Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 210 Su Li's Sexual Abuse Concept and the Magnificent Hesse Castle
This gem pool can provide the Hessen Territory with an important resource, ether gold. Five kilograms per month, it is indeed a very important resource point.

Its status is even not inferior to the significance of Blood Mist Hills to the Green Dragon Legion.

Su Li turned to look at the primitive girl Vidag and asked, "You are the primordial spirits. What is your relationship with the green dragon? Will its legion live in harmony with you?"

"Green dragon?" The primitive girl exclaimed, covering her mouth with her hands, looking very surprised.

"Green Dragon?"

"Green dragon?" One after another, small spirits emerged from under the lotus leaves in the pond.

Soon, three palm-sized birdmen with sparrow-like wings flew out from among the hidden water plants and stood on Kappa's head.

They have witnessed the conversation between the primitive girl Vidag and the guardian otter Kapa and humans, and are sure that these humans will not harm them.

So they came out curiously, eager to communicate with people. After all, they were hiding in this gem pool and usually had no chance to communicate with other creatures.

"You mean the green dragon?"

"One of those incredibly large, powerful creatures with scales and wings? The kind that breathes dragon's breath?"

"A forest monster that eats people and spirits and has a particularly good appetite?"

As soon as the three people appeared, they started chattering a lot.

Su Li looked up at them and asked, "Who are you?"

They look a bit like a smaller version of the harpy, but their colors are much brighter, and their eyes are very clear, without the harpy's strong desire to kill.

"We are..." A little yellow birdman was about to speak.

The blue birdman next to it immediately interrupted it: "Enough, Mia, you are the one who always introduces us to others. You have introduced us three times in a row. Now it's my and I's turn."

The birdman named Buyi's chest shrank, and he said with a droopy look, "Well, Lucy, this time it'll be you and Irene who will introduce them."

The two birdmen nearby finally released their wings that were covering its mouth and said happily, "We are..."

Before they could continue, Buyi, who had been drooping his head just now, suddenly brightened up his eyes, immediately raised his wings, and answered all the questions in one breath like popping beans.

"We are river elves, dwelling in some of the rivers of the Old World. Like the dryads, we are natural shapeshifters, capable of taking on terrifying war forms. Externally, we usually appear as slender elven women with beautiful water bird wings, white or blue hair and eyes, and always appear wet. But when the rivers are invaded, we will defend our territory with ferocious means from external threats."

After saying that, she quickly covered her mouth, her eyes darting from side to side, looking at Lucy and Irene with some embarrassment. It was obvious that the two of them were already very angry, with their hands on their hips and puffed cheeks.

Su Li was really afraid that she would suffocate herself to death if she said so much in one breath.

River elves?

It does look a bit like a river version of the forest dryad.

Su Li asked curiously, "Will you lure humans into the water and drag them into the river?"

This time, without waiting for her reply, Ailin immediately covered her mouth and said quickly, "Many places do have various versions of legends about water beauties seducing people and leading them to their deaths. These stories only cause misunderstandings about us. Only the most dissolute and extreme river elves would do such a thing."

Lucy nodded in agreement and said, "Humans are just jealous that we can express ourselves as we please and take on many different forms."

"That's right, that's right." Mia couldn't wait to pull away the wings that were covering Erin's mouth, and excitedly explained with wide eyes: "We sometimes transform into elves riding beetles, with our own wings for flying. Sometimes we can also transform into small animals, but usually there is an unusual or unnatural feature to mark this creature as atypical among its kind."

"When treated well, river spirits are friendly creatures, but still playful. But when abused, we remain playful, but can quickly become deadly."

"But the river spirits are captives of their own whims, and seem to change their moods as quickly as the wind. So don't try to provoke us. Those humans who were lured into the water must have said something offensive."

Can it also change its form?
Su Li was a little surprised. This was the first creature he had seen that could change its form.

But that shouldn't be the case. Strictly speaking, humans are the first race that Su Li has come into contact with that can change its form.

The chosen knight can transform into a majestic general dozens of meters tall, and the druid can transform into animals such as bears and owl beasts.

If we extrapolate this way, maybe other races will also be able to transform.

I just don't know if the dragons in this world can transform into human form like in other worlds.

Dragon Lady or Little Dragon Girl?

Su Li felt more eager to become a dragon knight.

He smiled and said to the elves and primitive girls, "Don't worry. I only like to conquer larger creatures. Even among women, I prefer those who are taller. I will not offend you lovely girls in any way, whether through words or actions. We will even protect your gem pool from the invasion of green dragons."

Mia immediately flew up excitedly, circled around Su Li, and said, "That's great, that's great. We hate green dragons and all forest creatures. They always steal our water."

"But I hate Skaven even more. I can smell the stench of Skaven corruption in the air of the river. There must be ratmen coming here. Humans, you must be careful."

The Rat Man is coming?

Su Li's eyes suddenly gleamed, and he said to Mia, "Okay, thank you for reminding me of this news. It's very important. I will send my army to guard this place, not only against the green dragons, but also to prevent the stench and plague of the ratmen from corroding this place."

Afterwards, Su Li said goodbye to these fantastic forest spirits, and the guardian otter Kappa took these little guys to travel freely in the magical springs throughout the territory.

Su Li quickly returned to Hesse Castle with Hilde, the Master of Engineering and other ministers to inspect the territory's defense deployment and military mobilization.

He had just returned to the territory and was about to check on the military training when one of Hildurd's servants immediately came forward to report a piece of news.

Hild waved him off and told him to leave. Then he said to Su Li, "My Lord, Marshal Orstein has returned with the knights."

Su Li laughed and said, "Our marshal must have ushered in another glorious victory. Let's go and greet our triumphant army."

This trip was not a special one. He was going to the training ground between the castle and the outer city wall to see the reorganization of the new army, so it was just on his way.

Soon they passed through the thick stone corridor and arrived at the high ground of the inner castle wall.

There are also dwarves building a magnificent tower here. This is a new building in the territory. A Resentful Dragon Hunting Crossbow will be installed inside, which will kill dragons through powerful giant crossbows and search runes.

The thick city walls can ensure that even if the green dragon grabs the wall and breathes dragon breath, it cannot directly kill the defenders inside.

There is a wide stone staircase under the arrow tower, which allows the dwarves to continuously transport huge crossbows to the arrow tower.

This dragon hunting crossbow was purchased by Su Li after he strengthened his relationship with Hongxu Castle during this period.

Redbeard Hold has shown no signs of a major war lately. The dwarven lords tend to be conservative, even self-satisfied. They prefer to remain secluded in the mountains, oblivious to the affairs of the outside world. Even though the current High King of the Dwarves is a virtuous and ambitious figure, encouraging the dwarves to venture out and actively intervene in the affairs of other races, at least to combat evil and aid their larger human friends, the dwarven stubbornness is not easily changed.

At least the lord of Redbeard Castle, who had just experienced a fierce war with the demons and ushered in a rare peace, just wanted to guard his mines and farm in the mountains.

So even when the big lord at the foot of the mountain encountered the invasion of the Green Dragon Legion, he only sent out these dwarves who volunteered to join the war, which could be regarded as an expeditionary dwarf volunteer army.

However, in terms of weapons and equipment, he strongly supported the war of humans at the foot of the mountain.

After Su Li paid a considerable amount of gold coins, dwarven oath gold, and ore for the transaction, the dwarves of Redbeard Castle sold Su Li two Resentful Dragon Hunting Crossbows in addition to the cannons.

Therefore, the dwarves have been working overtime day and night these days to expand two tall towers on the city wall to properly house these crossbows.

Of course, the construction of the city wall did not stop.

The reason why the dwarf fortresses in the mountains are dozens of meters high and many cities are backed by mountains, with numerous towers, watchtowers and tall city walls that are almost half the height of a mountain is that these dwarf engineers will reinforce and raise the city walls whenever they have the chance.

The war was over these days, and the dwarves returned to Hesse Castle but did not rest. Under the command of the engineers, they repaired and raised the city walls.

The current city wall is 16 meters high, and some of the towering towers are more than meters high. When you shoot arrows from above, it really rains arrows.

When monsters attack the city, they will be attacked by arrows and stones from the arrow towers before they are even within the range.

This kind of arrow shot from a high position is extremely powerful and can easily penetrate chain mail.

Even a wolf in armored human skin or a large horned beast in heavy armor would not dare to be hit by such arrows. The Knights of Green loved this kind of place the most.

This is the only knight order in the entire empire that abandoned melee weapons such as lances and swords and used bows and arrows instead.

There is no doubt that they are all guardian knights of the Sun Goddess.

Even among the followers of the Sun Goddess, other traditional knights believed that the Knights of Green were a very strange existence.

However, the members of the Knights of Green did not care about this. They believed that using bows and arrows to gain an advantage for the army was encouraged by the sun goddess Violet.

These knights were all infantry, skilled in archery, and excelled in jungle warfare and the urban fighting within Terrabheim. Sometimes, the Knights of the Green Field would conduct joint training with the Knights of the Flaming Sun, exploring how to use elite archers to counter the charges of elite cavalry.

A powerful Green Knight stood in the arrow tower with his huge bow and enchanted arrows, aiming at the monsters below that were climbing the city wall with siege ladders. The damage he could cause was extremely terrifying.

Their arrows never missed their target, and wherever they hit, they would fall down. They were able to shoot through the head of every monster.

After a battle to defend a city, a Green Knight can easily complete thirty or forty kills!
After the battle at the border, Su Li became famous, and two Green Knights came to Hesse Castle and asked to join the legion to help Su Li fight against the green tide and promote the teachings of the goddess.

Su Li also enthusiastically discussed with them briefly the experience of defending the city with bows and arrows.

After all, Su Li did not have the courage to ride his horse and charge into the midst of tens of thousands of monsters, nor did he feel it was necessary.

But in the tower, he was still happy to find a suitable angle and shoot at fixed targets from the flank at the soldiers attacking the city.

He felt that at a distance of dozens or even more than ten meters, if he aimed at the opponent's head, the probability of hitting the target was quite high.

Therefore, Su Li was very concerned about the fortifications of the city wall. After walking through the stone corridor and inspecting it, Su Li asked the engineering master Kurgan, "Have the castle's defense facilities been completed?"

Kurgan immediately patted his chest and assured, "My Lord, please rest assured. The castle's defenses have been repaired and are ready for use at any time. If the green dragon's minions attack the city now, they will run into a fortress. The later they arrive, the more terrible the damage they will suffer!"

Su Li nodded with satisfaction. After the battle at the border outpost, Su Li had a very intuitive understanding of the power of the deep trench and solid fortification tactics.

Any race that has thousands of years of combat experience must be extremely good at building war fortifications.

No matter what race the opponent is, as long as they still follow the laws of physics and cannot kill an army instantly, building fortifications is one of the best tactics that can greatly increase your tactical advantage.

Kurgan excitedly continued, "Our fortress has a very complete defense system. It's not just walls and towers. We also have firing slits in the walls, allowing us to maximize the power of our dwarves and archers. If the monsters attack the city, they will face continuous damage from hundreds or even thousands of arrows."

"Also, our fortress is built against the mountainside, with three layers of defensive walls. Beneath each wall is a six- to seven-meter-long foundation and a nearly ten-meter-long moat. Even if the monsters break through the first line of defense and enter the castle, they will be shot down by the arrows from the second line of defense. The open space between the walls and the moat is their slaughterhouse!"

This effect finally made Su Li quite satisfied. With three lines of fortifications, the total height of the city wall was actually 48 meters, and the height including the foundation was more than 50 meters.

Over 50 meters? That's nearly double the height of the Chosen Knights. If they were to attack such a formidable barrier from above, the monsters wouldn't be able to see the vague silhouettes of humans above the arrow towers and walls with even slightly poorer vision. And yet, the human arrows could easily pierce their bodies.

If we want to find a more accurate comparison, the flagship castle of the Elector of Saxony, the King's Castle, has a wall height of 53 meters, which is considered the highest mountaintop fortress on Earth.

Su Li’s Hesse Castle is almost comparable to the highest fortress of mankind in the Middle Ages.

However, the King's Castle of Saxony is 53 meters high on a single floor, while Su Li's Hesse Castle is only more than 50 meters high on three floors.

Therefore, Hesse Castle obviously has a lot of potential for further reinforcement and enhancement.

If Su Li could encounter another natural spirit like the Peak Spirit in the future, he could even ask it to help further elevate the low mountain below Hesse Castle.

This small mountain is quite low, with the highest peak only about 200 meters high. Moreover, the foothills are flat and the land is fertile.

Although it has the undulating terrain unique to the foothills, the terrain is not rugged. On the contrary, even the undulating foothills are vast plains.

No residential facilities are allowed to be built in the thousands of acres of land near Su Li's Hesse Castle. This is his exclusive manor territory. The vast foothill plains are dotted with patches of red maple, oak, beech and walnut trees. Looking into the distance, you can see rolling peaks and wide valleys. The vast plains are also dotted with several blue ponds and clear rivers and streams.

It can be said that the scenery here is breathtakingly beautiful, especially now in autumn, when the sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant, the mountains are covered with red leaves, the endless wide valleys and flat foothills are planted with all kinds of precious fruits, and there are herds of deer and griffins roaming nearby. It can be said that everywhere is filled with the joy of harvest.

If there were no threat from the green dragon, Su Li's life would have been perfect and peaceful.

Every day he would hear some stories about his aunt from the halflings, unlock some new and interesting postures, and then return to the manor and let Hilde, Ingrid and the others try them out with him.

Halflings' natural intimacy and traditional custom of large families living in one bedroom always lead to a wealth of knowledge and experience in certain areas.

Su Li, who was a beast of burden in his previous life, gradually began to find the fun and enjoyment of being a lord in this life.

He is tireless in learning all kinds of knowledge about knightly practices!
Various powerful cultivation techniques, such as the Lightning Poison Dragon Drill and the Ice and Fire World, made him addicted.

Su Li finally understood what it was like to have a girlfriend who was willing to serve her lover wholeheartedly.

It really made him addicted to cultivation and unable to extricate himself.

Some people say that spiritual practice is like an empty bottle. If it takes a lifetime to fill it up, then the first year is actually more than half of it, and the rest will take a lifetime to fill up.

But Su Li felt that he was definitely the one with extraordinary talent.

It may also be that his female courtiers were so cooperative with him that they always gave him all kinds of new experiences.

If it is a very boring traditional practice, you may indeed get tired of it in the first year.

But with so many new enjoyments and unlocked knowledge, it was impossible for him to feel bored at all.

So whether it is for a comfortable life in the future or to protect those who place everything on him, Su Li must fight with his army!

After Kurgan finished his introduction, Su Li nodded and said, "With such a powerful fortification built, as long as we have a determined army, we will definitely be able to hold this place."

Talent is the most critical factor in winning or losing a war.

Without a fearless and resolute army, even if the castle's defenses are strong, the defenders will collapse at the first blow and flee, and the war cannot be won.

Fortunately, the situation in this regard also made Su Li very satisfied.

Just as Su Li and Kurgan were walking and talking, the Hesse military commander, Lord Orstein, walked up from the castle gate. When he saw Su Li, he decisively punched his chest with his fist and gave a standard military salute.

"My Lord, we have fulfilled our mission and won three battles in a row. We have defeated several monster armies in a row and chopped over 700 monsters to pieces on the central plains!"

Su Li stepped forward with a smile and helped his commander wipe away the coagulated blood on his shoulder, revealing the golden armor shining under the bloodstains.

It was obvious that the commander had just returned from a bloody battle and had not had time to wash or change clothes.

"My Lord Commander, your military prowess always reassures me! The monsters are now mainly tree demons, and their mobility is not strong. Once captured by the Knights, none of them will be able to escape."

The current battle situation can be said to be proceeding completely in accordance with the tactical plan originally set by the command. The main army of the Hessian Lords fortified their defenses and cleared the fields, and then sent out powerful cavalry to take the initiative to attack and defeat the enemies on all sides.

During the time that Su Li was recuperating, Lord Heisen relied on his intelligence to win victory after victory, and each time he was able to capture the lone monster legion, and he had killed thousands of monsters.

Knight Orstein raised his chin and proudly replied, "My Lord, this is all thanks to your overall planning and the knights' heroic fighting. I was simply doing my part."

Although he was being modest, everyone could see his arrogance and arrogance.

Su Li likes this style of generals very much, which means that they must be brave and daring in battle, and they will not collapse and flee even when facing the most difficult battle situation.

After that, Knight Orstein continued, "My Lord, I believe the time has come to launch a more aggressive attack. I have a plan, codenamed Operation 'Dragon's Teeth.' We will launch a sudden assault to annihilate one of the Green Dragon's main armies before they can react. This army has been somewhat arrogant and reckless, with over 2,000 men, it's out of sync with the rest of the force."

Su Li smiled and said, "Okay, you can submit the details of the battle plan later, and I will see if the information is appropriate."

"But is the time ripe now? How is our army being reorganized?"

In order to recuperate, Su Li spent a lot of money to recruit brave men and reorganize the army in the territory.

There were three squadrons of new troops being trained and reorganized outside the castle alone.

And this is not all, it is only part of this expansion!

(End of this chapter)