Chapter 5: Entering Ivor The Vulture Master
After passing through the forests and mountains without "danger", Xiao Shufang finally entered the Ivor area.
Because the whole of Ivor is surrounded by the Sunset Mountains, only one of them is suitable for growing food, most of them are high mountains and hills, and the abundance of wild beasts also makes the Ivor people hard-working and bold. Of course, because this place is relatively closed, after going out, it will be called inside the mountain, and naturally people other than Ivor will be called outside the mountain.
So Xiao Shufang crossed the mountain and naturally soon came across a small village, which was a very simple village, and Xiao Shufang did not see the legendary scene full of griffins, and he didn't even see a griffin hair in the small village.
But the good news is that Xiao Shufang can finally sleep in the family's house instead of sleeping on the streets.
Moreover, Xiao Shufang would thank him with silver coins for asking any question, and such generosity made the villagers very enthusiastic about him.
After all, most of the people who enter Ivor are stingy merchants or poor mercenaries, and there are usually such generous people who come here.
Xiao Shufang enjoyed a rich dinner at the house where he was staying, although it was only one more hare that the village hunter had just hunted, but it was also very rich here, and the owner of the house was a carpenter named Billy, and the most prominent thing about this uncle was that he had a big rosacea.
Sure enough, Uncle Billy took out some home-brewed fruit wine at the dinner table, but the wine tasted really weird, and Xiao Shufang could only take out a bottle of wine, which seemed to be put by the old butler Ford. After drinking this good wine, sure enough, Uncle Billy let him shout Xiao Shumad for righteousness, and quickly drank the bottle of wine, but Xiao Shumad didn't drink much, and then Xiao Shumad saw that Uncle Billy was not happy, so he gave him an extra bottle, which made Uncle Billy grateful again and again.
Of course, Xiao Shumao, a guy who doesn't know how to drink, and Uncle Billy, a mountain person, naturally don't know that these two bottles of wine are all high-end wines produced by the Thorn Rose family, which are rare treasures, and only a small amount is left on the market, and one bottle is worth 10,000 gold...... So although Xiao Shufang looks very picky, he is still a loser.
With this big killer of fine wine, Uncle Billy naturally knows everything. It turned out that Ivor was indeed full of griffons in the early years, not every household, after all, raising griffins required certain skills and assets, but there were also one or two vulture keepers in every village.
However, because of the empire's long-term peace, Ivor has mostly cultivated battle griffins, which are specially made for battle. If there is no war, then the battle griffin is completely a money-burning commodity, and the sales will naturally drop significantly. I heard that some local nobles are not even willing to raise ordinary soldiers, and all of them make money for the nobles, you must know that the expenses of the nobles are very large.
As a result, a large number of vulture keepers went bankrupt, and the battle griffons were more ferocious and could not be used as a pack griffon.
Fortunately, Marshall's Bansfaiser family is worthy of the wealth, and bought all the griffons of those who were about to go bankrupt at once, so that they would not lose their jobs.
But then the number of vulture breeders was reduced by half, after all, the Bansfate family had long said that it would only buy this once.
"Alas, Ivor has had fewer and fewer griffins in recent years, because there are fewer griffins, and many of the demonic beasts of the Sunset Mountains have fled to the village, and many people have died in the mouths of the demonic beasts. I heard that a few days ago, Nording saw a demon bear in the mountains, and my great-grandfather was bitten to death by a demon bear. Uncle Billy actually cried as he spoke, which made Xiao Shufang embarrassed.
Xiao Shufang got up early the next morning, and Uncle Billy actually rubbed his head and got up, and when he saw Xiao Shufang, he immediately smiled affectionately.
Xiao Shu asked madly, "Uncle, do you know the vulture breeder Edric?" ”
When Uncle Billy heard this, he patted his chest and said, "Of course I know, Master Edric is the most famous vulture master in our Ivor region. ”
Then he said in a proud tone, "Have you heard of the famous Griffon's Wings family?" ”
Well, of course I've heard of it, it's just that Marshall called himself to come, and of course Xiao Shufang won't be stupid enough to interrupt others.
Seeing Xiao Shu nodding madly, Uncle Billy used a natural expression, and then continued to say proudly: "Count Hannibal of the Griffin Wings family, the son of the Grand Duke, I heard that the war is very powerful, and every year I go to Master Edric to buy griffins. We, Master Edric, can be regarded as the master of Count Hannibal, and this is what Lord Count himself said. ”
"It's amazing." Xiao Shufang nodded and said.
Last time, Xiao Shufang asked Marshall curiously, why Bloody Wings went to Ivor, after all, the Griffin Wings family is the griffin that has tamed most of the regular griffin troops in the empire, and at the same time, as a family famous for domesticating griffins, the Griffin Wings family is also the most powerful, so Xiao Shumad is very curious why Bloody Wings returned to Ivor.
Later, Marshall told Xiao Shumad that Bloody Wings had indeed made a special trip to visit Master Edric, because most of the Battle Griffins selected by the Bloodfeather Griffin were raised by Master Edric, because only the Master could raise Battle Griffins to be able to carry human knights to fight, and at the same time have a strong sense of attack (equivalent to elite creatures) of Battle Griffins.
It was the young Hannibal who traveled to Ivor and became acquainted with Master Edric, who was very different from the domestication method of the Griffon's Wings family, which opened Hannibal's eyes.
As a result, the Grand Duke of the Griffonwings lost his temper with his son and almost expelled Hannibal from the family. Because the people of the Griffin Wings family actually don't use their own griffins, and use other people's griffins, so that the Grand Duke can't afford to lose people, after all, nobles are good-looking.
And the Grand Duke will not think that there is any griffin can compare with the griffin domesticated by the Griffin Wings family, you must know that the king of griffins, the crown griffin, is domesticated by the ancestors of the Griffin Wings family, and the Griffin Wings family naturally has an incomparable sense of superiority over domesticating griffins.
However, it is said that after three defeats in the battle between the griffin trained by Adric and the griffin of the Griffon Wings family, the Grand Duke recognized Master Edric's ability to tame griffons, and strongly invited the master to become a guest of the Griffon Wings family.
Later, Hannibal chose the battle griffins raised by Master Adric and the griffin knights of the griffin wings family, and after many battles, he inadvertently trained a super strong blood-feathered griffin, and even surpassed the crown griffin in one fell swoop. Although the Bloodfeather Gryphon cannot be passed down through bloodline, it can only be trained through special methods, and the cost exceeds that of most Battle Griffins, but it is not too expensive compared to the expensive Crowned Griffin. However, the Bloodfeather Griffon's performance on the battlefield is much stronger than that of the Crowned Griffon.
Therefore, the name of Bloodwings may be difficult for ordinary people to hear, but Count Hannibal, the proud disciple of Master Edric, is famous in Ivor.
The mark of the Bansfath family given by Marshall is to give Xiao Shufang a chance to get a griffon at the master, but this is just an opportunity, after all, the master can even refuse the Grand Duke, and Marshall, a junior, is said to be respectful when he sees Master Edric.
"Master Edric is in Rainbow Town in the northwest, it's a good place, you probably have to cross three mountains, it's near the Sunset Mountains, so it's possible to encounter demonic beasts, so you can't worry about going on the road alone, so I'll call a few young men to accompany you." Uncle Billy patted Xiao Shufang on the shoulder and said.
"Uncle, don't look at me small, but I'm very powerful." Xiao Shu said frantically.
"Well, Edward, you're our Ivor guest, and since you're going to see Master Edric, I'll have to send you there safely." Uncle Billy pulled Xiao Shu and said.
Xiao Shu frantically excused himself several times, so he could only agree to the uncle's kindness.
So Xiao Shumad and his uncle and a few young men in the village all went on the road, and the rich Xiao Shumad naturally purchased a lot of items in the village and gave a lot of gifts to those young men. These small means made everyone quickly close the distance, and everyone in the group went on the road with laughter and laughter.