Path of light

Chapter 237 238. Mountain climbing

As the magical effect of 'Iron Will' gradually faded away, the griffin's fur returned to its original brown color.

The gryphon was also aware of its danger at this time, and now its four legs were slightly bent, its wings spread out, and it turned around and rushed towards the bottom of the cliff.

Instructor Nora was so angry that he went crazy. First, Instructor Virgil was half a beat too slow and was scratched by the griffon.

Later, instructor Gru shot an armor-piercing arrow before the griffin's iron will disappeared, completely angering the griffin.

Immediately afterwards, Roy was shot away by the griffon, and now he was stuck in the gravel on the hillside, and his life and death were unknown.

At this time, the gryphon actually wanted to jump off the cliff and escape from the battlefield.

Instructor Nora held the long sword and turned her head to glance at Eleanor, who was walking together beside her...

The two have been friends for so many years, and even with a look from Instructor Nora, Instructor Eleanor understood instantly.

Instructor Eleanor quickened his pace, rushed towards the left side of the griffon, and sent a burst of energy into the long sword. The cold long sword in his hand suddenly felt hot, and a ray of fire attracted the griffin. With its attention, it suddenly felt that the sword in the hand of instructor Eleanor was extremely dangerous. If it rushed directly down the cliff, it would definitely be injured by this long sword.

So the gryphon instinctively twisted its body, not only slowing down, but also dodging more than three meters to the right to avoid instructor Eleanor's sweep.

Instructor Nora took the opportunity to rush in front of the griffon, and the shadow of a martial artist appeared behind Instructor Nora. Instructor Nora held a sword with one hand and slashed at the griffon's head...

At this time, the gryphon was almost unable to avoid it, so it could only forcefully turn its head, tilt its head, and open its mouth to instructor Nora's wrist.

The moment the gryphon pounced, Instructor Nora's body swayed like weeds in the wind. She avoided the gryphon's bite and stabbed the gryphon's neck with the long sword in her hand. The long sword instantly pierced the gryphon's neck. Brown fur, inserted directly into the heart.

The gryphon's front paw pressed down on Instructor Nora, but Instructor Nora blocked it with the shield in his hand.

Instructor Virgil, who caught up from behind, jumped into the air, swung the long sword in his hand, and slashed the gryphon on the neck.

The gryphon's head was cut off by instructor Vergil's sword.

Instructor Nora took the opportunity to draw out her sword, and blood spurted out. Instructor Nora quickly stepped aside to avoid it.

Instructor Virgil proudly stepped on the gryphon's head with his foot, took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood-stained sword in his hand. Just as he was about to say something proudly, Instructors Nora and Eleanor ran towards the gravel area.

At this time, Roy had been pulled out of the rubble by Instructor Gru.

Sabrina, Scarlett Magic and Miss Christine also rushed over. Roy was lying on the ground with his face covered in blood. His left face was scratched with blood from the gravel, and his left arm seemed to be raised a little. Can't get up.

"Roy, what's wrong with you?"

Instructor Nora squatted down and asked while checking Roy's injuries.

"Other places are fine, but my left arm is a little weak!" Roy sat up, looked at the left arm with a small buckler hanging on it, and said with a frown.

I really bought the right buckler. If it were a small iron shield in the past, the gryphon might have scratched it into pieces when its claws came down. Now there are only shallow marks left on the buckler, but my arms can’t bear it. The gryphon's blow was now extremely red and swollen, and even the small buckler was stuck in his arm, making it impossible to remove it.

"Is your chest tight? Do you feel dizzy or vomiting?" Instructor Gru asked from the side.

Roy shook his head, then put one hand on the ground, stood up directly, and tried to walk a few steps on the spot, but nothing unusual happened.

Fortunately, the injury to his left hand did not affect Roy's drawing of the divine pattern. Roy stood on the spot and decisively used the 'secondary healing technique'.

Seeing that Roy did not suffer any internal injuries, the instructors finally felt relieved.

Magician Scarlett stood on the outermost circle. She could see the clear stone patterns and metallic luster on the back of Roy's hand. Just now, all the magic pattern arrays on this set of magic pattern structures should have been activated.

She attached those elementary magic pattern formations one by one with her own hands.

Until now, she still couldn't figure out how Roy could withstand so much magic load...

Instructor Eleanor also stared at the magic pattern structure on Roy's body and asked curiously:

"Without comparison, I really can't tell how resistant the petrified lizard leather is."

Magician Scarlett would not tell the secret of this magic pattern structure, but she did not want her friend to go astray, so she reminded instructor Eleanor:

"It's great that this set of hard leather armor has magic patterns, but it's not suitable for you at all!"

Instructor Eleanor nodded repeatedly and said:

"Maybe it's because it's a set of thick hard leather armor that allowed Roy to withstand the gryphon's claws intact!"

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm saying... You guys, Roy, if there's nothing wrong with you, can you help me take a look at your back? I feel a little hot on my back..."

Instructor Vergil held the griffon's head and walked up to the crowd and said.

When he turned around, everyone discovered that the leather armor on his back had actually been scratched out by the gryphon with its sharp claws. Not only was the leather armor damaged, but it seemed that Instructor Virgil's back had also been scratched by the gryphon. However, He was seen walking around and talking normally, and it was clear that he had not injured his vertebrae.

Roy quickly asked Instructor Virgil to take off his leather chest armor and checked the injury. Sure enough, it was just three shallow cuts. This was protected by the Thorny Tail Crystal Lion Leather Armor. Otherwise, he would have been injured by now. Lying down.

Roy treated Instructor Virgil and then applied a bandage.

Instructor Vergil sat on a stone with a stern expression. The joy of killing the gryphon just now disappeared because of the scars on his back.

Instructor Eleanor began to skin the griffin. This kind of on-site teaching was very rare. This condition was not usually available at the Elf Academy in Castletown.

So Roy, Sabrina and Miss Christine all went to watch.

Instructor Eleanor said to the three students: "The reason why griffon leather is not valuable is that the leather is not tough enough. The griffin skin can be easily peeled off with an ordinary skinning knife."

As he said that, instructor Eleanor raised his head and looked at Roy and asked him:

"Roy, when you first met the basilisk, how did you peel off such a large piece of basilisk skin?"

Roy really didn't want to recall those embarrassing past events, but he still answered honestly:

"The basilisk skin was hard and thick. We didn't have a skinning knife in our hands at the time. Only Claire had a long dagger in her hand. We divided the basilisk skin into several large pieces and worked for a whole afternoon before cutting out the pieces. Peel off the skin.”

Instructor Eleanor nodded and introduced to Sabrina and Miss Christine:

"Before mastering the skinning technique, cutting the prey into pieces and then skinning it will simplify the difficulty of skinning..."

Instructor Eleanor's skinning technique was very skillful. She quickly peeled off the griffin's skin and chopped off its tail.

Instructor Gru and Guide Margery dug a large hole next to the rubble pile. They moved the griffon's body there and buried it on the spot.

According to the habits of the elves, if there are trees around, the body will be buried under the tree.

But there is very little grass in this area, so we can only find a place to bury it.

…

Guide Margery did not participate in the battle.

He stood aside and saw the entire process of killing the gryphon.

The adventure group led by Instructor Nora does have the ability to hunt griffins, but with the current cooperation and abilities of the team members, they can easily kill a griffin, but they should not be able to defeat the griffin. group.

The griffins in the sky probably noticed the fighting here, and some griffons began to fly to low altitudes.

Later, when they saw their companions being killed, they all flew high into the sky.

They are not like wolves, who rely on teamwork in everything they do. Griffins prefer to act alone...

The adventure group finally passed through this gravel area before dark. Going up, they had to climb an almost vertical rock wall.

In the evening, before it was completely dark, Margery thought of pointing to a slightly lower ridge on the mountain and introduced it to everyone:

"Pass No. 3 is probably at that location. The gryphon nests here are not that dense. We will go up from here early tomorrow morning. If everything goes well, it will take about a week to reach the top of the mountain."

No matter how much Miss Christine stands in the sun, her skin remains porcelain white.

Not so with Roy. His skin has turned a wheat color due to recent tanning.

Miss Christine asked with a smile: "Guide Margery, have you ever reached the top of the mountain? I mean, have you ever seen what it looks like on the other side of the mountain?"

Although her question was a bit sharp, coupled with her sweet smile, it didn't seem that difficult to accept.

"Well, not yet."

Guide Margery touched his nose in embarrassment.

"Okay, I will be on duty at midnight tonight, and Gru will be on duty at midnight. Everyone should go to bed early."

Instructor Nora said to everyone.

…

The next day, when climbing to the third pass of the Griffin Barrier, Roy discovered that it was not what he thought. He had to hang his body on the vertical cliff at all times and connect everyone with a rope. , and then rock climbing non-stop.

In fact, guide Margery led everyone up a mountain path that could only accommodate one person standing on the cliff.

This road has a mountain wall on one side and a cliff on the other. Everyone can only put their weight on the stone wall, otherwise they may fall off the cliff if they are not careful.

In such a dangerous place, once attacked by a griffon, it will be very fatal.

Guide Margery prepared camouflage cloaks of the same color as the rocks for everyone. Occasionally, there are some slightly wider places in the cracks or corners of the mountain wall where everyone can sit and rest for a while.

Roy tapped his sore thighs and realized for the first time how tiring it was to climb a mountain.