'Cow Peak' is a small and inconspicuous mountain with a gentle terrain and a gentle slope. There are no eerie woods or jagged rocks on the mountain, just low, dwarf-like shrubs and ankle-grabbing weeds.

Climbers seem to be careless, and a single sneeze will turn the entire mountain over it.

The hill is located next to a small town called 'Ganzros'. The mountain peak is an ordinary mountain that can no longer be ordinary, and the town is also an ordinary town that can no longer be ordinary.

The lords of the town, the House of Coles, rose almost along with the griffin kingdom and were a hereditary nobility that had been passed down for hundreds of years. But even so, this family has always been outside the orthodox nobility of Yu for hundreds of years, and has been deeply despised by other nobles around it since ancient times.

This is because the first Baron of Coles, the first of the family, played a not-so-glorious role in the war between the kingdoms of Tomily and Griffons - the guide.

It is precisely because of this role that the ancestors of the Coles family have risen from an ordinary farmer to one of the many nobles of the griffon kingdom.

After many generations of hereditary succession, many of them gradually degenerated, corrupted, drunk, dreamed of death, and did not do a lot of things that hurt the heavens and reason, but this did not prevent them from doing despicable things while laughing at those nobles who did not have a good reputation by virtue of the glory of their ancestors.

And the Coles family is precisely because of the not too glorious family history of their ancestors, so the descendants have always lived cautiously and tremblingly, for fear of being caught by other laughing stocks. The lord is not very good, but it is not so bad.

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At this time, the current head of the House of Coles, Baron Karpas Coles, was leading the chief (only) knight he had just canonized last year, and five or six militiamen armed with spears, hiding behind a large rock more than half a man high at the foot of the 'Cow Peak', and secretly looking into a cave not far away.

The men behind the stones are the entire "armed forces" of the small town of 'Ganzros'. Oh no, that's not accurate. In fact, Baron Coles also raised two fierce Highland Roca hounds, which are usually the most high-end combat power in the town, intimidating all outlaws inside and outside the town.

But the baron did not take his two most capable men with him, for the hound, no matter how powerful he was, would clench his tail in fright and curl up on the ground whimpering as soon as he smelled the slightest smell of the monster in the cave.

Squatting behind the stones, Baron Karpas Coles was covered in nothing more than a half-worn pair of chain mail and a barrel helmet on his head. The sides of the helmet were embedded with two strangely shaped wings, but the tip of the helmet was not shaped like a heroic griffon's head. But even so, let's still call it the "griffon helmet", or what else can we call it?

The baron now lifted the mask of the "griffon's helmet" halfway, and with his hand grabbed the upper edge of the large stone, poking out two eyes and half an iron head.

"Hey, Rodney, you say, how long has that man been in?" the baron asked his chief knight.

"He, he's been in for a cup of tea, my lord. The chief knight named Rodney replied, "Ten minutes, maybe fifteen minutes, but certainly not half an hour." ”

As the only knight under the baron, Rodney's helmet and armor were normal—standard knight's armor and griffon's helmet—but he was in a somewhat unusual position.

The chief knight hid behind the baron, his hands on the baron's shoulders, his body shrunk even lower than the baron, and the voice peeked through the observation hole in his visor, and the sound of the urn was indistinct.

As for the militiamen, armed with spears and dressed in leather armor, they were lined up in three or two, hiding behind the chief knight, and one by one they poked their heads sideways and peeked ahead. Their formation, combined with the spears they carried on their shoulders, made the team look like a grotesque caterpillar, absurd and comical.

As one of the few armed forces in the town, these people have no consciousness of being an armed force at all......

"Then you say, why is there no sound in it until now?" the baron felt a little strange.

"Maybe, maybe the monster wasn't in the cave. The chief knight guessed.

"No way, Criford saw it come back with his own eyes, didn't he?" asked the baron to one of the militiamen behind the knight.

"I swear by the only eye I have, and I'll definitely see that monster back in the cave. The one-eyed dragon's militia patted his chest and reassured, "Your Excellency, this only remaining eye of mine is much better than the other two! I can even see the 'second' mosquito two thousand meters away, if it has one." ”

The militiaman smiled hesitantly, and continued, "When that monster returned to the cave, it still had one, no, half a wild deer in its mouth, like that, tsk, my lord, didn't you see it, that monster really looks hideous and terrifying!" the militia exaggeratedly described, "After seeing it return to the cave, I asked little Carter to quietly inform you, but I heroically chose to stay where I was." Your Excellency, you know, this is definitely a very dangerous thing to do......"

"Okay, don't be verbose, it's not that dangerous two thousand meters away. The baron interrupted the one-eyed militiaman's bragging, "I'll reward you with ten silver coins when you go back, get to the point!"

"Hey, thank you, sir. The one-eyed militiaman smiled happily, "The point is, it's definitely still in the cave, trust me, my lord, it's definitely in there." ”

The baron nodded, "In that case, let's wait slowly." ”

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Clusters of dense shrubs grew next to the large rocks, which were more than half a man tall. Hidden in the bushes are many inhabitants from the town of 'Ganzros'. Most of these men, young or grown-up, are afraid to approach the cave, but they don't seem to want to miss anything, so they find the perfect balance between guts and curiosity – hiding here and quietly observing.

"Hey, Andrew, how long has that guy been in?" asked a young boy holding a stone in the bushes, whispering to his companion, "why is there no sound in there?"

"Don't look at the 'cow mountain' is very small, but this cave is quite deep. The young man named Andrew replied in the same light tone, "I went there many times before the monster came to settle here. ”

"Oh my God, did you really go in?" the young boy who asked the question was a little surprised, his voice subconsciously raised, and then immediately lowered it again, "The adults in the town always say that there have been many deaths in that cave, and it is full of homeless undead!"

"That's just a trick to scare children, and I'm not as brave as you and Feige to be scared by such unfounded rumors. Andrew said smugly.

He beckoned to his friend and motioned for him to come closer, "I'll tell you, it's damp in there, and there are dripping water in many cracks in the stones, and the ground is covered with moss and all kinds of mushrooms that can't be named. And the further you go inside, the colder it gets, and the cold makes people's spines chill, and sometimes you can hear some strange sounds. ”

"There must be undead in there!" said the little friend, a little scared.

"There were no undead! There was nothing at the end of the cave, empty, no undead, no bones, just a few broken stones and small gray mushrooms. "I thought the cave would go underground, but unfortunately, it was just a slightly deeper ordinary cave, and there was not a single secret to the apex. There was a hint of disappointment in his tone.

"Whatever used to be in it, but now it's occupied by a winged lion. If you dare to go in again, you will definitely be eaten by that lion. ”

"It's a manticore, not a winged lion. Andrew corrected in a low voice, "The griffin still has wings, but it's very different from the manticore. ”

"But the griffon's head is not a lion's!" his companion defended unconvinced.

"But its body is that of a lion! The griffin has feathered wings like an eagle, and the manticore has the wings of a bat and a dragon, and you should at least distinguish between the two!"

"Shhh

At this time, whether it was the "armed forces" behind the big rocks or the residents in the bushes, all of them looked expectantly at the cave not far away.

A short time later, a deep beast roar suddenly came from the depths of the cave. The roar was low at first, as if it had some hint of warning and temptation.

But then the cry of terror grew louder and louder, more and more angry, and more and more ferocious. The roar echoed through the cave and turned into a roar like huge rocks rolling through the mountain. The entire 'cow mountain' seemed to tremble gently under the roaring resonance.

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