Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 185 The Temptation of the God-Chosen Knight
After hearing Su Li's doubts, Knight Orstein not only did not waver, but his confidence became even stronger.

"My Lord, as you said, this tactic is indeed contradictory according to common sense. But with your prophetic guidance, we believe that all this can be achieved perfectly!"

"We are fortifying our defenses and clearing the countryside to resist the Green Dragon and prevent it from wreaking havoc. And we are proactively attacking to avoid the enemy's peak strength and strike them by surprise. We believe that with the Lord's guidance, we can fight for ourselves, not for the enemy!"

Good guy, Su Li instantly understood Commander Orstein’s true intention.

The believers of the Church of the Fiery Sun Goddess truly put the military strategy in front of Su Li: "The key to being invincible lies in oneself, and the key to being defeated lies in the enemy. Therefore, a good warrior must first make himself invincible, and then wait for the enemy to be defeated."

With the help of the daily intelligence system, it is almost impossible for the Hessian army to be ambushed by the green dragon.

However, when this powerful knight army went into battle, if the Green Dragon Army failed to take precautions and was successfully attacked by the knights, the Green Dragon Army would suffer heavy losses!

The tactical deployment made by these quasi-god-chosen knights with concerted efforts truly enabled them to seize the initiative on the battlefield.

This is what is said in the art of war: if the battle depends on me and not the enemy, then the enemy will be powerless.

Su Li followed suit and decisively adopted this battle plan: "Then let's execute it according to the commander-in-chief's plan. Let this treacherous wing know that we in the Black Forest Territory are not to be trifled with. It wants to act tyrannically and destroy all the surrounding territories, so we will wipe out all its forces and destroy its nest!"

Knight Orstein saluted solemnly and said, "I request that our troops be dispatched today. We must launch another attack before the Green Dragon awakens and inflict a heavy blow upon its followers."

"Yes!" Su Li was equally ambitious and said, "My Lord Commander, I will open the arsenal and equip the army with the best equipment. From now on, you can mobilize all the troops in the territory at will."

After saying that, Su Li looked at Lao En and asked, "Your Excellency, Minister of the Seal, how many excellent rune armors do we have in our territory now?"

Laun immediately replied, "After our collection and crafting, our territory now has a total of 23 sets of Vibranium Rune Armor and 175 sets of Star Iron Armor. This includes 100 sets of Star Iron Armor purchased by the Foreign Minister from the dwarven Redbeard Castle and a dwarven cannon purchased with dwarven oath gold."

"A dwarven cannon?" Su Li's eyes lit up.

Foreign Minister Hartzklin said, "Indeed, my Lord. This is the mission you assigned me. I have already spent 1000 Dwarven Oath Gold to purchase a powerful weapon from the dwarven Redbeard Fort. It is currently being escorted by Dwarven reinforcements and is expected to arrive within the next few days."

"Are the dwarven reinforcements about to arrive?" Knight Orstein said excitedly, "Please introduce this cannon to us. After all, most of us knights have never seen the powerful dwarven firearms."

Hatsklin was also quite excited about this. The powerful war machinery of the dwarves was not like the halflings' which could be used for both military and agricultural purposes. This artillery had great power and could bring unparalleled assistance to the Hessen army.

"This cannon was first invented and used by the dwarves of Strompass, but over time other dwarven strongholds also mastered this technology and began to produce their own cannons. As one of the most powerful war machines, a cannon can easily tear a heavily armored enemy into pieces, smash a group of enemy formations, raze enemy towns and fortifications to the ground, or even bring down a huge monster."

"But they are also weapons with a fiery temperament. Even cannons made with the finest dwarven craftsmanship can sometimes fail. If a crack appears in the barrel or the fuse that ignites the black powder is accidentally ignited prematurely, it can have devastating consequences."

In addition to fixed mounts, many Dwarven houses maintain cannons mounted on tractors to be transported to the battlefield during times of war. These deadly war machines are deployed in hidden locations on the battlefield, utilizing their long range and high accuracy to great effect. Due to their meticulous craftsmanship and exceptional quality, many Dwarven cannons have seen service for centuries, beloved by their elders.

Being able to use artillery that has been around for centuries? The dwarves are really as stubborn and rigid as the legend says.

But no matter what, this powerful cannon can greatly increase the chances of winning this battle against the green dragon.

With the addition of this powerful weapon, the Hessian army immediately began to act with great vigor and determination.

After the meeting, Commander Orlstein decisively set out with his troops. He intended to conduct a sweep through the forest, so he led a large number of his main forces out of Hessen Territory. Aside from the Hessen Royal Guard, who still led three squadrons to guard key locations throughout the territory, the remaining Demi-Griffin Knights and elite knights all marched out in full force.

The dwarf engineering corps was just as vigorous and efficient as the army. After the military combat plan was deployed, the dwarf elders and engineering masters also reported their work priorities.

The territory currently has a total of 378 imperial dwarves and 66 dwarf engineers. Apart from the necessary mining and collection, the rest of these people are all invested in the military construction of the territory.

Cooperating with them are 467 ogres, all of whom are citizens of the Halfling Autonomous Territory.

With the return of the halfling caravan, Su Li successfully harvested 800 gold crowns and Ulric's U-shaped scepter, the symbol of Ulric's church.

Worshipers of Yurik use the "U" salute. This involves the thumb supporting the middle and ring fingers on the palm, with the index and pinky fingers curled upward. This salute is used before battle and when greeting other Yurik followers. Performing it in reverse is a serious insult to the cult's enemies.

As soon as he got the scepter, Su Li assigned it to the champion captain of the Hessen Royal Guard, Beast Slayer Gerald.

In addition to this scepter, the halfling brought back a considerable number of magic and witchcraft props as Su Li expected.

Su Li received 4 magic traps from his gains, including two Wells of Souls and two Petrifying Gazes.

The effect of the Well of Souls is extremely powerful. It is a trap hidden underground. As long as the prey steps into this area, they will feel their vitality being rapidly drained, and their strength and will gradually weaken.

This kind of trap is usually set in ancient tombs or ancient ruins to protect the peace of the dead from being disturbed.

However, when the enemy is attracted to the preset battlefield by the knights of the Church of the Fiery Sun Goddess and is caught in this trap, the weak opponent will suffer heavy losses in an instant when facing the violent charge of the heavily armored knights.

The Stone Gaze is particularly subtle, often hidden in the eyes of a statue or mural. A creature that looks directly into these eyes turns to stone. Such traps are used to protect secrets that are not to be discovered, or as punishment for greedy explorers.

There are many stone statues or shrines around the roads in the Hessen Territory. If this trap is hidden in one of them, the monsters will be unable to defend themselves.

In addition to magic traps, other magic and rune items include a rune sword, a dragon-blood warhorse and a powerful rage potion.

One caravan earned 800 gold crowns and so many rune items, which was a very lucrative profit.

If there is such a caravan every month, Su Li doesn't have to do anything else. Investing in a caravan every month will earn him 10,000 gold crowns a year.

But obviously, wealth is not so easy to come by. When the halfling Baggins came to Su Li for investment for the second time, Su Li directly rejected the investment request with the help of the daily intelligence system because the next trip would not bring much profit.

Su Li was still more interested in buying the rune props he had obtained on this trip. After all, what Su Li got only accounted for one third of this trip.

The halfling also knew that before the war was the time to make a fortune, so he sold all the items he had obtained in the territory to the knights who wanted to make great achievements.

War can indeed promote the prosperity of a force to a certain extent and boost production, consumption and other aspects of the territory.

In the Hessen Territory, everyone knows that the battle with the Green Dragon is related to the life and death of the territory, and also to the glory and wealth of everyone.

Therefore, from the lord of the territory, Su Li, to the various knight families and farm owners, to the ordinary armed servants, free people and even slaves, everyone is doing their best to improve their own strength.

As long as they could survive, they would have endless wealth, gold, silver, jewelry, and land. But if they were defeated, everything they had now would be nothing but a passing cloud.

So most people were buying various weapons and equipment. Besides building the fortress, the dwarves also formed a Dwarven Guard Militia, made up of warriors from the dwarven community. They weren't the most elite warriors, but they were extremely wealthy, so each of them bought a Thundering Rifle, which was considered expensive even in Redbeard Keep.

If this squadron of Thunder Musketeers had the best shooting range and delivered the ultimate output on the battlefield, their power might be no weaker than that of an elite order of knights.

In addition to the dwarves, the believers of the Church of the Sun Goddess have also begun to fully organize a free militia. Lord Ron is leading the Hessian Guard to reorganize these warriors who are determined to defend their homeland.

Most of them spent all their money to buy themselves a main weapon and a set of mail armor. At the very least, they would buy themselves a set of leather armor and an iron sword.

Their needs were so urgent, and the huge demand for weapons and armor from thousands of people at the same time directly flooded the territory's market.

In a short period of time, the territory was simply unable to meet the requirements for arming them.

Su Li urgently allocated 300 spears, 200 steel swords, 200 bows and 100 sets of chain mail from the armory to the market, but in the face of huge demand, it was just a drop in the bucket.

There were also a large number of people in the free militia who only wore leather clothes and carried farm tools such as clubs and dung forks.

It’s not that Su Li was reluctant to take out more weapons to distribute to this mob, but that he really had no extra weapons in his arsenal.

Even these emergency allocated equipment were collected by him by ransacking the treasury.

There was no way, his main equipment was used to arm knights and armed squires.

After all, as the number of free militia groups increased, the size of his professional army was also expanding rapidly.

Not to mention anything else, the three new attendant regiments he had formed consumed a large amount of armor, weapons and equipment.

The equipment that the dwarves in the territory made in a month was not only used to replenish the losses of the army, but also to meet the needs of expansion, so naturally there would not be much left.

During these few days, the dwarves had to build fortresses during the day, practice shooting arrays in the evening, and forge weapons and armor at night, which made the dwarves, who were as strong as iron blocks, lose a lot of weight. Fortunately, the arrival of dwarven reinforcements greatly alleviated this situation.

On the third day after the entire territory was mobilized, the dwarven reinforcements arrived at the south side of the Crimson Highlands and were approaching the Leafy Hills.

So Su Li, who was concentrating on practicing, rarely left his bedroom and personally led the army out of the city for more than 30 miles to meet them.

Although the size of the dwarf army is not as large as last time, the sophistication of its equipment has been greatly improved.

Su Li dismounted himself, held the dwarf commander Dogrin's shoulder, and said with a smile: "My friends, thank you for coming. Lord Hessen will never forget the help you extended in times of crisis."

Dogrim said in a deep and loud voice, "Dwarves never break their oaths. My friend, your foreign minister told us that the green dragon is about to awaken, so we dwarves of the Redbeard clan came here overnight."

"I've brought 480 dwarven warriors, including a squadron of dwarven rangers, a squadron of thundering musketeers, and two squadrons of dwarven mountain shields. I've also brought you a dwarven caravan with over a hundred suits of dwarven armor, over a thousand dwarven weapons, and a large quantity of dwarven artifacts."

Su Li smiled and patted his broad shoulders, saying, "My friend, your arrival has really solved my urgent problem. Why do I feel that your strength has increased again?"

Dogrin laughed excitedly. He raised the vibranium battle axe in his hand and said, "My friend, you read correctly. The battle with the demons has greatly increased the wealth of our Redbeard Clan. Not only have we crafted a large number of armors, but we have also used the dwarven oath gold to purchase a large amount of rune equipment and star iron armor."

Then he pointed backwards and said, "Do you see that shield formation shining with a dark cold light? That's a powerful formation of all-star iron armor. They have silver shields and silver armor. Even the giant horned beasts can't easily cut through their defenses."

"Haha, good, with your joining, our infantry defense line will be much more stable." Su Li said with a smile: "We will definitely be able to defeat this green dragon and seize its gold!"

Dogrin nodded excitedly. Robbing the green dragon's gold was also something the dwarves longed for.

The reason why so many dwarves were willing to come to Hesse to help in the war was closely related to his fanatical propaganda.

He had been to the Emerald Ring and witnessed the mountains of gold and treasures in the Dragon's Nest. So after returning to Redbeard Keep, he tried his best to exaggerate the wealth of the Dragon's Nest.

If there was no dragon slayer in Redbeard Castle, someone would have been unable to resist the temptation and headed towards the dragon's nest in advance.

But his hype was undoubtedly successful. A large number of dwarves were willing to once again fight against the coalition of lords at the foot of the mountain and divide the treasures in the dragon's lair.

The dwarves thought they would be the main force this time, but when they saw Hildurd, Dogrin was so shocked that he almost lost the ability to think.

"Hilde! My friend, have you...been promoted to the level of God's Chosen?"

Hildurd held the rune sword in his hand with a heroic air, nodded calmly, and said, "As you can see, Dogrin, we will definitely win against the green dragon."

Although his feelings were hazy, Doglin was still shocked when he heard Hildurd's confirmation with his own ears. "My friend, you just broke through to the champion level after the battle with the God-chosen Demon, right? How could you have such a fast breakthrough in just over a month, less than two months!"

Hildreda faced the golden sunlight, her cheeks seeming to glow. She said calmly and heroically, "Blessings be to the Sun Goddess. Everything will come naturally."

Hilde's breakthrough was much smoother and more natural than Orstein's.

No one knows how much divine grace she received from God when she answered Rong En's interrogation of the doctrine.

Su Li always felt that the improvement in her cultivation aptitude was far more than twice as much as the intelligence said, and might even have increased three times.

The divine grace contained in the several sets of doctrinal books of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun can promote a champion knight to a God-chosen knight. Now, Hildreth has studied these books with two or three times the aptitude of her cultivation. Before she finished reading the books, she successfully broke through to the God-chosen level yesterday.

As for how to arrange the remaining books, Hildreth originally wanted Su Li to finish reading them, but Su Li simply did not have the patience, so she simply left them to Hildreth and let her continue reading and strive to break through to the intermediate level of God's Chosen Knight.

After all, she is the one who is practicing with Su Li now. The higher her strength is, the faster Su Li will practice.

And last night, over the course of an entire night, Su Li finally experienced the powerful charm of the God-chosen Knight.

Perhaps there are not many official knights in the entire empire who have the opportunity to suppress the powerful God-chosen Knights and ravage and conquer them at will.

You should know that when a knight reaches the stage of God's Chosen Knight, she has reached the realm of divine power through her thoughts. She can control any part of her body at will, achieve any state she wants, and even change her body size at will.

30 meters is the maximum height she can reach. In this state, she is like a Valkyrie.

When she served Su Li, she could change to any height.

For example, Su Li likes her three states the most: 185cm, 260cm and 3 meters.

There is no need to say much about the first one. In this state, her legs are longer than Su Li's life. Coupled with her heroic temperament, Su Li's sense of conquest is overwhelming. In this state, she is a perfect goddess.

The second mode allowed Su Li to fully utilize his strengths. After all, with the blessing of the Dragon Blood Stone, Su Li was exceptionally strong. He usually had to be careful with his female courtiers and not give his all. In this state, Hildurde could fully cultivate with Su Li, enjoying intimacy to the fullest.

However, facing the powerful resilience of the God-Chosen Knight, Su Li found it difficult to last a cycle even with the help of breathing techniques.

The third one gave Su Li an unprecedented and fresh experience, making him feel like he had conquered a powerful female giant.

Of course, the process of cultivation is not always smooth.

The physical gap between Su Li and the Chosen Knight is too huge. If Hildre doesn't feel anything, Su Li will hardly be able to practice.

Even if Hildreda deliberately relaxed his body, Su Li could not hold on for long.

This greatly stimulated Su Li's competitive spirit. Otherwise, he would not be able to get close to such a female courtier with extraordinary temperament and perfect figure. He was so greedy for Hildreth's body that he was going crazy.

So with Hildur's cooperation, he successfully cultivated to the level of elite knight.

Elite knight, at this point, he has reached the realm of excellence.

When facing ordinary mortal slaves, he could form an army by himself and slaughter dozens or even dozens of mortals.

At the same time, at this stage, he can finally materialize his bloodline abilities and demonstrate unparalleled power.

It was also during this stage that the knight's extraordinary abilities began to differentiate, becoming colorful and brilliant.

The family bloodline ability that Su Li unlocked was [Burning Blood·Majestic Kingship].

When he fully activates his bloodline, he will gain the royal majesty of a dragon, and a powerful deterrent aura will form around him. Enemies who are weaker than him will be forced to kneel on one knee and kowtow to him before they can stand up.

Enemies stronger than him will also enter a weak state for a short time, with their movement speed and attack speed greatly reduced.

This bloodline ability has unparalleled power both in preventing assassinations and on the battlefield.

Imagine a group of goblins and jackals howling excitedly and cruelly as they launched an attack, and were about to encounter a phalanx of human infantry. However, Su Li suddenly activated the majesty of his kingship, and a powerful aura covered them. They knelt down without any ability to resist, which was like presenting their heads to the butcher knife of the human phalanx, ready to be slaughtered.

If Su Li activates his bloodline ability once, more than a dozen monsters will probably be killed directly.

This is a powerful ability brought by the bloodline of the Bauhinia family. His bloodline characteristics are very powerful even among many elite and even champion-level knights.

However, what is inconsistent with this powerful burning blood ability is that the second divine ability he obtained is very...special.

It is said to be special because this divine ability does not have any powerful performance, but it is crucial. It can be seen that he is extremely valued by the Goddess of the Fiery Sun. Even many chosen knights may not have this divine ability.

Divine Art: Flawless Form – You deny the power of Chaos with the blazing flames of the Sun, allowing Violet to protect you from its corruption.

This means that the Sun Goddess has placed an extremely powerful mark upon him, making it nearly impossible for him to be corrupted by the Daemon of Chaos.

You should know that what the Four Chaos Gods like most is to lure the Chosen Knights of Justice into corruption, so that they can become champions of demons or even great demons, and lead their armies to destroy the world.

With this magic, Su Li became Violet's person and no longer had to worry about the devil making endless noises in his ears, forcing him to go crazy or become corrupted.

(End of this chapter)