Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

Tyberius the Scoundrel was the Champion Knight of Black Forest closest to the Chosen rank. He had already reached the pinnacle of the Champion Knight realm, and it could be said that even ordinary Champion Knights would suffer greatly in his hands.

Especially with his opportunistic and acquisitive personality, he enjoyed "coordinating" with other knights for the equipment and items he fancied. With the characteristic of plucking a feather from every passing goose, he used methods such as "duels," "threats," and "nitpicking" to forcibly obtain a set of the territory's finest equipment for himself. Except for his weapon and amulet, which were inferior to Hilde's, the rest of his equipment was almost identical to Hilde's.

When Sylvana proposed a duel, Tyberius's fierce, tiger-like eyes suddenly locked onto her figure, and a cold smile crept onto his lips, causing all the knights present to feel a chill in their hearts, recalling the fear of being dominated by his violence.

He slowly took a step forward, the muscles under his armor rippling slightly, exuding a suffocating sense of oppression. He slowly clenched and unclenched his hands in front of his chest, his knuckles rubbing together, producing a teeth-grinding creaking sound.

"Hahaha!" He roared with a ferocious laugh, the sound waves vibrating the surrounding air: "Little girl, you've made a wise choice in selecting me as your opponent. Don't worry, after this duel, I guarantee you'll gain a lesson you'll never forget—and that is to never provoke an opponent who can easily crush you!"

Sylvana snorted softly and said, "We are knights, and victory or defeat depends on swords and blades, not on tongues like women. Since you've accepted the challenge, then take my move. I will defeat you in front of your lord. Please return my bow and arrows to me."

Fight in the reception hall?

Tyberius frowned slightly. Although he had a rough appearance, standing over 2.2 meters tall, his mind was not as crude as his appearance. On the contrary, as a follower of the Goddess of the Blazing Sun, he was full of combat wisdom.

After hearing Sylvana's request, he immediately understood why this little girl had specifically chosen him as her challenge target.

His attacks were always broad and sweeping, and even the gusts of wind brought up by his sharp battle axe could create chaos in the reception hall. If that were to happen, even if he won, it wouldn't look good on him. More importantly, if he were to demolish the entire reception hall, Chief Hilde would definitely "promote" him!

Although he was a tough character who dared to find fault with any knight, that target definitely did not include Chief Hilde!

As the most powerful Chosen-ranked knight in Black Forest, Hilde's cultivation speed had shocked countless knights. She was a veritable War Saintess in the truest sense.

Especially after Archibald appeared, her dedication to training had frightened countless people even more.

What was even more terrifying was that her training was visibly effective; it was definitely not in vain.

All the direct attendants could see that this Chief Attendant was gradually mastering how to use the power of the Divine General without activating the Divine General state.

Yet she had only seen Archibald take action once!

Under these circumstances, it was only a matter of time before she broke through to the Legendary stage.

She was gradually realizing her vow, that even with her strength, she would never allow the lord to be injured again.

During this period, Chief Hilde was the most terrifying. She had not yet fully mastered how to control the power of the Divine General in a normal state, and it was possible that a single punch would unleash her full power.

Tyberius was certain that if he were personally coached by Chief Hilde, he would be skinned alive even if he didn't die.

Therefore, he immediately became cautious about this battle and replied very rationally, "Since you want to compete in public, then I won't bully you, little girl. I won't use any weapons. That way, you won't say I'm taking advantage of my size if you lose."

A faint smile appeared on Hilde's lips, appreciating Tyberius's choice.

This was indeed a very wise decision. In the current atmosphere, his battle axe was too fierce. Even if he held it in his hand, he couldn't really chop Sylvana, which would only hinder his speed.

Moreover, in a hand-to-hand fight, even if he lost in the end, it wouldn't be a big deal. At most, it would be considered his guidance to a junior, which would be a good story to tell. Sylvana could be praised as a rising star, and Tyberius could be praised for his magnanimity as a strong man.

Otherwise, even if he won with his battle axe, it wouldn't be glorious.

Sylvana's face changed slightly, obviously, this was somewhat beyond her plan, but she still took her bow and arrows from a nearby attendant.

Her bow and arrows were of very good quality. It was a superb elven longbow, made of emerald wood. The surface of the bow was as smooth as a mirror, with intricate patterns carved on it, with vines and branches entwined on it, and a scarlet gemstone inlaid at intervals. This was precisely the characteristic of this bow and arrow, the Starfire Arrow.

This was the standard weapon used by the Woodland Guardians. Whenever war broke out in the forest, the Woodland Guardians would form the core of the army. Each elven family would fight side by side on the battlefield, forming one or more legions under the command of a sub-lord or queen. To outsiders, the Wood Elf army would appear slightly disorganized, because although each team of Woodland Guardians would obey the commander's orders, they were also encouraged to seize opportunities when they arose. This principle often led to overlapping battle lines on the battlefield, with each Woodland Guardian unit advancing and retreating together like leaves in a raging wave, while simultaneously showering the enemy with a rain of arrows.

Sylvana's style clearly had this Woodland Guardian fighting style. At the start of the battle, she jumped directly onto the carved dragon and phoenix pillar in the hall like a leaf, instantly turning around and using a Triple Star Arrow.

The tables in the hall had been moved to clear the space for the two knights to duel.

To be honest, Su Li was already used to this kind of scene. Whether the knights encountered joyful or angry events, they would always have a heated duel. They would even move the tables when they were happily drinking, and have a blood-pumping duel.

At the moment, the empty space in the reception hall after the tables were moved was not very beneficial to either side.

Sylvana lost too many places to maneuver, while Tyberius lost all cover, directly exposed to Sylvana's rain of arrows.

Faced with Sylvana's Triple Star Arrow, Tyberius directly sidestepped to dodge the first two arrows, then he suddenly stretched out his right hand with a steel gauntlet, directly grabbed the third arrow emitting starfire, and threw it back at Sylvana in the nick of time.

The Starfire Arrow grazed Sylvana's ear and exploded into a cluster of blazing flames on the pillar behind her. The female knight's emerald pupils contracted slightly—the force of the opponent's throw was actually three points stronger than the arrow shot from the longbow.

"It's over!" Tyberius grinned and spread his fingers. Five strands of energy tore through the air, and in the next moment, they were about to tear Sylvana's entire body apart! His Champion-level speed was simply beyond the reaction of this female knight. His powerful body cast a huge shadow, completely enveloping the female elf under his aura.

"A wonderful Falling Leaf Trick," Chief Hilde suddenly clapped at this time. Her holy sword at her waist was already half an inch out of its sheath, and the hilt was resting right against Tyberius's wrist behind his steel claw, preventing him from advancing even an inch: "But the victory or defeat has been decided—Tyberius, you won, but I'm afraid you won't be satisfied with the result."

Seeing the subtle arc at the corner of the female elf Sylvana's mouth, Tyberius immediately felt a trace of unease.

He turned his head to look behind him, and the seventeen arrows that had been shot down earlier actually lit up with starfire at the same time! This female elf could remotely control the explosion of the Starfire Arrows. This was something that all human knights could not do. She deliberately pretended that the arrows were shot down, but in fact, she completely took the opportunity to set up a magic trap.

These seventeen Starfire Arrows were concealed by the brilliant sunlight within the golden War Shackles domain, but they were already fully activated, and the flames had already enveloped this small battlefield.

This meant that he had indeed won this duel, but the other party had also achieved their goal!

At this moment, he suddenly realized that this young girl had never said that she would win the battle. She only said that she would shoot through a human's beard with a bow and arrow.

Of course, he had also been wary of this sentence before! The followers of the Goddess of the Blazing Sun always considered all aspects.

However, even he had never expected that even this bold statement was the other party's tactical deception.

He instinctively thought that his opponent would cut off his beard with an arrow. But he didn't expect that the other party would actually use herself as bait and achieve all of this with magic!

The female elf Sylvana calmly bowed and saluted: "Being able to cut off the Radiant Sun Beard of the Champion, is enough for me to boast for thirty years."

Tyberius stomped his foot, and the sharp energy extinguished all the starfire. He touched a wisp of charred stubble and laughed loudly, his eyes full of approval: "Good! Good! Very good! You have indeed proven yourself to be a devout follower of the Goddess of the Blazing Sun. In this battle, you perfectly used tactics such as feinting to the east and attacking the west, luring the enemy deep, strategic deception, and fear of harming the innocent, and fought bravely and calmly. You are indeed already a perfect Knight of the Goddess of the Blazing Sun."

Sylvana's special invitation to fight was certainly not a brainless provocation. On the contrary, she was precisely using this battle to show the strength and spirit of the entire Radiant Arrow Knight Order.

Therefore, after achieving her goal, she very humbly lowered her head slightly, gently caressed her chest with her right palm, and said, "Her Majesty the Goddess teaches us that as long as we can lure the enemy into a suitable battlefield that we have carefully selected, we can always gain an overwhelming tactical advantage, thereby achieving our strategic goals. All of us in the Light Arrow Knights remember the teachings of Her Majesty Violet."

Su Li also smiled and clapped his hands at this time, praising, "Wonderful, wonderful! As expected of a wonderful battle between the followers of Her Majesty Violet, the Goddess of Wisdom and Tactics. Before the duel began, I never thought that this battle could demonstrate the doctrine so vividly."

"Although other imperial soldiers do not recognize your colleagues' identities, I must say that it is their prejudice. Any knight who sees this duel must admit that you, the Green Field Knights, are the most devout knights of the Sun Goddess!"

"Your arrival will greatly assist the Goddess's doctrine in the Frontier Prince Territory. I am sure that in future wars, you will surely win glorious glory for the Goddess."

Alfred, who had been silent on the sidelines, then stepped forward, bowed slightly to Su Li and Hilud, and said with a smile, "May our Knights become the long arrows in your hands, shooting at all the enemies of the Goddess!"

This meeting made Su Li really satisfied. He nodded excitedly and said, "Okay, we will fight side by side in the future to purify all evil for the Goddess. I will provide your Knights with a suitable garrison. How many people did you bring?"

Alfred immediately replied, "Our Knights have 1 Champion Knight, 45 Elite Knights, 60 Formal Knights and Trainee Knights, and more than 120 attendants, cooks, slaves, clerical secretaries, and other non-combat personnel."

"If you, Lord, can give us certain assistance and convenience, we will preach and expand in the Black Forest Territory as soon as possible, and recruit and train more Territory believers to become Church Knights."

This scale is slightly weaker than when the Corona Knights arrived, but it will not be too different. Of course, Su Li supports the expansion of their Knights.

He wishes there were more of this kind of church armed forces, after all, this is a powerful army that he can mobilize without paying.

As long as it does not involve human civil war, they will send troops to fight alongside the territory. For example, they will actively participate in battles against Chaos Knights, Demon Legions, Greenskins, Beastmen, Vampires, etc.

The territory currently has three such maintenance-free armies, including the Corona Knights under the Flame Sun Knights, the Light Arrow Knights under the Green Field Knights, and the mercenary sub-base of the Blue Heron Mercenary Group.

In an emergency, these three battle groups can easily mobilize a force of thousands of people. This scale is close to half a legion.

If you add the provincial legions and knights of the Black Forest Territory, you can quickly pull out an elite infantry and cavalry force of up to 3,000 people without any preparation.

At this time, even if a herd of Howling Beasts suddenly breaks into the territory of the Black Forest Territory, the territory has enough strength to deal with it.

After Su Li decided to accept the Green Field Knights, Oliver, the Dean of the Provincial Council, took over the subsequent negotiations.

The entire cooperation process was very smooth, and the terrain of Silver Mountain Valley was very much in line with the preferences of the Green Field Knights.

As long as Captain Alfred recruits a group of people and invests a certain amount of money, he can develop this place into a land illuminated by the light of the Goddess.

Moreover, their strength is far more than just the Green Field Knights, and the Hendar family will also support their cause.

The Hendar family is the knight family that Alfred came from. Their family is actually a barony in the northern province of the empire.

Of course, due to well-known reasons in the empire, the number of knights is far greater than the number of titles that can be inherited, so many knights wander and travel everywhere, looking for their own glory and opportunity.

Like Su Li, he also left his hometown and chose to come to the Frontier Prince Territory to pioneer and become a pioneer knight.

When his career is slightly successful, the subsequent support from the Purple Thistle Flower family will immediately arrive.

In the culture within the empire, becoming the head of a church knight order like Alfred is obviously much more successful than becoming a frontier pioneer knight like Su Li.

The most perfect way out for the descendants of imperial nobles is undoubtedly to inherit the title of nobility and become the ruling class of the empire.

However, it is impossible for everyone in a knight family to obtain the status of nobility, so some people will settle for the next best thing and join various knight orders.

For example, the heads of some large knight orders are not inferior to nobles in status at all. For example, the heads of the White Wolf Knight Order and the Griffin Knight Order are on an equal footing with the Elector Counts and directly control an electoral vote.

Even the tyrant Graf of Middenland must treat the head of the White Wolf Knight Order with courtesy and strive for his support.

If they cannot become the head of a knight order, then knights will choose to become imperial knights or lords of frontier pioneering territories.

Su Li's choice is actually only slightly better than being a ranger knight for noble knights.

Therefore, after Alfred Hendar successfully obtained a garrison in the Black Forest Territory, the Hendar family will definitely send more knights to try to join the Green Field Knights to become church knights, or join the Black Forest Guard Knights, the Red Night Knights, etc., to become imperial knights.

For knights, the worst choice is to become a ranger knight and be incorporated into the provincial legion, fighting alongside a group of lowly mud legs.

Su Li is very much looking forward to the arrival of the knights of the Hendar family. At the same time, he is also wondering when the next wave of support from the Purple Thistle family will arrive.

This year is the first crucial year for the Black Forest Territory to impact the imperial assessment. Whether he becomes a kingdom knight or a baron is completely different for the Purple Thistle Flower family!

As the head of the family, Earl Sunaberg will naturally strongly support all family bloodlines to obtain higher titles. After all, the expansion of the family bloodline means the growth of the entire family.

If the main line of the Purple Thistle Flower family is an earl, and there are several baronial branches, then the influence of the Purple Thistle Flower family within the empire will undoubtedly be significantly enhanced.

At that time, whether it is an alliance or a marriage, the family will be able to have more choices. It may even be favored by a duke, and choose a duke's daughter to marry the excellent bloodline of the Purple Thistle Flower family.

Of course, Su Li currently has no expectations for this matter.

He is only 19 years old this year, and even if he wants to get married, it will not be his turn yet.

He must wait until he is 20 years old next year, hold the Sword Conferral Ceremony, become an adult nobleman, and then the family will consider using various resources to help him find a wife who can provide him with great assistance.

Free love is certainly valuable, but nobles pay more attention to political marriage.

A wife from a noble background can bring great help to Su Li's frontier pioneering career.

As for feelings, you can only look forward to developing feelings over time.

According to imperial law, female courtiers are like concubines and are not allowed to be promoted to the position of legal wife.

And thinking of female courtiers, Su Li has a headache. He promised Ingrid to choose a new female courtier. Before, he thought Silvana was very good, a bit silly and sweet, and would not stir up the inner court.

But reality gave him a blow to the head, he was the one who was silly and sweet.

This woman is not a simple-minded girl, on the contrary, just looking at her so skillfully using various tactics, you can know how careful she is.

This is simply a little green tea who is good at disguise.

Of course, Su Li has always held a very opposed attitude to the matter of a good sister who is good at understanding being slandered as green tea.

Whether it is green tea or not depends on whether her feelings are pure. Those who cheat money and property are all green tea, but those who only covet boys' bodies are good sisters with delicate minds!

In the evening, Oliver came to Su Li and reported, "Lord, everything has been negotiated. The Light Arrow Knights will set off for Silver Mountain Valley tomorrow to operate their garrison. At the same time, our territory will assist them in building a branch of the Knights in Black Forest Town."

"The location is on the Carnival Square. The fortress of the Corona Knights is on the east side, and their fortress will be built on the south side. Their Vice Captain, Silvana Knight, will stay at the branch garrison to maintain contact with us."

"Hmm?" Su Li raised his eyebrows. The Light Arrow Knights also sent a female captain to be stationed in the town?

Is this a coincidence, or did they arrange it on purpose?

This makes people very suspicious, after all, Constantine and Alfred have a close relationship, and they may have discussed and exchanged something.

While Su Li was thinking, a voice came from behind him: "What, is Lord not welcome me?"

Su Li almost bumped into the girl who was almost sticking to his back when he turned around. Silvana was tiptoeing and looking up, her silver moon-colored hair swept across his shoulders, and the emerald bells hanging from the ends of her hair jingled as she tilted her head.

Her left hand was behind her back, and the index finger of her right hand lightly tapped her lips, the frequency of her eyelashes fluttering was three times faster than a butterfly flapping its wings.

When the girl spoke, the tip of her left foot unconsciously rubbed the ground, and the gold-threaded deerskin short boots made a soft sound against the bluestone bricks. Her elf cloak had been replaced with a human-style waist-cinching long skirt, but the intricate lace neckline deliberately loosened two pearl buttons, revealing a looming whiteness and fullness.

"I heard about your legendary achievements, Lord, so I specially applied to my old man to stay and ask you for advice and learn."

Bad! Su Li vaguely felt that this time he was going to become the prey under the female elf's arrow.

Speaking of which, it seems that it is time for this stage! In the past, he took the initiative to find female courtiers, but now that his strength has developed to this point, it is time for women to take the initiative to pursue him.

How should I put it, this feeling... is not bad.