Chapter 2: Griffins and Warriors! (The Protagonist Still Hasn’t Appeared)

"Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!" The bells rang urgently, which meant that the enemy was strong.

"Guards! Guards!" King Uther threw away his weakness at this time, his expression was as hard as iron, and he called out to the royal guards.

A team of knights in red smocks rushed in immediately, each of them holding a weapon. Obviously, the situation was very urgent, otherwise no one would draw their weapons in the king's dining room.

"Yes, Your Majesty"

"What happened outside?" King Uther asked calmly. As a king, King Uther would never show an expression that was not in line with the king's demeanor in front of anyone.

Several knights obviously didn't know how to explain. King Uther was very unhappy with the knights' hesitation. Uther's father once taught him a sentence: Don't confuse your subjects. When they ask you for an answer, you must answer without hesitation! Even if the answer is made up.

King Uther agreed with this sentence, and he also asked his subjects to do the same. Of course, he didn't say the last sentence. But if the ministers can't answer the king's questions in time, what's the point of having these ministers?

"Leon! You speak!" King Uther didn't have time to deal with these guys, so he asked his most trusted knight Leon to answer the question.

"Yes, your majesty." Knight Leon was a typical Celtic, with red hair and beard, slightly curled, just like the king he served, a serious and rigid knight. However, at this time, this knight who never hesitated in the past also spoke a little hesitantly, because he knew how great a sin it was to deceive the king. Although he didn't think the soldiers who reported the news would lie, the problem was that the answer didn't sound realistic.

"It's a griffin... Your majesty. The soldiers saw a griffin flying towards Camelot on the city wall." But as a knight, Knight Leon could only answer his monarch's question truthfully.

When King Uther heard the word griffin, his head was big. Recently, this monster has caused great damage to the surrounding villages. At least fifty people have been eaten, and the loss of property and livestock is countless. King Uther did not fail to organize soldiers to fight against it, but the problem is that the beast's body is as hard as iron. The weapons of the knights and soldiers have no effect on it. Instead, it will stimulate the monster's ferocity. For this reason, King Uther lost a lot of soldiers.

"What are you waiting for? Let the Knights set off!" King Uther was too lazy to care about the hesitation of the knights before. If this monster really entered Camelot, it would be a real disaster.

Arthur didn't care about being depressed at this moment. He immediately called his little friend Merlin and asked him to prepare armor and weapons for him. He was the commander of the Knights and didn't have time to sit here.

But at this time, Knight Lyon called Arthur with a strange look on his face.

"Wait, Your Highness!"

"What? Is there any more bad news?" King Uther was a little nervous because of Leon's sudden surprise. Camelot City has been in a lot of trouble recently. Bad news is always followed by another bad news. King Uther has not slept well for so many days. He is a little numb.

"No... I'm not sure if this is good news or bad news. I prefer to call it strange news..." Knight Leon is not a person who likes to make jokes, but the news from the soldiers really makes him a little unsure. "The soldiers report that the griffin is fighting with a person."

King Uther was very dissatisfied with Knight Leon today. He spoke incoherently and did not have the rigor and stability that a knight should have. However, this strange news was not bad in King Uther's opinion. The rampage of the griffin before made many knights and soldiers afraid of fighting. Now someone dared to fight this monster, which was definitely an exciting news.

When King Uther was about to give orders and reward this warrior, Knight Leon said all the unfinished news.

"They are fighting in the air..."

King Uther's words stopped in his throat. He looked at his knight with a surprised face and asked uncertainly: "In the air?"

Merlin, who was just playing by the side, became energetic after hearing this. After all, being able to fight with griffins in the air, how could it be caused by magic! Merlin has always been very concerned about this aspect.

Of course, there is another person who is also very concerned.

"Is it magic witchcraft?" King Uther's face, which had just been a little happy, immediately became solemn.

Camelot prohibits all magic and witchcraft. Anyone who dares to have anything to do with magic in Camelot will be beheaded. There are no exceptions, and absolutely no mercy. And all this started with King Uther's decree. The proudest thing about this iron-fisted monarch in his life is that the decree of Camelot has never been broken. Anyone who dares to violate the decree will be punished in the most cruel way. King Uther is particularly concerned about magic, and any slight disturbance will alert the monarch.

Upon hearing this, Arthur and Merlin looked at each other, and the helplessness in their eyes was obvious.

Knight Lyon and others were not surprised. After all, the name of the tyrant King Uther did not spread overnight.

"I'm not sure, my majesty... at least the knights on the city wall didn't see any traces of magic." King Uther's knights have killed countless wizards and sorcerers with King Uther over the years, and they are still very familiar with some traces of spells. "That... that warrior seems to be fighting on a griffin... at least that's the news I got."

King Uther secretly breathed a sigh of relief. King Uther knew the weirdness of spells and witchcraft best. If possible, he didn't want to have anything to do with those ghosts in his life. Then King Uther was interested in the warrior who dared to fight the griffin in the air.

King Uther had the same problem as any king of this era. He liked warriors, and the more brave and powerful the warriors were, the more they liked them.

"Then let's go and see the heroic figure of the warrior who dared to fight the griffin in the air!" As he said that, he couldn't help his curiosity and walked out first.

Arthur and his father were the same virtue, and they were full of good feelings for brave warriors. So he rushed out without even putting on his armor, not paying any attention to Merlin who was stumbling after him with his heavy armor.

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When everyone arrived at the city wall, the knights and soldiers on the wall were not concentrating on defense, but were whistling and cheering.

As we all know, King Uther was a strict king, and it was no exaggeration to say that he was a tyrant. So when he saw the chaos on the city wall, his face turned black... There was no demeanor of a Camelot warrior at all.

But soon, King Uther didn't care about the disorganization and lack of discipline of his soldiers.

Because his mind was completely attracted by the battle in the sky.

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The cry of eagles sang in the sky, and everyone looked up and saw a monster that was five meters long rolling and struggling in the air. It was a blue-black monster with an eagle's head and a lion's body.

This monster has been in the limelight recently. Many knights and soldiers have seen it, but every time they meet it, the ending is not very good.

So no one has a good impression of this monster. Now that they see someone beating it up, they must cheer for it. What's more, this monster's target this time is Camelot! They really don't want to face this monster again.

It's not that they lack courage, but they really have no way. Their weapons can't do anything to this monster. How can they fight? So forget it. Now there is a warrior who can help them deal with this monster. They think this is good, and what's better is that this warrior seems to have the upper hand all the time.