Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 168 The Spirit of the Peak and the Opportunity for Victory

When Su Li said this in a bad mood, he originally wanted to shut the owner's mouth.

But when Su Li heard it say that it could really provide a batch of high-end mounts, he instantly became excited and asked, "Can you provide me with a batch of high-end mounts?"

"That's right!" The owner said arrogantly, sprawled out in the grass. "I have a very strong affinity with rams. If you can provide me with enough divine substances, such as love potions, I can help your flock produce even more powerful fighting rams."

"Well, the breeding period of battle rams is much faster. In about five months, you'll have a new batch of battle ram lambs. In less than a year or two, these battle rams can form a powerful cavalry for you. This is one of the favorite mounts of halflings and dwarves."

Su Li asked calmly, "Is it all okay if I just give you enough divine matter?"

The owner's eyes were filled with greed, and he immediately said, "That's right, that's right. All you have to do is return the love potion to Rhea's sacrificial site. It's the circle of stone tablets in the southeast corner of the ranch."

Su Li understood instantly that the owner of the animal was just coveting his love potion, but he, Su Li, also wanted this thing!
It can make you exude powerful charm. This is the ultimate enhanced version of perfume. Which man has not fantasized about exuding fatal charm and making women unable to control themselves and take off their clothes when they see him?

He has been getting closer to the champion female knight Freya recently, but this female knight is not interested in worldly power. She is a member of the church knight order and is also very wealthy. Su Li's lord status has almost no effect on her.

To win the championship female rider, it all depends on personal charm.

But this champion female rider is very arrogant and looks at most people as if they were trash.

Su Li wanted to capture her to relieve the pressure on the female court officials during their nightly practice. The process was somewhat bumpy and not very smooth.

A female knight who is obsessed with training and becoming stronger, there is almost no ripple in her heart. No matter how gorgeous a man is, like a peacock spreading its tail, she has no sexual thoughts.

This first hurdle blocks most men. Without a dazzling enough temperament, they won’t be able to catch her eye. How can they proceed?
So Su Li also really needs this love potion. At least he needs to get the attention of this champion female knight so that he can get along with her and fall in love with her over time.

"Forget about the love potion, but I can provide you with plenty of divine substances. Three days from now, at noon, Tal's divinity will be at its strongest. The lush grass will nourish Tal's wildness. I will order the herders to harvest more grass for you. I will ensure your inheritance and allow all herds to be bathed in divine grace, striving to maximize the spread of wildness within their bodies, leading to atavism."

After saying this, Su Li said to Fandral and Lunadesan at the same time: "You must also strengthen your preparations in this regard. Three days from now will be the climax of the Tal Divine Tide. At noon, there will be a large amount of divinity in the grass. As long as the livestock eat enough, atavism will definitely occur. Be prepared."

Lunadesan widened her eyes in surprise. She was Tal's maid, but she could only vaguely feel the gradual strengthening of Tal's divinity and had no idea when the climax of Tal's divinity tide would come.

And the Lord could actually predict the time so accurately?
Fandral had no doubts at all. He had seen the Lord's prophecies too many times and deeply believed that the Lord was the all-knowing person of the Hessen Territory, the prophet and guiding star of the entire territory.

So he immediately said, "Our priests and nuns from the Church of Dawn will all come here and communicate with the herds, asking them to maintain their strength in the morning and eat at full capacity at noon to capture the wildness of the Tal."

Even at the peak of the Tal's divinity tide, there would not be much of Tal's wildness in the pasture. This was the time to win by quantity. The livestock that ate more would be more likely to obtain more divinity and trigger the atavism phenomenon.

Su Li made further arrangements, saying, "You must also make plans in advance to disperse the herds and ensure that each herd has a patch of fertile green grass to prevent them from crowding together and competing for resources."

"We will strive to make meticulous preparations and strive to obtain more of Tal's grace at that moment."

Su Li's unconcerned conversation with the two priests made the livestock owner beside him extremely anxious: "Hey! Hey! Hey! Human Lord, you can't be so arbitrary and dictatorial! Don't you even ask me why I want this love potion? You've delayed a big thing for me!"

Su Li glanced at it. What was the purpose of men, no, males wanting this potion? Was there any need to guess?

Don't be fooled by a beautiful name like Love Elixir.

In a man's heart, love probably only occupies a small corner! Power, war, and imperial ambitions—which one isn't more important than love? Throughout history, there have been few men who prefer beauty to power, and each one of them has become a laughingstock in the eyes of other men.

After all, only with the kingdom can one keep the beauty. If one loves the beauty but not the kingdom, the final outcome is often that the kingdom is lost and the beauty is also lost.

Ultimately, it is a question of domination.

Therefore, this love potion is mostly used by men as a means to dominate the opposite sex.

The owner of the livestock was unusually smart at this time. Seeing the indifferent expression on Su Li's face, he intuitively understood what he was thinking.

He quickly said, "I want to use this elixir to dominate the opposite sex, not these livestock in your territory. Have you ever wondered why I'm wandering around the Crimson Highlands?"

kindness?
The livestock owner's question finally caused Su Li to think deeply.

This is somewhat suspicious. Every natural spirit in the territory will appear around the territory only after certain conditions are met.

Only the owner of this animal appeared a little abruptly. Su Li was told by intelligence that it had been wandering on the bloody highlands.

Then Su Li mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources to forcibly find him.

So when you think about it, the place where it appears is indeed a bit strange.

Su Li gave it some face and asked, "Then why are you wandering around the Crimson Highlands?"

"I'm looking for the spirit of the peak!"

"Spirit of the Peak?" Su Li looked at Fandral: "What is this?"

As a centuries-old druid, Fandral was knowledgeable and immediately replied, "This is considered the spirit of the wilderness, never controlled by the Church of Dawn. Perhaps the Lunadesan priests know more about it."

Lunadesan took the initiative to explain, "Yes, this is a wilderness spirit recorded in our Tal Church. It lives between the snow-capped mountains and the plateau. It is a creature composed of rock and ice from the mountain peaks, with sharp crystal spikes and a flowing snow-white body."

Su Li asked with concern: "What are its abilities? Can it help us develop our territory?"

Lunadesan shook her head and said, "The Peak Spirit is a wilderness spirit untamed by humans. Its abilities are extremely feral. It can use [Frost Breath] to exhale icy air, causing the ground to become rigid, or [Rockfall] to trigger a landslide, drowning its enemies. Of course, it also has a passive power, [Peak Leap], which allows it to leap lightly between mountain peaks, almost ignoring gravity."

Su Li's eyes suddenly flashed with surprise, and he asked, "Could this peak spirit be in the form of an antelope?"

The beast master, showing a rare hint of shyness, lowered his head and whispered, "Even spirits are fond of beauty. The beautiful, snow-white Peak Spirit is the spirit we, the beast master, admire most. Are you humans, animals, and even beastmen allowed to have companions, but only we, the nature spirits, are forbidden from having close companions?" "We are the people of Rhea and Tal, and we are born with a yearning for love, wildness, and reproduction."

Su Li raised his eyebrows. These believers of the ancient gods all had primitive sexual desires. Under the guidance of these two gods, they focused on the beauty of love and the meaning of reproduction.

He understood the beast's eagerness, but asked curiously, "You want to find the Peak Spirit? What are you doing in the Crimson Plateau? Why don't you go into the Gray Mountains?"

The owner immediately replied, "They usually live too high up, on the snowy peaks of 6000 to 8000 meters. I can't climb up there. I'd freeze to death after a while."

"But in the summer, as the snow melts, streams formed by the snow flow down from the mountains. They will come down from the peaks and follow the snow into the highlands to taste the sweet snow water and fertile pastures."

Su Li's eyes flashed instantly, and he asked, "So you are sure that there is a Peak Spirit wandering in the fertile Bloody Highlands in the north?"

The owner of the animal shrank back and took a few steps back. He looked cautiously at Su Li's murderous face and asked, "What do you want to do? Why are you suddenly so murderous? Are you going to hunt this peak spirit?"

Su Li smiled and said calmly: "Don't worry, I won't hurt it. On the contrary, I will form a friendship with it."

The information about this Peak Spirit is extremely important to the current situation in the Hessen Territory.

This is also the first key information that was not revealed by the daily intelligence system. This may be related to the fact that the Peak Spirit is too far away from the Hessen Territory. It may also be because Su Li’s own plans and strategies came before this intelligence system for the first time.

Then Su Li left the ranch and returned to the castle with Lunadesan and Hirud. He summoned all the generals, knights and dwarf commanders.

Soon, the core figures supporting the territory's military arrived at the castle's conference hall. The dwarf commander, Muradin, excitedly asked in a hoarse voice, "My big friend, are you finally ready to dispatch troops by holding a military meeting in the castle?"

Su Li nodded solemnly and said, "Today I received a very important intelligence. A peak spirit appeared between the Gray Mountains and the Crimson Highlands in the north. This will have a crucial impact on our decisive battle."

After saying this, Su Li looked at Lunadesan, a priest of the Tal Church who had been called to attend the military meeting, and asked, "If you were allowed to come into contact with this Peak Spirit, could you successfully persuade it to help us fight the demons?"

Lunadesan immediately showed an excited expression and asked, "Are you planning to cause a landslide to severely damage the demon army?"

"Yes, are you sure it will follow your advice?"

Lunadesan nodded excitedly and said, "If we were to fight against mountain folk, dwarves, or even greenskins, I wouldn't be sure. But against demons, such a just cause, I believe Tal's spirit will definitely help us!"

The dwarf commander, Muradin, slammed his battle axe on the table and shouted excitedly, "Oh! I understand now, my friend. You plan to lure the demon army into the designated battlefield and use landslides to increase our chances of victory? But how can you be sure that the demons will come to the battlefield you choose?"

Su Li didn't need to say much about this. With so many believers of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun in the conference room, someone immediately spoke up.

Constantine, the Grand Master of the Knights of the Corona, said calmly, "This is the essence of our teachings. As a general, Her Majesty Violet is undoubtedly cunning. She rarely confronts the enemy in a head-on, hard-fought battle."

"She always taught her followers to gain the upper hand before the actual battle began by luring the enemy deep into their territory, waiting for them to tire themselves out, and seizing advantageous terrain."

"The fact that the lord could think of all this proves that she is a military leader of considerable talent and vision."

The dwarven commanders grumbled, "Cunning? That's not a virtue. We dwarves prefer to fight an honest battle. We don't understand why you humans are inclined to believe in such a cunning belief. We still prefer Redmar, your state religion. His temper towards us dwarves can arouse our courage and perseverance."

Constantine immediately slammed the table in anger and shouted, "How dare you question our great Sun Goddess?"

Su Li was also impressed by Constantine's bad temper. He would explode if he disagreed with something.

If Su Li didn't intervene, Heisen's two champion-level helpers would probably start fighting right now.

So Su Li immediately stopped the two of them and said, "Her Majesty Violet is certainly not just cunning."

This statement effectively calmed the anger of both parties. Cunning wasn't considered a bad word in this world. After all, most of the followers on Redma's side described him as stupid.

Through Su Li's characterization, the dwarf's mumbling was turned into a normal inquiry.

Before Constantine and Muradin could continue their outburst, Su Li continued, "What truly made Her Majesty Violet famous was the values ​​she upheld throughout the war, which later became known as 'honorable war': a glorious conqueror should bring civilization and stability to the occupied territories, not chaos and death."

"Thus, even if military action is resorted to, generals should minimize the suffering and death caused by war: harming civilians, looting and occupying towns are strictly prohibited, and enemies who voluntarily surrender must be treated with courtesy - if they also adhere to the values ​​of "honorable war", if they are guilty of crimes such as indiscriminate killing of civilians, they must be punished or even executed after a fair trial."

"She is also the only deity among the human gods who advocates that the lives of soldiers are paramount. She advocates that her followers receive proper training before sending soldiers into battle. In addition to standard disciplinary and physical training, Violet's soldiers also receive regular training in military strategy, equipping them with basic military skills and enabling them to judge and monitor the appropriateness of their superiors' commands. When faced with meaningless sacrifice, soldiers are allowed to strategically flee—a tolerance rarely seen in human kingdoms."

It is this fundamental difference in their approach to warfare that leads to constant conflict between the Ulric and Violet sects: Violetists tend to view Ulric's methods as brutal and barbaric, while Ulricists view Violet's methods as weak and cunning.

While both sects emphasize the honor of warriors, their connotations differ greatly: the Ulric sect believes that a suitable battlefield is an open area where both sides can fully deploy, while the Violet sect is obsessed with finding complex terrain that is beneficial to themselves and deprives the enemy of the opportunity to properly deploy, which is considered a waste of time and even cowardly by the White Wolf Warriors.

However, any rational Imperial knew that the Ulricists' disdain for Violet was not because she advocated a dishonorable or even cowardly way of fighting, but because she was an Outlander god of war who was in fierce competition with Ulric.

So Su Li said, "Violet's priests are all exceptionally skilled warriors. For them, battle itself is a form of prayer. They practice and perfect their combat techniques, studying and researching battle strategies. This is both for themselves and to honor Violet. In this dark age of demons, war is inevitable, and seizing the initiative on the battlefield means seizing your own life."

"So our territory is devoted to Her Majesty Violet's teachings. And my dwarf friend, according to our prior agreement, you should follow our tactical arrangements. Do you intend to break your oath?"

The dwarf Muradin's face immediately turned red. For a dwarf, questioning his oath is questioning his honor!
He was the one who caused all this. He could only shout, "Of course not. A dwarf will never break his oath. My friend, just wait and see. We will prove everything with our actions. We can't wait to set off and prove it to you."

Su Li did not shirk the time of dispatching troops this time. He replied decisively: "We will dispatch troops in three days. By this time, the demons will probably have received our challenge letter."

"We will fight the demon army at the foot of the Gray Mountains!"

Hearing Su Li's clear reply, the dwarves cheered enthusiastically, some even had tears in their eyes. Finally, there was a clear time!
Muradin raised his battle axe and said excitedly, "I will go back and gather the troops and make preparations. We will set out on time in three days!"

(End of this chapter)