Hearing Suria's question, Emperor Karl-franz couldn't help but feel a little hesitant and awkward.
There was indeed a dragon under the royal zoo of the Empire, but this matter was classified as top secret. How did Laing know about it?
"Is there really a dragon?" Duchess Suria, who was holding Laing's arm, continued to ask.
The emperor always felt that there was something wrong with this "Suria" in front of him. In his impression, Suria was a very noble, civilized, and elegant duchess, but today she seemed very lively and liked to take the initiative to talk. Moreover, her tone had changed. Her tone towards Laing had changed from one of mutual respect to one of command. If it weren't for the respect she had for Laing, Karl-franz would have suspected that Suria had been replaced.
"Suria!" Laing said to Suria with some blame, "This is His Majesty's private matter. Don't ask like this."
"It's fine." Seeing this, the emperor could only raise his hand to indicate that he didn't mind. Karl-franz thought for a moment and said, "There is indeed a dragon under the zoo. This dragon is called the Dragon of the Empire and is the guardian of Brunswick. However, this dragon is in a state of hibernation all year round and almost never wakes up. I've only ridden it once, so I'm not very familiar with it. If there's a chance next time, let Greg Matak, the dean of Amber Academy, come here, he can show you this dragon."
In other words, they couldn't visit it now, Laing thought.
The Amber Mages of Amber Academy were essentially the same as the Druids. After these people were bound to Amber Wind, their body hair grew like crazy, and their behavior was extremely wild. Their nails and teeth were as sharp as the claws of animals, and they liked to wear animal skins and bare their arms. They held staffs made of wood, bone, and amber, and moved in the wilderness. Among them, the most powerful Amber Mages could also transform into animals to fight or travel.
So, what was the difference between amber mages and druids?
The difference was that amber mages accepted the leadership of the Empire's court and believed that they naturally had to unite with the humans to defend against foreign enemies. These amber mages loved the Empire and its land deeply. Their oath of loyalty to the Empire was stronger and firmer than any oath he had ever made.
Of course, even so, these amber mages still had constant conflicts with the nobles and the city's citizens, and they didn't trust each other.
"30% new is a guest; 50% new is a friend; 70% new is a brother."
— A proverb to describe the degree of newness of the amber mages' clothes and their relationship with their guests..
At this moment, in Sulia's mind, the female knight was talking to the fairy in the lake.
"Madam, don't be so rude!" Sulia was a little embarrassed. "You'll make things difficult for Ryan."
"I just want to make things difficult for him," the Fairy of the Lake said confidently, "Su Liya, don't you think that you are being too accommodating to him? Sometimes, you need to have your own ideas and requests. That way, Laing will value you and love you. "
"Madam, I don't think that's a good idea …" Suria instinctively felt that the Lake Fairy was up to something. The female knight was a little worried. "We're in the Empire now, in front of His Majesty. As his wife, we still have to give him face …"
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." The Lake Fairy waved her hand. Suria couldn't say anything more and could only agree.
On the other side, Laing was still chatting with Emperor Karl-franz. "I saw Matak last time, but the strange smell on his body was really unpleasant. He even invited me and Tegris to his Beast Residence. We really didn't dare to go in."
"Matak is not a bad person." The Emperor smiled and shook his head. "He's just like all the amber mages. He likes to stay in the wilderness and sleep in the forest covered in mud. It's said that he makes good black tea. Not only is the black tea strong, but it also has the effect of helping sleep. After drinking it, you'll feel drowsy."
"Yes, that's why I haven't drunk it." Laing sneered.
"Neither have I." The Emperor was stunned for a moment, then said tacitly.
The two men looked at each other and smiled.
The Royal Zoo was divided into several areas, namely "Coach Mackensen's Area", "Northern Area", "Hawk Area", "Auster Area", "Griffin Area", "Southern Area", "Western Area", and the central Griffin Area. This place housed almost all the rare beasts from the Old World, including trolls and chaos eggs. Many Empire academies, mages, and religious people studied all kinds of strange creatures here.
At the same time, as an additional function, the Royal Zoo provided the Emperor's army with warhorses, pegasi, half-griffins, and powerful griffins.
Everyone first visited the stables. There were valiant warhorses raised in the stables. These warhorses came from the horse-producing province, Awei Hill. The warhorses produced by Awei Hill had undergone strict training and could lead knights into the chaotic battlefield without fear.
However, be it Laing, Suria, or Emilia, none of them were interested in the Empire's warhorses. The Emperor was also a little embarrassed, including the horse breeder and coachmen who came forward to receive them.
This was because no matter how excellent the Empire's warhorses were, they were far inferior to the Brittany's warhorses. Most of the Brittany's warhorses were the descendants of elven warhorses and Brittany forest horses. The Knight King's warhorses more or less had some elven warhorse bloodline. They were much stronger in terms of stamina, charging power, speed, weight carrying ability, and jumping ability.
Not to mention the pure-blooded elven warhorses. The pure-blooded elven warhorses could carry the fully armed World Eater Gene Prototype, Anglo, and sprint back and forth on the plains. If it were the Empire's warhorses, they would die of exhaustion in a few minutes.
The Emperor's best warhorses were the few hybrid elven warhorses that he had tried his best to import from Laing. As he was confused about how to breed hybrid elven warhorses, and the method was wrong, the Royal Zoo had never been able to complete the breeding of hybrid elven warhorses.
Laing neither planned nor could provide guidance on this because the Knight King's National Policy Tree was like this.
Then there was the pegasus.
Like the Brittany, the Empire also had pegasus because it was a species that lived in the Grey Mountains. In the Empire, the pegasus was often called the Empire's pegasus. Its fur was as white as snow, and its intelligence was far higher than the average warhorse. In order to make a pegasus into a mount, it had to be captured when it was still a colt. It took many years of training to gain the trust of the pegasus, but once this trust was established, it would become a loyal mount and would obey any command of its master.
Similarly, Laing and Suria were still not interested in the Empire's pegasus because the Brittany also had one. Moreover, the pegasus that Laing's father-in-law, François, rode on was the strongest pure-blooded elven pegasus in the old world. This pegasus called Prague not only had an extremely high command, but also had magical abilities. When surrounded by enemies, François's pegasus could turn the magical energy in its body into a strong light, allowing it to escape from the battle and burn the enemies.
Compared to the Brittany who liked to gather the pegasus knights into a flying army, the Empire preferred to use the pegasus as the mounts of the generals. There were more than ten pure white pegasus in the Royal Zoo. The Emperor walked up gently, took a carrot from the coachman, and put it to the pegasus's mouth. Watching it eat the carrot, the Emperor happily combed the pegasus's mane with a brush. "These are all my treasures, but these pegasus are not the best. The best pegasus is called Quicksilver, now Galt's mount."
"Where is Galt now?" Laing was quite interested in this matter. "The competition is less than two weeks away. Why hasn't he appeared yet?"
"He'll be back soon." The Emperor nodded. "Galt led an army to Kislöw to stop a group of northern barbarians from releasing the Ancient Draconic. He completed the task very well. Now he and his army have arrived at Tara Beheim. They will arrive in a week at most."
After that, the Emperor did not seem to want to say anything more. He then led Laing and the others to see a special creature.
It was the famous Gryphon in the Empire.
The Gryphon was a very fierce and dangerous creature. It had a sharp beak, powerful claws, and a strong body. It was very destructive and bad-tempered. At the same time, because of its strong body and the ability to wear plate armor, many knights tried to capture the Gryphon as their mounts. Many people failed and lost their lives. But as long as they succeeded, the loyal mount would follow its master for the rest of its life.
The Gryphon generally only existed in the Black Forest of the Empire. Because of its appearance and the body structure of an eagle's head and a tiger's body, it was called the Gryphon. Unlike the Gryphon, the Gryphon was a lot smaller overall and had no wings, so it could not fly. Many scholars believed that the Gryphon was a new species produced by the Gryphon and other creatures in the Black Forest. But there were also scholars who believed that the Gryphon had nothing to do with the Gryphon.
Currently, the largest Gryphon unit in the Old World was the Gryphon Knights led by Laing's Godfather, Duke Ivan. Currently, there were more than a hundred Gryphon Knights in the Brunswick Empire. They were called the Brunswick Royal Gryphon Knights.
Currently, there were not many Gryphons in the zoo. Most of them had found their masters and were serving in the military. Laing thought for a moment and knew that the Empire's military strength was always tight.
"The champion of the Nur Empire, the Nur Empire's Grand Judge, and a saint-level fighter, Theodore Bruckner, rides the largest and most ferocious Gryphon in the Empire — the Reaper." The Emperor gestured for everyone to stay away from the Gryphon to avoid getting hurt. "Am I right? Emmanuelle? "
Emilia looked at the Emperor with annoyance. "You sure know a lot about Theodore, Karl-franz. Perhaps I should clean up my court when I return?"
Laing's maidservant stomped her leather shoes on the ground. Ever since she reunited with Laing, Emilia had switched out her high heels for her favorite leather shoes.
"Ever since you had Frey Derick, you've become even more aggressive, Emmanuelle," the Emperor said meaningfully. He then gave up on arguing with Emilia. "Next up is my collection, the war gryphon. Laing, you have one too, don't you?"
"That's right. I might have eaten it." Laing nodded. His Gryphon, Impris, ate hundreds of crowns worth of food every year. If it weren't for his wealth, he wouldn't be able to afford it.
Karl-franz had a few war gryphons in the Imperial Zoo. Their shoulders were twice the height of a grown man, and their beaks were as sharp as scissors. When the group walked past their animal pens, the Gryphons rammed against the railings and roared at them. Gryphons were hostile to everything. Many of them were captured from the Roof of the World when they were still young.
Taming a Gryphon was even more difficult than taming a Gryphon. It required great strength, perseverance, and patience.
Even the Kurfürst of the Empire was proud of having a Gryphon in their pens. However, just like Brittany's Hippogryph Knights, there weren't many Gryphon Knights in the Empire. Apart from the Gryphon Knights who had some real Gryphon Knights, only the Tarr's Wrath Knights in Tara Beheim had Gryphon Knights.
Apart from that, some of the Empire's Legendaries had their own Gryphon Mounts. With Amber Wind bound to their bodies, they had the ability to tame wild beasts. Coupled with their ability to communicate with wild beasts, some of the Gryphons were willing to become their mounts.
"Where's your Death Claw?" Laing didn't see the Emperor's mount in the pen.
"It doesn't stay in the pen during the day. It prefers to fly in the sky, but it'll always come back at night, no matter where it goes." The Emperor grinned. His tone seemed to be telling something he was very proud of. "It always comes back and sleeps quietly in the pen."
"It's the same for Empris, but my Gryphon always prefers to hunt small animals in the forest." Laing also smiled.
"Spitting lightning? How did you do that? "The Emperor suddenly asked. This question had been bothering him for a long time.
"A gift from the Lady." Laing blinked.
"Alright." The Emperor shrugged. "Let's change the topic. Look, this is a double-headed Gryphon, a variant of the War Gryphon. It's also very powerful, but it's also very difficult to control, especially when the two-headed Gryphons often quarrel with each other."
As if responding to the Emperor's words, the gigantic two-headed gryphon used its claws to ferociously poke at the straw beneath its body. It proudly raised its head to look at the group of people who treated it as an ornamental object. With an expression of anger and contempt, the gryphon coldly glared at the Emperor and the breeder who were endlessly introducing the gryphon as if it would tear them apart in the next second.
After seeing the Gryphon, the Royal Zoo was almost finished.
Finally, the Emperor brought everyone to a closed door. Everyone could smell the strong smell of sulfur coming out from the gap of the door.
"The dragon is behind this door, but you've seen the situation. Even I don't dare to go near it now. If there's a chance next time, I'll bring you here." Karl-franz nodded. "You're all guests of the Empire. I can't let you be in danger."
"Your Majesty, do you know anything about dragons?" Just as everyone left, Duchess Suria suddenly spoke. The female knight had a playful look on her face. "Behind the door is a Silver Moon Dragon. It's not very old."
"Oh?!" Karl-franz was very interested. "Duchess Suria, do you know more about dragons?"
"A little bit." The Lake Fairy controlled Suria's body, and the Goddess held Laing's arm. "Your Majesty, are you interested in hearing more?"
"I'd like to hear more."
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