Heart of the Castle

Chapter 818 Great Celebration, Restoration of the Kingdom
The passionate and resonant military horns sounded in unison, followed by shouts from thousands of throats like a landslide, shaking the air in the morning with a faint white mist.Gordon Knight, the captain of the No. 18 heavy cavalry company of the first branch of the Griffin Knights, subconsciously clenched his fists, and then let them go.The mount under his crotch seemed to feel the master's anxiety, and snorted uneasily, causing Ge Dun to reach out his hand in a hurry and stroke the horse's head gently.

As a company captain who has just taken office for less than two months, Gordon Knight is still in the learning stage. He not only learns from his colleagues and superiors, but also from the senior non-commissioned officers in his company.The no-frills simplicity of the villager's children, coupled with their excellent knight qualifications, quickly won the recognition of the company's non-commissioned officers and cavalrymen. Although it is far from being loved, Gordon firmly believes that there will be such a day.

The premise is that he does not mess up the largest military parade in the history of the Kingdom of Arthur. Whether it is the wrong step of the horse, or the loss of the sword or shield due to excessive tension, the name of Gordon will become the name of the ambassador in the eyes of all countries. The jokes were even composed into funny ditties by the humorous bards, and they were sung loudly on street corners and taverns where people gathered.

If this happened, I'm afraid Gordon has no other choice but to die.

Seeing the young company captain's overly excited heart, but he didn't want to show the stiff expression, the old sergeant major Ralph, who had more than ten years of military experience, grinned and showed an exaggerated and rude smile. "Hey, little boss." He whispered the nickname of Knight Gordon, and at the same time, he lightly pinched the belly of the mount with his legs, and the well-trained horse immediately took two steps forward knowingly, no more, no less , just stopped beside Gordon Knight.

"Don't be so nervous, relax." The old sergeant major patted Gordon Knight's white-glazed shoulder armor, and made two clangs, "Otherwise, when the horn sounds for the fourth time, we need to gallop across the square. You'll have to make a fool of yourself - you can't salute Her Majesty with such a stiff arm."

"Who is nervous? I'm fine." Knight Gordon refused to admit it bluntly, and turned his head at the same time, but his eyes did not dare to meet the old sergeant major.Then the young company captain lowered his eyes and checked his saddle again and whether his armor was tight—today's No. 18 times.

There was a non-malicious low laugh behind him, and there were more than one place. Knight Gordon didn't dare to turn his head. He tried to show an image of a mature and prudent senior company captain, but the cavalry of the first regiment of Griffins were basically Those with brains, he knew that they probably couldn't be fooled.

The horns sounded loudly for the second time, and this time joined the ensemble of brass horns, the sound was loud and unruly, and there was also the sharp sound of the elf horn flute that resounded through the clouds.Gordon Knight raised his head subconsciously, his eyes showed a deep envy, as if his eyes could penetrate the colored cloth ceiling above his head, and saw the neatly lined up sky knights galloping between the strict barriers and the blue sky and white clouds .

Sky Knights can be said to be the most enviable and jealous of young people among the various arms of the Griffon Knights, and none of them.Wearing exquisite and light enchanted leather armor, they drive majestic griffins to parade the sky, and they are often accompanied by slender high elf knights riding silver Pegasus, listening to their beautiful voices like singing, Such a life is simply not too happy.

Among the many armies in the Kingdom of Arthur, countless warriors and knights submitted applications for this purpose. Almost every young man was willing to accept the most severe test, or willing to give up a comfortable and easy life to enter a discipline as strict as an ascetic monk. Among the Griffin Knights, it is only in exchange for a chance to be trained as a sky knight.

That is a romantic dream that only belongs to young people, perhaps it has not been eroded by the cruel reality, and it seems too immature and ridiculous.But young people should always have dreams, and the Sky Knights of the Griffon Knights has a group of quite elite substitutes, so that every time Levi Ston thinks that he will match the Elven Silver Pegasus Knights with the Griffin Sky Knights The wise decision of the joint formation of the knights couldn't help but smile.

Gordon Knight also submitted the application with confidence.He is indeed confident that he will be approved, because in the near-miss battle at St. White Rock, the young knight performed very well, not only showing extraordinary courage as a knight, but also showing that he is capable of serving as a commander of troops. His calm judgment and excellent vision for capturing fighters.

Such outstanding talents should of course be recruited by the Sky Knights.

However, to Knight Gordon's disappointment, his application did pass the preliminary review—nine out of ten applicants were rejected in this step, and those who passed were often called elites, but those who failed Pass the next interview.

The reason is very simple. Knight Gordon's body is not suitable for being an air knight. He has the typical burly body of the sons of the peasants in the north. Due to the harsh environment and heavy farm work, he is more muscular and muscular.Although ordinary griffins can barely lift Gordon wearing a full set of air knight equipment into the air, they will be seriously affected in air combat, turning, diving, and long-distance flying.

So the dream of flying was shattered for Knight Gordon, who did not have the good luck and generosity of Dragonson the Iron Fist Knight.The latter spends nearly half of his salary on the purchase of roasted pigs, using it to establish a good relationship with a griffin named Azhu, so that when the military is not busy, he can work hard to carry his heavy body, Firmeyer circled triumphantly in the sky.

There was a burst of exclamation, as continuous as the rolling waves of the sea. These sounds mainly came from the people who came to watch the military parade in the capital of Fermeyer, and many of them were involuntarily made by envoys and entourages from other countries.Gordon Knight, who had participated in several rehearsals, couldn't help raising his chin slightly, showing a proud expression.

That was one of the two strongest ace troops in the Kingdom of Arthur, the alchemy airship fleet known as the overlord of the air flying over the king's capital at low altitude.Different from the Holy Sword Warrior class light reconnaissance ship with a total length of only 35 meters at the beginning, the warship that is now the main force of the alchemy flying ship fleet of the Kingdom of Arthur has become a large heavy fireship with a length of more than 100 meters. There are twelve murderous ships on the deck. The steaming storm thunder gun and two multi-mounted alchemy ballistas are powerful weapons, while the more than a dozen circular holes with a diameter of half a meter exposed on both sides of the bottom of the ship do not look hideous, but they are even more terrifying The ground-to-ground weapon—the launch port of the small spirit monster's incendiary bombs, even if it is just a full-scale attack by a battleship, it can still plunge a castle without sufficient anti-air defense power into a devastating fire.

In the previous rehearsals, the captains of flying ships with superb skills and courage tried their best to keep the height down, so that the bottom keel of the ship almost flew over the tops of the surrounding towers, which made the air battleships with a length of [-] meters even more impressive. It is extraordinarily majestic and murderous, giving people a very strong sense of oppression.

After the initial excitement, Knight Gordon felt a little disappointed. He even thought that most of the ground troops would be useless due to the existence of the alchemy airship.Especially the heavy cavalry units who are good at launching powerful group charges. Although they can smash through the most solid and compact enemy formations, they can't threaten the alchemy flying ship floating in the sky hundreds of meters at all.

If it weren't for a more targeted force at the end of the military parade, the Gordon Knights might really feel desperate.

The tune of the horn for the third time is extremely low and vigorous, with a certain mourning flavor.The appearances of the fourth branch of the Griffin Knights and the Blood Dagger Special Operations Force were ordinary, far less shocking than the huge pike heavy infantry phalanx or the alchemy airship fleet.However, only those who are quite familiar with military affairs can see that the movements of the sniper archers wearing gray-green cloaks do not seem to be fast, and the queue is even more scattered, but they are faintly forming a big net without dead ends; Elite sharpshooters holding heavy alchemy crossbows form a tighter formation, and can launch waves of continuous attacks that are as dense as showers on enemies hundreds of meters away.

Of course, while such a purely long-range unit has great attack power, its close-up defense capability is also appalling, and usually requires a sufficient number of heavy infantry to form a phalanx for protection.However, the sub-commander of the [-]th Griffin Regiment, Sir Grace the Sniper Archer, chose a different path. His auxiliary troops did not choose defensive heavy infantry, but chose special operations from Blood Dagger. The elite assassin of the army.

The Blood Dagger was originally a killer unit affiliated to the Sleepless Eye intelligence organization, and it was considered well-known. However, as the Sleepless Eye intelligence network was destroyed by demons, this army has already lost all casualties.The Blood Dagger re-established in Northern County has almost no original team members. Half of them belong to the Shadow Assassins who surrendered with Alan Skett, while the other half are transformed by the Heart of the Castle and replaced their allegiance. Elven assassin.

With such a group of elite assassins who are proficient in detection, assassination and disruption, there is no way for any army to launch a successful surprise attack on the fourth group of Griffins.And even a heavily armored troop composed entirely of knights with grudges could hardly withstand the blows of countless small monster bursting arrows shot by the heavy alchemy crossbow, let alone brave the death arrow rain to carry out a group charge.

When the horn sounded for the fourth time, Gordon Knight was sure that his heart stopped for at least several seconds.Then the figure in front began to shake, and the armed attendants waved the flags vigorously, golden spears, steel roses, gray towers, blood-stained long swords and various other family emblems appeared and disappeared with the fluttering of the flags.Immediately there was a long hiss of a steed, and a knight in fiery red armor rushed out of the tent made of colored cloth, followed closely by a standard bearer, holding a painting with a picture of a burning fire in his hands. Composition of round round banners.

"Attention all the knights of the first regiment of the Griffon, follow the practice of the exercise, patrol the speed, pay attention to the distance from each other, and move forward!"

The voice of the sub-regiment leader, Mr. Wilps, rang in the ears of Knight Gordon. The voice pierced the spine of the young company captain like an ice knife, making his whole body tremble.

"No. 18 Heavy Cavalry Company, go forward!" He suddenly puffed up his chest on the horse, shouted loudly, and shook the rein at the same time, the mount, which had been unable to hold back for a long time, immediately neighed, and galloped towards the sun-drenched square. and go.

Seeing the heavy cavalry troops sweeping across the field of vision like a steel frenzy, Grand Duke Zandora Baron, the regent of the Kingdom of Deldes, once again confirmed that his approach was extremely correct, as if the Lord of Glory, Flandara, used him to warm him. His golden fingers guided him to find the most correct path.

The Kingdom of Arthur not only has a few legendary powerhouses, this kingdom dominating the north of the mainland now has an extremely powerful military force, and even in terms of conventional troops, it is enough to compete with the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Glorious Alliance.The Kingdom of Deldes is known as the country of cavalry, but Grand Duke Zandora does not think that the Golden Dragon Knights—the strongest heavy cavalry unit in Deldes—can tear apart the thousand-man heavy infantry phalanx that appeared at the beginning of the military parade. It was impossible to contend against the formidable opponents in front of us.There are so many flags flying over the head of this army, it is almost like a sea of ​​colors, and it feels suffocating.

"What are these northern hillbillies doing?" Grand Duke Zandorah heard someone in the entourage muttering in a low voice, "How did they get so many banners with golden crossed swords? That's only the rank of Grand Knight Commander and above. , will be granted a symbol of glory!"

"Don't talk about the Kingdom of Arthur in this tone, and don't belittle them." Grand Duke Zandora warned in a cold tone, "Sir Juan, I asked you to come to the Kingdom of Arthur with the mission to meet with that Establish a bridge of communication between the young regents, instead of asking you to cause trouble for the Kingdom of Deldes. If you can't control your mouth, I have to change to another confidant."

"But..." Sir Juan didn't expect that Grand Duke Zandora, who has always been pleasant, would say such a strong warning to him, and he couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face, "Your Excellency Zandora, forgive me To be frank, the Kingdom of Arthur does have quite awe-worthy military power, which can be seen from the previous batches of troops. But I counted just now, and among the heavy cavalry troops with less than 120 people, there were [-] troops fighting Such a flag is too ridiculous, even our Deldes Kingdom can't do it."

"That's because... now you have 120 great knight commanders in front of you." Grand Duke Zandora replied enthusiastically, "Think about it, what a terrifying power this is? Even the Knights of the Sword of Sin But that's it!"

Sir Juan's lips twitched twice. He really didn't believe what he heard, but he didn't want to offend Grand Duke Zandorah, who was obviously immersed in fanaticism. 120 Grand Knight Commanders?For a country of knights like the Kingdom of Deldes, it is quite a large number. Perhaps if the team leaders and company leaders of all knight orders are gathered together, plus noble private soldiers and royal secret troops, it can barely It can be made up, but it is difficult to form it into a prohibited army.

However, before he could express his objection, accompanied by a roar of "Long live the Kingdom of Arthur!", the heavy cavalry in front of him lit up with colorful fighting spirit lights, many of which were clearly showing the scattered fighting spirit. The characteristics of Hua Dingfeng - strong glare, like flames, or the phenomenon of forming illusory beasts and explosions of natural elements.

"This is...a pure...pure knight army, and there are really more than 100 strong knights above the Grand Knight Commander!" Sir Juan sat down on his seat with a pale face, and for the first time in his heart he did not hesitate to Grand Duke Zandora. I felt genuine approval for lowering my figure and trying to win over the young regent.

The Kingdom of Deldes really should not confront such a military power, nor should any country.

Sir Juan looked around, and sure enough, he saw fear and despair on the faces of many envoys from the small principality.Unlike the Kingdom of Deldes, which still has a certain degree of resistance, the duchies in these glorious alliances are small in territory and weak in strength, and have already been firmly controlled by the Temple of Glory. There is no violation of the order.

With a light cough, Sir Juan turned his head and saw two familiar faces, one of them was Viscount Albany of the Kingdom of Floresa, and the other was Baron Roma of the Kingdom of Sigis , Among the missions of those two countries, they both belonged to the No. [-] figure—exactly the same status as myself, but the missions they carried were not the same.

Compared with the principal envoy and the deputy envoy, the position of the third person in the envoy is very subtle, neither too attractive nor humble, and low in power, so it is more suitable for some secret talks, contacts and agitation Secrets like that.As the confidant of Grand Duke Zandora, the regent of the Kingdom of Deldes, Sir Juan’s mission is to establish a semi-public liaison office in the Kingdom of Arthur to facilitate communication between the two regents at any time; Viscount Albany is the former Come and watch - His Majesty King Philip II of the Kingdom of Flora has always acted cautiously, and this old groundhog will never make his own decision until the last moment.

Baron Roma's mission was the worst. For some reason, His Royal Highness Prince Locke of the Kingdom of Sigis fell in love with a beautiful knight in silver armor and wanted to accept her as the crown prince and side concubine, so he asked him to come forward to make a request.However, His Royal Highness did not know the name of the beautiful knight, let alone her appearance. Apart from the description of "a head of flowing blond hair and a graceful figure", there was only the family badge of the beautiful knight.

A ring of steel composed of twelve longswords.

(End of this chapter)