Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 126: The Strengthening and Deformed Tentacles of Lake Rafflin
Amid the cheers of the knights and dwarves, Su Li finally saw clearly what they were crowding around.

A giant hermit crab! It was as big as a carriage, and its terrifying claws were over two meters long, easily enough to cut a human in two. The knights had to use more than a dozen coils of steel wire and hemp rope to tie it up.

"It's Duin's Claw!" Such a lively scene also attracted the priests of the Church of the Goddess of Dawn.

The nuns were filled with shock as they looked at the huge, terrifying crustacean.

"How did the knights of the territory catch such a huge creature from underwater?"

"I heard from a knight who was pursuing me that a large number of water-attributed knights forcibly entered the water and dragged it out. One female knight almost lost her arm because of it."

A moment later, Fandral also appeared by the lake. Su Li stood beside the huge Duin claw and asked Fandral, "How is it going? Have the knights' injuries been treated?"

Fandral nodded confidently and said, "They are protected by armor, so their injuries are not serious. They took healing potions at the time, and their injuries are under control. Once we return to the territory, we only need a little care, and they won't be late for tomorrow's expedition."

The healing power of gods and magic is so powerful.

Being caught by such a terrifying crab claw did not affect the knights from continuing to fight tomorrow.

As far as Su Li knew, the Dawn Goddess governed fertility, not vitality, meaning healing wasn't her primary function. Fandral relied entirely on his powerful vitality recovery abilities to accelerate the knight's blood metabolism and forcibly heal her injuries.

How effective would it be if the Knights Hospitaller specialized in treatment?
The healing goddess Shalya and the blazing sun goddess Violet are sisters. The teachings of the Church of the blazing sun goddess include supporting the followers of the healing goddess.

Of course, the teachings of the Goddess of Medicine also clearly emphasize the need to rescue the followers of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun. If any knight of the Knights of the Flaming Sun is injured, the followers of the Goddess of Medicine should do their best to treat him.

Their relationship is a bit like that between the dwarves and the empire, with assisting each other written into doctrines and ancestral laws.

Is the Knight of the Church of the Goddess of Medicine a Paladin per capita? Everyone's divine grace possesses the ability to heal.

Su Li was still looking forward to meeting these followers of the Medical Goddess who were similar to paladins.

However, there were no followers of the goddess in the territory at the moment, so he turned his attention to the Duinpaw and asked Fandral, "My minister, do you think this Duinpaw can build a nest in the territory?"

This huge Duinclaw is different from the light-scale fish. It has the ability to escape from Lake Ravelin.

If it escapes quietly, it would be better to cook it now.

Su Li would not refuse a life with brandy in his left hand and crab claws in his right hand.

Such delicious river food might even help improve his strength.

Fandral smiled and said, "In terms of healing ability, I may not be professional enough, but in terms of understanding vitality and life force, the followers of the Goddess of Medicine are far inferior to us followers of the Church of Dawn."

"I can assure you, Lord, that this Duinpaw will definitely build a nest in the territory's Lake Ravelin."

"Thanks to our continuous improvements, the abundance of spiritual energy and the convergence of the winds of Gireng in Lake Ravelin are unmatched within hundreds of miles. This is the most suitable lake for Duinclaw to survive."

"I think what you should worry about is not whether Duinpaw will build a nest here, but the distortion of the territory if Duinpaw does build a nest here."

"Distortion?" Su Li felt a headache when he heard this. He could guess what was going on without Fandardo telling him.

The biggest difference between this world and other worlds is that despair is everywhere. Building a territory too well is not necessarily a good thing.

Why didn't the empire enlighten its people, but instead allowed them to remain stupid and superstitious?

Because once the people's wisdom is opened, they will have wild thoughts and will definitely be bewitched by the devil, giving rise to a large number of cultists.

Therefore, the Empire would rather the common people and slaves were incredibly stupid and at the same time incredibly pious. As long as they fanatically believed that Redma could protect them, and when they encountered danger and difficulties, shouting "Redma" was enough.

Being able to solve the problem is of course a blessing from the gods, but if you can't solve the problem and die, that's also good, at least you won't become a trouble to the empire.

The same principle applies to the construction of territory. Without abundant spiritual energy and Ji Lun's style, it is indeed a little poor, but at least it can still survive.

But in a place like Lake Ravelin where spiritual energy is abundant and the wind of Jiren gathers around it, while making the territory rich, it will also breed a large number of deformed monsters.

This place is like a dark myth. The most respected and revered holy place in the territory also breeds the most evil and monsters.

Perhaps the stones around the lake were naturally deformed into monsters, perhaps the plants planted by the lake turned into malicious tree monsters, or perhaps some fish in the water grew legs and feet, and rushed to the shore with bone forks and bone spears made of fish bones to slaughter the people.

Anything can happen here, but a peaceful and tranquil life will never exist.

Su Li asked Fandral: "My minister, do you have any good solution?"

The wrinkles on Fandral's old face were almost twisted together. "My lord, you overestimate me. This is a problem that even the gods cannot solve. How can I have the ability to solve it?" "I can only offer you the most traditional advice: remain pious and be protected and blessed by the gods."

"Those territories blessed by gods, lands blessed by gods, can often maintain peace and fertility longer than other places."

Su Li nodded. It seemed that he really needed to study how to obtain more divine grace in the next period of time.

This world forcibly transformed him, an atheist who always believed in the law of nature and self-improvement, into a lord who had great respect and faith in the gods.

While he was thinking, the leader of the dwarf rangers, Dogrin, came over with a large number of rangers and said to Su Li in a loud voice: "My friend, respected lord, the dwarves are here to say goodbye to you."

"Thank you very much for your hospitality these past few days. However, I, the dwarf, bear the Redbeard Clan's mission and must return to report to my ancestors."

Su Li asked in surprise: "You are leaving so soon? Do you need any help from me?"

Dogrin immediately shook his head heavily and said, "The road we took was so bumpy because we didn't know the direction and were searching everywhere. Now we know the route. You just need to send us to the foot of the Gray Mountains, and we will be back to Redbeard Keep in just a day or two. We will definitely return with our troops and caravan within a period of time."

"We can bring you the goods, engineers, and miners you need."

A cycle?
The dwarves are indeed worthy of being a race among the mountains!
They are naturally good at climbing and can walk on mountain roads as if they were walking on flat ground, just as lightly as humans marching on the plains.

More importantly, there are many tunnels they dug in the mountains. It may take humans ten days or half a month to climb a mountain, but they can only take one or two hours by taking shortcuts.

So Su Li was full of anticipation for their promise and said, "Okay, I will arrange a team of knights and halflings to send you to the foot of the Gray Mountains."

"I look forward to the day when you return with your caravan soon."

After saying goodbye, the dwarves immediately set off on their journey home in high spirits. Each of them had a pot of troll brew hanging around his waist. This pot of fine wine greatly won their favor.

So they were enthusiastic and motivated, and determined to return to this territory within a cycle.

Su Li was also waiting for the arrival of their Redbeard Clan caravan.

But before the Redbeard Clan's caravan arrived, another caravan arrived first.

The day after the dwarves left, what Fandral Crow Mouth had said came true.

Tomorrow is the summer solstice, and as a result, a large number of cave corals have appeared in Lake Ravelin, the most sacred and vibrant lake in the territory.

This is a carnivorous aquatic fungus that grows in underground ponds and lakes and is similar to coral.

Like a true coral anemone, the creature curls its oscillating tentacles around its prey, dragging them to the bottom and holding them there until they drown.

The tentacles then drag the body away to provide food for the main fungus mass. Although cave corals are rare in underground ponds, they can be found in shallow groundwater streams, ponds, and lakes.

They extend from a central core via tubular tendrils, gently drifting in the rapids.

Tomorrow, the coolly dressed young ladies of the territory will come to the holy land of this territory to wash their bodies with the cleansing water. But today, this hideous monster with tumors and tentacles appeared in the lake. How could Su Li tolerate this?

The Pegasus Knight Fastrick himself rides a Pegasus to hunt these monsters here.

Fortunately, Su Li had an early warning from the daily intelligence system, otherwise, if a large number of beautiful ladies came to the lake tomorrow, a tragedy would definitely occur, and they would be dragged into the water by countless tentacles and become prey to monsters.

At that time, the grand festival celebration that was warm, romantic, full of happiness and beauty turned into a bloody and terrible disaster.

Su Li personally sat here, commanding the knights and halfling archers who stayed behind in the territory to hunt the monsters in the water.

Although the monsters are terrifying, the rewards are also very rich.

Su Li looked at the red coral bead in his hand, which was the size of a baby's fist. It was a trophy found in the remains of cave coral. It was called Crimson Pearl and was a type of coral pearl.

The crimson beads are like a combination of coral and pearls, they are brilliant and very beautiful.

And the effect is so powerful that wearing this bead can protect you from water for three minutes underwater!

If this bead were made into a necklace, it would be the most popular jewelry among imperial ladies and navy sailors.

While Su Li was studying, the Minister of Seals, Lawn, came to Su Li excitedly and reported: "My Lord, Chief Kurt has returned with the caravan and the slave-hunting group!"

(End of this chapter)