【Mission: Isolated and helpless:

The border town is in trouble with monsters, which attack cows, sheep, and their owners. It seems that you can help them because you are their lord.

Accept/Reject】

Lann originally planned to solve the task after finding Ciri, so that he might get help from the witcher Geralt. If that didn't work, he could just give the money to the witcher and wait for the task to be completed in the town. Professional matters should be left to professionals.

But he didn't expect that his mission target would appear in front of him so early.

Flying in the sky are two creatures called "griffins".

Griffons once lived only in the mountains, where they hunted marmots and goats. Later, they discovered a more abundant and easier prey: cattle, sheep, and their owners. In just a few years, they went from being a rare species to the number one pest of northern farmers.

Aside from this, griffons are not afraid to attack armed humans, and even prefer such prey, as defeating a knight brings them great pride. They will even attack the shadow demons of Velen Wilds, so their nature is quite noble.

They are generally considered to be symbols of courage, loyalty, and fighting spirit, and if provoked, they will not stop until they tear their opponents to pieces.

This "noble" quality may be praised by scholars of heraldry or biology, but for the front-line soldiers, it is an absolute nightmare.

Lan rode his horse at full speed and would soon be out of the jungle.

At this time, shouts, commands, and screams also rang out.

The battle had obviously been going on for some time, and Lann saw the smaller of the pair of griffins grab a scout and throw him down in midair. As the short screams stopped, Lann lost a soldier.

"Brianne, help me take care of Geralt and Ciri!" Lann shouted.

He dismounted, took out a package from the Black Wind backpack, and then hit the horse's buttocks with his hand.

Black Wind swiftly ran deeper into the woods, and the animal's instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm made it withdraw from the battlefield without hesitation. Brian jumped a few times between the branches like a rabbit, jumped onto Black Wind's back, and carried Ciri forward together.

Outside the woods, four scouts were lying on the ground in horrible ways. Some had their bellies ripped open by huge claws; some had their heads pecked open by long, sharp beaks; some, like what Lan had seen, had been thrown from the sky with their bones broken; and one had his body soaked in strong acid, melting most of his body.

The tree spirits did not suffer any damage. They called out to each other and worked together with the human soldiers, using the dead Weyden soldiers, fallen trees, and the wagons of the caravan attacked by the Weyden soldiers as cover, shooting arrows at them from time to time.

The tree spirit's arrows were fast and powerful, but they were still not enough to deal with the griffin with its thick feathers. Arrows that were strong enough to penetrate a person's chest and bones were like needles when they landed on the griffin. Unless they hit the vital parts such as the eyes or the key points of the wings, their effects were extremely limited.

If there were two teams of archers and crossbowmen working together, a small rain of arrows should have been able to temporarily prevent the griffin from being attacked or even shoot it down. Unfortunately, there were not that many archers on the scene.

There were some clever people who wanted to find the right opportunity to hide in the woods and use the trees to confuse the griffins, but the extremely intelligent griffins did not give them this opportunity. The bodies of the soldiers died from this action. They fell very close to the woods. After failing several times, people found that the griffins would focus on those who wanted to escape, so no one had the courage to try again.

At this moment, Ace, who was hiding behind the cover, finally seized an opportunity, drew his bow and arrow, the string was as full as a moon, and shot an arrow as fast as lightning, which just hit the griffin's shoulder blade.

The arrow was accurate, but he underestimated the griffin's feathers and muscles. Even though the griffin was smaller, it just swayed in the air. Its figure was slightly sluggish, but it still hovered in the air.

Ace slapped his head in annoyance and decisively rolled away from the original shelter. The next breath later, he saw another large griffin raise its head and spit out a stream of acid, which instantly melted most of the cart that Ace used as a cover.

It turned out that it was not an ordinary [Griffin] but an [Opinicus] that could spit strong acid as a weapon!

A griffin and a big griffin, unexpectedly they became partners, and now they come out together to attack humans!

The griffin with an arrow in its shoulder flapped its wings to raise its altitude, then circled and tried to use its beak to pull out the arrow stuck in its body. The arrow was stuck at the junction of its shoulder and wings, and it felt a stinging pain every time it flapped its wings, greatly reducing its flexibility and speed.

At this moment, a faster, lighter and more powerful arrow appeared from nowhere. The arrow head hit the shaft of Ace's arrow, exploded with a "click", and then drilled into the griffin's wings.

The broken wood, the arrow that had penetrated an inch further, and the new arrow tore the griffin's wings together, bringing out a handful of blood. Finally, the injured griffin could not bear it and fell diagonally from mid-air.

Ellie stretched her body in the air. In order to shoot this brilliant arrow, she had to jump out of the cover.

In order to attack, she forgot about the cover. She rarely had to think about this problem in the forest before. The daughter of Brokilon had her own unique way of using trees to protect herself, which made her lack of experience in fighting in the open.

When she turned around, Ellie saw the big griffin rushing towards her. There were no tree trunks around that could stop it, nor were there any vines that she could swim away from.

Everything happened in a flash!

A steel sword was thrown out like a javelin, leaping over a distance of dozens of yards. Naturally, there was no accuracy at this distance and this throwing method, but it was just right to scare the big griffin away.

Lann strode out of the jungle, throwing away the useless scabbard. Turning back, he met Ellie's frightened gaze.

Lann yelled, "Where's your dryad friend? Pull him out and rescue him! Wasn't there a team with him before?"

Ellie yelled back, "Didn't you only ask me to take three people with me? Now you're asking me?"

Lann roared angrily: "Can't you just let them hide secretly? It's no wonder they have been bullied by humans for so long since they are so honest!"

Ellie was so angry that her face turned red and she roared: "Don't compare me with you cunning humans. I swore to the oak tree!"

Well, Lan patted his head in frustration. Without support, it would be a tough battle.

"Everyone, hold this big griffin back and don't let it bother me. I'm going to kill the griffin first!"

Lan strode towards the knocked-out griffin and grabbed two things from Black Wind's saddle bag with both hands.

The alchemical backpack on the left hand contains highly toxic alchemical potions that non-demon hunters cannot withstand.

In his right hand, he held a long sword with a recast lion-head hilt. The blade reflected a dazzling light in the sunlight that was completely different from that of a steel sword.

Silver sword slays demons!