Chapter 244 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

As Sui Xiong and Arcaian were running the long discussion that would leave a colorful mark on the history of medicine in this world, the war between the Orc Empire and Eagle Kingdom began progressing intensively.

Due to the oddly slow action of the Orc army, there was enough time for the Eagle Kingdom to react. King Woods Igor heard the report from soldiers who lost in the City of Iron war. After some deep thinking and discussion, he finally decided to send out the Air Force that was originally meant to stay in the final battle at the last fortress. Even though he did not think they could win the air battle with these forces, he could not let these Orcs bomb unscrupulously.

No matter how strong the fortress was, it could not withstand being attacked single sidedly by big rocks falling from the sky. Even if the fortress could withstand some, the morale of the people would decrease. They would end up losing the battle without a fight.

That was why he sent out the most elite troops of the entire Eagle Kingdom even though he was reluctant.

Moreover, he not just send out some troops; it was all the Air Force the entire Eagle Kingdom had.

All of it!

The royal family of the Eagle Kingdom were descendants of the Eagle God. They had passed on the skill of training giant eagles and griffons and developed four types of air forces. Namely, the giant eagle sentinel and griffon sentinel who were in charge of scouting, and the giant eagle knight and griffon knight who were in charge of fighting.

Female riders rode giant eagles that were smaller, while the male riders rode the griffons that were larger. In addition to the division of army types, those were the four types of troops.

The biggest difference between these two army types was the “knight” aspect.

The sentinel riders were not from the bloodline of the Eagle God. They could only ride giant eagles or griffons, but could not command multiple ones. It made them only able to fight alone in a battle, so they were more commonly used as sentinels only.

Knight riders were from the bloodline. They could not only tame their own mounts, but command more giant eagles and griffons, and form battle squads. This allowed them to each form troops of different sizes. Together they became the main Air Force of the Eagle Kingdom.

Many years ago the Eagle Kingdom had a large Air Force. They always fought heroically during the battles of Orc invasion. However, in the coup of the “blood-stained eagle crown” that happened more than 30 years ago, there were tens of thousands of people who died in the capital, Eagle Wing City. Most of them were the descendants of the Eagle God. After that they were subsequently cleaned up and repressed. Even though the Eagle Kingdom had a huge squad of eagles and griffons, they did not have enough Air Force riders. They could only sigh with despair.

30 years’ time was not short, but it wasn’t long either. It was long enough to produce few generations of giant eagles and griffons. But it was not that easy to fill in the gaps left from the bloody slaughter of humans from that year.

For example, even now when King Woods sent out all the Air Forces that could be mobilized, there were only about one third the total giant eagles and griffons in the air. Most of the giant eagles and griffons were still resting comfortably in their nests.

He had the intention to send out more troops, but it could not be helped.

It was not that the Eagle Kingdom had no strategy to mobilize giant eagles and griffons under emergency situations. Nor was he so overconfident that he thought he did not have to use such strategies. It was because he was not able to use this strategy.