Path of light

Chapter 307 308. Yearning

A giant bear ran wildly on a hillside covered with grass, roaring angrily as it ran.

There are runes unique to the wood elves on its shoulders. The moment its sharp claws land on the ground, its body will curl up tightly, and then suddenly bounce away. Although it looks like a clumsy giant bear, he is like this Even with a single leap, he can cover a distance of seven or eight meters.

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

The chain that came with the Book of Judgment was connected to the belt, but when Roy was running, it was very inconvenient for the heavy Book of Judgment to swing around, so Roy could only hold it in his arms.

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

Followed by a timid Moira, her big blue eyes filled with moisture...

Claire on the side looked a little excited. He had even pulled out the long dagger tied to his thigh and stared at the elf headhunters riding on the backs of argali opposite.

Miss Tiffany followed everyone on horseback, holding a very short magic wand in her hand. A magic pattern circle appeared in front of her, and then three ice shields appeared on Woods, who transformed into a giant bear. .

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

The giant bear rushed forward against the arrows falling in the air. Two arrows landed on the giant bear's back, and an ice shield cracked. One arrow flew out, and the other arrow hung in the woods. body, but only hanging on the skin and flesh...

Sabrina knocked away a falling arrow with her long sword and followed closely behind Woods.

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

Claire and Moira also relied on their flexible movements to avoid falling arrows.

The distance between the two sides also shrunk to less than a hundred meters, and then the second wave of arrows fired by the headhunters followed one after another...

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

The headhunters were still thinking about shooting a third wave of arrows. Miss Tiffany controlled a huge ice gun and flew from a distance. However, before the ice gun could fly to the headhunters, it exploded in front of these elven headhunters.

Several headhunters whose expressions changed dramatically when they were frightened by the ice gun breathed a sigh of relief and rode their argali straight into the mist formed by the ice gun.

Above their heads, a griffon broke through the thick clouds, like a meteorite flying down from the sky, swooping down on the not-so-large piece of ice mist.

A layer of golden light appeared on the griffin's body, which was a bit dazzling in the sky...

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

The griffon hit the hillside covered with grass like a large cannonball. A headhunter did not have time to dodge, and was smashed to pieces by the griffin's 'dive'. Even the hillside was hit by the griffon, making a big crater. come out.

Kaka grabbed a hunting bow, jumped from the back of the griffon to a headhunter, nocked an arrow and pulled the bow to shoot an elf headhunter covered in blood to the ground.

The rest of the headhunters gathered around Kaka, and Woods rushed up from the opposite side. A thick claw slapped the rock climbing shoulder and neck of an elf headhunter hard, and the argali made a miserable cry. His bones shattered and he fell to the grass.

The headhunter riding on the back of the argali rolled out in embarrassment.

Two headhunters rode argali and rushed to Woods' side. They raised their sharp knives and thrust them into Woods' ribs...

Woods had no time to dodge, so he could only turn his head and bite the elf headhunter on the right.

At this time, Sabrina had followed from behind. The long sword in her hand was holding the sharp blade of the elf headhunter on the left of Woods. The argali under the elf headhunter's crotch suddenly flicked its huge horn and headed towards Sabrina's chest pushed against her, and Sabrina quickly dodged. The Elf Headhunter's sharp blade smoothly slashed Sabrina's shoulder.

Fortunately, the dwarf's chain armor was strong enough. It only opened a small hole, and red blood flowed out.

The giant bear transformed by Woods pressed the elf headhunter on the right under its giant claws, and the headhunter made a cut at the root of Woods's right front paw with his backhand.

The argali's giant horn pushed against Sabrina's chest again. This time she couldn't avoid it and was knocked out by the argali.

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

The argali collided with Sabrina who fell to the ground again. It pushed its head very low. The headhunter on the sheep's back also took the opportunity to lean down and planned to kill Sabrina with one knife. Roy threw the Judgment Hammer just in time. Hit the elf headhunter on the shoulder, causing him to fall off the back of the argali...

Roy rushed forward with the Book of Judgment in his hand, and struggled with the Elf Headhunter. The Book of Judgment in his hand slapped the Elf Headhunter on the face, immediately hitting him with blood all over his face and stars in his eyes.

The sharp blade held tightly in the elf headhunter's hand, Roy hit his wrist with the Book of Judgment, and the sharp blade immediately fell from the elf headhunter's hand to the grass.

Sabrina on the side inserted the Seseluki sword into the argali's neck, and a blood arrow sprayed out, and the argali immediately fell to the ground.

Seeing another elf headhunter rushing forward on an argali, the sharp knife in his hand was pointed at Roy's neck, but Claire, who had been waiting for a long time, jumped off the sheep's back. The long dagger in Claire's hand stabbed the elf. The headhunter's lower back pierced his kidney.

Although the battle scene was very chaotic, the members of the adventure group firmly gained the upper hand.

An elf headhunter pounced on Moira, and Moira quickly dodged. She was as nimble as a dancing butterfly on the battlefield. The elf headhunter slashed and even cut off the hem of Moira's clothes. Couldn't even touch it.

Moira was a little timid. Although she had several opportunities to fight back during the battle, she gave up on them.

In the end, Miss Tiffany caught up from behind. She couldn't stand it anymore. An ice bomb froze the elf headhunter in place. Kaka shot an arrow from a distance, hitting the elf headhunter between the eyebrows.

Sabrina turned around with the long sword, and while Woods threw the elf headhunter to the ground, she pressed Seruki's long sword against the neck of the last elf headhunter. The battle lasted for just a quarter of an hour. Calm down.

Five of the six headhunters who rushed over died, and the last one was also pinned down by Woods. He seemed to be dying...

The elf headhunter stared at the surroundings coldly. He almost gave up his last breath, reached out and grabbed Sabrina's sword, and pressed it towards his neck...

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

Kaka, who was standing by, let the griffon fly into the sky again.

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

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

Woods changed from the form of a giant bear back to an elf, with two arrows hanging on his back. He sat on the grass, almost collapsed, breathing heavily.

Sabrina and Moira walked through the hillside meadows and found the captives abandoned by the elven headhunters in the grass.

Two adult mixed-blood elves and six young elf children.

They were trapped together by rough hemp ropes. When Sabrina and Moira found them, they looked at Sabrina in horror...

The two adult mixed-blood elves were injured, and the six elf children also looked very weak.

Sabrina used the long sword in her hand to cut the ropes that tied them, ignored them, turned around and walked back with Moira.

…

The adult mixed-blood elf silently moved his wrists and ankles, and then checked the conditions of several elf children. He found that they only suffered some minor injuries, and then walked over timidly.

The members of the adventure group are still cleaning the battlefield...

Four of the eight argali sheep hunted by the elves died during the battle. The remaining argali sheep did not run too far and were gnawing on the grass on the hillside.

Woods and Sabrina suffered some minor injuries and only needed a little treatment from Roy using the 'Level Healing Technique'.

The most unexpected thing about this battle was Kaka. He was actually able to use the gryphon's 'Iron Will' to dive...

If Kaka hadn't rushed forward first, Woods, Sabrina, and Roy might have been injured to some extent.

These headhunters were all very skilled. They were just blinded by the ice mist and did not notice the griffins in the sky. The swooping griffins broke up the formation of the headhunters, allowing Woods to take advantage of them.

The weapons used by these headhunters are almost all the lowest quality magic weapons, which are not valuable in the magic market, and their leather armor is also very worn.

Before the two mixed elves could say thank you, they saw Roy waving to him, pointing to the argali on the hillside, and said, "Go and bring those argali back, and then follow us. .”

After saying that, he picked up a war blade and dug a pit on the gravel-covered hillside. After digging the pit, he buried the dead elf headhunters in the pit and placed them on top. Pressed some rocks.

These elven headhunters who died in battle were not abandoned in the wilderness, but they were not buried under the trees according to the elven funeral rituals.

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

She even secretly said to Sabrina in the morning:

"Sister, I feel a little homesick!"

"After solving the trouble here, I will take you home..."

Sabrina agreed readily without any hesitation.

Now that these troubles were solved and the elf children were rescued, everyone rode back to the temporary camp in the woods. The seriously injured mixed-blood elf was still lying there.

Along the way, the two adult mixed elves kept thanking Roy and others.

Roy didn't say anything. It wasn't until they arrived at the temporary camp that the two mixed elves found their companions who were seriously injured but not dead. Then everyone knew that this time was really a disaster...

…

A bonfire was lit in the camp, and Roy took out some apples and breadfruit and distributed them to the two mixed elves and six elf children.

These elf children are also mixed elves, four boys and two girls.

The appearance of these elf children...if we look at the appearance of human children, they are probably about five or six years old.

In fact, these elf children are much older.

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

In the past ten years, the population of the Elf 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. Each of the elf children held an apple in their hands, and everyone was nibbling the apples silently.

The older mixed-blood elf wanted to say a few words of thanks, but Roy stopped him with his hand. He didn't want to hear their explanation...

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

"We know... there are probably nearly a thousand people, but recently the headhunters have been going crazy arresting people, and now there are even less than 500 people." The mixed elf hesitated for a moment, and then said.

"Do you have a map?"

"Yes." The mixed-blood elf took out a roll of old animal skin from his arms and placed it in front of Roy.

Roy unfolded the hide, and inside was a simple map drawn with a slate pen. Although it was not the complete Pagisto Plateau, at least the southwest corner of the Pagisto Plateau was very clear. The distribution directions of these mountain ranges, and The map in Roy's hand is almost identical, but the map in Roy's hand is much more detailed.

Since it was of no use, Roy returned the animal skin.

After thinking for a moment, Roy asked the mixed elf: "Do you know the location of the mine?"

The two mixed elves looked at each other and replied: "We can probably find two mines..."

"There is more than one mine on the Pagisto Plateau?" Roy asked in surprise.

The younger and older mixed-blood elf replied: "There may be more than a dozen. The headhunters are quite aware of these things."

"So your living circle is only in the southwest corner of the Pagisto Plateau?"

The older mixed-blood elf looked slightly embarrassed and replied: "Actually, the true scope of our living circle... is even smaller, just here!"

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

Roy nodded.

The bonfire dispersed the darkness and cold wind. Several elf children sat obediently in front of the bonfire. Roy paused and introduced himself:

"We are an adventure group coming from Padstow City. We came here just to have a look at the Padstow Plateau. If possible, I would like to ask you two to be our guides and take us around the plateau. change."

"No problem, it's just that we still have to complete the smuggling and send them to the barrier town!" said the older mixed-blood elf.

Roy suddenly cast his gaze on the faces of several elf children and asked:

"Why are you going to Barrier Town?"

One of the elf children held a half-eaten apple and answered innocently:

"Because you won't be caught by headhunters there, and there are apples to eat!"

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The morning after five days.

Roy and other members of the adventure group stood in the misty woodland, watching the six elf children running quickly towards the barrier town...

Roy did not return to Barrier Town this time. Everyone just stopped outside the town and then walked west along the Griffin Barrier Mountains with three plateau mixed-blood elves.

Only then did Roy discover one thing for himself:

Although there are so many bad things about Barrier Town in Roy's eyes, it is a place that many mixed elves yearn for...