Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 39: Dawn Church Joins
After listening to Oliver's request, Su Li frowned and said, "You should know that my team is not short of powerful knights."

"Of course, I'm aware of your strength." Oliver nodded quickly, but continued, "But what lord would refuse such a powerful knight? I've reserved three elite knights for you. If you don't buy any of them, I won't be able to explain to the directors."

Su Li could also understand the difficulties Oliver mentioned.

And like he said, elite knights are always welcome to pioneer lords, and there is never too many of them.

Considering that he would have to continue cooperating with the head of the Chamber of Commerce, Su Li took care of him a little and bought a female elite knight with ice attribute at the lowest price of 200 gold coins.

The main reason for buying her is that there are relatively few knights with water bloodline in the team, and there is no elite knight. This means that the value of the Heart of Water Element cannot be maximized after killing the river troll.

It is definitely not because of this elite female knight named Emily, who has a beautiful face, a hot body, but a cool temperament, which makes people want to conquer her!
After purchasing the female knight, Su Li turned to Oliver and said solemnly, "Although elite knights are valuable, they are far from worth my trip here. I believe that many slave-hunting groups and slave trading associations in the city can provide elite knights. You should understand my purpose for coming here. I hope you can bring out some truly valuable goods next."

Oliver nodded with satisfaction, smiling confidently, and said, "Just wait and see. The next shipment will surely satisfy you."

He clapped his hands, and a slave-catching team walked into the room with three beautiful girls with extraordinary temperament. Each of these girls had an outstanding figure, and the high-slit white nun skirt showed off their beautiful legs to the fullest. Their legs were dazzlingly white in the room!
Although the scene was pleasing to the eye, Su Li's face was filled with impatience. "Oliver, you should know that I am a special talent for the development of the territory. What's the point of you bringing three women here? If you bring out goods of this kind that have no special value again, I will leave immediately. There are many more guilds of merchants selling slaves in Marley Castle than just yours."

Hearing this, Oliver's beard twitched as he laughed heartily. "Hahaha, Master Su Li, don't worry. They are the very reason why our Gray Market Chamber of Commerce dares to be innovative. Take a close look at their ears."

Unconventional?

Oliver was not stingy in praising his chamber of commerce.

But they all mean the same thing, that is, these three women are the goods of their gray market chamber of commerce that are not allowed to be seen in the light?
Su Li calmed down and looked carefully at the ears of the three women hidden under their hair. Sure enough, he found that their ears were slightly different from those of ordinary humans.

Oliver explained with a smile, "They are all half-elves, the offspring of humans and elves. They are not recognized in the empire or the forest. But in the chaotic and mixed borderland of the Border Princes, no one cares about their race or identity. So they settled down in the forest. These three women are all extraordinary professionals, nuns of the Church of Dawn."

Su Li was finally shocked when he heard this. He looked at Oliver with wide eyes and asked, "You even dare to arrest church clergy?"

The Goddess of Dawn is not a native deity from the Empire. It is rumored that she is an ancient deity from the Elves, in charge of life, reproduction, and abundance. She encourages her believers to work hard to make the earth more vibrant.

Her doctrine of changing one's destiny through hard work and creating a beautiful world sounds very unrealistic and impractical, so it is not very popular in the empire.

But no matter what, she was a deity with a vast following. If the slave-hunting group dared to capture her clergy, it would surely infuriate all of her followers. No territory or guild would dare to offend a sect in this way; the enraged followers would tear them apart with a sea of ​​men.

Oliver saw the surprise on Su Li's face and finally smiled triumphantly. He said, "This is the Border Princes Territory, a great territory where destruction and hope, tolerance and conflict coexist. Lord Su Li, you can't use the concepts of the Empire to view this place. There are many differences between here and the Empire. Just like the knight is the only extraordinary profession in the Empire, it is not the only extraordinary person in this world. Here in the Border Princes Territory, clergy can also possess extraordinary abilities. In the elven forest, you can even encounter extraordinary rangers and druids. If you are lucky, you may even encounter a dragon that masters the secrets of dragon language magic."

"We're trafficking clergy here. In the eyes of the elves, it's similar to us trafficking the Empire's knights. Although it's not quite right, as long as we do it covertly, not many people will come to kill us. In this land, gray areas and less legal things are the majority." "I understand." Su Li nodded and asked, "So what are their abilities?"

Oliver smiled and said, "A powerful blessing spell can make your soldiers feel as if they were blessed by divine grace, fighting more bravely and attacking more fiercely and swiftly. Of course, in most cases, no one uses it this way, as it would be a waste of their energy. Their main role is to help you guide agricultural production. Sisters of the Dawn Goddess can bless a piece of farmland, making it grow more pleasingly. As you know, elves have always had a natural advantage in farming. They can also help your subjects heal some less serious injuries."

Treat injuries?

Su Li thought, and realized that there was a special profession in the Empire: the pharmacist. The potions crafted by pharmacists could greatly heal wounds. Some pharmacists with powerful light and wood bloodlines could even craft potions that significantly increased a knight's combat effectiveness.

Today's information system informed Su Li that the pharmacist in this slave camp was the most valuable slave. Furthermore, he was also a priest of the Church of Dawn, and he must have some connection with these nuns of the Church of Dawn.

So Su Li said, "Then I'll buy all three of them. My team happens to be short of doctors. Do you have any pharmacists here?"

"Of course, of course." Having made another deal, Oliver's smile became even brighter, and he immediately asked his men to bring three pharmacists.

These three pharmacists were all middle-aged men. Su Li asked their names and finally confirmed his target, the hidden priest of the Church of Dawn, the elite Archdruid Fandral Oak.

His face was old, his wrinkles were like wrinkled bark, his eyes were cloudy, and he looked like he was about to die. The only thing that caught people's attention was the green curly hair on his head.

Green-haired...bear?

Su Li couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, but in order to avoid Oliver discovering any clues, he only glanced at Fandral, his eyes jumped past him, and then generously bought all three pharmacists.

Since these six individuals all had some special value, they cost Su Li 85 gold coins. The three nuns were the most valuable, even more valuable than the apprentice knights. Su Li negotiated for a long time before finally buying them for 20 gold coins each. The three pharmacists were in poor condition, especially Fandral, who looked like he was about to die of old age. So Oliver sold them all to Su Li for 25 gold coins.

But after selling these slaves, Su Li really didn't have the money to buy all the other slaves that the slave-hunting group had, so he had to prepare a group of basic serfs for the territory.

剩下钱苏离买了5名兽医、10名渔夫、20名猎人和整整50名农奴。这两趟，他在灰市商会花费了足足700多金币！
The money he had on him was not even enough, so he went back and took out 80 gold coins from the knight's salary fund to fill the hole.

However, he quickly patched up this hole. In the afternoon, he set off with his troops, leaving only Schwartz and Leif in disguise. After sunset, they went to the south gate of Maleburg in the dark and took away the 80 gold coins of embezzled money hidden there.

After taking away the funds embezzled by these corrupt officials, Su Li felt at ease and had no worries.

Even if the captain of the city guards could not find the wealth, he would not dare to make it public, let alone suspect Su Li. After all, Su Li had left before he hid the money, and he had a complete alibi.

(End of this chapter)