Griffon Corps Road-Building Incident

The Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range, like a towering City Wall reaching into the clouds, divide the Pattington Plane in two, with the Padesto City located in the northern forest.

The Silver Moon Elf built a city in the jungle north of the Bulwark Mountain Range and spent a fortune to construct a Plane Teleportation Portal there, connecting the Pattington Plane to the Pattington Island on the Elf Continent.

Hundreds of kilometers west of Padesto City, a continuous mountain range connects to the eastern foothills of the Pagisto Plateau. This area, crisscrossed by rivers and ravines, is known as the Fractured Land by the Half-Elf. Landslides and collapses occur here every day, and even the most experienced local guides are unwilling to enter.

Therefore, the only way to get from Padesto City to the Pagisto Plateau is to pass through the southern jungle of Padesto City and enter a Hilly Mountain Area of more than 200 kilometers. This way, you can circle around to the southern part of the Pagisto Plateau, which is the entrance to the Pagisto Plateau.

In fact, this Hilly Mountain Area is located between the Pagisto Plateau and the Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range.

Continuing west along these muddy, hilly Hilly Mountain Area, you will find the western end of the Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range.

They had assumed that the Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range and the mountains extending southwest of the Pagisto Plateau were closely connected, but when Roy led the Mine Guard Regiment through this Hilly Mountain Area, they discovered that this was not the case. The western end of the Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range abruptly ended in a Hilly Mountain Area.

The mountains to the southwest of the Pagisto Plateau continue to extend southwestward, and it is said that high-level magical beasts, which even griffins would avoid, roam those deep mountains.

The Hilly Mountain Area lies between the Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range and the mountains to the southwest of the Pagisto Plateau, with the closest point between the two mountain ranges being less than 80 kilometers apart.

With the Griffon Corps leading the way in the sky, Roy and the Mine Guard Regiment headed south along the Hilly Mountain Area. At the end of the Hilly Mountain Area was a fault zone that stretched for more than two hundred kilometers.

This place is like a pass leading to the southern Pattington Plane, nestled between the Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range and the southern mountains of the Pagisto Plateau.

Four years ago, Roy wanted to see what the western end of the Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range looked like.

The scene before him was far beyond his imagination...

Because the end of the Hilly Mountain Area was a fault zone, he and his four thousand Elf Warrior were standing on the top of a cliff. He stood on a rock and looked down, but his view was obscured by a cloud of mist, as if they were standing on a mountaintop in the clouds.

Unfortunately, this Mine Guard Regiment came from the Pagisto Plateau, and to their left stood the towering Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range...

But what lies before us is still an unfathomable chasm.

The wind blowing from the north along the Hilly Mountain Area suddenly dispersed at the precipice...

Below the cliff, the clouds and mist were swirling and billowing in the cold wind, like a ceaselessly flowing river.

The Mine Guard Regiment that Roy brought this time consisted of three thousand Half-Elf Warrior and one thousand Dark Moon Elf Warrior.

The Assassin Squad has now recruited all the Dark Moon Elf Prisoners from the three Gemstone Mine. Under the strict training of Captain Timothy and Vice Captain Tennyson, these Dark Moon Elf Warrior are formidable fighters at night.

Five hundred Griffon Cavalry hovered in the sky.

Following Captain Tiprado's advice, the Mine Guard Regiment can set up camp here.

They were carried to the northern jungle of Sun Island Bay by the 500-meter-tall Griffon Cavalry of the Griffon Corps...

Roy insisted on opening a road south from here, so he had the Half-Elf Warrior build a rope Rope Ladder down from the top of the cliff, preparing to lead the Mine Guard Regiment directly down to the bottom of the valley.

This cliff doesn't lead directly to the bottom of the valley; the fault here is stepped, but the rolling clouds and mist obscure the view, so you can't see what's inside the canyon from the top of the cliff.

At this moment, the Half-Elf team that was leading the way had already descended to the narrow platform on the third tier.

Kaka and Little Eugene rode down from the sky on griffins. The enormous size of the griffins gave the Half-Elf Warrior a considerable visual impact.

Especially when they flapped their huge wings and landed on the cliff top, the Elf Warrior felt that they could be blown away by the fierce wind at any moment...

Kaka jumped off the griffin's back, ran straight to Roy, and said to him:

"Roy, once we cross the Stalagmite Canyon, we'll reach the jungle north of Sun Island Bay. Why don't you come with me and take a look at the bottom of the valley?"

"What's wrong? What happened?" Seeing Kaka's serious expression, Roy knew that they must have encountered some difficulties earlier.

"Although this might be easier than crossing the Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range, it's not that easy either... You should go down and take a look!" Kaka said, pointing to his griffin.

Roy had ridden Kaka's griffin more than once or twice, and the griffin was no longer hostile to Roy. When it saw Roy clumsily climbing onto the saddle on its back, it simply turned its head to the side...

Kaka skillfully climbed onto the front seat, holding the reins in one hand. The griffin leaned forward, spread its huge wings, flapped them a few times, and took off.

Then the griffin carried Roy and Kaka into the swirling clouds below.

Little Eugene followed closely behind on his griffin. The rolling clouds were very humid, and as the griffin flew through them, the moisture quickly condensed into small droplets on Roy's eyebrows and hair.

The cloud layer wasn't very thick, and the griffin quickly passed through it.

Although the canyon was shrouded in mist, the sunlight was barely visible, just like a cloudy day...

Once you get past the clouds, you can see what's below the canyon, but the sight below really made Roy gasp.

Beneath the misty, natural barrier lies a forest of bamboo shoot-shaped stone pillars, each one nearly ten meters tall, with sharp, cone-shaped tips. Each one is lifelike, resembling a bamboo shoot, and they are densely packed together.

If any Half-Elf Warrior were to slip and fall into the canyon from the cliff face, he would likely be impaled on the sharp, needle-like stalagmites.

Roy discovered the existence of these stalagmites. Even if the Half-Elf Warrior descended to the bottom of the valley, they could not traverse the stalagmite forest because the bases of these stalagmites were almost tightly packed together...

The Half-Elf Warrior were laying ladders along the edge of the cliff had now passed through the clouds and reached the third level of the fault zone, and they were continuing to build ladders downwards.

In fact, Roy did not take the suggestion of Village Chief Tiprado to have the Griffon Corps carry the Half-Elf Warrior across this chasm because Roy wanted to create a passage through it.

We can't always rely on the Griffon Corps's transport capacity...

Seeing these stalagmites, Roy realized that if a floating bridge made of giant logs were built between them, and a stepped elevator were constructed next to the cliff Sun Island Bay and the southern end of the Hilly Mountain Area could be closely connected.

However, this is just a thought for now; we can't keep four thousand Mine Guard Army waiting on the cliff top forever.

After flying through the stone forest canyon for a while, Kaka finally reached the place where the jungle and stone forest met, where the stalagmites and trees were closely connected.

To be precise, the area where the stalagmite is located cannot actually be called a canyon; it is more of a fault zone...

These stalagmites grow at the foot of the mountain along the fault zone. They stretch from east to west and seem to have no end in sight, but their width is less than one kilometer.

Roy was starting to regret leaving all the Floating Device at the First Mine. If he had known the terrain was like this, he would have brought a few with him.

He originally wanted the old dwarf craftsman at the First Mine to design a Magic Airship, so that the Magic Airship could travel between Padesto City and Plateau City.

Based on the griffins' flight time, a round trip between Padesto City and Plateau City by the Magic Airship would likely take about ten days.

Just as Kaka flew past a Stalagmite Forest, Roy noticed a clear gap at the edge of the Stalagmite Forest.

"Kaka, stop! Yes, this is it."

Roy had Kaka land at that gap...

Kaka didn't quite understand Roy's meaning and couldn't help but turn around to ask Roy, "What's wrong, Roy?"

For Kaka and his fellow elf Beast Tamer, these fault cliffs and Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range are not obstacles, so they rarely pay attention to what is actually at the bottom of the cliffs.

If Roy hadn't led the Mine Guard Regiment into Sun Island Bay this time, they probably would never have paid attention to this place.

Landing griffins in the jungle is quite difficult, as these jungles often contain sharp stalagmites, and a forced landing without any protection can easily injure them...

But Roy just happened to want to investigate this place...

Kaka was somewhat hesitant, but still agreed to Roy's request.

He wrapped his arms tightly around the griffin's neck and shouted to Roy, "Roy, hold on tight, we're about to land..."

Roy was a little confused. It wasn't his first time riding a griffin, so why did he need to hold onto the saddle tightly to land? Landings were usually very smooth, weren't they? Before Roy could ask, he saw Kaka whispering something in the griffin's ear, like some kind of telepathic communication...

Instead of slowing down to land, the griffin spread its wings and flapped them twice, carrying Roy and Kaka into the sky. The griffin then let out a high-pitched cry.

The griffin's cry made Roy's ears ring.

Roy gripped the armrests of the saddle tightly, watching the griffin with some nervousness. At that moment, white Magic Pattern Cloth its entire form and forming some strange symbols.

These magical runes even covered Roy and Kaka's bodies.

Roy then discovered that the griffin's body was constantly turning into steel, and even he and Kaka had become iron men...

At that moment, the griffin suddenly retracted its wings in the sky, and pulled down from the sky like an iron ball under the pull of gravity.

' Iron Will '

Griffins are born with magical skills.

A huge iron ball crashed down into the Stalagmite Forest at the edge of the jungle, like a solid cannonball, with a loud bang.

Roy felt himself plummeting down with the griffin, crashing heavily onto the dense, sharp stalagmites. Stone chips flew everywhere, dust billowed, and he was completely dazed, yet his mind remained remarkably clear.

At this point, a crater with a diameter of five meters formed around the stalagmite.

The griffin rolled over on the spot and climbed out of the crater.

Kaka pulled Roy to the griffin's side, and then Roy noticed that his steel aura was rapidly disappearing...

This was the first time Roy had experienced such a reckless landing. Amidst the flying dust, he glanced at Kaka.

"There's no other way. If you want it to stay in this kind of place without getting hurt, you have to do it this way!" Kaka shrugged and explained with an innocent look on his face.

Roy quickly emerged from the pit, and as expected, the surrounding stalagmites were also showing signs of damage, with debris spilling outwards.

The way the griffin lands is quite awe-inspiring.

Originally, Roy only had a vague plan in mind, but now the plan is becoming clearer and clearer in Roy's mind. Roy first checked the damaged area of the stalagmite, and then went to the griffin to check if it was injured.

After confirming that the griffin had not suffered any damage, Roy looked at Kaka:

"Kaka, I suddenly thought of a way. We can carve a passage through the Stalagmite Forest, and then build a double-cab elevator to connect the north and south sides..."

"Roy, are you going to have those Gray Dwarf prisoners of war clear a path through this Stalagmite Forest?"

Kaka thought Roy would bring over some Gray Dwarf prisoners of war from the plateau...

"No, that would be too much trouble! I'd like to ask your Griffon Corps to do this. With the ' Iron Will ' that your Griffin just used, I reckon you can quickly smash a passage through!" Roy said confidently.

This time, Kaka was dumbfounded. The Griffon Corps had to smash a passage through the Stalagmite Forest. Was that even human?

"Kaka, we're almost at Sun Island Bay..." Roy said.

Kaka slapped his forehead helplessly and said to Roy, "I'll go talk to Chief Tiprado, but I can't guarantee it will work!"

Kaka then rode the griffin into the sky, leaving Roy alone at the edge of the Stalagmite Forest to survey the surroundings.

This place is indeed closest to the cliff face of the fault zone, and there is also a fallen tree with half of its dead trunk pressing down on the Stalagmite Forest.

Roy approached to examine the large tree, and just as Roy had expected, the tree, which was five meters in diameter, had a hollow trunk that extended all the way to the middle of the trunk.

If we can make use of this big tree, we can at least reduce the need to build a passageway by several tens of meters.

Not long after, Village Chief Tiprado was found by Kaka. This time, Village Chief Tiprado didn't even consult with Roy before directly ordering the griffin to unleash ' Iron Will ' and smash down, creating another crater at the edge of where Kaka landed...

"This idea is simple, straightforward, and solves the problem once and for all. Let's do it..."

Village Chief Tiprado stood before Roy and readily agreed to Roy suggestion...