<div> Chapter 1178: Chapter 485: Holy Griffin Knights
 
 As soon as Aiwass returned to the Hall of Silver and Tin, he stuck close to Isabel.
 It was April 25th, exactly two months since Isabel became pregnant.
 Although normally, for safety reasons, intimacy is to be avoided during this period... Isabel was simply too clingy.
 After their first night together, having just tasted the pleasures of intimacy, Aiwass left Avalon; and until he learned of Isabel’s pregnancy, Aiwass remained asleep atop the Great Tree of the Holy Nation.
 During this time, Isabel gradually grew into a competent queen. But this did not mean she truly transformed into the merciless and tearless "Iron-Blooded Queen." Rather, she repressed her delicate and ever-changing emotions deep within.
 Longing, affection, grievance, loneliness... At first, she drank at night hoping to meet Aiwass in her dreams. Eventually, it became a habit—because even in dreams, she couldn’t always meet him.
 During pregnancy, especially in its early stages, drinking poses significant risks. To mitigate negative effects on the baby, Isabel needed to take very bitter magic potions to maintain her health. Yet despite this, she couldn’t resist drinking.
 Because if she didn’t drink, there might come a day when Aiwass or Aleister would want to find her but couldn’t; eventually, drinking genuinely became her way to ease loneliness.
 Now, Isabel hadn’t touched a drop of alcohol, yet her cheeks, flushed to her neck, looked as if she was already drunk.
 —Luckily, Aiwass himself was a healer of the Fifth Power Level, equipped with many methods to eliminate any residual negative effects and genuinely alleviate Isabel’s bodily discomfort.
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 </div> Neither bishop-level Illumination Art, nor rituals, potions, or alchemy compounds could truly heal Isabel. But for Aiwass, this was merely child’s play.
 And because of this.
 When Ligeia swayed her tail and entered the bedroom, she found Aiwass and Isabel in bed, surprisingly calm.
 ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom "Looks like you two are having fun."
 She even had the leisure to jest, "The little girls standing guard outside, their faces are all red!"
 "Speaking of little girls," Aiwass replied leisurely, "any one of them is older than you."
 "Ah, you can’t say that. Even if you raise a dog to two or three years, it might understand human speech better than a child of four or five. It’s a feature of the short-lived races, early wisdom."
 Ligeia chuckled, "And I’m that Old Dog—tucking Your Majesty in so she doesn’t catch a chill."
 Aiwass tucked in the blanket and, after donning a shirt, stood and asked, "Grand Arbitrator—what brings you here?"
 Switching to that title indicated it was time to discuss serious matters.
 And Ligeia, being sharp, understood exactly what Aiwass meant.
 "Good lad!"
 Ligeia praised, "Much more efficient than before—I just came to ask what those things on your ship are for?"
 "Sanctified Griffin Armor," Aiwass replied solemnly, "I brought back over a thousand sets."
 "What’s that?"
 Ligeia asked curiously.
 She wasn’t just playing the fool — being of commoner origins, she truly didn’t know.
 "You surely know Blessed Silk Light Cotton; that’s the raw material for the Holy Nation’s special silk stockings. The full name of Holy Water is also ’Blessed Pure Water.’ It’s a unique processing method exclusive to the Holy Nation."
 Aiwass explained patiently, "This is a crucial enhancement I’ve brought for the Griffin Knight Order."
 "Targeting Demons?"
 Ligeia guessed easily.
 She was somewhat surprised, "I thought you’d dismantle the cannons on the warship for the Griffins... It’s actually armor?"
 Clearly, Ligeia was aware of the illustrious achievements of the "Cruel Preacher." Its overwhelming firepower was breathtaking, intimidating more than just Demons, but also other human nations that witnessed or indirectly heard of it.
 Truth be told, no nation’s army could currently break through the "Cruel Preacher"’s firing net. In extreme conditions, the ship could complete epic-level achievements like "single vessel destroying a nation."
 Ligeia, naturally, was also interested in the device that could fire scorching lasers several kilometers away just by injecting mana.
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 </div> "I’ve had that contraption replicated, but it isn’t meant for the Gryphon Legion. Because that device requires a bishop-level Priest to operate, it’s not really suitable for the Gryphon Legion who are locked into the Path of Authority."
 Aiwass explained, "The Gryphon Legion will be the main force against the demons, which is why we’re concentrating all the resources of the Holy Nation."
 "Why the Gryphon Legion?"
 Ligeia was quite surprised, "What about the Narcissus Mage Corps? And the Horus Sun Chaser Corps, aren’t they the top combat forces for frontline battles?"
 She wasn’t afraid of the battle. It was because she knew too well the strengths and weaknesses of the Gryphon Legion—
 The strength of the gryphons lies in their ability to easily surpass several times the speed of sound.
 They don’t need to forcefully break the sound barrier; for these children of the storm, even the resistance of the air can be used as propulsion. Across the whole material realm, the gryphons are undoubtedly the fastest race on average.
 But gryphons lack spellcasting abilities and cannot perform divine arts. Although they can spit thunder and lightning, the power is limited—after all, the mana they can store is only so much, and spells involving lightning consume a lot of mana.
 Weak discharges are truly not lethal. And the speed of thunder is so quick that almost all the mana can be released in an instant... which means the Gryphon Legion severely lacks endurance for prolonged combat.
 For human enemies, this shortcoming doesn’t count as a flaw.
 Because they only need one strike to break through the enemy’s front lines and penetrate their supply lines. Although they can only attack once, that one time is enough.
 However...
 "For endless demons, what role can the gryphons play?"
 Ligeia’s doubts were understandable.
 And Aiwass provided a clear answer, "Because demons fear thunder."
 "...Fear thunder? How much so? Like werewolves fear fire?"
 "More than that, like how Sons of the Moon fear Dusk, Shadow Demons fear Light, and ghosts fear purification at that level."
 Aiwass shook his head and explained.
 The Sons of the Moon, creatures almost impossible to be killed by physical weapons, actually have quite a few weaknesses.
 For instance, they cannot cross running water, cannot violently enter the doors of others’ houses...
 The main weakness is the power of the Path of Dusk—such as freezing and petrification, which negate and dissolve ’immortality’ itself.
 Secondly, as creations of the Eternal Self, they are destined to lack resistance to the ’burning state’ of continuous flames; as products of a curse, they can also be temporarily freed from immortality through purification that can lift the curse of undeath.
 But the fear of fire by werewolves, Sons of the Moon, beasts... and even humans, trees, and trolls is because fire can leave them with injuries that are difficult to heal and impossible to self-heal.
 These beings born from the ’Creation Origin River’ have similar underlying structures. In the absence of ’medicine’ from the Path of Adaptation, fire is essentially lethal to most of the biosphere.
 But this doesn’t mean fire can suppress their other abilities—just like when humans combat fire, their intelligence, strength, and endurance won’t necessarily decrease.
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 However, the mode by which lightning restrains demons is that "once it hits and breaks the defense, it is bound to cause maximum damage and is certain to score a critical hit."
 Whether lightning strikes a demon’s weapon, their sturdy carapace, or armor, it can inflict full damage—as long as it does not hit a barrier.
 This is because the damage of natural lightning possesses ’punishment’ attributes, while the demons’ underlying power derives from the Great Sin system... It’s obvious by the names that ’Great Sin’ naturally fears ’Punishment.’
 "In other words, the gryphons don’t even need to exert full strength to deal lethal damage to demons of the same level. The only issue is... although the gryphons’ attacks on demons are guaranteed to pass through, the demons’ attacks on the gryphons can also pass through.
 "Gryphons lack curse resistance and have no sacred attributes. This means that most of the demons’ methods can have one-hundred percent effect on them... Therefore, even though the gryphons have absolute restraining power over demons, they cannot engage in close combat.
 "That’s why I’ve prepared a large number of Sanctified Griffin Armors—each one sanctified through half a month’s devout prayers by clergy of Archbishop level or higher. Curses below the Fourth Level are completely unable to break them, and those above this level require a significant power reduction.
 "At the same time, they will gain resistance to ’sacred’ categories, and the damages from ghosts, curses, and filth evil categories will be greatly weakened. The knights riding the gryphons will also gain permanent ’Repel Evil’ abilities.
 "Both the gryphons and their knights will receive a continuous flow of life force, allowing them to heal themselves continuously and even heal allies. Just as if the knights were taking on the role of a Paladin of a lower energy level.
 "Although ’Repel Evil’ doesn’t have as specialized a killing power against demons as ’Punishment,’ it still slightly restrains them and has a broader strike range."
 Aiwass slowly said, "With this set of Griffin Armor, this is no longer just the ’Gryphon Legion,’ nor is it the ’First Army’ that could only be used for surprise attacks before. It is the ace army against demons, destined to even coordinate with the most elite forces of the Holy Nation! The knight traditions of Avalon of yore have now revived...
 "I have named them—the Holy Griffin Knights."Visit freewe𝑏nov(e)l.𝗰𝐨𝐦 for the 𝑏est n𝘰vel reading experience</div>
 

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Chapter 1178 - 485: Holy Griffin Knights

Chapter 1178: Chapter 485: Holy Griffin Knights As soon as Aiwass returned to the Hall of Silver and Tin, he stuck close to Isabel. It was April 25th, exactly two months since Isabel became pregnant. Although normally, for safety reasons, intimacy is to be avoided during this period... Isabel was simply too clingy. After their first night together, having just tasted the pleasures of intimacy, Aiwass left Avalon; and until he learned of Isabel’s pregnancy, Aiwass remained asleep atop the Great...

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Chapter 1178 - 485: Holy Griffin Knights

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