Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 97 Selecting Specialties
Roar!
Deafening roars and mournful wailing came from the dense jungle.

In the moonlight forest, a large number of thick trees broke under the roaring anger because they blocked the pursuit of the mountain giant.

boom!
A big uprooted tree was thrown away by the angry hill giant, and with a whistling sound and fresh soil like rain, it smashed towards Thorne who was running fast ahead.

With a light leap, Thorn's agile figure once again avoided the big tree that obscured the sun.

Click!

The big tree hit the branch of another big tree, and the crackling sound of breaking echoed in the jungle.

Then Thorne shook off the dirt on his clothes, turned around and looked at the last leader of the hill giant behind him, stopped and looked at him with provocative eyes.

I saw Thorn touching his abdomen with one hand, and pointing at the hill giant's round earthy gray belly with the other, gesturing to the hill giant with easy-to-understand body language.

"Damn... bastard, dare to insult the strongest symbol of the mountain giant, I will tear you to pieces!"

Seeing the tiny creatures in front of him make all kinds of mocking provocations to him, the hill giant jumped into a rage and roared angrily.

Then, regardless of the surrounding trees, relying on its huge body and powerful strength, it rampaged through the jungle.

No wonder some barbarian players like to show their muscles in battle, and then taunt the enemy with contemptuous eyes, which is not useless, after all, the enemy who loses his mind is the easiest to deal with.

Looking at the hill giant who taunted him successfully, Thorne suddenly remembered a barbarian player he had seen.

Born with a straight face, even if you don't need to deliberately practice the "taunt" skill, the level will gradually increase.

Sometimes walking in the crowd, muttering a few words casually may be inexplicably beaten by passers-by.

The so-called "taunting" skill does not mean that once the skill is activated, the opponent will rush to attack you screaming.

In this real world, taunting is a purely technical thing.

In order to completely irritate the opponent, one needs not only one's eloquence like a cannonball, but also an understanding of the opponent's racial characteristics.

For example, the drow living in the underground world, if you go to greet their family without knowing it, the drow will think you are praising them after hearing it (except for players, don’t try it.)
Thorne's action just now was a simple attempt after he knew the hill giant better, but what he didn't expect was that the hill giant broke the defense all at once.

Because of the stupid characteristics of the hill giants, they perceive the strong and judge the strength by their size.

The same is true for the selection of patriarchs in the hill giant tribe. Only the largest male hill giant can become the patriarch of the tribe.

In the end, it gradually evolved into whoever has the biggest belly is the strongest hill giant.

Therefore, a big belly is the most precious thing for a hill giant, and it cannot be blasphemed by anyone.

Seeing the hill giant who had completely lost his mind and jumped into a rage, Thorne thought of the history of the giant family, and couldn't help feeling secretly.

As the weakest hill giant in the giant family, the strength is so powerful, how strong are those cloud giants, fire giants, frost giants, storm giants and stone giants?

After all, the giant clan was a powerful race that could compete with the giant dragon clan in ancient times.

In ancient times, the entire continent was covered with a family of giants, and the shadow of their empire once stretched for a long time.

These towering figures were alive in those bygone days, dragon slayers, dreamers, artisans, and even kings of nations.

Now the prosperity of this race has faded away, and until now, there are only some hidden giant clans scattered all over the world.

They live a quiet life and have always maintained ancient traditional customs.

In remote areas, the last vestiges of the great empire of giants are the remains of monolithic foundations and crumbling statues.

In the empire that once spanned all continents, there are only sporadic clan communities living in isolated places.

They are as old as the dragons, who were very young when the giant's footsteps first began to shake the foundations of the world.

Until they expanded from their isolated territories, the meeting of the two races quickly broke out into a brutal war that lasted for several generations, and finally both sides were almost paralyzed, and then entered the age of elves.

The giants do not remember how the conflict began, but their myths and legends to this day still sing of the manor farms of their glorious days and belittle the primitive dragons.

Moreover, the giants and the dragons still hate each other to this day. Whenever they live too close to each other and encounter each other, violent fights always break out.

boom! boom! boom!
The irrational hill giant hugged a big tree, and rushed towards Thorne who was standing still with heavy steps.

At this time, Thorne's composite longbow had already been hung behind him, and it was replaced with a weapon.

He felt the charge of the hill giant and the pungent stench coming from it gradually approaching, Thorne didn't have a trace of panic in his expression.

Chasing all the way in the jungle, Thorne used the terrain of the forest and the armor-piercing arrows that were fatal to them to kill more than a dozen hill giants one by one.

Only the leader of this hill giant was extremely difficult to deal with. His obese body caused the hill giant's neck to be full of fat, and the arrows couldn't penetrate the thick fat at all.

The other vital parts are also tightly protected by the accumulated mud and fat that has not been bathed for many years.

Therefore, in order to completely kill the leader of the hill giant, Thorne could only rely on melee combat.

call!
The hill giant roared, and the big tree that served as a makeshift weapon swept towards Thorn, raising a strong wind, and the withered and yellow leaves on the ground flew all over the sky.

Thorne rolled to avoid the fierce wind, and at the same time swung his long sword and slashed at the hill giant's leg.

But it feels like chopping on bast mixed with dirt.

The sharp blade of the Ember sword clearly left a half-foot-long gash and burn marks on the hill giant's thigh.

But the hill giant's attack did not stop at all, and the wound did not overflow with a trace of blood, as if there was no injury at all.

boom!
The hill giant raised the big tree in his hand and slammed Thorne on the ground, a strong wind came to him with a foul smell.

Thorn didn't dare to stop for a moment, and then rolled to avoid it, then got up and backed up one after another, directly opening a distance of four or five meters from the hill giant.

Roar!
The hill giant took the opportunity to slam his right foot to the ground, leaving a spider web-like crack, and burst out at a speed that didn't match his fat body, rushing towards Thorne like a huge black shadow.

Thorn's face changed, and he naturally didn't dare to confront him head-on, so he quickly turned sideways and hid behind a big tree.

Click!

The hill giant was so powerful that he hit the tree pole with a punch, and the big tree broke in response.

——"Desert Wind School (Strike Skill): Flame Star!"

At the moment when the big tree broke, Thorne let out a low cry and jumped up from the collapsed branches and leaves. The dagger in his left hand jumped out of hot flames and burst into dazzling white light.

The hill giant caught off guard, his two big eyeballs were completely covered by the dazzling white light, and let out a painful cry.

Taking advantage of the moment when the hill giant fell blind for a while, Thorn took a deep breath, jumped up, and slashed at the hill giant's fat neck with his sword.

With the blessing of Thorne's 18 points of strength, the long sword with fire damage cut a shocking wound.

——"Desert Wind Sect (Strike Skill): Flame of the Young Dragon!"

Immediately afterwards, the flame on the dagger in Thorne's left hand suddenly condensed into a point, and under his control, a raging conical flame burst out.

The scorching flames turned Thorn's face red, and at the same time covered the hill giant's head.

The stench emitted by the burning hair continued to spread. Thorne took this opportunity to frantically swing the long sword in his hand, slashing at the hill giant's vital parts continuously.

A large swath of bright red blood instantly soaked the ground as the hill giant fell.

Seeing the death of the leader of the hill giant, Thorne breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed a big tree that was about to ignite, his face changed, and he hurried to extinguish the flames regardless of his panting body.

Now it belongs to the month of rotten leaves, and the cold winter is about to usher in. Withered and yellow leaves can easily cause forest fires.

If this jungle is really ignited, those extreme druid sects find out, go crazy, and bury him in the scorched earth as fertilizer. It's not like they haven't done this kind of thing before.

Then Thorn sat on a big tree that had been hammered off by the hill giant and put the long sword in front of him. He stared at the experience value on the attribute panel, and thought: Raise the level of swordsman!
Consume 26000 experience points to upgrade the swordsman level!

The swordsman level has been raised to level 5.

Gain 5 skill points and increase HP by 9 points.

The professional feature "Quick First Strike" has been upgraded to the proficient level.

The kendoist profession has been promoted to the second level.

Gain an additional 1 point of occupational expertise.

……

Thorn frowned as he looked at the 1 point of professional expertise he had gained.

He originally thought that after the sword daoist level was raised to level 5, he would gain many extra abilities brought about by the extraordinary awakening just like his ranger profession.

After all, his awakening completion rate reached 100%, and when the ranger profession was upgraded to level 5, he gained 4 additional abilities.

Unexpectedly, the promotion of the kendoist profession only gained 1 point of additional professional expertise.

It seems that the improvement effect of this extraordinary awakening should only be one time, Thorne thought about it and stopped worrying about it.

So with a thought, three professional specialties to choose from appeared in front of him:
[Desert Fire: The power of the Desert Wind Sect is constantly surging in your body. When you attack, you can cause additional fire damage equal to your own swordsman professional level. 】

[Shadow Blade: The power of shadow surrounds you. When you hold a weapon and start the strike technique of the Shadow Hand School, your attack will add additional shadow damage equal to the agility attribute. 】

[Calm and free: Your mastery of Ganghun flow makes you stronger physically and mentally than other fighters. When you need to make all saving throws, you have a +3 bonus. 】

Looking at the three available specialties, Thorne's expression became solemn.

The first is the "Desert Fire" specialty. Based on his current professional level as a swordsman, each of his attacks can cause an additional 5 points of fire damage.

Then there is the "Shadow Blade" specialty. Thorne's agility attribute is now 20 points, which means that every time he uses the strike technique of the Shadow Hand faction, the weapon will have 20 points of shadow damage.

And "Calmness" is a way to improve the resistance of all saving throws, which is a relatively good defense specialty.

However, Thorne has the steel soul faction's counter skill "Perfect Spirit". With his own good "Concentration" level, the effect of "Calmness" is not so obvious.

Then Thorn's eyes lingered on the remaining two specialties.

After Thorne pondered for a while, he finally chose the "Desert Fire" specialty of the Desert Wind faction.

Because this is a feat that can increase the damage of all attacks, including every arrow he shoots.

However, the specialties of the Shadow Hand School have only improved the strike skills of this genre, and he has not yet mastered any of the Shadow Hand School's strike skills.

The moment Thorn made his decision, a surge of flame energy began to circulate in his body.

With the mentality of giving it a try, Thorne mobilized the energy in his body, and gently patted the big tree beside him. In an instant, his palm left a small burning mark on the big tree.

Looking at the imprint left by his palm, Thorne nodded in satisfaction, and turned his gaze to the moves of the Desert Wind Sect.

Since his kendo master level has been raised to level 5, Thorne already has the ability to learn level [-] swordsmanship.

So Thorn immediately allocated the practice points given by the Sword Intent to the Desert Wind School's sword skills after the level was raised, unlocking the third-level moves.

Then he used the rest without hesitation, and learned a strike technique "Fire Bomb".

Then, he used the remaining 5000 practice points to activate the desert wind school's first-level enhancement skill "Flame of Distraction".

The effect of the third-level move "Fire Bomb" is similar to the effect of the caster's third-ring spell "Fireball", which belongs to the range of damage.

However, with Thorne's current level of "Qi Refining Technique", this kind of spell cast using energy of Qi can only cast three shots at most under the condition of full state.

The function of the first-level enhancement skill "Flame of Chaos" he chose is to communicate with the elemental plane and summon fire elemental creatures to assist in the battle.

The strength of the fire element will summon fire element creatures whose strength matches the caster's ability.

Judging from Thorne's second-level strength, he can probably summon a medium-sized fire elemental with a challenge level of around level 5.

In the end, Thorne allocated all the 5 skill points obtained from the upgrade to the "stealth" skill.

After all the preparations were completed, Thorne took a short rest and then looked in the direction of the Gnoll camp.

Although he had eliminated the most threatening hill giant, the battle there was still not over.

However, the result of the battle was basically completely shifted to Twilight Town, because Thorne took a special look at the Gnoll camp when he led away the hill giant.

It was found that the number of wolf man warriors rushing out of the camp gradually became sparse, which proved that the number of wolf men had been almost consumed.

After all, the army in Twilight Town is a remnant of many places. These players who survived the fallen settlements have almost all experienced various cruel battles.

They were no longer the kind of rookies who bent over and vomited when they smelled the stench of the wolf man.

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