"Tut-tut, worthy of being a royal envoy, the pomp and circumstance of the appearance is big." Looking at the Qincha team descending from the sky, Meiling was young after all, and her heart was not stable enough, and she couldn't help but muttered in a low voice when she looked at the high-profile pomp and circumstance of the visitor: "It's really luxurious to ask the griffin knights of the kingdom to send a team to escort them." ”

Yang Qianyu, who was waiting on the side, didn't say anything when he heard this, but the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he made a smile with unknown meaning.

Among the creatures that can soar in the sky, apart from the dragon that stands at the absolute top of the food chain, the griffon can be called the most powerful existence. Naturally, the strong men who can control such powerful creatures and adopt them as mounts are all characters who can 'ride a thousand'.

Except for those dragon knights who are extremely rare in number and have no head or tail in sight, the griffin knights are an important force for humans to dominate the sky.

The southern city-state of Tristram has a knightly order composed entirely of griffon knights, and its title 'Griffin Knights' is named after the mount they ride. As for the details of the Griffin Knights, they are classified even to most of the nobles in the kingdom. Many people can only satisfy their curiosity with the occasional little gossip from those in the know. One thing is certain, though, that griffon knights are undoubtedly powerful, but rather rare. Of course, there are also stories of bards who boast that the Griffon Knights of the Kingdom is a knightly order of 100,000 griffon knights. Ordinary people were naturally surprised by the strength of the royal family, but the first reaction of those in the know after hearing this story was to scoff, if the griffon knights of the royal family could really have such a large establishment and could afford it, I am afraid that there would be no place for those dukes and marquis on the territory of the kingdom for a long time.

Among the various speculations circulating in the nobility circles of the kingdom regarding the number of members of the 'Griffon Knights', the more reliable theory is that the total number of the entire Griffin Knights should be around five hundred—a figure that is actually quite loose, with a more accurate estimate of between four hundred and twenty and four hundred and fifty. However, the royal family did not respond to any of these speculations - at least sixty percent of the entire Griffin Knights were directly under the control of the royal family, and the rest belonged to some powerful dukes or marquisates in the kingdom. At present, in order to resist the invasion of the demons, the Griffin Knights are divided into three sub-regiments, which are stationed in the royal city of 'Tristram City', the Demon Abyss border 'Kedra Fortress', and more than a dozen of the most densely populated counties in the kingdom. Unless the kingdom encounters a major battle or an extremely important emergency, the Griffin Knights at this stage will not summon the members who are usually scattered in various places for no reason, at most, everyone will go to the headquarters of the royal city to gather at regular intervals, and then hold a party by the way to contact their feelings.

Speaking of griffon knights, we have to talk about their mount - and at the same time their close comrade-in-arms - griffons.

The vast majority of people have undoubtedly not actually witnessed this extraordinary creature created by nature up close. The griffin is a powerful and majestic creature that combines the characteristics of a lion and an eagle, with a sunny plumage and coat color. The back half of the lion-like body is covered with yellow-brown animal hair, and the eagle-like head and forelimbs are covered with golden feathers. The size of the griffin is roughly the same as that of the most majestic male lion, with a total body weight of about 500 catties, and when it flies, it supports this huge body with a pair of huge wings with a wingspan of eight meters. In order to agitate such wings, it is conceivable that the griffin has thick pectoral muscles and strong forelimbs, and it is not difficult to break the neck of an enemy with one palm, and the sharp hook claws up to fifteen centimeters long are a sharp weapon for tearing flesh and blood. If they really go berserk in battle, even the Fighting Qi Shield and Magic Shield opened by a high-ranking warrior will be difficult to resist the griffon's furious palm blows and claws.

The griffon is naturally suited to combat, it is brave, it is strong, and it can understand simple conversations, which undoubtedly makes it easier for knights to control it. But training a griffin is not as easy as training a Warcraft mount for land warfare. The griffon is arrogant and stubborn, unwilling to cooperate with others, and needs a wide space to move around. Once trapped in a cage, it refuses to eat, and no trainer would be foolish enough to whip a proud and powerful griffon. All in all, it was very difficult to force the griffons to do something.

The griffin must be trained from the time it is a young animal, and by the time it reaches the age of two, it must be taught in detail a series of skills such as hunting, flying, and grabbing something on the ground. But even the griffons raised by the knights have a strong sense of self-esteem, and if the knight can't completely convince it with its own strength, it won't honestly bow its proud head. At the very least, adult griffons possess strength that surpasses those of high-ranking and lower-ranking warriors, and only a very small number of high-level elites can successfully tame a griffin and become its master. However, once the griffon submits to its master, its strong sense of loyalty and honor undoubtedly makes it the best comrade to the land mount or other flying mounts. Moreover, the average lifespan of a griffon is longer than that of a human (only the Saint-rank powerhouses can reach the limit of three hundred years of human lifespan, and a griffin is about to enter old age at the age of three hundred), unless something unexpected happens, the griffon knight does not need to worry about how to change mounts. Moreover, if the battle is so tragic that even the griffon, which is a mount, can be killed, then it may be difficult for the riders who are knights to save their lives.

But these are not the most important factors in the scarcity of griffon knights. Although the price of griffins in the market is not very exaggerated. Griffin eggs can be bought for 1,000 gold coins (and cheaper if you're lucky), and if you don't want to try your luck or waste unnecessary time and energy to hatch, you can buy a hatchling that has already been hatched if you're willing to pay double the price. Although this amount of money is undoubtedly an astronomical amount for a commoner, for even the lowest-ranking lords in the nobility circle, this price is almost a year's income of the territory, and even for knights, if the family is relatively wealthy, the ancestors have left some inheritance, or somewhere made an unspeakable windfall, this money can be squeezed out by gritting their teeth.

But the real reason why griffons are difficult to domesticate on a large scale is their good appetite. When the griffin is not flying, it eats 25 to 30 catties of meat every day, and this meat must also be fresh from large livestock such as cattle and horses (in the world of Yber, which relies on human and animal power, the agricultural labor of slaughtering cattle and horses in large quantities is unimaginable). If you fly, this amount will be doubled. A little calculation shows that the cost of feed alone costs nearly 10,000 gold coins per griffon per year. And the income of an average county for a whole year will only be more than 10,000 gold coins.

It can be seen that for most people, griffins are really unaffordable. It's like those car buyers on the planet, who often grit their teeth and buy a private car for transportation, only to find that they can't afford to refuel. If the car can't be refueled, it's a big deal not to drive it and park it in the garage, but if you buy a griffin and find that you can't afford it, where should you put it?