Chapter 45: Air Combat
A dark shadow had broken through the cloud on the left, and with a scream, it lunged at the two of them. Meng Yuchen had already raised his vigilance after discovering Daphany's strange appearance, and the moment the figure appeared, he turned the broom brush and flew away. Likewise, Daphany scurried away with her broomstick, and the figure swooped into the air before plunging headlong into the clouds.
Meng Yuchen's face was very ugly, and Dafanie also changed color slightly. It was a short moment, but the two of them had already seen the thing clearly.
It was a beast with a body length of more than three meters and a tail nearly two meters long. The body resembles that of a lion, but it has the head of an eagle. A pair of huge wings are born on the back, with a wingspan of five or six meters away. It turned out to be a sphin-like harpy! Looking at the body type, it should be just an adult!
The griffin-headed is one of the most dangerous creatures of the four stars, and is found on several continents except Asia and Antarctica. This creature is extremely fierce and aggressive, and will actively attack humans or other creatures. The flight speed is fast and powerful. There are instances of adult sphinxes attacking in the air and causing small planes to fall.
The beast usually lives alone or in families, and several examples of families have been found in Africa. Hordes of sphinx-headed beasts are something that even dragons don't want to provoke. At Hogwarts, the entrance to Dumbledore's office is a statue of this thing. The Griffin was given its name by wizards, and it was also known by its more familiar name - Griffon!
Griffons are one of the most dangerous concentrations, even among the dangerous creatures of the four stars. Its combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of the bird-shaped man-eating monster that Daphany encountered in the Forbidden Forest last year. However, compared to bird-type man-eaters with large bodies and small heads and limited brain capacity, griffons are much smarter! It's also much harder to deal with.
"What should I do?" Meng Yuchen also confirmed that it was a griffin, and this thing was difficult to deal with even if it was an adult wizard one-on-one.
Daphine wasn't too worried. This is also in the air, not so flexible. And the griffins come and go freely and sheltered in the clouds, if they are on open ground. Daphany is going to eat roasted griffins next!
"It's okay, it's just a griffin, not a fire dragon!" Daphany disagreed. Griffons are fierce and fierce, and their attacks are powerful and fast. However, its defense can only be considered average. It doesn't have the scales of a dragon or a bird-like man-eater to resist magic, and its fur certainly has a certain amount of magic resistance, but as long as it hits, it always has an effect. If you send a life-seeking spell according to your head, you can directly send it to the ancestors.
Daphine's composure also infected Meng Yuchen, took out his wand, and looked around.
Daphany was not ready to wait in place: "How is the rest, almost gone." What are you waiting here? ”
Meng Yuchen thought about it, and felt that if he left here, maybe he would break away from the griffin's territory, and it would not attack. So he nodded and signaled that he could go. This is indeed what Meng Yuchen thought of. It's over a great lake, but griffins nest in the canopy of trees or on cliffs. You're here to forage!
Meng Yuchen released the tracking butterfly, and the two moved forward again, but they had just walked out less than 100 meters. There was another scream, but this time the griffin rushed straight ahead. Two sharp front paws gripped at Daphany.
Well, the griffon's front paws are indeed eagle claws, just like the Hippogriff's winged beast.
At this time, this is what Daphany was thinking. Yes, she didn't have a griffin in her eyes at all. Seeing the griffin coming, she stopped her broom and shook her wand. A glass wall appeared in front of him in an instant.
Boom!
Still hit his head against the invisible glass wall, so he didn't crash into the sternum on the spot.
But to say that the griffon's physique is really good, Daphine's shield wall was shaken by it. But it shook its head, kicked its hind foot on the glass wall, and flew away.
"It's a good physique that can withstand beatings." Daphany smiled. Just now, the griffin slammed into that speed and hit the magic wall, and it didn't seem like a big deal. The griffon's physique was somewhat unexpected.
"Daphany...... You're amazing! Meng Yuchen's face was surprised, she hadn't even reacted yet, Daphany had already 'repelled' the griffin!
Daphany smiled disapprovingly, her reaction and casting speed were practiced by a pair of threes, fours, fives, sixths, and sevenths in the dueling club. As the initiator of the Hogwarts Dueling Club, the current mini-boss among the students, the eldest sister of Slytherin, Daphany is now on the field with at least five opponents challenging her at the same time.
Although Meng Yuchen's talent is not inferior to Daphany, she lacks as many practical opportunities as Daphany. Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry does not have a dueling club.
"Keep going," said Daphany with a smile, "it should be able to remember it for a long time." If it comes back, well, I'll change my mount! Daphany smiled darkly. Riding a griffin should be more comfortable than riding a broomstick, right?
Daphany hadn't finished fantasizing when she heard the sound of breaking the air from behind her. Eighth Library
Turning his head, he saw the griffin emerge from the clouds again, and pounced on him.
The book says that griffins are relatively intelligent magical creatures, but I don't see it. Daphany smiled disdainfully, and with another wave of her wand, the shield appeared in front of her, ready for the griffon to hit the south wall one more time.
However, to her surprise, the griffin suddenly flapped its wings and stopped in the air, followed by a scream.
It's really a scream! At first, the sound was shrill and harsh, but with the exception of the first two seconds, the sound behind it was beyond the perceptible range of the human ear. Immediately after, Daphne felt the shield in front of her shake slightly, and the next moment it shattered with a bang.
Yo ho! Daphine was a little surprised, the griffin could attack with sound waves, and the strength could even break her own shield!
Surprise to surprise, Daphine Nicole will not be clubbed in place. The sound wave could break through the magic shield, and it would definitely hurt her body. If it was on her legs, Daphany couldn't avoid it. But at this time, she was riding an excellent magic broomstick that was probably second only to the firebolt in the world! Gently flick the broom, and the sweeping nine stars immediately rushed out diagonally at high speed. Daphany felt a powerful shockwave that was invisible and formless almost clinging to her body.
"It's kind of interesting!" Daphne sneered, and with another wave of her wand, a gray ray of light shot at the griffon—petrification.
Although Daphany has mastered a large number of powerful black magic, at this time the wand has been added to the wand by the Magical Congress of the United States, which is more advanced than the British Ministry of Magic, and can detect the type of magic used. If dark magic is used, although it can be said to be reasonable to deal with dangerous creatures of the level of griffins, it always has to go through a process. Daphany was troublesome. Besides, isn't her petrification technique extraordinarily powerful!
The griffon, however, was surprisingly alert and nimble. As if sensing the power of the magic, he flew upside down and avoided Daphany's magic.
It can fly upside down! Daphany was amazed and gained a new understanding of the griffin's flying skills. Among the ordinary creatures in nature, only hummingbirds can fly upside down, and there are not many magical creatures, but unexpectedly, the griffin is also one of them. Although it seems very reluctant!
"Flat-haired brute, it's kind of interesting!" Daphany grinned and waved her wand again, this time flying out of the tip of her wand was a fire raven. Daphany can barely control even the fire, and the fire resistance technique has naturally been mastered. The sky covered the griffin's surroundings, with only a small gap in the top.
At this time, if there are people passing by below, they will see that a large cloud in the sky suddenly turns fiery red. In fact, there were people down there, and it was a boat sailing on the great lake, and there were hundreds of witnesses. Later, because of this incident, the United States officials and the Magic Congress had a long relationship, but this is not what Daphany knows. At this point, all she had in mind was to get the thing back and give Hagrid wonder if the big man could be tamed. It doesn't matter if you can't, the Forbidden Forest is already messy enough anyway, I don't care if it's a little messier.
Most beasts are afraid of fire, and while there are many magical creatures that love fire, griffons are not one of them. Seeing that there was fire everywhere around it, and only there was a vacancy above, it instinctively rushed towards the vacancy.
The corners of Dafanie's mouth hooked, and everything was expected.
In the Art of War, Sun Tzu said that the siege of the division must be que, which is intended to besiege the enemy, but it is actually better to leave a gap in the encirclement. It can not only avoid the enemy's dying counterattack knowing that he will die, which will disturb the morale of the army, but also facilitate the arrangement of traps! In practical use, it is the famous circumference of three missing one!
Daphany hadn't seen the Art of War, but she still understood such a simple truth. She set up an encirclement with fire, and then left a gap, just to get the griffons out of there. The young griffin apparently didn't understand this. Of course, young! If it is an experienced griffin, seeing a magician who can fly in the sky, after suffering a loss, it must have run as far as it wants.
However, in front of him is a young and inexperienced griffon, and everything is obedient to instinct. In fact, if it forced its way through, the wall of fire that had just been set up might not be able to burn off a few hairs of it, but it still followed its instinct and chose to escape from a place where there was no flame above. Then what awaits it is the gift that Daphany has prepared for it a long time ago.
At some point, Daphany slashed the tip of her left index finger, and a drop of blood floated in front of her. A quick incantation was uttered from his mouth, and the tip of the wand emitted a purple-red light that snapped into the blood. In the next moment, the blood beads and thunder light all disappeared. Nothing seems to have happened. But the look of satisfaction on Daphne's face showed that it wasn't a sign of magic failure!
The griffon was completely unaware of Daphine's movements, and the flames blocked its view. It also didn't notice that as it rushed towards the gap, it was also Daphne who cast her magic blood bead and lightning vanished, and a spark of lightning flashed there.
Thundered!
There was a thunderclap in the sky, and a bowl of thick lightning fell from the sky, striking the griffon's head that had just emerged from the gap in the flames. At this time, the position of the griffin happened to be the position where the electric spark had just flashed!
The griffin didn't have time to make any dodge moves, or even react.
With a crisp snap, the griffin's original tan feathers instantly turned black, to be exact, from head to tail. He was split into black hair by this lightning.
The next moment, the huge griffin fell straight down like a stone.