George followed the Nord adventurer named Barrett, step by step, towards the hot springs.

The current king of the griffin kingdom is also named George, who is twenty years older than his subordinate George, and is known as 'George the Good-Samaritan'. It was a kind-hearted king, or what could be called a woman's kindness. Regardless of whether those evaluations are true or not, the outside world is rumored like this anyway:

Because he could not bear to eat a slain animal, even a chicken, the king was a staunch vegetarian, and even stood still for a moment to mourn the death of ants, so the palace was cleaned so that not a single bug appeared in front of the king.

He was also a melancholy poet, and when his favorite parrot died, he went on a hunger strike for three days and wrote six long poems for it, almost following it himself......

'George the Good Samaritan' may not know anything about military affairs, politics, or how to govern a kingdom, but at least he knows how to be sympathetic to the people, and he does it entirely from his heart (because he can't even pity animals, let alone people).

However, although King George was good at writing poetry, he did not know what to do to make the people under his rule live a good life, and the only way he knew that it would have a slight effect was to reduce taxes.

So since he ascended the throne, the griffon kingdom has lowered taxes three times in a row, and King George is still very stubborn, once the royal council does not approve his order, he will choose to go on hunger strike......

Fortunately, the current Imperial Council knew what to do with King George's willfulness, and a newborn little griffin covered in white fluff with big eyes and chirping, or something like that, would make King George forget about his "absurd" orders.

In other countries, such a king would probably fall in a coup d'état, but not in the kingdom of griffons. Because of the relationship between the 'King of the Moon and the Sun', the people will not support the usurper, the nobles will not support the usurper, and the adventurer, the merchant, the blacksmith, the tailor, and even the lovely man will not support the usurper. Of course, mages are also indispensable.

But in any case, in peacetime, a king like him will not make the kingdom stronger, but at least it will not be worse.

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George and Barrit, the Nord adventurer, are getting closer and closer to the hot springs.

The temperature around him gradually warmed up again, and the escaping steam slapped on his face, hot and moist, and for George, he actually liked this feeling. However, the camphor trees, palms, and laurels in the vicinity are a little withered, and it seems that they are shy and can't stand this overly "enthusiastic" atmosphere.

When they were still about thirty meters away from the hot springs, the Nords stopped. He squinted his eyes towards the hot springs, but George saw nothing from the steam, and occasionally there seemed to be a flash, but it was also a flash.

He saw some dark clouds in the eastern sky, and he should be drifting in the direction of them. If it rained, would it dispel those annoying steams? George didn't know, but it would certainly make his archery skills a big hit.

"Can you shoot a hen 50 meters away?" the Nord asked softly and suddenly, for no apparent reason.

He remembered what I said at the dinner table, "Of course!" George replied confidently in an equally soft voice, "I often practice archery with the hens in the castle, and I can hit at least three of five arrows, I mean at least." Sometimes they can even hit with arrows, and no matter how much the hens flutter their wings, it is useless. But none of the arrows I shot were arrowheads, and they were tied with coarse cloth, so they couldn't hurt the hens, so Aunt Flanda turned a blind eye to them. ”

Not really. Aunt Franda had beaten him many times for this, but George didn't care at all, anyway, Aunt Franda hit him very lightly every time, unlike his father, who was beaten to death every time, so the thing George was most afraid of was that someone would complain to his father.

"You're a smart man, and you're very thoughtful. The Nord gave him a meaningful look, "Prepare your bow and arrows, shoot the first monster you see in a moment, and then turn around and run back, whether you shoot or not." The Nord repeated with a serious expression, "Remember, whether you shoot or not, run in the direction of Sir Yarman." Got it?"

George nodded obediently, took an arrow from his back, and placed it on his bow, "Are we going to be weird here, aren't we going deeper?" ”

"You don't need to see anything, just do what I say. A hand axe suddenly appeared in the hand of the Nord, took a few more steps, and then waited for a while, and suddenly threw the axe in his hand.

George saw the hand axe swirl and fly into the steaming white water vapor, and then he heard that the hand axe seemed to hit something, and made a slight "poof" sound, and the hit thing did not make a scream, so it fell directly to the ground with a "click".

Then, George heard a squeak, a hiss, a jumble of screams. Immediately after, the steam was stirred up, and it seemed as if something was about to appear, which made him very nervous.

George tensed his nerves and body, breathing heavily, feeling his hand pulling the bow stiff as a stone.

"Relax, just do what I say. The tall Nord man turned to him in a relaxed tone, holding his sword in one hand, and said, "Just think they're hens in the hen coop, but they're all winged ones who don't fly very high." ”

The Nord's words made George's heart feel very relaxed for no reason, he felt that his arms had become flexible again, and his confidence had increased a lot, and he wished that those monsters would appear soon.

The white thick water was churning, and the "hens" were so stupid that they didn't seem to know which direction the attack was coming from. However, this time did not last long, and after three heartbeats, a demon bat with steam in its mouth flew out of the water vapor.

It saw me! George and the devil bat looked at each other.

The bat opened its mouth to scream and call out to its companions, but it was interrupted halfway through the sound - the arrow from George's bow went into its mouth.

Well done, one hit! George praised himself inwardly that I could have shot more, he thought, in time.

So, he disobeyed the orders of the Nords.

George, a young man who thought of it, ran his right hand toward the quiver behind him again, and a sharpened arrow was once again placed on the bow.

The Nords did not say anything to stop him, and George called the situation "tacit default". Whenever he wanted to do something and no one spoke up to stop him, he assumed that everyone had agreed to his next move.

For example, when Aunt Flanda is not looking, to shoot the hens, and to steal old John's plums when there is no one at his house.

More steam demon bats flew out of the water vapor, and at a cursory glance, there were as many as seven or eight, and the number was still increasing, more and more, and even a boiling water element also appeared.

The arrow came out of his hand and hit a magic bat again with precision. It's just that this time the hit part is the abdomen of the demon bat (George is aiming at the head), which is not a good part, for humans, being shot in the abdomen by an arrow is likely to die, but those demon bats will crawl back into the hot springs and rely on boiling water to quickly recover from their injuries, George has seen similar scenes several times in the previous battle.

Suddenly, George heard the Nord man say a word, "Run!"

He obediently turned and ran, exerting his strength to be chased by the dogs, and running swiftly in the direction of Sir Arman. But as he ran, George thanked that something wasn't quite right—he realized that the Nord wasn't following him.

What was that guy doing? George was a little curious, and as he ran, he turned his head to look behind him, and saw that the Nord man was not far away, and with a sword he had split one of the fastest flying demon bats in half, and there seemed to be another one lying on the ground along the way.

George also found that the boiling water element had disappeared, and it did not chase it out like a demon bat, thinking that it should have returned to the hot spring.

The Nord man was very agile, and although he didn't swing his sword very quickly, it was extremely deadly. When he barely swung into the air, every time he attacked, a steam demon bat would be cut to the ground.

Kill monsters, turn around, run, dodge steam, dodge flutters, then turn around and kill monsters again. This Nord man did not simply flee for his life, but was very agile in moving between the steam demon bats, constantly reducing the number of demon bats. The whole group of demon bats gathered in a group, repeatedly attacking the Nord, but there was no good way to deal with him.

It was hard for George to imagine that such a tall, stout man could run and turn around so quickly, and the heat and rain cast by the steam demon bats did not affect his movements at all, which made George feel that the Nords in front of him were like a sharp-tailed swift, calmly flying in the rainstorm.

This scene made George's blood boil involuntarily, and he subconsciously slowed down, and slowly changed from "running" to "walking", and then stopped.

George reached out and pulled an arrow from the quiver behind him, placing it on his bow and aiming at a target that was flying towards him not far away.

The demon bat that flew towards George was shot, and fell to the ground screaming, but the arrows on George's bow did not shoot.

Several more arrows flew past George's side, towards the swarm of bats, and then another round of shooting, and the number of bats was reduced considerably, but it was getting closer and closer.

Immediately afterward, George heard Sir Yarman shouting, "Attack!", and the whole team roared to meet him, and the arrows from George's bow were fired.

Then, the battle ended in an instant.

Yes, the whole battle ended simply and quickly. Aside from a few minor abrasions and less serious burns, the team was not a single attrition, and morale was buoyant again.

Everyone happily talked to each other, sighing at the ease of this victory.

A few drops of hot rainstorm dripped on George's neck, and there was a little pain, which made him subconsciously shrink his neck, but that was all.

George looked at the Nord man not far away, he was really amazing! George sighed again in his heart.

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