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Chapter 228 Ingrid's Change and the Decisive Battle

Chapter 228 Ingrid's Change and the Decisive Battle
Ever since learning that the decisive battle was about to break out, the Hessen Territory has been fully prepared for war.

Victory or failure, survival or extinction, all depends on the outcome of this battle.

Therefore, under the full mobilization of the newly appointed Dean of the Provincial Council, Oliver, the territory almost stopped all internal production and took military mobilization to the extreme.

The territory's Fallen Wolf Mercenary Group and Blue Heron Mercenary Group were all urgently recruited. Together with the members of the Red Brotherhood, the size of these standing free militia groups alone reached more than 500 people.

Then the territory temporarily hired more than 300 free people with excellent combat capabilities, including mercenaries, knights-errant, caravan guards, etc. who traveled to Hesse. They were forcibly recruited and directly incorporated into the free people's group and put under military control.

In addition to these more than 800 soldiers with outstanding combat skills, Oliver also mobilized 1000 free people, who were craftsmen, merchants and farmers with property and wealth in the territory, including a squadron of dwarf thunder musketeers.

It is worth mentioning that it also includes more than 60 remnants of other pioneering territories recruited from the southeast. The members of this pioneering territories came from the Tyrtis Territory of the Empire. The people are tough and good at making chariots. When they joined the territory, they brought 4 chariots with them, which had an outstanding impact.

Marshal Orstein brought back a large amount of armor and war horses after returning from the north, which greatly alleviated the shortage of equipment in the territory.

However, three days passed and Su Li did not wait for the arrival of the Green Dragon Legion. Instead, he encountered the first thunderstorm of autumn.

Every autumn rain brings a chill. After this heavy rain, the weather will turn noticeably colder.

However, heavy rain also means that it is more advantageous for defense. The main force of the Green Dragon Legion moves slowly to begin with. In such heavy rain, the muddy roads will further slow down their marching pace.

The Hessen Territory was relatively less affected. The blacksmiths in the castle worked hard for 25 hours, and the dwarves were in a carnival atmosphere. This kind of life of sweating and forging weapons and armor was their favorite.

Every day and night, these blacksmith shops can successfully forge more than a dozen long swords and two or three sets of armor. The total scale is very impressive. Since Marshal Orstein returned, the total military output of the territory has reached more than 100 weapons and more than 30 sets of armor every day, and two sets of vibranium rune armor are produced every day.

Every day the decisive battle is delayed, the strength of the Hessen Territory grows.

However, it is a pity that the rare-level weapons of the Hessen Territory have not yet been released. Su Li also doesn't understand why four or five champion-level dwarves have been hammering around on a weapon, and the hammers are even flying sparks, but they still haven't finished forging it after so many days.

A perfect-grade weapon only takes a day or two to create, so why does a rare-grade weapon take so long? Is the engraving of the runes beyond their capabilities?

But Su Li couldn't help either. Moreover, if he disturbed the dwarves at such a critical moment, even if Su Li was a lord, he might be scolded by these stubborn and violent dwarves.

So Su Li simply took Orstein to the Blackwater River and started fishing.

In fact, he was not very worried that the people in the territory would be able to catch the Storm Dragon Eel. To catch this kind of carnivorous extraordinary fish, one needs flesh and blood of the God-selected level, and the people in the territory obviously did not have bait of this level.

It was Su Li's fishing that made him experience the joy of a fisherman, because the God-selected rat meat was so effective. As soon as the bait entered the water, the blood and the smell of blood spread, attracting a large number of fish to compete for it.

After fishing for a whole morning, although Su Li did not catch any storm eels, he caught more than ten ordinary silver carp and sea bass, and even a trout weighing more than 40 kilograms, which almost bit through the fishing line made of extraordinary spider silk by Su Li.

After noon, the rain cleared up a bit. Marshal Orstein put down his fishing rod and said to Su Li, "My Lord, I have to go back and train the soldiers as soon as possible. These free militias of the New Omen are still accustomed to the scattered style of fighting in the past. They are like lone rangers and don't know how to cooperate. This is a taboo on the battlefield. We must go through a period of training to strengthen their military discipline and improve their ability to obey orders and cooperate in combat."

Su Li had a fish taking a bite, so he could only reel in his fishing rod while saying, "Then you go and get busy. I'll continue working hard here. I'll treat you to a fish dinner tonight."

"Ingrid, come help me and prepare the landing net."

But the strength of this fish was beyond imagination. Su Li and the beautiful witch Ingrid fought with it for more than ten minutes, but the fish was still full of energy, biting the rat meat tightly, tumbling on the river bank, and even jumping out of the water.

Ingrid was weak and couldn't match the knights' strength. She was already panting and asked, "My Lord, is this a Storm Dragon Eel?"

In fact, the fun of fishing and hunting is the same, both are the pleasure brought by the harvest and the pleasure of hunting. Such a big fish was throbbing in the water. Although Su Li was very tired from the fierce battle, he was very excited and said, "No matter what it is, I have to catch it."

Su Li's blood immediately boiled, stimulating the ability of [Burning Blood·Royal Majesty], making the fish feel the pressure of a giant dragon and lose its strength.

But this big fish was unwilling to be subdued, and actually released the thunder current in its body. Ingrid, who was helping Su Li hold the pole, suddenly screamed and knelt on the ground. Under the dark green robe, a pair of white silk beautiful legs were round and plump, revealing a spring scene from the slit skirt, beautiful and glowing.

When Su Li saw this scene, his blood immediately became excited. He roared and suddenly pulled in the fishing rod. A huge indigo fish like a giant python was suddenly pulled out of the water.

It really is a storm eel!

Such a storm dragon head eel weighs at least 80 to 100 kilograms, and its open mouth is full of sharp teeth. The armed attendant guarding on the side immediately stepped forward and put the big fish into the fish basket woven with vines, which contained more than a dozen fish caught by Su Li.

But as soon as the storm dragon eel entered the fish, it began a bloody slaughter and ate three large fish weighing more than ten kilograms in one breath.

After Su Li helped Ingrid up, he couldn't help but gasp at the scene and said, "We can't keep too many of these Storm Dragon Head Eels, otherwise our sacred territory will be destroyed by them and turned into a pool of blood."

But things went against his wishes. Su Li thought he would catch two fish and leave, but the rain started again not long after it stopped. He could only continue fishing under the umbrella to shelter himself from the rain.

Ingrid's cool and quiet personality makes her a good fishing partner. Don't say that women are unwilling to accompany men, it's just that women are not moved. When she truly loves you, she can sit quietly beside you even when you are fishing.

Not even heavy rain could drive her away.

It's just that when men and women are together, it's easy for them to become intimate. Even if the man doesn't want to, the woman can't help but feel the love in her heart and kiss and hug him.

Especially after being caught in the rain, Ingrid couldn't help but sit in Su Li's arms when the wind blew, leaning against his chest like a small stove to keep warm.

Then the two of them rubbed their ears together, and their posture became intimate unconsciously. She put her arms around Su Li's neck, her dark green robe fluttered, and a pair of beautiful white silk legs were exposed from both sides of the high-slit skirt, and she sat astride Su Li's legs.

Couples are always used to sitting like this, and women always seem to find the right posture.

But Su Li couldn't stand the provocation, so he decisively started a knight training led by Ingrid.

Su Li practiced until the sky was filled with colorful clouds at night, then he put away his fishing rod and returned to Bauhinia Manor with Ingrid. During this afternoon, he successfully caught three storm eels and also practiced diligently three times!

He couldn't help but give a thumbs up to his own diligence. With this kind of fighting spirit for practice, he felt that he would definitely be able to break through to the intermediate elite knight within this year.

The intensity of this training, led by Ingrid, is just right for her, making her feel happy both physically and mentally, and refreshed.

Even at night, she was not exhausted. Instead, she enthusiastically took Su Li to continue practicing in her fantasy garden.

What makes Su Li more excited is that the Star Dew Orange in the garden has already produced fruits the size of small tangerines.

Unlike the less pronounced fruit pods of the Blessed Wisteria tree, this fruit can directly detoxify the vast majority of toxins in the world. Its detoxification effect is very real; once the toxins are successfully purified, they are purified, and no one can erase or deny them, hence its considerable price.

Moreover, its fragrance is extremely fresh and pleasant, and it is the raw material for top-grade perfumes.

Su Li examined the fruits and asked Ingrid, "How much perfume can be made from these fruits?"

Ingrid leaned forward slightly, the curve of her full chest bending the branches of the orange tree. She gently sniffed the sweet and refreshing fragrance of the orange and said, "This Star Dew orange tree has 24 oranges. Annaliese helped me find some books on brewing perfume. According to my estimation, these fruits will be too green and unsuitable for consumption in their first year. If all of them were made into perfume, there would be between 30 and 40 bottles, and the price of each bottle would definitely not be less than 100 gold crowns."

Then based on the lowest number, there are 3000 gold crowns.

Su Li felt that after defeating the Green Dragon's invasion, a financial settlement must be conducted before the end of the year to see how much wealth the territory had earned this year.

He felt that the territory already had many specialties. He could earn thousands of gold crowns from exporting grain, and thousands of gold crowns from exporting medicinal materials. Wine, perfume, spices, etc. were the territory's famous specialties, and the profits were considerable.

These items of income are colorful and complex, bringing Su Li an endless stream of income from various fields. It really requires a capable minister to carefully sort out how much total income and tax there is in this year.

Su Li also remembered the slim figure of the little wizard Annaliese. She always wore a hood, hiding her cheek marked with the scar of the Purple Wind in the darkness. But just looking at her curvy figure and her beautiful legs in suspenders and flesh-colored stockings under the gray robe could make one's lower abdomen hot and blood rush.

She had even found Ingrid a set of books on brewing perfume in addition to brewing wine. It seemed he needed to devote some of his spiritual energy to her, using his surging life essence to purify the purple wind from her cheeks. As Su Li was thinking, the sound of hurried footsteps interrupted his thoughts. The heroic figure of the High-ranking Chamberlain, Hildurd, appeared in the garden.

Su Li turned to look at her in surprise. This knight steward seldom set foot in this wizard's garden. Usually after nightfall, if Su Li was practicing here, she would rarely disturb Su Li and Ingrid's meditation.

"what's going on?"

Hildurde immediately replied, "My Lord, the Minister of Agriculture has urgent news. When they were releasing Storm Dragon Eels into Lake Rafflin, they discovered a large number of Green Dragon minions."

Su Li was immediately cheered up when he heard this. The green dragon's minions were already approaching the central plain of the territory?
It looked like he couldn't practice with Annalise tonight. He said decisively, "Immediately summon Marshal Orstein, Priests Ron and Dietrich, and prepare for a decisive battle with the Green Dragon."

Hild immediately straightened his chest and answered excitedly, "Yes, we will go all out and prepare to defeat the green dragon in one battle!"

The knights of the territory have actually been accumulating the will to fight for a long time. Since entering the Hessen Territory, the huge shadow of the green dragon destroying everything has been hanging over everyone's head. Every knight fought bravely and trained hard to deal with this devastating disaster that was about to come.

Now is finally the time to make a breakthrough, and the knights of the territory are eager to decide the outcome on the battlefield and put an end to the pressure that has lasted for more than half a year!

After Hildreth left, Ingrid took Su Li's arm and said in a cold tone, "Wait a minute, I'll get you something."

Su Li paused and looked in surprise at Ingrid's back as she walked towards the tree house. He wondered if she had anything else hidden?

Are you going to give yourself gold coins again?
To be honest, Ingrid is a wealthy woman, and her wealth may be the largest among all Su Li's female courtiers.

Witchcraft props are always in great demand, just like in the commercial streets of Hesse Territory, vendors of all sizes are selling some weird arcane equipment or witchcraft props.

Even if all the witchcraft props made by Ingrid were sold to the territory, it would still bring in considerable profits.

The second richest person is Hildreda. She actually receives a salary from Su Li, which is more than 150 gold crowns every month. In addition, she also has her own spoils captured on the battlefield, rewards for merit and shares, which can also earn her a considerable fortune.

Phyllis was the one with the least wealth. She relied entirely on helping Su Li count the gold coins, which Su Li would give her for reasons. She only had a few dozen gold coins. Of course, this number was actually not small, equivalent to the wealth that an ordinary citizen could accumulate by not eating or drinking for a lifetime and living in good health.

So if the territory's finances collapsed, these female courtiers could lend him money and help the territory survive for two or three months.

This also means that Su Li actually knows about their wealth. He remembers that Ingrid probably doesn't have anything special.

But to Su Li's surprise, Ingrid actually came to Su Li holding a wooden box decorated with brass patterns, pearls, and gems, handed it to Su Li, and said, "You must win. I'll wait for you to come back."

After Su Li took it, he found that the weight inside was astonishing, pressing his hand down. He stared at Ingrid's cold face and asked, "Can I open it and take a look?"

"Well, I've given it to you."

The box had no lock, and Su Li opened the lid with a slight lift. Suddenly, dazzling jewels and treasures burst out from inside. A large number of necklaces, amulets and rings were piled inside, filling up the entire wooden box.

"What is this!?" Su Li widened his eyes and breathed a little quickly.

"They are Wild Rings and Fate Talismans. There are only four Fate Talismans, but there are 4 Wild Rings."

Su Li immediately closed the box and excitedly hugged her slightly slender and fragile body tightly in his arms. He said with great emotion: "When did you make so many wild rings? I always remember that you don't like making these killing rings."

Ingrid is a forest witch. Her cold temperament determines that she does not like killing, and even makes her make too many wild rings. She may disappear directly into the misty forest on a foggy morning.

But Su Li didn't expect that she would quietly change for him and make so many wild rings.

Ingrid slowly raised her arms, hugged Su Li's body, looked up at him and said, "Because of you, my principles have been lowered again and again. There is nothing I can stick to. I only have one principle now, and that is to be able to spend the rest of my life with you in an ordinary and plain way. For this, I can do anything."

"Don't let me down. Don't let my only hope go to waste."

Su Li immediately embraced her delicate body, kissed her cool lips, and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you down. Just wait for me in the garden. I will return with victory and flowers, and create an even more gorgeous and fantastic garden for you."

Then Su Li quickly walked out of the garden, rode on the Death Claw and flew quickly to Hesse Castle.

Looking down from the sky at this time, I saw that the originally peaceful territory had been completely broken. Soldiers were pouring out of the tents, their armor shining with a cold light under the faint starlight.

Afterwards, the various armed attendants and knightly teams quickly gathered together, arranged in neat rows, holding flags and torches, forming long dragons, and quickly marched towards Hesse Castle, preparing to gather and assemble.

When Su Li arrived at the Hesseburg Conference Hall, both sides of the long table were already filled with generals and ministers of the territory.

From the High Chamberlain Hilde, the Military Commander Orlstein, to the Knights General Constantine, Freya, and Connor, then the priests of various churches such as Ron, Dietrich, Lunadesan, and Fandral Oak, and finally a large number of champion-level officers in the territory from the Ripper Tiberus, the Lionhearted Roland, the Crystal Spear Thor, to the grassroots officers such as the Dwarf Ranger Chief Dogrin, the Fallen Wolf Chief Granlon, and the Blue Heron Mercenary Group Leader Bernhardt.

These officers, generals, and knight commanders gathered together and sat neatly on both sides of the long table. The neat rows of dozens of people were exciting to look at.

Especially when Su Li walked into the room, everyone stood up immediately and in unison. The sound of heels pressing together was heard at the same time, and the sound of armor colliding was majestic and uplifting, which made people feel heroic and felt that they were riding on powerful horses and had the momentum to swallow up thousands of miles like a tiger.

With so many elite knights and fierce generals, even if the Green Dragon's minions are everywhere, what can they do? I am still confident that I can lead the territory's elite infantry and cavalry to completely defeat them in one battle!
When Su Li walked into the room, all the knights immediately raised their shoulders with vigor and saluted solemnly with their fists hitting their chests: "Greetings, Lord. May the glorious light of the goddess shine upon you forever."

Su Li waved his hand and said to everyone, "The battle is coming, no need to be polite, everyone please take a seat."

Then the knights sat down in an orderly manner, and the sound of armor colliding was majestic and pleasant.

After everyone sat down, Su Li asked, "What's the situation now?"

Although Fandral had discovered the Green Dragon minions, Marshal Orstein had already sent out elite cavalry to investigate, so he immediately made a more detailed report: "My Lord, after receiving the report from the Church of Dawn, I have already sent out the Swan Knights to investigate."

"The Halfling Autonomous Territory has developed rapidly. They have organized numerous caravans and earned ample wealth. This has enabled their fiefdom armies to be exceptionally well-equipped, providing their subjects with two squads of Swan Knights."

It is clear that the halflings have an astonishing amount of wealth, as they obtain considerable mounts and military supplies from the caravans traveling to and from various places.

In the last battle, the Swan Knights had suffered losses in the single digits, but they didn't expect to buy back more than a dozen Gray Swans so quickly, increasing the size of the Swan Knights to 24 people.

The effect is very significant. Even when facing the siege of hundreds of harpies, the 24 Swan Knights can shoot and retreat, remain calm, and are very effective in detecting the enemy.

Orstein elaborated, "Through the Swan Knight's investigation, we discovered that the Green Dragon's minions were gathering from all directions, perhaps numbering tens of thousands."

"The vanguard is still composed of gnolls and goblins, but they're not moving very fast. They're not far behind the Dryads, Forest Giants, Forest Trolls, and Wolf-Man legions. With so many troops slowly advancing, it's clear the main force of the monsters has been dispatched."

Sometimes absolute scale is an absolutely unsolvable tactic. A large army moving forward slowly can leave the opponent no chance to take advantage.

After understanding the strength of the territory, the monster obviously wanted to use its absolute numerical advantage to directly flood the territory.

Su Li asked, "What countermeasures are we taking now? Are we just going to let them gather calmly like this?"

Orstein immediately said, "We have sent knights to constantly harass their advance. The rapid attacks of small-scale cavalry have forced them to defend cautiously."

"At the same time, the dwarves rode on battle rams, carrying thunder horns, and quickly engaged the monsters from all directions. They used the peak God-chosen-level dwarven ancestral spirits to engage the various legions of monsters one after another."

"With this kind of delay and obstruction, we estimate that the Green Dragon's army will not arrive at the foot of the castle until tomorrow morning at the earliest."

(End of this chapter)

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