Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 33 Griffin Mount: Death Claw
Going south from the Thorn Valley in the Earldom of Bauhinia is the famous Giant Serpent River Estuary. Here, three rivers converge and the land is fertile. It belongs to the fiefdom of the old nobles of the empire and its prosperity is even greater than that of the Earldom of Bauhinia.

This world basically follows one rule: humans rule the plains and valleys, beasts rule the mountains and cliffs, elves rule the forests, and some strange races occupy the plateaus, swamps, deserts and underground.

If you enter a prosperous aristocratic territory without leaving the main road and entering the forest, it is difficult to gain anything. Most of the information displayed in the daily intelligence system is in the forest and on the cliffs.

Su Li didn't want to go too far away from the main road for a little benefit. After all, his supplies were not very sufficient.

So he sped up his march and left the Giant Snake River Estuary, where the territory was even wider, in just six days.

South of the Giant Snake River estuary is a barren land. The environment here is not very suitable for human survival. If you get lost in it, it is easy to be cut off from supplies. Su Li did not dare to leave the main road and run around. It took him six days to successfully march nearly 1000 empire miles and leave this piece of yellow sand and Gobi.

At this time, the terrain has risen, because this barren land has become a plateau, and the towering black mountains to the south are already faintly visible.

More than twenty days after leaving the Earldom of Bauhinia, Su Li finally arrived at the Black Volcano Pass of the Empire. Crossing here and heading south would lead to the border of the Empire.

The Earldom of Bauhinia was originally located in the southeast and was not considered the hinterland. Su Li marched for three thousand miles across the empire before he was able to leave the border of the empire, which shows how vast the empire's territory was.

In this vast territory, countless wild beasts, monsters, bandits, war gangs, goblin tribes, etc. hide in the cliffs and dense forests, threatening the villages and towns of the empire at any time. If we rely entirely on the emperor's imperial guards, there is no way to deal with them.

Therefore, adopting the feudal system was also a compromise made by the empire in the face of reality.

However, after a long history of feudalization, there was not much territory left in the empire to be divided among the huge class of knights.

In fact, people with insight have already seen that the Empire is determined to gain the border princely territories.

However, in order to reduce the intensification of conflicts, the empire chose to send a large number of pioneering knights to occupy the territories of the border princes piece by piece.

A large number of knights and barons of the kingdom fought here. The last strong man unified the entire border prince's territory and returned to the empire with tens of thousands of miles of territory like the Guiyi Army.

On the day of victory, the prince who returned with his country might be recognized as a new elector of the empire and have the right to be voted as the emperor of the empire.

Of course, the grand blueprint of the empire’s top leaders is still far away from Su Li. He now just wants to reach Maleburg quickly and have a good rest.

He had truly had enough of this kind of wandering life, where one meal wasn't always sure where the next would come from. If it weren't for the daily intelligence system, which allowed him to lead his troops in hunting game, they might not have been able to make it this far.

The reason was simply because his army was so large, with so many elite knights and regular knights, that the pressure on supplies was enormous. The size of his army was not something that could be matched by the pioneering knights of the earldom, so after leaving the Thorn Valley, his supplies had been very difficult.

Only then did Su Li understand why the phrase "marching and fighting" always means "marching first, fighting second." To be able to lead a unit smoothly to the battlefield was superior to 90% of the generals in history, at least as good as a flying general. However, due to the pressure of supply, he also gained some benefits. Eating everywhere, he collected many precious items.

By the time he walked out of the Black Volcano Pass and arrived at Maleburg, his army had added a newborn griffin, three wildebeests, five pounds of dragon blood grass, thirty pounds of star iron and two sets of fine armor.

These two sets of armor were found in the lair of Warcraft after the Ranger Knights who had traveled and challenged others died in battle. One of the sets was found near the griffin's lair.

Since the griffin's nest was very high, built in a cave on a cliff more than 2,000 meters high, Su Li did not send anyone to climb up, but only stayed below to rescue a fallen little griffin.

Griffins are known for their vengeance. If someone breaks into their burrow and steals their eggs, they will track them down and kill them. Two tiger-striped griffins in the sky launched a sneak attack, which would have severely damaged even a bloodthirsty bull. With the exception of Orstein, none of Su Li's men could defend themselves. Furthermore, they were incredibly fast, making it impossible to escape them.

More importantly, Su Li was now personally feeding the little griffin, which was in his tent. He didn't want to be attacked by two griffins while the knights were training in the middle of the night. Knight Orstein was the knight commander, but not his personal guard, so it was impossible for him to guard his tent all the time.

However, if there is no trace of any scent left in the cave, the griffins will wander around the cave searching for the eggshells after seeing them. If they cannot find any, they will give up the search, thinking that their offspring that fell to death must have been eaten by wild beasts.

This little griffin was raised by Su Li himself, and Su Li named it Death Claw.

The griffin was very human-like. It knew that Su Li had saved its life, so it had a close relationship with Su Li. Su Li also took it with him wherever he went. This was a symbol of a noble and a great honor. After entering Marley Castle, walking on the street would cause a commotion among the crowd, and countless people would come to watch.

When they arrived at Maleburg, Su Li's pressure was finally relieved a lot. He left his troops outside the city and only brought Orstein, Schwarz, Frederick and Hilde into the city.

Although there were not many people, each knight was wearing vibranium rune armor. There were champion knights and griffins in the team. They were shining with golden light and had an aristocratic style. Everyone in the city was in awe when they saw them.

After buying a map of the city, Su Li assigned some tasks to Schwartz and Frederick: "You two, go purchase some food and seeds, and process the precious materials we collected along the way. Orstein and I will go to the City Hall, and we will meet up at the slave market later."

The Empire attaches great importance to the identity of a pioneer knight. The Empire's top leaders are determined to obtain the border princely territories, so they encourage every pioneer knight entering the border princely territories to register in Maleburg.

If a pioneering knight can establish himself firmly within a border prince's territory, develop and prosper, and reach a certain standard, the Empire will grant him a title no less worthy of a Kingdom Knight within two years, with no upper limit. This ensures that the lords who ultimately occupy a border prince's territory are all vassals of the Empire.

This is also beneficial to the lord. The noble status awarded by the empire is respected everywhere.

Furthermore, to encourage pioneer lords to be loyal to the Empire and expand its territory, the Empire would reward pioneer lords with titles. Even if it was just a title of Kingdom Knight, the Empire would generously reward at least one team of chivalrous knights. Barons and earls would receive even more generous rewards. However, to date, only a few dozen pioneer lords within the border princes had achieved Imperial titles.

This means that there is still a vast territory to choose from within the border prince's territory. If Su Li wants to choose a good location in this territory as vast as the ocean, the secretary may be able to give him a little help.

(End of this chapter)