Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence-Chapter 519 - 10: Never Bully the Poor Youth! (Part 3)

The ten fingers are connected to the heart, and the broken little finger and the splattered blood twisted his face as he stared fiercely at Archibald opposite him.

Ingrid’s strength was still far from that of a Legendary level knight. Even with the magical power of the Four-leaf Clover enhancing her Destiny Talisman, it still couldn’t withstand Archibald’s attack, merely reducing the severed hand to a severed finger.

Yet even this level exhausted all the spiritual power of the talisman, causing it to instantly shatter and burn out.

This meant that Archibald’s next sword could easily sever Su Li’s hand.

"Witness the everlasting radiance—" Archibald lightly flicked the sword tip, and the severed finger hovered in the silver holy light, gradually crystallizing. "This blood amber will forever remind you of the cost of overstepping bounds!"

"How about it? Ant, have you seen enough? There are many things in the world far more terrifying than death. The next sword will cut off your left hand. I want to see whether your lips are tougher or your spirit."

After speaking, the sword light radiated a brilliant silver light once again.

Hilude’s resounding sacred song suddenly arose as she forcibly activated the Divine General Form, and the dazzling sword light illuminated the entire manor, about to charge in and battle this Legendary level knight to the death.

But even in the Divine General Form, she wouldn’t be a match for Archibald. As a Legendary level knight, Archibald could, in the Divine General state, still use his bloodline ability, easily sending Hilude flying again.

Even more despairingly, behind Archibald were 12 Divine Chosen level knights, who didn’t even need him to act; these 12 knights had already intercepted nearly a hundred Forbidden Guard Knights of the Hesse who were charging in with golden luster.

These Divine Chosen Knights of Sulande Province had just experienced an epic war with Green Skin. Every one of them was elite, having fought their way out of a sea of corpses and blood.

They effortlessly knocked down dozens of Forbidden Guard Knights of the Hesse. No matter how the knights roared, they could not overcome this immense gap, falling chaotically all over the ground.

Even the Green Dragon Aelirea couldn’t stand it, joining the battle but unable to change the situation. Three Divine Chosen level knights, wielding longswords, attacked her. If it weren’t for the unbelievably powerful Jade Staff in her hand, she might have been the first to fall in this confined space.

Because human knights in a civil war must hold back, as the Border Prince’s Territory is the Empire’s main expansion direction at present. No matter what, the Eternal Light Knight Order can’t slaughter knights who belong to the same camp.

Should they indeed kill Su Li and a large number of the Sun Goddess Church Knights, it could trigger a faith war between the two churches.

If it escalated to that point, never mind that Archibald is just a duke; even if he succeeded in controlling the entire Sulande Province, he wouldn’t withstand the wrath of the Sun Goddess Church and the Imperial Elector Council.

Especially the Sun Goddess Church—which is not a particularly reasonable and meek church. On the contrary, even their priests are knights with formidable martial arts, unreasonably domineering.

Archfield forcibly entered the Sun Goddess Divine Chosen’s secular territory and slaughtered a large number of Sun Goddess Knights; the truly mighty knight order of the Sun Goddess Church would surely retaliate a hundred percent.

If you strike the young, the old will come. It’s not just a privilege of one side.

Even the Grand Leader of the Flame Sun Knight Order might personally take action to chop off Archibald’s head to vent the church’s fury.

In terms of martial virtue prosperity, the Verena Church of the Goddess of Justice is far inferior to the Sun Goddess Church. Their church is more famous for scholars and bureaucrats. Even Sulande Province itself is not renowned for martial virtue, otherwise, its provincial capital wouldn’t have been breached by Green Skin.

But Archibald indeed did not dare to kill Su Li, though he absolutely had the confidence to continue cutting off several of Su Li’s fingers or even his entire hand.

He ignored all the surrounding flashes of blades and swords and directly continued stabbing toward Su Li’s blood-stained hand with the radiant sword light: "If you dare reject me, you must pay the price! Let’s see how long you can endure!"

"Ah~!" A scream resounded, a sound like a cuckoo weeping blood. Philis directly lunged onto Su Li, crying out, "Stop it, all of you! I will agree to go back to Sulande Province with you! Don’t hurt the Lord any further!"

The sharp edge of the sword pierced Philis’s delicate skin, stabbing an inch into her smooth back, with a trickle of blood immediately flowing down her sleek spine. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Archibald’s face remained cold, not withdrawing the longsword, instead pressing the blade against both Philis and Su Li coldly, saying, "You have no leverage to negotiate with me!"

Philis suddenly picked up a blood-stained longsword that had fallen beside her, placing it against her white throat, staring resolutely at Archibald, she said, "If you dare continue to hurt the Lord, I’ll slit my throat right here!"

Instantly, a blazing anger burned in Archibald’s eyes. He tightly gripped the longsword, looking murderously down at Philis, "Bitch, do you dare threaten me?!"

Philis immediately pressed the sharp sword against her neck, its edge easily slicing through her tender skin, with a strand of vibrant blood flowing out. "I am indeed a wretched woman; it was the Lord who let me know what happiness and joy are. If I have to leave the Lord, living on my own would have no meaning! I do not fear death, but your ambition will turn to dust! Order your men to stop immediately!"