The three of them were busy for a while.
Unicorn Anderson got up from the ground panting.
He tapped his front hooves at the horn that fell on the ground.
He wanted to lift his feet and leave, but after hesitating for a while, he kept shouting at Ogg.
Finally, he looked at Luna with sympathy and gratitude before leaving without looking back.
Inexplicable... Just gratitude, what does sympathy mean?
Picking up the single horn that was filled with a desolate aura on the ground, the two women looked at it repeatedly but couldn't figure out why.
"Mr. Ogg, what's going on?"
In the end, Luna spoke and woke up Ogg, who was standing motionless.
"I'm worried about Anderson's health, but he said he's fine..."
Ogg didn't finish his words. He was still wondering what Anderson's series of complex cries at the end meant. The sounds that unicorns make are not words, but sounds that contain their emotions.
"Is it okay if the unicorn's horn is broken off like this?"
Luna looked worried, and the little unicorn in Elise's arms saw his father leaving, with worry and reluctance in his eyes.
Finally, he struggled and landed on the ground, licking the palms of the two women who were leaning down.
Then he said goodbye to his two daughters and followed in his father's footsteps.
"Generally speaking, it is normal for a unicorn's horn to fall off. Only when it falls off can it grow a longer and more beautiful horn."
Ogg came to his senses and took the horn from Luna.
"But this time, Anderson's horn was interrupted by the backlash. I checked his body and found no other damage."
After a pause, Ogg continued.
"Luna, in the end Anderson said that he owes you a big favor. With this divination, their tribe will be truly safe."
"Also, your fate should have ended miserably. However, Anderson said that you will meet someone who changes your destiny. And the prophecies after that are beyond his ability. Unicorns are good at blessings rather than prophecies. He left the fragment on this broken horn. To decipher it we need professional diviners."
After a pause, Ogg said in a difficult tone.
"We need to find centaurs to help us decipher it!"
Centaurs are magical creatures with the upper part of their body being humanoid and the lower part being that of a horse. However, they are a species in their own right, not half-human, half-animal due to reasons such as out-of-control hybrid magic.
Despite being as intelligent as humans, centaurs asked the British Ministry of Magic to classify them as "beasts" because they did not wish to share human identities with creatures such as hags and vampires.
However, the Ministry of Magic still believes that centaurs are magical creatures with "near human intelligence" based on Article 15, Paragraph 2 of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.
Horse people take this as a great insult.
The Ministry of Magic's Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures still maintains a Centaur Liaison Office, but no centaurs actually use it.
In fact, being "sent to the Centaur Liaison Office" had become an inside joke in the department, meaning that the person in question was about to be fired.
The above is the information Luna and Elise know from books.
"They seem to be very unfriendly to wizards. Do they really not make things difficult for us little ponies?"
Elise said self-deprecating words, and it seemed that she had an unfriendly impression of the centaurs.
Luna also looked a little ugly. She turned her attention to Ogg and asked Ogg to decide whether it was suitable for the three of them to go to the centaurs for help.
"It's not a big problem. They have a good relationship with me, the guardian of the Forbidden Forest. They can still help with some small favors."
"Well, you'd better put away your wands, though. They don't like wizards wielding wands in front of them."
"They advocate natural magic and believe that magic with the help of a wand is an insult to magic."
...
If Xifa were here, would he and the Centaur become good friends? All are cast without a wand.
Thinking of the tall centaur standing together with Xifa, who has not yet fully grown.
Elise burst out laughing, and facing Luna's confused eyes, she expressed her thoughts.
As a result, the two girls burst into laughter.
Ogg led the way. He heard the innocent laughter of the two women behind him, and his depressed mood due to the prophecy was relieved.
The journey to find the centaurs is much more difficult than coming to the unicorn, and there are many lethal traps set in it.
"The centaurs think that the Forbidden Forest is their territory, and they have the obligation to install gates on their houses."
After disabling a wooden rolling mechanism, Ogg said to the two angry girls.
Because every time a mechanism is cracked, it takes a while.
swish swish——
The footsteps of the three people stepped on fallen leaves and weeds, which were particularly clear in this quiet forest.
...
Something was wrong, and after experiencing a life-and-death crisis with Xifa, Luna's sixth sense suddenly broke out.
She silently approached Elise and asked her to take out her wand.
Elise gave her a confused look, but still took out her wand trustingly.
At this time——
"It's so quiet..."
Ogg suddenly stopped before he could finish his words.
There was a whistling sound in the woods.
A crossbow arrow was shot at Luna.
Luna, who was already on guard, was thrown in front of her by a crackling explosion.
Let the explosive impact of the spell bounce the crossbow bolts away.
Armor protection?
Stop making trouble, do you know if there is a shield-breaking spell on this arrow?
This was Xifa's warning to the two girls again and again after learning that the armor spell was not omnipotent.
Don't always think about armor spells. There are too many black magics that can easily break through armor spells of the same level.
Successfully deflected the arrow to the side.
Luna's eyes were solemn, and she thought of Xifa's words to fight back decisively.
So, she threw several powerful body-shattering curses in the direction of the crossbow arrows.
Luna did this, so Elise would naturally stare at her.
Only Ogg, holding a crossbow, alerted the two of them.
After a series of fire, the trees in front of them fell one after another.
Feeling that it was almost done, the two of them stopped in unison.
Up to this point, there seemed to be no other sound except for the occasional snapping sound from the trees.
"who?!"
Ogg has been in the Forbidden Forest all year round. Besides, he is also tall. Naturally, his vigilance is much more sensitive than that of the two girls.
The two women quickly turned their sights in the direction that Ogg was facing.
After the words fell for a while, in the ears of the two women, the sound of footsteps and falling leaves appeared in front of them.
The being in front did not stop to answer, but continued to move forward.
It's close, it's coming out! Elise's nervous palms were covered in sweat. This was her first time facing a battle.
Amid her pounding heart, a figure appeared from the darkness.
"Girod, was it you who attacked us just now?"
Ogg obviously knew the centaur in front of him. He did not put down the hand crossbow and asked with a frown.
"Og, I never thought that you would bring two ponies with you and point weapons at me."
The centaur Girod held a hand crossbow without arrows in his hand and said to Ogg with a sad look on his face.
"answer me!"
Ogg did not waver in the slightest, because he had two young wizards with him, and the two women who were attacked were also two women. He did not dare to be careless in the slightest.
"It was a crossbow arrow fired by another assassin. I just happened to meet him and shot an arrow at him, but he dodged it."
Hearing this, Ogg frowned, wondering whether what Girod the Centaur said was true or false.
Although the horse people disdain to lie, there is nothing wrong with being cautious at this time.
After all, the centaur Girod came from the direction of the attack, and the time of his arrival was too coincidental.
"Mr. Ogg, what Girod said must be true. Look at his crossbow hole, he can't shoot such a thick arrow."
Luna saw Ogg confronting the Centaur Girod, and the Centaur Girod seemed to have no intention of attacking.
She first observed the crossbow of the centaur Girod, then observed the arrow stuck on the ground not far away, and whispered to Ogg.
Ogg heard this, observed it, and found that it was indeed the case.
So he put down the crossbow in his hand and apologized to the centaur Girod.
"Sorry, my friend, there are two students here and I have to be more vigilant."
Centaur Girod shook his head and said nothing.
I don’t know if he accepted Ogg’s apology and showed he didn’t care, or if he was still grieving that his friend pointed a weapon at him.
"So, Girod, can you take us to your camp? I have something to ask you."
Ogg didn't think much about it. He just thought that the centaur Girod meant that he had to change his mind about what happened just now. So he made a request to the three of them to Girod the Centaur.
Girod the Centaur went through some ideological struggle, and finally, he said softly.
"Recently, Mars in the sky has been extremely bright. A dark shadow is approaching us, and the darkness will swallow us."
"What?"
The three of them were a little confused by the centaur's confused words.
"If you don't mind our poor hospitality, you can come. Please don't wander around in the camp. Some tribesmen are quite anxious today."
With the centaur Girod leading the way, the three of them had a smooth journey.
Half an hour later, the group came to a simple camp.
A simple wooden fence with wooden houses made of wooden boards and straw poles inside.
There are several bonfires scattered at the intersection, used for lighting or boiling water and other daily needs.
The entire camp was quiet, with no other sounds except some movement, and a tense atmosphere spread over the place.
The two girls couldn't help but cuddle up together.
At the door, several centaurs polishing arrows looked at the three of them warily.
After discovering that it was an acquaintance Ogg and two young wizards.
They just nodded and said hello and continued to go about their business with their heads down.
After passing most of the camp, the three of them came to a relatively remote place.
"The best person in our camp for interpreting unicorn prophecies is Ronald. I don't know if he is in the camp now."
The centaur Girod led the three of them to a wooden house and introduced them.
"Ronald! Are you here? We need your help!"
Girod the Centaur shouted loudly.
"It's so noisy! Can you let me take a break? Wait? Us? Who else besides you?"
It is different from the polite speaking attitude of Girod the Centaur.
Ronald the Centaur is clearly a bad-tempered man and seems to reject outsiders.
Accompanied by curse words, the red-haired centaur emerged from the room.
Does a horse's hair color determine their personality? Elise and Luna looked at the blond Girod and then at the red-haired Ronald, and they both thought in unison.
"Og? What do you want from me? The centaurs will never agree to your rude request!"
"You misunderstood, Ronald. This time I'm not here to argue with you about the ownership of the Forbidden Forest. I'm here to ask you to interpret the prophecy left by the unicorn."
Ogg clenched his fists, as if remembering some unbearable experience.
He took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a depressed voice.
"Centaurs! Yes! No way! Working for wizards!"
Ronald the Centaur said he didn't want to hear it. He roared loudly, which naturally attracted some centaurs in the distance to point and point.
However, it seemed that this scene happened frequently, and they had no intention of surrounding them to break up the fight.
"Calm down, Ronald."
Girod the Centaur stretched out his hand to stop Ronald the Centaur, and then explained.
"The prophecy of this interpretation is about this little pony. We can't embarrass the little pony."
