With a whistle, Nero, along with her horse, was knocked to the ground. Kayal, who was standing on the horse, was immediately thrown off. Nero, who fell with her horse, displayed her formidable side, instantly leaving the stirrups, flipping in the air, and with a swipe at her waist, a sharp Roman bronze sword appeared in her hand. The bronze short sword, with its sharp and beautiful patterns, had a long blood-groove. Although its length was only about a meter, anyone stabbed or cut by it would surely suffer.
When Nero and Octavia clearly saw who had attacked them, they gasped. A two-meter-tall, at least six-meter-long giant wolf with brown fur was growling softly in front of them. Its red eyes made them shiver. Its bared teeth, like scimitars and daggers, glinted with cold light. Nero, who wanted to retrieve Kayal, looked at the straight distance behind the giant wolf and the giant wolf that snarled at them, refusing to back down, as well as Octavia's panicked scream. She had to consider Octavia's safety.
With a low growl, like an enraged female leopard, Nero cast a glance at the giant wolf with blood-red eyes and endless resentment, making a difficult decision.
She flipped onto Octavia's horse, and with a loud shout, the startled warhorse galloped away.
Watching the two leave, the giant wolf heavily exhaled. According to her code of conduct, she usually wouldn't meet humans, let alone touch the seemingly powerful Valkyrie from just now. However, an intuition in her heart vaguely told her that there was something on the red-clad Valkyrie's horse that made her instinctively want to approach it. That's why she unhesitatingly made her move. Although her chances of winning a real fight were slim, fortunately, her massive body made humans wary. Humans are naturally afraid of large beasts; bears and tigers can make hunters flee in panic, let alone a giant wolf several times larger and as swift as the wind. Having successfully used her identity as a magical beast to scare away the two humans, she didn't immediately check on her spoils. Instead, she picked up the black cloth-like object in her mouth and vanished into the forest by the roadside.
As for why? Of course, this was still a human official road. Although it was briefly empty, humans would likely appear on both sides in the next moment.
"Hoo hoo hoo..." Running through the forest with the black object in her mouth, as a forest wolf, a speed of 220 kilometers per hour was no pressure at all. However, what puzzled her was why there wasn't a single beast here. Logically, this area should be a hunting ground for magical beasts, leaving no large predatory animals. But what surprised her was that there was neither the aura of magical beasts nor the aura of giant predatory beasts, not even traces of humans. This was truly too bizarre.
After running for a while, she set down the object in her mouth, using her canines to tear open the black cloth, immediately revealing a human's face. Like an elf descended from the heavens, the already handsome Kayal, paired with silver hair, appeared even more ethereal and otherworldly, not to mention the white robe that enhanced his aura.
Everyone says that one should not judge a person by their appearance but by their inner qualities, but in fact, the first impression is the deepest. If someone is handsome, people will naturally have a good impression of them. If someone is ugly, they will naturally dislike them in secret. Although it won't show on their face, it will never change in a short amount of time: this is precisely why humans like handsome men and beautiful women.
Clearly, Kayal was the type of person with a perfect appearance and a million-dollar background. Just seeing his looks immediately boosted one's favorability, not to mention he carried a pleasant, animal-specific scent and aura. Even if he wasn't a highly respected figure in Red Leaf Ridge, he would be a popular celebrity wherever he went.
She gently licked Kayal's face, circled him twice, and sniffed all over his body, but couldn't find where that comforting scent came from.
In fact, this scent was very obvious; it was Kayal's magic.
Magic varies in scale, from grand spells that span thousands of miles with magic arrays, causing the elements of heaven and earth to shift, to subtle and silent spells that don't even require a magic array.
Besides liking to add "calmness" to himself, Kayal also liked to add "Heart of the Wild." This magic, originally created by Druids for better cooperation with animals, was not a type of Light Magic. However, Merlin, with her mysterious origins, knew more than just crystal magic and divination magic.
And Kayal would never only learn Light Magic. Although he once swore that he didn't want to kill and wouldn't learn offensive magic, there are ways to cleverly interpret an oath, and Kayal's beautiful auxiliary Light Magic was truly impressive.
He had practiced his enemy-seeking magic to seventy-two top-tier light clusters. In fact, if he needed to, a radius of about three thousand meters around him was within his control. Besides search magic, it also included several auxiliary spells such as "Stoneskin," "Inspiring Presence," "Battle Roar," "Strength Boost," and "Indomitable Will." These spells could significantly enhance personal combat power. If Kayal went all out, Artoria, empowered by all of Kayal's auxiliary magic, could even single-handedly fight Teresa and barely maintain an undefeated stance!
This magic would, of course, make ordinary beasts feel good, and even magical beasts, when not too hungry or aggressive, would not attack Kayal—one must remember that the concept of territory for magical beasts is very strong!
This giant wolf repeatedly licked Kayal's face and then sniffed his body, finally rousing Kayal, whose head had suffered a heavy blow.
Kayal, possessing powerful mental strength, would naturally not suffer from amnesia like in a cliched novel. Shaking his head, which was dizzy from the heavy impact, he looked around and immediately knew his location: having traveled around the area for ten years, he would truly be a complete blockhead if he still didn't recognize the way.
"Did you save me? Heh, thank you very much." Kayal, who usually outsmarted others but was caught off guard today, looked at the giant wolf watching him from beside him and said with a smile, extending his hand to the giant wolf's chin. Generally, wolves and dogs are similar; they both enjoy having their chins and armpits scratched. It's a small trick to appease them and quickly build friendship.
But just as Kayal reached out, the giant wolf shrank smaller and smaller, finally standing slightly shorter than Kayal in front of him. Clearly, Kayal's reaching motion had not changed at all, and finally, both their gazes met at the point of their contact: it was the first contact between Kayal's outstretched right hand and the delicate, soft breast of the red-haired girl being pressed...