A giant bear runs wild on a grassy hillside, letting out an angry roar as it runs.

It has the unique runes of the wood elves on its shoulders, and the moment its sharp claws hit the ground, its body will curl up tightly together, and then bounce away violently, although it looks like a clumsy giant bear, but he can also leap seven or eight meters away with such a jump.

Behind Woods, on the right is Sabrina holding the sword of Seruki, and on the left is Roy holding the Book of Judgment in one arm.

The chains that come with the Book of Judgment are connected to the belt, but when Roy is running, the heavy Book of Judgment is very inconvenient to shake around, so Roy can only hold it in his arms.

When the three of them ran, they stood in the shape of a 'pin'.

She was followed by a somewhat timid Moira, her big blue eyes full of moisture......

Claire on the side seemed a little excited, and he had even pulled out the long dagger tied to his thigh, staring at the elven hunters riding on the back of argali.

Miss Tiffany rode behind the group, holding a very short wand in her hand, and a magic circle appeared in front of her, and then Woods, who had transformed into a giant bear, appeared with three ice shields.

The headhunters rode on the backs of argali, pointed their hunting bows at the sky, and the arrows they shot crossed a parabola and flew towards the adventure group.

The bear lunged forward with the arrows that fell into the air, and two of them landed on the bear's back, and one of the ice shields shattered, and one of the arrows flew out, and the other was hanging on Woods's body, but only on the outside of the skin......

Sabrina slammed a falling arrow with her longsword and followed closely behind Woods.

Roy simply put the Book of Judgment on his head......

Claire and Moira also used their dexterity to avoid falling arrows.

The distance between the two sides was reduced to less than a hundred meters, and then a second wave of arrows fired by the headhunters followed......

The two remaining ice shields on Woods' body blocked the two arrows, and the remaining three arrows stuck in Woods's body did not affect him at all.

The headhunters were still trying to shoot a third wave of arrows, and Miss Tiffany was flying far away with a huge ice gun, but before the ice gun could fly to the headhunters, it exploded in front of these elven headhunters.

Several hunters, whose faces changed dramatically by the ice lance, breathed a sigh of relief and rode the argali, rushing straight into the mist melted by the ice lance.

Above them, a griffon broke through the thick clouds, like a meteorite falling from the sky, and swooped down on the not-so-large ice mist.

A golden shield of light appeared on the griffin's body, which was somewhat dazzling in the sky......

The elven headhunters were shrouded in ice fog and did not see the griffin, and by the time they rushed out of the ice mist, the griffin had already pounced on the heads of the headhunters.

The griffin smashed like a large cannonball on the grassy hillside, and one of the headhunters did not have time to dodge, and was hit by the griffin's 'dive', and even the hillside was knocked out of a large pit by the griffin.

Grabbing a hunting bow, Kaka jumped from the griffon's back to one of the headhunters, and pulled his bow with an arrow to knock a bloodied elven headhunter to the ground.

The rest of the hunters gathered around Kaka, and Woods rushed up from the opposite side, a thick claw slamming into the climbing shoulder and neck under the crotch of an elven hunter, and the argali, let out a miserable cry, shattered the bones in the neck, and fell to the grass in an instant.

The headhunter, who was riding on the back of an argali, rolled out in embarrassment.

The two headhunters rode up to Woods' side on argali, raised their blades and stabbed them into Woods' ribs......

Woods didn't have time to dodge, so he could only turn his head and bite the elven hunter on the right.

At this time, Sabrina had already followed from behind, the long sword in her hand held the sharp blade of the elven headhunter on the left side of Woods, and the argali, under the crotch of the elf headhunter, shook its huge corner, and then pushed towards Sabrina's chest, Sabrina quickly dodged, and the sharp blade of the elf headhunter slashed Sabrina's shoulder.

Fortunately, the dwarven chain mail was strong enough, but a small cut was made, and the red blood flowed out at once.

Woods' incarnate bear pressed the elven hunter on his right under the giant claw, and the headhunter made a backhand cut a hole in the base of Woods' right front paw.

The giant horns of the argali, once again pressed against Sabrina's chest, and this time she could not avoid it, and was knocked out by the argali.

Roy took the opportunity to open the Book of Judgment, and a small hammer condensed by holy light appeared in front of Roy.

The argali, which slammed into Sabrina who fell to the ground, pressed its head very low, and the headhunter on the sheep's back also took the opportunity to lean down, intending to kill Sabrina with a single sword, and the hammer of judgment thrown by Roy smashed into the shoulder of the elven headhunter, causing him to fall off the back of the argali......

Roy pounced on him with the Book of Judgment and scuffled with the Elven Headhunter, and the Book of Judgment in his hand slapped on the Elven Headhunter's face, instantly smashing him to the point that his face was covered with blood and his eyes were full of stars.

The sharp blade held tightly in the Elven Headhunter's hand, Roy smashed the Book of Judgment on his wrist, and the blade suddenly fell from the Elven Headhunter's hand to the grass.

Sabrina, who was on the side, plunged the sword of Seseruki into the neck of the argali, and a bloody arrow sprayed out, and the argali, immediately fell to the ground.

Seeing another elven hunter rushing in front of him riding an argali, the blade in his hand was pointed at Roy's neck, but Claire, who had been waiting for a long time, pounced directly on the sheep's back, and the long dagger in Claire's hand stabbed into the back of the elf hunter and pierced his kidney.

Although the battle scene was very chaotic, the members of the party had the upper hand.

An elf hunter pounced on Moira, who quickly dodged, she was as nimble as a dancing butterfly on the battlefield, and the elven hunter slashed and slashed, but she couldn't even touch the corner of Moira's clothes.

Moira was a bit timid, and although there were several opportunities to fight back in battle, she gave up.

In the end, it was Miss Tiffany who caught up from behind, and she couldn't stand it anymore, an ice bomb froze the Elf Headhunter in place, and Kaka shot an arrow from a distance, which was nailed to the center of the Elf Headhunter's eyebrows.

Sabrina turned around with her sword, and while Woods threw the Elven Headhunter to the ground, she pressed the Seruki Longsword against the neck of the last Elven Headhunter, and the battle lasted for a quarter of an hour before it subsided.

Five of the six headhunters who rushed over died, and the last one was also crushed by Woods, looking dying......

The Elven Headhunter stared coldly around, and with almost his last breath, he reached out and grabbed Sabrina's longsword and pressed it down on his neck......

The grass was stained with the blood of headhunters......

Kaka, who stood by the side, let the griffin take to the skies again.

Roy originally planned to keep two alive, but the last headhunter saw that there was no hope of victory and decisively chose to commit suicide.

Roy could even see that indifference to life and death in his eyes.

Woods had changed back into an elf from the form of a giant bear, with two arrows still hanging from his back, and he sat on the grass almost prostrating, panting for breath.

Sabrina and Moira made their way through the hillside meadows to find the captives who had been left in the grass by the elven hunters.

Two adult half-blood elves, six young elven children.

They were trapped in pairs by crude hemp rope, and Sabrina and Moira looked at Sabrina in horror when they spotted them......

Both adult half-blood elves were wounded, and all six elven children were also very weak.

Sabrina cut the rope that bound them with her sword, ignored them, turned and walked back with Moira.

……

The adult half-blood elf silently moved his wrists and ankles, and checked the condition of several elf children, and found that everyone had only suffered some minor injuries, so he walked over with a cower.

The members of the party are still cleaning up the battlefield......

Four of the eight argali of the elven headhunter died in the battle, and the rest did not run far and were gnawing on the grass on the hillside.

Woods and Sabrina suffered some minor injuries that only needed a little treatment from Roy with 'secondary healing'.

The most unexpected of these battles was Kaka, who was able to use the griffon's 'iron will' to dive......

If Kaka hadn't rushed up first, Woods, Sabrina, and Roy might have been injured somewhat.

These headhunters are not bad, they are just blinded by the ice fog, they don't notice the griffins in the sky, and the griffons that swoop down scatter the headhunters' formation, so that Woods has a chance.

The weapons used by these headhunters are almost all low-quality magic weapons, which are not worth much in the magic market, and their leather armor is very worn.

Before the two half-blood elves could say thank you, they saw Roy beckon to him, pointed to the argali, and said, "Go and bring those argali, and then come with us." ”

With that, he picked up a war blade and dug a pit on the slope of the gravel mountain, and when the pit was dug, he buried the dead elven hunters in the pit and pressed some stones on it.

The elven hunters who died in battle were not abandoned in the wilderness, but they were not buried under the trees according to the elven funeral rites.

Moira's mood was a little low, and she was even reluctant to speak after the elves had died one after another in the past two days......

She even whispered to Sabrina in the morning:

"Sister, I'm a little homesick!"

"Solve the trouble here, and I'll take you home......"

Sabrina didn't hesitate and readily agreed.

Now that the troubles were over, and the elven children were saved, they rode back to their makeshift camp in the woods, where the badly wounded half-blood elf was still lying.

Along the way, the two adult half-blood elves kept thanking Roy and the others.

Roy didn't say anything, and it wasn't until he arrived at the makeshift camp that the two half-blood elves found their seriously injured companion who was not dead, and everyone knew that this was the real aftermath......

……

A bonfire was lit in the camp, and Roy took out some apples and breadfruit and gave them to the two half-blood elves and six elven children.

These elven children are also half-blood elves, four boys and two girls.

What do these elven children look like...... If you look at the appearance of a human child, it is about five or six years old.

In fact, these elf children are much older.

Their minds are still children, and their eyes are full of innocence and ignorance......

In the past ten years, the population of the elven continent has been decreasing year by year, in addition to the low fertility of the elves, another reason that cannot be ignored is probably that the growth period of the elves is too long.

Everyone sat around the campfire, and the elven children each held an apple in their hands, and everyone was silently nibbling on the apple.

The older half-blood elves were about to say a few words of thanks, but Roy stopped them with his hand, and he didn't want to listen to their explanations......

"How many elves like you live on the Pagisto Plateau?" Roy asked casually.

"What we know...... There are probably nearly a thousand, but lately headhunters have been arresting people like crazy, and now there are even less than 500 people. The half-blood elf hesitated, but said.

"Do you have a map?"

"Yes." The half-blood elf pulled out a tattered roll of animal skin from his bosom and placed it in front of Roy.

Roy unfolded the hide, inside was a simple map drawn with a stone pen, although it was not a complete Pajisto Plateau, but at least the southwest corner of the Pajisto Plateau was still very clear, the distribution of these mountains was almost exactly the same as the map in Roy's hand, but the map in Roy's hand was much more detailed.

Since it didn't work, Roy returned the hide.

After thinking for a moment, Roy asked the half-blood elves, "Do you know where the mine is?" ”

The two half-blood elves looked at each other and replied, "We can probably find two mines......

"Isn't there more than one mine on the Pagisto Plateau?" Roy asked, somewhat surprised.

The younger and older half-blood elves replied, "There may be more than a dozen places, and these things are better known to the group of headhunters." ”

"So your circle of life is only on the southwest corner of the Pagisto Plateau?"

The older half-blood elf's face was slightly embarrassed, and he replied, "Actually, the true scope of our life circle ...... And even smaller, just here! ”

He unfolded the leather map and pointed to a small area above.

Roy nodded.

The bonfire dispelled the darkness and cold wind, and several elf children sat obediently in front of the campfire, Roy paused and introduced himself:

"We're an adventuring party from the city of Padesto, and we're here to have a glimpse of the Padesto plateau, and if you can, I'd like to ask you two to be your guides and show us around the plateau."

"No problem, it's just that we still need to complete the smuggling and send them to Barrier Town!" The older half-blood elf said.

Roy suddenly looked at the faces of several elven children and asked:

"Why are you going to Fortress Town?"

One of the elven children, holding a half-eaten apple, replied innocently:

"Because there are no headhunters caught there, and there are apples to eat!"

……

Five days later in the morning.

Roy and the other members of the party stood in the misty woodland, watching the six elven children brisk towards Barrier Town......

Roy didn't return to Barrier Town this time, and everyone just stopped outside the town and walked back west along the Griffin Barrier Mountain Range with the three highland half-blood elves.

At this time, Roy discovered one thing first-hand:

The Barrier Town in Roy's eyes, although there are so many bad things, is a place that many half-blood elves yearn for......

(End of chapter)