Chapter 176: The king of horses stands out from the crowd
Many things in the arena are actually quite cliché.
But clichés are clichés because these things happen so often. Although there are exaggerated or deliberately dramatic elements in the stories that the bards relish, many of them actually happen.
For example, arranging seats, fighting for face, etc.
After resting for a while, the panda went out to the stable to visit Qinglong.
His residence does not include a stable, which is a separate building outside the adventurers' residence.
This stable is very empty, there are many horses, and many attendants take care of them here. Horses are very squeamish animals and can easily get sick if they are not cared for carefully. Therefore, in the higher-end stables, one person often takes care of several horses, or even one person.
The stables are very big, but as soon as you enter the door, you can see the blue dragon. It is much taller than the average horse, and has an outstanding feeling of standing out from the crowd. In the words of Xingye, it is like a firefly in the night sky, no matter how you look at it, it is conspicuous.
Panda walked over and found a young knight attendant standing not far from Qinglong, looking at it curiously.
"What happened to my horse?" he asked.
The knight attendant probably didn't expect him to appear, was startled, and then smiled a little embarrassedly.
"Your horse is so handsome!" he said.
Panda looked at Qinglong, wearing the horse armor made by the leather armor master himself, it did look majestic and handsome.
"Your eyes are so good."
"That's right, I've been taking care of the war horse here for several years," said the knight attendant, "but this is the first time I've seen a horse as handsome as yours!"
Panda nodded, he also felt that a horse that was more handsome than Qinglong would not be easy to see.
If nothing else, the size is right here.
Of course, war horses also pay attention to being well-proportioned and appropriate, not that the bigger the body, the better. But under the premise of being well-proportioned, of course, the bigger the horse, the more mighty, domineering and handsome.
Qinglong's body is well-proportioned, and there is no feeling of being bloated or obese at all. It is like an ordinary horse that has been enlarged in proportion. If I use a human as an example, it is like a big basketball player who is 2.5 meters tall, but does not feel any bulky or thin.
When such a person appears on the basketball court, even if he does nothing, standing there is already domineering. Facing such an opponent, the vast majority of players will feel powerless from the bottom of their hearts - it's like when the grandfather of the panda took the national martial arts test, and he was confronted by a big northern guy who was more than a head taller than himself. It's normal to play in the arena; it's like when Panda was in the university back then, and saw that kind of academic bully with good brains and hard work.
This knight attendant was young, probably in his twenties. This age is actually quite normal for a knight attendant - to take care of a war horse, it is almost the top among knight attendants. Unless you can make a contribution and become an official knight, you may only be at this level for the rest of your life.
In technical terms, this is called "retainer".
The squires are the highest ranks of knight servants. Their ability is often no worse than that of ordinary knights. The only difference is that they are not born and have no merits, so they cannot be promoted.
If you don't get the official knight status, you will always be a squire, and you will be a squire all your life.
According to this knight squire, he has been taking care of the war horse for several years, in other words, he became a squire when he was fifteen or sixteen years old.
There are not many young people with such ability.
Just as there are not many people who dare to observe Qinglong at close range.
Qinglong is a monster, and it is definitely a monster that can eat people. It doesn't have a muzzle, and if it wants to, at this distance, it can really bite in an instant. Not to mention a squire, even an official knight, if he suddenly attacked at such a distance, he would most likely be bitten off his head.
Of course, Qinglong didn't have the habit of biting off other people's heads. Even when attacking, it tends to knock down the opponent with its body, stomp it to death, and eat it slowly.
Most of the time it hunted this way.
To be qualified for it to use the trick of "open mouth and bite head", it must have strong enough skills. At least the level of this knight attendant is definitely not enough.
But of course Panda wouldn't explain these things. He just helped Qinglong remove the horse armor, put it away, fetched a bucket of water, and carefully scrubbed it with a horse brush.
This is Ma's favorite leisure project, and Qinglong is no exception. For it, being washed like this is probably equivalent to a human taking a bath and receiving a massage.
Qinglong was huge, and after washing it, it was almost time for lunch.
The knight attendant who left earlier brought a few people and brought fresh feed.
The feed for war horses is completely different from that of ordinary pack horses. They eat less grass and more grain. This of course is to allow them to store enough physical strength to be able to gallop when necessary.
And Qinglong's food is different from that of ordinary war horses. In addition to wheat ears, forage grass and fried beans, there is also fresh animal meat.
The panda looked at the bright red meat and asked casually, "What kind of meat is this?"
"Pork," replied the knight attendant, and then asked worriedly, "Why, it still has a taboo on eating meat?"
"No, at least I didn't find it." Panda shook his head, "I was just curious."
Qinglong is not picky about meat. It likes to eat meat. As long as it is meat, any kind of meat is fine, and it is not particular about it at all.
Among the animal meat, wolf meat is definitely inferior, the meat is thick, and the taste is not good. But it can still be eaten with relish, never being picky.
And the pork brought by the knight attendant, it also ate very satisfied.
Watching it eat slowly, Panda couldn't help laughing.
"Your life is really comfortable, this is probably contentment."
Qinglong squinted at him, and spit out a somewhat "sneering" sound from his nose.
"Okay, you eat slowly, it's time for me to eat too." The panda said goodbye to it, and before leaving, he said, "Don't bite! If anyone provokes you, you can kick him, but don't bite. If so, there will be trouble."
Qinglong gave him a nasal sound impatiently, obviously, it thought Panda was a little long-winded.
Panda smiled, shook his head, and turned to leave.
He was still very confident about Qinglong. The king of this blue-toothed horse was not only powerful, but also very smart. It's not easy to find trouble with it.
It may fight with others, or there may be some trouble, but at the very least, don't worry about it losing money.
Panda is a kind of person who protects his shortcomings. Of course, he is reasonable, but the premise of strong reasoning is that his relatives and friends are not disadvantaged.
Otherwise, the truth is not so easy to speak.
As for himself, he doesn't care about "loss" and the like. Generally, names or honors, etc., he didn't really take it to heart.
It's like... when someone provokes him...