Most of the Shangcheng area of ​​Shushang Town is surrounded by mountains, thus forming a rugged valley.

In this valley, except for a few roads for people and some special buildings, unknown weeds and strange-shaped trees grow in other places, which form a sharp contrast with the dense stone houses in the lower city.

Among the dense bushes, most of the half-elves' houses are built according to trees, and there are also many dense tree holes dug under evergreen trees. There are high and low suspension bridges connected between trees for people to pass through.

With the permission of the half-elves, Thorne took Andrea on the road in the upper town.

However, after listening to the half-elves's insights just now, Thorne, who was walking in front of him, seemed a little out of control.

He repeatedly recalled the countless events of all sizes that had happened in the past year and a half since he came into contact with this game and stepped into the town of Waterfall until he left alone half a year ago.

After just entering the game, he faced the curiosity of the too real world. When he had a rough understanding of the world, he yearned for becoming a wilderness ranger.

In order to become a real ranger as soon as possible, he took out almost all his free time and devoted himself to the game. In the training ground of the Waters Town, he worked hard day and night to train the ranger's various skills and master natural knowledge.

Bartley Moon Blade, the Ranger instructor who guided him at the time, praised him for having a Ranger's heart, which made him happy for a long time.

He was once asked about being addicted to games and unable to extricate himself.

What exactly is he playing games?

And his answer is also very simple: because he loves change.

What do you want to change?

Thorne was silent for a long time on this question, and then slowly revealed his voice: the real world cannot be changed, and he wanted to realize it in the game, at least there is still hope here.

He wanted to seek some stability in the game because he was not satisfied with his life. This is like his second life, that's all.

Sometimes Thorne even thinks that if you always live in the game, it is also a good choice.

After Thorne spent a year in the town of Waterfalls, this accident really came and no one could go back. So many people panicked, including himself.

The originally peaceful and peaceful town of Waters was surrounded by a large number of homeless players, who just wanted to find a safe place to live here.

When the half-elves nodded and agreed, the maple forest in the town of Waterfall was occupied by players, where they cut down trees, built houses, reclaimed fields and built walls to protect themselves.

Everything is developing towards the form of a civilized settlement.

But with the arrival of the players, as the half-elf leader said just now, evil humanoid creatures began to appear frequently in the Waterfall Town just now, just like they smelled the scent of delicious food.

There are many frictions with them almost every day, and players die in battle every day.

However, with the help of the half-elves inhabitants with rich combat experience, the players' settlement was finally established.

Have a house that shelters from the wind and rain, you don’t have to sleep in the wasteland all day, have tall and thick city walls, and you don’t have to worry about sleeping at night.

Everything seems to be moving in a good direction, as if it is about to open a new chapter for these homeless players.

However, an accident still occurred. The goblin group and the lizardmen joined forces to launch a full-scale attack on the Watershang Town.

So the tragedy happened, and the originally peaceful and peaceful waterfront town became like a purgatory on earth.

Are the players wrong?

They are not wrong, they are just a bunch of homeless and poor people, just to survive.

Similarly, there is nothing wrong with half-elves. They refuse to intersect with players, and they are also for survival.

In the battle to defend Falls Town, the number of half-elves originally had more than 300 people, but less than 200 people survived, losing a full third of the population.

It was precisely because of the fierce battle half a year ago that the half-elves leader realized that the source of all the chaos was their players.

He believed that without the appearance of players, Watershang Town would still develop steadily and peacefully as before, and then continue to gather those half-elves who were rejected.

Nowadays, although the two sides have different ideas, they are all for survival and also for protecting the town of Watershang.

The same is true for Thorne, who also wants to survive and protect the town of Waterfront.

Thorne, who thought about everything clearly, was no longer so absent-minded, and his bright eyes began to look at everything familiar around him.

The upper city of Shushang Town is full of dense bushes, which makes the air here seem very cold, and a faint translucent mist floats around.

The melodious bird songs floated from the fog with a crisp ending, and the jumping figures of various small animals also appeared and disappeared on the branches.

Everything is still the familiar scenery of Thorne. Although he has experienced so many twists and turns, these have not changed yet, of course, including his original intention hidden deep in his heart.

"Brother Thorne, you are really back. My bamboo dragonfly is hanging on the tree. Can you help me take it down?"

A half-elf-like little girl emerged from the bushes and saw a look of surprise in Thorne's eyes. Then she walked up to him, raised her innocent head and pointed at the crispy toy on the treetops.

Feeling those innocent green eyes, Thorne smiled at her, and was about to order the fierce eagle hovering above to pick it up, but found that the bamboo dragonfly hanging on the treetops was guided by an invisible magic wave and slowly floated in front of the half-elves little girl.

"Please be careful next time, this kind of toy cannot be played in the woods." Andrea walked up to the little girl and touched her light blue hair, and said with a smile.

"Thank you, sister." The little girl excitedly took the bamboo dragonfly into her hand, tilted her little head and looked at Andrea's ears hidden between her hair, then subconsciously touched her pointed ears, thanked her, and turned around and disappeared into the dense bushes again.

"Did you make that bamboo dragonfly before?" Andrea said with a faint smile as the little girl looked at the figure of the girl leaving.

"I don't have that time to do something for a child." Thorne denied directly.

...

As the sound of the rushing water of the waterfall gradually approached, Thorne took Andrea and finally arrived at the small wooden house he had been away from for a long time.

The endless waterfall not far from the hut was like a sharp sword with cold light that penetrated from the bottom of the water, stirring up a bunch of white water mist, like the smoke rising after the explosion of "Fireball Technique".

The rising water vapor was blowing by the cold wind, and countless dense Mercury shot towards Thorne, feeling the cool breath. He couldn't help but take a deep breath, and suddenly felt inexplicably comfortable in his heart.

"Thorn, you're back." Just as Thorn focused his attention on the waterfall ahead, a soft voice rang behind him.

"Thirt!"

The fierce eagle hovering in the sky made a long and joyful cry, flapping its wings and descending rapidly, falling towards the direction where the sound came from.
Chapter completed!