Chapter 136: Distress
After a short lunch break, the group returned to the road and traveled south along the river. After more than an hour, I found a place where the cliff was relatively not so steep. The Ranger who was walking in the front stopped, she carefully observed the surroundings here, and finally, after making sure that there was no danger, turned to the others and said, "Climb up from here, and further on, there should be a waterfall." ”
Henry sighed as he looked at the hillside across the river. If it weren't for the sake of saving spells, he really wanted to fly directly to the opposite mountain. "Then let's cross the river first, the water here is very fast, everyone be careful." With that, he took off his boots, rolled up his trouser legs and walked into the icy river. In a few moments, all the people were flowing through the rushing river.
After simply drying the water off his legs and feet on the shore, Henry put on his boots and climbed up the path formed by the rocks. The moss that grew around the stones caused a lot of trouble to the group. Because my feet were so slippery, there were several near-misses within a few minutes. On the strictest occasion, the orc warrior rolled down from a height of several meters, but fortunately he was not too badly injured except for a little bruise.
With this lesson, everyone slowed down and carefully examined each stone that had landed. It took them a long time to climb halfway up the mountain. Just as Henry was about to find a place to stop and catch his breath, he suddenly heard Amy shouting loudly.
"Look! Something in the sky is flying towards us. As she spoke, the girl pointed to the sky not far away, and saw that there were more than a dozen black dots rapidly approaching here.
Henry immediately performed a "farsightedness", and soon he saw the true face of these black spots. Their upper body looks like an old man with an evil face. The lower body has sharp claws like Archaeopteryx. A pair of huge flesh wings on the back kept flapping, and the hair was messily tangled. The guys were unclothed, and their claws were holding a large bone stick.
"It's a harpy! Plug your ears with something, their singing will affect their minds, and if you are accidentally confused, you will immediately fall off the cliff and die. He shouted out the monster's name and told everyone what to look out for.
The two casters quickly began to whisper incantations, Vaughn pulled out the magic axe at his waist, and the ranger clenched his short bow and prepared to shoot an arrow. The Harpy's flight speed was very fast, and it took a few minutes to reach the top of everyone's heads. Several of them swooped down from the sky. Wielding the bone stick in his hand.
Zuvosa aimed at one of them and shot the arrow in his hand. But it was lightly dodged by the bird demon. These guys look very nimble, and bows and arrows don't pose much of a threat to them. Amy casts a "fixation" on the rushing guys, who are immediately frozen in the air and then quickly fall into a pile of pulp.
When the harpy demon in the back saw it, he immediately stopped attacking. He opened his mouth and began to sing a strange melody loudly. Even plug the ears with strips of cloth. This weird singing voice still made everyone a little in a trance. Henry bit his lip hard. Sober yourself up. He used "Illusion" on his teammates to create a loud explosion, and everyone else immediately came to their senses. Seeing that no one was confused, Henry breathed a sigh of relief, and he continued to chant incantations in preparation for the next spell.
The harpies find themselves that their strategy is not working. He let out a scream of rage, then flew to the river to pick up a stone and threw it from the air. This indiscriminate stone throwing caused far more trouble to all man-made people than it had just been. Just when they were at a loss, Bambock bravely flew to the middle of the monster and released a colorful jet, and the few guys who were hit immediately appeared in various abnormal states. Some of them began to fly around, while others passed out and fell off the cliffs.
The parrot's attack bought time for everyone, and the orc warrior quickly threw his axe to kill all the blind harpies. Just as Henry was about to deal a fatal blow to these guys, suddenly a guy with particularly dark hair let out a sharp and piercing sound. The sonic boom made everyone immediately start to feel dizzy, and Amy even started to vomit desperately on her stomach on the ground.
One of the harpies swooped down quickly, knocked the girl unconscious with a stick, grabbed her and flew into the air. Before the others could react, the guys were already flying far away with Amy. Henry left a tracking spell on the girl as fast as he could before the harpy left his sight.
"Head! These guys have taken Amy, what should we do now? Vaughn asked, looking worried.
"Her life won't be in danger for at least two days, and Harpies like to see other creatures savor all kinds of pain and suffering, and only kill them when they're tired of playing. In other words, we just need to find Amy before then. "Henry calmly analyzes the current situation, and feels where the harpies are at all times.
Zubosa put his bow back on his back and pointed to the mountain in the distance. "The radius of movement of such monsters is generally not too large, and their lair should be there. If you don't rest tonight, you'll probably be there before dawn tomorrow. ”
"So what are you waiting for, let's start accelerating now." With that, the orc warrior began to climb upwards. Due to the eagerness to save people, the speed of travel is very fast, and the remaining half of the road takes only one-third of the original time.
Standing at the top of the mountain, Henry suddenly felt that something was missing. He turned his head to look at his companion, the Ranger was sitting on the ground and taking time to rest, Vaughn wiping his weapon with a piece of leather, and Ares yawning on the ground, as if everyone was there except Amy. Wait a minute! It seems that there is one less parrot!
"Damn! Did any of you see Bambock? Henry asked aloud.
His words stunned the others for a moment, and finally Ares let out a low growl, and Henry hurried over to use the druid's understanding animal, and soon he knew that the damn parrot had flown away after the harpie.
"Well, now there's one more person to save. I swear! Never take Bambok with him when he goes out in the future, this damn guy always gets into trouble. ”
The orc warrior patted his head and defended the parrot, "Head, Bamberk's appearance in the battle is not bad, but it has killed several monsters." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Henry's angry eyes and immediately closed his mouth.
Zuvosa saw Vaughan's predicament and immediately opened his mouth to relieve him. "Actually, this is not a bad thing, after all, parrots are small and difficult to detect. With it behind her, Amy can at least delay for a while if her life is in danger. ”
Henry closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead with his hand. "It's useless to worry about it, so let's get out of here. I can already feel that these harpies have stopped, and judging by their flight speed, the nest should be on the hill you mentioned. ”
Vaughn stood up and patted his ass. "Hopefully there won't be too many monsters out there, I hate these guys flying around the most."
"Rest assured, generally speaking, the number of nests of harpies will not exceed twenty, and most of them are built in caves. As long as we plug these guys inside, they won't be able to fly at that time. The Ranger explained with a smile as he looked at his depressed companion.
The group burrowed into the dense woods and walked in the direction Henry had pointed out. Although everyone was a little tired, they still kept going. After several hours of sleepless travel, I finally arrived at the foot of the mountain at about two o'clock in the morning. Henry had sensed that they were getting closer and closer to Amy now, and it was estimated that the harpy's lair was nearby.
Pulling out the staff of summoning monsters, he summoned a dozen ogres and goblins, ordering them to disperse to find the surrounding caves. When all the summons had left, Henry said to everyone, "Now everyone sit down and rest and wait for news, there will be a battle to be fought in a while." As he spoke, he sat down on a rock, with his back to Ares, and began to close his eyes. Vaughan and Zuvosa sat on the floor, each pulling out their own jugs and pouring them into their mouths, and finally pouring cold water on their heads.
It didn't take long for the monster that had been sent out to bring back the news. A few hundred meters away, they found a deep entrance to the dungeon, with a large number of statues, buildings, and labyrinth-like passages, as if they were some kind of ruin from ancient times. This news immediately sobered up the people who were a little sleepy, and they immediately sorted out their weapons and equipment and came to the entrance.
Henry crouched on the ground and carefully read the patterns and words carved on the gate, and soon he was sure that it had been built during the Nessera period through the information recorded on it. The thought of that era when arcane technology was rampant made Henry's scalp tingle. If he hadn't gone down to save Amy, he would never have chosen to take the risk at this time.
"Head, your face isn't very good, is there something wrong here?" The orc warrior asked, confused.
Henry sighed deeply. "Have you heard of the Color-resistant era?"
Vaughn nodded. "I've heard that they've built miraculous floating cities, and they've also discovered the Nexriel Scrolls, which are the prototypes of all modern spells. It was a great time, and even now there are many mages who yearn for it. ”
Henry smiled wryly and pointed to the entrance to the dungeon. "We're going to go down soon to see this great era, and maybe there will be a lot of traps and golems left behind." After saying that, he began to cast the "Mage's Eye", ready to explore the situation inside. (To be continued......)