716: The Great Lord Paing Finally Arrived in His Loyal Transia

Chapter 717: 716. The Great Lord Paing Finally Arrived in His Loyal Transia

As soon as Triss received Murphy's urgent message, she dropped her research and hurried to notify every important member of the Blood Eagle Clan to head to Shadowvale and "welcome" their guest. Meanwhile, the thousand-year-old Lord Vernon Paing Cappadocius was making his way to Shadowvale alone, riding a winged horse with absolutely no awareness of his own status as a powerhouse.

Well, a winged pegasus was naturally a spectacular creature.

Especially when the horse had a long ivory horn growing from its head, white with streaks of blood red. The sight was positively fantastical.

As it happened, even the Lord himself had no idea where his horned pegasus had come from. He only knew that when he awoke in the Dark Mountains, the horse had been there beside him, and had followed him ever since.

There were countless legends about this "unicorn," whom the Lord had nicknamed "Aurora." In nearly every tale about Lord Paing that circulated across the continent, his warhorse Aurora had a part to play.

In some special stories, the horse was the main character.

For example, King Quirion of the elves was especially fond of this one-of-a-kind mythical beast. After the Second Calamity, he paid a great price to obtain Lord Paing's permission to bring Aurora to the elven royal court.

No one knew what sort of delightful month the winged unicorn had spent there. In any case, after that, every important member of the elven royal court had a unicorn mount befitting their status.

Of course, the elven unicorns, Aurora's offspring, hadn't inherited its beautiful, fantastical wings, which shimmered with trails of light whenever they beat. But even with just a pair of black or white wings, they had become some of