When Morris reappeared from the shadows, the forest had returned to its usual tranquility.
He looked around and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Those damn Unicorn kept him hidden in the shadows for almost half an hour.
He almost suffocated from holding it in.
I don't know who wrote the book " Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," but they actually claimed that Unicorn are gentle, non-aggressive animals.
What happened to the promise that Unicorn would never attack wizards unless provoked, and would only run away if threatened?
Morris was certain that the author had never experienced being chased by five or six angry Unicorn.
He clearly didn't do anything wrong, not even a little bit of malice, but perhaps he did have some bad thoughts.
When he saw the Unicorn carcass, for a fleeting moment he considered turning it into an undead creature.
But it only lasted for a fleeting moment.
It's important to know that one of the requirements for performing Undead Creature Transformation Ritual is that the person being transformed must have a strong will to live and not resist becoming an undead creature.
For a pure and sacred creature like Unicorn, it would be a miracle if the transformation were successful.
There is no hope of success unless the object being transformed is a long-dead Unicorn, or even just a Unicorn skeleton.
Because by then, the Unicorn's soul had completely dissipated, and even if it became an undead creature, it would be nothing more than an empty shell, only able to understand and execute the simplest commands.
Just like those first-stage Skeleton Dog.
Of course, the above theory is just Morris's speculation, and further research is needed to determine its validity.
Forget it, there's no point in thinking about it now.
Morris stretched his stiff shoulders and neck, then turned and walked toward the clearing in the woods.
When he arrived, he found that the Unicorn herd had vanished, along with the corpse.
All that remained at the scene were the Unicorn's messy footprints and a few stray hairs of its mane.
They really didn't leave him any chance at all.
Morris sighed.
However, this was somewhat expected.
He took out the compass again, and it still pointed steadily in one direction, most likely the location of the Unicorn's corpse.
It would be unwise to provoke those Unicorn again.
Fortunately, Morris had set up a reset function on the compass. By simply turning the pointer counterclockwise once, the current target could be skipped, and the pointer could be directed to the next suitable location.
Well then, let's get back to work.
Around noon, the sun rose high overhead and made a rare appearance, casting a few rays of sunlight.
Morris had been wandering around the Forbidden Forest all morning.
Although he encountered two patrolling Centaur, he managed to evade them and remain undetected with the help of Yanhua.
His haul was meager; he found only a skeleton resembling a wolf or dog by a stream, along with the carcasses of several Acromantula.
But he didn't take the Acromantula's carcass with him because those spiders, which were larger than an adult human, were too ugly and had a strong, sour, putrid smell.
Even after shrinking it and putting it in his backpack, he thought it was dirty.
Immature spiders are better; they're small and very cute.
At that moment, Morris suddenly realized something very important: he hadn't brought any food with him.
Even though he was a wizard, he still needed to eat.
If possible, he would prefer to eat some dessert.
So he decided to search one last place before returning to the castle.
Following the compass, Morris arrived at an extremely large ancient tree.
This tree is incredibly thick; it would take ten people to encircle it.
After careful inspection, he discovered that the compass was not pointing at the tree itself, but rather at the ground beneath it.
Buried underground... could it be a grave?
Morris immediately became interested.
He had never experienced digging up graves in either of his lives.
"Excuse me."
Morris muttered something under his breath, then used the Bone Summoning Spell to summon a shovel made of bone.
He waved his wand and cast a spell on the shovel.
The shovel immediately started moving on its own, efficiently scooping up the soil and tossing it aside.
Such efficiency earned Morris's satisfied nod.
He learned this Automatic Gouging Spell from a book; the inventor was a professional tomb raider who made a living from it.
Incidentally, the inventor was currently on vacation in Azkaban.
Azkaban certified, trustworthy!
The object wasn't buried very deep in the soil, and soon the bone shovel touched and dug out a large hind leg bone.
It doesn't look human.
As the soil was removed, more details were revealed.
Ribs, spine, the other leg bone...
In the end, he roughly pieced together the skeleton of an adult horse, with a spiral horn on its forehead that shimmered with a dim silver light.
Unicorn!
It really is Unicorn!
Moreover, it was a complete Unicorn skeleton, complete with its horns still intact!
Morris couldn't help but feel a little excited.
He checked his surroundings to make sure no other creatures were lurking, then carefully used Shrinking Charm to shrink the entire Unicorn skeleton and put it into his backpack.
The backpack suddenly felt much heavier.
Afterwards, Morris used Four-Point Spell to find the right direction and leave the scene.
Before leaving, he made sure to restore the pit to its original state.
The lucky and wonderful Forbidden Forest journey ended perfectly with the skeleton of a Unicorn!
Back in his dorm room, Morris removed the skeleton and placed it on the floor.
Then, he pulled out a book from the drawer that he had gotten from Frick, called "The Skeletons of 100 Fantastic Beasts Explained."
He turned to the chapter on " Unicorn " in the book and began to meticulously adjust the details of the skeleton according to the book.
The skeleton is quite old, yet it shows almost no damage, with even the smallest cracks being extremely rare.
All I can say is, it truly lives up to its Unicorn.
Finally, all the bones were properly aligned, not one missing.
This also means that the Unicorn's carcass was intentionally buried, perhaps by its own kind, or perhaps by a human.
But no matter what, Morris didn't care at all.
He immediately set up Undead Creature Transformation Magic Circle.
"The world of the living has not forgotten you, and the peaceful rest of death is not your final chapter."
As the chanting ended, the magic circle was successfully activated, and the scarlet lines began to flow, all of them drilling into the skeleton.
The Unicorn skeleton, which had been lying quietly, slowly stood up amidst a series of grinding sounds from its bones.
At the same time, two dark blue flames suddenly ignited in the Unicorn's empty eye sockets.
Even more striking is that the spiral horn on its forehead has turned a deep black. On its surface, a wisp of blue flame also flickers.
"Whew~~"
A neighing sound rang directly in Morris's mind, carrying a hint of intimacy.
The Skeleton Unicorn has been successfully born!
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