lizard lord

Chapter 45 Warg and Griffon

Tang Zhao waited until night to set off. Griffons also had genuine eagle eyes, but they didn't have night vision at night, so lower visibility would be good for Tang Zhao.

The nearby land had been explored by the goblins, and with them leading the way, they arrived near the griffin's lair without much effort.

Normally, griffins would build their nests on high cliffs, and the surrounding creatures would be difficult to harass, but this griffin was in a special situation.

The place that is really suitable for the griffin to live is at the foot of the mountain or halfway up the mountain, where there are a lot of cliffs and a wide view. This griffin is probably driven out by the strong male griffin in the group after it became an adult.

With nowhere to go on the other side of the cliff, the next best thing to do is to build a nest in the forest, which is not comfortable but can't die of hunger.

The place where the griffin temporarily rests is a cave on the bank of the river, which is extremely beneficial to Tang Zhao. After blocking the other party in the cave, Tang Zhao's chances of winning are at least [-] to [-]%.

Even if the judgment error is not as good as the opponent's, there is a river at the door, and Tang Zhao will just sneak into it if he loses, and the Griffin has nothing to do with him.

[The chances of winning are not small, and the way out has been found, so I can take this opportunity to try. 】

After making up his mind, Tang Zhao went up the river and swam until he was facing the cave before he landed.

The characteristic footprints of the Griffin were found on the land on the shore. The first half is an eagle claw, and the second half is a cat's pad, which is very recognizable.

At the same time, he also smelled a strong beast smell in the air. It was a special type of smell. He had never smelled it before, and it was almost similar to the smell of those vultures.

The two corroborated each other, and it was almost certain that the griffin lived in the cave.

Not in a hurry, Tang Zhao patted the ground to give a signal, and Cynthia, who was in an invisible state, flew in front of him and used the animal talk technique on him.

[Please work harder, use magic to make the griffin inside sleep even more deadly. The bottom of the cave is made of stone, and the sound of my claws stepping on it is very obvious. 】

Griffons rely on vision to hunt, and at the same time they do not have night vision. They will definitely sleep at night. At this time, it is safer to use a little spell.

"Elves really hate things like bloodshed, violence and hunting."

【So it’s better if you help me, if you’re lucky, you won’t have to bleed all over the ground, and the violence will be reduced a lot. 】

"I hope it's the same as you think."

Cynthia just made complaints about it, and finally followed Tang Zhao's instructions, chanting the spell, and a cloud of mist drifted out from her hand, and the mist flew straight into the cave, and then began to spread.

A sleep spell cannot put an energetic creature to sleep, but it has a miraculous effect on improving the quality of sleep for a sleeping creature.

The fog lasted for five or six minutes, and no creature was seen rushing out of the cave angrily.
This shows that [-]% of the creatures inside are already asleep, and there is no excessive risk.

Stepping into it, the next discovery was unexpected.

He finally understood why this griffin gave up its proud flying ability, and competed with him for territory, and instead lived in the cave.

At this moment, the griffin was curled up, sleeping soundly on the floor of the cave. Looking from Tang Zhao's position, the griffin had a thrilling long and narrow wound on its right wing.

It was very dark, and Tang Zhao's night vision ability was not as exaggerated as that of the night vision device. He could barely see what was going on, and it was difficult to capture the specific details.

He can be sure of one thing - the person who caused this wound is definitely not another griffin, because the sharp claws of the griffin will not cause wounds like that.

Now is not the time to do detective investigations, Tang Zhao suppressed his thoughts, stepped forward, opened his big mouth full of sharp teeth, and bit the griffon's exposed neck.

Because the skeleton of a griffin needs to fly, it is much thinner than a large carnivore of the same size. Tang Zhao's bite can directly damage its root.

With the force of the upper and lower jaws, Tang Zhao crushed the bones of the griffin's neck before the griffin could react. Normal vertebrates would surely die if they encountered this situation.

Naturally, the griffin couldn't run away either. Tang Zhao directly used this attack to successfully kill the giant beast, which was about his size.

In the case of the same body type, there is always a trade-off between physique and speed. The price of high speed is often a relatively fragile body.

He was in no mood to celebrate success, but instead grabbed the griffin's still-warm carcass in his mouth and dragged him out of the cave.

With the moonlight shining, Tang Zhao could see the condition of the griffin's corpse clearly.

Now there is an obvious wound on the right wing of the griffin, which seems to have been stabbed by a spear or other weapon. At the same time, there is an arrow wound on the left leg. The arrow is still stuck in the flesh, and it is now festered and infected.

[Looking at the wound, what happened in the past week, there are no human settlements nearby, so it should not have been done by humans. 】

On the east side of the Everlook Mountains is Insula, and on the west side is also a vast forest. The area is even larger than this, and humans will not settle here.

In other words, the murderer must be a race living in the Everlook Mountains or the forest.

Tell Lalique to pull out the arrowhead. The arrowhead is made of stone and is not big in size. Judging from the state of the wound, poison was applied on it, but what was applied was not highly poisonous, but something like feces, which is easy to cause infection .

Several people got together and discussed with each other for a while, and finally agreed that the arrow belonged to the goblins.

I learned from the kobold Toby before that there are a considerable number of goblins in the deep mountains. From this point of view, the injury on this griffin is easy to explain.

Checking the gender of this griffin, Tang Zhao and others got bad news—it was a female griffin.

It may not have been driven here by the ethnic group, it may be that the ethnic group was attacked by goblins, so it had no choice but to come here.

Individual goblins are indeed preyed on by griffins as food, but goblins can barely be regarded as a kind of intelligent humanoid creature with brains. There are supernatural types with strong bodies, and there are also warlock spellcasters who make people uncertain.

If you use your brain to create favorable conditions, three or five griffins are indeed no match for a goblin settlement with hundreds of people.

[The question now is, how far are those goblins from here? The state of this griffin is that it can't fly far or walk fast, so it can't be too far away from here.They are not picky about the environment, and the forest will not hinder their footsteps, maybe it is a threat. 】

Tang Zhao's settlement is very close to the foot of the mountain, and will be threatened by goblins.

Now I can't figure out what the state of those goblin settlements are. If there are only ordinary goblins in them, then everything is easy to say. Tang Zhao has the ability to expel the other party.

But if there are goblin spellcasters, hobgoblins and bear goblins in the settlement, he must be careful.

Needless to say, the spellcaster, the goblin bear is really not much weaker than the bear, and the hobgoblin is a terrifying alien race that is not inferior to the orcs. They are stronger than humans and more disciplined than orcs. Passionate about conquering and controlling.

Of course, there is the most crucial point - they are all full of instinctive resentment towards elves and fey creatures, and they will never give up when they see goblins.

Without this relationship, Tang Zhao would not let a group of aliens threaten his territory, let alone now, the two sides could not be said to be life and death from the beginning, but the maliciousness is definitely full.

Plan ahead, now it's time to think about defense.

With the help of the goblins, the griffin's body was fixed with ropes, and then pushed into the river, Tang Zhao dragged the body to swim in the water.

Going downstream, Tang Zhao dragged the corpse for a short distance, and he reached the border of his settlement.

Asking the kobolds to dismantle the meat of the griffin, Tang Zhao seized the time to rest for a while, and then rushed back to the griffin's cave without stopping.

He searched for clues around the gryphon's den, and finally decided to try his luck on the nearest mountain.
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Facts have proved that this action is very wise, Tang Zhao smelled a special smell at the foot of the mountain, one is from a wolf, and the other is from an unknown creature.

[Warg mounts and goblin scouts?It seems that the scale of this goblin settlement is not small. 】

Hiding in a thick bush, Tang Zhao used his color-changing ability to hide himself as much as possible.

The wolf's nose is also very good, and now he can smell the wolf and the goblin clearly, which means that the wolf can also smell him.

After waiting for a long time, the voice of the conversation came from a distance. At first, I couldn't hear what they were saying clearly, but as the distance approached, I could roughly hear it.

The speaker's voice was hoarse and sharp, and the language used for the conversation was also not a common language, but a language with thicker pronunciation and fewer syllable changes. Tang Zhao knew that this language was probably goblin language.

"Finished?! Finished?! I'm so hungry I could eat a whole wild boar."

"Don't worry, be quiet! The task given to us by the boss is to inspect the forest! If you can't do it well, go back, we all have to feed the wolves!"

On the other side, there was a deep howl of wolves: "How long are we going to carry these idiots? It's too stupid to take it anymore. Why don't we just eat them, and no one will know, Unknowingly."

"Be a little patient. The price the goblins gave us is rich enough. It's worth our patience for a while. When they can't provide food, that's the best time for us to do it. If you want, you can catch them and eat them at any time. Just not yet.

After several confirmations, Tang Zhao was finally sure that those who spoke just now were indeed those wolves.

It is said that the wolf also has a considerable degree of intelligence, and even has its own wolf language, which Tang Zhao saw today.

(End of this chapter)