Characters in this chapter: (Iris Harongoth), (Giant Buster' Tormond), ('Dark Bringer' Karn), ('The Dark Knight') Ricard).

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Chapter 005: (The Dark Knight)

In the darkness of the night, a huge monster hovered above the trees, its broad wings obscuring the moonlight from the sky. The monster flapped its huge wings and drew a graceful arc in the air. The howling wind made Tormund aware of the predator's coming.

By the faint moonlight, Iris could get a glimpse of what the beast would look like. The claws as thick as a child's arms glowed with a metallic coldness, the back half of a lion's body was covered with yellow-brown fur, and the eagle-like head and forelimbs were covered with golden feathers.

Iris had never seen such a creature, but he knew what it was. "Griffon!" he almost blurted out. But he learned about the creature because he had seen information and patterns about griffons in an ancient book.

It is unknown when or where it originated, and the sages believed it to be the result of some magical experiment in ancient civilizations, but it seems that it appeared in the legends of poets and elders before it was written.

Griffons are creatures created by nature's extraordinary magic. The griffon first appeared in ancient Akkadian (Babylonian-Assyrian) mythology, and in the legend of Marduk's slaying of the demon beast and the canonization of the gods, the griffon was the third giant beast he killed.

Iris had always thought that the creatures created by this extraordinary magic had become extinct on the continent of Calradia. But until what he saw in front of him at this moment, he began to believe that there must be mysterious magic in this world, and the creature created by the extraordinary magic in front of him proved it.

Again, the dangers they face have become even more severe. A herd of ferocious giant hyenas stood guard under the trunk, and a huge griffon swooped out of thin air above the woods. Fearful and pessimistic, Iris seemed to see death beckoning to her.

Tomund stood on the thick trunk of the tree, and then quickly drew the longbow behind him, attached an arrow, and after a little aiming, shot the arrow out of the coffin, only to see the sharp arrow with a whistling sound, galloping towards the oncoming beast.

The rider on the back of the beast tugged at the reins around the beast's neck, trying to direct his mount to avoid the oncoming arrows. The beast slid to the right side with its wide wings, but the arrows still hit its body due to its size.

Tormund shot the arrow, which hit the griffon's body, but did little damage to the massive griffon. And the Virgian archer was not aiming at the beast, but at the black-armored rider who sat on its back.

Because of their heavy weight, griffons cannot spin and circle in the air like birds. But you can still do quite a bit of aerial tricks without a rider. It can fly in any weather and also has the instinct to sense changes in the weather.

One of the reasons why the griffon is so difficult to tame is that it has a strong confidence in its own air and will not accept unreasonable orders from its riders. This nearly caused the Black-Armored Rider to be shot by the same arrow that Tormund had fired.

A rider in black armor and an iron half-helmet sat on the back of the beast. He wore a sword at his waist, a longbow in his companion's hand, and a quiver full of arrows behind him. It's just that this rider's longbow is not an ordinary bow.

Rather, it is a purple wood longbow made of purple shirt wood. The Purple Wood Longbow is the best quality bow and arrow other than the keel bow, and it has a longer range than ordinary bows and arrows, with a range of more than 800 meters. The keel bow, on the other hand, exists only in historical legends.

The silver-armored rider on the back of the griffin raised his purple wood bow and grabbed a black eagle-tailed arrow and placed it on the bowstring, while his opponent sneered twice and also put the arrow on the bowstring and aimed it at him.

The black-armored rider looked at his opponent carefully, and saw that the opponent was not tall, or very short, less than five feet six inches, but his waist was not shorter than his height at all.

The two arrows detached from the bowstring almost simultaneously, and with a whistling sound, they sped away towards their respective targets. The arrow that went from high to low was faster and more powerful, while the arrow that flew from low to high was slightly less fast.

The arrows that fell from the sky sped away, and its target was not Tormond, but a panicked Iris. The trunk of the tree is very narrow, it is not easy to move the body, and it is almost impossible to dodge the arrows that come from it, not to mention that it is easy to fall off the tree if you are not careful.

At the last moment, Tormund jerked Iris into his arms with his thick arms, and shielded the boy with his broad back. In the next instant, the powerful arrow struck the broad back of the giant's nemesis without accident.

Tormund let out a snort, a pain in his chest, and a mouthful of blood spat out of his mouth. Iris, who was protected by him in his arms, turned pale with fright, his tongue froze, and his voice was suffocated. He even thought the bearded man was dying.

The infinite fear, combined with the darkness and the terrible howls of the beasts, and the arrows the bearded man had taken to protect him, made Iris's heart feel like it had fallen into a cold ice river, and his mind felt like a bucket of paste. Hopeless, dazed, and overwhelmed.

The black-armored knight narrowly dodged the arrows that flew at him, but the gigantic griffon was not so lucky, this time the arrow hit it in the abdomen, causing the beast to become a little agitated and unusually angry.

After calming the beast's agitation, the black-armored knight, hidden under the steel helmet, let out a deep voice. "I advise you to be obediently restrained, our target is not you, as long as you hand over the boy to us, we can spare your life. ”

The young dark knight may have retreated because he was afraid of the opponent's precise archery skills, or because he admired the opponent's loyal protector who was not afraid of life and death just now, so he would retreat from the absolute advantage.

Tomund scoffed. "The Dark Knight who used to be so powerful actually did such a shameless deed!" he sneered with a look of disdain. "Unless I die here, no one will want to take the little one from the giant's nemesis. ”

"Recard, stop talking nonsense with him, get him out together. The cold voice of the Dark Emissary was heard again in the woods.

The Dark Knight on the back of the griffin didn't bother to speak, but mounted three more eagle-tailed arrows at once. This time, he plans to take out the short and fat man who is protecting the boy first, and then solve the target person of this mission.

In fact, he resisted this mission, and felt even more shameful. Even though his soul has degenerated into a dark knight, he still retains a trace of the virtue that knights hold on to: I swear never to hurt the old and weak, women and children!

"I swore an oath, I swore in front of all the people I knew and those I respected, and I swore to my father. The Dark Knight's heart struggled, he hesitated, his hand holding the bow trembling slightly. "He's a kid, I can't do that. 」

"No! I must complete this mission! I have given my soul to the Dark Demon God, and I no longer need to keep my oath, let alone the knightly virtues. These two thoughts alone swirled in the Dark Knight's mind like a marquee.

Tomund seized the opportunity, quickly drawing the four arrows he had left behind him, and placing them together on the bowstring, one between each finger. I saw Tomun full of bowstrings, and in the next moment, four arrows were fired in unison.

In general, unless there is a special reason, there are only a maximum of five fingers on the palm of a hand, which means that the space between the fingers is only four at most. Therefore, if only one arrow can be placed between each gap, then one hand can only hold a maximum of four arrows at the same time.

And the 'four arrows at once' is actually the 'highest level' that most archers can achieve. After all, for ordinary people, holding four arrows in their hands and having to send them out accurately is simply unimaginable, and it is more difficult than climbing to the sky.

For archers, the importance of the right hand is simply self-evident. The right hand, which is responsible for holding the arrow and drawing the bow at the same time, obviously has more responsibilities than the left hand, which is only responsible for holding the bow and balancing.

For ordinary archers, let alone four arrows, even if it is three arrows at once, it is enough to make them 'shocked'.

As soon as the alarm was raised, the Dark Knight had already felt four fierce aura, and he had locked himself firmly, and when he looked ahead, he had already found four arrows speeding towards him with lightning speed.

And the Dark Knight seems to be unable to dodge this unassailable fatal blow!

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