Chapter 1329 The Cockatoo in the Valley (Ⅰ)

The one-armed Valley Village Sheriff Nicholas walked up to the young mage and explained to Joan who was observing the banner.

"Grizzly bears, wild cats and poisonous snakes often appear in the nearby woods. Recently, 'cockatrices' have appeared on the side of the railway. We marked the trees on the side of the railway to remind train passengers passing this section, Close the doors and windows tightly, and don't get out of the car to wander around, so as not to be hurt by wild animals."

Joan nodded, thinking that Mr. Nicholas was very considerate, and he was indeed a conscientious magistrate.

At this moment, Medea, Peter, and Bafra also came over leading their horses, followed by a simple and strong young militiaman.

Nicholas glanced at the overgrown hillside, turned around and said to everyone: "There is no ready-made road leading to the depths of the forest here, and we can't ride on horseback. We can only walk into the mountain. Jason, you take our Let’s take the horse back, on the way back, we can hitch a ride by the railway back to the village.”

"Okay, Mr. Nicholas, please be careful."

A young militiaman named Jason took the reins from everyone, mounted his own horse, led the other five horses, and turned back the same way.

"Mr. Nicholas, in fact, we don't necessarily have to walk in the dense forest. It is more convenient to fly directly to the valley where the cockatrice lives." Medea said.

The hood of the cloak behind Joan's neck trembled slightly, and a blood mosquito came out and landed in the form of a loli.

"Sister Medea is right, Ruby and I don't want to crawl around in a dense forest full of thorns."

"Miss Ruby" looked down at her red dress with tassels, which was obviously not suitable for hiking in the wild.

"I can use 'Wild Transformation' to turn into a bird and fly, but what about Peter and Brother Nicholas? They don't know how to fly." Bafra showed embarrassment.

"Leave this problem to me to solve."

The Gorgon smiled faintly, and blessed Peter and Nicholas with the 3-ring "flying technique" one after another, creating a pair of atmospheric wings behind them that could attack and fly freely.

Peter excitedly flapped his wings and flew into the air, and Nicholas also tried to fly after thanking Medea.

"You two guys, wait for me!"

Miss Catwoman quickly used the druid's signature ability "wild transformation", turned into a falcon and flew up, chasing the two companions.

Rabbit Katie was surprised that her master abandoned her and flew away alone, so she meowed anxiously.

Ruby looked up at the falcon that was going away, and said softly to the mantle: "Katie, the falcon that Sister Bafula turned into is too small and doesn't have enough strength to take you flying, but don't worry, Ruby, I can hold you and fly together."

Saying that, "Miss Ruby" turned into a hybrid form, with a pair of translucent membranous wings spreading out behind her.

Rabbit Man was startled by Ruby whose image had changed. Fortunately, she is the druid's animal companion after all. She often sees Bafula transformed into various birds and beasts on weekdays. He didn't reject "Miss Ruby"'s kindness, and was held in her arms and flew into the air.

Medea slapped herself with a "flying spell", and Joanne also turned into a bee-man form, followed Ruby into the sky, and caught up with Nicholas, Peter, and Bafra in a short time.

Overlooking the earth from a high altitude, you can have a panoramic view of the forest and wild scenery.

There are many volcanic hot springs in the far northeast, and the spring water nourishes this fertile black land. The vast jungle extends along the hot spring basin, like a green ribbon, adding a bit of life to the snow-covered northern mountains.

Joan and his party of six flew over the jungle. Originally, it would take a whole day to walk, but it took them less than half an hour to complete it. Under the guidance of Nicholas, they landed in front of the entrance of a valley hidden in the forest one after another.

According to the usual practice, Qiao An first took out the "Navigation Compass", generated a map of the surrounding area and stored it, and then performed the "Advanced Mosquito Finger Technique" invented by himself, turning the tail finger of his left hand into a blood with "invisibility" and "silence" functions. Mosquito, ordered this little spy to sneak into the valley to search for the trace of the cockatrice.

After waiting for less than ten minutes, Qiao An sensed the mental fluctuations sent back by the blood mosquito spy. It seemed that he had discovered the target, and quickly projected his observation perspective on the blood mosquito spy.

With a slight trance, Joan's vision switched from the entrance of the valley to the interior of the valley.

When he was still adapting to the change of light, he could already hear the crowing of a rooster, mixed with a high-pitched and sonorous sound similar to a rooster crowing.

Joan looked in the direction of the crowing cock, and saw a large group of turkey-like creatures from a distance, pecking insects with their heads buried in the grass.

Blood Mosquito Agent itself is also an insect creature, and the big birds in the valley are its nemesis, so it dare not get too close, and can only see a vague outline.

Qiao An didn't force the Blood Mosquito Agent to get close to the group of large birds that were suspected to be cockatrices. He chanted a mantra softly, activated the "Eagle Eye Art" attached to the prosthetic eye, and set up an invisible observer about 30 feet above the birds. point.

Joan switched his observation point of view from the blood mosquito spy to the "Eagle Eye Observation Point", and the scene in front of him became clearer.

Those big birds in the grass that were feeding were indeed similar to the illustrations of the cockatrice in the "Vares Monster Illustrated Book" (Magical Beast Volume). Feathered, rough and naked skin covered with small colorful particles, the texture is closer to lizards than birds.

What impressed Joan even more was that this creature had a pair of black membranous wings, just like the wings of a bat, and behind it was a black snake tail covered with scales, which swayed flexibly with the movements of its body.

This group of monsters has the physical characteristics of both birds and reptiles, no wonder they are called "cockatrices".

The group of cockatrices in Joan's field of vision had a total of no less than twenty, and most of them were female. It is a male cockatrice.

The males in the herd appear to be more restless and aggressive than the females. From time to time, they flap their wings, stretch their necks, and scream at each other in demonstration.

At this time, a male cockatrice found a viper in the grass, and immediately jumped on it in surprise, and ruthlessly pecked at the viper's head with its beak as hard and sharp as an iron hook.

The Viper's reaction was also extremely fast, and he quickly shrank his head into a ball, narrowly avoiding the cockatrice's peck and bite.

The male cockatrice missed in one shot, its beak pecked at the rock beside the adder, and sparks shot out.

At this time, another male cockatrice nearby also found the viper, which was as thick as an adult's arm, and rushed over to grab the snake's neck, and skillfully beat it on the stone, smashing the snake's head with two slaps. Cracked, the body convulsed and twisted into a ball.