Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 75: Symbols of Knights and Equipment Levels
"Divine Grace: Shield of the Blazing Sun."

"Blazing blood, the talent of a lion."

Following Knight Orstein's two roars, an extremely bright golden light burst out above his own formation. The Shield of the Fiery Sun protected all the troops of the Hessen Territory with the power of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun, and their defense was significantly enhanced.

The arrows shot by the Black Arrow Bandits were almost ineffective and could not penetrate the armor protected by the Shield of the Fiery Sun.

As Knight Orstein's champion-level bloodline erupted, his body suddenly erupted in a burst of golden light. A golden lion phantom appeared behind him. He roared and attacked, the lion's power fully blessed him. With one blow, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked! The Black Arrow Bandit soldiers who were blocking with their shields were instantly sent flying dozens of meters away.

On the battlefield, both the enemy and our side exclaimed at the same time.

"The might of the Champion Knight!"

The Black Arrow Bandits were crying and screaming, their morale instantly collapsing. Countless people were wailing, "The divine vision has materialized! It's the Champion Knight! Run!"

Lambert's face turned pale instantly. He couldn't believe that in such a remote pioneering territory, there would be a powerful champion-level knight!
He stared intently at Knight Orstein, whose body was radiating a burst of golden light. It was as if a golden lion possessed the champion knight's back, making his figure exceptionally burly, now exceeding three meters in height. This aura of explosive psychic power was the hallmark of a champion knight.

Entering the next stage and reaching the God-chosen Knight level, when you unlock the powerful bloodline power, you will trigger the ability of [God's Might] and directly transform into a god general ten times the size, with the ability to tear dragons apart with your bare hands and slash giants with your sword.

If the opponent was a God-chosen knight, he wouldn't even have the courage to resist!
Now facing a champion knight, he forced himself to calm down, then bent his bow like a full moon, aiming the black arrow in his hand at the champion knight who was raging on the battlefield.

The black arrow in his hand is made of dragon scales, and after forcing the dwarves to enchant it for him, it has the ability to ignore heavy armor.

He has three of these arrows! As long as all three black arrows can hit the target, he still has hope.

However, when he was aiming with all his might, he vaguely heard a cry from behind him. Before he could turn around to check, he suddenly felt a huge force hitting him. He flew into the sky, feeling dizzy. There was a familiar body on the ground, drawing a bow and shooting a black arrow with a long tail of flame. Unfortunately, the arrow lost its accuracy and deviated from the target by nearly ten meters. The other party didn't even bother to look at it.

Before his eyes completely dimmed, Lambert finally realized that it was his own body! He had been beheaded!
A heroic female knight cut off his head with a sharp sword, then raised the sword and shouted something.

As she shouted, the members of the Black Arrow Bandits hesitated and looked at each other, and finally dropped their weapons and knelt in the muddy field.

The Black Arrow Bandits were defeated! The defeat was so swift that he didn't even get a clear look at the enemy's face.

Then his eyes went completely black and he lost consciousness. He did not see a young and heroic noble walk into the middle of the battlefield, step on his head, and look like a king dominating the battlefield.

Black Arrow Lambert, the famous bandit leader in the Blood Pine Forest, was beheaded by Hilde with a single sword and slain on the fierce battlefield. The remaining members of the forest bandit group were frightened and their morale collapsed.

As Knight Orstein said, most of these forest bandits are criminals without faith and honor.

As long as we succeed in beheading their leader and intimidating them with the momentum of the encirclement, they will not have much courage to resist.

After 67 of the 13 bandits were beheaded, the remaining 50 or so chose to surrender.

They wisely chose not to flee. On such a vast, flat grassland, running away would undoubtedly provide the knights with the pleasure of hunting. Two legs could never outrun four. Only a few mounted squires, relying on the mobility of light cavalry and bows, escaped the knights' pursuit.

Soon the armed servants tied up all the remaining members of the bandit group as prisoners. After clearing the number of people, Xilude excitedly reported the results of the battle to Su Li.

"My Lord, many of the members of this bandit group are quite strong. Aside from the seven seriously injured, there are still two official knights and four apprentice knights among the remaining group. The rest are also at the level of ordinary armed squires."

The forest is truly a treasure trove of resources for the pioneering lords, hiding many talented people who have fled in for various reasons.

Su Li gave the order directly: "Treat the seriously injured and bring them back to the territory. Let Fandral treat them with all his strength. Even the disabled can become serfs. The rest of the old and weak will be eliminated and thrown into the slave camp. Only the official knights and apprentice knights will be retained and recruited into our team. Keep a close eye on them. If they still do not change their crimes, they will be handed over to the court for trial and execution."

Recruiting prisoners into the army would undoubtedly lower the morale of the entire team. Neither the prisoners themselves nor the other knights in the team wanted them to join the army.

Some might even flee under cover of darkness, becoming deserters. Many bandit groups in the forest are made up of deserters.

But Su Li was in urgent need of manpower. He had to gather all the soldiers he could recruit to fight against the powerful Green Dragon. As for the morale problem, he could only rely on his special ability to slowly improve it.

At worst, he would hold a banquet every few days to reward the soldiers with fine wine and fresh meat to boost morale.

Hildre nodded in agreement and said, "I will recruit a team of elites from the bandit group to serve as armed attendants, and they will serve these direct knights for a month."

After arranging the captives, Su Li turned his attention to another question: "How was the spoils?"

He was holding Lambert's three black arrows in his hands. The enchanted arrows occasionally flashed with black light on the arrowheads. It was obvious that these three arrows were of great value.

The knights of this world generally do not use bows, unlike the knights in the East who focus on archery on horseback. Only those who can ride on horseback and shoot with bows on both sides are considered to be fierce generals.

Most knights like close combat where every blow draws blood and every punch hits flesh, and are always ready to launch an unstoppable charge, using their lances to pierce through terrifying orcs, monsters, and even dragons.

It is these fierce and brave knights, wearing heavy armor and charging into battle, that enable humans to fight against those terrifying monsters and those savage and powerful monsters.

But in such a big world, nothing is absolute.

Many lords would also form their own archery regiments. If they had sufficient warhorses, they would also employ the even more formidable Mounted Squire Archers. While this rank was considered prestigious relative to commoners, Mounted Squire was undoubtedly the most coveted position among peasants, allowing them to serve as warden and sergeant. Starting as an armed infantryman, it took several years to reach this rank, and only through valor and bravery on the battlefield could one achieve this promotion.

Correspondingly, some knights also use bows and arrows, among which the Knights of the Fiery Sun are the most famous.

Su Li felt that if he could obtain more bows and arrows this time, he could consider establishing an archery corps in the Heisen Territory.

Hirud immediately reported, "This bandit group's equipment is quite disorganized, with hundreds of items like hand axes, round shields, light armor, and inlaid leather armor. The quality is so poor that the dwarves have to reprocess them. However, the Woodland Purple Bows they have are of excellent craftsmanship, with over twenty of them being of high quality. We also recovered over 300 conical-point arrows."

The quality of equipment in this world varies. Ordinary bandits and looters use crude, inferior weapons and equipment. Generally, what can be called high-quality is considered qualified military equipment. The main armies of various human baronies and earls are equipped with weapons and armor of this level.

Above that, there are those forged by dwarf, elf and human masters. Each piece is a fine product. A set of fine-grade armor is worth at least dozens of gold coins.

For example, the dwarven heavy armor crafted by Boros Dragonhammer, each set is a fine-grade heavy plate, shining brilliantly, thick and sturdy, and costs at least 30 gold coins per set. After deducting expenses, a baron's annual income can hardly afford more than a few sets.

And above this kind of excellent-level equipment, it involves runes, and each piece has its own unique rune entries.

Generally, equipment with a rune attached can become excellent level, such as the three black arrows in Su Li's hands.

With two runes attached, it becomes extremely prominent and can be called perfect quality. Each piece can be passed down as a family inheritance. Even in an earldom, there are not many pieces of equipment of this perfect quality.

Equipment with three runes attached to it could be considered exceptionally rare, each one a time-honored symbol of a noble's power and wealth. For a count to possess such a rare set of equipment, whether it be weapons or armor, would surely earn him renown among the surrounding nobles. Whenever there was a banquet, this equipment would be displayed, drawing countless onlookers and admiration.

Su Li wanted to form a group of archers, and he had a lot of high-quality equipment at the beginning, which was already a very high starting point.

So Su Li handed the three black arrows to Knight Orstein and instructed him, "My Lord Commander, if we want to fight a larger-scale battle, a ranged army is essential. Utilize these high-quality Woodland Purple Bows. In addition to the 12 attendants from the bandit group, recruit 12 believers of the Sun Goddess and train them as archery attendants. Together with the halfling archers, we will have three small archery teams."

Knight Orstein was certainly very motivated by this opportunity to increase the number of believers of the Sun Goddess. If he could spread the doctrine and attract more believers of the Goddess, he might even be favored by the Goddess and be granted more powerful divine grace.

He immediately said, "Your will be respected, Lord. I will immediately begin this task upon returning to the territory. I will ensure that the archery regiment is formed before tomorrow, and within a dozen days, they will quickly become combat-ready."

This is guaranteed to please Su Li, and the sooner the troops' combat effectiveness is formed, the better.

Then he returned to his territory with the captives and spoils. The bandit group gave him 23 gold crowns. When he put them in the warehouse under the castle, all the gold coins in the warehouse had piled up into a small mountain, with at least 1200 gold coins.

(End of this chapter)