Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 1071: Chapter 159: Suna’s Cultivation and the Holy Purple Vine Tree’s Bountiful Harvest

It proves that only an insufficiently generous boss exists, not insufficiently hardworking employees.

When a lord is generous enough, his subordinates will be extremely motivated, even able to lift him to become Emperor!

Over twenty sets of refined level equipment, for Su Li, who has a production capacity of nearly a thousand pieces of refined equipment, is merely a drop in the ocean. It can be replenished at any time. But for the motivated knights, this is an outrageous reward enough to drive them wild.

On that day, these knights went to Shalya’s Holy Land and the hospital to donate large amounts of blood.

Then, under the dwarves’ relentless hammering, the emblem from the Bauhinia Clan appeared on a large scale for the first time.

What pleased Su Li even more was that the equipment system in Hesse Territory was fully taking shape, including not just weapons, armor, and emblems, but also rings, talismans, and mounts.

There’s no need to mention the mounts, as the horse vultures from the Dwarf Kingdom have arrived, adding another monster mount, the winged raptor, to Hesse Territory. This mighty beast inhabits the peaks of the Gray Mountain Range and occasionally roams the green lands searching for cattle and sheep, although they also prey on humans, green skins, or any creature unable to hide quickly.

Wild horse vultures are extremely aggressive. When awakened, they fall into a frenzy of wild rage, only calming down by tearing apart an enemy’s body. That’s why horse vultures slaughter entire herds, killing every beast they see. Their craving for fresh flesh is so intense that beings around them can sense their terrifying hunger. Survivors of a horse vulture attack often keep a close watch on the skies for years afterward.

When hunting, the horse vulture relies on its fierce instincts rather than terrifying intelligence. During the hunt, its simple mind naturally assumes an unseen prey is one that has evaded it forever. Therefore, the horse vulture will unavoidably close the gap swiftly with the prey before it has a chance to escape. Once the victim fails to escape, they are soon forgotten by the hunter, and the beast moves on to find more accessible prey elsewhere.

They fiercely defend their territory, battling to the death against any creature that accidentally enters it, whether a lost farmer or a wandering dragon—thus, they tend to avoid each other respectfully. They compete with flying horses for nesting space, though they wisely steer clear of the giant eagle’s range. When two horse vultures meet, they’re likely to fight, usually resulting in a violent and bloody battle until one or both beasts are dead. It’s certain that no horse vulture will voluntarily retreat or flee.

Horse vultures are mages’ preferred subjects for testing taming spells. After all, if one flies into a horde of enemies, what does it matter if the taming spell fails then?

Horse vultures are also among the favorite mounts of Border Prince Territory Knights, as they desire a creature more ferocious than the gentle flying horses, although only a few mighty knights have truly succeeded in using them as mounts. Only the most resolute humans can ride these beasts, as horse vultures have strong wills and temperaments, and they will toss the rider off the saddle if the reins are even slightly relaxed.

Taming horse vultures is a challenge many nobles cannot resist, making them the desired mounts of many. To successfully train a horse vulture, it must be captured and tamed at a young age, but considering the adult’s ferocious territorial awareness, obtaining a chick or egg is extremely dangerous. Occasionally, a Knight of Chivalry is tasked with capturing such a beast to prove themselves. More commonly, lords find suitable ”volunteers” among the farmers, promising great rewards to survivors who return with a healthy, young horse vulture, although few fulfill these promises, and no one inquires about it.

The dwarves delivered four young horse vultures, prompting Su Li to ponder whether to form an air cavalry corps. The griffins had been distributed among the generals, but horse vultures and flying horses were to be concentrated and used for charge cavalry corps.

Moreover, unlike griffins and horse vultures, flying horses are easier to breed, and Hesse Territory has successfully cultivated them around the Range Fault Peak of the Gray Mountain Range.

This is a treacherous peak located approximately 160 miles northeast of Lady Grey Pass where Hesse Territory currently hosts a total of 5 flying horses and 3 foals.

Though their numbers are few, their significance is extraordinary, considered the Holy Land of the Dawn Church. Here, it has evolved into the perfect habitat for flying horses, an extraordinary species that, given time, can continuously expand the herd. In the future, it can provide mounts for Hesse Territory endlessly; 24, 240, or even when Su Li’s power is strong enough, governing the entire Border Prince’s Territory or the whole Empire, 2400 flying horses are not unimaginable. (Of course, by then, this won’t be the only habitat.)

The expansion of the territory most effectively boosts his agriculture and management outcomes.

The production of these equipments also benefits from the territorial enlargement, producing talismans and rings, no longer solely relying on Ingrid.