Chapter 311: The Ass Decides the Head!

【Ding! Daily intelligence has been refreshed!】

【Intelligence One: After half a year of effort, combined with the vast resources you, my lord, have poured in, Mi Gen and the other Grand Knights have finally reached the threshold of breakthrough!】

All you need to do is give them any magic fruit infused with pure energy, and they will instantly break through to become Bronze Knights!】

【Intelligence Two: One li east of Sugarcane Island, beneath the sea, grows a patch of Blood Coral.】

Blood Coral, as the name suggests, is so called because it produces Blood Fruits.】

Each Blood Fruit contains dense, pure energy and has powerful tonic effects on any living being!】

This patch of Blood Coral has entered its ripening season; the fruits have turned deep red and emit an enticing fragrance!】

【Intelligence Three: Along the coastline of the Death Mountains, affected by seasonal magical fluctuations from the sea, a mist-clearing zone will reappear.】

Travel thirty li south along the coast, and you will find a vast, ten-li-long region of pure rock along the mist-clearing shore.】

This region is one of the breeding grounds for Stone Giants.】

Among them, a rock five meters high and two meters wide has taken on a humanoid shape.】

In fact, this humanoid rock has already gained life.】

After a thousand years of gestation, it is about to awaken as a young Stone Person.】

【Intelligence Four: From the Stone Person breeding ground, travel fifty li inland, and a great mountain will rise abruptly.】

This mountain is extraordinarily steep and towers into the clouds; its staggering height has created two entirely different worlds above and below.】

Below, the forest is warm and lush; atop, snow lies year-round, even rarely trodden by magical beasts.】

At the summit lies a massive cavern.】

This cavern was once a temporary lair of a great dragon.】

The cave is now abandoned, but it seems to contain traces of magical artifacts!】

【Intelligence Five: The wealth of Storm Lordship has gradually spread among refugees in the eastern Chaos Wasteland.】

But those who learned of this news are not only refugees—there are also barbarians and demons.】

The Three-Headed Snake Woman Abas learned of Storm Lordship's prosperity and remembered that some of her subordinates had failed to return safely from there.】

Thus, the Three-Headed Snake Woman Abas decided to send a thousand demons to Storm Lordship.】

She intends to turn this vibrant land into ruins and bring back all its human inhabitants as food.】

This force of a thousand, led by three third-rank demons, will arrive this afternoon!】

【Intelligence Six: The disappearance of Viscount Parker and the death of Japas have finally alerted the royal nobility to the threat of dark creatures in the southern borderlands.】

Eight days ago, the kingdom passed a resolution authorizing the Church of Light to enter the southern borderlands and eliminate the dark creature menace.】

In the past, the kingdom repeatedly refused the Church of Light's requests to enter the south, fearing local nobles could not maintain control.】

But now, with this resolution passed, the Church of Light may deploy Light Knights across the south and establish temples in every lordship.】

Today, accompanied by the civil official of Iron Wolf City and Baron Mil, a Church of Light official and several priests, escorted by a Light Knight squad, will arrive at Storm Lordship.】

Their purpose: to select a site in Storm Lordship—the region most ravaged by dark creatures—to build a temple!】

【Ding! Intelligence refresh complete!】

Time flies; more than ten days have passed since Gervas helped Adam return.】

This time, the useful intelligence seemed to take longer than usual.】

Hmm… that's what Gervas thought.】

Yet, considering there had been several previous intervals of over ten days,】

it could easily be just his own imagination.】

Listening to the ding in his mind, Gervas felt this wait had been worth it this morning.】

Mi Gen and the others were about to break through to Bronze Knights.】

That meant he, Gervas, would have eleven titled knights.】

Even in the heartland of the kingdom, such a force would be top-tier.】

Beyond that, there was the dragon's cave and the Stone Giants.】

As for the dragon's cave, its contents remained unknown for now.】

But the Stone Giants—those were a high-value race.】

An adult Stone Giant could grow to thirteen or fourteen meters tall, equivalent to a three-story building in his past life.】

Such height meant undeniable combat power.】

Most importantly, this was a newly gestated Stone Person.】

That meant he could seize the chance to sign a master-servant contract with it.】

Of course, good news came with bad.】

A thousand demons invading—this was no small force.】

But Gervas was not overly concerned.】

Storm Lordship was no longer what it once was; this level of demonic force posed no real threat.】

The truly troublesome matter was the Church of Light.】

Whether in his past life or after his transmigration, Gervas had never liked these clerics.】

Especially an organization like the Church of Light.】

Unlike the Church of Nature, which revered nature and rarely spoke of gods,】

the Church of Light was radical, using the purge of dark creatures to expand its power,】

then swiftly growing by manipulating serfs through various means.】

It reminded Gervas of the medieval papacy of his past life.】

A dark age where divine authority ruled the kingdom.】

So, regardless of other considerations,】

Simply because his own interests dictated his stance—he would not allow them to meddle in his lordship.

Moreover, he was a transmigrant with a system.】

What if they sensed something amiss, coveted his wealth, or simply declared, "You are suspect," and sentenced him to the gallows?】

The Church of Light possessed over ten thousand elite Light Knights—a colossal force he could not possibly resist.】

Thinking of this, he could no longer sit still.】

He shook the bell and summoned two delicate maidservants.】

After they dressed and washed him, he went directly to the dining hall.】

"John, go to the coast immediately. Have Old Jack prepare the Black Dragon and take you to the waters of the Buwa tribe—find their fishmen!"

"My lord, is there something urgent?"】

John blinked—he rarely heard his lord give such serious orders.】

And now he was being asked to personally sail out to handle it.】

"Yes, this is indeed urgent. I need you to carry a message to Waga the Fishman myself."】

Then Gervas whispered detailed instructions to John for a long while.】

"John, remember it?"】

"My lord, I remember. I will deliver your words without fail!"】

Then John left immediately to arrange a carriage to the coastal dock.】

"Thomas!"】

"My lord, what is your command?" Thomas responded instantly, serious.】

"I have another task for you…"】