In a not very spacious creek, the entire section was completely blocked off at this moment, and the eyes of each knight were shining brightly.
After a moment,
A voice of surprise rang out.
"Sir, we've caught them!"
"It's really Thorny Butterfly Fish!"
With excitement in their voices, Thor, who was originally resting, couldn't help but stand up and stride over.
At this moment in the creek, a knight was holding a strange fish, about the size of a palm, with a pale blue color.
"Sir, I've also caught one."
And as Thor approached, more knights exclaimed with surprise.
"Sir!"
"Sir!"
One after another, voices rang out. In just a moment, seven or eight knights had exclaimed in surprise.
But there were only these seven or eight people, and only these few Thorny Butterfly Fish appeared in the creek.
But this was enough to make people excited.
These were Thorny Butterfly Fish, each of which could be sold for five to ten thousand gold coins at the kingdom's top auctions. More importantly, these fish had significant effects; even if they only slightly improved a knight's talent, it was a permanent enhancement.
As everyone looked at the Thorny Butterfly Fish, they couldn't help but feel their throats go dry.
And when Thor's gaze fell upon them, there was nothing but admiration.
They didn't know how their lord knew there were Thorny Butterfly Fish here.
They only knew that their lord had brought them here, telling them there were Thorny Butterfly Fish, and indeed there were.
Their lord was visiting the Northern Province for the first time.
Thinking of this, they couldn't help but be shocked and full of anticipation.
Originally, they were somewhat apprehensive about going to the Northern Province, but at this moment, that apprehension disappeared silently.
Of course, Thor didn't pay attention to these things. With a wave of his hand, he instructed the knights to prepare the Thorny Butterfly Fish for consumption.
He didn't plan to keep the Thorny Butterfly Fish for himself but intended to distribute them. On one hand, only the first fish caught had any use, and on the other hand, upon entering the Northern Province, Thor could feel the knights' unease. The appearance of the Thorny Butterfly Fish would undoubtedly alleviate their anxiety.
More importantly, these were his future core team members, trustworthy knights. Providing them with benefits was a given.
Though there were only seven fish, when divided among the knights, each could taste its flavor. Having it or not was a completely different matter.
And indeed, when Thor decided to distribute the Thorny Butterfly Fish to them,
More than four hundred knights suddenly burst into cheers.
Even if loyalty and morale couldn't be seen at this moment, everyone could clearly feel the difference in the atmosphere.
Thor smiled as he tasted his own portion.
The flesh of the Thorny Butterfly Fish was very tender, melting in the mouth. When swallowed, Thor felt a warm stream spreading to every part of his body, and a refreshing sensation in his mind.
The life force within him also spread uncontrollably.
Thor didn't dare to be negligent. He quickly sat down cross-legged and began to practice the Knight's Breathing Technique.
Time passed slowly.
After about half an hour, Thor suddenly opened his eyes, a hint of surprise in his expression.
At this moment, his Life Seed had once again grown larger, taking another step towards the Intermediate Squire stage.
With the current situation, by the time they arrived in Loren City, he might even break through to the Intermediate Squire stage.
But this hint of surprise had not yet spread.
The next moment,
A surge of life force suddenly erupted beside him.
Thor's surprise abruptly stopped, and he turned his gaze to the side, his mouth twitching slightly.
At this moment, Ren also opened his eyes, and his body was adorned with green light, a sign of life force pervading.
This meant that Ren had officially broken through to the late stage of the Novice Squire.
That's right, the late stage of the Novice Squire.
With the assistance of intermediate life potions before departure, he had broken through to the Novice Squire. And on the tenth day of the journey, he had already progressed from the early stage to the middle stage of the Novice Squire. Now, in less than twenty days, he had broken through again, from the middle stage to the late stage of the Novice Squire.
With this speed, when he broke through to the middle stage of the Novice Squire, he might have directly reached the peak of the Novice Squire.
This cultivation speed was truly speechless.
Thor took a deep breath, unable to help shaking his head.
"Sir!"
At this moment, Ren, who had just broken through, also couldn't help showing surprise. When he saw Thor's gaze, Ren hurriedly saluted.
"Well done, work hard, and strive to become the pinnacle of knights when we arrive in the territory!"
Thor's voice was gentle as he calmed his emotions.
"Yes!"
"Sir!"
Ren, filled with excitement, quickly responded respectfully.
At this moment, he only had admiration for Thor.
If loyalty could be seen, this one would definitely be full value.
Thor just said a few words of encouragement before beckoning everyone to move forward again.
Along the way, Thor picked up the two Warthog Beasts mentioned in the intelligence reports.
This undoubtedly caused the Knight Order to burst into exclamations again and provided another hearty meal for everyone.
The harsh and cold days that were originally expected did not come. Instead, their first day in the Northern Province was spent in harvest.
This filled more than four hundred knights with anticipation for the future, rather than anxiety.
At this moment, it seemed that everyone felt the beckoning of a beautiful future.
Anticipation, longing.
Yearning.
At this moment, they replaced their previous anxieties, nervousness, and confusion with anticipation.
And this was undoubtedly what Thor needed.
Building a territory was starting from scratch.
The difficulties encountered in the process were unimaginable.
And this first hurdle was the firmness in the hearts of the servant knights.
Servant knights were also human beings; they weren't guardian knights under the witness of the Goddess of Life. They had signed a contract and would never betray, but that was all; there were no additional guarantees.
Whether they could mobilize their inner positivity was undoubtedly the first problem every pioneering knight needed to solve.
Thor, who had consulted a large amount of information, naturally understood this.
But fortunately, with the daily intelligence he had, solving it was much simpler than for other pioneering knights.
Night gradually fell as the first day of their arrival in the Northern Province passed, and soon it was the second day.
Similar to the first day, they had quite a harvest on the second day as well.
Although it wasn't as directly beneficial to knight qualifications as the Thorny Butterfly Fish, the harvest was still significant, and everyone received their share.
(End of this chapter)