Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1804 1776. Ghost horse?
In less than five days, Lan En went from his first landing on Crete to killing the legendary Minotaur and obtaining the special artifact from it.

After coming out of the ruins of the Minoan Palace, Lan En was waiting on the northern coastline of Crete early the next morning.

At this point, there would no longer be piles of human remains floating in the water, attracting schools of sharks.

The witcher rubbed the copper ring on his finger and summoned the Qilin through the magical connection on the harness.

The witcher could feel that the magical call on the ring was indeed transmitted.

But surprisingly, he waited for about three hours and still didn't see any trace of Qilin.

The entire Aegean Sea is not very big. It would take less than three hours for Qilin to run from south to north.

However, Lan En didn't quite believe that this ancient dragon from the New World, which had undergone a benign mutation, would encounter any trouble that it couldn't handle in this world.

The Isu people's technology is indeed very advanced, but the Isu civilization has been extinct for tens of thousands of years after all.

No one knows where the remaining relics are hidden.

Even if Qilin was really unlucky or lucky enough to find it, with its personality of liking to watch the fun but at the same time being afraid of trouble, it would probably immediately rush back to find Lan and the Ball of Velvet, or Cassandra.

Then he would let others rush ahead to check it out, and he would follow behind to see what was new.

The current situation is...

"Ok?"

Lan En was originally carrying out his daily work in an orderly manner with Mentos in his mind, after Abe Haruaki passed on the important information about the future, which was the words "use the spirit stone", to him now.

On the spell of [Alzu Double Cross], both Lan and Mentos began to make rapid progress.

After all, the point of a demon hunter's lack of spellcasting ability is that they can't really be compared to a warlock who can mobilize large amounts of chaos magic in the environment.

That's why Lan En wanted to use alchemy to see if he could make the casting process of this super-large spell alchemical.

Now, this super-large alchemical energy system has the guidance of Abe Haruaki "from the future", who directly said that the key is the spirit stone, so the subsequent smooth sailing should be expected.

And now Lan En was making sounds of surprise and doubt at the scene before him, and temporarily stopped the daily research he was doing with Mentos.

"Um?!"

This was the second time Lan En let out a surprised cry.

Before his eyes, sharp waves were stirring up on the sea north of Crete.

The clear blue Aegean Sea seemed to be cut by a swift and sharp knife, and the cut of the knife was approaching rapidly from a distance.

This is the scene of the Qilin running happily on the sea. Its speed and ability to step on the water combined to create this scene.

Lan En was no longer surprised by this.

But what surprised the demon hunter now was that Qilin seemed to be chasing something!
Although this young Qilin will avoid most people and human sight because of Lan En, and often will not rush at the full speed of [Lightning Flash].

But basically, once it starts running, it will be at a high speed of at least 200 kilometers per hour, and at a peak speed of over 300 kilometers per hour.

At a speed of 120 kilometers per hour on the highway, people in the car didn't even dare to open the window.

At a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour, the air is enough to injure a normal person without protective gear. Compared with the 300 kilometers per hour of a high-speed train, it is enough to kill a person.

At this speed...does it still need to 'chase' anything in the Aegean Sea today?

And now Lan En finally understood why it took Qilin so long to arrive in Crete after receiving the call.

——This guy is driving the thing he is chasing towards here!
The driving distance is of course much longer and more troublesome than running directly over.

"What the hell is this?"

Lan En was still a little bit incredulous, but Mentos had already completed the analysis with the rationality of his biochemical intelligent brain.

"It can only be Isu technology, sir."

Lan En could only sigh: "The longer you live, the more knowledgeable you become."

As he spoke, Lan tightened the leather buckle of his armor. Then, without hesitation, he rushed directly to the sea below the cliff!

The demon hunter didn't even blink an eye at the vertical drop of more than 30 meters.

Gravity pulled his weight downward, and in the process, with his strong reaction nerves and eyesight, he could see clearly what was running in front of Qilin.

"Ghost horse?" Lan complained in his mind, "Are the Isu serious?"

It was a majestic black horse, its skeleton and muscle texture were both of the best quality.

The entire horse is two times larger than a normal horse, but not as tall as Qilin, which is more than three meters tall at the shoulder.

More importantly: its mane and even the edges of its sturdy and strong body all take on an immaterial mist-like form.

The black mist was floating, as if the horse was made entirely of black mist.

Only those blood-red eyes were exactly the same as Qilin's, like two rubies.

"Sir, I have to remind you." Mentos was also able to keep up with Lan's rhythm of thought at this time, "As far as this world is concerned, their myths and stories are undoubtedly that the Isu people made this thing first, and then people saw it, and then the story was passed down to this day."

"If you want to satirize them as patients of 'myth cosplay', then this satire is undoubtedly untenable."

"Yes." Lan En once again complained about why he had used a pretentious British butler accent. "You are really observant and helped a lot, Mentos."

"You're welcome, sir. It's my duty to serve you." 'Karala! ' There was a sound of rock breaking.

While Lan En was playing with Mentos in his mind, he reached behind him with his right hand without even looking back as he fell!
The hand armor of [Smaug] is fierce and sharp.

Every muscle and tendon inside Lan's fingers is genuine "Inner Steel".

Under his grip, the hand nail poked into the cliff wall behind him like pinching jelly.

With this fulcrum, Lan En instantly adjusted his body position in mid-air.

And he aimed directly in that direction and jumped towards the ghost horse!
"Oh!"

The rock walls that Lan En stepped on and jumped on were shattered!
"Xilulu!"

The Qilin was screaming behind him, but the distance and time did not allow Lan En to throw the [Yaxi Seal] at it, so Lan En had no idea what it was trying to say.

After Lan jumped towards the ghost horse, he did not attempt to do anything with his body to the steed that was as dark as night.

After all, no matter how the opponent's body was made of black smoke, and even though its speed was obviously faster than that of the current Qilin, the passing of its horse's hooves did not cause any waves on the surface of the Aegean Sea.

Lan En, who had faced many monsters before, believed based on his experience that simple physical methods might be useless against it.

So the demon hunter just jumped up and stretched out one arm.

"Oh!"

The shock wave composed of chaotic magic swept away!

[Alder's Seal]!
Wherever the magic power impacted, the air was squeezed and made a muffled sound.

Just as Lan En had expected halfway through, the ghost horse was indeed hit head-on by the cone-shaped impact force that was pushing forward.

Its movements paused, and its sturdy and well-defined body dissipated into a large cloud of black mist.

But that's about it.

After a sudden pause, the black smoke-like horse seemed to flash a golden light deep in its body, which was the appearance of the distinctive Isu artifact when it was active.

After that, its body immediately returned to its original shape, and passed by Lan who had jumped over, and ran straight up along the already obtuse seaside cliff.

Lan En's action failed, but he did not show any emotion.

The next moment, the wind suddenly rose!

Lan En, who was about to jump down, grabbed the long crystal horn on the shoulder of the Qilin that was following the ghost horse, and turned around and jumped onto the horse's back!
He pulled the horse head-on at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour without slowing down... This kind of pulling force on the arms could break even steel bones!

But first of all, Lan En's body can indeed be called as strong as steel.

The inner layer of muscles is woven with a self-regenerating Valyrian steel cable inner armor that incorporates Nergigante material.

Nergigante is also an ancient dragon from the New World, and it is an out-and-out physical fighter. It is not afraid of a head-on confrontation with Qilin.

Are you afraid that it is just "letting the arm bear the impact of the speed"?
Secondly, Lan En's martial arts skills, which are so advanced that they are almost mysterious, allow him to control the brutal impact with ease.

The muscles in Lan's arms, which were relatively not strong enough, were indeed torn a lot in the process.

But then, the Belisarius Furnace, which had usually done nothing, began to intervene in the injured part of the body, and Lan's arm muscle tears healed at a perceptible speed.

Only after the demon hunter sat on the Qilin's back did the two guys have a chance to communicate.

"What is this thing?"

The demon hunter asked in the midst of the strong wind.

"Xilulu!"

The Qilin screamed.

"I don't know!"

'I was playing under the volcanic island and I saw a golden ball. I gave it an electric shock and it popped out! It even wanted to race with me!'

As it spoke, it raised its head and glanced at Lan En on its back.

"If you hadn't limited my speed before, I wouldn't be able to see the waves right now!"

Lan En felt the blood vessels in his forehead throbbing.

Hey? I asked you to use Lightning Flash, but with your physique, how long can you use it? Can't you only use it for a short period of time?
But obviously, Qilin didn't notice Lan En's condition at all.

This twelve or thirteen year old ancient dragon from the New World was still snorting and swearing.

"Whoosh!"

"I even chased it towards you, thinking you might be able to stop it, but... "

Well, now Lan En on its back calmed down.

"Oh," Lan En stopped pulling its mane and began to cross his arms, "Then go ahead. I think you must be very confident now!"

“…Xilulu?!”

The Qilin was silent for a while, as if it had not yet reacted. Then it let out a hiss and turned to look at the demon hunter in surprise.

It was as if he couldn't believe that someone could be so indifferent to the request of a young Gu Long!
(End of this chapter)