Chapter 32: Fey Horse
Anse’s heart jolted, filled with surprise and joy.
“Rare curio!”
Land himself didn’t have a mount, yet he gave him a magical item that could contract a mount from another world. It was so thoughtful and generous, a true warm guy.
“Huh, could his mount have died?” Anse suddenly thought of this possibility.
Following a paladin was indeed dangerous; perhaps his mount had died more than once or twice. Creatures from other worlds might detect traces of soul contracts and have already “blacklisted” him.
Otherworldly mounts were very similar to the paladin-exclusive second ring spell Find Mount, but Find Mount was compulsory, and the summoned creature was more like some specific magical creature, with strength tied to spell level.
Anse clutched the holy symbol, unable to wait a moment longer. He stood up and walked behind a tree to avoid being seen by the refugees.
Brat and the other didn’t know what he was doing and silently stood guard nearby.
Anse held the holy symbol to his chest, silently praying not to summon any strange species, then poured in his innate mana to activate the holy symbol.
The next moment, he felt his mind being drawn into the holy symbol, as hazy planes appeared in his perception.
Dreamlike, despairing, chaotic, wild, joyful, vital, warm, kind, malevolent, mad…
Anse knew a bit about planes; the two closest to him should be the Feywild and Shadowfell, both in the Material Plane.
“Looks like I can’t pick randomly. Evil alignment might cause trouble, good alignment would be too restricted…”
He pondered for a moment and selected the Feywild.
With his intent, an invisible ripple quietly probed into the other plane through the holy symbol as a medium.
He didn’t understand the process very well and could only wait patiently.
After a few minutes, a dazed consciousness gently touched his mind via the holy symbol, carrying a bit of curiosity and probing.
Anse immediately learned its identity: a strange horse. It seemed the holy symbol only requested species that fit “mount” conditions.
After a while, a few more consciousnesses responded to the summons: deer, sheep, all with average strength and unable to fly.
“In the animal world, strength rules; maybe those powerful creatures still look down on me.” He sighed inwardly.
The spell effect was about to end; Anse had to make a choice quickly, though he could also give up and try again tomorrow.
After thinking for a moment, he decided not to wait any longer and chose the strange horse that felt closer to him by feeling, activating the holy symbol to establish a magic contract with it.
Threads of mana intertwined, forming a complex magic pattern that imprinted on both their minds, tightly linking them together.
“Come!” Anse gently summoned.
Seconds later, a black steed emerged from the void without warning and galloped two laps around the woodland like it was frolicking.
It then trotted up to Anse, lowered its head, and met his gaze with its dark blue eyes.
“Hello, I’m Anse.”
This was telepathy, ignoring language and race; they could communicate with a thought, with a maximum range of about two kilometers.
He lightly stroked its face; it felt tough and cool to the touch—not fur, but extremely fine scales.
“Do you have dragon race bloodline?” He was a bit surprised.
The black horse shook its head, sending a simple-minded mental fluctuation: “Innate.”
“What’s your name?”
The black horse tilted its head and thought for a long time: “Nolnos?”
“Haha, then I’ll call you Nolnos from now on.” Anse felt its intelligence was a bit lacking, but for a horse, that wasn’t the most important thing.
He circled around Nolnos and found it unusually tall: shoulder height nearly two meters, head height two and a half meters plus, pointed long ears, body covered in black scales too fine to see clearly, shimmering with a faint dark blue in the sunlight.
Its neck had a row of thick neck armor like sword ridges, which fanned out to protect its body.
Its forehead had a blunt protrusion like a ramming horn, only a few centimeters long, hard as iron.
Its tail was slender, with a flat conical tip, dark and gleaming, looking very impactful.
At this time, the dice gently spun and popped out Nolnos’s attributes.
【Name: Nolnos】
「Race」: Fey（Large）
「Level」: 0
「Experience」: 0
「Life」: 35
「Alignment」: Chaotic Neutral
【Strength: 18】
【Dexterity: 14】
【Constitution: 16】
【Intelligence: 6】
【Wisdom: 11】
【Charisma: 13】
「Life Link」: When the master or mount recovers life, the other also recovers the same quantity of life. Life Link breaks beyond two meters.
【Fey Bloodline】: Nolnos cannot be put to sleep by magic effects and has advantage against charm or mind spells.
「Mind Strike」: Nolnos’s attacks carry 2+1d8（1-8） psychic damage.
「Fey Step」: Spell-like ability; Nolnos teleports with master to any position within 120 feet（≤36 meters）, once per day.
Unlike before, Nolnos’s character card was quite detailed.
“Maybe related to the soul contract.” Anse speculated.
He touched Nolnos’s ramming horn in wonder: “You’re actually a fey?”
He knew of faerie dragons, but this was his first time seeing a fey horse—odd-looking, but indeed majestic and imposing.
Fey horses are fey, faerie dragons are dragons; the creatures in this world were just that magical.
Nolnos’s attributes were pretty good; except for its touching intelligence and average wisdom, the others were all solid.
Its traits and skills were also very practical; Mind Strike was stronger than Anse’s sorcerous burst, though the downside was melee only.
Fey Step was a lifesaving divine skill; even if he accidentally fell into the Abyss, there was a chance to teleport out.
Overall, Nolnos’s combat power was comparable to a novice professional.
Though he didn’t contract the dream flight mount, Anse was still very satisfied and circled Nolnos, touching and looking.
Nolnos thought Anse was playing a game with it and excitedly pranced back and forth.
Brat and Finn nearby were dumbfounded.
Brat stepped forward two paces: “This is…”
“Its name is Nolnos, from the Feywild, my mount, heh heh…” Anse’s smile never stopped.
Nolnos saw them approaching, snorted, lifted a hoof and pawed the ground twice, somewhat resistant.
Anse quickly soothed: “They’re my teammates; this is Brat, this is Finn.”
The two looked envious; who could understand the value of having a mount in the wilderness, especially a fey horse.
Brat exclaimed in awe: “It’s so tall, really beautiful.”
“Cool!” Finn was concise.
Nolnos understood Common Tongue, slightly raised its head, and its gaze toward them softened.
“Let’s go for a couple laps.”
Anse waved to Brat and the other, flipped onto Nolnos’s back, carefully grabbed its neck armor, and with a thought, Nolnos stepped out into a fast walk.
Anse had never ridden a horse and had no saddle, so his legs clamped tight, half-lying on the horse’s back, tense and unsteady, posture not very graceful.
Luckily, man and horse were mentally linked; its balance and coordination were good, and he slowly started to enjoy the fun of riding.
Nolnos was tall; sitting on it gave a broad view, body rising and falling with the horse’s back, wind in his face, giving a feeling of free dancing and low-altitude flight.
After riding for over half an hour, he returned to the woodland.
Brat came up close; this time Nolnos didn’t hostile him, but still wouldn’t let him touch.
“Ah, why doesn’t it like me either?” He was envious yet sad.
Anse tied their backpacks securely and placed them on Nolnos’s back, comforting: “Just not familiar yet…”
“Alright.”
The group set off again, but this time traveling light, even more relaxed.
Nolnos was strong and sturdy; carrying Anse and over a hundred kilograms of luggage, it still moved lightly and steadily.
DND is the multiverse, including the Material Plane, transitional planes, inner planes, and outer planes.
1. Material Plane:
Material Plane: Most D&D adventures occur in the Material Plane.
Feywild: This vibrant idealized realm overflows with life and emotion, powers strongest in its joyful domains.
Shadowfell: This bleak gloomy realm contains cold wastelands, haunted ruins, and infamous domains of dread.
2. Transitional Planes:
Astral Plane（Astral Sea）: This endless silvery expanse connects the Material Plane and outer planes.
Ethereal Plane: This ghostly realm connects the Material Plane and inner planes.
3. Inner Planes:
Air Elemental Plane: Whirlwinds and clouds, floating islands dot the endless sky.
Plane of Earth: This cavernous labyrinth winds through stone and endless minerals.
Plane of Fire: Ever-burning fire prison, where life shines on volcanic islands in this realm.
Water Elemental Plane: This bottomless sea teems with mysterious marine life.
Elemental Chaos: Here at the edge of the inner planes, elemental power chaotically collides.
Secondary Elemental Plane: At the boundaries between these elemental planes, elemental forces form realms of ash, ice, magma, and ooze.
4. Outer Planes:
Abyss, endless fields of carnage, Elysium, Beastlands, Twin Paradises, Carceri, Bliss, Hell of Burning Agony, Hades, Limbo, Mechanus, Mount Celestia, Nine Hells, Outlands, Pandemonium, Elysium.
