Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

After touring the Squire's Gallows, Souli headed south along the Wallflower District, inspecting the territory's wealthy areas, including the detached villas of the Wallflower District, the Black Forest Territory's opera house, the Wester Merchant Guild headquarters, and the Emerald Bathhouse.

The purification journey through the [Squire's Gallows] quickly confirmed one thing for Souli: this world has distinct social classes.

Nobles are nobles, the rich are rich, commoners are commoners, and slaves are always slaves.

These classes are clearly separated, with no blurred lines or possibilities of intermingling.

If a poorly dressed poor person entered a wealthy area, they wouldn't just receive curious glances as in the Eastern world. Instead, they would immediately trigger the guards' vigilance, who would surround them with spears and swords, at best beating them, warning them, and throwing them out, or at worst imprisoning them in the city guard's dungeon.

What 'Kings and nobles are self-made'? A stinky beggar becoming emperor, a commoner who suffered crotch humiliation becoming a commander? That's impossible! Even if a commoner really becomes wealthy and crosses social classes through their own efforts, their first action would be to immediately move out of their original community and into a higher-class community.

One's social information can be discerned from their residential community and attire.

A high-end company and a decent job would not hire someone from a commoner community or a slum.

Similarly, if an employee with a high-level position lived in a community that didn't belong to their class, they would soon be fired.

So, Souli didn't need to inspect the entire Black Forest Town; he only needed to inspect the middle and upper-class communities. If the genius from the Mordheim Royal Griffin Military Academy who came to Black Forest Territory really wanted to investigate Black Forest Town, he wouldn't enter the commoner area at all, but would at least tour the urban middle-class area.

Souli's understanding undoubtedly aligned with the situation in Black Forest Town. High-end communities had the most luxurious residences, with mansions and villas located on walled estates, and private soldiers patrolled the streets to keep rogues out.

Among them, statues of Sharaya stood in every street and garden, there were convents of the Dawn Church's nuns, and even the Black Forest Territory's Hall of Merit, recording the lord's and knights' glorious victories and spoils from past wars, as well as a border zoo with the characteristics of the Border Prince Territory.

Even the middle-class community in the southwest of the territory had marble clock towers and towers along the streets.

It was full of merchants, merchants, and merchants, including jewelers, embroiderers, weapon merchants, grain merchants, bakers, furniture merchants, and so on, in unusually large numbers.

At the same time, their community also had small squares and schools of heraldry and griffin academies, where middle-class children received strict cultural knowledge and knightly training.

To ensure their class wouldn't fall, they subjected their children to harsh and demanding education. A middle-class child would basically wake up at five o'clock to begin cultural education, then maintain high-intensity physical training, and not be allowed to sleep until ten o'clock at night.

In terms of education competition, they were even more desperate than the noble class. Because the nobles had already secured their hereditary titles, the eldest son could definitely inherit the territory's title, and the other children could maintain the dignity of knights.

But the middle class had no way out, so happy education was impossible.

Just maintaining such high-intensity training and learning was a huge pressure that the lower commoners couldn't bear at all.

So, the lower class simply chose to lie flat. Happy education wasn't that they didn't want to learn, but that they had no opportunity.

But from the middle class down, it didn't directly reach the lower class. Past the middle-class community was the Krankenfield community, which was located in the middle of the Black Forest Territory's class system, lower than the noble area, knight area, and even the prosperous commercial area, but superior to the working-class community.

This community was controlled by the Sharaya Church. Unlike the territory's tall and magnificent hospital, this was an area where more people could receive treatment. Patients and wounded flocked to this area, believing that even if they couldn't get treatment, just being near the temple could heal them.

At the same time, there were also the most pharmacies in the territory here. The pharmacy was formerly the attic space of an old warehouse in the territory. The expansion of the Blackfort system in the north of the territory caused the previously stored territory supplies to be transferred out, so this became the pharmacy's store, which the Sharaya sisters often frequented.

In addition, orphanages were built here, run by Sharaya's believers.

There was also the Love Dove's Charity Soup Restaurant, providing care for the territory's commoners and all classes.

And a Magpie Pawnshop, run by a polite and elegant halfling who kept the house clean. But even so, on the surface, this store was still a fairly obvious dividing line.

Obviously, everything about these buildings indicated that this was an important watershed in the territory, distinguishing the upper and lower classes of the territory, and providing the last dignity for those about to fall in class.

It is worth mentioning that there were also the most brothels in the territory here, including the brothels and massage parlors invested by Souli. There were a total of three large brothels here, with more than 180 prostitutes engaged in compensated dating. There was no need to worry that so many brothels would not compete together, or that one brothel would be so popular that the powerful siphon effect would take away all customers.

In fact, brothels, taverns, and arenas are the three essential sets for all towns in this world. Powerful bloodline abilities greatly increase men's desires and strength.

The three brothels were all packed and booming. To the extent that the halfling consortium had begun to fill them with halfling women to satisfy some special hobbies of the territory's residents.

After all, men also like to experience the feeling of 'going straight to the stomach'.

Past the brothel area, further back was the eastern district of the territory. The eastern district was the lower-class area of Black Forest Town, notorious for criminals and rebels. Its slums were constantly changing shape in a cycle of fires and construction, not to mention the roadblocks set up by gangs and rebels. However, the eastern edge of the area was more famous because it included the Black Forest Territory's armory and the dwarven district.

This layer-by-layer decreasing relationship marked that a normal human would never cross this layer-by-layer distinct area. Breaking into the dwarven community could easily cause disputes, unless the entrant had official documents and carried the lord's orders.

Souli heard that there was also a famous Bosco Bone Casino in the poor area, where many people from all walks of life, mercenaries, and adventurers liked to gamble their spoils of war, making it the liveliest place in the territory, without exception.

And next to the casino was Schulder's Pawnshop: Ralph Schulder strictly ran his pawnshop here. Potential sellers had to swear to Cyridema and Sharaya that their goods were not stolen. The items for sale were placed in locked boxes, and customers only received the keys after payment.

But obviously, with Souli's identity, it was not suitable to enter this lower district either. If he broke in with a large team of knights, the people in the lower district would not think he was there to help them purify the environment, but would instead think that the major case on their hands had been exposed, and thus fight to the death.

A wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall. Souli had no intention of entering it at all.

So, after touring the middle area, Souli led his troops back to Blackfort slowly in the sunset.

The golden afterglow sprinkled on the knights' glittering armor, stretching everyone's figures long. On both sides of their tall figures, the marble clock towers were simple and solemn, the bells were melodious, and the Bauhinia Palace built on the mountain in the distance was grand and magnificent, with huge towers shining in the sun.

After the cleaning of the dust-free land, the streets in the town became clean and tidy, the trees on both sides of the road were green, and the flowers and grass exuded a charming fragrance. Even the white shirts and black robes of the pedestrians looked much brighter.

Overall, the territory above the active civilians had a very spiritual appearance, full of vitality.

Any outsider entering this territory would easily come to the same conclusion: this is a territory full of vitality and hope. As long as the lord is not so昏庸(confused and incompetent), then the future must be promising!

And what the lord looks like needs to be confirmed by the visitor in person.

Souli had planned everything very well, but unfortunately, until he returned to the territory, he did not see any talented people come to him.

When the golden afterglow filled the castle, Souli walked to the bridge, took off the mythical dragon scale fragment placed on his waist, and handed it to Tyberius, saying: "Find a serious and careful person, and take the city guards to clean up the filth of the territory. Especially the lower district, don't treat them as non-humans. Although, they may indeed be difficult to call human-like. But at least clean up their living environment. If a plague breaks out in the lower district, the entire Black Forest Town will be affected."

After Tyberius took the mythical dragon scale, he looked a lot more solemn and majestic. When he stood there, the champion-level giant aura behind him almost condensed into substance, making him look at least four meters tall. Holding a sharp giant rune battle axe and a shiny bald head, no one would doubt that he was a god-chosen knight.

If people who don't know the details take a look, they might think he is the sun goddess's god-chosen.

Tyberius took the mythical material and complained, saying: "Am I going there myself? Then the lower district will be in chaos. I don't know how many ignorant things will break their arms and legs."

Souli said indifferently: "You can persuade other champion knights to go, but if this mythical material is not delivered to me before 11:00 tonight, I will only ask you."

Tyberius heard this and immediately shuddered. Don't look at the lord who is usually easy-going and smiling, and seems approachable, but the knights of the territory are extremely in awe of him.

Because when a person's reputation is in full swing, even without relying on external things, he can be intimidating without anger!

Especially the lord is surrounded by a group of loyal knights. This number may not be very large, ranging from 6 to 7, or at least 2 to 3. At least Marshal Ohrstein and Chief Hilde are loyal to the lord and have no distracting thoughts.

This is terrifying enough!

When a monarch has two or three loyalists willing to die for him, he can rule dozens of knights and hundreds of troops.

When a monarch has hundreds of loyal subjects, then his foundation of rule is almost unshakable.

When a monarch has thousands of loyal troops, then his words are law, and no one dares to question him.

When a monarch has tens of thousands of loyal attendants, then he is absolutely 口含天宪(speaking the law), 君临万方(ruling all directions), meaning that he can easily control hundreds of thousands of attendants and millions of troops.

The entire empire will welcome their emperor to his loyal country.

As far as Black Forest Territory is concerned, whenever anyone questions the lord's ruling authority, a knight will definitely step forward and kill the questioner with a sword.

So, Tyberius knew very well that if he really lost this mythical dragon scale, then he would have no place in the territory, whether it was as a high-ranking attendant or in the army.

And he knew even more clearly that the followers of Lano in this world were bolder than leopards, and there was nothing they dared not do. If he really took this dragon scale into the lower district, they would definitely dare to steal it.

So, he solemnly promised: "I will definitely take this dragon scale to purify the territory's dirty things, and then return to the castle with the dragon scale intact."

Souli nodded, and then was about to return to the castle. He had gained a lot of Slaanesh's things today, and couldn't wait to start today's cultivation.

Today is another day of hard work, so I have to reward myself for working hard.

He was about to cross the bridge when a burst of noise suddenly came from behind him, and the guarding attendants shouted loudly at those approaching.

But it seemed that the comers were not afraid of the armed attendants' scolding. On the contrary, they shouted loudly: "You are going to die, and you dare to be arrogant and domineering?"

So, Souli turned his head and looked over, and found a young man wearing a scholar's white robe. He was wearing thick black-rimmed glasses, tall, but not very strong. At least compared to Tyberius, he looked like a weak scholar.

Tyberius, holding the mythical dragon scale, had an aura that was so powerful that he looked like a four-meter giant. Just this height was full of oppression. He strode over, wearing shining golden armor, like a steel wall rumbling and pushing down trees, and his tall shadow completely enveloped the young man.

The two of them were like a steel room, about to devour a little white rabbit.

Tyberius grabbed the other party's collar and asked loudly: "Who are you saying is going to die? You dare to curse us! Believe it or not, with a little force, your mouth will be completely torn apart! Do you want to taste the feeling of your mouth being torn apart, leaving only your teeth?"

"I'm very curious, will you still have the courage to talk nonsense then!"

Tyberius's threat was obviously not an exaggeration. With his powerful arm strength and unparalleled brutality, tearing the other party's mouth apart was just a matter of applying a little force.

But the young man was calm. Even though he was grabbed by the collar and lifted half a meter off the ground, he didn't panic and flail like ordinary people. On the contrary, he stood with his hands tied and looked at Tyberius calmly, saying: "Brutality is not courage. I don't think you have the guts to kill a god's chosen."

"Besides, I'm not just talking nonsense. I see that your Yintang is darkened and your lips are blackish-purple. This is a sign of being shrouded in the Purple Wind. You might die violently in the city tonight."

Seeing this, Tiberos couldn't help but touch his lips. Even a rough guy like him knew that the Purple Wind was the Wind of Death. Could it be that Morr's envoy was already waiting for him?

Su Li was shocked by the young man's previous words and sized him up carefully. He was wearing a white shirt, a double-breasted coat, relatively loose pants with narrow cuffs decorated with exquisite metal buckles and decorative straps, and a white scholar's robe over everything. This was clearly not Southern attire, meaning he was at least not a follower of the Goddess of the Blazing Sun.

But which god's follower would be so young? Judging by his age, he was slightly older than himself, but probably not over 26.

So young, and he's already a Chosen One?

His speed is already as monstrous as Violet's.

But Violet had all sorts of opportunities and artifact bonuses, and only after sleeping with Su Li countless times and trying countless positions did she grow into a Chosen Knight, with real, tangible, and incredibly powerful hard power.

But this young man looks incredibly weak.

Does the Empire have such weak Chosen Apostles?

Su Li was slightly surprised for a moment, then waved his hand at Tiberos and said, "Let him go. Let him come over."

Tiberos released his collar in the air. The young man fell to the ground and stumbled, but he wasn't annoyed or angry. He calmly dusted off his clothes, straightened his collar, walked up to Su Li, and said, "Although the big guy just now was burly and seemed to have the appearance of a hero, you are the real Chosen One with a heroic spirit. I see the divine favor bestowed by the gods on you."

Su Li didn't expect that he would one day be evaluated as having a heroic spirit, so the corners of his mouth slightly raised as he scrutinized the young man, saying, "You don't have the demeanor of a Chosen One at all. Your god won't be angry that you were handled like this by a Champion-level knight, will they?"

The young man calmly replied, "Of course not, after all, not every god is so rude and violent. The god behind me is not known for barbarism, but a beautiful woman with excellent knowledge."

Su Li was surprised. Could it be that there are gods in the Empire who don't advocate force?

But thinking that even prostitutes and thieves have gods to protect them, halflings have gods to protect their reproduction, and even gods of plague and disease exist, it's not impossible to have a god who isn't a knight's faith.

So Su Li calmed down and sized him up, asking, "You should be from the Mordheim Royal Griffin Military Academy, right?"

Su Li was already 90% sure that this was the talent he was waiting for.

Otherwise, the daily intelligence system should have directly prompted him that a Chosen Knight was about to join the territory.

Moreover, knights wouldn't pay attention to the cleanliness, hygiene, order, and security of the territory, after all, things like plagues, thieves, and robberies wouldn't happen to them.

The young man was slightly surprised when he heard this, and said, "How did you see that? As expected, the person favored by the Goddess of the Blazing Sun is no ordinary person."

"Please allow me to introduce myself. I am Hawk-Eye Oliver Samuel Starmap. I graduated from the History and Literature Academy of the Mordheim Royal Griffin Military Academy, and I am dedicated to studying the history and culture of the Empire, including ancient documents, myths and legends, and historical events. This academy can study the origin, development, and various historical events of the Empire, as well as how to understand the Empire's past through documents and historical records."

"There is a saying that by using history as a mirror, one can know the rise and fall of dynasties. The Empire's 3000-year history is enough for us to understand the direction of all forces."

"Verena guides me. She is a learned goddess, worshiped by humans as the goddess of scholars, bureaucrats, and justice. She is very popular in the Empire because they have many administrative positions plus a lot of paperwork."

Verena?

This was the first time Su Li had ever heard of this god's name, so he said with interest, "You can introduce Lady Verena to me."

Oliver immediately straightened his chest with pride and explained in detail, "Verena is the goddess of knowledge, science, learning, wisdom, law, and justice. She is considered the embodiment of wisdom and justice and is an important member of the Old World pantheon."

"In our doctrine's descriptions, Verena is usually depicted as a tall, beautiful woman with a solemn expression, sometimes wearing a blindfold and holding scales and a sword, symbolizing justice and wisdom."

"She has many titles, such as Verena the Wise, the Goddess of Learning and Justice, etc. Her followers include scholars, lawyers, judges, and some magicians. Her followers are very common in the Old World, especially in the southern regions."

"Our doctrine emphasizes the importance of wisdom and justice. Believers generally believe that wisdom and justice are the foundation of human civilization, and these values are spread through education and law."

"Our sect is an official organization dedicated to the Goddess of Justice. Although the Empire and other countries in the Old World often face wars, plagues, and disasters, it is the rule of law and an orderly society that allow the Empire and other countries to not only survive but also prosper. Indeed, those who worship Ulric and Sigmar may care about violence and war, but it is the philosophical teachings of justice believed by the priests of Verena that prevent the Empire from sliding into complete tyranny."

A goddess of knowledge and justice worshiped by scholars, bureaucrats, and judges?

No wonder Oliver looks weak. A noble Chosen One is casually manipulated by a Champion Knight. His main profession is not combat.

But Su Li quickly realized that this wasn't his natural ally?

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