24. Undercover?
This is really not bragging, but fact.
Emiya saw it with his own eyes.
After the three of them took the task, they galloped all the way to the griffon's lair.
As for the griffin, everyone is well aware that it is also one of the monsters that often appears in fantasy worlds, although it is not as famous as goblins, but it is not a rare thing.
It has the body and talons of a lion, the head and wings of an eagle, and is quite a famous fantasy creature.
The griffon found by Emiya was beautiful from the outside, with a sun-like plumage and coat color. The back half of the lion-like body is covered with yellow-brown animal hair, and the eagle-like head and forelimbs are covered with golden feathers.
However, the feathers on its chest are vermilion, while its beak and feet, like those of an eagle, are golden, and its talons are black.
The griffon's eyes are like a living flame, giving a great intimidation.
When this griffin stands on all fours, regardless of the length of its tail, it is about two to three meters long, which is already the length of an adult griffon, and a pair of wings spread out up to seven or eight meters.
There is no doubt that this is definitely a behemoth.
Wei Gong couldn't help but be a little amazed when he saw it.
But neither Riveria nor Ace's faces have changed much, because they have seen too many monsters in the dungeon, including the presence of griffins.
Although the griffon they saw was not the same as the griffon in front of them, it didn't change much.
The two of them know the habits of this guy well.
Ace rushed forward almost without hesitation, and instead of stopping it, Riveria was watching the show again.
Because of its large weight, the griffin could not spin and circle as lightly as a bird, so it was played around by Ace, and after a while, Ace seized the opportunity and cut off one of her wings.
The griffon, which had lost its wings, let out a cry and fell heavily from the sky, falling to the ground with a thud.
Then, Ace, who fell from the sky, pierced the griffon's head with the long sword in her hand.
The griffin's wail came to an abrupt end.
Emiya looked at the time, from the beginning to the end, a total of no more than five minutes, a griffin that was enough to wipe out the novice adventurer, died in the hands of Ace.
As a result, Ace was upgraded by two levels and gained more skill points.
After beating the griffon, Emiya took the griffin's corpse all the way to the manticore's lair.
The Manticore is similar to the Griffin, if the Griffin is a combination of a lion and an eagle, then the Manticore is a monster that combines the characteristics of a bat, a lion and a scorpion.
Able to compete with griffons for territory, it is not inferior to griffons in terms of strength.
But this time Ace didn't make a move, and it was Riveria who did.
After locking on to the Manticore, Riveria began chanting incantations.
"O harbinger of the end, snow and snow. In the face of dusk, roll up the wind, the closed light, the frozen earth, the snow blowing all over the sky, the three severe winters - my name is Alf! ”
It's her attack magic, Arctic Fimble Winter!
Three blows of snow fell from the sky, and under the control of Riveria, the temperature in the atmosphere dropped wildly, and the air exhaled by Emiya turned into white mist.
The blowing snow, which can freeze the heart, directly freezes the manticore lion and the surrounding area, and the manticore, who senses the danger, is hit by the blowing snow before he even has time to dodge, turning into a huge ice sculpture and losing his life.
After the Manticore, Riveria also gained a lot of experience points, leveled up several levels, and gained some skill points. However, instead of using these skill points, she saved them, intending to learn more powerful magic.
Like burst magic, or high-speed chanting.
No matter which skill it is, it is quite a powerful boost for her.
"Awesome, you magic."
Emiya couldn't help but give a thumbs up, he was still some distance away from this magic, but the cold air had already hit, making Emiya shiver.
So he quickly opened his mind and repelled the cold air.
After killing the griffin and the manticore, Emiya returned to the Adventurer's Guild with the two daughters, submitted a mission, and obtained the revenge of 500,000 Eris.
Of the 500,000 Eris, Wei Gong didn't take a penny, and gave it all to Riveria and Ace.
Two hundred and fifty thousand for one person.
Later, Emiya sold the corpses of griffons and manticores to the Adventurers' Guild for hundreds of thousands of Eris, and Emiya took 50,000 of these rewards as transportation costs.
Neither woman had a problem with that.
In the afternoon, the three of them returned to the villa, and as soon as they entered the door, they saw Akaya, Daknis, and Sato and Shin lying on the sofa, looking weak.
It seems that the three of them have not yet recovered from the effects of the hangover.
This was a bit of a surprise to Emiya, Daknis and Kazuma Sato, after all, the two of them are humans, but Akya is a goddess.
Although she is a little mentally retarded, she is indeed a real goddess.
"Akeya, are you alright?" Emiya asked curiously.
Akya said, "Of course I'm all right, you think I'm a god, I'm a goddess of water." ”
"Then why do you look weak."
"I'm just hungry. Why didn't you prepare breakfast for me when you left in the morning? Akeya was very dissatisfied, and her stomach rumbled as she spoke.
Emiya: ......
He left too early this morning, and he really forgot to prepare breakfast for Akeya and the others.
So Wei Gong hurriedly created some lunches and afternoon tea, and Akya immediately devoured them.
"You two can eat a little too." Emiya stuffed two hamburger steaks into the hands of Kazuma Sato and Daknis.
Kazuma Sato put down the hamburger steak, rubbed his temples and said, "No, my head is foggy, I can't eat anything, it's disgusting, I won't drink so much next time." ”
Daknis nodded.
Although her defense is terrifying, her defense is strong, and she will also have a hangover.
"What are you doing today? Why did the three of you disappear as soon as we woke up? Achia asked, eating and drinking delicious egg bibimbap.
Wei Gong told the story of the three of them going to fight the griffin and the manticore.
"Griffins? Hey, hey, isn't that a highly dangerous monster? Kazuma Sato was taken aback, "You guys went on a crusade against such a powerful monster?" I guess I didn't get hurt. ”
For novice adventurers like them, this kind of monster is invincible at all.
Emiya said calmly: "Don't worry, the mission is going well, Riveria and Ace have already defeated the griffin and the manticore, and successfully completed the task." ”
"End...... Done? Kazuma Sato was taken aback, his face full of disbelief.
"As I said, although Riveria and Ace are novice adventurers, they were already very powerful before they became adventurers, and it was nothing for them to crusade against a few monsters."
Ace nodded to the side, affirming Emiya's statement.
Akya pulled Wei Gong aside and asked in a low voice, "Those two guys are so powerful, why do you want to team up with us." ”
Wei Gong was not very easy to explain, so he simply said vaguely: "Probably fate? ”
"How is that possible?" Achia didn't accept this explanation at all, and at this moment, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she blurted out, "I understand. ”
Emiya didn't know why, "You understand something." ”
Akya whispered, "I think it's very likely that they were sent by the Demon King to go undercover and find out my identity and then kill me, so that no one can defeat him." ”
Emiya: ......
What the hell do you think, the brain circuit is too strange.
An undercover agent sent by the Demon King? How is that possible?
"I think you're thinking too much." Emiya said: "No matter how you look at it, Riveria and Ace can't be undercover agents of the Demon King's army, do you think the two of them seem to have taken refuge in the Demon King?" ”
"I can't say for sure." Acrya firmly believes in her own judgment.
Wei Gong shook his head vigorously, "No, no, no, think about it, you have called yourself a goddess in front of them several times, if the two of them were really from the Demon King Army, they would probably have already attacked you." ”
"Huh?!!!" Akya was suddenly frightened, and hid beside Wei Gong, "I will be killed, I will definitely be killed by these two guys." ”
"Calm me down, Arcea!" Emiya struck Akeya on the head with a knife in one hand, calming down the mentally retarded goddess.
"It hurts." Akeya's tears of pain were about to burst out, "What are you doing, beating the goddess is damned." ”
"I'm just letting you calm down, you're thinking too much, I can assure you that Riveria and Ace will definitely not be undercover agents of the Demon King Army, don't worry."
"Really?"
"Absolutely." Emiya said categorically.
"I see, I think I misunderstood." Only then did Acrya put her mind at ease, resumed her goddess style, and proudly puffed up her chest.
"You two can actually crusade against griffons and manticores, and that's a good job."
Riveria couldn't laugh or cry, she had watched the plot and knew Akya's identity, although the other party was mentally retarded, she couldn't be offended, so she said thank you.
Ace saw Riveria say thank you, and then went to Daknis to ask for tips on how to add points to the Crucifixion.
Daknis was not stingy either, and did her best to guide Ace.
This little episode passed like this.
But what Emiya didn't expect was that the bigger differences were yet to come.