Chapter 8: There's Always Something Behind the Waterfall (Part 1)
The waterfall of more than ten meters is indeed spectacular. But as far as the eye can see, the waterfall is still covered with lush forests, and beyond the trees, there is a blue-gray mountain curtain, so dense that even the sky is obscured by a small part.
Viewed from this view, this waterfall is placed between the high mountains, and it is nothing more than a small column of water that a stream falls from the stones.
"Set up camp here today, little Paul, you go ahead and explore the way and see how you go tomorrow, Isenus, you go and see if there are any suspicious traces around, Omoni, you set up the protective spells for the camp, Ente, let's go find more food." I'll leave the cooking to you, Nana. ”
The task was assigned in an orderly manner, Paul took his bow and arrow and walked towards the waterfall, Isenus explored the waterfall, and Omoni pulled out a certain tent from the storage space, brandished his wand and commanded the tent to be assembled, and scribbled some characters in the air.
An hour had passed, and when the remaining four had set up camp and raised firewood to prepare the day's food, Isenus was the first to return.
As Isenus walked around the camp, he felt a thin film of water pass through his body, and the vapor and smell of grass attached to his body were stripped away, and the air in the film was not as fine as the water mist splashed by the waterfall, and even the roar of the waterfall was much reduced.
Isenus walked over and asked, "Is this spell the same as the spell we first met?"
Omoni shook his head. "This spell is both physical and energy-filtered, and there are some functions that I haven't turned on yet. ”
"Spells are really handy. ”
"How's it going, what's wrong around?" asked Leo as he flipped over the roast on the fire.
"It's not quite right, I searched the area around about four kilometers, in the woods, in the river, on the hillside and found no traces of demonic beasts, not even carnivores, clumps of feces are all a pile of grass smell, but these herbivores also have no signs of overbreeding, I think there is something that has made this its territory. And behind the waterfall I found a small entrance to a cave. ”
"So there's a powerful predator inside this cave?"
That's what it means. ”
"How big is the entrance to the cave?"
"It doesn't look big, and you probably have to bend down to get in. Isenus gestured with his hand.
"Small-sized predators, i.e. speed and high lethality. I'm pretty good at dealing with such enemies. Leo felt a little eager to try it.
Leo's ability can predict the opponent's actions to a certain extent, and when dealing with speed-based opponents, he can rely on anticipation and high speed to gain an advantage in battle, and then turn the opportunity into an advantage, accumulating advantages to win. And because of the ability to detect local flaws and vital points, attacks can often kill with a single hit.
But when facing a special power-type warrior like Ente, his ability becomes a weak point.
Ente has been deep in the Sanctuary for a long time, and he is already superior to him in terms of energy level, and the ability of the Sanctuary is mainly to amplify itself, and the way of fighting is no longer a simple strength, but a "potential" brought by power, his spirit and spirit are all condensed, and any intention to target the vital point will be detected, which cancels out the advantage of the premonition in Leo's ability. Moreover, the accumulated "momentum" of the fighting spirit will compress the opponent's activity space, which limits Leo's agility advantage. When Leo was fighting against Ente, he was oppressed by the "momentum", and his skills could not be exerted at all, and his ability to attack the key points was insufficient, and he couldn't dodge, so he was taken down in three or two moves. Fortunately, at the last moment, he rushed with blood, and he avoided the fatal knife.
Now that there is suddenly an opponent who is naturally restrained by it, it is inevitable that you want to go up and compare.
"Okay, then we'll go up and have a look when little Paul comes back, and I'll leave this guy to you." ”
When the sun had gone down a little, little Paul came back with two rabbits.
"What about the map? I'll add to it. I also shot two rabbits back, and I only used one arrow. Little Paul triumphantly lit up his prey.
"Yes, it's progressing very fast. Leo complimented, took out the map and pen and handed it to him.
"We've found a monster behind the waterfall, we're going to go up and take a look at it later, and we'll get rid of it if it's dangerous. You and Nana stay in the camp. Esenas commanded.
"Warcraft?" little Paul stood up excitedly, and drew a map with a pen in his hand with an ink mark across it.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Little Paul looked at the map with some annoyance.
Omoni waved his wand to wipe away the trace of carelessness.
"Thank you. Little Paul thanked him, and then shouted: "I'm going too! It's the first time I've seen Warcraft, and I've got enough ability to protect myself, and I won't hold back!"
"No, I don't know how much space there is, but it won't be too spacious from the entrance, and this time the opponent is a speed-type, and if it happens suddenly at such a close distance, we can't guarantee your safety. Isenas declined the request.
"But..."
Before little Paul could argue again, Leo put his hand on his shoulder and stopped him.
Young boys always have a desire for adventure and the illusion of omnipotence.
Leo felt that little Paul might have seen a shadow of his childhood.
"No problem, you and Nana go up with us, since you're here for an adventure, how can you call it an adventure without experiencing danger?" Leo laughed.
"Leo, I have to warn you that if something goes wrong with the two of them, it will not only affect themselves, but may even affect the safety of others. Isenas warned.
"It's okay, if something happens, I'll take it all in. Leo casually promised.
Esenus shrugged his shoulders and turned away in some annoyance.
After eating and drinking, the group came to the bottom of the waterfall.
At such a close distance, the water droplets bounced off by the impact hit everyone's body, and even made people feel a little painful.
Esenas asked another question, trying to dissuade them from going up with two burdens.
"How do you get them up with such a strong current?" They can't seem to go into the waterfall with such a current, can they?"
This is really not easy to solve for Leo and Ente.
But this question is difficult for warriors, but not for mages.
Omoni took out his wand and gestured with it, and saw that the waterfall was pulled open in the middle like a curtain, and the silver-white water flowed to the two sides, revealing the small cave mouth hidden halfway up his waist.
"I'm pretty good at this mid-combing. Omoni said pleasantly.
Isenas had nothing to say. After being frequently backstabbed by this old man, he actually had a feeling called "habit", and the invincible experience and analysis repeatedly failed in front of this old man.
Leo took the lead, carrying a rope, and climbed to the mouth of the cave with several ups and downs on several bumps of the rock.
He poked inside, then stepped back with a strange look on his face, and threw the end of the rope down.
"Come on, that guy inside is sleeping soundly. Appears to be a nocturnal creature. ”
When Isenus also climbed up, he immediately understood the reason for Leo's strange face - this guy in front of him was too big.
The entrance to the cave was only more than half a person high, but the corridor soon became tall and spacious, but after five or six meters, the entire cave appeared in front of you. The cave is about seven or eight meters high, more than 20 meters wide, and nearly 100 meters long.
The beast was lying in the middle of the ground, an eagle's head lying on the wet ground, a pair of wide wings covering its sides. A pair of talons rests in front of the body, and a pair of animal talons are placed behind the body.
The eagle-headed lion body, no matter how you look at it, is a magical beast called a griffin.
As a rough estimate, Isenas estimated that his wingspan was three Leo long, and his height was two Leo high.
Griffins are already known for their speed and strength, and with such height and flight attributes, it can be said that Leo is the type that he is not good at dealing with.
Leo's desire to bully the "weak" was shattered.
does not have an advantage in attributes, and Leo people are also much more low-key. He grabbed Nana's hand, lowered his voice and said to everyone, "Come with me, don't make too much noise." ”
"There's light inside, let's go inside and take a look. The griffon is not very aggressive and does not threaten our safety, so let's let it go. ”
Little Paul, who was looking around, leaned over to Leo and whispered, "How did it get in such a small hole?"
"Who knows. Leo shrugged. "Maybe there's another exit from the cave. ”
The crowd walked quietly towards the depths of the cave, especially little Paul, who crept past the griffon, fearing that his actions would cause trouble.
In the depths of the cave, everyone finally saw the source of the light, a stone with electric light piled up in the depths of the cave, and wisps of electric arcs wrapped around the stone.
"The quality of the thunder attribute power stone is very pure. Omoni said with a double pull.
Good stuff.
Everyone quietly stuffed a little into Omoni's pocket.
"Are we thieves now? Little Paul asked.
"No, we are warriors who take the treasure of monsters. Leo justifiably argued.
After taking a dozen pieces, a ray of bright light leaked from the gap in the power stone.
"What is this?" said little Paul, curiously picking up the pile of stones.
A stream of light appeared in front of everyone.
A dazzling stream of water flowed in the air, and from time to time it erupted into a blinding cloud of electric light.
Omoni picked up his wand and poked at the thing, and said affirmatively: "This is a spatial rift, and the other side should be a thunder-attribute space, and these energy stones are condensed from here." It's a pity that the energy in this area is too violent, and it already feels like plasma, and I can't reverse the coordinates of another dimension. ”
Just when everyone was amazed, Nana suddenly spoke: "There seems to be a missing breathing sound." ”
Missing a breathing sound?
Leo knew that Nana's sense of hearing and smell was sharper than that of others because of her blindness.
There are a total of six people and one bird in the cave, and it is obvious who is missing a breathing sound.
Leo turned around helplessly, patted his forehead and said.
"Is it too late to give it back to you?"
Behind everyone, a tall figure let out an eagle's chirp and fluttered its wings.
There was a loud bang, and smoke and dust rose from the cave. Leo hugged Nana, and Ente dragged little Paul to avoid the attack in time.
Esenus looked at the calm Omoni and asked curiously, "Can a mage run so fast?"
"Acceleration, reverse impact acceleration, kinetic energy slowdown. Three spells are still quite fast. Omoni explained.
To know magic is to be able to do whatever you want.
"Exit from the hole, and I will draw him away. I'll look for a place to get out from the depths of the cave, and we'll go out separately. Ente took off the heavy sword behind his back with a backhand and said to the crowd.
"No problem!"
The griffon's eyes were fixed on Omoni's pockets, and as they grew farther and farther away from them, the griffin let out a chirp of exasperation, flapping its wings in Leo's direction.
Seeing that the griffin had found the wrong target, Ente snapped.
"Your opponent is here!"
After a roar, Ente crouched on his legs and bounced into the air.
The force of Ente's ejection was so great that the ground around his feet was a little shattered, and the powerful reaction force brought great speed, and Ente was the first to strike, teleporting to intercept the griffin in mid-air, and the sword and the griffin's talon fought hard.
To everyone's surprise, the griffon, which had an absolute advantage in size, flew out upside down and smashed into the wall of the cave, and scratched a dent backwards. The cave was suddenly filled with smoke and dust, and the stalactites on the cave also fell one after another.
Leo's eyelids and eyebrows jumped.
The trail of Ente's jump reminded him of the first blow charged by the Morbius Dragon. How similar the dragon's leap was to Ente's leap.
And looking at Ente's smooth landing, it turned out that he didn't do his best.
Humanoid dragons?
Entre immediately joins the list of unprovoked characters in Leo's world, and he is still the top-ranked kind.
The blow clearly touched the griffon's blind spot, and it tossed up from the ground, looked blankly at its place, and let out two confused chirps.
Leo couldn't bear to look at it anymore, picked up Nana and turned to speed away.
After being stolen and having to accept the ravages of a humanoid dragon, he had never seen a worse beast.
The griffon shook her dazed head.
Despite such a heavy blow, the desire for the power stone still made it still target Omoni, and the lion's legs behind the griffin bent and accumulated, its wings folded, and its body crouched, with the intention of striking again. However, the offensive line clearly intends to avoid the Ente defensive range.
After the griffin recharged, its speed rose a notch again, and the electric light on its body was awe-inspiring, and it pulled up a phantom and pounced on Leo and them. It looks like it's much bigger than last time.
It's a pity that it's useless.
Ente was still a charged ejection, intercepting the griffon in mid-air, and the teleportation speed completely prevented the griffon from using its nimble strengths.
To stop one force head-on, it takes another, bigger force.
The griffon flew upside down again with Ente's greater strength.
This time, the griffin flew in the direction of the cave roof.
There was another loud bang, and the griffin was half-embedded in the top of the cave, and after a few seconds of stillness, the griffin fell to the ground with a few pieces of rubble.
A few rays of light spilled into the cavern with flowing water, showing clear shapes in the sunlight and dust.
The waterfall is only a dozen meters high, and they come in from the semi-center, and this cave is only seven meters high. From this, it can be estimated that the height of the top of the cave is almost equal to the height of the waterfall.
Other words...
"Did he break through the cave?" asked Leo.
Apparently yes.
This time, the eyelids and eyebrows of the four people jumped in unison.
The griffin fell heavily to the ground, rolled over slowly, and stared blankly at the small stream of water in front of him.
Although he had suffered two critical blows physically, and two indescribable mental blows, the griffon's mind was clear.
These people sneaked into their homes, stole their things, and beat themselves!
The griffon's anger swelled up on the ground, and its body gradually turned into a thunderbolt that flashed with purple and white.
Ezennas, who had been keeping an eye on the griffin's situation, suddenly shouted to Ente.
"Ent! Come back! there's no exit from the cave!
Leo looked at the griffon's form and suddenly realized.
He placed Nana on the ground and unsheathed his sword.
"Thunder attribute mutation?" Leo asked.
"Yes. ”
"Thunder attribute mutation?" asked little Paul curiously.
"It's the energy-based trait that appears on the demonic beast, I guess it should be related to his long-term absorption of the thunder attribute energy overflowing from that crack, no wonder it is so anxious, these thunder attribute energy stones are related to its mutation and growth, and it is reasonable to be so desperate. Omoni suddenly realized.
In between the conversations, the thunder on the griffin's body became more dazzling, and its body gradually lost its original form, turning into a pool of thunder and lightning flashing plasma.
"Crackle"
With a soft sound, the thunder light came straight to everyone.
Ente stood up to intercept, but the thunder light bypassed his sword like a stream of water
With a wave of his wand, a silvery-white light struck the griffon's transformation.
However, the thunder was unexpectedly nimble, and it twisted around the light and went upward, and Omoni's wand failed to catch it three times.
Seeing that this thunder light was approaching, the change of form was about to spread out into a puddle of thunder water covering everyone, and the high temperature attached to the thunder and lightning baked little Paul's hair a little crispy.
Leo suddenly stabbed out with a hazy sword, accurately stabbing into the middle of the thunder light.
There was a faint griffin scream in the thunder, and it flew back upside down, changing back into the form of a griffin.
The griffon, in its original form, had a large wound on its neck, blood pouring out, and the wound looked life-threatening.
This is Leo's "pressure sensitivity" that plays a role, accurately perceiving the place where the energy is converging, and his sword has the effect of breaking the energy, with speed against speed, with sharp to break through the blunt, this is a fruitful blow.
The wounded griffon was even more angry, and a blood-colored glint appeared in its eyes.
The griffin let out a high-pitched chirp, and thunder flashed all over his body, and everyone immediately went on guard again, so that most of the physical attacks had no significant effect on him, and he was flexible and fast, no matter how careful he was.
But this time he did go straight to the top of the cave, and rushed out of the cave with a fit of fit.
For a moment, the canyon was filled with its angry chirp.