Chapter 929: Holy Eagle Knights
As soon as Aiwas returned to the Temple of Silver and Tin, he became close to Isabel.
It was April 25th, exactly two months since Isabel became pregnant.
Although normally, for safety reasons, you can't sleep together at this time...but Isabel is too clingy.
Just after their first sexual intercourse and the taste of meat, Aiwass left Avalon; and until she learned that she was pregnant, Aiwass was still hanging on the top of the giant tree of the Theocracy and fell into a deep sleep.
During this time, Isabel gradually grew into a qualified queen. However, this did not mean that she truly became a ruthless and tearless "iron-blooded queen", but rather that she suppressed all her delicate and changeable emotions deep in her heart.
Yearning, love, grievance, loneliness... When she first drank late at night, it was so she could see Aiwass in her dreams. But then it became a habit - because even in her dreams, she couldn't see Aiwass regularly.
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy, especially in the early stages, carries significant risks. To mitigate any adverse effects on the fetus, Isabel needed to take extra, very bitter potions to maintain her health. Even so, she couldn't resist drinking.
Because if she didn't drink, maybe one day Aiwass or Aleister wouldn't be able to find her when they wanted to; later on, drinking actually became her way to relieve loneliness.
Isabel hadn't drunk a drop of alcohol yet, but her cheeks, flushed all the way down to her neck, looked as if she were drunk.
——Fortunately, Aiwass himself is a fifth-level healer. He has plenty of ways to eliminate the subsequent adverse effects and help Isabel truly relieve her physical discomfort.
No matter the Bishop-level illumination spells, rituals, potions, or alchemical mixtures, they could not truly cure Isabel. But for Aiwass now, this was just a piece of cake.
That's why.
Ligeia was so calm when she entered the bedroom, wagging her tail and seeing Aiwas and Isabel under the quilt.
"It seems like you guys had a great time."
She even had the leisure to joke, "Those girls standing guard outside, their faces are all blushing!"
"They're little girls," Aiwass said calmly, "any one of them is older than you."
"Well, that's not the way to put it. Even if you raise a dog until it's two or three years old, it can still understand human language better than a four or five-year-old puppy. The characteristic of short-lived breeds is precocity."
Ligeia smiled and said, "And I am that old dog—tuck in the quilt for His Majesty, so that he doesn't catch a cold."
Aiwass tucked in the quilt, then put on a shirt before standing up and asking, "Your Excellency the Grand Arbitrator—what brings you here?"
When he changed his address, it meant he was going to get down to business.
Ligeia was also a shrewd person. She naturally understood what Aiwass meant.
"Good boy!"
Ligeia exclaimed, "It's much neater than before—I just came to ask you, what are all those things on your ship for?"
"Consecrated Griffin Armor," Aiwass said solemnly, "I brought back over a thousand sets."
"What is that?"
Ligeia asked curiously.
It’s not a supporting role - she really doesn’t know as she comes from a common family.
"You're definitely familiar with consecrated mercerized cotton; it's the raw material for the Theocracy's specialty stockings. The full name of holy water is also 'consecrated pure water.' It's a special processing method unique to the Theocracy."
Aiwass patiently explained, "This is the key reinforcement I brought to the Griffin Knights."
"Against the devil?"
Ligeia guessed it easily.
She was a little surprised: "I thought you would dismantle the gun turrets on the warship and give them to the griffin... but you actually gave them armor?"
Clearly, Ligeia knew of the "Cruel Preacher's" glorious battle record. That powerful shot was truly stunning, shocking not only the demons but also the other human nations that witnessed it directly or indirectly.
Honestly, no nation's military could possibly penetrate the Cruel Preacher's firepower net. In other words, under extreme conditions, this ship is capable of achieving the epic challenge of "annihilating a nation with a single vessel."
And Ligeia would naturally be interested in the magical device that could shoot scorching lasers over ten kilometers away as long as it was injected with magic power.
"I've had someone replicate that thing, but it can't really be considered for the Griffin Legion. That's because the device requires a priest at the bishop level to operate, so it's not really suitable for the Griffin Legion, which is locked in the path of authoritarianism."
Aiwass explained: "The Griffin Legion will be the main force against the demons, so we must concentrate the resources of the entire Theocracy."
"Why the Griffin Legion?"
Ligeia was very surprised: "What about Narcissus's mage legion? And Horus's Sunstrider Legion? These are the top combat forces in frontal combat, right?"
This wasn't because she was afraid of fighting. It was because she knew too well the strengths and weaknesses of the Griffin Legion.
The strength of the griffin is its ability to easily break through several times the speed of sound.
There's no need to forcefully break the sound barrier; air resistance can even be used as a driving force for storm darlings like the Griffin. Throughout the material world, the Griffin is undoubtedly the fastest species on average.
However, the griffin has no spellcasting ability and does not know divine arts. Although it can spit lightning, its power is limited - after all, it can only store so much mana, and mana involving lightning consumes a lot of mana.
The tepid discharge of electricity was truly ineffective. The lightning's speed was so rapid that almost all of its magical power could be released instantly... This meant the Griffin Legion was severely lacking in the ability to sustain a sustained battle.
To human enemies, this shortcoming is not a shortcoming.
Because they only need one attack to break the enemy's defenses and penetrate the enemy's supply lines. Although they can only attack once, this one attack is enough.
However……
"What use can a griffin have against an endless stream of demons?"
Ligeia's doubts were understandable.
And Aiwass gave a clear answer: "Because the devil is afraid of thunder."
"...Afraid of thunder? How afraid? Like werewolves are afraid of fire?"
"It's even more terrifying than that, like the Moon Child is afraid of dusk, the Shadow Fiend is afraid of light, and the Ghost is afraid of purification."
Aiwass explained, shaking his head.
Monsters like the Moon Child, which are almost impossible to kill with physical weapons, actually have many weaknesses.
For example, you can't cross flowing water, you can't break into someone else's house violently...
The main weakness is the power of the Twilight Path - such as freezing and petrification, which is the negation and elimination of "immortality" itself.
Secondly, as a creation of Hengwo, it is destined to lack the ability to resist the "burning state" of the continuously burning flame; as a product of the curse, its immortality will be temporarily lifted because purification can lift the curse of undeath.
But werewolves, moonchildren, beasts...even humans, trees and trolls are afraid of fire because fire can leave them with injuries that are difficult to heal and cannot heal themselves.
These lives, originating from the "River of Creation," all share a similar underlying structure. Fire is essentially a deadly weapon for most biospheres, unless adapted to the "drug" of the path.
But this does not mean that fire can suppress their other abilities - just as when humans fight against fire, their intelligence, strength and endurance will not decrease.
...Probably not.
However, the restraint mode of lightning against demons is the type that "once it hits and breaks the defense, it will definitely cause maximum damage and it will definitely be a heavy blow."
Whether lightning strikes a demon's weapon, its sturdy shell, or its armor, it will deal full damage - as long as it doesn't strike the barrier.
This is because the damage caused by natural lightning has the attribute of "punishment", and the underlying power of the devil comes from the system of major sins... As the name suggests, "major sins" are naturally afraid of "punishment".
"In other words, the griffins don't even need to use their full strength to inflict fatal damage to demons of the same level. The only problem is... while the griffin's attack on the demon will definitely pass, the demon's attack on the griffin will also pass.
"Griffins have no curse resistance and no holy attributes. This means that most demonic tactics are completely ineffective against griffins... Therefore, even if a griffin possesses absolute resistance to demons, it still won't be able to get close.
"So I prepared a large quantity of consecrated griffin armor—each piece was consecrated by a clergyman of the rank of Archbishop or above through two weeks of devout prayer. Curses below the fourth energy level are completely unbreakable, and curses higher than this require a considerable loss of power.
"At the same time, they will also increase their resistance to the 'holy' category. The damage from ghosts, curses, and unholy categories will be greatly weakened. Knights riding on griffins will also gain a permanent 'hellproof' ability.
"Griffins and their knights will gain a constant flow of vitality, allowing them to continuously heal themselves and even their allies. It's like the knights have taken on the role of a paladin one power level lower than themselves.
"Although 'Exorcism' isn't as effective against demons as 'Punishment', it still has some weaker resistance, and its attack range is wider."
Aiwass said slowly, "With this set of Griffin Armor, this is no longer the 'Griffin Legion,' nor is it the 'First Legion,' used only for surprise attacks. It is now an ace legion against demons, and will even fight in conjunction with the Theocracy's most elite troops! Avalon's old knight tradition has been revived today..."
"I named it the Holy Eagle Knights."
(End of this chapter)
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