Chapter 191: The Horse King That Was Greedy For Titbits
William was curious how he could capture the Thunder Warhorses that were beside Storm Lake! He devised a strategy consisting of three steps.
In the first step, he had to find bait.
In the second step, he had to dig a trap.
In the third step, he had to lure the horses over and give them a good beating!
William was sure that he was going to earn a lot of experience points from this.
The situation on Stormy Island was predictable, and he required a lot of preparations to capture the Horse King!
The Thunder Warhorses had snow-white skins. When they became frightened, they would retaliate with lightning bolts. The scales would appear to cover the body!
Then these warhorses would open their large mouths and tear the enemies to shreds...
William slowly crawled on the grass to get close to the Horse King. Then, he activated his insight.
[Thunder Horse King (Epic)]
[Position Level: Advanced]
[Level: 85]
[Health: 65340]
"The Health Points are mediocre and are two times what I have. After the Thunder Warhorses activate their Dragon scales, their defenses would get very high. Their scales could protect against both physical and magical attacks.
"If the warhorses were to form a charging cavalry unit, nobody would be able to defend against these creatures. Hence, it was important to form a cavalry unit."
On the Legendary continent, there existed different kinds of warhorses that had the Dragon's blood. These warhorses that had a mixture of Dragon's blood and the magical beast's bloodline were strategic resources in all Human empires.
In the future wars, a hidden rule would be accepted by the intelligent races.
They would not allow powerful professionals to kill low-level professionals.
Kings would duel against Kings. Generals would battle against generals while soldiers would fight against soldiers.
Otherwise, the Legendary professional of nation A could massacre the enemy soldiers of nation B while the opposing Legendary professional of nation B could also massacre the soldiers of nation A...
Then there was no need for a war. They would kill off the enemy's commoners.
Of course, it would exclude the situation of defending a city!
When a Legendary warrior was defending a city, he would be forced to kill the enemy soldiers.
The attacking side could use another Legendary warrior to restrain the defending Legendary warrior, but they could not stop the defending Legendary warrior from making his move.
That was to say, the powerful characters must be pitted against each other. If not, an unrestrained and powerful warrior could kill the low-level soldiers.
"Let me find the Thunder Warhorses' favorite magical herbs!" William deeply inhaled before he scouted for the herbs on the grass plain.
The horses loved grasses while the Human preferred meat.
There were many varieties of magical herbs and grasses on the grass plain. They were filled with magic and were the favorite titbits of the Thunder Warhorses.
When the players discovered the weakness of the horses, they scouted around for magical herbs that were to be used as baits. Then they lured the horses to the traps and gradually tamed them.
But William wanted to capture the Horse King!
If he wanted to tame the warhorses fast, naturally, extreme methods had to be used.
For example, Soul Control!
The Advanced William had four slots in the Soul Control skill!
Two of the slots were used on Bloody Crusher and Marquis Chris!
William controlled a Grandmaster Iron Doll Troll before. But after Bloody Crusher consumed the Dragon's blood, he had become an Epic BOSS that could transform. He was so strong that he could control all subordinate Trolls.
So William removed the control of Iron Doll. He had gained an empty slot to control Marquis Chris.
After he attained the Advanced, William did not perform any missions. However, the players of the City of Dawn challenged the Instance Dungeon daily and helped William earn many experience points. He used these experience points to increase his Soul Control skill to level 23...
Hence, he obtained two more slots for Soul Control!
"I have to make use of the remaining two slots wisely. I'll allocate one slot for the Horse King." William bent his body and searched for magical herbs and grasses. He disguised himself as a normal magical beast.
A few Thunder Warhorses gazed at him curiously, but they did not bother with him.
If the Thunder Warhorses were not frightened or attacked, they would not bite in retaliation.
William spent the night on the grass plain.
He did not stop searching. He kept on looking for the magical herbs even in the dark!
When it was dark, the warhorses would gather together to rest. William would have more space to gather his herbs.
Carnivorous magical beasts usually drank from the lake at night. William's intimidating aura caused many magical beasts to back off. They were here for the water, not a fight...
William had outstanding stamina.
As long as it was not a strenuous activity, William was able to recover his lost stamina. Only the mental strength posed as a problem.
Therefore, after he gathered tens of kilograms of magical herbs, he dug a trap and slept in it. Then he woke up the next morning to capture the horses.
"The Horse King is independent. During its mealtime, it will have a large feeding area. The other horses are not to intrude into his area."
The Horse King was befuddled.
It remembered that its feeding area had the most delicious titbits in abundance.
After waking from its sleep, all the titbits were gone.
What was left was the normal food that the Horse King did not like.
The Horse King ran around its feeding area once...
Then it slowed down and used its hooves to stomp on the pits that showed traces of herbs being pulled out!
The Horse King glared with its large eyes as it surveyed the other horses. The Horse King knew that its food had been stolen!
It was furious!
The Horse King thought that perhaps another horse would like to challenge its throne.
It decided to pretend to sleep at night. Then it could catch the thief and teach it a proper lesson!
When the Horse King was about to enter other feeding areas to look for food.
It sniffed in the air.
Hmm?
Something smelled good.
It was a thick scent of magical herbs!
The Horse King secretly surveyed the other horses. When it was sure the other horses were oblivious, it smiled and ran towards the edge of the grass plain.
Yeee!
The titbits that were pulled out together with the roots were stacked in a neat pile.
The Horse King raised its brow.
It did not care how they got here.
Eating was more important.
When the Horse King finished eating, it opened its eyes widely at another pile of titbits.
The Horse King immediately fed on the titbits.
Was another horse in his tribe trying to fawn on him by piling up his titbits?
There was another new pile of magical herbs.
The Horse King finished the herbs.
Two piles of magical herbs.
The Horse King finished the herbs.
Three piles of magical herbs.
Oh, the Horse King was full.
But there was a fourth pile...
The Horse King was thinking of returning first. Perhaps, it would come back the next day as it was satiated.
But the Horse King became worried that the magical herbs would be eaten by other horses.
It walked to the edge of a bush that had tall grasses, and his sight was blocked. But the Horse King has a sharp nose.
It walked over the tall bush and came next to the pile of magical herbs!
Plop!
The Horse King had vanished!
What happened was that the Horse King fell into a deep pit. It wanted to jump out, but a fist with shimmering white light bashed it!
Bang!
The Horse King felt as though its skull was being crushed. Its body slumped against the wall, and the horse became dizzy.
But it was furious!
The Horse King wanted to call for reinforcements to beat up this moron.
But then another uppercut hit the Horse King, and it felt its rows of teeth clattering against each other. The teeth almost broke into many pieces...
The Horse King whimpered.
It was in a rage and wanted to cry. No other horses had done such a thing to it before.
The Dragon scales appeared on its body.
The Horse King was about to spit a lightning bolt!
Pfff!
The mouth of the Horse King had been forcefully restrained!
At that moment, the Horse King opened its eyes widely as its ears, nose, and the edge of its mouth emitted lightning bolts...
The lightning bolt exploded in its mouth...
In the next second, the Horse King fell to the ground.
It realized that its life was ending.
However, a large evil hand pressed down on its skull!
Zi...
The Horse King felt its soul being pulled out.
William used his Soul Control repeatedly to pull out the Horse King's soul.
Time passed by.
After the Soul Control was activated hundreds of times...
The Horse King was in a daze...
It fell to the ground as it quivered...
When its soul was pulled out and allowed to return to the body, it would convulse.
The Horse King was unable to call for help...
A steel-like hand grasped its mouth, so it was unable to neigh.
Night fell.
Then the sky started to light up again.
At that split second.
The Horse King was enlightened.
The ape in front of it was its master. It had to be loyal to its master, and it had to give its titbits to the master first!
Titbits???
No way!
Definitely not!
William panted and sat on the ground. He thought he had tamed the Horse King. But why did the Horse King's soul start to struggle again?
"Gosh, why is its willpower so strong?" William did not want to yield. He imbibed a magic potion that replenished his mana.
Then he activated his Soul Control.
That day!
It was another arduous day...
Three similar days passed by.
The warhorses were getting anxious.
After failing to locate their Horse King, they wanted to fight for the throne.
However, on the third day, the Horse King finally yielded.
William looked at the horse with satisfaction. The Horse King knelt on its front legs and yielded to William!
"Hahaha, there are no BOSSES that the Soul Control can't overcome. I've activated Soul Control 500 times. So what if my luck is bad? I have lots of magic potions!" William complacently laughed. The Horse King and William appeared among the horses.
Neigh...
The Horse King roared!
It had been tortured for a few days, so it had a hot temper. Moreover, it was unhappy that some horses were vying for its throne.
The Horse King galloped at full speed and started to bite wildly!
Fresh blood splattered everywhere!
The Horse King had come back.
And it was extremely ferocious this time.
The horses scattered in fear. Some foals hid behind the adult horses and trembled. The foals could not understand why their dad had become so brutal!
"Tsk, tsk, it has a hot temper." William did not care about the bloodshed. He waved to summon the Horse King to his side.
William looked at the subservient Horse King. He spoke and gestured at the Horse King to take care of the horses. Then he flew up into the sky.
The Horse King was tamed!
Only the footpath was not constructed.
William wanted to return to his camp to take a look at the newly constructed teleportation portal!