Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1371 1343. The sharp horns of the Qilin

With the Qilin's speed, it took less than three hours from the time Lan En began to summon it with the magic ring, and it rushed from the coastline of Gos Velen.

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

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

When the Qilin stepped on the calm and clear lake water and came to the Dagon Temple on Black Tern Island, Lan En was surprised to find that this [Fantasy Beast] had undergone a lot of changes in the past few months in the world of Yharnam.

The Qilin came on the water, and its naturally strong skeleton supported 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 inspecting the territory.

Its skin with fine scales is still light blue and white, with dark blue lightning patterns.

The pale mane is on its back neck, chest, and joints of its four legs. Even without wind, it flutters in the air like leaping flames.

That is the static electricity effect on the Qilin.

These are not surprising to Lan En. After all, the ancient dragons of the New World are powerful creatures standing at the top of the food chain. It is natural that they have the bearing and majesty of a king.

Maria and Adeline almost held their breath unconsciously when the Qilin stepped on the water and walked slowly.

Because the Qilin, known as the [Fantasy Beast], is naturally too good in temperament and body shape.

The hunters in Yharnam are good at hunting wild beasts.

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

So on the one hand, Maria looked at the powerful Qilin with electric sparks bursting from time to time and whose muscles and bones were visible to the naked eye, and she felt subconsciously a little wary.

On the other hand, she saw Lan En was very relaxed and friendly, and she unconsciously admired the natural and wild beauty of the ancient dragons of the New World.

But on the other hand.

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

"Xi Lulu?!"

Subconsciously, it was like the behavior of a dog after feeling guilty.

The Qilin, who was full of temperament just now, suddenly lowered his two front hooves, and his upper body also lowered very low, and his red crystal-like eyes looked left and right.

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

He stood up again at a speed that could leave an afterimage, and at the same time, the big cat-like face turned to the side, not looking at Lan En's gaze.

Trying to act like "nothing happened".

The demon hunter narrowed his eyes, walked over and forcibly straightened Kirin's head that was deliberately not looking at him.

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

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

"It seems to be a normal growth. Fortunately, you didn't run to the sea to 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 Kirin can understand it with his IQ.

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 world.

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

Only a few stable routes were determined with the help of warlocks, and the opening of new routes often resulted in heavy losses.

Even the monster knowledge accumulated by demon hunters for hundreds of years only contains a few words about the creatures in the ocean.

And Lan En also heard Geralt and Dandelion say that they encountered a marine civilization similar to the fishmen not far from the coastline of the offshore area of ​​Sidaris.

Who knows that in this world, in the vast depths of the ocean, the civilization activities there may be more frequent than on the ground.

It is not uncommon for the Qilin to run into the deep sea and eat some magical items of the deep sea civilization. Lan En feels a headache just thinking about it.

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

Anyway, now it seems that the difference on the Qilin should be the outrageous natural growth marks of the creatures in the new world.

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

The only difference is on its shoulders and the outer joints of its limbs.

One by one, high-energy crystal-like tissues similar to the horns on the head of the Qilin grew out from under the skin.

The crystals on the outside of the limb joints seemed to be to take into account the range of motion of the joints, so there was only one not-so-long one.

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

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

Hot arcs would burst out from the tops of these sharp horns when the Qilin was panting. Sometimes, the sparks from the tops of several adjacent sharp horns would connect and flash in the form of arc flashes.

So now, in addition to the ethereal and noble temperament that is like a racial characteristic of the Qilin, these aggressive horns make it look more intimidating.

It is obviously different from the normal Qilin. If it is placed in the research classification of the New World Investigation Team, it is likely to have a title of [Second Name].

‘Anyway, I didn’t eat anything else! ’

Under the light of the variant [Axis Seal] flashing on Lan En’s fingertips, the Qilin’s hoof jumped, and it subconsciously stiffened its mouth for a while, and then explained.

‘It just itched for a few days, and then these horns grew out. ’

‘I don’t know why, but it’s pretty useful anyway. ’

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

But the ancient dragon just bent his knees and raised his legs, scratching his chin with this sharp horn that was just right.

‘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 you said ‘by the way’ is the most important thing, right?

But looking at the Kirin who was scratching his chin with the sharp horn on his knee, he opened his mouth but couldn’t say anything.

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

Then, the thick hooded cloak was waved behind him.

Lan En grabbed the sharp horn on the Kirin’s shoulder and sat on its back.

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

The Qilin didn't feel anything after being patted by Lan En with a force that could kill people, but the current flowing on its body surface was still a little smaller.

".Huff!"

'I was in a hurry, I forgot.'

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

Lan En stretched out his hand from under the cloak covering this cold and tough armor, and stretched it to Maria and Adeline.

"We, we want to ride this?"

The Blood Saint was a little cautious and a little excited, and took Lan En's outstretched palm.

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

Lan En explained to her with a smile.

The Qilin tilted its head in silence, and its beautiful pale fluffy tail swung.

The Qilin seemed to have grown in size, and even if Lan En sat on it, there was still space on its back. The size of the two Yharnam ladies was about the same as that of normal people, which was enough.

Maria didn't need Lan En's help.

The capable and handsome female hunter just held the Qilin's back and jumped on the horse's back.

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

The blood nobles of Cainhurst were indeed aristocratic education. For the sake of elegant demeanor, female nobles did ride in this posture.

Wear a hood to cover your face and hair.

Just like the hunters of Yharnam, Lan En pinched the brim of the hood and bowed slightly to the lady in the lake to say goodbye.

The lady sat on the wave throne and raised her hand to him without any hesitation.

Their days are still long, which is one of the reasons why the Lady of the Lake always has fun in front of Lan En but is not impatient.

The horse hooves with white mane fluttering slightly moved a few times, and then ran directly on the lake.

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

The demon hunter did not go to the village tavern of Dark Water to have a drink after coming out of the celestial sphere intersection rift as before.

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

After all, if it was before, it would be fine, but now there are two people from another world around him, and it is quite troublesome to explain it clearly.

Just go directly to Gos Velen.

I have to say that Lan En was a little uncomfortable that he didn't have a routine drink after returning.

In the case of manning, Qilin can't 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.