fat body against the stone wall, and secretly pulled out a string of various teeth. necklace, tossing it in his hands with a smirk on his face.

Another vigilant ogre guard seemed to find the rough armor awkward, the fat body wriggling like a little girl.

The ogre guard finally couldn't bear the pain, dropped his weapon on the ground, and began to dismantle the rough armor he was wearing.

When he noticed that the angular casting marks on the lining of the armor were not polished and rounded, the simple head actually understood why the armor was so awkward and uncomfortable.

"boom!"

The ogre guard angrily threw the rough metal armor onto the stone wall, and the heavy armor directly smashed a corner of the stone wall, rubbing out dazzling sparks.

"Damn kobold chops! Fucking cutting corners again!" Then the ogre guard couldn't help but curse in a low voice, like a big ball of cotton stuffed in his throat.

Then he turned around and walked down the sentry tower, preparing to find trouble with the kobolds. Suddenly, the ogre guard noticed a dark shadow appearing in the wilderness to the north, and was approaching at a slow and slow pace.

"Idiot! The enemy is coming!" The ogre guard who reacted immediately slapped his smirking companion sitting on the ground with a fan-like slap.

At the same time, he quickly picked up the mace and shield on the ground, and a pair of big eyes watched the approaching figure vigilantly.

"It's a half-elf!" The smirking ogre hurriedly tucked the terrifying tooth necklace into his pants and looked in the direction of the wilderness.

When he saw the appearance of the person coming, a look of excitement appeared on his ugly face, and then he subconsciously licked his chapped lips, revealing ferocious big yellow teeth.

"As long as it is an enemy with thin skin and tender flesh, no matter how many, you must report to the leader immediately, hurry up!" The ogre who took off his armor kicked his drooling companion and reminded.

"Oh!" The ogre who reacted immediately nodded, twisted his fat body and ran to the town to report the situation.

"The half-elf in front of you, listen, this is the territory of Horn Town. If you dare to take a step forward, the brilliant spell of the leader of the Bone Shattering Ogre will make you taste the fear of death." The ogre wizard who arrived roared at the half-elf who appeared not far away.

"I'm a half-elf ranger from the town of Falls, Thorne. I'm here to find your lord, the goblin wizard Malvasa, please help me." Hunting the rattling cloak, said.

"Bastard! You dare to call the name of the greatest goblin queen in Horn Town. Half-elf chops, don't apologize quickly, or Nilgau, the leader of the Boneshattering Ogre Tribe, will let you taste it. The pain of being ravaged by fire."

As if the ogre wizard who had been touched, roared angrily at the half-elf ranger, and dangerous magic fluctuations quickly appeared in Pu Shan's big palm, and a dark red fireball gradually began to take shape.

"call out!"

As soon as the ogre wizard's voice fell, an arrow jumping with arcs and light orange flames ripped through the air, rubbing the palm of the ogre wizard precisely, and the condensed magical energy also dissipated and dissipated in the air. .

"Why so much nonsense, hurry up and report." Thorne, holding a composite longbow, glanced coldly at the dog ogre wizard, and lifted the hood covering his face.

It has been five days since the Mara worshipers held the Deer Herding Banquet, and after recovering from his injuries, he received the reward from Alvi in ​​Twin Towers Town, and came here non-stop.

The reason for coming here is mainly to learn the training methods of "Qi Qi Slash" and "Whirlwind Attack" from the Orc Sword Saint.

As for the Temple of Merika, he did not go, but used the summoned animal companions to briefly tell the two harpists of the temple about the experience of the mission, saying that he had successfully completed their commission and reassured them.

"It's you?" The ogre wizard saw the ranger's face clearly, and immediately recognized the identity of the other party, then his eyes narrowed, and the anger in his heart was forcibly suppressed, and he said to the ogre guarding the gate: "Open the city gate quickly. !"

"Rumble!"

The heavy stone gate slowly rose, and Thorne saw this, glanced at the situation in the town, and walked in without hesitation.

The territory of Horn Town is not as flat as Twilight Town, nor is it built on the hillside like Iron Horse Town. Surrounded by hills.

After entering the town, you can find that there are not many rows of relatively delicate stone houses under the hillside, as well as densely covered animal skin tents.

Halfway up the mountain are various caves dug by goblins or kobolds. Through the gaps in the sparse bushes, you can see the figures of goblin kobolds burrowing out of the caves from time to time.

Thorne didn't care about the curious eyes of various humanoids, and walked silently on the broad gravel-paved road, observing all kinds of strange things in the town.

A troll with a naked upper body leaned his whole body on a large rock, his eyes closed slightly, which was very comfortable, because there were two gray-skinned goblins on his back who were cleaning the green moss covering him with their small claws.

The simple and honest ogre pushed a trolley full of chattering goblins, raising a stinky stench, and walked past him.

The little goblin with sharp teeth and sharp mouth stood under a big tree with his hands on his hips, chattering at a troll whose waist was so bent that his head was almost touching the ground.

A group of kobolds carrying baskets and mining picks in their hands were driven to a cave halfway up the mountain by an ogre holding a whip like a duck.

...

"How is it? Horn Town is okay, Mr. Ranger." At this time, the goblin wizard Malvasia, dressed in a gray wizard robe and a black pointed hat, floated silently in front of Thorne, with his After keeping the height of his body balanced, he gently raised his reddish eyes and said slowly.

Thorne glanced at the floating disc under the opponent's feet, and immediately knew the reason why she was able to float in midair.

The second-level spell "Tan Sen Floating Disk" is indeed suitable for walking or rushing on the light body of the goblin race.

"Not bad, here let me see the other side of the evil humanoids." Thorne echoed as he walked.

"Wherever they are, as long as they are intelligent races, they have good and evil, but they are not guided out. Just like there are no praise words like 'good' and 'good' in the goblin dictionary." Goblin wizard Marr Visha raised the brim of her hat a little and said with a smile.

In the past, when Thorne talked to the goblin wizard, the other party was riding a calf-sized warg, his face was shrouded in a pointed hat, and he could only see the reddish light flashing in the shadow of the brim.

Now, the other party used the second-level spell to be flush with his body, and he raised the brim of his hat a little bit, so that he could now easily see the other party's appearance.

Looking at the goblin wizard's delicate face and the faint smile on the corner of his mouth, the words 'pretty' suddenly popped into the mind of the half-elf ranger.

At the same time, I was a little confused about what happened to me recently. The figure of the sorceress appeared in my mind, but there was no problem. After all, everyone is beautiful and everyone has a love for beauty.

Then Thorne subconsciously turned his eyes to another goblin passing by, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself: It turns out that my aesthetics have not been distorted.

"Then do any of the goblins you cultivate have the potential to become wizards?" Thorne looked embarrassed and quickly changed the subject.

"It's difficult." The goblin wizard shook his head slightly, sighed and said: "If a goblin wants to be a wizard successfully, his intelligence attribute must reach at least 12 points, and a goblin who can advance to the supernatural rank must have at least 16 points of intelligence attribute, although The reproductive ability of the goblin group is very strong, but the probability of the birth of high-intelligence goblins is still very low, after all, the potential of the race is there."

"That's true." Thorne nodded slightly, looking at a very spiritual goblin walking by, and then said, "You seem to have a way to deal with it."

"I'm trying." Malvasa smiled and pointed to a few goblins playing on the uphill not far away, and said:

"I think the higher the intelligence attribute of goblins, the easier it is for the offspring to have high intelligence attributes. A batch has been planted, and when these little goblins grow up, the answer will naturally be revealed."

"You have an elite template, the intelligence attribute should be very high, why..."

Thorne, who was about to express his thoughts, was talking and suddenly noticed that the other party's pale red eyes stared at him coldly, immediately realized his gaffe, and quickly shut up.

"The camp in front is where the orcs live. You can go there yourself." It seems that because of Thorne's gaffe, the goblin wizard Malvasa's tone seemed a little cold, and then she reminded Thorne slightly dignifiedly. road:

"Blindly using experience points and practice points to improve strength is easy to be affected by the chaotic will to kill. So this system is not only a convenience for us, but it is not a constraint. In short, you have to think about it yourself."

What she said should be to combine the cultivation of the mood with each other, otherwise when the strength gradually becomes stronger, it is easy to cause confusion of the will due to the unstable mood, and lose yourself.

Thorne pondered for a moment, and probably understood what the other party meant.

In this world, the growth of a person's strength can be roughly divided into four stages, namely: extraordinary rank, heroic rank, paradigmatic way and destiny legend.

It is said that when a person reaches the level of a hero, a great destiny from the will of the world begins to vaguely appear in front of you. It's not too far away, if you can take this path and start walking slowly, it means that you have successfully stepped into the path of destiny legend.

The comprehension of this state of mind is not something that can be improved by just leveling up.

That is to say, in this multiverse, every powerhouse who reaches the Legend of Destiny is unique, because their state of mind has not only been sublimated qualitatively, but has also found a path that truly belongs to them.

No wonder the other party reminded him that it is best to keep the most perfect advancement. I am afraid that in this perfect advancement task, there must be improvement and cultivation of mood.

Thorne glanced at the goblin wizard and sincerely thanked: "Thank you for your reminder, I already understand how to go on in the future."

"It's good to understand, then I won't send you away, go there by yourself." After the goblin wizard Malvasa finished speaking, the figure who was about to leave suddenly paused again, pondered for a moment, and said with emotion. Thorne said:

"Want to know why I chose the goblin race? Because I want the goblin race to be called a goblin on the continent from a goblin to a goblin.

A word difference is a world of difference. However, I like this kind of high-level challenge. That's all. "

"It's a crazy ideal, I wish you success." Thorne glanced at the back of the other party's departure, muttered to himself, and accelerated his pace towards the orc settlement.

The people of Horn Town were really attentive to the placement of the more than 200 orc players, and they deliberately demarcated a village-sized territory for them.

Brand new wooden buildings were erected, and there were many kobolds and goblins and orc players working on the unfinished houses.

The confused colors of these orc players had vanished after experiencing multiple disasters and seeing new hope, in exchange for a burst of strong belief.

Thorne walked in this small village belonging to orc players. Most people who knew him would be surprised when they saw his arrival. Obviously, they were very surprised by the arrival of this half-elf ranger.

Then he greeted him politely, and Thorne nodded. When he found out where the orc swordsman lived, he stopped wasting time and walked over quickly.

"Boom!"

The galloping emerald river ran across the valley, and on a flat boulder, a burly figure with a naked upper body sat cross-legged against the cold wind, motionless except that his chest was still slightly heaving.

Juggernaut is a melee profession specializing in mind, skills, physique and will. It is a profession that relies on the tempering of the state to gradually improve one's strength, and many Juggernauts will learn the meditation (meditation) of monks.

A monk can use his inner perception of the energy of chi, and through continuous practice, increase the strength of the energy of chi, and then use it to strengthen his body to gain a variety of powerful supernatural abilities, spell resistance, and the strongest willpower.

Juggernauts are more extreme. They use the power of qi to stimulate the strongest destructive power, and then channel this power into their weapons.

With a single sword, a sharp sword qi attack can easily shatter even a wizard's protective barrier. This is what is called: Qi Qi Slash!

The energy of Thorne's Qi is transformed into flames, shadows, and the energy that defends the spirit and soul of the Steel Soul faction to deal with various sudden situations.

So in order to enhance his own strength, he wanted to learn the use of the energy of qi by the juggernaut, and how the monks used this energy to strengthen themselves.

He already knew about the cultivation methods of warrior monks, and he knew what to do next. Only the Sword Saint's "Qi Lifting Slash" has tried many times, but he has never been able to get started. This is the main reason why he came here.

When Thorne approached a certain range, he was immediately noticed by the intuitive orc swordsman Kutaig, who suddenly opened his sharp eyes, clenched the sharp blade in his hand and turned to look.

"It's you!" Seeing Thorne's figure, Kutaig couldn't help but said in surprise, and then he held a sword in one hand and rubbed his chest in the other and bowed respectfully to him.

"That's right." Thorne nodded and said, "As I said, I'll come over and ask you about the practice methods of the "Qi Raising Slash" and "Whirlwind Attack" feats. "

"No problem." The orc Juggernaut answered very straightforwardly, and then he clenched his long sword, his sharp eyes bursting with endless fighting intent.

"Let's start then." Thorne took out his long sword to kill demons and nodded with a smile. He likes dealing with such straightforward people the most.

...

The end of the year, the 31st.

The strong north wind swayed the bare branches of the old tree, sending out bursts of beast-like screeching, and the snow on the ground was swept up, mixed with the snowflakes flying in the air, overwhelming and horrifying.

"Boom!"

The emerald river rushed through the rugged valley, and on a large flat stone, a figure covered in snow sat quietly crossed, except for a slightly floating chest, motionless.

Suddenly, the snow-covered figure floated for a while, then slowly got up, and the snow covering the whole body slipped from the thin linen clothes.

"Finally... it's... snowing."

Thorne, who was wearing a thin cloth and stood barefoot on the icy rock, glanced at the rushing emerald river, looked up at the sky where the snowflakes were flying, and uttered three words from his frozen lips.

Since he came to Clarion Town, he has put away all his equipment, and he has always been dressed in such a thin suit. During the day, practice skills related to "Qi Slash" and "Whirlwind Attack" with the Orc Juggernaut.

When night fell, he sat cross-legged on the ground, his thin body whistling against the icy cold wind, when he was about to be unable to bear it, he activated the steel soul sect's countermeasure "Spiritual Defense" to disperse all the cold in his body, And then continue to endure, then disperse, and bear again, and so on again and again, until today.

This is a kind of asceticism of the warrior monk, and it is also the method for the swordsman to cultivate his state of mind, and it is also the fastest way for him to improve the "Qi Refining Technique".

And it's the best way to exercise your will.

He possesses the immortal evil of the Balor, although he has temporarily suppressed it and absorbed it completely. But he knew very well in his heart that with the gradual increase in the level of "Devil Power", this chaotic will will come again at a certain period of time.

Therefore, he needs a strong will!

A strong will is honed and accumulated little by little over time. A person's will will not change just because of your decision.

It is something that grows over time when you persevere, and this kind of will cannot be exchanged for practice points and experience points.

The reason why monks have the strongest willpower is precisely because the way they exercise themselves is more extreme, and they use the most difficult way to tap their potential.

"I have sensed the opportunity for the breakthrough of "Qi Refining Technique", but I have fully adapted to the cold here, and I won't improve much if I stay like this. Let's go back to the waterfall and go to town first." Thorne glanced at the person he had just obtained. Expertise, I muttered to myself.

[Low-level cold resistance (personal specialty): In the process of fighting against the cold wind, I gradually adapted to this environment. Therefore, as long as it is a cold environment above minus 20 degrees, it will not cause any harm to you. At the same time, when you take any spell with cold effect, you will reduce the damage by 2. 】

That's the main reason why he wants to leave here.

...

Now, he has fully mastered the skills of "Qi Lifting Slash" and "Whirlwind Attack", and it is only a matter of time before he wants to turn them into skills on the panel. Moreover, the environment here did not significantly improve his practice, so he felt that it was time to leave Horn Town.

Then, Thorne used his stiff arm to take out a bottle of advanced healing potion and advanced vitality potion from the dimension bag, and poured it at the same time.

These potions were all equipped with him after he experienced the First Battle of the Desolate Skull Mountains. Although the price is expensive, this kind of medicine that can save lives at a critical moment, as long as he has money, he will never be in trouble.

As the two bottles of medicine were taken down, a heat flow spread to his whole body, and his cold arms, cheeks, feet, and the ubiquitous chill in his body were all dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

——“Second Ring Divine Art: Second-level Natural Ally Summoning Art!”

Thorne, whose mental state was completely restored, flashed a faint light of the wooden holy emblem in his hand, and a eagle walked out of the light of the magic circle, carrying him into the vast snow.

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