Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

Su Li hadn't anticipated that Hilde's perfect answer back then, besides granting her divine favor, would also attract a visit from a Flame Sun Knight Order contingent.

And it seemed this Flame Sun Knight Order was quite large!

As the wealthiest and one of the most powerful knight orders, the Flame Sun Knight Order's combat prowess was exceptionally outstanding.

Hearing Su Li's inquiry, Knight Commander Constantine proudly replied, "Our detachment has 60 elite knights and 120 armed squires. It's worth mentioning that our armed squires aren't ordinary squires, but knights with at least probationary strength! They are ranger knights who follow the formal knights of the order to learn and train, hoping to grow excellent enough to become qualified knights of the Goddess Church and join the Flame Sun Knight Order."

Su Li instantly gasped!

He had always known that knight orders were very powerful, and those renowned knight orders were the world's martial backbone.

But he never imagined that a detachment of the Flame Sun Knight Order would be so strong!

A single detachment had one champion-level knight, 60 elite knights, and 120 squires above the level of trainee knights!

That's nearly 200 knights in total!

Several times the number of knights in Su Li's army, and nearly three times the number of elite knights.

The addition of so many elite knights suddenly elevated the military strength of Black Forest Territory to a new level.

The key point was that the Flame Sun Knight Order was a knight order closer to the secular, active on various battlefields, helping territories, nobles, and villages fight against various evil threats.

If Black Forest Territory encountered foreign enemies, such as greenskins, demons, beastmen, etc., they could summon them for assistance.

They would shout "Praise the Sun" and launch fearless charges against any powerful enemy.

These knights uniformly wore polished black and gold armor, with stylized golden sunwheel patterns printed on their flags, horse armor, shields, and breastplates. They knelt on one knee before the goddess statue in the Solar Goddess Monastery, symbolizing their devout conversion to Violetta in the sun-scorched square.

Nearly two hundred gold-glowing knights chanted hymns praising the Solar Goddess in the square, creating an atmosphere that was exceptionally sacred and solemn.

Many Solar Goddess believers among the commoners also joined the ranks, and the sound of hymns echoed in the sky above the territory.

The entire territory truly had the beginnings of a model Solar Goddess territory.

When the hymns ended, Constantine took the lead in getting up and turned to Su Li, saying, "Respected Lord, we have heard the Goddess's will and will promote the Goddess's teachings in Black Forest Territory, assisting you in building Black Forest Territory into a glorious land bathed in divine grace, allowing the glory of the Solar Church to shine brightly here, illuminating the entire Border Prince Territory, and becoming a holy land of faith worshiped by the entire Border Prince Territory."

Su Li said with a smile, "That would be for the best. I will have my high-ranking steward, Hilde, arrange for your accommodation. I hope Silverspring Valley can provide some assistance for your stationing."

Although Silverspring Valley was still just a village, with the stationing and development of the wealthiest knight order, it might soon develop into Silverspring Fort or Silverspring City.

To support a powerful knight order, relying solely on a village was far from enough. Their knight order would definitely contact the commercial families of Marayburg to set up warehouses and agents here.

And merchants were always happy to cooperate with knight orders, after all, if a famous knight of the order wrote them a letter of introduction, they could travel freely in many territories.

Constantine didn't pay much attention to the matter of the stationing, as the treasurer would handle the specific affairs.

As the wealthiest knight order, in the Flame Sun Knight Order, each grand commander had a treasurer as their right-hand man, helping the grand commander manage the station's tax revenue, loans, financial management, and various donated materials, and was responsible for the daily operation of the knight order and the manor.

Constantine was interested in Hilde. When he heard Hilde's name, his eyes lit up, and he looked at her and said, "High-Ranking Steward, I have heard of you for a long time. Your deeds have spread in the church, and more importantly, you are a knight chosen by the Goddess. I wonder if you are interested in coming to our Flame Sun Knight Order to serve the Goddess?"

Hilde was slightly surprised at first. She didn't expect that the deeds in such a remote territory had already spread out in just three months.

But then she smiled gently, and her tone was firm: "Thank you for Commander Constantine's kindness. But my worldly ties are not yet severed, and I can only be a secular knight, guarding the Lord for life. The church knight order is not suitable for me."

Constantine said regretfully, "That's fine then. In fact, as a church knight, stationed in Black Forest Territory, you might as well help your respected Lord. I think you can consider leading a church knight contingent, which may be of greater assistance to the Lord."

At this time, Su Li stepped forward with a smile, put his arm around Hilde's slender waist, and said to Constantine: "Commander Constantine, it's not appropriate to poach people in front of me. I have already planned to form a secular knight order in Black Forest Territory, and Hilde is already the designated commander of the knight order. If you poach her away, my knight order will be without a commander."

The formation of a knight order in Black Forest Territory was actually something that everyone had expected.

Now the territory's knights were almost all Su Li's direct retainers, and they didn't have many kingdom territories or slaves, so entering the knight order was their best choice.

Many knight orders required members to give up secular titles and territories if they joined.

For example, the most famous White Wolf Knight Order even had dukes willing to give up their titles to serve as the grand commander of the White Wolf Knight Order.

One cannot view this extraordinary world with secular eyes.

The grand commander of the White Wolf Knight Order had a very high status. As the most powerful church knight order of the Winter God, its grand commander's status was even comparable to an elector. The Ulric Church had three divine voting rights, and the White Wolf Knight Order held one of them.

Moreover, more devout cultivation in the knight order could allow knights to have a higher chance of promotion.

In the absence of consecrated wisteria pods, the most effective way for most people to extend their lifespan was to improve their extraordinary strength. Each increase in rank meant a significant extension of lifespan. By the legendary level, one could break through to thousands of years old.

Various forces on the continent were not short of legendary figures with thousands of years of life. By the sanctuary stage, their lifespan was extended, like dragons, and they almost never died of natural aging.

And most knights were willing to follow Su Li to the remote Border Prince Territory not for territory and wealth, but to obtain opportunities for promotion and becoming stronger.

Especially since Su Li had so many powerful fantasy props. Frankly speaking, if not for those knight families who were very pursuing of fame and status, most knights would prefer to stay in Black Forest Castle and serve as direct knights.

If they could join the secular knight order of Black Forest Territory, that would be the best way out for them.

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And Constantine, hearing Su Li say this, could only bless and say: "Under the care of Violetta, I believe that under her command, Black Forest Territory will be able to build a powerful knight order."

"Although I think this is very unnecessary. No matter how powerful a knight order is, in the face of our Flame Sun Knight Order's combat power, they are just a bunch of trash. Instead of spending so much financial resources to build a new knight order, it is better to fund our Sun Halo Knight Order. I believe it will greatly improve your territory's combat power."

One could see that this champion knight with his chin raised, like his gorgeous red beard, was like a proud rose. This knight order, with both beauty and substance, only respected Hilde in Black Forest Territory, and everyone else was insignificant in their eyes.

This also gave Su Li a headache. It was certainly a good thing for the territory to have an additional knight order stationed, but how to get along with these proud and arrogant knights also tested the lord's ability.

Many territory lords had bad relationships with the grand commanders of the local knight orders, so it would happen that during a certain lord's term, his territory's knight order would refuse to fight for the territory.

Constantine's arrogant attitude didn't seem like someone easy to get along with.

After all, as one of the branch leaders of the powerful and proud Flame Sun Knight Order, his life had been smooth sailing, and he was naturally unruly and didn't know what humility was.

Except for Hilde, this high-ranking guard commander who seemed destined to grow into a God-chosen knight, everyone else had to face his raised nostrils.

And they also had the confidence to be proud. As the wealthiest church knight order, even their lowest-level armed squires wore fine-grade plate armor, and could follow the powerful Flame Sun Knights in fierce charges, violently crushing all enemies in front of them into powder.

And their qualified Flame Sun Knights wore star iron armor of exquisite grade or higher.

This armor was one of the most famous armors sold by dwarves in the empire, and Su Li had seen its strength. It was really difficult to cause damage even with artillery fire.

Especially since the elite knights were also exceptionally strong. Wearing this exquisite-grade armor, even if they were knocked down by artillery fire, they could get up and continue fighting. It might take several artillery hits to cause casualties.

And the grand commander Constantine and the three exceptionally wealthy knight order captains wore perfect-grade vibranium rune armor!

With this armor on, the knights were veritable battlefield bulldozers. The ordinary greenskins' machetes might not break their defense, and might even be directly killed by the recoil.

Moreover, among them were two demi-griffins. In addition to Commander Constantine, a powerful young knight also possessed one. This basically meant that he had an 80-90% probability of growing into a powerful champion-level knight.