Giants run mountains.

The name of this mountain range is literal, there were once a large number of giants running here, and there was once a glorious empire of giants here.

It's just that the giants are gone, leaving only the spiral climbing staircase built specifically for the giants and the huge palace that stands on the top of the mountain.

These huge spiral staircases and palaces are not noticeable when viewed from a distance or from the air.

But if you are in it, you can clearly feel their strong malice towards the short race.

"If you don't climb, whoever likes to climb will climb, and if you climb down again, the nest of the cloud ray will not be found, and I will be exhausted to death first.

As I've said a long time ago, you can't do without a mage, even if you can't find a mage, find a warlock, or even find a priest.

As long as we can perform a flying technique for each of us, can we use such a painstaking climb to climb this ladder that is not prepared for people? ”

A halfling man in leather armor and full of agility lay on a huge staircase on all sides, as if lying on a platform.

If the giant runs the huge staircase of one meter and a half in the mountain range, it is full of malice towards those medium-sized creatures of human beings.

Then for a halfling who is only eighty-five centimeters, it is a naked discrimination, an out-and-out disaster.

With each step, he needed to run a few steps to reach the top of the step and climb up.

Even if he was a halfling thief known for his agility, it was a bit tiring to climb thousands of steps like this.

On top of that, there is no end to the number of steps like this, and I don't know how many more I need to climb.

"I've already explained, don't say that we can't use flying magic now, and even if we can, we must not use it.

The cloud ray is second only to the adult dragons of the sky, possessing extraordinary aerial vision, and once we take to the air, we may be discovered and fall prey to its lair before we can get close to its lair.

These huge staircases, of course, are unfriendly, but they also provide excellent cover for our home, and it is difficult to spot our ...... if you don't take to the air and look from behind."

"Look for cover, hurry up and find cover, the cloud in the upper left corner of the hill is very abnormal, it is moving in a different direction than other clouds."

Another female human adventurer dressed as a thief reminded loudly.

Both the male half-elf thief who was explaining, and the halfling thief lying on the ground on all fours, were keenly shrunk into the shadows of the steps.

The cloak on their bodies wrapped their entire body and blended into the shadows, making it difficult to find them without the help of magic.

The three thieves who had escaped into the shadows were still whispering to each other: "The ghost cloak that the Conqueror Chamber of Commerce sells is really a blessing for our thieves, as long as we have a cloak in hand, the places that we can't go to can easily become our prey. ”

"It's easy to use, but it's really expensive, 50,000 pieces, and you have to book a month in advance, just these three pieces, it cost us 150,000."

"There is a reason why you are expensive, I heard that many thieves and assassins who have changed to advanced professional shadow thieves in order to obtain the ability to use shadows are about to cry.

Most of the abilities they have worked so hard to gain through advanced classes can be obtained with a single ghost cloak.

They are now trying to find a way to make this Shadow Cloak, preparing to destroy it completely. ”

"Stupid behavior, who doesn't know that Ivanaor's Conqueror Chamber of Commerce was single-handedly established by Gavin the Conqueror, even if the entire cities of the Dragon Coast join forces in black and white, it can't help the army of conquerors led by him, a group of shadow thieves, hey, it is estimated that there is no return, and people can even make ghost cloaks in batches, how can there be no means of defense in this regard?"

"It's none of our business, as long as we don't take a detour."

"This is another reason why we don't hire mages, these three spectre cloaks have spent all our previous savings, and no spellcaster has come out with us on a mission with too many variables without seeing the cash.

As long as we succeed in this mission, we will be able to get out of the predicament immediately, and a cloud ray egg can be sold for at least 200,000 gold coins in the market.

If there is one, we will be able to successfully reincarnate, two we will make a lot of money, three, hehe, we can consider retirement, each of us will be divided into hundreds of thousands of gold coins, enough for us to go to the City of Faith, and each of us will open a small shop of our own.

I heard that there are business opportunities everywhere, and the old, weak, sick and disabled who were forcibly stuffed into the conqueror's army by those black-hearted city lords and mayors are now turned over, earning more every day than the strong labor of Ximen City.

For those who invest in opening shops, they are given all kinds of support and preferential treatment, not only the rent of shops is cheap, but the taxes will also be reduced for several months, which is much stronger than the city taxes on the side of the Dragon Coast, and the tribute of those large and small gangs and trade unions. ”

"What you say, until you have seen it with your own eyes, is all hearsay, and you can't do it accurately, saying that anyone can do it, but you may not necessarily do it."

"And most importantly, is your information accurate? We have invested all our wealth for this matter, and we have not even seen the shadow of the cloud ray until now, and every time it is a passing cloud.

You see, it's another false alarm, if there are no cloud rays here, let alone cloud ray eggs, the three of us will have to sleep on the streets and drink the northwest wind next month, unless they are willing to sell the ghost cloak in their hands. ”

"Don't worry, there will be no mistake, my information is first-hand, not only me, but also a whole town of people, witnessed the mating process of two cloud rays, that kind of situation, people who have not seen it with their own eyes, it is absolutely unimaginable.

I tracked this cloud ray for two whole months, through the Troll Mountains and the Giant's Plains.

At that time, there was no path of conquerors in the Giant Plain, and there were as many monster tribes as cattle hair, and you don't know how difficult and dangerous this process is, and I ...... it."

"Okay, okay, don't complain anymore, we all promised you to take one more, it's impossible to give up more, and we have also taken a huge risk in this matter."

"I'm not complaining, but I'm telling you that this information is absolutely reliable, and that this operation was not the result of my hot head, but was carefully planned and prepared, especially the ghost cloak that made up for our last shortcoming.

Although the cloud ray is powerful, its intelligence is not much higher than that of ordinary beasts, and it has no ability to see through invisibility at all.

So, this thing is mainly a manual job for us, and the danger is not as high as you think.

All we have to do is find its nest, sneak in, and take its eggs away.

Considering that there are hundreds of thousands of large golden eggs waiting to be picked up on the top of the mountain, I believe that this bit of exhaustion is nothing at once. ”

"Haha...... Don't say it, it's true, I think I'm rejuvenated, the ghost cloak has been bought, the mountains have been climbed more than halfway, how can we give up halfway? ”

This is a trio of thieves that can be called either an adventure party or a small gang.

When the word thief is mentioned, people can't help but associate street bags with sneaky burglars.

This image is not entirely wrong in Faerun, but it is not entirely true either.

Because this describes the little thieves who haven't fully opened the class template yet, or who have just started it.

When they are a little bit more capable, their development becomes very diverse.

Some continue to engage in the black professions of the past, but they are no longer aimed at those ordinary people, but aim at the estates or treasure troves of those rich.

Others have embarked on various adventures, and their dexterous hands, agility, mastery of trap making, and strong perception make them indispensable to many adventurers.

Others go to the more extreme paths, continuing to delve into a range of abilities such as stealth, sneak attacks, and assassinations, leaving their illustrious name with blood and fear, which is the famous Assassin, and in many cases, the name Kleptologist is inseparable.

These three thieves are obviously the second type, they are mainly adventurous, harvesting their wealth from the wilderness and monsters.

This time, they targeted the giant running mountain range's cloud ray, the adult cloud ray was naturally not something they could fight, but its eggs that had not yet hatched could become their most precious treasure.

The premise is that they have to overcome the annoying giant's staircase of the giants running through the mountains to find the lair of the behemoth.

As long as the location of the cloud ray is determined, its nest is not difficult to deduce.

They are purely flying creatures that have neither claws nor feet, and although they are able to land, they rarely do so in the plains, as it means they lose any perspective.

In contrast, they prefer to land on those high mountains.

However, their huge bodies of twenty or thirty meters make them very picky about mountains.

Those sharp, rugged, narrow peaks will not do.

Undulating, no visual advantage, and easy to be approached from behind.

Only the stand-out, steep and unusually flat top mountains are the best choice.

This giant ran through the mountains, and this mountain range was the most suitable.

The mountain, called Giant's Peak, is the landmark peak of the Giant's Run Range, and is a full third higher than the surrounding peaks.

There are only two ways to go up the mountain, one is to fly straight up.

The other is to climb up the spiral giant's staircase little by little, and at first there are other mountains to cover it, and their actions are a little unscrupulous.

When it came to the last section, they had to carefully follow the giant's staircase close to the inner side of the mountain, and slowly climb up to prevent themselves from being exposed to the cloud ray's gaze.

Seeing a large cloud around him, he activated the ghost cloak and disappeared into the shadows.

Just like its name, the cloud ray looks like a huge cloud when seen from the ground, and when viewed from the ground, it is so camouflaged that it is difficult to distinguish.

The only thing the trio of thieves can do is hide when they see any cloud.

"What's that?"

"Wyverns, a lot of Wyverns, it's a group of Wyverns."

"How can there be a group of dragons here? Cloud rays are aerial predators that can feed on dragons, and other large flying creatures around them should be extinct. ”

"No, these flying dragons are not the right size, you see that the three heads are obviously more than twice as big as ordinary ones."

"Could it be that the surrounding wyverns are all underage wyverns?"

"The way they fly, they don't look like juvenile wyverns."

"Cloud ray, it's a cloud ray, that beast is not hiding in the Giant Peak, but in the mountain peak next to it, and the flying dragon group is hunting the cloud ray."

"Are these wyverns crazy? The disparity in size between the two sides is so great that even if they do kill the cloud ray in the end, they will pay a heavy price for themselves. ”

"Wyverns are notoriously violent and ferocious, what reason do they have?"

"Hey, is it my delusion? Among those wyverns, there are not only wyverns, but also human figures, could it be said that this wyvern group is not wild, but is controlled by some powerful being? ”

"I haven't heard of a powerful being in the vicinity who keeps so many wyverns in captivity."

"Don't worry about so much, they are fighting, it's just convenient for us to act, fast, fast, hurry, hurry up to the top, it's too late, and we won't have anything to do."

"What else are you climbing? We were in the wrong place, and the ray's nest was on another hill. ”

"That's right, that cunning animal is playing with the three holes of the cunning rabbit, the Giant Peak is its real lair, the place where it just hid is just the monitoring point it uses to monitor the Giant Peak, if he is really in the Giant Peak, we are afraid that we will have to run empty."

"It's a reasonable speculation, and now we have no choice but to gamble, and bet that Tomei's guess is correct."

The trio of thieves didn't care whether their figures were exposed or not, and they no longer spared any strength, and cooperated with each other to run towards the Giant Peak.

The Spectre Cloak's ability to escape into the shadows is indeed powerful, but it also has a minor drawback, that is, it can only be used in places with shadows, and cannot be activated if exposed to sunlight.

Once used, they resemble Shadow Energy Bodies, determining their movement speed instead of their agility, which they are best at, but perception, which slows them down considerably.

After the thief trio was at full speed, they showed skillful cooperation, and the human female thief and the half-elf male thief joined hands and directly used as a trampoline to send the most troublesome halfling thief to climb, and they gently supported and followed.

The halfling thief had already run to the bottom of another step, tied up his horse, took himself for a human step, and directly sent the two companions who were trotting all the way up one after another.

The two companions who climbed the steps first, one of them grabbed the halfling thief by one hand and threw it out.

The halfling thief rolled in the air several times in a row, up two steps in a row.

Next, they did the same, and after a few rounds, they easily stepped on a dozen giant steps.

The reason why I didn't do this before was because it was physically demanding, and it didn't last as long as running fast.

In an adventure where you don't know what situation you will encounter in the next second, it is essential to conserve your stamina, whether it is to attack or escape.

The trio of thieves climbed the Giant's Peak at a rapid pace, without forgetting to observe the rare aerial battle.

I couldn't help but let out a heartfelt admiration in my heart, worthy of being the most majestic of all flying creatures, even if most of the primeval dragons were ashamed of themselves in front of it.

After all, it had flaps larger than a dragon, and when unfolded, it looked like a triangular cloud, which made it even larger, except that the cloud had a huge spiky tail.

If it was just the ray itself in the air, it would be difficult to feel such a huge size due to the distance and visual misdirection, but if it was surrounded by more than a dozen wyverns and a suspected human existence, it was immediately compared.

Even if it was a group of more than a dozen flying dragons, with their heads biting their tails and their wings lined up next to each other, they didn't have the feeling of being as big as a cloud ray.

It's just that compared to those flying dragons back and forth, the cloud ray feels too clumsy and slow.

The Wyvern had circled the cloud ray several times, and it had not yet risen to the level of the Giant's Peak.

Its flight pattern is also very unique, unlike birds or dragons, which constantly flapp their wings to provide themselves with the power to float.

It hadn't done that all the time, and its wings had been spread so flat.

In fact, the cloud ray can't do that, it's like a giant kite, with a huge keel between its wings and its body, which holds it in place.

What really powers it to fly is actually the gas produced in its body that is lighter than air, so the cloud ray does not fly, but floats in the air.

It is powered by the long wing-like muscular membranes on both sides of the body, which can be flapped like wings.

To be more precise, these flaps are far more flexible than ordinary wings, they can not only go up and down, but also left and right, front and back, and at an oblique angle, and the cloud ray can control the flaps to fan.

This allows it to fly not only backwards and backwards, but also sideways and sideways, which gives it much more flexibility in the direction of movement in the air than normal mobs.

Unfortunately, due to its large size, it moves very slowly in any direction.

But the group of dragons did not dare to get too close to the cloud rays.

Its huge size is destined to have terrifying power, and once it is hit by its huge tail hammer, I am afraid that it is not as simple as breaking bones and tendons, and it is very likely to be slapped into a meat patty on the spot.

Moreover, the cloud ray's attack method is much more than that, and at every turn, several inconspicuous-looking stones fly out of its previous habitat and smash into the surrounding wyverns.

After they were shot into the air, they landed on the ground with a loud roar, proving that they were not inconspicuous stone projectiles, but boulders of incredible weight.

Psychic remote control.

This is the innate special ability of the cloud ray, a magical beast with low intelligence that has a psychic ability to compensate for its lack of hands and feet.

Is it just that the cloud ray's psychic ability is so powerful? Can hundreds of kilograms of boulders be thrown with ease?

(End of chapter)