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Chapter 572 - 572 127 Shooting Oneself in the Foot Seeking Monthly Tickets_2

572: Chapter 127, Shooting Oneself in the Foot (Seeking Monthly Tickets)_2 572: Chapter 127, Shooting Oneself in the Foot (Seeking Monthly Tickets)_2 The truth couldn’t be voiced, and from an outsider’s perspective, it seemed as if he, Blake, had deliberately instigated the conflict out of pettiness and ill manners.

It was a classic case of shooting oneself in the foot, and he was left speechless.

“Earl Hudson, Captain Blake had a bit too much to drink last night and was busy with…

some affairs.

He’s still hungover, I hope you understand!”

With naked contempt, Sunil uttered these words, causing those who had been eager to laugh to finally let loose.

Drinking was forbidden in the army, a rule observed across the continent.

Even if one succumbed to their cravings, it wasn’t sensible to get drunk.

Furthermore, Sunil’s words were rich with innuendo.

What had he been “busy with” all night?

Official business?

Don’t make people shiver.

There’s no chance for a decisive battle right now, where’s all this official business coming from?

Most people would attribute it to a woman, especially considering that the current clergy are notorious for their extravagant and lewd manners.

This unexpected twist left Blake dumbfounded.

His reputation was being tarnished, and he didn’t know how to respond right away.

To rebut it would mean admitting he’d been busy with other men, or maybe he was busy with…

In any case, given the scandal-loving nature of these reckless nobles present, they would certainly spin countless tales about him.

Blake shot Sunil a murderous look and fumed inwardly.

Considering the relationship between the clergy and the Frank Kingdom, he had thought Sunil was trying to stop the argument when he spoke up.

Of course, the goal of stopping the argument had been indeed accomplished.

Everyone was busy laughing at Blake’s expense and no longer interested in this minor conflict.

“Marquis Sunil, you’re too kind.

It’s clear Captain Blake has been working tirelessly for the survival of the human race.

How could I hold a grudge?”

However, Captain Blake, while the survival of the human race is important, you still need to take care of your health!

If we all become as worn out as you, how are we supposed to fight against the Orcs?”

Hudson threw in a pointed remark.

Originally, he did not want to interfere in the disputes between the Clergy and the Frank Kingdom, but when you’re in the game, you can’t help but play.

Trouble won’t avoid us just because we want it to.

No matter the reason, the clergy had come looking for trouble, and as a representative of the Alpha Kingdom, he had to retaliate.

If Sunil was willing to help, he naturally needed to respond in kind.

As for the clergy, there was no difference between offending them once and offending them countless times.

It was just a battle of words anyway, even if there was a big row, Hudson wasn’t the least bit worried.

The Alpha Kingdom was not so weak that a little quarreling would have some minister accuse him of destroying diplomatic relations with the clergy.

After all, there was no such thing as diplomatic relations between the two powers in the first place.

All there was, were conflicts and contradictions.

“Ha ha…”

After a burst of laughter, Marquis Olaville, who had been watching the scene unfold, suddenly said: “Earl Hudson, you really know how to joke.

But joking aside, we should focus on our main task.

The battle in the sky is about to end.

We should start tallying up the results!”

Watching the conflict between the Clergy, the Frank Kingdom, and the Alpha Kingdom, Olaville couldn’t help but gloat inwardly.

Deep down, he had thought more than once: “You guys keep fighting.

In the end, the Iberia Kingdom will come out on top.”

However, such matters of fueling the flames cannot be too obvious.

At the appropriate times, they still needed to play the part of peace-maker, intervene in disputes, so as to prevent others from discovering their plans.

Seeing an opportunity, Hudson gave a faint smile, spreading his hands helplessly as if to say: I did not start this conflict, deal with the ones who did!

Under the scrutiny of everyone, the already embarrassed Blake started feeling even more humiliated and resorted to pretending to faint.

Watching this comic spectacle, Hudson was speechless.

Clearly, Blake didn’t have the thick skin for this; if he were a seasoned scoundrel, he would’ve acted as if nothing happened.

The brief interlude ended and everyone’s attention turned back to the battlefield.

Even though the hawkmen were very cautious, always ready to flee when there was danger, a trap was still a trap.

After just under an hour of fighting, almost a thousand hawkman soldiers had fallen permanently on the battlefield.

If one were to sum up his observation, it would be that the hawkman soldiers launching the attack were too few in numbers.

If they attacked all at once with eighty to a hundred thousand troops, the allied forces surely wouldn’t be able to handle them.

However, for the hawkman tribe, it was almost impossible to muster such a large force at present.

They had already lost tens of thousands of soldiers in previous battles.

Now they needed to join the other four royal families in suppressing the domestic rebellion.

Given their population, the number of troops that they could dispatch for the attack was quite limited.

Of course, if they were to dispatch eighty to a hundred thousand air force at once, it would be a heavy loss for them too.

When the number of air forces reached a certain level, anti-aircraft firepower would come into play.

The Magic Crystal Cannons, the Magic Crossbows, these long-range weapons, also had a considerable destructive power against air targets.

They hadn’t been used much now because there were not many hawkmen, and the location of the ambush was uncertain.

By the time the heavy weapons were aimed, the enemies had already thrown their rocks and fled.

Looking at the continuously transported hawkman corpses, Hudson couldn’t help but exclaim: “The sub-dragon riders really are the kings of the air!”

Becoming a giant dragon knight was a dream of countless individuals across the continent.

However, few could achieve this.

Riding on a giant dragon was simply a mirage.

Settleing for a sub-dragon was also not bad.

Among the many sub-dragon species, pterosaurs and dragons are not considered the strongest.

Most of them are third-order magical beasts, with a few dragons occasionally evolving into fourth or fifth-order magical beasts.

However, those were the kings of their species.

The reason they could become the rulers of the human air force, in addition to being stronger than the gryphon, the giant eagle…

was mainly because they shared the same feature with gryphons— they lived in groups.

A dragon group often consisted of hundreds of dragons.

If they could be tamed, a dragon cavalry could be formed quickly.

Envious Hudson was dying to visit the Magical Beast Mountain Range immediately.

However, reason stopped him.

If it were as easy as he imagined, sub-dragon riders would be flying all over the sky by now.

Taming magical beasts was a long-term process.

The number of magical beast knights showed that very few of the wild magical beasts could be tamed by humans.

Especially for these group-living magical beasts, the slightest carelessness could result in the magical beasts calling for their friends, leading to a scene of brutal dismemberment on the spot.

“Why, does Earl Hudson want to form a sub-dragon cavalry?”

James joked from the side.

Normal people would know that this was impossible.

With the resources of the Koslow family, taming a few sub-dragons might be feasible, but trying to form a sub-dragon cavalry would lead to immediate bankruptcy.

Money was arguably the easiest problem to solve of them all.

As long as one was willing to find a way, there was hope to scrape it together.

The hardest part was the taming process.

This secret technique is strictly sealed off by the royal families of various countries.

Many ancient major nobility didn’t even have relevant knowledge.

Occasionally when they breed a few magical beasts for transmitting messages, it would also be accomplished by subduing them through conventional methods.

Formed air forces were something that only the top nobles could afford to have.

“Of course, it is every noble’s dream!

If I have the opportunity, I will definitely form a sub-dragon cavalry.

If that’s not possible, other flying beast knights would also do.”