Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 120: Chapter 61: Ingrid’s Service and the Arrival of the Dwarf Rangers

The young lady has already moved into her own castle, so Su Li naturally needs to be a bit bold and brave.

So, after hearing what Ingrid said, Su Li decisively sat closer, leaning against her rounded, black silk-clad beautiful legs, holding her cold little hand, and said, ”You should have moved here a long time ago. I invited you so many times. It’s more convenient for me to take care of you here at the castle.”

Ingrid allowed him to hold her fair right hand, turned her head slightly to look at him, and then coldly said, ”You don’t have any persuasive power like this.”

Su Li had already developed a thick skin, holding her hand anyway, enjoying himself, why should he care about what she said?

”Your hand is so cold.”

Ingrid glanced at him coldly; Su Li thought she wouldn’t respond.

But her delicate face slowly looked out the window, and she coolly replied, ”My body tends to be cold.”

”Then let me help warm you up.” Su Li immediately seized the opportunity, lifting his towel, and covered her cold little hand with his warm abdomen.

Ingrid’s serene face finally showed some signs of melting; it was her first time being so intimate with someone, and she couldn’t help but want to struggle to pull back her hand.

But Su Li resolutely held onto her resistance, then changed the topic and asked, ”I’ve always been curious, how old are you?”

Ingrid, a frail witch, naturally doesn’t have as much strength as Su Li, a knight. After struggling and seeing no hope, she gave up.

Upon hearing Su Li’s question, she coldly looked up at him and asked, ”How old do I seem to you?”

Su Li carefully examined Ingrid from head to toe. Her facial features were exquisite, her lips elegant, and she had silky long hair.

Her temperament was so cool, yet her figure was a striking contrast, with a sumptuous indigo magic robe cut to fit and wrapping gracefully around her slender figure. Beneath the robe, her long, rounded beautiful legs were adorned with sexy black stockings, crossed together, shown in the high slit of the robe, truly irresistibly alluring, making one’s heart beat faster, chest elated, body simmering.

So Su Li said with a smile, ”Your attire looks so luxurious and mature; it feels like you’re twenty-seven or twenty-eight?”

Ingrid’s cold eyes narrowed, emotionlessly looking at him.

Su Li immediately corrected, laughed, and said, ”Then twenty-three or twenty-four?”

Ingrid stared at him, ”If you don’t want to guess, you can go upstairs.”

Su Li held onto her small hand tightly, smiling at her, ”Ha, then I know, eighteen!”

Ingrid turned to look aside, a faint smile appeared on her cool face.

This smile blossomed like a snow lotus, and Su Li felt his heart melt: ”Your smile is so beautiful; you should smile more often. Usually, you always put on a cold facade, appearing a bit aloof, even somewhat melancholic.”

Ingrid looked at him, saying faintly, ”What’s the difference whether it’s beautiful or not.”

”The difference is huge. When you smile, you’re beautiful, and I love to see it.” Su Li held her soft little hand and said, ”Look, your hand is already warming up. Actually, you’re just a person with a soft heart. When others are kind to you, you’ll respond with all your heart.”

”I feel your compliment has ulterior motives.” Ingrid looked up at him and said lightly.

Su Li grinned, slowly moving her hand, and said with a smile, ”What do you mean by ulterior motives? At most, I’ll just enjoy you, what else can I do?”

Ingrid’s serene cheeks slightly frowned as she turned to look at Su Li, her gaze somewhat puzzled, ”What do you want to do?”

”It’s cold here too, can you warm me up? Your hand is already sweating.”

”I’m nervous.” A light blush had appeared on Ingrid’s beautiful cheeks.

Su Li leaned close to her shoulder, exhaled warmth against her ear, and said with a smile, ”Can you help me?”

Ingrid asked coldly, ”Can I refuse?”

”You ask me, and of course my answer is no. You wouldn’t want me to be cold and uncomfortable, right?”

”Mhm.”

With Ingrid’s light response, Su Li immediately clenched his fist in excitement, his heart racing.

Finally, there was a breakthrough in progress with this beautiful witch, obtaining her soft little hand.

Having experienced the 92 deal, can 95 and 98 be far behind?

And today’s good things are not just limited to this one. The cold beautiful witch tenderly helped Su Li release, and in the evening, Hilude entered the castle to report: ”Lord, Knight Fastrick has returned, and he has brought a team of dwarf rangers to the north of the castle.”

Su Li immediately held Ingrid’s slender waist and went up to the highest tower of the castle, looking north. Despite the pouring rain, they could still see a shining team coming from the north.

Ah, women, the quickest shortcut to her heart is always through intimate experiences.

If Ingrid hadn’t helped Su Li release three times this afternoon, Su Li would have had no chance to hold her so intimately as he does now.

The bottom line of a woman is broken step by step; once you kiss her, holding hands and hugging are completely effortless.

Once a more intimate relationship is developed, kissing, hugging, and touching are naturally accepted.

Now, Su Li was embracing her slender and soft waist, overlooking the territory.

In fact, the situation of the territory is much better than Su Li expected.

As long as he can relax his mind, he will surely be victorious against this disaster.

Because his castle is on a high hill in the north of the territory, no matter how the flood spreads, it will not affect his castle and foundation.

The castle has a large store of food, and the walls connect the knight camp and training ground.

Even if the southern residential area is flooded, he will only suffer a slight loss of property, completely capable of starting over, even better than when he first entered the territory.

Most of the Empire’s nobles have this mindset, so they don’t care much about flood control. Disaster relief? What disaster relief?

That’s something the centralized dynasties do. The Empire’s feudal lords don’t owe you commoners anything; you haven’t paid the natural disaster tax, don’t always think noble lords can do something for you. Don’t be part of the problem, be the person solving the problem. Survival of the fittest, the weak will only be eliminated!

Of course, Su Li is a bit more benevolent than most lords, so he fully commits to building water conservancy facilities.

He anticipates the arrival of dwarves, hoping for more support from them to build municipal, water conservancy, and fortification projects for the territory.

For example, this castle can start construction once Tal’s hurricane and rain have passed.

The ogre construction team has no talent in farming and cannot cultivate fertile fields, so they can take the opportunity to build Su Li’s castle and the municipal buildings of Hesse Town, and even prepare to build the first city wall of Hesse Town.

While Su Li was thinking about this, Hilude had already instructed the castle’s armed attendants to open the castle gates, and Fastrick led a team of dwarf rangers to quickly shelter inside from the rain.

When he saw Su Li, he couldn’t help but complain, ”Hey, my lord, I braved the wind and rain to find a team of dwarf rangers for you, and meanwhile, you managed to charm such a beautiful lady? This progress is too fast, isn’t it? I’ve never seen anything like it.”

There are plenty of things you haven’t seen, Su Li took a Dragon Blood Stone from his person and tossed it to him, saying, ”Thank you for your hard work, this is your reward. Was everything smooth along the way?”

Fastrick caught the Dragon Blood Stone and instantly beamed with a smiling face. This trip out earned him at least dozens of Golden Crowns, his complaints vanished immediately.

Then he shook his armor, and a large amount of blood and flesh chunks poured out like a fountain, and he said exaggeratedly, ”My lord, earning this Dragon Blood Stone was no easy feat. I risked my life to drive off those Red Crown cultists who were attacking the dwarf rangers.”

”Mainly because of the heavy rain, the dwarves’ firearms and gunpowder were soaked and couldn’t exert their power. It was only by fighting desperately that I managed to lead them to break through.”

Su Li then turned to look at the dwarf rangers taking shelter from the rain inside the castle. Behind these sturdy dwarves were large-caliber firearms, the bowl-shaped muzzles bigger than a fist, showing the tremendous power of these firearms.

Each of these rangers was a walking munitions depot, carrying a variety of different weapons — crossbows and firearms for long-range enemy penetration, throwing axes for mid-range slaughter on the move, and battle axes for close combat. And for those who could truly intimidate the enemy, the two-handed axe was more than suitable for.

Additionally, they also learned to carry bedding, pots, pans, and climbing gear on their backs.

They are the eyes and ears of the dwarf settlements, living in the wild away from the fortress to protect dwarf cities from enemy and beast harassment.

These rangers explore hidden valleys, pass through collapsed tunnels, and climb cliffs to discover new paths. They also hunt down and deal with lone monsters or small groups of goblins, but when they encounter larger creatures or more enemies on the march, the rangers would signal the nearest dwarf outpost to warn them of the approaching danger.

From a human perspective, these are respectable roles. But among dwarves, their identity is not very recognized.

In the view of most dwarves, a dwarf who likes to stay above ground all day hunting and such is a weirdo. In the past, dwarves would not stay above ground for more than an hour unless absolutely necessary. They believe sunlight and air are harmful to a dwarf’s health, not to mention many rangers have disappeared, never to return.

But as dwarves are surrounded by mountains, the status of dwarf rangers is becoming more valued by the Dwarf Kingdom.

They undertake the heavy responsibility of external contact for the dwarves.

Fastrick pointed to a strong dwarf with a long red beard and said, ”This is the leader of the dwarf rangers, Dorglin Redbeard, and he hopes to find an ally territory among the big folks down the mountain. Perhaps, my lord, you can have a good chat with him.”