Chapter 32: The Unlucky Guy Whose Hero Fell in Battle

On the third morning, as the first ray of sunlight appeared over the land,

the new lord Xu Meng rose early; the incident from yesterday had kept him awake all night.

What exactly could have brought down a griffin flying three hundred meters high?

Getting down from the farmhouse bed, Xu Meng looked somewhat dejected,

and with his already thin face,

he appeared like a sick person.

"No, I must pull myself together!"

"Today is the third day; in four more days, the monster tide will arrive!"

"I have high-tier troops, a griffin, and it is a flying unit; I will surely lead the others!"

"I will become a Great Lord!"

Xu Meng encouraged himself,

rising even earlier than the peasants in his territory,

and after eating, he began to work.

Loading and unloading timber, plowing fields,

he did whatever he could to improve efficiency.

Until his Hero woke up,

he and the Hero mounted two griffins and went out to level up.

Because of yesterday's encounter,

he did not recklessly fly around today,

but instead followed explored areas, letting the Hero and the griffins hunt and level up.

"Ximan, can we reach level five today?" Leaning on the griffin's back, he asked the middle-aged man beside him.

The middle-aged man sat upright on the griffin's back and replied with a very serious expression:

"No problem, my lord."

Ximan was a common Hero, a human warrior.

Yet even a common Hero, once grown, becomes extremely powerful,

for Heroes are powerful because of their growth potential.

Wielding a spear and coordinating with the griffin to attack, ordinary beasts were rarely his match.

Xu Meng nodded in satisfaction, completely putting yesterday's troubles behind him.

"Let's go; I scouted that area yesterday, and beasts are active there."

Xu Meng pointed west, commanding the griffins to fly forward.

The two griffins, carrying him and Ximan, soared through the blue sky, overlooking the land.

Suddenly, the heavens and earth shook with a thunderous roar,

making the two men and two beasts shudder in fright.

"What is happening?!"

Xu Meng was stunned, and immediately lost his vision.

Between heaven and earth, light surged overwhelmingly, a vast white blur.

"Land, land quickly!"

The griffin, blinded, panicked wildly, flapping its wings and flying erratically.

Flying without vision is extremely dangerous; unable to distinguish up, down, left, or right, one could crash into the ground and die without even knowing what happened.

Fortunately, their vision was not lost for long,

and the griffin descended slowly.

"Phew... what exactly happened?"

Xu Meng looked at the Surrounding Environment; they had not entered yesterday's location, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly,

the tearing sound of an arrow slicing through the air rang out,

and a human figure was knocked flying backward off the griffin's back!

【Your Hero Ximan has died.】