After being attacked by Sun Knight Gawain's Sword of Victory, the Orkney Nation was finally free of the attacks of those annoying harpies, and was able to sail south smoothly on the sea for two days.

Now, however, they are finally in a little bit of trouble.

That's actually because the weather at sea today is a little not good, and it seems to be a premonition of some storms

At this time, the dark clouds in the sky were very thick and rolling, and they directly blocked the sunlight that shone down, and now the sea breeze was very strong, and the waves were a little strong, but they had not yet reached the point where they had to stop and find a place to shelter from the wind. So, this medium-sized warship of Orkney County, this lone boat on the sea, is still cutting through the wind and waves quickly, still stubbornly sailing on the turbulent sea.

“”

When he started to notice that the weather was different, Gawain had been worried about raining!

Because he knew that when the ship encountered strong winds and rain at sea, it would be a disaster, and everyone in the whole ship would not want to rest!

And when the rain began to fall, not only did the sailors on deck have to check the sails and cables all the time, but all the people in the cabins below deck also had to use all kinds of tools to drain the water overboard, whether it was pots and pans, barrels and spoons, or else, let the water continue to pour into the cabins along the doors or through the cracks in the deck, and at a certain point, it will sink and sink.

Wood can float on the sea, but that doesn't include the ship full of people, horses, and supplies!

Of course, that bad situation is not happening now

Because Gawain saw that there seemed to be no more situation here except for the cloudy sky and the strong wind and waves, although the sky looked very much like it was about to rain, but it did not fall alive or dead, even if the dark clouds were always very thick, so that the daytime sun could not shine down, but they were just so willful to roll with the wind.

So, with some doubts in his heart, he had to stagger to the bow of the boat and found the middle-aged man who could stand firmly without holding on to the edge of the boat or other things.

Although almost everyone in Orkney County, located in the archipelago, is proficient in water, is no stranger to wind and waves, and does not get seasick or anything, Gawain, who rarely goes to sea all year round, is certainly not as good as these sailors and the captain who are busy going back and forth quickly when they are on a seaboard.

"Captain, is this about to break out in a storm?"

"Will something happen to the ship? Do we need to find a place to shelter from the wind or shelter from the rain that is coming?! ”

After grasping a cable, Gawain turned to the captain who was standing at the bow of the ship, staring ahead with wide eyes, and from time to time giving the helmsman at the back of the ship with various orders in a loud voice.

Now they were not very far from the coastline on the right, and if he could, he hoped to find a suitable place to anchor the boat to shelter from the storm, or the storm that was coming! After all, in this ship right now, there are still his three brothers and sisters Gawain and a full fifty powerful heavily armored knights and cavalry, don't accidentally turn all over into the sea!

When the time comes, although it may not be directly wiped out, but the casualties are certain, and he will never take that risk!

"No, it's not raining right now!"

"Your Highness! Here, these damn clouds are like that, they're just ordinary sea breezes, they're not storms! ”

Originally, as the captain of the ship, he didn't need to stay at the bow to check the sea conditions ahead, but somehow, one of the most experienced and eye-catching people on their ship, and the one who was known as 'Eagle Eye', was captured by those damn harpies the day before yesterday!

Now, I guess that hapless guy is about to turn into monster, right?

Because of this, because they have now lost the eyes that claim to be able to see the farthest distance, and the useless clever ghost who has just replaced the top of the mast to look out for it, under the current situation where the hull of the ship is shaken violently by the strong wind, it is estimated that he has already been shaken dizzily and shivering in the lookout, right?

Therefore, as the captain of the ship, he must not entrust the life of the whole ship to the stupid fellow above, so he can only run to the bow of the ship himself, intending to personally guide the helmsman behind him out of this dangerous sea. He's not afraid of storms, but he has to be afraid of those damn reefs!

"But Captain, now that the wind is so strong, even if it doesn't rain, it should be a good choice for us to find a place where we can shelter from the wind?"

"Look at it! Ahead, in the distance, the waves are bigger than here! ”

Gawain looked at the sails that had been blown up by the strong wind, and then at the captain in front of him, who could stand firmly on the bow of the ship with only two legs, and after thinking about it, he still suggested it loudly to the other party.

In his opinion, they don't have to rush to fight, and it doesn't seem to matter if they arrive at Camelot two days early and two days late, so it's better to find a place to shelter from the wind and rest, and wait until tomorrow when the wind and waves are calm, and then set sail comfortably.

"Your Highness, you are thinking too much!"

"There is no need to shelter from the wind for the time being, now we are driving downwind, and then a little further on the sea route for about half a day, passing a small place called **Ding, and then to another sea area in front, the wind will naturally become smaller! This place, we call it Howling Fjord, it is like this, but today did not catch up with the good weather, the wind is a little stronger! ”

"So, please don't worry!"

"Believe me, it's still dangerous to be on the shore!"

After understanding the words of His Royal Highness the Prince, the captain unceremoniously refuted the other party's proposal.

Now in a place like this, he won't change course and get there! Because, on the shore, it is the territory of the barbarian Saxons, and it is also a densely populated area, where do they stop?

If you accidentally find out by those crazy guys, people will sneak up, and they will be a whole ship of hundreds of people, and maybe no one will be able to escape at that time! Regarding the matter of navigation, he would not listen to this Prince Gawain, even if the other party was powerful and polite and loved by them!

He would rather fight the storm in this howling fjord, and would rather be swept by the wind and waves for half a day than be caught as a slave by those barbarians on the shore or cut off his head with a 'click'!

"And! Your Highness, you better hurry to the cabin and stay there, for if you fall into the sea, we will not be able to pick you up again in such a big wave! ”

Seeing that the other party was holding on to the cable and stumbling from time to time, the captain frowned and half-roared and pointed in the direction of the hatch.

This is not his nonsense, in this environment, no matter who falls into the sea, then there is no way to resign himself to fate and pray for God's protection, and no one can save him, let alone stop the boat!

In the face of such a raging sea, all living beings are equal!

Here, there are no princes and commoners, and there is no distinction between the noble and the lowly, only life and death, to overcome these little storms and get a way to live; Or, sink in this sea and die! And this is the current state of navigation in this world, and the danger of those who go to sea, especially on long voyages, is no less dangerous than a battle.

"Okay, Captain, you have the final say!!"

Panting and looking at the surrounding situation, although there was some helplessness in his heart, but since the other party could be sure that there would be no heavy rain, and there would be no bigger storm, Gawain had no choice but to nod, turned around and held on to the cable and mast guardrail, etc., and groaned as the waves swayed and the wood writhed violently, almost as if it was about to fall apart at any time, and carefully touched back into the cabin on the deck of the ship.

Soon, all that was left was the still-busy sailors, the wind, the waves, and some old captain with his legs on the bow of the ship undulating with the ship.

The countries and territories in southern Britain here, I don't know why, suddenly began to be treacherous, and the various lords who were originally a group of harmonious people began to fight one after another, and I don't know what they are for?

The local peasants only knew that the lords had ordered them to pay more food, and asked for weapons, armor, and other things that were clearly preparing for war!

However, there is basically nothing going on here in the Kingdom of Camelot right now.

Artoria Pandragon, acting as the princess and in charge of Camelot, was still busy with the seemingly never-ending politics of the small place, and how to train the recruits she had just recruited! In many things, because there are no suitable helpers and knights to assist her, she needs to do almost all the military and political affairs by herself, so that she is a little lacking in skills for a while, and she suffers from busy and boring things every day.

Of course, today, she has one more thing, and that is: prepare the first batch of griffon knights in the training department!

She didn't think about it overnight, she probably just trained about ten new knights of this kind, first set up a rack of air troops, and then slowly trained and developed! For now the griffons had resettled in this small fortress north of Camelot, and they had been forced to move in two hundred and thirty-three!

Among them, there are at least about one hundred and fifty of them, and in this way, it is almost possible to form a whole three griffon knights with a strength of fifty people.

However, the worst thing is that she is stupid Artoria herself, and now there is not a single griffon knight!

This kind of terrifying creature that only appears in mythology is much rarer than those trolls in the north, and if it weren't for a court ** master who caught them, I'm afraid many people would never see this kind of creature in their lives, let alone ride them.

So, after a day's hiatus, a certain Silly couldn't wait to announce the recruitment of Griffon Knights from among all the soldiers!

So, now their hundreds of pre-contestants, the most powerful soldiers in the army of less than a thousand, came to the fortress renamed the Griffon Castle, surrounded by ten huge yellow-brown adult griffins, here in this large meadow, to carry out the preparation and recruitment ceremony of the first Royal Griffin Knights of Camelot!

It's just that things didn't go as smoothly as a certain dumb king imagined

"Hahaha"

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"I'm going to laugh to death!"

"Just the kind of guy they are, and they still want to be a griffin knight? Sister Silly Hair, let me tell you, stupid and weak fools like them will one day be eaten by the griffons! ”

Looking at the distance as another group of soldiers climbed on the backs of the griffons who had been forced to submit, and then were thrown off one by one in the training of accelerated running and low-altitude flight, and were declared eliminated, little Anne, who had been watching from the sidelines, laughed heartlessly and out loud.

In fact, this project to select griffin knights is quite simple, it is just three simple requirements:

First, the recruits need to lie on the backs of the griffons and make them speed up to run, turn, jump, etc., and if they don't fall, they will be considered clear!

Second, if you pass the first level, then start testing the low-altitude project! After a quick run and a turn, the griffons will start gliding around the meadow a few laps at a height of about three to five meters, and if they can stay on the griffin's back, they will pass the second level.

Thirdly, after passing the second level, the griffin will soon continue to hover and rise into the air, until it reaches a height of about thirty or fifty meters, or even a hundred meters higher, hovering and doing some tactical maneuvers with large angles of turning and diving.

After passing three levels, you will become a new recruit of the Griffin Knights, and will soon join the daily flight training conducted by Her Royal Highness Artoria herself, and become a member of the Griffon Knights!

But alas, the number of people who have passed the test at the moment is: zero!

And the reason why Anne is here is as a kind of insurance, that Artoria is going to pull her to help, in case the soldiers fall from the height, she can save a little bit, save some of the hapless fellows who fell to their deaths because the griffons didn't have time to capture them when they fell!

However, it turns out that Anne is now being brought here, which is completely superfluous! Those useless Camelot soldiers, none of them can reach the third level at all.

In the time of this small meeting, those stupid people have chosen a full six groups of people!

Except for the stupid hairy king, who could hold the largest white-haired griffin in the air and move or dive at will, perfectly completing all the tactical moves she had formulated, the six groups of people just now, they all failed without exception!

Among them, twenty-seven people were ruthlessly thrown down and eliminated when they were running and jumping at high speed on the ground, and then, the remaining thirty-three people were all eliminated at the stage of low-altitude skimming!

And the best of the thirty-three of them persisted in flying almost two laps before falling down.

But the ones that were a little closer, after passing the first level by luck, were thrown off in various postures just as the griffons accelerated and began to fly into the air!

So, now little Anne herself has nothing to do with her except to stay on the sidelines and watch the excitement and taunt the grown-ups fiercely.

Anyway, three or five meters above the grass will not kill people, plus the physical fitness of the earthlings in this period is still very strong, so she didn't think about helping at all, so she gloated and watched those people being thrown to the ground, or lying on the ground wailing and screaming.

"Sister Silly Hair!"

"Didn't I tell you to put on those griffon rides before you formed your Royal Griffin Knights of Camelot? Look at it, with their stupid guys now, there will definitely be no qualifications, you are really busy today, you might as well train those pikemen! ”

"And!"

"I'll tell you quietly, I just secretly cast a spell to see it, and their phalanx turned out to be oval, and their guys, just a handful of people gathered together, there was no formation at all!"

In the distance, the sturdy adult griffons were looking down on the seventh group of soldiers who were about to be selected, not to mention Anne now, even the animals looked down on those stupid fellows!

When she saw their supposedly strongest soldiers, trembling with the help of square stools, climb onto the griffons' tall backs and cling to their thick feathered necks, Anne couldn't help but remind some stubborn Dumb Knot sister again.

"If you put the horses on, maybe they've already made it through some of them."

The attitude of the griffons was obvious, they completely looked down on the useless soldiers who climbed on their backs, and they were not happy to fly with them! From the eyes of those fierce beasts, Anne could see that they did not agree with the 'brave' Camelot soldiers at all!

Because, they are so weak, neither strength nor courage is enough!

And some people, even when they only flew to a height of five meters, they closed their eyes and screamed in fright, and some almost peed their pants like that, when the griffins flew to a height of more than 100 meters, wouldn't they be directly scared to death?!

And if it weren't for the existence of that griffon's feather, guys like them wouldn't have been able to get close to those fierce big guys, right?

Perhaps, it will be eaten directly?

Come to think of it, in the world of Azeroth, when that kind of griffon appeared in a flock, it was said that even the dragon would have to take a detour or avoid it from a distance! Therefore, if you forcibly carry those useless guys, I am afraid that there will be no other use than forcibly reducing the combat power of the griffons and turning a group of fierce beasts into mounts.

"Riding Equipment"

"Nope! If they can't even make this simple selection, then I'm sure I won't let them become my griffon knights! ”

"My Griffin Knights, only the strongest, bravest, and most adaptable to the skies!"

Without even thinking about it, Artoria rejected Anne's suggestion, saying that she would not put the griffons on their horses and then select her griffon knights.

Because, in her heart, she already regarded these air units as her Artoria's trump card, as the core force of her Camelot kingdom and the most powerful external deterrent! She has already decided: after the selected griffon knights have been trained and initially formed into an army, they will not only be directly given a new title to the 'Royal Griffin Knights of Camelot', but also directly obtain a small fief of no man's land about the size of a small village!

She takes the Griffin Knights very seriously!

Even if no one had used such air units in the war in Britain, Artoria herself could imagine how much they would help her! Therefore, in line with the principle of preferring shortage to abundance, she would rather raise the assessment requirements a little more than just anyone into her Royal Griffin Knights!

Moreover, after the attempt she just made, she felt that it was not difficult to pass her assessment!

Just relax your body, cling to the griffon's neck, and overcome your instinctive fear of heights, and you'll be able to soar above the blue sky! Just now, she had already experienced that exhilarating feeling.

Originally, this kind of selection was very unreliable, but for some reason, she didn't worry about the loyalty of those future griffin knights, because she controlled the ownership of the griffins in her own hands, and only she could use the golden feather! Once anyone dares to rebel or disobey her orders, those fierce big guys can eat the 'luncheon meat' they carry behind their backs at any time!

All right

The term 'luncheon meat' was definitely not brought up by Artoria herself, but was accidentally heard by a little girl after she had broken it first.

In short, now that the selection has to use riding equipment or something, she will never agree!

Those guys who will be frightened and scream in fear even if they fly a few meters high, even if they are really forcibly trained with riding tools, but the kind of guys who do not have the courage to soar in the air and fight like an eagle, even if they ride a griffin, what kind of combat power can they have?

What she Artoria wants, is a pack of warriors like wolves who can watch over their enemies in the sky and are ready to prey on them, not a flock of winged sheep flying in the sky!

"Whatever you want, but if you have to talk like this, maybe not a single griffon knight will get it today!"

"Haha! You see, they did fall again, right? ”

As soon as Anne finished speaking, she saw that the soldiers of the eighth group who had participated in the selection had once again fallen from the griffons who were running or flying low, and there was an unlucky fellow who seemed to have one hand crooked at a strange angle, and it was not known whether it was broken or dislocated, but in any case, he must have been given at least a few months of paid leave, which was excellent.

"You'd better lower your requirements, they're so stupid, they're the best?"

"Otherwise, your griffon knights won't be able to get together for a long time!"

After laughing happily, Anne was a little embarrassed.

Griffons or something, she caught them, but now there are no griffon knights, which is a bit of a bit of a fun. Although the big birds in the distance are very powerful, if you want to rush to the ground to fight hand-to-hand, you may be killed!

"It doesn't matter!"

"There's no need to rush this matter, besides, whether it's those riding equipment or short spears suitable for high-altitude throwing, it will take a lot of time to build, so we still have time!"

Even when only the uneasy ninth and tenth groups of soldiers were left in the end, Artoria stubbornly planned to continue her original plan.

As for the soldiers who were being trained in the military camp in the east of the city, she couldn't help it for the time being, after all, she couldn't spare much time to train them herself, so she could only leave it to those low-level officers to deal with. Anyway, she didn't plan to let those ordinary soldiers participate in the fierce battle, as long as they could shout and cheer, and then line up in a neat formation.

Even if it's an oval phalanx, it will always get better!

Now she is more concerned about the griffins' riding gear and chest guards, head guards and limb protective armor, although Anne, the little one, has given her a complete set of griffin protection drawings, but for those blacksmiths can build on time, she is faintly anxious.

Because, in ten or so days at most, it will be the date of her coronation, and at that time, she hopes to see at least ten griffin knights in gilded armor appear at her coronation, and at the same time deter some of the conspirators of Camelot, but also give the surrounding dishonest lords and kingdoms a disadvantage?

If you can't recruit griffon knights, you can only be griffins!

"Hah! All right! ”

"Nothing to do with me now, right? You see, your 'Royal Griffin Knights of Camelot' has now been wiped out, and none of them have been chosen! ”

Grinning and pointing to the 10th group of soldiers who were being thrown off their backs by the arrogant fierce big guys in the distance, Anne taunted the other party very shamelessly.

Now there is a problem of griffins and no knights, so leave it to the other party to deal with, she doesn't want to worry about these troublesome things! In a few days, when she secretly launches a few military satellites from the Kpru star region into the orbit of this earth, her strategic sand table will be almost complete.

When the time comes, she will be able to hide in the castle with God's vision, and there will only be great battles! Fighting wars or something, she's very good at it! In those mock battles of the Hope, no matter how badly fought and how chaotic the command was, she never lost.

“”

"It doesn't matter, tomorrow I'll continue to expand the selection range! Even ordinary Camelot citizens, when the time comes, they can also participate! ”

"There are tens of thousands of people here in Camelot, and I firmly believe that dozens of people can definitely make up for it!"

Artoria was also a little annoyed to see a whole hundred soldiers spiraling, but she quickly decided: tomorrow, she will recruit from all the citizens of Camelot City and the nearby villages, as long as they meet their own requirements, both men and women can participate! Moreover, she will also offer at least two Ori's high-level salaries every month, and then she will definitely be able to select the royal griffin knight who satisfies her!

"Then whatever you want, I hope you can make it up sooner, I really don't want to be here to help you keep an eye on those stupid guys!!"

"So stupid, you deserved to die!"

Griffin knights or something, in Anne's opinion, are still those dwarves in the world of Azeroth who are better at it! Because they are short, relatively small, but have a lot of strength, some have special strength, and at the same time, due to their weight, they can also reduce the burden on griffins, which is the most suitable candidate for griffon knights!

However, there are probably no such dwarves on this earth

But in any case, Anne must not be very optimistic about the big soldiers over there, although they look strong, they are too heavy, so it is better to replace them with lighter ones! Like a woman, or a younger one?

"Huh? Why is that guy here again? ”

Anne saw two fellows walking on the path in the distance, one of them was an old god in the church, and the day before yesterday, the other party wanted to fool her into believing in their God!

"Because there have been soldiers injured since the first group, and the archbishop's priests have some small magic skills that are very effective in recovering from injuries, so I sent someone to invite them just now."

It's just that what Artoria doesn't know is, why did the archbishop come in person? Moreover, who is the nun beside him? Looking at the other party's clothes, it seems that her status should not be low, but why did she never know that there was such a nun in the church in her last life?

"Oh"

"Forget it, Tibbs, wait until she's done something bad."

Anne glanced at the beautiful big sister over there and didn't bother with it. Now she has more interesting things to deal with, even if it is really Merlin running out, as long as she doesn't take the initiative to provoke her, she Queen Anne doesn't bother to pay attention to it.

"Good day, Princess Artoria!"

Finally, Archbishop Padraic, who had a young nun, trembling in front of Artoria, bowed to a certain stupid hair, who was a little confused.

"Good day, Archbishop!"

"I'm sorry, but who is this?"

After greeting her, Artoria looked at the young nun beside the archbishop who was looking at her with a smile and a groan, the other party's appearance was very beautiful, like a fairy in the lake, and her temperament was very extraordinary, which made her believe that herself, including the previous life, had indeed never seen this person!

"Ah, let me introduce you: this is Merian Brosius, the Templar nun who was sent here from the Archbishop of Rome not long ago!"

"She was ordered by the Pope to inspect the development of the Church in Britain, but after coming to Camelot, the nun heard about you, so she planned to stay in Camelot for a while."

At this time, Padraic stepped forward and explained this to Artoria with a smile, and then, when he noticed that the little girl next to him didn't seem to care too much about the 'Melly' next to him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression became more natural.

"Hello, Princess Artoria, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

"You may not know it, but I am very 'admired' for you to dare to be king as a woman! So, I took the liberty of having the Archbishop bring me here! ”

"I've also heard that you must be a great presence to be able to put down so many rebellions in Camelot in such a short period of time!"

"If I could, on behalf of the Pope of Rome, I would like to bless you at your coronation ceremony later!"

"I believe that you must be the greatest queen of Britain and even of the Roman Empire!"

Looking at the heroic Artoria Pandragon in front of him with blue eyes, looking at the other party's blue robe and silver armor, Melly's eyes flickered for a while, and then she sighed seven points true and three points false.

She can see that the other party's every move these days, as well as those skilled skills in dealing with government affairs and military affairs, are definitely not something that a girl who is just fifteen years old can do! And coupled with the precipitated temperament of the other party now, this makes Melly very puzzled!

What did Morgan and the little girl next to her who she didn't dare to look at each other, what did they do to her Artoria and her 'Arthur'?!

"Thank you for the compliment!"

"This nun, I'm not that good, I just want to do my best to do everything to the best of my ability."

“”

"So, Your Highness Princess Artoria, do you mind if I attend your coronation when the time comes?"

"Of course I don't mind!"

"It will be the honor of my life to have you, the Templar nun from Rome, present to acknowledge it!"

"Thank you for your generosity, I'm really very happy!"

"By the way, I heard that your soldiers are injured, and I am very good at treatment, do you need to act now?"

Melly pretended to glance in the direction of the soldiers and griffins, though that wasn't what she was here for.

"Of course, please come here!"