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In fact, this distinction is what the author is pursuing. For example, the rogues in this book are all stealth-based backstabs, and there is no standing-and-shooting and flanking-based sneak attacks. Rangers are generally mainly archery, but the elven archers who will be added later will also draw dual blades. Because the elven archers are Legolas's isomorphs from different time and space, they are favored by DMs.
Chapter 44: The two investigators meet
Wang originally wanted to go to the Wanderer Guild, but his footsteps gave him away as soon as he took a step, so he could only run away by hiding.
The flying knives that followed his footsteps almost hit him. If he hadn't stumbled for a moment, his upper body would have been pierced by flying knives.
This kind of nervous feeling that made my heart feel like it was about to jump out of my throat was something I had never experienced before.
As a prophecy mage, Wang was calm and composed most of the time, and never panicked. However, this near-miss death broke his composure.
“That’s why the teacher repeatedly stressed that we must personally experience the danger. It’s indeed different from playing in the competition in the Mage Tower.” He thought.
After entering the sewer, Wang found that most of the goblins and gnolls had fled, and the entire sewer was empty.
He originally wanted to take out the artifact scepter and see if he could call on a goblin to be a bodyguard and lead the way. However, as soon as he took out the scepter from the dimensional bag, the light from the scepter illuminated the entire sewer as bright as day.
The king's advanced invisibility skill has not yet disappeared, and when he takes out the scepter, the whole situation becomes very strange: the light from which no light source can be seen illuminates the entire tunnel.
Why are you still running? Just follow the light.
After putting away the scepter, Wang fumbled in his dimensional bag and found that he had not prepared the scroll of dark vision.
"It's over. There's always a loophole."
As he was muttering, a wanderer sneaked out from behind. The king discovered him. The wanderers didn't chase him quickly just now because they were afraid of being tricked, so they sneaked up little by little.
It is estimated that this wanderer is still checking traps along the way to prevent the escapees from leaving behind magic talismans or something like that.
After entering the sewer, Wang was trying to solve the lighting problem, so he didn't walk fast. Now he was only about thirty steps away from the wanderer.
——It’s not like I can’t get away…
As soon as he thought of this, the wanderer squatted down and began to check the footprints on the ground.
"An adult male, about 1.8 meters tall, not heavy, most likely a spellcaster." The wanderer reported, "He didn't go far."
Wang's scalp tingled. Is it true that he can only die today and return to the Mage Tower? But I just picked up my first artifact! I haven't used it yet!
and--
The wizard's mind flashed to Elizabeth's face, then to Flint, Michaela, and Gotrek.
His chest began to feel tight again. Although they had only known each other for three days, what they had experienced in these three days had already made them become friends.
I don't want the adventure to end like this.
It’s not a question of whether to die or not. Death is not scary. What’s scary is the separation from new friends - and it may be a farewell forever.
Wang hated to see all his efforts go to waste, as these were friends he had made with great difficulty.
He touched the bag of spell materials.
He only knew that the artifact he had just obtained would temporarily allow him to master the languages of goblins and ogres after holding it, and he hadn't carefully identified its other functions yet, so he had no idea what it could do - oh yes, it could glow, which he knew without identification.
Wang silently reached for the bag of spellcasting materials.
If it's just a wanderer, it's easy to solve.
Just as I was thinking this, four wanderers appeared in my sight.
One of the wanderers sniffed and said, "I smell the mage. He's nearby. He's not far away."
Wang frowned, as if everything was going against his plan today. Because of their specialized abilities, the mages of the School of Prophecy always tended to make a complete plan before taking action, and today the plan could not keep up with the changes.
However, it is not completely impossible to break the situation. After all, the difference between Advanced Invisibility and Invisibility is that in the state of Advanced Invisibility, casting spells will not break the invisibility.
Although these wanderers can sense the king's location through other means, they can also mislead them by making sounds.
A plan gradually took shape in Wang's mind.
At this moment, a halfling suddenly jumped out from nowhere.
"Let me ask you a question. Mister, who is hiding here with invisibility, are you the culprit of the missing cats and dogs?"
The king looked at the halfling suspiciously. He almost immediately confirmed that the halfling actually did not know his location. He just heard the sound and combined it with the words of the wanderers to make such a judgment.
As for why the halflings suddenly appeared, this is actually not surprising. Halflings are generally outstanding stealth thieves and thieves.
The only thing Wang couldn't understand was the ears on the top of the halfling's head - they looked a bit like Misha Sara's ears, but this guy had no hair and his skin was as smooth as a human's. Moreover, Misha Sara's ears had lines, while its ears were pure white.
In addition to the ears, the halfling also has long furry hair, which makes it look like he is wearing a pure white fur turban.
The wanderer cursed, "Fuck, where did this werewolf come from?"
"Catch him and send him to the arena. Werewolves are rare! Especially female werewolves!"
The king was shocked when he heard this and carefully confirmed the man's secondary sexual characteristics once again.
The werewolf frowned. "How rude! I'm a special envoy from the Green Fields, investigating the disappearance of cats and dogs! I followed the scent and followed them here!"
The king remembered that Michaela had said that the druids' association in this city seemed to be called Green Field.
If there is only one force in this city that will not go along with Erwin, it is the druids' green fields. Druids hate everything unnatural, and what Erwin did is considered blasphemous to the druids who worship nature.
Michaela also said that the druids had also discovered the disappearance of cats and dogs, and were investigating. However, their search for intelligence depended on wild cats and dogs, and their disappearance directly halved their intelligence capabilities.
I didn't expect to meet a druid here who was investigating this matter!
And she was obviously going to fight with the people from the Wanderers Guild—and Tang’s men!
He's still a werewolf!
Werewolves are a rarer race than catmen, dwarves and ratmen!
Now I have to help.
The king made up his mind and started to act. Although the druid was not on his side at the moment, he already had an idea!
He took out a rotten egg from the bag of spell materials, made a throwing gesture, chanted a spell, and then threw the egg out.
The enemy wanderer reacted quickly, throwing a throwing knife to smash the rotten egg in mid-air. However, a purple stinking cloud still formed at the place where the egg was scheduled to fall, covering all the wanderers!
Two wanderers immediately vomited violently. Even the guild members who were used to the dirty and smelly underground activities could not get used to this terrible stench. There was even a theory that the stench caused by the Stink Cloud Technique could be classified as a mental attack! (*)
The remaining thieves who could withstand the stench threw knives in the direction of the king!
Although these flying knives all followed the sound, one still pierced Wang's left shoulder. Wang used all his control to not scream out - if he made a sound, he would definitely be attacked by more flying knives.
The king looked at the druid, only to find her lying on the ground vomiting.
——Why, my magic doesn’t cover her?
"This smell is so terrible, I hate Stink Cloud!" The druid said while struggling to vomit.
Not covered in a stinking cloud, but starting to vomit?
While the king was shocked, all the wanderers couldn't stand the stinking cloud and started vomiting.
The experienced wanderer struggled to climb out of the range, to the upwind direction, and began to wait for the stomach cramps to recover.
Wang decided to use the magic he had prepared today.
He fished out a small ball of bat guano and sulfur from his bag of spell materials.
Experienced adventurers would know what the wizard was going to do if they saw him holding this thing in his hand. If the wizard was a hostile wizard, they would definitely do their best to stop him.
But the king is now invisible.
Although the knife wound on his shoulder seriously interfered with his spellcasting, the rigorous training in the Mage Tower came in handy.
He shouted a spell and threw the dung ball in his hand at the enemy.
The dung ball turned into a fireball the size of a washbasin in mid-air, and flew towards the wanderers who had just escaped from the stinking cloud with a hissing sound.
Some wanderers saw the fireball and rolled to the side in a hurry, but found that they could not escape the range of the explosion!
A clever wanderer wanted to jump into the stinky river nearby, but he slipped due to nausea and hit his hips on the river bank.
The fireball landed.
The shock wave generated by the violent explosion swept across the entire passage.
Immediately afterwards, perhaps the methane gas in the sewer was detonated, and an even more violent explosion occurred!
The king and the unknown werewolf were easily blown away and rolled on the ground.
After all, the wizard was an adult male human, so he still had some weight, so he kept rolling on the ground. The petite werewolf bounced on the ground like a ball, howling with every bounce: "Ah! Ah! Hey! Quack!"
Just as the werewolf was about to roll past him, Wang reached out and grabbed her tail.
"Uh ah ah!"
The druid turned into a brown bear in the blink of an eye and slapped over.
Wang: "I know who is kidnapping cats and dogs!"
The brown bear's palm stopped only one centimeter away from Wang's head, and the strong palm wind swept across his cheek.
The druid transformed back to her original form. The transformation had already freed the king from his grip on her tail.
Unknown Werewolf Druid: "Can you show yourself before you talk?"
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(*) Time for explanation. I have always had a problem with the spell Stinking Cloud. First of all, it is very useful. If the enemies within the range fail their saving throw, they will gain an effect called "nausea". After gaining this effect, they can only move, and cannot attack, cast spells, or use items.
My objection is that I don't understand why nausea can prevent a person from attacking - it is understandable that they cannot cast spells, after all, casting spells requires concentration.
Why can't you swing a knife and chop people when you're feeling nauseous?
Therefore, the effect of Stink Cloud has been changed this time so that it will cause people to vomit.
The druids finally appeared. Although the tiefling druids are also very cute, the character of the girl in the movie is not that outstanding. I can't create something I haven't seen before. If I write about the tiefling druids, there will be no reference and it will not be outstanding.
So I made a short werewolf. By the way, there seems to be no werewolves in the DND expansion rules, only gnolls. But you see, there are mantis people, so why can't there be werewolves? I just want a white-haired cat-eared druid girl with vitality!
Finally, like in the movie, the druids in this book also have no limit on the number of transformations they can make each day, and can transform as many times as they want. So the druids in this book can also do the same thing as in the movie, transforming continuously and performing acrobatics.
Chapter 45: Riding a Wolf is So Cool
Facing the druid's request, Wang was shocked: "This...can't be done."
The werewolf girl was stunned: "How can you not do it? Can't you just use the invisibility detection skill?"