Chapter 297 This is the power of love
Li Qian stood on the city wall of Outpost No. 9, staring silently, and soon he found something wrong.

"As I remember, the one-horned rhinoceros should be a very docile supernatural creature. How could it be so violent?" He asked Tie Lao who was not far away.

"On weekdays, they are indeed very docile and basically will not actively attack human beastmasters. This is also what puzzles me." Tie Lao frowned and said.

Li Qian continued to ponder, and slowly saw some clues, "I remember that this season seems to be the breeding season for one-horned rhinoceros and one-horned Tyrannosaurus..."

He muttered to himself, and slowly, he got some clues. This information was what he had seen in the materials he had copied from the Mu family before.

"Could it be related to this, Tie Lao? Otherwise, why don't you go to the station and see if any adventurers have hunted the unicorn?" Li Qian suggested.

Tie Lao thought it was a bit absurd and unlikely to be this reason, but there were no other clues at the moment, so he just gave it a try.

He ordered other guards at the outpost to search the station. The outpost was not big, about the size of a small town.

Not long after, when the Wind Thunder Lion and the Thunder Griffin were fighting fiercely with a group of one-horned rhinos, bursts of beast roars suddenly sounded in the station.

"Hoohoho..."

These roars of beasts appeared suddenly. It was obvious that some pet beast was summoned by someone, or released from the beast-controlling ball.

Tie Lao has been on duty at this outpost for more than three days and is quite familiar with the roar of the unicorn rhinoceros, so he immediately identified the extraordinary creatures behind the roars.

It's the one-horned rhinoceros.

"Damn!" Just when he couldn't help but complain and guessed that Li Qian's words must have come true, a guard hurried over.

"What are you waiting for? Release those one-horned rhinos!"

"Compensation? What a compensation! Those pet dealers caught rhinos recklessly and almost caused a riot among the rhinos. I'm lucky I didn't settle accounts with them!"

After listening to the report from the guard on duty and confirming that the incident was indeed caused by the pet dealers in the outpost who captured a large number of unicorn rhinos, Tie Lao couldn't help but burst into cursing.

"If they want compensation, fine. Let them come and talk to me in person."

Tie Lao gave the order in a very firm tone. The young guards on duty did not dare to hesitate at all and immediately stepped back to carry out his order.

"Hurry up!" Irina saw that several unicorn-horned Tyrannosaurus Rex not far away were ready to move after hearing the roar from the outpost, so she immediately urged them.

There were quite a few Tyrannosaurus Rex in that group, about seven or eight in total, and their strength had reached the overlord level. If they rushed over together, it would definitely cause them huge trouble.

Tie Lao also saw this scene. He suddenly turned around and glanced angrily at a certain place in the station.

As the summoning array lit up, Li Qian's familiar pet, the four-winged mantis, suddenly appeared. Tie Lao and it had a telepathic connection, so the four-winged mantis knew at the first moment the purpose of Tie Lao summoning it out.

It acted swiftly without any delay and disappeared suddenly. A few breaths later, a group of people appeared on the wall of Outpost No. 9.

The oldest ones were around 40 or 50 years old, and the youngest ones were in their early 30s. They were all startled when he suddenly appeared.

Only after he had a clear understanding of the situation and where he was did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Tie Lao glanced at them and did not give them time to adjust. He said directly: "Now, you have two choices. First, release all the captured one-horned rhinos. Second, continue to cover these one-horned rhinos. I will send you out to communicate with them."

As he spoke, he pointed to the battle scene ahead, his tone cold and without a trace of emotion. There were five people in total, all pet merchants who captured the unicorn this time. They glanced subconsciously, and when they saw the fierce battle scene under the city wall, they couldn't help but shudder.

"This..." One of them, who looked the oldest, couldn't help but chatter his teeth and stammered after seeing this scene.

"You only have one minute to think." After giving the choice, Tie Lao looked at his watch directly and made a countdown gesture.

"Leader, this should have nothing to do with us. We have hunted many one-horned rhinos in the past, but this situation has never occurred!" said a thin man with a mustache who looked to be in his mid-thirties.

Tie Lao didn't say anything, still looking at his watch, and didn't seem to be going to explain. After a moment, he said directly: "There are still thirty seconds!"

The mustache man immediately became nervous when he heard this. "You can't do this. I want to complain. You are robbing people by trickery, which is against the rules and regulations!"

"Yes, we have worked hard for more than half a month, you can't let us get nothing."

"You have to give me some compensation at least!"

"..."

The five pet merchants started to discuss one after another, as if they were ready to force the emperor to abdicate.

Tie Lao didn't even look at them, still looking straight ahead, staring at the reactions of the unicorn-horned Tyrannosaurus rex.

"Ten seconds left!" Tie Lao's cold voice rang out again.

The five people looked at each other with complicated expressions on their faces, unwillingness, helplessness, dejection, struggle... In the end, all of them turned into sighs!
They took out the beast-taming balls in their arms and released the one-horned rhinos one by one.

"That's quite a lot." Li Qian couldn't help but mutter as he looked at the more than a hundred one-horned rhinos that were released.

"Hoohoho..."

After being released, the group of one-horned rhinos were briefly confused, but soon became excited and ran towards the tribe not far away, roaring excitedly.

Irina and Tie Lao also took the opportunity to communicate with the Thunder Griffins and Wind Thunder Lions and asked them to retreat.

This group of one-horned rhinos, about a hundred in number, quickly joined the rest of the tribe, and the rioting one-horned rhinos gradually calmed down.

"Now, do you still think it's not your fault..." Tie Lao glanced at the five pet merchants coldly, "This is the best result. If the No. 9 outpost is destroyed because of this, it won't be as simple as taking out the pet ball. You may have to work on sewing machines for the rest of your lives."

"But before..." Seeing the herd of unicorn rhinos and several unicorn Tyrannosaurus retreat, the five pet animal merchants were a little dumbfounded. This was the first time they encountered such a situation. One of the pet animal merchants wanted to explain, but after he opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say.

Li Qian smiled and explained for him, "The situation is different now than before. This period is the breeding season for one-horned rhinos. You forcibly broke up so many couples in love. How can they not be furious!"

"So that's it!" After hearing this, the five pet merchants all looked enlightened.

Li Qian looked at Tie Lao and added meaningfully, "This is... the power of love!"

When he said this, he glanced at Teacher Han Ke intentionally or unintentionally. The hidden meaning in this is intriguing.

Tie Lao was not stupid, so he understood the hidden meaning in Li Qian's words. For once, his face turned red and he was at a loss as to what to do.

(End of this chapter)