The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Chapter 882: Because of the Empire’s Favor!
After discussing with Joltea, Yun Feng and the others for a while, Roland summoned Knight Commander Nogai.

"Your Majesty!" Nogai knelt on one knee solemnly in front of Roland and offered his loyalty.

"Get up!" Roland raised his hand to signal Nogai to get up. His power was so great that it was hard for ordinary people to ignore him. Except for the old people who followed Roland the earliest, everyone 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 Lagrang people, Roland has actually only lived one-tenth of his life)

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

Roland did not have any special comment on this. As the kingdom grew larger and larger, Roland, as a king and 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 his successors and the newcomers could not be generalized. Fortunately, the McDougal family actually caught the last train of the founding of the country. Otherwise, even as a dragon marshal family, the McDougal family would have an invisible generation gap with Roland.

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

Nogai obediently stuck his head out to take a look, 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 to speak.

"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. Seeing this, Kaslo, who was calm and composed, was shocked. The credit for the eight dragons and six people has become yours alone? No matter how you count it, Kaslo, who used the Blue Sky Corridor, should get a smaller share, and Chasing Light, who activated the Sky Seal·Time Stop, should get the larger share!

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

"Well, that makes sense. This time I called you here to see if you can train a group of qualified air knight reserves?" Roland said calmly.

"Duke Joltea said that the Sky Knights are of the same lineage. Since you are the instructor of the Dragon Knights, you naturally have the ability to train the 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 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 was modest, but there is not a single proper 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? Besides the difference between dragon knights and ordinary air knights?" Roland frowned, and even the others showed a listening look. Only Kaslo realized it belatedly.

"Ha! Your Majesty really knows how to joke..." Nogai smiled bitterly and then began to explain Roland in detail.

"Except for the Dragon Knight, the remaining three major Sky Knights actually have different positioning..."

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

"Hmm!" Roland looked at the others, and they all nodded to him. 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 could afford a Pegasus Knights group if they gritted their teeth. Compared with ordinary knight groups, the cost of Pegasus Knights was only slightly higher)
"The strongest dragon knight. His Majesty Kaslo was once a member of the dragon knights. Everyone should know the advantages of the dragon knights. The flying dragon has a combat power second only to the real dragon. The armed flying dragon in a fierce battle will not be afraid of any enemy except the dragon knight! It's just that the cost is the highest!"

"Next is the Griffin Knight! The Griffin Knight is in between the two. Although its breeding cost is higher than that of the Pegasus, it pales in comparison with the flying dragon. Its combat power is neither too high nor too low, just the right balance. Its positioning as an elite knight order is just right!" Nogai talked eloquently.

"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 combination skills to maximize damage. Strict discipline and synchronized movements are the most terrifying thing about 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 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 Griffin Knights who attack synchronously can maintain the state of glory skills during the dive attack! This means that the enemy is facing a knight group that really flies in the sky!

So... guess why a mediocre air knight unit caught in the middle can be favored by the Lagran Empire? It turns out that you can disbelieve 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 in seconds, but facing a square-flag Griffin Knights, this war fortress must be prepared for at least one wall to be cleared!
Do you think that the Dragon Hunting Crossbow of the Falling Dragon Tower can kill one Dragon Knight with one shot? In fact, a formation of Griffin Knights can change formations during a high-speed charge to avoid heavy crossbows while maintaining the existence of the Glory Skill and then drive to your city wall!

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