Corvinus watched the wolf cavalrymen sprinting in the distance.
War wolves were intelligent, so as long as the werewolves treated their war wolves well, their cooperation would be seamless.
Although wolf cavalrymen didn't need to form contracts with their war wolves, if the werewolves were kind enough and their bond tight enough, the war wolves would almost follow their werewolf partners for life.
In fact, many tribes even had the tradition of war wolf inheritance.
Even if a father's war wolf died or grew old, it would continue to follow his son.
Werewolves had a considerable lifespan, but they couldn't compare to war wolves.
A second-tier war wolf could easily live for over a hundred years.
Of course, such occurrences were still rare, as many of these emotional bonds took years to form, often after facing life-threatening challenges together.
Suddenly, at that moment, a wolf cavalryman charged towards Corvinus.
At the same time, a war wolf also ran over.
"Chieftain!"
The wolf cavalryman stopped not far from Corvinus, and a tall and robust young werewolf quickly jumped off the war wolf, walked up, and respectfully greeted him.
"How's the training going?" Corvinus asked with a smile.
The young werewolf was none other than the captain of the chieftain's guard, Kardia.
Ever since Corvinus took the position of chieftain, Kardia naturally rose in status.
Thus, Corvinus handed over the command of the wolf cavalry to Kardia, while Kro and Baggin, the two commanders, fully led the two infantry battalions.
Although it seemed like a power grab, Corvinus was quite straightforward in giving Kardia command of the wolf cavalry.
After all, he trusted his own people to command such a powerful force.
Kardia was about to speak when he saw a war wolf come to Corvinus's side and sit down naturally.
This war wolf was naturally the alpha Fenrir.
As a potential contracted magical beast of the chieftain, Kardia naturally dared not assign a rider to Fenrir, so during training, Fenrir would wander around the training ground.
"What's wrong, you don't look happy!" Corvinus noticed Fenrir sitting beside him as if nothing had happened and immediately reached out to pat Fenrir's large head.
At the same time, Fenrir's data also appeared in his eyes; the guy's strength was still stuck at the third tier.
But it was understandable; the breakthrough cycle for magical beasts was very long, and if luck was bad, it might be stuck for several years.
Fenrir ignored Corvinus and stared at the wolf cavalrymen training in the distance.
"Do you want to train too?" Corvinus saw that Fenrir was completely ignoring him and, seeing Fenrir's gaze, immediately brightened up and asked.
Sure enough, upon hearing Corvinus's question, Fenrir immediately looked at Corvinus.
"You guy, I let you play freely, and you're still not happy. Since you want to train, I'll play with you," Corvinus said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Fenrir got up.
"You're quite eager!" Corvinus patted Fenrir's broad back.
"It's not possible now; I have some things to do. Later, I'll play with you."
Upon hearing this, Fenrir slumped back down.
Kardia watched with a strange look because Fenrir's intelligence was completely human-like.
The intelligence of magical beasts increases with their strength, and most of their cognition only fully develops when they reach legendary status, possessing wisdom akin to humans.
However, Fenrir seemed to be an exception.
"How's the training going?" Just as Kardia was staring at Fenrir, Corvinus looked at the wolf cavalrymen training in the distance and asked.
"The results are already showing. The first cavalry unit, most of whom are old cavalrymen, so the old leading the new is not a problem. With more training, it won't be long before they regain their basic combat effectiveness."
"As for the second cavalry unit, with Fenrir present, the war wolves are very cooperative. Although the training has been less than ten days, their horsemanship is already fine."
"But in terms of combat, it's still unclear how much they can exert," Kardia said.
Corvinus nodded.
The first cavalry unit was formed by his father and consisted of combat-ready wolf cavalrymen.
Although they had suffered losses in the Closs Mountains last time, most of the war wolves survived even though the warriors died.
So, this time, many new wolf warriors were added to become wolf cavalrymen.
Currently, the first cavalry unit had a total of one hundred and thirty-six wolf cavalrymen.
As for the second cavalry unit.
It was his chieftain's guard, with all fifty-five guard members transitioning into wolf cavalrymen, and the war wolves were all from Fenrir's pack.
Why did he have his chieftain's guard transition into cavalry?
It was because of the bandit group!
He wanted to establish a bandit group but couldn't take too many of the tribe's main forces, so he thought of the chieftain's guard.
These fifty-five wolves were carefully selected by him, each reliable and trustworthy.
They could be fully transformed into the main force of the bandit group because there were only fifty-five, so he wanted to turn them all into wolf cavalrymen, and the combat power they could exert would not be comparable to fifty-five wolves.
Moreover, with these fifty-five wolf cavalrymen as the main force, they could go out and recruit some bandits to join or even annex some small bandit groups.
So, don't look down on the fifty-five people; as long as they have the strength, they can grow rapidly.
"I don't know how much combat effectiveness they can exert, so why not organize some combat training?" Corvinus glanced at Kardia and asked.
"Combat training?" Kardia was stunned, not understanding.
"Let the main force of the first cavalry unit and the second cavalry unit engage in combat training."
"Ah?" Kardia was stunned, then shook his head and said, "Chieftain, this is too dangerous. Such practical training, swords have no eyes, and it's easy to injure warriors and war wolves."
"Fool, who said to use real curved swords? Can't you make some models out of wood, and also restrict the rules of engagement, such as if you get hit in a vital spot, you automatically lose, etc.?"
"Otherwise, just training horsemanship without training practical combat skills, do you want to slowly improve on the battlefield? How much of a price would that cost?" Corvinus asked.
"Use wooden curved sword models?" Kardia was stunned, then overjoyed, "Chieftain is indeed brilliant, I will have them make some curved sword models tomorrow."
"You are the military commander, you must find ways to enhance the strength of the army, so as not to suffer too many casualties on the battlefield," Corvinus admonished.
He didn't understand much about military affairs, so he could only hope that Kardia and the others would grow up, learn to explore and experiment on their own.
After a brief conversation with Kardia, Corvinus mounted Fenrir and joined the horsemanship training.
With Corvinus to play with it, Fenrir was also very excited, carrying Corvinus and tirelessly running around.
...
The sun gradually set, and Kro came to the cavalry training ground with a smile and joy.
At this time, Corvinus was also preparing to go home. After training with Fenrir for a few hours, he was also quite tired.
"Commander Kro, what has you so happy?" Corvinus had just walked out of the cavalry training ground when he saw Commander Kro smiling foolishly at the door.