Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 404 The Fifth Spiritual Plant and the Sixth Divine General

The power of the legendary Spear of Oath is truly awe-inspiring. Basically, aside from the unique artifacts and demigod artifacts of each race, legendary equipment is currently the pinnacle of mortal gear.

Su Li put away the Oath Spear and couldn't help but sigh. If he had known that legendary equipment was this powerful, he wouldn't have let Phyllis take Archibald's legendary sword with her.

Otherwise, Su Li wouldn't have lost so many elite soldiers and knights in this battle.

Of course, despite the heavy losses, Su Li also gained a considerable number of knights in this battle. It was equivalent to losing thousands of men in exchange for nearly ten thousand elite-level or higher green knights. The only problem was that this entire army couldn't appear at once.

Even if Su Li uses the Spear of Oath to summon, he can only summon 240 Green Knights as the ancestral army in each battle.

These two squadrons of knights, under the command of the Church of the Sun Goddess, will exert extraordinary strategic value. After all, they appeared out of thin air in the mist, which means they can appear anywhere without even noticing.

The simplest and most mindless way to use them is to send them directly to the front lines to wreak havoc. These are two squadrons of knights who are fearless and willing to pay any price. In every battle, they can be sent to charge, delaying the enemy's offensive and buying time for our artillery to fire. This means that many battles, as long as the number of soldiers does not exceed 2000, can potentially be resolved without casualties in the Black Forest Territory.

In slightly larger battles, they can also appear out of thin air near the enemy's musketeers, archers, and mages during the most intense moments of the fighting.

Logically speaking, 240 elite knights and 4 cavalry regiments could easily annihilate 8 companies and nearly a thousand ranged enemy soldiers if they launched a charge.

This was a massive battle on the scale of an army, enough to instantly cripple the enemy's ranged legions. Moreover, the enemy's artillery, catapults, and other defenses, if even slightly weakened, would be easily taken down by these green knights.

From this perspective, the Green Knight is practically the bane of the Skaven, since the Skaven rely entirely on ranged units and various catapults and poison mortars for damage output. Their melee-focused Slave Rats and Clan Rats are negligible. When a Green Knight suddenly appears amidst their ranged units, their formation will be thrown into chaos instantly, and their combat effectiveness will be reduced by more than 50%.

Only the Chaos Legion is unafraid of these Green Knights, because Khorne's cannons all have melee damage. But many Chaos cannons are no match for them; surrounded by dozens of elite Green Knights, they would be cut down in no time.

The most powerful use case for this Green Knights unit is undoubtedly in the midst of a battle between two large armies, numbering in the tens of thousands, where they can be deployed directly to the enemy's command center to carry out decapitation strikes.

240 elite knights who are not afraid to sacrifice themselves, that's 240 death knights. Even if the enemy commander is a champion knight, he will be easily wiped out.

If the enemy commander is a mage, then these Green Knights pose an even greater threat! Perhaps they can kill the mage at a great cost before the enemy commander's guards can arrive to reinforce him. After all, these Green Knights are not afraid of casualties; no matter how many they lose, as long as they can complete a decapitation strike, it's a huge gain.

Therefore, from this perspective, if the Black Forest Territory survives for more than a hundred or a thousand years, the Green Knights' value may exceed that of 10000 elite knights.

But the gains didn't stop there. As the high-ranking steward, Hilde took over the Blue Mirror Territory's treasury and castle immediately after the victory.

Therefore, she was most familiar with the scale of Blue Mirror Territory's wealth. Her heroic face could not contain her excitement as she said to Su Li, "Lord, after entering Blue Mirror Territory, we also found a large amount of key resources. The wealth of Blue Mirror Territory is extremely astonishing."

Upon hearing this, Su Li raised an eyebrow and asked, "Didn't Grant spend almost all of his wealth to recruit the last legion?"

Hilde nodded and said, "That's right. When we entered the vault area, we found that the warehouses containing gold coins were completely empty. The ratmen could even build an underground city underneath without being detected."

"But their defeat was too sudden, and they didn't have time to convert many of their assets. Blue Mirror Territory is, after all, a territory that has existed for a very long time and has deep roots. Even a broken ship has 3000 nails. In the warehouse area of ​​Blue Mirror Fortress, there are still a large number of witchcraft tools, rare ores and ancient relics that have not been dealt with in time."

"The most important first and foremost gain was some extraordinary seeds. Our druids found a rare Moon Goddess Moon Mulberry seed in their vault."

"The Moon Goddess's Moon Mulberry Tree Seed?" Su Li exclaimed in surprise. This was a mysterious and extraordinary tree seed from the East, the extraordinary spiritual plant that the Dawn Church of the Black Forest Territory most desired. They had been desperately seeking it but had not been able to obtain it, and had even placed their hopes on the Ramsey family, hoping to obtain a mulberry tree from Zhen Dan within a few years or even decades.

I never expected that what I was looking for would come so easily! I actually found a seed bestowed by the Moon Goddess in Blue Mirror Territory.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. After all, the Blue Mirror Territory are followers of Mannan, who rule the deep sea and possess all sorts of treasures from around the world.

The most likely explanation is that they found a tree species from Sinian in their warehouse.

As for the Moon Goddess or Moon Queen, she is the wife of the ancient Zhen Dan Dynasty's ruler, the Haotian Dragon Emperor. She resides with the Dragon Emperor in the Heavenly City atop the majestic capital, watching over the rise and fall of the empire. It is said that they are the true "strongest couple" in the entire world, older than most gods. (At least the dwarf Gotr could never defeat this ancient couple).

This Empress has a very strong presence in the world of Zhen Dan and is extremely respected by the people of the ancient empire.

As is widely known, the ancient empire of Zhen Dan was jointly ruled by two immortal dragon gods possessing divine power. The Dragon Emperor represented the sun, masculine energy, order, fire, and the sky. He typically appeared as a majestic male figure or a powerful golden dragon. He was Zhen Dan's chief military commander and the embodiment of yang energy.

The Moon Queen represents the moon, feminine power, magic, shadow, wisdom, and mystery. She usually appears as an elegant female figure or a silver-white moon dragon. She is the primary ruler of Chinese magic, domestic affairs, diplomacy, and the power of Yin.

The Moon Queen is the Dragon Emperor's consort. Their union symbolizes the balance of Yin and Yang, the core of China's power and stability. The Dragon Emperor's masculinity and passion need the Moon Queen's femininity and calmness to temper them.

Even after the moon, she remained the supreme controller of Zhen Dan's magic. She established Zhen Dan's powerful "Yin" magic system, focusing on ice, shadow, illusion, and spiritual power. Together with the Dragon Emperor, she managed the massive magical energy network upon which Zhen Dan depended for survival—the Heavenly Wind.

She is renowned for her profound wisdom, patience, and exquisite strategy. Often operating behind the scenes, she safeguards the interests of China through diplomacy, espionage, and covert operations, balancing the Dragon Emperor's sometimes overly direct military tactics.

The Queen and her forces (such as her daughters and secret agents "Spies") are responsible for protecting Sauron from internal conspiracies and external infiltration, especially the threat from the northern Chaos Wasteland and the invasion of the southern Dark Elves.

Her symbols are the silver crescent moon, the jade rabbit, ice, and shadow. Her power is strongest at night and under the moonlight.

Of course, within the empire, the most common legend about this Moon Queen is that she supposedly taught her people the noble and mysterious techniques of sericulture and silk reeling.

The Moon Goddess's Moon Mulberry Tree is one of the extraordinary tree species taught by the Moon Queen.

In response to Su Li's surprise and questions, Hilde nodded affirmatively and said, "That's right, it's the Moon Mulberry Tree from the Queen of Zhen Dan. I asked the priests of the Church of Dawn, and they said that this is the main food source and the best habitat for the Moonlight Silkworm, and it is full of the power of the moon."

As is widely known, everything in this world related to the moon is imbued with magic. Even the ancient goddess of the moon is no exception; she is the most important controller of magic in the Chinese Celestial Empire.

"The silkworms that consume the mulberry leaves of the Moon Goddess's Moon Mulberry Tree can produce more magnificent Moonlight Silk. Unlike the Red Light Silk, this Moonlight Silk is translucent silver-white and can emit a soft moonlight in the dark."

"This corresponds to the Moon Goddess's power; this Moon Essence Silk can greatly resist the corruption of Chaos. Wearing clothing made of Moon Essence Silk can not only significantly increase one's resistance to Chaos, but also slowly purify the surrounding Chaos corruption."

Upon hearing this, Su Li was overjoyed. Didn't this mean that he was almost free from the corrosive influence of Lust? Unless Lust sent a lustful demon lady to disguise herself and get close to him, cutting off his Moon Silk Robe with scissors, no matter how wild or intense Su Li's cultivation was, Lust's corruption would have a hard time affecting him.

"At the same time, these Moonbeam Silks have a high magical affinity. The silk threads can perfectly carry Yin magic and Yin bloodlines. For example, if the Ice Valkyrie Seranville wears Moonbeam Silks as an inner layer and Vibranium Rune Armor as an outer layer, she will almost transform into a fighting machine with an endless supply of psionic energy and bloodline abilities."

When Seranville was mentioned, Su Li immediately took notice. She was his biggest hidden trump card, without a doubt!

Outsiders only noticed those dazzling, earth-shattering divine generals; they were all Su Li's signature figures, and all opponents would target and guard against them.

As for hidden trump cards, Seranville is undoubtedly the biggest one. In order to hide her brilliance, Su Li didn't even let her participate in the Radiant Sun Festival.

This is at the elite level, capable of challenging champion-level Valkyries!

This battle gave Su Li a clearer understanding of just how powerful a Legendary-level being is. A single mirror image had left five Chosen Ones in a sorry state, struggling to defend themselves. He couldn't imagine how powerful a true Legendary-level being must be. But! Seranville was definitely a powerful being destined to advance to the Legendary level. With the bloodline of the Ice Valkyrie, as long as she didn't perish, reaching the Legendary level was a natural progression.

Speaking of Thranville, Hilder couldn't help but smile, full of praise, saying, "Thranville's performance in this battle was absolutely amazing. With the rare-grade armor you gave her, she killed four Green Knight captains! You should know that most Green Knight captains have champion-level strength!"

"What's even more remarkable is that she not only possesses formidable martial prowess, but is also well-versed in the teachings of the Goddess of the Sun. On the battlefield, she commanded a knightly legion that launched more than 17 charges. When the torrent of Green Knights charged our flank, she wielded a lance and a longsword, and stabbed more than 20 Green Knights to death."

"This greatly inspired her and the soldiers behind her, who fought bravely and held their ground in front of the flank of the ranged legion. At the cost of almost the entire platoon, they held our artillery positions, ensuring that the artillery never stopped firing."

"When the battle ended, she was surrounded by mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The bodies of the Green Knights were piled up into a mountain of corpses, and their ashes were frozen by the power of ice before they could even dissipate. The mountain of corpses and the solid ice were more than ten meters high. The surroundings were deathly silent. Only Seranville stood on the top of that mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, panting and holding up the battle flag."

"Even when we sent people to clean up the battlefield, she didn't need anyone's help. She rested for a bit and then came down with the tattered battle flag."

Upon hearing this, Su Li instantly pictured it!
On the flanks of the battlefield, countless layers upon layers of Green Knight corpses in various poses, twisted arms, shattered helmets, and the completely dim eerie light in their empty eye sockets—they piled up like waves of cold metal, forming a chilling mountain of corpses tens of meters high.

Thranville stood there, atop the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, her back to the unyielding battle banner. Beneath her lay mountains of death and destruction, behind her the tattered banner, a symbol of perseverance and hope. This image spoke more eloquently than any words could express the title of 'Warrior of the Ice'.

As expected of the Valkyrie to whom Su Li has invested countless wealth and resources, Su Li said with a smile, "Let her come over. I want to see her for myself. She is a great contributor to our battle."

This ice and snow Valkyrie is not only characterized by her icy and snowy martial prowess, but also by her icy and snowy temperament. This characteristic may sound vague, but it can be summarized very simply: Thranville always maintains a subtle sense of detachment from others.

This sense of alienation also included Su Li. Su Li always felt that this woman didn't love him at all, but was only willing to do anything for Su Li out of an indelible gratitude in her heart.

Both had aloof personalities, but she was completely different from Vice-Captain Freya. Although Vice-Captain Freya was as cold as ice, and as the vice-dean, she also wore glasses, gently adjusting the frames with her hand, looking directly at the other person, giving off an air of unapproachability and disdain for trash.

However, she's actually a hopeless romantic. She sees other men as trash, but to Su Li, they're practically a reward. She's willing to fulfill all of Su Li's requests in every way possible. Even this time, she mobilized the entire Sunrise Knights to guard the vulnerable rear of Black Forest Territory for this battle.

During cultivation, his unruly body, easily provoked by Su Li's teasing, became completely captivated and was readily conquered.

However, Seranville was different. Su Li felt that she wasn't very interested in things like love or knightly training. She preferred to spend her time cultivating in the gem pool.

Of course, she would also become shy when faced with Su Li's teasing.

Moreover, she is exceptionally intelligent and knows how to flatter Su Li. A well-timed compliment always makes Su Li favor her, and it's not just because he values ​​her abilities.

Therefore, Su Li would occasionally try to deepen his relationship with her.

Thranville quickly reached the castle walls. Although her armor was tattered and stained with blood, it could not conceal her icy, aloof beauty. Her long, dark blue hair was tied into a high ponytail, revealing her pale yet delicate face and her fair, slender neck.

Having just experienced such a bloody battle, her expression betrayed her exhaustion. The mysterious light in her icy, enigmatic eyes had faded slightly, replaced by a touch of pity for the passing of life.

She stopped a few steps away from Su Li, and said in a respectful and calm tone, "My lord, you wanted to see me?"

Su Li reached out and pulled her in front of him, otherwise this woman would have kept her distance from him. Then he reached out and wiped the bloodstains off her cheek with his fingers, and asked with a smile, "Our great hero, when you stood on that mountain of corpses looking down on all living beings and surveying the army, did you feel extremely cool? If I were you, I would carve an ice sculpture on that ice mountain as a memento."

The teasing instantly shattered her aloofness; her icy blue eyes widened slightly, her long eyelashes trembled, and a faint yet captivating blush quickly spread across her fair cheeks. She
“Your Highness is too kind,” she said, her voice still clear and crisp, though it seemed to tremble slightly. “The fact that we were able to hold the position was bought with the lives of our soldiers.”

"Of course, no one denies the sacrifices of our soldiers." Su Li ruffled her high ponytail; the hairstyle was too sharp, making her seem even more unapproachable. With her hair down, she became much softer, especially with the strands of hair framing her eyes, adding a touch of shyness. "But without your valiant fighting, without this mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, our right flank might very well have been breached. How does it feel to experience such a massive war for the first time?"

“I feel very excited and honored.” Thranville paused for a moment, then added, “It is the greatest honor of my life to be able to serve as your sharpest blade, Lord.”

Su Li smiled; this girl always knew how to flatter him.

However, this was also Serenville's true feeling. She knew very well that if it weren't for Su Li, she would have been lost forever on that slave ship.

It's even more impossible for her to go from being a slave to becoming a Valkyrie who dominates the battlefield and commands thousands of troops.

What kind of love can compare to this gratitude for being recognized and appreciated?
Su Li said with a smile, "I thought you would feel a little uncomfortable if I treated you as the sharpest blade."

Thranville quickly replied, "Of course not. I feel a deep connection to the battlefield within my bloodline, and to become your blade would be the most perfect life I could ever have."

"So, what were the results of this battle?"

"The gains have been enormous." Seranville paused for a moment, then looked up at Su Li and said, "I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I feel like I'm already... a high-ranking champion knight."

hiss~
Su Li looked at Hilde and asked for her opinion. Is it really possible to cultivate so quickly?

Su Li remembered that she was only a beginner champion knight at the beginning of the war!

This battle allowed her to advance two major ranks in succession.
Below the High Champions is the Chosen One, and beyond the Chosen One is the Legendary stage.

Su Li felt that she might become a legendary knight sooner than she had most optimistically estimated.

Hilde calmly said, "My lord, Thranville's feeling was correct. Her aura and fluctuations have indeed reached the level of a high-ranking champion knight, and she is even close to being a chosen one."

Su Li exclaimed in amazement, "What kind of monstrous talent is this? Her speed is even faster than Rong En's, right? Is this normal?"

“Actually, it’s quite normal,” Hilde said calmly. “In this battle, many people’s strength improved as dramatically as Seranville’s. This is mainly because, in addition to being bathed in the divine grace of the Sun Goddess, we also received the final blessing of the Holy Knight Roland. After the mirror image dissipated, the starlight enveloped the entire army, which enhanced the strength of many people.”

In other words, the divine grace of the Goddess of the Sun raised the knights' strength by one rank, and the blessing of the Knights of the Roland Sanctuary also raised the knights' strength by one rank.
In that case, given Thranville's extraordinary talent, advancing two ranks is indeed quite normal. It's just that others might not be able to sense these two blessings and advancements, while Thranville can consistently feel these two opportunities.

Su Li assessed himself. After his aptitude improved, he gained a lot from this battle. He had only advanced to the beginner champion knight level during the Sunshine Festival celebration, but after this battle, he had advanced to the champion level.

Su Li immediately asked with great interest, "So how has our army's overall performance improved in this battle?"

"Hmm... a huge harvest." As the army commander, Erstein was more qualified to speak on this matter: "More than 160 regular knights have been promoted to elite knights, 37 elite knights have been promoted to champion knights, and champion knight Tiberius has likely found the path to the Chosen One level. His aura is very restless and active, which is a sign of a breakthrough."

Su Li was overjoyed, but this news also caused a lot of sighs from the other knights around him, except for the Black Forest Guard Knights. That scoundrel was going to be promoted to the God-Chosen level? He was already lawless at the Champion level, what would he be like at the God-Chosen level? The debts he owed for eating, drinking, gambling and whoring would probably be even harder to collect!
Regardless, this is a major boon for the territory, as it is about to welcome its sixth divine general.

If Su Li also had 12 divine generals under his command, then even legendary knights wouldn't be a threat to him! Lady Bayonetta would soon become his court lady.

Su Li immediately said, "Send Rong En to give him some guidance. After all, Rong En has been promoted to Chosen Knight twice and is very knowledgeable about the teachings of the Goddess of the Sun. He can provide many valuable suggestions for his promotion. Make sure Tiberos successfully completes his promotion this time."

(End of this chapter)