As the sun faded from the western horizon, so did the afterglow of dusk.

Thorne was walking in the emerald field overgrown with weeds, holding a sharp sword. As his shadow was drawn longer and longer, the outline of Stallman Town gradually emerged in front of him.

"Stop here, report your name and purpose of visit!" On the city wall of Stallman Town, a tiefling warrior with a bow and arrow noticed Thorne's approaching figure and shouted vigilantly below.

As soon as the voice fell, rows of sharp arrows and a few bursting bolts appeared on the battlements.

Thorne stopped, put the sword in his scabbard, then lifted his hood, raised his hands to show no malice, and said:

"I'm a half-elf ranger from Waterfall Town. I'm going to Twilight Town. I happened to pass by here and plan to stay overnight."

"You lied!" The leading tiefling warrior shouted angrily, and then all the bows and arrows were pulled into a full moon, pointing directly at the ranger on the ground.

"Oh? So what do you mean?" Thorne's fingers lightly rubbed a protective ring on his index finger, looking playfully at the vigilant tiefling guard.

Five days have passed since I left Waterfall Town and have been fighting and killing all the way.

So when he was about to pass through Stallman Town, he decided to rest here for a night, and took this opportunity to see the master Kairon who helped him successfully enchant the weapon, and by the way, to confirm an idea in his heart.

However, it is surprising that the Stallman town guards seem to be unfriendly to outsiders, and their vigilance is too high.

Could it be because of those gnolls from the Great Sword Mark Mountains? Thorne guessed in his mind.

The gnolls in the depths of the Great Sword Mark Mountains have been fighting with the giants of the hills for more than half a year, and it is almost time to decide the winner.

From the number of gnolls he saw along the way, it could be seen that the gnolls were definitely driven down by the hill giants.

Then, at this time, the most threatened is undoubtedly Stallman Town.

In the past, due to the existence of a quasi-legendary sorcerer, Night Lord Anaxis, in Stallman Town, most gnoll tribes who rolled down from the depths of the mountains would rather take a detour rather than provoke this devil descendant. town.

But it's different now. The sorcerer wanted to take the opportunity to completely break free from the control of the old lord, the Night Serpent, when he advanced to the Legend of Destiny. His own strength has become ineffective from time to time.

Invisibly, this directly caused Stallman Town to lose the most deterrent powerhouse. Those gnolls who escaped from the Great Sword Mark Mountains naturally set their sights on Stallman Town.

After all, the fastest path from the Great Sword Mark Mountains to the Emerald Wilderness is located in the Falling Dragon Canyon opposite Stallman Town, separated only by a calm Emerald River and the flat Norhir Plain.

As long as the gnolls are not stupid, they will not choose to attack other towns in the Emerald Fields.

Therefore, Thorne believes that the reason why these guards are so vigilant is likely to be harassed like this by the gnolls.

If that's the case, he doesn't have to worry too much.

Thinking of this, Thorne quietly waited for the guards' words.

"The only way to Clarion Town and Waterfall Town has long been occupied by a large gnoll tribe and guarded to death. It is impossible for you to pass." The leading tiefling warrior carefully looked at the clothes. said the simple half-elf ranger.

Although a skilled ranger does have the ability to traverse the wilderness alone, the location of the gnoll tribe not far from their town is very special, and they also have abyss gnolls with very strong tracking ability.

He didn't think the ranger who claimed to be from the Falls could break through the Gnoll's defenses.

After all, that group of gnolls has been rooted for more than two months, and there are many scout teams scattered within the defensive range.

In their small town, the demon hunting team, which is said to be the strongest in reconnaissance and hunting, could not break through the defense line and approach the core area of ​​the gnoll camp, let alone this half-elf ranger.

"You're talking about the gnolls blocking the road, I see." Thorne smiled slightly after listening to the tiefling guard's explanation.

I saw that he reached out and patted the dimensional bag hanging on his waist under the vigilant eyes of everyone, and two blood-stained packages appeared out of thin air.

Then he threw it casually, and the package landed on the wall of Stallman Town in a perfect parabola.

"Open it." When the two **** packages fell into the city wall, a pungent smell of blood filled the air, and the tiefling guards put away their bows and arrows and carefully unwrapped the packages with arrows.

"It turned out to be the gnoll leader and the gnoll sacrifice!" When the group saw the head of the gnoll in the package, they all exclaimed and looked at the half-elf ranger under the city wall with disbelief.

They were all too familiar with the appearance of these two gnolls.

After all, these nasty guys have attacked their town many times with a group of gnolls, and everyone hates them so much.

What surprised them was that these two tough guys were killed by the half-elf ranger.

Who is this ranger who claims to be the town of Falls, and why is he passing through Stallman Town?

"Go and call the people from the Demon Hunting Squad to see the real purpose of this half-elf ranger from Waterfall Town." The lead tiefling guard was the first to regain his composure amid the exclamations of the crowd. So he immediately whispered to a subordinate beside him.

They are a group of excluded tieflings, and they are absolutely vigilant against any outsiders, especially those who are powerful adventurers.

Although this ranger helped them solve a hidden danger, it did not mean that he would definitely gain the absolute trust of the tiefling race.

Um?

At the same time, Thorne noticed the moment when everyone on the city wall was amazed, and immediately found that the ranger's heart in his advanced quest had increased by 5%.

"Sure enough, as long as you do something that matches the professional characteristics of a ranger, this progress will be improved." Thorne nodded secretly.

This is one thing he wanted to prove when he came to Stallman Town. After all, the Ranger itself is a profession that mainly protects the wilderness civilization.

And he killed the gnoll leader and the gnoll sacrifice, which invisibly brought help to Stallman Town, just in line with his ranger characteristics.

Starting from Waterfall Town until now, he has killed many evil humanoids in battle. This process of enjoying the battle has directly increased his kendo master's progress to 16%.

Now, the progress of the Ranger has also changed without conflict, which gives him a certain degree of confidence in quickly and perfectly progressing to the hero level.

The only thing that puzzled him was why that single-professional-only Druid Master Qingchen still had no sign of breaking through.

Are there other problems?

Thinking of this, Thorne faintly felt that things were not as simple as he imagined.

However, although he felt a little strange, he still needed to try it before he could find the problem.

"Respected Mr. Ranger, I'm very sorry. I offended you just now. Stallman Town welcomes you." Just as Thorne was so stunned, Stallman Town's city gate had been opened.

Feeling the vigilant gaze of the group, Thorne didn't care and walked in directly.

Not long after he stepped into the town, he found several familiar figures walking towards him.

Thorne took a closer look and found that these people were the same demon hunters who had fought with him.

The only thing that surprised him was that there was another figure, and from the pace of the six of them, it could be seen that the five guys were vaguely headed by her.

Just when Thorne was puzzled by this peculiar-looking woman, everyone came to him.

"Hello, half-elf ranger from Waterfall Town, succubus paladin, Jessica." Immediately afterwards, the leading woman walked to Thorne and introduced herself with a cold voice.