Blood tax

Chapter 120
The streamer circled around Griffith.The fourth-level frost spell manifests itself as a crystal-clear ice-blue shield.He rushed into the tide of cockroaches in the first place.

The gigantic worms jumped up and rained down on his shield with an itchy bite.

His ice shield disintegrated quickly, and exploded into a cloud of crushed ice that swept across the sky, tearing apart a piece of splashing juice in the insect swarm.

Very good and very effective.

Griffith turned to the elf and called out, "I can fight them off, you stay mobile, use your bow...hey!"

Galadia didn't respond to his thoughts, but stood where she was, chanting and praying unhurriedly, and raised the feathered arrow in her hand to the sky.

Powerful spiritual energy and overwhelming coercion surged towards her, wrapping her in beautiful light and shadow.Her sharpness locks onto the approaching huge monster, and as long as she strikes with all her strength, she can inflict severe damage or even destroy it.

She chanted the real name of the god aloud, asking for attention and protection.

"Lord of forest and cliffs,

"Elegant and swift king of the elements,

"Guardian of liberty and adventure,
"Give me... oh, Griffith!"

Before she finished singing slowly, the big cockroach had already rushed up from another place, jumped onto her body and hands and began to bite.

Galadia screamed at the first moment.The cockroaches bit her wrist, tearing the delicate skin.

Griffith immediately rushed over with the shield on his back.Before the cooling time of the streamer shield expired, he could only shoot down a few flying cockroaches, cast an ice wall behind him, picked her up and rushed outside.

The sudden wind pressure swept over, and the monster threw the scythe in the direction of their escape, tearing up the ice wall, and hitting his back with irresistible power.

"Bah!"

The two bounced off like being hit by a billiard ball.

Under the heavy blow, Griffith almost lost consciousness, his mind went blank.

Although the vanguard shield and the ice wall once again blocked the attack from behind, the aftermath of the terrifying power still hit him to the core.

He tried to stand up, but it became difficult to support himself.

Galadia rolled a few times on the ground, but fell out of the encirclement of cockroaches.She was stunned, and immediately wanted to come up to help the beaten companion who couldn't stand up.

"Griffith, I'll help you!" she said as she was about to chant a supporting spell.

"Stand back," Griffith suddenly had extremely bad memories in his heart, and he roared, scaring the shamed elf back a step, "Back to the ditch over there, immediately!"

The elf behaved now, and immediately ran to the ditch not far away.

The ferocious monster strode 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 group of flying bats, flew over the elf's head and rushed into the ditch.

……

"Come on!"

The iron boots crushed a cockroach the size of a mouse, bursting into colorful juicy viscera.

Galadia supported the dizzy Griffith, and fled together in the ditch.Relying on the narrow terrain, the swarming cockroaches were forced to huddle together.

Griffith threw a bottle of secondary deceleration potion behind him, slowing down the large group of bugs, and then fled in a panic.

The giant also chased after it, running over the dense swarm of insects and chasing after it.But the space here was tight, and whenever it was about to approach, Galadia would stop and shoot enchanted arrows, knocking it back or slowing it down for a few seconds.

After repeated delays in this way, after a long period of sawing, the cockroaches chasing up from behind shrank back like an ebb tide.

The mottled and dilapidated environment changed again.The rust on the buildings and vegetation began to peel off, and the appearance of the past was restored.

"The duration of this time has doubled compared to the time of the first vision." Galadia supported Griffith and asked him to sit down and rest.

"En." The trainee knight, who had breathed a sigh of relief while fleeing, nodded, took out some stamina supplements and drank them, taking two mouthfuls of bitter chocolate while drinking.

"I'm sorry," Galadia admitted like a child who has done something wrong, "I shouldn't stand there and chant, I should keep maneuvering as you said."

"Well, it's good to know," Griffith said bluntly, "continue to summarize, you have two more serious mistakes."

"Why are there two more?"

Griffith sighed: "We have known each other for a long time, we have taken risks together, we meet almost every day, and now we are trapped in such a dangerous sealed item 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."

"Why is it wrong!" Galadia rebelled, "That matter is not closely related to this trial! It's not critical at all."

"Oh, what is it?"

The elf's face was about to burn, her eyes drifted left and right, embarrassed and ashamed: "Anyway, it's not a big deal. Who doesn't have a little secret!"

Under Griffith's piercing gaze, she began to feel guilty, holding her head and yelling:
"I won't tell you! Even if I die here, I won't tell you!
"Tell me, what else is wrong with me!"

Speaking of this, Griffith got even angrier, and he took the ugly chocolate bar and slapped her on the head:
"Why isn't chocolate sweet!?"

……

"Can it be understood that as the number of occurrences of visions increases, the duration and even the strength of the monsters increase." Griffith walked quickly in the water-logged underground tunnel, while carefully guarding his surroundings.

After resting for a while, the two continued to explore.

"It's possible, this is the world inside the sealed item, with its own independent rules and logic. Blame me, blame me, if we do as you say, we are likely to achieve results in the last wave," the elf girl followed dejectedly, "I'm sorry Well~"

It's also unclear if she's apologizing for being reckless during the fight or for the chocolate.Griffith glanced at her, wishing it was chocolate so he could have better next time.

Having said that, the actual combat once again proved that even though Galadia is extremely talented, her physique is not high, that is, her ability to resist damage and blows is quite average.Whether it's the goblin or the cockroach at the monster's feet just now, they can easily cause substantial damage to her who is unarmored and shieldless.

"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 item, and complete your trial. "

"Well," Galadia nodded, "What's the matter with this canal? Why is there such a long tunnel in the mountain village? Are they trying to lure the mountain spring down? It's too labor-intensive."

"It's a bit unimaginable compared to a small mountain village." Griffith stomped on the hard ground.

When avoiding the monster attack, the two hid in an inverted trapezoidal tunnel.The villagers piled up the surrounding walls with stones so that the flowing water would not seep into the soil and save as much as possible for irrigation.

"It costs a lot of money and labor..."

The canal seems to wind and bend in the village.Griffith walked for a while and found several stone steps leading up.

In front of the exit, the two unexpectedly saw the village office and the notice board again.

"warn.

"Master Enazir Viktim is nowhere to be found and we all know who committed this crime. The village of Ridiculous is in danger, but will not succumb to violence and terror.

"The acting village chief called on all the villagers to arm themselves.

"Voting at the village assembly will still be held at the Dilong Altar at 6 o'clock tonight. On the basis of the original village relocation proposal, the village office will add a proposal:
"We seek out and kill criminals who threaten to taunt the peace of the village.

"Village Office (Print)."

Galadia looked at the notice solemnly. "We are running out of time. If a fight breaks out between the villagers and the suspect, the truth about the formation of the sealed item will be at its final stage. Let's move to the Earth Dragon Altar."

What a strange name, Dilong...

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 ability. I have some guesses, But it still needs to be confirmed.”

Griffith thought for a while. His specialty is planning, organization and action. He is not good at deciphering and mysticism. He can only ask, "What do you think about this giant monster?"

"First of all, the world of sealed items is not a completely fictional scene," Galadia pulled him quickly away from the small square of the village office, and continued to inspect the houses in the village, "The illusions of the villagers and the images of monsters are all projections of reality .From the perspective of the farmland, this is a village that uses rice as the staple food, which is not very common in your kingdom. Residents like to be clean and tidy, and their aesthetics tend to be fresh and elegant, isn't that true?"

Griffith nodded: "Well, there may be this custom in the hilly areas of this area."

"Since this is the case, the image and style of that monster should be incompatible with the villagers." The elf girl deftly jumped onto the roof of the wooden house, looking at the village from a height, "The way we have been searching the village just now is wrong. The monster He is a burly and ferocious giant. 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. His residence should be relatively remote. Well, there! I can smell A faint smell of blood came with the wind, and there was an ominous smell surging there."

Griffith followed the jumping elf on the roof and ran towards the northwest corner of the village.On the opposite side of a paddy field, he saw a lonely wooden house.

Under the eaves of the wooden house, two naked things dangled.

"What's that at the door? A corpse?" Griffith thought of the missing village chief and gentleman, and his heart tightened.

"It's indeed a corpse, but it's not what you think." The elf nimbly jumped down from the roof and landed beside the trainee knight. "Those are two pigs. The owner of the wooden house is a butcher."

Fat pigs that had been bled and eviscerated hung on sharp hooks.The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the white pork, and there was still half-drunk rice wine on the wooden table at one side.

Galadia kicked open the door of the wooden house and rushed in, followed by Griffith and quickly searched.

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 bachelor.The floor of the wooden house was not paved with wooden boards, and the strong smell of blood and the ubiquitous oil made the sensitive elves lose their way at once.

"There should be cellars and darkrooms here." Galadia covered her nose and sat on a fairly clean chair watching the trainee knights hurrying back and forth. "We can't search here for too long. Where are you going?"

Griffith walked out with a few wooden barrels, and quickly filled them with well water and returned to the wooden house.

"What are you doing? Ah!" The elf tilted his head, watching Griffith lift the wooden bucket and splash the water on the ground.Dust and oil stains were everywhere, and the frightened elf jumped onto a wooden table in a hurry.

"It takes too much time to search the ground piece by piece. We use this method to search the basement and the secret vault in the East." Griffith kept picking up well water and splashing it on the ground, and then observed the flow of the water with satisfaction. .

"That's an idea." Galadia frowned, looking at the water marks and then at her companion, and said with strange eyes, "Hey~ I understand...you are so skilled, you have often robbed houses Is it okay? Are you really a big bad guy?"

Maybe I'll be deducted a few more points~ Griffith didn't explain, but just kept an eye on the ground carefully.Soon, he found his target:

"there!"

(End of this chapter)