April is the season of warming in the Holy Continent, but this year's spring was still affected by the climate and was still very cold. This abnormal weather slowed down the production of winter wheat that was originally ready to be harvested in the Holy Continent.
This makes it impossible for farmers to continue farming, and new crops cannot be planted, which makes already desperate humans even more helpless.
And in a wheat field in the Thunder Principality where some ears of wheat had just grown, a legion of twenty thousand knights was stepping forward in the wheat field.
Next to the wheat field, the unclosed eyes of the killed farmer seemed to be looking unwillingly at the growing wheat field.
"How long will it take to reach the Principality of Kamai?" the eldest prince Alec asked the knight captain beside him.
"Your Highness Alec, we can enter the territory of the Principality of Camai in half a day!" The Grand Knight Commander bowed and replied.
This powerful knight army is the army of the Kingdom of St. Ellis led by the great prince Alec. They rely on the two hundred griffin knights in the sky to strangle all the lives they encounter along the way.
Along the way, more than thousands of nobles and civilians were killed, and as many as fifty mid-level wizards were dispatched to hide the traces of this legion and the logistics army of up to 30,000 people following behind.
Before the legion was concentrated, the intelligence system of the Kingdom of St. Ellis had already tried its best to completely wipe out the immature intelligence system of the Principality of Kamai. This allowed their legion to arrive not far from the Principality of Kamai unexpectedly.
Originally, according to recent principles, this powerful army should march towards the territory of the former Principality of Keen, but the eldest prince Alec vetoed this proposal.
He believes that only Harry Castle is the true center of the entire Principality of Camai. As long as Harry Castle is destroyed, the Principality of Camai will naturally collapse.
So I chose a longer road, taking a detour to the Principality of Thunder, then from here into the Principality of Kamai, and headed straight to Harry Castle.
The eldest prince Alec does not have enough confidence for this war. Twenty thousand knights is a lot, but the size of Kamai's knights has reached more than 10,000. According to intelligence, in recent years, Kamai's knights have The number of Grand Knight Commanders increased a lot.
In addition to the number of great knights in the Principality of Kamai, the strength of the knights has also been greatly improved.
This has to mention the knight welfare of the Principality of Kamai. Countless resources are invested, allowing the knights to grow extremely quickly. It usually takes more than ten years or even longer for a junior formal knight to become a senior knight.
But in the Principality of Kamai, as long as there are talented knights, a large number of knight training potions and various knight training auxiliary foods, this process can be shortened to a few years.
The other is Grand Knight Bodley, the leader of the Knight Legion of the Principality of Kamai. His leadership ability is extremely strong. In several wars, Grand Knight Bodley has shown extremely strong commanding abilities.
Finally, there is the equipment. The great knight captains of the Kamai Principality can basically get equipment made by Abel himself, and even ordinary knights wear knight equipment from the dwarves.
This kind of benefit is envied by knights in the three major empires, not to mention all the principalities. This also makes the knight corps of the Principality of Kamai inferior to the Kingdom of St. Ellis in terms of numbers, but the difference in strength is not significant. many.
In the air, the two hundred gryphon knights were already the largest number of aerial knights that the Kingdom of St. Ellis could send, but it was the aerial knights that the eldest prince Alec was most worried about.
Because the sky boat of the Principality of Kamai was too powerful, if it were not for the fact that it was not as fast as the Griffin Knight, then there would be no need to think about this air battle, but even so, he never thought that he could gain a clear advantage in the air.
What Prince Alec is most assured of is the power of wizards. This time, the Kingdom of St. Ellis has sent almost all the wizards in the empire. The strength of its wizards is almost crushing the wizard circle of the Principality of Camai.
The only variable is Abel himself. His past performance is so eye-catching that the eldest prince Alec lacks confidence in it.
The eldest prince Alec was opposed to this war, but he also knew that just as his father, Emperor Ambrose, thought, hatred had already been forged, and Abel was not someone who could laugh away his grudges.
Now the development momentum of the Principality of Kamai is too strong. For some reason, the Harvest City of the Principality of Kamai is almost unlimitedly providing a steady stream of food for the ever-increasing population in the Principality of Kamai.
When other empires and principalities are in short supply of food and unable to satisfy their citizens, a powerful principality that can provide sufficient food is very attractive to knights and nobles.
Not to mention knights and nobles, even some civilians with some ability are trying their best to become citizens of the Principality of Kamai.
If the Principality of Camai is allowed to develop like this, it will most likely surpass the Kingdom of St. Alice in strength without having to wait until the food crisis is over. By then, if the Kingdom of St. Alice does not take action, Abel will take the initiative to attack St. Alice. The kingdom retaliated.
The eldest prince Alec looked at the four luxurious carriages among the knights. The ancestors of the empire and the three seventeenth-level wizards were there, and he couldn't help but feel relaxed.
How powerful the ancestor is, the empire has gone through countless ups and downs, no matter how difficult it is, the ancestor will always be the one to deal with the enemy in the end.
An eighteenth-level senior wizard, a god-like existence in the Holy Continent.
The eldest prince Alec looked at the two hundred carts at the front of the logistics team following the Knight Legion. These carts were all pulled by the heaviest bulls.
The carts were equipped with the empire's war machines, from ballistas to trebuchets, and the number was enough to wipe out a city.
"Da da da!" The sound of horse hooves came, and then an imperial scout, already covered in dust, approached.
"Report!" the scout shouted loudly.
"Say!" The eldest prince Alec did not focus on the scout, but looked ahead. He seemed to see the border of Kamai Principality.
"There is a barracks ahead blocking the way forward!" the scout said loudly.
"What? Why is there a barracks? This is the land of the Thunder Principality. How could the Thunder Principality build a barracks in the front?" A cold light flashed in the eyes of the eldest prince Alec. His intelligence system did not have any feedback that there was a barracks here.
The strength of the Thunder Principality has been weakened to the extreme. Now, except for a few big cities that can still be defended, the other territories are all robbed of resources by numerous principalities.
It can be said that if it were not for the fact that the Principality of Thunder shared the border with the Principality of Kamai, the Principality of Thunder would have been destroyed by other principalities long ago, but even so, the Principality of Thunder was still repeatedly robbed of various resources.
Therefore, the Kingdom of St. Ellis did not notify the Principality of Thunder about this operation. First, it was afraid that the news would be leaked. Second, the empire did not pay attention to the strength of the five vassal countries except Kamai Principality.
After the war with the Kamai Principality, the five vassal states have become extremely weak and may be destroyed at any time.
"Your Highness, that barracks is not from the Principality of Thunder, because the barracks bears the coat of arms of Duke Kamai's royal family!" the scout bowed and said.
"How is it possible? Where did he get the information? Didn't our intelligence officers who were installed in the intelligence system of the Principality of Kamai say that the Principality of Kamai did not get the relevant information?" The eldest prince Alec couldn't help but murmured.
If it was a sneak attack, as long as the Principality of Kamai was not prepared, relying on a large number of war machines, as well as fifty intermediate wizards and four senior wizards, they could directly attack Harvest City Harry Castle in a very short time.
But if the Kamai Principality receives intelligence and is prepared, the war will be a hard fight. Even if the empire wins the war, its strength will be severely reduced.
The eldest prince Alec had an idea at this time, that is, to turn back immediately, lead the legion to leave here, and return to the Kingdom of St. Ellis.
But now he can no longer leave if he wants. The large amount of supplies cannot allow the legions to move quickly. Moreover, he only has the right to command this war, and does not have the right to decide whether to fight this war.
The war must be fought, but now the original plan has unexpected consequences.
"Stop the entire army and start setting up camp!" Prince Alec ordered loudly.
Immediately after the order was issued, the entire legion quickly stopped, and the well-trained knights began to set up camp.
A large amount of wood was brought forward from the rear. The knights, with fighting spirit shining on their bodies, quickly placed the wood one by one. The auxiliary soldiers from the rear also came to the front to help build the camp.
The eldest prince Alec turned around and came to one of the four luxury carriages.
"Ancestor, the situation has changed. The army of the Kamai Principality has been waiting in front and has even built a camp!" He bowed in front of the carriage and reported.
"Alec, the army is under your command. I won't ask anything. My three old brothers and I will only kill Abel!" The ancestor's voice in the carriage was very calm, and it seemed that nothing could make him panic. generally.
After hearing the ancestor's words, the eldest prince Alec regained some confidence, and he bowed and retreated from the carriage.
"I ordered people to install all the trebuchets and ballistas, send more scouts, and have all the gryphon knights dispatched. I want to know how many troops the Principality of Camai has dispatched!" He said to a big man beside him as he walked. The knight commander ordered.
At this time, he had decided to fight with the Principality of Kamai and Abel, and now there was no room for retreat.
In the barracks on the other side, Abel was listening to the report from the gryphon knights. In fact, he had been waiting here with more than 10,000 knights a few days ago.
This is a rare military training. Regardless of whether you participate in the war or not, as long as you are close to the war, you can feel the war. This is also a rare experience.
Abel did not choose a sneak attack, because with the presence of the gryphon knights and a large number of intermediate wizards and scouts, a legion of this size was unable to carry out a sneak attack.
He needs a perfect victory to let his enemies and those who have a sneak peek at the Principality of Kamai feel the power of the Principality of Kamai.
Knight Commander Albin is a gryphon knight from the Principality of Kamai. As one of the fourteen flying knights of the principality, it only took him a few years to master the basics of flying knights.
The Griffin Knight is the most noble knight in the Principality of Camai, and the easiest to obtain military exploits. Because of this, there are a full 400 reserve Griffin Knights in the Griffin Knight's reserve team, waiting for the opportunity.
Where does the opportunity come from? As long as the ability of the formal griffon knight is weaker than that of the reserve griffon knight, then the formal griffon knight will become a reserve griffon knight.
Knight Commander Albin was originally a reserve griffon knight. He trained hard and became an official griffin knight.
Becoming a griffin knight can obtain the Harry Bow with the royal surname, as well as the best training conditions.
Knight Commander Albin cherishes his identity as a griffin knight very much. This time the Kingdom of St. Ellis launched a war, which made him particularly happy because he had been waiting for this opportunity.
He needs military exploits, and he needs to become a noble of the Kamai Principality.
He also knew that his thoughts were not uncommon, because most of the knights in the entire Dukedom of Kamai had this thought.
They never thought about failure, because they had seen the terrifying sky boat show its power, and they even had the legendary King Abel.
Just as Knight Commander Albin was thinking about it, the gryphon beneath him was already reminding him that an enemy was approaching.
He quickly looked around, and soon discovered that ten gryphon knights from the Kingdom of St. Ellis were surrounding him a thousand meters away.
These ten griffin knights are very experienced. The ten griffin knights have blocked almost all the escape routes of Knight Commander Albin.
Unfortunately, the ten griffin knights still relied on their inherent experience. They did not expect the power of the Harry Bow in the hands of Knight Commander Albin.
These gryphon knights of the Kingdom of St. Alice are led by a gryphon grand knight. The combat power of the nine gryphon knights completely suppressed the Albin knight in terms of strength.
However, when the first griffon knight approached Albin Knight 400 meters, the attribute Harry bow in Albin Knight's hand shot the first arrow.
The griffin knight was about to dodge. According to his estimation, it would not be a problem to dodge the arrow at the speed of the gryphon.
Because griffins are trained to avoid arrows, under normal circumstances, arrows cannot cause damage to griffin knights at a distance of four hundred meters.
However, what Knight Commander Albin is holding is a Harry bow with attributes. Due to the improvement of Abel's blacksmith's ability, these Harry bows with attributes have been qualitatively changed from the first batch of Harry bows.
The precious materials make the bow stronger. If there were no pulleys, just pulling the attribute Harry bow would make even a great knight commander feel strenuous.
But with the pulley, only one-eighth of the strength can be used to pull the Attribute Harry Bow open. This allows Knight Commander Albin to draw the Attribute Harry Bow nearly a hundred times in a row.
With the attributes of this strength, the arrows shot by Harry's bow could barely see the shadow in the air. After the arrows were shot, an air pattern appeared in the air. It was only when the griffon knight of the Kingdom of St. Alice was hit by the arrows that the shadows could not be seen clearly. There was the sound of the air exploding, followed by the scream of the gryphon knight falling from the gryphon.
Then he shot a second arrow, and another Imperial Griffin Knight was hit by an arrow without having time to dodge.
In the sky, unlike on the ground, if the knight is fast enough, he can find a hiding place to avoid arrows.
The griffin knight cannot actively dodge the arrows in the air. This requires the cooperation of the griffin, and it can only dodge but not defend.
Gryphon Knight Because of the heavy weight of the gryphon, the gryphon knight will not wear armor, let alone a heavy shield, because he has to carry a bow and a large number of arrows, as well as a spear for close attack.
The griffon can carry heavy armor and shields, but the speed of the griffon will be greatly reduced. The griffin knight itself wins with speed. In addition, the appearance of the Sky Boat in the Principality of Kamai makes the griffin knight It can only speed up, but not strengthen defense.
This left the Empire's Griffin Knights with almost no ability to resist in front of the Harry Bow. After just a few breaths, only four of the ten Empire's Griffin Knights were left, and the only one who blocked an arrow was The Griffin Knight is the Great Griffin Knight Commander.
Although the attribute Harry Bow is powerful, the ice armor on the Griffin Grand Knight Commander greatly reduces the power of the attribute Harry Bow.
"Get out of here quickly and report to His Highness Alec that the opponent's gryphon knight's weapon is too powerful!" The great gryphon knight shouted together, and the gryphon under him turned around and was about to return.
In this sky, nearly twenty of the two hundred Imperial Griffin Knights have fallen. The Imperial Griffin Knights lost because of their equipment.
The griffon knights of the Principality of Kamai are very careful that no griffin knight harms the griffin, because they have been ordered not to let the griffin be harmed unless it is absolutely necessary.
The Imperial Griffin Knights, who were about to retreat, suddenly discovered that the fourteen Griffin Knights from the Principality of Kamai had quickly flown towards the camp of the Principality of Kamai. They no longer struggled with the Imperial Griffin Knights, but Kamai, who had already achieved victory. The Griffin Knights of the Principality did not pursue him either, which increased the outcome of the battle.
"What's going on?" The Grand Knight of the Griffin, who was about to return, wondered why the Griffin Knight of the Principality of Camai, who had already had a clear advantage, left.
Whistles sounded, which was the Imperial Griffin Knights communicating with each other. Since the battle just now made them realize that their combat power was not enough to fight against the Griffin Knights of the Principality of Kamai, they gathered together and deployed a trap in the air. Knight battle formation.
Although nearly twenty gryphon knights were missing from the sky, the gryphons did not leave. A flying cavalry battle formation composed of two hundred gryphon knights appeared in the sky.
Due to the connection of fighting spirit, a piece of ice armor appeared on each griffin knight.
To be honest, the gryphon knights of the Kingdom of St. Alice are still very powerful, but they have become accustomed to being invincible in the sky. Normally, they appear in small groups to attack the enemy, and rarely fight in large groups. .
They have all forgotten that they are still knights, and the knight's battle formation is the foundation of the knight.
The most important thing is that the order they received was to conduct reconnaissance, which was also an important reason why they did not form a battle formation from the beginning.
When the fighting spirit flashed and the great griffon knight captains shared the ice armor with all the griffin knights, the morale of these griffin knights soared.
In the barracks, Abel looked at the two hundred griffins in the sky. There were no knights in his eyes. These griffins made him jealous.
Although he got fourteen griffins, only two griffins have been born so far, and these two griffins will not be able to take off in a few years, and it will take at least nearly ten years to form real combat effectiveness. training.
"Blue Dragon Emmanuel, I need these two hundred griffins!" Abel said looking at the blue dragon Emmanuel who was eating the dishes next to him.
In order for the blue dragon Emmanuel to come, the cook from Abelian Harry Castle was also brought into the barracks.
"What's so good about a weak creature like a gryphon!" The blue dragon Emmanuel couldn't help but shook his head when he heard Abel's words. However, even though he said this, he flew directly into the sky.
As a giant dragon, Blue Dragon Emmanuel is born with the ability to control the air, which allows him to fly as well as a human body. Although the speed is slower, short-term acceleration is still not a problem.
The Imperial Griffin Knights were surprised to find that a human flew up from the military camp of the Principality of Kamai on the ground. This human was extremely strange, and his blue skin shone in the sunlight.
"Prepare to attack!" In the loud cry, among the imperial griffin knights, the flying knight responsible for recording the situation of the Kamai Principality's barracks had already put away the parchment and replaced it with a bow and arrow.
"Ant!" The blue dragon Emmanuel looked at the battle formation of the Imperial Griffin Knights with cold eyes. Although the fighting spirit in the battle formation was getting stronger and stronger, he was not worried at all.
Just above the long bow in the hands of the Imperial Griffin Knight Commander at the front of the Imperial Griffin Knights' battle formation who was responsible for the main attack, the arrow was wrapped in ice crystals. When an arrow with ice fighting spirit was about to be sent out, the blue dragon Iman Nuer let out a slight breath.
As a giant dragon that can patrol thousands of miles of ocean around the Holy Continent alone, there is no doubt about its power. Once its aura fully explodes, it is estimated that not many humans will survive in this battlefield.
In order to fulfill Abel's request, the blue dragon Emmanuel carefully released a trace of aura, really just a trace.
The Grand Knight Commander of the Imperial Griffin was about to shoot out the ice fighting spirit arrow in his hand. Suddenly, the griffon under him lost control. Although the Grand Knight Commander of the Imperial Griffin could not sense the aura, the Griffin could. .
The breath of the giant dragon made two hundred griffons go crazy, and there was an order from the dragon in the breath.
The gryphons in the air turned around and pecked their masters with their beaks. From this point of view, Abel's dragon power and the blue dragon Emmanuel's dragon power were not at the same level at all.
Abel could make the griffins crazy and make the ownerless griffins obey his orders, but when a griffon with an owner bears the dragon's power, it can share the dragon's power with its owner.
Only someone as powerful as the blue dragon Emmanuel can easily let the dragon's power be completely endured by the griffin and make the griffon betray its master.
Most of the Imperial Griffin knights did not expect that they were suddenly attacked by their own flying knights. In an instant, more than a hundred Imperial Griffin knights were attacked and fell from the Griffins, and the Griffins lost their masters. Instead, he helped the griffon around him attack its owner.
In a short period of time, there were only two hundred empty gryphons left in the sky, and those Imperial gryphon knights, even the Grand Knight Commander of the gryphons, would end up with a narrow escape if they fell from such a high altitude.
The blue dragon Emmanuel no longer paid attention to the griffin in the sky. His body fell downwards, and the griffin in the sky automatically followed him down to the barracks.
"Blue Dragon Emmanuel, what a good trick!" Abel said with a big smile as he came out to greet Blue Dragon Emmanuel.
"Not worth mentioning!" Blue Dragon Emmanuel said with a smile, and then he said: "What are the uses of these griffins with low combat power? How about I get you a group of dragon beasts from the Dragon Clan?"
Although he helped Abel, the blue dragon Emmanuel did not feel that his help was of any use, so he came up with an idea.
"Blue Dragon Emmanuel, although the dragon beast is powerful, you have also seen how many human beings can control the dragon beast!" Abel said helplessly.
The dragon beast is an extremely terrifying special spiritual beast. It has the blood of the dragon clan. Although the blood is meager, it also makes it powerful and is indeed the best mount.
But the dragon beast is too powerful. To be able to suppress a dragon beast with dragon blood, it is estimated that at least the strength of a high-level wizard is required. But does a high-level wizard of this strength still need a dragon beast to increase its strength
Even if a group of dragon beasts are forcibly obtained, it is really a question whether the proud dragon beasts can really be willing to be driven by weak humans!
So Abel rejected this sounding-good proposal. Not the strongest is the best, but the most suitable is the best.
Although the gryphon is not very powerful, it will become extremely powerful when combined with the knight in the air.
On the ground, a warg alone is not very powerful, but when combined with a human knight, the knight's strength immediately increases significantly.
These are truly top-level mounts, rather than getting a mount that is extremely powerful but cannot cooperate.
"I don't understand humans, Abel, I'm hungry again!" After finishing speaking, the blue dragon Emmanuel walked towards the dining table.
"Gryphon No. 24, you choose two hundred from the reserve Gryphon Knights to form a Gryphon Squadron!" Abel smiled as he watched the blue dragon Emmanuel leave, then turned to Gryphon No. 24 and said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Griffin No. 24 bowed excitedly and responded.
The Griffin Knights are commanded by him. They were originally a squad of only fourteen Griffin Knights. Now with the addition of two hundred Griffins, a squadron of Griffin Knights can be formed.
This is the only griffon knight squadron outside the Kingdom of St. Ellis. Perhaps the griffin squadron of the Kingdom of St. Ellis is finished. As far as Griffin No. 24 knows, all the griffin knights in the entire Kingdom of St. Ellis The total is only over two hundred.
Now that there are two hundred griffin knights reduced at once, the gryphon knight squadron of the Kingdom of St. Ellis is basically useless.
"The order goes down. The sky boat can come out. Guard the sky for me!" Abel then ordered.
Before this, the sky boat did not appear. The reason was that Abel did not want to scare away the griffon knights of the Kingdom of St. Ellis. With the sky boat in the sky, how could those imperial griffin knights approach the military camp of the Principality of Camai? .
Now that the goal has been achieved, the sky boat no longer needs to be hidden.
Following Abel's order, a griffon knight rose into the sky and flew into the sky behind the barracks to convey his order.
After a while, five sky boats appeared in the sky. The arrow tips of the continuous powerful city crossbows on the sky boats were flashing with cold light. The round light ball above the lightning spiral was due to the energy. Filled, the white light illuminated the sky boat, shining like a treasure.
"Where are the griffin knights? Why haven't any griffin knights come back?" The eldest prince Alec has been sending the griffin knights for some time. The griffin knights should have returned to report to him at this time, but until now... The famous griffin knight did not come back either.
Originally, he was afraid of heavy losses to the gryphon knights, so he sent out all the gryphon knights, because flying knights like gryphon knights are the same as the knights on the ground. The more they are, the stronger they are.
It can be said that in the sky, once the number of Griffin Knights reaches two hundred, they can crush almost any flying knight in an aerial battle.
Even the flying spirit beasts among the high-level spirit beasts must give way in front of two hundred gryphon knights.
But who can accept that such a powerful flying cavalry squadron disappeared without a trace
In order to breed griffons, the Kingdom of St. Ellis spent countless efforts and resources.
Abel always thought that his fourteen griffins could only breed two griffins in a few years, but he did not know that if it were not for the crops watered by the springs of the three goddesses composed of Horadric cubes to feed the griffins, just relying on the ten griffons would How could four griffons have two offspring so quickly
The Kingdom of St. Ellis invested countless resources to have a gryphon squadron of two hundred gryphon knights. However, in the past hundred years, the number of the entire gryphon squadron has remained at around two hundred, unable to make a breakthrough. The important reason is that griffons require too many resources.
After the eldest prince Alec roared a few times, he said nothing more, but his expression was very ugly. Due to the disappearance of the Griffin Knight Squadron, the morale of the St. Ellis Kingdom's legion was low.
It was getting late at this time, and neither the eldest prince Alec nor Abel had any intention of continuing the war today.
In a war of this scale, there is only true face-to-face combat. All conspiracies and tricks are useless. Everything must rely on strength.