Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 221 Mythical Material: Scale of Vorkatrix
Listening to the noisy shouts on Eckert Commercial Street, Su Li finally understood the value of the introduction he had given.

Magical objects are commonplace in the Mortal Realms, and almost every merchant except the humblest peddler sells some kind of magical trinket or arcane equipment, at exorbitant prices.

Su Li heard so many magical things from these people, such as dung beetles that can quickly decompose feces, and Shaurya's bark technique that can turn feces into something like bark.

Su Li even heard the name of the Dung God, who could transform feces into something similar to horse manure.

You should know that within the empire, only those serfs with connections could enter the castle to clean cow dung and horse dung for the lords, and the price of a cart of horse dung was as high as 1 copper coin.

The lowest horse manure worker in a castle could earn more in a year than a landowning farmer.

Horse manure is a natural fuel, economical and hygienic, and can even replace a lot of charcoal. Even the ashes after burning are effective against rats, bats, and wolves. Many adventurers carry a bag of ashes to fight rats, snakes, and insects in the wild.

But among all the sounds, there was one that attracted the attention of a large number of knights.

"My Lord, I have here a relic from the ancient times! The Scale of Vorkatrix!"

Su Li looked in the direction of the voice in surprise and said immediately, "Scale of Vorkatrix? Did I hear correctly? He was calling out the Scale of Vorkatrix, one of the most famous artifacts in this world? Someone, go and bring him back!"

This sound also made countless knights become fanatical. More than a dozen strong and burly Hessian Guard knights rushed into the crowd swiftly and rushed violently towards the direction of the sound, scaring everyone in front to quickly make way. If they were hit by these knights, they would probably be covered with bruises immediately.

Soon, a dozen knights found the owner of the shrill voice, a middle-aged halfling woman.

Halflings live in a matriarchal society, so women are generally richer. This middle-aged female Halfling is extremely wealthy, with a waistline almost catching up with their distant cousins, the dwarves.

Tiberus lifted her up by the neck, his cheek almost touching her tall nose. He stared at her fiercely like a wolf and asked, "Do you know what you're talking about? Do you have the artifact, the Scale of Vorkatrix?"

The artifact, the Scale of Vorkatrix, even Su Li, a pioneer lord who had just traveled through time less than a year, had heard of its great reputation several times.

This is one of the Dwarven people's most powerful ancient relics. Legend has it that in mythical times, Grimnir, one of the Dwarven ancestors, battled the mythical beast Vorkatrix, resulting in a mutual defeat. Few relics remain of that epic battle, and its location is unknown, but the Fireslayer insists that after the battle, the Dwarves braved the scorching heat and crossed the lava river to venture to the site, seeking the traces of their god.

Of course, the Dwarves found nothing of Grimnir, his spirit shattered. But the remains of Volkatrix's body lay scattered across the land. Seeking vengeance on the fallen god, Grimnir's followers gathered these fragments, fashioning scales into shields and broken claws into spearpoints. With these new weapons, they unleashed their wrath upon the descendants of Volkatrix, purging many of the mountains of the deadly dragon.

Legend has it that before the coming of Chaos, a band of Blaze Slayers, armed with weapons and shields forged from the remains of Vorkatrix, pursued monstrous monsters deep into the most desolate reaches of the Realms. However, with the advent of Chaos, they too were slain. Only one of these shields survived the Chaos Age. It currently resides in the possession of the Warlock Seer, Gorrit Brokenfang, who leads the Thousand Fangs, a tribe of free-roaming Bonebreakers.

To the orcs, the Scale of Vorkatrix is ​​a powerful magical item, said to be imbued with the raging energies of the Mother Salamander. Harnessing this power has brought the Thousand Fangs infamy throughout the greenskin world. The scale is also an ancient relic that the Flamebutchers long to recover, a link to their gods and to the ancestors who wore it for millennia before the coming of Chaos.

The scale of Vorkatrix is ​​said to be prismatic, measuring just over half a meter in diameter. It is a deep crimson, rimmed with black, as if exposed to intense heat. Its surface is cracked in many places, and the material within glows like hot coals. Anyone who handles the scale of Vorkatrix feels fire coursing through their veins, and a layer of volcanic rock and lava clings to their skin, protecting them from harm.

A shield with a diameter of more than half a meter can block most of the body of even a 1.5-meter-tall dwarf. This small halfling woman is only about 1.2 or 1.3 meters tall. If she really has the Scale of Vorkatrix, it is impossible for her to hide it.

So Su Li looked around her and asked, "Where is the artifact? You know the price of deceiving the lord."

She quickly took out a palm-sized crimson stone from the cloth bag hanging around her neck. The stone had lava-like lines on it, and the concave lines shone with a fiery red light like blood.

This made the surrounding knights look around in surprise, seeing that the light really had the power of a divine weapon.

The middle-aged halfling woman shouted quickly, "Put me down, put me down, I'm suffocating."

Tyberus was blinded by the light, so he let go of the little man and asked, "What is this?"

"This is what it means literally, the Scale of Vorkatrix!" The other party put his hands on his hips with great momentum.

Su Li and Laun both realized at the same time that this was not the dwarven artifact, but the scales of the ancient mythical beast, the dragon Vorkatrix!

Sure enough, the other party then confirmed Su Li's guess and said proudly, "I don't know if this scale was not collected by the dwarves, or if it was broken by Vorkatrix in ancient times when he fought with other mythical beasts."

"But we halflings have always had a connection with these powerful enchanted items. During my travels, I encountered a volcanic eruption. In the ashes of the volcanic magma, I picked up a fragment of this scale. It is undoubtedly a mythical material from ancient times."

Su Li didn't expect that he would see mythical materials so soon after entering this world, but after being shocked for a moment, he quickly accepted this fact.

In fact, judging from the scope and territory, he should have encountered props of this level.

This world, from ancient times to the present, has countless powerful relics and materials buried. The Hessen Territory is vast, with magnificent mountains and rivers. If he could explore it thoroughly, as a lord, he would surely encounter one or two precious materials.

It should be said that every powerful lord has one or two of these original top-level treasures in his treasury.

Although the family may not use it for hundreds or thousands of years, as a treasure worth collecting, keeping it in the treasury can enhance the family's nobility.

Su Li then took a deep breath and asked, "What effect does this scale have?"

When it came to its effects, the halfling felt a little embarrassed, her confidence instantly waning. She glanced at Su Li, bracing her chest, and said, "It's quite effective in battle! Using the power of your bloodline to stimulate it, it can emit a powerful dragon's might, weakening the attacks of surrounding enemies, disrupting their defenses, and even significantly slowing their movement for at least half a minute."

That is to say, after active activation, enemies within a range are weakened, with attack -30, melee defense -30, movement speed -30, and charge power also -30%?

It only lasted half a minute, which seemed okay.

Su Li asked: "How many times can it be used?"

"Use... unlimited times! If you drag the war out long enough, for a period of time."

That is, it can be used once in a cycle!
Su Li's interest instantly waned. No wonder a halfling like her could have preserved such a powerful mythical item.

Although it is of high quality, it is a raw material and its functions are very limited.

Just like a handful of soil, no matter how high its quality is, if it is not used for farming, it will be useless in the field.

The same goes for this dragon scale. It cannot be made into a magical weapon. The effect it can produce is not as good as a rune armor.

Maybe it will be effective against dwarf bullets. Put it on the breastplate, and if you are lucky, it can block a few more bullets.

Then Su Li asked: "Besides this active activation effect, does it have any other effects?"

"Yes, my lord. If you carry it, you will be as majestic as a dragon, and look noble. When I, a halfling, took it out of my pocket and carried it with me, everyone said I was as noble as a nobleman. If you carry it, you will be awe-inspiring without even being angry, and you will have the nobility of an emperor."

In other words, carrying this mythical dragon scale will make people feel as noble as a true dragon emperor?

Tiberus's reaction just now confirmed this, otherwise a powerful champion knight would not have looked askance at a weak halfling.

Su Li was interested in this effect.

After all, deep down he still believes in the aura of the emperor.

If a sorcerer told a man, "You are born noble, possessed by dragon energy, and born with the appearance of an emperor," that would be the highest level of compliment a man could receive. What man could resist such temptation?
Furthermore, the daily intelligence system had indeed revealed that Phyllis was his most important aid in ascending the throne, which meant that he had a chance of becoming the emperor.

If this is also surrounded by dragon energy and has the appearance of an emperor, it would be even more extraordinary.

However, Su Li quickly realized that he came here to recruit top talents and to solve the hygiene and order problems in the territory.

Things like the appearance of an emperor are all illusory. No matter how noble one looks, if one does not have the ability, he is nothing but a fool.

If you really want to ascend to the throne, recruiting heroes and attracting talents are the most important things.

So Su Li frowned and scolded, "Didn't I tell you that we should seek tools that can improve the sanitation and order of the territory? What's the point of taking this thing out?"

"It works! It works! It really does!" The halfling immediately became anxious and said, "This is a treasure from the ancient mythical beast, the Tyrant Dragon. When have you ever seen the environment around a dragon so dirty and smelly? Isn't it always magnificent, tall and bright?"

"The dragon scales of this mythical beast take this effect to its extreme. It possesses a law-level rule: Imperial Decree: Dust-Free Land. Within a 2-3 meter radius of it, all excrement, stench, and decay will be decomposed by blazing flames."

"This is my best assistant for cleaning rooms for the knights. Every knight I have served, their butlers would praise me for my diligent cleaning. My reputation has become well-known, and I am considering opening a half-life housekeeping company. It's just that I am temporarily short of funds, so I am considering selling this mythical prop!" Su Li couldn't help but laugh, this really proved the saying.

Never underestimate the Halfling race. A Halfling is like a sleeping servant. Once she wakes up, she will clean every corner of your house.

They used this good mythical material as a tool for cleaning the room.

But there was no other way. This Scale of Vorkatrix was simply a fragment of a dragon's scale. Perhaps Vorkatrix's own effect, [Dustless Ground], could dispel filth within a radius of hundreds or even thousands of meters. But this fragment of dragon scale could only dispel filth within a radius of two to three meters. If a halfling truly wanted to clean an entire room, or even an entire castle or large manor, he would have to bend down and meticulously wipe every corner.

But the effect of this thing is too contradictory! It is completely different from what Su Li expected.

It's impossible that a man who looks noble and awe-inspiring without even getting angry is actually a night soil cleaner, with an emperor's appearance and a golden dragon aura on his head, running around the streets cleaning up feces, right?

The city's level of civilization has been improved, and the sanitary environment has also been improved, but the lord's nobility has also disappeared.

He, Su Li, is a lord, not a sanitation worker in the territory.

It seems that the greatest value of this thing is that Su Li carries it with him, adding luster to his aristocratic temperament.

From the perspective of decoration, this thing is worth more than ten thousand gold.

After all, many nobles or businessmen who became rich overnight were willing to spend a fortune to improve their temperament. The more powerful the nobles, princes, or ambitious generals were, the more they needed this thing.

Even in the future electoral college elections, Su Li doesn't need to do anything. He just needs to sit at the table. The electors and electors who were originally going to vote for others will change their minds and vote for him when they see his imperial appearance.

The halfling obviously had not thought about such a grand goal as the Electoral College. She just wanted to sell this cleaning witchcraft prop at a good price, hoping to have enough funds to open a halfling Hessen housekeeping company for herself.

So she mustered up her courage and looked up at Su Li, then asked cautiously, "Lord...this mythical material only costs 50 gold crowns. What do you think?"

Seeing that Su Li didn't answer, her confidence instantly disappeared, and she quickly changed her words: "40... 30 gold crowns are fine... no matter what, it can't be less than 25 gold crowns! The lowest... 20 gold crowns!"

Su Li grasped the warm dragon scale firmly in his palm, feeling his blood boiling and his breathing becoming smoother. It seemed the Bauhinia family's Red Dragon Tyrant bloodline was particularly well-suited to the effects of this mythical item.

So, he was in a good mood and said to Laun beside him, "Give her 100 gold crowns. This treasure deserves a price worthy of its status. When I introduce this powerful mythical material to others in the future, I can't let them laugh at its humble origins."

After receiving the bag full of gold coins, the halfling was immediately moved to tears of gratitude, and he kept thanking him: "Praise your generosity and virtue, lord."

"Your generosity shines like the sun."

"Hyacinth God will surely bless you with strength, health, and many descendants."

Su Li waved his hand and let her leave, then carefully felt the effect of this mythical material.

He soon discovered that when he practiced breathing techniques, the effect of this mythical material was much stronger than the halfling had said.

He observed carefully and found that the range of [Imperial Decree: Dust-free Land] was obviously more than 2 to 3 meters, probably 5 to 6 meters.

But when it was tried on the more powerful Tiberus, the amplification effect was far less obvious, and the other Hessian Guard knights around him also had an effect of only 3 to 4 meters.

This result made Su Li overjoyed. Could it be that he really had the appearance of an emperor? So this mythical material was the most suitable for him?

In fact, Tiberus speculated that it might be because Su Li had red dragon blood, so he was more suitable for this mythical material.

But no one would spoil the fun at this time. Even the Hessian Knights gathered around Su Li to express their congratulations.

"My Lord, it must be the combination of your dragon energy and this material that can perfectly produce an effect that no one else can."

"Indeed. Mythical-level materials will also choose their masters. Only when they encounter the nobles of the Dragon and Phoenix, or the Sun and the Moon, will they exert their full effect."

"This proves your innate nobility, Lord. In the future, you will surely surpass your predecessors, Ancestor Longmai. You will become an earl of the empire, or even a duke!"

Su Li couldn't stop smiling. These people were all very talented and spoke so sweetly. They were really likable. If you can talk, talk more!
As for the specific reason, Su Li was too lazy to investigate. He only focused on the actual effect produced by this mythical material. That is, after he carried this material with him, a hint of dragon power really emerged from his body.

He sat astride a majestic griffin, and even without saying a word, he was intimidating without even getting angry, which made people feel afraid.

Of course, the effect of the 5-6 meter dust-free land is also very significant. He does not need to bend down like a halfling to carefully clean the filth in every corner. As long as he walks through the block, the filth on one side of the road will be swept away directly. In the faint red halo around him, Nurgle's virus and human filth will emit wisps of black smoke, as if they were burned to ashes by the flames of dragon magic.

Su Li spent the whole day touring the town of Hesse. The first place he went to was the [Squire's Gallows], which was located southwest of the [Bauhinia Palace] or the Hesse Castle complex, not far from Carnival Square.

Su Li didn't understand why, but both the East and the West liked to set up the execution ground not far from the palace. Perhaps it was to show the people the majesty of the lord who held the power of life and death.

The high tower of the court and the judicial and administrative buildings overlooked the gallows in the north. Chief Judge Frederick had just applied for 30 gold crowns to expand the area and erect 15 new gallows.

In the past few days, the Squire gallows has hardly stopped operating. Every day, the judge sits here to supervise the executions, and nearly two hundred slaves have been hanged in batches continuously!
The court used a cruel and bloody solution, teaching Su Li a vivid and bloody lesson.

That is this dark and desperate world, and despair treats everyone equally, including the lord.

Any kindness, goodwill and false hope may ultimately lead to an even more desperate outcome!

If Su Li had not ordered the killing of a single serf since entering the territory.

If Su Li had not treated these slaves too well and had too many expectations of them, causing them to have unrealistic fantasies, the result would not have been so tragic.

Perhaps in a year, the number of slaves who died from exhaustion, illness, or whipping would not exceed 100.

But as a result, nearly 200 slaves were executed in one punishment and authority-building operation.

The stinking, black-red blood of the slaves stained the entire hanging ground red, and a large number of flies and crows lingered there for a long time.

Su Li had to carry the Scale of Vorkatrix and walk through every gallows to purify the blood stains here.

Along the way, too much black blood was purified, including the unrealistic fantasies in Su Li's heart.

The giant baby mentality that he had developed in his previous life due to the influence of society was quickly crushed in the face of this tragic reality.

If you joke with a slave, he will look down on you! In this world, we need to respect the fate of others and give up the desire to help others.

Of course, the remaining slaves were also educated.

Chief Judge Frederick's way of sentencing, always "die! die! die!", seemed crude and mindless to Su Li, but it was incredibly applicable in this world, far more effective than the messy laws of Su Li's previous life.

The aspirations and attitudes of the barbarians are different from those of the Chinese. They fear power but do not cherish virtue.

There's no point in preaching to them. They only understand one word: die! die! die!

Frederick executed nearly 200 rioting and rebellious slaves in one go. The remaining slaves were instantly frightened. At this moment, they knew clearly that the territory's "Land Labor Law" would never joke with them!

All the remaining people rushed into the cotton plantation as soon as possible.

Although the riot delayed them for several days and reduced the number of slaves by over 200, their efficiency not only didn't decrease, but actually increased dramatically! The remaining 2400-plus slaves only saw a 5% increase in efficiency per person. Originally picking 2000 cotton blossoms a day, they now picked 2005, almost making up for the lost efficiency.

Far from being delayed, farming in the territory actually progressed even faster. Fandral had estimated that if he could finish picking the cotton in the next few days, he would be lucky. As it turned out, the slaves not only completed the work ahead of schedule, but also opened up over 4000 acres of fertile land and planted buckwheat, a grain that is extremely cold-resistant and perfectly suited to the diligent farmers.

To be honest, the farmers in the territory who had farmland were not as enthusiastic about farming as these slaves. This enthusiasm made many farmers wonder if they should learn from the lord and bring back a batch of slaves.

(End of this chapter)