The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 338 The Legendary Untamable Manticore

Rao William was used to seeing all kinds of strange things in recent years, and the opening speech of this nondescript monster really made him laugh and cry, and the anger and killing intent that was originally full of him also dissipated a lot.

There are quite a few monsters in this world who can speak a not-so-poor common language. It's not the first time William has encountered a strange species who can speak human language, but every time he has a sense of unreality like a Tang monk bumping into a monster.

When the monster roared out that shocking sentence, it walked towards William without haste.The use of William's binocular spectral vision is still in the exploration and exploration stage, and his night vision ability is not perfect, so he didn't notice the long dim tail dragging on the monster's buttocks at the first time.The end of the almost invisible tail rubbed against its back from time to time, and then there was an extra thorn at the end of the tail, while the thorn on the monster's back was missing one.

William didn't relax his vigilance, he clasped the somewhat deformed iron shield and asked tentatively, "What are you?"

The monster did not answer in the common language, but roared softly, and took the opportunity to get closer to William a few steps, but it was still far enough for a safe distance according to normal adventure standards. Although William faintly felt that something was wrong, but For a moment, he couldn't figure out what the problem was.When William looked down and saw the nearly deformed iron shield, he finally came to his senses. Where was the crossbowman who attacked them just now?Where are they?

"William be careful! That's the Manticore—" the injured Tabari suddenly yelled urgently, reminding William of the identity of the opponent he was facing, but unfortunately, the reminder didn't have enough effect.

The Manticore is an extremely rare and ferocious monster.They are cunning and evil, and their intelligence is equivalent to that of a twelve or thirteen-year-old human boy—similar to an orc, with a calm and rational mind, good at sneak attacks and using cunning tactics.Manticores are undoubtedly evil in nature, but they have a very special nature. As an enemy, a Manticore is deadly and dangerous, but as an ally and companion, this monster is more powerful than even the most loyal hound. reliable.

Anyone who knows about Manticore hopes to have such a manticore as a partner, but so far there is no reliable case of taming Manticore. Don’t be fooled by the opening rhetoric of Manticore, it is just used by some cunning guys to confuse The lie of the greedy.Occasionally in history, there have been a few lucky people who have been recognized by the Manticore, but the process is not the same, and even the parties involved cannot explain why the Manticore is willing to follow them.

William didn't know what kind of existence the Manticore was, and the unknown danger made him pull out the Autumn Knife without hesitation. He didn't put this almost psychic soldier into the space ring, but kept it close to his body. , so as to cultivate the tacit understanding between him and the sword, in order to finally reach the state of perfection.William actually didn't want to use the Autumn Knife before reaching the Dzogchen, but he would not sit still when it came to a crisis. At worst, it would be better to spend more time on re-sharpening the sword later than to lose his own life.

After experiencing a series of encounters, William's perception ability has reached an unbelievable level. It is hard for him to believe that there is no one in this world who can hide his induction and approach him.But if there is really something that can hide from William's perception, it will definitely be an extremely terrifying existence to William.

With the Autumn Water Knife in hand, William's aura immediately changed drastically, as an invisible wind swept across all directions, and his whole body was filled with an incomparable sense of oppression.At this time, William no longer needs to see things with his eyes. The almost substantive mental power allows everything around him to be included in his perception. Every shadow, every corner, every gravel, every speck of dust.
still none!No ambush found!William searched every inch of space within the limits of his control, but he still couldn't find the target he thought.But soon, William found that his cognition was wrong, because the Manticore shot the second batch of thorns that were as powerful as a heavy crossbow.

Although the temperament of the enemy in front of him suddenly became extremely terrifying, the Manticore still did not give up its attack plan. This rare beast will never lack the courage to fight to the death.The long tail of the manticore flicked suddenly, and the six spikes broke through the air and shot towards William in an instant. Then the manticore roared and jumped up, and then it would fight with its claws and teeth.

Because of the closer distance, these spikes were more powerful, but they were no longer in William's eyes.With just a slight twist of the autumn water knife, William smashed the six spikes into pieces and scattered them on the ground.Afterwards, he crossed his left hand and held the knife upside down. With his right hand, he clenched his fist and punched the void in front of him. A group of flaming fist prints sprayed out with a long tail flame, and directly slammed into the rushing manticore.

William's punch was extremely abrupt, as if Enoch's magical mutation had no effect on his flame power.The red flames illuminated the entire cave, and the heat emitted by the flames greatly affected the dark vision, which is dominated by infrared vision. Both the Manticore and the female arcanist Tabari temporarily lost their ability to see. .

Although the Manticore's vision is affected, its excellent sense of smell and hearing can still provide it with sufficient sensory support.The manticore's dragon wings on its back suddenly spread out, and then changed the direction of its attack, dodging the attacking flame fist.The missing flame fist hit the stone wall and exploded suddenly, stirring up sparks and gravel all over the sky.

After William punched, he rubbed his body and chased after the flame. The manticore avoided William's flame fist, but couldn't avoid William's melee attack.The heavy punch full of dark energy exploded four times in a row under the Manticore's jaw in an instant, almost breaking its entire cervical spine.

The poor ferocious beast even suppressed its screams back into its stomach. The bursting dark force almost tore every inch of skin and muscle on the Manticore's neck, and tore its trachea and throat. Can fall to the ground and roll and twitch before dying.

William looked at the dying beast expressionlessly. The darkness covered his figure, but it couldn't cover his huge mental power that was constantly tumbling and surging. It was easy to tell that William was not in a calm mood.

The female arcanist didn't care about treating the wound on her body, and she couldn't wait to come closer and said, "William, how is the Manticore?"

William put away the Autumn Water Knife, and the vigorous spiritual power on his body suddenly subsided, and the domineering aura also subsided.He glanced at the Manticore on the ground, and said calmly, "It's been resolved. How is your injury?"

Tabari forced a guilty smile and said, "I'm fine, it's just a little skin trauma. If you don't need that manticore, give it to me."

William said: "Whatever, I don't think Misha'er would like such an ugly beast, it belongs to you."

Tabari was overjoyed when she got the answer, she used the best powerful healing spell [Great Restoration] she had mastered on the Manticore who was about to die without hesitation, and didn't care at all what this high-level spell would entail. Consumes a lot of spell slots.

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