Chapter 733 The Thieves Trio

Giant Running Mountains.

The name of this mountain range literally means that there used to be a large number of giants running here, and there used to be a glorious giant empire here.

But those giants are gone, leaving only the spiral climbing stairs built specifically for giants and the huge palace standing on the top of the mountain.

These huge spiral climbing stairs and palaces, if viewed from a distance or from the air, still can't feel anything.

But if you are in it, you can clearly feel their strong malice towards the short race.

"No more climbing, whoever wants to climb can climb, if we continue climbing, I will die of exhaustion before we find the cloud ray's nest.

I have said long ago that this matter cannot be done without a wizard. Even if we can't find a wizard, we can find a warlock, or at least a priest.

As long as we can cast a flying spell on each of us, is it necessary to climb these stairs that are not prepared for people with so much difficulty?"

A halfling wearing leather armor and exuding agility, lying on the huge steps with his legs spread out, just like lying on a platform.

If the 1.5-meter-high huge stairs of the Giant Running Mountain are full of malice for humans and other medium-sized creatures.

Then for a halfling who is only 85 cm tall, it is a naked discrimination and an absolute disaster.

Every time he climbs a step, he needs to run up a few steps to climb to the top of the step and climb over.

Even if he is a halfling thief known for his agility, climbing thousands of such steps is a bit tiring.

The most important thing is that there are endless steps like this, and I don’t know how many more steps we need to climb.

“I have already explained that we cannot use the flying spell now, and even if we can, we must not use it.

The cloud ray is the king of the sky second only to those adult dragons, and has extraordinary aerial vision. Once we take off, we may be discovered before we get close to its nest and become its prey.

These huge stairs are certainly unfriendly, but they also provide excellent cover for our family. If we don’t take off, it will be difficult to find us from behind if we are observed...”

“Find cover, find cover quickly, the cloud in the upper left corner of the mountain is very abnormal, and the moving direction is different from other clouds.”

Another female human adventurer dressed as a thief reminded loudly.

Both the male half-elf thief who was explaining and the halfling thief lying on the ground with his legs spread out, shrank into the shadow of the steps sharply.

The cloaks on their bodies were pulled, wrapping their bodies completely, blending into the shadows. Without the help of magic, it would be difficult to find them.

The three thieves who escaped into the shadows were still whispering and communicating: "The ghost cloaks sold on special sale by the Conqueror Chamber of Commerce are really good news for us thieves. As long as we have a cloak in hand, places that we couldn't go to before can be walked on flat ground, and targets that we couldn't spy on before can easily become our prey."

"It's useful, but it's really expensive. It's 50,000 yuan each, and we have to order it a month in advance. Just these three pieces cost us 150,000 yuan."

"It's expensive for a reason. I heard that many thieves and assassins who have switched to the advanced profession of shadow thieves in order to gain the ability to use shadows are about to cry.

They worked hard to get it through advanced professions. Ability, a ghost cloak can get most of it.

They are now trying every means to find the method of making this shadow cloak, preparing to completely destroy it. "

"Stupid behavior, everyone knows that the Conqueror Chamber of Commerce in Avanso was established by the Conqueror Gavin. Even if the black and white forces of the entire Dragon Coast cities join forces, they can't do anything to the Conqueror Army led by him. A group of shadow thieves, hey, it is estimated that they will never return. They can even mass-produce ghost cloaks, how can they not have defensive measures in this regard? "

"This is none of our business, as long as we don't take detours. "

"This is another reason why we don't hire mages. These three The Ghost Cloak has used up all our previous savings. No spellcaster will come with us to perform a mission with too many variables without seeing the cash.

As long as we succeed in this mission, we will be able to get out of trouble immediately. A cloud ray egg can be sold for at least 200,000 gold coins in the market.

If we have one, we can successfully recover. If we have two, we will make a lot of money. If we have three, hehe, we can consider retirement. Each of us will get hundreds of thousands of gold coins, which is enough for us to go to the City of Faith and open a small shop of our own.

I heard that there are business opportunities everywhere there. The old man who was forced to the conqueror army by those black-hearted city lords and mayors The weak, sick and disabled have now turned over and earn more every day than the strong laborers in Ximen City.

For those who invest in opening shops, various support and preferential treatment are given. Not only are the shop rents cheap, but taxes will also be reduced for several months. This is much better than the Dragon Coast, which has city taxes and tributes from large and small gangs and unions. "

"What you said is hearsay before you see it with your own eyes. It is not accurate. Everyone can say that, but not everyone can do it."

"The most important thing is, is your information accurate? We have invested all our wealth in this matter, but we haven't even seen the shadow of the cloud ray until now. Every time we see it, it is just a passing cloud.

You see, this is another false alarm. If there are no cloud rays here, let alone cloud ray eggs, the three of us will be sleeping on the streets next month, drinking from the northwest wind, unless we are willing to give up the ghost in our hands. Capes for sale. "

"Don't worry, there is absolutely nothing wrong. My information is first-hand. Not only me, but also a whole town of people witnessed the mating process of two cloud rays. That kind of situation cannot be seen with one's own eyes. It's absolutely unimaginable for anyone I've seen.

I tracked this cloud skate for two months, through the Troll Mountains and the Giant Plains.

At that time, there was no road to conquerors in the Giant Plains, and there were as many monster tribes as there were ox hairs. You don’t know how arduous and dangerous this process was, and I..."

"Okay, okay, don't complain anymore. We have agreed to let you get an extra share. It is impossible to give up more. We have also taken a huge risk in this matter."

"I'm not complaining, but I'm telling you that this information is absolutely reliable. This operation is not the result of my hot head, but was carefully planned and prepared, especially since the ghost cloak completed our last shortcoming. plate.

Although the cloud ray is powerful, its intelligence is not much higher than that of ordinary beasts, and it has no ability to see through invisibility.

Therefore, for us, this matter is mainly a physical job, and the risk is not as high as you think.

We just need to find its nest, sneak in, and take away its eggs.

Considering that there are hundreds of thousands of big golden eggs waiting for us to pick up on the top of the mountain, I believe this fatigue will immediately be nothing. "

"Haha... Don't tell me, it's really like this. I think I'm full of energy again. I've bought all the ghost cloaks and climbed more than half of the mountain. How can we give up halfway?"

This is a trio of thieves, which can be called either an adventure group or a small gang.

When the word thief is mentioned, people can't help but associate bag grabbing on the streets with sneaky housebreaking.

This image in Faerûn is not entirely wrong, but it is not entirely right either.

Because this describes those little thieves who have not fully opened the professional template or have just opened it.

When their abilities become a little stronger, their development will become very diversified.

There are those who continue to engage in the black professions of the past, but they are no longer targeting ordinary people, but are targeting the manors or treasure troves of the rich.

Some also began to engage in various adventures. Their dexterous hands, agility, proficiency in trap making, and strong perception made them indispensable in many adventure teams.

There are also some who have taken a more extreme path. They continue to study a series of abilities such as stealth, sneak attack and assassination, leaving their prominent reputation with blood and fear. These are famous assassins. In many cases, the name thief assassin is not Separated.

These three thieves are obviously the second type. They mainly focus on adventure, harvesting their wealth from the wilderness and monsters.

This time, they set their sights on the cloud ray in the Giant's Running Mountains. The adult cloud ray was naturally not something they could fight against, but its unhatched egg could become the most precious asset in their hands.

The premise is that they have to overcome the annoying giant stairs in the Giant's Run Mountains and find the behemoth's lair.

As long as you determine where the cloud ray appears, its nest is not difficult to guess.

This is a purely flying creature. They have neither claws nor feet. Although they can land on the ground, they rarely do so in the plains because it means that they lose any perspective.

In comparison, they prefer to fall on those high mountains.

But their huge bodies of 20 to 30 meters make them very picky about mountains.

Not those sharp, rugged, narrow peaks.

It also doesn’t work if it’s undulating, has no visual advantage, and is easy for someone to sneak up on from behind.

Only those unique and steep mesa mountains are the best choice.

This giant runs through several mountains, and the one in front of me is the most suitable.

This peak named Giant Peak is the landmark peak of the Giant's Run Mountains. It is a full third higher than the surrounding peaks and is shaped like a solitary peak.

There are only two ways to go up the mountain, one is to fly up directly.

The other one is to climb up bit by bit along the spiral giant stairs. At the beginning, there were other mountains blocking them, so their actions were a bit unscrupulous.

When they reached the last section, they had to carefully follow the Giant Staircase to the inside of the mountain, and slowly climb up to prevent themselves from being exposed to the cloud ray's gaze, in case the cloud ray egg was not stolen by then. Instead, he became Yun Ray's meal.

When he saw large clouds appearing around him, he immediately activated his ghost cloak and escaped into the shadows.

Just like its name, the cloud ray looks like a huge cloud when seen from the ground. When looking up from the ground, the camouflage is very high and it is difficult to distinguish it.

The only thing the three thieves could do was to hide whenever they saw any cloud.

"what is that?"

"Flying dragons, many flying dragons, a group of flying dragons."

"Why are there a group of flying dragons here? Cloud rays are aerial predators that can feed on flying dragons. There should be no other large flying creatures around."

"No, the size of these flying dragons is wrong. Look at the three in the lead. They are obviously more than twice as big as ordinary ones."

"Could it be that the flying dragons around are all underage flying dragons?"

"Look at the way they fly. They don't look like underage flying dragons."

"Cloud rays, it's cloud rays. That beast is not in the Giant Peak, but hiding in the mountain next to it. The flying dragons are hunting that cloud ray."

"Are these flying dragons crazy? The size difference between the two sides is so huge. Even if they really kill the cloud rays in the end, they will pay a heavy price."

"Flying dragons are famous for their violent and brutality. How can they be rational?"

"Huh, is it my illusion? There are not only flying dragons in those flying dragon groups, but also human figures. Could it be that this group of flying dragons is not wild, but controlled and raised by a powerful being? ?”

“I haven’t heard of any powerful being nearby who keeps so many flying dragons.”

“Don’t worry about it. Their fight is just convenient for us to move. Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry up, get to the top, it will be too late for us.”

“Why are we still climbing? We ran to the wrong place. The cloud ray’s nest is on another hill.”

“We ran to the wrong place. That cunning animal is playing tricks. Giant Peak is its real nest. The place where it just hid is just the surveillance point it uses to monitor Giant Peak. If it is really in Giant Peak, we are afraid that we will run in vain.”

“This speculation is reasonable. Now we have no choice but to take a gamble and bet that Tomei’s guess is correct.”

The three thieves didn’t care whether their figures were exposed or not. They no longer spared any effort and cooperated with each other to run towards Giant Peak.

The ability of the ghost cloak to escape into the shadow is indeed powerful, but it also has a small flaw, that is, it can only be used in a shadowy place. If it is exposed to the sun, it cannot be activated.

Once used, they are similar to shadow energy bodies. What determines their movement speed is no longer their best agility, but perception, which greatly slows down their movement speed.

After the three thieves were at full speed, they showed skillful cooperation. The human female thief and the half-elf male thief held hands and used them as a trampoline to send the halfling thief who had the most trouble climbing up. They pushed lightly and followed up.

The halfling thief had already run to the bottom of another step, stood in a horse stance, and used himself as a human step to send the two companions who were jogging all the way up one after another.

The two companions who climbed up the steps first, one of them grabbed the halfling thief's hand and threw him out directly.

The halfling thief rolled several times in the air and climbed two steps in a row.

Then they did the same thing. After a few rounds, they easily stepped on more than a dozen giant steps.

The reason why they didn't do this before was that this method was very physically demanding, just like running fast, it couldn't last long.

In an adventure where you don't know what will happen in the next second, it is crucial to conserve your physical strength, whether it is for attacking or escaping.

The three thieves quickly climbed the Giant Peak while observing the rare air battle.

I couldn't help but express my sincere admiration in my heart. It is worthy of being called the most majestic of all flying creatures. Even most of the ancient dragons would be ashamed of themselves in front of it.

After all, it has flaps larger than those of a dragon. When unfolded, it looks like a triangular cloud, which makes its body look even larger, but this cloud has a huge tail covered with spikes.

If only the cloud ray is in the air, it is difficult to feel this hugeness due to distance and visual misleading, but if it is surrounded by more than a dozen flying dragons and a suspected human being, the comparison will be immediately clear.

Even if there are more than a dozen flying dragons, with their heads biting their tails and wings arranged together, they don't feel as big as the cloud ray.

But compared with those flying dragons flying back and forth, the cloud ray gives people a feeling of being too clumsy and too slow.

The flying dragons have circled around the cloud ray for several times, but it has not yet risen to the level of the giant peak.

Its flying mode is also very unique. It is not like birds or dragons that keep flapping their wings to provide themselves with buoyancy.

From the beginning to the end, it has never done this, and its wings have been spread out flat.

In fact, the cloud ray cannot do this. It is like a huge kite. There is a huge keel between the wings and the body to fix it.

What really provides it with flying power is actually the gas produced in its body that is lighter than air, so the cloud ray is not flying, but floating in the air.

What provides it with forward power is the long wing-shaped muscle membrane on both sides of the body, which can flap like wings.

To be more precise, the flexibility of this flap is far superior to that of ordinary wings. They can not only go up and down, but also left and right, front and back, and at an angle. The cloud ray can control the flaps to flap.

This feature allows it to fly not only forward and backward, but also left and right, which makes its flexibility in moving direction in the air far superior to that of ordinary creatures.

Unfortunately, due to its huge size, its movement speed in any direction is very slow.

However, the flying dragons did not dare to get too close to the cloud ray.

Its huge size meant that it had terrifying power. Once it was hit by its huge tail hammer, it would not be as simple as breaking bones and tendons. It would be very likely to be beaten into a meat pie on the spot.

And the cloud ray's attack methods are far more than that. At any time, several seemingly insignificant stones will fly out from the place where it previously lived and hit the surrounding dragons.

After they hit the air, they fell to the ground with a huge roar, proving that they are not insignificant stone bullets, but huge stones of astonishing weight.

Telekinesis.

This is the cloud ray's innate special ability. This kind of low-intelligence magical beast has psychic powers to make up for its defects of having no hands and feet.

But is the cloud ray's psychic power so powerful? Can it easily throw out hundreds of kilograms of boulders?