Wizard starting from shoeing donkeys

He tried the 'beastly vitality' core skill again. Rein discovered that this time, the magical heat flow he could absorb was stronger than that of the previous forest wolf.

This indicated that the effect of beastly vitality was indeed related to the strength of the creature he absorbed from.

Additionally, the side effects were more pronounced for him.

It seemed that after absorbing the heat flow from both the wolf and the bear, the wolf howls and bear roars, which weren't that noticeable before, suddenly grew much louder, and their interference with his mind became significantly stronger.

At the same time, the bear roar was slightly stronger than the wolf howl.

Moreover, this increase wasn't a gradual linear enhancement.

Instead, it was more of a leap in enhancement.

Although this interference was not particularly strong for Rein, with his Spirit at a high level of 39 points, he could still easily resist it.

*Still, it made Rein ponder.*

*"So, does this mean that if 'beastly vitality' is continuously used in a short period, the side effect 'beast soul' will increasingly interfere with the mind?"*

At this moment, Rein suddenly turned to look at the black horse nearby.

The black horse neighed loudly!

Its hooves kept pawing the ground, seemingly very restless.

*"Hmm?"*

*"Is it about to evolve?"* Rein raised an eyebrow, a joyful expression on his face.

*"What an interesting time to evolve, suddenly evolving at this moment."*

*"Perhaps today's long journey caused the potion effects, accumulated in its body from long-term consumption of the mutation growth potion, to be fully released?"*

At this time, the system prompt sounded:

[Host's pet, Jenny Horse, affected by long-term consumption of mutation growth potions, begins to mutate and evolve!]

[Mutating and evolving....]

...

The black horse snorted angrily, its whole body trembling, and the oily sheen on its coat showed veins bulging like earthworms!

Several minutes passed....

A bulge suddenly appeared on the black horse's forehead, and soon, a rhino-like horn protruded.

Its body size didn't change much, only slightly bigger, becoming more robust.

At this point, the system prompt started to flood the screen:

[Host's subordinate pet, Jenny Horse, successfully evolved into a ferocious beast, 'Fast Stepping Horned Horse'!]

[Your skill, beast taming, has improved, Experience +567]

[Your beast priest (Legendary) profession Experience +119]

[Congratulations, your beast priest (Legendary) profession level has increased!]

[Ding! Host's contractable pet count increased, now (3/4)]

....

(Note: Fast Stepping Horned Horse has awakened talent ability 'Speed Step')

[Would you like to rename Fast Stepping Horned Horse?]

Without much thought, Rein chose 'No.'

The system naming it Fast Stepping Horned Horse was quite fitting.

Seeing the black horse successfully evolve and the beast priest (Legendary) level on the panel moved from lv1 to lv2 (31/300).

The remaining attribute points increased again from 12 to 13, and more importantly, Rein's remaining skill points were finally no longer 0.

Double happiness made Rein smile!

Actually, it was triple happiness, as the number of contractable pets increased by one, reaching four.

Rein walked around the black horse, inspecting it carefully, discovering that although its appearance didn't change much, it had gained a unicorn horn about ten centimeters long.

But after the mutation, the flat teeth of this formerly herbivorous animal had grown quite a few sharp fangs.

Rein tried feeding it some jerky, and the Fast Stepping Horned Horse immediately ate with relish!

Its eyes seemed to brighten.

*Indeed.*

*It used to eat grass, and now tasting meat for the first time, the Fast Stepping Horned Horse felt like it had discovered a New Continent!*

After the Fast Stepping Horned Horse finished eating, Rein tried riding it and found that compared to before, its stamina seemed to have increased significantly.

However, when using the talent ability 'Speed Step,' its speed noticeably increased by a large margin, and the duration wasn't short.

*In this way, it seemed more suitable for long-distance travel.*

....

A quarter of an hour later, Rein stopped as he reached a crossroads with a signpost shaped like arrows.

Three arrows pointed in different directions.

The right arrow led to Flashgold Town, straight ahead was Meist County City, and naturally, turning left led to Fishing Port Town.

After a moment's thought, Rein didn't choose to go to Flashgold Town or the County Town, but instead, turned left, heading quickly toward Fishing Port Town.

*Rescuing people was urgent!*

Soon after, a checkpoint appeared ahead, a more fortified one, with numerous spiked wooden barricades blocking the road, and dozens of fully armed giant shield crossbowmen on alert.

Upon seeing Rein, they immediately heightened their vigilance and shouted, "Ahead is the battle zone with the sea clan, unrelated personnel must leave immediately!"

Rein slowed down and, after showing his documents again, was allowed to pass.

Before long, Rein stood atop a hill not far from Fishing Port Town, gazing at the town he knew so well from a distance.

At this moment, black smoke billowed from all around Fishing Port Town, making it difficult to discern the current condition inside the town, but it was evident that many ruins were still burning, and cries of battle came continuously from all directions.

*In such a chaotic battlefield, finding Ambassador Javier's little daughter Alyosha would be like finding a needle in a haystack without guidance.*

Fortunately, Rein had a sensing stone given to him by Javier, which allowed him to sense Alyosha's position within a few kilometers.

Rein took the nearly transparent sensing stone from his pocket and walked ten meters in several directions.

With acute sensitivity, Rein noticed that when heading southeast, the light from the sensing stone changed slightly, becoming a bit brighter.

Obviously, Alyosha should be in that direction.

Therefore, Rein activated the skill 'beast's eye' again. Using the sharp vision of the Blood Feather, he spotted a large gathering of fishmen on an unnamed island several dozen meters beyond the southeastern coastline.

Among them were several significantly larger male Blood Curse Nagas!

What surprised Rein even more was when he saw the layout of this island.

He was astonished to discover that in the center of the island, there was a large hole with a diameter of seven or eight meters....

Faintly visible within were stone steps leading downwards, suggesting that this island harbored hidden secrets unknown to the world!

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