Even though Uriah was extremely vigilant all the way, Rocky had been wondering if their movements were tracked after they left the northeast military camp. It turned out that Uriah had indeed detected that they were followed. And he was right. It was the Rainbow Glow Unicorn that was following them.
Rocky knew that it would track them for the magical saliva, though he had no idea how it had located them. That was why he did not pursue the matter, then. Anyway, Rocky was sure that it would show up again.
Rocky, Rubygon, and Uriah left at once, as Rocky was not interested in hunting with either one of them. He was sure that the Rainbow Glow Unicorn would trail them secretly. The only thing he cared about was when the Rainbow Glow Unicorn would appear. In addition, Rocky was confident that if it had come after them all the way, he would be able to lure it.
Therefore, to ensure that the Rainbow Glow Unicorn could stalk them, Rocky opened his magical saliva bottle, and diffused its special aura.
In this manner, he came back to the Ghost Village with Uriah and Rubygon.
To ascertain whether the Rainbow Glow Unicorn was following them at that time, Rocky took out a small bottle, filled a drop of magical saliva in it, placed it in the middle of the field, and quietly waited for the Rainbow Glow Unicorn to show up.
Just then, it got dark, and a blanket of silence covered everything in the area.
Although Rocky was on full alert, and had closely inspected his surroundings, he could not find any trace of the Rainbow Glow Unicorn.
"I wonder where it is? It should have arrived by now." Rocky's furrowed eyebrows conveyed his confusion, while he waited to find the Rainbow Glow Unicorn. But as he did not find anything, he finally returned to the abandoned house.
When he was stepping into its courtyard, he detected a colorful light that flashed and disappeared in the woods.
"Let's see who is more patient, you or I," Rocky said with a sinister smile on his face. The Rainbow Glow Unicorn was worried that if it were to get the magical saliva directly, things would take a dangerous turn. Therefore, it lingered around patiently, and waited his time out.
Now, Rocky was relaxed, as he had the magical saliva, and knew that the Rainbow Glow Unicorn would show up sooner or later. For that reason, he stayed in the abandoned house to practice, after sending Uriah and Rubygon to take their positions as lookouts.
During the next few days, they saw a colorful light flashed, but it did not approach them.
Verdanim's surgical wounds had become infected, since it just had undergone an operation, recently, at the beast farm, where the sanitary conditions left much to be desired. Consequently, Rocky had to attend to it, and clean the infected area with ethyl alcohol early in the morning before Marin arrived. Sometimes, he fed Verdanim the magical saliva to help it recover quickly.
As Rocky attended to Verdanim much before Marin's arrival, she had no idea how painstakingly he took care of her spirit-manipulated beast.
But Sheridan knew, and he was fully aware of how Rocky looked after Marin's Verdanim. One day, when Rocky left after cleaning Verdanim's infected area, Marin arrived at the beast farm.
"Morning, Marin," Sheridan greeted Marin, smilingly.
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