Chapter 0274: Light Winged Lion
It's a winged lion!
Under the assignment of the wizards of the Silver Alliance, more than twenty wizards were already waiting for the arrival of the winged lion.
This route is almost once every half a month, so it is clear what kind of race and what level of monsters will appear in which region. Except for a few special cases such as the migration of monsters or the riot of monsters in the Black Forest, there is not much danger under normal circumstances.
But there are exceptions to everything, especially in the Black Forest, where the risks are uncontrollable, and there are unknown dangers everywhere.
Powerful monsters usually have huge territories, and in this area, they are unique kings, and they will never allow any alien monsters with close strength to approach or hunt.
Although the high-level monsters have wisdom that is not weaker than that of wizards, and they also know that their territory is divided into the inner living area and the outer hunting area, there are always some areas overlapping between the monsters of the two territories.
Therefore, there are often battles between monsters in the Black Forest!
The reason why the floating battleship knew that this was the territory of the Winged Lion and still broke straight through was very simple, because a hundred miles away on the left was the territory of a large group of bipedal wyverns.
Although this group of bipedal wyverns is only a low-level monster of the first order, and their strength is not as strong as that of the winged lion, they have the advantage that the number has reached 100, and they are also a sub-dragon species, with rough skin and thick flesh, strong strength and long blood, plus all of them can fly.
So weighing the pros and cons, in comparison, the Winged Lion is slightly weaker here!
The floating battleship began to slow down, and when its speed dropped to a certain level, it maintained a constant speed and pierced left and right through the clouds, flying forward along the direction of the ridge peak below.
After the spacecraft slowed down, most of the energy saved was transferred to the outer shield, which made the thickness of the light film there increase sharply.
Winged lions are flying monsters that are extremely fast, and it would be a joke to get rid of them simply by relying on their speed. It's safer to run away while fighting!
Grim was assigned to the middle front of the left side of the ship, and behind him, a wizard stood silently every five steps, waiting for the arrival of the winged lion. Their job is also very simple, when the winged lion tries to pounce on the shield, they use their best sorcery to fight back.
With their strength, it may be difficult to injure the Winged Lion, but the main purpose is to consume their strength and make them retreat.
Grim was still wondering why the wizards of the Silver Alliance didn't organize some powerful wizards to get rid of them, since the winged lions here were not too powerful, so that the route would be safer. The chip was quick to give the answer!
The reason why we chose not to remove these winged lions is precisely for the safety of the waterway!
Forced cleaning does have the potential to make the waterway safe for a short period of time. However, it will also create a power vacuum near the fairway. And the monsters also have their own unique ecosystem and intelligence, once the powerful monsters here disappear, it won't be long before new monsters will be relocated from other areas.
In this way, just adapting to the new monsters is enough of a headache for the Silver Alliance!
Therefore, for the sake of long-term consideration, it is the wisest thing for the Silver Alliance to keep these powerful monsters, but they can't pose much threat to the channel.
Moreover, after the territory of these monsters is relatively fixed, the wizards who pass through the channel only need to prepare some targeted means, and they can pass through this area with little or no damage.
Just as Grim was slightly pondering, the lion roared below the spaceship, and five dazzling figures appeared in his field of vision.
Winged Lion ...... It turns out that this is the Winged Lion!
Grim looked around, and sure enough, he saw a strange monster that looked like a lion.
The body of the winged lion is the same as that of the lions common in the forest, but it is several times stronger and more powerful than them.
In particular, the two second-order winged lions, one male and one female, are as strong as flying rhinoceros. Beneath their ribs, a pair of huge wings covered with bright silver fluffy feathers stretched out. And the top of their skulls, two weird spiral sharp horns, are even more eye-catching.
Behind them, the three Rank 1 small winged lions were a few sizes smaller, but their violent and ferocious appearance still showed the posture of a jungle overlord.
At this time, the floating battleship had already withdrawn the outer stealth barrier, and fled into the distance with a thick layer of translucent turtle shell.
The two adult winged lions, whose bodies were full of silver-white light, flapped their wings and cut a graceful arc through the air, swooping towards the floating battleship from the flanks. However, they chose to dive on the other side of the ship, so instead of attacking, Grim turned to watch how the wizard in the parallel position to him did it.
It was a wizard who did not know where he was from Scattered Tallinn, with green leather armor, black leather pants, a scimitar at his waist, and a huge bow in his hand that was the same height as his body. At this moment, the giant bow had been stretched into a semicircle, and the black fluorescence on it flickered, and an arrow with condensed magical power could be faintly seen.
He was also apparently an experienced combat wizard, and instead of shooting the special witch arrow in his hand too early, he waited intently. When an adult winged lion swooped closer, the spiral sharp horns above his head pierced into the light film viciously, and then endless dazzling white rays and rune energy on the light film poured out from the end of the sharp horns, constantly colliding with each other and annihilating each other.
The film began to thin and soften, and in a few moments it was about to be pierced by the spiral horns, when the wizard struck.
There was a sharp bang......
The black witch arrow quickly drilled through the light film like lightning, and the nail pierced into the protective force field next to the wide neck of the adult winged lion. Before the winged lion could react in time, the witch arrow exploded, and a large cloud of black mist enveloped its small half of its body, sizzling its protective force field to erode.
The unguarded winged lion was blown out entirely, and it flipped several times in the sky before spreading its wings and stabilizing its body again.
Facing the body that was already half blackened, the adult winged lion raised its neck and let out a short lion roar, and the scorching white light quickly wrapped its body, squeezing out all foreign xenomorph energy. After a while, the white mangs dispersed, and the winged lion, which had suffered a small loss just now, had completely recovered, and even the charred black feathers were as smooth as new again.
Light Restoration!
Grim licked his lips, a look of envy shooting out of his eyes.
The winged lion flapped its wings and hovered around the outer perimeter of the ship, its fierce eyes staring at the wizard through the translucent film of light. It roared angrily a few times, and continued to coil around the floating battleship, calmly searching for the weak point in the defensive light film.
Looking at this winged lion soaring in the sky, Grim's heart was on fire, and he couldn't wait to pounce on it and capture one immediately. Able to fly, can fight, can heal itself, and is enough of a mighty horse, this is simply the most suitable wizard flying mount!
In particular, the strange sharp horns on the top of the heads of these winged lions can gather light particles, which can be released to attack enemies, and can also go back to themselves for self-healing or recovery, and the effect is no weaker than those wizards who specialize in healing. If you have such a winged lion, wouldn't it be equivalent to carrying a healer with you? If you have any combat injuries in the future, you won't have to pinch your nose and drink those weird witch potions of unknown ingredients!
Obviously, this kind of thinking is not limited to Grim, almost all wizards are burning in their hearts at the moment when they see such an excellent flying monster. However, everyone also knows that they have a few pounds and a few taels, and they will not make unwise moves for this.
The wizards occupied a vantage point on the floating battleship, and whenever the winged lion wanted to dive to attack the defensive light film, they would shoot a volley of sorcery to force the opponent to dodge in the air, but no one stupidly rushed out and fought to the death with the monster!
And Grim once took advantage of the fact that a small winged lion flew overboard the ship on his side, relying on the difference in the speed and trajectory of the movement of the enemy and the enemy collected by the chip in his mind, and threw a lava fireball in advance. When the winged lion spread its wings and flew into the right position, Grim maliciously detonated the fireball.
Bang bang!
The bursting flames and hot magma that swept through more than ten meters completely enveloped the little winged lion.
By the time it roared and rushed out, many parts of its body had been burned black, and sharp lava fragments broke through the protective force field on the surface of its body, piercing into the flesh and blood, and sprinkling a plume of blood in the air.
The terrible screams of the little winged lion also attracted the rest of the winged lions.
As streaks of white light rolled over the body of the little winged lion, the damage that was still poignant just now disappeared in an instant, and it once again regained its previous might.
However, the little winged lion, which had suffered a heavy loss, no longer dared to approach the floating battleship at will. It spread its wings, quickly moving away from the ship, and then from a distance it continued to excite a continuous stream of white light from the corner of the skull, attacking the defensive light film that blocked them from rushing in.
This white light is also obviously a very pure light energy, which is difficult to intercept halfway by witchcraft. Moreover, the light particles splashed on the protective light film will always have a "light explosion" from time to time, causing all wizards who see the flash to be blinded instantly.
The blinding time may not be long, only 3-5 seconds.
However, it is not difficult to imagine the terrible consequences that this blinding effect could have if it were to be used in hand-to-hand combat between wizards and winged lions!
As Grim fights, he uses the chip to collect the data of the Winged Lion. The feedback he got from the chip proved that if he was allowed to play a fair match with the Tier 1 Little Winged Lion outside, his chances of winning were no more than 30%.
Of course, this win rate is made after excluding the Demon Golem and the Fire Demon Transformation. And that's pretty much the odds of winning for most wizards!
From this data, Grim can also deeply understand the power and terrifying of the monsters in the Black Forest.
Without the shelter of the floating battleship, without the protection of the defensive witch array, and without the assistance of numerous demonic items and witch weapons, how vulnerable and small the human wizard would be in front of these wild monsters!
It's no wonder that several major wizarding organizations on the Wizarding Continent have endured!
If human wizards don't know how to huddle together for warmth, I'm afraid that they will have already been replaced by the tide of monsters, and they will no longer be able to lead the development of the entire wizarding world.