Clobert was lying in the middle of the bush, he was camouflaged under a thick layer of foliage.
He was dressed in a camouflage uniform which made him extremely difficult to spot in the thick of the forest. With him he carried, attached to his belt and carefully placed in a pouch that he had attached to his belt, his inseparable glass test tubes.
It was located within a dense forest. He had his scared binoculars with him and was observing strange creatures moving rapidly in the clearing below him.
To be precise, there were three. At least, that was what Cleomond could see.
The creatures had a singular appearance. They looked almost like stone, their skin was gray and almost rough in the sun. On their backs they had a pair of bat wings and moved with a hunched posture. It almost looked like they were walking on all fours. They weren't very tall, at a guess they shouldn't have reached above his knee at most.
A fine row of sharp teeth could clearly be seen in the mouth, the disproportionately long arms had long rock claws at their ends.
On them it could be clearly seen that moss grew from time to time just as it does on statues when they are left to themselves for a long time. On his head two small horns protruded on the sides.
These creatures were in the clearing and were unaware that anyone was watching them. They were arguing with each other. The quick, snappy movements if you didn't look at their appearance you could have mistaken them for monkeys.
For Clobert, this was a unique opportunity. Usually it was not possible to observe such creatures in motion. Despite the long claws, sharp fangs and perfectly functioning wings, their method of hunting and defense was very particular, they preferred to remain motionless as statues and wait for the passage of their prey. And then stealthily hit just when it was right in front of them.
It was not the first time that he had seen such creatures, they were not so rare to find in a big city, what was strange however, behavior aside, was that these creatures could usually be found only in the vicinity of particular places . They were usually used by some people as guardian creatures with the task of guarding treasures and important places. Until that moment Clobert had always believed that they were constructs created with some arcane ritual or with a particular rock that allowed him to move. But if that was true, then what were those Gargoyles doing in the middle of the forest in a completely uninhabited place?