The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth

Chapter 882 The Empire Favors Him!

After discussing with Joelstya and Yunfeng for a while, Roland summoned Knight Commander Nogai.

"Your Majesty!" Nogai knelt on one knee to Roland and offered his loyalty.

"Get up!" Roland raised his hand to signal Nogai to get up. His power was so great that ordinary people could not ignore it. Except for the old people who followed Roland at the beginning, anyone would be intimidated by Roland's pressure! You have to know that from the beginning of the Third Era 2941 to the end of the Third Era 2952, Roland has been here for 11 years! Roland is now a 27-year-old adult! (Compared to the longevity of the Lagran people, Roland has actually only lived one-tenth of his life now)

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Nogai stood up cautiously.

Roland did not have any special comments on this. As the kingdom grew larger and larger, Roland, as a king or even a future emperor, had to show more and more majesty. How to keep a distance from his subordinates became the key. The treatment of the old people who had served as the emperor and the newcomers could not be generalized. Fortunately, the McDougal family actually caught the last train of the founding of the country. Otherwise, even the McDougal family, as the dragon commander family, would have an invisible generation gap with Roland.

"I have a question. Come and see these!" Roland knocked on the railing lightly, motioning Nogai to look at the things in the yard.

Nogai obediently looked out and immediately showed a surprised expression. A group of griffins leaned together weakly, their eyes full of vigilance and fear of the unfamiliar environment.

"Your Majesty..." Nogai hesitated.

"These are the griffins from the Gray Mountains, and I just caught them!" Roland said proudly, taking all the credit for himself without any shame. This operation made Kaslo, who was calm and composed, drop his jaw. The credit for the team of eight dragons and six people has become yours alone? No matter how you count it, Kaslo who used the Blue Sky Corridor should take a small share, and Chasing Light who activated the Sky Seal·Time Stop should take the majority!

"Your Majesty is mighty!" Nogai said respectfully, stroking his chest.

"Well, that's a good thing to say. I called you here this time to see if you can train a group of qualified Sky Knights in reserve?" Roland said calmly.

"Duke Joltea said that Sky Knights are of the same lineage. Since you are the instructor of the Dragon Knights, you naturally have the ability to train Griffin Knights!" Roland continued.

"..." Nogai was silent for a few seconds and then spoke.

"Your Majesty, although the air knights are of the same lineage, I cannot deceive you. There are still subtle differences between the griffin knights and the flying dragon knights. Air combat is not like land combat. A slight mistake can make a huge difference! If you only require a reserve griffin knight who can take off and land properly, I can do it with difficulty, but a truly qualified griffin knight... I'm sorry I can't do it!" Nogai said respectfully. It's not that he is modest, but there is not a single serious griffin knight in the entire Lagran Kingdom! The griffin knights taught by Kaslo are at best ordinary knights who can fly on griffins!

"Is there a difference? Aren't air knights all the same routine? In addition to the difference between dragon knights and ordinary air knights?" Roland frowned, and even the others showed a look of listening. Only Kaslo realized it belatedly.

"Ha! Your Majesty is really joking..." Nogai smiled bitterly and then began to explain it to Roland in detail.

"Except for the Dragon Knight, the positioning of the remaining three major air knights is actually different..."

"Although the weakest Pegasus Knights are at the bottom of the air knights in terms of combat power, they are large in scale, have a high rate of rapid formation, and are easy to replenish! Except for a few rare Pegasus species, most Pegasus air knights are high-level cannon fodder!" Nogai shook his head. Pegasus's reproduction rate is faster than other flying monsters. If the environment is suitable, Pegasus can even achieve a terrifying reproduction rate of 1 to 2 litters in two years! Moreover, compared to the long growth period of other monsters, Pegasus can be enlisted after three or four years old.

"Yeah!" Roland looked at the others, and everyone nodded to Roland. After all, Pegasus was once the first choice of civilian air knights in the empire, and many small nobles had their own Pegasus Knights! (The powerful viscounts and border barons of the empire can afford a Pegasus Knights if they grit their teeth. Compared with ordinary knights, the cost of Pegasus Knights is only slightly higher)

"The strongest flying dragon knight, His Majesty Kaslo was once a member of the flying dragon knights. Everyone should know the advantages of flying dragons. The flying dragon has a combat power second only to the real dragon. The armed flying dragon in the fierce battle will not fear any enemy except the dragon knight! It's just the highest cost!"

"Next is the griffin knight! The griffin knight is between the two. Although his breeding cost is higher than that of Pegasus, it pales in comparison with that of flying dragons. His combat power is neither high nor low, just balanced. It is just the right position as an elite knight group!" Nogai talked freely.

"But this involves the different uses of the three sky knights! Compared to the quick training of the Pegasus Knights and the focus on entanglement strategies of the Dragon Knights, the Griffin Knights prefer group coordinated attacks! They need strict discipline training to achieve the effect of synchronized attacks, which is something the other two sky knights do not have, and this is also something I can't do anything about!" Nogai shrugged.

Although the air knights all have the same goal, the different combat methods lead to different training methods, which is fatal! In other words, the Griffin Knights rely on their passionate combo skills to maximize damage. The disciplined and synchronized movements are the most terrifying point of the Griffin Knights. The glory skills of the air knights are very fragile. They cannot perfectly ensure that everyone is connected within the skill range like the land knights, especially in the case of chaos. In this case, the air knights can only fight with their own personal bravery!

The Pegasus Knights can rely on the accumulation of numbers to solve the problem, and the flying dragon knights can also rely on the quality second only to the dragon knights to crush! Only the Griffin Knights, who are neither high nor low, choose to use magic to fight magic! The disciplined and synchronized attacking Griffin Knights can maintain the state of glory skills in the dive attack! It means that the enemy is facing a knight group that really flies in the sky!

So... guess why the most mediocre air knights caught in the middle can be favored by the Lagran Empire? Facts have proved that you can not believe in the aesthetics and vision of the emperor, but you must agree with the strict selection of the nine clans of the imperial nobles! Because the Griffin Knights can really penetrate strategic points that even Dragon Knights can't break through! Maybe the war fortress can kill a half-naked Dragon Knight as soon as he shows his head, but facing a square-flag Griffin Knights, this war fortress must be prepared to clear at least one wall!

Do you think that the Meteorite Dragon Tower can kill a Dragon Knight with one shot of the Dragon Crossbow? In fact, a formation of Griffin Knights can change formations to avoid heavy crossbows during a high-speed charge while maintaining the existence of the Glory Skill and then drive to your wall!

Imperial nobles: Don't underestimate the bond between me and the Nine Clans! Are the useless soldiers left behind as parasites because they think I have lived too long in this turbulent world?