Chapter 16: Night Attack

The Pebble dropped anchor not far from shore, and Locke came up to Griffith and asked, "My lord, are you going to go ashore?"

"Of course. Griffith nodded, Anna and the others had already packed up the camping equipment, and even Hansen came out of the cabin with a pale face.

The landing dinghy took three trips back and forth to bring Griffith's people, as well as food, tents and other things ashore.

"Locke, sleep on the ship with the sailors tonight. It's not autumn yet, but you still have to be on guard against fish-man attacks. โ€

The fish-man tribe living in the Storm Ocean has always been the biggest disaster on the Ilya Peninsula. When the autumn harvest comes, the fish-people will raid the coastal areas on a large scale. However, it was still spring, not the active period for the Fish-People, and Griffith's orders were a bit impersonal.

"I have a few barrels of Cyrenanian ale in my cargo in the hold, and you may take one of them and drink them as my compensation. However, remember to replenish fresh water first, so as not to get down to business. Locke, who was about to protest, immediately swallowed the words back in his mouth.

Because fresh water is easily spoiled, ships sailing on the ocean generally mix clean water with wine. Sailors usually drink this kind of water mixed with wine to quench their thirst, and as the days go by, they naturally have an addiction to alcohol. The wine of the Ilia Peninsula is not strong enough in the eyes of sailors, but the ale wine is more popular.

On a normal day, Griffith would not have allowed the sailors on the ship to get drunk.

But tonight was different, Griffith didn't dare to guarantee that no one on the ship was bribed by the Osbornes, so he simply found a reason to keep them on the ship, so as not to be distracted during the battle. Giving them a barrel of ale was not only to appease them, but Griffith wished that the people on board were drunk tonight.

"We'll camp there tonight!" Griffith pointed to a slightly raised knoll by the beach.

Before the sun set, the tent was set up without incident, and the sailors who went to fetch water flattered him with several buckets of spring water and a large bundle of dead branches

As night fell, a bonfire was lit in front of the tent. Anna didn't make dinner as seriously as usual, but set up a large pot on the campfire and threw all the washed potatoes, onions, carrots, bacon, ham and other ingredients into it.

"It's been a long time since I've eaten messy stew. Griffith didn't see the slightest nervousness on his face, and when he saw that Anna took a large handful of salt and wanted to sprinkle it into the pot, he hurriedly stopped: "Anna, don't put too much salt, the bacon and ham already have a taste." โ€

After speaking, seeing that Hansen's face was a little unnatural, Griffith smiled and explained: "My taste is relatively light, and I am definitely not stingy, you will understand this later." When eating, if you don't feel that the taste is enough, you can add salt casually. โ€

The world's salt production technology is backward, and most areas are still stuck in the level of "boiling the sea for salt". As a necessity in daily life, the price of salt is also quite expensive, and the price of a pound of coarse salt is about 1 silver wolf.

Warrior professionals exercise a lot on weekdays and sweat a lot, so they naturally have to replenish a lot of salt, so they are generally very heavy.

"Young Master, this is yours. Anna served Griffith dinner first, and Griffith took the plate, scooped a large spoon and put it in his mouth, it tasted good.

"Oh-" The white dragon silver frost, which was less than ten days old, was lying on Griffith's lap, and when he smelled the fragrance, he also raised his head and screamed suspiciously.

"Well, I'll give you jerky. Griffith pulled a palm-sized piece of jerky from his waist pocket, stretched it out and shook it in front of Silver Frost. The young dragon expertly opened its mouth and swallowed the jerky in a few bites. Silver Frost, who had finished his snack, didn't seem to have eaten enough, and continued to stare at Griffith's dinner.

"What a glutton, you've eaten six meals today. Griffith was very helpless, this young dragon was so good to eat, and now the food cost for a day was almost half a golden dragon, if he grew up a little more, it would be unimaginable.

"Bailey, is it all set?" Griffith, ignoring Silver Frost's cute eyes, asked Bailey, who had just returned to the campfire.

Bailey took the dinner that Anna had handed him and found a stone to sit down. "There are six traps in total, and the view here is wide, and if you want to attack, you can only come from the front, which should cause them some problems. โ€

"That's good, everyone hurry up and eat, there's a lot of shows tonight. Griffith said with gusto.

After dinner, he teased Silver Frost for a while, until two owl calls were heard in the distant woods, and Griffith stood up, patted his buttocks, and said, "I'm going to rest, you pay attention." โ€

"Carolingian cubs are in the tent!" said Iron Hand in a low voice as he held a telescope deep into the woods.

"Kyle, have you decided? Fearing that the horses would be exposed, Litte did not ride a horse.

In this ambush, the power of the Osborne family in Thousand Sails City can be said to be overwhelming. In addition to Kyle Osborne and Ser Lee, there is also a level 2 priest of the noble god, 7 orc slaves, and 5 human guards.

Considering that Griffith might not go ashore, Kyle Osborne gritted his teeth and prepared 3 scrolls of the Fireball Technique, which cost a full 500 gold dragons.

You must know that the higher the level of the magic scroll, the more precious it is, the average price of the level 1 scroll is 10 gold dragons, and the level 2 scroll costs 40 gold dragons, as for the level 3 scrolls are already controlled materials, they may not be able to buy them if they have money, no matter how cheap they are, the price will not be lower than 150 gold dragons.

Griffith's overnight stay on shore was good news for Kyle Osborneโ€”at least he could save 3 fireball scrolls.

According to the plan made with Leete, if Griffith hides on the ship, he can only use the fireball technique to destroy the Pebble, one shot to hit the rudder, two shots to hit the mast, basically to ensure that Griffith can't escape.

Sadly, Griffith's chosen camp was a bit unexpected.

Kyle and Leet agreed that Griffith would camp near the spring, so they deliberately ambushed behind a bush not far from the spring. Unexpectedly, Griffith would choose an unobstructed open field.

As a result, the cautious Leet wanted to retreat again.

"It's okay, I'll steal the orb. Kyle was confident.

The Invisibility Orb is a level 3 magic that makes creatures within 10 feet of the recipient invisible, making it perfect for sneak attacks.

To be on the safe side, Kyle Osborne blessed himself with a stone skin technique.

Stone Skin is known as the most practical level 4 magic, making the surface of the skin as hard as a stone, without affecting the flexibility of movement at all. A mage who has been blessed with stone skin magic, even if he stands still, it will take four or five minutes for a beginner warrior to break through the defense.

This magic can be called the embodiment of the superiority of the master.

Kyle Osborne had just been promoted to level 4, and the total amount of mana had not yet had time to increase, and by the time he finished casting the invisibility orb, most of the mana in his body had already been used.

At the same time, the level 2 priest of the god of nobility didn't bother to watch, first blessed himself with a faith armor, then gave Litt a bark spell, and finally used a group blessing spell.

Fifteen people, centered on Kyle Osborne, huddled together and cautiously advanced towards the camp of Griffith and the others.

Five hundred meters.

Two hundred meters.

A hundred meters, Li Te, who was walking in the front, seemed to have stepped on something under his feet.

The instinct of a level 5 warrior made Li Te roll to the side for the first time. The others weren't so lucky, though, as a large white gelatinous mass exploded under their feet, sticking everyone else but Leet to the ground.

"Damn, it's a spider web trap. Kyle immediately recognized the milky gelatinous substance under his feet.

This is a spell trap set by Bailey, and the core is a spider web scroll that Griffith had only copied two days earlier.

Because he was more than 10 feet away from Kyle Osborne, Lee's figure suddenly appeared, and Hansen, Bailey, and Vicente saw this, and they all shot at Leet with crossbow arrows. Litt easily parried with his two-handed sword as he shouted at Kyle Osborne, "Use the disenchantment!"

Kyle hesitated and didn't follow Leeter's words.

"Disarming Magic" is a very useful level 3 magic that can directly remove magic effects within a certain radius.

With spider-web spelling at level 2 and Griffith's casting level not high, Kyle Osborne should be able to easily regain his men's mobility. It's just that in this way, the stone skin technique on his body will also be removed together, which will be a bit troublesome.

Without the protection of the Stone Skin Technique, a single shot can kill a level 4 mage. Although he could make up for himself a level 2 protective arrow, he always felt that it was too much of a loss to remove the stone skin technique for the sake of the spider web technique.

"Don't panic, as long as the strength is strong enough, the spider web can be broken. Kyle cheered his men on as he pulled out the fireball scroll.

Now that it has been exposed, Kyle is no longer entangled and goes straight to work.

With a bang, Griffith's tent was blown up.

"Spread out, retreat. Anna let out a low cry and ran towards the dinghy parked on the beach.

Bailey and the others, if they are hit by the fireball technique, they will have to lose half their lives if they don't die, so they won't choose to fight hard.

Li Tet was faintly uneasy, but when he saw that Anna and the others were running away, he didn't think much about it anymore and chased after him with a two-handed sword.

Leet didn't look down on Hansen and other little minions, and he directly caught up with the strongest Anna.

One hundred meters, for a level 5 warrior, is just a short distance.

Just as Leet's two-handed sword eyes were about to slash at Anna, there was a sudden shock under his feet. Li Te didn't dare to be careless, kicked back hard, bent and rolled in mid-air, and landed steadily.

"Damn! it's a siege crab!" Leet shouted angrily, and a giant crab three meters tall and five meters wide came out from under the sand. "It's a trap, Kyle, be careful!"

This siege crab, bought by Bishop Charlotte, is Griffith's biggest hole card, and since it left the port of Thousand Sails City, it has been following the Pebble at the bottom of the sea, and taking advantage of the darkness to ambush under the beach.

"12,000 Golden Dragon, this is a war weapon that is more expensive than a dragon egg. Griffith, who had already left the tent with invisibility and was hiding behind the siege crab, sneered as he pulled out a fireball scroll.

The so-called courtesy exchange means that if you give me a fireball, I will return one to you immediately.

With a bang, the smell of meat and the smell of burnt hair mixed together, and most of the people around Kyle who hadn't had time to break free from the cobwebs collapsed at once. Kyle is not seriously injured because the magic robe on his body is constantly protected by magic.

"Damn. Kyle Osborne's eyes were red, anger and horror mingled, and a fireball swooped towards Griffith.