Like a silver-gray whale, the Dawn airship swept lightly through the velvety night, quickly approaching the woodland where the fireworks were rising.

In the cockpit, Jennifer controls the airship to lower its flight altitude, while Lyudmila concentrates on adjusting the "Crystal Detection" perspective, focusing on her mother in order to better observe her situation.

The mirrored platform carrying the crystal ball reflects the scene in the forest, and Evgenia seems to be aware of being detected by the people on the airship, and turns to wave her hand in the direction of the camera, and the mother and daughter, who have been separated for two years, seem to have a heart, looking at each other and smiling from a thousand feet in the air.

Lyudmila also noticed that her mother was followed by three people, two of whom were young girls in hunting suits with longbows, her senior sisters Eleanor and Jacqueline, both of whom were level 12 rangers, and a young man wearing the emblem of Pero, but she had never seen them.

Rudolf Kolas stood side by side with his son at the porthole, looking at the smoke of the woods without saying a word, until Lyudmila had finished reporting what he had discovered, and then asked his son: "Genia, they are trapped by the vulture knights of Klautz, and we must act as soon as possible to help them get out of trouble." ”

"I've asked Aurora to lead the Giant Eagle Wing to deal with the vultures in the air, and the airship will break through the blockade and approach the woods, and then hang down the rope ladder to pick up Aunt Genia and her party."

Roland was talking to his father as he watched the vultures circling in the night sky outside the window. Measuring about 9 feet long and 20 feet long with wings outstretched, this magical beast has the physiology of a horse and a giant eagle, but is different from the Canaanite Pegasus or the griffin of the desert - it has more avian characteristics than a pegasus, with a long, stiff beak on its beak and limbs more like eagle talons than horse hooves; But it has more equine features than the griffin, resembling a strong war horse in size and head, and its long mane flutters in the wind.

The vultures are said to have been created by the ancient Grand Arcanist using the blood of giant eagles and horses and legendary magic as a means of transportation in the air. In the Holy Light Age, this magical beast has been transformed from a mage's pet into a standard mount of the Imperial Air Force, and can reproduce by natural mating, a vulture egg has a market price of 2000 gold coins, and the cub can be sold for 3000 gold coins, and the adult vulture horse can become a military mount after 6 weeks of training, but only professional trainers or druids, rangers and other people who are good at fighting with the fierce ** stream dare to engage in this dangerous job, because the vulture horse is a very aggressive omnivore, if provoked, They don't mind hunting humans for a good meal.

According to the structure of the Imperial Army, a complete corps should be composed of Vulture Knights, who accounted for one-tenth of the total strength of the army, to be responsible for air combat and reconnaissance missions, according to this provision, it is estimated that there are at least 500 vulture horses in Krautz's Knights. In comparison, the Giant Eagle Wing of the Kolas Army was clearly inferior in terms of strength, but fortunately, it was only a flying squadron that went out to hunt down Yevgenia, with a total of less than 50 vultures.

The vulture horse is stronger than the giant eagle, and its physiological structure resembling a war horse is also more suitable for human riding, but its agility is not as good as that of the giant eagle, and its intelligence is even worse than that of the giant eagle. The intelligence of the giant eagle is no less than that of a human and can use human language proficiently, while the eagle horse does not have the ability to speak, and its intelligence level is about the same as that of an ordinary horse. Without human control, the Giant Eagle would have a way of tricking low-IQ vultures, but counting the knights with heavy crossbows on the back of the vultures, it would take a bit of effort to eat this squadron of vultures.

Roland thought for a moment, picked up the "High Communication Stone" and ordered Aurora not to attack, "Surround the vultures and drive them towards the airship." Then he turned back and told Lyudmila, who was using the crystal ball to correct the shooting of Zhuyuan: "Aim at the knight on horseback and fire, and try not to kill the vulture." ”

"You're going to capture those vultures?" Rudolph heard his son's intentions.

Roland nodded, "Our army's air power needs to be expanded urgently, but it takes a relatively long period to train the giant eagle, and it is not yet possible to serve in large quantities, and the giant eagle is known for its agility and intelligence, which is more suitable for reconnaissance and bombing missions, and the body structure is not very suitable for manned combat, and this is precisely the strength of the eagle, so I want to capture the eagle on the battlefield as much as possible, and cooperate with the giant eagle to enrich the air force, so that we have no shortcomings in reconnaissance, escort, bombing, air transportation and fighting." ”

"That's a good idea, but are you sure you can defeat the enemy and capture the vultures?" Rudolph was worried that his son's demands would be too much, which would make the giant eagle on the battlefield shackled and unable to give full play to its combat power, and finally ended up stealing chickens and rice.

Roland looked very modest in front of his father: "Try it, I will also be on the battlefield in person later, you will supervise the battle on the airship, if you find that I may mess up, take over the command, don't be polite to me." ”

Rudolph put his arm around his son's shoulders and laughed: "Don't come with me, just fight according to your ideas, be more careful." ”

Roland nodded, opened the hatch and jumped out. The wind struck, and the body fell in a free-fall posture. The feeling of weightlessness was very subtle, and Roland turned on the "Divine Flight", and the pores around his body spewed out a stream of golden energy containing divine power, counteracting the gravitational traction to lift him up, and he was smoothly suspended at a height of 1,000 feet.

Roland took out the magic spear "Bloodthirsty Lucain" from the storage bag, and there was no need to activate the "Faction Reversal Gem". In the past two years of adventure, most of the enemies he has faced belong to the evil camp, and have killed countless villains, monsters, undead and cultists, but from this moment on, his enemies will mainly be the Imperial Knights who believe in Pero, and most of them will be the Guardian and Good camp, and the essence of the evil magic spear can exert the maximum lethality, but the Durandal with the attribute of Orderly and Good will be restrained by the faction, and it will need to be inlaid with the "Faction Reversal Gem" to temporarily transform it from a "divine sword" into an evil "magic sword".

Led by Aurora, a hundred giant eagles spread out in a formation of goose wings to surround the vulture horses above the woods, and the twin eagles cooperated in formation to deal with a vulture horse and a cavalry with heavy crossbows on their backs, and a fierce battle broke out in the night sky.

Like a whale in the shallow sea, the Aurora rushed into the herd of eagle horses, and its eight cannons spewed out a shining arc of electricity under the control of Lyudmila, weaving a deadly web of fire in the night.

The vulture knight was stunned by this sudden attack, and in an instant, several knights were hit by the magic crystal cannon, screaming and falling off their horses. The squadron leader hurriedly blew the whistle, and three long and one short whistle signaled a retreat. The Vulture Knight hurriedly turned around and followed the captain to break through in the direction of the Keep. Finally breaking through the giant eagle blockade, there was a sudden sonic boom behind them, as if a rolling thunderbolt was chasing them.