Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 555: Chapter 21: Royal Griffin Knight Edwin

The construction projects by the dwarves, each one is extravagantly priced.

Take the Bauhinia Palace and Hesse Town for example, these two projects and fortresses, each consumed thousands of gold coins.

To build such luxurious and complete castles and towns, the material and labor costs alone are extremely high.

Moreover, the construction of various hospitals, monasteries, and roads, all require Su Li to invest money.

The territory’s investments in these areas can all be displayed on a list, needing a series of reports and accounts from the Provincial Affairs Council’s subordinate agencies.

Therefore, Su Li did not ask much about the dwarves’ expenses, but instead asked, ”With the Spring Brings Life to All Things ceremony approaching, what are your plans for next year? Which key projects are to be built?”

The dwarves immediately detailed, ”First, we need to build the Hesse Peaks, so that the territory’s Flying Horses and Griffins can reside in the Green Hills and the Gray Mountain Range’s Range Fault Peak area.”

Upon hearing this, Su Li nodded seriously. It is indeed necessary to construct this, as these high-tier beasts of Hesse Territory shouldn’t continue mingling with ordinary mounts in the same pastures.

As it stands now, the territory has more than thirty Griffin Knights, and the Griffins and Half Griffins combined are almost becoming a tribe.

Similarly, the Flying Horse Knights are no longer just two as before; now the territory has 5 Flying Horses.

These high-tier mounts are not suitable to be tethered in the stables, yet putting them in the pasture easily leads to problems. What if the griffins prey on the flying horses? Their owners might fight fiercely and remain Undying and Unyielding.

By constructing the Hesse Peaks next year, these high-tier mounts can be separated. Griffins can continue to thrive in the Green Leaf Hills and build the Griffin Forest. This hill area naturally has a lot of trees, suitable for the griffins to survive, while the herders can provide them ample food, allowing them to breed in the spring.

It must be noted that Hesse’s Half Griffins are not all newly hatched griffin cubs; nearly 10 of them were tamed by knights from the Griffin Forest. Like the others, they are expected to breed during the warm spring and being in an environment near the Griffin Forest will definitely better meet their needs than being on a farm.

Similarly, the Flying Horses can be stationed above the peaks. The high terrain and ravines of the Gray Mountain Range Range Fault Peak area have an abundance of quality forage grasses suitable for their survival and habitation.

If these two places are suitably constructed, the territory’s Air Cavalry and Monster Cavalry scale can be expanded.

Su Li’s ambition isn’t particularly high; these Flying Cavalry and Monster Cavalry units, given their enormous size, generally have smaller warband sizes than ordinary cavalry. A warband can be composed of just 24 people. Thus, forming 2 Warbands of Half Griffins and 1 Flying Horse Knight Order will suffice for now.

Additionally, Su Li has an extremely powerful Griffin Knight Order, composed of four Griffin Knights, including Oerstein, Hilude, and Gilles, alongside a new Griffin Knight: Edwin Stuart.

Aivender Stuart is the one attracted by the Double-tailed Comet fragment on the Bauhinia family’s banner to the Modheim Royal Griffin Military Academy as a prodigy.

As a Knight, Aivender’s background is far from ordinary; his family has served the Empire for generations. An ancient prophecy is passed down within his family: ”When a comet streaks across the sky, the Empire will welcome a savior.”

On Aivender’s birth day, a bright comet just passed through the night sky and fell in the mountains near Modheim. This phenomenon was interpreted by the Stuart family knights as the fulfillment of the prophecy, indicating that Edwin would become a Legendary Knight who stabilizes the Empire.

Thus, the entire family placed high expectations on him, training him with the most stringent standards. And Edwin showed extraordinary talent from a young age, mastering complex tactical theories rapidly and making the most correct and rational decisions in battle.

At the age of 14, Edwin entered the Modheim Royal Griffin Military Academy with near-perfect scores. Here, his talent was fully exhibited.

In the academy’s theoretical courses, Edwin hardly ever received scores below perfect in any exam. His study of military theory, tactical analysis, and historical cases reached an almost obsessive level.

In practical training, Edwin’s performance was equally astonishing. He could not only precisely control warhorses to perform high-difficulty maneuvers but also formulate astonishing tactics on the rapidly changing battlefield.

In the academy’s library, Edwin stumbled upon a long-lost tactical book ”Wings of the Empire”. The book recorded many forgotten tactics and strategies. By studying this book, Edwin created a unique ”Layered Attack” tactic, which proved extremely effective in numerous subsequent battles.

At the age of 15, he legendarily gained the favor of a tiger-striped griffin. No one knew how this 15-year-old Elite Knight managed to tame such a powerful tiger-striped griffin.

But this knight bloomed like a genius, earning the title of ”Royal Griffin Knight” at the age of 16, and began traveling, aiming to put his theories into practice and explore broader horizons.