Path of light

Chapter 310 311. Heavy Rain

A group of elven headhunters rode argali on the northern slopes of the high ridge. The headhunter leader walking at the back squinted his eyes and looked at the sky against the dazzling sun.

"...Since when are there gryphons on the plateau?" the headhunting captain muttered.

"If it dares to come down, I will peel off its skin and sew it into a new travel bag." A headhunter walking in front of the captain said with a grin.

"Forget it, the gryphon's skin is as crispy as paper, so it can't be used as a travel bag." The companion around him quickly retorted.

The headhunting captain withdrew his gaze, pulled the reins, urged the argali to move forward quickly, and responded:

"Don't talk about these useless things. We have been searching around here for nearly two days. It's time to change places. Has there been any news from other search teams?"

"Not yet!"

one headhunter responded.

The headhunting captain waved the whip in his hand and rode the argali up the mountain. The rocky north slope could not stop the argali at all.

The headhunting captain looked around on the ridge and happened to see a black smoke column rising into the sky to the south.

Other headhunters also climbed up the mountain one after another. Everyone saw the smoke column. The headhunter leader identified the direction and said to the other headhunters:

"The third team should be responsible for searching that valley. They should have discovered something. Since we are here, let's go over and have a look."

A group of headhunters rode argali sheep and ran down the south slope. Because it was a downhill road, the argali sheep were getting faster and faster.

But after walking for a while, the headhunting leader stopped with a strange look on his face. He looked behind him suspiciously, then looked around again, but found nothing.

Then the headhunting captain led everyone to speed up and ran for nearly a kilometer in the direction of the smoke column before stopping again.

The headhunting captain suddenly rushed to the front of the team and raised his right hand.

Suddenly, all the headhunters grabbed the reins and stopped behind the headhunter leader, looking at the headhunter leader with some confusion.

The headhunting team leader suddenly changed direction, turned back and ran back along the original road, but when they ran back to the mountain again, they still found nothing.

The other headhunters couldn't understand that the captain was running back and forth among the mountains, so they asked the headhunter: "Captain, what happened?"

The headhunting leader looked around cautiously and said in a low voice, "I always feel like something is following us."

This is an intuition that only experienced headhunters have...

"Could it be the elves in the surrounding villages?" said a headhunter.

They are not afraid of the elves in the surrounding villages, but recently some elves jumped out and started jumping around, which has affected their normal hunting.

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

"It feels different to me. Let's wait and see if they will run out on their own..."

After saying this, the headhunting captain rode an argali and hid behind a boulder.

Several headhunters also hid behind them...

…

The adventure group has been following the headhunting team from a distance, and Roy can't see the headhunters. He relies on the Kaka message in the sky to hear the headhunters' movements before making the next move.

Then he discovered that this headhunting team was actually walking in circles in the mountains.

Obviously, the headhunters discovered some clues with their keen sense of smell, but they were just some clues.

Roy did not chase after them recklessly, mainly because he wanted to know the strength of the headhunters. If all the warriors in this headhunting team entered their peak stage, then their adventure group would rush forward just to deliver food.

Before that, he had the courage to chase the headhunting team. He learned the general strength of those headhunters from the injured elf Lambo.

The adventure group also saw the thick black smoke column. It was obvious that the headhunting team was approaching the smoke column, but they changed their minds midway and turned back.

Kaka, who was constantly wandering in the sky, rode a griffin and rushed into the clouds. It didn't take long for him to make a big circle and appear from behind the adventure group...

The news Kaka brought this time: This group of headhunters laid an ambush on the mountains ahead, waiting for the adventure group to fall into their trap.

Roy could only stop and rest where he was.

Looking at the black smoke column in the distance, Roy asked the worried Lysander:

"Is there an elf village chief over there?"

Lysander nodded with a bitter look on his face and said in a hoarse voice: "There is a very small village over there, which happens to be a sunny grassy slope. There are four elven families living by the pond. They usually make a living by gathering and hunting. ."

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

"Roy, what should we do?" Kaka asked.

"They should be waiting for us to show up, so we might as well take a detour in front of them and look for opportunities to ambush them along the way..." Roy said, and then said to Kaka: "Kaka, please work harder , go and see what’s going on in the village over there!”

"I know, then you should be more careful..."

Kaka let the griffon rest for a while, then rode it into the sky again, flying towards the black smoke column.

…

The weather on the Pagisto Plateau can be unpredictable.

At noon, the sun was still shining brightly in the sky, and there were only a few white clouds like cotton candy floating in the distance.

By the afternoon, clusters of cumulonimbus clouds appeared in the sky, and at the same time, a biting southwest wind blew. The wind contained a lot of water vapor, and the leather armor felt very damp when it blew on my body.

The adventure group just rested in place for a short while, and then, under the leadership of Lysander, they took a detour and headed towards the path that the headhunting team must pass.

Just halfway through the journey, the sky was filled with dark clouds...

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

Everyone could only ride horses forward in the rain. Although they were wearing cloaks to keep out the cold and rain, the mountain road became extremely difficult to walk, and it was difficult to identify the direction in the rain. Leisander had to stop after walking for a while.

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

Roy looked up at the sky and said, "I hope he will fly to the clouds to hide from the rain."

Claire also shouted at this time: "The rain here is so cold!"

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

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

Moira and Sabrina rode on the same horse together, and they were squeezed under a cloak. Even so, their faces were white with cold.

Woods, on the other hand, although he was wearing a thin cloak and his face was covered with cold rain, he looked energetic and energetic.

Miss Tiffany was not wearing a cloak and was exposed to the rain in an ordinary long skirt. Her long wet hair stuck to her face. She didn't feel cold at all. She put a cloak on her horse to protect it from getting sick from the cold rain...

I thought it would be a shower, but unexpectedly the rain got heavier and heavier.

There was even a curtain of rain in front of him, completely blocking his sight.

Under the leadership of Lysander, everyone continued to move forward along the ridge.

The rainwater on the hillside gathered together and formed a torrent that flowed to the low-lying areas. The stream under the hillside suddenly turned into a wide river...

In this heavy rain, the only one who was not affected was Miss Tiffany.

…

Edward, the headhunter captain, looked very sad. The cold rain fell on his face, making him feel a bone-chilling coldness in his body.

After he discovered this small village, he led his headhunters to quickly capture all the elves in the village. It was only when he was preparing to evacuate the small village that he discovered a large group of mixed-blood elf hunters rushing outside the village.

These mixed-blood elf hunters were carrying hunting bows and immediately blocked their headhunting team in the village.

Headhunter Edward was lying on the haystack, holding a long bow in his hand, guarding the elf hunters outside the village.

The smoke column he lit in the village was completely extinguished by the rain. After waiting for so long, none of the surrounding headhunting teams could arrive in time.

Although he had captured thirteen mixed-blood elves, the elf hunters seemed not to compromise...

There were more than a hundred of these elf hunters, and they surrounded the village. Three headhunters had been shot and injured by these elf hunters.

If it hadn't suddenly rained heavily, all the elf hunters would have rushed in...

Now we can only wait for other headhunting teams to come despite the rain.

…

Roy and his adventure group finally reached the predetermined ambush site. There were actually several black rocks on the hillside here, which looked like naturally formed Stonehenge.

The members of the adventure group led the horses and ran under the boulder to take shelter from the rain. They worked together to hold up a tarpaulin and covered the horses together with the rainproof cloth.

"It's like this every year. The weather is like a child's face. It cries when it wants to cry and laughs when it wants to laugh. It's always moody..."

Lysander explained to everyone.

He opened the rainproof hood on his head, looked around again, and said to Roy, who was holding the edge of the tarpaulin with both hands: "If those guys still want to go to the elf village over there, they will definitely pass by here."

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

And in this kind of weather, it would be difficult to ambush an experienced headhunting team.

Claire wrapped her cloak tightly around her body, came close to Roy, and asked in a low voice: "Roy, do you hear the beautiful melody of nature now?"

"..."

Roy glared at Claire and responded 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 murmured in a low voice.

"When you fight with those headhunters later, take care of yourself!" Roy warned Claire.

"I know, don't worry about me."

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

"Roy, I heard the sound of horse hooves over there, and someone is coming." Moira whispered.

All the members of the adventure group were in high spirits, and everyone covered the horses with raincloths in a hurry. Everyone put on their raincoats and hid behind some black rocks.

…

Sure enough, everyone didn't wait too long.

I saw a headhunting team appearing in the rain.

They were riding argali, wearing black cloaks. It was raining, so they were not moving very fast.

A piece of black rock appeared in front of him. The headhunter looked around. The surrounding hillsides were covered with gravel, and there was also a steep slope several meters wide. It seemed that he could only pass through this stone forest.

The headhunting captain slowed down and entered the stone forest.

As soon as this headhunting team entered the stone forest, pieces of ice beans crackled down from the sky. When these ice beans hit the leather armor, they suddenly cracked and ice water splashed everywhere...

It was originally a cold rain, but after it was mixed with hail, a thick mist filled the surroundings of the boulder.

A layer of white frost is also forming on the ground of the stone forest.

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

Obviously, he was also expressing his dissatisfaction with the headhunting leader. He had to travel in the rain in such terrible weather.

"Hold on, now that the third team has sent out the gathering signal, we have to find a way to get there. This is the rule set by the big leader!" The headhunting captain wiped his frozen face again and said to everyone.

At this time, he suddenly discovered that a layer of white frost had condensed on all the team members. How could there be white frost under the sudden rain and hail?

He quickly touched the leather armor on his body, and sure enough, the white layer 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 to wrap themselves up to protect themselves from the cold.

'Roar'

Suddenly a giant bear appeared from behind the boulder. It knocked an argali to the ground with its bear paws, then opened its bloody mouth and bit the headhunter's neck.

All the headhunters were frightened by this sudden scene. There had never been a geomantic bear in the Pagisto Plateau, but now, a geomaniac bear appeared in front of everyone, and it immediately pounced on a companion.

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

The giant bear's heavy body pressed against the headhunter, and a sharp claw scratched the headhunter to pieces.

Several headhunters behind them rushed up one after another, intending to rescue their companions. A Seruki sword cut through a curtain of rain and struck at a headhunter. The headhunter quickly drew out his machete to parry.

The long sword with a faint blue light collided with the scimitar...

With a 'click', the scimitar broke. Seruki's long sword split open the headhunter's breastplate and made a bloody wound on the chest.

The headhunting captain realized instantly that he had encountered an ambush.

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

But before he could turn around, a war hammer wrapped in holy light flew out of the ice mist and hit his head hard.

The hunter captain turned sideways to avoid the small hammer emitting holy light, but the headhunter following him failed to avoid it. The hammer hit the elf headhunter's collarbone, immediately smashing the headhunter's shoulder to pieces.