Ambush

In the cold rain, the headhunter captain regained his composure from the initial panic, raised his scimitar, and slashed down at Roy's chest.

Behind the headhunter captain, a phantom image of a large demon wielding a scythe appeared. The large demon also raised its scythe high, mirroring the headhunter captain's movement, and slashed down at Roy's body.

In an instant, three Ice Shield enveloped Roy, Roy simultaneously raised his scepter, which radiated holy light, to block the headhunter captain's scimitar.

The phantom demon brought down its giant scythe, but the moment it touched Roy, the scythe instantly solidified...

The giant scythe struck Roy's head, splitting a gash in his hard leather helmet. But before the blade could even touch Roy, it was dispelled by the holy light surging from his body. Even the phantom behind the headhunter captain dimmed, becoming almost transparent.

Roy felt a heavy blow to his head and his body fell backward uncontrollably.

Klayr, who rushed up from behind, caught him firmly. The headhunter captain took a half step forward, deflected the Long Dagger from Klayr's hand, and thrust his curved blade at the two men.

This is the absolute crushing power of a first-tier warrior over an ordinary warrior.

Although Roy is Priest and possesses some divine magic, he is weaker than the headhunter captain in both strength and speed...

More importantly, Roy has not yet mastered his own momentum. The headhunter captain just unleashed the power of 'momentum', which is why he dealt Roy a head-on blow.

When the scimitar pierced the Ice Shield, its speed slowed down slightly.

Roy still had a Hammer of Judgment Book hanging from his left arm. He held Hammer of Judgment Book horizontally in front of him, using it to block the headhunter captain's pursuit...

When the headhunter captain realized that Roy was not as strong as himself, he took the opportunity to bump Roy with his shoulder when the scimitar was pressed down on him. Roy was backed by Klayr, and the scimitar in his hand was firmly pressed down by the scimitar, so he had no way to avoid it.

The headhunter captain, wearing shoulder guards with spikes, bumped into Roy's shoulder with all his might, causing both Roy and Klayr to fall backward at the same time, rolling around in a messy heap.

Although Roy's Magic Inscription Construct was fully activated, even with these reinforcements, Roy still couldn't withstand the Headhunter Captain's impact...

After rolling around on the waterlogged grass a few times, Roy struggled to get out of the mud.

Klayr was also covered in mud...

The headhunter captain charged toward Roy through the mud, intending to finish him off with a stab to both Roy and Klayr before dealing with the giant bear.

At this moment, Sabrina and Woods were already engaged in a fierce battle with the headhunters, with Woods' massive body at the front.

Sabrina, wielding the Serugi Longsword, slashed at a headhunter, sending him staggering backward...

Only Roy's side looks to be in grave danger.

The headhunter captain rushed up to finish him off, but his curved blade was once again blocked by the Hammer of Judgment Book as he swung it down.

Roy quickly chanted a spell...

The headhunter captain clearly didn't understand what Roy was saying, and he had never fought a Priest before, so he lacked experience in this area.

He was clearly slow to react to Roy's spell.

By the time he realized something was wrong, a Holy Light Hammer had already appeared in front of him; that hammer had flown out of the Hammer of Judgment Book.

At that moment, the headhunter captain was right next to Roy, and the moment the hammer flew out, it was destined that he would not be able to dodge it.

He only managed to sidestep to avoid being hit in the chest and head; the small hammer struck the headhunter captain directly on the shoulder...

The headhunter smashed the shoulder armor with sharp spikes on his shoulder to pieces, and the headhunter captain's body fell backward.

He stared wide-eyed at Roy, completely bewildered as to what kind of magic this was...

The current battle situation didn't allow him to think too much. Seeing his left arm hanging down uncontrollably, the headhunter captain gritted his teeth, took a step back, poured a bottle of magic potion from his waist, and tried to pounce on Roy again.

But he only felt a chill rushing towards his side, and with his curved blade slashing out by instinct, he struck an ice spear.

The ice gun exploded right in front of the headhunter captain, and the icy mist that spread out instantly blocked the headhunter captain's vision.

Roy quickly pulled Klayr up from behind, who was lying on the ground, and moved her to a large rock.

A faint shadow flashed through the icy mist, but before the headhunting team could even get a good look at it, the shadow vanished.

If he had dodged any slower, his thigh would have been slashed by that shadow.

Just now, the headhunter captain even sensed a hint of danger.

Before the scimitar could even strike, the shadow had vanished, and a tear appeared in his trouser armor...

Although his leg wasn't injured, the headhunter captain was still terrified.

Then came another scream from the headhunters, clearly indicating that his team had run into trouble.

The headhunter captain decided to abandon Roy's group. He charged out of the mist and headed towards the giant bear...

Miss Tiffany stood in the rain, soaked to the bone, appearing from the side of the headhunter captain, with a Water Orb floating above her head.

The headhunter captain stopped immediately upon seeing Miss Tiffany, and charged forward with his scimitar in hand...

For a Water-based Mage, rainy days are like their home turf.

Miss Tiffany pointed her ice gun at the headhunter captain and threw it.

The headhunter captain immediately took a large step to the right and used the back of his knife to deflect the ice spear, narrowly avoiding it.

However, they didn't notice the Water Orb overhead...

It was a rainy day, and a large Water Orb was floating above the head of the headhunter captain, but he didn't even notice it.

The moment the Water Orb landed, Miss Tiffany's outstretched hand immediately clenched into a fist.

The moment the Water Orb engulfed the headhunter captain's body, it froze into ice, trapping the headhunter captain firmly inside.

However, as soon as the Water Orb froze into ice, countless cracks immediately appeared.

Two seconds later, the ice block that had frozen the headhunter captain cracked...

The headhunter captain hurriedly moved his stiff hands and feet. Although he was paying attention to his surroundings, he didn't notice the dark figure creeping up from behind him.

A short sword slashed across the headhunter captain's thigh once more, the blade precisely cutting along the gaps in his leg armor, leaving a wound.

The headhunter captain continued to back away...

Moira appeared beside Tiffany, while Roy and Klayr were on the other side, the four of them surrounding the elf captain in the center.

The headhunter captain adopted an offensive stance again, but he found that his feet seemed a little uncomfortable. When he looked down, he discovered that a thick layer of ice crystals had formed on his feet.

He took a step forward, nearly slipping and falling...

The demonic phantom behind him had also disappeared. The headhunter captain felt a little panicked and glanced to the left and right out of the corner of his eye.

A two-meter-high wave appeared behind Miss Tiffany, and with a short incantation, the wave surged toward the headhunter captain.

The headhunter captain tried to cleave the giant wave in two with a single strike, but when the wave touched him, it miraculously froze into ice again, trapping him inside.

Moira transformed into a black shadow, slashing the headhunter captain's leg twice before disappearing into the rain like a ghost.

Fresh blood flowed from both thighs, mingling with the rainwater and staining their legs a pale reddish hue...

The headhunter captain finally had the idea of retreating. He looked at his companions beside him and realized that at this moment, the female Elf Sword Dancer had actually forced the last two headhunters to retreat, and the rest of the headhunters were lying in pools of blood.

The cold rain drained the last trace of color from the dead hunters' bodies, leaving their faces deathly pale...

The headhunter captain drank a bottle of Reckless Potion and felt no pain whatsoever.

Even though his thigh was cut, it didn't affect him at all. He turned around and ran into the rain behind him, but was shot in the back by an ice arrow, causing him to stumble and fall into the mud.

Woods, who had rushed over, placed a paw on the headhunter captain's lower back, while Leishande, who seemed to appear out of nowhere, steadily brought his Hunting Knife to the headhunter captain's neck.

Sabrina finally brought the ambush to an end by slaying the last headhunter.

Amidst the jumbled pile of boulders, rainwater washed away faint traces of blood, and the corpses of eight Elf Headhunters lay side by side.

The Adventure Group set up a shelter behind a boulder, and all the members took shelter under it to avoid the rain...

Unbeknownst to the Adventure Group, a fierce battle was also taking place in an elven village less than ten kilometers away.

The Half-Elf hunters from various villages, united in force, cornered a headhunting team in the small village. Taking advantage of the torrential rain falling from the sky, a group of Half-Elf launched a surprise attack from all directions outside the village.

Since the number of Half-Elf hunters was more than ten times that of these headhunters, and it was raining heavily, even if the headhunters wanted to escape on their argali sheep, they wouldn't have a chance.

The headhunters were almost all at the level of first-tier warriors, and their combat skills were many times superior to those of the Half-Elf hunters. Nearly thirty hunters were injured before the headhunters were finally eliminated.

Four more headhunting teams are on their way, but they were delayed by rain and couldn't reach the village in time.

After the elven hunters surrounded and killed the headhunting team, they ran into the village to take shelter from the rain and to figure out how to ambush other headhunting teams.

A simple rain shelter was set up beside the pile of rocks. Since no dry firewood could be found, Miss Tiffany took out a Fire Gathering Art Scroll, placed it on a rock, and lit a magical campfire. Everyone gathered around the campfire to keep warm.

Roy took the opportunity to heal himself, Woods, Sabrina, and Klayr. Miss Tiffany, Moira Leishande Moira unharmed.

"Miss Tiffany, you are amazing!" Klayr said with some admiration.

"It just so happens to be a very cold, rainy day. It's easy for me to cast Water Magic in this kind of weather," Miss Tiffany explained, tying up her wet hair.

Everything was wet, and everyone's feet had to wade through the cold mud.

Fortunately, everyone was warming themselves by the fire, and Roy continued to use ' Minor Healing ' to treat their injuries.

Roy hadn't expected the battle to end so quickly.

"I thought we'd have to pay a price to beat these headhunters. We won so easily this time thanks to Woods, Sabrina, and Miss Tiffany ..." Roy said.

After saying that, he bandaged Woods's scarred arm.

"Are all headhunters on the plateau this capable?" Roy asked Leishande.

Leishande shook his head repeatedly and said, "These headhunters are just members of the search team. Real headhunters are much more capable than them!"

"We need to be more careful on our next trip..." Roy said.

When the rain finally subsided a bit, Kaka, who had been hiding above the clouds, flew down on his griffin. He found the Adventure Group near the pile of rocks and discovered that the ambush operation had already ended.

Roy obtained some weapons and armor, as well as five argali sheep, from these headhunters. Roy planned to give them all to Leishande, because Leishande could contact Mulin...

In addition, they also received some gemstones and magic cores from them. These headhunters were quite wealthy, and each of them carried a money bag containing not only gemstones but also some magic cores.

By putting all the Magic Crystal Stone and gemstones in these money bags together, Roy actually gained more than sixty magic cores, making quite a small fortune.

Then Kaka flew out again in the light rain to scout around.

The battle at the elven village had just ended, and Half-Elf could be seen everywhere in the village.

Kaka quickly told Roy the news, and Roy realized that he wasn't the only one fighting in the rain. This was good news, but he didn't know if Mulin was among the Half-Elf.

However, Kaka then discovered that there were several other headhunting teams around.

"These Gemstone Mine must be the payments the Mine Owners made to the headhunters!" Leishande chimed in. "They're all pretty worthless gems, and with Pattington Plane still under lockdown, they're even less valuable!"

"The more valuable mine is still the one where you can find moonstone..."

After treating the injuries of several members, Roy sat down to rest before unfolding a hand-drawn map and carefully revising the markings on its edges.

On this hand-drawn map, the Pagisto Plateau is almost a blank area.

Before we knew it, the rain had stopped.

After being washed by the rain, the plateau was exceptionally clean, with the sky and grasslands pristine, and the streams in the valleys seemed to have expanded many times over.

At this point, crossing the stream would be extremely dangerous.

The black plume of smoke from the elven village had vanished without a trace. Kaka brought news that another headhunting team was heading towards the pile of rubble...

I estimate we'll arrive here in about half a day.

Roy had originally planned to leave tomorrow morning, but after hearing Kaka's news, he changed his mind and decided to stay at the pile of rocks for another half day.