[Chapter 310 That extremely tempting position]
The Quinjet flew through the sky at high speed, and the scenery on the ground kept changing. Abelson stood in the cabin, just like Sofia who was traveling from Winter City to the capital, and looked out through the glass window at the front of the cabin.
He knew that the Quinjet could fly at high speed in the sky and was very comfortable to ride.
But he never thought that it would be so comfortable. Except for some turbulence during takeoff, which made him a little flustered, there were no other abnormalities.
When it was in the stable flight stage, he even felt that he was staying in a slightly narrow room. If he hadn’t seen the changes in the scenery through the glass, he would even doubt that the Quinjet had not moved at all. After
looking around for a while, perhaps realizing that this posture was really not very elegant and would seriously damage his dignity as a king, Abelson quickly retracted his gaze and carefully observed the interior of the Quinjet.
He had seen it once when he first boarded the fighter, but at that time he only took a rough look, and only now did he observe it seriously.
Then he looked at the woman sitting in the driver’s seat. He knew that the driver was called Mikaela, a logistics staff of the Winter City Army. This time, she followed David out and was mainly responsible for the power armor used by the Winter Knights to ensure that it could be used normally.
In addition to Mikaela, the “driver”, the King’s family members, Earl David Glamorgan and Princess Sofia, were also on the same Quinjet with His Majesty, Laura Croft, whose identity Abelson still did not know, Jaina Proudmoore, the mage, and Sylvanas Windrunner, the high elf hunter.
David’s etiquette officer Elias Parker and the personal guard knight Floyd were not on this plane. They were on two other Quinjet with the Winter Knights and the newly promoted priest Casillas. There
were many people in the cabin, but no one was wearing the Blizzard power armor that Abelson was most curious about.
What a pity. He wanted to take this opportunity to take a closer look at the heavy armor, but after carefully observing the interior of the Quinjet, he realized that even if he could observe the Blizzard power armor up close, it would be difficult to see anything.
There were too many unfamiliar things inside the Quinjet. Abelson always felt that he was a very diligent and studious person. Even if he could not master all kinds of knowledge, he had to have enough understanding to ensure that he could make correct judgments on various matters.
But after boarding the Quinjet, he found that he could not understand most of the things. He only understood that what Michaela was holding in his hand was the control device used to operate the fighter.
As for the various data, instruments and buttons on it, what are they for? What are they used for? He didn’t understand it at all.
The smart Abelson immediately realized the key to the problem: even if Earl David Glamorgan was extremely loyal to the kingdom and was willing to dedicate this advanced Quinjet to his Majesty the King, he did not have any talent who knew how to fly a fighter.
Just looking at the complicated driving position, he knew that it was not so easy to train a pilot for this fighter. There wouldn’t be too many such talents in Winter City, right?
Abelson guessed right. Winter City is in great need of fighter pilots. Even Michaela in front of him is a fake.
Therefore, David asked Megatron to manufacture mass-produced Quinjet Decepticons. These three Quinjet fighters are actually mass-produced Decepticons. Although they are not as good as real Cybertronians in all aspects, they have solved the problem of pilots.
“How many soldiers does Winter City have now?”
After looking back and forth several times, Abelson and David talked about the Winter Army. He suddenly became curious about how many soldiers Winter City has?
“The Winter Knights currently have less than 100 people, and they are still expanding.”
“Is your goal to fill 100 people?” This number does not sound exaggerated. After all, the Iron Tree Knights of Iron Tree Castle have 300 people.
But considering the terrifying combat power of the Winter Knights, Abelson felt that if he had 100 Winter Knights at hand, he could kill all the troops of the Holy Gaunt Kingdom today; then return to the capital and kill all the troublemakers in the capital!
“Yes.”
David likes to round up. He will continue to expand the Winter Knights after all 100 Winter Knights have completed their training and become combat-ready. Whether it will be expanded to 300 or 500 depends on the specific situation at that time.
In addition, there is one thing David did not explain to Abelson, that is, the Winter Knights he has seen are still not complete.
David, as well as the Knights’ leader Gareth Stanton and deputy leader Floyd, really want to cultivate a Winter Knights composed entirely of Paladins and Hunters. Each knight in the Knights must master some kind of extraordinary power.
At present, the Winter Knights have been working towards this direction, and all members are learning holy light or arcane.
It is foreseeable that in the future, if there are Winter Knights who cannot master extraordinary abilities, then it is inevitable that they will be eliminated and cleared out of the Knights.
After all members become extraordinary professionals, one of the entry requirements for the Winter Knights in the future will be to become a Paladin or Hunter.
As for Holy Light Priests, they do not need to be trained by the Knights of Winter. The Cathedral of Holy Light is the training base for Holy Light Priests. As for the army’s requisition of priests, they can just say hello to Liadrin.
“What about the infantry?”
“The Spartan Heavy Infantry Regiment currently has 800 soldiers, but more than half of them have just completed recruit training not long ago.” David still did not lie. The Spartan III had indeed just completed recruit training not long ago.
Of course, strictly speaking, the entire Spartan Heavy Infantry Regiment had just completed recruit training not long ago, and their combat experience was all accumulated through the battles with the orcs. The
fact that the Spartan Heavy Infantry Regiment was able to be pulled into the battlefield so quickly was also related to the fact that David’s requirements for them were not as high as those of the Knights of Winter:
as long as they could skillfully use the weapons and equipment provided by Winter City, their physical fitness met the standards, and they could perform their battlefield duties according to orders, they would be qualified.
At present, the Spartan Heavy Infantry Regiment can crush the orcs on the battlefield. It is not so much because of the soldiers, but because of the weapons and equipment of Winter City. With the dimensionality reduction strike that is ahead of others by who knows how many generations, it crushed the orc army on the opposite side.
Abelson listened to David’s introduction and nodded slightly.
In general, the military strength of Winter City is more than he expected, but not much more.
Less than a thousand professional soldiers are actually very few to be responsible for such a vast land as the northern plains.
Presumably, the number of troops in Winter City is severely restricted by the population.
But it may be for this reason that David focused on improving the personal combat effectiveness of the soldiers. With the emergence of the Cybertronians, the Winter Knights have strong combat effectiveness with powerful equipment such as blizzard power armor.
“So, how many troops can be mobilized to the capital without affecting Winter City’s defense against the orcs’ counterattack?”
“The Spartan Heavy Infantry Regiment has been scattered all over the northern plains. Even if we recruit them immediately, it will take a lot of time.” David touched his smooth chin. He didn’t need to ask the people in Winter City to answer this question: “The Winter Knights can be transferred to the capital at any time.”
David glanced at Abelson, and after getting a positive answer, he contacted Winter City directly in front of His Majesty the King.
“Gareth.”
“What do you want, sir?”
“Order all members of the Winter Knights to assemble and be ready to set off at any time, and then wait for my order.”
“Yes, sir!”
Gareth did not ask David what specific mission he had, nor did he ask whether the Cybertron Legion should send fighters to escort him. Since his lord did not mention it, it was not necessary.
He knew that David followed His Majesty the King to the war, and suddenly recruited the Winter Knights. It might be that there was some change in the war situation that was unfavorable to the Kingdom of Tiran!
Gareth went to recruit the Winter Knights. Apart from the ten Winter Knights who had followed David out of Winter City, there were still seventy-three Winter Knights in Winter City.
With the current combat power of the Winter Knights, if a few special beings were added, it would not be a difficult task for the Winter Knights to destroy the city and the country.
When Gareth Stanton was recruiting the Winter Knights, Abelson finally returned to the capital of Tiran.
The speed of the Quinjet was really fast. Seeing the fighter plane landed smoothly at the gate of his castle, Abelson suddenly realized that he should make some air defense plans for his castle.
These things can wait until later. The most important thing at the moment is to eliminate the hidden dangers that may erupt in the capital.
“What is Granville doing now?”
Looking at the guard knight who was originally full of vigilance and hurriedly saluted when he saw him, Abelson directly asked his eldest son about his current location.
When he left the capital, he handed the capital to his eldest son Granville for governance. He believed that Granville could ensure the stability of the entire capital when he left for Baiyan City.
Abelson was a little worried at the moment, because he knew that his eldest son’s adaptability was not very good.
Originally, he thought that he could leave a relatively stable Kingdom of Tiran to his son before he died, or that a better heir would appear in the next generation, so he did not worry too much about his son’s inability to be good enough.
Now, he is worried that Granville, who is not good enough, will not be able to cope with the sudden crisis.
“Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince is in poor health and has been recuperating recently.”
Seeing that everything seemed to be calm in the royal capital, Abelson thought that things had not developed to an irreversible point, but he didn’t expect to hear such news the next second.
Frowning at the guard knight in front of him, Abelson immediately asked about his wife’s situation.
“Her Royal Highness the Queen has been taking care of the eldest prince recently.”
“Who is in charge of governing the royal capital now?”
“It’s His Royal Highness the Second Prince Felix.”
“…”
(End of this chapter)