Under the cold moonlight, the icy night air silently seeped into every corner of the forest like thin and cold green ink.

Inside a brightly lit Hobgoblin Legion camp in Tranquil Forest.

A Hobgoblin warrior standing guard on the guard tower, paced back and forth in this small space, the heavy crossbow and quiver hanging from his waist collided with the buckle of the blood-red striped leather armor, jingling.

From the fact that the hobgoblin was always frowning and reaching out to rub his burgundy nose, the soldier on duty was so irritable that he couldn't concentrate on his work at all.

"The Mighty One, I'd rather go to the bottomless swamp to fight the lizardmen than stay with this filthy fellow."

The Hobgoblin warrior sighed helplessly. He leaned his entire body against the guardrail of the guard tower, looked at the small silver-gray figure on the opposite side, and frowned again.

This is a Kou Tao murloc. These murlocs from the Shadowmoon Inner Sea exude a disgusting fishy smell all the time, especially in such a small space, the smell is more intense.

Since the defeat of the Hulk Hobgoblins in Winter City, they have migrated from the Black Pearl Forest to the Forest of Tranquility. In order to completely occupy the resource-rich Emerald Wilderness, the Hobgoblin leader is ready to win over all available allies around.

Whether it is the sahuagin and the kuo-too in the Shadowmoon Inner Sea, or the lizards and bullywugs in the bottomless swamp, they are all their targets.

Today, the weakest kuo-too murlocs are the first to join the Hulk Hobgoblin camp. These murloc allies, who are born with vision from other worlds, are distributed in the guard towers of each hobgoblin legion to serve as vigilance scouts. .

"This kind of place doesn't need the help of the **** kuo-toas at all, and the warriors of the Hulk Hobgoblin can complete simple guarding tasks with honor."

The Hobgoblin Warrior really couldn't understand what the Legion Commander had arranged for a kuo-too to help defend with him.

After all, in the entire Tranquil Forest, except for some unknown forbidden places and the northernmost Merikai Temple, other places have been completely occupied by their Hulk Hobgoblins.

Eyeless humans, gnolls, kobolds, or ogres simply don't have the guts to infiltrate their territory.

Even the needle-leafed rangers in the Temple of Merikai only dare to wander and hunt on the periphery of their territory, because as long as they dare to try to approach, the arrows fired by the heavy crossbow are the best greetings to them.

"Damn little fish head, how many times have I said, don't approach me at will."

Suddenly, the dazed Hobgoblin warrior felt that his clothes seemed to be tightly adhered by some kind of extremely viscous grease. He immediately realized what the problem was, so he directly moved towards the silver-gray man in front of him. The kuo-toa cursed.

In addition to being extremely sticky, the oil secreted on the surface of the kuo-too body exudes a disgusting fishy smell all the time.

If you are stained with this kind of mucus, even if the duty is over and you are completely away from this **** murloc, the disgusting smell will still surround you.

Because of this, the Hobgoblin warrior has not dared to have the courage to taste the most delicious fish from the Shadowmoon Inner Sea for a long time, so he can only angrily put all the blame on this little fish head.

"If only a sharp arrow could fly from a distance to kill this little fish head, standing guard with him is simply torture and torment."

The Hobgoblin warrior felt the kuo-too's silver-white skin turn into an angry crimson because of his curse, muttered to himself, and then looked away from him.

"Pfft!"

The moment the Hobgoblin warrior turned around, a whistling arrow galloped towards it, hitting the bullet-like fish head of the Kou-too fish with precision and piercing through its head directly.

The dark purple arcs and light orange flames surrounding the arrows also spread to the Kou-too murloc's body, leaving a large black scorch mark, and the smell of cooked meat and fishy smell wafted out.

"thump!"

The kuo-too's chubby body twitched, and his skin changed from an angry crimson to a terrifying pale white, and then fell on the tower without a sound.

"The great goblin patron saint is above, is my prayer really fulfilled?" Looking at the dead koo-too, the goblin warrior stared at the corpse in astonishment, but did not respond for a while.

However, this feeling was only fleeting. At this time, the hobgoblin warrior had realized that their camp had encountered an intruder lurking in the dark, so he quickly reached out to pull the hanging alarm bell.

"Pfft!"

However, it was too late to react now. In the deep night, a whistling arrow swiped again, hitting the throat of the Hobgoblin warrior with precision and accuracy.

The hobgoblin warrior swung his throat with all his might, trying to get a little fresh air.

It's a pity that the arrow penetrated too deeply, and his dying struggles seemed a bit futile.

In the end, he clenched the arrow shaft with both hands, and his body slipped from the guardrail to the ground of the sentry tower, and soon died.

At the same time, on another sentry tower, along with the low roar of the Fulong beast, its powerful jaws deeply sank into the shoulders of the last guarded hobgoblin warrior, and the neurotoxin was injected into the hobgoblin by the sharp fangs of the Fulong beast. Inside the soldier's body.

The warrior who was half seated on the ground symbolically kicked his legs a few times before leaning motionless against the guardrail of the sentry tower, and honorably joined the expedition army formed by Magrubier on the plane of Shura.

Thorne, holding a composite longbow, emerged from the shadows. He first glanced indifferently at the fence door blocking his steps, and then waved his hand gently, and the man and the beast disappeared into the rich night again.

At this time, his location is a certain army camp of the hobgoblins of Heruk, and it does not belong to the core area of ​​the hobgoblin race, so he is confident to break into the hobgoblin camp with his own strength to create chaos.

So far, all the outposts and outposts outside the ghoul army camp have been cleaned up by him.

And what he needs to do next is to sneak into the camp and slaughter as many Hobgoblin warriors as possible, so that they can also feel the hustle and bustle of the chaotic camp.

In layman's terms, it is killing and setting fires, and by the way, harvesting experience points and practice points.

Of course, there is another thing that is very important to him, and that is to improve the special ability of the holy emblem he just made.

Stalker's Emblem +1

Type: magic weapon

Quality: Green · Excellent

Faith Restriction: Tracking God

Alignment Restriction: Good

Effect:

1. The wearer's 'Sneak' skill +3, and the 'Knowledge (Nature)' skill +3.

2. Dryad's Blessing: The effect of all natural magic spells used by the wearer is increased by 20%.

3. Hunting mark lv1: This mark has a faint divinity attached to it. It will gradually improve its quality with each successful hunting ritual of the wearer, so as to awaken other special abilities. Current progress (12300).

(Note: The material of this holy emblem is an oak tree that has grown in Merikai Temple for more than 300 years. It is bathed in the natural breath and the blessing of the forest goddess all the year round, which makes it have an additional bonus to the natural magic cast. Effect.)

(Note: The stalker of the silent way, there is no need to be afraid in the face of the wilderness, because the way of the wilderness is the way of the best, so let us have an endless battle with the enemies of the wilderness.)

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Obviously, this is a holy emblem with strong growth potential.

The holy emblem is used as a magic weapon for casting magic, and its production process is actually very simple, as long as you find the production materials and carve the corresponding emblem of each deity, and then go to the temple to pray to the deity you believe in.

He originally thought that the emblem made from this piece of oak was at least blue and transcendent.

Who would have thought that it was surprising that when he was praying, he received the attention of the tracking god, injected a faint divinity into it, and made it have a strong growth potential.

However, the price of growth is to complete the hunt again and again in the wilderness.

Thorne pulled out the desert wind, carved a pattern of five-star paw prints on the ground near the sentry tower, and then hid his entire body into the shadows and sneaked toward the hobgoblin's camp.

He walked along the shadows that couldn't be illuminated by the firelight, dodging waves of patrolling squads, and came to the most central residential area of ​​the Hobgoblin Camp.

He groped his way cautiously, and quickly identified the first room to be hunted.

The entire camp of the Hobgoblin Legion had already been scouted by the animal companions he sent over, so he also had a general understanding of the distribution inside.

At this time, the area where he was lurking belonged to the area with the best living conditions in the entire camp.

This is because dozens of neat wooden and stone huts have been built here, and the rest are tents built with animal skins or fences for shelter from wind and rain.

From this, it can be seen that this should be the concentrated area of ​​the Hobgoblin race, and the strength should be very strong.

That's enough for him, because that's what he wants.

Thorne's senses became extremely sharp under the blessing of the Steel Soul stance "Listening Device". He gently attached his entire body to the wooden house and listened to the small movements in the room.

In this quiet room, Thorne quickly determined that there were four Hobgoblin warriors living in it.

Two were snoring lightly, one was grinding his teeth, and one was breathing evenly, and he even heard the footsteps of a little mouse galloping past in the room.

However, these four Hobgoblins have one thing in common, they have all fallen asleep, that is to say, now is a good opportunity for him to start.

After all, it was already late at night, and it was about two or three o'clock in the morning. Hobgoblins also had to eat and sleep.

Thorne gently opened the half-closed door of the wooden house and walked in cautiously.

Immediately afterwards, the sword fell.

He did the same action four times in a row.

Although one of the Hobgoblins was awakened, before he could react, a cold light had already cut off his head.

The smell of blood began to slowly drift out of the air, and the cold killing intent was gathering little by little.

——“One Ring Divine Art: No Trace!”

Looking at the four dead corpses, the holy emblem in Thorne's hand flashed a faint light, and an invisible magical power enveloped him, and then he quietly left here.

With the blessing of this magical technique, he will not worry about the **** smell he has contaminated by being discovered by enemies with a keen sense of smell.

In this way, Thorne lurked in the hobgoblin rooms one after another, harvesting one after another hobgoblin corpse.

Of course, he didn't sneak in casually, at least he avoided the gnome priests and those night owls who never sleep.

Although there were several accidents along the way, all of them were solved neatly by his agile skills and swordsmanship, so that no one has noticed his existence so far.

However, as the smell of blood grew stronger, Thorne believed that it was only a matter of time before the hobgoblins discovered that the invaders had sneaked into the camp.

The increasingly strong smell of blood finally awakened the third-order professionals in the hobgoblins.

A hobgoblin wanderer with a ferocious scar on his face suddenly opened his eyes and immediately picked up the two short swords by the bed. go out.

Suddenly, the shadow behind the Hobgoblin wanderer twisted.

An inexplicable chill instantly caused the thick hairs of the Hobgoblin wanderer to rise.

Just as he was about to roll forward instinctively, a sharp blade emitting a pale blue light had passed through his heart, and the piercing chill mixed with the scorching heat penetrated into his blood.

Thorne stepped over the corpse of the hobgoblin wanderer.

He glanced at the figure gradually walking out of the house, and then began to gather under the leadership of several leaders.

He understood that the opportunity for assassination had vanished.

So Thorne quietly came all the way to the warehouse area in the camp, most of which are stored here are some fodder for feeding livestock, as well as various daily needs.

The defense of the warehouse area is not very strict. In addition to the two yawning hobgoblin warriors, there are also a sleeping kuo-too in the corner and a few wandering wolves.

Moreover, with the blessing of the Ring of Insight, Thorne also discovered several deadly traps.

Obviously, these guards do not think that the enemy can sneak into the deepest part of the camp, their main role is nothing more than to prevent their own people.

Thorne jumped, stood on a higher roof, immediately condensed a fireball the size of a washbasin, and threw it.

"Boom!"

A dark red fireball cut through the deep night, and directly hit the fodder piled up on a hill. With a deafening loud noise, the flames burst into flames violently.

The bright fire and sound instantly pointed out the direction for those gnomes like headless flies.

Thorne, who was hiding in the dark, watched the roaring flames burn, eroding all the combustibles around him, and glanced at the big goblins who were screaming wildly after discovering the fire.

He escaped into the shadows again, looking for the figure of the supreme leader of the entire camp, that is, the captain of the Hobgoblin army.

This fire does nothing but attract the enemy's attention and cause panic, because it is quickly extinguished.

"Hurry up and order the sacrificial group to gather, and let them immediately use the divine spell of prophecy to find the arsonist hiding in the camp."

Seeing that the fire that seemed to dye the sky was slowly dimming, the Hobgoblin army commander roared at his subordinates who came to report the situation, while wearing armor in a panic.

This camp is just one of the legion stations of the Hulk gnomes. As the supreme ruler of the camp, if he is harassed by arsonists and causes heavy losses, his position as the legion commander is likely to be lost.

Therefore, the captain of the Hobgoblin army must do everything possible to find the arsonist hiding in the dark, and must not let him act recklessly in the camp.

"Damn it! Those stinky fish and rotten shrimps from the Shadowmoon Inner Sea are really unreliable at all." The Hobgoblin army commander cursed while walking among a group of guards.

If the guard posts on the outskirts of the camp could have warned in advance, there would not be so many troubles, the Hobgoblin Army Commander thought to himself.

A group of people were walking, when they were suddenly blocked by an adult-sized dragon beast not far away.

This Fulong beast gently flapped the two small wings on its back, and its scarlet pupils showed a very humane mockery when it looked at the hobgoblin.

"Kill it!"

Without any hesitation, the captain of the hobgoblin army directly issued orders to the people around him.

However, just as the group was attracted by the Fulong beast and prepared to besiege, a fireball the size of a washbasin had already fallen from the sky.

"Boom!"

The fireball smashed into the crowd like a large cannonball, and the raging flames and loud explosions played a mournful and mournful movement in the night.

——“Shadow Hand School (Teleportation Skill): Shadow Leap!”

At the moment when the fireball sounded, Thorne had already drawn his swords and disappeared without a trace as a shadow.

Immediately afterwards, Thorne's figure appeared in the smoke and dust of the fireball.

- "Flame Slash!"

"Pfft!"

He held his breath, locked onto the panicked Hobgoblin army commander, and the twin swords surrounding the flames swept through two firelights respectively.

"Hiccup hiccup..."

The Hobgoblin Legion commander stirred his slashed throat, gushing scarlet blood, and then his burly body fell into the flames that had not yet been extinguished.

Then, Thorne clenched his two swords tightly, shuttled back and forth several times in the wailing crowd, waving a dazzling dance of death, and a dozen hobgoblin warriors fell to the ground like reaping wheat.

Thorne stomped on the hobgoblin's corpse and continued on.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The five patrolmen met Thorne in the alleys of the camp.

——“Steel Soul School (Strike Skill): Catapult Slash!”

Thorne's figure turned into afterimages because of his speed. Every time the afterimages paused in the enemy group, a Hobgoblin fell to the ground and died with a scream.

When the last Hobgoblin fell, Thorne's galloping figure reappeared in the night, and he stood in place to calm down the breath he was breathing slightly from the violent exercise just now.

This is the fourth-level move of the Steel Soul School. When learning the fifth-level move, it is the first move to master.

- "Spell-like ability: Fireball!"

Immediately afterwards, a fireball the size of a washbasin condensed in the palm of Thorne's breath, and he threw it back without looking back.

"Boom!"

The deafening fireball smashed into the horde of goblins that had just arrived, and Thorne had disappeared without a trace in the smoke of the fireball.

——“Second Ring Magic: Silence!”

In the chaotic camp, Thorne, who was hiding in the dark, noticed seven or eight hobgoblin priests hanging behind him and chasing him, so he immediately cast a ranger magic on himself.

——“Shadow Hand School (Teleportation Skill): Shadow Leap!”

When the "Silence" took effect, Thorne disappeared again without a trace.

The Hobgoblin priests were about to use magic to track the location, and a dark shadow appeared strangely around everyone.

The expressions of the priests changed suddenly, and immediately began to chant attack magic.

However, apart from the strange opening and closing of their mouths, they did not make a sound.

- "Flame Slash!"

A stream of blood splattered.

The silent Hobgoblin priests fell to the ground in the scorching sword light.

Noticing that the dragon beast had taken out the hobgoblin warrior on the other side, Thorne jumped and appeared on the roof of a house.

- "Three Rings Magic: Arrow Rain Storm!"

Looking at the hordes of hobgoblin warriors who were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, Thorne lifted the "silence" he had blessed himself, and took out a composite longbow and a sharp arrow.

As the composite longbow flashed a brief blue light, he immediately drew the longbow full and shot at the dozen or so hobgoblin warriors who were the first to reach the attack range.

"Boo! Hah! Hah!"

The moment the arrow left the string, it turned into a dozen arrows jumping with firelight and arcs, covering all the chasing Hobgoblins, and one after another mournful mourning sounded.

The Fulong Beast, who was hiding in the dark, let out a low roar, and took this opportunity to descend from the sky, using its sharp front claws and powerful jaws to harvest the still-dead Hobgoblin.

- "Spell-like ability: Summon demons!"

Thorne cast his eyes to the other side, a circle of light flashed, and six strong baguras roared and walked out from the center of the circle.

They seemed to be a group of villains who had just been liberated from the iron cage, waving their iron fists the size of a washbasin crazily and fighting with the hobgoblin warriors who came.

"boom!"

A Hobgoblin warrior tried to block the Whistling Iron Fist with the shield in his hand. With the depression of the shield, the burly body of the Hobgoblin was also smashed into the air.

"Crack!"

The long sword in the hand of another hobgoblin smashed into the sturdy arm of the hobgoblin.

Seeing that the chasing enemies were either cleaned up or successfully blocked, Thorne was relieved to leave the Bagura demons who were fighting frantically, jumped and walked towards the rest of the camp.

In the chaotic Hobgoblin camp, Thorne's figure appeared in the stinking slave quarter.

"Crack! Kick! Kick!"

He immediately walked to the iron cages where slaves were being held, and cut off all the chains.

In the crazy eyes of the slaves, he disappeared without a trace again.

"Roar!"

An ogre with whip marks all over his body rushed out of the iron cage first, and his vulgar roar like a cannonball was instantly rendered to all the slaves in the slave area.

A slave rebellion among the hobgoblins has officially broken out.

Meanwhile, Thorne, who appeared on the other side, ran into a group of wandering goblins.

——“Desert Wind Sect (Enhanced Skill): The Flame of Chaos!”

Looking at the roaring bear goblin, Thorne swung his sword, a dark blue magic circle appeared, and a large fire element came out of the magic circle.

large fire element

Large Elemental Creature (Fire)

Challenge Level: Level 9

Highest attribute: Agility 21

Status Immunities: exhausted, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, knocked down, restrained, stunned

Immunity to damage: fire, poison, bludgeoning of nonmagical attacks, piercing, slashing

Special Abilities; Fireform, Scorch, Multistrike, Light, Weak Water

Feats: Weapon Finesse (slam), Dodge, Improved Initiative

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This is a large fire element. It is an elemental creature that re-signed an oath on the fire element plane after Thorne's kendoist level reached level 9.

Except for the height of nearly 5 meters, this fire element is no different from the medium-sized fire element.

However, the temper, like its fire element, has become more grumpy.

When the large fire element walked out of the magic circle, its own lighting characteristics, in addition to illuminating the surrounding darkness like day, also revealed the fearful eyes of the bear goblins.

Under the control of Thorne's mind, the large fire element, with two bright blue flame pupils on the blurred face, looked directly at the terrified bear goblins.

Immediately afterwards, the two arms that flickered and appeared, spoke the fire language that no one could understand, and the excited roar was like a group of explosive flames.

The Fire Elemental, which is immune to normal weapon attacks, rushes into the pack of goblins like no one, and its 21-point agility attribute allows it to chase almost any goblin that tries to escape.

Every time the fire element touches the body of the goblin bear, they directly turn into a fire man rolling and wailing frantically on the ground.

At this moment, a cunning goblin-bear crossed the fire element's attack gap and appeared in front of Thorne.

Thorne glanced at him casually, and the claws that the bear goblin was about to attack paused for a moment, and immediately became timid and timid.

A cold light flashed, and Thorne gave the fire element an order to move freely, then walked over the corpse of the goblin bear and walked towards the rest of the ghoul camp.

For Thorne, the chaos was just the beginning.

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