Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

A great war has ended, with the honor of victory, the joy of harvest, and the sorrow of sacrifice.

In any case, everything is over. The dead are gone, the living remain, and the territory must continue to move forward.

After the soldiers cleaned up the battlefield, Su Li personally placed his rune sword on the pile of firewood and dry leaves, and with a surge of his bloodline, the Everburning Sword ignited the battlefield.

Countless monster remains and evil deeds were burned to ashes in this towering blaze. The fire raged, igniting large swathes of grassland and the adjacent forest, and it would be difficult to extinguish without several days of torrential rain.

Afterward, Su Li ordered the entire army to return in triumph to the territory.

On the way back, Hildegard gently rode her horse beside Su Li, comforting him, "Lord, a heroic death, wrapped in horsehide, is the glorious end for knights, a virtue that even the gods will praise. They, and many knights of our territory, have already received the blessing of the gods for their valiant fighting."

Received the blessing of the gods?

Su Li's spirits lifted. Perhaps this is also a kind of glory for the Imperial Knights.

He stopped thinking about those sad things and shifted his attention to the aspects that were comforting enough.

"Have any of our territory's knights made breakthroughs?"

"Yes, first of all, there's Beastslayer Gerold. His chest was filled with Ulric's brutal killing intent, and he promptly killed an Anarakee Giant Spider. The remaining Ulric's will transformed into divine grace, and he has broken through to become a Champion Knight."

This news was truly gratifying to Su Li. Although the territory lost an elite knight in battle, it also gained a Champion Knight.

The power of a Champion Knight is beyond doubt!

It's no exaggeration to say that twelve elite knights in a melee might not be a match for one Champion Knight.

Unless these twelve elite knights belong to the same squad, cooperate tacitly, and can coordinate with a battle formation, they might be able to withstand a Champion Knight.

And if the territory had twelve powerful Champion Knights, the battle with the Green Dragon wouldn't be so hopeless.

At the cost of half of the Champion Knights, the territory might be able to repel the Green Dragon.

However, this goal is still relatively distant. The territory currently only has two Champion Knights, only a fraction of the twelve.

Then Su Li asked with concern, "Besides Gerold, has anyone else advanced?"

"Yes, the knights' valiant performance and glorious victory today have granted divine grace to twenty-one knights, increasing their strength. Among them, a total of five people broke through major ranks: three novice knights broke through to become formal knights, and two formal knights broke through to become elite knights."

Su Li's eyes lit up, and he gazed intently at Hildegard, asking, "Are you one of them?"

A gentle smile appeared on Hildegard's cheek, and she nodded lightly, saying, "Yes, Lord, during the pursuit, I successfully beheaded an Anarakee Demon, and the blessing of divine grace allowed me to successfully break through to become a beginner elite knight."

Su Li finally smiled with joy. If it weren't inconvenient on horseback, he would immediately hold Hildegard's cheeks and kiss her hard, but he still said excitedly, "Hildegard, you, with the strength of a formal knight, beheaded a Champion-level demon. Receiving the divine grace of the Sun Goddess is inevitable. You will become one of the youngest legendary knights in the history of our empire."

Besides divine grace, there's no way to explain Hildegard's speed of cultivation.

You know, she only broke through to the advanced stage of formal knight last night with my full assistance, in ecstasy.

If she only relied on her own cultivation, it would be absolutely impossible to stabilize the advanced stage of formal knight, let alone break through to elite knight.

The divine grace of the gods in this world is truly real.

Su Li asked with concern, "What is the divine skill you obtained?"

"I obtained the divine skill·Battle Skill Master. The effect is that I can instill Violet's martial arts to other allies, making them more skilled when wielding weapons."

This is a more tactical, even strategic, ability.

Especially since Hildegard is also the territory's high-ranking chief steward, the martial arts of the Su Li's direct servants and knights she trains will be particularly powerful. They will be the elite among the elite, knights directly blessed by the goddess.

Hildegard's successful breakthrough made Su Li also feel itchy, after all, he is not far from becoming a formal knight.

As long as he can break through to formal knight, he may also obtain a divine skill.

Today, two formal knights broke through to become elite knights, and twenty-one knights obtained divine grace.

Su Li immediately focused on gripping the reins of his warhorse, and then sensed himself to see if he had bathed in divine grace.

After a long time, he opened his eyes somewhat angrily: "Why didn't I receive divine grace? I clearly also fought bravely."

Hearing this, Hildegard blushed a little. Was the Lord's bravery referring to him leading a team of fully armed, armor-clad, powerful knights to launch a charge against a team of weak goblins?

Compared to the Lord's usual casualness and laziness, this was indeed a performance that could be called brave.

But obviously the Sun Goddess's divine grace would not descend on such insignificant deeds.

However, although Hildegard roughly knew what was going on, she still gently and thoughtfully comforted him: "Perhaps the Sun Goddess's divine grace is blessing you in another way. You are a noble lord, and may obtain divine grace in a different way than us ordinary knights."

"Really?" Su Li was a little suspicious.

"Yes!" Hildegard immediately nodded heavily, and said firmly: "I guess it must be like this."

So Su Li, full of expectations, asked someone to call Ron, the leader of the Battle Pilgrimage. Six members of this Battle Pilgrimage also died in battle, but Ron didn't have too much sadness. Many members of their pilgrimage had prepared themselves for this ending.

Especially for the Sun Goddess's cause, they are willing to sacrifice and dedicate themselves.

Su Li also wanted to discuss this issue with him. When Ron approached, he asked: "Your Excellency Ron, this battle was a battle we launched in the name of the goddess. We shouted the name of the Sun Goddess, praised the prayers about the goddess's fury, and chopped up more than five thousand greenskins, as well as three powerful Anarakee Demons. This is definitely a glorious victory, right?"

Ron said without hesitation: "Of course, the enemy's scale is far larger than ours, and the enemy's combat power is also stronger than ours, but our small price completely defeated this huge green tide. If this doesn't count as a glorious victory, I don't know what kind of battle is worth being praised. In the near future, the church priests and believers who believe in the goddess will know about the Battle of the Brienne River you commanded, and sing about your deeds of defeating the greenskins."

Su Li nodded with a smile, and then asked: "Since this is the case, will the goddess bestow divine grace on us?"

"Are you talking about the Holy Relic of Glory?" Ron looked at Su Li and asked.

"That's right." Su Li remembered that defeating the enemy on the battlefield could result in obtaining the Holy Relic of Glory.

The previous small-scale battles didn't count, and Su Li didn't even dare to expect it himself.

But this time is different. The orcs, regardless of their scale or combat power, have an overwhelming advantage over the territory. Starting from the most powerful Chosen-level combat power, the greenskins have three Anarakee Giant Spiders, three times that of Black Forest Territory. They also have twenty or thirty elite-level trolls, far more than the human elite knights. As for the armed servants and slaves below, the gap between the two sides' forces and combat power reached more than 1:5.

And in this battle, our side only paid the price of more than 200 people to defeat a force of 5,000 people, and the number of people killed in battle exceeded 1,000, which can be considered a fruitful result.

Using the calculation of twelve promotions for meritorious service, this is a superior battle of defeating the many with the few, and killing the enemy far exceeding the losses is a superior achievement. A superior battle and achievement are enough to directly be granted the title of marquis and general.

Perhaps the only imperfection is that the poorly trained slaves suffered heavy casualties, which lowered the evaluation somewhat.

But not to say an epic victory, at least it counts as a glorious victory.

Ron laughed and replied: "The Sun Goddess is a very just god. If she believes that your victory and glory deserve to be rewarded, then she will definitely bestow divine grace. As long as we return to the monastery and report the great victory, there will naturally be results."

Su Li immediately reacted. The country he was in in his previous life was a standard pragmatism. He was not very firm in his beliefs. When something happened, he would ask the gods and Buddhas for help, and ask all the gods and Buddhas all over the sky. Once things were accomplished, he would put his hands on his hips and triumphantly exclaim that I was really awesome.

But this world is different. When departing in the morning, the entire army knelt and prayed in front of the goddess's monastery. When the war was going on, the gods really responded to the believers' prayers and bestowed the two abilities of [Strong Heart] and [Fire of Heavenly Punishment]. The knights shouted the goddess's name and used various divine skills of the Sun Goddess.

It can be said that 80% of the victory in this battle relied on manpower, and the remaining 20% was indeed the factor of divine power.

After the war, in any case, one should return to the monastery to fulfill their vows!

For the major affairs of a country, only sacrifice and war cannot be entrusted to others. In any case, Su Li himself should go to the monastery to offer sacrifices and announce the great victory.

This is the same as after the great victory in the East, the army must return in triumph, offer prisoners before the palace, and announce it to the ancestral temple.

So Su Li immediately said solemnly: "Your Excellency Ron, what you said makes a lot of sense. I will prepare sacrifices for the Sun Goddess, and pray to the goddess piously, praise the goddess's protection, and announce our great victory."

"What kind of sacrifices do you think are more suitable for us to use for the sacrifice this time?"

Ron stroked his mustache at the corner of his mouth with satisfaction and said with a smile: "The goddess teaches us to learn to find the enemy's weaknesses and attack them with ruthless power. And we should promote this to all places, whether in love, politics and war, in order to defeat the enemy and achieve our goals, what we need is a pair of sharp eyes, a clever mind and piety to the goddess."

"As long as you possess this quality and make sacrifices with a pious heart, the goddess will appreciate your behavior. If you say a more suitable sacrifice, I think flowers and swords are better."