Chapter 8: Unicorn!

【Intelligence Report Two: Outside the stone house of Mayor Caril at the southeast corner of the small town, there is a low wall. Buried beneath the corner of this low wall is a clay jar containing five gold coins and over three hundred silver coins. This was hidden by a wealthy family in Harvest Town some years ago, but during a monster invasion, the wealthy family was killed, leaving the buried gold coins as ownerless property!】

【Intelligence Report Three: On the shore of Swan Lake on the southern side of Storm Domain, due to being startled by Heaven and Earth, a flock of Tier-3 flying monsters, the Rainbow-Winged Swans, will temporarily stay and rest.

During this process, they will lay eleven goose eggs. However, because they are in migration, the eggs can only be left behind by the lakeside, and they will most likely be eaten by other wild beasts or monsters when night falls.

If humans consume them, they will gain increased physical strength while being permanently granted the lightness power of the Rainbow-Winged Swan!】

【Intelligence Report Four: The monster invasion caused by the three-headed snake woman Abas is still raging on the kingdom's border. Storm Domain will also welcome a monster invasion today, with a number reaching over a hundred. Their strength is not weak and must not be underestimated.】

【Intelligence Report Five: The locusts of the Chaos Wasteland, after days of accumulation, have finally begun to ravage. They will reach the kingdom's border by evening. Currently estimated, at least a dozen large and small territories will suffer losses, and Storm Domain is one of them.】

【Intelligence Report Six: Recently, the coast of Storm Domain seems rather uneasy. A group of Merfolk has drifted here. Although Merfolk will not ascend to land, remember not to approach the seaside during this period!】

【Ding! Today's intelligence report has finished broadcasting!】

After listening to the system broadcast, Gervas felt it was another beautiful day.

He immediately got up, washed up, ate a simple meat soup breakfast, and then set off towards Storm Domain.

After traveling a distance of about fifteen li, Gervas began to pay attention to the terrain along the way. When he saw a clear stream appearing ahead, he immediately ordered the group to stop.

"Stop, look at what is in the sky over there!"

The subordinates looked up, naturally seeing nothing at all.

"It has been blocked by the trees. I just seemed to see a flying horse. Everyone stay put for now; let's go take a look!"

"A flying horse?" Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Indeed, flying horses exist in this world, but they are rare and seldom appear in human activity areas.

But they had no choice but to obey Gervas's orders.

Gervas instructed Lei Meng, Knight Mi Gen, and others to take the lassos, and then the four of them headed towards the forest.

Gervas naturally hadn't seen a flying horse flying just now; he was just making an excuse to cover up. Since the system provided intelligence, the Unicorn must be nearby.

Gervas led his subordinates along the stream, moving forward constantly. After about ten-plus minutes, just as all the subordinates thought Gervas was being frivolous, Lei Meng in the front suddenly raised his left hand, signaling everyone to stop.

"Lei Meng, what's wrong?"

Lei Meng turned his head carefully, his eyes full of disbelief and excitement. "My lord, there really is a flying horse ahead. Although flying horses rarely act alone and seldom appear in human kingdoms, this subordinate really saw it!"

Subsequently, at Lei Meng's signal, Gervas and the subordinates quietly crept forward. Sure enough, they saw a snow-white, majestic horse drinking stream water on the riverbank outside the woods. Even more miraculously, on both sides of its back grew wings resembling those of a white swan.

Knight Mi Gen and the other squires were stunned; this was the first time they had seen a flying horse.

But Gervas focused his attention on the nose bridge of the 'flying horse' ahead. There was a slight protrusion there. Although very small, it proved that this was not a flying horse, but a Unicorn.

Although their appearances were similar, their preciousness was worlds apart.

Without hesitation, he immediately ordered everyone to approach carefully, then attempt to throw lassos simultaneously to try and capture the Unicorn.

At first, everything went smoothly; the Unicorn did not detect anything abnormal. But as the group approached, the Unicorn's drinking motion immediately paused.

Gervas thought inwardly that things were bad. Even in the juvenile stage, the alertness of a divine creature was still too high.

Opportunities vanish in a flash. Seeing that his subordinates were almost in position, Gervas simply stopped waiting.

"Throw!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The four subordinates immediately threw the lassos in their hands.

Because the distance was not too far, the lassos quickly reached close to the Unicorn.

Soon, the first lasso accurately looped around the Unicorn's neck. This was the lasso thrown by Knight Commander Lei Meng.

Soon, the second lasso also accurately looped around the Unicorn. This was Mi Gen's.

But besides these two, the lassos of the other two knight squire missed.

It was not that the throws were inaccurate, but the action was a beat too slow; after the Unicorn struggled, it shook off the two lassos.

The Unicorn would not sit idly by; it began to struggle violently, making the hemp ropes creak and groan.

Mi Gen gritted his teeth, yet he was still dragged and shaken all over.

Lei Meng hurriedly activated his battle qi, only then stabilizing the situation.

But what no one expected was that a sudden change arose again.

Snap! Snap!

Two crisp sounds rang out; the linen ropes actually could not withstand the force and were torn apart. The Unicorn, freed from restraint, spread its wings and swept into the high sky.

The subordinates all changed color and looked at Gervas.

"Sorry, Young Master Gervas, we deserve to die!" The two knight squire who made mistakes immediately knelt and admitted their fault.

Gervas sighed lightly. This Unicorn is a divine creature; if it were really so easy to capture, it would not be so rare.

If it weren't for his intelligence system, he probably wouldn't even have seen a shadow of it.

"Let's go, let's return!"

"Butler John, do you really wish to follow Gervas away from the castle? Originally, life in the castle was so comfortable, but now you come with him to such a remote place to suffer hardships. I heard the direction now is almost reaching the border!"

"By then, there will even be danger to life. If we stay at a small manor farming, we will probably never be able to return in our lifetime!"

"Caroline, since Lady has already permitted it, and we are following the bloodline of the Gale family, we servants should serve Young Master Gervas with all our heart and strength. Even if life is a bit hard, that is no problem!"

Hearing Butler John's words, Caroline felt a heaviness in her chest; she could not communicate with them at all.

Fortunately, Lady had already said to let her pretend to follow Gervas here, and escape back later when there is an opportunity.

After all, she was thinking of marrying a noble and becoming a Baroness.

Splash!

A whooshing sound woke Caroline from her drifting thoughts.

She was so frightened that she trembled, her whole body freezing in place.

She saw that about ten-plus meters away by the stream, a flying horse landed, staring straight at her.

"Butler John!" Caroline, her face pale, cried out for help.

"Carolyn, it is a Pegasus. Do not be afraid; this must be the one my lord Gervas saw. I will send someone to find my lord Gervas immediately!"

John, acting with mature caution, comforted Carolyn and immediately ordered the only knight-squire remaining nearby to go search for my lord Gervas.

In fact, my lord Gervas and the others were already on their way back; thus, the knight-squire had traveled for just over a minute before encountering my lord Gervas and his party.