Chapter 301 You came just in time
“…It’s raining?”
Sherlock suddenly raised his head and looked towards the sky.
A flash of lightning flashed not far away, and soon after, thunder rolled in, accompanied by a piercing cold wind. Both his and Haena's hair were blown by the wind, and Haena subconsciously put out her hand to shield her eyes from the dust on the roadside.
Dark clouds rolled in from the village, and the wind grew stronger. Sherlock's hair was visibly blown, forcing him to squint.
After the cold wind blew, the rain fell along with the increasingly cold wind.
The two of them could only find a place nearby to hide.
"It's raining so hard?"
Sherlock looked back at Haena: "Is this normal?"
"Um……"
Haina hesitated.
The main reason is that she hasn't been back for a long time, and her childhood has passed so long ago that she can't remember it clearly now.
But it seems that in my impression, there has never been such heavy and sudden rain...?
Sherlock understood: "You don't have to say it, I understand."
This is obviously an abnormal phenomenon.
"Is there something wrong with Aiwass?"
Haina asked worriedly, "Why don't we go over and take a look?"
Sherlock was tempted to go, but his reason stopped him. "I'm afraid of a situation where we think we're helping, but end up being a hindrance. Aiwass might have been able to handle it, but then we get kidnapped and become a distraction."
“That’s indeed the case…”
Haena also sighed.
She was about to say something when she felt the ground shake, which nearly made her bite her tongue, and she quickly reached out to hold on to the most convenient handhold around her - such as Sherlock's head.
Sherlock lost his balance and was almost having his neck broken by Haina's palm.
He was about to look at Haina angrily when he heard a thunderous explosion from the village entrance.
"Let's go and take a look."
Sherlock made the decision without hesitation, grabbed Haena and rushed out of the room.
Even if they might have held us back in the past, it didn't matter - if they didn't go over when faced with this situation, what was the difference between that and holding us back?
——It’s obvious that something is wrong!
Maybe they're both already injured, and are just waiting for Sherlock to come over and finish them off or rescue them...
Of course, Sherlock's vigilance has been stretched to the limit.
He had already grasped Edward's sword and could cast law spells instantly at any time - in this situation, spells that required chanting were not as useful as law spells.
However, before he could run two steps, he heard Haina sigh.
"Don't run away."
Haina spoke vaguely.
The next moment, he was picked up by Haina and placed on the griffin Liz beside him.
When Sherlock turned around, he saw that Haina had the griffin flute in her mouth.
It was a special whistle that, when blown, would produce a sound that a griffin could hear from a great distance. When Aiwass gave Liz to her, he also gave the matching griffin flute to Haena as a necklace. And now, it was just in time for use.
After playing the flute, Liz flew over in the blink of an eye.
She chirped clearly, asking Haina if she wanted to come up.
Sherlock was light, and Haena wasn't wearing any armor. Even though Liz wasn't yet an adult, she could easily carry them both on her back... After all, the griffin's carrying capacity was based on an adult wearing heavy armor and weapons.
Haina subconsciously wanted to run over by herself, but it took her a moment to realize that she already had a griffin.
She was a little moved and jumped up with a spun around.
I also have a griffin!
Liz flapped her wings and took off, then she lightly grasped downwards with her claws - the two people on her back, along with Liz herself, became translucent.
That is the wind elemental form!
It wasn't a physical body, nor was it a storm. Rather, it was a pure elemental form—only passengers with a pool of wind elemental mana could be transformed into this form.
It just so happens that both Sherlock and Haena have it.
In this form, it was naturally immune to the impact of the sound barrier. It didn't need to erect a protective barrier like an adult griffin, nor did it need a strong enough body to withstand the impact and acceleration. In a flash, the world around it seemed to be scattering and rapidly receding.
Sherlock didn't feel much physical inertia, but he felt an intense thrill psychologically. Obstacles whizzed towards him at a speed he couldn't react to, and even numerous tree branches kept approaching and retreating, forcing him to shield his face with his hands.
Even Haina was not too accustomed to it. She couldn't help but squint her eyes slightly, lower her head and hug little Sherlock's waist and Liz's neck tightly. Although Haina had ridden a griffin, taken flying lessons and even taken exams, the education she received in school taught her to fly according to the track.
Although there are some circles in the air and near the ground in the woods, the "runway" is generally spacious and clean.
It was her first time flying in such a dense forest.
The Elemental Griffin can ignore small obstacles like birds and branches, crashing through anything the wind can blow through without slowing down.
Many griffons, because they occasionally need to carry ordinary people, will seek safe and stable routes. But Liz is clearly an exception - like a child who likes to play in puddles or deliberately take the long way up the mountain for "exploration" instead of taking the main road, she likes to rush through places with many obstacles.
This shortcut also has its advantages.
The biggest advantage is that it runs fast enough.
In just a dozen seconds, they flew from the swamp at the other end to the village entrance.
——This is much faster than me running on my own. This was the first thought that popped up in Haina's mind.
But when they arrived at the battlefield, they were immediately shocked.
I saw that the grass here was gone.
The fire did not completely go out even under the heavy rain, and there was a huge pit in the middle, with a lot of black smoke rising from it.
The wall of the nearest pastor's house was almost completely destroyed, and flames were burning inside.
But what puzzled Sherlock the most was that there was such a big fire and such a huge explosion...but the trees in the forest remained intact.
Aiwass, his clothes tattered, calmly pointed his hand at the burning table, drawing flames from it to heal himself using the "Fire Sacrifice" method.
He seemed almost recovered by the time Sherlock arrived.
When he saw Sherlock, Iverson's eyes suddenly lit up.
"You've arrived just in time! Build a wall quickly, surround this place, and then come in!"
Aiwass immediately spoke to Sherlock from a distance.
Sherlock patted the griffin's head and whispered, "Go in."
The griffin Liz immediately complied - although the master didn't say anything, it was better to have an order than to be in a daze.
And Sherlock has already started chanting the spell.
Soon, several earth walls rose from the ground, repairing the dilapidated house.
At about this time, a cold wind blew by—
Sherlock, who had experienced this scene, reacted immediately.
The Wild Hunt is coming.
(End of this chapter)
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