Broad World

After a short lunch break, the group went back on the road, and they headed south along the river. After more than an hour, I found a place with a relatively less steep cliff. The ranger who was walking in the front stopped, and she carefully observed the surrounding environment, and finally confirmed that there was no danger, then turned around and said to the others: "Climb up from here, if you go further, you should be a waterfall."

Henry looked at the hillside across the river and sighed. If it wasn't for saving spells, he really wanted to fly directly to the opposite mountain. "Then let's cross the river first, the current here is very fast, everyone be careful." He took off his boots, rolled up his trouser legs and walked into the icy river. After a while, all the people crossed the fast-flowing river.

After simply drying off the water on his legs and feet on the shore, Henry put on his boots and climbed up bit by bit along the path formed by the rocks. The moss growing around the stone caused a lot of trouble to the group. Because the feet were too slippery, there were several dangerous situations within a few minutes. In the worst case, the half-orc warrior fell down from a height of several meters. Fortunately, he was not seriously injured except for a little bruise.

With this lesson learned, everyone slowed down and carefully checked every stone that fell on them. It took them a long time to climb halfway up the mountain. Just when Henry was about to find a place to stop and take a breath, he suddenly heard Amy yelling loudly.

"Look! There is something flying towards us in the sky." The girl pointed to the sky not far away, and there were more than a dozen black spots rapidly approaching here.

Henry immediately cast a "farsightedness technique", and soon he saw the true colors of these black spots. Their upper body looks like an old man with a naked face, and their breasts are sharp claws like Archeopteryx. A pair of huge fleshy wings flapped non-stop on the back, and the hair was messy and tangled together. These guys didn't wear clothes, and they held a big bone stick in their sharp claws.

"It's a bird demon! Everyone, plug your ears with something. Their singing will affect your mind. If you are accidentally confused, you will fall off the cliff and die." He called out the name of the monster and told everyone what to pay attention to.

The two casters quickly began to chant incantations in a low voice, Vaughn drew out the magic throwing ax at his waist, and the ranger also held the short bow tightly and prepared to shoot arrows. The flying speed of the bird demon was very fast, and it came to the top of everyone in a few minutes. Several of them swooped down from the sky, waving the bone sticks in their hands.

Zuvotha aimed at one of them and shot the arrow in his hand, but the harpy easily dodged it. These guys seem to be very flexible, and bows and arrows are not a big threat to them. Amy cast a "fixation technique" on the guys rushing over, they were immediately fixed in mid-air, and then quickly fell down and turned into a pile of meat paste.

The harpies at the back immediately stopped attacking when they saw it, opened their mouths and began to sing a strange melody loudly. Even though the ears were plugged with cloth strips, this eerie singing still made everyone feel a little dazed. Henry bit his lip hard to wake himself up. He used "Phantom Sound" on the surrounding teammates to create a huge explosion, and everyone else immediately woke up. Seeing that no one was confused, Henry breathed a sigh of relief, and he continued to chant spells to prepare for the next one.

The harpies realized that their ploy had not worked, screamed angrily, and flew to the river to pick up stones and throw them from the air. This kind of indiscriminate stone throwing caused much more trouble for all people than just now. Just when they were at a loss, Bamberke bravely flew to the middle of the monster and released a colorful spray, and several guys who were hit immediately appeared in various abnormal states. Some of them started to slam into and fly around, while others passed out and fell down the cliff.

The parrot's attack bought time for everyone, and the half-orc warrior quickly threw his throwing axes to kill all the blind bird demons. Just when Henry was about to give these guys a fatal blow, suddenly a guy with particularly dark hair made a sharp and piercing sound. This sonic boom made everyone dizzy immediately, and Amy even started to throw up desperately on the ground.

One of the harpies swooped down quickly, knocked the girl unconscious with a stick, grabbed her and flew into the air. Before the others could react, these guys had already flown far away holding Amy. Henry left a tracking magic on the girl with the fastest speed before the bird demon left his sight.

"Head! These guys took Amy away, what should we do now?" Vaughan asked worriedly.

"She won't be in danger for at least two days. The harpy likes to see other creatures taste all kinds of pain and suffering, and will kill them when they get tired of playing. That is to say, as long as we find Amy before then, it will be fine." Henry calmly analyzed the current situation, and felt the current position of the harpy at any time.

Zuwosa put his shortbow back on his back and pointed to the mountains in the distance. "The activity radius of this kind of monster is generally not too large, and their lair should be there. If you don't rest tonight, you can arrive before dawn tomorrow."

"Then what are you waiting for, let's start to speed up now." Said the half-orc warrior and continued to climb up. Due to the eagerness to save people, the speed of travel was very fast, and the remaining half of the journey took only one-third of the original time.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Henry suddenly felt that something was missing. He turned his head and looked at his partner. The ranger was sitting on the ground to take a quick rest. Vaughn wiped his weapon with a piece of leather. Ares lay on the ground and yawned. Everyone seemed to be there except Amy. etc! It seems that a parrot is missing!

"Damn it! Did any of you see Ban Burke?" Henry asked loudly.

His words stunned the others, and finally Ares let out a low growl. Henry hurried over to use the druid's understanding of animals, and soon he knew that the damned parrot was chasing the harpy and flew away.

"Well, there is one more person to save now. I swear! I will never take Ban Burke with me when I go out again. This damn guy always causes trouble."

The half-orc warrior patted his forehead to defend the parrot and said, "Boss, Bamberke's performance in the battle was not bad, but he killed several monsters." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Henry's angry eyes, and immediately closed his mouth tightly.

Seeing Vaughan's predicament, Zuwosa immediately opened his mouth to relieve him. "Actually, this is not a bad thing. After all, the parrot is so small that it is not easy to be found. With it following behind, if Amy's life is in danger, at least it can delay for a while."

Henry closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead with his hands. "It's useless to worry about the matter. Now let's hurry up. I can already feel that these bird monsters have stopped. Judging from their flying speed, their nest should be on the mountain you mentioned."

Vaughn stood up and patted his breasts. "I hope there won't be too many monsters there. I hate these flying guys the most."

"Don't worry, generally speaking, the number of harpies' nests will not exceed twenty, and most of them are built in caves. As long as we keep these guys inside, it will be useless even if they can fly." Ranger explained with a smile as he looked at his depressed companions.

A group of people got into the dense woods and walked in the direction Henry pointed out. Although everyone was a little tired, they still persevered and persisted on their way. After several hours of rushing without sleep, I finally arrived at the foot of the mountain around two o'clock in the morning. Henry has already felt that they are getting closer and closer to Amy now, and it is estimated that the bird demon's lair is nearby.

Pulling out his staff of summoning monsters, he summoned a dozen or so ogres and hobgoblins, ordering them to scatter to find the surrounding caves. When all these summoned creatures left, Henry said to everyone: "Now everyone sit down and rest and wait for the news. There will be a battle to be fought in a while." He sat on a stone, leaning against Ares and began to close his eyes and meditate. Vaughan and Zuwosa sat on the ground all at once, and they took out their own water bottles to fill them, and finally poured cold water on their heads.

It didn't take long for the monster sent out to bring back news. A few hundred meters away, they found a deep underground city entrance, which contained a large number of statues, buildings, and labyrinth-like passages, which seemed to be some kind of relics from ancient times. This news woke up the sleepy crowd immediately. They immediately sorted out their weapons and equipment and came to the entrance.

Henry squatted on the ground and carefully identified the patterns and characters carved on the gate, and soon he determined that this place was built during the Netheril period through the information recorded on it. Henry's scalp tingled when he thought of the era when arcane technology was rampant. If he didn't want to go down to rescue Amy, he would never choose to take risks at this time.

"Boss, your complexion is not very good. Is there something wrong here?" The half-orc warrior asked suspiciously.

Henry sighed deeply. "Have you ever heard of the Nether Age?"

Vaughan nodded. "I've heard that they built a miraculous floating city and discovered the Netheril scrolls, which are the prototypes of all modern spells. It was a great era, and even now many mages yearn for that time."

Henry smiled wryly and pointed to the entrance of the dungeon. "We will go down to see this great era soon, maybe there will be many remaining traps and golems inside." After speaking, he began to cast the "Mage's Eye" to explore the situation inside first. (To be continued.)