Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 140: Head of Household Championship Match

Around ten o'clock in the morning on this day, Li Wei had just felled a One-Star large tree. He was standing under the shade of the tree, enjoying the cool boiled water handed over by Hathaway, and observing the surrounding trees like a Feng Shui master.

Suddenly, without any warning, two lines of information emerged.

[Family Member John Kakh discovered a Two-Star Black Bear intending to attack while mining in the stone quarry. Using his exquisite hunting and combat skills, he killed this Two-Star Black Bear before it could cause any damage!]

[He donated this unexpectedly hunted Two-Star Black Bear to the family, thereby earning an extra 100 points of family Contribution.]

Huh?

Good heavens, these newly arrived seasoned veterans have started to exert their strength. Old John scores the first point!

Actually, over the past seven or eight days, Old John randomly shot and killed a few mountain pheasants and wild hares every day. The day before yesterday, he even shot and killed a One-Star fox.

See, in less than ten days, Old John forcefully accumulated 135 points of family Contribution for himself without even having a main task.

His goal was very obvious, simple, and crude: precisely sprinting towards the Month-End Summary. The championship match for the Head of Household had already begun.

Thinking of this, Li Wei couldn't help but look down at Hathaway, who was smiling at his side. Stop pretending to be an innocent sheep. I don't believe you aren't anxious. I don't care what kind of new or veteran player you are; if you can't seize the position of Head of Household, whatever grand plans and great strategies you have, you'll still have to bend over for me!But Hathaway truly wasn't anxious.

When she had free time, she would even gather all sorts of sweet and sour berries for Li Wei to eat.

It was too comfortable!

When he took a nap at noon, she even fanned him. Understand?

It didn't matter; he'd see when her fox tail would show itself.

Early in the morning of the third day, another line of information flew up.

[Family Member John Kakh has completed the butchering of the Two-Star Black Bear and harvested several Two-Star animal sinews, as well as a Two-Star Quality bear skin. He has completed the tanning of the above materials. He has earned an extra 50 Contribution points!]

Fuck!

Too awesome!

If this old guy hunted three to five black bears a month, who would still be his opponent?

But Hathaway still didn't seem very anxious.

At most, she collected some plants that looked like herbs while picking wild flowers.

However, Li Wei wasn't exactly sure what she was doing, because he had to sleep and stand night watch at night.

Just like this, twenty days of this month passed in the blink of an eye. Old John had harvests almost every day these days.

As few as three or five Contribution points, as many as over a dozen points.

The accumulated total had already reached two hundred and fifty points.

Moreover, he didn't delay the mining of stone materials at all. It truly showed the demeanor of a consummate master.

Anyway, if they started competing on the same starting line, Li Wei felt he would be instantly crushed to scum!

However, this month, the other family members all seemed to feel the crisis and were exerting their strength in various ways.

For example, over the past few days, Fila surprisingly caught two One-Star Quality large fishes.

Or for instance, Clyde had already forged five One-Star Quality weapons and one Two-Star Quality weapon during this period. The former yielded 5 Contribution points each, while the latter earned him a full 20 Contribution points.

Just at noon on this day, while Li Wei was still enjoying Hathaway's care, suddenly, a few lines of information emerged.

[Family Member Ron has cumulatively forged six hundred One-Star Quality refined steel armor scales. The toughness of these armor scales far exceeds ordinary ones. If inlaid onto armor, it will be possible to forge four-star ordinary armor, or three-star excellent armor with special attributes. If forged by an even more skilled artisan, it will be possible to forge four-star excellent armor with special attributes.]

[Family Member Ron has earned an extra three hundred points of family Contribution!]

Holy shit!

What the ghost?

Li Wei was directly jolted awake. This was too exaggerated!

Is this the realm of high-level players?

He looked in horror at Hathaway, who was fanning him. He really wanted to advise her to grow a brain (be more mindful/worry a bit). With you like this every day, even my conscience can't bear it. Why do you keep staring at me? Look at your two companions, aren't they anxious? Aren't they frantic?

"George, you can sleep a while longer. It's too hot outside, and your work is so tiring. You need to cherish your body!"

Hathaway wore the expression of a virtuous wife and loving mother.

Fine!

Consider I said nothing!

Well alright, he didn't say anything in the first place.

Speaking of which, not having a Conspiracy Card was truly too inconvenient.

Wait, he couldn't drop his guard! This woman might have some ultimate move.

"George, you should still go and check on your sister this afternoon. If you really plan to make that Leather Armor of yours into scale armor, you have to carefully ponder it over. You can provide some opinions too, you know!"

Hathaway clearly had an underlying meaning in her words, and what she said wasn't unreasonable. Would he choose the four-star ordinary scale armor, or the three-star quality scale armor with special attributes? Or perhaps, take a gamble on that four-star quality excellent scale armor with special attributes?

Right then, Li Wei no longer felt the slightest bit sleepy. He rushed out of the room and headed straight for the Industrial Zone in the southwest corner.

However, unexpectedly, Hathaway actually didn't follow him, and Li Wei didn't think much of it.

When he arrived, he saw Ron, Clyde, Penny, and Fila all there in the Blacksmith Shop, excitedly discussing something.

"George, you came at just the right time. Penny said you intended to modify and upgrade your previous set of Leather Armor into imitation legion scale armor. The difficulty of this is somewhat high, and it's also not very cost-effective. Actually, if I were to suggest, you might as well forge it from scratch. That way it would be much easier, the requirement for skill would be lower, the construction period shorter, and the quality could have a better improvement. Perhaps by the end of next month, you could have a set of decent quality legion scale armor."

"To tell the truth, although your original set of Leather Armor is somewhat damaged, its advantages as light armor itself are unquestionable. Why not consider preparing two sets of armor? Does our Lord not even deserve to possess two sets of armor with different uses!"

Ron laughed heartily and brightly, and Li Wei also laughed along with him!

You old coot, how could he not know what you are saying? But if they reforged legion scale armor from scratch, and all materials used were entirely family property, then if he wanted to bid for it, he wouldn't have the slightest advantage. He would have to bid against a group of people simultaneously!

Then what would he be tossing and turning for half a day for? For what purpose?

For the sake of you guys speaking nicely? Could he possibly outcompete you guys in bidding?

"Teacher speaks very reasonably. Sister, what do you think?"

Li Wei couldn't refute his teacher, Ron, especially since he knew nothing about this aspect. Was he going to act out the stupidity of displaying slight skill before an expert (showing off before a master)?

Furthermore, if he truly refuted Ron, it would actually be uglier than showing off before a master; that could only be called ignorant and stupid.

It would easily lead to a blooper.

So he could only pin his hopes on Penny, this Three-Star Tailor. Only the words she spoke would have persuasive power and conform to plot logic. Especially since the matter of modifying the legion scale armor was not part of the Monthly Main Tasks—only repairing the Leather Armor was in the main tasks—which put Li Wei in a very passive position.

Because he also hadn't expected this old guy Ron to be truly so awesome, actually taking twenty days to forge six hundred armor scales that were all One-Star Quality!

Originally, he had thought they would be ordinary armor scales. If that were the case, there wouldn't have been any ripples.

It could be said that at this moment, probably even old man Ron himself was moved. Speaking of which, who wouldn't be moved?

If they encountered an Armorsmith with highly superb skills, this might just become a piece of Novice Village divine equipment!

Li Wei could almost conclude that if this matter wasn't resolved swiftly like cutting a tangled knot of hemp with a sharp knife, then this Novice Village divine equipment would be gone from him.

In the end, Penny hesitated. There was some apology in her gaze toward Li Wei. She was a Three-Star Tailor; actually, she wasn't very suited to making armor in the first place, just as a Chef could not completely replace a Butcher.

But, human effort can achieve anything! If she could set about comprehensively forging such a piece of scale armor, it would be extremely excellent for her Tailor Destiny Grid, and extremely excellent for her resume. In the future, her status in the Logistics Department would also rise with the tide. A tailor capable of crafting four-star armor!

In the future, she could even upgrade her Tailor card to an Armorsmith card.

Who knows, she might even trigger higher-level Title Tasks!

So even knowing clearly that this would offend Li Wei, she was unwilling to give up this opportunity.

I'm sorry, but heaven destroys those who don't look out for themselves!

I've waited for this opportunity for so long; I can't just ruin it now.

Who asked this matter to not be in the Monthly Main Tasks? You just had to listen to the analysis of the professionals. This is called plot logic.

Right then, Penny's somewhat apologetic gaze turned incomparably resolute.

"Actually, Sir Ron speaks very reasonably. Brother, have you seen that black bear Uncle John hunted previously? That bear skin was tanned extremely well. I think we can use a portion of it to repair your Leather Armor. I guarantee the quality will only be higher. As for the scale armor, before the end of next month, I guarantee I can craft a set of even better quality legion scale armor."

Li Wei listened quietly, a smile still on his face.

Old man Ron also stood to the side smiling, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, and yet like a high and mighty god. Weren't you, this little Head of Household, quite awesome?

You didn't even look at what kind of existences we are. Just after we newly arrived, you gave us a show of strength (put us in our place). You thought your rear defense line was solid, but little did you know, I merely use a few slight methods and can set your backyard on fire, leaving you in a terrible mess.

Go ahead, go be angry, go resent your teammates, go bite each other, go have infighting. For the sake of benefits, what else can't be given up?

You simply don't know what the competition at our level is like. To bottom-tier players like you, it is simply a dimensional strike.

"Alright, since Teacher and you both approve, then naturally we will go according to your thoughts. As a layman, I cannot make irresponsible remarks and dictate terms."

After Li Wei finished speaking with a chuckle, he exchanged a few more words with Clyde, retrieved his repaired Bloodthirsty Spear, and considered the matter over. What, legion scale armor?

Everything waits until the family meeting at the end of the month.

Mm, six hundred One-Star Quality armor scales—did you think you could touch them just because you wanted to?

The Two-Star Quality bear skin—did you think you could take and use it just because you wanted to?

Is there a main task?

No!

Then go stay off to the side!

Even a Three-Star Tailor is of no use here!

Either the entire body votes, or it's decided at the Month-End family meeting, or it goes through the channel of repairing Li Wei's Leather Armor, because this reason was genuinely put on record at last month's family meeting.

This could be considered a BUG that wasn't really a BUG. As long as it went through the repair channel, even if a vote of all members was initiated, Li Wei wasn't timid. He, Leon, Clyde, and Penny—the four of them could firmly cast four votes.

Fila might waiver, but if she didn't want to be sanctioned next month, at most she would abstain. What could Ron, Old John, and Hathaway do?

However, for the sake of improving her Tailor Destiny Grid, and for her personal interests, Penny had so decisively abandoned this path.

Then there was nothing more to say. We'll see everything at the end of the month!

(End of this chapter)