Chapter 14: The Dark Ranger
The Dark Ranger's voice wasn't as cold and deep as Varian had imagined, but rather crisp and pleasant, but what she said wasn't so pleasant.
"Uh......" Although Varian knew that most of the High Elves were arrogant by nature and looked down on other races, he didn't expect that he would be despised as a "stupid human" by the summoned heroes as soon as he met.
Before Varian could react, the Dark Ranger continued, "Think I'm going too far? Do you know that it is because of your calling that I am as weak as I am now......"
The Dark Ranger raised his right hand, clenched his fist, and then pouted in annoyance: "Cut~~~ Although it is not the main body, the feeling of the power being sealed is really unpleasant......"
This is because the heroes recruited by the system do not appear out of thin air, they are all projections of the heroes who really exist in the world. However, after being summoned, they are affected by the system, and the power projected by these heroes will be sealed by the system to the same level as Varian's.
In game terms, the level of the hero is the same as Varian's when they are summoned, and when Varian slowly levels up in the future, they will also level up when they participate in the battle, and their strength will gradually be unsealed until they return to their original true strength.
Projection heroes recruited by these systems cannot appear in the real world, and can only help Varian fight in dungeons. Although they are only projections, they all retain the memories and combat experience of the original body.
The gap between her own strength and reality in the memory of the Dark Ranger is too great, so she complains.
However, her combat experience was very helpful to Varian, so Varian said sincerely, "I'm sorry ma'am, but I really need your help right now, so I'm recruiting you." ”
"Forget it, it's already what it is now anyway, if you really feel sorry, hurry up and improve your strength and try to become stronger. Alas...... Such a weak body really makes me uncomfortable......"
The Dark Ranger has developed an inseparable bond with Varian since she was summoned, and she knows this, so she only complains verbally. She stroked the longbow in her hand and whispered to herself, "Dark Ranger, it's interesting, I hope it's not so boring......"
In the memory of the Dark Ranger, the life of the Ontology is now so lackluster every day, boring social drinking parties, boring banquets and celebrations...... She was so afraid that one day she would degenerate into a life like those nobles, living a drunken life all day long.
Seeing that the Dark Ranger's tone softened a bit, Varian tentatively asked, "And ma'am, what shall I call you?" ”
"Salutation?" The Dark Ranger said casually, "You can call it whatever you want." Nala? Aenya? Ansers? Whatever you want, anyway. ”
Varian was a little surprised, and it was a little different from what he thought: "Aren't you Sylvanas?" ”
The Dark Ranger was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, "Sylvanas? No...... Sylvanas is the Ranger General of Silvermoon City, and people like me who are in the darkness are different from her...... "Although it is only a projection, she is as proud as the main body.
Despite not quite understanding the Dark Ranger's thoughts, Varian respects her choice: "Then I'll call you Ciel?" Or Khiva? Or Silva? ”
"Just Hill." The Dark Ranger waved his hand indifferently and said, "It's just a title anyway......"
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After recruiting the Dark Ranger Ciel, Varian finally has a helper when he goes down the dungeon, which means that he can deal with more powerful monsters.
Varian wanted to try the feeling of having heroes teamed up to help fight monsters as soon as possible, so he immediately clicked on the system mission menu and took the elite mission among them.
The name of the task
Wanted: Hogg
Hogg, the giant gnoll, is now roaming the forests of the southwestern part of Alwyn Forest. He has successfully resisted all attempts to hunt him down so far.
To prove your strength, paladin, remove this gnoll and cut off his claws and bring it back as proof.
Mission Objectives
Kill Hogg the Gnoll and bring back his giant Gnoll Claws.
reward
You can choose one of these rewards:
Infantry tunics
Stormwind Guards
Balance the long stick
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In his previous life, Varian had done a mission very similar to this one when he was playing the game, when he was new to World of Warcraft, and the level 10 trumpet stupidly took the task at Westspring Fortress and went to Hogg alone.
Needless to say, after two or three rounds, Hogg's players had +1 kills.
Compared to normal missions, elite missions mean a higher XP return as well as better item rewards.
Although Hogg is an elite monster, he is in a clearing on the edge of the forest of ordinary dungeons.
After choosing the dungeon, Varian and Ciel appeared on the edge of a wooded clearing.
Hill looked at his surroundings with some curiosity and said, "This is the so-called copy, how did you do it?" Is it the power of the Arcane? ”
Varian, who had equipped the newbie suit, replied, "I don't know this question, anyway, you can become stronger by killing monsters here, so let's hurry up and get ready for battle." ”
With that, Varian activates the Aura of Piety and bestows a blessing of power on both himself and Ciel.
"Yes, the battle is about to start so soon, I can't see that you are quite positive." Ciel took the longbow from behind his back and said in a good voice.
The monsters in this dungeon are all Riverclaw Gnolls, and although there are quite a few of them, they are not difficult to deal with.
The tricky part of the task was Hogg, who had been patrolling the glades at the edge of the forest, so Varian and his team had to be careful not to get caught up in Hogg when fighting monsters.
With Ciel's help, Varian is more efficient at fighting monsters.
Ciel's combat skills are very good, she shoots accurately, and every arrow is aimed at the monster's eyes, throat and other parts, and often deals critical damage.
It can be said that even without Varian, she can easily solve all these gnolls on her own.
The two soon cleaned up the normal Riverpaw Gnoll around the dungeon, which was a humanoid monster and therefore dropped money and cloth, and these Gnolls brought a total of 76 copper coins and 16 linen for Varian.
In addition to this, there is a gray quality powerless dagger, a normal quality traveler's cape, and some food and drink.
After clearing the mobs, only Hogg is left on the entire map.