Path of light

Chapter 217 218. Mist and Shadow

As a swordsmanship instructor, Instructor Vergil wiped the neck of a goat-headed monster with the elf sword in his hand almost as soon as he came into contact with it.

Instructor Eleanor also explained to Roy the fighting style of a ranger, which is nimble, flexible and coordinated. She roamed freely under the attack of two goatheads, like a dancer dancing on the tip of a knife. The dancer danced gorgeously, and the elf sword in his hand almost turned out with sword flowers.

Instructor Gru used another extreme fighting method. He stood on a tree branch and never gave the sheep-headed monster a chance to get close.

After Eleanor, Virgil and Roy blocked the five goat-headed monsters, only one goat-headed monster was really chasing him. Instructor Gru no longer avoided it. He stood on the cross branch of a big tree. , facing the charging goat-headed monster, Gru drew the short bow in his hand to full capacity.

Just when the goat-headed monster jumped, Instructor Gru shot the arrow in his hand just right.

An arrow wrapped in the power of the wind element turned into white light, and instantly passed through the hole between the goat-headed monster's eyebrows, and a trace of blood was carried by the arrow and flew out from the back of the head.

The body of the goat-headed monster also leaned back in mid-air, and then fell heavily to the grass in the forest, with blood flowing all over the ground.

Many times battles are like this, breaking out quickly and then ending quickly.

These goat-headed monsters are obviously natives of the Partington plane.

Generally speaking, after the elves enter a certain plane, they will not deliberately suppress or kill the local indigenous people. What the elves pursue is the way of nature.

These sheep-headed monsters are considered a demi-human race, and their intelligence is not even as good as those of the fish people living on the seashore. They have no language of their own, but they live in groups. They can make simple tools and animal skin clothing, and have learned to use fire.

Of course, these are not the reasons why the elves massacred them.

The elves cannot tolerate these goat-headed monsters, mainly for two reasons. The first point is the issue of belief. The goat-headed monster worships the moon. On every full moon night, the goat-headed people will hold a grand celebration ceremony in the tribe. Almost all goat-headed monsters will hold a grand celebration ceremony in the tribe. It was an all-night party. The second point is that they are greedy, bloodthirsty and sexually inclined. At the end of every carnival, the sheep-headed people will contribute to the reproduction of the tribe.

For the elves, blasphemy against the moon god is the most intolerable. Secondly, these sheep-headed monsters seem to like female elves very much. In order to get elf women, the sheep-headed monsters even ignore life and death.

At the very beginning, the elves entered the Partington plane, saw these subhuman goat-headed tribes, and planned to civilize these goat-headed monsters...

But after the elves who preached knowledge paid a heavy price, the elves discovered that long swords were far more useful than books.

At present, it is rare to see a goathead near Padstow City.

There are also sheep-headed people here in Tinais Village. This is probably where the cold pool exists, and a large fog shrouds this mountain forest.

In the misty jungle around the cold pool, there is probably a tribe of sheep-headed monsters. This group of sheep-headed monsters went to the edge of the jungle to hunt, but their luck was a bit bad. Before entering the misty jungle, they met Instructor Eleanor's group.

Unfortunately, there are very few trophies that you can harvest from the sheep-headed monsters. They are only sub-humans, not even primary-level monsters. Only the sheep head with horns has a little collection value. If you try harder, the sheep head The gun under the monster's crotch can also be used as medicine, but only human herbalists will buy these. This thing is not popular in the elven world.

Instructor Virgil said that he cut off the head of a goat-headed monster, wiped the blood, peeled off a piece of skin from the goat-headed monster, simply wrapped it up, and put it into the magic waist bag.

"Why are there still sheep-headed monsters here? Doesn't it mean that the sheep-headed people on the Partington plane have long been extinct?"

Instructor Virgil wiped the blood on the sword blade on the furry corpse of the goat-headed monster.

"How is it possible to kill them all!" Instructor Eleanor was also wiping the sword in her hand with a handkerchief and said casually: "Most of the sheep-headed natives were just driven to other places in the Partington plane."

"Roy, in the Partington plane, these sheep-headed monsters are synonymous with danger. They might give you a fatal blow from a place you can't see." Instructor Eleanor said to Roy: "So when we encounter them, the best way is to kill them directly. If there are too many sheepheads on the opposite side, then we must evacuate decisively without any hesitation or luck. Although they only have rudimentary intelligence, their perception can be Not bad at all.”

"Got it, Instructor Eleanor."

Roy accepted the lesson with an open mind. The sheep-headed monster in front of him just now was solved by instructor Eleanor for him.

Instructors Virgil and Gru began to dig a hole under a nearby tree. Roy quickly ran over to help. The root system next to the big tree was very developed, so it was not easy to dig a deep hole. This time, six animals needed to be buried. There were goat-headed monsters and a wild boar, so the three of them spent a lot of effort to get rid of all the goat-headed monsters.

When burying the last goat-headed monster, Roy leaned over its wound and smelled it. Sure enough, there was a fishy smell that couldn't be concealed.

Seeing the corpses of these goat-headed monsters, Roy even had some evil thoughts.

He wanted to pick some meat from the goat-headed monster to make a kebab.

After Instructor Eleanor scouted the surrounding area and found no other sheep-headed monsters, she dug a hole with everyone to bury the bodies while waiting for Instructor Nora and the others.

Because Guide Margery was following Instructor Nora, everyone was not worried that Instructor Nora and the others would get lost in the misty jungle.

The three instructors sat under the tree, tasting the sweet and sour berries they had just collected, while discussing the battle just now.

Obviously, Roy's performance just now fell into the eyes of the three instructors.

"Roy, you are not that kind of powerful warrior. Your strength is not enough to effectively kill the enemy with blunt weapons, so I suggest that you use sharp weapons as much as possible when your strength is insufficient, such as machetes, scimitars, etc. Weapons such as long swords and war spears.”

Instructor Virgil suggested to Roy.

Then he added: "This can significantly improve your performance in battle."

Roy quickly and seriously explained to Instructor Virgil: "Instructor, the battle just now was too sudden. I was not ready yet, otherwise I would definitely smash the head of that sheep-headed monster!"

Instructor Eleanor patted Roy on the shoulder and said to Roy:

"Instructor Vergil's suggestion is for you to win in a simpler way, but what I want to tell you is that during the battle, all your movements are too stiff due to nervousness. Nervousness is precisely the most useless thing. Yes, Roy, being nervous won’t win you the battle, so you need to overcome this inner fear.”

"When fighting, your movements should be coherent and smooth, leaving no opportunity for the opponent to take advantage of you. You are currently learning elementary martial arts with Nora, and you will also learn intermediate and advanced martial arts next. It is best to also learn the elf bow technique."

Roy quickly wrote it down carefully.

Instructor Eleanor pointed at Instructor Gru and said to Roy with a smile: "If you want to learn archery, there is a good teacher who can help you lay some foundations in advance."

Instructor Gru pulled out the arrow that had been shot into the goat-headed monster, washed it with water and put it back into the quiver. He was sitting under the tree to rest when he heard what Instructor Eleanor said and quickly said to Roy:

"Roy, primary martial arts training is a course that all warriors must learn, but learning various martial arts courses later has a lot to do with what kind of path you will take in the future. Before learning each course, You need to understand the usefulness of learning this martial art. For example, practicing archery can improve your body's flexibility and balance. This is not only very helpful to archers, but also helpful to rangers and swordsmen. But for For sword dancers, bowing is not a compulsory course."

Roy thought for a while and then said to several instructors:

"I think I will be a warrior in the future. I want to hold a warhammer in my hand and hold a shield at the front of the battlefield when fighting..."

Instructor Eleanor was startled: "Do you want to become a Templar of the Moon Temple? It is impossible for a half-elf to join the Moon Temple. Give up this idea quickly!"

"Instructor Eleanor, you may have forgotten that I am still a trainee priest in the Temple of Liberty, so I want to become a battle priest!"

Roy explained.

"Combat Priest! This is a relatively unpopular combat profession. We can't give you any advice at all because we don't understand it very well!"

The three instructors looked at each other, some not knowing what to say.

Looking at the small buckler on Roy's arm and the sacred scepter standing aside, Instructor Eleanor recalled Nora's intention of bringing Roy closer to the adventure group. She pulled Roy into the adventure group just to Let him take the place of the priest of the Moon Temple.

Because Instructor Nora is a mixed-blood elf, the priest of the Moon Temple was unwilling to join Instructor Nora's adventure group, so Instructor Nora found Roy.

The team had just encountered a group of goat-headed monsters, and Roy actually rushed to the battlefield with a shield, making the instructors forget that Roy himself was a priest.

Speaking of the Temple of Liberty, the instructors actually heard that the Temples of Liberty across the Elf Continent were gradually disappearing, but obviously this was not a good topic, so the instructors took the initiative to keep silent.

In fact, Roy was also upset just now, because the battle was too hasty. Not only did he not use the 'Blessing of Power', he didn't even have time to activate the magic pattern structure, so he was beaten so embarrassingly by the sheep-headed monster. .

…

Not long after, instructor Nora led another team out of the misty jungle.

Seeing Instructor Eleanor waiting outside the misty jungle with Gru, Virgil and Roy, even drying the leather armor on their bodies, Instructor Nora said loudly to Instructor Eleanor:

"So you guys came out a long time ago. We were worried about you just now. It seems like you haven't found any clues about the Blue Ice Deer?"

Instructor Eleanor looked at Instructor Nora who was all wet and said with a smile:

"No clues about the blue ice deer were found, but we encountered a few sheep-headed monsters, and now they are buried here!"

Instructor Eleanor pointed under the big tree.

"The goat-headed monster? I have never heard from the villagers in Tinais Village that there are goat-headed monsters around here!"

Guide Margery came over from behind and said with some surprise.

Instructor Vergil took out the head of the goathead that was stored in the magic pocket and placed it in front of Guide Margery.

Everyone gathered around again and looked at the bloody sheep head. Sabrina and Christine even covered their mouths to hold back their strong nausea.

Guide Margery was surprised and said: "It's really a male adult sheep-headed monster. These guys were driven to the north of the Partington plane by Padstow's elves a long time ago. I didn't expect that they still live here." This remaining tribe of goat-headed monsters..."

"Are these sheep-headed monsters the original inhabitants of Partington?" Instructor Nora asked.

"It used to be, but then several rapes and murders occurred in the villages near Padstow. The goat-headed monsters even held moon worship ceremonies in the tribe, so everyone drove these goat-headed monsters to the north of Partington. In fact, there were several expeditions held at the Temple of the Moon, but because of the long distance, the expedition had to announce its withdrawal halfway through..." Guide Margery explained to everyone.

"So, basically all the sheep-headed monsters on the Partington plane are north of Padstow City?" Instructor Nora asked again.

"That's pretty much it. At least south of Padstow, it's hard to see a sheep-headed monster until the Griffon Barrier." Guide Margery replied.

"There is a large misty jungle here. Maybe it is an exception. When we go back, I may tell the villagers of Tinais Village this news. I'm sorry, I may not be able to keep this matter a secret for you." Guide Margery said. Instructor Nora whispered.

"Of course, this is what we should do. Even if you don't do it, we will tell you." Instructor Nora said.

"That's great!"

Instructor Nora turned to look at Instructor Eleanor and asked her:

"Eleanor, you must have been scouting around! What did you find?"

"No, except for these sheephead monsters we killed, I didn't find any useful information!" Instructor Eleanor spread her hands and complained softly: "After entering the misty jungle, I had a feeling that the entire The entire forest has abandoned me..."

"Maybe it's too cold here in the misty jungle, and the plants in the jungle are also in a semi-dormant state, so there is no memory left in their bodies."

Instructor Nora comforted Instructor Eleanor.

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The adventure group left the misty forest and returned to Tinais Village along the dense forest.

In the rolling white mist, a huge ice-blue moose suddenly ran out. Its antlers were like a flower tree, and its body was printed with countless ice flowers. There was a crystal clear ice path under its feet, surrounding it. There was a light wind and snow.

It came out of the misty jungle, and the white mist receded to both sides.

After seeing the adventure group completely disappear into the depths of the jungle, the male blue ice deer slowly turned around and returned to the misty jungle.

It’s just that instructor Nora and the members of the adventure group don’t know all this.

When everyone returned to Tinais Village, the caravan had completed the transaction with the villagers. Captain Shindeji was camping outside the village, preparing to rest for a night before setting off to the next village tomorrow morning.