Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 244: Rare Item: Emerald Griffin
The three griffin eggs were indeed extremely valuable treasures among the reparations for the Green Dragon War, but the next thing that Hildurd took out of the bag was still no less valuable!

As Hildreth carefully took out the next mysterious treasure from his bag, everyone's eyes were illuminated by a faint green light.

In the middle of Hildur's thin palm was a statue of an emerald green griffin, which emitted a soft and verdant green light all over its body, as if it was imbued with mysterious magic, and every inch of it exuded mystery and solemnity.

The sculpture is so lifelike, as if frozen in time. The griffin stands tall, its golden eyes like two glittering gems, its beak sharp as a blade, slightly open, as if ready to unleash a majestic roar that would shake heaven and earth.

The griffin's body is sturdy and powerful. Every muscle line on the emerald green statue is carved with exquisite detail, and even from a distance, one can sense the boundless power contained within it. Its broad wings, layered with feathers, each one carved with exquisite detail, with slightly curled edges, seem ready to take flight at any moment, breaking free from the constraints of this mortal world.

"This is the Emerald Griffin, a rare amulet," Hildurde introduced. "This time, the Green Dragon's war reparations to us include two rare items. One is the [Gift of the Ancient Dragon] on Skarros, which can improve the knight's endurance and the morale of the commander's army. More importantly, it can provide the knight with an [Iron Body] that grants him nearly ten seconds of invincibility. The other is this rare amulet, the [Emerald Griffin]."

"Its effect is the exact opposite of the Elder Dragon's Gift, placing a heavy emphasis on passive abilities. Wearing this [Emerald Griffin] grants the wearer miraculous regenerative abilities, replenishing vitality every second. Its regenerative abilities are even comparable to those of a Chosen Troll."

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes widened instantly!
It really is a rare treasure!

The regeneration ability is comparable to that of a God-chosen troll, and the improvement in the knight's combat effectiveness is simply unparalleled.

You have to know that the knights are not blood cows like the trolls with high health and low defense, but iron cans with extremely high defense and extremely thick life. Just look at Su Li. He is only at the elite level, but he can withstand so much terrible damage and persist until the decisive battle is won.

Just a few sips of medicinal wine and your vitality will be almost restored.

If a more powerful God's Chosen Knight were equipped with this Emerald Griffin, besides magic, what other means could be used to kill him? In close combat, the Knight could rely on his strong defense and powerful recovery ability to chop into pieces several monsters of the same God's Chosen level!

It has to be said that a large part of the knights' combat effectiveness really comes from the golden equipment they have bought with krypton gold.

Both are God-chosen knights, but one is equipped with six rare-grade equipment, while the other is so poor that he doesn't even have a weapon. In that case, the other will be crushed in battle.

Su Li had not expected that even after traveling to this world, there was still such a huge poverty gap between the knights. The difference between having money and having no money was like heaven and earth.

From this perspective, farming is particularly necessary. At least he has to spend money to buy a set of shiny golden equipment for his knights.

While Su Li was sighing, Hildurde continued, "This Emerald Griffin's strength isn't limited to this. It also possesses two other powerful abilities. One is that it grants knights the griffin's combat trait, [Battle Fury], allowing them to instantly counterattack when attacked by an enemy out of their inner rage. The other is [Agile Reaction], which significantly increases a knight's movement speed and combat agility."

"The green dragon Alyria was so powerful in battle because it swallowed this emerald griffin. Now this treasure is ours, and you, my lord, will be able to control it."

Looking at this heroic and loyal girl, Su Li felt distressed. He decisively put the Emerald Griffin on her and said, "My things are yours. Why are you so stupid? Just take them and use them first. Why do you have to come back and wait for me to control them?"

Hildre shook his head stubbornly and said, "As a knight and a high-ranking attendant, I shouldn't take things without permission or embezzle them. The ownership and distribution of any treasure should be decided by you. If I use it without your permission before you give it to me, I would be overstepping my bounds."

"Alright, alright, alright! I can't argue with you." Su Li bent down and picked her up like a princess, saying, "The most important thing for you now is to go to the sacred wisteria tree and use all the props and spiritual grains to quickly restore your vitality. After you have recovered, I will have an in-depth debate with you!"

With Su Li's order, the territory's medical knight commander Dietrich quickly came to the consecrated wisteria tree with various precious medicinal herbs.

This Knight Commander's combat abilities were rather average, and Shalya didn't encourage her church knights to fight. So, even though Dietrich nearly died in a brutal battle, he didn't receive as much divine grace as the church knights of Violet, the Sun Goddess. His strength barely changed, and he remained at the level of a mid-level champion knight.

But what's interesting is that after the battle, Dietrich led the medical staff to treat a large number of wounded soldiers and relieved the pain and despair of countless people. However, his strength continued to improve in the process, and he clearly felt the grace of Shaurya.

His original injury was a little more serious than Su Li's, but Su Li had just been able to get out of bed in the past half month, and he had already appeared in various hospitals in good health under the healing grace of Shaurya.

The only injury that had not yet fully healed was his broken arm, which was now bandaged and hung in front of his chest.

This does have an advantage, which is that he has made significant improvements in medical treatment for fractures.

After personally checking Hildre's injuries, Su Li immediately asked with concern, "Chief Medical Officer, how is our Chief Steward's injury? Can her thigh heal?"

Hildreth was lying on the bed. Upon hearing this, she secretly clutched the quilt and looked at Dietrich nervously. She knew too well how much the lord loved beautiful legs. The most common compliment she had heard from the lord was, Hildreth, your legs are longer than my life.

It can be said that for the lord, a beautiful woman can be a barren woman, but she must have a pair of beautiful legs.

Without her beautiful legs, how could she serve the lord?

Only she herself knew how much she cared about this wound.

Dietrich said calmly, "Lord, rest assured. Everything is just as the Steward said. She's only a little weak, nothing serious. Just rest and recuperate. The thigh wound won't be a problem either. I've just carefully studied the Steward's physical activity, and he's recovering very quickly. And it might even be a blessing in disguise, making the Steward's legs even longer."

"Ah? Is there such a possibility? You are not lying to me, are you?" Su Li looked at him with a frown. Why does this sound a little too dreamy?
Dietrich shook his head decisively and said, "My Lord, perhaps the Steward's strength is so great that you have overlooked one thing. In fact, the Steward is not even 18 years old, which is the age of growth. Moreover, the infusion of a large amount of divine grace has invigorated her vitality, which has a great impact on her."

"In the empire, many parents of girls, in order to give their children a better future and gain the favor of nobles and merchants, will break their girls' legs during the fastest growing years, between the ages of 10 and 16, to increase their leg length and height."

Su Li held his breath immediately. After hearing this, he instantly believed Dietrich's judgment.

Because he suddenly remembered that some parents on Earth in their previous lives also did this, and they interrupted 1 to 2 times.

Things like bone-breaking height-increasing surgery are like foot binding. It can be summed up in one sentence: "The King of Chu loves thin waists, and many people in the palace starve to death."

Su Li immediately squatted beside Hildre's bed, touched her forehead, and said, "This kind of thing is fine if you have no choice, but don't take the initiative to do it in the future. Take good care of your injuries, and you will get better."

Hildre nodded gently and said, "Don't worry, my lord. I won't do anything stupid. I just ate some supernatural spiritual grain and I feel much better. It should only take a few days to recover. I will recover as soon as possible and then go to reorganize our armaments."

Looking at her heroic and dashing face, Su Li couldn't help laughing. In fact, they were both very young, but for some reason, Su Li felt that he obviously had the childishness of a man who remains a teenager until death, but Hildreth had an aura of a queen, heroic and dashing, and sometimes it really made people forget that she was one year younger than Su Li.

However, the strength of a 17-year-old God-chosen knight is enough to shock countless people.

Even among the Chosen Knights of the Church of the Blazing Sun Goddess, only the founder of the Order of Righteous Wrath, to which Marshal Orstein had previously belonged, was perhaps younger than Hilde. The story of the Shieldmaiden Fury, recorded in "Violet the Warrior," depicted this young Shieldmaiden becoming a Chosen Knight and rapidly ascending to legendary status.

Unfortunately, she was unable to control the rage in her heart, so she failed to enter the Sanctuary stage and died in the Abasco Mountains in the southwest of the empire. When other members of the church found her, there were piles of goblin and orc corpses around her.

That site has now become the site of a large temple of the Church of the Fiery Sun Goddess.

Then Su Li gently stroked her forehead and hair, and said, "Rest well and don't think too much. With such a large territory, can't anyone else do the work besides you?"

Upon hearing this, Hildreth lay down obediently in the quilt. He looked at Su Li with bright eyes and asked distressedly, "Lord, our losses in this battle were very heavy, weren't they?"

How can that be described as tragic?

Su Li twitched with heartache whenever he mentioned this. Even when the director of the Provincial Council, Oliver, wanted to report to Su Li a few times, the acting senior attendant Phyllis was so scared that she firmly refused to arrange for him to meet the lord.

It is the duty of the High Chamberlain to arrange the meeting process and decide who can meet with the lord and the meeting time.

Now that Hildurd has returned to the territory, this power can be handed back to her. Su Li sighed helplessly and said, "Forget it. I guess you won't be able to rest easy if I don't tell you. Let's have Oliver come over. And call Fandral. We can have a small cabinet meeting."

"Will Ingrid... mind?" Hildreth asked after a moment of hesitation.

Ingrid is a rather aloof witch who likes quietness. Hildreth feels that coming here is disturbing her. So many people coming to this fantasy garden will probably make her unhappy.

Su Li also thought of this problem, so he said, "You are still careful. Let her go back here first. We will go to the sacred wisteria tree and take a look at the status of the extraordinary spirit trees in the territory."

In order to prevent Ingrid from coming out and hearing the noise, Su Li gave her a special task, asking her to practice knighthood three times in her room.

After hearing Su Li's whisper in her ear, Ingrid's cold cheeks instantly turned red.

What a contrast!

Who could have imagined that such a cold and aloof witch would be practicing on her own in a tree house when the knights of the territory were having a meeting less than a hundred meters away?
In fact, this distance was nothing. For the freemen living in the upscale townhouses of Hessen Town, a distance of 100 meters was already separating two or three families.

Even in the high-end wealthy area of ​​Wallflower District, the distance between them is only a hundred meters. Don’t the two families still need to practice?

But because the tree house was so quiet, with only flowers, plants and trees, Ingrid felt like she was making a mistake in a flower field.

But she could never refuse Su Li's request, so she could only cover herself with the quilt, bite her cherry lips, and whisper to satisfy Su Li's evil taste.

After making arrangements with Ingrid, Su Li closed the wooden door of the tree house and walked under the consecrated wisteria tree.

This is the most important building in the territory. Fortunately, it was the green dragon and her minions who attacked the north of the city. Although Ailiriya was cruel, she was extremely respectful and cherishing of the trees and did not destroy or plunder this place.

After a bloody battle, Su Li felt as if this transcendental tree had absorbed countless blood, its vitality growing even more vigorous. The tree now towered over 40 meters. Its most captivating feature was its wisteria blossoms. The blossoms, a pale purple, resembled dreamy clouds, dangling in clusters from the branches like a purple waterfall falling from the sky. Each flower was delicate and exquisite, its petals soft and delicate, as if cut from the finest silk. They clustered tightly together, forming a sea of ​​blossoms that swayed gently in the breeze, emitting a delicate fragrance that captivated the senses.

As sunlight filters through the wisteria blossoms, casting dappled shadows, the entire space seems enchanted. The purple blossoms, illuminated by the sunlight, become crystalline, like gems set amidst the green leaves. A gentle breeze sways the wisteria blossoms, and the light and shadows dance with them, creating a dreamlike atmosphere. This interplay of light and shadow creates a sense of being transported to a fairytale world.

Of course, the preciousness of this extraordinary spiritual tree is not only its magnificent appearance. The Ji Lun wind it gathers greatly enhances the vitality and vigor of the territory. Under the influence of this surging Ji Lun wind, the injuries of the wounded soldiers in the territory have healed much faster.

The price was that there were too many deformed creatures in the territory. Normally, it was not noticeable, but after the war, the territory was unprecedentedly weak. Just clearing out the trees that had grown legs and the stones that had weathered into skeletons made the territory thrilling. Many people in the territory dared not sleep soundly in the middle of the night, for fear that monsters would rush into the city when there were no guards patrolling.

In this battle, the city of Heisen was covered with corpses and blood. Under the influence of the magic wind, the probability of distortion was too high.

Su Li walked to the consecrated wisteria tree and asked Sister Ivy Laurel, who was in charge of taking care of the area, "Sister Laurel, how are the preparations for the blood sacrifice in the territory going?"

The blood sacrifice ability is the ability of Rhea's spirit, the father of grain, Polevik, which cannot be changed by human will.

Sister Laurel could only reply respectfully, "There are three Poleviks in the territory. They are tamed nature spirits that live on the plains. They don't have a harmonious relationship with the green dragons, so their homes were destroyed by the green dragon's minions."

"They are now working hard to repair their homes and are unable to perform blood sacrifices. The priests and nuns of our monastery are preparing to find the next Grain Father to activate their blood sacrifice abilities. However, this is not an easy task. As you know, Lord, over twenty nuns from our monastery were killed in this battle. The remaining nuns not only have to restore production, but also have no clue about the Grain Father's whereabouts. Therefore, our current progress in blood sacrifices is slow."

Sister Laurel is different from Sister Isabella. She is a plump young woman, nearly forty years old, and full of charm. She was receiving treatment in the castle during this battle, so she survived by chance.

But what made Su Li sad was that 26 nuns of the Dawn Church were killed!
These are all good girls in the true sense. They are rich and generous, and they practice the generosity taught by the goddess Rhea in their words and deeds.

The graceful body will really serve the goddess devoutly and be seen by everyone in the territory.

Su Li still clearly remembers every harvest ceremony. When these generous and pious nuns performed dance rituals, the territory was filled with a lively atmosphere of singing and dancing. The people were excited about the harvest, and the men and women breathed heavily at the sight of the nuns' graceful figures.

It seemed as if those scenes were just yesterday, but now 26 nuns have died in the war. It is so heartbreaking that such good girls, such generous and kind nuns, have died on the battlefield.

Su Li said decisively: "I will help your church recover its strength as soon as possible and find the next Polevik."

However, this also means that before the next harvest, it will be difficult for the territory to receive the grace of the Goddess of Dawn.

Winter is coming, and the tide of the Goddess of Dawn's divine power has reached its lowest point. In addition, a large amount of farmland in the territory has been burned down, and the subsequent production in the territory will be extremely difficult.

Sister Laurel bowed slightly to Su Li and said, "That's truly wonderful. Lord, our Dawn Church is in urgent need of recovery and strength. The Green Dragon's invasion has relatively little impact on Hesse Town and Hesse Castle. The more severely affected areas are in the countryside, where a large number of suburban farms and villages in the territory have been burned down by the Green Dragon's minions."

"The monsters of the forest destroyed all human civilization. Thousands of acres of farmland were burned by them, villages and houses were knocked down by them, and pastures and temples were burned to the ground."

"If we don't have enough manpower, a large amount of crops in the territory will be wasted, and hundreds or even thousands of civilians will die of hunger and cold during the harsh winter."

"I hope you can help our order recruit some nuns."

Replenish the nuns of the Church of Dawn?

This was indeed a request that required his personal approval. After all, the fastest way to replenish the supplies was to go to Maleburg and purchase a batch of slaves.

Perhaps, it's time to break his habit of staying at home, move his butt, walk out of his warm and comfortable bedroom, and take a trip to Maleburg.

To be honest, Su Li is not really interested in this kind of thing. How can traveling compare to him lying on the legs of a beautiful woman, enjoying her fine wine and various delicacies?

He doesn't like to move when he can lie down to practice, so asking him to travel thousands of miles to Maleburg is a bit too much to ask.

So he planned to wait and see about this matter.

At least in the next one or two months, which is still autumn, he wants to enjoy a stress-free and unrestrained life.

Perhaps he was tired of staying in this territory, so he moved his body and went to Maleburg to see if there were any new beauties.

So Su Li pondered for a moment and said, "Sister Laurel, I have received your suggestion. However, even if we want to organize a caravan to Maleburg, we can't set off immediately. We must recruit people and prepare goods. During this period of time, you will still need to work extra hard."

"This is what we should do, my lord."

As Sister Laurel bowed to reply, Fandral and Oliver appeared in Su Li's sight. So Su Li said to Sister Laurel, "Then you should take care of things here first. You must take good care of this fantasy garden. It is related to the specialty products and financial income of our territory."

Then Su Li turned to look at his two ministers, who were the key executors of farming and production in the territory.

They were both so busy that they didn't bother with formalities. After exchanging greetings, they got straight to the point: "Lord, you've finally recovered. We must report to you immediately on some important matters within the territory. This isn't just about farming production, but also about the inventory of the spoils of war. If you don't make a decision now, we won't be able to suppress the unrest among the free citizens."

(End of this chapter)