Chapter 34: The Gargoyle
"Be careful!" said Griffith's warning, when three gargoyles flying from the fortress swooped down on the retinue that Sir Philip had sent to deliver the message.
Although the retinue is also a level 3 warrior, it is almost powerless to fight back in the face of the siege of the three gargoyles. The first gargoyle slammed directly into the steel shield with the speed of flight, staggering the prey, and the other two gargoyles took the opportunity to go around from behind, grabbed the arms of the attendants, and took him to the sky.
A beginner warrior was suspended in the air, with nowhere to draw on his strength, and the unlucky man was quickly torn into pieces in the air by three gargoyles, and then dropped like garbage, falling to the ground with a few thuds.
"Anna, prepare. "Griffith and Anna are still a little away from the entrance of the fortress, and although they can already see the warbands on Sir Philip's side, there are too many gargoyles in the sky at this time, and they basically can't expect the fortress side to free up their hands to provide support.
Maybe it's because Anna is tall and conspicuous, and she just cooperated with the gargoyle who killed a human warrior, so she pounced on Anna with repeated tricks.
"Giant Magic. "Griffith and Anna's routine has long been practiced tacitly.
Anna's size suddenly doubled, and her strength increased, and the gargoyle that came at high speed was sadly slapped on the ground by a shield, smashing a large hole, and then, Anna nimbly turned around and stabbed another gargoylee from behind with a sword.
The Giant Spell affects not only Anna's body, but also her equipment, especially her weapons. Anna's longsword, which was a standard half-handed sword, was now larger and thicker than a two-handed sword.
The high-speed flying gargoyle had no time to dodge, just like the lamb slammed into the iron used for barbecue, and the entire chest was pierced without suspense. But even so, the gargoyle was not dead, and his body was still struggling with his sword hanging from his sword.
Seeing this, the remaining gargoyles immediately abandoned Anna, changed the direction of their flight slightly, and pounced on Griffith.
Griffith, who had just cast a giant spell, was too late to use a second spell.
Seeing the gargoyle rushing towards him, Griffith was not nervous, but the corners of his mouth were slightly curved, and his face was slightly triad.
As the gargoyle's claws were about to touch Griffith's face, the shadow under Griffith's feet shook violently, and a purple-black clay-like mass emerged, and dozens of black tentacles about the thickness of a finger entangled the gargoyle with lightning speed.
"It's a pity, not a real creature. Griffith whispered a word of regret.
Strictly speaking, gargoyles are also a type of golem, and they belong to the constructed creatures. If it weren't for that, with the level of these gargoyles, it would be somewhat beneficial to let the shadow puppets eat in their stomachs.
Entangled by the black tentacles, the gargoyle struggled desperately, but unfortunately it was far inferior to the shadow puppet in strength, and was soon twisted into a pile of rubble.
On the other side, Anna had already thrown the gargoyle hanging from the sword to the ground, and was stomping vigorously on the gargoyle with her foot that had opened a large hole in her chest.
"Anna, you have to crush it. Griffith admonished. He kicked away the rubble from the ground and soon found a black crystal. This stone, with the aura of nine layers of purgatory, is the most important material for making gargoyles.
The remaining gargoyle had already regained its flight from the ground, but it did not dare to continue attacking Anna and Griffith, and circled in the sky before flying towards the docks.
"Father's there won't be a problem, will it?" said Anna, a little worried.
"Rest assured. Griffith had confidence in Sir Buck, "How can a level 6 warrior not even be able to handle a gargoyle." ”
When Griffith arrived at Philip's side, the knight was holding a delicately shaped longbow and constantly shooting at the gargoyle in the sky, and beside him, seven or eight warriors of no lower rank were forming a circle and protecting him in the middle.
"Griffith, just follow me. Philip hurriedly said hello, and did not stop firing at all, nor did he ask about the poor attendant.
The Carolingian family was the target of Philip's desire to win over, and he asked people to find Griffith for fear of accidents. Philip asked himself, there was no safer place on the battlefield than to stay by his side.
Griffith, who was ushered into the protective circle, didn't say a word, and used a "Owl's Insight" on Philip.
"Sir Philip, the gargoyles in the sky are up to you. Griffith could tell at a glance that Philip's longbow was not of any kind. The arrows shot by the others fell on the gargoyles, and they couldn't do much damage at all, but Philip, as long as he shot, every arrow could severely damage these monsters with stone skin.
Only five or six minutes have passed since the gargoyle was dispatched, but there have been four or five gargoyles shot down by Philip.
Philip has actually been blessed with several buffs of magic and magic skills, but the speed of the gargoyle's flight is too fast, even if Philip is a mid-level ranger, half of the arrows he shoots misses. With Griffith's magic, Philip's accuracy increased even further, reaching the point where he missed only one out of every four arrows.
More than ten minutes later, the last gargoyle was also smashed to pieces, Philip rubbed his sore arm, and the priest of the Storm Lord immediately gave him a soothing magic spell to relieve fatigue.
Speaking of which, the pastor named "Schmidt" is also an outlier.
Generally speaking, the Storm Lord's priests are well-known martial arts and are known for their various offensive arts. But from the priest Schmidt in front of him, Griffith didn't see the signature "lightning technique" at all, but all kinds of buff and healing magic were generally used on Sir Philip's body, and he was simply the special nurse for the heir of the Griffin family.
"Let's go to the magic control room to support Baron Stone. Philip, who had become vigorous again with the help of divine magic, commanded with great pride.
Griffith wanted to clean up the battlefield, and the crystallization of the gargoyle core was a very useful magic material, but since Philip said so, he couldn't object. After all, it was Griffith's own father, Baron Stone, who was going to support, could he still say something like "I'm going to stay here and pick up the loot, and I can't take care of my father"?
"Anna, you stay here and take care of your injured brother. Griffith deliberately held a gargoyle core, shook his fist, and winked at Anna. After years of understanding, Griffith believed that Anna would understand what he meant.
Although the twenty gargoyles were all destroyed, the losses they caused were not small, three low-level warriors were killed under Philip alone, and five or six were seriously injured, especially those who were taken to the sky and thrown down, even if they were lucky enough not to die, they all broke their legs and lost their mobility.
Schmidt is a mid-level priest, but his healing skills are far from enough, and he can't take care of these wounded for the time being, and it is necessary to leave a few people to take care of them.
Although Anna is tall, she is a woman after all, and Philip saw Griffith arranging it like this, and felt that it was very reasonable, so he casually ordered two low-level warriors and asked them to assist Anna, and then rushed into the fortress with Griffith and others.
At this time, at the door of the magic control room, Stone was fighting with a berserk demon.