Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

Listening to the clamorous shouts on Ector Commercial Street, Su Li finally understood the value of that introduction.

In the mortal realms, magical objects are commonplace; almost every merchant, except for the lowliest peddlers, would sell some kind of magical trinket or arcane equipment at exorbitant prices.

Su Li heard about too many wondrous things from these people, such as dung beetles that could quickly decompose feces, or Shar's bark spell that could turn feces into something like tree bark.

Su Li even heard the name of the Dung God, who could transform feces into something resembling horse manure.

You should know that within the Empire, only serfs with connections could enter the castles to clean up cow and horse manure for the lords, and a cart of horse manure cost as much as 1 copper coin.

The lowest horse manure worker in a castle earned more in a year than a farmer who owned land.

Because horse manure was a natural fuel, both economical and hygienic, it could even replace a lot of charcoal. Even the ashes after burning were lethal to rats, bats, and wolves, and many adventurers would carry a bag of ashes to fight rats and snakes in the wild.

But among all the voices, one voice attracted the attention of a large number of knights.

"Lord, I have an ancient relic here! A Scale of Wokartrix!"

Su Li looked in surprise at the place where the voice came from and immediately said, "A Scale of Wokartrix? Did I hear that right? Is he shouting about one of the most famous artifacts in this world, the Scale of Wokartrix? Someone, bring him back here!"

This voice also made countless knights fanatical. A dozen burly Black Forest Guardsmen rushed into the crowd, charging violently towards the direction of the voice, scaring everyone in front to quickly make way, for fear of being hit by these knights and immediately turning black and blue all over.

Soon, a dozen knights found the owner of the sharp voice, a middle-aged halfling woman.

Halflings are a matriarchal society, so women are generally wealthier. This middle-aged halfling woman was especially prosperous, her waistline almost catching up with their distant relatives, the dwarves.

Tiberius directly grabbed her by the neck, lifting her up, his cheek almost touching her high nose. He stared at her fiercely with eyes like a wolf, and asked, "Do you know what you are saying? Do you have the artifact, the Scale of Wokartrix?"

The artifact, the Scale of Wokartrix, even Su Li, the pioneer lord who had just transmigrated here for less than a year, had heard of its illustrious reputation several times.

This was one of the most powerful ancient relics of the dwarves. Legend has it that in the mythical era, Grimnir, one of the dwarven ancestors, fought against the divine beast Wokartrix, resulting in a mutual defeat. That grand battle left almost no traces, and its location was unknown, but the Flame Wardens insisted that after the battle, the dwarves braved the scorching heat, crossed the lava river, and ventured to the site to search for traces of their god.

Of course, the dwarves did not find anything of Grimnir. His soul had been shattered. But Wokartrix's remains were scattered across this land. To avenge their dead god, Grimnir's followers collected these remains, turning the scales into shields and the broken claws into spear tips. With these new weapons, they turned their anger towards Wokartrix's descendants, clearing many deadly dragons from the mountains.

It is said that before the arrival of Chaos, there was a team of Flame Wardens who, wielding weapons and shields forged from Wokartrix's remains, chased huge monsters deep into the most desolate lands of the realms. However, with the advent of Chaos, they also perished. Only one of these shields survived the Age of Chaos. It is currently in the hands of the witch prophet Gorit Breaktooth, who leads a ragtag orc tribe that goes wherever it goes - the Thousand Teeth Tribe.

For the orcs, the Scale of Wokartrix is a powerful magical item, said to be filled with the raging energy of the Mother of Salamanders. Drawing on this energy has made the Thousand Teeth Tribe notorious throughout the greenskin world. This scale is also an ancient relic that the Flame Wardens are eager to retrieve, as it is their connection to the gods and to those ancestors who wore it for thousands of years before the coming of Chaos.

It is said that the Scale of Wokartrix is prismatic, about half a meter in diameter. It is generally deep red, with the edges dyed black, as if exposed to high temperatures. There are many cracks on the surface, and the material inside glows like hot coal. Anyone who picks up the Scale of Wokartrix will feel molten fire surging through their blood vessels, and a layer of volcanic rock and lava will adhere to their skin, protecting them from harm.

A shield with a diameter of half a meter can block most of the body, even for a dwarf of 1.5 meters tall. This small halfling woman is only about 1.2 or 1.3 meters tall. If she really had this Scale of Wokartrix, it would be impossible to hide it.

So Su Li surveyed her surroundings and asked, "Where is the artifact? You know the price of deceiving a lord."

She quickly took out a palm-sized dark red stone from the cloth bag hanging around her neck, with lava-like patterns on it, and blood-colored blazing red light shining in the recessed patterns.

This made the surrounding knights look around in surprise, seeing that this light really had the power of an artifact.

The middle-aged halfling woman quickly shouted, "Put me down, put me down, I'm suffocating."

Tiberius was dazzled by the light, so he let go of the little one and asked, "What is this?"

"This is what it literally is, the Scale of Wokartrix!" The other party crossed her arms with a full of imposing manner.

Su Li and Raun both reacted at the same time. This was not the dwarven artifact, but a scale from the ancient divine beast dragon, Wokartrix!

Sure enough, the other party then confirmed Su Li's guess, saying triumphantly, "I don't know if this scale was not collected by the dwarves, or if Wokartrix was shattered by other divine beasts in battles in more ancient times."

"But in any case, we halflings are always destined to be with these powerful enchanted props. On my travels, I encountered a volcanic eruption, and in the ashes of the volcanic lava, I picked up a fragment of this scale. It is undoubtedly a myth-level material from ancient times."

Su Li didn't expect to see myth-level materials so quickly after entering this world, but after being shocked for a moment, he quickly accepted this fact.

In fact, in terms of scope and territory, he should have encountered this level of props.

From ancient times to the present, there are too many powerful relics and materials buried in this world. And the Black Forest Territory is vast and magnificent. If he could explore it thoroughly, as the lord, he would inevitably encounter one or two precious materials.

It should be said that every powerful lord's treasury has one or two of these original top treasures.

Although his family may not use them for hundreds or thousands of years, as a treasure worth collecting, keeping it in the treasury can enhance the family's noble aura.

Su Li then took a deep breath and asked, "What are the effects of this scale?"

Speaking of the effects, this halfling was a little shy, and her confidence instantly weakened. She looked at Su Li, propped up her chest, and said, "It is still very effective in battle! If you agitate it with the power of blood, it can emit a powerful dragon's might, weakening the attacks of the surrounding enemies, disrupting their defenses, and even slowing down their movement speed by a large margin for at least half a minute."

That is, after being actively activated, the enemies in the area are inflicted with a weakened state, attack -30, melee defense -30, movement speed -30, and charge power also -30%?

The duration is only half a minute, which seems to be so-so.

Su Li asked, "How many times can it be used?"

"Use... infinitely! If you drag the war long enough, for a period of time."

That is, it can be used once in a period!

Su Li instantly lost interest. No wonder a halfling could retain this powerful myth-level prop.

Although it is of a high grade, it is an original material, and its function is very limited.

It's like a handful of soil. No matter how high its quality, if it is not used for farming, it is just that in the ground.

This dragon scale is the same. If it cannot be made into a magic weapon, the effect that a dragon scale can play is not as good as a rune armor.

Perhaps it will have miraculous effects against dwarven bullets. If you put it on a breastplate, you can block a few more bullets if you are lucky.

Then Su Li asked, "Besides this active effect, does it have any other effects?"

"Yes, Lord. If you carry it, you will be as majestic as a dragon and appear full of nobility. When I, a halfling, take it out of my pocket and carry it with me, everyone says that I am as noble as a noble. If you carry it, it will be awe-inspiring and have the noble aura of an emperor."

That is, carrying this myth-level dragon scale will make people have the noble aura of a true dragon emperor?

Tiberius's reaction just now confirmed this, otherwise a powerful champion knight would not have taken a second look at a weak halfling.

Su Li was interested in this effect.

After all, he still believes in things like the aura of the emperor in his bones.

If a warlock tells a man that he is born with nobility, has the aura of a dragon, and has the appearance of an emperor, that is simply the highest level of praise for a man. Which man can resist this temptation?

Moreover, the daily intelligence system really revealed that Phyllis is the most important help for him to ascend to the imperial throne. This means that he has a probability of becoming the emperor of the empire.

If he has this dragon aura and the appearance of an emperor, it will be even more extraordinary.

However, Su Li quickly reacted. He came here to recruit top talents and to solve the sanitation and order problems of the territory.

The appearance of the emperor is illusory. Even if he looks noble, he is still a good-for-nothing without strength.

If he really wants to ascend to the imperial throne, recruiting heroes and attracting talents is the most important thing.

So Su Li frowned and scolded, "Didn't I say that I was looking for props that could solve the sanitation and order of the territory? What is the use of taking out this thing?"

"It's useful~ It's useful! It's really useful!" The halfling immediately became anxious and said, "This is the treasure of the ancient divine beast, the Tyrant Dragon. When have you ever seen the environment around a dragon dirty and smelly? Aren't they all magnificent, tall and bright?"

"And this divine beast's dragon scale has brought this effect to the extreme. It has a rule at the level of law, Edict of Dustlessness. Within a range of 2-3 meters around it, all feces, stench, and decay will be decomposed by the blazing flames."

"This is the best assistant for me to clean the rooms for the knight masters. Every knight master I have served, their stewards will praise me for doing the cleaning seriously. My reputation has spread, and I am already considering opening a halfling domestic service company. I am just temporarily short of funds, so I am considering selling this myth-level prop!"

Su Li couldn't help but find it a little funny. This really confirmed that sentence.

Never underestimate the halfling race. A halfling is like a sleeping servant. Once she wakes up, she will clean every corner of your house.

This good myth-level material was used by them as a tool for cleaning rooms.

But there is no way. This Scale of Wokartrix is just a broken dragon scale from the dragon. Perhaps Wokartrix's own effect [Dustless Land] can dispel filth within a range of hundreds or even thousands of meters. But this dragon scale can only dispel 2-3 meters. If the halfling really wants to clean a whole room or even a castle or a large manor, she can only lie down and carefully wipe every corner.

But the effect of this thing is too conflicting! It is completely different from what Su Li expected.

You can't have a man who is full of nobility and awe-inspiring, but is a manure cleaner, wearing the appearance of an emperor, with a golden dragon aura on his head, running around the street to clean up feces, can you?

The city's civilization level has been improved, and the sanitary environment has also been improved, but the lord's nobility has also disappeared.

He, Su Li, is the lord, not the territory's sanitation worker.

It seems that the greatest value of this thing is for Su Li to carry with him, to add luster to his aristocratic temperament.

From the perspective of decoration, the value of this thing exceeds ten thousand gold.

After all, many nobles or newly rich merchants are willing to spend a lot of money to improve their temperament. The greater the nobles, the greater the princes, or the ambitious generals, the more they need this thing.

Even in the future Electoral College election, Su Li does not need to do anything. He sits next to the table, and the electors and electors who were going to vote for others, seeing his imperial appearance, some people will temporarily change their minds and vote for him.

The halfling obviously did not think about such a grand goal as the Electoral College. She just wanted to sell this sanitation witchcraft prop for a good price, in the hope that she would have enough funds to open a halfling Black Forest Territory domestic service company.

So she mustered up the courage to look up at Su Li and asked carefully, "Lord... this myth-level material, how about just 50 gold crowns?"

Seeing that Su Li did not answer, her confidence disappeared instantly, and she quickly changed her words, "40... 30 gold crowns are also fine... In any case, it cannot be less than 25 gold crowns! The lowest... 20 gold crowns!"

Su Li gripped the warm dragon scale tightly in his palm, feeling his entire bloodline surge, and his breathing technique flowed exceptionally smoothly. It seemed the Crimson Dragon Tyrant bloodline of the Zijing family was particularly well-suited to the effects of this mythical item.

Therefore, he was in a good mood and said to Raun beside him, "Give her 100 gold crowns. This treasure deserves a price befitting its status. When I introduce this powerful mythical material to others in the future, I can't have them mock the lowly origins of this treasure."

The halfling received the full bag of gold coins and was immediately moved to tears, repeatedly bowing and thanking him, "Praise to your Lordship's generosity and virtue."

"Your generosity shines as bright as the sun."

"Hyacinth is above, and will surely bless you with strength, health, and numerous descendants."

Su Li waved his hand, dismissing her, and then carefully felt the effects of the mythical material.

He quickly discovered that the effects of this mythical material were much stronger than the halfling had described when he circulated his breathing technique.

He observed carefully and found that the range of 【Edict·Dustless Land】 was clearly more than 2-3 meters, probably reaching 5-6 meters.

But when he tried it on the more powerful Tiberos, the amplification effect was not as obvious, and the other Black Forest Guard knights around him only had an effect of 3-4 meters.

This result overjoyed Su Li. Could it be that he really had the aura of an emperor? So this mythical material was most suitable for him?

In fact, Tiberos speculated that it might be due to the Crimson Dragon bloodline in Su Li's body, which made him more compatible with this mythical material.

But no one would spoil the fun at this time. Even the Black Forest Guard knights surrounded Su Li to congratulate him.

"Lord, it must be your dragon aura combining with this material to perfectly exert effects that others cannot achieve."

"That's right. Mythical materials also choose their master, and only when they encounter a noble with the appearance of a dragon and phoenix will they exert their full effect."

"This proves your Lordship's innate nobility. You will surely surpass your predecessors and exalt your ancestors. You will become an Earl, even a Duke of the Empire!"

Su Li couldn't close his mouth from smiling. These people were all so talented and spoke so nicely, making him really like them. If you can talk, then say more!

As for the specific reason, Su Li didn't bother to investigate. He only focused on the tangible effects produced by this mythical material, which was that after carrying this material with him, a faint dragon might really emerged from his body.

He straddled the magnificent griffon, and even without saying a word, he exuded an imposing air, inspiring awe in people.

Of course, the 5-6 meter dust-free zone effect was also very significant. He didn't need to bend down like the halfling to meticulously clean the dirt in every corner. As long as he walked through a street, the dirt on the side of the road would be directly swept away. Within the faint red halo around him, Nurgle's viruses and human filth would emit wisps of black smoke, as if they were burned to ashes by the flames of dragon language magic.

So Su Li spent the whole day touring and sightseeing in Black Forest Town. The first place he went was 【Squire's Gallows】, which was located in the southwest of 【Zijing Palace】, the Black Forest Castle complex, not far from the Carnival Square.

Su Li didn't know why, but both the East and the West liked to set up execution grounds not far from the palace, perhaps to show the people the majesty of the lord holding the power of life and death.

The high tower of the Court of Justice and the judicial and administrative building complex overlooked this gallows from the north. Chief Judge Friedrich had just applied for 30 gold crowns to expand it and erect 15 new gallows.

These days, the Squire's Gallows had hardly stopped. Every day, the judge sat here to supervise the execution, and batches of nearly two hundred slaves were continuously hanged!

The Court of Justice used a cruel and bloody solution, vividly and bloodily teaching Su Li a lesson.

That is, in this dark and desperate world, despair is equal to everyone, including the lord.

Any mercy, kindness, and false hope may ultimately lead to a more desperate ending!

If Su Li hadn't not ordered the killing of a single serf since entering the territory.

If Su Li hadn't given these slaves too high of a treatment, giving them too much hope, so that they had unrealistic fantasies, the result would not have been so tragic.

Perhaps less than 100 slaves would have died from overwork, illness, or whipping in a year.

But as a result, nearly 200 slaves were executed in a single act of punishment and demonstration of power.

The slaves' stinking, black-red blood stained the entire gallows red. A large number of flies and crows hovered here, lingering for a long time.

It took Su Li walking through every gallows with the Vox Tenebris Scale to purify the blood stains here.

Walking this way, too much black blood was purified, and along with it, Su Li's unrealistic fantasies were also crushed.

His giant baby mentality, cultivated by socialist values in his previous life, was quickly crushed in the face of this tragic reality.

If you joke with slaves, slaves will look down on you! In this world, you need to respect the fate of others and give up the savior complex.

Of course, the remaining slaves were also educated.

Chief Judge Friedrich's consistent death! death! death! sentencing method seemed crude and brainless to Su Li, but it was incredibly applicable in this world, more useful than the messy laws of Su Li's previous life.

The barbarians' disposition is different from the Chinese, they fear power but do not cherish virtue.

It is useless to preach to them, they only understand one word, death! death! death!

Friedrich executed nearly 200 slaves who rioted and rebelled in one breath, and the remaining slaves were instantly frightened out of their wits. At this moment, they clearly knew that the territory's 《Land Reclamation Law》 would definitely not joke with them!

Everyone else rushed into the cotton plantation at the first moment.

Although the riot delayed them for several days and reduced the number of slaves by more than 200, the efficiency not only did not decrease, but increased dramatically! The remaining 2,400 slaves each increased their efficiency by only 5%. Originally, they picked 2,000 cotton flowers a day, but now they pick 2,005 cotton flowers a day, and they are about to make up for the lost efficiency.

Not only was the territory's farming business not delayed, but it was further improved. Vandal estimated that it would be good to be able to pick the cotton in these few days. As a result, the slaves not only completed the work ahead of schedule, but also developed an additional 4,000 acres of fertile land and planted buckwheat, which is the most cold-resistant grain and very suitable for diligent farmers to sow.

Logically speaking, the farmers in the territory who have farmland are not as motivated to cultivate as these slaves. This motivation makes many farm owners suspect that they should learn from the lord and get more slaves back.