The stream of light swirled around Griffith. The fourth-level frost spell is embodied in a crystal blue ice shield. He rushed into the cockroach wave at the first opportunity.
These huge bugs jumped up and rained down on his shield, sending out tooth-itching bites.
His ice shield quickly disintegrated, exploding into overwhelming ice fragments that swept in all directions, tearing apart a splash of sap fragments in the insect swarm.
Very good and effective.
Griffith turned and shouted to the elf: "I can repel them, you stay mobile and use your bow and arrow... Hey!"
Galadia did not respond to his thoughts, but stood there, chanting and praying unhurriedly, and raised the arrows in her hands to the sky.
Powerful psychic energy and captivating pressure surged toward her, enveloping her in beautiful light and shadow. Her sharp edge locks the approaching giant monster, and with one full blow, it can be severely damaged or even destroyed.
She chants the true name of the deity, asking for attention and protection.
"Lord of the woods and cliffs,
"The graceful and swift king of the elements,
"Guardian of freedom and adventure,
"Grant me...ah, Griffith!"
Before she finished singing slowly, a big cockroach had already pounced on her from somewhere else, jumped on her body and hands and started biting her.
Galadia screamed immediately. The cockroach bit her wrist, tearing open the delicate skin.
Griffith immediately put on his shield and rushed over. The cooling time of the streamer shield was not up yet, so he could only knock down a few flying cockroaches, throw an ice wall behind him, pick her up and rush outside.
Sudden wind pressure swept over him, and the monster threw the giant scythe in the direction of their escape, tearing apart the ice wall and hitting his back with irresistible force.
"Bang!"
The two of them bounced out like a hit billiard ball.
Griffith almost lost consciousness under the heavy blow, and his mind went blank.
Although the vanguard shield and ice wall once again blocked the attack from behind, the aftermath of the terrifying power still hurt him to the core.
He tried to stand up, but it became difficult to even support himself.
Galadia rolled on the ground a few times, but fell out of the circle of cockroaches. She was stunned and immediately wanted to help her companion who was beaten and unable to stand up.
"Griffith, let me help you!" She said while chanting the auxiliary spell.
"Get back," Griffith suddenly had extremely bad memories in his heart. He roared, scaring the ashamed elf to take a step back. "Get back to the ditch over there, immediately!"
The elf behaved now and immediately ran to the ditch not far away.
The fierce monster stalked closer, reaching out to Griffith who was still lying on the ground, ready to crush him.
The moment its big hand approached, the trainee knight on the ground turned into a ball of flying bats, passing over the elf's head and rushing into the canal.
…
"Bah!"
The iron boots crushed a cockroach as big as a mouse, exploding its internal organs with colorful juices.
Galadia supported the dizzy Griffith and fled together in the ditch. Relying on the narrow terrain, the swarming cockroaches were forced to crowd into a ball.
Griffith threw a bottle of secondary deceleration potion from behind, slowing down the swarm of insects, and then fled in panic.
The giant also chased after him, running through the dense swarm of insects in pursuit. But the space here is cramped. Whenever it is approaching, Galadia will stop and shoot enchanted arrows to knock it back or slow it down for a few seconds.
After repeated delays like this, after a long period of tug-of-war, the cockroaches that caught up from behind shrank back like a receding tide.
The mottled and dilapidated environment has changed again. The rust on the buildings and vegetation began to peel off, restoring the appearance of the past.
"The duration of this time has doubled compared to the time when the first vision occurred." Galadia supported Griffith and asked him to sit down and rest.
"Yes." The trainee knight nodded after taking a breath during the escape, took out some physical supplements and drank them, taking two bites of bitter chocolate while drinking.
"I'm sorry," Galadia admitted her mistake like a child who had done something wrong. "I shouldn't have stood there and chanted. I should have stayed mobile as you said."
"Well, that's good to know," Griffith said rudely, "Continue to summarize, you have two more serious mistakes."
"Why are there only two more?"
Griffith sighed: "We have known each other for a long time, went on adventures together, and met almost every day, and now we have fallen into such a dangerous sealed object together.
"As good friends and comrades-in-arms, shouldn't we be honest and share key information? It's wrong for you to hide information about this trial from me."
"What's wrong!" Galadia protested, "That matter is not closely related to this trial! It's not important at all."
"Oh, which thing?"
The elf's face was so red that it was about to burn. Her eyes drifted left and right, embarrassed and ashamed: "It's not a big deal anyway. Who doesn't have a little secret!"
Under Griffith's bright eyes, she began to feel guilty, holding her head and shouting:
"I won't tell you! Even if I die here, I won't tell you!
"Tell me, what else did I do wrong!"
Speaking of this, Griffith became even more angry. He picked up the ugly chocolate bar and patted her on the head:
"Why isn't chocolate sweet!?"
…
"Can it be understood that as the frequency of the phenomenon increases, the duration and even the strength of the monster increase." Griffith walked quickly in the water-filled underground tunnel, while carefully alerting his surroundings.
After resting for a while, the two continued to explore.
"It's possible that this is the world inside the sealed object, with its own independent rules and logic. Blame me, blame me. If we had done as you said, we would have probably achieved results in the last wave," the elf girl followed dejectedly, "I'm sorry. Well~"
I don’t know if she was apologizing for her futility during the battle or for the chocolate. Griffith glanced at her, wishing it was chocolate so he could have something better next time.
Having said that, actual combat has once again proven that even though Galadia is extremely talented, her physical fitness is not high, which means her ability to resist damage and strikes is quite average. Whether it was a goblin or a cockroach at the feet of the monster just now, they could easily cause substantial damage to her in an unarmored and unshielded state.
"We don't need to kill this monster," Griffith thought for a while, "Try to find out the secret hidden in this village, or the secret of this monster, invalidate the sealed object, and complete your trial. "
"Well," Galadia nodded, "What's going on with this aqueduct? Why are there such long tunnels in mountain villages? Are they trying to bring down mountain springs? It's too labor-intensive."
"It's a bit hard to imagine compared to a small mountain village." Griffith stamped his feet on the hard ground.
When avoiding the monster's attack, the two of them hid in an inverted trapezoidal tunnel. The villagers piled stones around the walls to prevent the flowing water from seeping into the soil, and to preserve as much as possible for irrigation.
"This will cost a lot of money and labor..."
The canal seems to be winding around the village. Griffith walked for a while and found that there were several stone steps leading upward.
In front of the exit, the two of them saw the village office and the notice board again.
"warn.
"Master Ennaze Victim is nowhere to be found, and we all know who committed this crime. The Village of Taunt is in danger, but it will not succumb to violence and terror.
“The acting village chief called on all villagers to arm themselves.
"The village meeting vote will still be held at 6 o'clock tonight at the Dilong Altar. Based on the original village relocation motion, the village office will add a motion:
“We will search for and kill the criminals who threaten the tranquility of the Taunt Village.
"Village Hall (Seal)."
Galadia looked at the notice with a solemn expression. "We don't have much time. If a fight breaks out between the villagers and the suspect, the truth about the formation of the sealed object will come to the final stage. Let's move to the Earth Dragon Altar."
What a strange name, Earth Dragon...
Griffith asked, "What is an earth dragon?"
"Remote villagers will worship some reclusive mythical creatures and regard them as gods." Galadia said, "In fact, it is often a Sequence 6 monster with extraordinary power and certain telepathic abilities. I have some guesses, But it still needs to be confirmed.”
Griffith thought for a while. His specialty was planning, organization and action, and he was not good at decryption and mysticism. He could only ask: "What do you think of this giant monster?"
"First of all, the world of sealed objects is not a fictitious scene." Galadia pulled him quickly away from the small square of the village hall and continued to inspect the houses in the village. "The illusions of the villagers and the images of monsters are all projections of reality. Judging from the farmland, this is a village where rice is the main food, which is not very common in your kingdom. The residents like to be neat and tidy, and their aesthetics prefer a fresh and elegant style, is that right?"
Griffith nodded: "Well, this generation may have this custom in the hilly areas."
"In this case, the image and style of the monster should be incompatible with the villagers." The elf girl nimbly jumped onto the roof of the wooden house and looked at the village from a high place. "The idea we have been searching in the village just now is wrong. Monster. He is a burly and ferocious man. Even if the image shown in front of us is distorted by the power of the sealed object, his body should be incompatible with other villagers, and his residence should be relatively remote. Well, there! I can smell it The faint smell of blood comes with the wind, and there is also an unknown aura surging there."
Griffith followed the elf jumping on the roof and ran towards the northwest corner of the village. Opposite a paddy field, he saw a lonely wooden house.
Under the eaves of the wooden house, two naked things were shaking.
"What's that at the door? A corpse?" Griffith thought of the missing village chief and gentleman, and his heart suddenly tightened.
"It is indeed a corpse, but it is different from what you think." The elf nimbly jumped down from the roof and landed next to the trainee knight. "Those are two pigs. The owner of the wooden house is a butcher."
Fat pigs that had been bled and eviscerated were hung on sharp hooks. The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the white pork, and there is half-drunk rice wine on the wooden table on one side.
Galadia kicked open the door of the cabin and rushed in. Griffith followed closely and started searching quickly.
The wooden house is very spacious and the furnishings are very simple. It can be seen that the owner of the wooden house is a very tall single man. There were no wooden boards on the floor of the wooden house, and the strong smell of blood and ubiquitous greasiness made the sensitive elf lose his way at once.
"There should be a cellar and a darkroom here," Galadia held her nose and sat on a relatively clean chair, watching the trainee knights busy around. "We can't search here for too long. Where are you going?"
Griffith walked out carrying a few barrels, and soon filled them with well water and returned to the cabin.
"What are you doing? Ah!" The elf tilted his head and watched Griffith lift the bucket and splash the water on the ground. Dust and oil stains were splashed everywhere, and the frightened elf hurriedly jumped onto a wooden table.
"It takes too much time to search the ground piece by piece. We used this method to search basements and secret vaults in the East." Griffith kept picking up well water and splashing it on the ground, and then observed the flow of water traces with satisfaction. .
"That's an idea." Galadia frowned, looked at the water stains and then at her companions, and said with a strange look, "Hey~ I understand... You are so skilled, you have done a lot of housebreaking and robbery. Is that true? Are you actually a bad guy?"
I'll probably be deducted a few more points~ Griffith didn't explain, he just paid careful attention to the ground. Soon, he found his target:
"over there!"
