Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 209 Gathering the key materials for crafting the God-chosen weapons and Su Li's huge treasury
Will iron burn fairies?

Su Li really didn't know about this. He immediately took off the ring on his hand and handed it to Hildur.

The territory is indeed short of rings, but as the lord, Su Li is fully equipped with two perfect rune rings.

After he took off the iron tool in his hand, he turned to look at the primitive girl. Although she was only as tall as a four or five-year-old child, her body was curved and her proportions were perfect.

Her breasts are like two small buns, extremely full and with beautiful curves. The key is that although she is so short, her body is well proportioned and she looks like she has two long legs.

This is truly a perfect legal lolita. Fortunately, Su Li is not a lolita control. Otherwise, a lolita control would immediately get excited when seeing her primitive outfit with only vines and leaves covering her private parts, push the vines aside, and start an exciting knight training with her.

Su Li is not interested in loli. He only likes girls who are over 175cm tall with thin waist and long legs, so he is very calm and composed.

Then he said to Vidag, "Hello, water nymphs, welcome to my territory."

Vidag puffed up his cute cheeks, looked at Su Li and said, "Your attitude towards us is not welcoming. We have to pay you humans two laurel gems every month. Shouldn't we live in peace? Why do you oppress us?"

Su Li laughed heartily and said, "How can this be called oppression? It's just a tax. In the empire, the only inevitable things are death and taxation. You've occupied such a vast expanse of my beautiful landscape, built such a vast gemstone pool as your home, shouldn't you give me something in return as a fee for using it?"

Vidag stared at Su Li with wide eyes and asked, "What about you? Where do you live? Do you need to pay taxes?"

"Me?" Su Li pointed to the huge stone castle and towering towers on the distant hillside outside the forest and said, "I live in the most dangerous castle on the plains at the foot of the mountain outside. From here all the way to the Gray Mountains in the north, it's all my territory. So I don't have to pay taxes, but everyone has to pay taxes to me."

"Then why should we pay taxes? I built this gem pool myself."

Su Li could only shrug and say, "It's like renting a house. You can decorate it beautifully, hang beautiful gems inside, and decorate it with exquisite works of art. But this does not mean that the house and the land are all yours. The land and the house belong to their owner. If you want to use them, you can only pay rent. Do you understand?"

Vidag still shook his head and said, "I don't understand what renting means. In our world of water spirits, everyone is a family and can live together."

Su Li laughed and said, "Since we're family, shouldn't we share our good things? I gave you this beautiful scenery with clear waters, singing birds and fragrant flowers. What will you share with us? Kappa said I'm his best brother, so I shared all three magic springs with him."

Vidag frowned adorably as he looked at the somewhat naive Capa. The giant otter stretched out his round head and neck, still unsure of what was happening. He poked his head inward and said, "Yes, Vidag, this human is different from the others. He is my best bond. Today I will take you to see other sources of magic. With his command, those sword-wielding humans will never drive us away again."

Although Kappa has strong combat capabilities in the pool, he can even use water control to defeat a team of elite knights who enter the water and drown them in the bottomless pool water.

But when it got to land, before it got close to the magic spring, an elite knight holding a sword was able to chase it around and make it panic.

As for the water fairy Vidag, there is no need to mention it. Any iron can burn her. Her fighting power on the shore can be said to be insignificant, and even in the water her fighting power is almost zero.

She was unwilling to see Kapa being drawn away by Su Li's three sources of magic, so she immediately said, "I am the master of the Gem Pool, the water fairy, the ruler of magic, and the expeller of metals. I also have many treasures. If you don't take Kapa away, I can give you 5 kilograms of ether gold every month. These metals are attracted to the Gem Pool every month and settle from the clouds into the pool water. I have to expel them together to prevent them from burning other natural spirits. If you like, I will give them all to you."

"Ether gold!"

"Ether gold!"

The engineering masters and dwarf rangers behind Su Li cried out in surprise in an instant, their eyes widened like copper bells, bloodshot with shock, their gazes like iron filings attracted by a magnet, staring uncontrollably at the thin figure of the primitive girl on the water in front of them.

Seeing them trying to devour the girl alive, Su Li knew he had stumbled upon another treasure! Ether gold must be very important.

So Su Li asked the dwarf ranger Dogrin behind him: "My friend, what is ether gold?"

Dogrin's loud and clear voice immediately resounded among the hills, startling even a flock of water birds and a group of small goblins so much that they hid under the leaves.

His tone was both excited and fanatical: "My Lord, Aether Gold, also known as the Breath of Granni, is an extremely precious metal. It is lighter than air and is found in every realm. In its natural state, its density is less than that of air, so it is distributed above the clouds in a corrosive and glittering gaseous state or a gas-liquid coexisting state."

"In the legends of our dwarves, when Grungni was absorbed in his mighty works, the metal dust from his hammer mixed with his breath to form clouds of aether in the air."

"Normally, to obtain Ether Gold, one must first build an Ether Refinery to speed up the extraction and refining process. These Ether Refineries are primarily used to concentrate, distill, and refine raw Ether Ore."

"Processed ether gold can be compressed into columns or shot out in slugs to supercharge melee weapons."

"So its function is self-evident! My Lord, you can surely guess it."

Su Li's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked excitedly, "It radiates out in a column or a ball? So it can be used to create weapons of the God's Choice level?!"

All the dwarves nodded emphatically. Dogrin's breathing became rapid, his voice filled with anticipation. "My Lord, if word gets out that there's aether gold in our territory, the entire mountain will go crazy. The dwarves won't miss a chance to forge rare equipment, just like humans won't miss a chance to become a chosen knight."

"The reputation of crafting rare equipment instantly makes a dwarf an expert blacksmith. When this equipment is passed down through the generations, its creator's name will be remembered. This is an unparalleled allure for dwarves who value reputation."

"In the future, there will surely be champion-level, even God-chosen-level dwarf forging masters coming to the Black Forest Territory. No, no! Not in the future. I know of several champion-level dwarves in Redbeard Keep and Dragon Rock Forge who have been eager to forge a piece of rare equipment. I think I can write to them immediately to tell them this news, and within the next two months, they will rush here like crazy."

"With just 20 kilograms of Ether Gold, we can attempt to forge our first God-Chosen weapon! We already have all the other materials, including Star Iron, Cold Forged Steel, Vibranium, Silver Steel, and Meteor Iron, in our territory."

Many of these metals are not necessary. The key is to see what kind of rare equipment with what attributes and abilities the dwarves want to create.

One thing is beyond doubt, Su Li's treasury is filled with abundant wealth, including a wide variety of gems, pearls, armor, rune weapons, rune props and even precious metals, all of which are large enough to make a dwarf envious.

Just for the gold crowns, he had an entire room in his vault, filled with three large chests of treasure chests, with 26889 of them!
This was the result Phyllis had counted for him seven times with great enthusiasm, and it was definitely correct.

Half of it was the proceeds from selling the consecrated wisteria pods, one-third was from spoils of war, taxes, and trade, and the other one-third was from opportunities provided by his daily intelligence system. The sources were varied, including stolen goods from the Thieves Guild, property from the Church of Lanold, heritage from ancient ruins, and even some strange caves and creature nests.

For example, the harpies love to bring other races back to the caves and eat them up, but the armor and wealth of these adventurers, travelers and even ogre mercenaries are left behind by them and thrown into the corners of the caves.

In this battle, Su Li almost killed all the harpies. Before the harpies from other directions wandered over and occupied this territory, the daily intelligence system revealed the location of this empty nest to Su Li.

Su Li's main army could not enter, but he could easily send halflings who were good at stealing to take back their wealth.

The harpy people piled up these lost props and treasures like garbage in a corner of the cave, forming a mountain of garbage.

But when the feathers and dust on top were peeled off, the golden wealth underneath was revealed, including hundreds of gold crowns, a dozen dwarven oath golds, and even an ogre's vibranium club, which allowed Su Li to reap a large amount of unexpected wealth.

Similar to this situation, the daily intelligence system also revealed to Su Li the location of a large amount of precious and rare metals.

He himself didn't care much, but Phyllis liked to tell him about the wealth accumulated in the castle with a happy and sweet smile when Su Li lay on her cool legs. Every time at this time, she was particularly happy and sweet, full of longing for the future, feeling that life was full of hope and prospering day by day.

She did not have much ambition and was well aware that as a female courtier, she would never be able to become the lord's wife.

She would be very satisfied if her child could be widely recognized and not be despised as an illegitimate child, but have a legitimate identity.

Although the children of female courtiers were not considered illegitimate, they had no right of inheritance.

She was trying to please Su Li cautiously, but she was just hoping that one day in the future, when the Hesse Territory became stronger, even if Su Li did not give the child the right of inheritance, he could still make the child a knight of the kingdom. If he could be made a baron, it would be even more perfect, and she would wake up laughing in her dreams.

As long as Su Li gives the child a little fatherly love and the child fights bravely, it is completely reasonable to make him a knight of the kingdom.

Phyllis had inquired about it. One of Su Li's cousins ​​in the Bauhinia family did not have the right of inheritance, but was granted a village as a fiefdom because of his bravery in battle.

Su Li was also very doting on her. In order to satisfy her hobbies and encourage her to exercise more, he promised her that as long as she counted the wealth in the castle once, he would reward her with 10 gold crowns.

So she relied on her own hard work to earn more than 70 gold crowns and is striving towards the goal of 80 gold crowns.

So, after hearing her talk, not only she, but even Su Li, knew all about the territory's wealth. There were 27 kinds of precious metals in Heisenburg alone, including Silver Steel, Anvil Steel, Dragon Breath Steel, Ostrogoth Iron, Igneous Gold, Nightshade Silver, Storm Lead, Frost Iron, Dream Tin, Blood Veined Red Steel, and so on.

For example, Storm Lead is the best material for casting Thunder Rifles, while Dragon's Breath Steel and Dragon Bone Steel are the most resilient metals and can be used to forge top-level swords, halberds, hammers, axes and plate armor.

The quantity and scale of these precious metals may not be comparable to that of a dwarf king, but it is definitely enough to make a dwarf lord jealous.

You know, this is not easy.

Dwarf lords are usually very old. Over the long years, they pay special attention to the accumulation of precious metals in mining and trading.

Moreover, dwarves have always been the richest race on the continent.

Su Li is a pioneer lord, and the types and scale of rare metals in his treasury may exceed those of a dwarf lord. This is a great achievement that is enough to shock most people.

Doglin had been coveting Su Li's treasure trove of rare metals for a long time. Every time he wanted to withdraw some materials, he would go to the warehouse in person to move them regardless of his status.

Whenever he saw the glittering precious metals in these warehouses, his eyes would be filled with fanaticism, and he would wish he could stuff these precious metals into his chest.

Such a huge treasure trove of rare metals is unparalleled in its temptation to any dwarf!

After seeing it, every dwarf will have the same idea, that is, they want to move all of this back to their home, own it, display it in their own warehouse, and admire it every day!
And every time this happened, Phyllis would be extra cautious and would take her little sister Avril to carefully watch the dwarf, whose eyes were fanatical and seemed to be dominated by greed at any time, to prevent him from stealing any precious ore.

This is undoubtedly an insult to the dwarves!

It would make the dwarf feel that his reputation was tarnished.

But Dogrin is a dwarf ranger, and he is an outlier among the dwarves.

He was actually glad that Phyllis was staring at him without blinking.

Otherwise, he was also afraid that he would do something that he would regret later and lose all his reputation and prestige.

Once he betrayed his friend's trust and stole his ore, he would have only one ending - becoming a butcher.

A dwarf butcher is a dwarf who has been humiliated, romantically frustrated, or otherwise stripped of his dignity, leaving traditional society in search of the sweet end: death.

They hunt the most dangerous monsters, hoping to reach a glorious end. Most of them die rather quickly, but those few who survive become members of the strange Troll Slayer Cult. They exist only to one day usher in the end, and in doing so, to redeem the shame they suffered in the past.

Although the butchers were powerful, no dwarf was willing to accept them because no one knew what they had done to damage the dignity and reputation of the dwarves.

Stealing is one of the most serious crimes in dwarven society, and Dogrin has no desire to go down that path.

But Su Li still trusted him very much. After all, this dwarf always kept his word and had an outstanding reputation.

At the beginning, they were only a small team that came to the Black Forest Territory. When they heard that the Black Forest Territory was about to face the invasion of the black dragon, they generously made a promise that when the Black Forest Territory needed help, they would come from afar to help and chop all the monsters into pieces with the dwarf's battle axes.

And they did it. Even though they had witnessed the power and violence of Khorne's Chosen, they still came to the Black Forest Territory with the same determination as before, and fought regardless of casualties until they defeated the Green Dragon.

In fact, Su Li had given him more than 10 kinds of rare metals, totaling 13 kilograms.

Now that they had the even more powerful Ether Gold, Su Li generously patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, my friend. I will definitely give this metal to you. You will create the first God-chosen-level equipment for our territory."

"Hahaha!" The dwarf laughed heartily with excitement. Thinking of a rare weapon bearing his name, he couldn't help but tremble with excitement. "My friend, you are truly the dwarf's most sincere friend. You never disappoint the dwarf's expectations. I will definitely strive to forge a powerful champion-level weapon next month!"

"You should think about it in advance. Do you want a war hammer or a rune sword?"

Su Li really needs to think about this issue.

The two pillars of the territory, Orstein and Hilde, have now demonstrated such powerful qualifications that they are simply the champions of the entire army, unmatched by anyone!

There is no need to say much about how strong Xilude's talent is. Even without Su Li's training and a proper path of cultivation, her original trajectory could have led her to the champion level.

Su Li always felt that her answer to the doctrinal test of the Lieyang Church was not that simple. It was very likely that her cultivation speed did not double but tripled.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain how she could have reached the God-Chosen level so quickly.

It is worth mentioning that while Hildurd has clearly received the baptism of divine grace, Knight Orstein's advancement speed is not much slower than Hildurd's.

At first, Su Li thought it was a blessing from the gods after he defeated a powerful enemy.

The knights and knight orders in this world all have this kind of blessing. In a war, if they kill enough monsters, they will be promoted. With the blessing of the gods, they will soon have golden experience points, golden shields and golden armor, which is very different from the combat power of ordinary knights.

But after this battle, Su Li discovered that the reason was not that simple.

The bloodline of this Sun Lion may be very unique.

Constantine, the leader of the Knights of the Corona, who was once one level stronger than him, also participated in the border battle and made outstanding achievements, gaining a lot of divine grace. However, Captain Constantine is still far from reaching the level of breaking through to the level of God's Chosen.

And it can be said that if Su Li doesn't help him, he can find some opportunity for him.

There's a high chance he'll be stuck at the high-level champion level for the rest of his life.

Even in the Flame Sun Knights, which is full of powerful men, there are not many branch leaders who are at the level of God's Chosen.

Therefore, it is very likely that Knight Orstein did not rely on God's grace, but on his own bloodline and qualifications, which were extremely amazing. In a territory like Hesse where wars are constant, his promotion speed is comparable to that of Hilde.

Su Li is not a nepotistic lord. He will not give his preferred weapons to Hildreth just because she is closer to him.

In fact, the relationship between Orstein and Su Li is now very close. The two are not only grateful for each other's recognition and appreciation, but also comrades-in-arms who fight side by side and work together. This is another kind of strong friendship, and its reliability may not be weaker than love.

To whom the weapons should be distributed should depend on their military achievements and who would be more beneficial to the situation after receiving them.

So Su Li patted Duolin's shoulder and said, "I need to use this time to think about what kind of weapon to build."

"But I have a question. Even by next month, we'll only get 10 kilograms of Ether Gold from the Gem Pool at most. It seems we can't even get the 20 kilograms required to craft a God-Chosen weapon. How can you be so sure we can successfully craft it next month?"

Dogrin laughed heartily and said, "I'm so sure of this. Lord, rest assured. As long as you spread the word that perfect-grade weapons and equipment will be forged in your territory, the dwarves will bring their own precious metals and request to join the forging."

"Many dwarven forge masters, like me, possess considerable collections of rare metals. As long as you can gather at least half the metal needed for the forging, the other dwarves will help you fill the gap. They're just usually unwilling to share. After all, if you rely entirely on gathering, who gets the naming rights and ownership of this equipment will be enough to argue for hundreds of years."

This is indeed the truth, considering the dwarves' greedy, stubborn and petty nature.

Several people took out similar amounts of ether and precious metals. They were afraid that they would become enemies because of the quarrel. The book of hatred was full of verbal abuse, insults and revelations from others during the quarrel.

But if Su Li can come up with more than half and have absolute dominance, other dwarves may be inclined to sell the ether gold to the territory, and the Hessen Territory only needs to prepare enough dwarf oath gold.

The most important thing is that the Hessen Territory can continuously produce Ether Gold. Although 5 kilograms per month is not much, it is enough to make the dwarves lose all bargaining power. They will try their best to curry favor with Su Li in order to get a share of the sales of Ether Gold from Su Li!
(End of this chapter)