Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1371 1343. Kirin's Sharp Horn

With the Qilin's amazing speed, from the time Lan En began to use the magic ring to summon it, it took less than three hours for it to appear outside the coastline of Gos Velen.

It rushed to the edge of Lake Vizima along a sparsely populated and winding path, then appropriately slowed down and got out of the [Lightning Flash] state.

At least the wind pressure created by the ancient dragon's strong body and extraordinary speed did not cause a storm on Lake Vizima.

When Qilin stepped on the calm and clear lake water and came to the Temple of Dagon on Black Tern Island, Lan En was surprised to find that during the few months he had been in the Yharnam world, this [mythical beast] had undergone considerable changes.

The Qilin walks on the water, and its naturally strong skeleton supports the natural elegance of this race.

Like the king among horses, even if the Qilin is just walking slowly, it looks like an ethereal and noble life patrolling its territory.

Its skin with dense small scales is still light blue with a white base color, with dark blue lightning patterns.

The pale mane was on the back of its neck, chest, and joints of its four legs. Even without wind, it fluttered in the air like a leaping flame.

That is the static electricity effect on the Qilin.

These did not surprise Lan En. After all, the ancient dragons of the New World were powerful creatures standing at the top of the food chain. It was natural for them to have the bearing and majesty of a king.

Maria and Adeline almost held their breath unconsciously as Qilin walked slowly towards them on the water.

Because the Qilin, known as the [Fantasy Beast], has such a natural and wonderful temperament and body shape.

The hunters of Yharnam are skilled at hunting wild beasts.

But even in the eyes of Maria, a Yharnam hunter, the Qilin is definitely not the same kind of thing as the "beast" in their conventional context!

So on the one hand, Maria felt subconsciously a little wary when she saw the powerful Qilin, whose body was emitting electric sparks from time to time and whose tendons and bones were visible to the naked eye.

On the other hand, she saw that Lan En was very relaxed and friendly, and she couldn't help but admire the natural and wild beauty of the ancient dragons of the New World.

But the other side.
"I say." Facing the Qilin who was walking slowly with full temperament, Lan En suddenly spoke seriously, "Did you find something to eat randomly?"

"Xilulu?!"

Subconsciously, it was like a dog's behavior when it felt guilty.

The Qilin, which was full of temperament just now, suddenly lowered its two front hooves, and its upper body also lowered extremely low, while its pair of red crystal-like eyes looked left and right.

But the ancient dragon is still an ancient dragon after all. After Qilin made this action subconsciously, he seemed to react immediately.

He stood up again at a speed that left an afterimage, and at the same time, his big feline face turned to the side, not looking at Lan En's gaze.

Try to act like 'nothing happened'.

The demon hunter narrowed his eyes, walked over and forcefully straightened Qilin's head, which was deliberately not looking at him.

The amber cat's eyes suddenly became deep, and this look made Qilin tremble unconsciously, as if he was seen through by something.

But then, Lan En's eyes returned to normal and his expression became indifferent.

"It seems to be a normal growth. Fortunately, you didn't go to the sea and eat anything. The water in the sea is very deep."

The last half of the sentence sounds like nonsense, but it is actually a pun, and Lan En believes that Qilin can understand it with his intelligence.

Although in this magical medieval world, there are even large ocean-going merchant ships from other continents docked at the docks of Novigrad, trading with the whole world.

However, human exploration of the ocean is still small and one-sided.

Only a few stable routes were determined with the help of sorcerers, and attempts to open up new routes often resulted in heavy losses.

Even the monster knowledge that demon hunters have accumulated over hundreds of years only contains fragments of information about the creatures in the ocean.

Lan also heard from Geralt and Dandelion that they had encountered a marine civilization similar to that of murlocs not far from the coastline of coastal areas such as Sidaris.

Who knows, in this world, deep in the vast ocean, civilization activities may be more frequent than on earth.

There was a high possibility that the Qilin ran into the deep sea and ate some magical items of the deep-sea civilization. Lan En felt a headache just thinking about it.

But now it seems that Qilin was indeed cautious and did not provoke anything in the deep sea. It may also be that it is timid and dare not provoke it.

Anyway, it seems now that the difference in Qilin should be the outrageous natural growth marks of the creatures in the New World.

The current Qilin is basically the same as it was before Lan En went to Yharnam again.

Only on its shoulders and the outside joints of its limbs.

Strands of high-energy crystalline tissue similar to the horns on a unicorn's head grew out from under the skin.

The crystals on the outside of the limb joints seem to be only one not very long one in order to take into account the range of motion of the joints.

But on the Qilin's shoulders, there are four high-energy crystals on each side, which are only slightly shorter than the Qilin's horns on its head. They are arranged in a ring shape and grow along the shoulder blades from its shoulders with obvious muscle contours.

It was as if a circle of deterrent horns was installed on its shoulders.

Hot arcs of electricity would explode from the tips of these sharp horns when the Qilin was breathing. Sometimes, the electric sparks from the tips of several adjacent horns would connect and flash in the form of arcs.

So now, in addition to the ethereal and noble temperament that seems to be a racial characteristic of the Qilin, these aggressive horns make it appear a little more intimidating.

It was obviously different from a normal Qilin. If it were placed in the research category of the New World Investigation Team, it would probably be ranked as a [Second Name].

'I didn't eat anything else!'

Under the light of the variant [Yaxi Seal] flashing on Lan En's fingertips, Qilin's hooves jumped, and he subconsciously stiffened his mouth for a moment before explaining.

'I was itchy for a few days, and then these horns appeared.'

'I don't know why, but it works great.'

It raised its hoof, and the high-energy lens horns on the outside of the front hoof joints were so sharp that they made people feel cold. Even the muscles of the golden lion did not dare to confront the unicorn horns head-on.

But the ancient dragon simply bent its knees, raised its legs, and scratched its chin with its perfectly sharp horn.

'Look, I can scratch my chin now!'

"By the way, it's much easier for me to control lightning now."

The corner of the demon hunter's mouth twitched. The thing in your mouth 'by the way' is the most important thing, right?

But looking at Qilin, who looked very comfortable and was scratching his chin with the sharp corner of his knee, he opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.

With a "pa" sound, Lan En slapped his forehead with his palm and sighed.

Then, he swung the thick hooded cloak behind him.

Lan En grabbed the sharp horn on Qilin's shoulder and sat on its back.

"Remember not to discharge electricity!" After riding on the Qilin, Lan En first twisted his body to adjust to it again, then patted it and warned, "Didn't you let the fluffy ball help you put on the magic harness before you came to pick me up? Now my butt is a little numb from the electricity."

Qilin didn't feel anything after being hit by Lan En with a force that could have killed a person, but the electric current flowing through his body, which was already small to begin with, became even smaller.

".Huff!"

'I was in such a hurry that I forgot.'

Only for Qilin, Lan En completely believed its statement of "I forgot" and could only sigh and accept it calmly.

Lann reached out his hand from under the cloak that covered the cold and strong armor and reached out to Maria and Adeline.

"We, we're going to sit on this?"

The Blood Saint looked a little cautious and a little excited, and took the hand that Lan En extended.

"Qilin has a good temper, don't worry."

Lan explained to her with a smile.

Qilin tilted his head speechlessly and swung his beautiful pale fluffy tail.

The size of the Qilin seemed to have grown as well. Even with Lan En sitting on it, there was still space on its back. The two Yharnam ladies were about the same size as normal people, so it was completely enough.

Maria doesn't need Lan's help.

The capable and handsome female hunter simply held onto Qilin's back and jumped lightly onto the horse's back.

In order to prevent Adeline from falling due to discomfort, Lan En put her in front for easy care, while the elegant and neat female hunter sat sideways behind Lan En with her legs together.

The blood aristocrats of Cainhurst were indeed educated as aristocrats, and for the sake of elegant demeanor, female aristocrats did ride in this posture.

Wear a hood to cover your face and hair.

Like a hunter from Yharnam, Lan pinched the brim of his hood and bowed slightly to the Lady of the Lake in farewell.

The lady, sitting on the throne of waves, raised her hand towards him without any hesitation.

They all had a long life ahead of them, which was one of the reasons why the Lady of the Lake always had fun but was not impatient in Lan's presence.

The unicorn's hooves, with its white mane fluttering, moved a few times, and then it ran straight across the lake.

As if to facilitate the Qilin's running, a thick fog suddenly rose over the lake at noon in early autumn, covering the shape of this beautiful creature.

The demon hunter did not go to the village tavern of Dark Water for a drink as he did before after coming out of the Celestial Sphere Intersection Rift.

By the way, have a chat with the spy chief Taler, who seems to have used this village as his office.

After all, it would be fine if it was in the past, but now there are two people from another world around him, and it would be quite troublesome if he couldn't explain it clearly.

We might as well go straight to Gos Velen.

I have to admit, Lan En was a little upset that he didn't have his usual drink after coming back.

When carrying people, Qilin cannot exert its full speed.

Therefore, it was not until dark that Lan En and his companions finally crossed the entire Velen and heard the sound of waves in the western ocean.

(End of this chapter)