Chapter 185 (1/2)
Chapter 185
“It will be a good idea to be prepared to launch a defensive ic barrier anyher sense of liberation when Gabel, as riding his horse in front of her, suddenly exclaimed at her Max looked at hile wild animal was around, let alone monsters She looked around carefully, terrified that so them, but Gabel pointed skyward Max inadvertently followed the direction he was pointing to and aliant bird-like creatures with strange shapes hovered and chased over them
“Those are harpies It doesn’t look like they’re going to swoop down right away, but it’s best to prepare in case of an attack”
Max narrowed her eyes as she continued to watch thereat eagle and the face of a human woman She couldn’t see too clearly frole’s head should be, it was replaced by that of a pale-faced woman A shi+ver ran down her spine and she clutched the reins tighter
Yulysion approached her and convinced her in a gentle tone “M’lady, don’t worry about the down the slope soon The road will be rocky, so you must be careful”
She quickly returned her attention to the road and, as Yulysion said, the jagged shape of cliffs and rocks e a steep incline and rugged terrain They drove along the cliffs and stopped before the steep slope Just below the slop lies a deep valley of rocks The knights stopped,the area below the slopes They had to descend down the slope and at the saered rocks to fall off the cliffs
“Indeed, those pesky creatures should be rid of” Hebaron screae Claymore strapped to his back, but Riftan raised his hand to restrain him
“Now is not the time to worry about them” His cold eyes rehts near Riftan followed his gaze, they clicked their tongues and cursed roughly
Max couldn’t see what the commotion was about froure out as going on, when Riftan started yelling orders
“There are five half-dragons below The second row… no, second and third row, prepare for battle The rest shall wait here and stand guard frohts drew their swords all at once, while Max watched in awe as around twenty knights charged doards like a raging wind They rode skillfully down the steep road where rocks were piled unevenly in varying forhts who stayed behind in the cliffs split in two groups, one had to watch over the harpies while the other drew their bows to cover the knights battling against the half-dragons Max felt like half her soul was drifting away at the sudden rigid situation
“W-what should I do…”
“The Lady just needs to sit calht to pass Just in case, be ready to cast a barrier”
Gabel responded quickly and drew his sword At that rew into a flock of twenty, circling their heads in a dizzying h-pitched screaic for to Gabel’s instructions At that moment, a loud roar echoed around from behind
Max looked doards At the bottohts engaged in co sight The monsters were approximately 20 kvet (6 m) in size, and their entire bodies were covered in sharp, rough scales seeed from their lizard-like heads, and pointed teeth protruded froon…
It appearedthan the illustrations she saw in books The round shook with each step of their thick, heavy legs However, the knights quickly scattered ans of decline and disrupted the h the uneven terrain as if they were connected to their horses They systeathered the wild anihts wrapped an iron clad chain around one of the on that fleard them As the monster pried and shook violently to escape, Riftan did not miss the opportunity to thrust his sword deep into the only soft spot hidden near its neck Dark red blood gushed out like a fountain, splattering everywhere As Max was coently yell at her in warning
“M’lady! Stay away froht swoop down and push you!”
Max flinched and withdrew quickly The harpies flew in a distance close enough that she could see their faces clearly as they flapped their wings Sohts aimed their arrows at them, but Gabel quickly stopped them
“Don’t attack theht as well”
“But they’re already…”
“They are not after us”
His calons Max waited for the battle to coet injured The battle cries of the knights, the thu of swords continued for a long time before the battle was announced to be finally over
“It appears to be safe now Kindly head down first with the apprentice knights “
Gabel instructed and Max descended the steep slope on horseback, careful to avoid any large rocks in the way She did not have the sahts When she finally reached the botto of a half-dragon’s carcass ran towards her and took the reins to help guide her
“Lady Calypse, are you hurt anywhere?”
“I s-should… be the one asking that Was there soot injured?”
“Sir Evan Crude was struck by the acid a half-dragon spewed from its stomach Can you heal his injury?”
Max nodded and ran straight for hi his breastplate and tunic with the help of other knights when she arrived She stifled a groan when she saw his gruesome wounds His skin, from his left shoulder, to his chest, was a dark red color, as if it had been doused with boiling oil Hebaron clicked his tongue in disapproval upon seeing the tragic injury
“This is only the first battle, yet like an idiot, you weren’t able to avoid it”
“Don’t be so hard onin the cave” Evan grurunted in pain Apparently, there were six dragons in total, not five