In order to easily obtain more stone bullets, the cloud ray always hovers less than a hundred meters away from the mountain peak where it lives.
A confrontation started with the flying dragons.
Although it lacks intelligence, it possesses the survival instinct of living creatures and can easily judge the situation.
There are too many flying dragons. Once they enter a full-scale air battle, it is easy to lose sight of one and be eaten alive by the opponent.
On the contrary, this kind of confrontation is relatively beneficial.
Its floating characteristics mean that as long as it is not moved, its consumption will be very low, and it can maintain this state for several weeks.
Those flying dragons can't do that. Even if they keep circling with the help of wind, as long as they are in the air, they will consume a lot of energy. It won't take long for them to be tired and hungry.
The flying speed of cloud rays is obviously not half that of flying dragons and pegasus, but it can hunt them. It is a war of attrition, chasing them day and night, leaving them no time to rest, hunt and eat, and wait until they speed up After coming down, swallow them whole.
Unless necessary, they generally will not focus on these flying creatures. In comparison, the livestock groups on the ground are larger, easier to lock on, and easier to become tired.
Especially those in mountainous areas, flying has more advantages than running on the ground. It is easy to chase prey into desperate situations, and directly use telekinesis to drag them into their mouths without even landing on the ground.
It was the trio of thieves who broke the deadlock in the air battle.
After discovering that someone was approaching the Giant Peak, the cloud ray became obviously agitated and let out bursts of low roars from time to time, just like the strange roars made by strong winds blowing through narrow mountain caves.
Seeing the unusual reaction of the Cloud Ray, the trio of thieves became more excited and more energetic in climbing the Giant Stairs. This showed that they were right in their bet. The habitat where the Cloud Ray is located is just a lookout point for it, while the Giant Peak is its real destination. Lao Lao, there is only one reason why it reacted so violently - as a mother's instinct to protect her children.
"Damn it, there really is a giant palace here!"
"This palace must be at least twenty meters high, right? If I remember correctly, even the cloud giants and storm giants are only super large, and the highest is no more than ten meters, right? Who is living in this palace? Legend has it? The Titan in?"
"It must be the royal family among the giants who are qualified to live in such a palace. It is not impossible for the Titans to live there."
"How do we get up there?"
"Go inside the palace. There must be a way to climb to the top."
"It's true that there are ways to climb to the top, but there will probably be stone gates that only giants can push open. We don't have that much time. That cloud ray may go crazy at any time. Leave those flying dragons alone and run back to protect them. Your own eggs.”
"Use the simplest and most direct method, just put the hook rope and climb up. There are many platforms that can be used to borrow strength. Each of us carries a bundle of ropes, divided into three sections, which is enough for us to climb up."
"Then what are you waiting for? Climb..."
"Get out of the way, I'll come first, right here, ha... It's a success. Today, Ms. Taimora is on our side. I have heard the crisp sound of countless gold coins... Quick, quick, quick, Besca you Since your body is the lightest, you go up first to lay the second rope, Brinno comes second, and I take the rear."
"Okay, don't tighten the ropes after you come up. We have to follow them down later."
"You don't need to tell me, I know that a thief who doesn't leave himself a way out is not a good thief."
After the trio of thieves climbed up the last step of Giant's Peak, they were stunned by the sight in front of them.
Standing in front of them was a palace built for a giant of fifteen or six meters in height. It started at least twenty meters. In front of it, it felt as small as an ant.
The cloud ray's nest is on the top of this giant palace, because you can clearly see the various trees crisscrossed and covered with mud.
Didn’t you know that cloud rays use ready-made mud? Still like a bird, it mixes the mud with its own saliva.
But they were thieves, the kind with good professional qualities. How could they not have wall-climbing ropes on them? How could he not climb the wall?
This is their specialty.
It only took two or three attempts to hang the rope securely. When the last person came up, the second and third sections of rope were hung up respectively.
The most agile halfling thief took the lead, and soon his excited and shrill cry came from above, "Get rich, get rich, haha... one, two, three, four, five... five There are five cloud ray eggs here, haha... One million, this is one million gold coins, come on, come on, come up, the life-sustaining dimensional bag on me is only enough to hold two..."
The other two thieves could no longer hold back and rushed forward with agility. After seeing the situation in front of them clearly, they couldn't help but laugh with joy. This time, they took the right risk.
In the center of this cloud ray nest that looks like a bird's nest, there are five eggs placed in a circle, but their size is so amazing that even the tallest half-elf thief, let alone a halfling thief, can't stand in front of them. It is three points shorter and covered with cloud-like patterns and spots.
Just by looking at it, you can connect it with the cloud ray.
When they rushed over, the halfling thief had already climbed on top of a cloud ray egg. He didn't know how he did it. After all, the egg was so slippery that it was more than twice as tall as him.
He was putting a bag down on the giant egg.
What's strange is that this pocket didn't show any sign of expansion. Instead, the dome disappeared bit by bit.
This pocket is not an ordinary pocket, but a dimensional pocket.
To be precise, it is a life-sustaining dimensional bag specially tailored for creatures such as eggs and cubs.
Dimensional bags that are usually used to hold things have a constant vacuum nature. There are no basic elements for survival there. If eggs and cubs are put in, it will not take long to completely kill them.
This life-sustaining dimensional pocket is just the opposite. If it is used to hold ordinary items, it has many flaws. But if it is a living creature, everything here will change into an environment most suitable for their survival according to the creature that is put in it.
For example, a red dragon egg will turn into a high-temperature, dry magma pool.
If it is a black dragon egg, it will turn into a damp, cold saltwater pool, etc.
It is said that the Life Dimension Pocket was originally developed specifically for stealing dragon eggs. After all, the size of all dragon eggs is very amazing. If you want to steal them, you are afraid that you will be killed by an angry female dragon before you leave the dragon nest. When you find out, take a sip of Dragon Breath directly.
It is naturally impossible for a cloud ray with a super giant size to lay eggs as big as chicken eggs. If they are not prepared for this, it will not be easy for them to take it away.
If there is an extraordinary spellcaster, it might be a way to directly use teleportation to transport him along with him.
However, most spellcasters are unwilling to get involved in such dangerous tasks. Many monster lairs, especially dragon lairs, are prohibited from teleportation, shadow or ether travel.
This cloud ray nest is no exception. Ever since they set foot here, the ghost cloaks of the three thieves have been unable to be used.
However, this ability does not originate from the cloud ray nest, but from the giant palace below it.
Even though endless years have passed, this palace is not only still standing, but the magic effects on it are still taking effect.
Woo! Woo! Woo!
After the first cloud ray egg was passive, the cloud ray on the other side completely went berserk. Seven or eight boulders flew up from the ground. However, they were not thrown out, but circled back and forth around it, flying up and up as it did. And fly together.
It directly uses these boulders as protective weapons. Anyone who dares to approach it will need to face repeated bombardments from the boulders first.
Fortunately, this guy is a magic beast without intelligence. If it were an intelligent creature, it would definitely be a body-protecting artifact to create several spiked iron balls specially for itself.
"The waiting time is now, each flying dragon is responsible for solving one." A burst of orders in dragon language came from the group of flying dragons.
The flying dragons swirling around the cloud rays immediately roared and rushed forward in unison.
Without thinking, Cloud Ray hurled the boulder at the nearest target.
boom! boom! boom!
Rather than saying that the boulders hit the flying dragons, it is more appropriate to say that the flying dragons firmly grasped the boulders with their own feet.
They didn't care about the injuries on their bodies, desperately pulling on these boulders and flying away from the cloud rays.
From the beginning, Feilong's target was not the cloud ray, but the boulders around it. This was to help the real attackers clear the obstacles.
Woohoo!
A terrifying roar spewed out from the open mouth of the cloud ray. It was a huge bottomless pit, enough to swallow a mammoth.
What makes people's scalp numb is that its mouth is not toothless like a ray, but like a megalodon, full of criss-crossed sharp teeth, extending in circles to the deepest part of the black hole-like throat. , no one knows if there is more inside. Those who know are afraid that they have been cut into pieces and turned into the residue in its belly.
When the air in its body is squeezed and exhaled to the extreme, it takes a long breath.
The sound of inhaling was even more terrifying, fast and urgent. Not only was the air stirred, but even the magic power surged into its body like a tide. The flying dragon in front of it was sucked in on the spot. Like a little mouse in front of a vacuum cleaner, it involuntarily flew towards the big mouth of the cloud ray that could not be seen at a glance.
This is not just the suction of air, but also the telekinesis ability of this cloud ray, because this situation not only occurs on the flying dragon directly in front of it, but also on others, there is more or less a pulling force.
It simply gave up controlling those boulders, and instead prepared to operate on the flying dragon closest to its mouth, killing one of them first and then returning one of them.
According to its understanding of these monsters, once it swallows a few of them whole in front of them, they will be completely panicked and will not even bother to besiege them anymore and run away.
If this group of flying dragons were wild, this situation would most likely occur.
No, to be more precise, these flying dragons will not appear here and actively attack a cloud ray.
From beginning to end, these flying dragons are just a cover to attract the cloud ray's attention.
When the Cloud Ray launched its attack with all its means, the real main force had quietly landed on its back. Because the opponent's weight was so light, it didn't even notice it.
By the time it noticed it, huge figures had already appeared on its broad back.
"What is that? A tree man? How come a tree man appears on the back of a cloud ray out of thin air?"
"Needless to say, it must be a summoning spell such as summoning natural allies. Let me just say that I saw human figures on the backs of those flying dragons before. Now it seems that I was not wrong. These flying dragons are not wild, but It is man-made, and there is a powerful spellcaster directing all this behind the scenes."
"What exactly does this spell caster want to do? Since he can control so many flying dragons, even if his strength is not legendary, he must be a quasi-legend. If he wants to kill a cloud ray, he can just release lethal magic. , is it necessary to go to such trouble?"
"I'm afraid he doesn't just want to kill the cloud ray, but wants to try to tame the cloud ray like our future buyers, except that they start from the egg, and this caster is going to directly tame the cloud ray from the adult Take action."
"It's unbelievable, it's really unbelievable. I have never heard of tamed cloud rays in my life."
"If you haven't heard of it, it's because you are short-sighted. It doesn't mean that no one in this world can do it."
"Stop talking nonsense here, quickly put all the remaining cloud ray eggs into the pockets of the living dimension, and prepare to run away. No matter what the strong man wants to do, our current behavior is pulling teeth from the dragon's mouth, no matter it is Whether the cloud ray wins or the spell caster wins, we will not get good results from us, spitting out the cloud ray eggs is considered light."
"That's right... Oh my god, what's going on? Those tree men actually combined together and turned into a bigger tree man. It's unbelievable, it's really unbelievable, a giant tree man. Look at the tree man in his hand. That hammer is golden and can change its size. I think I know who is preparing to capture Cloud Ray."
"That is Ms. Strategy's artifact, the War Reaver. He is Ms. Strategy's chosen one, the pioneer of the Conqueror's Road, the Conqueror Gavin. With the Lord of Shadows above, we seem to have hit something big."
"Go, go, go, go quickly. If you don't go, it will be too late. No matter if he is Gavin the Conqueror or not, these cloud ray eggs are ours now. Even if the Lord of Shadows comes in person, he cannot let us spit out the treasure. come out."
The trio of thieves were shocked again by what happened to Yun Ray. First, five green rays of light flashed through, and five giant trees appeared on the back of Yun Ray.
Before Cloud Ray reacted, the five tree men were pieced together to form a larger tree man. The seventeen or eight meter tall figure actually matched the Cloud Ray, giving it the feeling of a giant Cloud Ray knight. .
When the other party released the hammer in his hand, they immediately recognized the other party's identity.
As a qualified thief, in addition to being clever and clever, there is another indispensable thing - a large amount of intelligence.
This conqueror who is in the limelight has few thieves in the Dragon Bay, especially the hammer in his hand, which is a newly released high-level artifact. The strategist lady ascended to the gods and tried to enter the plan. The symbol of plundering the priesthood is spreading across the entire Faerûn continent with the wind.
When the giant tree man and the hammer in his hand appeared, Cloud Ray's figure immediately stopped rising, but fell rapidly.
No matter how much the cloud ray flaps and struggles, it can't be shaken off its back.
The shape of the cloud ray is destined to prevent it from flipping and flying like other flying creatures. This is a unique skill for those flying creatures to shake off enemies on their backs.
The cloud ray only feels that the weight on its back is getting heavier and heavier. Even if it mobilizes the strength of the whole body and fills every inch of the body with the light cloud ray energy, the magic power wrapped around the body generates more powerful floating power, it still remains Unable to resist this huge pressure, he fell uncontrollably toward the ground, getting faster and faster.
The huge cloud ray's load-bearing capacity is terrifying. In terms of hundreds of tons, even if an ancient golden dragon wanted to press it from the clouds to the ground, it would not be an easy task.
But the hammer pressed against its back was even more sinister. It was a high-level artifact, and there was no one the same as it in Faerûn several times.
If he hadn't been afraid of killing it by accident, Gavin wouldn't have bothered Baal at all. He could just put the War Reaver on the back of the cloud ray and change it to its maximum size and weight. A thousand The weight of 200 tons was enough to crush the cloud ray and crashed on the spot.
He used this method to kill a divine incarnation, let alone a magical beast, even one with thirty hit dice.
Before the quasi-legend, it was easier to use life dice to measure combat effectiveness.
After all, many professionals have not yet fully developed their abilities and their combat effectiveness has not yet increased. Those monsters and beasts can also occupy a considerable advantage with their powerful physical abilities.
But when it comes to legends, and even in the future, it is not appropriate to simply use life dice to measure it, especially for magical beasts like cloud rays that lack intelligence, and their combat power cannot match their own life dice.
They lack the support of a large number of special abilities and the support of powerful magic equipment.
The combat effectiveness of a legendary warrior with bare hands and one armed with magic equipment of +3 or above is definitely not on the same level.
Compared with Gavin, who is wearing half a god costume, he is obviously not good enough.
Take this cloud ray for example. It has a full thirty hit dice, but it is not as difficult as imagined to kill it. It only requires a quasi-legendary adventure team with similar equipment (four to five people, professional Level 18 or above), is enough to do it.
But if it is artificially armed, its combat effectiveness can skyrocket.
Based on the series of abilities it has displayed, Gavin has thought of several ways to arm it, such as tailoring a set of mind control equipment for it, with the characteristics of spinning, recycling or automatic reloading, so that it can carry out close-range operations. Throwing an attack storm will greatly increase the difficulty of getting close to it.
The other is to increase the defensive power on its back and prevent the enemy from jumping directly onto its back to attack like you did.
This is its biggest shortcoming, and it is difficult to defend on its own.
(End of chapter)
