The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 1042 - 1039 Royal Knight Squad
Chapter 1042: Chapter 1039: Royal Knight Squad
Chapter 1042 -1039: Royal Knight Squad
Checking on the young people selected for the Dragon Knight reserve program, Li Si Te (Liszt) did not linger at the Royal Academy, for there was no need for him to constantly affirm his presence.
After all,
The school’s Loyalty Course was a mandatory subject, and knights had been receiving brainwashing education from a young age to understand that in the Flame Kingdom, the person they truly needed to follow was their rightful lord. In reality, Liszt did not place much importance on knightly loyalty, as most of his followers were now captives who had surrendered.
There were few who were truly loyal, and he preferred to attract knights with interests, to consolidate the kingdom’s system.
Besides developing the noble class of feudal lands, he also aimed to build the Burning Legion as the direct knights for the Flame Family, which was a part he took very seriously.
Recently, he had selected a large number of knights with battle merits and singled out some Elite Earth Knights of Fire Attribute with weak backgrounds. He led them to the Phoenix Perch Parasol Forest in the Endless Volcano Cluster.
“Red Sparrow Birds, these kinds of big red birds, slightly irritable in temperament but can be tamed as mounts.” Standing atop a Phoenix Perch Parasol tree of considerable girth, Liszt directly summoned a noble Advanced Magical Beast Red Sparrow Bird using his Hundred Birds Toward The Phoenix Ability.
Hundred Birds Toward The Phoenix was one of the Phoenix Incarnation’s abilities, and with continuous development, he had now managed to release it through his human body.
Though not as powerful as when released in Phoenix Incarnation, if used on a single bird, the effect could nearly reach the same level as that of the Phoenix Incarnation.
“Gurulu!”
The Red Sparrow Bird stood by Liszt’s side, affectionately rubbing its neck against his shoulder.
In the distance, a large flock of Red Sparrow Birds chirped noisily, but under the subtle influence of the Hundred Birds Toward The Phoenix pact, they did not approach where Liszt stood.
There were about twenty-six Elite Earth Knights of Fire Attribute, all young knights, none older than twenty. At the moment, these knights were watching the Red Sparrow Bird with fervent gazes, clearly understanding the significance of the great His Majesty the King leading them here.
“Fire-Attribute High-Level Magical Beast Red Sparrow Birds, originally my plan was to reward Sky Knights of Fire Attribute to come tame and ride them. However, as the Flame Kingdom is not yet established and the number of Sky Knights is limited, the privilege has been extended to Elite Earth Knights. And you are fortunate to have the opportunity to ride them,” Liszt declared loudly.
This was true; high-level magical beasts, especially flying high-level magical beasts, were very rare, and those that could be tamed and ridden were even more scarce.
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Each one was incredibly valuable; it was almost a waste to give them to Earth Knights.
His original hope was to establish the most elite Royal Knight Squad of the Burning Legion using Red Sparrow Birds, Fire Crows, and Flame Dragon Birds as mounts. Each member of the Knight Squad needed to possess strong talent and loyalty nurtured from a young age, as only those were afforded the right to guard the Royal Palace and the King.
However, such stringent requirements were unlikely to be met within a decade or so, as talents are rare to come by, especially those willing to give up their status as feudal nobles.
Therefore, he had repeatedly lowered the standards to even allow Elite Earth Knights of Fire Attribute under twenty years of age, without a record of misconduct, and not of noble birth. However, if these knights could not become Sky Knights within a few years, their mounts would remain Red Sparrow Birds.
They would have no chance to touch the more powerful Super Magical Beast Fire Crows.
“After the Elite Earth Knights mount the Red Sparrow Birds, they will become part of the Burning Legion – Red Sparrow Squad under the Royal Knight Squad, responsible for guarding the King’s Castle; at the age of twenty-five, if you successfully advance to become Sky Knights, then you will be eligible to change your mounts to Fire Crows,”
“Fire Crows will be upgraded to the Burning Legion – Raven Squad under the Royal Knight Squad, later responsible for guarding the Royal Palace; if you achieve Dou Qi perfection before the age of thirty-five, then you will be eligible to change your mount to a Flame Dragon Bird, becoming a knight who rides a Super Dragon Beast, a true Royal Knight.”
The Royal Knight Squad consists of the Royal Squad, Raven Squad, and Red Sparrow Squad three squads, which are not strictly organized like a Knight Order, but more like an honorary compilation.
Because Liszt himself possessed Fire Attribute Dou Qi, he consequently favored knights of Fire Attribute to serve as his guard.
But in the future, it will definitely open up to knights of all Dou Qi attributes, building more squads, among which the Royal Squad is generally the highest level of honor. Only knights who ride Super Dragon Beasts can become true Royal Knights, earning the privilege to guard the King during his travels.
At present, in the Flame Kingdom, the only Super Dragon Beasts available to be ridden are the Flame Dragon Birds and Storm Dragon Horse — as for the Lightning Dragon Turtle that took up residence in Mermaid City, with its mountain-like build, it seemingly wasn’t suitable for riding.
There are three Storm Dragon Horses.
One of them, a Storm Dragon Horse with a broken horn, had become Li Weiliam’s new mount. As a father who was a Dragon Knight and a Domain Knight, and who wielded the administrative power of the Flame Yama Kingdom, he indeed required a mount fitting for his status, one that could underscore his dignity.
Liszt then allowed Li Weiliam to choose between the Flame Dragon Bird and the Storm Dragon Horse.
Li Weiliam wasn’t interested in the Flame Dragon Bird, as he possessed Water-Attribute Dou Qi, which was incompatible with the Fire-Attribute Super Dragon Beast. Therefore, he chose the Wind-Attribute Storm Dragon Horse, hoping to pick one of the two without broken horns, but those two had prideful natures and looked down on Li Weiliam.
Even the Broken Horn Storm Dragon Horse initially scorned him.
Ultimately, it was Liszt who found Ach, requesting Unicorn Charlie, through Ach, to issue an order, forcing the most tempered Broken Horn Storm Dragon Horse to agree to become Li Weiliam’s mount.
After Li Weiliam mounted the Storm Dragon Horse, the first thing he did was to fashion a horn from a Magic Metal Alloy for the Storm Dragon Horse, fitting it onto the broken horn, allowing the Storm Dragon Horse to regain the confidence of a Super Dragon Beast—the broken horn was a source of humiliation and an inferiority complex for it.
From that moment, the Broken Horn Storm Dragon Horse truly accepted Li Weiliam.
For a while, Li Weiliam rode the Storm Dragon Horse daily, patrolling his domain with great pride.
The Storm Dragon Horse was not a Unicorn, and few ordinary people knew the difference, nor did they know how Li Weiliam managed to mount it.
Thus, many commoners mistook his riding ability as an indication that he was an upright, just, and noble Knight—although one couldn’t exactly call Li Weiliam a pure virgin Knight, given that his grandchildren could already run around.
Because of this, Li Weiliam’s prestige greatly increased.
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Shriek!
In the distance, a clear call from the Flame Dragon Bird arose, but it was Ani, the Phoenix Perch Parasol Dragon Greater Elf, riding Little Red, coming in for a landing next to Liszt. Adorned in small armor, Ani dismounted, standing on a tree branch close to Liszt: “Liszt, are you here to inspect the Firebird flock?”
“Yes, Ani, and also to select a few Red Sparrow Birds as mounts for my knights.”
“Hmm, they look weak,” Ani turned his head to glance at the twenty-six human knights standing on the ground. “Little Red says it could take on a hundred of them.”
Little Red echoed with a call: “Shriek!”
Liszt patted Ani’s head: “They are still young; they have room for improvement.”
“Boring. I’m off to train. I will be a mighty Knight, Liszt, you can deploy me in wars.”
“Off you go to train well.”
After sending Ani away, Liszt beckoned the twenty-six knights to come tame the Red Sparrow Birds.
“Your Majesty, can we really tame Advanced Magical Beasts?” one of the knights asked, somewhat unconfidently, as the Advanced Magical Beasts overwhelmed them.
Normally, only Elite Earth Knights could wrestle Low-Level Magical Beasts.
“Now, most knights in the Kingdom still capture Low-Level Magical Beasts for mounts, and suddenly taming Advanced Magical Beasts certainly poses a great challenge. But I believe in your future and allow you to seek shelter under my glory. Go forth, these Red Sparrow Birds will bow before you.”
With the power of Hundred Birds Toward The Phoenix, Liszt naturally had ways to hasten their progress, enabling Red Sparrow Birds to sign Beast Taming Contracts with the knights.
However, a Beast Taming Contract was not a strongly binding agreement, and he seriously added, “I can have you contract with the Red Sparrow Birds, but gaining their approval requires your own efforts… If a Red Sparrow breaks the contract, you will lose your qualifications as members of the Royal Knight Squad.”
The knights suddenly became solemn.
To lose their place in the Royal Knight Squad meant losing Liszt’s trust—a prospect far more nerve-wracking than losing an Advanced Magical Beast as a mount.
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