Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 95: Gift from the Beautiful Forest Witch

After eliminating the vanguard group of cultists near Moonlight Highlands, Su Li led the team to the bottom of Moonlight Highlands and found the narrow and desolate area where the consecrated wisteria seeds were buried.

The soil here is actually very fertile and the rainfall is abundant. The surrounding area is full of vitality and wild grass is growing everywhere. There is also a wild bush not far away, with raspberries more than two meters high growing in it. The fruits are very sweet.

But this area is completely bare with no grass growing on it. It is covered with jagged rocks and weathered sand. If you look closely, it does look a bit strange.

So there is a ditch here. It seems that some previous force tried to dig here, but gave up after digging more than ten meters deep.

Su Li then asked the territory soldiers to mark this place and prepared to recruit a team of dwarf engineers or a team of greenskins to excavate here.

Over seventy meters underground is too deep for humans to reach without specialized drilling equipment, but for dwarves and greenskins, this is their primary area of ​​activity.

Dwarves can even hollow out entire mountains and build large buildings such as the Dwarven Oath Hall and the Ancestral Courtyard underneath.

The two races often engaged in underground warfare due to tunneling. The Dwarves' once-glorious and eternal kingdom, the Eight Peaks, was conquered by greenskins, goblins, and goblins. The endless wars forced even the most stubborn Dwarves to abandon their richest and most glorious kingdom.

Su Li explored here and determined that with the current strength of the territory, it was impossible to dig out the seeds of the Consecrated Wisteria, so he decisively led his troops back to the territory.

There are still many things in the territory that need his attention. Although his talented political officers can help him solve many problems, some matters concerning daily intelligence still require his personal attention.

Shortly after he returned to the territory at dusk, Fandral strode into the training ground and reported to Su Li eagerly, "My respected lord, you are the guiding light of the territory and the insider of all the information about the Black Forest Territory. Following your instructions, we have indeed discovered a swamp forest northeast of Mirror Swamp, filled with dense birch trees and shrubs."

"We encountered a reclusive forest witch who possesses the ability to sense the spirits of nature. Based on the information she provided, we found a Madam Logan in the low bushes of the swamp. Our nuns from the Church of Dawn have been communicating with her and told her that there are over 200 acres of hemp fields in the territory. We ask her to come to the territory and help us develop it according to the original teachings of the Goddess of Dawn."

"I believe it won't be long before she follows the nuns to the territory and lives in the hemp fields."

The addition of new natural spirits made Su Li look happy. He still remembered the world of natural spirits and those bizarre abilities that Fandral had told him about.

Madam Logan is a hemp plant spirit that lives in the fields where crops are grown. She appears as a miniature, hairy old woman who fusses over everything. She can possess scarecrows to keep away intruders and unwanted animals.

With the addition of Mrs. Logan, the growth of hemp plants will be more prosperous.

Su Li asked with great interest, "Besides revealing a natural spirit, did you gain anything else from this visit to the forest witch's hut?"

"Yes. Thanks to our support, we've gained the favor of this witch named Ingrid, and she's established a friendship with our territory. Not only will she reside permanently in our swamp, but she'll also open the passage to the swamp forest every Monday, allowing us to visit her. She'll sell us some magical items and potions."

He pulled out a backpack from behind him. It looked very much like the bamboo baskets miners use to transport ore. He said, "This is called the Endless Ore Basket. It's what Ms. Ingrid uses to collect ore. If you place it in your room, it will randomly produce a basket of precious ore every week, such as star iron, obsidian, crystal, mithril, and even vibranium."

"She used to live alone in the forest, relying on this endless basket to obtain ore for her research. She also had an endless food basket, which produced a bamboo basket of food every day. She left the food basket and gave us the endless basket. If she needs ore in the future, she will trade with us."

Hearing this, Su Li couldn't help but smile. This reclusive forest witch was quite interesting. It was obvious that she truly wanted to thank Lord Hessen for his help, but she really didn't have much to give. As a reclusive witch, living alone in poverty, she had nothing of value in her hut, so she could only give away the only ore basket she had.

This is because it was Fandral, a wrinkled old druid. If it was Su Li, a young knight with youthful vigor and blood boiling in his veins, she might have to take off her black silk stockings and hood to thank Su Li.

After a smile, Su Li asked curiously, "What can she trade with us?"

"Oh, mainly some small witchcraft props she made, including the Cold Resistance Necklace, which can slightly increase winter resistance, and the Scout Guard, a small totem that can provide early warning of approaching Beastmen. These props can become specialties of our territory. She only needs 1-2 gold crowns to sell them to us, but if we sell them, we can make at least 10-% profit. In the future, when business flourishes, the wealth we gain from the forest cabin may be no less than gold coins per month."

A witch's hut can generate at least ten crowns of income every month, which is a tax that dozens of farmers cannot pay in a month.

As expected, if you want to get rich in this world, you still need some fantastical paths. Su Li was in a good mood, but this was all about domestic development. Only by defeating the Green Tide could we hope to realize all this potential.

Su Li continued to ask with concern: "Does her hut have anything that can improve the combat effectiveness of the army?"

Fandral's face grew serious. He said, "There is such a thing, and Lady Ingrid can produce it. But she is a forest witch, peace-loving and against killing. Every time she makes one of these for us, her favorability towards us will decrease. If her favorability is too low, she might leave this swamp in a shroud of fog."

Su Li no longer had the energy to care about the witch's favorability. Under tremendous military pressure, he was only thinking about how to win.

800 against 5000, and his name is not Zhang Liao, so he really doesn't have much confidence.

So he immediately asked, "What is it? What effect does it have on the army?"

Fandral pulled out several rings gleaming with emerald green light from the backpack hanging outside his robe and said to Su Li, "These are Rings of the Wild, powerful equipment crafted by Lady Ingrid. They can awaken the powerful wildness in a soldier's heart. Elite knights wearing these rings will have a higher chance of receiving the Blessing of the Wild when attacking, allowing them to launch ferocious combos."

"Equipment ring?" Su Li couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise. He remembered very clearly that the dwarf master Boros Dragonhammer said that although there were many messy props in this world, those could only be called pendants on the knights. They could not resonate with the knights' bloodline, so they could not be considered equipment at all.

A powerful knight's main equipment includes five items: weapons, armor, rings, amulets and badges.

The huge war hammer in Boros Dragonhammer's hand can be used to forge weapons and armor, but it is simply unable to forge exquisite rings and badges.

Therefore, the knights of the territory were only equipped with weapons, armor and mounts, and now they finally have a powerful ring.

Fandral said, "There are four Wild Rings in total. Ingrid heard that the evil greenskins are about to invade the Black Forest, and she said she could make an exception and forge another ring for us to fight these cruel monsters."

Su Li nodded happily and said, "Afterwards, please express my gratitude to Ms. Ingrid on my behalf and give her one of our precious dragon blood stones as a gift of our friendship."

Five wild rings were about to be obtained, and Su Li immediately made a distribution. In addition to giving one to the military commander Knight Orstein, he gave the remaining three to the Beast Slayer Gerald, the Frost Knight Emily, and Hirud.

There were exactly two men and two women, divided evenly. These four people should be considered the most promising knights in the territory to fight against an Anarric giant.

That night, Su Li personally put the Wild Ring on Hildre's hand. Looking at the crystal-clear ring that looked like a cat's eye, Hildre's handsome face showed a hint of joy.

Then she gently threw herself into Su Li's arms, her snow-white arms wrapped around his neck, and her breath was as sweet as orchid in his ear: "My Lord, you have been under so much pressure these days, I am really distressed. It's all my fault that I am so useless and my strength is too low. I can't give you much help on the battlefield. The only thing I can do now is to help you practice. Let me serve you."

Su Li indeed felt that the pressure in his heart was too great and he needed to vent it.

Tomorrow is the last day before the monsters arrive. He has no intention of sleeping, so he continues to vent his emotions under the service of Hildurd until the second half of the night.

Only when his energy was completely exhausted did he fall into a deep sleep in Hildre's arms.

Hildreth gently stroked his hair and wrapped his head in her full and soft embrace.

This finally relieved his mood, and he fell asleep to the sound of Hildre's shallow breathing.

Before falling asleep, his last thought was that after Xilude's strength increased, it seemed that his endurance and stamina also improved a lot!

That night, she'd cried and called for a halt significantly less often than before. The effect of divine grace was truly remarkable. It seemed she needed to receive divine grace a few times to improve her combat effectiveness.

(End of this chapter)