What were you doing before the end of the world? Are you going to be an assassin?

Youyou was startled by the talking grass. Only when she focused her attention could she find some signs of Connor's presence, because Connor started talking, and his white teeth could not be disguised even in his mouth.

"As long as I stay still in every position, I won't be discovered." Connor said seriously.

"Don't worry. Although I'm not an orthodox vanguard that can resist damage, as long as I eliminate all the dangerous targets, can't I still protect the magician's safety?"

Youyou: ...It sounds like it makes some sense.

Monsters are very sensitive to magic. If a mid-level magician carries high-quality raw meat and walks defenselessly on a path in the forest, high-level monsters, especially griffins that like both raw meat and magic, will definitely not be able to resist this temptation.

As long as the griffin or any other monster focuses its attention on Youyou, the hidden Connor will use his advantage as an assassin to deal a fatal blow to the monster.

It’s just a pity that the Griffin doesn’t seem to be at home today.

"Oh, there's a monster coming right after I finished explaining it."

There was a rustling sound in the bushes ahead, and Connor warned Yoyo from his hiding place.

Youyou became alert when he heard this and drew out the silver dagger from his waist.

And the one who rushed to Youyou...

"So, so cute (*?▽?*)!"

Youyou's eyes sparkled and she tightened her throat for fear of scaring away the "monster".

A rabbit about the size of a puppy appeared from the bushes, with cute round eyes and fluffy fur. However, this rabbit was different from ordinary rabbits, as it had sharp horns on its head.

Even with its cute appearance, it's still a real monster.

"Youyou, this is a rabbit hunting game that requires extra caution. Don't let your guard down just because of its cute appearance!"

"I know! Huihui and I have seen rabbits like this!"

It seemed that Youyou had some grudge against Jitu. Although she said "this child is so cute", her hands did not slow down at all.

"electric shock!"

A rabbit was hung on Youyou's staff as bait.

after an hour.

"Connor...are you still there?" he asked in a low voice as he walked leisurely and swaggeringly in the open space beside the stream.

"Of course it's still there."

A stone near the forest spoke.

Since meeting a carnivorous rabbit hunter, Youyou has killed many cute rabbits by himself. Connor did not compete with Youyou for the kills. According to the distribution of labor, all of them belonged to Youyou who was hunting rabbits.

"Thank you for your hard work, Youyou, are you okay?"

After choosing a place near a water source and temporarily interrupting the bait plan, Connor dragged the almost exhausted Yoyo onto the tree trunk. This tree was even bigger than the one when Connor first entered the forest, and it could be used as a tree house.

"Huh... huh... I'm okay." The fatigue from walking since morning was finally relieved, and the little girl sat on the tree trunk, gently swinging her legs.

The bait hanging on her staff had changed from a piece of high-quality raw magic pig meat to a piece of pork and three rabbits, hung in a string on the tree trunk.

She took the water cup made of leaves and sipped the holy water purified by the Tears of the Goddess. Compared to Connor who never saw his target, she was more satisfied with her harvest this morning.

"The Assassin's perception is so strong!" Youyou said excitedly. No matter what situation she encounters, she can get an early warning to prepare the magic. When the monster shows up, she only needs to cast a spell in the designated direction.

Leveling up alone has its advantages, and leveling up as a team has its advantages as well.

"When I find Connor's target, I will let him see the power of my magic!"

Youyou said proudly while pressing her chest.

“I’ll leave it to you then.” Connor leaned against the tree trunk, scanning the surrounding sky with his Eagle Vision.

After saying this, the two fell into silence.

Youyou didn't find it strange, as this also fits her requirement of finding a teammate who wouldn't mind if the conversation stopped in the middle of the conversation.

In the temporary team of two people, she didn't need to worry about her identity as a Crimson Demon, and she didn't even have a Crimson Demon signboard. She didn't need to feel inferior because she didn't learn advanced magic, and the chat was very pleasant. If only... if only she could show off to Huihui at any time!

You should always be content and not take advantage of everything...

Youyou tried to relax as much as possible to speed up the recovery of her magic power.

“We’ve almost searched the area marked on the map. If it’s not found yet…” Connor didn’t take out the map. He had already memorized the simple map in his mind.

Normally speaking, a high-level monster that is not afraid of the Demon King's army cadres will be very conspicuous wherever it is placed, and its life fluctuations will be very different from other monsters.

But... Connor didn't use Eagle Vision to scan out the big guy.

Perhaps because he stared for too long, Connor suddenly looked away and pinched his brows.

"Connor, are you using your perception skills to look for the griffin?" Youyou suddenly asked. Although she came out alone to gain experience, she had joined a large team to defeat demons before leaving the novice town. There were many thieves, a lower-level profession of assassins, in the team.

"I guess so. It's a little different from other perception skills. It can see higher and farther." Connor explained simply that everyone's skills will change differently based on each person's characteristics.

The same fireball spell has completely different power in the hands of Youyou from the Red Demon Clan and in the hands of an ordinary magician.

"If that's the case..." After listening to Connor's description, Youyou suddenly thought of a possibility, "Is the griffin actively avoiding your perception? Did it mistake us for the Demon King's army? The griffin's intelligence is not low, so why doesn't it want to meet the Demon King's army cadres?"

A castle was occupied by the cadres of the Demon King's army not long ago. This morning, a perception skill would spread out from the castle every once in a while. In the morning, that perception was constantly moving towards the location of the griffin's nest.

In the eyes of the griffin, doesn't this mean that the cadres of the Demon King's army are planning to fight with it?

102. Double Happiness

Connor admitted that he underestimated the monster's perception and quickly modified the bait plan.

He threw the raw meat on the open shore and drove back with Eagle Vision. After making the illusion that the Demon King's army was returning, he returned to Youyou who offered to be the bait under [Breath Block].

Before Connor, disguised as a stone, could ask if there was anything wrong, Youyou put her index finger to her moist lips, tiptoed slightly and pointed at the low sky above the forest on the other side of the river. A huge black shadow appeared and circled at an altitude of about one hundred meters.

"Shh!"

Without Youyou's reminder, Connor roughly guessed that it must be a griffin just by estimating the size of the black shadow in the sky.

Sure enough, it is much better to bring a cultured magician with you than to wander around in the forest like a headless fly without knowing anything.

What needed to be done now was how to lure the griffin down from the sky. However, after circling around with Connor's Eagle Vision for many days and having its territory disrupted by the Demon King's army cadres, the griffin was obviously in a state of hunger. It just circled slightly and landed on the open ground by the river with a thud.

"Be careful, it's coming towards you." Connor reminded. The griffin was very cautious and did not get too close to Yoyo, who was dressed as a magician. It was in a straight line with Yoyo and the bait.

At this distance, neither Connor nor Youyou could launch an effective attack. Not only would it be impossible for them to defeat the monster, but the enraged monster might also escape.

Connor and Yoyo cannot fly, so if the bait tactic fails, they can only search the mountains for the griffin's lair.

Youyou's legs were trembling. No matter how much she had seen and how abnormal the Red Demons were, Youyou was just an ordinary, beautiful female magician who used intermediate magic. Facing a ferocious griffin, especially one that treated her as a piece of tender meat, she was still somewhat afraid.

"It's okay, Youyou... You have found teammates and made friends, Youyou..."

Youyou clutched his chest to encourage himself, watching the griffin remain motionless, and recalled the information he had read when he was in school in the Scarlet Devil Village.

In addition to being ferocious and fond of fresh meat, the griffin is also extremely arrogant.

It is said that there was no such monster as griffin in the world at first. It was only one day later that a Chimera with characteristics of both lion and eagle suddenly appeared in this world.

After conquering and studying a large number of griffins, the Crimson Demons gained a preliminary understanding of the habits of griffins.

"If you encounter a griffin in the wild, just tell it its name and curse it, it will not run away. At that time, you can use the cool advanced magic to coolly defeat the griffin. "The teacher of the Crimson Demon Clan said so.

Roll the name, taunt, and release magic, just three simple steps.

"If I call my name... Connor won't laugh at me, right? Really... He clearly said that there's nothing weird about my name..."

Youyou patted her cheeks gently to make herself more awake.

This is not the Red Demon Village. There is no Red Demon in any village to help me complete the process of defeating the griffin.

"I'll just give my name!"

"My name is Youyou. I am a great wizard by profession. I will be good at using advanced magic in the future! At the same time, I will also become the leader of the Crimson Demon Clan!"

Youyou blushed as she gave her name and lifted up her cloak.

Griffin: Gah!

A magician with not much magic power accumulated was able to control the griffin for thirty seconds just by introducing himself.

The name of the Red Demon Clan is so terrifying!

Connor did not waste Youyou's hard control skill effect. He used [Breath Blocking] to blend into the forest and slowly approached the griffin from the flank.

This monster was much larger than the demon pig. Connor had no doubt that the griffin's sharp claws alone would be enough to overturn the demon pig and pierce its back.

Perhaps because it is close to the sky, the griffin has feathers and fur color like the sun. Its lion-like hindquarters are covered with yellow-brown fur, and its eagle-like head and forelimbs are covered with golden eagle feathers.

This is definitely a griffin that is currently in its prime.

The feathers on the head and forelimbs of a young griffin are blue-green, while those of an old griffin are scarlet.

As the Griffin and Yoyo were facing off, Connor caught a glimpse of the Griffin's eyes.

Those eyes flickered like living flames, proving that this griffin had a deep attainment in fire magic.

"No wonder the Adventurer's Guild specifically noted that this griffin likes to eat high-quality raw meat and high-quality cooked meat. So it roasted it itself?"

Connor thought about the mission book issued by the Adventurer's Guild. There was not a single word of nonsense in the few short lines, which just said that some things could only be understood by seeing them with one's own eyes.

"Okay, leave it to me to defeat it!"

Connor showed no fear and threw a flying knife at the griffin's position... This time, facing a large monster, Connor replaced the long-range flying prop of the [Apple of Eden] with a golden javelin.

[Apple of Eden: Rapid Assassination]!

At the same time, Youyou's magic also arrived, it was a ball of rapid lightning.

Connor explained the mission very clearly, which was to eliminate the griffins and scorpion lions that were entangled with each other, but he gave priority to the griffins which were more dangerous and maneuverable.

Not only did the griffin show up today, but not even a hair of the scorpion lion could be found.

Therefore, once the bait operation against the griffin is launched, it must be resolved quickly to prevent the scorpion lion from coming out to disrupt the situation and reap the benefits.

The griffin's physical strength and defense should not be underestimated. It did not take the electric shock from Youyou seriously, but just used its sharp claws to break up the [electric shock] spell, and rolled on the ground to get out of Connor's attack range.

Unfortunately, [Rapid Assassination] is not the assassin skill or warrior skill that the Griffin has seen. It is an ability based on the space-based imperial weapon [Dimensional Conversion] after it is restricted. The underlying logic of the skill effect is actually to teleport to the place you have marked.

The golden javelin pierced the feathers of the griffin's front paws with its extremely sharp effect. Connor's body appeared at the tail end of the javelin in an instant, and the giant axe in his hand had already chopped towards the griffin's wide-open chest.

“Gah!”

The griffin roared in pain, flapped its wings and tried to fly into the sky to escape.

In the wild, getting hurt is a very dangerous thing, and this is also true for a dominant force like the griffin. Moreover, there is a scorpion lion confronting it. Although it can beat the scorpion lion so that it dares not come out, it cannot kill it.

The griffin didn't get to eat the high-quality raw meat, nor did it get to eat the delicate magician's tender meat. Its forearm was pierced by a powerful object. It almost instinctively wanted to escape, as its overlord was still needed to protect its nest.

“Connor!” Youyou shouted as he ran over to find a place to cast the spell, “Large creatures like griffins and manticores use magic to fly! That means if the magic is removed, they won’t be able to fly!”

Good tips!

Connor raised his hand and a flashing [Disappear] shot out.

As one of the most handy skills, Connor felt that it would be much faster to increase the proficiency of [Vanishing] to the highest level by the number of times it was used rather than using prism points.

The magical light in Connor's palm became brighter and pierced the griffin's eyes.

The professionally trained Youyou once again impressed the unskilled Connor. The griffin, having lost its buoyancy and magic, could only fly sideways on the ground in a dizzy posture.

In this world, inertia generally works.

The magic resistance of the high-level monster took effect again, and the eyes on the griffin's head looked towards Connor.

Sure enough, it felt that this man was much more dangerous than the magician!

clap clap clap!

The griffin's tail was swinging restlessly. The penetrating wound on its left forelimb forced it to slightly raise the tip of its claw to allow its precious and sharp claws to touch the ground.

Since there is no other way, the flying ability has also been disrupted...

The griffin opened its mouth and spewed out a series of huge fireballs.

Monsters have advantages in innate magic that magicians cannot match. Perhaps only powerful great magicians and red demons can surpass this griffin in terms of quantity and quality.

Connor took a side step forward and dodged, allowing the fireball to fly past him just a few centimeters away, and ran towards his target without any slowdown.

Even griffins that cannot fly should not be underestimated. Their lion-like bodies allow them to become man-eating beasts on land.

The griffin roared, showing the power of a regional overlord and took the initiative to greet Connor.

Come, a bloody and brutal fight! You and I can only live or die!