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Chapter 24 Knight's Squire, the So-Called Unicorn

Oris looked into Rams' eyes and said, "Would you like to become my servant?" "What's a servant?" Rams asked.

Oris picked up the meat beside him and replied, "The traditional Andal knights can take anyone they like as a squire, who will learn martial arts and etiquette from them, and wait to be knighted later. It's roughly similar to the relationship between a blacksmith and his apprentice."

After Oris's explanation, Rams understood and nodded emphatically. Oris, seeing Rams's excited expression, said, "As my servant, besides maintaining my weapons, you also need to remember to feed these guys every day." Oris gestured to the animals still munching away, and Rams excitedly replied, "Yes, my lord." Oris, noticing Rams's awkward manners, continued, "Your first task as a servant is to clean up this mess." With that, he tossed the leg of lamb he was holding into Rams's hands.

He then led Durotan back to his tent, while the other animals found their own roosts in their tents. After patting Durotan's large head, he fell into a deep sleep. The next morning, Ramsay brought bread and milk to Oris's camp. When Oris woke up, he remembered his original purpose for coming to Skane Island and asked directly, "Did you see any unicorns when you lived on Skane Island?"

After pondering for a moment, Rams said, "I haven't seen the kind of unicorn that looks like a horse, as described in the books, but Priest Torwind should know about it..." Oris, upon hearing this, sped up his breakfast and led his men directly to Torwind, who was treating a warrior. He cut to the chase, asking, "Have you seen a unicorn on Skane Island?"

After Oris finished speaking, Torwind pondered for a while before replying, "We haven't been on the island for long and have never seen a unicorn here, but I heard in the borderlands that there was one last unicorn on Skane Island, but that was thirty years ago..."

Oris shook his head after hearing this. He hadn't been particularly interested in unicorns to begin with, and besides, he really didn't want to deal with those man-eating rock creatures, so he gave up on the idea of ​​going to Skaggs Island. Just as Oris was about to turn and leave, he heard Towind speak up again, "If it's another kind of unicorn, there are some on the island." Oris's eyes lit up. Were there many kinds of unicorns? He immediately turned to Towind and asked, "What kind of unicorn are you talking about?"

When Torwind saw Oris turn back, he smiled but remained silent. Oris immediately understood and took out his purse, intending to throw it to Torwind. However, Torwind shook his head, so Oris had to take the purse back and took out two longswords and a bottle of mead from the guard beside him.

Seeing this, Torwind spoke up, "Deep in the northern jungle, there lives a unicorn covered in long hair. It's a huge creature, and many warriors have died at its hands." Oris, intrigued, ignored Torwind and led his troops directly into the northern jungle. Torwind, seeing this, sheathed his longsword and mead and silently returned to his cave.

After Oris and his men entered the dense forest, they staked out the area for two days, mostly seeing wild deer and rabbits, but not the long-haired unicorn Towind had described. Just as Oris was about to return to settle accounts with Towind, a long-haired rhinoceros slowly appeared in his field of vision. Oris chuckled; this was the legendary unicorn Towind had spoken of.

Upon seeing the unicorn, Oris made no announcement, but secretly signaled to his guards. The group followed the rhinoceros's tracks into a valley. After reaching the vicinity of the valley, Oris led his men to climb to the top of a mountain. From this vantage point, Oris saw two rhinoceroses entering the valley from different directions. Oris waited on the mountaintop until late at night, and only after the two rhinoceroses had fallen asleep did he lead his men down the mountain. Before entering the valley, Oris had Rams equip him with a full set of gear, and then he and his guards slowly entered the valley against the wind.

When Oris and his group approached within twenty meters of the rhinoceros, the sleeping rhinoceros suddenly turned its head, as if it had seen the group. Oris knew that rhinoceroses had extremely poor eyesight, so he wasn't worried. He simply whispered to the group not to move. Sure enough, after observing Oris and his group, the rhinoceros fell asleep again. Oris took the opportunity to move closer to the rhinoceros. The instant Oris was completely close, he slammed his shield into the larger male rhinoceros with his left hand. A loud bang erupted inside the canyon. The oak shield was deformed by Oris's immense force. After Oris struck, the male rhinoceros was instantly stunned and rendered incapable of fighting, while the female rhinoceros was startled by the loud noise and instinctively charged towards Oris.

After taking the enhancement serum, Oris's strength had already surpassed that of ordinary people. He was just struggling to find an opportunity to test it. When he saw the female rhinoceros charging, Oris lunged forward, placed his shield under the rhinoceros's chin, and hid his head behind the shield. The moment the rhinoceros's chin made contact with the shield, he suddenly exerted force upwards, lifting the female rhinoceros's forelegs. Then, as the rhinoceros fell to the ground, he reversed the direction of the shield and raised it again to smash it down.

Finally, with his shield completely shattered, he subdued the two woolly rhinoceroses. Oris himself collapsed to the ground. Before that, Oris had not had a clear understanding of his own strength. It was only when he overturned the rhinoceroses that Oris truly felt his power.

However, the immense force he felt when he overturned the rhinoceros still left Oris's arms aching. After resting for a while, Oris checked on the two rhinoceroses. Both rhinoceroses had fallen unconscious after being struck by Oris's shield, and according to Oris, they wouldn't wake up anytime soon. Seeing this, Oris ordered his men to tie the chains prepared for the unicorn to the rhinoceroses. However, the steel rings on the chains that were originally intended to be tied around the unicorn's neck could only be tied around the rhinoceroses' legs. Fortunately, the chains were well-made and sturdy. After binding the two rhinoceroses, Oris immediately sent men to find sailors to transport the rhinoceroses away.

After days of waiting and the final battle, even Oris was exhausted. Upon returning to camp, he instructed Rams to put the rhinoceros in a cage on the ship, then fell asleep and didn't wake up until noon the next day.

After waking up, Oris bid a brief farewell to Torwind and then ordered his guards and others to return to the ship. During their trip to Skane Island, Oris and his companions exchanged some animal hides and supplies, and even captured two rhinoceroses, which made Oris even more eager for his journey beyond the Great Wall.

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