Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 248: Bauhinia Dragon Power Badge and New Glory Relic
As the descendant of the emperor dragon Skaladek, the green dragon Ailiriya naturally has extremely high-level secret treasures in her dragon nest.

Orstein solemnly took out a dragon-shaped seal from the pouch at his waist and presented it to Su Li with both hands, saying, "My Lord, this is the [Dragon Blood Charter] we found in the green dragon's lair. It is the most glorious sacred object in the Imperial Electorate system. It can be used to make the exclusive emblem of the Bauhinia Family for our family!"

Making a family crest?

Su Li was immediately cheered up. Doesn’t that mean that the last piece of the territory knight’s equipment has finally been completed?

There are five types of equipment that can resonate with the blood of the Imperial Knights, namely weapons, armor, rings, amulets and badges!

The territory had previously been able to craft all four other types of equipment in this system, and the only thing missing was the badge.

And now this [Dragon Blood Charter] finally makes up for this point!
He picked up the seal and took a closer look. The base of the seal was a square made of vibranium melted from dragon bones and reverse scales. The core was a heart fragment inlaid with dragon crystal, which flickered with a faint light as the blood pulsed. Chains of dragon tendons and mithril were woven into an oath lock, and the words "My blood is the furnace" were engraved on the side of the seal.

At the bottom of the seal was etched a line of the empire's oldest characters, written in dragon blood, the empire's ancient "Development Edict":
Anyone who holds this seal

When blood is the chain
Forging the Knights into a Border Wall

Turning the Charter into the shackles of chaos]

Su Li immediately asked with concern: "Then how should this Dragon Blood Charter be used?"

Oliver, the dean of the Provincial Council, was chosen by Verena and was well-informed. He immediately explained in detail, "The family crest inherits the glory of a noble family. The soldiers and knights who bear it will inherit the bloodline and abilities of the lord. Therefore, your blood is needed to activate this seal. Every future Bauhinia family crest will also require your blood."

Su Li's eyes widened in shock. He needed to constantly draw his own blood to continuously produce batches of family emblems?

He immediately looked at Oliver with hope in his eyes and asked, "Is that a lot of blood? Is one drop enough?"

Oliver shook his head decisively and said, "Of course not! In fact, the amount of blood consumed in crafting a badge is enormous. A single badge might require at least 150 milliliters of blood to be compressed into vibranium, then hammered 800 times in a forge by dwarves, and finally immersed in the holy waters of Sharya to develop the blood resonance ability."

"So, for every lord, a family crest is extremely precious. Only the most outstanding of direct descendants and high-ranking retainers can wear a family crest and bask in the common glory of the family."

Activating this Dragon Blood Charter requires blood, and making a badge requires 150 ml of blood?

Wouldn’t that make me a blood bag?

No wonder the knight family attaches great importance to the inheritance of bloodline. If one person is beaten, he will be beaten into a mummy.

Su Li felt that if he didn't find a way to import a batch of blood bags from Bauhinia Castle, even if he had enough vibranium, he would not be able to create enough [Bauhinia Family Badge].

However, all this is still far away. He first activated the Dragon Blood Charter with blood. The blood of the Bauhinia family flowed into the dragon crystal in the core of the seal, and the shape of the Dragon Blood Charter quickly changed.

First, the oath lock woven with dragon tendons and mithril was closed, and the furious prayer of the Church of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun was engraved on it. Then, the "Pioneering Edict" below disappeared, and the emblem elements of the Bauhinia family began to emerge.

In the center of the emblem is a dragon head pierced by the Holy Sword of Dawn, the dragon's eyes are inlaid with golden holy crystals, and on both wings are burning bauhinia flowers. The petals seem to be quenched by dragon blood and are burning fiercely. The edging is a star-shaped cluster made of dragon teeth, and at the bottom are a hammer and longsword wrapped around a dragon's tail, which perfectly fits the characteristics of the Bauhinia family.

Holding the [Bauhinia Dragon Power Badge] in his hand, Su Li immediately sensed the effects of the family crest's creation: it would possess the characteristics of the family's red dragon bloodline. Knights wearing the [Bauhinia Family Badge] would possess a weakened [Dragon Power Field], continuously radiating a dragon-like aura within a three-meter radius, deterring low-level monsters and chaotic creatures. The effects would be even more potent if worn by champion-level or divinely chosen knights.

Even if it is worn by a God-chosen Knight, the dragon's might field will expand to more than 30 meters, and it will have the dragon's might's ability to induce fear, causing a large number of enemy units to tremble in fear and scare themselves to death, let alone muster up the courage to fight to the end.

The perfect-quality badge created will also have another characteristic, [Tyrant's Fury]. The lower the wearer's health, the more boiling the blood, and the greater the soldier's strength and speed.

This clearly grants a knight the ability to regenerate at low health. In a battle between two evenly matched opponents, or even a weaker one, if the opponent can't directly kill a Bauhinia Knight, the advantage they once held could be gradually reversed! The enemy might think victory is certain, only to find the Bauhinia Knight growing stronger, even turning the tide and achieving a counterattack!

Especially after using the [Blood of the Earth] potion, the Bauhinia Knight in a low-health state can continuously recover his health and is difficult to die in battle, but his killing ability becomes stronger and stronger. Then, under the illumination of God's grace, hundreds of knights with low health, with an unstoppable charge, directly broke the opponent's army formation, causing the enemy to be defeated and completely determining the outcome of the battle.

Afterwards, Su Li asked the medical staff of the Shaerya Church to draw 450 milliliters of blood from his body. Although he felt a little dizzy and weak after nearly half a pound of blood was drawn out, as a powerful elite knight, and with the scarlet pearl and dragon blood stone, and having eaten a large amount of extraordinary spiritual fruits, his vitality was extremely strong. He just felt a little weak, and there was no big impact.

After handing the [Bauhinia Dragon Power Badge] and the blood to Dogrin, Su Li instructed: "We have harvested a lot of vibranium. You should give it to the dwarf forging masters and forge a batch of badges as soon as possible. At least our Griffin Knights should wear the badge of family honor!"

Su Li has already arranged the candidates for the three tiger-striped griffins. In addition to Hilde and Orstein, after careful consideration, Su Li decided to give the third griffin egg to the handsome man Gilles.

This is the best way to win people's hearts. When Su Li decided to reward Gilles with this tiger-striped griffin, Gilles was so surprised that he couldn't believe it. He even suspected that the lord was controlled by sexual desire and was greedy for his body and hook.

But he quickly dismissed this horrifying idea. Although the lord was lustful, he was still very principled and would never touch any knight in the territory.

Even a beautiful woman with a slim waist, long legs and big breasts can be controlled by the lord, let alone him, a man?
After receiving the tiger-striped griffin egg personally given to him by Su Li, the champion knight was extremely excited. He immediately swore in the name of the Sun Goddess that he would fight to the death for the Lord of Hessen.

Looking at his excited expression, Su Li was basically convinced that this knight was almost a die-hard loyalist, and as long as he didn't have any intentions of plotting against him, he would not have any complaints or dissatisfaction.

The reason why Su Li personally gave him this griffin egg was certainly not because of his beauty that was more beautiful than a woman.

In fact, although the handsome Gilles is beautiful in appearance, he perfectly shows everyone what it means to be feminine but not sissy.

He was meticulous, ruthless, and yet his feminine nature made countless knights feel a chill down their spines when they saw him, and they didn't dare to offend him at all.

Even the high-ranking champion knight, Tiberus, didn't dare to provoke him.

Tiberius was naturally not afraid of a real fight, but he was afraid of falling into Gilles's trap and being ambushed by a group of people.

This is also what Su Li likes about Gilles. After two bloody battles, this knight perfectly demonstrated his characteristics that are extremely consistent with the teachings of the Church of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun. He is not only brave and good at fighting, but also extremely wise. He is a brave and resourceful knight.

It can be said that in terms of wisdom and courage, the handsome Gilles is second only to Hilde and Orstein.

If Hilde and Orstein were both at the level of peerless generals, then the handsome Gilles was at least a talented general who could stand on his own.

Among all the champion knights who were trying to break through to the God's Chosen level, Su Li was most optimistic about this young knight. Although he was only at the beginner champion level, his path to the God's Chosen level was the most stable.

In the battle against the minions of the green dragon, the regiment he commanded performed outstanding deeds and he personally participated in the ambush in the Sacred Forest. When Marshal Orstein led the main force to attack the monster siege legion, he commanded more than 160 heavy armored cavalrymen to ambush on the way of the green dragon reinforcements. When the monster marching column was in chaos, he launched a fierce breath. In order to avoid the charge of the cavalry, the long-range legion of wolf hunters of hundreds of monsters fled all over the mountains and plains, and hundreds of them were killed.

Even more dazzling was his command of the treacherous Battle of the Blackwater River. He was exceptionally adept at luring the monsters into his pre-determined battlefield, a move perfectly in line with Her Majesty Violet's teachings. By luring the enemy deep into the river, he lured the monsters to the shallows of the Blackwater River. Then, he ignited dwarven detonators buried in the mud, creating a shallow crater on the mudflat. The monsters, trapped in the depression, were immediately drowned by the surging river.

Watching the green dragon's minions struggling in vain in the turbulent river, only to be swept away in fear and despair, the feminine knight uttered his classic words: "It seems these scoundrels still don't understand the conspiracy and art of war."

It doesn’t matter whether the monsters understand it or not. What matters is that this feminine knight obviously understands the tactics and strategies of the Goddess of the Sun.

Therefore, Su Li planned to train him to be a lieutenant general of the territory. When Hilde was in charge of Hesse Castle and Orstein commanded the army, this young champion knight would ride a tiger-striped griffin and lead an army of hundreds or thousands of people as a flank or a detachment to assist the main force.

Su Li couldn't always trouble a general like Orlstein for smaller battles supporting the strongholds, so he assigned Gilles to lead a small regiment, allowing for greater flexibility. Regardless, Su Li had to at least ensure that these commanders wore their family crests. As for the elite knights of the entire Order, they should wait. Su Li didn't have that much blood to spend right now; he was there to enjoy life, not to be a blood bag for others.

Of course, this problem is relatively easy to solve. All they need to do is send someone to Zijing Fort to contact him and ask his adoptive father to send some of the Zijing family's bloodline. Su Li has so many cousins, it's time for him to contribute his greatest value to the family.

Ordinary people can donate blood seven times a month. If they are powerful knights, donating blood ten times a month is no problem for them.

Those 10 blood brothers can help Su Li create a family emblem of considerable size.

After Su Li arranged all this, Marshal Orstein took out the last emerald green bead from his marching bag and handed it to Su Li, saying, "This is the glorious holy relic we found in the dragon's nest. It is also the only strategic-level secret treasure that the green dragon is willing to hand over."

Su Li immediately took the treasure from Orstein's hand and took a closer look. This emerald bead looked like a crown of thorns covered with obsidian and star iron. In the middle of the thorns was a fluorescent liquid mixed with green blood and ancient tree sap.

When holding it, one can feel as if the entire bead is pulsating like a heart, and at the same time, green mist beads are constantly condensing on its surface.

"The Holy Relic of Glory? Which god bestowed this Holy Relic of Glory?"

"According to the green dragons, this sacred object was obtained in the most ancient times by the green dragons of the Athel Loren Forest and the Everqueen of the Wood Elves, who sacrificed a slain Nurgle Great Daemon to Kurnous, the god of nature," Orstein explained.

"Legend has it that Kurnos forged this orb from the pain of Nurgle's corruption of the Athel Loren Forest and the poisonous blood shed by the Beastmen's betrayal, a token of eternal vengeance against Chaos. The bearer must regularly offer sacrifices of Chaos skulls to the forest, or the relic will devour its bearer, transforming its flesh into rotten earth that nourishes poison ivy."

"So, among many races, the reputation of this treasure has spread. Elves and green dragons call it the 'Tears of Athelron' to commemorate the eternal forest curse and gift. Beastmen are relatively crude and straightforward, calling it the 'Rot Bane'. Vampires call it the 'Sacred Casket of Corrupted Blood'. And Chaos followers, out of their deep hatred for it, call it the 'Spine of Nurgle'."

Thorn of Nurgle? That's an impressive name.

However, if it has the ability to purify and expel poison, Su Li would still prefer to give it a more appropriate name: Anti-Poison Pearl.

Kunoth's revenge had nothing to do with Su Li. He was the god of the elves. Su Li was more concerned about: "What is the effect of this Thorn of Nurgle?"

"It's hard to describe the effects. The advantage is undoubtedly that it can purify toxins, making soldiers immune to erosion even when marching through forests and plague areas. Neither miasma nor plague can cause large casualties."

"Even before the battle, if you mix the mist beads condensed on the beads with potions, you can increase your resistance to Chaos Corruption Toxins such as Nurgle Pustules and Plague Clouds by over 70%, and become completely immune to conventional poison arrows, snake saliva, etc."

"Upon active activation, it can trigger the Emerald Scourge, reversing all poison zones on the battlefield. Centered on the relic, it reverses the properties of all toxins within a ten-mile radius. Nurgle's plague clouds transform into a healing miasma, while allied healing potions boil into corrosive acid. The regenerated flesh of the Chaos Spawn purifies itself into rotten wood, while the blood of the Imperium's wounded transforms into a flammable toxic slurry."

"However, this can also cause carriers and their soldiers who are exposed to these toxins for a long time to gradually become 'forestified,' with their skin developing bark patterns and their bones growing thorns. Ultimately, on the day of victory, they will become living pedestals beneath the sacred objects."

Upon hearing this, Su Li decisively threw the bead to Dietrich, and decided to leave it to the Medical Knights.

They could decide when to take them out to treat plague in soldiers and combat miasma on the march.

Dietrich had no qualms about this treasure. He stroked the rough crown of thorns on the bead's surface with his iron gauntlet and said, "Don't be deceived by the name of purification. Kunos never does good—it simply takes the power of destruction back from Chaos and gives it to the forest. Now that we have this bead, it will be even more beneficial for us to control the forest."

Kunos's Relic of Glory's impact on the Black Forest Territory was relatively limited. Even its once-a-month activation of [Emerald Scourge] required careful timing to use. At least at Su Li's current level, he hadn't figured out the appropriate circumstances for using this Relic of Glory.

This is also a typical feature of the Holy Relics of Glory. Since they come from the hands of different gods and their effects are obviously targeted at the characteristics of certain races, sometimes not every Holy Relic of Glory is suitable for human territory.

Many powerful territories and lords will seal the Holy Relics of Glory in the vault. Only when targeting specific races or special battle situations will they use some more unique Holy Relics of Glory.

No one has too much of this stuff, and if you face the followers and armies of Nurgle, the Plague Father, it can indeed be very effective. The Thorns of Nurgle are not called that for nothing.

Su Li naturally also hoped to have as many holy relics of glory as possible. Even if they were not used, they could be placed on various display shelves in the vault. They would be a symbol of wealth and a pleasure to the eye.

And now there is indeed an opportunity to obtain the Holy Relic of Glory again!
In this battle, Su Li was not afraid of the strong enemy and confronted the huge Green Dragon Legion. He mobilized nearly 5000 elite troops to fight against tens of thousands of monster legions.

This was a typical war of unequal power. The size of the armies of both sides was once close to ten to one, and the gap in combat power was even as high as four or five times.

The green dragon and its minions possess absolute strategic advantages. Even if they suffer repeated defeats, they still firmly hold on to the hope of victory.

It can be said that if they had not had serious internal strife and the excellence of the teachings and tactics of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun, they should have defeated the army of the Lord of Hessen in this battle, destroyed the town at the foot of the mountain, and firmly suppressed the sphere of influence of the Bauhinia family to a small castle.

But faced with this dangerous situation, faced with the collapse of the building, humans did not fear, did not retreat, thousands of knights and soldiers shouted the name of the Sun Goddess, and fought to the end fearlessly.

Human courage is a magnificent hymn, human bravery is inspiring, shining like the sun and the moon, and awe-inspiring like the mountains and rivers.

So under Su Li's command, humans won several battles and defeated the forest army, leaving the flesh and blood of forest monsters all over the central plains and the green dragon's minions piling up corpses under Hesse Castle.

This epic victory in the Hesse Territory undoubtedly strengthened the teachings of the Sun Goddess, attracting more knights and soldiers to turn their devout faith to Her Majesty Violet, the Sun Goddess.

When believers hear about this glorious victory and magnificent war, they will become more devout to the church, because looking at the gods of the empire, perhaps no believer of any god can win so brilliantly and gloriously under such a huge disparity in combat power.

The army's triumphant return from this battle and the announcement to the Sun Goddess were an honor for both sides.

The Hessen Territory will bring glory to the Goddess's teachings, and the Goddess will bestow divine grace and blessings on her brave believers.

Su Li immediately said to Marshal Orstein, "My Marshal, your triumphant return with your army signifies the final end of this war. We should repay our vow to the Goddess of the Fiery Sun and thank her for responding to our prayers and for bestowing upon us the grace and blessings she bestowed upon us."

"Are the offerings for the proclamation and sacrifice at the Monastery of the Blazing Sun Goddess ready?"

"Of course!" Orlstein raised his chin, his face gleaming with pride. Praying to the goddess and announcing his triumph was a knight's most glorious moment; it meant he and his achievements had brought glory to the goddess. He had already carefully prepared an offering. "We've already prepared the flowers and sword Her Majesty Violet loves in the forest," he said.

"They are a wreath woven from golden osmanthus blossoms blooming on a forest cliff, a wailing vine crown from a God-chosen Dryad, a fallen scale from a green dragon's lair, and an axe forged from centaur gold."

The major affairs of the country are only sacrifice and military affairs.

Su Li would leave other matters to the knights, but he would definitely go in person to pray to the Goddess of the Sun.

So he decisively waved his hand and said, "Then let the triumphant army enter the city today to hold a celebration. Then the three armies will proceed to the Monastery of the Fiery Sun Goddess to pray to the goddess and announce our epic victory!"

For today's celebration, the knights and believers of the goddess of the territory had already decorated the sedan chair with flowers, human skulls, and gold. They carried Violet's beautiful statue in a parade, enjoying the cheers and applause of the territory's army, civilians, and subjects.

After the grand ceremony, the triumphant knights followed Su Li and smoothly crossed the stone bridge in front of the Bauhinia Palace, arriving at the Monastery of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun on the northernmost side of the territory. In front of the largest monastery in the territory was a new religious statue. The magnificent statue was more than ten meters high, looking down majestically and holyly at all the knights who knelt on one knee to her.

(End of this chapter)