As he went deeper, Griffith discovered a collapsed and destroyed sinkhole and two bodies. There are still deliberately collected tree trunks and branches scattered around the pit, but the soil in the pit has been completely collapsed.
The hired hands seemed to have made careful plans in advance. They first dug a huge trap, covered it up and lured the mountain monster over. After the mountain monster fell into the trap, they launched an attack from above, but at this time something unexpected happened. The mountain monster used great force to dig up the soil in the pit, causing it to collapse. He successfully escaped and killed several hired workers.
Griffith thought about the current situation for a moment. Since the mountain monster fell into the trap and took revenge on the shooter, it means that the attack by the hired workers was successful at first, and it is possible that one of its eyeballs was shot out. The remaining people were not killed immediately, but continued to fight the mountain monster while moving.
These people are very brave! Griffith slightly admired that it would be very difficult for ordinary people to be able to flee without panic when facing a mountain monster, let alone fighting. Moreover, they had lost at least a third of their manpower, yet they could still continue to fight!
Griffith was actually a little afraid for a moment. Both the mountain monster and these hired workers are very cruel, and it is not safe to intervene rashly.
Thinking of this, Griffith was ready to run away. Before he could take action, another loud cracking sound erupted from the nearby woods, followed by a loud rumble heading in his direction.
Three hired workers covered in blood fled out of the woods in panic and fled in the direction of Griffith. The leader is holding a two-handed sword and is the leader of this group, Root. The two people beside him were holding axes and hatchets, both looking lost.
As soon as Root saw Griffith's figure, he immediately shouted: "Sir, help! Mountain monster!"
As soon as they finished speaking, the trees behind them were torn apart, and a thick tree trunk smashed into the head of the hired worker at the back.
"Bah!"
The hired worker turned into a ball of blood and mud and spattered away on the spot.
As flesh and blood splattered, a mountain monster rushed out of the dense forest with earth-shattering momentum! It is nearly four meters tall, as strong as a city wall, and its gray-brown skin is tough and full of wrinkles. There was a broken arrow stuck in its right eye, and there were many bloody wounds around its knees and neck.
Griffith weighed the throwing spear in his hand and threw it towards the knee of the troll's right leg with all his strength.
There was only a burst of sound that tore through the air, and the spear pierced through the mountain monster's knee like lightning. The giant beast howled and rolled directly to the ground.
My attack is so strong! ? Griffith was surprised for a while. He didn't expect that he could kill a mountain monster with one shot, but he quickly realized it. This mountain monster and the hired workers have been fighting for a long time, and there must be many injuries on the body. The employees probably also targeted its knees, eyes and other key locations. The accumulated injuries and Griffith's full blow just now directly broke the mountain monster's right leg.
When Root and his companions saw that the mountain monster was knocked down, their faces showed ecstasy. But before they could take a breath, the mountain monster was already roaring crazily.
It beat the ground violently, howling with pain and anger, lifting up the rocks under the soil with its hands, and smashed them towards the hired workers.
Root quickly dodged away. But his partner did not have such skill or luck. He was hit in the forehead by a stone and fell straight down.
The mountain monster with a broken leg grabbed the dirt and rushed forward, grabbing the hired worker's thigh and biting it directly.
Damn it! Griffith acted hurriedly, rushed towards the flank of the mountain monster with a throwing gun in hand, and shot towards the exposed waist and abdomen.
"Bang!" The spear hit deeply into the mountain monster's belly, and was stuck in the muscle.
"Sir, this monster's body is extremely strong," Root shouted to Griffith, "We have been attacking for a long time, but it is difficult to cause fatal injuries to it."
Griffith glanced at Root, who was covered in blood, and asked, "How many people are still alive?"
"Only now," Root shook his head with difficulty, "We found traces of this monster, and we followed it out of fear that it would attack the academy. We didn't expect it to be so terrifying."
"Did you shoot his eyes out?"
"Yes, Exu shot the mountain monster's right eye out, but was immediately retaliated against."
In a few words, the mountain monster had eaten most of the hired man's body. He patted his belly and turned around, looking at the two people in front of him with his small eyes.
There was half a crossbow arrow stuck in its right eye, and the socket of its left eye was also covered with wounds, and it could only barely open it. The joint of his right leg was broken, and blood was gurgling. He could only use his hands to support him and half-knelt on the ground.
But even so, this mountain monster is still very dangerous. Griffith estimated that his armor was as big as the mountain monster's millstone, and he was very sure that he could not withstand the mountain monster's blow.
"Let's retreat," Griffith said after thinking for a moment. "His movements have been restricted and he can't escape far in a short time. After returning to the academy, I will gather more people to kill him."
"Yes, sir." Root's face was covered in blood, and his expression could not be clearly seen, but his answer was simple.
The two immediately retreated in the direction they came from, preparing to escape over the thorns. The mountain monster actually followed up, chasing after it with both hands and its remaining leg.
This giant beast still had arrows and short spears stuck in its body. Both eyes were seriously injured, but the only remaining eye had a fierce look, which made people extremely frightened. Although Griffith has never killed a mountain monster, he has also fought giant wild bears with his comrades. After those beasts have their stomachs pierced, they will stuff the flowing intestines with grass and pursue the hunters relentlessly.
Griffith felt that he was quite cruel, and he did a lot of bad things when he was in the East. But the courage to not retreat but continue to risk his life after being seriously injured really made him a little worried.
The two of them ran all the way to the thorns, and the tree trunk that had been turned down to serve as a bridge was already in front of them.
Griffith was about to step onto the tree trunk when he suddenly felt a pain in his leg and immediately lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground. Root was seen cutting his leg with a two-handed sword, splitting his greaves and injuring his calf. He actually had the idea of killing Griffith here, and then stabbed his waist with a sword.
Griffith screamed something bad in his heart and hurriedly rolled to the side, narrowly avoiding the blow.
Root chased after him with his sword and slashed at Griffith's head. The mountain monster also noticed that its prey had stopped, showed a ferocious smile, and accelerated to pursue it.
Griffith drew his sword, deflected Root's blow, and asked while adjusting his breathing: "It seems that you have a reason to kill this mountain monster, but why did you attack me?"
Root didn't say anything, turned around and rushed towards the tree trunk on the thorns.
"Ouch——!" At the same time, a terrifying roar came, and Griffith had actually fallen into the range of the mountain monster's ability. Following this heart-rending roar, his brain became dizzy and his body became stiff.
As soon as the mountain monster succeeded, he raised the giant tree in his hand and smashed it down at the trainee knight.
"Goodbye, my friend," Root waved to Griffith as he ran, "I will avenge you soon!"
You're looking down on me too much. Griffith opened his palm and pressed down.
"Freeze under my power, Freeze Nova!"
Between the lightning and flint, an extremely cold ice blast hit Lute. Before he could see clearly what was going on, his feet were already frostbitten and congealed.
"Boom!" The mountain monster's heavy blow landed on the ground, splashing soil several meters high, but it also missed the target. Its huge hands and feet were covered with frozen ice, and it looked at it in disbelief.
Without saying a word, Griffith rushed up to the tree trunk despite his minor injuries, grabbed Root's shoulders and threw him down.
"No!"
Root screamed, and before he could stand up, a huge palm pressed down. Root was knocked into the ground on the spot, spitting out a mouthful of black blood.
The mountain monster raised his fist with a ferocious smile, and struck Lute with just one punch. His eyes were cracked and black beads burst out, as if a dyeing workshop had opened, with red, black, and purple all blooming out. Then, it grabbed Root's legs and tore them to both sides like a person tearing apart a roasted chicken.
Griffith is ready to go. The tree trunk under his feet was too heavy to be destroyed or lifted by him alone. Moreover, the mountain monster has also seen this road. It is hard to say whether he will follow the same example and pull out a few big trees as bridges to escape. Once it escapes from the forest, it will be dangerous to enter Homonworth late at night.
Seeing that the mountain monster was about to tear Root's body apart, Griffith took two steps back, sprinted forward along the trunk, and jumped up at the end.
The mountain monster who was tearing apart his prey suddenly heard the whistling of wind in his ears. Just when he was about to raise his head to look, Griffith had already passed sideways and stabbed the mountain monster's right ear with a throwing gun. In this position, the mountain monster's right eye has been shot out, and its right leg has been broken, making it difficult to detect and react in time.
"Bang!"
Griffith used the power of his jump to spin around in the air, and stabbed the sharp spear into the mountain monster's defenseless right ear. It felt as if it had been pierced into the core of a tree, and the raw feeling that penetrated the brain tissue also spread along the barrel of the gun.
The huge mountain monster was suffocated, and the hands holding Root loosened their grip. Its remaining ferocious left eye turned up to reveal the white of its eye, and its big mouth, still dripping with saliva, was open.
Hit it hard! Griffith put away his gun and landed, ready to launch the final blow.
At this moment, a huge and weird bison silhouette suddenly appeared behind the mountain monster. The cold breath of death enveloped its body, and it charged towards the mountain monster menacingly.
Griffith was shocked and hurriedly stepped back, only to see its soul-like phantom appear behind the mountain monster that was hit by the bison's phantom. It let out a scream under the brutal collision, and then the pieces shattered.
This ferocious mountain monster just stood there frozen, as if it had lost its soul and turned into a rock. After about a minute, it slowly fell to one side, splashing a piece of dirt with a roar.
It should have been killed. Griffith drew his sword, carefully walked around the mountain monster's head from behind, and slashed it down on its neck. Not only did this sword fail to chop off the mountain monster's head, it almost bounced the long sword out of his hand. The thick skin on the back of the neck where the chop was made only slightly tore, and no vital parts were injured at all.
To be so tyrannical. With the mountain monster's vitality and extraordinary strength, even a Shutoral team may not dare to challenge it head-on.
However, Root and several hired workers not only found the mountain monster's lair hidden near the college, but also successfully led it into a trap and injured it. If it weren't for their previous battle, Griffith would have had no choice but to flee for his life in front of the mountain monster.
Root's body was thrown aside, almost torn in half, and he had lost his life. But why did he insist on killing the mountain monster here, even at the cost of trying to murder Griffith?
The intelligence currently available is that these employees are trying to please Kroger and become regular employees of Homemonworth. However, Homemon Watts's selection criteria are also quite strict, and daily work on the farm alone is obviously not enough for them to pass the examination.
From Homemon Watts' point of view, after capable temporary employees kill the mountain monster, they are nothing more than rewarded with money and formal employee status. Griffith believes that if it is purely for money, these employees do not need to risk their lives to fight the mountain monster. They can report to the school and receive a large bonus. The reason why they tried to get extra points by killing the mountain monster, Root even chose to try to kill Griffith at the last minute to prevent him from escaping and asking for help from the school, probably because they wanted to take over the credit of killing the mountain monster.
After all, killing the mountain monster with his own hands and discovering the mountain monster are completely different from each other, and the school will most likely grant him official employee status for this reason.
But is being a regular employee worth taking such a big risk? What exactly do they want to do when they enter Homemonworth.
Several broken clues are like a puzzle, with key information missing and unable to be connected.
Griffith came to Root's side and prepared to examine his body. The man who had just been torn apart by the mountain monster fell to the muddy ground, his limbs already twisted. An extremely ominous feeling lingered in Griffith's mind, as if urging him to escape from here.
Why...why would he try to kill me, the reinforcement? The first reason was naturally because he didn't want me to escape and call for help and prevent him from killing the mountain monster. But……
But with his strength, how could he kill this mountain monster? How dare he face a mountain monster alone?
Griffith reached out to Root's body in confusion. A thought suddenly came to my mind——
Could it be said that this Root has some kind of trump card, some kind of trump card that cannot be known and must be used without witnesses? !
"Snapped!"
Suddenly, Root's right hand bounced. He was already face down on the ground, but his right hand was swung back at a weird angle, as if the shoulder and elbow joints did not exist, and he held Griffith's outstretched right hand with his backhand.
"ah!"
Griffith was startled by this unexpected sight. Although he has been tested in battles for a long time, the scene before him was too shocking and completely beyond the scope of common sense.
Root, who had been torn apart, twisted his back and acted like a normal person's front, with his arms and legs stretched and raised very naturally. His legs hooked around Griffith's knees, and his two arms grabbed his hands and armor.
At the same time, in the eyes of the horrified Griffith, an even more incredible and terrifying scene appeared.
The scarf wrapped around the back of Root's head suddenly squirmed, revealing the outline of a human face, and he chuckled at Griffith.
This crazy and terrifying scene was truly unheard of. Griffith had never seen such a scene even in his most absurd nightmares. His mind was in chaos, and fear instantly overcame his will, scaring him out of his wits.
Griffith began to struggle wildly. He has lost his mind and only wants to escape from this monster.
Root's body was wrapped tightly around Griffith, as if it was hanging on him, and there was no way to get rid of it. As Griffith rolled and struggled, the hood on the back of Root's head fell off.
On what should be a smooth bald head, there is a hideous and twisted human facial sore. The grotesque and vicious wounds resembled eyes, noses and mouths, staring at Griffith as they oozed pus. Suddenly, what seemed to be the mouth opened, revealing sharp fangs and biting the trainee knight's neck.
The frightened Griffith burst out with rare strength. While pushing the monster that was about to bite him, he pulled out a dagger and stabbed the monster randomly.
Finally, the monster was thrown out. But it just landed, crawling on the ground on all fours like an insect, and jumped towards Griffith again.
Griffith screamed, rolled towards the enemy, picked up the fallen sword and prepared to fight to the death. Suddenly, a hoarse and terrifying scream erupted next to him. The voice was not human, and hiss was so horrifying that it made people stand on end.
When this monster pounced on Griffith, it missed the target and plunged into the black thorns ahead. The sharp thorns immediately pierced its flesh, and the surrounding thorns surrounded it as if they had gained life, entangling the monster tightly.
Root's body was splattered with blood like a squeezed orange. The thorns gathered more and more, and finally wrapped Root like a ball of thread.
The human-faced sore on the back of the head howled at Griffith, then spit out blood foam and organ fragments. Its body is also getting smaller and smaller. Finally, the thorns sucked its flesh and blood, turning from black to blood red before slowly letting go. Root's body also turned into a tattered human skin with two faces hanging on thorns and floating in the wind.
Griffith looked at the mountain monster on the ground in horror, then at the nearby bloody thorns and the human skin hanging on the thorns, and his teeth trembled involuntarily.
