Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 26 Diving into the Sewer

squeak...

In the dark sewer, a few mice with red eyes flashing screamed and disappeared into the cracks in the wall.

After a while.

A group of hurried footsteps echoed in this not very spacious space.

Tick!
The sewer pipes that have been in disrepair for a long time are constantly leaking water droplets, condensing into pools of silted water on the ground.

In this dim space, there is a kind of low-light environment with faint fluorescence, the source of light is the glowing moss crawling on the floor and walls and the ferns growing in the water tank.

These plants are common in the Underdark and are the main source of light for the monsters living there.

Thorn held a long sword in his hand and led a group of players to the front of the sewer.

At this time, they were walking in a main sewer pipe, which was as wide as a city block, with parallel drains and sewage tanks in the middle, and flat stone paths for people to walk on both sides.

The sewer was cold and damp, and there was still a stinky air. Thorne had long been used to this environment, and the other players only frowned.

Only Andelina, the only female player, had a big reaction, covering her mouth and nose from time to time along the way.

In the dim environment, under Thorne's strict prohibition, no one dared to hold lighting items, because it was too conspicuous, and it was likely to attract the prying eyes of evil creatures, and it was a living target.

Among the nine of them, except for him and the troll Trundle, who had dark vision, their eyesight was not greatly affected in this dim light environment.

However, after Thorne noticed the faint golden light shining in Anderina's eyes, he was a little surprised. This should be a special ability attached to the advanced professional dragon vein warlock.

Because the rest of the players are all humans, walking in this low-light environment seems to be a bit difficult. They can only follow Thorne closely to prevent falling behind.

In this game, human race players still account for the majority. Apart from feelings, the main reason is that the aesthetics of other races' appearance and appearance really do not meet the standards of the public.

After all, when this game was advertised, many players tried it out of virtual reality capabilities.

In this game that is said to be able to do whatever they want.

Whether you are strong or not is just a matter of one version, but whether you are handsome or not is a matter of a lifetime.

Although when the game was creating characters, in addition to changing the skin color and hair color at will, the appearance and height could not be adjusted at will, which means that what the reality looks like is still the same in the game.

But in several major mainstream races.

The height of dwarves, gnomes, and halflings directly dissuades 99.9% of players, and the appearance of tieflings, dragonborn, and half-orcs is too ugly.

The only people who can see it are humans, half-elves and elves.

As for those non-mainstream races: trolls, kobolds, lizardmen, ogres, etc., except for some with very strong mental qualities or special hobbies (Trundle next to him), even the best racial talent players are unwilling to try. .
For example, a dragon, a player who chooses this race, will be an ugly reptile with two chicken wings after entering the game.

If you want to show your majesty, God knows when, it is very likely that your entire gaming career will be a four-legged reptile with wings.

However, the accidents in this game made those players who insisted that the Dragon Clan did not delete their numbers and retrain, as long as they kept going, there would always be a bright future.

Anyway, the dragon is also the ceiling of the combat power in the world of Toril.

Sufficient food, full control, and sleep without thinking, the strength will gradually improve with age, and the dragon clan is so powerful.

Thorne chose the half-elven race, which was a race produced by the combination of humans and elves. It not only inherited some of the advantages of both sides, but also inherited some of the shortcomings of both sides.

It's a mixed bag of good and bad.

Because he chose a skill-based profession like ranger, and among the racial talents of the elves, there happened to be a bonus to the two weapons of the long sword and the long bow.

However, the attributes of physique and strength are slightly insufficient. Human strength and physique are sufficient, but skills and flexibility are slightly lacking.

The half-elf just combined the advantages of both sides, that is, it has good strength, and also inherited the flexible talent of the elves and its natural proficiency in weapons.

This is also the choice Thorn made after deliberating for a long time.

At this time, the upper part of the sewer they were in was the lower city of Winter City, and their destination was to cross the outer city from the sewer in the lower city.

Near the basement of the Outer City there is a hidden passage leading out into the wild.

He once obtained the inheritance of the Nine Swords in order to complete the test of the mysterious old man.

Thorne has been alone in this sewer for at least a month, so he is very familiar with the terrain here.

First of all, the sewers of Winter City are composed of main pipes that cross into a cross shape and traverse the entire underground area.

Then other branch pipelines are like a capillary network, which converges to the main pipeline from various blocks and buildings in the city.

Eventually all the sewage will be discharged from the outer city into the Sea of ​​Glory.

The sewage area that flows into the Sea of ​​Glory is said to have been a settlement of sea elves.

These peace-loving sea elves, because they couldn't bear the consequences of the erosion of the sewage, couldn't fight and justify, so they had no choice but to move their families.

Then the sahuagin took the opportunity to occupy it.

But obviously these devils from the deep sea are not so easy to talk to.

The main reason why the sahuagin invaded Winter City is not only due to their nature, but also probably related to this.

The entire sewer system undertakes the functions of urban sewage and drainage.

With the continuous precipitation of the years, even though these pipeline networks were supervised by a mountain dwarf master builder, and the quality was excellent, many problems appeared intermittently.

As a result, dirty water was everywhere on the ground, and it was very inconvenient to move.

Because the complicated sewers underground are the most advantageous hiding places for those wanderers who walk in the dark and cultists who like to weave plots.

So even if Thorne was very familiar with the terrain here, he didn't dare to be careless.

Before Thorne came here, it was occupied by a bandit gang called the Dead Rat Gang.

This is an evil organization composed of lycanthropes and ratmen. This area can directly lead to the lower city where the civilians live and the outer city where the poor live along the sewers.

Relying on the complex terrain of the sewers and the domesticated Dreadrats and Dire Rats, this weak ratman organization was able to get along like a fish in water.

Indirectly controlled most of the gray tissue in the two regions.

Cold Winter City is mainly controlled by a group of nobles, in the eyes of the nobles who started as merchants.

As long as it does not affect their own interests, they will basically choose to turn a blind eye to other things.

Even if you casually kill people in the lower city and the outer city, as long as you don't get discovered by the city guards or cause too much noise, no one will be free to take care of these shitty things.

This is also the main reason why player forces have been unable to gain a foothold here.

This is a city with little legal awareness, and the lip service of the real world doesn't work at all.

When your long-winded counterpart is impatient, he will simply say: "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Then: pawns!

(End of this chapter)