Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

The barbarians were trapped by the Limburg Farm and Hessen Territory's armies in the canyon between the two mountains, bloated like fat meat on a chopping board. Already terrified by the situation, and with their leader killed, the remaining monsters completely lost morale and dared not resist any further, desperately trying to escape.

However, Su Li had already ordered the extermination of the evil monsters, leaving none alive. Therefore, three teams of charging knights, riding their warhorses, fully pursued and killed all the fleeing monsters. The monster corpses piled up, stretching across the valley, with countless weapons and armor lost.

As the knights pursued with all their might, everyone faintly heard excited screams and cheers echoing within the canyon.

Su Li rode his horse up the hillside, hearing this sound particularly clearly. It didn't sound like human voices, nor the roars of monsters, but like the whispers of spirits in the night, or the cunning laughter of ghosts in the dense forest, sharp and mysterious.

Hilde wiped the blood from her blade, sheathed her sword, and followed beside Su Li. After observing the surroundings, she pointed to the burning farmland in the distance with sharp eyes and quick hands, asking, "Lord, do you see that? There seems to be a black shadow in the sea of fire."

Su Li immediately turned his gaze in the direction she pointed, vaguely seeing a patch of black shadow, but it also seemed like the afterimage of trees reflected by the leaping flames in the night. Soon, it was swallowed by the scorching fire, and nothing could be seen.

However, Su Li was basically certain that there was a nature spirit around this battlefield, so he immediately ordered, "Knights, enter the farm and count the spoils of war. Other attendants, immediately put out the fire. Tell them that if they don't extinguish the fire in the farmland, they won't get a single share of the spoils of war. But if they successfully extinguish it, I will give them twenty percent of the spoils!"

Hearing Su Li's generous promise, the attendants cheered!

The Empire's nineteen taxes are reflected in all aspects. Although the attendants contribute the most on the battlefield, enduring the most direct and fierce attacks from the enemy, and they also do the most hard labor after the battle, maintaining armor, sharpening weapons, and collecting spoils of war, they receive the least wealth. If their lord can give them ten percent of the spoils of war, it is considered benevolent and generous.

Now, in addition to the spoils of war rewarded by their lord, the lord will also reward them with twenty percent. Their gains will definitely be very considerable! So they cheered and enthusiastically threw themselves into the firefighting efforts.

In less than two hours, they successfully controlled the fire.

And the knights also used this time to successfully capture the Limburg Farm. The Beastmen's surprise attack successfully broke through their stone walls. The guards inside had to open the gates and send out Outrider to challenge the Beastmen leader, causing their defenses to be breached. They no longer had the qualifications to resist, so everyone inside became Su Li's prisoners and slaves.

Ornstain, as the military commander, proudly reported to Su Li, "Lord, this battle has yielded extremely rich rewards. At least one hundred barbarian monsters were killed, and more than 200 pieces of war axes, spears, horned helmets, and iron armor were obtained!"

Beastmen also have armor, and quite a lot of it. There are thick armor plates on their nose, shoulder pads, and even black Reikland plate armor with a thickness of one or two centimeters on the chests of the Great Bulls!

If it is a Beastmen tribe led by a Beastlord, a terrifying horde that can fight against the provinces of the Human Empire, the Great Bulls on the battlefield can form an unbreakable wall of iron armor and muscle, able to charge forward with overwhelming force. They will seek out the elite troops of the enemy (this group is undoubtedly a challenge to their dominant position), and then swing their giant axes like executioners, severing the enemy's limbs, and then trampling the enemy's broken bodies with their giant hooves.

Therefore, if you can defeat a Beastmen horde, the gains are destined to be considerable. Not only the treasures and gold coins they carry, but also their weapons and armor are a considerable income.

Bringing so many iron tools back to the territory, the territory's dwarven forging master, Boros Dragonhammer, can forge a large number of agricultural implements, which can greatly alleviate the territory's farming needs.

Su Li can already imagine the dwarven master's angry complaints. Compared with agricultural tools, he certainly prefers to forge powerful fine steel battle axes and dwarven heavy armor.

Su Li had to look at the Ornstain knight and asked, "How is the harvest in the farm?"

The Ornstain knight was very satisfied with the spoils and immediately introduced in detail: "This farm has obviously been hiding here for some time. We captured 64 slaves inside. In addition to the considerable-sized farmyard inside, there are also a series of buildings: including a cowshed with a milking room, a stable, and a shed for laborers to live in. What is worth boasting about is that Limburg Farm even has its own blacksmith shop. This blacksmith shop is managed by Harry, the eldest son of the Limburg family, mainly responsible for nailing horseshoes, making agricultural tools, and repairing damaged iron products. That is the fierce Outrider who fought the monster with a battle axe."

Speaking, the Ornstain knight waved his hand, and his war mastiff tore at a young man's right leg, dragging him to Su Li.

In this battle, Su Li's favor for this golden lion mastiff greatly increased. It loyally guarded the Ornstain knight, and any Beastmen who wanted to approach would be torn apart by it. It killed three Gors by itself, and took advantage of a Centigor's inattention, biting it on the exposed muscle at the edge of its greaves, tearing a Centigor to the ground.

Right now, even if this young man was not tied up, he might not be a match for this lion mastiff with his bare hands.

Su Li looked down at this young man with red hair and fierce eyes. He obviously didn't have the ability to awaken his bloodline, which meant that he was at most at the level of the strongest in some famous armed attendant warbands, similar to those famous Beastmen killer warbands, relying only on natural divine power, he held a fine iron battle axe and fought a Centigor for a while.

Could it be that the blacksmith profession is so good at exercising arm strength and cultivating talents?

Su Li couldn't help but feel a desire for talent, so he was particularly gracious and gave him a choice more than other slaves: "You should be clear that every Outrider is guilty of heinous crimes, stealing land in the noble territory, evading taxes, and committing unforgivable crimes. According to the tradition of the nobles, I should cruelly punish you and make you atone for your past crimes for the rest of your life!"

"But I saw your unyielding performance against the Beastmen. When we attacked the Beastmen, you didn't run away like a coward, and you were still fighting the Beastmen to the death, which can be regarded as a meager contribution to the victory."

"So I give you two paths, you choose yourself. The first is to become my slave like everyone else, working day and night under the whip to atone for your shameful behavior of stealing and evading taxes."

"The second is to be a knight attendant for me, put on armor, and use your passable martial arts to serve me, washing away your past crimes with military merit in the army. I will give you the treatment of an attendant and receive training with other attendants. If you prove your loyalty, as my noble attendant, I will also arrange a knight to teach you the way of knight cultivation."