Free Web NovelChapter 808: Chapter 89: New Intelligence and the Champion Level Trial (Part 3)
[7: The Cost of the Crown of Fertility: To celebrate the Harvest Festival, the male priest of Reya, Kobos, crafted a Crown of Fertility. Male priests of Reya are exceptions among the clergy of Reya, but they indeed exist in the Empire and elsewhere, like in Tirteus Territory, which is known for its suburban and agricultural areas. The townspeople usually mistake them for Druids or even Tree Hedge Wizards, but as long as they can bring bountiful harvests to the fields and harmony to the neighborhood, they are accepted. Even if they often cause some small trouble due to their many ideas. For instance, this crown adorned with pearl wheat spikes. Anyone who wears it will develop a ’Strong Reproduction’ desire, driving them to frantically clear forests or force females into multiple pregnancies. Destroying the crown will anger some believers, but keeping it might stir up some trouble, even attracting the attention of Sado.]
[8: The Wandering Poet: A minstrel who claims to be the bastard of Shalya arrives at the tavern, and his singing can make drunkards tell the truth, a natural nemesis to followers of Lanode. However, his claim of being the son of Shalya displeases the Sun Goddess greatly. If you can collect over 300 ml of his tears and offer them to the Sun Goddess, Her Majesty Violet will be very pleased, bestowing divine grace, and your cultivation speed will increase by half.]
[9: Wilt Disease Warning: The wheat fields in the eastern part of the territory, located in the Blood Pine Forest, are about to be hit by a sudden outbreak of wilt disease, caused by the excessive use of Reya’s divine magic by a priestess here. Last winter, there was supposed to be a snowstorm that left the villagers and farmers destitute, able to harvest only a little dust. But thanks to the daring of Reya’s priest, giant cabbages, carrots, apples, and strawberries matured early, and pigs and cattle grew much fatter from overfeeding. Perhaps you should send the cultivators from the Church’s Green Watch Order to New Song Hausen Village, escorted by knights, to see what the local priestess Rosamund Adebayo has been doing.]
[10: A Little Gambling for Amusement: To celebrate the upcoming Radiant Competition Festival of the Sun Goddess, a rehearsal and competition were held at the Lion Ring Arena. A large number of eliminated knights will have the opportunity today to participate in a loser’s tournament in front of thousands of spectators. Although it is a rehearsal and preview, it doesn’t stop the citizens from enthusiastically gambling, does it? Knight Blood Spear Mitchell Dixon will win the championship, and you can have a little bet for fun, not exceeding 3000 gold coins, without attracting too much attention from the citizens, the odds will not change significantly, and you can earn up to 1785 Golden Crowns.]
Hmm?
After reading today’s intelligence, Su Li suddenly became very interested.
To be fair, today’s intelligence is not the most opportunistic or the most fruitful.
This intelligence system’s yield also has a cyclical curve. Sometimes the yield is extremely abundant, the intensity is explosive, like the time Su Li went to Marle Castle, where he not only recruited Divine Chosen-level knights but also stumbled upon the Holy Relic of Glory, Rare Level items, and even encountered an entire group of the Imperial Engineering Institute members to build a magnificent White Castle for the territory.
Sometimes, just staying in Hesse Territory also brings decent yields, revealing various secret treasures, advanced mounts, and wealth, even hinting at opportunities to forge Legendary level equipment.
Of course, sometimes the daily intelligence yields are relatively low, with some intelligence being quite private and gossip-like, although not of great value, they are full of fun. Su Li just treats it like watching short dramas, and this is one of his motivations for checking the daily intelligence every day.
Today’s intelligence, while above average, doesn’t qualify as abundant, even the small gamble for fun can only earn 1785 Golden Crowns. But the fun is unprecedented, gossiping right onto the Goddess!
Shalya’s illegitimate child?
Su Li doesn’t quite believe this; he heard Dietrich mention a bit about Shalya Church’s doctrine, which is unavoidable. Priests from every church will take any chance to preach their doctrine, mixing in private goods with Su Li, trying to influence him.
According to Dietrich’s introduction, Shalya is an especially pure Goddess. Even the doctrine of the Sun Goddess records a goddess having fallen in love, as some believers claim that before becoming a deity, the Sun Goddess Violet had an affection with a mortal, but the ending was not good, as the man betrayed her. The story sounds a bit like Joan and the King of France.
The Goddess, like Joan, must have been of a saintly body, and Joan had clearly documented instances of having been examined multiple times by the Church to ensure her virginity.
But even so, the Sun Goddess, in terms of emotions, cannot be as pure as Shalya. It is said that this Goddess Shalya is extremely pure, never having had any entanglement with any man.
Su Li guessed that perhaps she was too afraid after being deceived by Lanode and refused to believe any man.
However, for most of these church legends, a significant portion of the followers of the Sun Goddess Church resolutely refuse to acknowledge them and consider such stories as heresy, blaspheming against the Goddess.
To this, Su Li felt it made little difference.
Which mortal hasn’t had such worldly desires? Men, as people age, long for their parents, and then as they begin to know what beauty is, they long for young beauty. Are women not allowed to have acted sometimes when they were young?
Young girls harboring springtime affection is a normal psychological activity, especially when they meet as commanders and salute.
Given the dominance of this Goddess, being protective of one’s own is completely normal. This illegitimate child of Shalya is definitely groundless.
But his tears might have some special effect after all; Su Li just doesn’t know, can one really gather 300 ml of tears from him?
What kind of torture, how many onions and peppers would it take to induce 300 ml of tears from him?
Selanweir saw the smile on Su Li’s lips and asked, "Lord, what’s so funny? Did you see something?"
Su Li laughed and said, "Just some good news. By the way, there’s something related to you. Do you think you can beat the Champion Knight?"
Today’s intelligence indeed had a lot of humorous parts. The Nameless was one of them, daring to use underhanded contracts to duel with elite soldiers.
To be fair, there is a significant gap between an Elite Knight and a Champion Knight; it’s like a military general who can easily defeat several, even dozens, of elite soldiers fully clad in armor.
So for an Elite Knight to defeat a Champion Knight is difficult but not impossible, Guan Yu can still be captured, and Zhang Fei was even killed by his own officers.
In the Empire’s history, knights getting caught off guard are countless, given their flamboyant, carefree nature, a mishap is too normal.
So if this Nameless were to be arrogant and careless, losing is also quite a significant probability.
Selanweir was wide-eyed after hearing this: "Who? Me? To eliminate the Champion Knight?"
Su Li held her in his arms and said, "This is an opportunity for you, a chance for you to break through to Champion Level before the war begins."
The difference between Champion Level and Elite Level might just be one level, but the mortality rate differs by worlds. The Black Forest was established with countless Elite Knights fallen, but the number of Champion Knights fallen is few, and all those fallen occurred in the decisive battle against Green Dragon Aelirea.
So if Selanweir can break through to Champion Level before the war with Blue Mirror Territory begins, Su Li can be much at ease.
Then Su Li encouraged her: "And you’re not going to fight the Champion Knight empty-handed. Although the opponent is stronger than you, you also have unique advantages. Your equipment is far more luxurious than theirs; I’ll prepare for you Legendary Level talismans, Rare Level battle armor, and perfect-grade weapons and rings."
"Then we’ll carefully prepare the duel’s location and time; this is your home field, you can adjust your state, use all kinds of food and potions before fighting."
Hearing Su Li’s words, Selanweir felt more confident; after all, the blood of the Ice and Snow Valkyrie flowed within her, and she nodded vigorously, saying, "I am willing to try, to give my all to earn glory for you, my Lord. You’ve raised me for so long, spared no expense to infuse resources. Now it is time for this icy sharp sword to come out of the sheath and defeat your enemies!"
"Well said!" Su Li’s blood was stirred by her generous speech, and he said, "That’s the spirit. Come with me to the Vault Area, let’s see what treasures can enhance your strength. Also, learn about our family’s wealth so you can be more motivated."
Then Su Li turned to Hela and said, "You come too, see if there are any materials in the treasure trove that you can use to concoct aromatic dew. The items in here are dazzling, I can’t remember them all."
