123. Harpy
"Ahem... Mr. Beecher, what's going on outside, so noisy? Valentine, a half-Asian young man of the canine genus, said haggardly, to Beecher the white-haired dwarf who was concentrating on ironsmithing in the shop as he carried scrap ironware.
"Whatever it is, don't worry at all," Beecher picked the long knife from the anvil and looked at its shape from multiple angles, "Anyway, just remember, there's nowhere safer than a blacksmith's shop." β
"Oh... Ahem, ahem, ahem. Valentine struggled to put the scrap iron into the storage box.
"People will choose to fight in grocery stores, pharmacies, taverns, and even adventurers' unions, but no one will ever dare to make trouble in a weapons store, and if they dare to come, I will make them unable to eat and walk around!" Beecher laughed loudly and slammed the long knife into flames, "Valentine, you just came back unwell, right?" Then go lie down and recuperate, and I'll do the things in the store. β
"No, Mr. Beecher... You have been kind enough to take me in for so long, and now I have been "absent from work" for more than a month, and I have come back to give me food, how can I waste your kindness, I must do the work in the store. Valentine went to the stove and added firewood to it.
"What a reckless fellow, okay, but you do what you can, if you fall, I'll have to carry you to lie down."
Looking at Beecher, Valentine covered his mouth and smiled, but quickly stopped. Mr. Beecher is confident in his physique, but he may not have taken his height into account.
"Laughing at what?"
"Ah no," Valentine changed the subject, glancing outside the store, "but this commotion continues, and there will be no customers in the store this afternoon, I hope the guards can subdue the vandals sooner." β
"yes, I just vaguely heard it, it seems to be a harpy? How did that kind of weak monster make the crowd move? Beecher raised his eyebrows and said lowly.
Outside the store.
"Launch!" The Captain of the Guard ordered.
Nine bows and crossbows fired in a volley, striking at Long Ge.
Long Ge's eyeballs at the moment are an eagle's eye and a tiger's eye, combined with the beast's brain, both of them have the commonality of high-speed dynamic vision, and the flying arrows are just slow motion in her eyes.
With a flick of his left wing at a faster speed, all nine arrows were knocked out at once.
"What..."The Captain of the Guard was stunned, how could the Harpy be so difficult to deal with!?" Don't stop! Keep shooting! β
"Sure enough, the Terrans who believe in Maury are full of hostility! If my lord hadn't forbade me to harm you, I would have asked you to tear down this "temple" dedicated to the wicked Mauri and restore the name of the sun god! β
The dragon song flapped its wings, and all the arrows shot into the wall of the bell tower.
"SheβShe's talking to people!?" One of the guards exclaimed, "Isn't the Harpy just screaming with piercing eardrums?" β
"She's flying too high, out of our range, sir."
"Pause the attack first, keep an eye on her movements, and you!" The Captain of the Guard poked his finger into one of the soldiers' shoulders, "We've encountered a tricky monster, go find the security magician, and they can deal with it!" β
"Yes, sir!" The soldier saluted and ran away.
"Attacking as soon as we met, what a bunch of rude guys, we must stop my lord and not let him near this dangerous place." Long Ge flew back from the original road, looking down at Xia Zuo's location from a high altitude.
"She escaped!"
"Chase!"
The soldiers followed closely.
Xia Zuo had already arrived at the city gate on horseback, and looked up at the soldiers on the city wall gathering in a panic, and knew that it was caused by the dragon song, ten thousand years... What a troublesome generation gap......
Even the guards at the city gate rushed into the city, and Xia Zuo rode through quickly, and no one stopped the dangerous move that almost hit pedestrians.
In fact, it will not happen, no matter how dense the crowd is, Xia Zuo can ride a horse and shuttle freely in any possible gap.
When he had ridden a horse to avoid grassland rocks and forest trees, he had already felt that "automatic dodge" could even act on the horse, and would not hit anything he didn't want to bump into.
Xia Zuo has become an equestrian athlete with a full point of obstacle courses.
Through the gates.
"My lord Xia Zuo!" The dragon song shouted in the sky, and at the same time there was a loud sound of wings.
"Phew~" Charzola stopped the whirlwind and clicked to dismount and jump to the ground.
Long Ge landed in front of Xia Zuo, stood up on one knee, and retracted his wings.
"Eagles, harpies... I actually put away my wings! She became a Terran! β
"Oh my God, monsters can disguise themselves as humans!"
"Is that man with her? He might be a monster in disguise. β
β... Harpy? β
The citizens who fled in all directions panicked and hid far away, leaving only Xia Zuo and Long Ge standing in the open space in the middle of the main road, hoping that the guards could take them down.
"What have you done?" Xia Zuoqing said abruptly, looking around to find out the person who said "male banshee", but it was still a child.
"I'm exploring the way for you, but as soon as I entered here, I was collectively hostile to the Terran warriors!"
"There is no need to explore the road here, it is safe, I went to the ruins from here before..."Xia Zuo said helplessly, she was so anxious, she should have said it earlier.
Before he could finish speaking, there was a sound of iron boots among the crowd, and the soldiers gathered around.
With that, there were four or five young mages with rods.
"Don't move! You are surrounded! β
They wound their crossbows, and the tips of their staffs pooled their energy and were ready to go.
"You didn't hurt anyone here, did you?" Xia Zuo asked softly.
"Of course not, as you ordered, even if they shoot arrows unceremoniously... What kind of weapon is that, a bow that doesn't have to pull the string? "Long Ge is very new to the crossbow.
"That's good..."Xia Zuo breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't attack them now, leave it to me to explain." β
He can dodge, and Long Ge's self-healing power is super strong, and he has not yet fallen into a very dangerous situation.
"Wait a minute, she's not a monster..."
"Wait!" Just as the army's arrows and the mage's magic ball were about to shoot out, the captain of the guard suddenly raised his right hand and interrupted Xia Zuo's words, "Don't shoot yet!" That's the knight Rupert's warhorse! Don't hurt it by mistake! β
I never thought that the explanation of righteous words might not be able to withstand the whirlwind to stop there.
"That's right, it's a whirlwind, and I'm Rupert's guest." changed his words, and even wanted to say that he was a hero who returned with Rodney, but Xia Zuo had already promised to keep the killing of the goblin a secret.
"Sir... I remember the man, who sat behind Rupert when Lord Rodney's army returned in the morning. The soldier's words were heard by everyone around him.
"Hmm... Knight Rupert had always been majestic, and he would agree to ride a horse together, and the relationship between the two was probably extraordinary...... "said the captain of the guard.
"Besides, she's not a monster, she's my beast slave, don't you see this curse mark on her neck?" Xia Zuo claimed.
"It's unheard of to use the harpy as a beast slave, they are all evil monsters who kill innocents!"
"Hey, she's not a harpy either..."Xia Zuo raised his hand and compared, touching Long Ge's white hair, "There is such a tall harpy!?" β
Long Ge pursed his lips.
Harpies are known to be very short.
When the captain of the guard was at a loss, Jenny rode out of the crowd. In the city, she will also be responsible for some security.
"Xia Zuo?" She tilted her head and dismounted.
"Knight Jenny." The captain of the guard saluted.
"Remove the alert, don't hurt them." Jenny also glanced at the female savage beside Xia Zuo suspiciously, since it was someone Xia Zuo knew..."And Xia Zuo is a guest of His Majesty, remember his appearance, understand?" β
β... Yes, sir. The captain of the guard hesitated.
With Jenny's help, the misunderstanding was quickly resolved.
But before the competition, the name "The Shape-shifting Harpy" had spread throughout the city.