The manticore, as the name suggests, is a special creature with a red lion body, a human face, human ears, and blue eyes, three rows of sharp teeth in the upper and lower jaws, and a deadly stinger on the tail like a scorpion.

Moreover, these stingers can be fired in any direction, and if hit, not only will they cause physical damage, but the toxin will quickly spread throughout the body with the blood flow.

In addition, according to ancient Persian records, the throat of this monster can simulate the sound of a flute or trumpet to lure prey to take the bait.

Generally speaking, the powerful manticore, which has terrified mankind in the age of mythology, currently has only a few living in the Arab sphere of influence in West, Central and South Asia, with a total number of no more than 300 individuals, and is strictly protected by the local forces.

But as the saying goes, rewards are always proportional to risk.

Due to the high domestication of manticores and the fact that the venom secreted by the tail can work on a variety of magical creatures, many people are secretly willing to pay a high price for one or two, which naturally gives rise to poaching and smuggling businesses.

Relatively speaking, the European continent, which has a relatively long history, is slightly more in demand in this regard, while few people in North America dare to touch this forbidden area.

The reason is very simple, as early as 1903, someone once transported a hidden manticore lion to Atlantic City, and there was an accident halfway through, resulting in dozens of deaths, hundreds of injuries, and the entire street was covered with blood plasma and broken corpses, almost exposing the underground world to ordinary people.

In order to ensure that a similar situation would not happen again, the perpetrator was sentenced to three hundred years of indentured slavery, and to this day his descendants are still providing special services to a certain parliamentarian.

It was with this living example that no one would have dared to try to transport an overly dangerous magical creature to America for a hundred years.

But it is precisely more than 100 years that have passed, and it seems that some guys have forgotten the lessons of the past and are starting to move again.

Abraham Boroman, a fallen druid who was expelled from the Church for breaking the canons, is currently the only person on the East Coast of the United States who dares to smuggle dangerous magical creatures.

But today, he was obviously not in a good mood, and he sat in the office with a gloomy face, and roared angrily at several of his subordinates: "Fool! Tell me! Did you grow up eating shit? You actually let a woman sneak into the warehouse! And let the manticore, worth 30,000 gold dinars, escape!"

"Boss, she's not just an ordinary woman, she's a witch. A black man who looked to be in his mid-thirties corrected in a whisper.

"Shut up! I don't want to listen to your excuses! Remember, I'll give you twenty minutes to get everything sorted out and never be discovered by the lords and the council, understand, or we'll all die!" Abraham Borroman threatened viciously.

"Twenty minutes, catching a manticore and a witch in the mistaken dock warehouse?" the black man's eyes widened, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face. "You have to know that this is the port of New York! The annual throughput reaches hundreds of millions of tons! The containers just placed outside are densely packed and there is no end in sight! In addition, the warehouses built in a unified manner may not be able to inspect all the corners in a day, even if a few thousand people are touched. ”

"You don't have to worry about that! I'll send my little darling to search! Your job is to catch both the man and the manticore! Especially that damn little bitch! I'll make sure she knows how serious the consequences of disrupting my business are. ”

With that, Abraham Boroman put two fingers in his mouth and whistled vigorously.

Moment!

Seagulls flew in from the seashore and circled over the entire logistics area of the terminal.

In a few moments, more than half of them swooped down towards the corner near the east.

Seeing this, he immediately pushed open the window and pointed to the place where the seagulls had landed: "It's over there! Go, don't let them run......"

Before he could finish speaking, a poisonous needle with a flashing black light slammed into the wall next to him, scaring everyone in the room into a cold sweat.

You must know that the manticore's toxin is not comparable to any poisonous creature on earth, it is not so much a poison as a magical energy that can affect the body's functions.

With just a little lace in the oilskin, even an adult elephant can die of poison in a matter of seconds.

"Meow !!!!!!!!"

Before the men could come to their senses, a small cat with black hair suddenly jumped out from behind a shipping container and knocked the manticore away from the girl's pursuit, while letting out a menacing roar.

"Come on, Cody, hold on for a few more minutes, and Zhang will come to our rescue." Elizabeth shouted as she ran as she could.

"Get out! I swear! If I make it back alive this time, I'm going to scratch your ass. ”

As he spoke, the black stuffed creature that was originally the size of a domestic cat quickly swelled and turned into an elegant leopard.

In particular, its large, exaggerated claws, which emit a metallic sheen at the end of the sun, are not vegetarian at first glance.

But the irascible manticore was obviously not intimidated by this threat, and after getting up from the ground, he immediately shot a poisonous needle from his tail without saying a word.

Bang Bang Bang!

Accompanied by dazzling golden sparks, the thick and sturdy container shell was suddenly pierced through a row of holes the thickness of little fingers.

Not to be outdone, Cody brandished his claws sharper than a machine tool and rushed straight at the manticore, cutting a deep wound on his opponent's body.

"Woo!!!!!!"

The intense pain made the manticore even more frenzied, opening its bloody jaws and trying to bite its rival with three rows of sharp fangs.

Since the two are now entangled with each other, once it bites, it will 100% cause a lot of damage to Cody, who has turned into a big meow.

At this moment, a black dot suddenly appeared in the air, and the surrounding time suddenly came to a standstill.

Next Second......

Rumble!

A huge fireball rises into the air!

The poor manticore was directly shocked by the explosion and shock wave generated by the fireball, and slammed into the containers stacked together behind it, making a deafening loud noise.

"I'm sorry, I wasted a little time locating the coordinates, are you okay?" Zhang Cheng asked with a smile when he came to the girl's side.

"Oh my God, you're finally back!"

Elizabeth jumped up directly and put her arms around her boyfriend's neck, trembling with excitement.

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