Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 129: The Medical Knights and the Guardian of Death
The four members of the Knights Hospitaller include three women and one man. They are all powerful elite knights with divine powers bestowed by the goddess of life, Sharya.

In addition to their own bloodline talents for combat, these knights of the Order will also gain an additional divine power bestowed by the Goddess of Life.

This divine art can greatly reflect the divine power held by the gods that the knights believe in.

For example, Violet, the goddess of the sun, is the goddess in charge of tactics and strategy, so Knight Orstein has [Eagle Eye Vision], [Sun Shield] and [Battle Prayer].

In particular, the new divine spell [Battle Prayer] more perfectly embodies the characteristics of Violet, the goddess of the blazing sun. This is a divine spell that most champion-level knights in the Knights of the Flaming Sun will obtain.

When the divine grace descended upon the monastery of the goddess of the territory, Knight Orstein also felt the blessing of the divine grace and successfully obtained the divine art after being promoted to the champion level.

This divine art perfectly suits the style of the devout followers of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun. For them, battle is a pious prayer, so they will constantly refresh the prayer during the battle, allowing the surrounding friendly knights to gain more powerful strength and more powerfully destroy the enemies of the Goddess.

This is a magical spell with passive properties, but it can produce active enhancement effects, and is incredibly powerful.

As long as the Orstein Knight continues to fight, he will periodically refresh the buffs for allied soldiers around him. The interval is roughly equivalent to the time it takes to pray.

Divine magic undoubtedly plays an extremely important role in a knight's combat power.

Su Li had been looking forward to seeing the members of the Knights Hospitaller for a long time, and immediately asked Chief Kurt with great interest, "What are the magic arts of these four knights?"

Officer Kurt immediately explained in detail, "You know, Her Majesty Shalya is the Goddess of Life and Mercy. Her divine symbol is a tearful eye. Legend has it that the deceitful god Lanod tricked her into drinking a bottle of her tears, which allowed him to attain godhood."

"This woman is undoubtedly kind and compassionate, able to offer healing and mercy to those who are hurting and desperate."

"So the four of them possess two divine arts, namely [Touch of Mercy] and [Fountain of Life]."

"Touch of Mercy: This divine spell allows the user to convey Sharya's mercy and love through contact. It can heal wounds caused by swords, and give the touched one spiritual comfort and strength, dispelling the fear in their hearts."

"Fountain of Life: This divine spell summons a small, short-lived fountain of life. The water in the spring possesses the divine power of Shalya's tears, possessing powerful restorative and regenerative abilities. Any creature that drinks from this water will quickly regain vitality and strength, and can even cure some chronic illnesses."

"Followers of the Blazing Sun Goddess often gather their followers on their days off to conduct military training as the territory's militia. Meanwhile, followers of Shalya often organize charitable relief efforts in the community on their days off, using divine magic to heal illnesses and dispel corruption. Most of this relief is free (only on days off), but sometimes they charge a fee to maintain the church's operations, especially for the wealthy."

Tsk~
After hearing this, Su Li couldn't help but sigh. This was rare. In this world dominated by despair, darkness and blasphemy, there actually existed such a kind and benevolent god.

Then her fate is probably not going to be very good.

Su Li asked, "How did you acquire so many elite Knights of the Knights Hospitaller?"

Su Li didn't believe that they were caught by their slave-hunting group.

There were four elite knights on the stage, as well as official knights and apprentice knights of the Knights Hospitaller. The estimated number was no less than a dozen.

If their slave-hunting group captured so many, how large must the Knights Hospitaller be that was defeated on the battlefield?
I'm afraid that at least a branch of the Knights Hospitaller was destroyed.

This is not something a slave-hunting group can do.

Chief Kurt didn't hide it and explained, "We purchased these knights through legitimate sources. Our slave-hunting group doesn't rely solely on capture. Cooperation with other forces is also an important source of slaves for slave traders."

"As for these members of the Knights Hospitaller, we bought them from vampires. A large army of vampires appeared in the southwestern province of the empire. To protect the retreat of civilians, the Knights Hospitaller engaged in a war with the vampire army before the arrival of the Morheit Guard, resulting in the loss of over a thousand knights."

"The vampire counts sold some of the captured knights to slave traders in the city, and we also obtained a batch."

After listening to it, Su Li couldn't help but sigh, not knowing how to comment.

This passage contains too much information.

The empire is really always under the threat of monsters. The invasion launched by the green-skinned Blood Hand tribe in the east has chopped up the coalition forces of the three dukes. This has caused the reputation of the orc leader Ge Ba to soar. The orcs and goblin tribes within a thousand miles around have excitedly rushed from all directions to join his army, starting a grand wagghhhh, to destroy all civilized strongholds along the way.

The Grand Prince of the Electorate of Surander urgently mobilized his army to meet the invasion of hundreds of thousands of greenskins.

Meanwhile, in the western part of the empire, the vampire lord emerged from the mountains again. Su Li was confused as to what was going on. Wasn't the main force of the vampires in the heart of the empire, southeast of the Wester Highlands? How could a large army of vampires also appear in the mountains in the southwest of the empire?

As for the choice of the Knights Hospitaller, Su Li found it even more difficult to comment.

Emotionally speaking, he undoubtedly admired these Knights Hospitaller. In order to protect civilians, even when facing undead that were dozens of times their size, they bravely launched a charge and fought to the end, buying a certain amount of time for the civilians to retreat.

But rationally speaking, in this desperate world, their kindness and mercy will only lead to a more tragic and desperate ending.

The death of so many high-ranking knights in battle, without the presence of members of the Morheit Guard, would only provide the vampire with a large number of perfect corpses to summon more and stronger black knights to expand the undead army.

Morel is the god who is responsible for watching over death for mankind. It must be emphasized that he is not the god of death, but the god who watches over death, so that people can die smoothly without being desecrated.

His followers are responsible for arranging funerals and doing their best to let the deceased rest in peace, while also doing their part to fight against the undead.

In this land of war, disease, and chaos, death is a constant companion and an inevitable outcome. But in many cases, people cannot truly die.

For example, vampires are one of the threats of death. They pull the dead who have been sleeping for many years out of the ground and enslave them with black magic, which makes every summoned dead full of resentment.

The Morel's teachings were to protect the peace of the dead, and they protected the deceased, observing all funeral and wake rituals.

Whenever and wherever we encounter necromancers and undead creatures, we will do our best to destroy them.

The teachings required them to respect and be considerate of the dead and their families. They were also told to pay attention to their dreams at night. They were never to refuse to preside over a funeral. They were also not to allow the dead to be resurrected unless specifically authorized by More.

Mor grants every elite knight who believes in him a powerful divine spell, [Eternal Rest], which allows his followers to chant solemn prayers to a corpse, ensuring that the soul is sent to Mor's kingdom. This makes the corpse permanently immune to necromancy.

Therefore, after a family member dies, the people of the empire will try their best to raise gold coins as long as they have the means to hire an elite knight from the Church of More to preside over the funeral, to ensure that their loved ones will not be disturbed by the undead after their death.

In the imperial army, Knight More is an indispensable existence.

Wherever there are vampires, there will be reinforcements from the Knights of Morr.

The number of knights of this deity's cult within the empire is second only to that of Ulric, the Winter God. And unlike the churches of Ulric, Redma, and Violet, which are scattered in certain directions, his church and knights are spread across the empire.

If there had been support from the Morhei Guard Knights, the southwestern part of the empire would not have been so devastated.

However, Su Li only thought about it for a while and then withdrew his thoughts.

Such a large empire has plenty of talents and elites. In theory, there are quite a few Holy Knights. There will always be legendary figures who stand up to turn the tide. He does not need to worry about the crisis of the empire.

If he has free time, he should think more about the crisis in his Black Forest Territory. To the north is the demon army that may appear at any time, and to the east is the powerful green dragon and its evil followers.

These monsters are everywhere, but there are no legendary creatures to help the Black Forest Lord deal with them, so he can only rely on himself.

So Su Li took a deep breath and said to Chief Kurt: "We don't understand the arrangements of these gods and the electors, so we should not speculate. Tell us about these slaves. What is their price?"

"These four Knights Hospitaller are priced at 300 gold crowns. While a bit more expensive than regular Bloodline Knights, they're definitely worth it! This divine spell alone is worth 100 gold crowns. A single healing session from them could potentially save an elite knight's life on the battlefield."

"Furthermore, the rescue activities during the rest days can bring a lot of vitality to your territory, allowing some people who have lost their ability to work to get back on their feet..."

Su Li raised his hand and interrupted his endless lobbying.

Now the territory needed them to be more enthusiastic and active in sending slaves to the territory, so Su Li would not bargain or argue with him. When their investment in the territory was large enough, Su Li would only need to reduce the tax refund by 10%, and everything would be returned to him.

The early stages are the time to invest. You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing your child. Su Li said generously, "Okay, that's the price. What about the other two extraordinary people?"

(End of this chapter)