Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

The knights' numerous breakthroughs finally improved Su Li's mood.

After all, no war is without deaths. Although the territory's army suffered heavy casualties, the breakthroughs were also very considerable.

During his conversation with Hilder, Commander Orstein finally completed the counting. The territory lost 8 elite-level soldiers in battle, but gained 5 new elite-level knights. If we add the 4 new elite knights from the Knights' Order, the number of elite knights actually increased rather than decreased.

In addition, 17 apprentice knights broke through to become official knights.

However, the biggest gains were among the armed servants. They faced the most pressure and suffered the most casualties in this battle, but their rewards were also the greatest. The surviving soldiers, after the fierce fighting and the inspiration of the life-and-death line, as many as 46 armed servants advanced to become apprentice knights!

This is also why Su Li said during the war mobilization that the idea that Imperials don't want to fight is a rumor. True Imperials love the excitement and confrontation on the battlefield.

In this world, war is indeed the most important means to help the lower classes achieve class leaps.

Basically, becoming an apprentice knight meant becoming one of the Empire's own, transforming into a member of the ruling class. Reaching the level of official knight meant possessing a large number of manors, wealth, and privileges.

Of course, among all these breakthroughs, the most eye-catching to Su Li was the knight Orstein.

His breakthrough speed was simply astonishing. He had already reached the high-level champion knight stage, and his advancement speed felt no weaker than Hilder's.

His own cultivation speed was already monstrous. He was famous in the Purple Thistle Fort for his rapid breakthroughs in battle.

After arriving in the Black Forest Territory, he ate a large amount of light scale fish to improve his aptitude. In the past six months, after experiencing multiple battles, he had already broken through twice.

Su Li really felt that he had hope of breaking through to the God-Chosen level before the Green Dragon Legion arrived.

However, Su Li both anticipated and dreaded this matter.

After all, this champion knight's breakthroughs always occurred after major battles. To break through to the God-Chosen level, who knew what kind of tragic and turbulent war he would have to experience.

And right now, the Black Forest Territory's army really couldn't conduct another large-scale decisive battle. What the Black Forest Territory's army needed most was rest and recuperation to restore the army's scale.

But this was not easy. The Allied forces had to continue fighting, taking advantage of the weak period of the demon army after the God-Chosen demon was killed, to clear out the remaining demon tribes in the northern mountains as much as possible.

After all, this was related to the scale of the territory's spoils of war. The demons' main spoils and treasures should be in their valley camps.

Thinking of the scale of the spoils, Su Li asked with concern: "How were our gains in this battle?"

Hilder immediately replied: "Our gains in this battle are actually not low. The biggest gain is undoubtedly Scaven Bloodrage's huge chain axe, weighing as much as tens of thousands of a unit of weight in China, about 500 grams or 1.1 pounds!"

Tens of thousands of a unit of weight in China, about 500 grams or 1.1 pounds of weapon? Is this the Golden Cudgel?

Su Li said in surprise: "So heavy? I thought it was only a few thousand a unit of weight in China, about 500 grams or 1.1 pounds."

"How is that possible?" Hilder said with a smile: "A few thousand a unit of weight in China, about 500 grams or 1.1 pounds of steel is only about the size of a helmet. The density of steel is still very high, so it is particularly heavy. A weapon as small as a mountain naturally weighs tens of thousands of a unit of weight in China, about 500 grams or 1.1 pounds."

"We negotiated with the dwarves, and both sides split the weapon equally. It contains a large amount of vibranium. After we melt it down, we can at least forge ten sets of vibranium rune armor."

"Ten sets of vibranium rune armor?" Hearing this good news, the fatigue in Su Li's body was immediately swept away. He felt an infinite amount of strength erupting from his chest, and he immediately stood up, supporting Hilder's shoulders.

"Hahaha! Great! Great! With ten sets of vibranium rune armor, we can equip both the Avengers of the Sun Knights and the Black Forest Guard Knights with vibranium armor."

If the equipment continues to be replaced at this rate, it won't be long before Su Li can realize his original ambition, which is for the territory's elites to wear vibranium rune armor, ordinary knights to wear star steel armor, and armed servants to wear the dwarves' fine-grade armor.

With this level of fine equipment, he would be much more comfortable facing the monsters' siege. He could more naturally achieve victory with fewer troops.

Using a thousand elite troops to defeat a mob of ten thousand consisting of kobolds, gnolls, goblins, forest goblins, and other monsters.

The territory's human resources are precious, so the army must be protected with fine armaments and not be easily damaged.

This situation is not only faced by Su Li alone. The situation in the entire human empire is actually similar to his.

After all, this is a world where a new evil archdemon is born every month, and the forces of good are constantly besieged by evil armies.

Finding ways to enhance the strength of the territory's army is the most important responsibility of every lord.

Su Li didn't expect that Scaven Bloodrage's weapon could bring back such rich returns. He and the dwarves equally divided the raw materials of this weapon, and it could also add ten sets of rune armor to the territory.

Listening to this rich spoil of war, Su Li understood why Imperials like the stimulation and engagement of the battlefield.

The key is that the material of this weapon is not only vibranium, but also a large amount of fine gold and good iron, which can be used to forge hundreds of sets of armor for the territory.

All of this can greatly make up for the territory's losses in this battle.

Just as Su Li was excited, Hilder gave him even greater encouragement: "Lord, if it's just vibranium rune armor, the scale is actually more than that. Khorne's followers are brave warriors, and they have equipped themselves with powerful weapons and armor. Their equipment is far more sophisticated than that of goblins and the like."

"In this battle, we killed as many as one or two thousand demon champion warriors and chaos warriors. The dwarves generously gave us all of this. If we carefully melt it down in the future, we may still have four or five sets of vibranium rune armor."

Su Li agreed with this number. The equipment of the demon legion is very sophisticated. The weapons and equipment of demons like Khorne Bloodletters are not suitable for humans.

However, the Red Crown cultists and chaos warriors are composed of mortals. Their weapons are sophisticated, and their scale is roughly equivalent to that of the human and dwarf allied forces.

The Black Forest Territory had nearly ten sets of vibranium rune armor before the war, and the chaos warriors and cultists, close to two thousand people, had four or five sets of vibranium rune armor is normal. If the dwarves carefully melt and forge them, maximizing the efficiency of resource utilization, they may be able to melt six or seven sets.

Then, the Avengers of the Sun Griffin Knights can be fully equipped, and the Black Forest Guard Knights can also be equipped with more than half.

Su Li just raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked: "Why would the dwarves be so generous and give us all the spoils of war on the battlefield?"

You know that the dwarves' desire for gold and wealth is no weaker than that of dragons.

Hilder said with a smile: "They would be nitpick over a few copper coins, how could they be generous? They gave us these spoils of war for greater benefits. They demanded that all the spoils of war under the mudslide belong to them. We negotiated with them for a long time, but they refused to budge. They insisted that if we also wanted the spoils of war under the ruins, the spoils of war on the battlefield would also be divided proportionally between the two sides."

Su Li hearing this also laughed. He said that the dwarves' generosity must be for greater benefits.

The dwarves' proposed condition was obviously manipulating the Black Forest Territory. They knew that the Black Forest Territory had no fortresses to defend and was eager to obtain wealth and transform it into strength. That's why they insisted that the spoils of war under the ruins must be cleaned up before they could be divided.

Negotiating with these short-tempered dwarves was obviously not a field that knights were good at.

Unfortunately, the territory's real negotiation expert, Laun, was not here, otherwise the Black Forest Territory could have obtained more benefits.

However, Su Li only sighed for a moment and said: "Forget it, let the dwarves have the spoils of war under the ruins. After all, they were the main force in this battle and also bore greater casualties. It's already generous enough that they shared Scaven Bloodrage's weapon with us."

The main reason was that Muradin had died. At this time, being incessant to find the dwarves to divide the benefits seemed very mean.

In terms of the transaction between the two sides, after handling the relationship well, the wealth traded in the future could make up for these losses in no time.

After all, according to Su Li's plan, the two sides' industries were complementary. The dwarves produced high-value jewelry, ornaments, and a large number of weapons and armor, while Su Li's territory provided them with a large amount of food and wine. Both sides could obtain benefits in the transaction and develop and grow.

Su Li looked forward to their large population consolidating the position of the Black Forest Territory's border granary.

Moreover, Su Li was also holding a treasure that the dwarves valued most. The dwarves paid such a high price, but Su Li intercepted this spoil of war. They had been restraining themselves from coming to Su Li to ask for it, which was a sign of valuing this friendship very much.

Su Li raised the dwarf horn in his hand and asked: "What is the function of this horn?"

Hilder replied: "I just asked Dogrin, and he said that this horn has three effects."

"First, there is the [Melee Expert] ability. When this war horn is blown, our soldiers will have the martial arts of a melee expert for the next minute, making them more deadly in combat."

"Then there is [Reorganize Formation]. Any soldiers whose courage has collapsed will have a strong courage emerge from their hearts and regain the belief in past honor, immediately reorganize their formation and launch a counterattack. This characteristic is still effective against magic-induced fear."

"Both of these abilities can be used once every 10 minutes."

"Finally, the most powerful ability that can only be used once in a battle is [Summon Ancestral Spirits]. When blown by a dwarf, it can summon Ankor Redbeard, the powerful ancestor of the Redbeard clan. He will kill enemies as a hero, but can only exist for 30 seconds."

Su Li immediately asked with concern: "How strong is Ankor Redbeard?"

If it was a champion level, Su Li felt it was very a chicken rib, something of little value or interest, and he was even too lazy to specifically find a dwarf to blow this horn.

If it was a God-Chosen level, it would be of great significance. 30 seconds of God-Chosen units could bring great changes to the battlefield situation, and even these short tens of seconds could create an opportunity to win.

If it was a legendary level! Su Li didn't even dare to think about it. He would directly call it a divine artifact.

Hilder smiled and didn't answer directly, but asked playfully: "Guess, maybe it can give you a huge surprise."

Obviously, this female knight, who had always been valiant and heroic, wanted to improve Su Li's mood after the war by acting out of character.

Su Li's eyes lit up and he asked expectantly: "It wouldn't be the God-Chosen level, would it? Could it be the legendary level?!"

Hilder said with a smile: "Neither."

"Then it's definitely not the champion level, could it be..." Su Li instantly gasped: "Could it be the Saint Domain level?"

This is someone who can change the entire battlefield situation alone.

Is the well-deserved ceiling of the Empire's military power.

Hilder said with a smile: "It's not that exaggerated. It's between the God-Chosen level and the legendary level. Before his death, he was a great legendary dwarf. When he was young, he once led only 30 dwarf rangers into a green skin warlord's camp, killing and capturing more than 700 of the enemy in one battle. This battle achieved his fame and made him famous throughout the dwarf kingdom."

"Later, after he became an adult, he became one of the most powerful warriors in the dwarf kingdom. In the Gray Mountains, he alone purified a dwarf holy tomb that had been defiled by undead, allowing countless dwarves to rest in peace. In the Troll Kingdom, he killed a troll king who was trying to organize an army to besiege Dragon Rock Forge. This was his most peak period. During this period, he killed all kinds of monsters, small ones like ratmen, goblins, and goblins, and large ones like giants, dragons, and even demons."

"Later, the Gray Mountains province could not satisfy his growing ambition. He once went to sea, even sinking a dark elf black ark."

"But excessive pride and stubbornness ultimately led him to be weakened by a curse from a Tzeentch chosen one in a battle with Tzeentch's chosen, and attracted him to a battlefield ravaged by the winds of chaos, which was extremely beneficial to Tzeentch's followers."

"All of the rangers who followed him died in this war. Although he killed all of Tzeentch's followers present, the cunning Tzeentch chosen one escaped during the war, and his pride and arrogance caused irreparable losses."

"He lost all of his honor. To atone, he shaved his hair and became a butcher, and vowed to avenge himself on that Tzeentch chosen, Kaos the Changer."

"But because he never met this Tzeentch chosen one until his death, he died with hatred and became a revengeful hero, only retaining the peak strength of the God-Chosen level. But according to his oath, if someone can help him complete the killing of Kaos in the battle to defeat Kaos the Changer, he will restore to the legendary level."

After listening to the life story of this hero Ankor Redbeard, Su Li couldn't help but be filled with emotions.

He really deserves to be a dwarf who grew to the legendary level.

His first feat in his youth was a great achievement that countless people could not achieve in their lives.

He dared to charge a green skin tribe of thousands of people with 30 people, and also killed more than 700 people!

How brave is this?

If this had not really happened in history, Su Li would have thought it was an absurd story.

And if Su Li could rely on the army to forcibly complete this matter, those things in his later life were things that Su Li could not reach so far.

In his youth, he had slain countless monsters, including giants, dragons, and demons. Yet, Su Li was now struggling to breathe under the pressure of a Chosen Demon and a Green Dragon.

As for slaying a Troll King, even if he sacrificed his entire territory, it would be utterly impossible. That was the commander of a Troll Kingdom.

As for his eventual downfall, it was perfectly normal in this world.

Many powerful warriors, experienced and seasoned, who once commanded armies of hundreds of thousands, undefeated throughout the land, ultimately stumbled in a minor battle, even dying on the field.

Sometimes, it wasn't due to carelessness or negligence on the part of these heroes, but rather that their insignificant opponent might have been forcibly demonized by a god, showered with immense divine grace, far exceeding the limits that normal humans could handle.

Therefore, in this world, even the most powerful individual, if they shine so brightly as to attract the attention of the gods, could face unexpected events. A forced deus ex machina, against which human power is utterly helpless.

However, powerful factions are eternally undefeated, like the Empire. It could lose once, twice, ten times, a hundred times, but someone would always step forward at a crucial moment to turn the tide.

Even if the Evil Gods could repeatedly interfere in the mortal realm, they couldn't shake the foundations of the Empire. Because the Empire's foundation was too vast! One or two losses were insignificant.

Su Li also hoped that his territory could grow quickly, becoming as deeply rooted as the Empire.

So, he directly returned to his territory with Hilde, continuing to focus on the great farming enterprise.

In the negotiations with the dwarves, Hilde's advocacy for abandoning the spoils beneath the ruins stemmed from the consideration that the territory's focus should be on farming.

Dwarves could tirelessly excavate underground, it was their racial talent and hobby, but the serfs of Blackwood wouldn't be able to do that.

Their focus was on the territory's great farming enterprise. As Su Li returned from the foot of the Grey Mountains with a small number of knights, the territory's farming enterprise was developing vigorously.

Under the guidance of the Minister of Agriculture, Vandal, Bjorn's Bay had systematically completed the second round of weeding and smoothly launched the second round of summer planting, planting over a thousand acres of pumpkins, three thousand acres of soybeans, and two thousand acres of cotton.

This development was undoubtedly very gratifying, but the cost was that a dozen slaves collapsed from exhaustion.

Agricultural labor is truly very arduous, especially during the height of summer. Weeding in the fields is a lifetime of suffering for many farmers.

Under the scorching sun, facing the loess with their backs to the sky, is the most helpless choice for many farmers.

If they had any other skill, they would have gone to work in a workshop long ago.

Of course, unless the farmland belonged to their own family!

Owning their own farms and land is the beautiful life that many knights pursue throughout their lives.

In an agricultural society, ensuring that each peasant household has more than ten acres of good land, with light taxes and levies, is the standard of a prosperous era.

The tragedy for these slaves is that after a year of hard labor, the output all goes to the capitalists and farm owners.

But there is no need to blame fate. In this world, who can have it easy?

The slaves are miserable, but aren't the knights miserable too?

The battle against the Chosen Demon was truly a landscape of blood and flesh, with the constant possibility of being directly hacked into pieces by monsters. If the slaves were sent up, could they launch an attack like the knights, roaring like a tsunami?

Moreover, even after paying an extremely heavy price to achieve victory, the remaining knights had no time to enjoy it. After a brief rest, they continued to form a joint army with the 600 dwarves and launched a clearing war into the canyons of the Grey Mountains.

Under the scorching summer sun, they had to wear heavy armor and padding, launching an uphill attack on the monster's lairs - Greyrock Peak and Greyrock Valley.

This place had been built into a fortress complex by the demon legion. There were three military camps on the mountaintop, dozens of arrow towers and outposts on the mountainside, and a huge fortress camp in the valley. The defensive facilities were interlocked and interconnected.

If it weren't for the fact that the followers of Khorne disdained the use of magic and ranged weapons, the besiegers would have suffered heavy casualties.

Even so, champion knights were needed to lead the charge, fiercely attacking the various ramparts, removing all external defensive strongholds, before launching a general attack on the enemy's camp in Greyrock Valley.

In the past few days, another six or seven wounded soldiers had been withdrawn to the territory. These were soldiers with amputations or serious injuries, permanently losing the possibility of returning to the battlefield.

They could only do odd jobs in the monastery of the Church of the Blazing Sun, help the territory train the militia, explain tactics to the young children, and guide their training.

Those lightly wounded soldiers, after being hastily treated by members of the Hospitalier Knights, returned to the battlefield.

Giving them a potion, keeping them from dying, that was the situation of 'light injuries don't leave the front line'.

None of this could be done by the serfs.

In this world, the rule of the knightly lords is brutal, but when something happens, the knightly lords really step up.

Half a month later, good news finally came from Greyrock Valley. The Swan Knight of the Halflings personally reported an exciting message to Su Li.

After a bloody battle, with the help of the Grudge Trebuchets, the allied forces fought day and night, finally removing all the outer strongholds of the cultists, and successfully breached the demon's camp the night before.

After burning all the corpses of the demons and cultists to ashes, the allied forces discovered a large number of spoils in the monster's camp!

The Dwarf Oathgold alone amounted to 2000 coins!

The two sides divided it according to a 6:4 ratio, with Blackwood Territory receiving more than 800 Oathgold coins.

Su Li had no complaints about this ratio.

After all, human knights were not good at siege warfare, and only a few dozen foot knights could play a role.

Moreover, the dwarves provided siege equipment and carried out siege operations. They climbed peaks first, infiltrated underground, and scaled the walls like ants. From the suppression of long-range crossbows and firearms to the operation of close-range siege ladders and battering rams, they almost took care of everything.

Human knights only needed to follow the dwarves up the city walls in a certain area of the battlefield and desperately hack at people.

In fact, in any world, a reckless man who can only hack at people is of little value. The key is that the territory can only provide this little bit of hacking assistance, and the scale is only a few dozen foot knights. The dwarves contemptuously considered the role of other armed attendants on the city walls to be useless.

If only the assistance on the siege battlefield was considered, then giving Blackwood Territory 10% of the spoils would be too much.

However, the role of human cavalry in defending the flanks and stabilizing the outer defenses was huge. The armies of monsters that tried to return twice were crushed into pieces outside the valley by the human cavalry.

Moreover, the humans provided the dwarves with sufficient food and won unanimous praise from the dwarves. After all, when they didn't have big friends, they could only eat black bread mixed with gravel on the battlefield. Although it didn't affect their fighting, being able to eat better always made them more enthusiastic about fighting.

So the dwarves were very generous in giving rewards.