Chapter 829: Chapter 829 – Griffins (Three in one)

Chapter 829: Griffins (Three in one)

Warm weather was supposed to return in April, but spring this session was still affected by the drop in temperature . This extreme weather had slowed down the harvest of wheat dramatically .

The farmers could no longer continue . Even the new farming techniques were not working, which made the humans even more hopeless .

On a field on newly grown wheat in the Duchy of Thunder, a team of 20,000 were stomping on top .

All the farmers nearby died with their eyes wide open, seeming like they were still waiting for their crops’ harvest .

“How long until we reach the duchy of Carmel?” Prince Derek asked a head commander nearby .

“Prince Derek, in half a day more, and we will enter the domain of the duchy of Carmel!” The head Commander bowed and replied .

This powerful team of knights was led by the eldest prince Derek from the Kingdom of St Ellis . The 200 griffin knights in the sky had wiped out all creatures along the way .

Thousands of civilians and nobles were dead . More than 50 intermediate wizards set out, and this team wouldn’t let anyone who saw them survive .

This team had already destroyed the Duchy of Keyen investigation system before they set out . This was what allowed them to get so close to the duchy of Carmel .

Originally, they were meant to go around the duchy of Keyen, but Prince Derek disregarded this suggestion .

He knew Harry Castle was the true core of the duchy of Carmel . If he could wipe out Harry Castle, the duchy of Carmel would be done .

Therefore, he chose to go through the duchy of Thunder directly and directly enter the duchy of Carmel .

Although 20,000 knights looked like a lot, the duchy of Carmel also had 10,000 knights . Maybe, even more, looking at how much they’ve grown in recent years .

Other than the number of knights, their skills had also improved dramatically .

You also couldn’t ignore their resources . Normally, it would take 10 years to turn a beginner knight into an elite knight, but as long as you were gifted in the Duchy of Carmel, you can do so in just a few short years .

Head Commander Bodley was the leader of knights in the Duchy of Carmel . His leadership skills were mighty, and he had driven himself in countless battles .

Lastly were the gears . Almost all knights in the duchy of Carmel had gear made Abel . Even normal knights wore wearing armor from the dwarfs .

These were all benefits of being in the Duchy of Carmel . They were to make every knight in the 3 big kingdoms jealous . Although the duchy of Carmel would lose to the kingdom of St Elis on numbers, their power was actually about the same .

The kingdom of St Ellis had sent out all of their 200 griffin knights, which was what Prince Derek worried about the most .

The Sky Ships were too strong . If the griffin knights were not far superior in speed, they would be dominated in an air battle . Still, Prince Derek did not expect too much .

He had the most confidence in his wizards . They had almost sent out all wizards in the kingdom, and they were ready to face the wizard circle in the duchy of Carmel head-on .

The only unknown was Abel himself . He had already calculated the power of all other wizards .

Although prince Derek was against this war, his father insisted . He knew his father had no choice, and he knew Abel would not let this grudge go easily .

The duchy of Carmel was doing too well . For some reason, Harvest City could still supply food for everyone despite their growing population .

All the other duchies and kingdoms were dying for food, which made knights and nobles even more attracted to it .

Everyone wanted to become a citizen of the duchy of Carmel .

If the duchy of Carmel kept going like this, it’s power would eventually overtake the kingdom of St Ellis . If they didn’t stop them now, they might never have the chance .

Prince Derek turned towards the 4 luxurious carriages among the team of knights . They were each separately responsible for carrying the old man of the kingdom and 3 rank 17 wizards . He immediately felt his heart lift .

How powerful was the old man? The kingdom had gone through countless challenges over the years, and the old man had resolved it every time .

He was a rank 18 elite wizard, a god in the Holy Continent .

Prince Derek’s gaze then turned to the 200 front line carriage in the supporting team at the back . They were all dragged by the strongest bull .

There were war machines of the kingdom inside . With their Cannons and stone-throwers, they had enough power to destroy a city a few times over .

Clack clack clack… a sound of horse running emerged, and a reporter from the Kingdom returned with a body full of grey dust .

“Report!” He yelled .

“Speak!” Prince Derek did not look at the reporter . Instead, he kept looking forward towards the path to the duchy of Carmel .

“There is a military camp in our way!” The reporter spoke loudly .

“What? A military camp? This is the domain of the duchy of Thunder . Since when did they gain a military camp?” Prince Derek felt a cool breeze in his heart . He never heard of a military camp in his report before .

The duchy of Thunder was already extremely weak . All of their resources have been taken by other duchies other than a few big cities .

If they weren’t so close to the duchy of Carmel, they would have been wiped out already . But even though they had survived, they still lost resources left and right every day .

The kingdom did not tell the duchy of Keyen about their operation this time . They didn’t want them to leak their information, but most of all, the duchy of Keyen couldn’t do anything about it anyway .

Ever since the 5 big duchies had gone to war with the duchy of Carmel, they had become so weak they were on the verge of dying .

“Your Majesty, that military camp was not built by the duchy of Keyen . It had the duchy of Carmel’s symbol on it!” The reporter bowed and said .

“How is that possible . Where did they get the information? Didn’t our investigation department already destroy their investigation system?” Prince Derek mumbled .

If the duchy of Carmel were not prepared, they would be able to destroy Harry castle in no time with large amounts of war machines, 50 intermediate wizards, and 4 elite wizards .

But if the duchy of Carmel were expecting the attack, both sides would need to fight a horrific war . Even if the kingdom won, they would take a big hit .

At that moment, Prince Derek almost wanted to bring his troops back to the kingdom, but he had no choice .

He was the leader of this battle but not the one waging war . They had also brought so many weapons with them, so their troops could not move away quickly .

War was inevitable . He had just not expected his plan to be broken .

“Everyone stop, set up the camp!” Prince Derek ordered .

The troops soon halted on command . They were well all trained, and soon the set up began .

The knights flashed with combat qi, and large amounts of wood were carried forward at immaculate speed .

Prince Derek turned to the 4 luxurious carriages .

“Old man, we have a change of plans . The duchy of Carmel troops are waiting upfront . Their camp has been built!” He bowed in front of the 4 carriages .

“Derek, you direct the troops . I won’t question it . My 3 brothers and I will only show ourselves to kill Abel!” The old man was very calm . It was as though nothing could make him afraid .

Prince Derek regained his confidence and bowed .

“On command, get the cannon and stone-throwers ready . Send out more patrols and all the griffin knights . I need to know how many troops the duchy of Carmel sent out!” He walked and turned to a head commander .

He already decided to fight a big war with the duchy of Carmel . There was no return .

On the other side, Abel was listening to a report from his own griffin knight . He had been waiting here with 10,000 knights for days .

It was a rare opportunity to test out his troops . Fighting a real war was a rare experience .

Abel was not planning to unleash a surprise attack . It was not possible considering how many griffin knights, intermediate wizards, and patrols the prince had .

He needed to win perfectly . He needed to show anyone who wanted to mess with the duchy of Carmel how powerful they were .

Head Commander Alibi was a Griffin knight . He had mastered how to ride a flying mount and became one of the 14 griffin knights of the duchy in a short period of time .

Griffin knights were the most prestigious knights of their Duchy of Carmel . It was the easiest for them to obtain war glory . Because of this, 400 hungry griffin apprentice knights were waiting for their opportunity in the Duchy of Carmel .

Now they had an opportunity . As long as an official griffin knight had grown weak, an apprentice griffin knight would step up .

Head commander Alibi also used to be an apprentice griffin knight, but he had become an official one after years of hard training .

An official griffin would be granted a bow named after the palace, the Harry Bow . As well as the best training conditions .

He cherished his identity, so he was pleased that the kingdom of St Ellis decided to go to war .

As long as he could get more war glory, he would become a noble of the Duchy .

He was not the only one with this idea . In fact, most knights in the duchy of Carmel had been yearning for this .

The idea of losing never even came across their minds after seeing the scary Sky Ships and the power of the legendary king Abel .

It was at that moment . Head commander Alibi sensed danger through the griffin under him .

He quickly gazed around and discovered he was getting surrounded by ten griffin knights from the Kingdom of St Ellis .

Those ten griffin knights were all very experienced . They almost locked down every direction head commander Alibi could go .

However, they missed one thing, they did not know how powerful the Harry bow was .

A head commander led that team of ten griffin knights, and the other nine were commanders . On paper, they could destroy commander Alibi .

However, he unleashed his first arrow when a griffin knight was just around 400 meters from him .

That griffin knight was about to dodge . With the speed of his griffin, that shouldn’t be a problem .

Griffins had undergone arrow dodging training, so an arrow shouldn’t be able to do anything to them in 400 meters .

But not a Harry bow . With Abel’s forgery skills, the quality of his Harry bow had increased .

They were also made with the best materials . Even without a gear, just pulling on an attributed Harry bow would make a head commander afraid .

Commander Alibi had a gear, so he only needed to use 80% of his force to pull on the Harry bow . This allowed him to shoot out 100 arrows without stopping .

Under such power, arrows almost vanished as soon as they were shot . The air sounded like it was getting penetrated and was soon followed by the screams of griffins . A griffin knight from the Kingdom of St Ellis was shot .

The second arrow followed immediately before the second griffin knight could even react .

The third, and the fourth . Not a single griffin knight could dodge the arrows .

The griffin knights needed to rely on their griffin’s own ability to dodge, and they could not block .

Because they needed their griffins to be as fast as possible, they couldn’t wear any heavy armor, let alone a heavy shield . Most of them only had bows and arrows, as well as a long spear for close-range battles .

Also, since they were expecting the Sky Ships from the duchy of Carmel, they needed to rely on their speed even more and keep their defense to a minimum .

Therefore, all of them were hopeless against an attributed Harry bow . In a few short breaths, only four out of those ten griffin knights remained . The only one who successfully blocked an arrow was the head commander .

Although the Harry bow was powerful, it was not enough to penetrate the head commander’s ice combat qi armor .

“Quick, get out of here . Report that the enemy has a powerful weapon!” The griffin head commander yelled and turned .

There were 200 griffin knights from the kingdom of St Ellis in the sky, and 20 of them had dropped dead already . The kingdom has lost the sky battle . They lost in weapons .

The griffin knights from the duchy of Carmel were very careful, they were warned not to hurt the griffins if not necessary, so they all aimed at the knights .

As the griffin knights from the Kingdom retreated, they realized the griffin knights from the Duchy of Carmel did not chase after them . Instead, they returned to the duchy of Carmel’s camp . They had gotten the war glory they wanted anyway .

“What’s happening?” The griffin head commander couldn’t understand why the griffin knights from the duchy of Carmel would retreat as well . They were clearly winning .

A whistling sound set off, and all the griffin knights front the kingdom of St Ellis gathered into a battle formation in the sky .

Although 20 griffin knights were dead, their griffins were still alive . Just like that, a battle formation of 200 Griffins was formed in the sky .

Through their combat qi, an ice armor emerged on the body of every griffin knight .

They were still extremely powerful . They were used to being invincible in the sky, so they would normally attack in small groups . They would gather into a big formation like this .

They were still knights at the end of the day . Formations were crucial .

The mission they got was to investigate the enemies, so they did not get into a formation front he started .

Abel gazed up at the 200 griffins in the sky with eyes full of greed .

Although he already had 40 griffins, they had only bred 2 extra griffins for Abel, and those 2 griffins still couldn’t fly or form combat qi faster years of training . It seemed like they needed another 10 years of training .

“Blue dragon Emmanuel, I want those 200 griffins!” Abel said to Blue Dragon Emmanuel, who was eating beside him .

Since the blue dragon had come for a visit, Abel brought the chefs along with him to the camp .

“Griffins are so weak . What so good about them!” Blue Dragon Emmanuel shook his head and jumped to the sky .

As a blue dragon, Emmanuel had the natural ability to control air . That’s why he could still fly in human form . Although it was not as fast, a short acceleration shouldn’t be a problem .

The griffin knights from the kingdom of St Ellis were shocked to see a human flying out from the camp of the duchy of Carmel . That human looked strange . His skin was shining in blue light under the sun .

“Get ready to attack!” They yelled . The ones responsible for documenting the military power of the duchy of Carmel put away their lambskin parchments and held up a bow .

“Ants!” Blue dragon Emmanuel gazed coldly at the griffin knights formation . Although their combat qi was getting brighter and brighter, he was not worried .

An arrow engulfed in frost short out from the bow of those griffin knights’ leaders . It was at that moment . Blue dragon Emmanuel let loose a strand of his energy .

As the ruler of the ocean in the Holy Continent, his power was undeniable . If he unleashed all his energy at once, not many humans on this battlefield would still be alive .

Therefore to satisfy Abel’s demand . Blue dragon Emmanuel only let lose a tiny bit of energy, just a tiny bit .

Suddenly, the griffin of the leader of those griffin knights began to lose control . Knights could not sense the dragon energy, but griffins could .

The energy of a giant dragon had driven all of those 200 griffins insane . They had no choice but to obey .

The griffins then began to attack their owners with their beaks . It seems like the dragon vigor of blue dragon Emmanuel and Abel was a totally different level .

Abel could make the griffins go insane, but he couldn’t control them to attack their owners . At that moment, those griffins had to offload the unbearable dragon vigor they sensed with their owner, so Blue Dragon Emmanuel could easily make those griffins attack their owner .

Most of the knights would not expect their griffins to turn on them, as hundreds of them had dropped from their griffin at an instant . Afterward, those griffins began to attack other knights .

In a short while, 200 owner-less griffins were up for grab in the sky . Even commanders could not survive when being dropped from such height . Only 10% of them had survived .

Blue Dragon Emmanuel couldn’t care less about the griffins, so he flew back to the camp .

“Blue dragon Emmanuel, you are amazing!” Abel said with a smile when blue dragon Emmanuel returned .

“It’s nothing!” Blue dragon Emmanuel smiled and added, “those weak griffins are useless anyway . If you want, I can gather a bunch of dragon beasts for you from the dragons!”

Blue Dragon Emmanuel still felt like he didn’t do much, so he offered another idea .

“The dragon beasts are too strong, as you see, humans will not have the ability to control them!” Abel said helplessly .

Dragon beasts were unique and scary spiritual beasts . They had the blood of a dragon, which made them very powerful . On paper, they would be the best mounts .

But because of their power, not many humans could withstand dragon blood . Maybe only a small amount of elite wizards could do so, but did they need a mount at that point?

Even if they gathered a team of dragon beasts, it would be another problem to put away their arrogance and listen to humans’ command .

Abel loved that idea, but it just wouldn’t work on him .

Although griffins were not strong, they could work perfectly with knights, which allowed them to unleash their full potential .

The same could be said on land . Mount wolves were not the strongest, but they could work perfectly with humans .

That is what a good mount was . It didn’t have to be the strongest thing out there .

“Humans… I just can’t understand them . Abel, I’m hungry!” Blue Dragon Emmanuel returned to the dining table again .

“Griffin knight no . 24, go select 200 apprentice griffin knights and make a griffin team out of them!” Abel smiled after blue dragon Emmanuel left .

“Yes, your majesty!” Griffin knight no . 24 bowed with excitement .

As a leader and a member of the 14 griffin knights, he could finally create a medium-sized team of griffin knights with 200 extra Griffins .

This would be the only team of medium-sized griffin knights other than the kingdom of St Ellis, but the kingdom had lost their team anyway . As far as Griffin knight no . 24 knew, the kingdom only had around 200 griffins .

With 200 griffins caught, the kingdom could just forget about their remaining griffin knights .

“Hear my command . Send out the Skyships . Guard the sky!” Abel said .

Up to that point, the Sky Ships were still in doc since Abel didn’t want to scare away the griffins .

But now, Abel no longer had to hide .

After Abel said his words, a griffin knight flew towards the back of the camp .

After a while, 5 Sky ships raised towards the sky . The bursting crossbows on the ships were shining in a cold glow . The glowing ball on the lightning spiral was also fully charged . The entire Skyship was like a glowing treasure in the sky .

“Where are the griffin knights? How come none of them returned?” Some time had passed, and the prince was still waiting .

He had sent out all of them at once because he didn’t want to lose any of them . Griffin knights were just like knights on the ground . The larger their number, the more powerful they would be .

200 griffin knights were basically invincible in the sky . Even elite spiritual beasts were hopeless in front of them .

However, such a powerful team had vanished without a sound . How could anyone possibly accept this?

The kingdom had sacrificed countless time and effort to cultivate those griffins .

Abel only had 14 griffins . If he didn’t keep feeding them with the 3rd goddess spring water, there was no way they could breed 2 infant griffins in just a few years .

The kingdom had spent countless resources throughout hundreds of years to form this team of 200 griffin knights . Their numbers could only fluctuate around 200 . They just took too many resources .

The prince roared and kept quiet . His face was looking very bad . The kingdom had taken a big hit after losing those griffin knights .

The sky was getting dark, both Prince Derek and Abel decided to continue the battle tomorrow .

A battle of this size could only have a direct face-off . Any sneaky plan would not work .

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