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Chapters 477 & 475: The Griffin Legion (Please Subscribe)
Geographically, Flower Territory is located in the northwest of the Duchy of Normandy.

Further north lies the Dome Mountain Range, considered the last habitat of magical beasts; to the west lies the Silver Sea, a hub of maritime trade.
To the east lies Frostmoon Valley, a branch of the Dome Mountain Range, where undulating mountains abruptly extend, dividing Flower Territory and Earl Wick Territory.

Further east of the Earl of Wick's territory lies the Marquis of Carlisle's territory.

In a sense, the Earl of Wick was also a vassal of the Marquess of Carlisle, to whom he was to pledge allegiance.

In other words, Marquis Carlisle's legion would have to head east, passing through Frostmoon Valley, before they could invade Flower Territory.

As for the south of the Flower Territory, that is the territory of the Castro family.

This family, known for its shrewdness, was most adept at making money; they amassed every single gold coin through trade and lending.
Their family members are born with a knack for accounting and are skilled at transactions.

The western part of the Marquisate of Castro is also adjacent to the Silver Sea, and has its own seaport, caravans, and fleets.

At one point in time, the Castro and Raymond families were the biggest rivals in maritime trade and shipping.

As a result, a huge contradiction has accumulated between the two sides.

The Castro family's active participation in the man-made disaster that led to Raymond's demise was primarily due to this.

Unfortunately, once Loy took office and the Flower Leader got on the right track with the magic energy industry, this so-called 'competition' became a joke.

However, by this time, the Castro family no longer dared to provoke Roy, and they were even terrified of causing trouble in secret.

In other words, the most direct way for their legion to attack Flower Territory is to head north, passing through a place called Rose Forest.
As for the last McKinley family, their territory was located further south of the Castro family's territory, bordering the territories of the Norman and Freud families.

However, it is not directly adjacent to the Flower Territory.

If they wanted to attack Flower Territory, they would also have to march north, passing through the territory of Marquis Castro, and enter Flower Territory through a small town called 'Moonlight Castle'.

While it's not impossible to get it from other places, this is the closest one.

It can be said that the war between the three marquisates and the Flower Territory was fought in three directions and on three battlefields.

With three against one, the battlefield was further dispersed, almost forming an encirclement.

If the old Marquis Castro were determined, he could even use the family's merchant ships to directly attack the west coast of the Flower Territory.

Alternatively, attack Siren Harbor directly.

Whether or not we can win is another matter, but in terms of the situation, we are being attacked from three directions, all at once.

On paper, the situation facing the Flower Territory is quite dire; it is almost completely surrounded and feels like it is surrounded by enemies.

Loy, and even his generals, all thought the three marquises would do that.

After all, if the troops are divided into three places, the Flower Territory's forces will become stretched thin.

Furthermore, the command structure will be relatively dispersed, and even the strongest commanders will have to be spread across three battlefields, which will also increase the pressure on supplies and logistics.

Even if they gain an advantage on just one battlefield, break through the defenses, and enter Flower Territory, they could inflict enormous losses on Luo Yi.

As you can see, even a powerful empire like the Habsburgs' was not keen on fighting on two fronts.

If Luo Yi were in charge, she would definitely do it this way; there would be many advantages and very few disadvantages.

But for some reason, the three marquises decided to gather their troops in one place.

The Castro family's army marched east; the McKinley family's route remained unchanged, heading north.
The Carlisle family's legion had the worst experience, having to make a detour, bypassing the Norman family's territory, and heading west.

Finally, the three legions met at Moonlight Castle and then marched north into Flower Territory.

Of course, before that, they had to defeat the Flower Territory's legion head-on.

As for the attack at sea, there was none at all.

Marquis Castro even sailed his family's merchant ships further afield, seemingly fearing a potential attack.

Trade in Siren Harbor was not affected in the slightest; in fact, it prospered even more due to the war and the rush to ship goods.

This arrangement really baffled Luo Yi, and she even suspected that the three major families were brewing some kind of shocking conspiracy.

As a result, he and a group of generals analyzed various possibilities, none of which were valid.

At this stage, the most reasonable explanation is that Otto, the Flame Sword Saint, proposed that the three factions want to concentrate their forces in one place, with ten times the strength, to overwhelm the Flower Territory's defenses.

However, Alfonso soon refuted this reason.

The reason lies in the movement speed.

The Flower Kingdom possesses magical trains and heavy truck transport convoys; even if orders were issued now to mobilize troops and converge on Moonlight Castle...

Even after digging trenches, setting up artillery positions, and making all sorts of preparations, the enemy was still slowly making their way.

The claim of a massive siege is completely unfounded!

In the end, Luo Yi gave up!

Perhaps it makes sense to be lenient with the enemy and go all out, but when there is an absolute difference in strength, crushing them is the best option.

Once this idea came to mind, Luo Yi stopped worrying about it and simply made arrangements to go to the front lines.

However, before he left, Silas, the King of Fury, found him.

He pulled and dragged Luo Yi to the ruins of Lion Castle.

"I'm telling you, Silas, even if you want to fight, war is about to break out, and there are plenty of enemies for you to crush."

Why drag the Earl here just to get beaten up?

This was Iron Knight Phil's thought. He said it as he thought it, a smile playing on his lips, as if he had recalled some funny scene.

Silas, the King of Fury, turned and glared at him, then looked at Loy and said, "A gift, I've come to present a gift!"

"What kind of gift is it that requires us to come here?" Luo Yi also became interested.

Silas, the King of Fury, chuckled but did not reply. When they arrived at their destination, he suddenly raised his head and let out a long howl. His howl, like a lion's roar or an eagle's cry, carried a penetrating low murmur that shook the surroundings, causing dust to fall in a flurry.

In other words, all those who came together were powerful individuals; otherwise, they might have been knocked unconscious in their entire lives.

Luo Yi frowned slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but his ears twitched slightly, and he suddenly turned his head to look into the distance.

There, he heard the sound of flapping wings, and the roars of lions and the cries of eagles.

Then, a large black shadow appeared on the horizon, flapping its wings and moving at great speed, arriving in a matter of moments.

A full hundred griffins folded their wings and crashed directly onto the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

Iron Knight Phil almost instinctively stepped in front, raised his foot, stomped the ground, and the shockwave from the war trampling swept away the dust and smoke.

But an incredibly majestic griffin had already approached and suddenly lowered its head before Silas, the King of Fury.

Silas, the King of Fury, reached out and rubbed its chin with a smile.

Looking at the hundreds of griffins, Luo Yi couldn't help but step forward and reach out to rub them as well.

But the griffin glanced at her sideways, its aura surging, and it even stretched its head as if to give Luo Yi a good whack.

Clearly, he is still wild and unruly, and remains undisciplined.

However, he was met with a slap from Silas, the King of Fury, which landed squarely on his face.

With a 'bang,' the Griffin King was slammed to the ground, momentarily dizzy and disoriented.

Behind them, the Griffin King's kin showed no intention of saving their master; instead, they all jumped back, clearly terrified.

At this moment, Silas, the King of Fury, turned to Loy and smiled somewhat embarrassedly: "Well, I haven't been able to completely tame him yet."

"Ahem, but Your Excellency, rest assured, with me here, I'll make sure they obey."

Luo Yi's face twitched, and she couldn't help but ask, "Are these the griffins from Griffin Mountain?"

"Yes, when I was in that town, I had nothing to do, so I went up to play with them and used some taming techniques to make them obedient."

At this moment, Iron Knight Phil couldn't help but ask, "The secret technique you mentioned, could it be just beating them up?"

Silas, the King of Fury, glanced at him and said bluntly, "Of course not. How can you make them obey by beating them up?"

"It'll take a lot of beatings. If it's not obedient, beat it until it submits, then beat up its entire tribe, and they'll obey."

"Look at this, it's like this now!"

As he spoke, he patted the griffin king beneath him and let out a series of low growls, sounding both tigerish and eagle-like, full of threat.

Then, the griffin king no longer dared to play dead and jumped up directly.

As he said this, he looked at Luo Yi and said, "I've heard that when you first arrive in a new place, it's good to give the host some gifts."
This is called reciprocity; in the future, the host family will be more likely to take good care of me.

"I see that the Flower Territory has everything else, but it lacks air combat capabilities, making it vulnerable to being targeted."

Fortunately, these griffins are quite capable, so they'd make a good gift.

These words left Luo Yi speechless, both amused and exasperated.

You're saying he doesn't understand social etiquette?

He also knew how to give gifts, and the gifts he gave were exactly what Luo Yi needed.

But would you say he understands social etiquette?

This gift is so poorly made.

However, a thought suddenly occurred to Luo Yi, and she asked, "Silas, can you train these griffins to be ridden by humans?"

"That's not possible right now, but give me some time, and it should be possible."

"That would be best. I'll assign you a group of people, and you can help train them into griffin riders."

"Good good!"

"However, in that case, it's probably unnecessary for this battle."

"We didn't need them in this battle anyway."

……

It has to be said that this was an unexpected delight.

The Griffin Legion, a flying unit that only existed in the Raymond family's plans, has actually seen a possibility of being realized.
However, taming these griffins is not as simple as Silas makes it out to be.

His roar, which sounded like both a lion and an eagle, seemed to be able to communicate with griffins, instilling them in great fear.

This should be the real reason why the griffins submit.

However, Silas, the King of Fury, only believed that his fists had worked.

The knights that Loy assigned to the Griffin Legion were not just ordinary knights, but elite second-tier knights who had just begun their meditation training.

There aren't many such people, but there are quite a few in the Royal Guard. They are carefully selected, trained by the King of Fury, Silas, and equipped with dimensional bags and plenty of cannonballs...

There's no such thing as a bomber right now, but Roy thinks it wouldn't be a bad idea for the Griffin Legion to play a role!
The only one to be injured was the First Imperial Guard.

The First Imperial Guard, which originally numbered only 10,000, had a portion of its members assigned to drive tanks and another portion assigned to ride griffins, further reducing its numbers.

Therefore, Luo Yi did not hesitate to start recruiting soldiers again.

This time, with the crisis of war looming, the enthusiasm of the people to join the army has greatly increased.

After arranging everything, Luo Yi led a group of people on a journey south.

(End of this chapter)