The entire battlefield seemed to have had its pause button pressed for three seconds.
They were not shocked by Benjamin's sudden appearance. In fact, from many angles, most people could not even see Benjamin on the Griffin King's back. But what everyone could see was that enormous, ferocious beast that blotted out the sky.
—This was a creature beyond their understanding.
"Heavens, heavens..."
The priests and mages stopped fighting, and the soldiers below stopped as well. Aside from the few who knew the inside story, nearly every face was filled with disbelief. The residents of Cru Town hid inside their homes, too frightened to move. Even the few Wood Army soldiers stationed at Crusader Gate in the distance were dumbstruck by the sight.
A Griffin... how could it possibly grow this huge?
There was no helping it. The colossal beast reigning over the sky seemed to darken the battlefield below by several shades. Under such a staggering visual impact, having one's brain short-circuit actually seemed perfectly normal. And honestly, given the Kingdom Army's current state, if their brains had not frozen, they would probably have scattered and fled already, and not even the Paladin could have stopped them.
Yet by the time they gradually came to their senses, no one wanted to keep fighting. Ordinary Griffin cavalry would have been one thing, but now a Griffin King as big as a castle had suddenly appeared in the sky. Fight their asses!
Within seconds, many soldiers had already begun slowly edging backward.
"You really took your sweet time." Even Miles stood stunned for quite a while before recovering. He smiled helplessly and said to Benjamin, "Did it really take that long to bring this big bird out of the mountains?"
Benjamin shrugged and answered with perfect justification, "It did."
Miles shook