Path of light

Chapter 234 235. Entering the Mountain

The adventure group walked until dark, and the woods were filled with the cries of night owls.

Griffins generally do not fly at night. The Griffin Barrier Mountains belong to the territory of the griffons. Dire wolves and glass beasts basically do not appear in this forest area.

Occasionally there will be some wind foxes, but as long as those low-level monsters appear, it is almost equivalent to stuffing money into the hands of everyone in the adventure group.

The camp was built in a clearing in the forest. This time, instructor Nora actually prepared a piece of canvas. She nailed a cross-shaped bracket to a tree and hung the canvas on it to create a simple fence. A simple bathroom with a big tree in the middle was completed. Finally, the water-gathering rune board was hung on the trunk, and water droplets continued to fall.

There were five female elves in the adventure group. Everyone couldn't bear the problem of not being able to take a bath before going to bed, so Instructor Nora built such a simple public bathroom.

When setting up tents, everyone built the tents around the campfire.

At night, Instructors Gru and Eleanor were on duty. When they arrived in the Griffin Barrier Mountains, Roy, Sabrina and Miss Christine no longer continued to take on the night duty. The three of them only needed to preserve their physical strength. Just follow the adventure group and trek through the mountains and forests.

The first day's trip was pretty smooth as there were mountain trails and there were no dangers.

The jungle is not quiet at night. There are thin sounds everywhere in the woods. Some nocturnal insects are active in the forest, and the predators come out one after another.

The adventure group's camp was the quietest. Except for some moths attracted by the light of the fire, there were no other visitors.

Roy had a good sleep and felt more comfortable than sleeping in a hotel.

The next day, the adventure group set out on the road just before dawn.

Guide Margery walked at the front of the team all the way. He finally looked like a guide, and he did an extremely good job in finding mountain trails, setting up campsites, and other tasks.

Along the way, the instructors from the academy rarely spoke except for necessary communication.

Every time I walk for two hours, I will rest for a quarter of an hour, replenish some water and food, and then continue walking.

Instead of choosing elf biscuits, a kind of marching ration that would keep you hungry for five days, everyone continued to eat breadfruit and berries.

After two days of hiking and climbing the mountain road, we finally got out of the dense jungle area. Going further, the woodland became very sparse, and this area full of weeds and sparse woods was the hunting ground of the mixed elves.

Many traps for hunting griffins are set here. In fact, these traps are very crudely made. In order to prevent other elf hunters from falling into the traps, some notice boards will be placed around the traps to indicate that there is a trap in this area.

Griffins have sharp teeth that can bite through any wire mesh, so ordinary hunting nets cannot hunt griffins.

The mixed-blood elf hunters here have summed up a set of simple and crude hunting methods.

However, the amount of work required for each trap is very huge. They will dig a big pit in the wilderness, which is big enough for a griffon to easily fall into. There will be some ground spears and animal traps arranged at the bottom of the pit. , these animal traps are almost always fixed to the bottom of the pit and are very strong.

The depth of these huge pits is almost six or seven meters, covered with branches, and there are long cattails around the traps.

Elf hunters will hunt some plate-horned deer or argali in the forest, and then tie them to traps as bait.

These plate-horned deer or argali weigh less than 100 kilograms, and they cannot step down the trap lids. In order to keep the plate-horned deer or argali alive, the elf hunters have to cut grass and feed these baits every day.

When griffons see prey in a meadow, they usually fold their wings and pounce.

Their impact is strong and their bodies are very strong. They often run into traps and are stabbed by ground spears. Such traps are deep enough that griffins cannot spread their wings and fly, so they can only climb with four claws. Once you step on a bear trap, you will never be able to climb out of the trap alive.

Moreover, these traps are surrounded by some long cattails. Even if the trap cover is broken, these traps will be very hidden under the cover of the cattails.

At this time, the elf hunters still did not dare to approach these griffins.

They usually wait until the griffins are dying of hunger in the trap before they run out and kill the griffins that have fallen into the trap.

The elves classify the griffon as a third-level monster because the magical ability it possesses is 'Iron Will'.

In the elves' code, this magic is considered a third-level magic, so the griffon is naturally defined as a third-level monster.

The griffons will turn on this magic when they dive towards the ground. At this time, their bodies will hit the ground hard like a solid iron bullet, and the griffins themselves have the protection of 'Iron Will' , and will not suffer any damage.

According to the Margeri guide, a gryphon once swooped down on an elven swordsman standing on a boulder.

The swordsman was also very desperate. When he saw the gryphon pounce from the sky, he did not dodge at all...until the gryphon rushed in front of him, he used a jumping slash to dodge.

The griffin hit the boulder with its head, and the boulder was instantly shattered into pieces. The griffin rushed out intact.

They fold their wings on land, just like spiny-tailed crystal lions, and can pounce and bite their prey...

Therefore, it is not surprising that when griffons see prey, they rush into the trap, and sometimes crush all the ground spears in the trap.

But they were unable to break free from the traps mixed with magic iron.

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Not long after the adventure group entered the meadow, they saw several elf hunters standing on the edge of a trap, working together to pull up a dead griffin.

When Guide Margery passed by, he greeted these elf hunters cordially.

The weather was hot, and there were no trees for shade. The adventure group was exposed to the sun, and everyone was roasted listlessly. However, it was impossible to walk through this meadow at night, because this meadow was full of traps, and it was impossible to see clearly at night. Those signs.

The slope was already a bit steep, and the griffons in the sky began to look at them with eager eyes.

They couldn't tell whether the adventure group was a bait, so they didn't dare to act.

In this way, the adventure group spent the third night entering the Griffin Barrier in a sparse forest.

The adventure group will leave the forest area tomorrow and enter a steep hillside full of rocks and grass. This place will be completely exposed to the sight of the griffons.

Moreover, climbing the Griffin Barrier will become extremely difficult. There are loose and fine gravels everywhere. As long as you step on the loose gravel, your legs will be trapped in it, and your whole body will be wrapped in the gravel. Slide down.

If you are unlucky and cause a landslide, you may be buried in the rockslide.

Therefore, this section of the road is more dangerous than climbing the cliff. You can only walk along the side of the mountain and increase the height little by little.

At this time, what the adventure group cannot avoid are those griffins in the sky.

Instructor Nora wants to test the combat effectiveness of the adventure group, so the main thing tomorrow is not to rush, but to prepare to hunt a griffin in the wilderness.

Only adventure groups that can hunt griffins are qualified to climb the griffon barrier.

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That night, Sabrina sat in the tent for a long time with her heavy sword in her arms. It was her first time traveling through the planes with the adventure group. She was not very satisfied with her performance. She failed to show her strength in these few battles. come out.

Sabrina can't help but have a little self-doubt about herself.

Roy was looking for flowers of light everywhere along the way. He even prepared a few wooden flowerpots in his magic pocket, just waiting to see flowers of light before transplanting them into the pots.

But unfortunately, I didn’t even see the shadow of the Flower of Light along the way.

On the morning of the fourth day, when the adventure group gathered for breakfast, instructor Nora reiterated everyone's mission, and the three young students assisted in the attack.

Miss Christine is an elf archer and specially prepared some armor-piercing arrows this time.

"I'll reiterate again, when the gryphon activates its iron will, don't fight head-on. We must be prepared to pull each other. Its iron will cannot last for long, fifteen seconds at most, so we must be patient and pay attention to safety. !" Instructor Nora said to everyone.

"Let's not think of it as a level three monster. It doesn't deserve this title at all. In my opinion, as long as it successfully circumvents its iron will, the gryphon is at most a level two monster!" Instructor Vergil also said with a relaxed look. .

"Everyone should be careful. In the early stages of the battle, Christine and I can't help you." Instructor Gru always looked serious, with a straight face and no expression at all.

After getting along with each other for the past few days, Roy found that Instructor Gru's appearance was very inconsistent with his heart. He was cold-faced and warm-hearted.

"This battle will be centered around me, Virgil, and Eleanor. We will attract the griffin, and then you will take action!" Instructor Nora said to everyone.

"knew……"

"Long-winded!"

The members of the adventure group answered one after another.

Instructor Nora then clapped her hands vigorously and said loudly:

"Everyone pack up and get ready to go!"

Guide Margery always stood at the front of the team. This time he also wore a set of leather armor, and his leather armor had special paintings on it.

An oil painter painted some grass and gravel on his leather armor. If he was allowed to lie on the gravel, based on the patterns on the leather armor, Guide Margery would be able to blend in with the gravel as long as he lay flat on the gravel. Integrate into one...

Roy was wearing a hard-leather armor with magic patterns and holding a shield, looking a little clumsy.

However, his set of magic patterns was praised by instructor Eleanor. Because it is a hard leather armor made of petrified lizard leather, the leather armor itself also has stone patterns. If Roy activates the 'Stone Skin Technique' , he will also turn into a pile of stones...

Of course, except for Scarlett Magician, no one in the adventure group knows the power of Roy's magic pattern structure yet.