Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 238: Perfect Grade Weapon - Alaric Beast Slayer

Although the worst-case scenario might mean the most abundant rewards, Su Li considered himself a Lord of Virtue, not a Lord of Brutality, so the burning of Blackwood Town was still somewhat unacceptable to him.

Then, Orlstein continued his analysis: "If everything goes smoothly, the Green Dragon will be mobilized by our attack. Our knight order is swift, with the effect of the Wind Wings Rune, allowing us to reach the western side of the forest rapidly. This is a considerable distance, even for us human knights, requiring about 2 to 3 days of swift travel."

"With the speed of the Green Dragon's claws and the dryads, to catch up with us and prevent us from advancing towards the dragon's nest, they must exert all their strength, day and night, running continuously for at least three days and three nights, or even four or five days!"

"It can be said that when they forcibly march to the edge of the forest, they will definitely be exhausted. A spent arrow cannot penetrate silk. At this time, once they fall into our ambush, even if there are thirty thousand or even one hundred thousand Green Dragon minions, they are just one hundred thousand fat pigs waiting to be slaughtered!"

Orlstein's analysis finally made Su Li's heart stir, and a sense of heroism arose in his heart!

800 elite human knights charging against twenty thousand monsters was indeed like a meat bun thrown to a dog – gone forever.

But 800 cavalry charging against 100,000 fat pigs was an unstoppable, one-sided slaughter!

Moreover, if everything really went smoothly, and the Green Dragon couldn't restrain its greed for gold and extreme possessiveness, then the situation would definitely be ten or a hundred times more exaggerated than what Orlstein said.

Because once they chose to forcibly march back to aid, it wouldn't just be a matter of them being unable to lift their arms after being ambushed. By then, the scale of the monster army would definitely not be 100,000, or even 20,000.

During the forced march of several days and nights, a large number of monsters would definitely collapse and fall behind, countless in number. A legion of 20,000 could lose five, six, or even eight tenths of its members just on the march, stretching the army to dozens or even hundreds of miles.

The number of monsters actually entering the ambush would be extremely limited, perhaps only a few thousand.

The 800 rested knights, according to the teachings of the Radiant Goddess, lured the monsters into a carefully selected preset battlefield, and then launched a fierce attack on the thousands of exhausted monsters. That would definitely be a battle that would greatly please Violet.

Violet would bestow unparalleled divine grace, and these 800 elite knights would probably be transformed into champion knights of the Radiant Goddess.

Just imagine 800 champion knights charging against a few thousand monsters who couldn't even lift their arms – it would definitely be a terrifying massacre!

If Su Li really had 800 champion knights, he could charge through a monster army of 100,000 full of energy and still carve a path through them multiple times.

Perhaps in this battle, he could truly achieve the most typical and widely praised legendary victory in this world, crushing 20,000 to 30,000 monsters with 800 cavalry.

His legendary fame would be very much like the Eastern general Sun Jian, becoming a generation's God of War in one battle.

Lu Bu had done such a brainless thing before, leading 5,000 elite troops with other generals, rushing for a day and a night, and then being utterly defeated by Sun Jian on the battlefield.

The monsters in this world might be a little stronger physically than the ancient professional soldiers on Earth, but not to the extent that they would still have stamina after running for three days and three nights.

So, although Orlstein's tactic involved great risks, it was bold and meticulous. If executed properly, it had at least a 50% chance of success.

Su Li's chest surged with excitement. Looking at the countless knights bathed in golden light, although blood had stained their armor red, it had not erased their sharpness. Although fatigue tormented their bodies, it had not diminished their loyalty in the slightest.

With such an elite army, Su Li had the ambition to swallow thousands of miles. He decisively patted Orlstein's shoulder and said, "Golden spears and iron horses, swallowing thousands of miles, it all depends on this battle! Go boldly, my marshal, I support your strategy. If we win, we will share the glory of a legendary victory. If we fail, we will bear the hardships together, work hard to govern, and three thousand iron armors will surely slay the dragon!"

Hearing Su Li's inspiring words, Orlstein's burly body immediately stood upright, heavily pounding his chest with his fist, and his tone was excited: "The Radiant Goddess protects us, we will surely sweep away evil and return in triumph!"

Su Li nodded and then said, "Then gather the knights and go to the Radiant Goddess Monastery to pray. I will guard the rear with Steward Hilde. The Radiant Goddess is above, we will surely bathe in divine grace and return in glory!"

"For glory!" Su Li turned to look at the surrounding knights and shouted, raising his arm.

"For glory!" The soldiers' thunderous voices immediately echoed around.

"May the Radiant Goddess protect us to die where we belong!"

"Long live!"

"Victory!"

Subsequently, Orlstein turned sternly and led the surrounding elite knights towards the largest Radiant Goddess Monastery in Blackwood Fortress for devout prayer.

The divine grace the knights received was so intense that even the blood-red sky at sunset was illuminated by the brilliant golden light from the spire of the Radiant Goddess Monastery, as if covering the entire territory with a layer of golden light.

After Orlstein left, Hilde came to Su Li's side. This high-ranking steward had experienced bloody battles these days, and her once slightly tender and gentle face had now become mature and resolute, and extraordinarily heroic and charming.

However, her condition was not very good. In the battle with the giant river troll witch, she consumed a lot of vitality. The river troll witch's troll magic and death magic caused her considerable trauma, especially the purple life siphon magic, which repeatedly caused her life to be continuously depleted.

If it were just the effects of these magics, Hilde's condition could still be replenished with the territory's powerful potions and extraordinary spiritual grains.

However, the continuous bloody battles in the past few days had further depleted her condition.

After all, there were only two Chosen Ones in the territory. To reduce casualties, she and Orlstein had to take turns in battle. In today's battle with Gaelregan, she almost chopped off a dryad's arm, and of course, the price was that she also suffered heavy damage, with a huge scar from her left shoulder to her right abdomen, even tearing apart Su Li's favorite softness and fullness.

So, seeing her come over, Su Li immediately asked with concern: "Honey, how is your wound?"

Hilde gently shook her head and said, "I'm fine, this kind of wound looks terrifying, but it's still just superficial."

The range of minor injuries in this world is still very wide, and it is difficult to be evaluated as a serious injury. Even so, Su Li still didn't believe that the wound on Hilde's body was superficial. The hideous everted flesh and the deep, bone-deep scar were too shocking.

So Su Li decisively took out a bottle of [Tears of Mercy] potion from his waist, held Hilde's hands, and put it in her hands, saying, "Don't lie to me. I don't believe anything you've said lately. It's always 'I'm fine, I'm fine'. Would you be so pale if you were really fine? Drink it and dispel the scars on your body and the fatigue in your mind as soon as possible."

As a divine grace potion of the Sharya Church, in addition to its powerful healing effect, the most powerful ability of Tears of Mercy is its attached purification ability and soothing effect.

This is currently the most precious potion in the territory. In order to save champion-level knights, these potions have been almost completely consumed, and the value of this potion in the black market has soared to 300+ gold crowns, but it is still priceless.

Hilde frowned: "Lord, this is the last potion to ensure your safety!"

"Drink it! I'm watching you drink it here, don't try to fool me." Su Li looked at her with a firm gaze: "Marshal Orlstein's tactics have been confirmed and implemented. I'm afraid today's decisive battle is our last battle. You must meet the next challenge in a more perfect posture, possibly facing the siege of four Chosen-level monsters."

"It's a pity that I only have elite-level strength and can't help you much."

Hilde immediately grasped Su Li's hands and said solemnly: "Lord, you have only improved from a trainee knight to an elite knight in less than a year. This is already a cultivation speed that makes many people feel somewhat unrealistic! You must never underestimate yourself, your glory and strength will be in the future!"

That was indeed the case, after all, not everyone had Hilde's monstrous cultivation aptitude and also received divine grace baptism.

She couldn't even be considered a genius of Blackwood Territory, but should be considered a genius of the entire southern empire!

Compared to her, 99.999% of knights would be ashamed of themselves.

Su Li didn't have much mental exhaustion, and instead shifted the topic to the main business, asking: "How are our defenses prepared?"

Hilde raised her fair and slender neck, and after drinking the Tears of Mercy potion in one gulp, the fatigue on her body seemed to be swept away, and she glowed and became energetic: "We have done the highest degree of mobilization, but it is difficult to say that it is impregnable. There are too many gaps in the city walls. So we closed all the city gates and tried to delay the monster's offensive as much as possible."

Previously, the city gates were wide open to facilitate the elite knights of Blackwood Territory to attack, but this time the decisive battle to defend the city did not have the elite knights attacking, so they could only close the city gates.

What was left was the consumption of flesh and blood. The monsters had siege vines that could climb the city walls at any point and attack the human ranged units on the barbican, so no one could guarantee that it was impregnable.

Under these circumstances, the consumption of flesh and blood would cause the battle damage ratio between the two sides to rise rapidly, from 1:10 to 1:5 or even 1:3.

Su Li frowned and thought, "If we only rely on the consumption of flesh and blood, let alone winning against the monsters, it will be very difficult to even hold the line. Do you have any tactics to win?"

Hilde said solemnly: "I also think that the war cannot rely on the consumption of flesh and blood. The best way is to be able to win against the enemy in one direction, instantly severely damage their morale, thereby causing a complete collapse in one direction out of the four directions."

"I thought about it, and the only thing that can achieve all of this is a decapitation tactic, killing the commander of one of the enemy's directions."

Decapitating one of the enemy's commanders?

In other words, that would be killing a Chosen One!

How is that possible?

Through these days of fighting, Su Li had long discovered that Hilde didn't have weapons and armor of the corresponding level, and it took her life to fight a Chosen One.

Like the giant river troll witch, a spellcaster, surrounded by knights, Hilde, a Chosen Knight, couldn't kill it in close combat.

In the end, it was by relying on the knights to defeat the river troll warband, turning the tide of the battle, and launching a tsunami-like charge, that they cooperated with Hilde to kill the river troll witch. That was a typical siege battle.

It was so difficult for her to fight a spellcaster in close combat, and in this battle, there were no knights to cooperate, on the contrary, there were massive monsters around her. I'm afraid these powerful melee fighting monsters would launch a siege battle against her.

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So Su Li didn't think that Hilde could carry out a decapitation tactic against any Chosen-level monster.

Unless... Hilde had a sharp divine weapon!

Thinking of this, Su Li heavily hammered the crenellation, somewhat annoyed: "What are these dwarves doing? Why haven't they forged the rare-grade weapon yet? Do they have to spend a year forging a rare-grade equipment?"

The most important material for the rare-grade weapon, Aetherium, had already been collected for them, and four or five champion-level dwarven forging masters had already arrived at Blackwood Fortress. Even if they were to grind it bit by bit with embroidery needles, they should have ground out this rare-grade weapon.

If only they were more promising and forged the rare-grade weapon before the decisive battle, this battle wouldn't be so difficult.

If Hilde had a rune that was particularly effective against specific creatures, such as a master-level Dragon Slayer Rune that could be particularly effective against dragons, even if it was only engraved on a toothpick, it could severely injure the dragon and make it scream miserably, forming the effect of an embroidery needle piercing a giant object.

Hilde comforted: "I have paid attention to this aspect, and the dwarves' progress should be fast. Because these dwarves are becoming more and more irritable, and violently drove away all the attendants who tried to approach and inquire."

"You know, in the past few days, they were very lacking in confidence. Continuous failures made these dwarves, who pay attention to honor, have no confidence to get angry at all. They felt that they had failed the trust of their big friends and the abundant materials given."

"But recently, they have been getting angry more and more frequently, asking for more and more things, and drinking more and more expensive wine, which shows that the forging process must be very gratifying. The dwarves' supreme god is also paying attention to the mortal world. In this battle, the dwarves performed bravely and won a lot of glory. It is very likely that Grongni will pass down his divine grace and skills to help the dwarves successfully forge the weapon before the decisive battle."

Unlike halflings, humans and dwarves are very pious races, so gods will bestow divine grace and blessings before many key nodes or important battles.

If the dwarves were already forging smoothly, and the weapon was about to be forged, then in the current situation, the dwarves may indeed be in excellent condition, as if they had been enlightened, and successfully forge the rare-grade weapon before the decisive battle.

Su Li said somewhat eagerly: "Then send an attendant to take a look again, this weapon is too important to us."

For the first time, Su Li clearly felt how high the importance of a divine weapon was in the fantasy world, even able to change the course of a battle!

A powerful knight, wielding a divine weapon, is truly capable of slaying evil monster leaders and creating miracles.

But before Hild could dispatch a servant, a rumbling sound came from afar, from the direction of the city walls.

The thumping sound was like an iron roller grinding across the city walls.

Then, the high-pitched, resonant voices of the dwarves echoed from afar: "Lord! Lord! Look at the surprise we've brought you!"

Never before had Su Li felt that the dwarves' booming voices could sound so pleasant!

The dwarves' surprise?

Su Li eagerly turned to look at the approaching dwarves. These stout figures were powerfully built, each with braids that reached their feet, a sign of their high status and excellent reputation in dwarven society.

Su Li was now most fond of surprises! After so many days of fierce fighting, he desperately needed some good news.

Leading the group was Sheriff Galloway, the territory's Minister of Industry, who had been coordinating the territory's production. The Kislevites always had a unique way of utilizing the gray livestock!

Under his encouragement, the dwarves were covered in dirt, but progress was rapid.

Upon seeing Su Li, Sheriff couldn't wait to say, "Lord, we have successfully forged a powerful, perfect-grade rune sword! Let Grand Master Blacksmith Malakai Makeison introduce you to this rare treasure!"

Malakai Makeison was a dwarf from the mountains, about one meter thirty in height, with a sturdy body and developed muscles, especially a large waist that seemed to exceed his height!

His attire was very simple, bare-chested, revealing his dark muscles, wearing only a thick leather apron.

But in his hands, he held a golden, radiant longsword that shone brightly without the need for any extraordinary energy!

This was clearly a weapon prepared for Hild. Over this period, Hild's desperate battles had earned her this reward.

Master Malakai held the longsword with both hands and presented it to Su Li, trembling with excitement, and said excitedly: "Master of Black Forest, we have fulfilled our mission and successfully forged the first weapon. Due to the urgency of time, we thought there was no time to forge a warhammer, so we forged this rune longsword first. We named it [Alaric Beast Slayer] in memory of our most powerful rune master, Alaric!"

In fact, Malakai certainly hoped to name this weapon [Malakai's Beast Slayer], so that his name and reputation would be spread throughout the world along with the weapon's fame!

But obviously, this beautiful vision was impossible for him to achieve, because this weapon was forged by several champion-level dwarven forging masters working together.

Su Li was certainly not interested in Alaric. In the future, this rune longsword could be called [Beast Slayer]. In Hild's hands, this territory's rare rune sword would kill countless monsters lurking in the dark, dense blood pine forest.

Su Li immediately took the longsword and examined it carefully. This was definitely a breathtaking masterpiece. It was about one and a half meters long overall, undoubtedly a two-handed greatsword. The hilt was made of selected ebony, wrapped in a layer of soft gray leather to prevent it from slipping after being bathed in a large amount of blood.

The blade was cast from ether gold and various precious metals, with a golden luster on the surface, as if plated with a layer of gold by the sun. Complex runes were engraved on both sides of the blade, shining with a mysterious light.

Su Li immediately handed the Beast Slayer to Hild, who was standing beside him, and then asked, "Master Malakai, please introduce the effects of this rune sword."

Malakai was even more eager than Su Li. Being able to introduce the rare weapon they dwarves had forged with their own hands to the world was one of the most memorable moments in a dwarf's life!

"Lord, the most important reason why this sword is called [Alaric Beast Slayer] is that it is engraved with the powerful [Madman Alaric Rune], which can greatly enhance the weapon's armor-piercing ability, treating armor as nothing, especially suitable for fighting heavily armored enemies. It can be said that it is extremely in line with Madman Alaric's style, getting stronger when encountering the strong. The stronger the enemy, the higher the weapon's lethality and the greater its value!"

Hearing Master Malakai's first introduction, Hild's eyes lit up and she gripped the longsword tightly!

This rune was perfect for her next battle. It was her best weapon for beheading Chosen-level monsters.

Even if the green dragon stretched its head over, she had a certain probability of cutting it off with one sword.

The green dragon's scales, the chimera's armor, and the treant's multiple barks were all super-heavy armor.

Previously, Hild couldn't kill Gairleigon because its armor as a treant was too thick.

But when Hild activated the Divine General state and drew this krypton-gold, ultra-flashy, 40-meter-long sword, the brilliant sword light could probably directly cut off a mountain range, causing the sky to collapse and the earth to crack.

It was only natural for this level of weapon to cut off the green dragon's neck!

Su Li immediately asked with concern: "What are the other two runes?"

"They are Hunter's Moon and Flame Sun. Among them, Hunter's Moon is the source of its Beast Slayer name. Every once in a while, this rune can be activated to give friendly forces within at least 40 meters of the area special attack attributes against beasts, while also increasing their strength, toughness, and stamina."

"Flame Sun is a purification magic. You know that any rune has a certain price. The use of the Madman Alaric Rune will cause the operator to quickly lose their sanity, and the Hunter's Moon will increase the operator's wildness, so the effect of Flame Sun is needed in battle to purify these negative effects. At the same time, after this rune magic is activated, it can also purify most of its own negative states, such as the monster's curse, the rust of metal magic, and even the life siphon of death can be interrupted."