Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 757 - 76: Population Boom and the Judicial Court of Flash Spear City

The Heaven’s Lance was loaded directly onto a ship by the Ramsey family and sent to the Butcher’s Wharf in Blackthorn Town. This is the most important river intersection in the urban area and the center of waterway routes.

Nearby, a large number of free people, citizens, artisans, merchants, publishers, and the Thieves’ Guild, along with the Loading and Unloading Guild, rely on this wharf for their livelihoods.

By the time Su Li arrived, it was already surrounded by multiple layers of spectators, including citizens and artisans from the territory, as well as foreign knights and adventurers.

The City Guard Army urgently deployed over 50 knights, accompanied by more than 300 soldiers, to guard the wharf. Such a level of troops could easily decimate a Pioneer Territory and even fiercely battle a Beastman Roar Beast Group.

Yet, at this moment, this well-equipped and steadfast force seemed as fragile as paper before the surge of the crowd. A large number of knights with greater strength and more robust physiques surrounded them, and just four or five knights needed only to charge forward to break through the guards’ defenses.

Fortunately, two Champion Knights were on site to stop the crowd’s attempts to crash the defenses.

Their method of prevention was simple and brutal, directly ordering that anyone approaching within one meter of the guards would be killed immediately.

The flowing blood and the martial prowess of the champion level quickly subdued the crowd’s madness. The cold blade and the oppressive darkness proved more effective than any words.

Seeing Su Li arrive surrounded by a large number of high-level attendants, the leading Champion Knight immediately shouted loudly, "The whole army, stand at attention and salute the Lord!"

Hundreds of knights and soldiers instantly gripped their long halberds, the heels of their iron shin guards clapped together heavily. Everyone raised their right arm in unison, forming a uniform arc, then pounded their chests heavily, as a majestic sound echoed across the entire wharf, "Hail to the Lord, may the Goddess’s glory forever protect you."

Su Li waved his hand with a smile, then walked into the wharf with President Roger and Mrs. Melly Ramsey.

At this moment, the workers of the Loading and Unloading Guild had already removed the covering from the Heaven’s Lance and stood it upright with chains, allowing the Divine King’s relic to once again shine gloriously upon the world.

As the Heaven’s Lance stood erected, its overwhelming scale sparked exclamations from countless onlookers. Its absolute magnitude presents a formidable pressure with a height of 60 meters, equivalent to a vertical pillar of 20 stories high, its tip piercing into the heavenly clouds, creating a visual focal point that tears through the low buildings around the wharf.

The base of the spear, about 3 meters in diameter, is engraved with circular divine battle reliefs, each circle depicting stories of the Divine King cleansing chaos and evil. The spear’s surface is covered in a flowing "Divine Plating," which when illuminated, displays a Third-Tier Spectral Transition: the gold of dawn, the blazing white of high noon, and the crimson of dusk, symbolizing its shared essence with Solar Divine Authority.

At the top of the spearhead, there is a fierce light resembling a blazing sun, so bright it’s like the sun has descended upon the mortal world, and under the piercing of the Eternal Lance, the radiant beam shoots straight into the sky!

It is not an exaggeration to say that even if viewed from the Divine Realm, this burst of divine light, piercing through the black mist over the entire dark continent, remains remarkably conspicuous.

The effect is equally dramatic, invariably drawing the gaze of the gods. As they oversee the mortal world, no matter what, opening the map will cause this shining brilliance to catch their attention, prompting them to take notice.

Currently, around this Eternal Lance, a large number of priests from various churches have gathered in devotion, ecstatic to so clearly sense the descent of divine grace upon them. At this moment, the number of times they can use divine grace has directly increased by one.

This has simply immeasurably enhanced the territory’s standing as a Holy Land for pilgrimage.

Especially for the Sun Goddess Church Knights coming from the west, the further east they travel, the more intensely they feel bathed in divine grace.

This is akin to why ancient Central Plains people would conduct offerings on Mount Tai. Although Mount Tai’s height surpasses few mountain ranges, for the Central Plains people, no renowned mountain could rival its awe-inspiring impact. Starting from the Central Plains, one would traverse vast, sprawling plains, before abruptly encountering a majestic peak rising from the ground, piercing the clouds atop the plain, capturing one’s view. That immense shock, that stark contrast of traversing an extensive plain and suddenly sighting an imposing mountain would greatly elevate the ancient peoples’ perception of the mountain’s grandeur.

In the Border Prince’s Territory, it is much the same. This is an impoverished land—not impoverished in terms of soil, but in terms of faith. Most of the territory, by the standards of the Empire, falls within evil lands, devoid of divine spirit’s protection, with places shining with faith’s brilliance and divine grace’s favor being scarce. The entire region is a savage, desolate gray. Yet upon reaching the Hesse Territory, it suddenly dazzles with golden light, as a magnificent Flash Spear City rises, piercing the sky, enveloped in dense divine grace.

The shock, the hope, and that notably enhanced sensation of closeness to the divine spirit, would greatly impact all Empire citizens journeying here. Consequently, significantly increasing their likelihood of assimilating into Hesse Territory.

In fact, this effect is already present. Among the large-scale knights entering the territory, a considerable proportion are Sun Goddess Church Knights. After all, Su Li is a Divine Chosen Knight (preparation) of the Sun Goddess Church, so his illustrious feats are more prominently promoted within the Sun Goddess Church’s temples, monasteries, and assemblies.