Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 259 Don’t bully young people into poverty!
After the biting snowstorm, the twelve chosen knights of the Eternal Light Knights were the first to break through the blast. Their heavy mithril armor flowed with liquid holy light, and their spines radiated a powerful bloodline flame, illuminating the entire gate like an endless stream of light shining into the reception room from outside.

The solid ground suddenly cracked, revealing stigmata-like grooves. Duke Archibald's griffin slowly entered, treading on ripples of light and flame. Every step taken by this powerful, blessed griffin left cracks in the ground. The Duke's pupils beneath his silver mask resembled two miniature suns, and wherever his gaze passed, the snowflakes in the air vaporized.

"The eternal light does not shine upon the land of sin." His voice carried the weight of an oracle. The longsword "Dawn Star" hanging from his waist automatically floated into the air. The holy bones embedded in the sword stalk were steaming with blazing spiritual energy. The flag of the Bauhinia Family fluttered in this aura. "But the light of mercy allows ants to choose how to die—"

Dogrin was in a state of rage. He glared at the uninvited guests who had rushed in, and all the pent-up anger he had been holding exploded. He grabbed the sharp blade of his battle axe, stepped on the armrest of the chair, and roared, "Come on! My battle axe has been thirsting for a long time. Anyone who wants to give it a try will be tested by me on the fierceness of the furnace's flames!"

Archibald snorted coldly, and a huge shock wave instantly hit Dogrin. The dwarf, who was like an iron pillar, flew backwards with his armor, smashing the seat and heavily hitting the wall.

Su Li looked coldly at Archibald, who was surrounded by a large number of knights and walked into the room. He gripped the hilt of his sword tightly and said, "You still want to use courtesy first and then force. Now it seems that there is no need!"

As his stern voice fell, hundreds of high-ranking attendants around him drew their swords instantly, hundreds of knights shining with golden light surrounded the reception room, and the cold light of hundreds of swords illuminated the wind and snow!
"Courtesy first, then force?" Archibald sneered, "A tiny frontier pioneer like you, are you qualified to discuss etiquette with me?"

He held a golden scale in his hand, the pointer shook violently for a moment, and then pointed quickly and straight at Phyllis who was sitting next to Su Li.

"If it weren't for this woman's Libovitz bloodline, you wouldn't even be worthy of seeing me! Not even your father would be worthy of licking my instep!"

Then he looked at Phyllis with a stern gaze: "Princess Femenue died in battle, and the province of Surander needs a new heir. You need to come back with me! I will support you to become the new Princess of Surander. As long as you are obedient, I will guarantee you wealth and glory."

Archibald didn't even bother to sit on the chair that Lord Hesse had prepared for him. This was not a discussion, but a notification.

With his strength and status, he doesn't care what others think, just like a dragon doesn't care what an ant thinks.

He was about to take Phyllis away after he finished speaking, not even thinking that anyone would dare to refuse his order.

Two God-chosen knights immediately stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, to take Phyllis away.

But just as their arms were about to grab Phyllis's shoulders, a bright and blazing red sword light suddenly slashed towards their arm armor!
A tyrant-like powerful aura suddenly erupted, and even the God-chosen Knight could not completely ignore the blazing sword edge.

The two Knights of Eternal Light retracted their arms in surprise at the same time and looked at the owner of the sword.

It was Su Li himself who swung the sword. He placed one hand on Phyllis's shoulder and held the long sword upside down with the other. He looked sternly at the arrogant legendary knight across the long table and asked coldly, "This is my territory, and Phyllis is my woman. Do you have my permission to take her away?!"

Hearing Su Li's firm and stern tone, Phyllis raised her head excitedly and looked up at Su Li's face with a happy smile on her face. She couldn't help but raise her hands and tightly hold Su Li's hand on her shoulder.

"That's right! I don't want the position of Elector. I just want to live in Hesse and accompany the Lord every day. That's enough."

"Oh! Idiot, do you think you or your opinions matter?" Archibald sneered, crossed his arms over his chest, and glanced at Su Li with disdain, like a high-ranking ruler looking down at a lowly ant: "Dare to draw your sword in front of me? Then be prepared to pay the price! Capture this woman for me!"

Following his order, two God-chosen knights in silver armor immediately stepped forward again. This time, their movements were much more violent, and the powerful swings of their arms even caused a fierce sound of breaking through the air.

Su Li immediately swung his sword to chop at the two claws that dared to cross the line, but the next moment a sound of metal clashing suddenly rang out, and before Su Li could see clearly his sword was bounced away by a silver sword. A knight chosen by the Eternal Light instantly knocked Su Li's sword away, and then the cold sword edge pressed directly on Su Li's shoulder, pressing his whole body down and sitting back on the seat. Another half centimeter forward would directly cut Su Li's throat.

However, at this moment, the God-chosen knight flew backwards like a cannonball. A kick hit his right abdomen hard. He had no time to react. He bent over like a shrimp and was smashed into the wall more than ten meters away. A large number of cracks immediately spread in the concave wall, and the whole room was shaking.

After knocking the knight away, Hildreth bent down to help Su Li straighten his collar, held his left arm with both hands, and helped him sit up straight.

The other knight had already been repelled by Orstein's hammer, and even had to swing his silver sword to struggle to resist Orstein's violent attack!

Archibald glanced at the two people who were fighting fiercely with swords flashing and sabers flashing, and then he showed a hint of interest with his head held high. After waving his hand, two chosen knights immediately stepped forward and pulled out a chair for him.

Then he sat alone in the middle of the long table, holding a legendary long sword, facing Heisen and more than ten ministers.

Behind him, none of the ten powerful God-chosen knights could take a seat. They all stood solemnly on both sides of Archibald. Their majestic heavy armor and powerful bloodline aura further highlighted the incomparable power of this legendary duke.

In contrast, all the people sitting here under the Hesse Lord really looked like a group of lowly ants.

Archibald didn't stop the fight between the two God's Chosen Knights. He simply watched them clash indifferently. Then, with his head held high, he looked ahead with a contemptuous attitude. "Interesting! You can actually fight on equal terms with the God's Chosen Knights of my Surander Province who have just survived a hundred battles. It seems that speaking to you is not an insult to my dignity."

"But! Boy, do you think you are qualified to make conditions with me now?"

Su Li snorted coldly and said calmly, "Put forward conditions? Your Excellency the Duke, you don't seem to have a clear understanding of the situation. From the air to the blades of grass, everything in Heisen Territory is my property. You barged in without even saying hello, and even tried to forcibly take my courtiers away. I don't know what conditions I should negotiate with you. The Bauhinia bloodline never negotiates with bandits!"

"How dare you! How dare you slander the Duke!" A knight of the God-chosen level immediately flew into a rage. His eyes, exposed by his visor, turned blood red. He drew his sword and was about to teach this rude young man a lesson.

But the next moment, a silver-white, heavily armored figure flew backward from a distance, crashing directly into his arms. The God-Chosen Knight reacted extremely quickly, swerving slightly to the side and dodging the impact. He extended his left arm and grasped the opponent's shoulder, his greaves firmly embedded in the ground. He retreated a full half meter before stabilizing himself.

On the chest and abdomen of the figure flying backwards, there was a mark of a war hammer burning with rune spiritual energy. He was the knight who had fought fiercely with Marshal Orstein and was smashed flying.

This means that in this bloody battle between the God-Chosen Knights at the negotiation table, the God-Chosen Knights from the Surander Province were actually at a disadvantage!
Archibald's eyes suddenly turned cold. "Her Majesty the Goddess of Justice's prophecy foretold that the Nightingale would dwell beside the Golden Crown. A small pioneering territory might be interesting, but it's still too naive to challenge me! I want to take him away. Who can stop me?"

Before he finished speaking, he had already drawn out his sword. The silver light was like water, illuminating the entire room. The sword light was like the clear roar of a dragon, piercing directly into Su Li's throat.

Another golden sword light instantly lit up at the same time. Hildreth stood in front of Su Li without fear, facing the sword of the legendary knight.

But Archibald only snorted coldly, and shook his sword. Hilde flew backwards instantly, smashing through the thick load-bearing wall, flying dozens of meters out of the room, falling heavily in the snow several times, and then fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of scarlet blood.

The symbol of a legendary knight! With a mortal body, he possesses strength comparable to that of a god.

Green Dragon Alyria leaned back on her seat, propping up her chin. She looked at Su Li, who was being pointed at by Archibald's sword, and said coldly, "Naive! Now you've witnessed the chasm between the Legendary and the Chosen."

Su Li clenched his fists. When he saw Hildreth standing up from the ground on one knee, supporting himself with his longsword, he averted his gaze. His eyes were bloodshot and filled with rage. He stared at Archibald intently, meeting his icy sword with his throat. "If you have the guts, kill us all. You'll have to walk over all our corpses to take Phyllis away! I want to see if you, the Duke, have the courage to risk the wrath of the world and massacre an entire pioneering territory!"

Archibald clenched the golden scales in his hand and laughed contemptuously, "Haha, threatening me? Then let fate bear witness to the struggle of an ant!"

The next moment, he swung his sword suddenly, and with a flash of sword light, a trace of blood instantly burst out, spreading around Su Li and splashing all over Phyllis's beautiful face.

The amulet of fate on Su Li's neck suddenly exploded, and a raging flame burned in front of his white shirt, and the huge pain was only now clearly felt from his left palm.

Su Li couldn't help but hold his left palm tightly due to the piercing pain, and yelled out in pain: "Ah!"

Blood dyed Phyllis's eyes red, and the next moment tears of sadness burst out of her eyes. She immediately tore open a piece of her skirt without hesitation, and with trembling fingertips, she quickly tied the gorgeous silk to Su Li's broken little finger. The gushing blood instantly dyed the white skirt red.

"My Lord... My Lord... It's okay, it's okay, it won't hurt soon..." Her hot tears dripped onto Su Li's blood-stained palm, but the warm tears made Su Li feel no temperature at all.

His fingers were connected to his heart, and the broken little finger and the splattered blood made his face distorted and hideous. He stared at Archibald opposite him.

Ingrid's strength was still far behind that of the legendary knight. Even with the magical power of the four-leaf clover, the amulet of fate she made could not withstand Archibald's attack. It only reduced the damage from cutting off the palm to cutting off a finger.

However, even this level of power had already exhausted all the spiritual power of the amulet, and it shattered and burned up in an instant. This meant that Archibald's next sword could easily cut off Su Li's palm.

"Witness with eternal radiance—" Archibald raised the tip of his sword lightly, and the severed finger floated in the silver holy light and gradually crystallized. "This blood amber will forever remind you of the price of transgression!"

"Well, ant, have you seen it? There are many things in this world that are far more terrifying than death. The next sword strike will chop off your left palm. I want to see whether your words or your bones are stronger."

After he finished speaking, brilliant silver light burst out from his sword again.

Hildrede's loud hymn sounded instantly, and she forcibly activated the appearance of a divine general. The brilliant sword light illuminated the entire manor, and she was about to rush in to fight to the death with this legendary knight.

But even in her God General form, she would not be Archibald's opponent. As a legendary knight, Archibald can still use his bloodline ability in God General state, and can easily knock Hildre away again.

What was even more desperate was that there were 12 God-chosen knights behind Archibald. He didn't even need to make a move. These 12 God-chosen knights had already blocked the nearly golden-glowing Hessian Knights who were charging towards him madly.

These God-chosen knights from the province of Surand have just experienced an epic war with the greenskins. Each of them is an absolute elite who has fought their way out of the sea of ​​blood and corpses.

They easily knocked down dozens of Hessian Guard knights. No matter how loudly these knights roared, they could not overcome the huge gap and fell to the ground in a disorderly manner.

Even the green dragon Ailiriya couldn't bear to watch it anymore and joined the battle, but she was unable to save the situation. Three chosen knights came towards her with swords in hand. If it weren't for the incredibly powerful emerald scepter in her hand, she might have been the first to die in this small space.

Because the civil war between human knights must be restrained, after all, the border princes are the main focus of the empire's current expansion. No matter what, the Knights of Eternal Light cannot openly slaughter knights belonging to the same faction.

Even if they really killed Su Li and a large number of knights of the Church of the Fiery Sun Goddess, it would likely trigger a war of faith between the two churches.

If things really got to that point, not to mention that Archibald was just a duke, even if he got his wish and took control of the entire Surander province, he would not be able to withstand the wrath of the Church of the Sun Goddess and the Imperial Elector Council.

Especially the Church of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun, it is not a weak church that is too reasonable. On the contrary, even their priests are knights with powerful martial arts, and they are domineering and unreasonable.

Archfield broke into the secular territory chosen by the Goddess of the Fiery Sun and killed a large number of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun's knights. The truly powerful Knights of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun will definitely retaliate.

After the younger ones are beaten, the older ones come in. This is not just a privilege for one party.

Even the Grand Master of the Knights of the Flaming Sun might personally chop off Archibald's head to vent the church's anger.

In terms of martial virtue, the Church of Verena, the Goddess of Justice, was far inferior to the Church of the Goddess of the Blazing Sun. Their church was more famous for its scholars and bureaucrats. Even the province of Surander itself was not known for martial virtue, otherwise the capital would not have been conquered by the greenskins.

But Archibald really didn't dare to kill Su Li, but he definitely had the confidence to chop off a few of Su Li's fingers, or even his entire palm.

He ignored all the flashes of swords and sabers around him, and continued to stab Su Li's bloody palm with the dazzling sword light: "Dare to refuse me, then you will have to pay the price! Let's see how long you can hold on!"

"Ah~!" A scream rang out, the sound like a cuckoo crying blood. Phyllis threw herself on Su Li, crying out, "Stop it! I promised to go back to Sulande Province with you! Don't hurt the Lord anymore!"

The sharp blade pierced Phyllis's tender skin and penetrated an inch into her smooth back. Drops of blood immediately flowed down her smooth spine.

Archibald's face remained icy. He didn't retract his sword. He just held the blade against Phyllis and Su Li and said coldly, "You don't have any capital to make any conditions with me!"

Phyllis suddenly picked up a blood-stained sword that had fallen to the side and placed it on her fair neck. She looked at Archibald with resolute eyes and said, "If you dare to continue to harm the Lord, I will commit suicide right here!"

Archibald's eyes instantly burned with rage. He gripped his sword tightly and looked down at Phyllis with a murderous look: "Bitch, you dare to threaten me!?"

Phyllis immediately plunged the sword into her neck, the blade easily slicing through her delicate skin, drawing out a stream of enchanting blood. "I was originally a lowly woman, and it was the Lord who taught me what happiness and joy are. Without the Lord, my life would be meaningless! I am not afraid of death, but your ambition will be shattered! Tell your men to stop immediately!"

Archibald snorted coldly, then laughed in anger: "A mere apprentice knight dares to threaten me. You really don't know your place."

"Roar~" He then roared, and the huge sound wave caused Phyllis to fall to the ground in pain, and the long sword fell to the side with a bang.

It turns out that when the gap in strength is so big, even wanting to die is a luxury.

After Phyllis fell, she covered her lower abdomen in pain. The violent shock caused blood to flow between her legs.

Archibald's cold boots stomped through the blood on the ground and he stood before Phyllis. His powerful heavy armor obscured her vision. Then Archibald lowered his head slightly and looked down at the stunned Su Li and Phyllis, his eyes as if he were looking at two defeated dogs. "I'm taking you away. It's just a notice. You! There's no room for resistance from beginning to end!"

Su Li propped himself up and leaned back in his chair, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He stared at Archibald intently: "With the blood of the redbud flower, in the name of the goddess of the blazing sun, when the blood has dyed the night sky of the southern border of the empire red, I will chop off your head and decorate my scabbard!"

Archibald chuckled. "A mere frontier knight, not even a noble, yet you dare to speak so arrogantly. Without this woman, you wouldn't even be qualified to see me."

“But… if you’ve said that, what does it matter if I risk killing you? Do you think the Empire and Violet would really go against a Duke like me just for a mere pioneer knight like you?”

Priest Rong En roared from the side, "Archibald, you are too arrogant! Are you bullying the weak? You are a duke, yet you are slaughtering a border pioneer. Don't blame us, the Fiery Sun Church, for hunting you down and slaughtering you. I don't believe you dare to kill our entire territory! As long as one of us survives, your crimes will be made public!"

"Even the blasphemer Eldrid dares to threaten his territory only through the green dragon. How dare you dare to defy the will of the world!"

Hearing Ron's roar, Archibald finally paused. Duke Aldred the Blasphemer was controlling the other heir.

Even with his usual daring style, he wouldn't dare to directly destroy a pioneering territory. The importance of the border princely territory was too high now, involving the attention of the entire empire.

If any noble in the Empire could wantonly massacre the pioneer lords of the border princely territories without any reason, how could the Empire implement its subsequent policies? How could it ensure that other pioneering knights could come and operate with peace of mind?

Especially now, the Hessen Lord is actually very extraordinary. Su Li led them to several brilliant victories in a row, which made them famous. Even in the capital of the empire, the dignitaries would occasionally talk about their achievements, and the real high-ranking officials and strong men of the empire all praised them.

It is almost universally acknowledged that Su Li will become the chosen one of the Sun Goddess Violet.

If Archibald killed this rising star at this time, he would not only face the wrath of the empire's top brass, but would also affect his reputation and influence. Those who supported him would carefully consider cooperating with him.

This was a price he absolutely could not afford. He had to understand that the province of Surander had not repelled the greenskin invasion by his own strength. Instead, it was several electoral lords who formed a coalition army and entered the Averlan Palace to drive out those dirty greenskins.

Since ancient times, it was easier to invite a deity than to send it away. These electors finally had their influence in the province of Slender, and they were determined to reap a significant portion of the profits. Each elector hoped to support an agent to help them reap the benefits of Slender.

This is also why the political struggle in the Surander province has lost its bottom line, and many things are not even something that the Surander Dukes can decide on their own.

If he made a wrong move, he might lose everything and allow other dukes and electors to achieve ultimate victory.

Especially at this moment, Phyllis stared at him with determination: "If you dare to harm the Lord, I would rather die than let you succeed. You can keep an eye on me for a while, but not forever. As long as I commit suicide on the way, you and your ambitions will be completely destroyed, allowing other dukes to seize the final victory in the political struggle!"

(End of this chapter)