Kree—
A sharp, piercing bird cry echoed through the cold, damp air.
Tawny down scattered and drifted. The eagle eyes that should have been filled with the keen, cold cruelty unique to avian predators were now utterly panicked.
This was a High Cliff Griffin that had only recently reached adulthood.
As a variant of the Monster species known as "griffins," its body was noticeably smaller than those of its close kin commonly seen above forests and plains.
But that strange body structure, like a fusion of "giant eagle" and "male lion," still granted it the strengths of both creatures, making it a terrifying predator that countless ordinary beings feared at a glance.
Its curved, razor-sharp beak and hook-like talons could easily pierce steel. Its eagle eyes were like high-powered telescopes, and its enormous wings, spanning nearly ten meters, allowed it to clearly spot prey on the ground even from several thousand meters in the air.
And beneath its wings and head, its powerful lion-like body meant that even on all fours, it still possessed offensive and movement capabilities far beyond those of ordinary animals. It was not like common birds, which, once they fell from the sky, could only flap their wings and hop around on the ground like chickens.
A creature like this stood one and a half meters at the shoulder, measured more than three meters in length, and had a wingspan even wider than the main roads of some small towns.
There was not even any need for a detailed introduction. Just looking at its appearance, a combination of "lion" and "eagle," was enough to identify it as a top-tier predator.
And that was indeed the truth. Its Challenge Rating of "2" was already enough for it to include ninety-five percent of the creatures on the ground