Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Hilude had just spoken with Su Li, so she didn’t decline and stepped forward to don the armor with the assistance of the two high-level attendants.

As Su Li had said, this armor was custom-made for the Divine Chosen Knight of the Sun Goddess Church, perfectly matching the golden and radiant aura of the Sun Goddess Church.

At the moment the final buckles on the leg guards were latched, the entire armor suddenly erupted in a molten gold brilliance. The once still Griffin Feather Wings appeared to come alive, with every feather vein flowing with the light from the Fiery Sun Holy Fire. The wing-shaped visor on the helmet automatically extended downward, shadowing Hilude’s gallant face, and suddenly two clusters of golden flames ignited in her pupils—not the reflection of sunlight, but a surge directly from the Blazing Blood within her.

「Clang!」

With a casual swing of her right arm, the Divine Chosen Knight’s action instantaneously caused the air to explode, with seven flame patterns on her elbow spiraling upwards like unchained links, interweaving into a dazzling Sunburst Spell Ring behind her.

The Divine Chosen Level Giant Sword "Alaric Beast Slayer," originally requiring at least five attendants to lift, was now wielded single-handedly by her, forming seven sword blossoms, leaving searing Holy Marks in the path of its edge across retinas.

The blinding light and overwhelming presence shocked everyone, leaving them with mouths agape.

Everyone had expected the power of the Divine Chosen Armor to be strong, but only when it was truly donned by a Divine Chosen Knight did the immense authority it possessed fully explode to its zenith, a prowess incomparable to when it sat upon the armor stand.

Even Bierga and the many Masters of Forging who crafted this Divine Chosen Armor didn’t anticipate its strength would reach such heights once worn by a Divine Chosen Knight.

With the awe-inspiring prowess Hilude displayed, even without activating the Divine General state, a hundred Green-skinned Big Guys wouldn’t be enough for her to slaughter alone.

Everyone who witnessed all this with their own eyes wouldn’t doubt that even a hundred Great Horned Beasts would be chopped to pieces by her using the Beast Slayer.

Su Li felt it even deeper; if Khorne’s Chosen One·Skar·Blood Fury had such a powerful Divine Chosen Armor back then, combined with the combat strength of the Divine General state, the Alliance Army of Hesse Territory and Redbeard Castle might not have been able to defeat it before it chopped off 999 heads.

However, Su Li quickly laughed excitedly and said to Hilude, "Good! Good! Very good, my Divine Chosen Knight. I believe you now have the ability to siege the Treachery Fortress alone. I remember we still have a revenge mission against the Chosen of Treachery."

In fact, Su Li had two revenge missions against the Chosen Ones, both provided by the Dwarves.

One is for the Dwarf Heroic Spirit Ankor Redbeard, whose mortal enemy is the Chosen of Treachery·Chaos Changer. If Chaos Changer could be defeated, then the Dwarves could summon Ankor Redbeard once more with strength reaching the Legendary Level.

The other is from the High-tier Champion Level Dwarf Torrek Ironbrow, who provided a Legendary Level mission, which could help Su Li earn the friendship of Karak Iron Peak Castle, and acquire a quarter of their clan’s wealth.

After making up his mind, Su Li took the time to speak with Torrek Ironbrow about the details of this Legendary Level mission.

This mission traces back to his uncle, the Dragon Slayer·Kazador. Ironbrow. Kazador is the Legendary Warrior King of Karak Iron Peak Castle and the Dunakong Clan, a "gigantic" dwarf, remarkably robust even by Dwarf King standards.

It’s said that in his youth Kazador once lifted a fully laden pony trapped in a rock crevice barehanded. And when a similar scenario arose again, the King was eager to demonstrate his youthful feat.

During his younger days, King Kazador’s life was filled with feasts, brawls, playful songs, and coarse jokes, not to mention warfare, so frequent that the Goblin Tribes eventually sought to avoid setting foot on this land, fearing encounters with this legendary warrior and leader on the battlefield. Despite ruling over a Dwarf Kingdom surrounded by Beastmen and Goblin Tribes, the King rarely displayed concern. In fact, he found it convenient and would take time during the summer months to hunt Goblins living in the mountains.

Sadly, those days are long gone, and rarely do any messages bring a smile to the King’s face now: his appetite is gone, beer no longer pleases him, Kazador no longer hunts Goblins or laughs heartily at crude jokes, and when alone, he sits contemplatively in the shadows of Karak Iron Peak Castle.

The Dwarves of Iron Peak Castle all know the reason for the King’s melancholy: a war gang led by the War General Gorfang Rotfang miraculously infiltrated Iron Peak Castle right under Kazador’s nose, plundering and looting. Though the Green Skin was eventually repelled, they took with them numerous Dwarven captives, including several of Kazador’s close kin. Torrek Ironbrow was one of those captured.

The King knows that to this day his compatriots are rotting in the dungeons of Black Rock Castle or some other place, yet to this day he has been unable to rescue them or avenge their deaths (if indeed they have passed away).