Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 205 The White Griffin and the Night King

"It really is it, Owl."

When Rean awoke from his shattered dream, he had a splitting headache.

He looked up and around, only to see the still pitch-black night outside the window.

For some inexplicable reason, he felt a chill and unease, as if some monster was lurking in the dark night.

It followed him, waiting for him to fall asleep, and then claws powerful enough to destroy steel descended from the sky, striking the back of his head.
"I'm scared?"

Rean couldn't understand it at all, but his outstretched hands were indeed trembling.

The young man's gaze shifted, subconsciously looking towards the night outside the window. He instinctively felt uneasy and watched, as if something was waiting for him from outside the window.

No, he seemed to hear it under the bed, outside the door, on the roof; there were whispers and laughter everywhere, and prying eyes everywhere.

One by one, the dim, yellowish eyes opened, each one secretly peering at its own weakness.

They are about to extinguish their lights and drag themselves into the night!
"Something's wrong! I've been infected?!" This is beyond a normal nightmare; I've been infected without even realizing it!
"SOL (Holy Sun)!"

As he recited this sacred word, an orange-red glow emanated from his body.

The entire body radiates light and heat, transforming into a sun that illuminates the night.

At that moment, he felt a little better, as if something had been driven away from his body.

"Ahhhh!"

"Hee hee hee."

The screams and laughter around him confirmed that this was not Rean's imagination.

Clumps of dark shadows were driven away from Rean, some howling and some sneering at him, before vanishing before the holy, blazing sun!
They may appear to be creatures of shadow, but in reality they are completely different. They are the crystallization of the night, darkness with eyes, monsters that have run out of the night and nightmares!

Once the surrounding shadowy monsters were all driven away, Rean's trembling body returned to normal. He had been used by some being in his nightmares, and the seeds of fear and night had been implanted in him.

"This is the owl, the king of night birds."

The moment the dream shattered, Rean couldn't be mistaken; the "cat head" of the giant bird that the woman had transformed into seemed far too obvious a sign.

"Yes, it is it, the ruler of dreams and night, the king of night battles with no natural enemies. The mortal enemy of the eagle, and..." The snake reappeared before Rean. Now that Rean had guessed it, he could naturally say something.

"One of the strongest fighting forces of the beasts."

Calm words are the highest praise. Among the many beast kings with outrageous combat power, if the King of Owls is still in the first tier, then the snake is always in the last tier if we only look at combat power.

"But rest assured, you'll never see it intact. Warlike and vengeful, it hasn't missed a single war; it has too many enemies and has been torn to shreds."

The snake laughed gleefully, looking with satisfaction at the angry glare from Rean.

"But it is also the most impossible beast to kill; as long as life still fears the night and darkness, it can return countless times."

Rean was stunned. What kind of absurd thing was this? Was it really an opponent he could handle?
"Owls, one of the apex predators in the food chain."

But perhaps only the title of "King of Beasts" is worthy of this king of night battles on Earth.

Many people on Earth underestimate owls because of their cute appearance during the day. In fact, owls are not only birds of prey, but also the apex predators of the skies. In nature's entire food chain, there are no predators that eat them.

Its docile and adorable demeanor is simply because daytime is not its active period.

This "harmlessness" stems not only from their appearance but also from the fact that humans and owls have no conflict in the food chain and there is no genetic conflict between them.

Snakes, which humans instinctively fear, still claim tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of lives every year, even in modern times. Looking back, the total loss to the population is probably astronomical.

However, snakes are not at the top of the food chain; even owls can eat them like snacks.

The insects that humans hate the most have been eating our ancestors for countless years.

The instinct for fear or hatred in life often stems from the memories and experiences of our genetic ancestors; owls are merely harmless to humans. Once the owl enters its nighttime battle, it has no rivals; holding grudges, it retaliates a hundredfold for any injustice suffered during the day.

Whether it's the eagle, a top-tier bird of prey, or the fastest falcon, too many have been wiped out when owls come knocking at night.

Imagine a silent, ferocious bird that uses night vision capabilities dozens or even hundreds of times greater than humans to lock onto its target, predicts your movements with sonic radar, and swoops down from the sky with its steel-like claws, aiming directly for your head. If it can't tear your head apart, it will simply drag you away!

Eagles and owls often engage in deadly battles during the day, not only because of competition for prey, but also because eagles are almost certain to die if they fight at night. Only by eliminating or at least driving away the owl from their territory during the day can eagles ensure their own safety.

Even so, various birds of prey are still frequently wiped out by the extremely vengeful owls, with adults and chicks alike being dragged into the darkness.

"If an owl were to grow a hundred times larger, it would certainly not be harmless. To them, humans would be like rats, the kind that could eat more than three thousand a year. They would approach silently like stealth fighters, tear off heads, and drag away flesh and blood. No wonder the snake told me before that if I didn't improve my dragon eyes and dragon wings, I would be doomed."

The attack will definitely take place at night, and it will be virtually impossible to avoid.

Once war breaks out, it will almost certainly be a combination of night and air combat; without dragon wings, you're just a blind target on the ground.
"Even with dragon wings, you're still just a sitting duck in the air. Its aerial combat skills are beyond your imagination."

The snake also sighed, this kingdom was truly tragic yet truly brave, and in a sense, Lex was also tricked.

The founding emperor of that era actually killed the owl (the missing part) along with the eagle—of course, during the day.

"Its authority."

"As you can see, as the king of the night, it only has two powers: the night and dreams, but that is enough."

Yes, of course it's enough. This thing doesn't seem to need any authority at all; its combat power as a beast is almost invincible. It's a super-fast, silent, stealthy night-fighting air-to-air machine.
"Wait, it has the power of the night."

“Yes, it can actively create darkness, making any time and place a night battle or an aerial battle for it.” The snake smiled rather subtly.

During the Civil War, the owls were the craziest; their simple and brutal combination of abilities made them even more difficult to deal with.

The fear of suddenly losing your scalp while walking has terrified many people.

Snakes aren't afraid of owls, but they still find them very annoying.

It's similar to the feeling of seeing a cockroach in your room, especially when that little cockroach is bigger than you and is always drooling while looking at you.

Rean was stunned. How could he possibly fight an opponent like this? There was no way he could win!
"Don't worry, she's just a fragment of a fragment. You still have a chance to survive. I'll have Eagle's contractor help you find her during her daytime hibernation and kill her."

The good news is that it won't be the beast's true form; it's more like a magical girl. The bad news is that even so, Snake still thinks Rean is doomed.

The snake shook its head; the plan seemed to be failing as well.

He never expected that this generation of awakened beings would be so strong and so vengeful.

Ultimately, the so-called Hall of Heroes is just "Rean's dream." While it attracts people across a wide area, it also creates gaps in the dream.

It couldn't have been a coincidence that the second princess came to them. She was clearly searching for "Lex's" soul fluctuations repeatedly to find the opening.

"The owl is as vengeful as ever. It's a pity that Solamit (the eagle) has fallen, otherwise we wouldn't be in such a passive position."

Eagles and owls are mortal enemies, their hatred runs deep. It is said that the earliest owls on Earth were also birds of prey that roamed during the day, but were driven away from the sunlight by eagles.

In this world, even the authority of eagles and owls is restrained.

Without the help of the Hawk Maiden, the snake felt that once Rean was found, he would be doomed.

Perhaps, life only comes once.
“Griffin. Oh, I see.” Rean pondered a solution, but then remembered his doubts from earlier that day and suddenly understood.

The griffin is a hybrid of a lion and an eagle. The founding king of the lion kingdom chose this emblem to commemorate his great achievement of sealing away the owl with the help of the eagle.

The sealed owl's hatred is not for the griffin, but for the "eagle" part of the griffin.

Perhaps in its view, even if it failed, it had little to do with the so-called lion-man king; the main reason was the eagle.

The fact that the national emblem changed from a griffin to a lion also signifies the concession of that generation of monarchs, clearly indicating that something had happened.
"Go find the royal family; they have the power you need." The snake pondered for a moment. The legacy of the kingdom's founding monarch was, to some extent, a way to restrain the owl, and might be the key.

(End of this chapter)