Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 456: Chapter 184: War Reparations and the Sky Griffin Knight Order!_3

Even human hearts can be bought back. After all, most of the people who came to the Hesse Territory are gamblers with a sense of adventure.

They fight desperately to follow Su Li and reap rewards from one victory after another!

Su Li was also excited and asked Hilude, ”So what did we gain from the Green Dragon’s Nest this time? Is there really a hundred thousand Golden Crowns?”

Hilude nodded heavily, gently stroking Su Li’s cheek with a smile, and said, ”I saw it with my own eyes; the Golden Crowns are no less than 100,000, and there should be dozens of sets of Vibranium Rune Armor as well.”

”However, the scale of Golden Crowns we have in hand might not actually reach 100,000. Because the most precious things in the Green Dragon’s Nest are actually the various rare treasures. More precisely, the Golden Crowns might be considered the least valuable among them.”

”According to Governor Oliver’s suggestion, we proactively took part in pricing the various precious treasures, converted the prices to Golden Crowns, and offset them from the war reparations.”

”In this way, the actual value of our war reparations might far exceed 100,000 Golden Crowns, and could even reach 200,000 Golden Crowns. Because we deliberately undervalued these treasures.”

Only reducing the value by half is not because humans have much of a conscience, but because they fear triggering the Green Dragon’s reversal psychology, making it feel that in the tribute trade system, humans have taken control of the pricing power, and it suffered too much loss.

The long-term outlook is what the Hesse Territory most hopes for.

Su Li had no objections to this arrangement and said, ”This is good news. We’re different from the Green Dragon; we don’t need so much wealth piled up in the treasury. Converting it into tools to enhance our strength is the most meaningful.”

Hilude nodded softly with a smile, and then took a bag from the half-griffin horse gear behind her. She smiled gently at Su Li and asked, ”Lord, can you guess what treasures and surprises I brought back for you?”

Su Li couldn’t help but smile and said, ”Hilude, how did you go out and come back a bit like my mom?”

Hilude used to call Su Li ’dad,’ but Su Li never called Hilude ’mom’ like other couples do.

However, Hilude’s face indeed now glows with a maternal radiance, like a mother returning from a long trip, bringing toys and gifts to her precious son.

Su Li felt that Hilude had been trying hard to comfort him since she got back, really like she wanted to be his mother or sister.

Hilude laughed brightly, indeed love is a good medicine for women. All the fatigue from the journey seemed to have been swept away, and she became vibrant: ”That must be because I’ve been too worried about you while I was outside. But I wouldn’t dare treat you as my darling big boy; I only brought you a few souvenirs.”

Then, she reached into the bag and took out three beast eggs with black patterns on their white shells, asking Su Li, ”Can you guess what these are?”

Su Li’s eyes suddenly widened in disbelief and he stared intently at the three beast eggs. After looking at the smile on Hilude’s face repeatedly several times, he asked in astonishment, ”Could these be... tiger-striped griffin eggs?”

The tiger-striped griffin is one of the noblest and most powerful creatures that soar in the sky, each being a shrewd and professional hunter, able to predict its prey’s every move. Once a potential target is discovered, the tiger-striped griffin will relentlessly track it, waiting for days if necessary to find the right moment to attack.

The deafening screech it emits when diving is terrifying, enough to make an entire army seek cover on the spot to avoid being chosen as prey by this beast. Griffins will pounce on their prey, continuing to screech as they close in. They will keep attacking until no enemy is left standing.

Survivors of griffin attacks often dream of being hunted by them, ultimately ending up torn apart after a few years. These powerful predators typically reside in the highest peaks of the Edge Mountain Range, Hesse Mountains, and similar locations in the world, only occasionally flying to the lowlands in search of food when supplies are scarce.

On the other hand, griffins are also listed as one of the Old World’s most intelligent beasts. If captured while relatively young and given proper training, they can become incredibly loyal mounts, trained to obey or even predict various commands.

Griffins thus become the preferred mounts for High Elves and many great heroes of the Old World. Death’s Claw is a particularly legendary griffin among the griffin community, having contributed greatly to Su Li, and many other electors also highly praise the griffins under their command.

However, only the wealthiest and most powerful Empire nobles have the opportunity to ride a griffin, with each willing to spend a great deal of gold to buy a griffin egg or chick.

The electors’ bids to buy Empire griffins exceed all other mounts, and years of selective breeding have made some of the griffins in the Terrabheim Royal Zoo much stronger than their wild counterparts.

Brave Empire adventurers search for griffin nests, steal their chicks, raise them, and select the strongest, smartest, and fiercest individuals for their lord.