Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

The three Griffin eggs were indeed highly valuable treasures among the Green Dragon's war reparations, but what Hildebrand took out of her bag next was no less impressive!

As Hildebrand carefully retrieved the next mysterious treasure from her bag, everyone's eyes were illuminated by a faint green light.

In the middle of Hildebrand's slender hands was a verdant Griffin statue, its entire body radiating a soft, emerald green light, as if it had been soaked in mysterious magic, every inch exuding mystery and solemnity.

The statue's design was lifelike, as if frozen in a moment. The Griffin stood proudly, its golden eyes like two dazzling gems, its beak as sharp as a blade, slightly open, as if about to let out a majestic roar, shaking the heavens and the earth.

The Griffin's overall body was lithe and strong, and on the emerald green statue, every muscle line was carved with clarity and precision, allowing one to feel the endless power contained within it even from a distance. The wide wings, with layers of feathers, each meticulously carved, with slightly curled edges, seemed ready to take flight at any moment, breaking through the shackles of this mortal world.

"This is the Emerald Griffin, a rare-grade amulet," Hildebrand introduced. "Among the war reparations the Green Dragon paid us this time, there were two rare-grade items. One is the [Ancient Dragon's Gift] on Scaros, which can enhance a knight's stamina and the morale of the troops they command. More importantly, it can provide a knight with a nearly invincible [Steel Body] for a dozen seconds. The other is this rare-grade amulet, the [Emerald Griffin]."

"Its effect is the opposite of the Ancient Dragon's Gift, placing great emphasis on passive abilities. Simply wearing this [Emerald Griffin] allows the wearer to gain miraculous regenerative abilities, replenishing life force every minute and every second. The regenerative ability is even comparable to that of a God-Chosen Troll."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes widened instantly!

As expected of a rare-grade treasure!

Regenerative abilities comparable to a God-Chosen Troll would enhance a knight's combat power to an unparalleled degree.

Knights are not like Trolls, who are high-HP, low-defense meat shields, but rather highly defensive, thick-skinned tanks. Just look at Su Li; he's only Elite-grade, yet he can withstand so much brutal damage and still jump around, persisting until the victory of the final battle.

A few sips of medicinal wine are enough to restore most of his vitality.

If a more powerful God-Chosen knight were equipped with this Emerald Griffin, what means other than magic could kill him? In close combat, a knight could rely on their powerful defense and regeneration to cut down several monsters of the same God-Chosen grade!

It must be said that a knight's combat power largely comes from the shiny, gold-plated equipment they spend money on.

Two God-Chosen knights, one equipped with six rare-grade items and the other so poor that they don't even have a weapon, would be in a completely one-sided battle.

Su Li didn't expect that even after transmigrating to this world, there would still be such a vast disparity in wealth among knights, with the difference between having money and not having money being like heaven and earth.

This makes farming all the more necessary; at the very least, he needs to equip his subordinate knights with a set of shiny, gold-plated gear.

While Su Li was musing, Hildebrand continued, "The strength of this Emerald Griffin is not limited to this. It also has two other powerful abilities: one is to grant knights the combat characteristics of a Griffin, [Battle Fury], allowing them to immediately counterattack when attacked by an enemy. The other is [Agile Reaction], greatly increasing a knight's movement speed and combat agility."

"The Green Dragon, Aeryria, was so powerful in battle precisely because she had swallowed this Emerald Griffin into her belly. Now that this treasure belongs to us, it is for you, Lord, to control."

Looking at this heroic and loyal girl, Su Li felt sorry for her and decisively put the Emerald Griffin on her, saying, "What's mine is yours. Why are you so silly? You can use it first. Why did you come back and wait for me to decide?"

Hildebrand stubbornly shook her head, saying, "As a knight, as the High Steward, I should not take things without asking, betraying my duty. The ownership of any treasure should be decided and distributed by you. If I were to use it without your permission, I would be overstepping my bounds."

"Okay, okay, okay! I can't win against you," Su Li said, bending down and picking her up in a princess carry. "The most important thing for you now is to go to the Blessed Wisteria Tree and use all the props and spiritual grain to quickly restore your life energy. After you recover, I will have an in-depth debate with you!"

With Su Li's order, Dietrich, the chief medical knight of the territory, quickly arrived under the Blessed Wisteria Tree with various precious medicinal materials.

This medical knight's abilities in combat are relatively average, and Shar'ia doesn't particularly encourage her church knights to fight, so although he went through an extremely fierce battle, Dietrich nearly died in the bloodbath. But he didn't gain as much divine grace as Violet's church knights of the Sun Goddess, and his strength hardly changed, remaining at the stage of a mid-level champion knight.

But interestingly, after the battle, Dietrich led the medical staff to save a large number of wounded soldiers, alleviating countless people's pain and despair. His strength was constantly improving in the process, and he clearly felt Shar'ia's divine grace.

His injuries were a little more serious than Su Li's, but Su Li had only been able to get out of bed for the past half month, while he was already jumping around in various hospitals under the healing of Shar'ia's divine grace.

The only injury that hasn't fully healed is his broken arm, which is now bandaged and hung in front of his chest.

This also has a benefit, that is, he has extremely significant medical improvements for fracture injuries.

After he personally checked Hildebrand's injuries, Su Li immediately asked with concern, "Medical Chief, how are our Steward's injuries? Can her thigh recover?"

Hildebrand lay on the bed, and when she heard this, she secretly tightened the quilt and looked nervously at Dietrich. She knew too well how much the lord valued beautiful legs. She had heard the lord's most praise: Hildebrand, your legs are longer than my life.

It can be said that for the lord, a beautiful woman can even be barren, but she must have a pair of beautiful legs.

If she didn't have beautiful legs, how could she serve the lord?

Only she herself knew how much she cared about this wound.

Dietrich said calmly, "Lord, don't worry. Everything is as the Steward said, her body is only slightly weak, there is no big problem, just rest and recuperate. There will be no problem with the wound on her thigh. I carefully studied the Steward's body activity just now, and the recovery speed is extremely fast. And it may be a blessing in disguise, making the Steward's legs longer."

"Ah? There's such a possibility? Are you lying to me?" Su Li frowned and looked at him. How could this sound a little too dreamy?

Dietrich shook his head decisively, saying, "Lord, perhaps the Steward's too strong strength has made you ignore one thing. In fact, the Steward is not even 18 years old, and is at the age of growing. And the infusion of a large amount of divine grace has made her body vitality active, which has a great impact on her."

"In the territory of the Empire, many girls' parents will break the girl's leg bones during the fastest growing age of the child, 10-16 years old, in order to give the child a better future and please the nobles and merchants, in order to increase leg length and height."

Su Li suddenly held his breath. Hearing this, he instantly believed Dietrich's judgment.

Because he suddenly remembered that some parents on Earth in his previous life would also do this, and break it 1-2 times.

Bone lengthening surgery is like foot binding. It can be summed up in one sentence: "King Chu liked slender waists, and many starved to death in the palace."

Su Li immediately squatted beside Hildebrand's bed, touched her forehead, and said, "This kind of thing is only done as a last resort. Don't take the initiative to do it in the future. Take good care of yourself, you will get better."

Hildebrand nodded gently, and said, "Lord, don't worry, I won't do such a silly thing. I ate the extraordinary spiritual grain just now, and I feel much better. I should be able to recover in just a few days, and I will recover as soon as possible, and then go to rectify our armaments."

Looking at her heroic and valiant face, Su Li couldn't help but smile. In fact, they are both very young, but for some reason, Su Li felt that he obviously had the childishness of a boy until death, but Hildebrand had an aura like a royal sister, heroic and unrestrained, sometimes really making people forget that she is a year younger than Su Li.

However, a 17-year-old God-Chosen knight, this strength is enough to shock countless people.

Even if you count the God-Chosen knights of the Church of the Sun Goddess, only the founder of the [Fury Order], to which Marshal Orstein previously belonged, may be younger than Hildebrand. The deeds of the Shield Maiden · Fury are included in [The War Goddess Violet]. This Shield Maiden became a God-Chosen knight at a young age, and then quickly grew into a legendary knight.

But what is regrettable is that she could not control the rage in her heart, so she failed to enter the Holy Realm stage, and died in the Abasco Mountains in the southwest of the Empire. When other members of the church found her, she was already surrounded by mountains of corpses of goblins and orc remains.

That site has now become the location of a large temple of the Church of the Sun Goddess.

Then Su Li gently stroked her forehead and hair, and said, "Take good care of yourself, don't think too much, such a big territory, can't others work except you?"

When Hildebrand heard this, she obediently lay down in the quilt, and a pair of bright eyes looked at Su Li, and asked with pity, "Lord, our losses in this battle were very heavy, right?"

How can it be described as a tragic word.

Su Li twitched with heartache when he mentioned this, and even several times, the Dean of the Provincial Council, Oliver, was afraid that he wanted to report to Su Li, and Phyllis, the acting High Steward, was so frightened that she resolutely disagreed with arranging him to meet the Lord.

Arranging the meeting process and deciding who can meet with the Lord and the meeting time is the responsibility of the High Steward.

Now that Hildebrand has returned to the territory, this power will be returned to her.

Su Li sighed helplessly, and said, "Forget it, I guess you won't feel at ease if I don't tell you, let Oliver come over. Call Fandal as well, let's have a small cabinet meeting."

"Ingrid, will she mind?" Hildebrand asked hesitantly.

Ingrid is a relatively aloof witch who likes quietness. Hildebrand felt that even her coming was disturbing her. So many people came to this fantasy garden, and it was estimated that it would make her unhappy.

Su Li also remembered this question, and said, "You are still careful, let her go back here first, let's go to the Blessed Wisteria Tree, just to take a look at the state of the territory's extraordinary spiritual tree."

In order to prevent Ingrid from coming out and hearing the noisy sounds, Su Li specially issued a task to her, asking her to practice the knight's practice three times in her room.

After listening to Su Li's whispered words in her ear, Ingrid's aloof cheeks instantly turned red.

This is really too contrasting!

Who would have thought that such a aloof and lonely witch would actually be practicing on her own in the tree house when the territory's knights were holding a meeting less than a hundred meters away?

In fact, this distance is nothing. The distance of 100 meters for freemen living in high-end row houses in Black Forest Town has already separated two or three families.

Even the high-end rich area in the Wallflower District is only a hundred meters apart. Don't two families still practice?

But because the tree house is particularly quiet, with only flowers, plants and trees, Ingrid felt that she was simply doing something wrong in the flower field.

But she always refused Su Li's request, so she could only cover herself with the quilt, bite her cherry lips, and murmur in a low voice to satisfy Su Li's bad taste.

After arranging Ingrid, Su Li closed the wooden door of the tree house and walked to the Blessed Wisteria Tree.

This is the most important building in the territory. Fortunately, it was the Green Dragon and her minions who attacked the north of the city. Although Aeryria was very cruel, she was extremely respectful and fond of trees, and did not destroy or plunder here.

After a bloody battle, Su Li felt that this extraordinary spiritual tree seemed to have absorbed countless blood, and its vitality was even more vigorous. The tall tree was more than 40 meters high, and the wisteria flowers were its most charming part. The flowers are light purple, like dreamy clouds, hanging in strings on the branches, like purple waterfalls falling from the sky. Each flower is small and exquisite, and the petals are soft and delicate, like they are cut from the most exquisite silk. They are closely clustered together, forming a sea of flowers, swaying gently in the wind, and emitting a faint fragrance, making people intoxicated.

When the sun shines through the wisteria flower clusters, casting mottled light and shadows, the entire space seems to be enchanted. The purple flowers become crystal clear under the sunlight, like gems inlaid in the green leaves. The breeze blows, the wisteria flowers sway gently, and the light and shadows also dance, creating a dreamlike atmosphere. This beauty of light and shadow interlacing makes people feel like they are in a fairy tale world.

Of course, what is precious about this extraordinary spiritual tree is not only its beautiful scenery, but also the Jilun wind it gathers greatly enhances the territory's vitality and vitality. Under the influence of this surging Jilun wind, the injuries of the territory's wounded soldiers have become much faster.

The cost is that there are too many mutated creatures in the territory. It wasn't noticeable usually, but after this war, the territory is unprecedentedly weak. Just clearing out the trees that have grown legs and the stones that have weathered into skeletons is making the territory tremble. Many residents don't dare to sleep soundly at night, fearing that monsters will rush into the city when there are no guards patrolling.

This battle has left the town of Black Forest covered in corpses and flesh, both inside and outside the walls. Under the influence of the magical winds, the probability of mutation is too high.

Su Li walked to the Blessing Wisteria tree and asked Sister Ivy Lorell, who was in charge of taking care of it, "Sister Lorell, how is the blood sacrifice preparation for the territory going?"

The blood sacrifice ability is the ability of Rhea's Essence - Father of Grain - Bolevik, and this does not depend on human will.

Sister Lorell could only respectfully reply, "There are a total of three Boleviks in the territory. They are tamed natural spirits, living on the plains. Their relationship with the Green Dragon is not harmonious, so their homes have been destroyed by the Green Dragon's claws."

"Now they are working hard to repair their homes and do not have the ability to perform blood sacrifices. The priests and nuns of our monastery are preparing to find the next Father of Grain in order to activate the blood sacrifice ability. But this is not an easy task. As you know, Lord, in this battle, more than twenty nuns from our monastery were killed in action. The remaining nuns not only have to resume production, but also have no clue about the whereabouts of the Father of Grain, so our progress in blood sacrifice is currently slow."

Sister Lorell is different from Sister Isabella. She is a plump young woman, nearly forty years old, with a charming demeanor. She was fortunate enough to survive this battle because she was providing medical care in the castle.

But what breaks Su Li's heart is that a full 26 nuns from the Church of the Morning Light were killed in action!

These are all truly good girls. They are rich and generous, consistently implementing the generous teachings of the Goddess Rhea in their words and deeds.

Their graceful bodies truly devoutly serve the goddess and show it to everyone in the territory.

Su Li still clearly remembers the lively atmosphere of the territory during each harvest ceremony, when these generous and devout nuns performed dance rituals, the residents sang and danced for the harvest, and the men and women breathed heavily for the nuns' graceful bodies.

The lively and joyful scenes of the past seem like yesterday, but now 26 nuns have died in the war. Such good girls, such generous and magnanimous nuns, dying on the battlefield is truly heartbreaking.

Su Li decisively said, "I will help your church restore its strength as soon as possible and find the next Bolevik."

However, this also means that the territory will hardly receive the grace of the Goddess of the Morning Light before the next harvest.

Winter is approaching, and the divine tide of the Goddess of the Morning Light has entered its lowest ebb. Moreover, a large number of farmland in the territory has been burned down, and the next production in the territory will be particularly difficult.

Sister Lorell bowed slightly to Su Li and said, "That would be wonderful. Lord, our Church of the Morning Light urgently needs to restore manpower and vitality. The impact of the Green Dragon's invasion on Black Forest Town and Black Forest Castle was relatively small. The more severely affected areas are in the countryside, with a large number of suburban farms and villages in the territory being burned down by the Green Dragon's claws."

"The monsters of the forest have destroyed all human civilization, burning thousands of acres of farmland, knocking down villages and houses, and burning down pastures and temples."

"If we don't have enough manpower, a large number of crops in the territory will be abandoned, and hundreds or thousands of civilians will die of hunger and cold during the difficult winter."

"I hope you can help our monastery replenish some nuns."

Replenish the nuns of the Church of the Morning Light?

This is indeed a request that he needs to personally approve, after all, the fastest way to replenish them is to purchase a batch of slaves from Maleburg.

Perhaps, his habit as a homebody needs to be broken, and he needs to move his butt, walk out of his warm and comfortable bedroom, and take a trip to Maleburg.

To be honest, Su Li is not very interested in this kind of thing. What's so great about traveling? How can it compare to him lying on a beautiful woman's lap, enjoying fine wine and delicacies?

He doesn't even like to move himself when he can cultivate while lying down, so asking him to travel thousands of miles to Maleburg is a bit of a stretch.

So he plans to observe the situation first.

At least for the next month or two, it's still autumn, and he wants to fully enjoy a period of pressure-free, unrestrained life.

Perhaps he will get tired of staying in this territory, and then he will move his body and go to Maleburg to see if there are any new beauties.

So Su Li pondered for a moment and said, "Sister Lorell, I have received your suggestion. But even if we want to organize a caravan to Maleburg, we can't leave immediately. We must recruit people and prepare goods. During this time, you still need to work extra hard."

"This is what we should do, Lord."

As Sister Lorell bowed in reply, the figures of Vandal and Oliver also appeared in Su Li's field of vision, so Su Li said to Sister Lorell, "Then you can take care of things here first, and be sure to take good care of this magical garden, as it concerns our territory's specialties and financial income."

Then Su Li turned to look at his two ministers, these two are the key executors of farming and production in the territory.

They were so busy that their feet didn't even touch the ground, so they didn't bother with pleasantries. After saluting, they went straight to the point and said, "Lord, you have finally recovered somewhat. Regarding some important matters in the territory, we must report to you immediately. Not only about farming and production, but also the inventory of spoils of this battle. If you don't make a decision soon, we won't be able to suppress the agitation of the free people in the territory."