I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 149 - 100: The Letter from the Royal Capital Brings the Fruits of Victory_2

Chapter 149: Chapter 100: The Letter from the Royal Capital Brings the Fruits of Victory_2

Although his lips almost stretched to his ears, he was not excessively flamboyant.

"Speaking of this trip, I should see if I can find the complete magic pet skills."

Soon, Gu Shanhai thought of a strength-enhancing project in a newly created folder.

It doesn’t matter if there are no clues, just use Prophetic Divination.

Then, a continuous GIF image emerged in his mind.

"Indeed, using Prophetic Divination now is easier, but divining the future tends to freeze and encounter bugs."

He saw an old man with a hooked nose and a fierce face performing a ritual on a dismembered magical creature in a basement.

This was what Gu Shanhai prophesized the other party was currently doing, belonging to the present.

The remaining images were more blurred, showing a burning and destroyed village, numerous beasts assaulting a city, and mad magical animals gnawing on knights.

"I don’t know if it’s accurate, but these should probably be caused by the wizard using magic pet skills."

He had already found the location through Prophetic Divination, in the north of Camelot Kingdom, not on the same route to the Royal Capital, so it would require several days of detour.

"As far as I can confirm now, the other party has the ability to control numerous beasts and use many magical animals as magic pets."

"Besides, the flames seem to be Dragon Breath, does the person have a Red Dragon or something related?"

"These aren’t the key points; the real emphasis is on which abilities of these magic pets the wizard shares..."

Gu Shanhai’s expression was quite solemn, achieving personal strength through the collective power of the group. The strongest wasn’t the magic pets, but the wizard who shared their powers.

"He really doesn’t seem easy to kill."

Not all wizards are as high-profile as Merlin Ambrosius; most hide in forests or deep in marshes.

Thus, there are many whose reputations do not match their true abilities, and having a big name does not necessarily mean stronger power. Legends represent their experiences and fame, not their strength.

"It seems, I’ve been detected?" Gu Shanhai earnestly stared at the images; the last few were distorted, clearly because the other party countered his divination.

Wizards are skilled in curses and toxins but not limited to those; they naturally know prophecy too.

"Damn~ So, the person won’t flee, right???"

Gu Shanhai’s first thought was to worry that the person had left; he wasn’t afraid if they stayed in place waiting for him.

He instinctively wanted to divine again, but then he gave up. Divining again would likely not yield any useful information but could instead lead to misinformation.

His prophetic divination skills weren’t unbeatable; they could not always be 100% accurate, even with the help of Yuan Suo Grass and the Xuanwei Sect’s Heavenly Mechanism Skill—only about 70-80% accuracy.

"Since that’s the case, I’ll start my journey first." Gu Shanhai planned to go and take a look, and then slowly track them later.

There was no rush to go to the Royal Capital; he could just send a letter to explain later.

"I remember that there seemed to be a major event happening soon." Gu Shanhai recalled that after Atilis ascended the throne and cleared the internal affairs of the kingdom, he would start his conquest.

If he became the Knight King, he would have the support of the Sword in the Stone, truly a destiny fulfilled, but he didn’t have it now.

So there might be many twists and turns.

"If there’s time, give him the Sword of the Lake: Broken Steel, then there’s no chance of failure."

The true value of the Sword of the Lake: Broken Steel isn’t the sword itself, but its scabbard; as long as one possesses the scabbard, they won’t get hurt.

The Sword in the Stone: Gold represents the identity of a king, while the Sword of the Lake: Broken Steel is worn after becoming king.

In his past life, Atilis also sought the Sword of the Lake: Broken Steel after the Sword in the Stone: Gold broke; the reason for the break was simple – he broke the knightly virtues during a duel, which makes one think how ridiculous it was.

His death too was because he wasn’t carrying the scabbard of the Sword of the Lake: Broken Steel, creating a sense of fatalism about living and dying by the sword, which is somewhat laughable.

Gu Shanhai would only reveal the Sword of the Lake: Broken Steel in the name of a prophecy, whether Atilis went to retrieve it and how he did wasn’t much of Gu Shanhai’s concern.

After packing his luggage, Gu Shanhai instructed the Water Seeking Beast and the Banshee to watch over Deer Plain, and then he left with Little White.

When leaving, he also sealed and concealed the magical barrier of Deer Plain; entering would require special methods. This was one of the backups that Mafas had left him before his departure, otherwise, what would happen if thieves entered Deer Plain in his absence? It was similar to locking the door when leaving the house.

"Yo~" Little White was excited, very happy at home, and even happier to go out and play.

"Yeah, go out to play, go out to play," said Gu Shanhai nonchalantly.

He carried Little White and realized that Little White seemed to have gained quite a bit of weight recently. In his mind, he calculated the time, estimating that in about five more months, he could transform from a fawn into a young deer.

However, it would still take some time before he could be used as a mount.

Due to a good diet along with early teaching and training, Little White’s physique had strengthened considerably. Continuing this way, he truly wouldn’t be able to casually carry him around due to his size and inconvenience.

"Having no mount is troublesome indeed, might as well try the first circle Druid Divine Skill for traveler’s mount and see what I can summon," Gu Shanhai pondered, but was too lazy to walk.

Thus, he could only try to summon a mount. Then, he fell silent.

"It turns out I have to find a mount first for it to work, not summon one..."

The function is facilitated by encouraging words, making the creature more capable of enduring the hardships of long travels, but at the cost of its combat ability.

"This thing seems to be used in conjunction with calming, charming, or dominating animals; are you kidding me?" Gu Shanhai’s face fell: "No wonder it’s only a first circle, I thought it was for summoning a mount."

Eventually, he could only walk out of the forest; he would have liked to find one, but large ones were hard to find and small ones couldn’t carry his weight.

He could only buy a horse in a nearby town.

This town was exactly where Gu Shanhai had left from, and it was also where Coreya, that great merchant, had died, leading to a significant drop in the business environment, with even the original order seeming somewhat chaotic.

Evidently, this was due to decreased income and recent changes in the upper echelons, as could be seen by the prices; Gu Shanhai had also bought a horse here last time, but this time the price of a horse of almost the same quality was about three times higher now.

Not just horses, but other essentials like food, salt, and iron also saw varying degrees of price increase.

’The impact is really significant.’ Gu Shanhai remarked to himself, but these weren’t things he could solve; he wouldn’t interfere in matters that were not his to govern, he would just mind his own business.

This time was quite peaceful for him, and no incidents occurred because of Little White, probably because everyone else had enough troubles of their own.

Gu Shanhai also saw others, like himself, who had bought horses or cows, preparing to leave the town, not knowing where they were heading to earn a living, as life was hard to sustain, naturally leaving no room for sentiments of attachment to their homeland.

"Little White, when you grow a bit larger, you’ll only be able to live in a Magic Pet pocket, and don’t fidget, you’re no longer a three-month-old fawn," Gu Shanhai said helplessly, watching the still excited Little White.

Even though Little White had been here once before, the novelty hadn’t worn off, and he remained curiously looking around.