Path of light

Chapter 233 234. Griffin Barrier

The protests of the mixed-blood elves became louder and louder, and more and more elves gathered on the bank of the valley. Everyone even picked up stones from the bank and threw them into the river. The splashes almost fell on the river. On those elven warriors.

Several Silver Moon Elf warriors finally became a little panicked. Although the boundary monument had been erected by the stream, they were forced to stop before they could cover it with sand.

Facing the furious mixed-blood elves on the other side, these Silver Moon Elf warriors didn't know how to respond.

The elves have preached freedom and equality for so many years, and the land in the Partington plane has gradually become privatized. The villages of the half-blood elves have been continuously annexed. Under the decree issued by the Padstow Elf Elders, no half-blood elves have ever come forward. protest.

Now, the mixed-blood elves have been driven to the foot of the Griffin Barrier, and the last piece of hunting woodland has been captured by the elven nobles.

The mixed-blood elves became more and more excited, throwing the stones further and further away, and some stones fell to the shore.

The Silver Moon Elf warriors stepped back one after another.

Roy and Sabrina stood behind the crowd, looking at the emotional mixed-blood elf, wondering whether they should dissuade them or join in...

When the mixed elves saw several Silver Moon Elf warriors starting to retreat, some of them stepped into the stream and rushed to the other side in a blink of an eye, knocking down the boundary monument standing by the river to the ground.

Several Silver Moon Elf warriors panicked and mounted their horses to retreat into the jungle.

A group of mixed-blood elves stepped on the fallen boundary marker by the river and cheered, venting their long-suppressed emotions.

There were also some mixed-blood elves who had not set foot in the river valley, and there was a hint of worry in their eyes.

Because they knew that the temporary departure of the Silver Moon Elf warriors did not mean that the matter ended with the victory of the mixed elves, but rather it was the beginning of a dispute.

There were many elves like Roy and Sabrina watching from the back. These elves were almost all adventurers, bards or merchants who temporarily lived in the barrier village. Everyone didn't pay much attention to this, maybe it would cause a big fuss. They had already left the barrier village when the chaos broke out.

The elves beside the valley began to disperse, and Roy and Sabrina also returned to the village with the flow of people.

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The barrier village is really, really big.

It is better to say it is a small village than a border town.

On the hillside on the sunny side of the valley, almost every big tree has a tree house built.

These wooden houses built on the tops of trees are quite artistic. Many of the tree houses have very unique structures. They are hidden in the forest and coupled with the creek in the middle of the valley, they look like a beautiful pastoral oil painting.

A sound of horse bells rang in the forest, and a strong horse in the distance walked into the barrier village carrying a griffon body covered in wounds.

The wings of the griffon were curled together, and the body of the griffon was trapped with a rope. The griffon's head drooped to one side, and a scorpion tail dragged on the ground...

Several mixed-blood elf hunters were happily accompanying them, their faces filled with joy and pride.

The businessmen who were standing by the stream watching the excitement ran towards the elf hunters. They stopped the elf hunters outside the village. One elf used the iron hook in his hand to lift the griffon's head and check the elf hunter. The scars on the gryphon.

"Why is it so badly injured? This kind of skin is worthless." An elf merchant frowned and said to the elf hunters.

The elf hunters could only smile bitterly and said:

"There's nothing we can do. We didn't dare to get close to it when it was alive. We could only wait until it was completely dead and its skin would look like this."

"Three magic crystals, take away the magic core inside the gryphon... Do you want to sell it? We'll hire a skinner to handle it ourselves." The elf merchant took the opportunity to discuss business.

"Three magic crystals are absolutely not enough. A merchant spent five magic crystals on the gryphon the day before yesterday!"

The elf hunters shook their heads repeatedly...

While they were discussing the price, Roy also came over. This was the first time he saw an adult griffin so close. The fine brown fur on its body was rubbed to pieces by the rocks. It could be seen that it died in great pain. Moreover, a hole as big as a fist was opened on the back of the head. It should be that the magic core in the skull was taken away by the hunters.

The griffin has a complete lion-like head, which may be a young male griffin, with a long mane around its neck.

Its four claws are very thick, almost as thick as bear claws.

The claws are exactly in the shape of a feline plum blossom, and the sharp claw tips are hidden in thick flesh pads.

The wings are tied to the body. They are a pair of huge fleshy wings. There is only a thin layer on the skeleton, and even the hair is very short. You can even see the blood vessels distributed on the fleshy wings.

The most special thing about the gryphon is that it has a manticore tail... but it is not a manticore. A pure-blooded manticore is a level four monster. It is covered in dark red scales, has a sharp horn on its head, and its tail is highly poisonous. Extremely ferocious in battle.

In fact, in terms of blood relationship, the griffon has a little blood relationship with the manticore and the spiny lion. However, the griffin is one level higher than the hedgehog crystal lion. It is the worst level three monster and its combat power is not as good as many. Not to mention the second-level monsters at their peak, the leather on their bodies was reduced to competing for the market with the leather of first-level monsters.

As a second-level monster, the Spiny Tail Crystal Lion's leather is relatively valuable in the elf world and is very popular among young Silver Moon elves.

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The griffon had its eyes closed, the blood flowing from the corners of its eyes had dried up, its face was somewhat sunken and distorted, and the corpse began to attract flies.

Although the elf hunters covered the griffin with some mint grass, there were still some bugs flying around the griffin.

This griffon is huge, weighing almost several hundred kilograms, and is extremely strong.

I heard that an adult griffon can easily capture a one-horned bison.

The griffin's front paws were already exposed with white bones, which should be the scars left by the beast trap. It was really hard for Roy to imagine that a level three monster could step into a hunter's trap and be unable to escape.

Generally speaking, a level 1 monster possesses a certain amount of intelligence.

The intelligence of level three monsters is almost the same as that of a ten-year-old human child, but not only will they step on the trap, but after being trapped, they will not be able to break free until they die, which is a bit outrageous...

Obviously, the gryphon is defined as a third-level Warcraft, which does not comply with the Warcraft strength system.

Roy saw many elves surrounding the griffin, and couldn't help but reach out and touch the fur on its body. It was soft and felt great, but the body was a bit hard and there was a faint smell...

At this time, a businessman had already negotiated the deal, and four magic crystals successfully bought the body of the young male griffon.

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Roy thought that when he was in the caravan, a mixed elf hunter once said that this kind of griffon could be tamed and turned into a mount.

Looking at its huge body, Roy thought to himself, it would be really nice to be able to ride a gryphon and fly in the sky. It would be much more fun than flying on an airplane.

"Roy, let's go!"

Sabrina walked in front and found that Roy had not followed, so she quickly turned around and called him.

"coming……"

Roy's daydream was interrupted by Sabrina and he quickly followed her.

In the hotel, Instructor Nora and Guide Margery have agreed on a passage to climb the griffon barrier.

Margery finally showed the professionalism of a guide this time. He was very familiar with the griffon barrier. Under his suggestion, instructor Nora decided to climb the griffon barrier from Pass No. 3.

The adventure group will pass through many hunting spots along the way.

In the view of Guide Margery, places with hunting traps and traps, although there will always be griffins, are considered relatively safe places. Once they encounter griffins, they can be lured into traps.

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The adventure group only stayed in the barrier village for two nights.

On the morning of the third day, instructor Nora led the adventure group into the deep mountains of the Griffin Barrier.

Although the mountains are covered with weeds and snakes and ants, there are also many mountain trails. These roads were stepped on by the elf hunters of the Barrier Village. When there are more people walking, the weeds on the roads will naturally fall to both sides.

The horses rented by the adventure group were all left in the hotel in the barrier village and were taken care of by the hotel.

The adventure group entered the deserted Griffin Barrier Mountains fully armed. When Roy walked out of the mountain col, he discovered that the mountain range behind him was not the real barrier mountain range. Just behind this mountain ridge, there was an endless stretch of cliffs. In front of you.

Roy followed the team and could clearly see that only the lower third of the mountain range was covered with vegetation. From halfway up the mountainside, there were vertical cliffs. These cliffs soared into the sky and were actually bare. There was no grass growing, and there was almost nothing except some cracks in the rocks.

Gryphons hovered between the cliffs...

"From here on, we entered the territory of the griffins. As long as a griffin finds us, it will attack us. However, they are huge and rarely rush into dense trees, so we won't do it yet. Under attack, but once we get into the open, we need to be careful.”

Guide Margery walked at the front, observing the trail while explaining to the young people in the adventure group.

Occasionally, other little beasts will rush out of the jungle, but many of them are not very afraid of elves. When they see the adventure group passing by, they will even hide in the trees and peer around to observe.

In fact, at the foot of the Barrier Mountains, there are waves of mountains. These mountains pile up higher and higher. In the end, the Griffin Barrier is like a wall pulled up from the flat ground.

Guide Margery took everyone over two mountains in one breath. The closer we got to the cliff, the more majestic and majestic it felt...

During this period, instructor Eleanor stood on a boulder on the top of a mountain ridge and saw a gryphon swooping down from the sky.

These griffons are really ferocious, and they are also reckless enough. As long as they see traces of the elves, they will definitely rush over...

Instructor Eleanor jumped off the cliff. The griffin couldn't find its target, so it wandered around again before leaving.