Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence-Chapter 480 - 190: Majestic Divine Grace, Triumphal Sevenfold Ceremony, Third Holy Omen
Present the Skull Staff entwined with the Resentful Souls of the Goblin Shaman!
May the Holy Fire cleanse every inch of its filthy curses,
forging a new star by your crown!"
"Please fill our saddlebags with an undying light,
so that where our horses tread, rotten marshes turn into golden wheat fields;
let the Broken Lance sprout before dawn,
and transform the names of the fallen into gilded inscriptions on armor!"
Then the knights uniformly struck their shield three times with the spine of their swords, and the clattering of their armor boomed like thunder as they knelt on one knee.
"In the name of iron and fire,
attested by light and blood—
today we adorn your altar with the head of the enemy chief,
and tomorrow we wish to crush ten more dark fortresses for your chariot!"
As his prayer ended, the cultivators nailed the prayer and the records of the battle’s tactics onto the Holy Statue Base, and immediately, the blazing sun mark of the goddess’s profile appeared on the bronze plate.
This signified that the Sun Goddess had accepted the tribute and offerings of this battle, and as the last chant of the mass pierced through the clouds over the territory, the battle banner of the Sun Goddess flapped in the Holy Flame, and a golden cascade in the shape of a Holy Grail poured into the monastery dome. The Holy Radiance, carrying ancient promises, continuously refracted and intensified between stained glass windows, until it transformed into explosive waves of light, bathing the entire territory in liquid gold.
The weapons of those knights who had proven their bravery in the Holy War began to manifest the blessings of the Sun Goddess; every soldier who triumphed and participated in the sacrifice had the emblems of strong foes defeated in this battle appearing on their sword blades, halberd blades, and war hammer handles.
The blood-stained lance revealed the starlight outlines of slaughtered beasts, and the indented surface of the kite shield grew gilded patterns of thorny roses. Even on the gilded handle of Su Li’s warhammer, there emerged reliefs of a two-legged flying dragon pierced by the warhammer.
And Hilude’s Rare Level Rune Sword, [Beast Slayer of Hesse Territory], had transformed into a moving holy relic chest, inscribed densely with kill marks, from the powerful Divine Chosen Tree Demon and Chaos Monster · Three-headed Chimera, to the countless champion-level monsters, two-legged flying dragons, and gnoll leaders, centaur beast chiefs, and so forth.
The golden scriptures and kill marks densely packed on her sword’s golden spine roamed like living chains. This meant she had specialized effects against almost all forest monsters.
Under her sword blade, those monsters entwined with poison vines in the forest would dissolve like seeing the dawn.
If there were to be another battle against the Green Dragon’s fangs, the Green Dragon’s legions would instantly collapse facing these blessed Territorial Knights, crumbling in defeat, unable to withstand the assault of Hesse Territory.
Such a powerful divine grace from the Sun Goddess, Su Li couldn’t be more satisfied. After the ceremony ended, he decisively announced, "I will contribute 10,000 Gold Crowns to the Sun Goddess Church to expand the scale of the Sun Goddess Monastery and elevate the height of Her Majesty Violet’s Holy Image!"
Rong’en, of course, welcomed this contribution and promptly said, "Thank you, Lord, for the allocation to the church and faith. We will recruit more cultivators, contributing more to the spreading of the Goddess Teachings, striving to make the territory a model territory of the Sun Goddess Church, attracting more believers and immigrants to visit."
This has actually been remarkably effective, since the territory achieved the epic victory over the Green Dragon History, the territory’s reputation has spread far and wide.
Just the day before yesterday, a Battle Pilgrimage Group over 130 strong visited the territory, led by a blind old knight. He used a broken sword to measure the land illuminated by the divine grace of the Sun Goddess, visiting the border post battle, and also visiting the tragic battle relics inside the city. On their plate armor hung bone bells made of human skulls, emitting a crisp ringing sound all the way, and they left over twenty Apprentice Knights and Armed Attendants at those relics, to experience the divine grace of the Sun Goddess and learn the battle arts of the Elite Knights of Violet, to feel the martial prowess of Her Majesty Violet.
This is a kind of pilgrimage group welcomed by any territory. They are not only followers of the church but also the most perfect Free People’s Corps. Usually, they do not consume any finances of the territory, but when war breaks out, they will carry fine weapons and join the Free People’s Corps of the territory, fighting against evil for it, and even when the battle ends, they are not too greedy for spoils.
This is like ascetic cultivators, acting not for themselves, but solely for others.
In some pilgrimage groups of the Church of Relief and Mercy, some female cultivators would even use their bodies to comfort those suffering and despairing, relieving their repressed agony from unmet desires, preventing them from becoming followers of Sado, which is the most respected profession by the commoners.
However, the Hesse Territory probably doesn’t need such female cultivators for comfort, as when Su Li disbanded the army, the knights, having received a great deal of wealth and spoils, were willing to spend money lavishly in brothels to vent the violent energy accumulated from months of campaigning.
Su Li also planned to vent with Freya; he had been nursing his body for these days, his familiar flame-like body seemed to contain a burning fire.
He had always been in the Great Britain embassy, it had been a long time since he enjoyed the body of a female knight.
Once the celebration ends, Su Li took Marshal Oerstein, Captain Constantine, and other military commanders back to the castle for the final banquet celebration of the day.
Marshal Oerstein also took the opportunity to report to Su Li about the current most important state of the army’s size.
After Su Li donated 10,000 Gold Crowns to the Sun Goddess Church, the territory settled its debts to the merchants, leaving a fiscal surplus of just over 36,000 Gold Crowns.
