Pursuit
Roy was jolted awake to find a longsword hanging above his head. In his panic, he reached for the Hammer of Judgment Book on his right and held the bronze-bound Hammer of Judgment Book to his chest.
The longsword struck the cover of the Hammer of Judgment Book, sparking a series of flashes.
Roy quickly rolled to his left, and the Elf Headhunters named Phil plunged his longsword into Roy's wolfskin rug, just past his arm.
Phil was also extremely agile; he missed with his sword and then immediately drew it and swept it horizontally.
The longsword immediately sliced a large hole in the marching tent, and Roy, clutching the prayer book, was forced into a corner.
Phil gripped his longsword and slashed at Roy's throat.
Roy raised the Hammer of Judgment Book again, Phil's longsword, skimming the Hammer of Judgment Book, sliced towards Roy's four fingers on his right hand. Roy had no way to dodge...
The Elf Headhunters Phil finally revealed a hint of joy at his impending success.
The thrill of the hunt is especially intense when you are about to kill an elf.
He even wanted to squint and wait for that moment to arrive, but before his longsword could cut off Roy's finger, the Hammer of Judgment Book suddenly burst forth with a blinding array of divine runes. Phil then saw a Holy Light Hammer fly out from the holy light. This silver-handled hammer flew out from the pages of the Hammer of Judgment Book and instantly landed on his chest.
Phil felt as if he had been struck in the chest with the full force of Dwarf Warhammer; he could even clearly feel his sternum cracking.
A warm liquid welled up from his throat, forcing him to open his mouth. Thick blood flowed from his mouth, and he subconsciously wiped his mouth with his hand, which was covered in sticky blood.
He found himself unable to breathe, and his body involuntarily fell backward, crashing straight to the ground.
The headhunter captain chose Woods as his target for the ambush, and Woods ' tent was located right in the center of the seven tents.
The headhunter captain felt that Woods was the most threatening young elf in the Adventure Group, not only because of his strong physique, but also because of the wildness he possessed in the jungle.
He moved with the gait of a cheetah, silently approaching the tent, and pulled out a dagger from his boot. The headhunter captain could hear the even breathing inside the tent...
Just as the dagger in his hand was resting on the tent flap, the headhunter captain felt the tent flap suddenly part, and a giant bear rushed out, its furious eyes fixed on him, and a bear paw with sharp claws swept toward his chest.
The headhunter captain staggered backward, but unfortunately, he couldn't completely dodge the giant bear's sweeping attack. The bear's paw struck his left shoulder, instantly tearing four gashes in the leather armor on his shoulder, from which bright red blood flowed.
The headhunter captain gripped the dagger in one hand and, with a reverse grip, also made a cut on the giant bear's paw.
The giant bear, weighing nearly a thousand pounds, slammed down on the headhunter, who rolled on the ground repeatedly to avoid its fierce attack.
The giant bear let out a deep roar.
'roar...'
After rolling twice, the headhunter captain scrambled to his feet. He had initially thought he had encountered a formidable opponent, and that he could simply wait for his companions to deal with the other elves so that they could work together to kill the giant bear.
He glanced furtively at Phil, who was carrying out an assassination mission in the outermost tent. Phil had actually fallen out of the tent and landed flat on his back.
Blood kept gushing from Phil's mouth, and a huge dent was punched into his breastplate.
Startled, the headhunter captain snapped back to reality and rolled to the side again, avoiding the bear's claws.
Screams of agony came one after another from Sam's side...
Sabrina and Moira chased after Sam from the tent, Moira's Thrust Sabre was stuck in Sam's calf.
The phantom of the Sword Dancer behind Sabrina was mimicking her movements, its Dual Swords aimed at Sam's neck.
The headhunter captain was terrified and immediately thrust his dagger at Sabrina, forcing Sabrina to shift her target to him. Sam, dragging his injured leg, kept backing away.
These headhunters were all skilled warriors, but they hadn't expected the young people in the Adventure Group to be so powerful...
They misjudged the opponent's strength, their sneak attack failed, and they were at a disadvantage in every aspect.
Proda tightened a rope around Klayr's neck; if she held on for just one more minute, she could strangle the already powerless Silver Moon Elf to death...
Klayr's face turned as red as a pig's liver, and he tried to grip the rope tightly with both hands, but the rope had already strangled his neck.
He couldn't even utter a cry for help; his feet were clutching the warm fur Sleeping Bag, and all he could manage were heavy breathing sounds...
Klayr felt like her eyes were about to bulge out of their sockets, and she anticipated a strong wave of dizziness.
Just then, from the nearby tent, Miss Tiffany emerged from the water tank and rapidly drew a Magic Rune Array with her hands. The clear water in the tank gathered in front of her and then transformed into a giant wave that surged out of her tent. The giant wave directly overturned Klayr's tent, knocking Proda and Klayr to the ground at the same time.
Headhunter Proda emerged from the marching tent, soaking wet. Before he could even dodge, an Ice Bullet exploded on him, instantly covering him in a thick layer of ice, leaving his limbs stiff with cold.
Miss Tiffany was wearing a camisole nightgown, her upper body protruding from the tent, and she was holding an Ice Spear in her hand.
The reason she didn't crawl out of the tent was because her lower body was still a fishtail...
Klayr took the opportunity to break free of the ropes and climb out of his tent, which had been overturned by the waves, clutching his neck and breathing in the fresh air.
At this moment, Kaka also drew his Hunting Knife and ran out of the tent. He saw the Elf Headhunters whose body was covered in frost, and he crept up from behind him. Just before the ice shell on Proda's body broke, he stabbed Proda in the lower back with his Hunting Knife.
They had barely made contact when two headhunters were already taken down by the young elves of the Adventure Group...
The headhunter captain protected Sam, and faced with Sabrina's overwhelming offensive, he was forced to retreat step by step.
"Sam, let's run..."
Seeing that things were going badly, the headhunter captain shouted to Sam behind him.
Sam's calf was riddled with a bloody hole from Moira's Thrust Sabre, and he was limping as he ran away.
As the headhunter captain blew his whistle, four argali sheep with giant horns on their heads rushed out from the darkest part of the forest. Two slightly injured Elf Headhunters skillfully jumped onto the sheep's backs. The sheep dodged Woods ' giant bear, Miss Tiffany's Ice Spear, and Sabrina's ambush. After several leaps and bounds, they fled westward.
The camp was a complete mess...
Klayr's tent, in particular, looked as if it had been flooded and then frostbed.
Klayr, wearing a wet nightgown, squatted in the puddles, retrieving sheet music that had been soaking in the water. The ligature mark on his neck was very noticeable.
Kaka wanted to summon the griffin to chase after the two escaped headhunters, but Roy stopped him.
Woods crawled into the tent, and as the tent slowly lowered, Woods ' body gradually transformed into the form of an elf.
Woods changed into a linen shirt, came out of the tent, looked at the mess on the ground, and said angrily to Roy, "Damn it, these guys actually dared to come looking for us."
Roy walked over to Klayr, first looking at the bruises on his neck, and then breathed a sigh of relief when he found that it was just some bruising.
"They must have found us in that forest and followed our footprints up here..."
"So if you ask me, in the jungle, we don't even know if we are the prey or the hunter... We must take the initiative!" Klayr's voice was a little hoarse, but her emotions were relatively stable.
"Then let's go after them... We'll catch up with them tomorrow morning. They dared to reach out to us, so let's capture them all and bring them back to Rampart Town!" Roy said angrily.
He then walked up to the injured elf, sat on a tree root, looked at the injured elf's somewhat agitated face, and asked, "Could you tell me about those Elf Headhunters, anything you know?"
"I don't know where they came from. More than half a year ago, they suddenly appeared on the Pagisto Plateau. Maybe they were there before, but we just didn't notice them. They didn't attack us either..." the injured elf said to Roy.
"In the past six months, they have become the strongest armed force on the Pagisto Plateau. Normally, the mine owners don't dare to provoke these headhunters. I estimate that they have at least dozens of headhunters under their command. They are not only ruthless and cruel, but each headhunter also has rich experience in jungle survival."
Upon hearing the injured elf say that the headhunting gang actually had dozens of members, Roy hesitated slightly.
"They came down from the plateau this time, and it should only be a small team," the injured elf said again.
Roy didn't bother to tidy up the messy camp. Instead, he spread out a map, a ball of holy light rose up, and looked at the distance from here to the border of the Pagisto Plateau.
"Then we'll find a way to intercept them before they return to the Pagisto Plateau," Roy said.
Two Elf Headhunters ' corpses remained in the camp. One corpse had its heart shattered by Roy's Hammer of Judgment, and the other had been frozen solid by Miss Tiffany, with Kaka finishing it off from behind.
Roy had a history of killing, so he didn't react strongly when he killed an Elf Headhunters.
Miss Tiffany had also killed the Half-Elf Abbott, so she felt no guilt.
Kaka, who was following behind to finish off the attackers, didn't react at all.
In the Adventure Group, only Moira hadn't had this experience, and Miss Tiffany kept comforting Moira.
Woods and Klayr dug two large pits in the woods, then wrapped the two unfortunate Elf Headhunters in linen and buried them under the two trees.
Roy also scraped a clean spot on the tree trunk. He didn't know the names of the Elf Headhunters Elf Headhunters, so he could only carve their profiles on the tree!
After all this commotion, a morning star quickly appeared on the horizon, and at the same time, a hint of dawn appeared on the sky.
When it was still barely dawn, Kaka rode his griffin into the sky...
He didn't want to release the remaining Elf Headhunters back to the Pagisto Plateau, so he needed to know their whereabouts as soon as possible.
Kaka rode his griffin and flew around twice in the sky. Soon he spotted the Elf Headhunters in a grove of trees.
After discovering the headhunters with the children, Kaka rode his griffin back to the Adventure Group's temporary gathering place.
"Roy, I've found their headhunters..."
Kaka took advantage of the griffin's low altitude and jumped off its back, landing steadily on the ground.
Roy gathered the Adventure Group members together and began assigning tasks.
Actually, Roy was still hesitating about this matter yesterday evening, wondering whether he should provoke this trouble. Sabrina advised him not to provoke this trouble, so he went to the battlefield to check the situation on site.
Unexpectedly, they managed to save a seriously injured elf. Roy had been hesitant because he heard that the hunters had captured a group of elf children.
It wasn't until the headhunters raided the camp that Roy felt he should teach them a lesson, lest they get used to it and always have to come down from the plateau.
The injured elf must remain in the camp, and no one will stay to take care of him.
The Adventure Group members all mounted their horses. Guided by Kaka, they headed straight for the headhunters who were preparing to return to the Pagisto Plateau ...
The road was difficult to travel, so Kaka could only lead everyone to avoid the woods as much as possible and speed forward on the grassy hillside.
Sabrina rode her horse at the very front the whole way.
Her riding skills were the best in the Adventure Group, and she was also the Adventure Group's heavy armored warrior, so it was only natural that she should be at the front.
Her flowing long hair reflected a soft golden light in the sunlight...
The headhunters were also on their way, but they were moving very slowly.
Their group included not only a bunch of elf children but also several stowaways. By the time they realized Roy's Adventure Group was catching up from behind, Roy and his group were less than 500 meters away from them.
There was a very gentle grassy slope in front of us...
Roy urged his warhorse to run faster, but Sabrina still took the lead and charged ahead.
The headhunters also spotted the young elves catching up from behind. They realized that the highland argali sheep couldn't outrun the warhorses on these barren slopes. Seeing the Adventure Group rapidly approaching, the headhunter captain ordered everyone to stop.
Then he turned around, drew his weapon, and faced off against the Adventure Group who were chasing after him.
The battle between the two sides was about to erupt on this nameless grassy slope.
Sabrina, dressed in a set of Dwarf Chain Mail, charged forward first, and Serugi Longsword, the Heavy Sword even carrying a faint white Sword Qi.
At the same time, Woods also abandoned his horse, pounced into the grass, and when he raised his head again, he transformed into a giant bear, lunging out with his claws to grab the face of a headhunter.
The headhunters lined up on the grassy slope, each holding a longsword. They did not dismount from the argali sheep, but instead rode on their backs to confront the Adventure Group.