"Yes, my lord! If we have flying mounts, I could find enough recruits for two units if you asked me to!" the knight said excitedly.
He certainly did not think Yu Lin Bloodhawk was boasting. After being here so long, he would have been hopeless if he still had not figured a few things out. Just look at all those beasts Yu Lin Bloodhawk had brought into Quel'Thalas from outside and distributed among the various legions.
"Good! It's settled, then. We'll head out together when the time comes and catch flying mounts all over the world!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk laughed.
Air Force, oh, Air Force, you're a blessing! You've actually trained pilots for me. Pilots aren't like rangers on the ground; they're not easy to train. That high in the sky, one mistake could cost you your life. When I ride those ordinary, general-purpose dragonhawks, I pile on layer after layer of safety measures, and I still don't dare move around once we're airborne. Combat flying requires so many fancy maneuvers. How could that possibly be easy?
"All right, my lord, it's a deal! We'll go around the world catching flying battle pets together!" the dragonhawk riders said with laughter.
"Oh, right! Does a gryphon need a running start to take off with someone on its back?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked.
"If we use hippogryphs as a reference, they can take off after two or three steps without a rider. But with a rider and combat equipment, they need fifty or sixty steps," one dragonhawk rider said. "I imagine gryphons are about the same!"
"Then how do dragonhawks run? Those little claws of theirs don't look like they could manage it..." Yu Lin Bloodhawk said.
"Dragonhawks can take off on the spot without a rider. With a rider, they have