"I understand! Then start training a batch of Reserve Wyvern Knights according to Wyvern Knight standards! The kingdom's Knight Orders don't need to expand for now! You can gather all those Novice Knights under your command and teach them first!" Roland nodded at Nogai.
Although more Knight Orders were always better for the kingdom, the cost of a formal Knight Order member was extremely high. Under Roland's current strategy of keeping a low profile and building strength, there was no need to expand the regular Knight Orders. Two Knight Orders were already enough to suppress every ambition. Given the kingdom's current situation, it was better to pursue quality than quantity! Roland hoped to field a true aerial cavalry corps before the One Ring War, rather than gain another Knight Order meant to break through battlefield defenses. After all, a knightly charge could not bring down the Black Gate!
Although Roland's command could hardly be called artful, five thousand years of historical experience as a "bashful farming kid" told him that three-dimensional warfare was far more threatening than flat warfare! As it happened, Roland had an advantage in aerial cavalry. In this Middle-earth, where only Sauron possessed any real aerial foundation, no one could make better use of air superiority than Roland! Besides, Roland's Dragon Knights were not meant to be used as disposable fodder. As the most mobile individual combat force at the pinnacle of the military hierarchy, Dragon Knights had always served as firefighting captains and elite spearheads. For lower-level situations, Sky Knights were needed as substitutes and patches!
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Nogai nodded.
"Keep these griffins for now! Feed them well and let them grow familiar with us before taming them!" Roland glanced at the wary griffins and chuckled.
Do not assume magical beasts were mindless livestock or