281 Outwits

There were five black-winged gryphons in the sky. They were hovering against the wind with their wings outstretched.

Each of these gryphons was twenty-or-thirty feet in size. The sharp claws of their hind legs and their torso bore a resemblance to that of a lion's. However, their head, front claws, and wings looked like that of an eagle's. The black feathers on their body appeared to be very thick and sturdy… as if they were made of cast iron. And, their seemingly incisive eyes were suffused with a glowing red radiance.

However, the thing that seemed particularly unusual was that each gryphon wore a black helmet on top of its head. A blood-red crystal stone that was almost the size of a clenched fist was embedded in the middle of those helmets.

The crystal stones appeared unusually smooth. They were giving off a faint blood-red radiance. The surface of the crystals seemed to be like that of a mirror, and it seemed as it was reflecting everything below it.