Path of Light.

Chapter 688 689. Hunting
The sea breeze gradually blew away the morning mist

Jie Zena stood on the sea reef and looked towards the mouth of Sun Island Bay. A fleet of three-masted sailing ships rushed out of the bay at the moment when the morning fog dissipated, and sailed at full speed along the west coast.

Teams of half-elf warriors stood on the deck, and a large number of griffin cavalry were hovering above the sailboat.

Jie Zena sighed softly. When Tiffany came to visit her yesterday, she had already said it so bluntly, but she didn't expect that she still couldn't make Captain Roy give up this exploration.

Watching the fleet marching along the west coast, Jie Zena dived into the sea, ready to have a good sleep on the seabed.

Since she couldn't stop this kind of thing, she would just let them experience it. If Captain Roy's fleet was really annihilated in the western seas, she would have to take her group of fishmen back to Sun Island to live again...

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Miss Tiffany did not travel by boat, but transformed herself into a Naga mermaid and swam along with the fleet in the sea. When she got tired, she would climb back up the ladder to the ship to rest. This kind of life at sea felt very novel to Miss Tiffany.

The fleet of nine three-masted sailing ships lined up in a straight line, with Captain Keller, who had the most sailing experience, piloting the magic airship No. 6 at the front of the fleet...

The busiest people on the ship were not the crew members operating the sails, but the griffin riders hovering in the sky. They were responsible for the alert mission of the entire fleet and always had to fly in circles above the fleet.

Following Boss Roy's instructions, these griffin cavalrymen also had to explore the surrounding seas and land. They became very busy from the moment they left the Sun Island Bay.

In fact, Roy only wanted to explore the outside world by boat, and had no intention of leading the half-elf guards to continue to open up the territory and expand the elves' territory.

Because the area of ​​Padstow Forest, Pagista Plateau and Sun Island Bay is already large enough for the half-blood elves to live in, and the half-blood elves are currently developing the Blackwater Swamp, so he has no plans to continue to develop the Partington plane.

This time, Roy led the fleet westward because he wanted to know what kind of dangers there were on the west side of the Sun Island Bay. Were they natives like the Plateau Headhunters, or high-level magical beasts like the Blackwater Swamp Dragonfly?

Miss Tiffany met with the sea monster Jie Zena last night. When she came back, she told Roy that the western seas were divided into countless territories by the sea beast priests...

If the fleet rashly enters the western waters, it will likely suffer a ruthless attack from the sea beast priests.

So this time Roy planned the fleet route close to the coastline. In fact, there are some disadvantages to sailing on the sea like this...

The biggest trouble is the area close to the coastline. The fleet will face countless reefs, and also have to consider issues such as tides and grounding. In order to prevent the fleet from running aground when sailing close to the coastline, Roy asked the Griffin Cavalry to fly around the fleet as much as possible to give early warning of the reefs on the waterway.

Of course, the griffin riders can only look down at the sea from above. Some reefs are hidden under the sea surface, which is difficult for the griffin riders to find.

This kind of reef group relies on Miss Tiffany to give some early warning.

Moreover, this fleet will only sail during the day. Once dark, the fleet will anchor close to the coast.

In this way, the fleet sailed for seven days after leaving the Sun Island Bay. Here was the edge of the area explored by the Griffin Cavalry. The topographic features of the land in front had changed greatly. Countless circular stone pillars hundreds of meters high rose from the ground. These stone pillars were not straight upwards. Each stone pillar was like countless huge pancakes stacked together.

The diameter of these stone pillars can be hundreds of meters, and the diameter of small stone pillars can be dozens of meters, and the height is about the same...

When the sea breeze blows into this stone forest, it will constantly make wailing sounds...

This group of stone pillars extends far westward along the coastline.

At present, the griffin cavalry has not been able to explore the end of the stone forest area. They only know that there is a primeval forest behind the stone forest. When the griffins fly to the edge of the stone pillar, they dare not fly forward anymore. That primeval forest has never been explored.

The main reason is that there is a group of level 3 monsters living in the canyon here. They are wind snakes that live in groups...

The wind snakes of Pillar Canyon have always been the mortal enemy of the griffins of the Barrier Mountain Range.

Roy stood on the deck of the front magic airship and looked at the land at the edge of the coastline. Those hundred-meter-high stone pillars stood on the coastline like stone giants.

"Kaka, I heard that there are many wind snakes living in this stone forest?" Roy asked Kaka.

This time, Kaka and Eugene Jr. led their respective cavalry squadrons to explore the west with the fleet...

"That's right. These wind snakes are level three monsters, and there are a lot of them. Little Eugene and I have been here before. We wanted to hunt a few wind snakes and bring them back, but we failed. Little Eugene was even bitten by a wind snake. If we hadn't run fast and escaped back to the village quickly, little Eugene would probably have died on the way." Kaka said to Roy with lingering fear.

Little Eugene was chatting with Leah on the roof of the ship at this time.

"Are these wind snakes difficult to hunt?" Roy asked Kaka.

"Yeah!" Kaka responded, and then said:

"These wind snakes like to build their nests on stone pillars. They live in groups in the Stone Pillar Canyon. We have tried many hunting methods, but unfortunately none of them worked."

Kaka looked a little embarrassed.

"An adult wind snake is about seven or eight meters long, with a pair of wings growing out of its back. It is very good at gliding in the air. It doesn't usually fly very fast, but when it wants to escape, it just folds its wings and falls like an arrow."

"When there is wind, they will also ride the wind. How high these wind snakes can fly depends on how high the wind can blow them."

"If they were in an open area, the griffins could easily defeat these wind snakes, but in this stone forest, the griffins are no match for the wind snakes. The wind snakes are flexible and as hard as black iron. They are extremely powerful. As long as the wind snakes entangle the griffins, the griffins will be entangled to death unless they use their 'iron will'..."

"If we hadn't flown into the stone pillar forest on griffins, ordinary adventure groups wouldn't have been able to get close to the wind snakes..."

Kaka knows a lot about these wind snakes and it seems like he has done a lot of homework.

"Let the fleet anchor in this area tonight. Tell everyone to be careful and don't let the wind snakes in the stone pillar forest take them as prey." Roy instructed Captain Keller.

Captain Keller quickly agreed and turned around to make arrangements.

"So your exploration ends here because of the wind snakes in the valley?" Roy asked Kaka.

"Although it's a bit difficult to say, it's true!" Kaka responded a little embarrassedly.

"These wind snakes are level three magical beasts. Are the magic materials on them valuable in the magic market?" Roy turned his head and asked Claire who was studying the whale hunting crossbow.

Claire held the control handle with one hand and answered without thinking:
"The feathers on the wings are the main material for making wind-controlling arrows. Venomous fangs, poison sacs, and snake skins are all quite valuable."

In the past few years, he has been helping Roy process large amounts of magic metals and magic herbs. Many high-level Warcraft materials are also handled by Claire, so he is very familiar with these Warcraft materials.

Woods, Moira, and Sabrina were also discussing the Whaling Crossbow at the bow. When they heard Roy, Kaka, and Claire talking about the Wind Serpent, Woods couldn't help but ask Roy:
"Roy, are you planning to attack those wind snakes?"

Roy nodded and said:
"...Yes, I want to give it a try. These wind snakes are too close to Sun Island Bay. I don't want a large group of wind snakes to rush into Sun Island Bay one day and catch me off guard."

"They are flying monsters that live in groups. How do we deal with them?" Woods asked with some confusion.

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It didn't take long for Woods to get the answer to his question.

The buoyancy devices of the nine magic airships were all activated, and then these magic airships with their sails retracted floated into the air. The magic airships did not fly into the wind layer, but hovered at a position higher than Shizhu Mountain.

Then the propulsion device at the stern of the magic airship started, pushing the magic airship to slowly move above Shizhu Mountain.

At least three hundred half-elves holding longbows stood on both sides of the hull of each magic airship. They looked down from above and crowded together with elven longbows in their hands. From a distance, each magic airship looked like a dense black mass.

There are also a large number of griffin cavalrymen roaming around the magic airship...

Such a loud noise naturally alarmed the wind snakes hiding in the forest of stone pillars. In the chaos, these wind snakes crawled out from the cracks in the stone pillars. They had already sensed the dangerous aura brought by these magic airships.

These wind snakes spread their wings behind them, and their long bodies kept twisting, and they were able to fly high into the sky.

They are the overlords of the Stone Pillar Forest area and have no fear of the sudden appearance of the magic airship. Hundreds of wind snakes fly towards the magic airship.

Roy stood on the observation deck of the main mast of the first magic airship, holding a flag in his hand. When he saw that the wind snakes had flown into the shooting range of the elven archers, he immediately waved the flag in his hand.

The next second, countless arrows fell from both sides of the magic airship.

The arrows shot by the elves from above hit the wind snakes one after another, leaving some arrows stuck in their bodies...

The groups of wind snakes would naturally not retreat. They were able to control the power of the strong wind. When they flapped their wings, the magic patterns hidden on many wind snakes lit up one after another. Tornadoes formed in front of the wind snakes and then rolled towards the magic airship in the sky...

The fierce force of the gale caused the magic airship to shake violently and continue to rise into the sky.

When these magic airships were blown up more than 20 meters by the strong wind, the strong wind power exerted by the wind snakes had no power at all.

Whirlwinds flew out from the forest of stone pillars, but they were unable to affect the magic airship floating high in the sky.

This group of wind snakes, regardless of everything, rushed towards the magic airship at the risk of their lives, facing the densely falling feather arrows. They were still spraying poison arrows from their mouths, but the venom splashed on the bottom of the ship and did not cause any harm to the half-elves on the magic airship.

Some wind snakes, which were covered with arrows, fell from mid-air after their physical strength was exhausted.

There were simply too many half-elf guards on the magic airship, and the feather arrows were shot out endlessly.

Facing the rain of arrows, the wind snakes had no way to avoid it...

Wind snakes were constantly hit by feather arrows and fell down.

Occasionally, some exceptionally brave wind snakes would fly up into the rain of arrows, but they would be immediately targeted by the griffin cavalry who had been waiting in the sky for a long time...

Kaka and little Eugene each led a squadron of griffin knights to deal with the wind snakes that broke through the arrow rain defense line.

After receiving a short period of formal training, the griffin riders were able to skillfully wield the elven swords in air combat. Some wind snakes were even cut down by the elven swords as soon as they flew up.

Things are getting really chaotic around the magic airship...

The griffins and this group of wind snakes are obviously old enemies. Once the two sides meet, they will almost certainly fight to the death.

This time, the griffin cavalry had the help of the half-elf archers and quickly suppressed the wind snakes...

Some wind snake corpses fell on the peak of the stone pillar forest, and more wind snake corpses fell at the bottom of the canyon.

This time, when ambushing the wind snake, Roy used the arrows on the ship without regard for cost.

In the rain of arrows, the fighting spirit of these wind snakes was finally defeated by the half-elf guards.

Some wind snakes in the stone pillar forest began to flee to the northwest...

The half-elf warriors on the magic airship cheered.

In terms of strength, these half-elf guards were no match for the wind snakes. However, they were standing on the magic airship, shooting arrows at the wind snakes that rushed into the sky from a high position. It was a different situation. But Roy didn't care about the consumption of arrows...

After a battle, the half-elf guards on the magic airship actually won the battle.

The scattered wind snakes crawled back into the narrow gaps in the stone pillar forest...

The griffin cavalry began a desperate pursuit into the stone pillar forest. They soon found the wind snake's nest on the stone pillar and some wind snake eggs in the nest. They moved them and the wind snake's corpses to the magic airship as trophies.

Wind snake eggs are about the size of a coconut, with a snow-white shell with pink spots and a very strong shell.

The griffin riders put the wind snake eggs into a wooden box. Soon the box was full, and then they started to load the second box...

When Claire saw the giant eggs, Roy whispered:

"Roy, we made a profit this time. These wind snake eggs are very valuable and can definitely be sold for a good price in the Castletown Magic Market."

In just over half a day, the half-elf guards on the magic airship defeated the wind snakes in the stone pillar forest.

As the griffin cavalrymen continued to clean up the battlefield, the magic airship continued to pursue northwards...

There was a row of tattered wind snakes on the deck. The leather of these wind snakes was not very valuable, but fortunately some tail feathers for wind-controlling arrows could be removed from their wings.

(End of this chapter)