238. Mountaineering
As Iron Will's magical effects faded, the griffon's fur returned to its original brown color.
The griffon was aware of its danger at this point, and now it had four legs slightly bent, its wings spread, and it turned and rushed down the cliff.
Instructor Nora was a little furious, and first Instructor Virgil was half a beat slower and was scratched by a griffon.
Later, it was the Gru Instructor who fired an armor-piercing arrow before the griffin's iron will was gone, completely angering the griffin.
Immediately after that, Roy was slapped away by the griffon, and now he is stuck in the rubble of the hillside, and his life and death are unknown.
At this time, the griffin actually thought about jumping off the cliff and escaping the battlefield.
Instructor Nora carried her sword and glanced at Eleanor, who was walking in front of her......
The two have been friends for so many years, even if it was a look from Instructor Nora, Instructor Eleanor instantly understood.
Instructor Eleanor quickened his pace, rushed towards the left side of the griffin, and sent a stream of energy into the long sword, the cold long sword in his hand suddenly had a burning feeling, a flash of fire attracted the griffin's attention, it immediately felt that the sword in Eleanor's hand was extremely dangerous, if it rushed directly down the cliff, it would inevitably be injured by this long sword.
So the griffin instinctively twisted its body, not only slowing down, but also flashing more than three meters to the right to avoid Instructor Eleanor's sweep.
Instructor Nora took the opportunity to rush in front of the griffin, and a virtual figure of a martial artist appeared behind the nora instructor, and the nora instructor held a sword in one hand and slashed at the griffin's head......
At this time, the griffin was almost unavoidable, so he could only forcibly turn his head, tilt his head, and open his mouth to the wrist of Instructor Nora.
Nora's instructor's body swayed like a weed in the wind at the moment the griffin pounced, dodging the griffin's bite, and stabbed the long sword in his hand into the griffin's neck, and the long sword instantly pierced the brown fur and plunged directly into the heart.
The griffon's front paws pressed down on Instructor Nora, but Instructor Nora blocked it with his shield.
Instructor Fergill, who had caught up from behind, jumped into the air, swung his long sword, and slashed at the griffon's neck.
The griffin's head was cut off by Instructor Virgil's sword.
Instructor Nora took the opportunity to draw his long sword, and blood gushed out, and Instructor Nora hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it.
Instructor Virgil stomped on the griffin's head with his feet, took out his handkerchief to wipe the blood-stained sword in his hand, and was about to say something triumphantly, when Instructor Nora and Instructor Eleanor ran towards the gravel area.
By this time, Roy had been dragged out of the rubble by Instructor Gru.
Sabrina, Scarlett Magician, and Miss Christine rushed over, and Roy was lying on the ground with a bloody face, a bloody mark on the left side of his face, and a little unable to lift his left arm.
"Roy, what's wrong with you?"
Instructor Nora asked, crouching down and examining Roy's injuries.
"It's okay elsewhere, but my left arm is a little weak!" Roy sat up, looked at his left arm with a small round shield, and said with a frown.
This little round shield is really bought right, if those small iron shields in the past, the griffin's claws down, may be crushed, now the small round shield only leaves a shallow mark, but the arm is a little unable to withstand the griffin's blow, now it has become red and swollen, even the small round shield is stuck in the arm, can not take it down.
"Is your chest tight? Do you feel dizzy or vomiting? Instructor Gru asked.
Roy shook his head, then supported the ground with one hand, and actually stood up directly, trying to walk a few steps on the spot, and there was nothing out of the ordinary.
Fortunately, the injury to his left hand did not affect Roy's drawing of the divine pattern, and Roy stood in place and decisively performed the 'secondary healing technique'.
Seeing that Roy did not suffer any internal injuries, the instructors' hanging hearts finally relaxed.
Scarlett Mage stood in the outermost circle, and she could see the clear stone and metallic sheen on the back of Roy's hand, just now, the magic pattern circle on this set of magic pattern structure should have been all opened.
Those primary magic pattern arrays were all attached by her own hands.
Up to this point, she still couldn't figure out how Roy could withstand so much magical load......
Instructor Eleanor also stared at the magic pattern structure on Roy's body, and asked with some curiosity:
"If there is no comparison, I really can't see that the resistance of the petrified lizard leather is so good?"
Scarlett Magician wouldn't tell the secret of this magic pattern, but she didn't want her friend to go astray, so she reminded Instructor Eleanor:
"The magic pattern of this hard leather armor is very good, but it is not suitable for you at all!"
Instructor Eleanor nodded again and again, and said:
"Maybe it's because it's a thick set of crusty armor that allows Roy to resist the griffin's claw strikes intact!"
"Hey, hey, I said...... You guys, Roy, if you're okay, can you help me look at my back, I feel like it's a little hot......"
Instructor Virgil said, carrying the griffin's head, as he walked over to the crowd.
When he turned around, everyone found that the leather armor on his back was actually scratched out by the griffin with its sharp claws, not only was the leather armor damaged, it seemed that Instructor Fergil's back was also scratched by the griffin, but looking at him walking around and talking normally, it was obvious that he did not hurt the vertebrae.
Roy hurriedly asked Instructor Virgil to take off his breastplate and check the injury, and sure enough, he only made three shallow cuts, which were protected by the skin armor of the Thorntail Crystal Lion, otherwise he would have been lying down by now.
Roy treated Instructor Virgil and bandaged it.
Instructor Virgil sat down on a stone with a blank expression, and the joy of having just slain the griffin vanished from the scar on his back.
Instructor Eleanor began to skin the griffons, a rare kind of on-the-spot teaching that was not usually available at the Elven Academy in Castletown.
So Roy, Sabrina, and Miss Christine all ran to watch.
Instructor Eleanor said to the three students, "The reason why griffon leather is worthless is that it is not strong enough to be easily peeled off with an ordinary skinning knife. ”
As he spoke, Instructor Eleanor looked up at Roy and asked him:
"Roy, how did you peel off such a large petrified lizard when you first met it?"
Roy really didn't want to recall those unbearable events, but he replied honestly:
"The petrified lizard skin was hard and thick, and we didn't have a skinning knife in our hands at the time, only Claire had a long dagger in our hand, so we divided the petrified lizard skin into several large pieces, and we were busy all afternoon before we peeled off that piece of skin."
Instructor Eleanor nodded, and introduced to Sabrina and Miss Christine:
"Splitting the prey and then skinning it before mastering the peeling technique will simplify the difficulty of peeling......
Instructor Eleanor was very skillful at skinning, and soon peeled off the griffin's skin and cut off the tail.
Instructor Gru and Guide Majeri dug a large pit next to the rubble, and the griffin's body was moved over and buried on the spot.
According to the custom of the elves, if there is a tree around, the corpse will be buried under the tree.
But even the wild grass in this area is very scarce, so I can only find a random place to bury it.
……
The Majri guide did not go to war.
He stood aside and watched the whole process of killing the griffin.
The adventuring group led by Instructor Nora does have the ability to hunt griffins, but with the cooperation and ability of the current team members, they can easily kill a griffin in the face of it, but they should not be able to defeat the griffin group.
The griffons in the sky probably noticed the battle here, and began to fly low in the air.
Later, when they saw their companions being killed, they flew into the air.
Unlike wolves, they work as a team, and griffons prefer to go it alone......
The group finally made it through the gravel area before dark, and further up it was time to climb the almost vertical rock face.
In the evening, when it was not yet completely dark, Margery thought of pointing to a slightly lower ridge on the ridge and introduced to everyone:
"Pass No. 3 is probably at that location, the griffin nest here is not so dense, we will go up from here early tomorrow morning, if it goes well, it will take about a week to climb to reach the top of the mountain."
No matter how much Miss Christine stood in the sun, her skin was always porcelain white.
Not so with Roy, who has recently turned a sunburn to the skin of wheat.
Miss Christine smiled and asked, "Guide Margery, I would like to ask if you have reached the top of the mountain?" I mean, have you ever seen the other side of the mountain? ”
Although her question was a little sharp, with a sweet smile, it didn't seem so difficult to accept.
"Well, not yet."
Guide Marjery touched his nose with some embarrassment.
"Okay, tonight I'm on the first half of the night, Gru is on the second half, everyone rest early."
Instructor Nora said to everyone.
……
The next day, when climbing to the third pass of the Griffin Barrier, Roy realized that it was not what he thought, and he had to hang his body on the vertical cliff wall every moment, and then use a rope to connect everyone, and then climb the rock all the time.
In fact, Marjery's guide led the group up a mountain path on the cliff that barely allowed one person to stand on it.
There is a mountain wall on one side of this road and a cliff on the other, so you can only stick your weight to the stone wall, otherwise you can fall off the cliff if you are not careful.
Such a dangerous place can be very fatal if attacked by griffins.
Marjery's guide prepared a camouflage cloak of the same color as the rock, and occasionally in the cracks or corners of the mountain wall, and some slightly wider places for everyone to sit down and rest.
Roy tapped his sore thighs, and for the first time he realized how tired he was from climbing.
(End of chapter)