Half-elf Ranger

"Brant Ironhand? What is he doing here?" Thorne looked at Ward's back disappearing into the bushes with some doubts in his heart.

After he pondered for a while, he seemed to have guessed something, but he was not sure, so he quietly waited for the other party to arrive, intending to see what the other party's real purpose was.

after awhile…

The sound of bursts of war boots trampling the ground came from the intersection, and Thorne's expression changed, and he immediately looked over.

After seeing Brandt and a few entourage soldiers walking behind him, he did not speak, but waited for the other party to speak.

Brant, who was wrapped in full-body armor, walked to Thorne, took off the metal mask, revealing a long mess of brown hair, then stretched out his right hand and said with a slight smile:

"We meet again, ranger from the wilderness, thank you for your blessings, Winter City is immortal, let's get to know you officially, Brant Ironhand!"

"You should thank the radiant guardian, my name is Thorne." Thorne hesitated for a while, and said with a calm expression, he also stretched out his right hand and shook it to the other side.

However, the moment Thorne's right hand came into contact with Brandt's hand, the paladin's ring on his index finger suddenly trembled slightly, emitting a faint soft light.

Um?

The strange change made both of them stunned at the same time.

When Brandt locked his gaze on the ring on Thorne's index finger, a look of surprise flashed across his expression, and then he said with some doubts: "Why is the paladin ring here with you?"

"A friend gave it to me." Thorne was also slightly startled. Why did this ring still relate to him? He recalled the paladin girl in his mind, so he replied.

"Your friend is a paladin?" Brandt asked again after a flash of gloom in his eyes.

"That's right." Thorne withdrew his right hand and glanced at him.

"Then do you know the origin of this paladin ring?" Brandt sighed slightly.

origin?

Thorne thought about it and replied according to the attribute introduction: "A gift from the legendary paladin Balasa to his friend."

"Not bad!" Brandt didn't refute Thorne's words, he glanced at Thorne, paused, and then continued: "But your friend doesn't seem to tell you who the friend of Paladin Balasa is. "

Oh? Thorne's eyes flashed slightly: "Does it matter?"

"Balasa was a legendary paladin who believed in justice and devotion, but he disappeared mysteriously in the turbulent year." Brandt turned to look at the pale sky, recalling some information in his mind.

"And his friend is a legendary ranger known as the Shadow Hunter," Brandt said, looking at Thorne carefully.

Thorne noticed Brandt's gaze, unmoved, and looked very calm.

He didn't quite understand what the other party said these words had to do with him?

It's just the origin of an extraordinary piece of equipment. He feels that he doesn't need to make such a fuss, he can just use it smoothly.

"Did you know about Deep Rock?" Brandt asked again when Thorne was silent.

"I don't know."

Thorne thought for a while and shook his head. He didn't have time to look at the map in his hand. He still knew a general outline of the world, and the detailed distribution was not very clear for the time being.

"Deep Rock City is a kind and lawful city, also known as the City of Hope or the City of Dawn. If you have the opportunity, you can feel it. I once trained there for two years."

There was a hint of nostalgia in Brandt's expression.

"Does that have anything to do with this ring?" Thorne was stunned, feeling that the guy was pulling around, making him not quite understand what Brandt was trying to convey.

"Actually, the real owner of this paladin ring is my former mentor. She used to be a shadow hunter ranger, but after getting this ring, she was suddenly inspired one day, and then gradually embarked on the path of paladin. , eventually became a true paladin."

"This ring can be said to be more precious than my own life for my mentor. Since it appears in your hands, it means that the mentor has received another outstanding disciple, so I can rest assured."

Thorne looked at the ring in his hand. Through the experience of Mentor Brandt, he seemed to have understood the meaning of the ring that the paladin girl gave him.

However, she may be disappointed, because the paladin's dead-end road is not suitable for him, even if he is inspired, he will choose to refuse.

"So you're a paladin too?" Thorne then asked Brant looking up.

For players and native residents, the profession of paladin is not something that can be chosen at will.

But to be so-called inspired, and then accept their own destiny.

No one can become a paladin by learning, and whether or not one can become a paladin is entirely by nature.

As for what nature is, no one can explain it clearly. There are only two differences between nature and nature, which cannot be obtained through any will or behavior.

Some clerics of the lawful good alignment are the most easily inspired groups after their piety reaches a certain level.

Because the paladin's alignment requires lawful good, if you leave this alignment, you will lose divine power.

From Brandt, Thorne saw nothing of the divine power of a paladin.

"It has fallen."

A bitter smile appeared at the corner of Brandt's mouth, and then he took out a dull silver holy emblem. The holy emblem was engraved with pale hands bound by red ropes.

"I have failed the God of Suffering's expectations for me. Every time I see this holy emblem in my hand, it is as if I saw the disappointed eyes of the God of Suffering from the distant kingdom of God."

"When I was inspired by fate and swore to become a true paladin, my greatest wish was to completely purify the fallen nobles in Winter City and the evil hidden in the darkness.

It's a pity that I was still too young and impulsive at that time. Two years ago, as a paladin, despite my father's obstruction, I stepped into the slums and lower towns of Winter City.

Because of my actions to uphold justice, a **** killing was indirectly triggered, which led to chaos there, and many innocent civilians were killed in the chaos.

Watching countless innocent people die because of my ignorance, I suddenly lost my way and didn't know whether the justice I believed in was justice or not.

When the power of the paladin left me, I finally understood that when you have no ability to destroy evil, you must not provoke a war between justice and evil. "

After Brandt finished speaking, he sighed again and said, "In the final analysis, it is because you are not strong enough that I have failed my mentor's expectations of me."

"Since this ring will react after it touches you, it means that your mentor did not give up on you, but you gave up on yourself. Why don't you take a path of redemption to save yourself?"

Thorne was silent for a moment after listening, and then spoke slowly.

"No, I used to be like a fool who thought that as long as I believed in justice, I could change the world. Now I understand that the important thing is not the process, but the result, so it is no longer suitable for me."

Brandt finished with a hearty smile, then patted Thorne on the shoulder and said:

"Thank you very much! Seeing this ring reminds me of the past in Deep Rock City, and praises the God of Suffering! It is the brightest place I have ever seen, but unfortunately I will never go back."