A team of elven headhunters rode argali, passing between the northern slopes of the high ridge, and the headhunter captain who walked at the back squinted his eyes and looked at the sky against the dazzling sun.

“…… When did there also be griffins on the plateau? The headhunter muttered inside.

"If it dares to come down, I'll peel the skin off it and sew a new travel bag." One of the headhunters who walked in front of the captain grinned and said in a dark voice.

"Forget it, that griffon's skin is as crisp as paper, and you can't make a travel bag." The companions around him hurriedly retorted.

The headhunter retracted his gaze, tugged on the reins, and urged the argali, urging the argali, to hurry forward, and responded:

"Don't talk about these useless things, we've been searching around here for nearly two days, it's time to change places, is there any news from the other search teams?"

"Not yet!"

A headhunter responded.

The headhunter waved the whip in his hand and rode the argali, which could not stop the argali's footsteps at all.

The headhunter looked around on the ridge and saw a column of black smoke rising to the south.

The other headhunters also climbed the mountain one after another, and everyone saw the pillar of smoke, and the headhunter team leader identified the direction and said to the other headhunters:

"That valley should be searched by three teams, they should have discovered something, since we are, then let's go over and take a look."

A group of headhunters rode argali, running down the south slope, and because it was a downhill road, the argali's speed was getting faster and faster.

But after walking for a while, the headhunter stopped with a strange expression, he looked behind him suspiciously, and then looked around again, but found nothing.

Then the headhunter team led everyone to speed up, ran in the direction of the smoke column for nearly a kilometer, and then stopped again.

The headhunter suddenly rushed to the front of the group and raised his right hand.

All of a sudden, all the headhunters grabbed the reins and stopped behind the headhunter captain, looking at the headhunter with some puzzled eyes.

The headhunter suddenly turned around and ran back the same way, but when they ran back up the mountain, they still found nothing.

The other headhunters couldn't understand that the captain was running back and forth between the mountains with everyone, so they asked the headhunter captain: "Captain, what's wrong?" ”

The headhunter looked around vigilantly and said in a low voice, "I always feel like something is following us." ”

It's an instinct that only an old headhunter has......

"Could it be the elves from the surrounding villages?" A headhunter said.

They weren't afraid of the elves in the surrounding villages, but recently some of them had jumped out and started jumping around, which had affected their normal hunting.

The headhunter shook his head, turned to several team members and said:

"It doesn't feel the same way for me, let's wait and see if they get out on their own......"

After saying this, the headhunter rode an argali, hiding behind a boulder.

Several headhunters also hid in the back......

……

The adventure group has been following this headhunter team from a distance, and Roy can't see those headhunters, he relies on Kaka in the sky to pass on the headhunters' movements before making the next move.

Then he found out that this headhunting team was actually going around in circles between the mountains.

Obviously, the headhunters found a little clue with their keen sense of smell, but it was only a few clues.

Roy didn't catch up recklessly, mainly to understand the strength of the headhunters, if all the fighters in this headhunting team entered the peak of the first turn, then their adventure group rushed up, just to deliver food.

Before that, he had the courage to chase the headhunters, and he learned the approximate strength of those headhunters from the wounded elf Lambert.

The adventuring group also saw the thick black smoke column, and it was obvious that the headhunter team was approaching the smoke column, but they changed their minds halfway through and turned back.

Constantly hovering in the sky, Kaka rode a griffon into the clouds, and it didn't take long for him to make a big circle and emerge from behind the party......

Kaka's news this time: This headhunter has set up an ambush on the mountain in front of him, waiting for the adventure group to throw themselves into the net.

Roy could only stop and rest in place.

Looking at the black plume of smoke in the distance, Roy asked Reisander, who was full of worry:

"Is there an elven village chief over there?"

Lei Shande nodded bitterly, and said in a hoarse voice: "There is a very small village over there, where there is a sunny grassy slope, and there are four elven families living by the pond, and they usually live by gathering and hunting. ”

It could be seen that Lei Shande wanted to rush over to help, but he also knew that if the group of headhunters was still there, even if he rushed over, he wouldn't be able to help.

"Roy, what are we going to do?" Kaka asked.

"They should be waiting for us to show up, so we might as well take a detour ahead of them and find an opportunity to ambush them along the way......," Roy said, and then said to Kaka, "Kaka, you work harder, go see how the village is going!" ”

"Got it, then you have to be careful......"

Kaka gave the griffin a rest, then rode it into the sky again, flying towards the black plume of smoke.

……

The weather on the Pagisto Plateau is unpredictable.

At noon, the sky was still shining, and there were just a few white clouds like marshmallows floating in the distance.

In the afternoon, clusters of cumulonimbus clouds appeared in the sky, and at the same time, a cold southwest wind blew, which contained a lot of water vapor, and felt that the leather armor had become very damp on the body.

The adventure group only rested in place for a short while, and under the leadership of Lei Shande, they made a detour towards the road that the headhunter team must pass in front of them.

Halfway through, the sky was covered with dark clouds......

A gust of wind blew, and the cold raindrops crackled down like beans, hitting the face with cold and painful pain.

They had to ride their horses in the rain, and although they wore cloaks to protect them from the cold and rain, the mountain roads became extremely difficult to walk, and it was difficult to make directions in the rain, and Lei Shande had to stop after walking for a while.

"Is Kaka in danger?" Sabrina rushed to the front and said to Roy.

Roy glanced up at the sky and said, "Hopefully he'll fly to the clouds to hide from the rain." ”

Claire also shouted at this time: "This rain is so cold! ”

He was still wearing a cloak that was thickened to protect him from the cold, but his face was still blue from the cold.

After Roy's hand holding the reins was wet, the cold in his body made him shiver, but fortunately, there was a ball of holy light burning in his body, which was constantly dispelling the cold for him......

Moira and Sabrina shared a horse, and they huddled under a cloak, and even then their little faces were white from the cold.

Woods, on the other hand, wore a thin cloak and his face was covered with cold rain, but he looked radiant and very energetic.

Miss Tiffany didn't wear a cloak, she was exposed to the rain in an ordinary long dress, and her long wet hair stuck to her face, but she didn't feel cold at all. She put a cloak over her horses to prevent them from getting sick from the cold rain......

I thought it would be a shower, but I didn't expect the rain to get heavier and heavier.

There was even a curtain of rain in front of him, completely obscuring the view.

Led by Lessander, everyone continued along the ridge.

The rainwater on the hillside pools together to form a torrent that flows to the low-lying areas, and the stream below the hillside suddenly becomes a wide river......

The only one who was not affected by this heavy rain was Miss Tiffany.

……

Edward, the head hunter, had a very bad face, and the cold rain fell on his face, making him feel a kind of cold to the bone.

After discovering this small village, he quickly captured all the elves in the village with his headhunters, only when he was about to evacuate the small village, he found that a large group of half-blood elf hunters had rushed outside the village.

These half-blood elf hunters carried hunting bows on their backs, and at once blocked their headhunter team in the village.

Edward, the headhunter, crouched on the haystack, holding a longbow in his hand, guarding the elven hunters outside the village.

The pillar of smoke he lit in the village was completely extinguished by the rain, and after waiting for so long, none of the headhunters around him could arrive in time.

Although he had captured thirteen half-blood elves in his hands, the elven hunters didn't seem to intend to compromise......

There were more than a hundred of these elven hunters, and the village was surrounded, and three headhunters had already been shot and wounded by those elven hunters.

If it hadn't been for the sudden heavy rain, it would have been all those elven hunters rushing in......

Now we can only wait for other headhunters to come in the rain.

……

Roy's group managed to make a detour to the predetermined ambush site, where there were several black rocks on the hillside that looked like naturally formed Stonehenge.

The members of the party led the horses to the boulder to shelter from the rain, and together they held up a piece of tarpaulin, which together with the horses was covered under the tarpaulin.

"It's like this at this time of year, the weather is like a child's face, crying when you say it, laughing when you laugh, it's always moody......"

Reisander explained to everyone.

He lifted the rain hood from his head, looked around again, and said to Roy, who was tugging at the edge of the tarpaulin with both hands, "If those guys still want to go to the elven village over there, they will definitely pass by here." ”

Without Kaka scouting in the sky, Roy was a little worried, even if the headhunter team passed by, they wouldn't be able to find it......

And in this kind of weather, it is difficult to ambush an experienced headhunter team.

Claire wrapped her cloak tightly around her body, leaned over to Roy, and asked in a low voice, "Roy, have you heard the beautiful melody of nature now?" ”

“……”

Roy glared at Claire and replied helplessly, "No! ”

"I seem to suddenly understand why you always have to run out and take risks, maybe you can really hear the beautiful music of nature......" Claire muttered quietly.

"When you get into a fight with those headhunters, take care of yourself!" Roy admonished Claire.

"Got it, don't worry about me."

Claire closed her eyes and listened to the sound of raindrops hitting the tarpaulin.

"Roy, I hear horses' hooves over there, and someone is coming." Moira whispered.

All the members of the party were in good spirits, and everyone put the rain cloth over the bodies of several horses, and everyone put on their rain cloaks and hid behind some black rocks.

……

Sure enough, everyone didn't wait too long.

I saw a headhunting team appear in the rain.

They rode argali, wore black cloaks, and it was raining, so they did not move fast.

A black rock appeared in front of him, and the headhunter team looked around, and the surrounding slopes were covered with gravel, and there was a steep slope several meters wide, which seemed to be only through this stone forest.

The headhunter slowed down his progress and entered the stone forest.

As soon as the headhunter team entered the stone forest, pieces of ice beans fell from the sky crackling, and these ice beans smashed on the leather armor, and immediately cracked, and ice water splashed everywhere......

Originally, it was a cold rain, and after mixing with hail, a thick mist filled the area around the boulder.

And a layer of hoarfrost is also condensing on the ground of the stone forest.

"This damn weather ......," someone in the headhunter team couldn't help but complain.

Obviously, he is also expressing his dissatisfaction with the headhunter captain, and he has to brave the rain to travel in this kind of ghost weather.

"Hold on a little longer, since the third squad has sent a gathering signal, we have to find a way to rush over, this is the rule set by the big leader!" The headhunter wiped his face that was about to freeze again, and said to everyone.

At this time, he suddenly found that a layer of hoarfrost had condensed on all the team members, how could there be hoarfrost under the showers and hailstones?

He hurriedly touched the leather armor on his body, and sure enough, the white thing on the leather armor was not hoarfrost, but a white ice shell......

As the temperature continued to drop, all the headhunters' hands and feet became a little stiff, and everyone took out some blankets and prepared to wrap them around their bodies to protect them from the cold.

'Roar'

Suddenly, a giant bear appeared from behind the boulder, and it slapped an argali-sheep to the ground with its paws, and then opened its bloody mouth and bit down on the neck of the hunter.

All the headhunters were stunned by this sudden scene, there had never been a land storm bear on the Pagisto Plateau, but now, an earth storm bear appeared in front of everyone, and it also pounced on a companion for the first time.

The headhunter subconsciously drew his knife to block, but was bitten by the giant bear with the scimitar.

The bear's bulky body pressed against the headhunter, and a sharp claw scratched the headhunter into a bloody blur.

Several headhunters in the back rushed up, intending to relieve their companions, but a Seruki long sword cut through a rain curtain and slashed towards a headhunter, who hurriedly drew his scimitar to parry.

The long sword, which shimmered with a faint blue glow, slammed into the scimitar......

With a click, the scimitar snapped, and Seruki's longsword sliced the headhunter's breastplate open, cutting a bloody wound in his chest.

The headhunter reacted instantly, this was an ambush.

He wanted to take a step back on his argali, see the enemy on the opposite side, and then organize a counterattack.

But before he could turn around, a warhammer wrapped in holy light flew out of the ice mist and slammed into the top of his head.

The captain of the hunter sideways avoided the small hammer that emitted holy light, but the hunter who followed him could not dodge, and the hammer smashed into the collarbone of the elven headhunter, instantly smashing the headhunter's shoulder into a bloody blur.

(End of chapter)