"call……"
With gray wings flapping, the six gargoyles flew along a fixed route.
They always maintain a height higher than the surrounding trees, ensuring that sunlight can reach their bodies, and giving them time to react even if there is an ambush.
"Let's finish this quickly, how much longer do we have to work? When will the sun set?"
"Stop talking, we've only just come out and you're already thinking about going back?"
"You don't want to?"
"……think."
Normally, when there are plenty of gargoyles, they don't need to patrol every day; several gargoyle squads take turns managing an area.
However, El hunted them down too quickly, so the remaining gargoyles had to work every day.
"It's been so quiet along the way; I haven't heard any monsters or animal sounds."
"They probably sensed our approach and ran away, right?"
"That lord is returning, and some of his clansmen are taking over nearby villages. We must also step up our efforts."
The peaceful atmosphere around him made the gargoyle feel somewhat at ease.
Look, there seems to be no movement along the way. The monster killing machine and the like shouldn't be locked onto them, right?
The five gargoyles stopped directly above the tree, ready to rest for a while.
The gargoyle leading the group turned around and saw his four kin.
"Hmm, they're all here... Wait, why are there only four? Brothers, where is our team?!"
"One is missing? When did this happen?"
They were horrified to discover that the gargoyles, who should have been at the very back of the procession, were gone.
Some distance from the gargoyle's resting area, El was dealing with the monster's corpse in front of him.
"I simply approached you stealthily and snapped your neck without your teammates noticing at all."
"Pretty good, the brain and heart are fresh, I can have a good meal when I get back."
After destroying the unwanted corpses and remains, El looked at the remaining five gargoyles.
"Don't worry, you won't be the only monster going down there."
I'm a kind-hearted person and can't bear to see others suffer, so I'll send them down to keep you company.
A team needs to be organized and orderly!
El had already made up his mind, while the gargoyle squad not far away was already in a state of panic.
"What do we do? Monster Killer! It must be the Monster Killer! That thing is here! It's got its eye on us!"
Fear is contagious, spreading from one gargoyle to another, gradually causing the morale of the entire team to collapse.
Even their leader felt that today's patrol could not continue.
"No, I can't take it anymore. We can't waste any more time here. That guy is probably going to make a move again."
Retreat! We must retreat! Go back immediately and request reinforcements!
The oppressive atmosphere led an exasperated gargoyle to break away from the group and head towards the castle.
Other gargoyles could see that its figure was obscured by leaves, and then the sound of flapping wings disappeared.
"What's going on? Answer me! Are you still there?"
"..."
There was only deathly silence in the woods.
There was no reply, as if the gargoyle that had just fled had never existed.
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