Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 278 Ingrid's Virtue and the Arrival of a New Order of Knights

Hearing Ingrid's voice, Su Li turned to look at her with a smile, then stretched out his arms, hugged her in his arms, and held her while looking at the beautiful garden in the distance.

Then his hands naturally groped to her flat belly. Her body was as soft as her voice.

Because she is a witch, she has far less muscles than a knight, and her body is soft when pinched.

It was normal for her to be lazy. Since Alyria fell asleep, she and Hildreda were the only female courtiers left in Su Li's court.

But Hildreth was too busy. He could help her share the work at night, but during the day he was basically busy handling government affairs and training servants.

The Hesse Territory is currently controlling the size of its army to reverse its fiscal deficit. With the army's size reduced, to ensure its combat effectiveness, Hildreth has no choice but to train his soldiers more rigorously. She basically has no time to indulge in daytime indulgences with Su Li.

The burden of assisting Su Li in his cultivation fell entirely on Ingrid alone.

In the past few days, she has worked three times harder, but it is still difficult to satisfy Su Li's growing desire for pleasure. There is no other way. Su Li himself has red dragon blood and carries dragon blood stone every day. He is young and energetic, so he is full of interest in this kind of thing.

After three days of continuous rain, as soon as the sun came out, Ingrid immediately went to dry the sheets and quilts to remove the moisture that had accumulated over the past few days.

A blush crossed her face as she saw the pristine white sheet hanging below the branches.

A woman's life is really interesting. When she is a child, she will be beaten for wetting the bed, but when she grows up, she will be praised for wetting the bed.

When I was a child, I was beaten for wetting the bed. When I grew up, I wet the bed because I was beaten.

Su Li also liked this female courtier very much. She was indifferent to the territory's political affairs and had no interest in the secular world. The life she enjoyed most was staying in her tree house, alone and at peace with the world.

Or, with the help of the love elixir, he could cling to Su Li and practice intimately.

Her soft body and cool personality can indeed give men unparalleled self-confidence and a sense of conquest.

However, since she had never asked for anything, Su Li was eager to fulfill her wish. He put his hand into the slit of her robe, caressing her smooth skin and asked, "What do you want to tell me? I'll satisfy you with anything."

Ingrid then stretched out her arms and wrapped them around Su Li's neck, allowing Su Li's An Lushan claws to wander restlessly on her body. Then she stood on tiptoe, kissed Su Li's lips lightly, and said, "Then I hope you will find another female court official."

kindness?
This really surprised Su Li.

He said that when he met all of Ingrid's requests, he never thought about any romantic scenes, such as Ingrid saying she wanted to leave.

It was impossible to leave. Although the witch had a cold personality, she may have disappeared into the mist one foggy morning due to some disagreement at first.

But it was also said that that was the very beginning.

Now that she is deeply in love with Su Li because of the love elixir, how could she suddenly leave?

Alyria wasn't the only one who enjoyed this kind of intimacy. And in a way, women valued this kind of intimacy far more than men.

After all, there are far more things that can bring pleasure to men than just love and women. Imperial career, business power, military might, and bravery are all huge sources of happiness.

Just like Su Li, although he has a lying-down system, life is far more than just women. He still can't help wanting to farm, review the three armies, and lead troops into battle.

So Su Li rested his chin on Ingrid's slender shoulder, smelled her hair that was as fresh as the scent of white camellia, and asked, "Why are you so generous? You took the initiative to let me find another female courtier?"

This is truly a woman's virtue. For example, in the East, when a wife reaches a certain age, she will say to her husband: "My dear, we are not young anymore. It's time for you to marry a younger woman. Otherwise, the neighbors will definitely say that I am immature."

Usually at this time, men will read a book and say without raising their heads: Don’t you see that I am busy every day? How can I have time to think about these things?

The wife would say: How about I help you find one, and if you like one, just nod, and I will take care of the rest, okay?

The man still didn't look up and said: You decide...

Su Li didn't expect that such excellent traditional virtues were not passed down in the East, but appeared in Ingrid?
Ingrid was certainly not generous enough to share her lover with other women.

She had no regard for traditional Eastern virtues. She was simply helpless, saying, "I spend almost all of my time now accompanying you, my dear, in your knightly training, but... I'm a witch. This not only delays my spiritual practice, but also represents a significant loss to our territory. Over half a month ago, I obtained the mythical material, the Fate Thread, but to this day, I haven't crafted a single amulet."

Hearing Ingrid say this, Su Li's mouth corners slightly raised and he revealed a smile.

What Ingrid said was indeed a problem. Su Li practiced knightly very frequently. With Ingrid's weak body, after accompanying him in training, she could basically only lie lazily on the bed with a blank mind.

As a forest witch, Ingrid only likes two things: one is to practice alone, and the other is to be intimate with Su Li.

But now accompanying Su Li in his practice has obviously taken up all her time.

You know, she is the most prolific witch in the territory!

Typically, a forest witch's treehouse would produce dozens or even hundreds of gold crowns per month. This was mainly because they needed inspiration to craft witchcraft props, just like nuns need divine grace to cast spells.

But beneath the consecrated wisteria tree, Ingrid, the forest witch, was truly inspired. For example, she might only craft one or two Fate Amulets a year on a normal day, comparable to a druid crafting one Earthblood Potion annually. But beneath the consecrated wisteria tree, Ingrid crafted at least one every week.

So this little witch is simply the richest woman in the territory. She now has more than a few thousand gold crowns in her hands, and it is very likely that the number has exceeded 10000.

Su Li had never paid attention to the exact amount, and he had never asked. But Su Li knew very well that if the territory's finances really could not support it, Ingrid would definitely use all the wealth in the jewelry box to help him tide over the difficulties.

In this situation, she was the only female court official, which indeed delayed her cultivation and also had a huge impact on the development of the territory.

Letting her devote all her energy to making amulets and rings can greatly alleviate the plight of insufficient equipment for the knights in the territory.

Su Li is still very concerned about the army. At present, even among the high-level direct servants in the territory, there are only about 120 people who are fully equipped with weapons, armor, amulets, rings, badges and other equipment.

During this period, even he donated a lot of blood.

Archibald's taking of Phyllis brought great changes to the territory.

At least Su Li's mentality has changed. He really doesn't want this scene to happen again.

He is fighting so hard now just to be able to march into the Sulande province as soon as possible and rescue his woman and relatives.

There are his two women and a child.

If this incident had not happened, Su Li would not have been left with only Ingrid as the only female court official to accompany her.

Although Xilude didn't say anything, Su Li knew it. She practiced hard because she didn't want this kind of thing to happen again.

Su Li raised his hand, stroked Ingrid's smooth black hair, and said with a smile, "I understand your desire to help me expand my territory. But this isn't something that can be done so easily. We have to find the right person. But I promise you, I'll start looking now."

Ingrid nodded. She knew that the selection of female courtiers had to be carefully chosen, and she didn't want to find a woman with a bad personality who would make the simple relationship messy.

As they were talking, they suddenly noticed Freya had returned. The female knight leader had been tied to the bedside since yesterday, her hands bound and a brass bell clad in her hair.

So she was completely exhausted from her practice, and after drying the quilts with Ingrid today, she left the manor.

Normally, she would spend the morning in the mansion in Wallflower District to recover her strength, and then go back to the Knights' headquarters to work in the afternoon. If there was nothing else, she would not leave.

So Su Li separated from Ingrid and looked at the female knight who had returned.

When she wasn't in bed, Freya's temperament was the coldest of all. Her style was as sharp and straight as the edge of a sword. Without waiting for Su Li to ask, she said directly: "My Lord, good news, the Knights of Oz are here to visit."

"The Knights of Green?" No matter how careless Su Li was about the doctrine, he still knew about the important knight orders of the Church of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun.

The Knights of Green Fields is a religious knightly order under the name of the Church of the Goddess of the Blazing Sun, and is a powerful knightly order of the same level as the Knights of the Flaming Sun.

But they are rarely recognized as Tongliao by other knights because they have abandoned all lances and two-handed swords and all use bows and arrows instead.

In the battle against the Green Dragon, there were several members of the Knights of Green in the territory. They bent their bows and shot arrows on the city walls. They were simply killing machines on the battlefield. A large number of monsters climbing on the vines had their heads pierced by their arrows and fell off the city walls.

On this suitable battlefield terrain, each Green Knight shot and killed dozens of monsters, becoming the star of the battlefield.

Freya nodded and said, "They've arrived at our Silver Spring Valley. Grand Master Constantine has sent someone to their base and asked me to notify you in advance." Su Li decisively straightened his clothes, buttoned his collar, and restrained his unruly temperament. He became more serious and said to Freya, "Convey my gratitude to Grand Master Constantine. I'm going to meet with the members of the Knights of Green at the Bauhinia Palace. Do you have any information about them? Can you tell me more about them so I can prepare?"

Freya immediately followed Su Li, heading towards the Bauhinia Palace. She introduced the Knights of Green, "Dedicated to the protection of Tarabeheim in the name of Her Majesty Violet, the Goddess of War. They are truly trained warriors, fighting in the fields and forests of their homeland. Though they rarely leave the borders of Tarabeheim, their skills are equally applicable anywhere from the Great Forest to the peaks of Drakwald. Though the Knights of Green travel to all corners of the world, they share a common motivation: to serve the goddess and protect the people."

Tarabheim? Su Li knew this province, located in the northeast of the empire, very close to Kislev, and famous for its dense Black Forest.

No wonder they arrived much later than the Knights of the Flaming Sun.

It seems that the growing reputation of the Hesse Territory has attracted their attention, and they have sent a detachment of knights to visit and negotiate the issue of stationing in the Hesse Territory.

While Su Li was thinking, Freya continued, "In fact, the Green Knights are more like the forest rangers in the Imperial Army than ordinary knights. Their unique advantages in urban street fighting and dark forests are very suitable for our territory."

"It's difficult for members of other knightly orders to consider the Knights of Green as their peers. But this doesn't include us, the Knights of the Flaming Sun. In fact, the first members of the Knights of Green were chosen from the Knights of the Flaming Sun, who had a talent for archery and forsaken the humility of traditional military ways."

"Since becoming the Knights of Green, although they haven't yet been deployed on a large-scale battlefield, they have already proven their worth on many occasions. In the Tarleton Baths region, they once single-handedly repelled a raid by lingering beastmen."

"You know, the appearance of a powerful herd of howling beasts would put even an earldom on full alert. These monsters are elusive, always appearing from forests and canyons, making them difficult to guard against."

"The Knights of Green have clearly taken advantage of our ongoing war situation and the densely forested terrain at the foot of the mountain. That's why they've taken the initiative to come to our territory, seeking glory and dedicating their military power to the goddess and protecting her followers."

"Their arrival will definitely help us detect the threat of the Roaring Beasts earlier and faster."

A force similar to forest rangers is indeed very suitable for the current terrain of the territory.

After all, one of the key areas of development in the territory is currently the western part of the Blood Pine Forest, where a large number of new strongholds and villages have been set up, and the Knights, Free Folk and Mercenary Groups are all exploring the ruins in the forest.

It can be said that the arrival of the Green Knights will greatly help the territory's development this year.

If they also need a place to stay, Su Li can directly give them a village in the Blood Pine Forest, or let them settle in Storm Shadow Fortress.

The fortress was a major military stronghold with a complete defense system that could help Lord Hessen extend his defenses hundreds of miles forward, preventing monsters from flooding from the Blood Pine Forest onto the vast central plains as soon as they appeared.

Adding another Knights' fortress to the defense system is a piece of cake.

The added facilities can be completed at no extra cost to the Lover Engineers and Ogre Construction Team.

It was Freya's question that caught Su Li's attention. He walked to the front of the castle's reception room, stopped, turned around to help Freya adjust the collar of her shirt, then kissed her cheek and said, "You're a little depressed. If you meet the members of the Knights of Green in this state, I'm afraid they will underestimate you and laugh at you."

"I still have your makeup in my room. Why don't you take a nap, put on some makeup, and come out feeling refreshed?"

A blush appeared on Freya's frosty cheeks, and she was certainly not very energetic.

No woman would feel good if she wore a sexy brass bell on her chest all night. After she fell asleep, she would tremble all over when she touched the brass bell.

Her hands were tied to the head of the bed, and she didn't dare to turn over. She finally fell asleep, but was always woken up by Su Li's harassment in the wild.

Su Li didn't mean to torment her, but as a man, when he fell asleep holding a soft and fragrant woman, his hands would always instinctively be placed in the softest, most comfortable and most appropriate position.

Moreover, the two of them were tightly connected together. Whenever Su Li moved, her whole body flushed. She bit her cherry lips and endured for a long time before falling asleep. Sometimes she couldn't fall asleep and simply got up to practice as a female knight.

She lived this kind of life for three days and three nights. It would be strange if she didn't feel exhausted.

But what can she do?
Her life had unknowingly penetrated into the other person's space and trajectory.

She had left behind several sets of underwear, stockings, shirts, skirts and various cosmetics at Bauhinia Castle.

So she had already gotten used to Su Li's warm breath on her cheek. After Su Li finished tidying up, she said, "Then I'll go to the bathroom to take a shower, then go to your bedroom to change clothes and get some sleep. When everyone is here, send someone to call me."

"No problem." Su Li said with a smile, "I'll have someone get a pair of extraordinary stockings from Ingrid for you later."

Extraordinary stockings, which are stockings made from the silk of the Anarrek giant spider.

Alyria brought a batch of spider silk from Queen Anarrak, all of which was made into extremely charming stockings.

Among them, there are 3 pairs of white stockings, 2 pairs of flesh-colored stockings, and 2 pairs of black stockings.

Just these seven pairs of stockings are worth at least 7 gold crowns! It has to be said that even a tiny glimpse of the dragon's wealth beneath its fingernails is enough to shock people.

It is even more shocking to use so much precious wealth for enjoyment instead of strengthening one's strength.

But there was no way around it, as this thing belonged to Ailiriya. She directly asked Ingrid to help her make the Queen Spider Silk into stockings.

Su Li couldn't be so shameless as to rob his woman of her things and then use them for other purposes.

He still has this bottom line: if he needs spider silk, he can get it himself.

The western part of the Bloodpine Forest was ceded to him, and he had recently been clearing out various monster nests and underground caverns. He had killed a considerable number of monsters, including three Anarrek giant spiders, and used the spider silk he obtained to craft five squadrons of lily banners.

Among the stockings made by Ailiriya, she took 2 pairs of white stockings and 1 pair of flesh-colored stockings for herself. The little green dragon princess particularly loved white stockings.

Ingrid took one pair of white stockings and one pair of flesh-colored stockings.

The remaining two pairs of black stockings and one pair of flesh-colored stockings belonged to Lord Su Li. In this world, even if a stone fell on the territory, it would be the lord's wealth.

If there were seven items involved in production, then at least half of them would have to pay taxes. Regardless of whether they were handmade or not, even if a woman from a small peasant family made two pairs of straw sandals, one of them would have to be handed over to the lord.

Of the three pairs of stockings, Su Li immediately gave a pair of black stockings to Hildre. As the chief attendant and Su Li's personal secretary, she often wore shirts and uniforms, and black stockings were the most suitable for her.

This is his sweet little baby and one of the people he trusts most in the world. Of course, he would give her a share of any treasure he has first.

In fact, Hildreth is also a small wealthy woman in the territory. Although she cannot produce various props like Ingrid, Su Li has given her a lot of wealth.

Last year, she received at least four salaries and allowances from Su Li, including those of a female courtier, a chosen knight, a high-ranking steward, and the leader of the Half-Griffin Knights of the Sun of Vengeance.

The High-ranking Chamberlain and the Captain of the Half-Griffin Knights of the Sun of Vengeance are both real positions here and can receive two salaries.

The female courtiers and the chosen knights were her allowances, and there was really no way for the two to overlap or be reduced.

In addition, like Orstein, she received nearly 30 months' salary.

Last year, she had received more than 7000 gold crowns from Su Li. Su Li had never paid attention to the specific number. After all, he would never be reluctant to spend money on Hildreth.

Relying on this wealth, Hildurde bought himself the best equipment currently available in the Hesse Territory, from weapons to armor, from amulets to rings, from badges to mounts, all of which were above perfect quality.

Even her weapons and amulets are of rare quality!

She possessed the two rare amulets of the Black Forest Territory, the Emerald Griffin, and Orstein the Ancient Dragon's Gift.

Su Li will only wear it after Ingrid makes a new rare amulet.

It can be said that under the current circumstances, Su Li is really not afraid of the appearance of any roaring beasts.

If the enemy only had a legion coming over, in a situation of two thousand against two thousand, even if the enemy had a large number of bloodthirsty bulls and big-horned beasts, Su Li would have the confidence to take the initiative to counterattack and defeat them in one battle.

So after Freya left, Su Li sat in Zijing's reception room, stroking Archibald's skull wine vessel, and asked Hildurd who was waiting beside him: "What do you think of what Freya just said about the roaring beasts?"

Hildurd raised his handsome eyebrows and said, "I think Freya's bringing up this topic wasn't entirely without purpose. It's likely that they've discussed this issue within the Corona Knights and believe the probability of the Howling Beasts appearing is very high. That's why she brought this up in front of you."

"I personally agree with their assessment. The Howling Beasts are a threat to all territories. They roam freely and could appear anywhere. We haven't faced a truly powerful Howling Beast Pack in the past year. I suspect they were previously held back by Alyria's minions."

"The dragon ape that escaped from Gotrek's axe has been missing ever since. Perhaps it's also a hidden danger."

Su Li nodded: "It's not a bad thing to have a little hidden danger. Otherwise, if there is no crisis this year, it will make people panic."

(End of this chapter)