Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 137: Penny and the Three-Star Scale Armor

At this time, Li Wei's gaze landed on Penny again. This version of Penny was relatively low-key and steady, but she was also almost completely transparent, having no right to speak, no longer possessing the overwhelming sense of presence she had in the previous version.

However, if he looked down on her because of this and treated her like an ordinary beast of burden, it would absolutely be inappropriate.

Last month was one thing; he had no choice due to the need to concentrate their power on smelting steel.

However, in the upcoming month, Penny would be of great use!

Because there was already a lot of tanned leather in the family storehouse. Li Wei had gone to inspect it previously and touched every single piece. He could absolutely not just hand the management of the storehouse over to Fila and sleep peacefully; these were all lessons he had learned the hard way.

Currently, inside the family storehouse, there was also half a Two-Star Quality bear skin, half a One-Star Quality cowhide, three One-Star Quality deerskins, one ordinary wild boar skin, one ordinary wolf skin, and twelve ordinary rabbit skins. In addition, there were 300 catties of iron ingots, 1,200 catties of steel ingots, a complete set of assorted tools, twelve One-Star Quality logs, 50 units of charcoal, 20 units of iron ore, and 50 units of pre-burned quicklime.

Plus various grains and meats.

These constituted the family's current foundation.

"Sister, I need you to stay at home this month. Unless an emergency occurs, you don't need to pay attention to any other matters. However, you must finish repairing my Leather Armor. At the same time, based on the existing leather, prioritize sewing winter clothes and boots. As for that half bear skin and cowhide, keep them for now, or do you have any better suggestions?"

Li Wei originally hadn't planned to leave Penny any right to speak, but finally considered that she was a Three-Star Tailor. As the saying goes, 'there is a specialization for every profession,' so why not listen to the advice of a professional?Additionally, this could also be considered an opportunity for Penny to submit a certificate of loyalty. Someone who was smart and sensible had to take the initiative on their own. Don't wait until my whip falls on you to start wailing.

Sure enough, Penny was very alert. She immediately seized Li Wei's opening to repair the Leather Armor, speaking in an unhurried tone: "George, I carefully inspected this set of Leather Armor on you previously. It is the shoddy work of a tailor with inferior skills. The reason it looks decent is entirely because the materials were too good."

"Although I do not wish to disparage my peers, she truly went too far. It possesses the stupidity of recklessly wasting heavenly treasures. Therefore, brother, you will be charging and breaking enemy lines outside, leading the family forward through adversity; how could you not need a better set of armor?"

"Your sister cannot help you in other aspects, but if you agree, I hope to comprehensively modify and enhance this set of Leather Armor on its original foundation. At the same time, I also hope to receive Clyde's help to prepare at least 600 refined steel armor scales for me. I shall forge a set of excellent legion scale armor for you!"

"Of course, this work cannot be completed within one month. It might require two months of time, and it will definitely occupy Clyde's working hours. Furthermore, you might also have to pay a rather steep price."

When Penny said this, Li Wei was fairly normal, but the expressions of Leon, Clyde, and even Fila beside him immediately changed!

Because this was scale armor; the starting point was Three-Star.

The key issue was that although Li Wei was only contributing a piece of Two-Star Leather Armor, as long as Penny upgraded it to Three-Star scale armor, then it would definitely become family property.

Yes, as long as an item belonging to the family's property was used on it, then it was family property.

So in reality, whether or not she repaired Li Wei's Two-Star Leather Armor wasn't important. The important thing was that Penny could rely on the supplies currently in the storehouse to forge a piece of Three-Star scale armor.

This wasn't an issue of forging the equipment itself. Rather, doing so was equivalent to Penny, this Three-Star Tailor's grand examination; it was the key battle for her to obtain her Title!

The immense benefit she would gain from it was simply like taking the family's property to validate her own Dao.

For a moment, Leon and Clyde were so anxious that cold sweat broke out. Crucially, this was during the family meeting, and they couldn't even use Conspiracy Cards.

Unexpected, truly unexpected; they actually got backstabbed by this little bitch without even realizing it!

At this moment, Penny looked calmly at Li Wei, while Leon, Clyde, and Fila looked at Li Wei anxiously.

There was no need to deliberately consider it. As long as Li Wei agreed, everything would be difficult to change, and even Leon's Title Task would suffer a massive impact from this.

And Li Wei was also presently deliberating.

Three-Star scale armor! While it was certain to become family property in the end and require bidding, by investing his Two-Star Leather Armor into it, he could at least bid 10 Gold Coins less than the others.

Especially now that he held a cash flow of 55 Gold Coins in his hands, his bidding advantage was huge.

However, six hundred refined steel armor scales would require Clyde to work hard forging for at least a month.

One month! He wouldn't be able to do anything else.

What if the Mercenaries recruited from the Tavern at the end of the month didn't have weapons?

What if the Witches came to attack again next month?

After a long time, Li Wei ultimately still shook his head. "Sister, your idea is good, but this matter is not urgent. Just be responsible for repairing my Leather Armor properly. Moreover, prioritize making winter clothes and leather boots with the other leathers."

With a single sentence, he temporarily sealed off Penny's path of growth. In the future, if the flames of war were unceasing, she might not get the chance again until the Task Settlement.

But there was no other way; this was reality.

Penny actually seemed very composed. She had the strength to craft Three-Star scale armor; she was only lacking an opportunity to prove it.

Next, just as everyone thought Li Wei was about to assign the Monthly Main Tasks, he suddenly said again: "This time we have just repelled the attack of the Witches and robbers. It will be very difficult for them to make a comeback this month, so my thought is to appropriately reduce the supply of white bread, changing from two meals a day to one meal a day."

"Of course, if the enemy attacks again and we enter a state of war, then we can immediately restore the two-meal supply!"

The moment his voice fell, the information requiring a vote from all members emerged in front of everyone.

Huh?

Holy shit!

You sly old dog (tactical camper), stealing our base!

Leon, Clyde, Penny, and Fila all suffered in unspeakable misery. Especially Leon, could he dare not to cooperate?

Finally, he gritted his teeth and chose to agree to adjusting the food supply.

Clyde naturally did the same.

In this way, including Li Wei's own vote, there were already three votes of agreement; there was no suspense left.

Sure enough, in the end, even Penny and Fila agreed. It passed unanimously, and the white bread was reduced from two meals to one.

Otherwise, Li Wei would have needed to forcefully consume 50 points of family Contribution to change the food rationing plan.

With that, Li Wei consumed 10 Contribution points to issue next month's main tasks, and the family meeting concluded.

A new month was about to begin.

And as Li Wei, Leon, Clyde, Fila, and Penny walked out of the room, they saw a cloud of gray fog appear without wind outside the city gate. The family members had arrived—very quickly and very urgently.

However, everyone was very calm. Leon and Clyde trotted forward, used the windlass to lower the drawbridge, and pushed open the heavy city gate. They saw three people already standing outside: two men and one woman.

The two men were both in their forties or fifties. One of them carried a bow case on his back, and in the quiver slung across his body were clearly ten One-Star Eagle Feather Arrows. Following this logic, the war bow he carried on his back was absolutely either One-Star or Two-Star!

So this was the new version of Uncle John. Interesting. Could it be that because the previous version of John had severed his own meridians, his plot character could still be reused?

However, this Three-Star Hunter was absolutely very strong, because Li Wei also saw two throwing spears with wrapped spearheads on his back, or perhaps they were long spears for melee combat. This made things decidedly not simple.

As for the second middle-aged man... Well then! His figure was extremely tall and imposing, standing at least one point nine meters tall. He wore full-body Fish Scale Armor, with a half-enclosed iron helmet on his head, and a Knight's Sword at his waist. He was also leading a tall, mighty warhorse, though it wasn't wearing armor.

On the saddle hung two long spears.

Fuck!

What level of bigshot is gracing us with his presence?

Oh, the mission had already been raised to Three-Star difficulty, so naturally, players of this ecological niche level would appear. But could mounts also be obtained using Mount Cards?

Li Wei's eyes burned with envy as he watched.

As for the last person, it was a girl who wasn't very old, looking eighteen or nineteen years old. She was charmingly cute, with picturesque features. However, she wasn't seen carrying any weapons. Besides being beautiful, and aside from the somewhat affectionate and tender gaze she directed at Li Wei, she didn't seem to have any other distinguishing characteristics.

However, Li Wei was also not the same as he used to be. He naturally knew that this kind of tender affection was all acting put on at the very beginning.

Therefore, Li Wei immediately stepped forward with a face full of excitement. First, he hugged the new version of Old John, followed by hugging his teacher Ron, and finally took the opportunity to hug his old love.

Wow, delicate, soft, and cute, and she was even very proactive.

"Uncle! How did you run into Teacher Ron? And Hathaway! There wasn't any danger on the road, right? How have you all been holding up during this time?"

Mm, these lines were indispensable because at this moment, Li Wei was the protagonist. All three people had close relationships with him; if he didn't step forward to entertain them, who would?

"Yesterday I pursued a cunning stag and consecutively crossed two mountains without taking a breath. In the end, I didn't hunt the deer, but instead bumped into Ron and Hathaway returning from Weir Province. Your teacher heard about your father's matters from a merchant caravan, and his heart burned with unbearable anxiety!"

Old John replied casually, as if he truly hadn't participated in that battle yesterday.

At this time, Ron followed up and smoothly said:

"That's right! George, you are still too young. I was very worried about you after hearing the news. Hathaway was even more worried about you, unable to eat, secretly wiping away tears. Previously, the unfortunate deaths of her mother and sister had already dealt her a massive blow. Now, the only person she can rely on is you."

"Therefore, I came here this time, on the one hand, to see you and see if you could withstand this drastic change. On the other hand, it's also with the hope that you and Hathaway can get married as soon as possible. The glory of the Kakh Family still needs you to revitalize it!"

Huh?

You old coot, what are you saying?

Li Wei started to slightly regret conversing with these two veteran players; it seemed this plot was about to spiral out of control!

(End of this chapter)