Extatic, Maggie climbed and steared her horse and started to trot on the road. After a few yards, she shook the reign indicating the horse to pick up the spped. " And pick up the speed it did, and vanished out of sight of everyone within seconds.
"Where...!!! Did they go. The horse is so fast. It felt like a black blurr." Lan rubbed his eyes and was in awe!
After a few minutes Maggie came back with a slightly moderate speed. Her hair disheveled and a look of exaltation and content on her face.
"Once the horse stopped, she got down and hugged the side of the neck. "Thank you handsome. You are truely amazing."
The horse looked at the hooded figure and snorted. " Yes ... yes.... don't be too smug about it. She doesn't know your name yet!"
The horse snorted again and turned his head on the other side lifting it's head high.
Maggie thanked the hooded Traveller and started to load the wagons. The hooded Traveller started to walk alongside his horse on the road attracting curious looks from Maggie and her team.
Maggie and her team travelled for the whole day and found a small clearing on the side of the road to camp for the night. To their surprise and Maggie's delight, the hooded man and his horse were there.
A shocking scene made their breath caught in their lungs. The majestic black horse they had seen in the morning was now glowing slightly.
Noticing their arrival, the hooded man gestured them to halt their progress. The scene infrom of them drew out gasps.
The horse grew visibly and its mane and tale turned firey. It looked like a mythical creatures. After a few minutes, the fiery Mane and Tail went back to it's jet black color and the horse's glow gradually subsided and then vanished leaving the clearance completly dark.
The hooded man then using his tool made a camp fire. They saw the horse was looking normal but it was slightly taller, looking sleek and muscular.
Maggie walked toward the horse with hesitation and a bit of fear. The horse bent down it's head rubbed on her shoulder softly making her nervousness vanish.
The hooded man invited everyone to gather around the fire for warmth and started to roast a few rabbits he had hunted that day.
"What just happened? How did this handsome grew up all of a sudden and started glowing?" Maggie curiously asked the hoode man.
" He had just transformed into a spiritual beast. My friend here was constantly exposed to mana and eating natural treasure like spirit grass and some spiritual herbs."
The men around them were dumbfounded.
"Can... Can something like that happen?!!!! Lan wondered aloud.
"Why not? Beasts found in the ancient woods and many other dangerous places gains their spiritual nature due to the abundance of mana and natural treasure available around them. This will allow them to grow and develop beyond normal beasts capabilities."
"Similarly, when a person or any animal were exposed to the similar environment and eat spiritual rich food regularly, there are possibilities that they also can grow a spiritual core."
Anyways, let us have our dinner while it's still hot.