A training ground somewhere in the inner city of Roland.

After more than four months of careful breeding, the original thunderwing wind snake larvae has grown into a body length of nearly four meters, the thickest part of the body is about 60 centimeters thick, the huge leather wings on both sides of the chest and abdomen spread out to a wingspan of five meters, although not yet fully adult, but already has the ability to fly low altitudes and short distances.

Coog, Fanny, and Ginny, the three first batch of Flying Snake Reserve Knights, have also cultivated the lightning meerkat inheritance to the extent that they can ride the Thunderwing Wind Snake, and all three of them have grown obvious slightly round beast side ears on the sides of their heads, and half-meter-long velvet tails that fork into two sides also stretch out from the back of their hips.

However, due to the current growth of the Thunder Wing Wind Snake, the load capacity and endurance are very limited, even if the three little guys are petite and light, they can only ride for a short time, and most of the time the way they command the Wind Snake is very similar to the way the black mages manipulate the demons.

After a little preparation, the three Little Wind Snake Knights demonstrated the simple way to freely manipulate the Thunder Wing Wind Snake in combat, especially demonstrating the improved attack methods of the Thunder Wing Wind Snake.

“...... With a range of about 500 meters, the destructive power and accuracy are still lacking, but according to you, it can be improved with training, which is really rare. The Grand Duke of West touched his chin thoughtfully.

"These three Thunder Wing Wind Snakes should only have LV30, and the original Thunder Breath only has a range of nearly sixty meters, and the power after exceeding fifty meters is very weak. ”

The red-haired Countess Wella commented with interest, "Just by putting this special muzzle on their upper and lower jaws, and spraying thunder and breath by narrowing the attack range, the range has been increased by more than ten times, and the attack method has also changed from a large-range magic attack to a concentrated shooting method, and the power has increased by at least two percent, which is really remarkable." ”

"These three little knights, how long have you been training? What about these thunderwing wind snakes?"

"The training period for the three of them is the same as that of the Thunderwinged Wind Snake, which is four months. ”

"It only takes four months to reach this level, so judging by the growth time of the Thunderwing Wind Snake," even the Duke of West was a little moved this time, "and it will be a real combat force in a year." ”

"Yes, although there are still some problems that need to be solved, it is possible to increase the attack range to several kilometers when the Thunderwing Wind Serpent reaches adulthood, and it is very flexible in tactical applications due to its fast movement and low-altitude flight ability. ”

Black De was also a little depressed, initially he originally planned to refer to some of his own knowledge to further cultivate the Thunder Wing Wind Snake into a real fantasy shijie super electromagnetic cannon cluster, he had carefully studied this information before, but after discussing it with those super jishu crazy goblins, he found that it was not so simple at all.

It was already very difficult to make a small coil-type electromagnetic cannon drive by hand, and since the lightning magic of the Thunder Wing Flying Serpent was very different from the real electric energy, how to convert it was a big problem. Even those goblins with an IQ of more than two hundred, Jishu Maniacs, would have a hard time solving these complex problems in a short period of time.

Although the adult Thunderwing Wind Snake may be able to possess enough thunder magic power to drive the Magic Iron Projectile, the current underage Thunderwing Wind Snake is completely unable to meet that standard, but the master craftsman Kebi still referred to Blade's idea to create a coil-style amplification muzzle, which greatly improved the Thunderwing Flying Snake's thunder breath attack.

"The cultivation of this Flying Snake Knight is too important. ”

Wei Na was a little excited, the red-haired female knight obviously thought of the tide of darkness that had plagued the border recently, "The adult Thunder Wing Wind Serpent is a high-level magical beast above LV60, if you can cultivate this kind of long-range combat power in large quantities, it is enough to change the difficult situation of the border city for a long time." Hede, this credit of yours is enough to promote you directly to the rank of viscount!"

"But the drawbacks are obvious. Instead of being complacent about the praise of the West's father and daughter, Head smiled wryly and pointed out the shortcomings: "The cost of raising a thunderwinged wind snake is not much different from that of a griffin of the same rank. ”

The reminder made Wella immediately calm down, frowning along with her father.

The Griffin Legion, to which the Ninth Legion of Roland City belongs, currently has more than 2,000 mature griffins that can be used as the main combat force in the air, accounting for about one-fifth of the total combat power of the griffins in the entire Olympus Empire. The annual cost of raising these high-level riding beasts is unimaginable to ordinary people. Every year, a large amount of taxes in Roland City and even the entire West family territory are swallowed up by these guys, not counting the training costs and high salaries of the elite griffin knights who are more expensive.

It's not that the empire doesn't want to train more griffon knights and air combat griffins, but a lot of things that even the country's financial resources can't afford.

If a child were asked on the street what he wanted to do in the future, five out of ten would probably answer, "I want to be a griffin knight when I grow up." "Every year, the empire recruits a large number of griffin reserve knights, and the average number of applications received by each city will not be less than 10,000 people, but there are less than 100 people who can hold on to the Zuihou screening process, and among these 100 reserve knights, there are less than ten people who can successfully become official griffin knights, and the rest are either eliminated or used as backups.

Although the griffin itself is a powerful flying monster, its main attack method is hand-to-hand combat. In order to give full play to the advantages of aerial combat power, the knights responsible for harnessing the griffin need to practice long-range attack methods, whether it is magic attack or spear axe throwing or even bow and arrow shooting, basically every griffin knight is a typical demon warrior and all-round warrior, otherwise they are simply not competent for harsh aerial combat and various flexible tactical applications. Therefore, every griffin knight has at least a sixth-order strength, which can be called the elite of the elite.

"Well, this is indeed a big problem, but the cost of training this flying snake knight is extremely low, compared to the high cost of cultivation and the very long training period of the griffin knight, which is a relatively big advantage. It's just that the level of these three Thunder Wing Wind Snakes is still relatively low, but when they mature, their wild instincts are greatly enhanced, how to ensure the safety of the knights and the accuracy of the pilots?"

Hand walked over to one of the Thunderwinged Wind Serpents and motioned for the West father and daughter to pay attention to the inconspicuous transparent gem in the center of the Flying Snake's head.

"This is a gem that has been injected with the magic of a spiritual black mage, and because it is directly connected to the head bone of the Thunderwing Wind Serpent, it has increased the effect of mental induction. ”

Patting the shoulder of the little reserve knight Cogg next to him, Head continued: "These three flying snake reserve knights continue to consume the crystal nucleus of the lightning mongoose and have a special lightning mongoose aura. This ensures the Flying Snake Knight's absolute domination over the Thunder Wing Flying Snake. ”

"Because many demonic beasts in the wild have a symbiotic habit and become a special group or cooperative relationship. For example, the lightning mongoose and the thunder wing wind snake are a typical, the lightning mongoose is a special carnivorous monster with a small body and amazing speed, they have a very special ability or breath, and often suppress the thunder wing wind snake with a small level to drive them to become subordinates, and cooperate in various ways to prey on other monsters or defend against other opponents, it can also be said that these two monsters often form a symbiotic relationship. ”

"I see what you mean," Duke West nodded slightly, "You cultivated the Flying Snake Knight by taking the Meerkat Crystal Nucleus, so that the Thunderwing Flying Snake thought that the knight who controlled him was his collaborator, so that his strength would not be reduced due to the weakening of his own wild instinct due to spiritual spells." ”

"Yes, but it also means that only specially trained knights can harness them. ”

"It's not a problem, the cost of cultivating the Flying Snake Knight is really quite cheap, well, referring to the comprehensive strength of this new combat power," Duke West pondered for a while, giving an estimated prospect, "With the current financial income of Roland City, it can afford the cultivation of about a thousand or so Thunder Wing Flying Serpents and Knights." It is enough to form a relatively effective combat force. And the difficulty of training is not high, and it should be able to be promoted to other border cities. ”

Wei Na snorted coldly: "I'm afraid that the Central Military Department of the Imperial Capital will not agree to allocate this fund." ”

Duke West sighed: "The imperial treasury is not rich, and the budget of the military department has always been very tight, so they can't be blamed. In recent years, our family's territorial taxes have been quite supportive, and although we need to apply to the Central Military Department for the establishment of new armed forces, it is indeed difficult to allocate funds. ”

"Father, last year's proposal to expand the Ninth Army was rejected by the Central Military Department, and I'm afraid those old guys will still refuse this time. Wella frowned and reminded, "Although it is possible to expand a small number of troops in the name of the West family's personal guards, it is ......."

"It can only be planned in the name of the reserves. Duke West sighed as well.

Hed was silent, although the wealthy nobles in the border territories seem to have great power and heavy troops, they are actually very thankless, and they have to worry about border issues and people's livelihood construction on the one hand, and on the other hand, they have to worry about the suspicion of the imperial center and even the emperor, which is really quite a dilemma.

"Wella, you and Hed go with you to discuss the details of the Flying Serpent Knights' forces with Shertias. Duke West took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, "This military meeting is more important, the staff group is evaluating the battle proposed by the Marquis of Sastan of the Fourth Legion, this time you don't have to participate in this operation, and you can be stationed in the city." ”

The red-haired countess stopped talking, and Duke West lovingly stroked the red hair on her sideburns, "You have been fighting for more than two months, and your body will be unbearable if you stay up, so leave it to your father this time." ”