Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 868: Chapter 105: Territory Rival · Khorne’s Chosen One · Ganser

The temptation crisis of Khorne and Treachery has been dealt with, and the last Knight corrupted by Nagash is relatively easier to solve.

His problem lies in consuming too many potions. Now, as a Knight of the Healing and Compassion Goddess Church, he has abundant potions, which he uses constantly. Without the purification of the Star Dew Sweet Orange—this Extraordinary Spirit Fruit—his body has developed deformities and ulcers.

Intelligence reports say this Medical Knight of the Mercy Order, his Holy Water Bottle he carries was secretly replaced by Nagash, turning Shalya’s Tears into Nagash’s Putrid Pus.

If left unchecked, he will eventually be corrupted and might even become Nagash’s Divine Champion, gaining the formidable reputation of Selas the Fester.

Shalya’s Divine Authority governs healing and compassion, alleviating pain and despair, while Nagash opposes her, ruling over plagues, viruses, and suffering.

Thus, Father Nurgle loves corrupting doctors. On the other hand, these Medical Knights, who interact most with patients and plagues, indeed find it hard to avoid infection.

Today, if this Medical Knight Selas turns into a plague carrier, it won’t affect the tournament much, but the future threat is significant.

Su Li no longer has the resources to save him and can only regrettably choose a rather crude method—confiscating all his potions for destruction.

Su Li doesn’t need to handle this personally. The president of the Red Brotherhood, the Wandering Son Luo Ou, will solve everything perfectly. Their Church has 100–140 Red Brotherhood thieves and 60–80 bandits, and the Brotherhood members have expanded to 80 people, with 50 Gold Worship Warriors, and 30 Rogue Knights!

Since joining the territory, their personnel have expanded by a full 60–80 people, making them truly influential figures in the territory.

Having them handle matters unsuitable for Knights is very fitting.

They lived up to Su Li’s expectations and quickly stole Selas’s potions.

On the field, Selas was shocked to find all his potions in his bag replaced with ordinary Shalya’s Hand!

This potion can only treat minor external injuries; in fierce battles, the effect can be said to be next to nothing.

Even as a doctor, Selas couldn’t control his emotions, angrily cursing and frantically questioning his opponent if they used foul tactics.

But the opponent was a powerful White Wolf Knight, who upon hearing his accusation, became enraged and headbutted him.

As a result, Selas was utterly defeated. His accusation triggered the opponent’s inner fury, enhancing their combat strength, and with just one round, they completely subdued Selas. Without potions, he had no chance to continue fighting.

Thus, this Knight tragically lost his position among the top three.

Being carried away, his eyes reflected resentment and confusion, unable to fathom who swapped out his potions amid tight security.

Su Li stood in the top-tier VIP room of the Lion Ring, observing the Knight’s tragic figure with a faint smile.

Even though Selas’s current state is dire, if he knew his original fate, he would kneel before Su Li, grateful beyond measure. Because being beaten so badly is a million times better than succumbing to Nagash’s corruption!

Once corrupted by Chaos, the pain and despair could break even the strongest person, leaving them obsessed with vengeance against mortals, inflicting their pain on others.

Selas’s destiny was successfully altered, and Su Li felt slightly relieved, then intensely focused on the two in the final round.

Though he and his ministers deployed various interference tactics, they still dare not relax.

Facing Evil Gods is inherently thrilling yet hopeless and powerless.

Sometimes, whether you can thwart the Evil Gods’ plans doesn’t solely depend on your abilities but on how interested the Evil God is in the matter. If a being is marked as a ”high-interest target” by Chaos Evil God, its corruption is almost irreversible.

For instance, Khorne once forcefully converted a Northern Warlord Chief Karl Adebayo into the Blood God Champion. Even death cannot escape this fate; as long as you’re bloodthirsty enough to please Khorne, the Red Dogman can genuinely revive you on the spot.

Currently, without a doubt, Ganser and Orlando are in such a state—the longer they battle, the more likely they are to attract the Evil God’s forced blessing.

To use the saying, blessings are merely mortals praying for a Divine Spirit’s glance.

As it stands, the Evil Gods’ attention is merely secondary. The Evil Gods have seen countless promising candidates; they won’t invest much energy. But once the focus escalates from secondary to moderate, the Evil Gods’ gaze lingering on them a moment longer, even without bestowing blessings, these fragile Official Knights can be forcibly corrupted.

Su Li, Violet, and others intently watched the battle in the arena. The phrase ”Do your part and heed the celestial mandate” fittingly describes this world’s situation.

Yet, the event unfolded contrary to their wishes; the battle between the two was notably intense. After four rounds, the score remained two to two!

Su Li had to rest his hands on the window ledge, eyes fixed on the match below. Though the crowd cheered wildly, he remained unexcited: ”How about it? Are there significant changes in them? Has our intervention been effective?”