Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 206 Huge Post-War Profits

Nearly a whole squadron of elite knights has been added. Isn’t this the best news?

Su Li's eyebrows lit up with joy. He squeezed Hildurd's hands tightly with all his strength and asked, "Is there any good news more important than this?"

Hirud smiled faintly and said, "They are champion-level soldiers. In this battle, three of our elite knights achieved a breakthrough."

"They are the Lancer and Aimanric."

"Handsome Gilles."

"Storm Blade Roderick Le Angouran."

"They all fought with great bravery and honor, and were blessed with the gods' grace and were promoted."

"Extremely heroic performances and glorious battles?" Su Li asked with a smile, "Tell me about their feats."

Hildesham sat down on the edge of the bed and put down Su Li's right hand, allowing him to do what he loved most, stroking his slightly cool legs, then leaned over and gently massaged his sore muscles, patiently introducing the techniques.

"Lord Aimanric, the Dangerous Lance Knight, was a powerful follower of Ulric. With the strength of an elite knight, he charged across the battlefield, slaying six trolls, each time piercing their hearts with his powerful lance. Then, guided by Ulric's fury and murderous will, he fearlessly charged the massive giants on the battlefield. After a fierce battle lasting over two hours, he heroically slew a massive forest giant single-handedly."

"Both Gilles the Handsome and Rodrik the Stormblade are followers of the Sun Goddess. While Gilles the Handsome possesses a beautiful appearance, even more beautiful than a woman, he is a formidable knight leader known for his ruthlessness, decisiveness, and determination. His knight squads admire and fear him. He led 12 elite knights in a fearless charge into the midst of thousands of fleeing enemy troops, slaying over 100 human-skinned wolves, three gnoll chieftains, and capturing over 3 ogre captives serving the Green Dragon, perfectly demonstrating the Sun Goddess's tactical wisdom."

Lord Rodrik the Stormblade was a powerful foot knight. He forsaken his lance and, armed with a massive two-handed bastard and shield, stood guard on the most dangerous battlefields. He single-handedly defeated a powerful wyvern and single-handedly slew hundreds of monsters and three forest trolls. The monsters' poisonous arrows and spears were unable to weaken him. Arcs of shimmering lightning enveloped him, and his solitary defense of the battlefield created an impassable minefield for the monsters. He slew as many as thirty or forty harpies, leaving a mountain of corpses around him.

Su Li was excited and yearning after hearing this.

The strength of the knights and this unparalleled battle really makes people's blood boil. They wish they could be like them, pick up guns and swords and go to the battlefield to kill people.

Human beings always admire the strong, especially those with amazing fighting skills. Every strike of theirs will make people excited and admire them from the bottom of their hearts.

He could kill hundreds of enemies in one battle. In any army, he was a champion general admired and respected by the soldiers.

I have to say that Su Li has a lot of powerful people under his command.

This is very unusual!
What does it mean to be a champion knight? At least one must be the bravest and most feared by all, to be called a champion, right?

The situation at the family's garrison, Bauhinia Castle, fits this pattern perfectly. While the family's elite knights number approximately two to three thousand, there are only one or two champion-level Knight Commanders. Besides the leader of the Scarlet Night Knights, who is well-known to be a champion, the Knight Commanders who command the other elite knights also have one or two champion knights at most. Adding in the divinely chosen Earl of Amethyst, the ratio of champion-level knights to elite knights in the entire territory is roughly 1:1000.

But when it comes to Su Li, the selection goes from one in a thousand to one in a hundred.

He had less than 500 elite knights in total, but in this battle, three champion knights emerged!
This ratio is already astonishing enough, and what’s more important is that there were already several champion knights in his territory before this.

Maybe he will be able to form a team of all champion-level Demi-Griffin Knights soon!
So Su Li smiled and said, "Good! Very good! According to this process, as long as we start to recuperate, the strength of the army will not only not decline, but will quickly surpass that before the war."

A key difference between the extraordinary world and the mortal world is that in the mortal world, the upper limit of the combat effectiveness of ordinary soldiers is basically locked. If an elite unit suffers heavy casualties, its strength will be severely damaged and difficult to recover. However, after the war in the extraordinary world, soldiers can break through their limits. This leads to the fact that in some cases, although the number of soldiers is reduced, the overall combat effectiveness of the army is improved.

Of course, a lot of wealth is needed to recuperate after the war and build an army.

Su Li asked with concern: "What was the gain from this battle?"

"The harvest was quite good. These centaurs, powerful monster cavalry, were no less powerful than our elite knights. They had been wreaking havoc in the forest for years, destroying numerous forest bandit camps, breaching one dwarven outpost after another, and slaughtering countless wizards, beastmen, greenskins, goblins, and more. They were extremely well-equipped and were considered the most powerful bandit warband in the forest."

"We have captured 11 perfect-grade weapons alone. For example, Knight Roland the Lionheart obtained a powerful and sacred Lionheart Lance. Their majesty will inspire all who fight alongside them and will also strike fear into the hearts of the enemy. These brave knights are almost immune to pain and panic, making them the most perfect knights of our Griffin Knights."

"How many of these weapons do you have? Bring them to me to see?" Su Li said with a happy smile.

Although Su Li was generous, he allowed knights and freemen to keep up to 30% of the spoils.

However, such powerful enchanted equipment must undoubtedly be handed over to Su Li to be stored in the armory and arsenal.

Unless Su Li rewards a knight with a certain weapon or armor, these powerful enchanted weapons and armor will belong to the knights.

So, Hild waved his hand, and soon two knights came to Su Li's room with a lance and a shield.

Su Li raised his eyebrows and asked happily, "Is this shield also an enchanted piece of equipment?"

Hildre nodded and said, "Yes, this is also a perfect-grade shield, engraved with the [Fortitude Rune] and the [Shield Rune]."

Rune of Fortitude: A famous rune of the Dwarves, originally inscribed on a shield as a gift to the extravagant Dwarf Prince Gudi Twoboots. This shield was later stolen by a lone thief who had been stalking the Dwarf Prince's expedition. This rune makes the wearer harder than granite and more indestructible than steel.

Therefore, after this rune takes effect, not only will the shield become extremely hard and almost impossible to be shattered by arrows, but the wearer's defense will also be significantly improved.

[Shield Rune: It was forged by the dwarves during the War of Vengeance. At that time, the entire dwarf army would carry the Shield Rune to the battlefield to protect against the arrows and magic bullets of the high elves.]

The shield with these two runes is very powerful in itself. When the effect of [Holy Relic of Glory: Sunlight] is triggered, it can make the shield shine with golden light and become a magic shield. After successfully blocking the enemy's attack, it will convert physical damage into magic damage and bounce it back.

The Lionheart Lance beside the shield shone with a golden light like a lion in the blazing sun, illuminating the entire room with a brightness so dazzling that if it were swung at the enemy, the reflected light would be enough to blind anyone.

Its effect has been mentioned by Hirud, which is that it can boost morale and unlock fear. To some extent, a large number of such lances are almost like a glorious holy relic.

The Demi-Griffin Knights all held up this kind of shield in their left hands and raised their shining lances in their right hands. With their golden armor on, they launched a charge, which was as bright as the sun and the moon. Their momentum alone was enough to terrify their opponents.

Su Li was becoming more and more satisfied as he thought about it. A smile spread across his face as Hildurd continued, "Our harvest wasn't limited to this. We also seized a considerable amount of Centaur armor. Their powerful armor can be melted into at least 13 to 15 sets of Vibranium Rune Battlegear for us."

Su Li didn't know where he got the strength from, but he directly supported himself with the quilt and sat up. He turned around and excitedly placed his hands on Hildre's shoulders. He asked ecstatically, "My baby! Are you sure you didn't say it wrong?"

"Let me confirm again! You're talking about 13 to 15 sets of perfect-grade Vibranium Rune Armor! Not 3 to 5 sets of Vibranium Rune Armor!"

Hildreth quickly stepped forward, supporting Su Li's weakened body as it was about to fall. He smiled and said, "Lord, don't get excited. Recovering your strength is the most important thing. I'm right. 13 to 15 sets of Vibranium Rune Armor."

Su Li felt that after hearing this good news, most of his physical fatigue disappeared.

It turns out that a big order can solve all problems.

What's the use of vitality? With the consecrated wisteria pods, he will be able to become full of energy sooner or later.

But now, these powerful Vibranium Rune Armors determine whether he can rest in peace. Only in such a brutal and bloody battle, the power of Vibranium Rune Armors can be fully demonstrated.

Did humanity suffer heavy losses in this war?

There is no doubt about that. As many as four squadrons of soldiers died in the battle, and the casualties were over a thousand.

It can be said that the casualty rate has reached as high as 30%. If the thickness of the formation is taken into consideration, it is impossible for all soldiers to engage the enemy and enter the battle. That means that almost all soldiers fighting on the front line are injured, and the death rate on the front line is as high as over 50%!

But in such a brutal battle, how many knights wearing vibranium rune armor died?

The answer is only one! Among the knights killed in battle, the percentage is far less than 1%. However, the number of knights with Vibranium Rune Armor is as high as 1, accounting for nearly 23% of the knights!

You have to know that these knights are all elite and they charge into the most brutal battlefields.

So, it is like in the mortal world, when tens of thousands of armies are fighting, at the end of the war, only one or two thousand elite soldiers are killed.

Under the protection of the Vibranium Rune Battle Record, the best-equipped knights can indeed reduce casualties to a minimum.

In this battle, we can harvest 13 to 15 sets of Vibranium Rune Armor. Together with the three or four sets from the previous battle, the number of Vibranium Rune Armor in the territory will exceed 40 sets, which is doubled!
Su Li asked excitedly, "What's the point of vitality? Tell me how there are so many Vibranium Rune Armors?"

Hildre smiled faintly and said, "It's actually quite normal. The cavalry of any faction is the most well-equipped elite within that faction. We've effectively annihilated the Green Dragon's most elite cavalry corps, so naturally we'll be able to obtain a large amount of armor."

Su Li immediately shook his head and said, "No, it's definitely not that simple. We in the Black Forest Territory have a lot of opportunities, but 900 knights only have 23 sets of Vibranium Rune Armor. This is even though we have a good relationship with the dwarves and have a large number of dwarves to help with the forging and trading."

"The Centaurs' clumsy hands and feet are incapable of crafting weapons. They rely entirely on the help of Beastmen and Goblins. They have a force of 2000 cavalrymen, yet possess Vibranium Rune Armor second only to ours. This is truly extraordinary."

Hildurd speculated and said, "The Centaurs often raid Dwarven outposts and mines, and even plunder the treasuries of some Dwarven tribes. They must be able to obtain a large amount of ore and heavy armor. The looting alone is enough to maintain the sophisticated equipment of this cavalry."

"Furthermore, the Green Dragon's Familiar Corps includes a large number of gnolls and kobolds, especially the kobolds, who are very numerous. Although they are insignificant on the battlefield, with a single Free Militia soldier able to chop down one or two, they do have a certain racial talent for roaming and mining. The Blood Pine Forest is rich in resources and mines, and the vibranium they diligently mine is used to equip these elite cavalry first, so the amount of vibranium they dig out is naturally considerable."

Su Li heard this and nodded thoughtfully.

Don’t underestimate the number of the Centaur Legion, there are only two thousand people.

But their quality is extremely high, and the adult Centaur warriors among them have elite-level strength.

An ordinary team of explorers would probably be chopped to pieces if they encountered such an elite monster in the forest.

Several of their chiefs possess championship-level strength.

Among this army of 2000 Centaurs, there are two or three champion-level monsters and thousands of elite-level Centaurs tribal warriors.

This means that in this battle, Su Li actually led his troops to destroy an elite cavalry of 1000 or even 2000 people.

Collecting and melting the armor of so many elite cavalrymen would naturally bring in a lot of vibranium.

Su Li couldn't help but smile and said, "With more than 40 sets of Vibranium Rune Armor, our Champion Knights and Demi-Griffin Knights will have stronger protection. Killing a God-Chosen-class beast will be no problem."

Who can think of it?

After this battle, with the decline of one side and the increase of the other, humans are now almost on par with the green dragon's followers in terms of high-end combat power!

Although green dragons generally have the upper hand due to their physical strength and dragon language magic, humans are no longer powerless to resist.

If a slightly weaker God-chosen monster like the Chaos Monster Skarros were besieged by dozens of knights wearing vibranium rune armor in a melee, the probability of it falling on the battlefield would be extremely high.

After all, among these powerful knights there are champion warriors, half-griffin knights, and powerful medical knights. When they cooperate with each other and use divine arts, a single monster will definitely be unable to focus on one thing and lose sight of another, and will suffer continuous injuries.

What the territory needs to consider next is how to deal with the overwhelming army of monsters.

To be honest, Su Li didn't have any good solution in this regard, he could only take it one step at a time.

In most cases, quantity is also a kind of quality, and absolute scale advantage is the most unsolvable existence.

The number of monster legions does not need to be large. Even if there are 30,000 people, it would be a huge legion ten times the size of the Hessen Territory.

They surrounded him together, and Su Li had no choice but to defend the castle to the death.

Relying on numbers to win is the right way of military strategy!

The reason why battles where the outnumbered side defeats the larger force are so famous is because they are so difficult to win.

Every victory in which one defeated ten was famous, such as the Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Chibi, which have been passed down through the ages.

Hildrede was more optimistic. She continued, "In addition to these perfect-grade weapons and armor, we also obtained over a hundred pieces of exquisite-grade weapons and armor. With a little modification by the dwarves, our knights can use them. We can also sell the few that are truly unusable to Maleburg, earning a large amount of wealth in exchange for purchasing even better equipment."

"So, although we may be far smaller than the Green Dragons, we are far better equipped than the Monster Legion, so the battle may not be as difficult as you expect. We are equivalent to thousands of elite heavily armored knights, serving as cannon fodder against tens of thousands of rabble-rousers."

Although Su Li knew that Hild was trying to comfort him, his mood still improved a lot.

On a more optimistic note, what Hilde said was true to some extent. This was especially true in some of the battlefields Su Li could actively choose, where thousands of elite heavy armored cavalry surrounded a legion of one or two thousand monsters and charged.

The disparity in equipment and strength between the two sides would make such a battle a crushing defeat. A thousand elite heavily armored cavalry could crush two or three thousand cannon fodder infantry into pieces with minimal losses.

Su Li then took a deep breath and said cheerfully, "Then let's return to our territory and recuperate as soon as possible. After this battle, I think we'll be able to buy ourselves a few cycles or even a month of breathing time. We can finally take a breather."

As Su Li's order was issued, the troops that were resting calmly left the border outpost in batches.

In this battle, Lord Hessen successfully defeated the enemy, which not only made the Green Dragon fearful, but also greatly calmed the hearts of his own people and boosted their morale.

The knights and soldiers were all in high spirits, and they even had an almost devout and blind faith in Su Li. Everyone believed that under Su Li's leadership, the Hessen Territory would be able to defeat the evil siege and defend this territory and home.

(End of this chapter)