"I sensed the presence of a large group of Advanced Beasts!" Dos in Roland's arms suddenly spoke from far away.
"Those griffins are on the southern foothills of the Grey Mountains! The mountains can block the north wind there!" Roland nodded after recalling the intelligence report.
"Conceal your auras!" Roland communicated through Mental Power with all the Dragon Riders and dragons. Griffins were also high-level magical beasts, possessing ample intelligence and combat strength. The dragons' flamboyant auras would be detected by the griffins without fail! A single dragon might not alarm them, but if a group of dragons flew over, the griffins would definitely flee unless they were idiots!
"Understood!" The Dragon Riders nodded one after another, while the two dragons flying alone obediently restrained their Dragon Might as well. The oppressive feeling in the air vanished at once, as if everything had disappeared without a trace.
At that moment, in a valley of the Grey Mountains, groups of griffins sheltered in warm caves according to their families. Griffins large and small huddled together atop soft dry grass that insulated them from the cold. More than a dozen caves scattered throughout the valley were filled with griffins, and some had even been excavated by the griffins using their own abilities! However, not all the griffins lived in caves. Some hid in withered trees, using dead branches to build enormous spherical nests for themselves. Nests with their backs to the wind could also ward off the biting cold.
The former spectacle of griffins constantly taking flight and landing was nowhere to be seen. Only a few diligent adult griffins took turns standing guard. A huge adult male griffin laboriously carried over a subadult wild bull in its beak, and the loud crash as it landed startled the dozing sentries.
"Shriek!" A