The Returned Sword King Decided to Become a Tyrant Chapter 89
Griffin (2)
The number of griffons discovered was twenty, including the ones that had just flown away.
It certainly doesn’t seem like full-scale proliferation has taken place yet, but it’s still a threatening number.
At that moment, George asked me, who was looking at the place where the colony was located.
“But how are you going to lure that thing down? You didn’t even bring a wizard with you.”
That was true.
As the guy said, I didn’t bring any wizards. I thought it was a waste of manpower to bring wizards who should be focusing on research. And the same goes for the great wizard, Matapju.
But I had a plan for everything.
“Nothing changes even if there are wizards.”
“Are you saying that since it’s out of range for magic to reach anyway, there’s no need for a wizard?”
“no.”
I raised a brow as I watched the knights creating a temporary base.
Then he continued speaking slowly, feeling the wind blowing through the bare winter branches.
“It means that even if they are there, there is nothing they can do.”
* * *
Thirty knights and one man were moving through the forest, their steps stealthy yet bold, quiet yet brisk.
Their footsteps stopped when they reached the area marked on the map that the First Prince had given them.
“Well, I think this will suffice.”
“Hmm? I don’t think we’ve reached the indicated location yet… … .”
“At least in this area, this seems like the best place to be.”
“Hmm… … I see.”
The knight leading the unit nodded to the man’s slender voice and began to take something out.
… … It was a net that was well packed so as not to get tangled.
But the voice of the knight looking at it was strangely trembling as if he was worried.
“But is it really okay?”
“Well, I guess we just have to proceed according to the rough plan you gave us.”
It has a characteristic of having extremely poor eyesight, despite its other senses being highly developed. So, there is even advice that if you can lure it well, it can be dealt with easily.
If that were another monster’s weakness, I would have believed it right away. But didn’t they see it with their own eyes?
“It’s an eagle head to begin with, so I’m not sure if its eyesight is really that bad.”
“… … .”
The man shrugged his shoulders. The knights’ expressions changed strangely at George’s words. It was common sense that eagles had good eyesight.
Didn’t the First Prince even say that he already had twenty griffons? In such a situation, ordering them to do something like this was an order that was difficult for them to understand.
Of course, I couldn’t say it out loud.
“Anyway, we just have to do as we’re told. If it doesn’t work out, we can always ask about it later.”
“… … Okay, I understand for now.”
The installation of the connected net was simple enough that even a craftsman who had never set a trap before could quickly learn it.
That would be the case. Twenty knights were spread out around a point with a moderately clear view, holding onto the ropes of a net laid on the ground.
In other words, it was no different from simply spreading a net on the ground.
“Let’s see… … .”
Finally, George took a huge chunk of meat out of his bag and placed it in the middle of the net, then picked something up with an annoyed expression and climbed out of the net.
There seemed to be a little tension left on the face of the deputy commander as he looked at George.
‘Didn’t you say that I could use it when the griffon passed by…?
It was questionable whether the unknown man would be able to do it when the time was right. And the effectiveness of the operation as well… … .
How long have you been waiting like that?
Just as the tension in the knights’ hearts began to fade, George caught sight of a griffon flying towards him.
George nodded as if giving a signal to the knights, then immediately threw what he was holding on the ground.
And what broke with a sharp noise was a glass bottle.
Clang!!
Kyaaaaah!
The griffon, trying to pass by them, suddenly started to wander around, making a loud howl, as if it was stimulated by the noise.
Then, he quickly spotted a pink piece of flesh through his wide open field of vision and quickly fell to the ground.
Kyaak-!
Swoosh-
It was the moment when the lion’s forelegs were about to crush the prey’s body.
“Pull slowly.”
“Catch him!”
“Pull!”
The knights who received the signal pulled hard on the rope of the net laid on the ground.
But what they were holding onto wasn’t just a plain, spread-out net of rope.
They were holding onto the long rope of the net spread out in the direction of the knights on opposite sides.
in other words.
Shhh-!
Soon, the net, which had been tightened in an instant by the tension coming from all directions, wrapped around the griffon’s body.
The pull was so strong that the griffon’s three-meter-long body was twisted this way and that.
And then the command from the commander came down once again.
“Hit!”
Ten knights, including the captain, who were not holding the net, rushed forward and swung their weapons.
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However, it was not for killing the enemy. What the knights were swinging were their swords drawn from their scabbards.
Thud-! Thud-!
Kyaaaaak!
A beating that only targets the head. It was like a clubbing that tenderizes the meat.
The griffon, screaming in protest, struggled to escape the net, but the attack came so suddenly that it had no opening to spread its wings.
To make matters worse, the durability of the net was so strong that it could push back the claws, so the griffon, who was getting hit in the head by the knights, eventually had no choice but to collapse on the ground unconscious.
Phew, phew… … .
The knights stared blankly at the unconscious griffon, breathing heavily.
If it was just killing, then it would be fine. But it was really successful in ‘capturing’ an intact griffon without any damage, and without any wizards involved.
And George, who was looking at this, scratched his head as if he had no particular feelings and said.
“Now let’s just go back and get this.”
For George to still be surprised by something like this, everything he had seen so far was too unrealistic.
* * *
one side.
When I heard the news of the successful capture of the Griffin, I raised my head and looked at the scene before me.
… … The griffon colony.
Looking at the sight of a dozen griffons lying down.
The corners of my mouth began to rise slightly.
‘You’ve succeeded in capturing the griffon, right?’
My calculation that thirty knights could be captured in one go was correct.
If he had failed this time, he would have had to wait endlessly until the knights finished reorganizing and attempted to capture him again.
But once you’ve captured one, the others are just monsters to be killed.
… … Yes, those are the leftovers that can be killed without mercy without any problem.
‘I’m glad I didn’t have to wait any longer.’
My gaze followed the colony where they were staying.
As befitting the group-living nature of griffons, what was before my eyes was literally a huge gathering. Fallen leaves lying beneath a large tree that must have been at least ten meters tall. The branches surrounding it tightly.
Above these things, fifteen griffons were huddled together.
It seemed that four of them were absent, excluding the one who was captured.
Of course, it didn’t matter. Even if they were away, they would come here soon anyway.
Sling-
Elbern, who appeared from the waist, was pulled out with a faint creaking sound.
It was pulled out so quietly that no one seemed to notice it even though it was nearby.
But the wind that eventually blew in had the power to make even those guys feel strange and become wary.
Wheeeeeeing-!
Kyaaaaak!
Kyaak-!
And only then did the griffons discover me and spread their wings and rise up.
Are those huge wings the source of its power? The sight of it spreading its white wings wide and threateningly spreading them was truly a masterpiece.
Of course, the guys would never just sit by and watch an uninvited guest come into their colony.
“Come.”
Kyaaaaah!
visor!
The battle broke out in an instant. My hand holding Elvern was the first to block the griffon’s claws that flew towards me with brute force.
When the creature’s claws were blocked by a single sword, it tried to pierce me with its beak. The creature’s sharp beak was comparable to a longsword in its own right.
“Hoo.”
But I absentmindedly twisted the sword out of its claws and allowed the guy to attack me instead.
Instead of his right hand holding the sword, he simply extended his left hand.
Shut-
Keeek-!
The guy tried to run away when he saw me reaching out, but by the time he reacted, his neck was already grabbed.
But I couldn’t even react to the subsequent attacks.
The sword on his right arm, which had been recovered, pierced the guy’s head, killing him cleanly.
Sigh.
… …death.
The gigantic body, which was over 3 meters tall, hung there helplessly without even putting up a fight.
It was a scene that was completely different from the one that had roamed the sky and made the knights tired.
dump-
I threw the body of the griffon that was hanging by my left arm away so that it wouldn’t interfere with my movements. Then I looked around and smiled.
Before long, the remaining griffons were looking at the corpses of their comrades, exuding a sense of fearful hostility.
Kieeeek-!
Ugh! Ugh!
But it wasn’t a cry of anger at the death of a comrade. It was a thinner, more distant signal.
The guys decided that I was a threat and called out to the griffons who were away.
I don’t even know what it means.
“Simple guys.”
Thanks to this, the griffons who heard the signal joined the colony at an astonishing speed.
Kyaaaaah!
The final number is eighteen.
When the guys confirmed that their comrade had returned, they all flew into the sky. Then, after rising several hundred meters, they began to descend on me like wedges.
The power of the griffons rushing to exclude me in such a way gradually increased, reaching a speed that could barely be seen with the eyes.
But that was the moment.
Hoooooooow-!
A strong wind blew as if sweeping through the sky. The wind was so strong that the colonies that had been firmly rooted in the ground were all swept away.
It wasn’t just a typhoon.
The bodies of the griffons who sensed the energy within began to stiffen.
But what can you do while flying in the sky? They just try to spread their wings as much as possible, shaking as if they’re about to crash at any moment.
At that time, the confused gazes of those guys turned somewhere.
Kyaaaaak!
Where the wind begins. At the source of the typhoon.
… … It was none other than me who was walking calmly.
