Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 300: Shimmerspear City and Spear of Heaven
Su Li's visit to the Cathedral of Eternal Flame was fruitful. When he said goodbye and left, he took away more than 10000 gold crowns, hundreds of church books, and a nautical star map of the Endless Sea.

More importantly, he received the goddess's grace and blessing amidst the public's attention. Through this visit to the holy land, he gained the respect and friendship of countless members of the Flaming Sun Knights.

At least hundreds of people once gathered around him, asking him about the details of the battle and the secret of his victory as if they were watching a famous general of the time.

At Su Li's personal invitation, countless people enthusiastically expressed their willingness to travel to the Hessen Territory. Among them, there were far more members than just the Flame Sun Knights, but also a large number of members of the Fiery Sun Goddess Pilgrimage Group and a large number of other knights.

The Church of the Blazing Sun Goddess's armed forces extend far beyond the Flaming Sun Knights, who are merely the wealthiest. The most favored by the goddess are the Eagle Knights, along with the Knights of the Spear of Justice, the Knights of Righteous Wrath, the Blessed Knights of True Sight, the Cold-Blooded Titan Knights, the Knights of Margarita, and many more, as well as various academies and organizations like the Eagle Banner Academy, the Order of the Eagle, and the Order of the Astral Shield.

These people were also affected when they traveled in the Cathedral of Eternal Flame and paid attention to Su Li's glory and invitation.

Su Li also delivered a small speech in the square, inspiring the goddess knights to join the great cause of bringing glory to the goddess. The enthusiastic atmosphere and inflammatory rhetoric easily ignited these knights' blood, and they were full of action. Some were already preparing to travel to the Hessen Territory to seek such an opportunity.

Even some knights who fanatically admire Su Li's achievements have decided to join the branch of the Corona Knights and reside in the Hessen Territory, hoping to fight alongside Su Li and win glory.

The friendship of these knights is not only important, but also the basis for Su Li's actions in Maleburg.

For example, when they went to Senator Zoe Ramsay's house, their entire family lined up in front of the manor, opened the door wide and waited for Su Li to arrive.

After Su Li took out the Endless Sea Navigation Star Map from the Cathedral of Eternal Flame and removed the Aurora Veil, the Ramsey family immediately sensed the location of their family treasure.

But no one dared to break into the Flaming Sun Knights' headquarters to reclaim the stolen goods. Even when their family's guards saw the navigation star map in Su Li's hands, no one dared to go up and claim it. If anyone falsely accused Su Li of stealing it, the enraged Blazing Sun Knights would beat them to death on the spot.

Fortunately, when they politely invited Su Li to go to Ramsay Manor, Su Li agreed directly, obviously intending to return it.

So we have this scene right now. Zoë Ramsay personally brought the entire family and all the guards, attendants and maids of the manor to warmly welcome them at the gate.

Upon seeing Su Li, Zoe Wei personally stepped forward to greet him, smiling broadly and saying, "So this is the recently renowned Knight of Bauhinia. He is truly a man of great talent and bearing. Our Ramsay family sincerely welcomes Knight Su Li. Please allow us to host a grand banquet in your honor."

Su Li did not refuse. He came here to make friends with this senator.

This Zoe is about thirty-six or thirty-seven years old, arrogant and domineering. On weekdays, there is no chance to come into contact with her. With her wealth, she doesn't bother to pay attention to the pioneer knights or even the kingdom knights.

You have to know that she controls nearly 70% of the spice trade in Maleburg, which means that only the smuggling activities in the lower town and dark corners are beyond her control. And this is probably not because she has no way to control it, but because of her pride and arrogance, she is too lazy to care about those lowly poor people, and is unwilling to enter those dirty and abandoned lower-class communities.

There is no doubt that getting to know such a senator will bring great benefits to the Hesse Lords. In this world, anyone who participates in the transportation and sale of spices will gain wealth and become rich!
So Su Li followed Zoe Wei and their family members into the reception room of the manor. Their family had quite a number of people, including 27 knights, 4 priests of the church monastery, one of whom was the dean, and two of them were pioneer knights. One of them was already a baron, but the location of his territory was thousands of miles away from the Hesse Territory. It could be said that it was located exactly south and north of the border prince's territory.

Judging from the location of the baron's territory, it seems more like it serves this trade route. The territory is on the edge of the Central Sea. When the spices are transported from the distant Endless Sea and land in the Endless Sea, they can directly enter the Ramsay family's territory and then be transported towards Maleburg.

Although Zoe was very proud and had a bad temper, the Ramsay family still gave Su Li enough face. Su Li, his ministers, and champion knights were all seated on the right side of the long table in the reception room.

The only thing that displeased the female senator was that Seranweier also sat to Su Li's left. So the senator refused to take a seat, even covering her nose with a handkerchief, a look of disgust on her face. Outside the room, she asked, "Is this half-elf the lowly slave? How could a slave like her sit in such a noble place? She's completely filthying my precious tables and chairs. Butler, burn all these things later so the foul smell doesn't linger in the room."

But the Ramsay family didn't dare to offend Su Li at this moment. Even when Zoe Wei asked this question, they hid far away outside the house. Although this woman was arrogant, she was not stupid enough to let the people of the Bauhinia family hear it.

Finally, members of their family took turns to persuade this ancestor to come to the negotiation table. The navigation star map of the Endless Sea was too important. Without it, the Ramsay family would lose at least hundreds of thousands of gold crowns.

For such a huge fortune, even Zoe had to lower her proud head. But the advantage of this situation was that the negotiations were particularly frank and straightforward, getting straight to the point.

Zoe reluctantly sat down at the long table and said directly, "Knight of the Redbud Flower, our family's treasure, the Endless Sea Navigation Star Map, should be in your hands. This item, in fact, is not very useful to you. It should be said that it has little value to most forces, otherwise the Thieves Guild would not have hidden it in the Cathedral of the Eternal Flame."

"But it is an important navigation guide for our family. If you are willing to return this treasure to us, our family will thank you with the highest sincerity. Give you our family's greatest discovery - the relic of the God King - the Spear of Heaven."

"It is said that this is a miraculous product forged by the Agraxian Empire in ancient times, capable of tracking the rotation and orbit of the realm."

Angracian Empire?
Su Li had never heard of this name. The current human kingdom is called the Empire, or the Holy Empire.

What is this Agracian Empire?
Zoe, though proud, possessed remarkable knowledge. She went on to explain, "The Agrasian Empire was an ancient magical regime comprised of a proud and fearsome people. Those without magical skills were reduced to slavery. The Agrasian ruling class was obsessed with mystical powers and constructed many wonders in the Great Scorch Plains, including magnificent Titan factories for building colossi, devastating weapons known as prismatic arrays, and the magnificent floating city of Aramentia."

"When the Age of Chaos dawned, the Ruinous Powers unleashed abominable daemons upon the Mortal Realms. The people of Agrathi and their citadel were utterly unprepared. A rift opened in reality to the Realm of Chaos and the realm of Tzeentch, and hordes of daemons and abominations poured in to assault the city. The Agrathi Empire fell, its people slain or converted to the worship of the Lord of Treachery."

"For centuries, mortals and daemons of Tzeentch have occupied the city, twisting and reshaping its iconic spires while laying pipes deep within the dungeon. Arcanists of Tzeentch's disciples continue their Agrathian experiments beneath the city, using increasingly radical and brutal methods. Purple-pink vortices begin to form outside the walls, and the coast of Aspiria begins to crumble. Ships sailing the seas are dragged helplessly into Tzeentch's domain, their crews screaming and shouting in vain. All of this has turned the area into a completely desolate Chaos ghostland."

"Things did not improve until our God-King Redmar arrived and commanded the Stormcast Eternals to retake the city. Celestial Warbringers struck the heart of the city like a thunderbolt, shattering the forces of the evil god. Tzeentch's followers were eventually driven from the city or fled to the seclusion of the citadel. The city was reclaimed and renamed Shimmerspear, both for the towering spear-like shape of its core and for its iconic Heavenly Spear."

"Later, the God King returned to the heavens, but the Spear of Heaven remained. Our fleet discovered this treasure left by the God King while sailing along the abandoned coast of Aspiria and brought it back. We had originally planned to have the pioneer lord of our family rebuild the city of Shimmerspear, but if the Bauhinia Knight is willing to return the Endless Sea Navigation Star Map to our family, we would be willing to do so as a token of our gratitude."

Su Li immediately asked: "What is the specific effect of this Spear of Heaven?"

Zoe Wei spoke very seriously, "This is a powerful relic that can influence the entire faction. When you rebuild the City of Shining Spear, its brilliant light will attract even greater attention from the gods of order. Since you are the territory of the Church of the Blazing Sun Goddess, the effect will most likely extend to all knights loyal to you. Their charge speed and power will be even greater under the blessing of the powerful gods."

"In addition, other churches within the territory will also benefit moderately from this. The number of divine spells a monk can cast per day will increase by 1, and the amount of divine grace they can receive will also increase by 1 for each ceremony or special festival!" "Of course, there's a more powerful effect, allowing you to sense other realms, but you probably won't need it right now."

"Is it so powerful?" Su Li took a deep breath. This meant that the Heisen Territory had a new super holy land, and the output of the territory would be improved in all aspects!
For example, on special holidays, the Monastery of the Sun Goddess can produce a religious statue, the Church of the Dawn can produce a bottle of Earth Blood, and the Church of Sharya can produce a Tear of Mercy. However, with the blessing of the effect of the Shining Spear City, all monasteries can produce two.

Moreover, when the divine grace is generally enhanced, the effect is obviously more than that. Perhaps other holy places and various farming results will be comprehensively improved due to the enhancement of the divine grace.

Zoe shrugged and explained, "Such a powerful effect, of course, has its price. Its striking light, like a beam rising from the dark earth into the sky, will attract the more precise distribution of grace from the Gods of Order, and naturally, it will also attract the attention of the evil Gods of Chaos. This city will become an enemy of Tzeentch and Sorcerer, and a steady stream of demonic legions will march towards your city, attempting to seize it."

"And there will undoubtedly be a large number of cultists and demonic minions lurking there. If you wish to use this Spear of Heaven, I suggest you not use it in your own main city. Find a place that is easily defended but difficult to attack, or perhaps a vast plain, and build a separate Spear of Lightning City."

Upon hearing this, Su Li decisively gave up the idea of ​​placing the Spear of Heaven in Hessen City and decided to build this fortress on the vast plain on the west side of the territory.

The empire has a unique style. Humans in this world generally live on plains, so well-developed territories generally have vast plains and fertile fields and pastures, dotted with a large number of knights' castles.

If Su Li wants to develop and expand the Hesse Territory, then just one city is definitely not enough.

In this way, the establishment of Flash Spear City on the Western Plains can also strengthen Su Li's control over this vast territory together with White Castle, Black Forest City, and Storm Shadow Fortress.

It wasn't that a city built on a plain was difficult to defend. Given the vastness of the Border Prince's territory and the constant swarming of monsters, building on a plain actually facilitated the Knights' defense. At the very least, it made it harder for evil legions and monster lairs to hide nearby.

Otherwise, if it is built in the south, a large number of evil monsters will lurk in the shadows of the swamps, mountains and forests.

It is not easy for the Knights to go in and clean up and eliminate them.

The vast plains stretching for hundreds of miles will completely expose the whereabouts of any enemy forces plotting against the city.

Moreover, the city of Flashspear acts as a torch, attracting the hatred of monsters and causing legions from all directions to flock to the city like moths to a flame. This will also help slow down the corrosion and threats to other areas of the territory.

In this way, the city of Hessen and the surrounding large fertile territories and various small religious holy sites can fully develop production.

To protect the world, one must have virtue, not risk. This virtue can also be the virtue of martial arts.

Compared to defending the city behind tall walls, Su Li still prefers to form a large legion of knights to directly crush the Chaos Legion.

Of course, the two are not sometimes in conflict. The specific location still needs to be carefully surveyed by the dwarf engineers after returning to the territory.

At the moment, Su Li was more focused on taking this powerful relic of the God King. After Zoe Wei finished speaking, he took out the Endless Sea's navigation star map and pushed it across to the Ramsey family. "The deal is done. The star map returns to its original owner. How can we take the Spear of Heaven?"

"Take it away? You can't take it with you." Zoe Wei immediately took the star chart away, clutching it tightly in both hands, her face revealing an expression of extreme ecstasy and excitement. She was intoxicated by the scent of the seawater on this treasure, and she wanted to rub it into her plump breasts.

Su Li looked at her with a frown. What did it mean that she couldn't take it away?
Want to regret it?
Or do you feel that once you give them, you can never take them back?
The Ramsay family quickly explained, "Redbud Knight, don't misunderstand. Even undeployed, the Spear of Heaven is over 40 meters tall. When fully activated, it soars into the sky, piercing the heavens like a beacon for the entire continent."

"So, you can't carry this massive relic away with just a few of your air cavalry. We'll need a massive ship to transport it to your territory along the Brienne River."

Upon hearing this, Su Li glanced at Hildre.

His ministers immediately understood that the lord must be tolerant and easy-going, and it was natural for them to say the impolite words.

Foreign Minister Hartzklin immediately slammed the table and asked, "Should we also wait until the Spear of Heaven is delivered to our territory before exchanging this Endless Sea Navigation Chart for you?"

Hildreth also slammed his sword directly on the table, then looked at everyone on the other side with a stern gaze and asked, "I don't think our relationship is close enough for me to trust you so much."

Faced with the powerful God's Chosen Knight, even the arrogant Senator Zoe immediately clenched the navigation star map in her hand, straightened her chest, and replied without hesitation: "Sir Hild, don't think that the God's Chosen Knights can do whatever they want. Our Ramsey family also has the support of the Mannan Church, so it should be no problem to ask one or two God's Chosen Knights for help."

Of course, she also knew that there was still some gap in combat effectiveness between Mannan's chosen knights and the Sun Goddess's chosen knights.

More importantly, this Goddess Chosen will draw her sword and fight to the death at all costs, but the two Mannan God Chosens who help her may not necessarily fight to the death.

So after she made her attitude clear, she continued, "Of course, I just want to say that there's no need for us to make a big fuss. We're sitting together to promote our relationship, right?"

"When our relationship is close enough and our interests are deeply intertwined, won't you trust us? I heard that your territory can also produce spices. I can incorporate your spices into our Chamber of Commerce's trade system and provide you with a large amount of spice seeds to expand your production. The profit we can generate from our cooperation each year will be as high as tens of thousands of gold crowns. Isn't that much better than you holding a useless nautical star map?"

Hearing this, Su Li's mind shifted, and he finally spoke, "Ms. Zuo Wei is right. I appreciate win-win cooperation. You just mentioned incorporating our output into your Chamber of Commerce's trade system. Suddenly, I remembered something. Do you have the means to transport extraordinary fish?"

Although Su Li had some conflicts with Lan Jingling, one of Mannan's believers, it did not mean that he was hostile to all Mannan beliefs.

The conflict between him and Lan Jingling was only geopolitical, and it was not at the level of a war of faith. On the contrary, he could fully accept cooperation with other believers of Mannan.

(End of this chapter)