Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

After eliminating the cultists' vanguard near Moonlight Highlands, Su Li led his team to the base of Moonlight Highlands and found the narrow, barren area where the seeds of the Blessed Wisteria were buried.

The soil here was actually very fertile, and rainfall was abundant. The surrounding area was full of life, with weeds growing everywhere. Not far away was a wild shrubbery with raspberry bushes over two meters tall, bearing very sweet fruit.

But this area alone was barren and devoid of vegetation, with jagged rocks and weathered sand. A closer look revealed that it was indeed somewhat strange.

There was also a ditch here, indicating that some previous force had tried to excavate this area, but gave up after digging more than ten meters deep.

So, Su Li instructed the territory's soldiers to mark the location, planning to recruit a team of dwarven engineers or a team of Greenskins to excavate it.

The location was over seventy meters underground, which was too deep for humans. Without professional drilling equipment, it would be difficult to reach. But for dwarves and Greenskins, this was their primary area of activity.

Dwarves could even hollow out an entire mountain, building large structures like the Dwarven Oath Hall and Ancestral Courtyard below.

These two races often waged war underground due to tunneling for military campaigns. The dwarves' once glorious Eternal Kingdom, Eight Peaks Mountain, was occupied by Greenskins, goblins, and groblins. In the endless wars, even the most stubborn dwarves were forced to abandon their most prosperous and glorious kingdom.

Su Li investigated the area and determined that the territory's current strength was insufficient to unearth the seeds of the Blessed Wisteria, so he decisively led his troops back to the territory.

There were still many things in the territory that needed his attention. Although his talented administrators could help him solve many problems, some matters regarding daily intelligence still required his personal oversight.

Just after he returned to the territory at dusk, Vandal strode into the training ground, eagerly reporting to Su Li: "My respected lord, you are truly the guiding light of the territory, the knower of all information in Heissen Territory. As you instructed, we indeed found a swamp forest in the northeast direction of Mirror Swamp, filled with dense birch trees and shrubs."

"We encountered a reclusive forest witch inside, who possesses the ability to sense natural spirits. According to the information she provided, we found a Logan Wife in the swamp's low bushes. Our Morning Church's nuns are already communicating with her, telling her that there are over two hundred acres of flax fields in the territory, and inviting her to come to the territory to help us develop, according to the teachings of the Goddess of the Morning."

"I believe that before long, she will follow the nuns to the territory and live in the flax fields."

The addition of a new natural spirit brought joy to Su Li's face. He still remembered the world of natural spirits that Vandal had told him about, with its bizarre abilities.

Logan Wife is a spirit of flax plants, living in cultivated fields. She looks like a miniature, hairy old woman, who is alarmed by everything. She can ward off intruders and unwanted animals by possessing scarecrows.

With the addition of Logan Wife, the growth of flax plants will be more prosperous.

Su Li asked with interest, "Besides revealing a natural spirit, were there any other gains from this visit to the forest witch's hut?"

"Yes, there were. Due to the aid we gave her, we gained the favor of this witch named Ingrid, and she has established a friendship with our territory. In the future, she will not only reside permanently in our territory's swamp, but also open a passage to the swamp forest every Monday of each cycle, allowing our citizens to visit her. She will sell us some magical items and potions."

Saying that, he took out a basket from behind him, which looked very much like the kind of bamboo basket that miners used to transport ore, and said, "This is called the Endless Ore Basket, and it is an item that Ingrid uses to collect ore. As long as it is placed in a room, it can randomly generate a basket of precious ore every week, such as starmetal, obsidian, crystal, mithril, and even vibranium."

"She used to live alone in the forest, relying on this Endless Ore Basket to obtain ore for her research. She also has an Endless Food Basket, which produces a basket of food every day. She left the Food Basket behind and gave us the Endless Ore Basket. In the future, she will trade with us for ore."

Hearing this, Su Li couldn't help but smile. This reclusive forest witch was also very interesting. It was obvious that she really wanted to thank Heissen Territory for its help, but she really didn't have anything else to give. She was a reclusive witch, living a poor life alone, and there was really nothing valuable in her hut, so she could only take out the only ore basket in the house and give it away.

It was fortunate that Vandal went, he was an old druid with a face full of wrinkles. If Su Li, this young and vigorous knight with boiling blood, had gone, she might have had to take off the black silk stockings and hood she was wearing to thank Su Li.

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

"Oh, mainly some witchcraft gadgets she makes, including anti-cold necklaces, which can slightly increase cold resistance in winter. Scout sentries, small totems that can provide early warning when beastmen approach. These items can become our territory's specialties. She only sells them to us for 1~2 gold crowns, but if we sell them, we will have at least a 50% to 100% profit margin. In the future, when commerce is prosperous, the wealth we harvest from the forest hut may be no less than 10 gold coins per month."

A witch's hut could produce at least ten crowns of revenue each month, which was more tax than dozens of farmers could pay in a month.

Sure enough, if you want to get rich in this world, you still have to take some fantastical paths.

Su Li was in a good mood, but this was all about internal affairs development. He needed to win the Green Tide to have any hope of unlocking all of this potential.

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

Vandal's face became serious, and he said, "There is one thing, and Ms. Ingrid can also produce it. But she is a forest witch, loves peace, and opposes killing. Every time she makes one of these things for us, her favorability towards us will decrease. If her favorability is too low, she may leave this swamp in a cloud of mist."

Su Li no longer had the energy to pay attention to the witch's favorability. Under the enormous military pressure, he only thought about how to win.

800 against 5000, he wasn't Zhang Liao, and he really didn't have much confidence.

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

Vandal took out several rings shining with emerald green light from the backpack hanging outside his robe and said to Su Li, "This is the Ring of Wildness, a powerful piece of equipment made by Ms. Ingrid. It can awaken the powerful wildness in a soldier's heart. Elite knights wearing this ring have a higher probability of gaining the Blessing of Wildness in attacks, launching fierce combos."

"Equip rings?" Su Li couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. He remembered very clearly that the Dwarf Master, Boros Dragonhammer, had said that although there were many miscellaneous items in this world, they could only be called accessories on a knight's body, and could not resonate with the knight's 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.

Boros Dragonhammer's huge warhammer could forge weapons and armor, but it could not forge delicate rings and badges.

So the territory's knights were only equipped with weapons, armor, and mounts. Now they finally had powerful rings.

Vandal said, "There are a total of four Rings of Wildness. Ingrid heard about the evil Greenskins' impending invasion of Heissen Territory, and she said she could make an exception and forge another ring for us to fight against these cruel monsters."

Su Li nodded happily and said, "You can thank Ms. Ingrid for me later and send her one of our precious dragon bloodstones as a gift of our friendship."

With five Rings of Wildness about to be in hand, Su Li immediately made the allocation. In addition to giving one to the military commander, Knight Orstein, he gave the remaining three to Beastslayer Gerold, Frost Knight Amelie, and Hilde.

It was a perfect split of two men and two women. These four should be the knights who currently have the best chance of fighting an Anaric Giant Plant.

In the evening, Su Li personally put the Ring of Wildness on Hilde's hand. Looking at the cat's-eye-like crystal ring, a hint of joy appeared on Hilde's heroic face.

Then she gently threw herself into Su Li's arms, her snow-white arms wrapped around his neck, and she breathed softly in his ear: "Lord, you have been under too much pressure these past few days, and I really feel sorry for you. It's all my fault for being so useless, for having such low strength, and for not being able to give you much help on the battlefield. The only thing I can do now is to help you cultivate, let me serve you."

Su Li also felt that the pressure in his heart was too great and needed to be released properly.

Tomorrow was the last day before the monsters arrived, and he had no intention of sleeping, so he indulged himself under Hilde's service until the second half of the night.

Until his energy was completely exhausted, he fell asleep soundly in Hilde's arms.

Hilde gently stroked his hair, wrapping his head in her full and soft embrace.

This finally relieved his mood, and he fell asleep to Hilde's shallow breathing.

Before falling asleep, his last thought was that after Hilde's strength improved, her endurance and stamina seemed to have improved a lot as well!

The number of times she cried and asked to stop that night was obviously less than before. The effect of Divine Grace was indeed very significant. It seems that it is also necessary for me to obtain Divine Grace several times in order to improve my combat effectiveness.