Chapter 60: The Unicorn's Colony
Suddenly, Allen's eyes were dim, foggy, and then more and more blurry, and darker and darker. The incantation that Gaia had just chanted softly was deafening at this moment.
Gaia was right, it was a very uncomfortable feeling. Alan couldn't accurately express the strange feelings, and every feeling was uncomfortable. For example, there's a feeling that people are on a roller coaster – they can only rush forward helplessly, as if they are about to be smashed to pieces.
Eren could no longer maintain his usual gentle expression, and the noise of Gaia's spell and the jolts of the fall, as well as the various pains of the long period, had disturbed him. He thought that this was the limit, but there was something even more excessive, and the film that wrapped Allen seemed to hit some hard solid, ejected, and kept tumbling in the air. After a long time, I heard a "stab" sound, and the membrane protecting Eren broke, and Eren felt like he was thrown out top-heavy.
Then, a thunderous sound sounded in Allen's ears, and Ellen felt the world spinning and dizzy when he was caught off guard. The relentless hail slammed down on his face, and Alan was surprised to find himself sitting on a soft grass, and looking around, he found himself on what appeared to be a small lawn in a garden, surrounded by clumps of rhododendrons. He noticed that the petals of lilac and purple azaleas were falling under the devastation of the hail. Gradually, the dancing hail passed through the gray clouds in the sky and descended again, like a cloud of smoke sweeping across the earth.
Fortunately, there is a wonderful wizard robe to protect the body, otherwise it would have been doused by this sudden attack. "It's so hospitable, and you treat visitors like this. ”
Alan stood up and looked around, and through the foggy smoke and rain, he saw a huge statue apparently carved out of white stone standing faintly behind the azalea. Other than that, I can't see anything clearly.
"I'm sorry, Alan, but my disappearance must have caused my father to lose his temper, and the weather in the colony became like this. I beg your pardon, I'm going to be one step ahead and I'll be back soon. Gaia was so worried that without waiting for Eren to react, she left in a hurry, disappearing into the rain and fog in an instant.
"Just leave me here!" Alan couldn't help but laugh. However, through Gaia's words just now, Eren got several pieces of information, one is that Gaia's identity may be very unusual, it calls her father "Father", second, this is the unicorn colony, and third, Gaia's father can manipulate the weather in the settlement, and the weather conditions may be related to Gaia's father's emotions.
It didn't take long for the hail to get smaller and smaller, and the white statue could be seen more clearly. The statue was so tall that a birch tree in front of it barely reached its shoulder. The statue is carved out of white marble and looks a bit like a winged sphinx, but its wings are not hanging on either side, but are spread out, as if soaring.
According to Allen's observations, the base of the statue was cast in bronze and covered with a thick patina of rust. The front of the statue happened to be facing Allen, two hollow eyes seemed to be looking at Allen, and there was a faint smile on the corner of its mouth. The statue has been eroded by wind and rain, and it shows a slightly unpleasant morbidity.
Alan stood there and looked at it for a moment—maybe half a minute, maybe half an hour. The statue seems to move forward and retreat as the rain falls. Alan looked away, only to see the rain cracking, the sky gradually clearing, and the sun was about to come out.
At that moment, Alan saw the outline of something else large, a massive structure crisscrossed with balustrades and towering columns, and a wooded hillside.
The rays of sunlight pierced through the rain curtain and shone down, and the gray smoke and rain were swept aside and gradually disappeared without a trace. The sky returned to a clear blue, and a few pale brown clouds floated, then dissipated again without a trace.
The huge building that stood beside Allen stood out clearly, washed by the rain and glistening in the sun. The yet-to-be-thawed hail piled up along their layers of masonry, making them whiter and more dazzling.
Alan looked fearlessly at the unicorn colony, curiosity growing. There was a house not far away, there was a circular doorway in the high wall of the house, and Alan saw Gaia take the lead, and then silver-white unicorns jumped out, and on the heads of the two unicorns behind Gaia, there was a golden crown inlaid with red gemstones.
"Distinguished guest, please forgive us for our rudeness. We're thrilled that Gaia is back in the group. The crowned, more majestic unicorn bowed its head.
Alan hurriedly bowed in return, "It's okay, it's my honor to come to your place." ”
After some pleasantries, a question from Alan raised the eyebrows of the task assigned by the system. "This is a colony of unicorns, why is there a statue of the Sphinx erected in the square?"
"It's Earles' curse. The unicorn king Gayhillis spoke in a sad tone.
"It's Earls' curse again!" Alan blurted out in shock.
"You know Earls' curse?" said the unicorn king, Galsilis, was perceptive.
Eren elaborated on his efforts to save the Lizards, and the unicorns listened attentively. After hearing this fantastical thing, instead of reprimanding the absurd, Gasilis was very excited, "So, the magic ball of the goddess of luck is in your hand?"
"Yes, forgive my presumptuousness, have your people fallen under the curse of Earls?"
"It all started a thousand years ago. A thousand years ago, we unicorns were very magical creatures and lived a very comfortable life, feeding on all kinds of leaves and grasses that grew in the forest. At that time, we not only had magical horns, but also very strong, huge wings. So we can not only run freely on land, but also soar in the sky. No animal can catch up with us, not even wizards. But all this beauty was broken by a bet between the goddess of doom and the goddess of luck, and since then we have become a cursed people.
"Another bet?" Alan wondered.
"According to the information left by the ancestors, it was in the spring when the flowers were in full bloom, the water and grass were abundant, and the sky was vast. Eris and Fowles, the goddess of bad luck, traveled here and saw that we unicorns were living at ease, so they made a bet that the goddess of bad luck thought we would pick the most beautiful flowers to eat, while Lady Luck thought that we would not do that, but would be careful not to eat the beautiful flowers in bloom. ”
"And what the result?" Gaia had heard of such a thing for the first time, and she was even more anxious than Alan.
"For one thing, our ancestors didn't want to destroy beautiful things. In addition, the flowers soon grow berries, and we unicorns in particular like wild strawberries, begonias, and mountain chernuts. So our ancestors did not eat the most beautiful flowers. The goddess of doom lost. ”
When Gayhillis spoke of the past thousands of years ago, there was an indescribable sadness in his words.
"Since the goddess of doom has lost, how can you still be cursed?" Alan and Gaia wondered.