Chapter 350 Counter-Ambush
Leon did not explain to Dallion about Kavala for the time being. After all, Leon was not sure whether Kavala would appear in the continent of Pendor.
The enemies that they have to deal with immediately are the three prophets.
It might be difficult for Dallion to understand why the former High King of Pendor would become a scourge, but he at least knew that the Three Prophets were undoubtedly a scourge.
The village of Kwen was massacred, and all the friendly villagers and kind nobles were killed. This was an unsolvable blood feud for Darion and Charles.
Killing the three prophets has become the most important thing at the moment.
So, almost the entire station came out in full force.
The current Griffin Knights are already a very strong armed force. Darion and Charles actually brought out more than 500 people from the base.
However, there are only forty Griffin Knights among them.
There are more than two hundred griffin servants - these servants are all cavalry and look quite strong.
The other two hundred or so men, all carrying longbows and swords and shields, looked like well-rounded, integrated soldiers similar to the Red Arrow Longbowmen. But in fact, they were new recruits who had not yet reached the standards of attendants, and some of them had just been recruited from the Drunkards' Regiment.
Dallion also introduced Leon to his right-hand man, Sir Azrael, the Grand Master of the Griffin Knights.
Azrael's father was a maester - a scholar who faithfully recorded history and a respected historian.
However, his father had suddenly passed away in Sarleon ten years before, and Azrael had become an apprentice blacksmith, studying for several years at the largest smithy in Sarleon.
But a few years ago, people from the Order of the Lion suddenly came to his house and wanted to take back his father's bachelor's medal and tried to steal the manuscripts left by his father.
It was then that Azrael learned that his mother had kept a manuscript that his father had written. The manuscript recorded all the dirty deeds that Ulric had done in cooperation with the Three Prophets after the Knights of the Lion were rebuilt ten years ago - including many massacres.
His mother refused to hand over the manuscript, which led to a conflict and the Lion Knight killed his mother.
Azriel was not the kind of person who would just accept things as they came. He killed the Lion Knight and then fled.
While on the run, Azriel has been exposing the darkness of the Lion Knight everywhere.
More than a year ago, by chance, he met Darion's adoptive father, Sir Baldemar, on the Goddess Mountain.
Afterwards, Azriel became an important helper to Dallion.
In fact, the greatest help Azrael brought to Dallion was not his martial arts and knowledge, but his blacksmithing skills - in more than a year, he turned the ebony ore in the ruins into weapons.
The most powerful aspect of the current Griffin Knights is actually their equipment—this is a unit where all members are equipped with ebony swords!
Even Charles' archers were equipped with ebony daggers.
In addition, every Griffin Knight is a top-notch fighter.
Because becoming a Griffin Knight does not require noble status, but a lot of tests.
It's roughly similar to the selection process that Amy's female soldiers went through, but more rigorous.
First, they must swear allegiance to the Kingdom of Pendor. Although there is no true king in the Kingdom of Pendor at this time, they still have to swear to fight for the people of Pendor. This basically means they are cut off from all other countries.
Then, you need to seek the recognition and recommendation of a Griffin Knight, such as Azriel.
This kind of recommendation is different from the general recommendation. The recommender has to bear joint liability. If something goes wrong with the person recommended by Azriel, such as committing a crime or treason, then Azriel will have to be demoted to a servant and re-evaluated. He must also personally kill the criminal he recommended before he is qualified for re-evaluation.
But in the same way, if no one has been recommended to meet the standards of a reserve knight within two years, then this Griffin Knight will be demoted to a squire - he cannot not recommend, nor can he recommend randomly, and it is not okay to just find someone to fill the number.
Relatives and friends are not helpful either - it is actually very difficult to meet the standards of a reserve knight of the Order of the Griffin, and recommending someone who does not meet the requirements is tantamount to digging your own grave.
Since they have vowed to fight for Pendor, they must really work hard. This will force the Griffin Knights to take the initiative to find promising young people and teach them skills seriously.
The Knights Templar do not keep idlers, nor do they need lone rangers who are unable to communicate. Active inheritance is the true inheritance.
After newcomers are introduced into the team, they need to undergo rigorous training for a long period of time to ensure that they have sufficient martial arts and courage, and are familiar with military orders.
In fact, after doing all this, you can only become a griffin servant.
In fact, the requirements for servants are not low. Many people cannot meet the requirements after a year of training...
After that, it is the assessment to become a knight.
He had to first ensure that he was literate and able to write all common phrases and military reports in full, then pass more rigorous tests in riding and swordsmanship—at least he had to defeat Darion, who fought with only one hand.
Three more Griffin Knights must prove that his daily performance and conduct are satisfactory before he is qualified to become an apprentice knight.
Finally, if you want to become a glorious Griffin Knight, you have to go into actual combat, find and kill some atrocities committed by villains - that is, solve problems for the people of Pendor with your own hands.
For example, protecting the village, eliminating heretics, bringing back the head of the Jatu War Rider , saving a village threatened by bandits, or wiping out a group of bandits - of course, killing a Lion Knight is also fine.
Of course, the difficulty of these things varies, but each goal has corresponding "points". Only when a certain score is accumulated within two years can one become a Griffin Knight. Overall, it is still fair.
This is the heritage of the Order of the Griffin, and Dallion's adoptive father, Sir Baldemar, has preserved this heritage intact.
Although it seems troublesome and difficult, it is at least fair - much fairer than those knight titles that can be easily obtained by relying on noble status. No matter if you were a farmer or a beggar before, as long as you can do it, you will be treated equally.
Of course, precisely because it was not easy, only forty people became Griffin Knights in two years.
Bao Daisi is very interested in the inheritance method of the Griffin Knights. She thinks that if she can regain her throne, she will also learn from this method to build her Ficavian Knights in the future.
She also believed that nobility and knights should be distinguished. Nobles could rely on reincarnation, but knights must rely on their own abilities.
Of course, the knight in her eyes must be a female knight...
Soon afterwards, Bao Daisi saw the prototype of the female knight in her mind.
Kerwin Village Centre.
A group of people are holding a funeral at the Countess's estate.
The funeral was arranged quite realistically, but it looked a little eerie, and there seemed to be a lot of people attending the funeral - there seemed to be several thousand people.
Moreover, these people surrounded a force of about 400 people.
The army was composed entirely of women, and the leader was a girl wearing a crown, white light armor, and riding a tall horse.
"I didn't expect it would be so easy to lure her over here..."
Circe, who looked like a little girl, smiled and waved her hand. Those people in black robes all lifted their hoods and drew their weapons.
The female soldiers also drew their weapons, but did not act rashly - the number of people surrounding them was probably ten times theirs.
"Your Majesty Sonard, it's nice to meet you! You'd better come with me for a cup of tea, so as to avoid any bloodshed here..."
Medea pointed to the winery behind her.
"Bloody murder? ...Hasn't this happened here before?"
The girl with the crown spoke calmly, then rode back a few steps towards her troops: "What are you going to do, this prophet..."
"Haha... cute little girl, Amy, do you still think there is a Forbidden Magic Tower here that can protect you? Humph..."
Midya laughed twice, and then she let out a dull roar: "Buzz..."
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"Oh no! Speed up! The Three Prophets are already casting a spell!"
Leon and the Griffin Knights were at the west side of the village and had not yet entered, but his perception was so strong that he easily heard the roar.
The griffin knights and attendants began to gallop on their horses, and Bodais drew her javelin.
When he arrived at the entrance of the village, he saw two armies confronting each other from afar. Leon immediately saw the girl wearing a crown and light armor.
but……
That's not Amy!
That's Alina!
Li Ang was too familiar with these girls, and he saw something wrong at first glance - Amy didn't have such big breasts...
Moreover, there were two other people in front of Alina. Although they were all wearing the reindeer herding helmets of female explorers, Leon easily distinguished them. One was Wendy and the other was Wendatil!
At this time, Media's face had changed drastically. After roaring, she even fell off her horse.
Perhaps because she was in too much pain, her entire face was completely distorted.
"Why?! Why is magic banned here too?!"
Leon heard this puzzled question from afar, and recognized that it was Media's voice.
"I let you run away in Payne last year, but I won't let you run away again today..."
Wendy looked back. From her position she probably couldn't see Li Ang, but she definitely heard the sound of horse hooves.
Then she took off her helmet and threw it at Medea, then charged with her sword raised: "Let's go! Kill her!"
Those purple eyes seemed to be glowing!
Several followers around Media raised their shields, probably trying to block the helmet, but the helmet suddenly exploded before it came into contact with the shield!
After a loud bang, several followers fell to the ground, covering their faces - helmet fragments covered their faces.
Following the explosion, all the female warriors behind Wendy rushed forward!
Faced with enemies surrounding them and outnumbering them by ten times, they actually charged straight ahead!
"Griffin Knights, charge that little girl - she's a wicked witch!"
Li Ang gave orders loudly. He saw a ten-year-old girl riding a horse, holding a sword and trying to chop someone. He wasn't sure who she was, but no matter what, a ten-year-old child on the battlefield was definitely not a normal person...
Besides, that kid is taking on Wendy!
In fact, Leon didn't need to call out, as anyone with an average IQ would realize that there was something wrong with the little girl, so Bo Daisy and Darion had already rushed over.
At this time, a large army rushed in from the south of the village, led by Godric.
There were also troops moving in the north, a large group of strong men, each holding a hammer or a big sword, and their huge silver gauntlets gleaming.
In the eastern part of the village, a troop wearing full black armor and with two black horns on their helmets also began to charge.
"Traitor, I'm right, aren't I? The Three Prophets are planning to take over Queen Sonad's body!"
Alistair rode forward, shouting to the other big black man.
That's Jocelyn.
"Of course I believe you, but can you please stop calling me a traitor..."
Jocelyn was still dressed as a demon, wearing heavy armor and riding a majestic war beast. But this time he didn't raise the flag, but held his two-handed sword in one hand.
"Humph... But you are a traitor... No matter what the reason is, betraying the Knights is shameful!"
Alistair snorted and spurred his horse faster.
His voice was a little sharp now, and his humming sounded a bit sarcastic.
"Hehe, but now you are a traitor too!"
Jocelyn snorted in response.
To be honest, the three prophets had very bad luck in this operation.
They originally planned to ambush the army in Kwen, then hold a funeral, send someone to lure Amy over, and then let Midya take over Amy's body.
But they didn't expect that their people didn't meet Amy in Changhe Town. Amy believed that Leon had returned, so she left Changhe Town with a team of cavalry, probably intending to meet him in the direction of Yaragal.
After all, the information we got was that Leon bought horses in Yaragal.
It's a rather chaotic time these days, and there's a high chance of danger on the road, so it's necessary to meet them. Even if we don't encounter them, we can use this team of cavalry to clear any possible obstacles along the way...
Therefore, it was Alina who received the news that the three prophets had sent someone to inform her in Changhe Town that the Countess of Kwen Village had passed away.
Alina was not familiar with the Countess, so she was not in a hurry and planned to wait until Amy came back .
Then, Amy didn't come back, and Alistair came first.
Alistair planned to surrender to Amy, and the token of his surrender he brought was the plan of the Three Prophets - the letter that was intercepted by Sir Roland before was actually sent to him.
The Twilight Knights also had some credit for the riot in Baranli at that time.
The original plan of the three prophets was to control the nobles of Baranli, create a refugee riot, and attack the Lion City.
If Sarleon City accepts refugees, we can create Fallen in the city and destroy the Forbidden Magic Tower in the chaos.
After the Forbidden Magic Tower is destroyed, Anna can try to take over Amy's body.
If the three prophets succeed in establishing their kingdom of God, then the Knights of Dusk will be able to become a national knightly order.
But what they didn't expect was that Amy actually evacuated Sarleon City at the same time as they started the riot...
This unexpected change caught the three prophets off guard.
Alistair thought that either the plan was exposed or Amy had some expert advice. He wanted to evacuate, but he failed to convince the D'Shar to return and attack Singal, so he simply came to Amy.
After all, what Alistair wanted was to achieve success and establish his career, rather than follow the heresy to the end. In his opinion, Amy, who gave up Sarleon City and returned to Changhe Town, had more opportunities.
Of course, other people in Changhe Town didn't like Alistair very much, but Jocelyn planned to give him a chance, so he let Alistair meet Alina.
Jocelyn has been in charge of military training in Changhe Town, and the reputation of this flag-bearing officer is already very high.
After Alina learned of the original plan of the three prophets, she keenly felt that something strange might be happening in Kwen Village. Wendy happened to be in Changhe Town at that time, so she found Wendy for help.
Wendy was actually waiting for Sir Roland in Changhe Town at that time - she owed Alaric a dragon tear, and she planned to save Alaric. Sir Roland 's battle cry can purify the spells cast by evil spirits, which Wendy had seen when fighting Aigrim.
But Wendy didn't bring any troops with her. The only one with her was Wendatil - Wendatil was Wendy's bodyguard. Wendy had been running around in the past year or so, and Wendatil was very worried.
Wendy and Alina discussed it and decided to let Alina dress up as Amy to check out the situation, with Wendy and Vendatil protecting her - mainly because Wendy's eyes were too obvious, otherwise it might be better to let Wendy pretend to be Amy.
After dealing with Aigram, Wendy knew that she would definitely not be corrupted by the heretics, and she felt a little guilty about her previous early withdrawal, which led to Media's escape. She planned to cooperate with Alina and take this opportunity to kill Media.
Of course, at that time no one thought that Medea could escape using the remains of Oswood's body - that piece of meat didn't even have legs, and no one knew how Medea escaped.
The main reason was that everyone was busy searching for Leon at that time and no one cared about Media.
Wendy and Alina actually brought most of the troops from Changhe Town, but only Amy's personal guards entered the village first.
Those 400+ female soldiers are Amy’s Griffin Claws, all female explorers.
Alina's plan was that if the Three Prophets were setting an ambush in Kwen, then she would set a counter-ambush and try to capture the Three Prophets' troops in one fell swoop.
In order to try to wipe out the Three Prophets' forces, she was willing to take some risks herself - she always was willing to take risks.
If Amy was present, she probably wouldn't let her make such a decision, but Amy wasn't there...
So, Alina disguised herself as Amy and used herself as bait, intending to lure out all the ambushes of the Three Prophets, and then let the troops outside the village besiege from all directions, striving to wipe out all of them in one fell swoop!
Now the ambush of the three prophets was indeed lured out, and Medea looked like she had been attacked by magic. So, after hearing the sound of horse hooves, Wendy tried to capture the leader first.
With Wendatil by her side, Wendy is not afraid of anyone.
Speaking of which, Vendatil is indeed a humanoid monster... Although it's a bit inappropriate to use this word to describe a beautiful lady, I really can't find a more appropriate word...
Perhaps Wendy had given advance warning, for this time when dealing with the Three Prophets' men, Wendatil did not use her stabbing swordsmanship based on sound and positioning, but instead used her horse's horse and slashed with great force - she held two long swords in each hand, and wherever she passed, there were only half-decapitated corpses!
Some people say that when the speed of the knife is extremely fast, you can only see a streak of moonlight.
But in reality, that might not be fast enough…
The fastest knife can’t produce any blade light, not even a residual shadow - it’s like there’s nothing in the hand!
This is what happened to Wendatil at this moment. You can't see the knife in her hand at all. You can only see her rushing in the front, and the enemies around her fall down like grass blades cut by a lawn mower.
However, Wendy's judgment when launching the charge was actually a little flawed - the horse hoofbeats she heard were not from the large army deployed by Alina outside the village, but from the Griffin Knights led by Leon...
