Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

Amidst the cheers of the knights and dwarves, Su Li finally saw what they were surrounding.

A giant hermit crab! It was as large as a carriage, its terrifying pincers were over two meters long and could easily cut a human in half; the knights had used over a dozen loops of steel wire and rope to bind it.

"It's a Duin Claw!" The lively scene also attracted the priests from the Church of the Dawn Goddess.

The nuns gazed at this massive, terrifying armored beast, filled with awe.

"How did the knights of the territory manage to drag such a behemoth out of the water?"

"According to a knight who's courting me, a large number of water-attribute knights forcibly entered the water and dragged it out; one female knight almost broke an arm in the process."

A moment later, Vandal also appeared by the lake. Su Li stood next to the massive Duin Claw and asked Vandal, "How is it? Have the knights' injuries been treated?"

Vandal confidently nodded and said, "They had armor protection, so their injuries weren't too serious, and they took healing potions immediately. Their injuries are under control. As long as they're taken care of back in the territory, it won't delay their departure tomorrow."

The healing power of the gods is truly remarkable.

To be caught by such terrifying pincers, yet it doesn't affect the knights' ability to continue fighting tomorrow.

And as Su Li knew, the Dawn Goddess was in charge of fertility, not vitality, meaning healing wasn't her primary divine duty. Vandal was completely relying on his powerful vitality recovery ability to accelerate the female knight's bloodline metabolism and forcibly heal her injuries.

How effective would the Hospital Knights, who specialize in healing, be?

The Healing Goddess Shalya and the Sun Goddess Violet are sisters. The Sun Goddess Church's doctrine includes supporting the Healing Goddess's followers.

Of course, the Healing Goddess's doctrine also clearly emphasizes rescuing the Sun Goddess's followers. Any Flame Knight who is injured should be given full treatment by the Healing Goddess's followers.

Their relationship is somewhat like that of the dwarves and the Empire, with mutual aid written into their doctrines and ancestral laws.

The Healing Goddess Church's knights are probably all Paladins? Everyone's divine grace possesses healing abilities.

Su Li was quite looking forward to meeting these Paladin-like followers of the Healing Goddess.

However, since there were no followers of this goddess in the territory at the moment, he shifted his gaze to the Duin Claw and asked Vandal, "My minister, do you think this Duin Claw can nest in the territory?"

This massive Duin Claw is different from the Lightscale Fish; it has the ability to escape from Lake Leiflin.

If it quietly escapes, it would be better to cook it now.

Su Li wouldn't refuse a life of brandy in his left hand and crab pincers in his right.

Such succulent river food might even improve his strength.

Vandal smiled and said, "When it comes to healing abilities, I may not be professional enough, but when it comes to understanding vitality and life force, the Healing Goddess's followers are far inferior to us in the Dawn Church."

"I can assure you, my lord, that this Duin Claw will definitely nest in Lake Leiflin in the territory."

"With our continuous improvements, the spiritual energy richness and Gyre Wind convergence of Lake Leiflin are unmatched for hundreds of miles around. This is the most suitable lake for the Duin Claw to live in."

"I think what you should be worried about isn't whether the Duin Claw will nest here, but the distortion problem in the territory after the Duin Claw actually nests here."

"Distortion?" Su Li frowned upon hearing this. Without Vandal needing to say more, he could guess what was happening.

The biggest difference between this world and other worlds is that it is filled with despair everywhere. Building the territory too well may not be a good thing.

Why doesn't the Empire enlighten its people, but instead keeps them ignorant and superstitious?

Because once the people are enlightened, their wild thoughts will surely be bewitched by demons, giving rise to a large number of heretics.

Therefore, the Empire would rather its commoners and slaves be unbelievably ignorant, but also unbelievably devout. As long as they fervently believe that Redmayne can protect them, it is enough to shout "Redmayne" when encountering danger and difficulties.

Being able to solve the problem is certainly divine protection, and if the problem cannot be solved and they die, that's not bad either, at least they won't become a burden to the Empire.

The same principle applies to the construction of the territory. Without abundant spiritual energy and Gyre Wind, it may be a little poor, but at least they can survive.

However, a place like Lake Leiflin, with abundant spiritual energy and converging Gyre Wind, while leading to prosperity, will also breed a large number of distorted monsters.

This is like a dark mythology, where the most revered and admired holy land in the territory also breeds the most evil and monsters.

Perhaps the stones around the lake will naturally distort into monsters, perhaps the plants planted by the lake will turn into venomous treants, or perhaps some fish in the water will grow legs and feet, and rush to the shore with bone forks and spears made of fish bones to slaughter the people.

Anything can happen here, only a peaceful life will never exist.

Su Li asked Vandal, "My minister, do you have any good solutions?"

The wrinkles on Vandal's old face were almost twisted together: "My lord, you overestimate me too much. This is a problem that even the gods cannot solve, how can I have a solution?"

"I can only offer you the most traditional advice, remain devout and be protected and blessed by the gods."

"Those territories protected by the gods, the lands where divine grace descends, often maintain peace and fertility longer than other places."

Su Li nodded, it seemed he really needed to study how to obtain more divine grace in the coming period.

In this world, he, who had always believed in self-reliance, had been transformed into a lord who held the gods in great respect and faith.

While he was thinking, the dwarf ranger leader Dogrin walked over with a large number of rangers and said loudly to Su Li, "My friend, respected lord, the dwarves are here to say goodbye to you."

"Thank you very much for your warm hospitality these past few days. But the dwarves bear the mission of the Redbeard Clan and must return to report to our ancestors."

Su Li asked in surprise, "You're leaving so soon? Do you need me to provide any assistance?"

Dogrin immediately shook his head heavily and said, "Our journey was difficult before because we didn't know the direction and were searching everywhere. Now that we know the route, you only need to send us to the foot of the Gray Mountains, and we can return to Redbeard Fortress in just a day or two. Within a cycle, we will definitely return with troops and caravans."

"We can bring you the goods, engineers, and miners you need."

A cycle?

The dwarves are indeed a race of the mountains!

They are naturally good at climbing, walking on mountain roads as easily as humans march on plains.

More importantly, there are many tunnels they have dug in the mountains. It may take humans ten and a half days to cross a mountain, but they may only need an hour or two to take a shortcut.

Therefore, Su Li was full of expectations for their promise and said, "Okay, I will arrange for a team of knights and halflings to send you to the foot of the Gray Mountains."

"I look forward to the day you return with the caravan soon."

After saying goodbye, the dwarves immediately happily embarked on their journey home. Each of them had a pot of troll brew hanging on their waist, which greatly bought their favor.

So they were enthusiastic and full of energy, determined to return to this territory again within a cycle.

Su Li was also waiting for the arrival of their Redbeard Clan caravan.

But before the Redbeard Clan caravan arrived, another caravan arrived first.

The day after the dwarves left, what Vandal the crow mouth said became a reality.

Tomorrow is the summer solstice, but a large number of cave corals appeared in Lake Leiflin, the most sacred and vibrant place in the territory.

This is a carnivorous aquatic fungus that grows in underground ponds and lakes, similar to coral.

Like sea anemones of genuine coral, this creature coils waving tentacles around its prey, dragging them to the bottom, where they remain until they drown.

Then, the tentacles drag the corpse away, providing food for the main fungal mass. Cave corals are rare in underground ponds, but they can also be found in shallow groundwater flows, ponds, and lakes.

They extend from a central core via tubular tendrils, swaying gently in the rushing water.

Tomorrow, the lightly dressed young ladies of the territory will come to this sacred place of the territory to wash their bodies with water containing the power of purification, but today this hideous and terrifying monster with fleshy bumps and tentacles appeared in the lake. How could Su Li tolerate it?

Pegasus Knight Fasterick personally rode his pegasus to hunt these monsters here.

Fortunately, Su Li had the early warning of the daily intelligence system, otherwise, when a large number of beautiful ladies came to the lake tomorrow, there would definitely be a tragedy, dragged into the water by countless tentacles and becoming the prey of monsters.

At that time, the warm, romantic, and happy grand festival celebration would turn into a bloody and terrible disaster.

Su Li personally sat here, commanding the knights and halfling archers who stayed in the territory to hunt the monsters in the water.

Although the monsters were terrible, the harvest was also very rich.

Su Li looked at the crimson coral bead the size of a baby's fist in his hand. This was a trophy found in the remains of the cave coral, called Crimson Pearl, a type of coral pearl.

The crimson beads are like a combination of coral and pearls, brilliant and very beautiful.

And the effect is powerful. Wearing this bead can avoid water for three minutes underwater!

If this bead is made into a necklace, it would be the most popular jewelry for imperial noblewomen and naval sailors.

While Su Li was studying it, Chief Seal Officer Raun excitedly came to Su Li and reported, "Lord, Master Cotte has returned with the caravan and slave-catching group!"