What were you doing before the end of the world? Are you going to be an assassin?

Violent thoughts flashed through the griffin's head, which was disproportionately small compared to its body, and it kept roaring to show its strength and determination.

Want to scare me?

Connor was not impressed by the griffin's imposing attack. These monsters would sometimes spread out their gorgeous appendages like mantises to show off their powerful weapons and body size. After such a deterrent, most of the lower-level monsters would give up resistance, thus reducing the losses in the battle.

For the griffin, a top predator, all that is wasted is the energy of flapping its wings; it doesn't even need to fly.

Although Connor said he was dismissive of the griffin's threat, he actually did not take it lightly.

The griffin was just as agile on land, and when he didn't know the route right, he could only dodge carefully and keep cutting into the inside defense by the griffin's claws and teeth.

Snapped!

The cat turned around!

Seeing Connor getting closer and closer, the griffin suddenly twisted its waist, and when it swung its butt over, its steel whip-like tail also lashed over, splashing a lot of fine sand and dirt.

Connor suddenly turned his battle axe into a one-handed sword, then ducked and lunged forward, dodging the tail and sending himself to the griffin's unprotected waist.

The sharp blade pierced the griffin's hair and skin, and blood rich in fire magic gushed out.

The severe pain in the waist made the griffin's counterattack go astray. Connor easily avoided the griffin's hind claws and cut the tendon of the griffin's hind leg hard.

While the griffin's front claws and hind legs were not flexible enough, Connor switched back to his most handy battle axe, which was covered with a layer of invisible light, and hit the griffin's head hard.

【Charge heavy attack】!

"Quack quack!"

The griffin's skull made a crisp sound, and it was obviously suffering a great loss from the battle axe.

But the vitality of the high-level monster was too strong. Despite the pain in its head, the griffin's front claws grabbed Connor hard.

Not wanting to get ripped open, Connor had to give up adding power to the tomahawk and retreated, dragging a stream of white and red unknown liquid.

The griffin, whose brain was severely injured, barely stood up, with bright red blood flowing all over the ground.

But even so, it did not give up the fight.

After fighting for a while, Connor seized the opportunity to get close to the enemy and launched four consecutive attacks of [Blood Rush] to replenish his magic power.

The griffin, with four more wounds on its body, was in a near-death state due to excessive blood loss and severe injuries, and could only let out a few final unwilling cries in a certain direction.

The huge body fell in a pool of blood, which was quite tragic and desolate.

Over there... is that the griffin's lair?

After noting the location, Connor did not hesitate, walked forward and chopped off the griffin's head with an axe, giving the overlord who had been wreaking havoc in the novice town of Axel for many years a decent death.

Prism: Defeat a high-level monster griffin, and get +800 experience points. Level: Level 6 (Experience points: (3519/4000)

Connor absorbed the soul emanating from the griffin's corpse, and his experience points instantly increased significantly, and he was about to be promoted to the next level.

"Youyou, today..."

Connor was holding the griffin's head and was about to share some of the spoils with Youyou who was used as bait, when he suddenly felt that Youyou... seemed a little too quiet.

As an excellent magician, Connor was already familiar with Youyou's style and temper in the previous battles. He felt that Youyou would definitely not just launch an electric shock in the battle with the griffin just now.

I’m afraid Youyou was also hit by my own [Disappearance] and fainted?

Connor was a little embarrassed. If this was really the case, he was kind of letting his teammates down.

and many more!

[Mind's Eye·Fake] sounded an alarm in Connor's heart. Connor kept his back to Youyou and activated the Eagle Vision that he had previously turned off to paralyze the griffin.

Sure enough, there is a strange thing!

Connor's heart skipped a beat and he blamed himself. If only he had warned Youyou in advance...

"Oh, this is not good. Although the griffin is annoying, but without it, you humans will attack this mountain, right?"

Strange things can talk!

The unconscious Youyou was lifted up from behind by something. Even though the girl's body was a little small, she still completely concealed the figure of the intruder.

But Connor's Eagle Vision was not covered up. He could clearly see through the obstacles and directly see the life fluctuations, and see what dared to come out and take advantage of the situation.

That is--

A creature with a human head attached to a lion's body, a scorpion's tail and bat's wings.

A ferocious demon beast, the Manticore, with a disgusting body that looks like a composite beast.

It is also his second mission.

Although it is indeed a bit double-standard, the griffin, which does not contain any "human" elements, is much more handsome and majestic than the scorpion lion.

If the griffin was not of the wrong age and he did not have the time to waste with an adult griffin, Connor would really like to ride a griffin to see what it feels like.

Even if you don't need it, you can pull it back to the Axel exhibition and charge a ticket of 100 Eris each time. There is another price for riding it.

"It's really a double blessing. Two tasks can be completed at once."

Connor collected his thoughts and said in a cold voice, the scorpion lion in front of him obviously had a very high intelligence, knew how to lurk, and knew how to take hostages.

At this time, the more he showed that he cared about Youyou's life, the more difficult it would be to protect Youyou's life.

Being too cautious in throwing the rat into the trap is exactly what the other party wants, and it will end up protecting nothing.

"Double happiness?" Scorpion Lion said behind Youyou, "Are you guys having an internal conflict?"

"The rewards are not distributed evenly or... do you want to enjoy the experience alone?"

"Humans are always like this. They have already figured out the distribution before they win."

The intelligence of the manticore that held Youyou hostage was beyond Connor's imagination.

It didn't seem to intend to attack Connor immediately, but was delaying time.

There was also a manticore hiding in the woods...trying to ambush me. Connor's Eagle Vision saw it clearly. Even though the manticore was very proficient in lurking skills, it was still fundamentally different from the surrounding environment in terms of life form.

Simply put, the Scorpion Lion is one level weaker than the cover it is hiding in.

The scorpion lion chose the corpse of the griffin as its cover.

While Connor's attention was distracted by Youyou, he planned to hide in the griffin's body and ambush it.

"Don't eat the guy under the griffin. He's like a starving ghost." Connor pointed out the location of the ambusher.

"Ah? You ate first without waiting for me?"

The scorpion lion that held Youyou hostage poked its head out from behind Youyou's body in disbelief.

Its superior intelligence made it much more arrogant than its peers. It didn't even eat a single bite of the great hero, yet it still wanted to intimidate two humans. Its own accomplices had already started eating?

The corpse of a higher-level monster is not just an ordinary corpse, but a lot of experience points!

Not to mention a full meal, just smelling it is enough to upgrade a rookie!

The scorpion lion holding the hostage suddenly became anxious!

Without anyone cooperating with it, it would be impossible for it to defeat Connor who defeated the Griffin by itself.

After all, as a superior monster, the griffin is stronger than the scorpion lion. When fighting for territory, two scorpion lions are no match for a griffin.

It's just that both sides have their concerns and have never been able to completely drive the other side out.

"Hey, hey, hey! Leave some for me! Leave some for me!"

Faced with huge profits, the scorpion lion, whose spoils were not evenly divided, roared at the top of his lungs, completely forgetting his previous evaluation of humans.

There is no chance to evaluate it anymore.

Connor's flying knife hit its face. The vitality of the superior monster could keep it alive, but Connor then used [Heroic Strike].

This time, under the glory of [Tears of the Goddess], luck favored Connor.

The scorpion lion didn't even leave a last word and died in grief and anger over the unequal distribution of the spoils.

Prism: Kill a high-level monster, Scorpion Lion, and gain +600 experience. Qualified people can meet the upgrade conditions...

Temporarily blocking the prism's prompts, Connor woke up Youyou and asked her to collect the experience of the scorpion lion that was hiding under the griffin and dared not move.

Hunting is accomplished!

103. I got two joys

"Hey! There are two manticores! Are they really that dangerous?"

“I actually fainted and wasn’t able to help at all… wuwuwu┭┮﹏┭┮…”

After being awakened, Youyou did not realize that she had been kidnapped by a monster not long ago, and she even felt extremely ashamed for fainting at the critical moment.

Connor suddenly felt guilty for deceiving a thirteen-year-old girl, and while explaining, he urged Youyou to learn the experience of the manticore as soon as possible.

"In short, I didn't control my skills well and knocked you out. I'm very sorry. Please accept the experience of this manticore."

“But, but…” Youyou looked at the unconscious scorpion lion hesitantly, “I clearly didn’t do anything…”

"You helped me to contain the two scorpion lions. Without you, they might not have dared to show up."

Connor explained from another perspective. If the Manticore's intelligence was not high and he didn't think of using Yoyo as a hostage to try to restrain him, he might not be able to complete both tasks today.

"Besides, if you level up, won't you have more skill points? Then a great magician who can use advanced magic will be very powerful!"

Am I really useful? Youyou looked at Connor unconfidently. Under the encouraging gaze of this reliable adult male, she bowed deeply and ran to the unconscious manticore with her staff in hand.

"Well...thank you very much! ?(?ω?)ノ!"

The eagerness to use advanced magic prompted Youyou to use magic on the scorpion lion without hesitation. Part of the reason was that the scorpion lion's appearance was too ugly and was not as cute as the flying squirrel and the rabbit.

With the appearance of magic light, the scorpion lion completely stopped its life activities in a coma, and its soul was absorbed by Youyou, and the brightness of the adventurer's card suddenly increased.

call--

Youyou let out a long sigh, as if he had made up his mind, and took out the adventurer card from his pocket.

“Um... Connor... could you please come over here for a moment...?” Youyou waved at Connor, trying her best not to look at the glowing adventurer card.

"What's wrong? Is it because of insufficient experience or skill points?" Connor walked over puzzledly. He was busy checking whether there was any material on the scorpion lion that could be used. He was not going to eat this synthetic monster. He lost all appetite when he saw the human face.

“No, no, no… I…” Youyou twisted her legs slightly with the staff between her legs. She handed the adventurer card to Connor and said with her eyes closed, stammering, “I dare not look…”

When Youyou was in the Scarlet Devil Village, in order to save Huihui's sister Xiaomi from the devil, she had to use her advance skill points to learn intermediate magic to rescue her.

According to the tradition of the Red Demon Clan, most students can accumulate enough skill points to learn advanced magic by the time they graduate, but once they have learned magic, they must graduate early.

Even so, Youyou could only graduate as a magician who could use intermediate magic. The red demon students of the same period would occasionally look at Youyou with very surprised eyes.

Not being able to use advanced magic has become a problem for Youyou. After killing the advanced monster this time, Youyou has leveled up, but she is not so confident that she can accumulate enough skill points. Some adventurers with poor qualifications may even need a year to level up.

"Hehe... you have to be confident sometimes."

Connor didn't say anything. After taking Youyou's adventurer card, he immediately noticed the skill points on it. Some of them were accumulated by Youyou from using intermediate magic in the early stage, and some were brought by this level increase. There were a total of 32 skill points, which were completely enough for Youyou to light up the advanced magic.

"Upgraded? I upgraded!"

Youyou finally dared to open her eyes. She jumped up excitedly when she saw the abundant skill points on it, and pulled Connor's arm and shook it.

"I can finally use advanced magic!!!"

“Great☆(￣▽￣)/$:*!”

"Congratulations, the Red Demon Clan's greatest magician!" Connor gave warm applause at the right time.

Leaving Youyou there cheering, Connor quickened his movements and collected as much usable materials as possible from the griffin.

The beak, sharp claws and feathers of a griffin are all very useful. If given to a suitable alchemist or magician who makes magic props, they can be turned into new equipment to improve strength. Hearts and blood are also essential materials for certain research. The bodies of high-level monsters are full of treasures. Even the rewards for conquering them are nothing compared to the rewards for recovering the bodies of high-level monsters.

After finishing everything and spreading out the materials that needed to be dehydrated under the sun, Connor dipped his hands into the clear river water. After watching the blood stains of the griffin and scorpion lion on his hands float away along the river, he began to ponder the changes in himself.

This time, not only Youyou was upgraded, but he also gained enough experience from killing the cadres of the Demon King's army, the high-level monsters griffins and scorpion lions to upgrade.

However, the prism did not allow him to upgrade immediately, but instead put the + sign behind the already full experience bar.

Prism: Based on the learning outcomes of Prism, it will be more ceremonial if qualified people upgrade it themselves.

Connor looked at the transparent crystal that only he could see. Hey, you know what, you really have to say, the Prism, this magical intelligence, seems to be getting smarter and smarter.

Connor calmed his breathing, wiped his body a few times to dry the moisture, and then used his clean hands to touch the + that was emitting silver light.

An inexplicable wave surged from Connor's body, and the fatigue after the fierce battle with the griffin completely disappeared. His mental state was better than the effect of washing his face with holy water.

Prism: "Congratulations to the qualified one for his level upgrade! The best assassin master!"