871: The Great Sea Battle

The Great Sea Battle

Eight hundred priests boarded Magic Airship No. 3 at the North Coast dock.

On the decks of Magic Airships No. 4 and No. 5, a thousand powerful griffons lay quietly along both sides of the bow.

As the sea breeze swept past, the griffons tucked their heads into their thick manes. Some could not help yawning, baring their sharp fangs...

A group of griffon cavalry chatted and laughed as they entered the cabin below deck. They had already experienced several wars against the Dark Faceless One Legion.

Now that they were setting out once more, they no longer held the same reverence for war.

"Quiet down, all of you. Get some proper rest in the cabins. Once we reach the Bottomless Sea Abyss, who knows when you'll get another chance to rest properly? Take turns watching the griffons on deck, and don't feed them too much."

Commander Tiprado stood in the corridor beneath the deck, his face stern as he repeatedly reminded the Half-Elf cavalrymen.

Almost all of the Half-Elf griffon cavalry came from Sun Island Bay. Commander Tiprado had personally recruited every one of them.

The Griffon Cavalry Regiment had now expanded to two thousand five hundred men. However, Commander Tiprado's excessively cautious style and his deep hostility toward the Siren Warriors meant that some of the cavalrymen did not entirely agree with his approach...

For this joint battle with the Siren Legion, Commander Tiprado had brought only two Griffon Battalions. He had even forcibly cut two hundred griffon cavalrymen, keeping their total number at one thousand.

"Commander, how many days will we be staying aboard the Magic Airships?"

The battalion commander of the Third Griffon Cavalry Battalion stepped up beside Commander Tiprado and asked quietly.

"About three days. During that time, the griffons cannot