Chapter 499: The Lonely Soul (2)
"Does a unicorn have this ability, can they understand what I'm saying, and can communicate directly with people with their consciousness?" the young man was a little surprised, because the books he had read didn't say anything about it.
But it will be better than not, after all, it can be communicated directly, and there is a great possibility of what he is planning.
But this question from the other party is very difficult to answer
"The unicorn's mother?" Leon thought secretly, "Could it be that I was right when I just casually said nonsense, the unicorn in the depths of the Black Forest is a family of three, and this one just ran away by itself?"
β...... That's a bit of a problem. β
Thinking of the strength of the legendary adult unicorn, Leon's scalp was a little numb, if the parents of the little unicorn were there, it would be equivalent to Fiona's strength, what if they saw this scene and thought that I wanted to capture the child with malicious intent, and immediately launched an indiscriminate attack?
β...... I'll have to take it easy," Leon made up his mind to keep a good distance from the other party first, and then see if he could use words to probe first to see if this was really the case.
"Your mother?" said the young man gently, "Have you been separated from your parents?"
The young unicorn was silent for a long time before the voice reappeared in Leon's mind.
"Yes, I've been looking for my mom for a long time, but I haven't found it...... Have you seen her?"
Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief, in terms of the lifespan of a unicorn, this "long time" may really be a long time...... And he noticed that the other party only mentioned his mother. But there is no mention of another family member.
"Where's your dad?" he asked.
β...... Daddy," the young unicorn's girl-like voice hesitated, "I've never seen him, and Mom said he was there to protect us." I left after I was born and never came back. β
β...... Could it be that the male unicorn is dead?" Leon reacted immediately, and he was not surprised that the little unicorn was extremely close to human language, because the intelligence of the adult unicorn itself was quite high, not inferior to that of humans, and it could even be said that it was equivalent to the existence of elves and dwarves, so it was not surprising that there was such a rather similar dialogue.
"So you and your mother have been living here, and you've been separated here?"
"I ...... I don't know. I just know that I've been looking for a long time, and I've been walking around here for a long time, but I can't find my mother......"
"I miss my mom. If you've seen her, can you take me to her?"
For some reason, when the answer came to this, Li Ang's heart suddenly fluttered. A wave of soreness came over himβand he had been like that once upon a time. Everyone he met wanted to ask his parents why they didn't come back, and he wanted someone to take him to find his deceased parents, but it wasn't until much later that he gradually accepted this fact.
Those clips that had never been forgotten flashed one by one, and Li Ang's eyes immediately moistened, and he suppressed it for a long time before holding back his tears.
"Unicorns are so strong...... If the mother of the little unicorn has never been found, maybe...... As a mother, she doesn't want her child to see her death, so it is possible to deliberately abandon him. β
"Why are you crying?" suddenly the voice sounded in my head.
"Ahh said, "I'm sorry, I haven't seen your mother. So there's no way to take you to find it. β
"Yes...... ......"Mommy Where the hell did she go, why didn't she come to me, was it because I was so naughty that I upset her?"
Li Ang sighed in his heart, it stands to reason that unicorns are very vigilant, especially against humans, but even if they are quite strong, they will never take the initiative to attack humans, but once they find that the situation is wrong, they will immediately flee. The most ironic thing is that some human books also specifically remind this point, and as a result, there are many methods of arrest for this point, which makes young people feel a little sad.
Because the unicorn has this trait, Leon doesn't know why this juvenile unicorn will take the initiative to approach him, and will take the initiative to expose the situation that he is alone, it may be because it is too small, so he does not know the danger, if it is a different person, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not take advantage of its innocence to take it away.
But Leon saw his own shadow in the little unicorn, so now he couldn't even tame it, he thought about it, and then said, "Actually...... You see, even though your mother is gone, and you haven't found it for so long, it means that you have no problem living on your own, right?"
"No...... I'm scared," the little unicorn's mind fluctuated slightly, "it's dark here, there are a lot of bad creatures, my mother used to fight with them, and now I can't beat them alone, so ...... I'm going to find my mom. β
"I want to ...... Your mom also wants to see you grow up and be able to face anything like her, so since you can't find her for the time being, you can try to do something that she did, and if you can do the same in the future, maybe there will be a way to find her, right?"
The unicorn still shook its head, its long mane bobbing back and forth, bringing a fluttering shimmer.
Seeing that the effect was not obvious, Li Ang began to speak by example.
"I used to be the same as you, my parents left me when I was very young, and I was scared, but look at me now, am I not standing alone in the dark forest talking to you?"
"You...... Like me?" the unicorn blinked with some curiosity, "So...... Since you're not afraid now, have you found your parents?"
β...... How can this be answered?" Li Ang suddenly felt powerless.
However, at this time, the unicorn suddenly took a few steps back and said with his mind: "Then, those bad creatures are coming, I'm leaving!"
Before Leon could speak, it turned and walked slowly towards the east. It was only then, when it turned one side of its body completely toward Leon, that the young man was stunned to discover the real reason why the little unicorn was moving forward or backward slowly.
Just in its abdomen, there was a rather terrifying hole, the area was almost half of the entire abdomen, and even the eyes could clearly see the opposite scene through the huge wound, and the horse strand on one side of it had also rotted most of it, and the black and red muscles were fluffy and hung on the skeleton, which was quite terrifying!
Leon suddenly gasped, he never imagined that such a rare creature that suddenly appeared nearby, a young unicorn that had always been able to communicate with him with his mind, would be in such a physical condition.
"Here they are...... Humans, get out of here, it's dangerous......"
At this time, the unicorn did not forget to remind Leon, and after it limped into the thick fog, it disappeared almost in the blink of an eye.
β...... What's going on with your sister?" Leon was stunned, but he was stunned for a moment, and there was immediately a chill in his back, not because of the unicorn's terrible physical condition, but because of the last words it left behind.
"Bad creatures? Are they coming?"
β...... !" Leon immediately hurried back as fast as he could.
Fortunately, the unicorn's prompt was timely, and when he returned to the camp, there was nothing unusual about him, and his surroundings were as calm as before. But Leon had just gotten some knowledge of the little unicorn after a conversation, and judging by the anxious tone it had spoken at the end, it was likely that something had indeed come.
"Yelena, shout everyone, get ready to fight!"
Li Ang's hurried but not panicked voice sounded, Yelena did not delay at all, and shouted immediately: "Everyone get up quickly! Get ready for battle!"
The first to react was the Traveler's Hut, and Caterina ran out almost immediately, her eyes flashing with light, and her clothes and equipment were quite neat, and she looked like she hadn't untied them at all, and she was ready to fight at any time.
Melissa appeared in the middle of the camp at about the same time, and she was in the same state as Caterina, and Erin, Hilarily, Cheney, and the others quickly appeared one after the other, their shining eyes proving that they were quite conscious at the moment.
It is clear that in such an environment, no one has let their guard down.
"Where is the enemy?" asked Caterina first.
"I don't know," said Leon, "and I haven't seen it yet, but it's very likely that it's already here." β
People didn't mind Leon being so "honest", because it was quite dangerous in the depths of the Black Forest, and the journey of yesterday was very unusual, even if there were no enemies in the end, it was necessary to be more careful.
However, before Li Ang finished his sentence, the situation had already been reported on the battlefield map.
A dozen creatures appeared first, their size looking extremely close to that of humans, but they were nearly half as short in height, the tallest one was only just up to Leon's waist, but their heads were large, taking up almost a quarter of their entire body.
These dwarf humanoids wielded javelin-like weapons and walked around the black rock trees through the fog at great speed, and the seemingly endless darkness and thick fog did not hinder them.
"Here we are!" shouted Leon, "Seventeen gnome-like creatures, armed with javelin-like weapons, beware of them throwing attacks!"
His judgment was quite accurate, and as soon as he finished speaking, there was a roar of weapons piercing the air in the forest, and then seventeen javelins came head-on, so fast that they almost dragged an afterimage out of the air.
However, just before the wooden javelin was thrown, dozens of identical creatures appeared on Leon's battlefield map, holding a shield in one hand and a club-like weapon in the other, and pounced on the javelin-throwing creature at the same speed. (To be continued......)