Chapter 497: Star King (I) (1/2)
Chapter 497: Star King (I)
Long Haochen saw a group of unicorns, each snow-white aside from a golden mane and spiral shaped golden horn protruding from its head. Every unicorn had a pair of huge wings, pure white with their tips shining golden. In the midst of their walk, one could faintly see golden halos following under them.
Among the ranks of these Starlight Unicorns, an especially tall one was flying in the front, reaching six to seven meters height, with a horn over half a meter long. Its pair of wings were brimming with brilliance, only, the look in its eyes seemed incredibly shocked.
Right, Long Haochen’s current aim was a Starlight Unicorn, which are known as the highest grade of partners for knights.
“Hello, my friend. Do you still remember me?” Long Haochen approached the Starlight Unicorn King leading the group with quick steps.
When the Starlight Unicorn King saw him clearly, a screen of golden light immediately surrounded them.
Long Haochen didn’t try to avoid it, letting the golden light embrace him. The Starlight Unicorn’s voice could be heard in his mind.
“So it’s actually you, noble Scion of Light. It’s a joy that I get to see you again. But I really didn’t expect you to become so powerful in such a short time. And your holy aura seems to have become even more pure than in the past.”
The Starlight Unicorn appeared very familiar with Long Haochen. If one could say that the last time he had only acknowledged Long Haochen’s innate talent, this time he approved everything about Haochen. That being said, he strode forward, and, lowering his head, he rubbed it against Long Haochen’s hand.
Petting the golden mane on its neck, Long Haochen declared, “Old friend, today I came looking for you.”
“Looking for me? Did something happen to you?” The Starlight Unicorn raised his head, a surprised look appearing on his face.
Long Haochen replied, “I hope you would leave the mountain with me, and aid me.”
The holy light coming out from the Starlight Unicorn King became more powerful, and rapidly, his eyes became darker, “Noble Scion of Light, god’s chosen one, I am unqualified to become your mount. And furthermore, you already seem to have a mount of your own.”
Long Haochen nodded, “That’s right, I already have a contracted partner. But for some particular reasons, he is temporarily unable to fight alongside me. The demons came to attack us, and already launched a Holy War against us. We cannot afford to lose it. If we do, the whole continent will be put in a terrible situation. As a knight, I must resist the demons, and that’s why I need your help. I don’t need to bind you by contract, and only hope that you could become my comrademy friendand fight by my side.”
The Starlight Unicorn King was in shock, and muttered to himself uncertainly before asking, “Why did you choose me? In this holy mountain, there are many light elemental magical beasts that are a lot more powerful than I. As the god’s chosen one that you are, I believe that there is no magical beast here that would reject your invitation, because being with you would help our cultivation greatly.”
Long Haochen showed a faint smile, “It’s because as far as I know, you are the one with the purest light attribute. And only you have such a flawless heart. What I need is a comrade that can work well with me, rather than someone powerful. I believe that you should understand this.
“What’s more, although you are currently only a magical beast of the ninth rank, equivalent to the eighth step for us humans, I believe that after going through continuous battles, your cultivation will go up, and advancing into a Divine Unicorn shouldn’t be impossible.”
Hearing him say that, the Starlight Unicorn’s eyes lit up. Lightly nodding to him, he immediately understood the favor Haochen was doing for him. As Long Haochen had obtained the blessings of the Goddess of Light, if he stayed by his side for a long time, it was very possible that the limits on the Starlight Unicorn King’s innate talent would be overcome, raising the likelihood of it becoming a Divine Unicorn.
Among all known Divine Unicorns, almost every single one had encountered especially favorable circumstances. Battling alongside the Scion of Light was naturally something the Starlight Unicorn King was willing to do. The current Long Haochen was a full-fledged god’s chosen one, of even greater status than he originally had as the Scion of Light. At the time the Starlight Unicorn King had rejected Long Haochen, that was because the Scion of Light would come to attract overly powerful enemies, but the current Long Haochen clearly had enough ability for self protection.
“Understood, I am willing to become your comrade.” The Starlight Unicorn King lowered its head, presenting its horn in front of Long Haochen.
The matter went even more smoothly than Long Haochen expected: He knew that the fact the Starlight Unicorn King gave his horn for him to pet meant that he was acknowledging allegiance to Haochen.
Lightly petting his very warm and sensitive horn, Long Haochen held its head, “Thank you, friend. I believe that you won’t regret this. Let’s go wipe out darkness together. If in the future, there is anything you need my help with, I will do my best to provide assistance.”