Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence-Chapter 389 - 166: Rare Level Weapon and Mythical Level Material · Double-tailed Comet Fragment
Su Li’s determination of victory seemed casual, but in reality, killing a Chosen One wasn’t so simple.
From Aisin the Sorcerer being hit by Hilude’s Divine Guiding Arrow, pinning him to the wall, to Oerstein forcefully breaking through the defenses of two Rat People Divine Chosen Level assassins and smashing them into pieces, the battle was extremely long and intense.
So much time had passed, enough for Freya to tie her hair up and kneel to assist Su Li with his practice once.
Not long after Aisin the Sorcerer was killed, Su Li had just tied Freya with a red rope, put Sado’s brass bell on her, and lit a low-temperature candle, when Hilude arrived at the top floor of the castle, excitedly reporting to Su Li: "My Lord, we’ve successfully killed four Rat People Divine Chosen Level assassins."
Su Li immediately handed the candle to Avril, then kissed Freya’s smooth back, and said to Avril: "You all get in the mood for a moment, I’ll be back soon."
Leaving the room, Su Li excitedly asked Hilude: "How are the battle results? How are you and Marshal Oerstein doing?"
Hilude replied with a smile: "With the presence of the Religious Holy Image and laurel gemstone, both Marshal Oerstein and I are in good condition. Once the Rat People were exposed, their combat power was negligible. It took this long to finish the fight because Marshal Oerstein wanted to take them down more steadily."
"In this battle, our Marshal had a huge harvest. He alone smashed four Rat People Chosen Ones, which even angered the Great Horned Rat, placing a curse on him [Dark Revenge of Hunger]. From now on, all Rat People attacks against him will become fiercer, with an added curse effect; if a Rat Person’s blade cuts his flesh, he will contract blighted pox. If not quickly removed, this blight would eventually cause his limbs to rot like a leper’s, with maggots and mites breeding on his skin, leading to total collapse."
Su Li took a deep breath and asked: "Did the Rat People’s Divine Spirit the Great Horned Rat curse him personally? Does that mean even if our Marshal reaches the Holy Sanctuary stage, he can’t escape this curse? Unless he ascends from a mortal to a Divine Spirit like Redema and Vier."
Hilude nodded and said: "That’s right. This curse is extremely powerful, and even another Divine Spirit cannot purify it."
"Of course, paying such a heavy price, our Marshal also received immense Divine Grace. His name will resonate within the Sun Goddess Church, each believer will recognize his title as the Lion King."
"This will be a powerful title bestowed by the Sun Goddess, with divine effects; he and the army he commands will have some Swift Strike effects against the Rat People, with strength and speed increased by no less than 20%."
Indeed, it’s a highly profitable return, to be able to fix the Swift Strike effect, even though it doesn’t double the attack speed like active Divine Magic, still, in this situation, it’s a considerable boost.
There’s no Knight who could resist the allure of a 20% increase in strength and speed; possibly even the extraordinary Spirit Fruit doesn’t offer such potent effects.
At least, none of the three Spirit Trees Su Li is currently cultivating have the ability to permanently enhance a Knight’s strength.
The key is that this effect can also apply to the army he commands, an incredible degree of strength.
It seems the Sun Goddess truly appreciates Oerstein Knight’s performance in this battle.
While Su Li and Hilude were talking, Oerstein had already cleaned the bloodstains off his body in the bath, bearing his spoils, he came to the higher levels of the castle.
Upon seeing Su Li, he said excitedly: "My Lord, thank you for your guidance, this battle brought me unparalleled glory, I feel as if I’ve heard the Sun Goddess’ voice of praise."
Oerstein’s gratitude was genuine and heartfelt; he genuinely felt that choosing to follow his Lord and come to the Border Prince’s Territory was the wisest decision of his life.
At the Bauhinia Earl’s Territory, he was stuck at the Elite Level for many years, seeing no light.
But after joining the Hesse Territory, through night and day campaigns, not only did he break through to the Divine Chosen Knight Tier, upon hearing the Sun Goddess’ sacred voice of admiration, it was as if a broad path to the Legendary Level illuminated itself before him!
The Legendary Level is truly rare in the Empire, any Legendary Level Knight can hold equal status before a Duke or Elector, and a Legendary Level Knight joining any Territory would at least secure the title of Count.
Within the Empire, Legendary Level numbers are the least, far fewer than the Holy Sanctuary Level.
Although Holy Sanctuary Level possesses thousands of years of life span, they rarely appear, vanishing from sight.
In truth, the Legendary Level is the top combat power visible in the Empire, also controlling the highest power.
To this Knight who has a great possibility of reaching the Legendary Level, Su Li showed great respect, smiling as he stepped forward, raising his arm to pat his muscled bicep, saying: "If we’re exchanging polite words, I should thank you as well, for helping me kill four Rat People Divine Chosen Ones that were a threat to the Territory."
Oerstein stood upright with heels together, saying solemnly: "That’s different, defending the Territory is my duty."
