Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

After the fierce battle ended, it was time for the post-battle revelry.

Most of the free militias didn't receive any bounty for joining the fight; the spoils of war were their biggest reward.

So, when they heard that the lord was generously allowing the soldiers to take thirty percent of the loot, the atmosphere on the battlefield instantly reached a climax.

Countless soldiers cheered, praising the goddess for her protection and the lord for his generosity, before plunging headfirst into clearing the battlefield.

At this moment, no matter how tired or exhausted they were, they wouldn't complain; instead, their hearts were filled with motivation.

After all, these were the spoils left behind by four monster legions!

Nearly ten thousand monsters were chased and killed all the way, resulting in thousands of casualties, and the humans took no prisoners, executing all those captured on the spot.

This scared the fleeing, routed soldiers so much that they wished their parents had given them more legs, discarding their armor and weapons along the way, even dropping runes and items all over the ground.

The soldiers diligently searched every corpse, not even missing any possible hiding places for treasures, whether it was gold teeth in the monsters' mouths, precious gems inside their bodies, or even the trolls' skin, flesh, and bones, all were thoroughly cleaned up.

Marshal Orson Stein, after his advancement and breakthrough, came to Su Li first. His aura was extremely fierce and imposing, as majestic as a lion ready to pounce, commanding respect without anger.

When Su Li saw him, he smiled and said, "My powerful marshal, congratulations on successfully breaking through to the God-Chosen level. The two pillars of the territory have officially taken shape."

Orson Stein proudly puffed out his chest, even his brown beard looking vibrant and firm at this moment. Then, he heavily pounded his chest with his fist, gave Su Li a military salute, and solemnly said, "Thank you for your cultivation, Lord. Without your initial enlightenment and continued appreciation, I wouldn't have my current strength. In the name of the Sun Goddess, I vow to dedicate my sword and life to you, always standing by your side, no matter what enemies or challenges we face, I will spare no effort to protect your glory and territory."

His eyes were firm, and his clenched fist and solemn expression were full of the knight's piety towards his faith and pursuit of glory.

Su Li looked at Orson Stein, a trace of appreciation flashing in his eyes. The biggest advantage of this knight was that he clearly knew what his pursuit was. Therefore, this marshal was not only a powerful warrior but also a trustworthy ally.

Then, Su Li calmly responded, "Marshal Orson Stein, your loyalty and courage are my most precious treasures. The solid friendship between us doesn't need oaths to prove anything. Tell me about the spoils of war."

Orson Stein immediately beckoned to his armed attendants. At his signal, two armored attendants carried more than a dozen flags into the wooden room, throwing these flags, each symbolizing a powerful monster legion, onto the filthy ground.

Orson Stein excitedly said, "Lord, these are one of the biggest gains of this battle, a full 17 war flags! Many of them are made of human skin, representing the evil deeds and arrogance of these monster legions."

"These are the perfect sacrifices to offer to the Sun Goddess, to announce our victory and triumph to the goddess, and to show our contribution to guarding humanity."

Su Li was a little surprised and asked, "Announce it to the goddess now?"

He really didn't want to conduct the announcement and prayer immediately. He had a grand vision in his mind: to wait until he had completely defeated the green dragon's legion, finished this grand and glorious battle, and the territory had gathered all its strength to hold a grand triumphal ceremony and resource-rich sacrifice.

At that time, he would definitely let the territory obtain a vast divine grace and receive an incredibly powerful, even destiny-changing, glorious relic from the Sun Goddess.

So, he hadn't thought about conducting a sacrifice after this battle.

At this time, the territory's religious advisor, Rong En, spoke up, "Lord, the sacrifice of war flags does not conflict with the sacrificial ceremony. The Sun Goddess is a goddess who encourages humans to form legions and go deep into the forest to clear away evil. So, if a territory can capture many war flags, it can sacrifice them to the goddess in the monastery. Her Eminence Violet will bestow the Sun Goddess Church's war flag according to the evil and power of the war flags."

"But usually, it takes the sacrifice of multiple war flags to successfully obtain a lily war flag. Of course, there is a small probability of obtaining some special flags of the church."

In this battle, Rong En, this once powerful God-Chosen knight, also fought bloody battles, killing more than 40 monsters. He didn't kill many monsters, but the quality was extremely high. Most of them were trolls, skin wolves, and gnoll leaders. At the edge of life and death, he finally successfully regained the feeling and memory of the Champion level and successfully returned to the Champion level.

Now his words were particularly confident and full of confidence. Su Li heard this and didn't hesitate much. He said to Rong En, "Then these war flags will all be handed over to Lord Rong En for you to sacrifice."

While waiting for Rong En to sacrifice, Su Li asked Orson Stein with great interest, "Commander, what powerful divine art did you gain after being promoted to the God-Chosen level?"

A trace of pride flashed in Orson Stein's eyes. He raised his right hand and said, "It is the Hammer of the Sun. In battle, I can summon a huge golden light hammer to smash the opponent."

Hearing this, Su Li's eyes lit up and said, "That is very powerful. Your characteristics are always very suitable for battle."

This characteristic looked ordinary, but if it was activated in the God-General state, it would have an earth-shattering effect.

The thirty-meter-tall God-General, in the midst of fierce battle, suddenly raised his right hand to form a huge and blazing golden light hammer, and then the war hammer, with its dazzling golden light, drew a magnificent arc in the air, smashing towards the enemy with the force of the heavens collapsing and the earth splitting.

The enemy who was hit would be instantly smashed away, and even the light hammer would carry the target, causing the battlefield behind it to collapse and the earth to shake.

What kind of Hammer of the Sun was this? It was simply an axe to split mountains. With one blow, the world would lose its color. It could shatter mountains and shatter the earth.

This was just a divine art. If he advanced to the legendary level in the future and obtained a powerful bloodline ability, the effect would probably be even more amazing when used in the God-General state.

Su Li now somewhat believed that some legendary figures could form an army by themselves with artifacts, just like the saying on the continent, every dragon is an army.

The two of them had just talked for a while when Rong En successfully returned to the room, followed by four knights behind him, each carrying a war flag on their shoulders.

Rong En excitedly said, "Lord, our sacrifice this time was very successful. We have gained a full 4 war flags."

He pointed to the first three identical war flags and said, "You may recognize this war flag. It is the church's most common lily war flag, slightly weaker than the Holy Lily War Flag of the Half-Griffin Knights. Their effects are similar, but they don't have the brilliant and powerful abilities of the Holy Lily War Flag."

Then, he pointed to the last flag with golden sunlight and excitedly said, "This is a special flag of the church, called Steel Sun. It is usually equipped in the church's wealthiest Flame Sun Knights."

Su Li immediately focused his attention on this bright and radiant flag. On the crimson banner was embroidered a church's iconic flame sun emblem, with sixteen outward-radiating beams, conspicuously decorating the center of the flag.

"What is its effect?" Su Li asked with great interest.

"The effect is to greatly increase the protective ability of soldiers' armor and give the soldiers' armor a powerful arcane magic. When the soldiers' fine and gorgeous armor is first penetrated on the battlefield, the power of the sun contained in the armor will be activated, like the wrath of the sun god, releasing a devastating solar explosion on the surrounding enemies, making them feel the most fiery judgment of the Sun Goddess Violet."

Hmm?

Su Li raised an eyebrow. This war flag was interesting. It matched its name, [Steel Sun], very well. It not only significantly improved the protection of the soldiers but also had the terrible explosive characteristics of the sun.

"How strong is this explosion damage?"

Rong En patiently replied, "It is related to the equipment level. You know the characteristics of the Flame Sun Knights. On the battlefield, they always wear shiny gold-plated black armor and decorate their flags and emblems with sun patterns, and then charge into the enemy's formation in gorgeous attire."

"So, the more gorgeous and higher the level of the armor on the knights, the wider the range of the explosion and the greater the power. Usually, the solar explosion below the quality level can only injure one or two goblins and gnolls around. This kind of damage is almost equal to none."

"But when it comes to the fine heavy armor level, the effect will undergo a qualitative change. This level of equipment can already kill the surrounding armed attendants."

"And when it reaches the exquisite level, the range and power of this explosion is enough to become an important help for the knights. It can also cause heavy damage to elite monsters. At least 4 to 7 soldiers below the elite level can be killed."

"If the soldiers are wearing perfect-level vibranium rune armor, they can even directly kill 1 to 2 elite-level soldiers. You must know that the number of vibranium rune armor is actually very small. It is very rare to have dozens of sets like our territory. In most kingdom knight territories, only the kingdom knight himself may have one set."

"As for the rare-level armor, I haven't seen this effect. But I think that the explosion may already have a serious damage effect on the champion-level knights. I look forward to seeing this shocking scene under your leadership, Lord."

Su Li nodded slightly. The effect of this flag was very clear, that is, it requires the army to arm itself with the finest equipment.

Su Li was wondering whether to equip the Black Forest Guard Knights with it or send it to the Corona Knights to exchange for a favor?

After all, the Corona Knights were a branch of the Flame Sun Knights, and they must also be eager to get such a war flag.

Their Knights had helped the territory fight so many wars without asking for anything in return, and the casualties alone were a very large number.

Although this was what their doctrine promoted, Su Li would not take all this for granted, enjoying their help without any gratitude.

Friendship was always built up little by little through various details and rewards.

Only by truly respecting them and remembering their dedication would they sincerely have a harmonious relationship with the territory.

In the future, in response to some battles that could be participated in or not, they would firmly stand on Su Li's side.

So, Su Li pondered for a moment and said to Rong En, "Give this flag to Commander Constantine. Forget it, I'll wait for him to come over and I'll give it to him personally. He was brave and fearless in this battle, taking the lead in launching an assault on the Wyvern King. I should give him a gift as a souvenir of this battle."

And giving him this flag had another great advantage, that was, he could earn a lot of wealth from him. Of course, this was not to say that Su Li was going to sell the flag to him, but after the flag was given to him, his Corona Knights would definitely try to buy more vibranium rune armor.

Their Silver Spring Valley was very wealthy. Usually, they didn't interact much with Black Forest Town. After all, their knights had their own great nobles and merchants to sponsor them. (Each knight could receive donations from more than one noble.) At the garrison in Silver Spring Valley, there were warehouses and agents set up by caravans from Maleburg. When the Corona Knights needed something, these caravans could usually buy it for them from Maleburg, even some things that were not so legal.

Vibranium rune armor was an absolutely forbidden strategic material to smuggle within the empire. Unless it was a transaction between nobles, any private transaction or smuggling was a capital crime for the entire clan. If there was vibranium in a caravan, the entire caravan would be executed. This was much more dangerous than salt peddlers.

But in Maleburg, this special location that controlled the throat of the border prince's territory, not only would merchants take risks for wealth, but the Imperial Elector Council also turned a blind eye to this, allowing merchants to smuggle vibranium and rune armor to the pioneering lords.

So, if the Corona Knights were willing to invest heavily, they could buy 1 to 2 sets of armor from Maleburg every month, but even the wealthy Corona Knights would not be able to afford this price. The price of these strategic materials and national treasures smuggled on the black market was very high. This kind of strategic material was already worth a lot. A set of vibranium rune armor was equivalent to the annual output of 1000 serfs without eating or drinking. Smuggled rune armor was worth at least 2000 gold crowns.

Even if the wealthy Knights bought two or three sets, the treasury would become empty.

So, the forces that could create this kind of rune armor definitely had unparalleled strategic advantages. They could save a lot of wealth, otherwise, just buying arms and armor would be enough to overwhelm a territory.

Just as Su Li was thinking about whether to sell a few sets of vibranium rune armor to the Corona Knights, Hilde entered the room and said to Su Li, "Lord, Commander Constantine is here. And he brought a lot of good things."

Su Li immediately smiled and said, "Please invite Commander Constantine in quickly."

A moment later, Commander Constantine's tall figure and Vice Commander Freya's slender figure walked into the room together.

Su Li asked with concern, "Are you not injured?"

Constantine laughed heartily and said, "I only suffered a little minor injury, being grazed by Sandalion. But I don't think the Lord is asking about me, right?"

Freya crossed her arms, tilted her mouth, and looked at Constantine with a disgusted expression, saying, "This is the first time I knew you were so gossipy. If you're not injured, I'm even more fine."

Su Li smiled. It was good that they were fine.

In this battle, he saw Freya's performance in the air, which was very impressive.

It wasn't that Su Li was specifically looking for a woman's figure on such a tense and fierce battlefield, but when Su Li observed the Gryphon Rider Regiment, he saw her unparalleled power together with the Gryphon Rider Regiment.

As the Empire's highest-level established knight order, the Gryphon Riders demonstrated unparalleled power in this battle.

Especially when charging against cannon fodder troops such as gnolls and forest goblins, the huge difference in rank made them simply destroy everything in their path, unstoppable.

As long as the Gryphon Rider Regiment launched a charge against the monsters, it was like a sharp knife cutting through bamboo, mercury pouring down, and each charge could penetrate hundreds of meters into the monster army, chopping dozens or hundreds of monsters into pieces all over the ground.

Especially in this battle, the monsters were caught off guard and their formation was in chaos. The Gryphon Rider Regiment, with other elite knights, launched an attack from behind the monsters, displaying the power of the Imperial Knights to the fullest. They used their lances to wipe out thousands of monsters, and in the process of charging and chasing, the number of monsters they killed far exceeded the number of other soldiers on the front battlefield, who were six or seven times their size.

This is also very reasonable, the gaps opened by the monsters were only in two places, and the number climbing the city wall was not many, so the number that could engage in close combat with the infantry phalanx was very small.

Most of the losses were caused by the knights wantonly pursuing and killing the monsters in the process of their rout after their morale collapsed.

This is one of the Empire's greatest advantages. As long as the battle is won by the Empire, the Imperial Knights, in full pursuit, can inflict devastating blows on the defeated army.

Commander Constantine reaped a rich harvest in the pursuit. After he finished joking, he took out a batch of treasures from his arms and said, "This battle was really enjoyable. Especially when the giants started to flee, we chased and killed them to our heart's content. The thrill of hunting giant creatures was simply unparalleled."

Then he threw a golden crown to Su Li and said, "This is a ring I cut off from the finger of a giant when I was chasing it, but it looks like the crown of a king. This is a souvenir I'm giving you to commemorate our great victory in this battle."

Su Li took the crown and glanced at it, and asked, "It wouldn't be the dwarves' notorious Vengeance Crown, would it?"

Dogelin's expression was serious, and he said, "Lord, this joke is not funny at all. You must know that every appearance of the Vengeance Crown will bring bloody storms of destruction and disaster."