April was the season when the Holy Continent began to warm up, but this year's spring was still affected by the weather. It was still very cold, and this abnormal weather had slowed down the growth of the winter wheat in the Holy Continent.
The farmers could not continue with their farming, and they could not plant new crops. This made the humans even more helpless.
In a wheat field in the Duchy of Thunder, where wheat had just sprouted, an army of 20,000 knights was marching forward.
Next to the wheat field, the eyes of the farmers who had been killed were still open, looking at the wheat field that was still growing.
"How long until we reach the Duchy of Carmel?" Prince Derek asked the head Knight next to him.
"Prince Derek, we will enter the Duchy of Carmel in half a day!" The head Knight replied with a bow.
This powerful army of Knights was the army of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis led by Prince Derek. They relied on the 200 Griffin Knights in the sky to kill all life forms along the way.
Thousands of nobles and civilians had been killed along the way. More than fifty intermediate adepts had been sent out to cover the tracks of this army and the thirty thousand logisticians that followed behind them.
Before the army gathered, the Kingdom of Saint Ellis's intelligence system had already wiped out the Duchy of Carmel's immature intelligence system. This was why they were able to reach the Duchy of Carmel without anyone noticing.
Originally, this powerful army should be heading towards the territory of the Duchy of Keyen, but Prince Derek rejected this idea.
He believed Harry Castle was the true center of the Duchy of Carmel. As long as Harry Castle was destroyed, the Duchy of Carmel would be destroyed as well.
Therefore, he decided to take a longer route and take a detour into the Duchy of Carmel. From there, he would enter the Duchy of Thunder and attack Harry Castle.
Prince Derek was not confident in this war. 20,000 Knights seemed like a lot, but the Duchy of Carmel had also reached 10,000 Knights. According to his intelligence, the number of head Knight commanders in the Duchy of Carmel had increased by a lot in the past few years.
Other than the head Knight commanders in the Duchy of Carmel, the power of the Knights had also increased.
One had to mention the benefits of the knights in the Duchy of Carmel. With countless resources, the growth of the Knights was extremely fast. Normally, a beginner official Knight would need at least 10 years to become an elite Knight.
However, in the Duchy of Carmel, as long as you were a talented Knight, you would be able to shorten the process to a few years with large amounts of knight training potions and all kinds of supplementary food for Knight training.
On top of that, the head of the Grand Knight Of The Bodley was the leader of the Duchy of Carmel Knight legion. His leadership ability was extremely strong. In many wars, the head of the Grand Knight Of The Bodley had shown his strong leadership ability.
Lastly, the head Knight of the Duchy of Carmel could basically get his hands on the equipment made by Abel. Even the normal knights could wear the Knight equipment made by the dwarfs.
Let alone the other duchies, even the Knights of the 3 empires were envious of this kind of benefits. Although the Knight legion in the Duchy of Carmel was not as large as the Kingdom of Saint Ellis in terms of numbers, the difference in power wasn't that big.
In the air, 200 Griffin Knights were the most the Kingdom of Saint Ellis could send out. However, Prince Derek was most worried about this aspect.
The Sky Ships of the Duchy of Carmel were too powerful. If it weren't for the fact that they were slower than the Griffin Knights, there was no way they could win in the air. Even so, Prince Derek didn't expect to gain such an obvious advantage in the air.
Prince Derek was most confident in the power of wizards. This time, the Kingdom of Saint Ellis had sent out almost all the wizards in the empire. The power of the wizards in the Duchy of Carmel was almost enough to crush the wizards in the Duchy of Carmel.
The only variable was Abel himself. His past achievements were too eye-catching, to the point that Prince Derek wasn't confident in himself.
Prince Derek was against this war, but at the same time, he also knew that just like what his father, Emperor Ambrose, had thought, Abel wasn't someone who could forget about it with a smile.
Right now, the Duchy of Carmel's development was too fast. For some reason, Harvest City in the Duchy of Carmel had an endless supply of food for the increasing population in the Duchy of Carmel.
When the other empires and duchies were running out of food, a powerful duchy with enough food was very attractive to the nobles and Knights.
Not to mention the nobles and Knights, even some capable civilians would do their best to become a citizen of the Duchy of Carmel.
If the Duchy of Carmel continued to develop like this, its power might even surpass the Kingdom of Saint Ellis before the food crisis was over. By that time, the Kingdom of Saint Ellis wouldn't even need to make a move. Abel would take the initiative to take revenge on the Kingdom of Saint Ellis.
Prince Derek gazed towards the 4 luxurious carriages in the Knight's army. The old man of the empire and the 3 rank 17 wizards were there, and he couldn't help but feel relieved.
How powerful was the old man? No matter how hard the empire went through, the old man would always be the one to take care of the enemies.
A rank 18 wizard was like a god in the Holy Continent.
Prince Derek then looked towards the 200 large carriages in front of the logistics team behind the Knight's army. These carriages were all pulled by the heaviest bulls.
There were all kinds of war machines in the empire, from ballistas to catapults. The amount was enough to flatten a city.
"Clack clack clack!" A series of horse hooves sounded, and a dusty scout from the empire approached.
"Report!" The scout yelled.
"Speak!" Prince Derek didn't look at the scout. Instead, he looked forward. It was like he was looking at the border of the Duchy of Carmel.
"There is a military camp in front of us!" The scout yelled.
"What? Why is there a military camp? This is the land of the Duchy of Thunder. Why would they build a military camp in front of us? " A cold light flashed in Prince Derek's eyes. His intelligence system didn't tell him there was a military camp here.
The Duchy of Thunder's power was at its weakest. Other than a few big cities that they could still defend, the other duchies were fighting for their resources.
If it weren't for the fact that the duchy of Thunder and the duchy of Carmel shared a border, the duchy of Thunder would've been destroyed by other duchies a long time ago. Even so, the duchy of Thunder was still robbed of all its resources.
Therefore, the Kingdom of Saint Ellis didn't inform the Duchy of Thunder about this operation. First, they didn't want the news to leak. Second, the empire didn't care about the other 5 duchies other than the Duchy of Carmel.
After the war with the Duchy of Carmel, the other 5 duchies were extremely weak. They could be destroyed at any time.
"Your Majesty, that military camp doesn't belong to the Duchy of Thunder. It has the coat of arms of the Duchy of Carmel on it!" The scout bowed.
"How is that possible? Where did he get this information from? Didn't our intelligence system in the Duchy of Carmel say that the Duchy of Carmel didn't get this information?" Prince Derek mumbled.
As long as the Duchy of Carmel was not prepared for a sneak attack, they could just rely on a large number of war machines, 50 intermediate wizards, and 4 elite wizards to reach Harvest City's Harry Castle in a short amount of time.
However, if the Duchy of Carmel got this information, they would be prepared. Even if the empire won this war, their power would be greatly reduced.
Prince Derek had the same thought. He wanted to turn back and bring his army back to the Kingdom of Saint Ellis.
However, he couldn't just leave as he wished. Large amounts of supplies couldn't allow his army to move quickly. Also, he only had the right to command this war. He didn't have the right to decide if he wanted to fight this war.
War was a must, but there was a problem with the original plan.
"All troops, stop advancing and start setting up camp!" Prince Derek ordered loudly.
Following the order, the entire legion quickly stopped and the well-trained knights began to set up camp.
Large amounts of wood were brought forward from the back. The Knight quickly set up the wood with combat qi. The support soldiers also came forward to help with the construction of the camp.
Prince Derek turned around and walked towards one of the 4 luxurious carriages.
"Old Ancestor, the situation has changed. The Duchy of Carmel's army is already waiting in front. They even set up camp!" He bowed in front of the carriage.
"Derek, the army will be under your command. I won't ask anything. Me and my 3 old brothers will only kill Abel!" The voice of the old ancestor was very calm. It was like nothing could make him panic.
Hearing the old ancestor's words, Prince Derek regained some of his confidence. He bowed and left the carriage.
"Order people to set up the catapults and ballistas. Send more scouts. Send out all the Griffin Knight. I want to know how many Knight the Duchy of Carmel has sent out!" He ordered a Grand Knight beside him as he walked.
By this point, he had decided to fight against the Duchy of Carmel and Abel. There was no turning back.
On the other side of the camp, Abel was listening to the Griffin Knight's report. Actually, he had been waiting here with more than 10,000 Knights since a few days ago.
This was a rare opportunity to train the soldiers. It didn't matter if they were participating in the war or not, as long as they were close to it, they would be able to experience it.
Abel didn't choose to do a sneak attack. With the Griffin Knight's presence, as well as a large number of intermediate wizards and scouts, it was impossible for an army of this size to do a sneak attack.
He needed a perfect victory to let his enemies and those who wanted to spy on the Duchy of Carmel feel the power of the Duchy of Carmel.
Knight Captain Albin was a Griffin Knight from the Duchy of Carmel. As one of the 14 winged mounts of the Duchy, he only took a few years to master the basics of flying mounts.
The griffin knights were the most prestigious knights in the duchy of Carmel. It was easy for them to earn war glory. Because of this, there were four hundred griffin knights in the reserve team waiting for their chance to join the duchy of Carmel.
As long as an official Gryphon Knight was weaker than a reserve Gryphon Knight, then the official Gryphon Knight would become a reserve Gryphon Knight.
Knight Captain Albin was originally a reserve Griffin Knight. He trained hard to become an official Griffin Knight.
Once he became a Griffin Knight, he would receive the Harry bow with the royal family name and the best training conditions.
Knight Captain Albin cherished his status as a Griffin Knight very much. He was very happy that the Kingdom of Saint Ellis had started a war. He had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.
He needed war glory. He needed to become a noble in the Duchy of Carmel.
He knew this was not a rare idea. Most Knights in the Duchy of Carmel had the same idea.
They had never thought of failure. They had seen the power of the Sky Ship, and they had the legendary King Abel.
Just as Head Commander Albin was thinking about this, the griffin beneath him alerted him that an enemy was approaching.
He quickly looked around and saw 10 Griffin Knights from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis about 1000 meters away.
These 10 Griffin Knights were very experienced. They had almost blocked all escape routes for Knight Captain Albin.
However, the 10 Griffin Knights were still relying on their experience. They did not expect Knight Albin's Harry bow to be this powerful.
These Griffin Knights from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis were led by a Griffin Grand Knight. 9 Griffin Knight Captains were enough to completely suppress Knight Albin.
However, when the first Griffin Knight was 400 meters away from Knight Albin, Knight Albin unleashed his first arrow with his Harry bow.
That Griffin Knight was about to dodge. According to his estimation, dodging this arrow should not be a problem for a Griffin.
Griffins were trained to dodge arrows. Under normal circumstances, arrows would not be able to do any damage to a Griffin Knight within 400 meters.
However, Knight Captain Albin was holding an attribute Harry bow. Since Blacksmith Abel had leveled up, these Harry bows were much more powerful than the first batch of Harry bows.
The precious materials made the bow stronger. If there were no pulleys, even a Grand Knight would have a hard time pulling the Harry bow open.
However, with the pulley, it only took 1/8 of his strength to draw the Harry bow. That was why Head Commander Auburn could draw the Harry bow almost a hundred times in a row.
With this kind of strength, the arrow shot out from the Harry bow was almost invisible in the air. After the arrow was shot out, a sonic boom was heard. The Griffin Knight from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis screamed as he fell from his Griffin.
Then he unleashed the second arrow. Another Griffin Knight from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis did not have time to dodge.
The sky was not like the ground. If a Knight was fast enough, he could find a place to hide.
A Griffin Knight would not be able to dodge an arrow in the sky. It required the cooperation of the Griffin, and it could only dodge, not defend.
Since the Griffin Knight was carrying a lot of weight, a Griffin Knight would not wear armor, let alone a heavy shield. They had to carry a bow, a large number of arrows, and a long spear for close combat.
Griffin Knights could carry heavy armor and shields, but their speed would be greatly reduced. Griffin Knights were known for their speed, and with the appearance of the Sky Ship in the Duchy of Carmel, the Griffin Knight could only increase their speed, but not their defense.
This made the Griffin Knight from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis almost defenseless against the attribute Harry bow. After a few breaths, only 4 of the 10 Griffin Knights from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis were left. The only Griffin Knight who blocked an arrow was the Griffin Grand Knight.
Although the attribute Harry bow was powerful, the ice armor on the Griffin Grand Knight's body greatly reduced its power.
"Quick, let's get out of here and report to Prince Derek. The Griffin Knight's weapon is too powerful!" The Griffin Grand Knight yelled, and his Griffin turned around to return.
In the sky, 20 out of the 200 Griffin Knights from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis had already fallen. The Griffin Knight from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis had lost in terms of equipment.
The Griffin Knight from the Duchy of Carmel was very careful. None of the Griffin Knights attacked the Griffin. They were ordered not to hurt the Griffin unless it was absolutely necessary.
Just when the Griffin Knight from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis was about to return, he suddenly realized the 14 Griffin Knights from the Duchy of Carmel had already flown back to the camp of the Duchy of Carmel. The Griffin Knight from the Duchy of Carmel, who had already won, did not chase after them either.
"What's going on?" The Griffin Grand Knight from the Duchy of Carmel was just about to return. Why would the Griffin Knight from the Duchy of Carmel leave when they already had an obvious advantage?
A series of whistles sounded. It was the communication between the Griffin Knights from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis. Since they realized they were not strong enough to fight against the Griffin Knights from the Duchy of Carmel, they gathered together and formed a Knight formation in the sky.
Although there were less than 20 Gryphon Cavalrymen in the sky, the Gryphons didn't leave. A formation of 200 Gryphon Cavalrymen appeared in the sky.
Due to the connection of their combat qi, a piece of ice armor appeared on each of the Gryphon Riders.
To be honest, the Griffin Knights from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis were very powerful. However, they were used to being invincible in the sky. Normally, they would only appear in small groups to attack the enemy. It was rare for them to gather in a big group.
They almost forgot that they were still Knights, and a Knight formation was the foundation of a knight.
Most importantly, they were ordered to scout, which was why they did not form a formation in the first place.
As their combat qi flashed, the Griffin Grand Knight Knights shared their ice armor with the other Griffin Knights. The morale of the Griffin Knights skyrocketed.
Abel looked at the 200 Griffins in the sky. He did not see any Knights in his eyes, but these Griffins made him very jealous.
Although he had obtained fourteen Gryphons, so far, only two Gryphons had been born. Moreover, these two Gryphons would not be able to fly for at least a few years, and they would need at least ten years of training to form true combat strength.
"Blue Dragon Emmanuel, I need these 200 Griffins!" Abel said to Blue Dragon Emmanuel, who was eating beside him.
In order to invite Blue Dragon Emmanuel, Abel even brought the chef from Harry Castle into the camp.
"What's so good about Griffins? These weak creatures!" Blue Dragon Emmanuel heard Abel's words and shook his head. However, he still jumped into the sky.
As a giant dragon, Blue Dragon Emmanuel was born with the ability to control the air. This allowed him to fly even in his human form. Although his speed was a bit slower, he could still accelerate for a short period of time without a problem.
The Griffin Knights were shocked to see a human fly out from the Duchy of Carmel's camp. This human looked very strange. His blue skin was shining under the sunlight.
"Prepare to attack!" The Griffin Knight in charge of recording the situation in the Duchy of Carmel began to yell. He put away his parchment and took out his bow.
"Ants!" Blue Dragon Emmanuel coldly stared at the Griffin Knight's formation. Although the combat qi in the formation was getting stronger and stronger, he was not worried at all.
Just when the Griffin Knight in front of the Griffin Knight's formation was about to shoot out an arrow covered in ice crystals, Blue Dragon Emmanuel let out a little bit of energy.
As a giant dragon that could patrol tens of thousands of miles around the Holy Continent by itself, its power was undeniable. If it unleashed all of its energy, not many humans could survive on this battlefield.
In order to fulfill Abel's request, Blue Dragon Emmanuel carefully let out a little bit of energy. It was really just a little bit.
Just when the Griffin Knight captain was about to shoot out an ice combat qi arrow, his griffin suddenly went out of control. Although the Griffin Knight captain could not sense the energy, his griffin could.
The energy of a giant dragon had made 200 Griffins go crazy. The energy contained the command of a giant dragon.
The Griffins in the sky began to attack their masters with their beaks. From this point of view, Abel's dragon energy was not even on the same level as Blue Dragon Emmanuel's dragon energy.
Abel could make the griffins go crazy and make them listen to his commands, but these griffins with masters could share the dragon aura with their masters when they were under the dragon aura.
Only someone as powerful as Blue Dragon Emmanuel could easily let the Gryphons bear his dragon aura and make them betray their master.
Most of the griffin riders didn't expect to be attacked by their winged cavalry all of a sudden. In an instant, more than a hundred griffin riders were attacked and fell off their griffins. The griffins that had lost their masters were helping the griffins beside them to attack their masters.
In a short period of time, only 200 Griffins were left in the sky. Even the Griffin Grand Knight captain would not be able to survive if they fell from such a high altitude.
Blue Dragon Emmanuel did not care about the Griffins in the sky anymore. He began to descend, and the Griffins in the sky began to follow.
Abel came out to greet Blue Dragon Emmanuel with a big smile, "Blue Dragon Emmanuel, nice one!"
"It's not worth mentioning!" Blue Dragon Emmanuel laughed and continued, "What's the use of these weak Griffins? Do you want me to get you some dragons from the dragons?"
Although Blue Dragon Emmanuel helped Abel, he didn't feel like his help was of any use. Instead, he suggested an idea.
Abel said helplessly, "Blue Dragon Emmanuel, dragons are powerful, but you've seen it yourself. Not many humans can control them!"
Dragons were very scary spiritual beasts. They had the blood of the dragons. Although their blood was weak, they were still very powerful. They were the best mounts.
But dragons were too powerful. A human who could control a dragon with the blood of the dragons would need at least the power of an elite wizard. But would an elite wizard need a dragon to increase his power?
Even if he forcefully brought in a group of Draconic Beasts, would those proud Draconic Beasts be willing to be controlled by weak humans? That would be a problem!
Therefore, Abel rejected this seemingly good idea. It was not the strongest that was the best. It was the most suitable.
Griffins were not that powerful, but they would be extremely powerful in the sky if they cooperated with a Knight.
On the ground, a single mount wolf was not that powerful, but if a human Knight cooperated with a Knight, the power of a knight would increase by a lot.
These were the true top-grade mounts, and not a mount that was extremely powerful but could not coordinate with him.
"I don't understand humans, Abel. I'm hungry again!" Blue Dragon Emmanuel said and walked back to the table.
Abel smiled as he watched Blue Dragon Emmanuel leave, "Griffin No. 24, choose 200 of the reserve Griffin Knights to form a team!"
"Yes, your Majesty!" Griffin No. 24 bowed in excitement.
The Gryphon Knights were led by him. Originally, it was only a small team of fourteen Gryphon Knights. Now, with the addition of two hundred Gryphons, they could form a Gryphon Knight Company.
This was the only team of Griffin Knights outside of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis. Maybe the team of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis was done for. As far as Griffin No. 24 knew, there were only 200 Griffin Knights in the entire Kingdom of Saint Ellis.
Now that they had lost 200 Griffin Knights, the team of Griffin Knights in the Kingdom of Saint Ellis was basically done for.
Abel then commanded, "Send down the order. Get out the sky ships and guard the sky for me."
Before this, the Sky Ships didn't appear because Abel didn't want to scare away the Griffin Knights of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis. With the Sky Ships in the sky, there was no way the Griffin Knights of the Empire could get close to the Duchy of Carmel's military camp.
Now that he had achieved his goal, there was no need to hide the Sky Ships anymore.
Following Abel's order, a Griffin Knight rose into the air and flew towards the back of the military camp.
After a while, five Sky Ships appeared in the sky. The Bursting Ballistae on the Sky Ships were ready to fire, and the Lightning Spiral was full of energy. The white light of the Sky Ships made them look like precious treasures.
"Where are the Griffin Knights? Why haven't any of the Griffin Knights returned? " Prince Derek had sent out the Griffin Knights for a while now. By now, the Knights should have returned to report to him. However, none of the Knights had returned.
Originally, he was afraid that the Griffin Knights would suffer heavy losses. That was why he had sent out all of his Griffin Knights. The Griffin Knight was the same as the Knight on the ground. The more of them there were, the stronger they were.
It could be said that once there were 200 Griffin Knights in the sky, they would be able to crush any winged cavalry in aerial combat.
Even high-grade flying spirit beasts would have to avoid the 200 Griffin Cavaliers.
However, such a powerful squadron of winged cavalry had disappeared without a trace. Who could accept this?
In order to breed the Griffins, the Kingdom of Saint Ellis had spent a lot of effort and resources.
Abel had always thought that his 14 Griffins had only produced 2 Griffins in a few years. He didn't know that if it weren't for Hradik's Cube and the crops from the Third Goddess Spring Water, the 14 Griffins wouldn't have been able to produce 2 Griffins in such a short time.
The Kingdom of Saint Ellis had invested a lot of resources in order to create a squadron of 200 Griffin Knights. In the past 100 years, the number of Griffins in the squadron had been maintained at around 200. The main reason why they couldn't make a breakthrough was that the Griffins required too much resources.
Prince Derek roared a few times and didn't say anything else. However, his expression was very ugly. Due to the disappearance of the Griffin Knight squadron, the morale of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis was very low.
It was getting late. No matter if it was Prince Derek or Abel, they had no intention of continuing the battle today.
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