Half-elf Ranger

Chapter 27 - Trail of the Rat Man



“stop!”

In the sewers dotted with gleams of light, Thorne walked to the corner of an intersection, stopped suddenly, and shouted with a low gaze.

Although the players didn’t understand what it meant, they didn’t object, and they did everything honestly.

Under the leadership of Thorne, the group avoided many dangers.

Walked through the complicated sewers for nearly an hour.

It was like a labyrinth of various intersections.

Except for Thorne, all of them basically lost their sense of direction.

If left behind at this time, it is very likely that they will be trapped in the sewers, and then used as rations for mice.

“What’s the matter?” Andrina gently covered her mouth and nose and walked to Thorne’s side and asked in a low voice.

After a series of changes this evening, she found that the Ranger who had slaughtered players mercilessly was not so difficult to get along with.

Thorne’s murderous image in her mind slowly faded.

Andrina thought that there must be some misunderstanding between them, after all, the players who died were not good people.

Feeling Andrina’s scent, Thorne slightly moved his footsteps, and then said solemnly: “I found the trace of the Rat Man, and I may encounter an enemy next, so be vigilant!”

When everyone heard the words, their expressions changed, and then they all clenched the weapons in their hands, and immediately looked around carefully.

After Thorne finished speaking, he crouched down and checked the surrounding activity.

As a ranger, Thorne’s tracking ability is undoubtedly excellent.

What’s more, in order to obtain the ability to cast divine spells, he still believed in a **** known as the tracking master, which directly increased his tracking ability by one level.

Even when encountering a hero-level ranger, his tracking ability is not too much.

Although a ranger can, like a druid, naturally acquire the ability to cast magical spells by perception, but Thorne’s perception attribute is only 17 points, and it is very difficult to comprehend magical spells with his own abilities.

So he believed in a **** of nature, and after spending a lot of money and going through a special perception ceremony, he had the ability to perform magic.

Thorne looked at the originally blurred footprints on the ground, which gradually became clear in his eyes.

The footprints of Rat and Dire Rat!

And there are quite a few!

Thorne looked at the intersection around the corner, and his heart sank.

Thorne used to come to the sewers to kill the dead rat gangsters.

This was one of the trial tasks given to him by the old man who taught him the nine swords.

Relying on his powerful concealment ability and tracking characteristics in the shadows alone, in nearly a month, he has almost completely cleaned up the rats and dire rats in this area.

Now, the traces of the rat and the vicious rat have been found again. From the clarity of the footprints, Thorne can judge that the other party has not been away for a long time.

If it is himself, he is not worried at all, he can easily pass through without being discovered, but today he led a group of players.

Except for Trundle and Andrea who reached the extraordinary level, the other player levels were all around the second to third level.

It is difficult to pass through without casualties.

Looking at these poor players, Thorne was somewhat unbearable.

Rat people are a group of cunning lycanthropes, their innate occupation is rogue, and their favorite attack method is to hide and launch sneak attacks.

When it realizes that the battle is not good for itself, it will quickly change into a giant mouse and flee, attracting the enemy to the traps they have arranged in advance.

These wicked and cunning Rat Men never go head-to-head with humans.

Thorne knows these guys too well.

At this time, they were already at the junction of the lower city and the outer city. If there were no rat-man trails at the corner ahead, it should be the safest passage in the entire underground area.

Because other places are either inhabited by evil wizards, or have unknown undead creatures wandering, it is not a good choice.

Only here is the safest shortcut, but from the messy rat-man footprints and dire rats on the ground, it can be seen that this area has been occupied by the new rat-man again.

So if you want to pass through here, you can’t avoid fighting with the Rat Man.

“You rest here first, and I’ll go ahead and check.” Thorne watched the footprints disappear in the direction of the corner intersection, pondered for a while, and then said to everyone.

It was obviously unrealistic to go back on the same road and pass through other intersections, but he was not worried at all about the road conditions. The existence of unknown evil creatures was the real thing that made people dread.

If you accidentally encounter a group of evil gods’ secret strongholds, it will be too late to escape, and even the soul may be played and tortured by these evil cultists, and then sacrificed to the evil gods.

“Then be careful.” Andrina said softly.

Thorne glanced at the other side unexpectedly, then nodded, and walked towards the corner.

But when Thorne was about to step into the passageway at the intersection, he immediately backed off.

Because the originally very messy footprints on the ground suddenly became very strange when they were about to approach the passage of the intersection.

From these footprints Thorne could find that when they entered the passage, they all went in neatly and orderly.

When things go wrong, there must be demons, and it is naturally easy to judge the reason based on Thorne’s experience.

There is a trigger trap in the channel!

The human form of the Rat Man has the same head, torso, and tail as a rat, except for the limbs, and is thinner than a human.

From the careful footprints on the ground Thorne could find that the triggering criteria for these traps should be based on the weight of an adult.

Although Thorne is a half-elf, and his weight is slightly thinner than that of ordinary humans, he doesn’t want to joke about his life.

Once a player adventure group was exploring a dungeon, because a halfling rogue was exploring the road ahead. In a narrow passage, the halfling rogue passed through unharmed after confirming that there were no traps.

Then the remaining teammates followed, but the others were all human players, so they instantly triggered a very hidden magic trap in the passage.

Except for the last soldier whose movements were slightly ink-stained, the others were all lost by the crossbow hidden in the dark grid and turned into a hornet’s nest, which was horrible to watch.

After this incident, the player team was shunned by halfling rogues.

Even if the other rogues are trapped again, it is himself who will be killed, and the halfling rogue makes a mistake, no less than the group destroying the engine.

Thorne looked at the messy footprints on the ground, took a few steps forward gently, and then sniffed hard. Suddenly, a strong stench was inhaled into his nose, making him uncomfortable for a while.

But it was not ineffective, he also smelled a hint of acidic liquid.

It is very likely that a strong acid trap has been placed in the channel!

The acid trap is one of the deadliest traps!

As long as it is slightly stained, the skin will be corroded in an instant. If it is too stained, you will be surprised to find that half of your body is melting at a speed visible to the naked eye with a sizzling sound.

Even the rogues who are best at dismantling traps don’t want to provoke this kind of trap easily. A slight mistake is the end of life.

Acid traps are divided into two types: magic traps and physical traps. The pre-position is to arrange a magic device, and then connect a trigger device.

The latter is to install the refined strong acid on the trigger device, and spray the strong acid out after being touched by the trap.

Apparently the Rat People do not have the ability to set up magic traps.

This kind of trap, even warriors above the extraordinary rank, may be instantly killed by the strong acid trap, not to mention the agile profession of Thorne.


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