289 The Outbreak of War 1 (1/2)

Chapter 289: The Outbreak of War 1

The sky was awash with shades of grey. Large clouds moved rapidly to form clusters, then dissipating into thin air.

The earth trembled. On the green, grassy plains, numerous black cysts surfaced, as if they were tumors of the earth. They were like the beating of a heart, like actual organs.

Whoooshhh...

A few white-golden giant hawks soared across the sky, carrying silver armor-laden riders on their backs. The riders who wielded huge, long spears, were stained with dried blood all over their body.

A grey apex hawk spread its wings, flying below one of giant hawks.

There was a faint silver glow in the grey hawk’s vision, as it clearly surveyed everything that was happening below.

On the plains below, each one of the black cysts started to squirm. They had four mouths full of sharp teeth located at their sides. As their mouths continuously opened and shut, they spat out full-black, single-horned creatures.

The creatures were built like giant crouching lizards, each with a single black fang-like horn on their foreheads, accompanied with a pair of humongous black wings.

They spread their wings, emitting peculiar noises. Shaking off the mucous on their bodies, they leapt into the air, heading right at the white-golden hawks.

The grey hawk silently flew away, diving towards the ground below.

As it flew over a dark green forest, observing from above, it could see a huge number of wild beasts battling with the giant, lizard-like abominations. The roars of the wolves and bears could be heard as they were torn apart by the giant lizards.

Crossing the forest, the grey hawk let out a light cry, gently flew towards the grey carriageway located at the other side of the forest.

On the carriageway, a bunch of grey-robed riders were dashing forward on their horses. A bald male in the front lifted up his hand, allowing to grey hawk to swoop down from the sky, landing on his arm.

Gah!!!

A series of weird noises could be heard in the distance, like the howling of beasts before their demise.

”It’s like a crow, but also like a bat. Disgusting indeed” The grey-robed girl behind the baldy frowned as she spoke. ”Garen, are we returning to the war guild immediately?”

The baldy shaked his head.

”There’s no time. We absolutely should not return now to avoid being recruited as guards to defend the city, which would limit our freedom. Let’s go to my place. The guards won’t be able to defend for long.”

”How about the three brats behind us?” Angel turned her head to look at the girl on the white horse, and the luxurious carriage following closely behind. The curtains swayed open to reveal the faces of two young girls.

”Let them be. We do not have the responsibility to protect them.” Garen muttered.

Their two black stallions galloped swiftly on the path, but the white horse and horse carriage did not fall behind, easily keeping up with them.

Woo!!!

The lengthy cry sound a horn could be heard in the distance.

Garen’s expression changed slightly. He slowed down abruptly and looked far ahead.

”It’s the city’s horn! Let’s go this way!”

He tugged tightly at the reins and headed to the right. Angel followed closely, but the girl on the white horse continued to stare into the distance, in the direction of the sound of the horn. Worry and doubt was evident in her expression.

Garen continued riding, disregarding the two parties behind him. He bent his body to lie on the back of his horse, being extra vigilant towards his surroundings.

Suddenly, a glimpse of darkness flashed over his head. A black shadow passed him, landing instantly on the path ahead of him.

Bang!!!

A three-metre long, unihorn lizard landed on the ground, flapping its bat-like wings. He roared at Garen, emitting air flow from its flared nostrils.

The startled horses raised their front hooves in fear, giving off sharp cries.

”What kind of abomination is this!!?” Angel tried her best to stable the horses. She made a futile attempt by applying pressure on the horse’s belly, while uttering comfort sounds.

Before the voices came to a stop, Garen sprung into action. He leapt from the horseback into the air, right at the giant lizard.

His right hand instantly transformed into a reddish, translucent texture. It looked like slow motion, but in fact he pressed his palm onto the lizard’s forehead in light-speed.

Bang!

Garen somersaulted onto the back of his horse.

”Move!” He tugged on the reins, passed the lizard and continued forward.

Angel hesitated for a moment, but continued to keep up. The white horse and horse carriage initially had some doubts, but were too afraid to stay away from Garen and Angel. They passed the lizard and hurried forward.

The unihorn lizard lay still in the middle of the road, its whole body enveloped with hints of blue. Evidently, it had been paralyzed by poison.

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Suburbs, At the edge of the City

At a deserted courtyard in the district, a few unihorn lizards swept across the sky. They headed towards the location with the most people, leaving dark shadows on the ground wherever they went.