Throne of the North.

Chapter 222: The Griffin in the Sky, the Duke on Earth

Harrington finally did not take out the beast bow because a head was exposed on the griffin.

After seeing the team below, the griffin quickly landed and folded its wings with a wingspan of more than seven meters. The griffin was still as huge as a bison.

Such a huge bison is not scary, but it is a lion.

It can fight in the sky and is the most powerful eagle. It can also roar on the ground and is as powerful as a lion.

This is the griffin. When there are no dragons, the griffin is the best mount for both air and land amphibious warfare. And because dragons are usually violent and have bad tempers, the griffin is the perfect mount that knights dream of.

none of them.

Yes, there is no doubt about it. If a knight has a ranking of his dream lovers, the dragon will be ranked below the griffin.

Because of this, Grand Duke McReynolds is not only the most powerful nobleman in the Andara Kingdom, but also well-known in the entire Norris continent.

Many knights dream of joining the service of Grand Duke McReynolds and becoming his knight squire, because this way they would have the opportunity to turn a griffin into their own mount.

This is not the only mountain range on the continent that breeds griffins, but it is extremely difficult to find griffins in other places and turn them into mounts.

"Are you from the Frozen Territory?"

The knight on the griffin looked down at Harrington and others with pride. He saw that the mounts of this cavalry team were substitutes for war horses and were a bit small.

But do all the barons in the empire have the ability to get so many war horses?

"I am Falk Thorne. The Grand Duke sent me to show you the way so that you don't go in the wrong direction."

When transporting large quantities of arms, one must, of course, be wary of any consequences that might be discovered by the Andara Kingdom. He was the only one here, but there were quite a few griffin knights in the vast area around him.

Everything is done for secrecy. Even Grand Duke McReynolds cannot bear the consequences of the nobles of the Andara Kingdom smuggling arms and weapons from the empire.

"Harrington Clayton, I'm the deputy commander of the Frozen Territory. Are these things traded here?"

Harrington said this neither humbly nor arrogantly, then looked at the other party. Coming alone, Falk Thorne certainly had no way of taking away these dozens of vehicles of weapons.

"follow me."

Knight Fok didn't say much. The next moment, the griffin took off and flew at a low altitude, guiding them in the direction to go.

After clearing the jungle, Harrington and others were surprised to find that there was such a road in this mountain range.

"It seems that the Grand Duke's control over the Griffin Mountains is absolute."

Soon, the team appeared in a camp, which was a military camp located in a valley, with 800 soldiers stationed in it. Although they were only wearing rough leather armor, they seemed to be well-trained.

"You hand over to them."

Knight Fok fell from the griffin. He didn't need to take out any tokens. The army commander in the camp came up with a smile. The griffin was the best token here.

Carriages entered the camp one after another. When the burlap that blocked the view was pulled back, cold weapons appeared in front of everyone.

It was visibly that the soldiers in the camp were breathing heavier.

Even Knight Fokker put away his pride at this moment and excitedly came to a carriage.

The boxes here were opened, and they were all filled with knights' swords. He picked up one of them, and the sunlight shone down, and the reflected cold light made him extremely excited.

"nice one!"

He looked at Clayton and said admiringly:

"Your forging skills are really amazing."

This weapon alone is of higher quality than the knight's sword he used.

And here is a carriage. "Count it and stamp it here."

Harrington didn't say anything. These things were not scarce in the Frozen Territory. The knight's sword in his hand could cut off what the other party was holding.

He took out a piece of parchment, on which was written the departure time, how many knights' swords, spears, and half armors were to be dispatched.

At this moment, Harrington used the blood of some wild animal to write down the arrival time, inspected the goods, and accepted the quantity, and everything matched.

Knight Fokker was stunned.

"Can this still happen?"

Obviously, this was also the first time he saw this kind of handover.

"It's all about safety, isn't it?"

Harrington laughed. Even within the empire, there were not many such methods, let alone the Kingdom of Andara.

The gap between a kingdom and an empire is not just about military strength and land territory.

Frank left his handprint on the parchment. He couldn't write, but it was enough.

After putting away the parchment, Harrington felt relieved.

"Hurry up and move your things. We have to leave quickly. Shunlian, where is the nearest noble territory to the Andara Kingdom?"

"Go east from here and take the road outside. When you get out of the forest, you will reach Viscount Fragoso's territory."

Fock replied that the superior quality of the weapons made him more enthusiastic about Harrington, and if he had a good relationship with him, he might be able to get better weapons and equipment in the future.

For a knight, this is the second most important necessity after a mount.

But he was still a little curious.

"Aren't you going back? Are you still going to stay in the Andara Kingdom?"

He was a little puzzled. This transaction was not to be seen in public. They wished that the people from the Frozen Earth Territory would just leave after they arrived.

Didn’t you see that this time the handover was handled by him, a single Griffin Knight, without any nobles involved?

Those noble lords were also afraid that the matter would be leaked.

"Of course, we came to the Andara Kingdom to buy food. We are just lost now. If we can't buy food and return, the baron will blame us and we will all be punished."

Harrington smiled and used Master Ryan's words to say, this is business. If it is business, how can you go back empty-handed if you come here with a full truck?

"You will be exposed. The last time your people came to the kingdom to buy food, many nobles already knew the news."

After all, the Grand Duke is just a Grand Duke, not the king of this land, and many pieces of information cannot be blocked.

"Isn't that just right?"

Harrington said:
"We are here to buy food. If we don't have any food when we return, someone in the territory might wonder what we have done."

"You are afraid of being discovered by the royal family and other nobles of the kingdom, and our lord is also worried that the empire will discover this transaction."

"Which one do you think is more terrible, the punishment from the kingdom or the punishment from the empire?"

Harrington asked, but Knight Falk could not answer.

Although he was not a noble and did not know many things, he understood that the empire would definitely not be willing to support the nobles in the kingdom.

Especially not funded in the name of the Empire.

(End of this chapter)