Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 293: Chapter 139: Spoils Inventory and the Steel Fierce Sun Battle Banner (Part 3)

Moreover, giving him this banner has another great advantage, which is the ability to earn a large amount of wealth from him. Of course, this doesn’t mean that Su Li intends to sell the banner to him, but once the banner is given to him, his Corona Knight Order will definitely find ways to purchase more Vibranium Rune Armor.

The wealth of their Silver Spring Valley is indeed very abundant. Usually, they don’t have much interaction with Hesse Town, as their Knight Order has big noble and merchant sponsors supporting them. (Each Knight Order can receive donations from more than one noble.) At the Silver Spring Valley garrison, there are warehouses and agents set up by trading caravans from Marle Castle. Whenever the Corona Knight Order needs something, these trading caravans can usually help them purchase it from Marle Castle, even things that aren’t entirely legal.

Vibranium Rune Armor is a strictly prohibited strategic material for smuggling within the Empire. Unless it’s a transaction between nobles, any civil transaction or smuggling is considered a grievous crime of extermination. If a trading caravan carries Vibranium, the entire caravan will be executed. It’s far more perilous than salt smuggling.

But in Marle Castle, holding the strategic position at the throat of the Border Prince’s Territory, not only do merchants seek wealth by taking risks, but the Empire’s Electorate Council also turns a blind eye, allowing merchants to smuggle Vibranium and Rune Armor to the Pioneer Lords.

Therefore, if the Corona Knight Order is willing to invest heavily, they might be able to purchase 1-2 sets of armor from Marle Castle every month, although even the wealthy Corona Knight Order might find the price unaffordable. The price of such strategic material, a national treasure on the black market, is very high. A set of Vibranium Rune Armor itself is worth the annual output of 1,000 serfs without eating or drinking. Smuggled Rune Armor is worth at least 2,000 Golden Crowns.

Even a wealthy Knight Order buying two or three sets will find its treasury becoming empty.

So, the force capable of crafting such Rune Armor undoubtedly holds an unparalleled strategic advantage. It saves a large amount of wealth; otherwise, just buying munitions and armor would be enough to burden a territory heavily.

As Su Li was contemplating whether to sell a few sets of Vibranium Rune Armor to the Corona Knight Order, Hilude entered the room and said to Su Li, ”My Lord, Captain Constantine is here. And he has brought quite a few good things.”

Su Li immediately smiled and said, ”Please ask Captain Constantine to come in.”

A moment later, the large figure of Captain Constantine walked into the room alongside the tall figure of Deputy Leader Freya.

Su Li concernedly asked, ”Are you both unhurt?”

Constantine laughed heartily, saying, ”I just suffered a minor injury, grazing me thanks to Sandarion. But I think what the Lord is asking isn’t about me, right?”

Freya, with arms folded, curled her lips, looking at Constantine with an expression of disdain, and said, ”I never knew you were such a gossip. If you’re unharmed, I’m even less so.”

Su Li smiled, relieved that they were fine.

This battle, he also noticed Freya’s performance from the air; it was quite brilliant.

Not that Su Li was looking for the figure of a woman specifically in such a tense and intense battlefield, but while observing the Half-Lion Griffin Knight Order, he witnessed the unrivaled power she and the Half-Lion Griffin Knight Order exhibited.

As the Empire’s highest-ranking organized Knight Order, the Half-Lion Griffin Knights displayed unparalleled might in this battle.

Especially when charging at the gnoll and forest goblin cannon fodder units, the enormous tier gap made them utterly unstoppable and overwhelmingly dominant.

Whenever the Half-Lion Griffin Knight Order charged at the monsters, it was like a long knife slicing through bamboo, mercurially swift, each charge penetrating hundreds of meters into the monster legion, reducing several dozen to a hundred monsters into pieces on the ground.

Particularly in this battle, the monsters were caught off guard, their formations thrown into chaos. The Half-Lion Griffin Knight Order, alongside other Elite Knights, launched assaults from the rear, showcasing the full prowess of the Imperial Knights. With their lances, they easily swept through thousands of monsters during the charge and pursuit, the number of monsters they slew far surpassing the six to seven times larger infantry formations on the main battlefield.

This is perfectly reasonable; only two breaches were opened by the monsters, the number climbing the walls was not many, and the amount engaging the infantry phalanx in combat was very few.

Most losses occurred as the monster morale broke and they were mercilessly pursued and slain by the knights during their retreat.

This is one of the Empire’s greatest advantages; as long as the Empire wins the battle, the relentless pursuit by the Imperial Knights can deliver devastating blows to a fleeing army.

Captain Constantine reaped rich rewards during the pursuit, and after joking around, he took out a batch of treasures from his bosom, saying, ”This battle was incredibly exhilarating. Especially when even the giants began to flee, we could freely hunt them down, the thrill of hunting such colossal creatures was simply unparalleled.”

Then he tossed a golden crown to Su Li, saying, ”This is a ring I cut from the finger of a giant during the hunt, though it looks like the crown of some king. This is my souvenir for you, commemorating our great victory in this battle.”

Su Li took the crown, glanced at it, and asked, ”Could it possibly be the infamous Dwarven Crown of Vengeance?”

Dorglin’s face turned serious as he said, ”My Lord, that joke isn’t funny at all. You should know that every appearance of the Crown of Vengeance brings bloody destruction and disaster.”